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- USEFUL INFORMATION.
101.12 1 108 L REGISTER-1835.
UNITED STATES.
ANDREW JACKSON ' S( Tennessee, President.
MASTEN VAN BUSENia N. York, Vice• President.
JOHN Fonarrn,of Georgia, Secretary• of State
LEVI Woonnuav,of N. Hampshire, See. of Treasury.
LEWIS CASS, of Ohio, Sec. of War.
MAHLON DICKEHBON,Of N.Jersey, Sec. of Navy.
WILLIAM T. &tiny, of Kentucky, P. M. General.
BENJAMIN F. BuTt.aa,ofN. York, Att'nyGen.U.S.
JOHN 8m.t.,0f Tennessee, Speaker ofilouse
CONGRESS.
The second session of the 23d Congress commenced
. a 111onday the Ist of December last. The following
etable,copied from the U. S. Telegraph,will she* the
"- representation in Congress from each State of the li
‘ stion,from the organization of the government upto the
present t itue,with the several ratios of representations
' tCs also the number of Electors to be chosen in 1536:
1787 '93 'U3 'l3 '23 '33 '36
STATES. a"
N : :}lampshire, 3
Massachusetts, 6
Rhode Island, 1
Connecticut, 5
New York, 6
Pennsylvania, 8
New Jersey, 4
Delaware, 1
Maryland, 6
Virginia, 10
North Carolina, 5
South CtirbTina, 5
Georgia, 3
Vermont, 0
Kentucky, 0
Tennessee, 0
Ohio, 0
Louisiana, 0
Indiana, 0
Alabama, 0
Mississippi, 0
Illinois, 0
Maine, 0
Piliczouti,
Totals 65 105 141 181 213 240 298
GOVERNORS OF THE STATES.
States. Gov's names.
Maine Robert P. Dunlap
New-Har Badger
Massachitieo. John Davis
.Vermont William A. Palmer do.
Rhoda Island John Brown Francis do.
Connecticut Samuel A. Foot do.
New York • William L. Marcy do.
reh.isylvania George Wolf 1832
Delaware Caleb P. Bennett do.
Maryland James Thomas 1835
Virginia Littleton W. Tazewell 1533
North Carolina David L. Swain 1834
South Carolina George•M'Duilie do.
Georgia Wilson Lumpkin 1833
Ohio Robert Lucas 1834
Kentucky (Acting) James T. Morehead 1832
Indiana Noah Noble 1634
Illinois
Joseph Dunesui
David Dunklin
John Gayle
William Carroll do.
Missouri
Alabama
e
Tennessee
H. G. Ronnells do.
Edward D. White 1834
Mississippi
Louisialla
111. : GOVERNORS' SALARIES, &C.
The following is a statement of the Governors'
Salaries,tho number of Senators and Representatives,
and their pay per day, of each State in the Union:
Governors'l No. of No. of Pay per
STATES. Salaries. Senators. Reps. • day
Maine $1,500 25 186 $2
New Hampshire 1,200 12 230 2
Massachusetts_ 3,666 66 40 570 2
Rhode Island 400 - 10 71 150
Connecticut 1,100 21 208 *2
Vermont 750 none 230 1 50
New York 4,000 32 129 3
Nov! Jersey 2,000 14 50 ' 3
Pennsylvania 4,000 33 100 3
Delaware 1,333 33 9 29 2 50
Maryland 3,500 15 80 4
Virginia 3,333 33 32 134 4
North Carolina 2,000 64 134 3
South Carolina 3,500 45 124 4
Georgia 3.000 90 185 4
Alabama 2,000 22 72 4
Mississippi 2,500 11 36 3
Louisiana 7,500 17 50 4
Tennessee 2,000 20 60 4
Kentucky 2,000 38 100 2
Ohio 1,200 36 - 72 3
Icoliana 1,000 30 62 2
Illinois 1,000 26 55 3
Missouri 1,500 18 49 3
*ln Conneetierd•the Senators have two dollars per
day, and the Representatives one dollar andfifty cents.
1;4 M (;i4 4 •IrNZIa% ; , 1 ; 4 roc(zire) its) :41
Stale. Name. Title. Age
Sweden Charles XIV King • . 70
Russia Nicholas I Emperor 38
Denmark Frederick VI King 66
Great Britain William IV do. 69
Holland William I do. 62
Belgium Leopold do. 44
Fought Frederick Wm. 111 do. 54
Saxony Anthony do. 60
Brunswick William Duke -28
Nassau . William do. 42
}lessee-Homb'rg. Louis Landgrave 64
Bader' Ch. Leopold Fr. Grand Duke 44
Ilesae.Cissee William 11 Elector 67
Wurtemberg William King 53
Bavaria Louis do. 48
Austria Francis Emperor 66
France . Louis Philllppe King 61
Switzerland John J. Hess Lanirman
Spain - Maria ',rubella Queen 4
Portugal Donna Maria do. 15
Sardinia Clarks Emannal King : 36
Tuscany Leopold II Grand Duke 37
Patina Maria Louisa Duchess 43
Modena Francis IV Duke
Lima Charles Laub; , do. - 35
Stales of the Ch. Gregiry XVI Pope • 69
Two Vieille, Ferdinand II Sing '29
Greece Otho do. 19
Turkey Mahmoad Sultan 49
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MRS. N---z-: A SKETCH.
By Benjamin Matthias.
DURING a 'morning walk in the autumn
of 1832, I met with an adventure which I
shall not soon forget. . The incidents seem
indelibly impressed upon my memory, not
so ranch on account of their novelty, for
they are, probably, of frequent occurrence
in this checquered and eventful life, as on
account of the peculiar and interesting cir
cumstances with which they were subse
qnently connected. At the time, I was in a
reflective mood, disposed to philosophize on
every incident, and perhaps willing to profit
by the most trivial lesson.
It was an Indian Summer morning. The
air was cool and refreshing, and the whole
some exercise of walking, gave excitement
to my spirits. The rays of the sun were
just visible on the tops of the most elevated
buildings—the laborer was seen preparing
for his daily toil, and here and there the
door of a tavern might be discovered half
open, as if to invite the early passenger to
his morning dram; an invitation which, it
was not difficult to ascertain, was but too
generally embraced by those who had risen
at that early hour. I sauntered on, in a
northern direction from the heart of the city;
and was ruminating on the advantages of
early rising, and the wickedness of wasting
precious moments of time in unprofitable in
dulgence, when I heard the piercing shriek
of a female, apparently about, half a square
distant. I quickened my pace, in the di
rection wheriell the cry proceeded, and ar
rived at the spot in dive to prevent a savage
looking ruffian from repeating a !low with
a large knotty club, over the head of a fe
male.
"Monster!" I exclaimed, "would you
strike a woman?" -
He turned upon me with the scowl of a
fiend, and I saw before me the bloated face,
the inflamed eyes, the enervated frame of a
confirmed rintrivEAßD. My look disgust
and indignation, appeared to renew his an
ger, and I should probably have suffered se
verely for my interference, but for the pros
enceof one who arrived at the same Instant
with myself.
"Come, Sam." said he, "this won't do:
let you! wife aloft*, and push off to your
work."
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1834
do.
do.
The wretch appialed to muttered horrid
imprecations and clrses, but after a growl
of defiance, directed towards mpolit; obeyed
the command, and the two went away to
gether. _ _
- I remained a moment, to learn the cause
of the outrage. A female, considerably ad
vanced in life, with a pale and haggard
countenance, in a coarse and tattered dress,
was leaning, in great agitation, against the
door of a miserable hut. She was in tearb,
and I thought, as I gazed upon her sallow
features, distorted as they were by suffering,
that I could trace the outlines of deep and
bitter affliction. Her grief was not boister
ous. She wept, but her tears flowed invol
untary. The fountains of her heart were
apparently broken up, but there was that in
her manner and appearance, which showed
but too plainly, that she was one whose a
cute sufferings almost defied sympathy—one
with whom compassion seems rather- to
augment than diminish the grief which cor
rodes the heart, which palsies every energy
of the mindiand destroys even hope itself.
"The world may not appreciate your suf
ferings, Madam," said I, "but one who has
seen and felt some of the horrors of an inti
mate connection with a drunkard, is surely
not impertinent in his desire to know wheth
er it is in his power to render you assistance."
I spoke mildly, and with a voice that be
trayed emotion which I could not control;
and the accents, as they fell upon her ear,
seemed to arouse her from a stupor into
which she was gradually falling.
"1 thank you for your kindness," she re.
plied, "but mine is a case of misery without
hope of relief: Human power cannot re
move my wretchedness.
"Perhaps, however, human power may at
least mitigate your sufferings; as it is evi
dent they originate in the folly and wicked
ness of others."
Further solicitation prevailed, and she
made me acquainted with the. immediate
cause of her present distresses. Her hus
band was a man of irregular habits, an idler
and a common tippler. His scanty wages
were spent in the dram-shop, and his family,
consisting of his wife and two daughters, the
eldest a girl of sixteen, were freqently with
out bread for days. Occasionally they were
able to procure employment for their needles,
but this resource only rendered the beastly
husband more negligent. On the evening
previous to the occurrence I have noted, the
last cent had been given to satisfy a claim
for rent. The family went supperless to
bed; the, husband was absent, carousing
with some companions at a tavern, and did
not return until morning, when he appeared
in the condition I saw him, and demanded
.food. His wife had none to give, for her
scanty larder was empty, and her small re
sources utterly exhausted, and the wretch
became violent, and finally struck her.
It was a case calculated to awaken sym
pathy in the coldest bosom: need I add, that
in my very soul I pitied the unfortunate, the
abused, the heart-broken lady. She was
evidently a woman of acute sensibility.—
Her language gave proof of education, of
high accomplishments, of refined feelings.
And such a woman, united by the closest
ties,. with a debased, atOeling wretch, a
brute, a common drunkard—one who was
viz nonmpas WHITS! IZIDIDLVTOI7, mraTor., ruz l iaiesuar, Jam rnornzmiron.
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAES.
6219WWIZTAZDtin16 9 rikilcbo eras:max i . inzaprztata. ev. awn,.
dead to every noble feeling of human nature,
1 callous to the sufferings of a confiding wo-
I man, and utterly reckless of the consequen
-1 ces of his wicked course. He too, was the
I father of her children—a father , upon whom
two lovely girls looked for example—for
precepts of instruction—for wisdom to guide
them safe from the coils and snares of a de
' cettfhl world. The soul siclens with anguish
at the reflection. The young, the innocent,
the unsophisticated hearts of his children,
must have regarded him with loathing and
abhorrence, and turned from his tender salu
tations with disgust. Tender salutations?--
Nol—Flairolluted their ears with curses—
he set before them an example of ruin, de
gradation, and endless misery.
Who will say that habitual intemperance
is not madness! Would a creature, endowed
with reasoning faculties, put the cup of poi
son to his lips, anti drink in death--eternal
death? Would a man, created in the image
of his Maker, and blessed with an intellect
capable of the highest degree of enjoyment,
with that intellect unclouded, sacrifice hi.
bosom companion—his own offspring—his
hopes—his ambition—his present and future
4 happiness, for the beefily voluptuousness of
Anale-house? Never!' The habitual drunk
-1
nrd knot a ma n —is na'a reasoning crea
ture. He has lost his powcfrs of discrimi
nation between good and e 4 and buried
deep in the bowels of the etitth, the talent
which God has given him to irnprrive. His
mind is a chaos of darkness—his intellect is
disordered—and the deep, the impenetrable
gloom of insanity rests upon hie benighted
mind. Is this glopmy picturaaverwrought?
Then let him who loves theAottle—that
curse of our existence—pause before the in
cipient habits of inebriation are coefirmed—
before the worm of corruption has entered
hi s hod—before human nature is reduced
to a level with the brute 'creation—before
the misguided, the infatuated votary of Bac
chus, becomes an outcast from soVietY—
shunned as a pestilence—avoided as one up- i
on whom Heaven has fixed the seal of inex- 1
orable displeasure! -
While these thoughts were revolving in
my mind, a lovely girl, rather under the
stature of womanhood, with large black eyes
of unusual brilliancy, and a countenance
that seemed,at the first glance,to be a model
ofperfection,rushed into the room. "Here,
mother," she exclaimed„ with animation.
"get father his breakillirAtere is money."
"Money, my dear,---what money; surely
you have not"—
Fresh tears bedimmed the eyes of the at
fueled wotna'n, and I saw, in ail instant, the
nature of the emotions that filled her burst
ing heart. Her affectionate daughter threw
herself into her arms as she exclaimed:
"No, mother, I have not begged; I have
borrowed the money from George; and
know that I shall be enabled to return it to
morrow."
The girl had been awakened from her
slumbers by the vociferations of her unwor
thy father, and knowing her mother's.desti
tution, had stolen away to her friend George,
'a reputable tradesman in the neighborhood,
and obtained the loan of a piece of money-
Humiliating as was the application, her
anxiety for her mother's safety and peace,
had triumphed over every scruple; and in
her joy at having obtained the means to quiet
her father's anger, she forgot that she had
done aught to violate the frigid rules of
maidenly propriety. She obeyed the im
pulses of her nature.— She loved her mother.
Almost immediately.' took my leave, with
depressed spirits and an aching heart. A
few friends joined in making some provision
for immediate relief, and I had the satisfac
tion of enlisting, in behalf of the family, the
benevolent feelings of several whose hearts
were large, and whose purses were well
supplied.
The arrangements which were made for
the subsequent support of the family, in a
way to avoid wounding their feelings by a
sense of dependence, afforded me an apology
for many subsequent visits. This inter
course confirmed my first impressions. The
lady was a fond, a confiding, but a deeply
injured woman, and the daughters were all
that such a mother could ask. It was de
lightful to witness the tender attachment
which governed all their actions. They
were happy in each other's society, and in
the commingling of their pure and ardent
affections, they forgot, for a moment, that
their existence was embittered by the occa
sional presence of a husband and a father.
In that forgetfulness was their enjoyment.
During one of my s isits, I took advantage
of the absence of the other members of the
family, to ask the lady for a sketch of her
early history. I believed it would be one of
unusual interest—l was convinced that her
present station in life was not the one she had
been accustomed to fill—l imagined that
she could tell me something that would afford
a valuable practical lesson,' and I was not
disappointed. With evident reluctance,
kowever, for the reminiscences she was a
bout to rehearse were painful and humiliat
ing, she began:
"I am the only child of affectionate and
doting parents. My father, an officer on
half-pay, though possessing what are called
"high notions," was not above keeping a
public house in the vicinity of London; as
he was thereby enabled materially to in
his income. Great pains were be
stowed upon My education; and so far as re
garde school learning, my acquisitions were
considerably above my station in society.—
My life was one continued scene of enjoy
rnent.and happiness, until the death of my
mother, which happened when I was in my
fifteenth year. I had known sorrow
before—she was indeed a mother. Kind to
a fault—indulgent, forgiving, and withal,
careful and prudent in the management of
her domestic affairs,—my father loved her
with - devotion,and well she deserved his un
divided affections. This melancholly event
left me in a great measure without a proper
guide. My mother had been my friend,
to whom I confided all my thouglwi, and to
whom I
. at all times, looked fur counsel.—
The, loss of such a friend, naturally occa
sioned heart-colt sorrow. I drooped under
the deprivation, became gloomy, and was '
ushered into society, before my judgment
was thoroughly matured, to drive away my.
sadness..
"In li:seventeenth year, a slight acci•
dent, happened while I was absent
from . made me acquainted with Lieu
teaaxil, He was a gentleman of
pr !;= sOssing manners, and kindly offered
me to my father's residence. Be
4iik already known to my father, his visits
,became frequent, much to the annoyance
a.f my friend Howard, a worthy mechanic,
who was a constant companion in all my
enjoyments. Howard was a general favor-
ite among my acquaintances, but none es•
teemed him W ore warmly than I did. He
was open, fr , candid, intelligent, and pos
sessed sound and well matured principles.---7
I knew!that he was attached to me, but I
knew also that his pretensions would not be
listened to by my father, who had resolved
that I should never; with his consent,- wed a
mechanic. Alasi for that fatal error! He
knew not that his kind precautions would be
'the means of destroying his own and his
daughter'shappiness. But I will not antici
pate. I.,i*.iut. N— becathe devoted in his
attentions. His manners were easy and
polished—his appearance fascinating—his
conversation attractive. My giddy head
was turned, when he offered his hand, with
the prospect of rang which would attend my
' nuptials, and offended at the proud demean
our of Howard, who had ceased his visits,
on his expressing his regret at the inconsis
tency and folly of my conduct, in an evil
' hour I proved recreant to my first love, and
became the wife of Lieut. N—, he that
has just left us.
"Yote.'pok amazed, but a word or two will
suffice to .explain. Lieut. N----, at the
time of his marriage, was addicted to habits
of dissipation. I knew it not, but too soon
realized, in the utter annihilation of all do
mestic happiness, the dire effects. Indul
gence confirmed his habits, and three years
hacl not;i4ansed / before he became a drunk
fireadful,beyond all descriptre
my mental sufferings; and bitter was the
indignation of my father.: Entreaty. was
only of temporary benefit—remonstrance
excited him to fresh excesses. His friends
deserted him: he threw up his commission,
fearing an investigation into his official con
duct, and was obliged to seek employment
as, a clerk. In the meantime, the injured
Howard had married a cousin of mine, in
more humble life, but a girl every way de
serving of so noble a companion'. He pros
pored in business, and grew wealthy—and
the bitter mortification occasioned by a con
trast of his Situation in life with mine, added
another sting of reproach to my conscience.
I felt myself a degraded being--punished
seven-fold for my folly—and I could no lon
ger brook the commiserating gaze of my
former associates. Eventually we left Eng
land, and arrived in your, city. Lieut.
N—, is now a day laborer in your streets.
You know the rest."
Such was the sad tale of Mrs. N—;
such the calamitous results of a mistaken
policy in her early life. She was blinded
with the prospect of wealth and fashion, and
discarded a worthy lover, because he was
poor, to become the wife of a showy Lieu•
tenant. Her gay companions undoubtedly
sustained her choice—the world called it a
brilliant match, and brilliant it may have
been for a moment, but for that moment of
pleasure, what years of bitter anguish were
experienced.
Errors of this character are by no means
isolated cases. Where wealth is consider
ed the standard of pretensions, they must
frequently occur; for riches add neither
merit to the mind, nor strength to well
formed principles; but rather increase than
diminish the temptations which cross the
path of the inexperienced. The attraction
of wealth, strictly speaking, is adventitious;
and it is the rock upon. which the happinetis
and domestic felicity of thousands are stran
ded. Such results must be frequent, so long
as the union of purses is considered of more
importance than the union of kindred hearts.
True nobility of mind, pure principles, be
nevolence of disposition, and that deference
to the opinions, the feelings and the errors
of others, which invariably distinguishes the'
man of cultivated intellect, and which forms
the basis of all happy matrimonial unions,
are not contingent upon birth or wealth.—
Perhaps, in a majority of cases, they are
found separate and apart from those spark
ling attractions of idleness and luxury,which
the generality of mankind consider indispen
sable in all judicious alliances.•
It may i be vain, under certain circum
stances, to combat popular delusions, but it
can never be vain to repeat indisputable
facts, of essential importance to the welfare
of mankind. The truths of which Fspeak,
are substantiated by the experience of every
man of observation. flundreds'and thou
sands of virtuous and accomplished females,
are yearly sacrificed—their hearts rendered
desolate--their hopes of happiness annihi •
lated—their peace of mind forever destroy.
'ed---on the unholii , altar of mammon, by ill
timed and improper conoexions, originating I
lin sordid motives of pecuniary advantage.
A fearful responsibility rests upon those who
coerce alliances which eventuate in these
appaling results.
Some weeks after the above interview,
N— died. His continued excesses had
undermined his constitution, and rendered
him a weak, miserable and enervated being.
i His violence, while in a state of inebriation,
rendered it necessary, for the safety of his
family, and the peace of society, to confine
him in the almshouse. He left the world
1 in a state of delirium,insensible to the change
which was stealing over him, and unconsci
ous of the accountability. of man to his God.
His widow wept—his children hung giver
his rough coffin in lamentation, but the tear
of sorrow which felt from the Christian's I
eye, was shed for the dark fate of an infat
uated, a deluded mortal, and not for the exit
of one who had lived only to occasion mise
ry, and entail reproach. The grave of the
virtuous man is planted with flowers, but the
tomb of the drunkard is overgrown with
noxious weeds. His existence is obliterated
from the mind, for none would cull him .
back to life. Neglected by those whose
happiness he has blasted, he lies, awaiting
the epoch which will dissolve time, in his
cold and gloomy cell,
"Unwept, unhonor'd and unsung."
Three months had elapsed, when I again
saw Mrs. N—. I knew she was not in
want, and I was unwilling to obtrude when
I could render no service. S!te was cheer
ful, for her _weight of wo had been removed,
and she surprised me with an announcement
that she was about to return,with her young
est daughter to England.
"And leave Mary here?" I enquired. _
"Yes. She poSitively refuses to accom
pany us." .
, -Surely Mary," said I, "you will not con
sent to a separation?"
Her look of enibarrassment sufficiently
explained the cause. .
"Tell me, then," I resumed ; taking her
delicate hand, "who it is that would separate
the, best of daughters, from the most affec
tionate of parents. Is his name George?"
The shade of confusion deepened on her
brow, and convinced me that I was not in
error. From a mischievous motive, I added:
"He of whom you once borrowed—"
"Spare me," she interrupted, with one of
her most fascinating smiles, "that debt is
long since paid; but George declares 1 have
incurred others, which it will require a life
time to discharge. Would you have me go
away in his debtl"'
The nuptials were solemnized, before the
departure of Mrs. N—. 1 had the honor
a being present, and as I noticed the smile
of delight on the manly and open face of the
worthy George, the elegant form, and the
soft, winning manner of the devoted Mary—
Its I saw the evidences of pure and ardent
love, in every word and look of the happy
couple, and heard the solemn and heart-felt
appeal to Heaven, for a blessing upon their
plighted faith, from the lips of tire clergy
man, I inaudibly remarked, if there is no
love here, loye is a mere delusion—if there
is no hapiness here, happiness is unknown to
the human "heart.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
MORTALITY OF THE IRISH IN BOSTON.-
Two hundred and eighty three Irish men,
women and children, died in tke city of Bos
ton, in 1834.
Mrs. Bogue, of Amherst, on the 29th
September last, the anniversary. of her 99th
year, spun sixty knots and thirty threads of
handsome woollen yarn.
POLITICAL PROSPECTS.—We have the
most satisfactory assurances from the east
end Of 'the State partiCalarls , from Philadel
phia, that the Whig party will unite with
the Anti Masons in the support of Mr. Rit
ner; who will no doubt be the opposition
candidate. The idea of running a separate
Whig candidate would be Mach a ridiculous
fallacy that it is not contemplated. Possibly
a very few anti-Jacksonites, bigotted against
Anti-Masonry, may by such an arrange.
nient, be driven to Wolf and Van Buren, but
it is now evident that the number will be
far less than was lately apprehended; while
a large number , of the late supporters of
Wolf refuse to sustain him any longer; and
and another class will sharply oppose the
pretensions of Muhlenburg.
The Whig vote in the I,,egislature upon
Stevens' resolutions, has been followed by
sundry demonstrations in the. Whig papers,
of a most auspicious appearance in regard
to the approaching controversy for Govern
or.—Pittsburg
The grand jury of the Mayor's Court,
Philadelphia, state, "that in the fulfilment of
their duty, they have had abundant and la
mentable proof, that most of the numerous
cases of assault and battery, of petty theft,
and other offences brought under their no
tice, owe their origin to the intemperate use
of strong drink."
This is a true bill, which all the ingenui-
ty of the most learned counsel could not
"ignor."—and is just as applicable to other
places as to Philadelphia. Most criminals
receive the first improper impulse from
drink; and nine-tenths of the distress which
exists in the country can be traced to the
same source. We believe that Temperance
Societies have produced some rneliotation
of this great evil, and we look forward to
greater effects.
It is commanded that "thou shalt not
kill," and yet thousands who would shrink
with horror from the commission of homi-
CWHOLE NO. Stri.,
,
tide, destroy by intemperanee, "the itioirit
that is within them," and , finally • loathe
body to an untimely grave. If the bowie.*
be punishable . hereafter , hoW caintheseeelf , "
destroyers escape condemnation? "Better
think, before you drink," may be a homely
adage, but it contains a wholesome adtnant
tion—and we wish that every youth; when
about to raise the first glass to his liPs,would
repeat it before taking his drink: for heinay
rely on it, that "a hot mouth makes a Cold
back."—Bu Chron.
A boy, carrying the mail-from: Moriah
I Keesville, lately came into the latter named
1.
. town, and said he had been robbed of .:011/3
hundred dollars, whi ch had 'been entrusted
to him to carry,-by a--alai who .mei -him-la
the woods, and placed a pistol to his breast;
demanding - the money, which he said; he
saw him receive. The people in the neigh•
borhood immediately turned Out to •Settreh
the woods without any eifect; they thee,
thought they would search the little fellow;
When they found the money snugly stowed
away in one of his pockets; and he was see;•
to prison.
COMMUNICATION;
For the Gettysburg Star and Republican Banner.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEIIit. -
I observed in the "Star" of the Itith inst.
the proceedings of a meeting of a portion of
the citizens of Latimore township. ' It is
rather a difficult task to ascertain precisely
what the real object of the meeting is, from
the confused nuture of the proceedings. A
large portion of which, is to us nothing but
a mass of unintelligible jargon. It remind,
us very forcibly of Roderick Random's love
letter, which he admitted to be very sublime
for aught he knew, but that it was entirely
beyond his comprehension! So a portion of
those proceedings I must frAnkly confess
are beyond my humble comprehension,—
The want of a proper system to direct the
author., in his composition, is very strongly
indicated in order to render his production
intelligible: No doubt many valuable gen
timentware lost, merely for the want of a
little more perspicuity in his style. From
a few of the hundred and fifty resolutions,
and certain sentences contained in the me
morial, we are happily enabled to infer the
author's meaning. It appears that he is op
posed to a system of General Education, and
has adopted the present method of unmet..
talizieg himself in the eye of public estima
tion, by the promulgation of his sentiments,
ithrcugh the medium of all the public jourti
als.in the county. ! ____ --.
- "After philosophizing upon various BR& -
jects, he asserts that the act creating a
General System of Edueation by Common
Schools, is unconstitutional. Section 1.
Article 7. of the Constitution, says -."The
Legislature shall, as soon as conveblently
may be, provide by law for the establishmeot
of schools throughout the State, 'in such
manner that the poor may be taught gratis."
In what the unconstitutionality of the ed
consists, lam at a loss to determine; the
idea appears to be a new one, entitling the-.
author at least to the cluim of originality;-
along with whatever 'merit it may pcesees.
The law provides for the establishment of
schools generally throughout the State, pro
vided the majority of qualified citizens in
the district are favorable thereto. It pro.
vides, as specified ie the Censtitutioe, for the
education of the poor gratis; The spoor
man's child is admitted upon the same prin
ciple of equality as that of his more wealthy
neighbor, and permitted to share with them i.
the same privileges. Does the author imit
gine, because the•schools are not establish.
ed for the exclusive benefit of the indigent,
that there is necessarily a violation of the '
Constitution 7 All that the Constitution de-
mantis, is, that the poor shall be taught gra.
its, for which the present system unques
tionably provides: for the really poor man
who has no taxable property, does not con. ,
tribute toward the tuition of his children.
But another source of lamentation is, that
the poor are not provided with stationary!
Here those tender hearted creatures find
new causes for sympathy and coinmisera
tion; this is a trifling barrier, nor does it
render -the act unconstitutional, as there is
nothing 'specified in relation theretci--:it
merely provides for the teaching of the pcior
gratis. , .
It is alledged that (he present system will,
be more likely to maintain the distinction
between rich and poor, because all will know
who contribute and who do not; and imme.
diately it is affirmed,- that the actually poor
man will be obliged to educate the children
of the rich. Reason teaches us,that when
every one contributes according .to their .1
several abilities, that the poor would not so ' I
readily be pointed out as objects of derision
by the ill-disposed, of which there are more
or less in every community, than when they "
are, to all intents and purposes, taught gni•
tuitously. But if, as it has been said, the
actually poor do educate the rich,Pere can
not be'the slightest cause for fear from that
quarter. Contrary to the generally 'received
opinion, it is argued,that a General System;
is calculated to wrest from us our liberties
most assuredly when'men are generallymat -
telligent, they are more vigilant, more cob.
Below of their rights, and consetpxoy more
. ".i
jealous to maintain them, and reKenymr;;,„
croachments that threaten. Unirerlitlltii
telligence is the only sure guarantee for the,
perpetuity of our libertiee. • g
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But trustees are to be appoint to NM.
care of us, as though we were idiot end ie.':
capable of managing our own collKorThl.,q""
Are those:trustees a peculiar raceOf,i
licensed. individuals, or are they limited
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