OF,FICE.O.P*THE CRAINBERSTAG STREET, A FEW DOORS WEST OF MR. FORRVVIAVER74I. ADVERTISEMENTS Conspicuously inserted FOUR times. for ONE DOLIALIt per square—brer foUr times, TWENTY-FIVE cZNTS per squaro,will be charged. /24ALatt U.CIIM.OLLESVLDa4 At .2 per annum, haltwycarly In advance. T Ff Fl Ji stneettstflineers enrieh'd From narinas gardens eldl'd with eare.'! The following Ode was sung by the "Friends of Union party, nt their--r,e lehration- in Eliarleir- -- ton, South Corolins, on the 411 i instant: 07.IGIITAL O. AlR—Scotts wha hue tri' Wallpre bled. If AIL, our emmtry's natal morn! spreading kindred horn Hail, thou harmer not yet torn, Waving o'er the flee! While, this day, in tbstal throng; Millions swell the patriot-song, Shall not We thy notes prolong, liallow'd Jubilee Who would sever Freedom's shrine? Who would draw the invidious line'? Though by birth; one spot he mine, .:Dear it; all - the rest : Dear; to me the South's fair land, Dear, tho central Mountain-band, Dear, New-England's rocky strand, Dear the prairie(' West. Ry our altars, pure and free, By our Law's dnop.rooted tree; Hy 'dm past's dread memory, 11y our WASJIINGTON; fly our counnon',Parent.tongue, our hopes, bright, bouyant, young, By the tie ofeountry- strong— We will still be ONE; Fathers! have ye bled in vain! Ages! must ye droop again? MAKER! shall we rashly Stain Blessings sent by 'MEE? No! receive our solemn vow, While bethre thy throne we bow, Ever to maintain, as now "UN lON—LI ItERTY !" 5.2 3 I'd 023 g ZMAGM3II3I. I . well, I think it's ligbl . 4 ut don't tease me ailymore. You r_brother_has mar. rieda poor girl, one whom I forbid him to marry, and I won't forgive him if they starve together." - . : This spdech'was addressed ton lovely girl scarcely eighteen years old—beautiful as the lily that hides itself beneath the dark waters. She was parting the silvery locks on her father's high, handsome forehead, of which her own was a niiniature; and plead jug the cause of' her delinquent brother, who hid marr - iia Viairist her thther's will, and had consequently been disinherited and . left to poverty. Old Mr.- Wheatly was a rich old gentleman, a resident of Boston. Ile wasa fat; good natured old fellow, some what given to mirth and wine, and sat in his arm chair from morning till night, smoking his pipe - And reading the newspapers.— Sometimes a story -of his own exploits in our revolutionary battles, tilled up a passing hour. He had two 401iiktren, the disobedi ent son, and the beautifiil,g,irl, betbre spo ken of. The tbrid girl wentioinn pleading. "Dear father, do forgive him; you don't know what a beautiful girl he ,•has married, and—" . "I think it's likely," said the old man, "but don't tease, and open the doora little; iiipTti - g - ii - Y - smokes"room smes "Well," continued Ellen, "wont you just see hebnow, she is so good; and the little boy; he looks so innocent -" .you2say?" ;interrupted-the -fit "a boy! have I a grand.child! why, why, Ellen, I never knew that before! but I think it's likely. Well now, give me my e hoe elate jausic-Ira The old - inati',s heart began to relent. "Well," he went, "Charles was always..a good .boy, a:little Wild •er sosat College, but I indulged him; and he was always good to his old father, for all; but he disobeyed me by marrying this kieor girl; vet as my old friend and fellow soldier, Toni Bonner, . used to say,_ we must forget and forgive.. Poor Tom!' I would give all the old shoes I've got, to know what ever be -came of.him. if Lcouhl but find him or _ elm o4e of his children; heaven grant that' are *tot. suWorin g ! This pla.-uv smoky . room; how my ey k es water HI did but know who this girl was, that Charleg had married; but I have never inquired her name. I'll find out and 17 "Then you will forgive Ian!" said Ellen, rushing into the room. "I think it's likely," said °the, old man: Ellen led into the room a, beautiful boy about two years old: His eutly hair and rosy cheeks could not hut - make one love him. "Who is that?" said the old man, wiping his eyes., - ."That; that is.Charles' boy," said Ellen, throwing one alter arms round lter father's neck; while with the other she placed the child on his knee. The ellitdAmikt3o ten- Aerly up into his face, and lisped Out, "grand-. what makes you cry so?" The Old man clasped the 'child Co Itis bo som, and kissed hiin again and again. AC T :'' ,ter Itipomotion had ft little subsided, he badellie'aild tell his name. 'lrltrpas }.onne r W heady," said the boy, "f tuVutoned after grand-pa." ' • "What do I hear," said - the old man, "Thomas 4onner your granilfather?" r. ".Yea," *aped the boy, " - "and lifea • . •t-rge- nee-: the old man, come Ellen, you: ,cone along,--he luick;fltifd • , star, They started off at a quickrpace, which soon hrot glit them to the poor though neat -lodgmgs of -his -son.— • There-he- beheld his old friend Thomas Bonner, seated in one corner weaving basketsi , while his swathed limbs showed how unable he was to k. Ae necessary task His lovely daughter, the wife of' Charles, was preparing their frugal meal, and Charles was out seeking employment to support his needy family. Mr. Wheatly burst into tears. • "ICs ;1,11 my fault!" sobbed the old man mite embraced his old friend, who was Re trilled with amazement. When they had become a little composed—"Como," said Mr. Wheatly,"come all ofvou home with me, we will allliye togethei; there is plen ty roomla my house for us all." ... ,9 By this time Charles hal come: He asked his father's forgivene , which was freely given, and - Ellen was almost wild with joy. "Oh, how happy we shall be !" she ex claimed, "and lather, you will love little Thomas so—and he'll be your pet, won't he?" "Aye," said the old man, "I think it's likely." CHANGE.- Constant change is the lea tore of society - The world is like a magic lantern, or titel shifting scenes in a panto mine. Ten Years 'convert the population of schools into men and women,4he young into fathers and matrons, make and mar for tunes, and bury 06 last generation but one. Twenty Years converts infants into lovers .and fathers and mothers, render youth the operative generation, decide men's forturies and distinetFons, convert active men into crawling drivellers, and bury all the preced-, ing generation.— Thirty ]'ears raise an ac tive generation' from, nonentity,. change ras cimiting beautiea'into bearable old women, converts lovers into grandcathers L and bury t ••fer t active generation, or reduce them to dj crepitude and • imbecility. Forty _revs alas! change the face - of all society,; - infants are growing old, the blooni of youth and beauty has passed away, two active genera tions have been swept from the stage ollife ; names so cherished are forgotten, and un suspected candidates for fame have started from the exhaustless womb of nature. Fifty Years I why should any desire to retain -affectiomrfrvitr ma turtlyrftwfilty"Ta rs ;if is to behold a world which they do not know, they die unknown ; it is to TiVe . to weep for the generations passed away, for, • lovers-,-for parehTS;TheCliirdie-nTroriis, in the grave; it is to see every thing turn ed upside down by the fickle hand of fortune, and the absolute despotism of time ; it is, in a word, to behold the vanity of human life in all the varieties of display. RELIGION.—What - is it that is bread to the hungry—eyes to the blinch4feet to the lame—liberty to the captive—and joy to the world ! What gives woman, 'the part ner of our joys' the soother of our sorrows, the rank and standing in society, to which she was originally designed by her Creator —itis - nitrite toic.—pti re an - a — undefiled E .LIGION-7-WhIC4 110 its origin in the boson - ) of benevolence, and which has been foster ed and cherished by the loving kindness of the-Almighty. And is there t :"einate-itv-the wide world, so lost to every:thing that en nobles human kind, as that she can despise awl attempt to destgoyAlu t uo k i G h As t era w, —Such instances are rare—they stand out in bold reliellike monsters in creation. Mrs. Cary, ih her letter says:— Woman without religion is a solecism in morals, a delbrmity - She resembles the dead oal, to which the ver dant, ivy still gives the appearance of fresh ness as it twines' its inflexible branches a round the withered stems. - There is lift!, it isi.r4ei; yet it is not in the main body of the tree, but in its intrinsic deccirations. . Woman may• look attractive at a distance, as if her requisities were in rull vigour, but approach her nearly, and you see a redundance of ornamental qualities, covering like the unsubstantial ivy, the life less trunk,fronf which emanates no one sub stantial good, for the principle ollife is want - WARREN,.Pa. June 21. Our Village for thelast ten days or more has exhibited a scenOnever 'before witness ed by myself nor indeed. by-any' one. with whom I have conversed._ Nor could I litrc.,e. .been- made 'to believe it possible, to arouse the feelings of our citizens to that state of constant inquiry and apparent anxiety on the subject of religion, as wa's manifest dur ing those days.' In every part of the village businetss was either \ PartiVly suspended, or wholly at a stiend-stores were frequpntly all closed-.-public houses, ,skops, dicc:. wore either closed -or paqse4inebset ved . --People were se gn in groups‘ in every direction, all abSerbed thErgenetafinqiiiry. In Short it appeared, like a week of gabbaths,pr the ,day, of an eclipse. I To the writer"of this it -was like a .mighty torrent sweeping all he-. fore it. MeVings :still continue. Let it 'result as it may, the appearance of our vil, lake is•chartgetd, for tticr.liettei•so int, no one denies, betre4ueighb,ors 7 -joilieti in of eneniten, WAV.WIr4I2:O4 3 4.MhPIce Lt JP.j93 9 aattac, ;a timore and Ohio Rail Road would be in future by locomotive Steam power. We' learn by the Arneiiean of this morning that T 'The - itork" Loconion:'e - Sia'atitngine leR the Depot at Pratt street, yesterday evening .with.a_con - imon -ear as a temporary tender, and having The 'large double car Columbus on eight wheels, and anotherpassenger car, attached, with about seventy-five- persons. ,The York proceeded to Ellicotts' ;Mills in handsome style, at a speed varying from ten to 20 miles the hour, ,and- perfinming the last mile, which besides being much curved is of an ascent OrAirteert feet to the mile, in four minutes. The Columbus was left at the Mills, and the York brought the whole evening train of live cars, and perhaps one hundred and fifty persons, to town. Inch'. ding the Yeyk and tender, the train moved consisted ()Never'. cars. A short stoppage occurred on the west of the Deep cut, but the train Caine to town_ in very gx)od style, performing the last mile in a fraction less than three minutes. Considering the . length of the train, and the curvature of the road, they, experiment was highly sat isfitctOry: proving conclusively the adaptiOn of steam to all the general purposes of the Rail-road, as 4 •6 character of the country has limited its construction here. The maker, Mr. -- Da= - vis, was not present - , and the kicomotive was managed by others, nilt quite so experien ced'withits use, but with a facility and skill. highly gratifying, as shewing the command tinder which this application of steam may be reduced. It is understood that the - YOrk' will he constantly employed inathe transpor tation of pusengersi i for the futuref/rid, ' CHAMBERSgURG„JuIy 12. Freshet, again.--An tile- afternoon, 'of Tuesday Jail, this place was visited by one ef thilmost, extraordinary fills ortain that its oldest citizens recollect! , of ever wittess• ing. It lasted but about 21 minules, and in that space dl' time . so conoletely drenched the earth that a greatiar: of the street presented , atlinost imbrolgan she. an examplV of charity, and kind feelinLr_he tween families who for the first time learnt they-were—smitrioas.—Union. I, 11 4 ,1: N 24 g l'arioUs Thal thr mind or desultory man, studious of rhanzr And ph emed with nurrlty, may hr iuduterd," AWFUL the 20Th inst. Mr. John Milton Partridge, hate merchant in Tarrytown, 'Westchester county, went with saveral others to Butterhills, about two or three mileS above West:Point, and at tempted to climb up the precipice Pn search of iron ore. Mr. Partridge had succeeded in climbing about 150 or 200 feet up an almost perpendicular rock; when . by sonic rneariS - hre - Slipped 7 head fbremost about it) feet; and struck a - rock which was made slivery by the trickling of the water down it; from thi4 he bounded and fell the remain ing distance of about 150 feet, and struck among the rocks at the foot of the precipice! He expired „immediately. Mr. Partridge has left a wife and four small children to mourn their loss." From tho Baltimore Patrint A Gentleman Missing. - -In edition to those named in the , subjoined paragraph, the Harrisburg Reporter stated , that "the edi, tor of that paper" was included in the party of "observation and pleasure," when it set out originally from Harrisburg-- , and meant to proceed as Tar as Pittsburg and "re urn by way of Erie and the NewYor /I What has become of Ihe "eittor?" We trust no evil has befallen him. Gov. Wor,r, of Pennsylvania, accompa - - nied by the Surveyor General, Mr. Spang- ler, and Messrs. Ilassiuger - atid - Miller, of the Senate of Pennsylvania, arrived in our village--on Friday last; by the way of Erie, and departed east .on Saturday. clov., WOW, Wetinderstand, contemplates passing down the whole length of the Canal, for - the purpose of viewing this great work of in ternal imptovement. His tour is under stood to be ono of observation and pleasure. Bufalo Journal. BALTI,MORE, July 12. 818 -- .---We-are Much gratified in being able tostate, that the transportation -of - paisengers - uori tbeßaltiinore and Ohio Rail-road, will hereafter be by Locomotive 'Steam - Mil - ines.- rs-will this after, noon be conveyed by the Engine construe ted by Mr. Davis, of York, Pa.—which after various alterations has been rendered effici ent, and as we are advised, fully capable of transporting po tons,_(including-the weight of the cars) or 160 passengers,°at the requi site or desirable rate of velocity. We un- Jspstand it is intended that this Engine shall make two trams to the Mills__daily„leaving_ the Depot at Pratt-st. at halt' past 9in the morning and at 3 in the afternoon. The prolongation of the Rail-road into the City is now advancing with energyiund - there -- is - every reason to believe thatit will be extended at least to tide water, before' the Ist ofOctolier.—Patriot. By Steam.... We mentioned yesterday that the trans )ortatiol o I •• of wa' nients course flow it , of the 'nimbly nig - 1u preceding--though its occurring in the day, enabled persons. to guard their property'imire suceessfidly.-- A good deal 'of feneiii! , ;, \ &o7. that IL-1 'been put- - up in the neighborh)rd lifter the f)rst destructive fresliet,• has lii again swept off: We believe the opiniotivi thin - bounds, that $40,000 would not cover' he loss occa sioned in this county by these owls. Be sides this, the weather has been .xtremely unfavorable for harvesting--gran must \ have already sustained serious :ituttry—in many places it is prostrated' 01. growiNt On the shock- ; the - weather is yet (Satur ay) unsettled. .. Fears are entertained that this protracte damp weather will have a deleterious eQct upon the general health. Such an exuber ance of vegetation, and extensive formation and deposit of noxious matter, when once expoSed to the action of a hot sun, can scarce ly_ thil to emit:the seeds of disease. Let the people, therefore, exercise their best Itt. tention.and -caro.—Rfiptifilican. on A horrible murder, was committed in New York, on ThursdarlaSt, by a man ria nned Jaines Ransoin,.of respectable connex ions. He was married, but, being ofdisso-, lute habits, did not reside with .his On, the aboVe occasion, he went to her resi• deuce, and afilied to see her: .'Stie came to the door, and after some c,if l itivet *kir, he stabbed her quite through-fh**OVwith a sharp knife; cutting the jugUliOign- She died in about five minutes. Ransom was almost immediately arrested. *Jost- destruc ti liroie:euton Men; day evening_ in New York. It commenced a - builditigin the-rear - relty:7 615 and - 68 -Charlton street, and destroyed nearly the whole block -of-houses - bounded by Charlton, Vanda:n,Varick and Hudson streets. The loss is estimated at more than one hundred thousand dollars, and nearly a hundred fami lies are said to be burnt out. The New, York papers impute the _disaster to squibs and crackers fired during the day and eve ning. Several parsons arc missing. Two childrcm were left in a room locked up, by their parents, who wencto the theatre, and have-not-been-found - A litttelmy - , --- digh - u years old, was thrown down and trampled to death, by the mob. A number' of fire men - were much injured. Two or three other tires occurred.during the day and eve- i ning, which are also attributed to fire works, thrown up-by-:boys. WEST POINT.—By a regulation of the Department of War, it is directed .that the lye cadetsclass who shall graduate with the highest honors, shall• be attached to the next Army Register and. published. We have been politely furnished, says the Courierand—Eirquirer ihe—frollowing, as the list of Cadets to whom this honor was awarded at the late examination: First Class. 1. &smell Park, 2.Hrnr Cln antes Allen. N. C. 4. If. B. Prentiss, Me. .5. Albert M. Lea, - Tenn. Seronil Class. .11T183. :2. 1:. iY IVord, Mimi% 3..1. IV. Bailey, 4. Benj.S. ratell i ' 5. Ceo. IV. Cues, Ohio. SHIP BrumNu.—Two centuries hake now elapsed, says the Barnstable Journal, I since the first vessel was built in Massachu setts. She was launched at Plymouth on I the 4th July, 1631, and was called ,the of the Bay." This business is now pursued throughout New England, with greater activity perhaps than at any former period within a great .number of years.— During the ensuing season' the amount of tonnage willM inereaSed by considerable accessions o from Maine and the shores of the Merrimack, while the ship-yards in our own neighborhood n will contribute a fair propor tion_of merchant scups of the first class.— One of this ldescription, of about, 400 tons built in Wareham, of liveoak for David Nye, Esq. , is we learn, soon to be launched . : and in this town, the*keel ofa ship, of about the same size and 'to be Wiz& similitr materiars, has . just been laid. - Memorable sayiny Kosciusko.—When this brave Pole arrived at Cracow, Where the revolution commenced, hOriade, to the little band of - patriots udder his command, the 631 lowing heart-stirring speech: " "We arelliot strong enough in number to be vic torious, brut we are enough to our in•defendim." . Repleni i sh the Fifirth.--The last North Star infostris us that the Wi - Wof James Buck ininster, o Franciinia, N: FL and fctimerly of Walden in this State, has had, KlNE'cliil dren at three births, three at *the first,two at the next , and four at the last.—all' boys and doing well !! They are'named Abraharn, , Isaac fug Jacob: Elloha, Fhlin and Enoch, ST I , Sainriolarif ' =I 'ng, f in pineeEl, over the pave 'ling spring .rose, in tho • and a half, - so as to over• 114 eatise--a partial renewal conse9llelltlP4 Of fincod 77tird Class. LP. A. Smith, Mass r 'j - N. - '3. J. GI. Barnard, Mau. 4. R. 11 - : Lee, Maas. 5. Rufii& Kinz, N. Y. , ' Fourth Class. I, Smith, IV. Y. 11. 11. Latighborougli, Ky 1 4..1. Sunders, . Florida. 5. Curran Pope, , Ken. ;--- Ter,R S OF TITIS PAPER:-Two Dosz.mt, per-anrfinn —payable half yearly iniid — fiva ce -- .14 subsiTiptions taken for less-than six months, and none discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless aat the option of the Editor—and a Whirs to notifi a diseontintutnee *ill be ecineidered a new engagement, and the paper forwarded ac cordingly, SW ;h4 d#P(loo USBQ Whole Number, os, , .snincr N Cf:—A correspondent, says the Now-York- Americarr,-who signs himself friend to comfort " has sent ifs "cou. • blast," against tobacco in the shapo tir 7-I I g arnes:7 "'Mr v,sr iy" Cigars.," I find by a. calculation to he very expensi (and *e r r, gr , :at evil, it will be acknowledged by many, more soprobably -t ban- pers - rins - arre — *e-nelW Iv aware of. The population of the city living two hundred thousand, say one foutth of this number, use the article moderately, that is, one in the morning, and one in the, afternoon. At one cent each, this will make in one year; "three hundred and six ty five thousand dollars;' which amount: would probably support, or make comforta: ble, the poor of the city, while it wouldpro mote the conifiiil of persons that will ro nounce the practice. Even by the fire,side, the smoke of one cigar is sufficient to des troy the comfort of halfn dozen ladies. The - number of the African Repositor -fen-the pi e. e, t - month con sins an interesting letter from Captain Kennedy, of the U. S. frigate - Java,-in relation to the colOny of Li - beri a which he lately visited in that veisel. We remark particurarly tlio fo7lowmng pas sages: • "It would be well perhaps to State, that, in a conversation with one or the Km pr ' Kroomea, T was informed by him, that he came with his wife from Timbnctoo by wa. with the exception of twenty.6e miles, the distance that city stands from the Niger; he came down the St. Paul's to Me redo. "1 have been informed that.the OUrang ' Outang has been reppatedly seeg - by - the Kroomen on the Junk and other rivers, a crabbing with a rude bucket and crab stick, both of kis own make. an. this. he' a: -fact,. I think the col° migth profit-by domesii,eittkog thelkfmd em• playing them in their cern_tmd, - As they are of considered , human byjnig. 1 see no reason why they should potipe_ Made to work as well as . a horse or an 4." - The Editor of the Pittsburg Gazette, is coming out in the cause of Antimasoitty. He speaks out honestly his sentiments, and though he does not just as he is taking The first, step, see the whole length of the groutid we travel, he is willing to go as far as ho • sees it. This is just right. He will soon take the second step; next the third, and so kiFtle whole; . Thus - war . go; nor can masonry in conspiracy stop us. -Philadelphia Sun. Travelling. on the Baltimore and Ohio naitroad.—From the 1-et day of JtuniFy, io the 30th day ofJune, 1831, 44435 per sons who paid, travelled on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road; and 2918 tons of vari ous articles were transivrted--to—and-from -- different places between Baltimore and Elli cott's Mills, exclusive of transportation for the use of the Company. The average number of travellersan.June,— as in May exceeded 400 per day. The average transportation in April, May and . June was twenty-six tons, Per day.—Gaz. Why dont you wheel the-barrow-emitin.. 'etit'quoth a — learne. vender of black dm , moods, to his man; "it is not a very hard job , ---there is an inclined plane to relieve otr"-. "Ave 7 master "replied Ned, who rail more relish for wit than for work," "the plane ;nay be inclined, but hang me ill am." QITACKERY.—The Serntnnutury case. --=A lady oh Long-Island, N. Y. consider ably afflicted in age, haying been for some time afflicted with an rißction of the nerves, and the neighboring - physician having failed to effectually repair her broken constitution, , hearing of one of the quack order she had him called. After he had for some• timeex amined her pulse, she inquired, Doctor, do you understand my complaint.' fle,answer ed,' Main, it is a scrutunutury case.' 'Pray, Doctor;' inquired the lady, ' What is that?' 'lt is a dropping of the nerves having fal len into the pizaripilinn, and the head goes tizariren, ttzarizen Ah ! 44idt - or,' exelnim ed the lady, yen have-Aliseribea my feel ings exactly.' lIITNTINGDON, July 46. - Di stre.4 e have just heard that a daughter` of.l tidge Aniots, and a IllitisShrin er, were killed by lightning yesterday morn. ing; at• his residence in Petersburg. The particulars-we have not heard.—Gazelte. Awful, lindeed . I —An earthquake has taNn place "within 200,m110 of Pekirr; from 500,000 to one million of,boiptoltre repre sented to have perished; twelve towna, or cities are destroyed. 'The earthquake was • accompanied by storms and-tfoods whtch lasted three ..days.. , 4 00.444*.r Samuel II: Arnold, the anti-masonic tan didaje, has been elected povernor,of the state of; Rhode Island. Thus are fart nitilted every day with raore.and more of this kind of evidenceofantimasonry being "the decline. r--.-~ ' , Th&Dutroit.C6urier promisee toblush Mr. RuE4e9 4 letter. This ie",Nht. • • • • El Mr 4 T v ' 111
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