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lity 4o _pay a tex, mrh’i‘?uprop
erty, ,7“ unts %o the same thing, raise
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he “pg gt who left it to him, wus able
ud 0. give him education enough
10 use it properly :if a man have asquir-|
z;l roperty, the presumptio rfln‘ wust
' ya gooeral rule, that industry und
\’i‘_fity were exerewed by him w so dé
4ng, and that “the -cares -and relations,
which pflz:’l_'t‘ brings with it, have sharp- |
-ened his faculties,and increased his natu- |
rel inteligence. . Now all we ask, is, that |
every man us who can be fairiy |,
presumed to .be gonoot and intelligent e- |
aough to exercise the privilege of a voter, |
«<onsisteatly with the best good of our|
whole population, should be admitted that |,
ivilege. Aond we prupose such a quali- ||
mwwiu raise, in our condition ol |
society, the presumption of honesty and |
intelligence; and if a certain minimum, |
or smallest sum, were fixed, so that every ||
one who choase tn pay atax of not less|
than == dollara should become a voter,!
all' pretence of objection, on account of |,
the supposed countrol the assesasors of tax- |
es might have over elections would be|:
entirely removed, ' ‘
A strict registration of voters we con- |
sider indispensable : and voting by bollot, |
so that it could not be konowu how the/4
vole was given, would remove the objec-|]
tion of improper iufluence. We are very | v
desirous lo see it introduced. . C
T'he distinction proposed between the |,
quolifications of the native and thenatu-|(
valized citizen is_fouuded on the principle |
already; laid down, viz. that the abridge-|t
ment or suspension of a political right to |«
promote the greatest good of the greatest , b
snumber, and for that purpose only, is the ||
self-preserving law of ‘a political society. | i
The restriction places the foreiga born|a
citizen in a better condition dthan the pre-|{w
sent freeholder ; as he is only required to{z
have been once the owner of a frechold o
for a certain leugth of time, to be deter-|i
mtoed by the framers of a Coastitution. |t
The non-freeholders are willing and anx-‘ r
ious to be tried by this law of the great-c
est good. The momeant it can be shown |t
that their claim of privilege is incogsist- | o
ent with the greatest good of the whole |t
community, they are willing to withdraw |d
it. Bat let it be so shown, ‘n
It is a mistake in any to suppose that|a
thia restriction is at varience with anylo
provision in the Constitygion of the Unit- | I
od States. When the Constitution oaynxn
that “the-citizens of each State shall be |
eniitled to all privileges and immuaities ol" r
citizens in the several States,”” it does |
not mean that they shall carry their rights /5
with them from one State to another, but |c
that they shall accept of such as are pro-|s
vided in the State of which they have re- | a
moved their residence, and subject to all |»
distinctions there establised. | [
* The States which have made landed
-property .an :indispensable requisite for
the governor, senators and representa
tives arethe following,—New Hampehire,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes
see, Louisiana and Missiesippi. In New
York, the governor and eenators ; in New
Jersey the legislative councilors and rep
vewentatives ; in Virginia, the senators
and representatlives.; and in Massachu
wette and Georgia, the goverornor,—must
be landholders. In the remainig thir
deen Slates no property in land is excly
sively r:&nimd of any of the above men
tioned officers. 4
Scrrerings oF Laraverre.—An En
glish Jou.oal published in the year 1796,
ives the following description of the suf
anfl’ of General Lalayette, when in
~carcerated in-the.prison of Olmutz : g
“He was seized upon in neutral ground,
and from the moath of August, 1792, bu
wioed alive, in cold subterraneous solitary
«dungeonas, deprived of exercise, of air, of
dho?of heaven, of all .intercourse
with human beings ; stripped of all his
«clothes before his being plunged into his
dast dun}:'m at Olmutz -and clad like a
Kalley ein trowsers and waistcoat
amade of seil cloth, enduring in that condi
tion the memoriable winter of 1794, des-
Ritute of o::y thing, refused even a knife
and fork, the scanty comforts allowed
to wbliged to lie on straw, & mis
matress, the selic of his Russisn
pereva.
Dz oy Friour.—During -the thun
der shower on Saturday aflernoon a little
girkin Tewhbury, wholed been it for
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, o« ol ight
i lowd w that follo"v.:" it,
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. over the Conuon, I threw over
-ltwo bage of sand ballast, when thé as
1| cending ranr increused and the ballcon
rose finely forming an angle with the ho
rizon 1 judged of 30 or 40 degrees. Tlus
zndull ascent continued ull 9 m. m
, whenthe Brometer fell to 23,22,
view now and a few minutes previous was
the most varied and interesting“that I ev
| er beheld. On one side the vast Ocean,
with huudreds of vessels for many miles
round. The ocean presented an almost
unbroken surface, covered apparently
with a light mist of fog, and the sun strik
ing the sails of vessels gave them .much
the appearauce of feathers floating on the
smooth surfaée of a pond. I could per
ceive in the wake of tKoono nearly beneath
me a difference in the appeurance of the
water caused’by their motivn ; it wae very
perceptible .in the wake of a steamboat
which I passed a short distance from Na- '
hant ; it had much the appearance -of
heavy lines in engraving, diverging ator|
near right angles from ihe ground work.
This guve me un idea of their course and
| probable wind, which 1 judged wus more
Itavorable for me to reach Cape Ann. I
descended very slow to ascertain at what
height the wind would haul, yet perceiv
ed no sensible difference until within 1-8
of a mile from the ocean ; here, by rang-.
ing with a schovner which a few mifiutes
before was ahead of me, standing out un
der a heavy press of suil, though now she
had ftallen in the rear, I could perceive
that my course within 1-8 of a mile from
the ocenn would strike the eestern point
of Cape Ann—but it was impossible t;
keep the balloon within that distance of
the surface without a great expenditure
ot ballast or without striking the water, |
or soaring abuv*o the lower edge pf
the’ upper and most westerly current,|
which would have carried ine to the east-'
ward of Cupe Ann ; therefore [ resolved
on letting go both anchors to trail in the
water, they struck at Gh. Bm. with 300 or
400 feet of cable, a lew miles beyond
Nuhant, though the wmrostat was moving
with such velocity as to prevent the an
chors sinking more than 10 or 15 fect
from the suilnce, and indeed the velocity
frequently caused them to skip over it.—
This gave the balloon an undulating mo
tion, sometimes 200 or 300 feet high,
and scmetime barely touching the water ;
lby this means I wes enabled to secure all
the advantages of the wind, and was mak
}ing a straight course for the Cape, when|
a heavy flaw of wind struck -the balloon
‘with such force as to throw it in a hori
zontal line with the car, which struck the
ocean and filled with water. My car be
ing of open wicker work,l judged by
throwing out some ballast the water would
run out and 1l should be enabled to rise
clear, but it was drawn with such furce
that the water could not run out. T'his
occurred at 6 h. 37 m. and Jeft .me par
tially immersed in water. Judging it
difficult and dangerous to continue as far
as Cape Ann.in that situation, and seeing
a sloop to the leeward of me within 1-4
tofn mile from the course 1 was making.
I judged by retarding his progress us
imuch as pussible, she Would be able tol
intersect the line 1 was making, and ar
rest the balloon ; but instead of benringi
with the sloop, the small boat was man
ned, and betore they could intersect my |
course 1 was a mile beyond them. Al
sheot, which I carried to fold the balloon,
and my flag I had spread as much as pos
sible across the car to retard my progress
for this boat, This sank me to the waist
in water, and matetially increase the dan
ger and difficulty of reaching the Cape.’
At this time a schooner at the castward
was bearing down, and my car being so
in the water she came up with me at 7
o’clock. I exchanged a few words with
the captain, requesied le would pass
close under my lee and throw a line, 1
saw a man attetapting to throw a sea line,
and told them it wouldsnot hold -me, when
they eaught up a very stout line which 1
made fust to the car. This line proved
to be the .halliard, and the schooner on
the wind, with the force of the wind on
my bulleon, and the line drawing from
mast head, carried me up three hundred
feet, when 1 descended with such veluci
ty us to be for the first time completely
immersed in water. A second Uime i
was carried ‘upin a like manner—and
when abeut 300 feet high, a flaw of wind
upturned the-balloon so as to exhaust the
gas.in an instant. In falling, 1 was un
der water hall'a minute, though 1 had on
a_gum-elastic life preserver, which Mr
Dorg, of the Roxbury tactory, had the
kindnees to lend me. Yet 1 was so en
tangled with the cord that 30 seconds e
lapsed before I could extricate myself and
come to the susface, where 1 was com:
fortably resting myo:'f on the life preserv
er, when Capt. Spaulding, of the schoon
er Miner, of Thomaston, came to mein
the small boat and took me and the ®mros
tat on board. With so much fatigue,
and having tasted nothing but waler since
breakfast, you may imagine, gentlemen,
that I felt much relief in my new quar
ters. 1 was shown every attention by
3‘. ing, who gave me clothes to
soon ,«,-J me tea, which I
part with a fine appetite. 1 rested
;0.1l ‘:n ::nd and .W arriv
e, B o et
with Mr T. W, a passenger,
and Capt. Bpaulding, [ partook dbzn.
eheer, arvived at .my lodgings, Tre
mont lg'n‘ ailer past 9, enjoying my
4l good health and spirits; - T-feel un
der many magmm citiz ki
|erally fur their ‘attentions, and \
‘| gentlemen who Kkipdly aesisted to 61
(the balloon. In eonsequence of the vio
lent wind, [ deemed it prudent to Téave
the rabbit amd parachute, which' would
have been very cumbrous. . ‘Whensover
Bosgton, 1 found my barometer half way
through the car, the ring by which I had,
suspended ‘“fiflng broken off ; and
while lllflcml cord a few inches from
the top, I b the thermometew, .. Thi~
left me with notbiq‘..zt.. barometer.
wuq-&‘qdng stood 30. 01. wTher 77
deg ; '6b, Im. 8ar.24. 2. ;at 6h, sm.
23 65 ;at 6h. 9m. 23 32. 4,
The bulloon is much injured, and if it
|ean be repaired, W* must require two
weeks, 1 shall ascertwimvin gfi Y€y
and if it ean be dona, lrfityldy
and willing in threa weeks o mgake an
other ascenvion for a liheral Bostod pub
lic. Yours, &e: |
C. F. DURANT.
Tremont House, Boston, Aug. 171834, |
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NORTHERN STAR.
:-WARREN. R. 1. BATURDAY, AUG.), 1834
. THR OONSTITUTION OF
RHODE=ISLAND.
' NO. 2. \
Assuming the point,.which 1 attempted to es
tablish in wy last, viz. that we now huve mo *“lwrit
ten Constitution, I shall in the present No. endeav
or to shew the greut disadvantages which must nec
essarily follow and which we bave found, by un
bappy experience, actually do result from a form
of govesnment administered upon a basis so fluct
uating,
~ The advantages of a written Constitution are
‘many and great ; and undoubtedly every iotelli
gent reader has a faniliar acquuiotance with them.
i' Very much may be said on this point, bat as it is
}not so mnch my intention to shew the very greut
‘advantages of somethiug we have nofjes to ex
‘bibit the disadvantiges of what we 4{ have : |
I will leave this point, by quoting from & ¢commen
tary on the Constitution which Bas latdy been
published.
| * The great advantage of s written Constitu
tion consists in its accurately defining the limits of
the three great departments of Government,arid by
proper checks and s:curitics preserving uwnimpair
ed the princjple of representation in regard to the
exercise botfnpol'tlw powers of Governuient, and
the right of delegating them to the representative.
Where the Coustitution di:pends on tradition, or
isto be collected froms the proceedings of the Gov
ernient itself, there can be no stabiiity in the sys
tein, and of course no certainty of security under
it ;ns every new act of the Government may in
troduce a new principle, und the, Legislative pow
er may, from its omnipotence, alter the Coustitu
tion at its pleasure.
A written Constitution, therefore, is most con
ducive to the freedom, security, and happiness of
individuals, ae it ay be appealed to by the Peo
ple and enforced by the Judicial power as a funda
mental and paramount law, bindingon the Legis
lature itself.”’
In ny last, I remarked thet Constitutions are
derived from three sources, viz, ** Tradition, the
proceedings and acts of the government itself, and
a written compact.”’
Our present Constitution is derived from the two
former only. I would observe, as an illustration
of the first, thatit is a part of our present Consti
tution, that the *“ oldest member from Newport’’
shall call the House of Representitives to order,
when they are first convened after an election.—
But by what authority does a particular member
from a particular town, do this act ? for ne ether I |
presume, than that our fut/iers did so ‘before us. !
What cominission does the Executive and Senate
of this State have for the discharge of the import-_
ant function of their high offices ? Why, when a!
choice has been made of Governor, Senators, &c.
'whoever happens to be town sergeant of New
port, standson the Court House steps, and ,pro-‘
claims with a stentorian voice to the people down
the Parade, if'there should chance to be any there,
that his excellency is elected Governor, &ec. for
the year ensuing. If it were not for’the limited
extent of the territory of the State, the ** free
dom of the press,"” and the disposition in man
kiud to hear aud to spread news, the good people
of the State might remain in utter ignorance, as to
who is Governor, &c. unless they should be at
Newportand in the vicinity of the Court House,
when the aforesaid decluration was made. Many
years since, when it wus castomary for the people
(rresMEN Bshould have said,) to meet at Now
‘port, it was proper envugh, to tell them whom they
had chosen for state officers by proclamation.
The Governor, Lt. Governor, Senaters, General
’TI'MI’. Secretary of State, and Attoiney Gen
eral, all perform the daties of their oflice, as I un
.derstand, without any commission at all; so that
l if in-the discharge of any particular duty, the pow
er of any of these offices should be called in ques
tion, they could shew nothing at all which would
‘.iu them the shadow of an authority to execute
“those duties which it was right and lawfal for them
‘to_perform, unless they might find the Secretary of
‘State and ascertain by the proceedings of the Leg
islature what authority they bad ;or peradventure
the Town Sergeant might be hunted up, who'
would testify thet he proclaimed them so and so,
or the cornmon speech of people might be hhp‘
as a sufficient coinmiwsion. =, .
But it is as constitational for them 1o act witheut
a commiseion, as with one, simply because tradit
‘ion and general use hae made it so. The other
source of our Constitation is the proceediugs and
acts of the government iteelf.
" 'This is very general and covers almost every
[-ou|
ipposable case ;—but where this does Mund.
where there are cases which are provided for by
the ** Royal Charier,”” and not by an act of the
Legislature, then that is petfectly costitational.—
T'hia point needs no illustration.
You mny think, Mr. Editor, that 1 am a long
time eoming st thie subject, bat I wish to begin ay
the beginning and lesve off wheu I get through.—
1 eon only know when 7 get thiough by commene
ing at the foundation, Before 1 proceeded to &
pacticnlar disnossion, 1 wiched to shew what oar
presemt Constitation in--from what it is derived
‘and on what it depends ; that the people may u-‘nould it use bad estublished, that manuer of spells
flect seriously upon the nature and tendency d‘h‘u‘mflnuhuon. Twill yeoture 0 say that
that government under which they live. As l'hhum 8 barbarism to say * mellasso”
bave partjally done thia, I shall endeavor to show, than mellusses, because neither are correct. 1
lhomnor. how incompatable with a republican will, perhapa, at some future time, take up this
form of Government it is to have a Constitution subject, and endeavor (o illustrate the supremacy
unwritten, undefined, and 10 8 vast number of of “ good use *’ T,
" ’”""::‘ "r ;“"h:h""‘"‘:""":;bfi' MUBICAL ACADEMY. It will b seen by
1” ::n::; b P.:h’h - .:. m s referring 1o our advertising columus, that Profess-
VoI R o e or HANSEN is about to establish in the eity of
Nptus She poagipd, indepondest of laguistive spa- Providence, a Musical Academy, for the purpose
el Oaroviig Speln fot'm. Wy, i pof giving instruction in Music on the Pestalozzian
there nocessarily belongs three distinct departments Bystem. Mr. H. will be in this town on
—the Legislative, Judicial and Executive, and in et e Acdps. m“m”""c. y
order to preserve the government pure and sound, "m'on - e ngml:u:.. ik e
these should semain perfectly independent and at Tl Y o' wxul:‘hh Sivias in.’:n ":':
the i Yass enating » aslutary haoh wpeh “&‘5 the different branches which he pro .to Juch
other. ‘Where but one of these exist, the Govern- | will do well to apply in u:;.:o in cficl;
ment is one of the worst kinds of menarchy. ll Sows il 5 .b:':‘_ ey on J
shall ttempt, in a futare number, to shew that un-
der our present Constitution, although these three
departments do nowinally exiat, yet they all are
resolvable into one, the Legislative, and which,
to a limited degree, is frequently done, in this State,
accompanied l;y all its attendant evili
ETATE CONSTITUTION.
Oar friends and the friends of Constitutional
'iberty are exhorted to be wide awake about these
times. - The pinch of the game is approaching, and
much, if not every thing, depends on choosing
men of the right kidney for the Convention. The
inticipated Convention will do much, or just noth
ing nt all. If the{ goon and frame a Constitution,
similar in its provisions to the o!d charter, and
then get it adopted by the freemen—the freemen
as they now are—it will not satisfly that large ma-
Jority of the citizens who have influenced the cal
’ling of a Convention ; and of consequence it will
not stand as the sovereign law of the land. 8o in
efiec nothing will be done. But if the gentlemen
who shall compose that responsible body, act with
a single eye 1o the general advantage of all classés,
and form a Constitution that shall be characterized
by impartiality and Jiberality—strictly republican
in principle and operation—they will, indeed, con- .
for a beuefuction on this State. |
To insure thelatter resuit, as we said at the
head of the paragraph, it becomes the duty of the
people to be very cautious in selecting good men.
It makes no difference as to their particular par
ty politics—Jacksonmen, National Republicans,
antimasons and abolitiodists, (if any of the lutter
there be atongst us) are all equally interesjed in
having a good Constitution—hence this is common
ground. And while a vast majority of these sects
are in favor of a Constitution, we fear and know,
that each of them coutaina individuals averse to a
ny material change in the present order of things.
They may consent to change the name, yet wish
toretoin the old aristocratic nature. ‘Therefore,
’fweu.en,clwm not only men who are frigndly to
a Constilution—but Jet it be the right sort of a
Counstitution. There will be much artifice and
duplicity brought into operation at the polls. Look
out for it—doat let Mesurs. Ilazard uad Pouer de
ceive you with their sophistry. ‘
GEOLOGY.
’ The citizens of ihis town and vicidity have an
opportunity ofiered thew of studying this interest
ing and useful seience, which they have never be
fore enjoyed. Professor Corrln G, who has been
lecturing for some weeks among us, to a numerous
class on Botuny, intends delivering a course of
Lectures on Geology. ‘This course will consist of
12 lectures. T'o those of our citizens who were
%0 fortunate us 10 hear the introductory lecture, it
is unnecessary to say a word, either upon the im~|
Portance and interest of the subject, or of the abili- ‘
ty of the lecturer to do it justice, both of which,
were clearly and happily displayed. We sincerely I
hope that this opportunity of .improvement in a
knowledge of the ** Upper Crusts’’ of the eaith
may not be lost by any of our good citizens. [See
advertisement. ] '
Mn. Eprror :—I have observed in your pa
pers, of late, a ‘good natured discussion on the
word ‘“ melasses.”” Although this discussion
might be intersting to many, yet it was not so en
lightening as might have been wished ; for the
subject is left just where it was found. The quest
ion may be very naturally and properly asked, in
reference to thisterm and a vast number of others,
similar to it ; what shall *we do, when the Dic-‘
tionary authorizes too methods of spelling or pro
vouncing a word ? In answer to this, I would
observe, there is but.one rule. 4
i This rule is *“ the general use ofthe most oor-‘{
| rect writers and speakers of the age.”” A diction
(ary is simply a collection of words, with those
meunings sttached to them, which have been es
tablished by the use of the best writers and lpul-‘
ers of the age, and spelled and pronounced accord
ing to generul and goosd use. Too much aathor
ity is frequently given to a dictionary,—itis often
appealed to as asypreme arbiter, when its author
ity in a given case, is no autbority at all. 8o far
as it gives correctly whateves good use has es
tablished, it should be regarded as of good author
ity, but no further. ‘Therefore as use is constant
ly changing, we should consult the latest collect
ionof words, as the later the compilation the bet
ter. We should recollect that-the dictionary does
not govern use, but vice versa. For example, if
we wish to know what the law is in.a oomincu.,‘
we Jook into the statute book, which is simply &
colleetion of the laws of the State. M we find
the particular law, in question, it may be in I’om,‘
aud it may not be ; if we consult a digest of later
date we shall of course give it more authority ;
because -of the greater probubility that the law i
in foree ; precisely so with the dictionary. I will
just say & word or twe about ** molasses.”” The
‘only question to.be asked, is—not how the diction
}.r’ spells and pronounces it, but how has the gen
eral use of good writers and correct speakers been
in reference 10 his particalar word. If the Ppres
ont general and good use is 10 epell it molasses,
then it w barba, ous 1o provounce and spell it in
any other way. Itunakesno difference what ite
etymology, may be. Mr. Walker snys * s it is
derived from the Italian mellagso, perhaps the
most correet apelling and pronuncintion would be
mellagees '’ * Perkops” it wonld, it certomly
EXCURSION. 'The aplendid steamboat Provi
«dence, Capt. Thayer, mude un excursion; on Mon
day last, (rom Providence to this towp, Bristol, and
Fall River. “The boat arrived here about 16 min
utes past nine, and afler taking on Loard about 50
passengers, proceeded to Bristol, and tovk on
board a large number from that place, making in
all, we should judge, upwards of 400. The boat
arrived back about 7, and after . landing her pas
sengers, proceeded to Providence. The day was
five and every thing passed off to the mi-fwtiul
of the company,
, EXTENSIVE BANK ROBBERY.—We learn
by the Boston Transcript, that the Bank of Nor
;folk, at Roxbuary, was entered on Tuesday night
last. by means of false brass keys, and robbed of
| $22,000 iu bills, and $2,400 in spocie. There
were in the vaults, to which- the rouges had ac
cess, being ofthe new emiswion, upwards of §49,-
000, they threw aside and left, taking only bills
of the old emission of Perkine’ steel plate, which
had been withdrawn fromn circulation. The Baunk
has given public notice that it will not redeem the
bills of the lytter emigsion. A reward of $38,000
is offered for information leading to the detection
of the robbers, and fecovery of the money.
~ T'be bills taken were of the denomination of
$5 and §lO4 Perkin's old plate. The public are
cautioned agninst taking them, as the hank has
called in that issue, and most of the bills have al
ready been redeemed. They were signed by John
Bartlett, Pruide.nt i C. Hickling, Cashier.
Evoquent, Arrear. The York Re
publican (Penn ) contains the following
exciting call to the Young Men of the
country. Let it be responded, from the
North and KEast, the spirit is roused,
which not even the greatest Magiciun
can lay. . | »
| Young men of the United States, I sug
gest to such of you as are opposed to ex
‘eculive usurpution, to successive viola
‘tions of the Constitution, and to the rapid
'strides which the present executive of
(the United States is making to arbitrary
and unlimited power, the propriety of
your meeting in convention at the city of
Washington as early as practcable, to
take into consideration the alarming crisis
/to which our country has arrived, and to
'devise some method, if' there yet remain
any, of effectually aiding your pntriotic'
€eniors in rescuing the country and its
institution from the unprincipled and rmh-‘
less grasp of insatiate ambition and tyr
anny, and handing down to posterity, un-
Jimpaired by further traitorous violations,
the constitution and liberties of the coun-
Ary. ‘
’ yYoung men of the United States, the
voice of patriot blood, shed that you
‘might enjoy the blessings of freedom,
cries to you from the ground, “my sons,
scorn to be slaves.” To you the wvinlated
institutions, established at the expense of
the treasures, and the blood of your an
cestors call aloud—*“ To the rescue, ’—
And will you prove recreant to sucha
call?
Young men of the United States, a
worse than Cmsar is casting a longing
look, and stretcling forth an BDXious|
hand to receive a diadem, which a trained
band of theusands of office holders, fat
tening upon the * spoils of victory, ” of
treasury pap, of post office plunder, and
and of millions of acres of your western
lands,-bartered to them for their adhesion
aund their principles, aie ready to award'
to a military chieftain. And will you
stand by, passive spectators of the scene,
not raise your voices, nor hands against
%0 bold, so daring a sacrilege.
i Sons of the s’ilgrim Patriots of the
North, emulating the unyielding virtue
of your ancestry. Chivalrous ngeacend
ants of Murion, of Moultrie, and their
compatrivts of the South, stand forth the
defenders of those principles for which
your fathers bled and died. Gullant young
imcn of the West, be as ever,in the van,
ageinst tyranny apd the enemies of your
country. Young men, all, be up and do
ing. You have a more dangerous than
an invading foreign foe to co contend with]
y SPIRIT OF 76,
’ The Hon. Perec Srracue, U, S. Sen
ator, was unanimously nominated as a can
didate for Governor of Maine, by the
Whig Convention holden at Augusta last
week, The ex-Governors, Win. King,
J. G. Hunton,snd 8. E. Sauth were
present at the Convention, |
While some of the Tory papers are de
nouncing the U. 8. Bank because a small
portion of its stock is owned by foreign
capitalists, others are extoMing the gove
ernment for having 10.W0,0g0 specie
borrowed of foreign capitalists at a higher
rate of interest than would be reseived
on bank stock, to sustain a currency.
which wanted no aid before the experi
imeut. Compare notes, gentlemen, or
your Family of Humbugs will aven put
the blind wooers for office out of counie
auance, they belin each other so.
Myslerious. ~Capt. Hobbs, of the Brit
ish schr Union Jack, from Windsor, N,
8. picked up on the 28th ult Mount Des
et E'N. E. 15 lea. ahhd. containing
the body of a man, which was so offen
sive, that he let it go again without a
articular examination. One of the
Egdc was hung on strong iron hinges,
with an iron clasp like that of a harness
cask, and was secured by a pad-lock.
‘ [ Boston City lgill Book§.
‘Tuz Puzzie untwistep. Major Jack
Dowaing has blown up the whole myste
ry of the Figure Head. He says, in a
late number of his Gazette, that being in
the Navy Yard in Charlestown the night
before the 4th of Julg, he looked up and
recognized his old friend the Gineral,
standing solemnly upon the head of the
Constitution. ‘Says the Major, “I called
out to him, and says I, Gineral, is that
you, how are you—how in natur did you
come there ? 1 thought he seemed to
color a little, but he didn’t answer he.—
At last, as 1 stood looking at him, hie
head kinder seemed to begin to move up
and down, and he: looked as if he wus try
ing with all hie might to make a baw to
me. And I’m pretty apt to think that he
gin his neck sich a renchin, that it work
ed loose a little, and during the storm
that night it’s a wonder to me if the wind
didn’t blow his head off? »
P :
FaiLure 18 Carcurta—Some time
since we announced the failure of Crut
tenden & Co, the last of the British agen
|cy bouses in Calcutta. A list of these
failures, beginning with 1830, and exclu
ding the house of Mercer & Co, who
failed in - 1827, (its outstanding obhga
tions amounting to half a million pounds)
is given-in the Asiatic Journal for June,
and shows their debts in London, and the
debts of houses intimately connected with
them, to have amouanted in the aggregnte,
at the time of their failures, to within a
fraction of twenty millions sterling.
The list is us follows : Calcutta, 1830,
January, Palmer & C0,£5,000,000 ; 18-
32, December, Alexander & Co, £3,000,
000 ; 1833, January,"Mackintosh & Co,
2,700,000 ; May, Colvin & Co, 3,662,~
000 ; 1834, January, Cruttenden & Co,
1,350,000. Total at Calcutta, £17,192,
000. Bombay, 1833, April, Shotton &
(o, 207,000 ; Londen, May, Richards &
Co, 950,000 ; August, Fairlie & Co, 1,-
044,000. Grand Total £19,373,000.
[N. Y. Jour. of Com,
’ Prupence Cranvarr. The prosecu
tion against this teacher of “ liutle misses
of color,” at Canterbury, in Connecticut,
has been quashed by the Supreme Court
of Errors, in that state on account of a
technical informality 1n the indictment.—
Upon the main question, therefore, of the
consjitutionality of the law on which she
was prosecuted, no cecision was had ;
and should the State’s Attorney of Wind
bam . Conunty think the play worth the
candle, the proceedings must commence
de novo, 2
TR ’
" Moßrrison ArpREHENDED.— Morrison
the person who was entrusted by the
Cashier of the Newbury Bank (Vt) on
the 14th ult, with $3,900, to be delivered
to Mesirs. Emerson, Lamb and Harvey
of this city, and wio so unaccountably
disuppeared after having been seen in
town and before the money wase deliver
ed, an account of which appeared in our
paper of the 24th ult, has been arrested,
in, or near Eastport, by the prompiness
of Messrs. Emerson & Co. in distribut
ing handbills and notices, and the vigil
ance of Mesers Hobbs and Granger of
Enetport. He. surrendered $3,037 80,
and says he lost $7OO in Ann street ; the
rest he does not account for. He ig in
custody at Eastport, and will be brouglht
here for trial, by a letter of requisition
from the Governor. [Boet. Tians.
A New Cure ror THE EAr-Acwe.—A
humane and benevolent lady in Buffalo,
as we lesrn from the Journal, recom
mends ‘“‘abolition wool” as a most effica
cious remedy for a pain in the ear. We
would not dispute the good laday’s pre
scription ; but the wool of the foyr legged
merino is doubtless of a much finer quali
ty. [N. Y. Transcript.
Suicide.—A Mr Thomas Sewell, wife
and child took passage in the steamboat
William Avery, from Oswego, ou the 20th
inst. In the evening of that day when
the boat was about 11 miles off Sudus
Bay, some difficulty arose between Sew
ell and his wile ; Sewell struck her in the
face. After some harsh dispure Sewell
pulled of his coat, hat and bu. .ts, gave
what money he had to his wile, and re
peated the folowing words -
This night I sleep beneuth the soa,
And leave you here to mouru foi e,
He then shook hards with hi= wie and
child, walked to the larboard iure gang
way, and leaped into the water. ‘Jhe cry
was unmediately rawed, ¢ a man over
board—the engines stopped, and a boat
lowered in which Capt. Johson und two
of his crew m:ide thorough search for the
unfortunate man, but it did not appear
that he had risen to the top of the water
at ali. It is probable that he passed un
der the wheel, as he was seen by the man
st the helm three or four feet under water
as he passed the stern of the boat.
The paper -from which we copy the a.
bove, does not state where Mr Sewell
resided. [Troy Budget.. -
Equavrtty.~Mans peopla talk o gteat
deal of equality. But while they would
he glad to have those abuve l.‘nem _
down, they '!.,nld not for (hé‘wnr ‘w:
those below thew Tevelipd ap ™ ~" 7