' From the dvani
0DD.FJ3LL0WSHIP AND RELI
.GION. "Wo are oTien "interrogated upon the sub
jcctof relation between Odd-Fellowship
and ibo institutions of religion. We hivo
' been asked, anil wa doubt in perfect sincor
ity whethvr our Order is a religion s society
Our reply to"lhese queries is, that our answer
jnust depend "entirely on Hie seuso in which
" the term 'relijicr.' is employed: Wu ar
S-aught-cn tho threshold ofout Institution to
.revernntie God, and norer to mention hij
.'holy nme but wlh such feelings as aro
duo from the creature to the Creator to be
industrious, eober and temperate to act
net upon the golden rule,' which rebuires
they do under othors-as wo would wish that
creatskould do unto us lo love our follow--novoures,
do them justice in all things, and
- us to bo contcned while they aro in die
trassr and it is in our power to relieve llicnr
Those teaching are illustrated and enfotced
vpon onr mind in every step of our pro
gress; through the different degress of our
Order, Thus much for the theoretical
tsachings of tho Order. .In prsctico its
fundi are devoted to the relief of human
sulfating in various farm!); Its piopcr
oSicers ate,, from week t J week, and from
thy to day- engaged insisting the tick, and
ministering to tho comfort, closing thu eyes
tflhc dying, burying tho dead relieving1
Mho widow, "and prolcc-ting and educating
the fatherless cbildern. If this is religion,
or nny part of it, ihen ro far as the&o thing
.go, ours is a religous .institution. But if
-the inquirer. includes in his idea of a 'rcligi
Wis society ono that is devoted to the (lis--seniinifion
ol certain doctrines, pmbodiesanu
and earned on in dclail,-oo as to form say 9
ttcm of ethics, or a com pi Lis body of Uivini
'ty, then evidently to his mind cur institu
tion lacks soafa of tho elements of religion,
---and nan.10 be called ri religious teaching
and practice; but these are merely the gnat
'truths and duties which forms the basis of
-all religion and morality rather than a coin
lleTe system of religion. Our groat object
.is to tmilo men in the performance of thes'i
..groat duties and the recognition of these
great principles, leaving them, without
molestation; to believe, propoxate and prac
4cc, whatever more their understandings
and consciences may appro .For Jill's
.reason, all religious disputes and sectarian
discussions and sont'unents ate strictly pro
hibited in our-Lodees In tin? world, a man
may attach nimseif lo whatever church, lie
"chooses, and believe what peculiar doc
triii p may appear to him just am! true, but
iu our Lodges li must be an Odd, Fallow
-and a brother, anil nothing more or less.
The conclusion at which we arrive, then,
is ibis. In the ordinary and strict eense ef
the term, our Order ic not a ndigions auric
iy.Al the same liaje, it would be iosly ita
.pruper to call it an irreligious institution,
bemuse it recognises the -first principles of
regligion morality, practices tons impor
tant duties, and forbids all that is opposed
-to the duties we jwe to God, onr neighbors,
.os ourselves. So far, then, ss it goes in
these matters, il may be called religious.,but
it stops short of what is necessary to make
it, strictly speaking, a religions society. In
facts it never .vus designed to stvpply the
plr.ee now occupied by the religions insula
iion ol the day. They have their missions
-and wo ours, end though fo&e of our ob
jects are identical, yiU there should be n
union or strife bflivficn them, eynr.pi it bo
the union of mutual charily and. the strife
upon tha question which shall do mo3t 10
relievo mo warns 01 me pour auu uisiresoeu-
THE ME DORA.'
Tho man who professes to bo a believer
in dwuina and other extraordinary auguries
ol coming events, says the Norfolk Herald,
sure to bo regarded by nine tenths of
jmankind as n simpleton, if not a cork idiot;
yet that the most calamitous events have
-often bee.n indicated by such premonitions,
"is an indisputable fact, and it is equally cer
tain that stieh events have -in some eases
been controlled by strict attention to the
warnings thus mysteriously given. .It is
-unnecessary fur us to speeifv instances of.
warnings, us iicy must os lamiuur 10 mosl (
readers of hislorial records. But there is
on? connected with the recent melancholy
- event of the blowing up of the Medatia
which remains to Is recorded, and which
ie class among the most remarkable which
Miav? fatten within our notice. Three
weeks before it or.curred,the em) calastrophn
was distinctly represented in i dram to the
mate of Jewess (nao of the line nl steamers
for which tho Meroda was intended.) Ho
saw her making trial o her machinery snw
Mier blowup saw the hapless ictims of the
tcxploaion in tho water round hor.etrugHng
for life jaw tho boat-sink, and identified
-JJaptnin Sutton(her commander) clad in
whjta dress. He told liis dream afterwards
and Was laughod nt! The .Jewess, jt
will be remembered, left here for Baltimoro
-on Thursday night (after tho expli-fioi'.Jand
-passed in rhe bay, tlio next morning, tho
stcarnerGcoigla, on Iict way down to Nor-
folktund when perceiving' the G'a llnjrs
ibatf-niBt, l;esclainicd in h (one nf grief 1.
Th?n. qvy tlteaTi u outthe. iJeilora
blown bp! The boats passed each other
W far asunder lo hail.and it was not known
tfothoM on bard.thejewe until Iter arrival
t Baltimore, that such .wu Judusd the
Nifjlifiieliuly fact.
That Qoyrdoia OolJfge Riot, tuju ot be
iasx, v -
JtntcJoU of the fast War.li will be
reeollected thntihe U-Srigato'Con'stltution,'
Captain Stewart, having eluded the British
squadron in the bay,waschaseii into Marble
head by iwo frigatea. The opproach of the
elieniy was so r.w, that it was at first sup
posed they would follow her into tha harbor;
and when they hauled oil' to the eastward, it
was suposed in bo with a view to call to
their aid the Bulwark, (74,) then near, in
order tn render the destruction of Old Iron
sides the more easy and ctfVtain. Thus
threatened with an nttick, the people of
Matblchead sent to -Salem lo the Major
General of tho militia of that division, for
assistance in repelling it. Il was cabbaih
morning, and nearly ell iho.people of Salem
were nt vhurch, when the messengers arnv
ed. One of fhc officers of Salem legimsnl
ol intantry, a member of air. Huntley's
church, was sunt fur at church in the midst
of the ssrmon, and be immediately went up,
to the pulpit and told tho preacher the news,
Afi little disconcerted aa though n child, nt
his call, ha-1 been brought up for baptism
Mr. llentley announced the purport of the1
message to his congregation; UJrolhren,'
said he, 'the country is luvadcd; the Consti
lion, Captain Stewart, has been chased into
Marblehead. Onr brethren have sent for
Hoops to help them defend her nml the
town We can preach and hear the gospel
anoher time!. rjtd thus dismiscd tiie as
sembly, 'How to ascertain the agc of u Horse.
In-purchasing ahorse, notlhc least impor
tant matter is to bn able lo tell his age. In
traitsfers of ordinary farm and saddle horses
great ity position arc ofien practiced upon
thc'credvious and untialed purchaser. To
prevent this, to as great extent as possible
lor tho future, is the object of this commu
nication to the public. The most certain
infans f ascertaining the age of a horse
is to examino the changes which take place
with thejcelii. Tha twelve front teeth be
gin to shoafti, about two weeks nftw tho
colt is fol?WW These are called oolt tseih
and aro shad at djlTiirfint periods, ami ro
placed by others. When thn colt is uhuut
twoycar'md a half old, the four middle ones
drop oiASh about another year, or when the
horse is four and a half year old tho four
last aro shed. Theso iast are replaced by
what are called corner teeth' Thev are hol
low and have a blask mark in their cavity.;
They are searoely visible and the cavity
deep, wlicn tbe horse is four and n half
years old; they begin to fill whan he is
'six and a half, and Abe mark continually,
iliirtinishes & contracts till (he hone is sev
ou or eiglit years old; obliterated 'The
hone -acquires his canine teeth or tushes, a-'
bout his fifth yrar. Tho two in tho lower
jaw begin t(i"appcsr whan ha is between
three and four years old, a?d lhso in the,
upper jaw fiveqr six months after. Thev
continue rery sharp-pointed till six. At ten.
the uppersecn blmitcd, worn nut and long
the gum leaving Ihem gradually: lht bcar
rer 'hoy are older tiia horse; from ten to
fourteen, it is difficult to '.ell the age of the
linnet, It 44 sufficient to know tit nl he iR
old, :tnd undo: tho hard treatment which is
given to horses generally, the oonolusiun
will be a safu one that he is worth but
littlo.
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION-
Tho,riiberator; a very nbly conducted
abolition pper, published by Will'mm Lloyd
Garisnn, at Boston, ic out strongly In fa
vor of dissolving the North from tho South,
and says that will be the trading-question,
before the AnU-Slavsry Convention which
is lo assemble in New York, tho Hth of
May- It is gtaatly to be regretted that
Mieii men os Garrison, Adams, Giddings,
W'hittior, Burleigh, and others of our moti
talented countrymen, allow their fanatical
opinions to lead them so far from duty to
their country, and to the poor slaves, them
selves. They can never eiTeel ibo libera
tion of tho southern slave by such attempt
serves to fasten more strongly the fett irs of
the oppressed. Ii is question which, like
crcry other reforms of tho kind, must be
rciched if il can be reached at ail by so.
ber reason and common sense, and not by
inflammatory appeals and incendiary publiea
lions.
"'Be Kind to I'our Father and Lewd Me
Your CoctV In n fanilat.Onvurealion with
IOx-Pre-dent Van Buren the other day, one
of our jocos citizens made some inquiries
as to General Jackson, and Mr. Van Bu
ren asked if tho gentleman Itnew porsouly
the Gen unit
Certainly,"' was the reply; 'bless his old
snow top, have shaken hp old hero's hand
both before and after ho was rnado Presi
dent.' Ho would, perhays, now have sstisfaelion
in receiving a word fiom yon then res
ponded the polite ex-statesman; 'I will
(jladly bear .a messngo from you. Ii
there anything that you would osk him
forT
Nothing but one of his oldoatsj'wa the
mpiy.
On-s of his old ooatst' raid Van Buren,
with a bland mid quiet smile, whieh show
ed that he onticipated something droll.
Ves 0110 of the General's old military
coats,''
'Wy, what would you do wtih it?'
'I'll Itll you what I'd do wilhnt.'Mnrim
Van Buren,' satd tho faeetous gentlemen,
'i'd stick it upon a pola en a flat boat, float
it down to tlie 'Balize,an'd anchor it there, to
friphn awy those dd British steamers!'
V. 0. Picayune,
Verting Xfprcntucuhip for a Tf7ft.
lhe reader may remember tint tho Dow
ger Countess of Westmoreland was ono.of
Ihotiotlcd persotiffgos wno vtslsd lbs Uni
(ad Stales last stunmer1 A curious anecdote
is related of her marriage, She was the
only daughter 01 the eminent and immensely
wealthy bank6i Ghild, who flourished in
Loudon about tho lime of theFrench Revolii
lion. When ho died, he mate a will, leav
ing all the property lo his danehlcr on con
dition that ehe should) marry a mechanic,
(ho commenced lifo. himself La a brewer
who had served a tegular apprenticeship of
seven years at )us trade-. It she married
any tither person, the wholo estate was to
alienate .from her and her heirs. The then
Karl ;jf Wesltnoro land rnet her by chanse
at a ball given on noma public occasion bv
lha Lord Mayor, lie resolved, if she was
willing lo iwarry her, and on her consent
mg to wail seven years, lie botlnd himself
appicnticc to a Ale. Pollock, a highly re
epectable saduler in Piccadilly; and astual
ly learned tho trade. Ho served his seven
years and exhibited a saddlo which he had
made, to tho cnttro satisfaction of the exeeu
tors under tho will, and gare titla for for
tunc; Miss Child became a Duchess and
ihe mechanic's apprentice one of tho wealth
iest barls ol England. After all, ho SBrv
ed only half as long as poor Jacob who
gave sevAn years of servitude for Rachael
auu seven more lican anu uni not get so
much cash as his Lordship by pretty cousi
dctublc difference.
One of the city missionaries of Boston, s
few days sines, witnessed i, singular scene
iu mat city in a miserable hovel ot a
house which lie entered, ho found a man
lying dead, wiili some of tho family drunk
about Iii 511. In the samo room with the
corpeo a couple wero bsing married tho
bridegroom wcar'ug tho vury clothes which
the dead rami had j net cast oil", and every'
.thing was going very merrily' r.e though
it was a jovial time Petuwjlvanien,
EMIGRATION
Tho Cincinnati Gazette sayg, The,
number of emigrants who had left this city
for the Hurlhern pari of Illinois, and Iowa
Territory, by ihe way of St. Louis, as we
are informed by officers of the boats, has
been untisually Urge this oeaton. Boats
leave our larding almost daily, crowded
with substantial emigrants fiom Mho baok
country, with their live stock and farming
apparatus, bsnt upon seeking tiir fortunes
iu the distant wilderness. The principle
number seoms to pilch upon the territory of
Iowa, as their place of 'ist'.ler.ii'nt.I
John Quincy Adams is nnr seventy
years of age, and has hcen in public life
18 years. In 1701 be was appointed minister
to Portugal. In 1707 minister to Prussia.
In 1803 he was elected U. S' Senator, and
remained in that body until 1009, at which
lima ho was sent lo Russia as minister.
On his return in 1811, he was appointed a
Judge of the Supreme CourSofthe Uniicd
States' In 1813 lit was sent as one ol th?
Associate .Ministers at the treaty of Ghent1
1810 hutcsicived liie nppoinlmet of Min
ister to EngJand, and wfcile abroad in 1817
was selected by Mr. Monroo as tho Sec
retary ol Slate, in which offiee ha continued
until the time of his elevatiuu to tire Presi
dency in 1820. In 1832 ho took bis sent
in the lower House of Oongross, wbero lis
has been a prominent member continuously
from then lo the present 1U3'.
THE HANDY .CASE
This case was heard beforo Judge Bur
ton, of ihe Court of general Sejsin of
Philadelphia county, acting in his capacity
of Justita of the Peace, on Thursday last,
Tho testimony exhibits no new facts, buf
there is ono feature with which we were
forcibly impressed, ns going to place l)ie slan
ders of Gov. Porter in a moat unenviable
position. Two federal' editors Were among
the witness examined Monsomery, of the
Harisburg Chronicle, and Richards, of tho
Reading Journal both notoaions for their
debasing uiiEcrupulensnsss, tho former t3
being thn first to repeat the 09.000 elnn
tiers against tha govrrnor. The result of
of their oxnminaliun by the 'Attorney Gen
ftral, nhile it shows how little il lakes t
ruin a good man's character, is a proud its
jimoniii! in favor of Governor Porter. It is
as follows:
Richards said: 'All the knowledge I got
was from others KNEW NOTHING
MYS13LF-
Montgomery saidi'I have published nrli
cles in relation to the so called 890,000 af
fair but have no knowledde of it.
And yet these men charged tho Govern nr
idefinitoly with lha worst of orimer.1 They
ae mightily bravo while brandishing their
venom pointed pent but llioir valor never
stands the test,
TneV.'ashingtuu -correspondent of the N.
Y Herald sayt?
They tell an anecdote of Mr. Clay at
hia 'boarding house; that a few mornings
since, after breakfasting and writing a'few
lettcM, mid giving some directions to his
servrtit, ho enme down from his room about
1 1 o'clock stepped into a hack, and drove
lo the Oapital; and it wes only when enter
(ng lite gateway towards the Senate, that
he suddenly recollected )ie had resigned.
Such had been his habit for so many years
that no wonder fergot iijc&elf for s ma
moat.
UljlM!l
"TitCTir wmiacT rcirt
sJTvsiBJiv, JttJhr, t ie!J3,
FOR PRESfi)BNT,
BUOBL4NAN.
(Subject to the d&ision of iht Naliana
Convention.)
The folloio'ung taunt ives given by Val
entine Best, at flarritburg, Juimaru,
8th, 1842.
V' Bett: Hon. .Taises Buchanan, tho
rising stat, noi of Poiuifylvania, but of the
Union tho "Sar of ihe North" mid the
wholn north will report in f.tvor of hi noro
ination for the Presidency, and in tho cent
of their report biing adopted by 0 nsiioiiiil
convention, the north will confirm it by ma
joriti'os worth counting'
8C7Wc have received notices from
our subscribers in Sugarloaf township,
of the -i. regularity in their receipt ol
our paper. We can assure them that thsy
aro mailed every Friday afternoon, end for
waided by the way of Berwick and C;n
bris. Will tho Post Masters a: those two
offices lowK to it, and sac them rcgulurly
forwarded. T$
At an Eles
hetat Oatlawiss.?on tho
3d insl., for.cJPfticeis of tho
C(ft turn's sa
Britigo Compaq, for the eeutng(yar, th
following persons wore duly eleeteil :
President George II. Willitts.
Managers William McKelvy, Stephen
Baldy, Jofph Brobst, Joseph Pflxlon, Pc
ter Scluniek, O. D. Leib.
Secretary and Treasurer 'Ezra S.Hay
hurst.
The Virginia election as far ss hfr.r,
frsm is dcaitledly in favor of the dumncriiti"
party Forty live counties have been heard
from, and the result of thn electron for mem
mors of llva House of 2tepresenUlives, is
20 democrats to 24 whigs being a gain of
cn in embers sines latt crrsiou.
In the onso of Nicholas Cid'le,C(ipperth
wsite and Co. for couspirsuy to defraud tha
United Stales Bank, iho proceedings here
boon qucshed by ilio Court-
BUCHANAN ABROAD.
Wo lako the following extinct from the
Flag of iheUnion,' n Irsiliug demoer.itie pa
per published st Tuscaloosa, AUb'tma;
'Mr. Buchanan thn distinguishes! Penn
sylvania Senator, hss been nominated for
the 'residency by very numerous meetings
of the Democracy both at Harrisburg and
Pittsburg, They soem to be in oarnof. in
tho Keystone State, in pressing Mr Buch
anan's claims for this offir.e He is cer
ainly well qualified both iu moral mid pol-
iliccl rharactcr, and has mora tluu Giifiieiout
talents for the high station.
'nil not the Kay stone of thtj Arch
speak forth and proclaim throughout the
breadth of this land, that she has a son, in
tbe name of Governor Porter, worthy and
every way qualified for iho second olBce in
this Republic!'
Western (JiidianaJBsmeerat.
No, tho 'Keystone of tho arch' will do.
no such thingo. She has already proclaim
rd Mkr.oughout tho brsadth of this land, dial
she has a son. in the namo of JAJSES
BUCHANAN, worthy and every way
qualified for the tiedt officu in thisllepublie.
The democracy of Peunsylvanja have
not asked tkat any of her sons should re
ceive the honor of the .tiicond office in the
gift of the pooplejnor do thsy intend to.
State Capl. Gazelle.
THE .DIDDLE CASE
Jndge Barton delivered tho oppinion of
the Court of Criminal session in the con
spiracy eases against Nicholas Biddla and
others, on Saturday lust.
Tho learned Judge thus closes his rgu
mem: 'That no 'prbbale cause' has been
shown to bjnd over thesa panics for having
criminally conspired to eheot and defiant!
tho stockholders, mid it they are entitled
to be discharged from tho.custody in which
they have "been detained' ' '
Judge Goran dissemcd tha opinion of tho
Court.
The New Hope Delawaro Bridge Com
papy has blown op, si last,
Me r7ti---Hav!nir , n fow Icisiii; .r
mcnts, I have. p!ACl on paper, few of
Vltomriny rr.atious, that crowd tli?ruicUM
upon iny tjiiud, why a new connty sbouM
inlt be formed out of parla of Columbia ami
Luztii', hiJiI should yon think proper, you
insy publish them.
.MY. REASONS ARE,
1. rfl,ftl (lil)lllliil', rmillit- ia iva. . u
'" ciiiau.
in I0rrnr,rt. p.n.i il pnt mi imavv f... ...t-i.
lo .keep up hervpurta. and pay other nscoi-
snry expaiifis, nono of wli,ioU Would bo J
deeieast'il wri the ctninly difiuod. Wo
now reldoin livn a full week's conn at
srtsion, and the sum; expense, jr nearly,
for tbe attendance of juror.), coiisiabies, fcc.
v.-o'ild be required if there wero but two
days. The iiiaci cr,mmiashnKs,s:id county
officers, aid nil o'iicr cipetiSrs of the coun
ty would bn lha came, while there would
be butlwo thirds cf the pres-iit pnp-u'.iticn
in pay it. In addition, th prssent county
building must be retmilt at the county o.
pen'sc within a Tsiv years, if thy remain at
Danville, which, ahntiltl tho removal tako
phiou, would bo entirely avoided, as ciij.
zene of the county offer to put up jiublio
buildings free of expense lo ibo cna.,ty,
2. The inhabitants of Fiifbii)gereokr
Sugarlonf, Orange, Paxton, nud that part
of Bloom included, would nst bo acoommo
daled, taking all things into cons' deration,
any belter than they now are: They bars
little or no iftlercourso with Bt-nvlck, tteir
trado beiug at Bloorosburg and bslow which
Is tho natural market for their lumber and t
produce..
3. Knob mountain, whicli divides Brier
creok from Fisliingoreak, pTcseHt-; an nl-
jmostjmpses. ble barrier lu nny direct Gom-
munieation between ti.e urn, so tkut tbsy
would, tjmiain, ss thay now aro, olraiijcrs tt
thn eastern and centre of tho now county,
with interests and associations entirely dis
connected; living as it were, strangers ia
a strange land1'.
4. The inhabitants of thoCreek townships
taking into consideration tho circuitous rout
they "nist travel So Berwick, in consequence
of the mountainous character of the country
they must pass, would be bul littln nsarsr
that place than Danvilla, yot, tkny would
biive to bear the burthens of tho increased
expense that would inevitably follow lha
organisation of a new county, .thinly pnpti
luted, -and from tlu nature of it tljcrrttory,
having largo share of mountains and bro
ken lauds within iis limits, rr.UBl remain
al least, for years to como.
5. Thn same reinarkn will apply t
Paztou di-lticf To gc to Berwick; thsy
innstrrots MiflliH mountains, therefore be
tween Berwick and P.i.ton ihero is now
little or no cotnrnun'uT.li'jii.
0. Columbia roonty has now but oris
Ueprr-seninllvo, and. should tho proposed
division lake place, she would not hara snf
firient popuhtiivn left lo enlillw her to one
under the new appunionment. No county
ought certainly to be dividsd when it will
leave her ithnut representation. This of
ilspjf, is a sHftkiViit objectiou,woio ihcra no
other.
7. A eosti rirhihn of the population
of Colbinbis rtiu;.ty lhat are included with ,
in the new' county projecl,'arc oppesed bolk
from tnifcrAsucil ooiiveiiifnee to tiie ichoma
what reasone are tbe tluij-e they hotild be
rn:rde the ccapo goats to adranro the inters'
of 11 few property holdsrs t Berwick niul
Dijivilk ? and why should the inur.yjbe
rnado tn butPr that th few may riot upon
tho spoil? wrung from Iheir hard earniuga t
Thern i no justice, in it, nor will any hon
nrb!cj man cither wlroit or a3k it.
8. Salem and Nascopeck are tbe only
townships in Luzerne county that world lo
benfiited by ttui new csunty, and llicy hao
no farther to travel to Wilkesbarra now,
than Fishingcreuk and OogarUaf wsuld ba
compelled to shothl tho division take
place.
These are a fow among tho many reason
ih&tiu'iiee me to oppose a division of this
county. I may hereafter refer toothers,
after planting, ehoujd I have time.
A FAfliMEU"
Tha following named members Jiavo
died since tbe commencement of the 20th
Congress:
From flfatsachusctls James O.Alvord.
From New fork Anscm Brown.
From Pennsylvania Williaii W. Pot
ior, Enos Hptik, Oharlre Ogle, William S.
Ramsey, Ildiry Black, Davis Dimirk, jr.
und Joseph Lawrcneo,
From North GartlinaLovis
liams.
From KentnckySimon H. Anderson,
From Auiouftp-Albert G.-Hawan.