Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, December 30, 1843, Image 2

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    COVJUTTINO HOUSE ALMANACK,
FOR THE YEAH.
BKIMI A ItlSIEXIt.K on I.BP tKtR, ,NI1 THKflMl ll
OF AMERICAN INDI;l l;NI.I;Nt t:.
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Kinlgratlmi from Germany.
AVe take tin; followiiij; oxttact from the Re
port of the Secretary of War, on the Commerce
of tin rnited States:
"Emigration from Germany to the l". States
presents .1 subject of great impoitance to us. Wo
receive from the States associated in the (leiiiKin
L'nion most valuable amigrants, cousisiitis vhief
ly of farmers of excellent characters ami itnhis
trions habits, who bring to their adofrted count ry
sufficient uold antl silver to enable them t pur-i-hasu
and settle lands. The follow hip -Hiicial
tatenl;llt, made to the Chamber of llep'ittrs ef
the kingdom of liuveriu, which does imt contain
one-seventh part 4" the inhabitants nl the I'uton
will show Ute Mite of emigration in tluKoHiitry
From 1ST? to lS'i, the totl c-mi-ialion from
l!avaria ahuic was
Males, .
Filnales, ...
12. sin;
1 1.701
2 1, 07
Viz : To America,
To France, '
To Prussia,
To (Ircece,
To Algiei,
To places unknown, who pot nfT
without passporta, uud motly
went U the United State,
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"Tie' amount of money w hieli liie-.i.-rmiraul
I'ov w.th ihctit. as far at. it is known 1.. The J'.j
varum ( e.vernttient, is nearly seven milliens r,i
guild is eual to about ?2.st0.i'Ui bui.iu on-se(ic-u,-e
ef the heavy tax w hi. h is levied, net
only in Uivaria, but tlirouphor't a ur.1 jrt
te iniaiiy upon money anil oilier persona I proper
ty taken out of the country by eiui-naiits, ii i.o
prol'.thie that few of the p-rsoiu euurui-ruted
n.a-le a declaration to tliu tiovri niueut ol 'noie
than MiV half of their properly We nin v reanii- i
uhly anppose," thciftr.ie, tlmt tleise perwns nuisl '
have taken witX them nearly twelve millions 01
gud.U-ls-cqual to about ?l,H0..,.),m. The ,.
bcr ami alne ef the people who come to ns ho m
(I. rmany may Urns be wt 11 appreciated, not on-
ly in their persona! character, but in the addition
tin y make to our actual w ealth ;
Ixsoi.vkxt 1fi Iion In theColut ol INmuiiou '
Fleas, at Philadelphia, Judge King delivered tin
unanimous opinion of the Court, in the t-as.-ol an
applitii t lor the dene At tf ihe insolvent law, o
veriuling the fl.jectiiiH ef eosiiig creditors.
Mid deciding tlmt the iur.icti1 atl ot' Jiwe. K.il.
was ist rt'liealctl by the avl allishing imprison
ir.ent for debt. lit still remains in It.ixe. ihen by
exteinling to the insoht rl deblors the privilege
of the seven years' protect wtt Iiomi s'.lt.
The Colonel of a regiment of im'iiin, do mi
l!atit, Wt8 iofitrnied lately that cure 1 it his soli
had run In pwnrd throut.'li liislmdy. On in-ejuirine-,
l e fount! tint lie had sold his sword for
Jniuor, Lich he haJ drank.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Vir. 30, 184.1.
(T? Y, H. ri.Mi:, T-iti. t his lTi al F.lte Kinl
foul nlTirr, No, S9 Fine Strert, Pliila,li!ihi, is u
thoriwil n act as Aprnl, ami to rrfrivc ainl n'ri-i j(
for all miiiic clue this cifii.T, for mil-Nription of ail- I
.Ttlising.
j
lo-rvirit 'I' h k. 100 lln . or more, of sni-- ,
oinl hand tin vu r tyu. for f;il.' at tins oil at
IS els. pT Hi., null. Tin; ty'(' uro the suinrns
tlioso ii-ifil in inn iiilvi'i tisiiis; roliiinn.
C"" "n our first page wc'liuvc jihu'i'il 11 powrr
I11I nrtifh' fioni ihc pen of I.onl Itt itiliii m. cnli
tlfil "Aim'rioan 1 Vomer. n y.'' It Irlisth shonhl
not (h ti-r onr roinh-M front (iivitii it 11 pi'i nsnl.
It I'ontnins an ahlo refutation of tin wlioli vuli;
nlaiih'i'S hiiip,'il upon thi roiintry hy nrilih
torios and their nL'onts. The ai lit le. it u ill he
seen, is desini-d c-liicrly an .hihWi'I to the Let-
tel of I.nrd Sydenham, who is lit. 'i. illy rrilnil
giant.
Tin: Vi:ATur n. Cloudy, w ith rain, for .1
Week pat. Tin' sun did show hiinsell for a few
hours on ( hrtstiuas altenioon. by way of a relish ,
ordesseit to the tin key and other poultry dinners 1
that were eaten 011 that day
C-T" A daring attempt was made, a few nights
sine., to fir. Mr. Joseph Writel's Mill, about I
three miles from this place. The villains had
succeedi tl in rommuuiratiu! firn to some straw
that was in the mill, hut which, forlunately. on
account of ln-iiifl wet. did not become ietiited
H7" A correspondent of the Clinton County
enuH-rat recommends F.. Y. I'i:ii;iit. I'sij , of
this county, lis a candidate for Speaker.
C."7" XoinitntN 1'i:xxsYi.vaxm x. This is the
title of a new paper just started at Williamsort
by onr friend Col. Caimt.k. The Colonel, w ill,
r.f course, publish ail ititrreMin:; and amusing pa
ler. It supixnts Jaineit I'luhanali for Fresiih lit,
and Francis R. Shunk for Covcrnor. Tin Colo
nel gives a long expose of his connection wilh
the Lycoming (lazette and his associates, and of
the different factious, fractious and fragments,
which have of late disturbed the harmony of the
lleinocrary of old Lycoming. It is a strange tale
t ml v. I'ttt this is a Mrautro world, and llyron
says that even ' truth is Mrange, Mianger than
fiction."
P."7 Xkw YoitK STAXPAiin. This is a new
paper established in Xew York by the friends of
cn. Cuss. The Standard is ably edited by John
J. Mnmford, nutl warmly advocates the election
of lien. Ci.s.s to the l'rehidt-nt y.
r"7" Ciiuii.vs J. Ii.u:soi.i in the course of
thedebate on the subject of pi inline; the Mes
sages in ihe Herman language, asked if there was
any diMi reiice between (I.-rmau and Low Dutch
except in proiiiuici.it ion. It is rather siirpiisiui:
that a man of Mr. Ineersolls b-arnin-r. should he-
tray so much ignorance upon this subject. Low
Duti'fi is written and printed in English chai ae-
-t.-rs, anil is as dissimilar Io the (leriiiauas the
I'jiglish. -and pr.bal.y more o.
C." I he vacancy occasioned by the death of
Judge Tiii.sii-s.ix, of the Supreme Court 1. 1 the
United Slates, it is thought, w ill-be filled by Sec
retary SMiiccr.
TT" A Slate Temperance Convention will be
held at Hat risl.uri! on the 10th of January next.
Ill-legates of temperance associatnMis are invited
to attend
Tni'- StTi: 1i:i;t au Fi i-.ue AVorks
There are a number of papers, mostly in the city,
which an-constantly hatpin;; upon tin- propii. ty
of selling th" il.!ic improvements, for the pur-
po-'e ol p.i inn the Stale UeOT. or rallier payint.' a
1 bout one half, say 20 millions, and leave the re
' mainiie 'i'l millions to be saddled on th" p"i.ple,
j without any resource or means of payment but
- t.ivation. The fate of the gooe that l.iitl the
-otd- 11 i-l',s mie,t, with propriety, sickest some
1- t-til 1 ellei ( ion- (or lho.se w In. advocate a scheme
mi Ij.e.iel.t wilh nun to nil our hojies and tuture
piosperl. I be J.e.ple w ill never submit Io be
taxetl one millivsn per annum (r the payment of
ititt rest, wli.-n the public impis eineiits urt
taken Item them 'Fhey w.mhl lallier, inilcli ra
llier pay ilouhle the amount, with the hopeslhat
at some IuImi e pel iotl these same pablic w 01 k
w.mbl lilt 111 1. it 1 I Inpiitlete the debt, and still re-
iiKtin 111 lNV-M'sMtin .l lbe Slale. .'lcatlv en-
, .m- Xuui, ,-,,. ,,.,.,.,. , ,,.,,, ((ir
M.,11M, ,;,,, ,. ,,,,,, ulll, H. w ,,,,.
i s,.ltt. ..,,, ,,,.,1 a, i,.,,,,,,..! Wc have ever
' ni)1M, , tll ,,,., , .,,, ptJ,i U1.
Vein ami sinew of the country, we know, are ep
iK.scd to it Ve J.nicli regretted ihe assageof
the law lor lbe sale of the Delaware Division,
w hit h sale M as bapily Irusti alt .1 ; uml w ein
cercly hope the I.egilatue will never again
an. lion a measiue so suu nLil to her own in
teicbts. r A great fire occuirctl in W ilkesb.nie. on
tle-".''d inst Ten faini lie were burned nut 'l be
foe was sud,b 11 tlwt but lit I If Inilliture Was
- etl The tlw.-Hlngs, w e uml. island, woe ail
i'ii'.1 exc. ..ting ll.al o! Mi John Lir'gi t
r.T'" Fhe Shei ill'of Y01 k county has adveuisrd
l)n- sale ol the locks dams. Jc .of the Tide Wa
ter C.t. 1.1 1 ( ompat-y on the Il'ttli itt -t
Mr. Biidinnnn's Dirlination.
TliC I.ntiriisl.r Intelligencer of Tuesday last,
contains no address of t b" linn. Jamku I!i 1 iia.n
ax "'I'ii lln Democrats of lVnnt1vniiia,'' in
which In' w ithdraw s lii n;i 11 n limn the list
of iI.'iiiim liitic raiiJiil:itrs for tin? I'lrsiilinirv.
'I liis i" nn iinpnit.ini ninvriiu-nt oil tln i)litit';il
flii'f btmril. Mr. !5m Iimiiuii' rffons lor tli'n
strp nrc. luiclly, tluit iinotlnT pi-ison will, in nil
jnolmliility. ri'frivi; tin iioiuiiwtinn, nnil In i
iinxiottt ttiut tin (I.Mnorriil io pnrty s-lull pri'sriit
tin tiiilirokrii front to the iln-my. Mr. liiirliminii
w;is, iimliiuliti'illy, tin- lir-t i lioici of IVnti) h a
liiii. In whoM faM-r he l.iis ili'tlin- d. if ill favor
ofnnvoiii'. 1.4 not known. lh do;'s not rxprrs
a"' lrrf ivn e fi imv ono 0I II10 ri-rnuinini: lan-
ilnlati's. I, hi. vrr nniv l thr int iition. nm
tliili!i y V( rtaiu. tli.it t.'rn. ('a.s liii-s Jhc T' liy rc-
t'i'is ol .in iiciv-sion of si n-imtli tlmt will initki
him a loi iniiljl.lc rival in IVniisvUiinia
Van Hiirm uinl the rrrsiilcnry.
A writer in the Rii hniotid I'mpiirer. in :t 11 a
hie aitirle on tin l'reidem' v. proihtee-! soni-'
powi 1 fill nrunuii tits ae.iin-t Ihe polii'vnf l.ikim;
up Mr "iin Fureii a the ralididate of Ihe d 1110
riatir paity. The ,. 1 it, i v a Connel ly a warm
friend of '.Mr. Van ruit ii.hiithe contends that
he i pot rah ulated to tir up men's spirits or e
eite fervor at the polls. In regard to Mr. N an Ho
ren's defi at in IV 10. he makes tlm following re
marks :
"Souio s.iy, that Mr. Jelli rson run, rind nr
i'i ti. liilly, alti r 11 liii-l la.lnri." ; as to bo. miio he
lid.
"Hnl thr rases nro not pirnllel not nt nil.
Mr. Ji ll'trson tailed to oct io, hut waH never
turned out. 'Flu! latter in thf! pn.-tlicaoieiit in
which Mr. Villi Huron Mauds.
"liOKitlr.e, the ini'ii arr Mot alike. must
not ht' afraid to say so, hut wit, it frankly, that
iiur jiidrriiicht inity bo aided by inMruciivf ro-
nil I, rl 11 aiu mill r'oiiitiai-i.imsi I l,,tu lw;n nro
iMutarcli l.ct conclusions on the Iuiukui cha-"
factor lira w n out! In Mr. Ji-lU-rsi
son, "funis
nnd universal koowlriliri, Mid political philo
fophy as a scionci-, ns, well ns a knowledge cif
practical polities', anil a truiii of pi rsooal i-ndow-inciits',
wliii.'h wcroa tower ol'.-treontli in thfin-h'Ivl-p,
all roinhinetl wilh the litct ami I'aou
of tin authorship ol" the D. clarin'r nf Iiulcp'n-
ilcncr, to form a public character co snleudnl
anil cnminaiulin2. that he Flands alone as a
M.ltesiiinii on Ihe basis of his own first princi
ples; nlniie, in the hold he had upon the whole
of the Democratic party of the nation; whom
atlrctioiiH were never li.r an instant divided,
while he lived, with any other man the hare
thotinht i'f which, as when Burr thought of
it, 'betrayed like treason.' It wi re unsafe whol
ly uneafe, o take him ns a precedent lor run
ning a deli-nted candidate. A ith all Mr. Jef
ferson's dignity and liirlien ranee, his name could
put men'? soul on lire. Devotion and enthusi
asm Fpniiirr up i.n his train. 'Fhey were the
cjiontnneous homage to his supremacy, attestinrr
how liih and cxnluively he was enthroned in
every Democratic heart.
"Mr. Jellcrson formal the Democratic pirty,
and led it on.stnee by Mae, to it.s ascenden
cy in IS 10. It was then that lie rati for his se
cond term. Mr. Van I'.uren found it ascendant
in ';W, when he went into the Presidency and
lett it prostrate in '10, when put out. It was
then that he ran (or his second term. Py the
time Mr. Jcftrrnon came to run for hix pecond
term, the sway of his yeniti.s in our all'tir-s, it
mingled energy and mildness, with often its
Imlil originality, and alwaj a its high tone of in
tellectual elevation, hail co extripated Federal-i.-m,
ns to leave it 110 re.-tinir-p!acc in the Union
for rnllyio"; n vote ngain.-st him, nave ("oiincni
cut and little Delaware while you, Messrs.
Falitors, 1 dure Fay, may remember that, Mr.
Randolph ih-srrd-ed reiith-nmiily J.cph Lewis,
j "l'B '"" iiriri,oi. tssoie r.pr. I.
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live irti in oneress irom an 1 irfmiii 1 ue-
lieve his expression rather was, sole heir. There
in no parallel, therelore-no approximation in the
I wo cases, hut the strong-rsl imaiiiiiahlc con
trast, lam saving Ibis historically and dts
parajfinoly of Mr. Van Ruren. 1 fe eouhl f.ot
resist the combinations against him in M0. 1 le
tl it) hid best. Ids disaster was of the times.
They awept him away. The hurricanes over
whelmed him.
'.litrkson'x streneih woti'tl have resisted it,
or JeirersoiiV. And the question if, whether,
after that astounding; overthrow, wo sh-ill now
try Mr Van Huron ajjain for t-ctx-nd (rm,and
he run fir a third ime.'''
Cl' Tin rilooiiisliur;: Reui-ter cives auaccorint
ofa l.urglar) in the house ol L-ottanl Riqx-tt, the
county Treasurer, on lh nielil of th" 1 "l h inst
The robbeis broke open the .1.-J: am' took out
ationt ;iV) in money, and "noil in leileeined trea
sury olders
D, "M "MV Mint t:s In the cities money is
still as abundant as ever Fan um-i i.s leadily
u. goliale.l at '! to I p. r cent, per uiiuum This
cont 11,111 d .1 1 'tile l.i in e o I be 11 101 ley 111.11 ket . for so
long a m-i iod, Ii.ik b. en fi.iitiaiy to all exp.-cl.i-
ti. 11 ami has set ihe cio.ik. is ami calculate! s all
at nought. No one could have conceiv ed, two
years s.nce. when money was worth in Fhihelel
phia fioiu t i to 'in H r cent. er annum, that 111
less than twelve luoiilhs it would go begging at
1 per cent ' hose w ho ptol -sctl to be w ise ami
peculiatlv "killed in these n atters, in-iste I thai
ibis wa an unual111.1l slate ol' ihhigs. an I woul I
lio1roiiliii.it' beyond a pel iod of a few mouths.
Yet ibis has been ihe stale of things for lbe l:.t
twelve months, and the end is not e1. The lacl
is. things have assumed a st.indaid value lbe
bloated paer currency lh.it exi-letl a few years
since gave a fictitious value to every thing, ami
when reason again resumed her throne ami things
came down to their intrinsic value, and in many
rases much below il, a general crash was inevita
ble. The Fiee Ranking law- is beginning to find
many advocates in Ohio, where they have cxtir
Jiated nearly all their old banks. Yet this sys
tem has not prospered any t.m well in New York,
when. il has been in existence for In . illy live
yeais. 'FI, is may have been ow ing to the great
tl pieciation of the State stocks. Upon which
these bank Were all based.
1'he State Treasurer has tiveli not ice that he
w ill not receive any IVrku county Rcliel X'olcj
The l'rokcts also refuse them
Rc!jiI X-.'o ftj c tjuoied at I j to 2 per ct di
RUSCELMSY.
lOriltni Int. Cniitlrnnril mitt Srlrrtl.
A II -W ('unlet h:t1 bi'ell discovered ill 1'liilice
nnd I jielaud.
lee -nini; llie soil ha prodiieed eri at results
with 'otno of the Fiii-lish larmers.
There has h -en another eruption on Mount j
V.ttni. Tli" stream of hut -ti in;; lav.i tlat was
disi hame l wai two miles, in brea T 1 la.
Shirt 1SJ1) tliere have hreu put up in London.
15.001) new hou.ses, formini; 7,")0 new streets ami
sipiares.
'I he ew Yorkers have 7000 toil" of ire on
hand, ol hist years crop.
A well mieht a milieu without wind, wtiter
or Meant, as a press without oil and money.
The lmke of Sutherland ave his daughter
Sit. 000. 011 her mat 1 iaire with Lord IM.nityre.
Then are said to he 20.'! ,o .;es of Freemasons
in the Kingdom of Fiance.
!rn. Andrew .Tackson. at tin last accounts
fioin a-hille, was in very poor health
There are o.Vono pen-ioners on the military
lit in I'.nu'an I
. I
Oin-of the lluld ill editors has been nii'-.tti'd !iu-
pnl-li.-hin- tin- r.-p -al -p
cli ol Robert T ler ,
An infallible way to niaki
vom cliilil tniseia-
, , a I
hh is to satiety all his d.-man
The labor of an e.litoi'sl
I
is not so mni h
what he has to write. 11 to what he has to read.
Marine Temp -ranee Society in .New Y01 k city. 1
liuuilM'rs ctt r I I. OHO nieiiibers.
2 HI l.uililin-;s were
huildin-rs were .-reeled ill Milwankie. :
Wisconsin, in 1 I I Th
vill.i-r. now contains
COOS inhabitants. j
Tin Wesbyati Methodists of (heat Riit.ii
have resolved to establish 70(1 day- schools w ith- :
ill the next seven yeai, and to raise the sum ol ,
C'.'ihi 000 or that tt uly K'li -vob.-nt and patriotii
pnrpo.se. llio l.omlou spectator rays -Mr. in ..mini
is stateil to b.ive receiveil lionilln- 1 1" a 1 since 1
e receivetl Irotiillie 1 1 Mi since 1
, , . 1 . 1 . .1 1
ls:i'...lhesu,nol two hundred and Ihutythousan.l
pounds sterling."' .
V.V i, ' fr r V l',.,,l l. :,rriv...l ill i
''
Xew Y01 k. from Troy, with his tvp '-seltitur ma-
chilli'. lb; professes to be able to set .'10(111 ems
per hour - Seeing is bel.ev iug."'
The Creek Indians have passed a
lawexp-1-
ling all white men In. ill the lnuit-i of tl
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w ies or not.
Tin- steamer Kamsrb.itka. built at N'.-w Y.uk,
lr the Russian llovernuient. is said to be the
finest vessel 1. 1 her class afloat ill Europe.
A man in Alabama oilers a pianoforte for sale,
ami says he'll wait for payment till Henry Clay
is elected l'resitlent.
At Washington. Mr. lYimington asks for 41o.
000 from Congress, to try 1111 cxp -i iiin-nt with a
steam balloon !
The number of letters which annually pass
through the United Slates I'ost-t Mlice, is compu
ted at 2 I, .'00. 000.
The lionibay 'limes mentions the lih.-r.it ion
of 70110 Christian slaves from galling bondage, at
the intercession of Captain Harris.
IT" Tun following communi. ntion w as sent . the place o! those that had l n destroyed, ami.
us upon the subject of some po.t.y. entitled "The ' because the . lesol.it ions of earthquakes air not
Chibl of Xature to its Mother." which we copied j perpetual, therefore there is no future pm,:h
into our paper of the '.'th hist . from the Mlltoni- j ''" Ashe professes to be a man of reason. I
an. by sp-cial r.-que-t. When the aitii le was would ask. wha' reason is th.-ie in such an illus
hau.letl to ns, we hastily glanced over it. ami as tration. Resides, has he yet to learn that illic
it contained some pool ic'me, ii we handed it over tuitions are not arguments. Rut I could draw a
for ptd.licatioi. without further examination, or I ,"' " '"'f" -i'ihh- urgiunciit in favor of future
even reailin-' ihe whole ol it We certainly do ! pnnishm-nt from the various natural calamities
not subscribe to tic- doctrines embodied in the po
cm. nor would we designedly aid in tin! dissemi
nation of immoral or irreligious principles :
it.R rut: AVti:i:ti-.x.
1 FIDELITY.
There being so much trashy stutl". underlie'
name of poeti y, I seldom read the original effu
sions w Inch are published in country uewspap r
For ibis reason, a piece in the Ameiican. of th"
'.Oh December, taken from the M illonian. enti
tled tli" Chibl of Nature to its Moth.-r," ami
dated at Xi-.rtlmmV.ei laud, did not come under my
notice until my attention was directed toil by a
friend. 1 ant not w illing to accuse either of the
1 '.tilt 01 s of 11 sv my at by w ith its .-n1 i 1 1 1 -1 1 1 s which
nenl the most pel nn ions cliyracteT ; nor can 1
justify llt.it cureless siqx-i vision of the press
thiough which it was inliodueetl into -their co
lumns. It ct-itailily lsis suie considerable porli
1 al pi eti'tisioiis, and evinces a mind el 11101.- than
joidinaiy gra
vt hit h, m.
r a pi o r lii .-ct n-n.
coiilit 0 -ol 11 1 ue 11 set v ice In I lie i i-iiinili nn , mil
w hich. al ts '. umlei present illllnenee, seems ile
stiued t't blast the chaiacter of its pos-.e--.ir,
and spreatl a w ilhei ing blight in th" tuck ol its
power.
A inoie bold exhibition of infidelity has pro
bablv never appeared ill an 01 initial communica
tion, in any of our papers in this region ol comi
tiy, uora mere open itisiili been oll" i ed to Minis
lei s, iior a iici e malevolent blow been struck
at the l.ible. thon-.-h i iiqvileul . ami only icbotiml
ingouthehe.nlolhini who has bin led it. wilh
tlieaddilion.il lotce of thr indignation of all holy
minds.
'Fhe sentiments of the piece are increasingly
dangerous 011 account of its etical tires, atnl
the tenderness ol its title which is calculated to
enlist the ready sympatic ol the ln-ait, ami thus
bind up the understanding uml Ihe judgement,
while the poison is being insinuated into the soul
From the manner in which the writer ap
proaches the point, ami fioin the interest with
which he pursues it until the rinse of hi piece, it
is evident that his whole intention was. to es
tablish the doctrine ot universal salvation a
doctrine which came l'i out lei I and h ads to bid I
a doctrine fiuught with mischief to individual
and to tin community, an I which is unsc riptu
ral iinreasoliald" and uni'iM I'm! in driving
t l.i main point he has tu.i.l,' ta I havec ol rca-
son and revelation 111 refercnci; to oilier matters
"I vital iuiHirtancp, heiiiles his mwnei e-. re
llections on the ministiMH of our holy faith
lie has rilher ta'it;lit that man has no t,oul ' mo-t uiitin asureil d ris. on account of the noil-d.-tini't
from his body, or, having put a p.nt for paymrnt of the hit 'icM on hi.s Mock. Ilo is h
tlie whole, bar! included the soul in tin' Word j bout so yeai of aire, nnd appears Io have profit -
.t . lie I lien liroceils to tench that (lo.l ere- i
onr
lies in an evil condition, nnd lien re.
ally nttt ib'ites to (;,,d !l i),;,t about man. I hi.s humility ami christ ian Ineekiiess. The follow-
or, in Ibc 1an:;uaee of t lico'o.ry , nvikei (;,, the 1 ice is ii extr.tet from one of liis art ides, in an
direct author nfsin. lie fa; t !cr teaches, that we v.vrr to (Ini Imil ( Ii ecu, w ho vu del'iiidii, this
are the i i-eatures of circiinistanres in uch a ; country fioin the attacks of the Reverend Stock
senseas to destroy all vohuitai y act ion in man ! broker. II akes a most linaeeount.ibb attack
as to what is evil, an I all moral responsibility 1 upon the Ceiman population of Pennoy'vaiiia.
lie attributes all our defection front viitue to whose punctuality nnd honest y are nroveibial
our -little passions,-' mvrncd by unavoidable
cii i nmM.inces," and desci ihes thoi' passions to
iMtnre 1 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 . i 1 1 1 i 1 1 term) as le r "ill thus a:;ain
all'n miii that man has no t onuhility lor his
bad deeds, and tin ow ine the blame of them 011
In 1. 1 lav in;; ilestmyc I. in his fancy, all mmal
1 1 arm ter and repon-ihility in man, he titan s
the inference 1h.it. as we are exactly lin his es
timation) what (Io. I made in. and lire coin
pelled '
to act as we do. therefore it is unjust in (Io I to
ptuii-h man t!riht philosopher and ren-rner
Snrelv tin-world will -talnl-ti
... . .
to listen to the
1 011! ooiiriie's o los
loin ' What cannot he
h- li i - dethroned (.' I.
prov as an error niter
.,,,,1 .1.,,,;., 1 ..ii ii
out .l.-iiie I all t!r lirM prmciiil 's o trutti '
The above sentiments, clothed ill the plain
tsieoi i.'o of truth-telling pro. e. are sm!'h ieut to
show that the writer virtu. 1 11 v and practically
demos the llible I Jut he i-mphatitnll y amiounced
his unbelief ill revelation, w hen he declared, that
";""r' ,s l"r "'" """" '"""11 Wlt.cn ..on is
seen: 'the .Mtnivility Power, whit
the Alinivrhty I'mver, whnh we mo
own, but see not. save in thee.-'
lie then pives a lliicr at ministers under the
scornful cant of "n dly, righteous men.'' speaks
ol ih.-m as swayed by "lnonkish superstition."
j and even impugns tln-ir character, and that of pi
I mis persons -r- nerally , nud'T the expression of
I '-doubtful holiness;" and to cmwn his presmnp-
, ; t.u Sl,s ., t..,.r nrt
fi 1 or- t MM-
--
, ,ir , .,. , ..... . .......l. .,.,,1 1,,.!:,..-,. t!. t, .,tb
1
, ,;,, ., pvalt,.,, trihuf. to his
wn p,,Wers of p.-rcepliou ami mi-rhty iutb-p- tiil-
elice as one ..f tliose wbo Ii:ivi. lilnLrn riw'nv fro...
1
1 .1. 1 ... 1 ..: 11:1.1 1 .. 1 1...1:
1 the leading strings of the llible
as ntibow'.l Rea-on dictates."'
I
All ye of monkish superstition, ye pigmies
"I' intellect. Royle nnd Raroii ami X'ewt.ui. and a
I host o others, w ill ve not 1 ise fioin the tb ad an I
Mo bio. reverence, aeknowled".. vnt.r i.morarce
iofXature ami Reason, and sit at hi- feet to learn
of him ? What a pity '.' lived and died in igno-
rauceof the gr.-al fust principles ot truth, and had
not your exist-nee in n. in Xm thiirnbei laud,
to be irradiated by the glorious Sun of wisdom
w hich, as by miracle, has just hurst forth upon
our intellectual ami moral darkness ! Ah 1 alas'
Has it come to this ? that the largest minds and j '' '-'t"" "'-'"I "-""r & appearance. They a-e
purest hearts of rai than sway.-.l by monkish sit- ! also celebrated for rurry'mg . Ii" seperllu bile, re
perstition. while mere sciolists, smattercrs in j moving habitual ostitetn s si. kiu'ss at the st,.tincK
knowledge, and of '-doubt fill holiness," are a- ' he id.n he, SiC. Kitunl nj Clinnnele.
tlepts in tnith, ami can teach the ways of ( In I to (jj I'uf. hase of IL U M.is-t r, Suubury, or id
man '. Rabies are men my-a-.lay Afi-T throw- . ibe ii.euis, publi-hcd in aitolli. r p ut of this p -per.
ing in a doubt whetln-r man nieiits even the suf- , , , , , ,
f.-rings of this life, he again attempts an argument '
against future j.nuishmcn. on the ground ofa
I most lotcetl analogy. ' : That alter earthquakes
j the grass grows, ami a new population rises in
! which alllict th" woihl. than In can against it
J They are evidence of the sinful state of man.
I ami of the tli-plt a-oiie of (Iod against moral evil
j And it he thus alllicts man in this w.uhl. why not
1 in the next. If it can consist with the mercy of
(Iod to dispense suffering in this life, why not e
' tptallv consist with his mercy to punish him in
the lilt nre world
I llecoticludes with ail npV-al to Xature to tell
him wln-tln-r (lotl had loiedtH.m.-il men to t-u 1-
less punishment, ami consider the response loin!
I ul 1 y in the negative, and retires from his labor
apuiteutly satisfied that he has oveithiow 11 our
monkish la il la. and won a nam" which will stand
high nil the records of fame, if it should not b
' exalted als.ye the names of Volncy ami Voltaire
and I'aiue, ami Aimer Kneel. in I
I Four deceit cd 111.111! 11ngr.it ful thil l ol t!i '
' light to reject the levclatioii ol (iod in his wold,
the only sure guide of sinful ami ei ring man an!
lii.i';ehis id: iumteapp -al to Nature. mere 11:111 -.
of no siib-tanlial being, ihe convenient cover ol
ign.uance, error, vice and impiety lie how to
reason! No' he bows to hi own imagination
ami wishes No ttiail bows to reason in m.t!r. 1 ,
I of la ith until he fust bow to revelation It he
had ni.idel.isfni.il appeal tolled, sp-akuig in hi
wold, the aii-wcr would have been distinct. .Ill I
int. Iligdde, giving the lie direct In the Hippoed
response ol .Nature, ami tb cl.ll ing Ihe Jilt ilie de-
lermiuat ion In punish the iiupt intent sinner lor
. t er
Young thus describe the id,.!! -i s of Reason :
bile love of truth through all their camp re
sounds, 'Fhey draw pride's cm tuiu o'er the noon-tide ray ;
Spike up their inch of Reason on the point
I If philosophic tt it. called argument,
Ami then exulting in their taper, cry
behold the Sun ! and Imhau-like adoie.''
Tlietleni.il of fut 111 e punishment ha-s its oiigin
in w ron t iews of (lotl. The palions of that er
ror disparage the justice of the Dit iue lleing
j divide (lo.l, net cr presenting him in his complete
character.
I ' Xot thus our infidels the Eternal .haws,
' A (Iod all o'er consummate, absolute,
1 Fullorbe.l, iii bis whole round of ray complete :
, Tlu-y set at o lds Heat en's jarring attributes,
And w ith one excellence another wound;
I Maim Heaven's pet lection, break its equal beams,
' Rid m.-icv triimiph over (Iod hiinsell,
I'lideilied by their oppi obi ion pi. use
! A Cod all mcicy is a (.'oil unjust.'1
I S inbury, Dec 2 '. 1SU
C.7 " I he Rev Sydney Smith of F.nuluiul, wlii
until recently held coi.sidirahl.; l'entisylvaiiia
State Stock, has been uhlisiiie; the Americana in
ted hut itt e hvhij. one; rtaiiihinr 111 1 lie in'mwirv
it these eil'usioim lire to he taken ait n mn-. n.w.n ,,r
They will not sillier any thins, however, from
tin- Kfveicnd e.-ntlcmau's detraction :
"It nuiy In Very true that rich and ediirv
ted nu n in l'i tins- Ivaniii w ii-h to pnv the de bt .
find that the ren) tibjei-torst urt the Ihitrh atnl
(lerman nnrlcijlurists, who cannot bf: inulu to
uiulerMNiid tin.- 1 ll't'Ct nl rhuracter iim)ii clover.
AT. this may bo v. ry true, but it is 11 domes
In; on. nr. I. Their rhurchwardi-ns of rrpti'a-
'"'i' make a private rate of infamy li.i
ii:emse:ves ueiiave tiotlt ng to no with Hit
rate. Thr real quarrel i.s i1(. Unpaid in.u.'
the Si. itr (il'l'ei iisvlvinia.
"A11I li"v, dear Joo.,thnn. h t me 1iej . yot
to li.l'ow tin adviee ol a ri al friend, u ho wi!
say lo yal wli.it Wat Tj 1 ( r bed Hot the Ml
tin- to s--iv, mid wl at all speakers in Ihe i'.'t 1
rcreiit I'eim.-yl'.an a ( lec'ioo.s have ratitieii.-!-.
,',bstaiii.-il Irom s.-ty i n;r, '.ki it irn ul 1 imt
l,ni,l, iiji ul nut i' unit jur' You have Ilo coll
rept:oti of the obloiiiiy and co-ileinpt to w lueli
inn are r.vpoMti i.iir-clvr all 1 vcr li ir ipo.
Hull is nrturally ili.sosed to love you; but In
loves nohoily who dies not pivhittt. llisim
aginary panilise is some planet of pmu itia
pivmcnt, where ready money prevail'-, tin !
whi te debt and discount are iiiikn.ryii. As f..r
me, np soon as I heir that the first firthin-r is
p:.id to the last creditor I will iipp-Tar nn my
kttr.es at tl;' bar ofti.e I'. Ml- lv. ilia Senate,
in the phnneoi iciati robe of American contro
versy. K.ch Consctipt Jooalhati shall trickle
over men few drops of tar, and help to deco
rate me vith those penal plutniM in which tilt
1 vanquished rcn.-'onrr of transatlantic worhldnes
1 , ,, . - 1 . 1- 1
i hnnc.ei to I iP tihvsicnl sntiorior't v ol Ins mm...
- . . ' ' . 1 ,
iiems. .11tt now, navtntr easeu mv soul 01 ns
, i,igiiati..n, and sold my stock at 10 percent.
, discount, I sulkily retire from the subject, with
I " i01ltillll III Iflldilirr no more money
itofrinft.i.1..,tir,1i!r. rAn.lr.irtiililifl.i.tf.foiiiol,.,'.
i ins my money henceforth in buying up Abys-rrodi-rions
'.'eni- Kininn btniils- and rmrrhiisino intlm 'ruri.-i-.'.
- '- "i ... v ""- j. ...... , .-..i ... v ,..).....
. l ours, or the 1 unis I iiree-ninl-n-'i ilt p -r cent.
S0MY i: Ml I'll."
: "" " "
'! . tl . tl' t ...
1 ...:..-' e n n e rxp.-r., nr. ., me
c 1 c,rrl "f V" Vc-taMe Univers .!
j VW ,,,,:,,v- ,,;, m " l"" '-'-""" hn.Ve in.
brinr ever vet oiler, d to the politic, f ir ctir-iij; I e
lj..ut, cramp, and wind in Ihc sloumch ; ulso a r. r
lain CU'C fir the ilis.n i'ry or Idoo.I Ibix, c'lnleti
mor! us, 'evcre nripii us, and nil otht r disrasi s of
the htiwels. A dime nt vt r fids Io rem ; a c .Id,
.ti .1 ti k n ,
D11 tlm "."nil it.st., by ill.' R.-v.J. 1. Shiiidel, Mr.
1) 1 s I . I. II l AS III Miss Mi 11 Tilt ('.IMl H I LL, both
ul S 1. nn- km lnv n-hq.
i'U!i;i: cr it in'. nt.
I Cnn f:ri,l if.t.Uij in .YMry i'uAtimcr.
Whi it, .... S."i
Rr:, el
C.iiv, - - . - - - til
(Urs, ...... a. 1
I'nin, ...... 5
FlaXsmii, . . 10(1
IIUTTKH, ..... Ill
Rkkswax, .... 2"
TiLI.lt W, .... Ill
Dai i.n AiTLr., - 75
Do. I'nciihs, 200
Fl.4X, ... .ft
IlliCKLr. 11 Flx, - 10
FtitlS, ....-
';! Intent I'irt 'omi;iiiy.''
SI A'I ED MF.F. ri.N't! .-I Ihe C'. nip. nv will
be hel l 011 T!iius.l:.y evrning rvt, at Ii o'clock,
at the Scri. ol House, Functtinl nliendanre s re
tpiiit.l. CHAS. J. RRUXKR.
D-r. 110, 1S43. Sine tuiy.
V;!ilii-,toi I'll t vtiuimiij.'
nHU uieinU-rs of tin "Washington Fire C.un-
p. in" nre rcq list .1 to inert lit the Stale
House, on M1.nd.1v Evening, J.m. 1st, at 6
rltM k, precisely. I'uiiclu.il nilemlanre is irquirr.l.
Dec. :t0. ' J U'OII YOl'XtiM AX. .sVr.
H AMS AXi. MIOI LDUitS 1,1 s tie. chest. . fa:
c.h.'-y II 11. MASsE II.
D.c ;ot!i, 111.
lO JL.
"AM1J Ij 1 lie j ri 1111 cs I the ubsv ri!s-r, icsiJii
1 in Sdatn 1k.11 township. oi' time in Vpti 1
ip. s nn" time m "epli 111
bcr 1.1-t, FOUR sr:.Y MlF.I.I. Tiny re
111. uked by having li.r right eir tut cV it the pi 11',
sn.l the hfi car l.t. O a- of tlicui h a fell on
The on n.-r er nwurr are r. ipies ed to call, n 01
prop. Ity, i iy tlia'c-, 111 I tiki Ihcni .1 .V.
MICH Y.. DIMMUi, jr.
Sb in. .kin, D.v CI. st:l.;lt
u!l(( lu IJui-iW i -i.
4 F.A LMl) prepusils will be teecivcd by the s,.!.
ser.bcrs, the luiil.ling coniui.ltec ,ipp'.i.t d le
the Fiil I'lCslivtiT'int Church ami ('..:ign".' .tie:
ol the li ir.iu;;h of Xo thutnlu rl iiid, until 2 oVl xk
I'. M. . I lbe Sth J i:.u iiy, HI I, at ll.a olh.e of F.
F. S nion n, E-.p, fm the u.erhsiiic.tl wnrk of
Church, l.i he built in (h loiough of Xnrhuiubet
land. Stot.e Mafcimy an l llrickUy ing,
Carpenter W'oik,
FI istcr.ng hiiJ Fuinlimr,
V'sch to tw bid for sep .irttcly. All materials . b
furnislu'd by liic Cimiaiiil' C Flans ami sjn-cilici
lions will be ixb:bi'.cd uultl the day of letting, j
said oilier,
V. F. Sh tiinnn, John Poitrr.
Win. H. Wuplcs, John Young .
J..s. M. Il iir,
N',rthunilrl..nd, Deo. 'l I Nil.
IS L'XIOX COUNTY.
E of them 6 miles west of Xew Iteilin.
Fciins Creek, o.'t upird by ('orue Yalleniir.
id-mil '.III arte cleared, saw mill, lunl-rr Dud, 4
The ol'irr 3 inili-s west of Noil'iuiiil.erl md. nc 4
llrinvn's 'Fiv.-n. 11. ULLLA.
D.c. Huh, ISM. 2i