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-oFrota many lovely river--1 '
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'"Tfcey catttti to dalirri " ;,
k Their land from error chain.
' T hat though fair Irtfclom'i breeze
;EloToWy Vr out land, r , ".
A &a each ootf be pleuet. . . . .. t
May worship with hie band: ? .
Aoa thonjH with lavish kmdnet , .
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-4": ' ! left to grope elone.
, " !vrSbl w whose eoule ere lighted
' ' V . With widSTn fom on Mgh,
'"Shall we to men benighted,
Tfi limn nt Wtm rn I
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8!rtioo, O Miration,
. , The joyful aounil proclaim,
. .. Till ell Jq erery sUtion
-1 j Shall leare Messiah's name.
T masters, tell Hie "eiory,
Vtnd yo, ye heralded preach,
. An4 to the alar Ilia glory,
tat erery Christian teach,
Til) from .our ransomed nature ,
, ' ' .The chaijoa of bondtge fall,
, ' And: Jesus only Matter
. ., . Shall XrecJy sign o'er all.
Frtn tks Botton Mercantile Journal.
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. ?AM I MY JJaOTUit-'n KEEPER?"
Suggested on hearing the Ret. Mr Hunt's
Eloquent Temperance Sermon at Greene
street Church.
Amlmy brother's keeper?" yes!
' Bound by the social ties,
$ .Which link ua to our fellow-man,
, t" Cati we bis soul despUe I
' rifts sympathies are ours to share,
JET Ills weal our hearts desire,
i Oar aim brother's hsppiness,
-y ' Should ell our thoughts inspire.
l.Yesl resting en each brother's head,
. A brother's welfare bangs,
.Cod el our hands his blood will ask!
4 " Shall we not save bis pangs?
- Then turn, oh, turn a brother's Dps
a ' t From death's destructive snare 1
' Lure, lure his steps towards heavenly rest,
i, God's traile will greet you there ! F.
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From the Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine.
.1 y "
r r Continued.
' It b now necessary to look at the move
:
; rnpnts of our crorcrnment The river Sa
raainly intended to, gratify Georgia, was
undoubtedly, mucn nastenea on ner ac-
Count. . It Was recently SJldby a mem-
ber of Congress of that., day, a gentleman
Opposed to, abolition, . that in a secret ses-
sioa or the tioaso of Uepresentatives on
the subject of that treaty, it was stated that
bme is. the boundary between Mexico and shall, a member of the Vi rginia assembly,
'tlie:Unid States, established by the Flor- estimated the number raised and sold by
ida4reaty in 1810- That treaty, if not that state, between the vears 1820 and
, President Monroe had received more than sourjf may now be added to tbe list, accord
a hundred and fifty letters from inhabitants jnP to information which is reaching us
Oi; Meorgia, cresiinz near iav r iunua
.'.ul A tA 1 :t
Florida, that it the province was not ob- Jrnl "l SIS'
taiAed by treaty. Georgians would rise "rn J? omma.ed by Mr Faulk
livl ti;uKtfW . ner n lhe Virginia assembly, must find a
;Wa passihe melancholy subject of the
robbery of th aborigines J
.t?i tt i
nU -n hU Afit wi.n J
rp , w.
Ion frmff eve. wna cast noon lexas. Mr
Adims. a northern President, accused
,
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tne siavenoioera oi naving .sacrincea a
p . . .
good clahn on .Texas to obtain Florida,
Wun4'f elA.i. nf ib-.Ura
gave way to this grasping disposition, and , wel1 n wn throughout the slave
sent a Minister Plenipotenthry, Mr Poin- holding country, that it is the uniform
sVtt ofSouth.Cirolina..tft nfexiVni with policy of the slave states to stop the lm-
instmctions to purchase Texas, if it could
oe oia; ana ii eai,r iningue, anq xaicing
every advantage of the intestine v divisions
of the Country could havo ensued afavora-
ble reiult.'ihew cannot be a doubt that Mr
Poinsett, .woolT have obtained the land, are commonly transported to the slave
and 'five more slave states,' would have importing states as a punishment. There
now been in rapid process of preparation
ior onnicning me norm Amorican con- smui a u-ugciuus ui ujo
stelbtion... Fortunately.1. there was noth- terials for insurrection. Accordingly all
log accomplished in Mr Adams' .time in
w men mere was certainly the most; dan-
gcr, from, his wary and experienced diplo-
macy. Geni Jackson having succeeded
to tho PresidcncyVeent off new and press-
in JT. instructions to PoinsetL
.of which thit "minister appears to have
pujiea .me wires wun an mfensity, till
theV'unknowri. . Then ir was that hi
house was beset, byjx mob, and the Arher- w8 vrithin the present limits of the Unit
ican'fliff unfurled to protect our minister ed States, the slave trade, cut off bv law on
from their iiirjr. U wasduly, honored by
.the Mexicans, and we Vbdld. ' fain 'say 4 aal
. inucb of the Arrief icari sideof the, a&nf,
it hm r-poneu ai norae iuu uiusw was
aifr-morer.amon the Yorkinos or
TTork Mssons, a political party under the
jiKtinaicu. xih uoa.-iuiue' uiuiscn m
, Th? M"exican peopK iuwell as every
administration-for the last felt'' mint, have
been not on!y opposed to tirVsale, of Tex
as.but ewly sensitive on the subject-
Their national constumion defines the
ed the jdea of a foreign government pro -
Tjosior ari object,' which coujd-not be
limns oi me uawooui aoraam.. J nese I mo5i uwyewe cuortsvto be di
could not to altered without an alteration propensity for. alaveholdin
of the constitution. ' The Mexicans resent-1 1
reached without breaking down and tramp-1 and personal consequence, , and the cor
ling upon their amstitritioxLi. When it I rupdng and searing influence ofdissolute
was found that they woald : net sell Texas,
Mr Poinsett tikincr advantage of an ap
proaching invasion and of the supposed
exhaustion ot tne, treasury, proposea to
oan them the sum of f 10,000,000 upon a
mortgage of Texas 1 The Mexicans con
idered this a farther and grosser insult.
In the latter tart of the year 1829,
Poinsett was recalled, and all the informa
tion respecting these remarkable transac-
uons, wnicn me rresiaent nas tnougnt
proper to give, or any member of Con
gress to call for, was a declaration m the
message oi mat year, mat me imputations
upon Poinsett of interference in the po
litical concerns of Mexico were believed
to be groundless! Mr Poinsett left Mexi
co amidst me general execrations of the
people and government.
A unarge a Aiuirs, ioi. Lsutier, was
sent to replace him, but we understand
that he ha never ventured openly to pro
pose a renewal of the negotiation . In the
year 1831, it had come to be well under
stood in the United States, that all hope of
taking Texas by diplomacy was at an end.
But it was said by the Southern presses,
and evidently with the sanction, if not at
the suggestion of official persons, that the
Texians would one day declare themselves
independent, and usk to be received into
the union.
It remains now to advert briefly to the
source of this extreme impatience for the
annexation of Texas to our country, al
ready so extensive. This source is deep
er than mere covetousness of territory.
Slave labor rums in a course of time eve
ry soil in the planting countries except
those rare spots, which possesses by na
ture an inexhaustible fertility. 1 he plant
ers know no such process as manuring. -
1 he maritime parts of Mary land, Virginia,
and Norih-Carolina are described as bar
ren and desolate for nearly one hundred
miles into the interior. Where once there
was cultivation and stately mansions
there are now stunted pines; and the wolf
and wild deer have literally returned to
their original haunts. The business of
planting, properly so called, is run out,
and as farming never has borne, and nev
ercan bear, to any great extent, the ex
pense of slave labor, the owners of slaves
in the old states find themselves equally
embarrrssed by an impoverished soil, and
aBurpius laoor- roe latter rapid iv in
t a ms 1
creases, and new mouths are added in
proportion as the means are diminished
for filling them. In this state of things,
the planter would be compelled to eraanci
pate or starve in the midst of his vassals. -
And here comes in the American slave
trade, like a guardian genius from the re
gions of despair, to relieve criminals from
the natural consequences of their crime,
trom the correctional police, established in
mercy by the ruler of the universe. It
comes to turn sins into gold.
Hence the fact, that Maryland, Virgin
ia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina,
had become, before the year 1830, slave
exporting states, and some of them slave
raising states, i. e. making it a business
to breed slaves for the market. Mr Mar-
1830, at 108,000; which were worth, at
a moderate calculation, $32,400,000. Du
rino-the same nenod. Marvland North
Carolina, South-Carolina, and Kentucky,
exported as manv more. This, therefore,
js an interest fearfully great and increas
;nr GeornV Tennessrc nnd vpn Mis
i irom these States.
" 9 obvious that this immense amount
ZIIT'a.- " DtplT ihefohe(
Tea T b by. V't? f
God, (and by that covenant with Him,
.wh,ch-we forsaken,) should all be
born free, can be sold like cattle, except
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within the limits of our own republic.
It becomes necessary, therefore, for th e
. f- . . . - . .
i urtrtArt et Ihlt miirhltr minnitn that a
V":":t UTk" 5 ""lO' "
"WIUC "uwiu oe proviueu.
port3100 of slaves from other states, as
" " oiiu"i,v'"
with the supply from that source. The
mo1 n,gh spirited and dangerous slaves,
thoso who have committed crimes,
18 tnereiore a tendency to bring togetner
the states, except JLouisiana, have now ex
ciuacu me traae. ineyuo permit per-
8008 moving into their limits for the pur-
P0 of residing, to bring their slaves, but
none for the purnose of sale. In 183 1,
Louisiana Dassed a similar nrohibiiion.
hut repealed it in 1832 3, in consequence
11 was said oitne ravages of the cholera.
It is well understood throughout the south,
the north and west of Missouri, must soon
cease. excert the few sales and exchanges
j which take place mthe vicinage. When
i "ia ume comes, oe u sooner or do it later.
ueuier me oaDine or me Racine snail
l form the barrier, the slave empire in ihis
I Republic- must, come' to an? end: for when
chandi8a 8hall be unable to sell it, they
must emancinain snv m potrn " leTftliefttf
- way slavery, uhich is worse man death.
trouI ' But to this altei native the
slaveholders do not intend, without the
riven. 'The
en erpnAereA
y educaUon and example. Ts strenfrthd
Lhy the strongest r evils of our nature, as
pride, love w power, love of ease. n1enr
I habar.-: These are ' tab
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
slavery, and therefore to procure the an
nexation to the slaveholdmg south-west of
an extensive, rich and lovely land, large
enougn lor nve more slave states. The
southern press, beginning with a series of
essays by Thomas if. Benton, has called
loudly and unanimously for the annexa
tion, on some terms and by some meansy
during the last.six years. Many times
has h openly avowed the object of increas
ing the preponderance and security of the
slave interest in the union. It is worthy
of a passing notice that Benton's essays
were commenced just about the time that
Jackson! s first instructions were despatch
ed to Poinsett Samuel Houston an inti
mate friendA and protege of the President,
was noted by a number oi presses six
years ago, as having gone to Texas lor
the purpose of revolutionizing it. Could
a better band than he be found lor execu
ting the schemes of a Benton, the princi
pal author of the extension of slavery to
Missouri, and the prime plotter of the
present movement in Texas? Houston
now re-appears, in the public papers, col
lecting troops, sending expresses to tne
r resident of the United States; and tempt
ing everv caitiff in the country, by offer
ing to parcel out that beautiful domain of
the Mexican nation among those who
shall assist in perpetrating robbery and
perpetuating the slave trade and slavery.
It has been quaintly said of a distinguished
personage, that he offered to give away
111 i dB m ft
an tne kingdoms oi the earth, when the
xoor devil did not own a foot of it !
HoRRORspF War.
View of the field of Waterloo, after the
Battle.
"On Monday morning, June 19th, 1
hastened to the field of battle : I was com
pelled to go through the forest for the
road was so completely choked up as to
be impassable.
" The dead required no help ; but thou
sands of wounded who could not help
themselves, were in want of every thing,
their features swollen by the sun and rain,
looked lived and bloated. One poor fel
knv had a ghastly wound across the low
er lip, which gaped wide and showed his
teeth and gums, as though a second and
unnatural mouth had opened below the
first Another, quite blind from a gash
across his eyes, sat upright, gasping for
breath and murmuring, 4 De 1 eau !
de l'eau !' The anxiety for water was
indeed distressing. The German 4 Was
ser !' and the French ' De l'eau ! de
l'eau!' still seem sounding in my ears
I am convinced that hundreds must have
perished from thirst alone, and they had
no hope of assistance, for even humane
persons were afraid of approaching the
scene of blood, lest they should be taken
in requisition to bury the dead ; almost
every person who came near being press
ed into that most disgusting and painful
service.
"This general burying was truly hor
rible ; large square holes were dug about
six feet deep, and thirty or forty fine young
fellows stripped to their skins were thrown
into each, pell men, and then covered in
so slovenly a manner, that sometimes a
hand or a loot peeped through the earth.
" One of these holes was preparing as
I -passed, and the followers of the army
were stripping the bodies before throwing
them into it, while some Russian Jews
were assisting in the spoliation of the
dead by chiselling out their teeth ! an op
eration which they performed with the
most brutal indifference. Hundreds of
fine horses were galloping over the plain,
kicking and plunging apparently mad
with pain, while the poor wounded wretch
es who saw them coming, and could not
get out of their way shrieked in agony,
nd tried to shrink back to escape from
them, but in vain.
" Soon after I saw an immense horse,
(one of the Scotch Greys,) dash towards a
colonel of the Imperial Guard, who had
his leg shattered ; the horse was fright
fully wounded, and a part of a broken
lance still rankled in one of its wounds.
It rushed snorting and plunging past tbe
Frenchman, and I shall never forget his
piercing cry as it approached. 1 flew
instantly to the spot, but ere I reached it,
the man was dead ; foi, though I do not
think the horse had touched him, the ter
ror he felt had been too much for his ex
hausted frame.
" Sickened with the immense heaps of
slain, which spread in all directions as
far as the eye could reach, I was prepar
ing to return, when as I was striding over
the dead and dying, and meditating on
tbe horrors of tear, my attention was at
tracted by a young Frenchman who was
lying on his back, apparently at the last
gasp. Some open letters were lying
around, and one was yet grasped in his
hand as though he had been reading it to
the last moment My eye fell upon the
words My dear son in a female hand."
Reader, how many such ties, think you
were torn assunder on that field of blood !
Husbands, fathers, sons but I forbear.
From ZiorCs Advocate.
New-England Asylum for the
Blind.
-We were much gratified by a visit to
this noble institution last week. It is lo
cated in Pearl-street, Boston. They have
about 50 pupils, and Dr. Howe continues
their indefatigable teacher. Those who
have children,' afflicted with the" loss of
sight, would do well to make an effort to
get them into this institution. Who can
estimate the extent of theadvantages they
will here enjoy? It would be worth
much to introduce them to me familiar
acquaintance and friendship of a choice
collection of persons afflicted with a simi
lar calamity with themselves. They can
irPlfcra the science of music of ifthey hav
acre iearn a mecnanicai an or they can
e
good capacity, they may become skilful
mathematicians from maps and globes
prepared expressly for their use. They
may make good advances in geography.
They learn to read, and have Bibles which
they may daily consult with as much ac
curacy and practical effect as others.
a neir mieiieci may Dereacned and drawn !
out and cultivated. These remarks are
intended for our remote readers, and such
as have had little knowledge of this or
any similar institution.
It is BOt indeed to be expected that our
readers generally should have very ex
tensive information respectinff such insti-
tutions ; seeing this, which wes the first
in America, has been in existence only 5
or 6 years.
The work of printing for the blind is
carried on in the institution. They have
a press which is an American invention
it lias recently commenced operation,
and with admirable success. They can
produce a new testament for less than one
third of the former expense. The press is
very simple in its operation. They use
no ink or any other coloring matter they
print on one side of a leaf only. The im
pression is made on one side and read on
the other it is produced by one man
turning a crank, and yet through the ar
rangement of the mechanical power, a
weight is produced, estimated to be equal
to 600 tons. We have a specimen of the
printing before us, and can read it by the
eye nor would it be very difficult to
learn to read it by the touch. We strong
ly comrrend the institution to those for
whom it was intended. The expense is
considerable, but when parents are not
able to meet it, let them solicit the aid of
their friends. Some of our wealthy citi
zens might find here a very commendable
charity for expending some thousands of
their surplus funds.
will Pray for you, Papa. A child,
about eight years of age, once asked his
father, why he did not pray for him, as
some good parents of whom he had read,
used to pray for their children ? The fa
ther, looking steadfastly at his dear boy,
sighed and wept, and pressing his child to
his bosom, said, no wonder I have never
prayed for you, my dear, I have never
prayed for myself. ' Then I will pray
for you, papa," said the child. After
this time, the father and mother were
praying people. Zioris Advocate.
The War in Texas.
New-Orleans papers have been re
ceived in this city to the 19th ult. They
contain news of the most distressing char
acter from Texas. The whole of the
Texian population, men, women and chil
dren, appear to have been flying in disor
der towards the Sabine, and serious ap
prehensions were entertained that the
U. S., frontier settlements in Louisiana
were in danger from the Indians, if not
the Mexicans. Ar. Y. Obs.
Marriage. That the institution of
marriage is essential to the virtue and
happiness of the human family, and to
the prosperity of nations, none will dis
pute. As such it has ever been regarded
by the wisest and best of men, and en
joined as a duty, by the laws of God, and
by the laws of different nations. The
Jews were trained by tradition and custom
to feel that all men of proper age and con
dition were solemnly bound to marry ;
and in tbe times of the apostles, they re
garded voluntary celibacy as a crime not
less, enormous than homicide Plato
held that it was'disgraceful to remain un
married. By the laws of Lycurgus, un
married men were declared base, and even
not permitted to attend public games or ex
hibitions. In Sparta, those. who remain
ed unmarried after c certain age, were
subject to punishment. By the laws of
Athens, all commanders, orators, and per
sons interested with public affairs, were
required to be married men. Among the
Lacedemonians, actions were brought
against men who deferred marriage to a
late period. Tacitus states that among
the Romans, penalties were inflicted on
those who refused to marry at a certain
age. The Koran of Mahomet positively
requires men, not to defer marriage be
yond the age of twenty-five years. The
Tartars considered the connection as ex
tending to the future state, and therefore
celebrated nuptial between their sons and
daughters who died before puberty, lest
they should be single in the other world."
To disregard the marriage institution, or
to sanction any thing that has a tendency
to lessen its influence, or encourage its
neglect, is directly promoting a system of
concubinage, destructive to the peace and
happiness of families, and the morals of
the community. The present gross li
centiousness of our cities is to be attribut
ed in no small degree to the,neglect of
this institution ; nor will their moral char
acter be changed till our youth are per
suaded to seek their happiness in honora
ble matrimony, rather than in disobeying
the laws of Jehovah. Nothing would
have " a happier tendency to check the
growing immorality of our country than
the encouragement of early marriages
We hope some of the friends of purity
will feel it their duty to give us some able
essays on this important subject. Journal
of Public Morals.
A merican Wood Superior to Mahoga
ny. We saw standing in the Arcade
Hall, yesterday, a well made and highly
polished bureau, made by Shaw and Tuck
er, St Paul street, Rochester. This sam-
Ele of the skill of our artisans is not only
ighly creditable to them, but also to the
city in which they live. But aside from
the skill manifested in the workmanship
of the bureau, it possesses additional inter
est from the fact, that the veneering, ex
hibiting a polish of the highest grade, is
the product of the American forest, and
prepared to the sculptor's hand at the ve
neering mill of Mr Whipple in this city.
The veneering is of Black Walnut, and
was introduced by Mr Whipple as a sub
stitute for Mahogany, about two years
since, and though its use is of such recent
date, it is superceding Mahogany where
ever it comes in compeuuou wnu n
It has already become a general favor
ite in Canada among those who seek to
adorn their mansions with the choicest fur
niture. The Black Walnut is also rap
idly coming into favor in England, though
its introduction there is of quite recent
date. This wood from which such rare
specimens of art are produced is abundant
in the American forests, and though it has
hitherto suffered comparative neglect, it
seems destined to a celebrity surpassing
that of the famed Mahogany. Rochester
Daily Adv.
Genuine Preaching.
Simplicity with earnestness is the only
style of preaching which becomes the
ministry of the gospel. 1 he one will ena
ble the preacher to convey the truth to the
understanding, the other will give him the
command of the heart. Impressed him
self, he will impress others, and what he
clearly understands, he will make intel
ligible to his audience. These are the
things which the conscientious preacher
should study, and they constitute the pow
er, the charm of pulpit eloquence. Thou
sands will hang upon his lips when he
preaches, not to be dazelled or amused,
but to be convinced of their danger or led
to a remedy. His popularity will arise
chiefly from his impassioned earnestness
and solemnity. His hearers will have no
opportunity to be thinking of the man or
anything about him, while he speaks.
Their thoughts will be fixed on Christ,
and when they leave the church, they will
be compelled to speak and think of the aw
ful or the delightful subject which has been
brought before them. Rev. Wm. Orme.
Consciousness of Sin. Oh ! there
is nothing to equal those moments of des
perate awakening when we first become
conscious that we are corrupted ! when
some sudden shock arouses to us a knowl
edge of our true position, and shows us
that the ground we have so long been
carelessly treading, is hollow beneath our
feet, the precipice near at hand to which
we have been blindly directing our steps !
The sick man who is told that mortifica
tion alone has stilled the torture of his ach
ing limb, cannot receive such intelligence
with more chilled and shrinking horror
than is felt by the heart which, pure here
tofore, and full earnest resolution for the
right, has been led away bv temptation,
and only wakes to feel the bitterness of
its moral degradation ; to know that the
day3 of its purity and innocence are over ;
that vice is become a familiar thing;
that all is known of whic h we should have
been ignorant; and all forgotten which
should have been most carefully treasured
in our memories ; that in our sorrow we
have become acquainted with sin," and
have made it our boon companion and fellow-traveller
in the great journey of life.
From the An.. Baptist.
Imprisonment for Debt. The advo
cates of imprisonment for debt will do well
to read the following paragraph:
"A gentleman is confined for debt in
the Northampton jail, Mass., who is near
ly seventy years of age. He is the son of
a former judge of the supreme court; a
near relative of a former popular govern
or ; a brother of one of the present judges
of the circuit court; a man of education,
and of cultivated mind ; a lawyer by pro
fession, who, in building up a literary in
stitution, new of high standing, lost his
property ! ! "
Shame on that literary institution, and
the good people about 'Northampton !
Why do they not devise means to liqui
date the debt and release the venerable
man from prison?
So say we, who happen to have some
interesting acquaintance with the gentle
man, and a knowledge of his efforts and
sacrifices for the benefit of College.
When will justice and sound policy
universally explode that relic of a barba
rous age-imprisonment for debt ? Let
crime be punished, and misfortune pitied
and relieved. Ed. Bap.
That is the best minister who lives best,
and does the most good.
There is no coming to Christ but with a
wounded conscience.
JOURNEYMAN CLOTHIER
ANTED immediately. One of
steady and industrious habits will
find good encouragement, on application
to
H. L. ORDWAY.
Brandon, May 4th 1836. 32tf
SHEEP'S PELTS.
ASH and the highest price will be
paid for PELTS, by
E. R. MASON, & Co.
Leicester, April, 1336.
TO LET.
THE Shop, water-power, and other
appendages lately occupied by C.
Andrews. The situation is a good one
for a Machinist or Whitesmith.
C. W. & J. A. CONANT.
Brandon, April 18, 1836. 31
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encouraged by the generous and steadily
increasing patronage which has hiuWf
rewarded their exertions, propose to issue
from the commencement of their th;J
volume to the 26th of March ensuina
new Double tluarto Edition of their four
nal, not instead of, but in addition to th
now published. Advertisements, exctp
perhaps a few of a strictly literary d.ar!
acter, will be entirely excluded ; "and in
addition to all the matter presented in the
Folio New-Yorker, the Quarto will con
tain a page of popular music, &c. &c. and
and be accompanied by a handsome title
page and comprehensive index at the ckse
of the volume.
The general features of the New-Yod-er
will remain essentially as they have
heretofore been. Its columns will con
tain 1. Geneial literature Original tales,
essays, reviews, poems, &r. with corres
ponding selections from the Quarterlies,
Monthlies, and all the better class of peri
odicals, Foreign and American, with
choice extracts from new works of sub
stantial excellence. The editor acknowl
edges with pride and gratitude his oblitra
tion to his regular contributors aud a
mong them are some whose names have
shed lustre on the cause of American Ir.
erature for the steadfast support hithcrtr
afforded him, and the confidence vkh
which he is now enabled to assure th
public that it will not soon be withdrawn
He takes pleasure in recalling the faet, 1
tnat since the establishment oi tne Acu.
Yorker, no one other journal has affonitd
specimens in equal extent and variety, ci
the productions of all eminent Arm-ricai,
writers, of whatever section or class a
characteristic which he hopes it may stiil
preserve; while his selections from thr
best works have been exceeded, in quanti
ty at least, by those, of but three or forr
among theniyiiad of cis-Atlantic periodi
cals. 2. National politics. It has been ti
aim of the edi;or to present a full and fair
exhibit of the aspects, movements and
struggles of parties in cur country, includ
ing the meetings of conventions, nomina
tion of candidates for state and national of
fices, and all other significant manifesta
tions of political feeling, with the genera!
results of elections, as fast as ascertain-d,
and the official canvass in each instance,
as soon as it shall have reached us. This
course is believed to be in many resptcis
original with this journal ; and it is con
sidered that we have just cause of felicita
tion in the fact, that, pursued as it has
been through two years cf unremitted po
litical warfare, the fairness and genual
accuracy of our statements and retunrs.
have very rarely, if ever, been questioned,
The editor reserves to himself the right
of remarking, as circumstances may seem
to require and justice to dictate, on theh'ss
exciting political topics of the day, as cn
all others, with calmness, deference nnd
moderation ; but he will still strive hf
trusts not less successfully than hither1
to exclude from the columns of the Nt v
Yorker every observation, reflection, r
even argument, which may wanton' v J
j violence to the sincere convictions of ;;nv
well-informed reader, of whatever princ
pie or party.
3. General intelligence. In this de
partment we can only promise the ir.os'.
unwearied industry and rnd patience ;.i
the collection, condensation and arrange
ment of the news, foreign and domestn .
which may be gathered from the weekly
reception of four hundred journals, includ
ing some choice European periodicals,
and which may be afforded us by the at
tention of our friends abroad.
Literary notices, statistics, brief notices
of works of art, amusements, the drama,
&c. &c. will from time to time be given.
As a general rule, however, it will be -the
aim of the editor to embody such article,
whether original or selected, as shall at
least combine instructions wilh fntertain
ment. CONDITIONS.
The Quarto New-Yorker will be
published every Saturday afternoon, r.n an
extra imperial sheet of the finest quality,
comprising sixteen pages of three columns
each, and afforded to its patrons at 83 per
annum, payable enflexibly in advance.
Orders from a distance, unaccompanied by
a remittance, will necessarily remain un
answered. Any person or persons send
ing usiH5 positively free of postage or oth
er charges, shall receive two copies fcr,
one year, or a single copy for two vearsr
and in the same proportion for a largee
sum. The few who may desire to take
the folio edition for immediate perusal and
the Q,uartofor binding, will be entitled to
receive both for 84,50 in advance. We
will cheerfully preserve their filci of the
Quarto for any such who may desire it.
The subscribers are extremely solicit
ous that there be no misconception on the
part of their patrons in regard to the two
editions of their paper. The Quarto is
commenced in deference to the solicita
tions of a great number of their friends,
who have expressed a strong desire that
the New-Yorker should appear in a form
more susceptible of preservation than the
present. It is neither anticipated nor hop
ed that it will receive a patronage at all
consummate with that of the folio edition.
They would frankly express their con
viction that, for those whose interest in a
journal expires with the week in which it
reaches them, the latter will be decidedly
preferable, aside from the difference in the
price. Accordingly when an order for
"The New-Yorker1 simply, without spe
cification, is sent them, the folk) will inva
riably be sent.
Address H. GREELEY & Co.
18 Nasau-t. New-Yerls
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