OFFICE OF THE STAR,
CHAXBERSBURG STREET, A FEW D 9016
WEST OF MR. FORRY'S TAVERS.." * •
ADVERTIStMENTS
Conspicuously inserted remt times for ONE
Loa per spare—ovgr four tifflei ' TWENTY-JIVE
.15 per square will be aarged.
aAIC WO ' aU&. l )Dlai•L.P.Vaio
At Al pzr annum, half.yearly In advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
, NOTICE
To Ciinstahres,WholesaleTlgalers,•and
Retailers I . Foreign Merchandise,
WITHIN 'F E - COUNTY OF ADAMS
Ia4URSUANT to an Actor the General Assem
bly of Pennsylvania'," passed the 7th day of
April, 1830. entitled "An Act graduating the Du
ties upon IVholesale'Doalers and Retailers•of For
eign Merchsiallze, and prescribing the in&le-of
issuing Licenses, and collecting said duties," the
COXSTABL ES of the respective Townships of
said. County are required, on or before the First
day of January Sessions, 183:2, (being the 23d
day,) to make out on oath or affirmation, and de
liver to the Clerk of the Court. of Quarter Sessions
a List of all the Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Goods, ‘ciaree and Nlerchandize, Wines or Distill
ed Spirits, lirrugs or Medicines, exc i ppt such as are
of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the U
nited States.
Merchants, Dealots,,thers embraced in
the said Act, are also notEFEllinf the Associate
Judges and the Commissioners of siiid county,
will meet at tho Commissinner's'Odice, in the bo
rough ofGettyslmrff, on Tuesday the24lll ofJan
nary instant, at 10 o'clock A. AL, for the purpose of '
hearing them, should they thinli proper to attiruf, -
as to the amount of their annual sales, classify
ing, &c. DANIEL SH EFFER,
WILLIAM M'CLEAN,
Associate Judges.
THOMAS EHREHART,
MIIIIIEM I ffit i fMIII
January 3, 1832
- zaLe2.l l l lav a
U"afer and Sugar Boxes,
-PRINTS, &C.
NEST BOXES AND BARREL COVERS, '
30000 cams, suitable forreed - makers
500 nest sugar bores
500-barrel and-half barrel-covers
SPINNING WHEELS,
Wash Boards Candle wick
Lamp wicks Baskets and brushes
Sugar boies Fishing lines
Weavers' reeds Brush handles
REEDS AND SHUTTLES,
Sifters and strainers Fishing - rods.
Shovels and twine Butter prints
Clothe pins _ _ -Bellows and spiggots
Bed cords • Fishing hooks
Plough lines Marbles and tops
Shoe brushes Lemon squeezers
Weavers' brushes
- -MARKEt AND FANCY.BASICEFS,
Rolling pins . Shoe blacking
Potato° mashers Butter trays, spoons and
Muddlers • paddles- - -
Towel rollers Trenchers
Wash & cake boards Crabbing & cabbage nets
Tubs and butter bowls.
The above articles are offered for sale, on roe.
sonablo terms, by
VALE/U/7S DUKEII ART,
No 101 i. Baltimore between South & Culvert sis.
• Baltimore, 1:21.11 mo.:27th 1831. 4%0,-38
DR. J. GILBERT,
OFFERS FOR SALE ;
At the old stand a few doors South of Mr.
James GMacy's Tavern, Baltimore
Street, Gettysburg, •
"' A FRESH AND GENERAL SUPPLY OF
Mitanl4:l
O.IIIZ - o.2o2clakddia
Paints #r".l9ye-Stultir.
',AMONG _WINCH, ARE TIIE FOLLOWING :
DRUGS Sr; MEDICINES.
Acid Sulphuric Mustard Seed .
". Nitric Nutmeg
' -11 ' Maititic Olt Nlrtifffrseett
"Lemon
/Ether
Awsurcotida
Antimony .. " Cubebs
Balsam Copulas • •-" Mint. -,- .'''
Borax crude and refined " Juniper
Blue Pill Opium
Curb Ferri Rhubarb
AniMOnia
" Magilnk' ,
Calomel
Cream Tartar •
Camphor
Calcinod Magnesia
Flor. Sulphur
Gum Guide
Venice Turpentine
Varnish Copal
.44 Black oil
PAINTS.
White Lead - _ Terra De Sienna_
Rod Lead . Chrome Yellow
Spanish grown I.' , Green
Venetian Bed RoSe Pink
Lithargo '._ . Priissian Blue
Burnt Umber
.• Lampblack .
DYE S'hOPPS.
Logwood chipped Indigo
RedwoodAllum •
Madder t Coppers*
Fusers 4. 7 Rod Saunders
Camwood -- - . Red Tartar
._.- :. -
Turipprio &C. &c. &c.
PATENT MEDICINtS.
AralAc
*4 Draggon
Manna
latemens Drops Medicamentous -
labour' De Malta Whites Tooth ache drops
“ of Life Golden Tincture
British oil . Pills Lee's
Cephalic' Snuf " D.Yot t lo
rdixer Paregoric • " Lyon ?,
44 Vitriol " rilher`e
Zys water Hooper's
Dosage Cinnamon • Anderson!.
Peppermint ti Quinine
Lemon Opodoldoe „ ,
Godikeys Cordial • , dfc. tJc.4l.c.•
eterhe arbovq' articles he wilt sell as
knit for cash, as can be had at any other
shop in the place.
September 0.0,1881 t
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County .Commissioners.
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" Cloves
" Castor
" Sweot
Rod Precipitate
Snake Root
Sarsaparilla
Sal Ammoniac
Salts Epsoni
" Glauber
Somm
Tartar Emetic
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DUCTI . AMOK PATIME PRODEssE !Awl.: of? MY I . , ouNTRIt LEADs ME To RE of ADVANTAGE TO MV Ft:Li.ow4CrrizeNs.'
(02.v2atxx.awZita, CeV2I3,42LCIJIX. aaeo aaa)scl
`LI tai cqaula:Eirc,
"With sweetest flowers enrich,.'d
From various gardens cull'd with care.f'
THE HOPEO...TIIE STAIL.--THE VOICE.
There is a liopea blessed hope--;
More precious and more bright,
Than all the joyless mockery
Tile world esteems delight.
. There is a star—a lovely stir—
That lights the &Attest gloom,
Andrsheds a peaceful radiance o'or
Ile prospects of the tomb.
There is a voice—a cheering
• That lifts the soul above,
Dispels distruattul, anxious doubt,
And whispers —"Gud is love!"
That voice is heard from Calv'ry's height,
And speaks the soul forgiven—
That star is revelation's light—
That hope, the hope of heaven.
MY HORSE STANDS READY.
My horse stands ready on the way,
My heart as yet is free—
Now tell me, lady, shall I stay,
Or shall I go from thee? +
Too often have I. been beguiled
To trust a woman's smile;
It, like a jack-o'-lantern wild,
Hut led me man a mile.
My foot is in t to stirrup, dear,
My-u-rxm-t-he-mane ;
I shall not come again.
She blushed, and filtered "will you stay?"
It was enough for me—
My horse no longer stopped the way—
My heart no more was fide.
'&11A1211.D:.i.i0•:.1 , 4
THE CHIEFTAIN'S DAUGHTER.
A TALE OF PAST TIMES.
Seated in the baroneal hall of the demesne
given him by his master, Alfred,.Duke
rick vas surrounded by his vassals, and in
receiving their oaths of allegiance, he fan
cied himself even equal to the sovereign of
England. Many a Danish Mother had to
mourn the effects of his prowess—many a
Danish maiden had. strained her eves over
the whitened shore expecting the return of
her lover whom the swords of Edrick's fol
lowers had laid low in the dust. Deeds of
honor had gained Edrick the love of his king;
and the wapentakes of Sussex were given
him to roiga over; et somo reoomp,coct for
Ihe many leag,nes ofland he had caused the
Danes to relinquish. His.bosont was raised
high in exultation, on finding himself Lord
of so good a territory lost by his father's dis
loyalty to Atheist" but redeemed by him
self on a return to his allegiance.
The hall ofaudienee was extensive to the
~,craze: it was built in all the majesty of feu
dal time—it rose in ample grandeur—sim
ple and unadorned, save by the waving tro- ;
phy, the hauberk, or the cuirass, intermit).-
riled with the crossbow or the glittering
spear. Looks a festiVe joy beamed in eve
ry visage, the wassail bowl passed off, and
returned, till Duke Edrick called 'on the
minstrel. All then was hushed, as the re
ining wave from the distant shore, while
the hoary bard sung of deeds of valor and of
wisdom, achieved by England's Solon. In
the midst of a crowd of warriors, shone, like
a brilliant star, Duke &hick's daughter, on
Whom her father Boated, and considered as
the step ladder to his ambition, and in pros
pect as a share of his monarch's bed. Im
t Ines form wasthe- most. - beautiful. that • can
eyes were of a celestial blue, lighting a face
full i;l' the most tender, bewitching, and ex
pressive languishment—her cheeks were
fresh tinted by rose blossoms; -but- her-lips
and teeth were such as a painter migbt,at
tempt to iinitate; bdt could never reilii e.
Her hair, of clear flaxen, unadorned and un
restrained, strayed'er her fine tend falling
shoulders; she - bent fbrward to the bard's
notes, as if in admiration of his theme, but
the harper's strains were far from occupying
her thoughts. Unhappy girl! 'she was
dwelling on those _which told-- her misery'
must ever be her portion, and how much
more she thought her fine was to be lament
ed than that of any other damsel. The lay
Tiiii~ 1 regained . his Seat, the ca
rousa aliathurienced, and Duke Erick
roused his daughter from a vacuity by a loud
and deep reproach. He - demanded, why
she alone joined not in the general joy, on
beholding him in the hall" of his ancestors?
hum essayed to speak, but her words were
inarticulate; she burst into tears, happily
unperceived by her father. Again the bard
was inspired—he struck a prelude that en
chanted all; they seized their arms, in -*
, rap
ture, as for the combat, but each tongue was
silent, and all was hushedsave the repressed
clank of armor, as the Knights regained
their seats. The hoary musician's cheek
was flushed with a hectic flush; a holy in-
Tit-41km
,gaveli -fire to his eye; and while
lus - fingers struck the chotdtOf his ham', be
sung the praisi of Imma. •
"Fair 'as chaste; as chaste as fair.'•
At such a bongratulation, she rose in vir
gin diffidence and thanked him, though in
a vqice choa ked with sober-and, evercome
by the praises of her *tiler, she cast her eyes
fearlessly around the hall, find sunk sense:
loss into his , arms.. , While the stern Fdrick
was chiding, filer, not the timid Imnia was
ascribing the acuteness of. her reelirtv to
Sour, ominous cause, (which, in diiis&dattp
of superstiticn, haunta, oecaitionOly, thb
ak,tu
t.pittiliratt Ilstattner.
strongest mind,) a h confusion of sounds a
rose from that part of the hall froltywhich
Imma had withdrawn her sight, it broke aka
as though the•foeman had them in his toils.
As the smoke of battle rolls on in destruc
tion—as the dust of the war horse approach
es nearer and - nearer Atill—so came the
sounds of discontent to Duke P.drick's seat.
"I heed-thee not," exclaimed Lord Hilde
brande, in a voice above the din; "rtell thee
to thy teeth, and I'll tell it to all who'll hear,
Duke Edrick is decciyedond Imma is no
longer chaste as a wanton!"
At such a charge, again were murmurs
loud and deep; they punted through the
hall of audience. A hundred helmets shook;
a hundred swords left their scabbards, but
Lord Hildebrande again exclaimed aloud,
"By the Holy Ghost she's false; lima has
disgraced her sex;" "Proud Hildebrande,
thou hest," exclaimed Childe Edmund: the
storm oipassion shook his heaving frame—
kb snatched off his greave, it whirled in the
air, and struck the accuser of Imma, who
took the pledge, and demanding the ordeal,
s‘vore to Trove the charge: tarighted
Imam now raised herself in conscious inno
cence; she indignantly threw back those
tresses which would have hid her thee; she
would have defended, with an undaunted'eye„
miLoliaracter,but4lie4netalathees-ref*alt
palenesa_o.veriu.oad bar,
and she bent like a lily in a storm -into-the
arms of Chiklc Edmund.
When Lady Innna awoke from her trance
every thing bor.?a dreadful silence; in vain
she attempted to raise herselffi•om her couch,
.her limb appeared paralyzed; she put her
liand to her head, her brain was maddenii►g;
it is t►i►o,:a refreshing breeze burst in upon
her from the - operr - casement - , - yeritlatUd
but a won►eat; a hotter glow succeeded, and
threatened to check all respiration; she ga
zed wildly around her; she paused to think,
but yet seemed fearful of re-calling remem
brance; she put her finger on the blood
bursting lids of her eyes; distended with fe.
ver; she poured over ) unconsciously, the
storied painting, which the last rays of the
setting sun emblazoned and reflected from
the hay window: and a conviction of what
was to happen dawning in her mind, she
endeavored to shut out its reality; she shrunk
into herself; a frightful slumber steeped her
faculties in miseiy,and-thrtered her diseased
imagination.
Such a charge as Lord Hildebrande's was
not to bo made with impunity, When the
first storms of indignation were over, he was
allowed'to speak, as follows:—"Returning
last, on the eve of St. Francis, from a bor
der poSt, I entered a dingle in the forest;
there I saw the Lady Imma rusk into the
arms of a man, who.wore the scarf that now
Childe Edmund wears. lam not mad—l
am Lord Edrick's friend: I pledge myself
for the truth of what I now utter, and let her
disloyal Knight delimd her if he can. In
saving this, each warrior slunk away, to see
the decision by mutual consent.
Fearful that violent emotions might rack
the bOsom of the gentle Imma, Etnund left
the hail to seek her; love is seldom accom
panied by prudence or he had never sought
a secret interview. Now.the Baron Edrick
trembled with passion, and he swore, if guil
ty, to sacrifice both to his revenge. Front
the maidens of her house, Childe Edmund
learned Imma was in her chamber. As he
was the cause artlielndignity
her, to another by entering the castle;_ he,
therefore, saw her not, and becoming a prey
to the acutest anguish, he , wandered about
the dw®fling, uneotiscious , where-he-bent-his
steps.
.Childe Edmund; IA lie was called,
had-longloved the gentle Imma and, ere she
was aware, she returned his loVe; they fear
ed it was impossible they could ever be\u-ni
ted, but• there'•was such a luxury in even
their cheered hopes, that they rather chose
to encourage a mutual attachment, accom
panied with future misery, and to use that
tbrtitude which teaches us to endure misfor
tune patiently. Childe Edmund was merely
the portegec of Duke Edrick, and without. Li
single quartering of nobility in his shield,
had ever been viewed with corempt by
Lord Hildebrande, as a protected vassal:
this vassal had, however, been preferred to
him, by the Lady Imma, and he swore to be
his ruin, by bell, book; and candlei --
Love, in those days, had no-employment
save to chide the time with sighs and excla
mations,; for the : life of a murderer was sa
cred, on being proved able - to read and
write; their attainments werenot presumed
to be those of' females: and a lady was deem
ed a prodigy - who was enabled, ,by her pen,
to carry on a correspondence. No pert
chamber maid was then the conveyor of a
billet-dour.• Thus Imma an Chil - - Ed- ,
wad were obliged to vent their iplaintal
to the air, to themselves,'or to inanimate
things ' without consolation, and Without pi
ty. , "My father," said the. unfortunate' lin
ma, "believes me guilty, but I mno t and
Edmund knowa I am innocent: and oh! my
dear mother, look down from heaven,, pity
your poor chilcl,and shield. her • *fiat Jespair."
The following morning, lona m ew s..
freshed from her couch Itte,.walked: as one
whose soul was . fled, .bot:Whotia body was
doained to rulderwin unooriseio t iness: it
AVII* • yet hitt
,twilight, and the and the.
*Lope Ireiabled in the cold, au; soon: the
• sods paraded. in a -quip,k .64..4heir
posts; and, at length, all was bustle and ani
'nation. She had walked on the battlements
and seating herself like the genius of sus
pensel her tresses spi•eading.in the wanton
the-started at the sound of the bugle=
the chain of the draw-bridge rattled—the,
_portcullis rises, and a host, of .armed men
pour front the keep,-and form a procession.
Childe Edmund is preceded by a page, who
-beam his fhvor of azure blue; the lover ginek - TS
towards the castle—he seems to breathe a
sigh towards lies ; a train accompanies him
and Lord Hildebrande, who, seated on a
white charger, sceins conscious -61 victory;
they arc followed by herald at armst - 43 „
This appearance olliniglitly combat dar
kens her vision—" lie is going," she Cries,
"to sacrifide himself!—and for me;" she ut
tered a scream, and fell, unheeded; on the
terrace. 11l fitted maid! thy stdArings are,
indeed, acute: If this be the puniShment of
presumed guilt, what ought that to be of
conscious depravity? They hhd met, it is
true, clandestinely, but angels might have
been present at the interview; they met but
to breathe sighs of constancy, and to indulge
in mutual sorrows, dearer tb them than all
the jocund hours of mirth. On returning to
a sense of feeling, she crawled to her cham
ber, revived by the blood which flowed from
ihe_wound _she had_met_ :with _in_ &UM cr; .the
cut_she received_ in her templeLmnalleal d
'by a domestic, but the wounded heart re
jected all mortal medicine; and her attend
ants, apprehensive of her fading reason,
were fain to let her Eitirstte her inclination.
To paint the agonies of suspense, during a
rencounter in which was engaged all she let,
ed, is impossible—it was indeed intense.
length the sound of music proclaimed all
mr as over—that the dreadful truth o iust-soo
be known. They play a mournful theme,
and she rushes forward to behold the cause.
The procession is only to be seen ever and
anon in the, distance, now lost among the
hills, and now again emerging nearer sight.
On a carriage _she- at length perceives the
stiffened corpse of someone. Oh ! the vir
gin, the blue scarf is wrapt round his body.
An hysterick laugh burst from her, as she
lams to meet it; it is not her lover's form
she would clasp, but with wounds staunched
by the trophy of love, Lord Hildebraade's,
a victim to his own evil passions, who, dying,
confessed the guilty
Even this would not have procured the con•
sent of Lord Edrick, to give his daughter to
Childe Edmund, had he not received letters
from his King, inviting him to his marriage
banquet, and declaring Edmund his relative.
Childe Edmund then, by royal command,
wedded the lovely Itnma: the bard's song
was once more heard in the hall, and the
foeman spoiled not their delight. -
.. TEMPERANCE ANECDOTES.—Joe L. is a
wag in hi own way, and is always reeling
off - the odd end of some amusing yarn or oth
er:. Joe earns his bread hy - vending drops
of "creature comfort;" or in other words, he
keeps .a small grocery store. A short time
since we called at Joe's store to taste some
of his " new invented, double distilled Bu
rumpoterLemonade," when, after express
ing our admiration of its flavor, he amused
us with the following fact : "One hot day
last summer," said Joe, thrusting his hands
into his breeches pockets and giving his
right eve a leeward lurch, while his left
looked . stra-4-Itt7forwa-rd-casTif-to7attetr*.t..
all the- business-of-his-sbo -at-onc- "demi.
ple of good lookingchaps, hut rather hard
ikvored, and dry . whornT Wiley to
be influential members of a Temperance So=
moisten their tongues with my Burumpoo.
Zer Egad! Say - s - trii - 1 - 4 , 5T31r," fry - yciir
judgment touching mattersofAspiritual na
ture ; so I added a gill of clear Brandy to
the dose, which they swallowed with enor
mous satisfaction. About half an hour af
ter, in came one of my gentlemen,. puffing
and - blowing like a Gulf Stream Porpoise,
and sweating like M. C haubert after an oven
L experiment. 1 dodged behind 'a cotton bale
expecting to have my htt beat out for
the trick. I was note littleir liet , ed to hear
my temperate friend in a lioket in which I
could distinguio the rich r . c . aver of ttis for
mer potion,eagerly demanding another glass
of my bemonade,.end . "be careful,"#ays be
"to fix it just as i ydit did the other" that
squinchfd4p o thrist Inostprodiciously!"—
Dover,- (N. ,11.)F Gatette. - _
A citizen beingoditsr in a large compliay,
where the conversation. turned on the differ
ent kinds of grain, said 1$ had been so much
confined to his, counter in Cheapside, that
he , had never gOott an ear of rye in his life.
"Indeed, sir," s4d a young lady that was
present i "your ikaorance is uncommon,. but,
my name - is Rie,:luad you may [row r
please, behold anwi.r
,of Rye." The citi
zen itnmediately &Attie, and laying - hold of
bite of her ears, gave it a smart pinch, and
looking at her at the saam time, added,
"and now, Miss, you have a wry fac e ham"
/
Ia IttlY, when they makeprocessions to
procure' rain, and a palliest and deluge , fol
lows, they say, that when nomido is gixid,
he is too good. , A. 'V:enetiasz, oma trying
to mount his horse rayed- to-our lady to
assist him, and- nu:king a visorous .spruw,
fell on the other side. Getting up and Ft
ping his clothes; he said r oTruly, our lady
has assisted toe.much.!!
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i i " 1 " . (0 , 12N1 9 , 4 4 "ankl <MI
C S Whole 111 umber‘-92.--
On the 14th nlh., the Baltimore Temperanett
Societies held their anniversaries in the - FiTst Preis'
byterian Church of that city. Mr. wiar was sur. ,
pectod to - deriver an address on the occasion. but
,was prevented doing so by an attack of this
enza. He however addressed the - following - into.;
resting and eloquent letter, written after he war
attacked by the disease which - threatened.to prow
fatal to his life, to one,of the members of the maw
ing, giving his reasobs fior being atients
BALTIMORE, Wednesday Morn.
tug-, December Utivi.lB3l.
To the Rev. Mr. Nevins.
My Dear Sir.—l had hoped-ghat I wed
,about to escape the prevailing influenza, bat
I find my health so much impaired by it,thin ,
morningohat it will not be in my power'
to attend the temperance 'meeting of thin
Owning, as I propoied to have done. In
this and in all things, "His will be done e
His holy will, however it cross myown."- I
should have been glad to have been per. , ,,
witted to bear my humble testimony in the . .
cause of temperance. I have been for
more than forty years A close observer Cr
life and manners f in various parts of the 14
bear a momenes comparison with intem
mi t
ce. It is no exaggeration to say, at
,' • -
been often said, that this single causa t ion..
produced more vice, crime, poverty 'anti
wretchedness in every form, domestic and
social, than all the other Mediascourge 1111, -.-
combined. In truth, it is• scarcely passible' _
to meet with misery,- in any shape, in thin;
country, which will not be fo - a an :. - a n ...._.
tion to have.proceeded, directly er-indirect-•
lv, from the excessive use of ardent' spirits.
Want is Jane of its immediate ty.onsequences.
The sad spectacle - of starving and destitute
families, and of ignorant, half.nakeikvieicare
children, ought never to be - presette. - dliiii
country like this,- where thedemand ini-:ltt.
bor is constant, the field tinlitnited,thesolireet
of supply inexhaustible; and where there 1w
none to Make us afraid: and it never wotdc
-be presented, or very ,rarely, indeed', were
it not for the desolation 'brought upon guniw
lies, by the general use of this dead'y poison..
It ' pamlySen um 'lulu, ow - breintli.tne neater— --
All the best affections, all the energies of the ..,
mind wither under its influence. The mad
becomes a maniac and is locked up in a hos..
pital, or imbrues his hands in the bleed. or
his, wife and children, and issent to the gal-
lows or doomed_ to_the_penitentiary t er r ilr
he escapes these consequences, he becOMIII,
a • walking pestilence on the earth, misers. ,
Me in himself and loathsome to all who be. /
hold him. How often do we see too,iffiele-
families contaminated by the vicious . exam
ple of the parent—husbands, wives, daugh-•
ters and sons all drunkards and furi c ee'some
times wives murdering their husbands, at
others, husbands their wives, and worst' or
all, if worst can be in such agroupef horror"
..,
children murdering their parents. But l .:...'
hiw this grade of crime, how much is there
of tmseen and untold misery throughout our
otherwise happyland, proceeding - from this;
fatal cause alone.
I" am persuaded that if We
of
have . it
statistical survey-and report of the affairs-0
unlur_ppv .familips and individuals, with the
.caus6.4 of we shintla
1,11, ItUL in scar great ,
e r -proportion,- fesulting fi , orn- ardent- spirit"
alone. With this conviction, which seems '
to have become universal, runong refiectinig
ItienTiM7riiiiiffiy - ShOWn to the continuance'
of the evil can only be eidrilied to the
curratttrictiirthat the mischief though verbal= —
ly adrnitted;- is 7 ,not--seen---and iblt in all its ,
enormity. If some fatal plague, °fa cents,•
gross character, were - imported into our'
country and had commenced iis raves im .
our cities, we should see the most prompt
and, vigorous measures at once adopted to.
repress and extinguish it; but what are the'
most fearful plaguesiliat-ever carried death
and havoc in their train through the eastern
countries, compared with this ? 'They are
only occasional, this is perennial. They are
confined by climates or place; this malady
is of, all climates and all times and places,
They kill the body at once, - this consume*
both body and - soul by a lingering and d'read f ,„
ful death, involving the dearest connexion*
in the vortex of ruin. What parent s how. ,
ever exemplary himself, can ever fee; that
his son is safe, while this living fountain . or
poison is within his reach. .God grant that
itAmay soon become a fountain sealed, in our
'country at least. What a relief; what aid*.
lightful relief would it be to turn from ther
awful and horrid past, to the pure,. Fmacerul, •
andhappy futurel to see the . springs -'of Ilk
and feeling Aid intelligencerenewerdmrava,
ry hand ; health, industry and prosperity
glowing around'u s s • the' alftmr of ilomeati*
peace and love reiiindbxiiir evm*
and the rerwiett of thelifetvitair prassWadl
with *fair field for its celeatlidacdon.
The pragms*already made fry orimmay,..
perancaTiodieties in advancing, this ggiOnt.
age, roves them to be of la divine. cutign•
May the Almighty crown his own works**
full and arieedy
I remain,, dear site
aespeCtfillly and yowl% \
• - • WM. VlThit
• rernes—Two ljet.Lans fief arinisinr;
payable, half:yearly in advance. - Nei tiob
F ie riptions taken for less thin six months, and
mute discontinued until idlArrearges are paid
—A failure to notify a diicentinuanee,miii
be considered a new engagement and the
papertbiivarded aceerilingty;
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