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life in obscurity working as an artisan and the lesidue as a wandering teacher and at last was publicly executed as a malefactor Not to the learningor influ ence of his followers for they were fish ermen and public ms Not to the sword ho employed but sword of the spir it Not to the aid of Government for both Jews and Rqpians were banded to gether to destroy it Not to the hopesol wealth honor or power for its author ve ry frankly told th'ise who became his fol lowers kingdom is not of Ibis world and taught them not merely to expect contempt and persecution but loss of all things even to life Not tp its flattery of human character for he implicitly de clares a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of Not to any license given to sensual indul gcrce for the language of it was any man will come after me let him de ny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Not to the hopes of a sensual heaven the city shall noth 1112 enter that Not to a blind credulity for many who embraced Chris tianity during the first two centuries were men of distinguished talents and enlight ened minds: and all who cordially em brace it will become men of virtuous char acter We then repeat the question to the infidel Why did the religion of one who was publicly executed between two thieves of one who was without friends without power a religion which flattered no one which exposed its followers to per secution and death which required self denial and self renunciation and offered no reward in the future world but holi ness why did it immediately pervade the city and region where ha was thus execu ted and in a Utt le period all the surroun ding world? If he admits that it was owing to the inherent evidence of its truth and it divine origin he does the same And if lie denies both he asserts a fur greater miracle in the progress of Chris tianity under these circumstance than any or than all those which he disowns so itard to quit it when used to Such was the observation of a child when urged to relinquish an oglv habit How true! Let a child learn to disregard the authority of parents and it will be hard to obey Let a boy begin to swear early and it will be hard to break off when ho grows up Lit a young man indulge his sensual appetites in any wavt and he will know how hard it is to leave off his sin when he has become used to indulgence Let a yunr la dy be accustomed to visit the theatre or waste her time health and talents pour ing over foolish novels and experience will convict her of the remark If we begin in childhood to give our to the world and withhold them from him whose they are how hard it will be after a while to change our supreme object Cherish impenitence and unbelief in youth and truly in adult years you will find it hard to repent and believe How impor tant4hcn the features the expression of countenance the modes of speech and the movement of the limbs should be watched in infancy lor unbecoming and graceless then so they would probably re main How important that children should be taught well for educated impropcily will be very tiara to get mein into a more excellent way Time must be lost in unlearning bad habits of study or reci tation which might be otherwise devoted to (he acquisition of children how wc ex press the importance of guiding them a lilit in view of the Philosophical obser vation of life child 80 hard to quit it when used to it rom ths Buffalo Commercial A THRILLING INCIDENT Among the perilous scenes of the heavy gale which caused such wide spread disaster to our lake shipping a fortnight since one has come to our knowledge equaling in interest the most highly wrought tales officticn In that fearful night the steamboat Constitution Capt Appleby was out amidst (he terrors of the gale By the glimpses caught al in tervals when the fitful storm for a mo ment broke away the anxious and watch ful commander was made aware of the critical situation of his boat which was rapidly drifting in under the hurricane power of the gale which blew almosi di rectly across the lake toward a danger ous reef from which escape would have been impossible He went directly to the engineer and ordered or The reply of the engineer was that there was already as much on as the boilers would safely bear Again did the captain seek the deck to see if his laboring boat was making headway and again turned to the engine room He explained to the engineer their hazardous situation and told him that all was lost if no more headway could be gained but left the engineer to act his discretion in the crisis A moment of flection and his decision was made or death hung on the issue Cer tain 'Slruclion awaited the boat and de lain ri voted ci in a knef minutes it she did not gai3 110 tlrivi'1g This might the already to a It arful pressurc could yet bear a heavier sh uuu mined to try Tr lhl! hl)rs an explosion were before him the mangled limbs schorched and lifeless bodies the death and the groans of the hapless were before his eyes and on his ear the allernunve was a fearful one yet it must be resorted to He coolly directed the heads of two bar rels of oil to be broken in and the furna ces were rapidly fed with wood dipped in the highly inflammable liquid while two men with ladles dashed the oil into the flames The intense heat which these combustibles created generated steam with rapidity of lightnirg and scon the resistless vapor forced up the safety valve and issued forth with tremendous violence its sharp hissirg heard above the wild uproar of the waters and the storm With a desperate and determined cour age which equalled the most during he roism that the page of history has ever re corded the engineer sat down upon the lever of the safety valve to confine and raise the steam to the necessary power required to pronel the boat amrinst thn drifting waves In this awful situation he calmly remained until the prodigious efforts of the engine had forced the Con titution sufficiently offshore to be beyond ihe threatning danger This intrepid act was not a rash and vain glorious attempt to gain the anolause of a multitude by a fool hardy exposure or me in some racing it was not the deed of a drunken and reckless man wickedly heedless of the safety of those whose lives were periled but it was the self possessed and determined courage of one whose firmness is worthy of all ad miration We give it as il was told us as one of these frequent scenes of real life whose actual realities are indeed than General Intelligence rom the Nat correspondence Harrisburg (Pa) Dec 5 1838 The capital of Pennsj Ivauia is at this moment in tho utmost confusion The legislative halls have been taken posses sion oi oy an armed rnoo wnoso leaders declare openly that there is no longer any government in the State and that the laws are void In short we arc in the midst of a rebellion To sum up ihe matter briefly: the General Assembly met ac cording Io constitutional provision yester day the House at 1 1 the Sen ate ut 3 Disagreeing upon the Phila delphia county returns the House divided Gen Cunningham acting as Speaker for the Whigs and Mr Hopkins of Washing ion couniy as Speaker for the Locufocos Two Houses of Representatives were thus organized and adjourned with very little confusion At 3 the Senate met The preliminary business was gone through will) Penrose Esq vas chosen Speaker and the QUAion on tje Phila delphia cn'inty returns came up Carpenter Esq of Westmoreland mo vqd to suspend ihe swearing in of the county members until after the other new members had been sworn Upon this motion a warm debate ensued the motion was lost and then a scene of violence commenced Mr Bell of Chester at tempted to speak but was promptly called to order by the Speaker because he hud not oeen sworn in as a member ut tne Senate Gen Rogers ofBucks made a violent and inflammatory speech which was cheered by the Locofoco bullies in the lobby and galleries who cried out on him! hear Mr Brown ol Philadelphi county took me floor He was called to order by the Speaker because his claim to a seat had not yet been decided He however per sisted anJ addressing himself to the gal leries cried out to know they were not prepared to shed their blood in defence of their A hundred voi ces answered yes 1" we And immediately the Seriate chamber was crowded by hired ruffians brought on for the express purpose from the county of Philadelphia headed by Ut VAULX UllU 1141 IVA 1 a III Uli I 1 1 I Ol the Lower House The Senate broke up in confusion the Speaker making his escape through a back window Immedi ately a political meeting was organized the Senate chamber and revolution and bloodshed openly and boldly proclaimed Last night a meeting was held in the court house and denounced a gaiust the Whigs To day armed men are parading the streets the arsenal is surrounded by a mob and the worst con sequences are anticipated The Govern or has called upon Gen Alexander of the Cumberland county volunteers to march his troops to the capital People arc arriving by hundreds from all quarters Excitement is at the highest pitch and nothing short of Divine interposition' can save us from civil wai and bloodshed rom theJournal md Register MORE SUB TREASURY RASCALITY A letter from New York cily dated 7th December contains the following interes ting information: no doubt will receive the news of the sudden departure of the District Attorney for the Southet District of New York Mr Price who left for Eng land tn the Liverpool steamer whilhotil the knowledge of his most intimate friends He is sup used to be a defaulter to a very large amount There is also a report in Wall street this morning that the Canal Commissioners or at least some of them have left the country and ate delimiters to the amount of two millions of dollars! It has created great excitement and if true which is generally believed will play the mischief with Van Buren as they are his political RANCE AND MEXICO The rench blockading squadron on the coast of Mexico have proceeded to open hostilities November 9 General Pudras with 300 men had ta ken possession of the fort and bar of Tam pico General Cos with 8UU men was at Pueblo Viejo and General Canalise with 1300 cn was at Altamira were very short of provisions and it was thought thv11 he troops that had pronounced for the federal or revolutionajy party would give up The steam ship Liverpool sailed oh the 6th from to England rom the New York Express MAJOR DOWNING We hasten io lay before our readers a Letter from our and their friend Major Downing treating of general matters and matters in general and rats and hvmbugs in particular If the second thoughts of tho dont give him a hearty welcome we are very much mista ken To the Editors of the New York Daily Ex press uie same paper my old friend Mr Dwight printed a spell ago New York last of November 1838 The PftllieR having been considerably put back in fil lin out owin to the notion of rnixin up steam works aboard on her and so as to make her equal to the British folks the and so forth 1 hainl had no time to look about me of late or take much of a hand in any other public mat ter but I find there is considerable work to be done elsewhere and 1 have just got a long and Sad Letter from Sam'' who is awfully waTnblc and wan's me to come to Washington to help him over some of his troubles He tells me his born is full of rats plenty of straw but little grain and also that the Abolition ists the Anti Mdsons the Canada Patriots the Sub Treasurers ihe hard currency folks and a lot of other humbugs are a II besetting him and he says if I will only come on and stand by him go thru1 all these troubles like a dose of salt and so forth Nov there never was thdf time yet that I ever let Uncle Sam want a (ligud if I could get to him and so TH let the folks here tinker at the safety valves and steam kittles and got (hem all snug and go to Washington and lend Uncle Sain and Congress a hand for a spell There arc no two things in all creation I like so well as blowing up kumbugs and rathunting and there are no two things in any country that stand so poor a chance as rats and humbugs in this country when the people gel a notion of acting on sober so as Uncle Sam seems to be on that tack it wont be much of a job I have tel him the first thing to be done is to look the old barn anj la most loose no lime tosecure the services of all the best in Ule couy 0Illl gel in good (ruining especially all uic oiu ana welt tiled ones who know how to station themselves not likely to bel ed off on thcwiong track that I could rely on such as old Snap and Clincher and Spring and Grab and Pincher and Smash and Twister and such like for I have tried all and if a rale rat cofnes within jumping distance andj any of these he went know his tail In ni his bead arter one squeak All these old and faithful crilturs aint bail a fair chance at a rat for a long while for whenever they hae taken their stations there has been such a dust raised that there was no seeing Un cle Sam or the rats that ho wanted toclear out but things will be differently managed i nope mis time ana we cont mean to make much noise about it A leetleasa fiti to let em know trouble is coming and then one shake and a squeak will be the last of After finishing off that business and husking and thrashing out what grain re mains and gitting that matter all balan ced up (if there is any balance left) we will next set about sifting some of these humbugs Uncle Sam is pestered with of late or it raly does seem to me if cond sober open folks eyes and let em see the difference twixt sound common sense and humbug we best stop talking of and take up old Dilworth and go to school Il was all the fashion a spell ago with some folks to talk up the doctrine thatncA folks oppress'd poor folks supposing that there was more poor folks than rich ones that doctrine would gain most votes and so it did for a spell till the sober of the people convinced them that rich folks and pour folks were equally use ful to and dependant upon one another and that a separation did each equal harm and so that cock fight then agin it was said one man was as good as any ther man no matter how ragged and dir ty his shirt was that this was a free coun try and any man who wore a clean shirt and had money in his pocket was an aris tocrat and to be trusted no how and no way in (he world and that he was a tarnal consarvative ederal but a ragged diriy shirt and no money was the sign of a good and reliable and he was the man to be trusted But the second of the people found out that this was not sound doctrine il sounded well There was some thing in it that seemed to war against common sense and hold up a bonus to the profligate it seemed to say you work and make yourselves independent of we that is wont trust you keep poor arid dependant and submis sive and burraw fr us and take care on you Well so it was and Un cle Sams barn tells the rest of the story iNow tins is one numoug that is blown up by what may be called com The next is but to make a Iona storv short I beat put all the rest of the hum bugs in one pot for they all belong to the same mess there is Masonry and Anti Masonry there is Abolition and An ti Abolitinn and all the rest not excep ting Hard Currency and Sub! reasury and Animal die sec ond of the People will kindle a fire under this pot and bile it down to a dish and then hand it over to the leaders and let them eat it The folks who get up these humbugs must have very little use ful employment to be troubled with and it is an old and true saying of old uncle Hugh Williamson to a son of want you my says he be useful and if I dont find something lor you to uo i a train me Vcvil And just so it is now adays I have ben thinking a gooJ spall what to say of these matters There are two kinds of folks in carrying on a humbug the cute cun ning folks and the honest ignorant folks A to the is said to be suffi cient but bushel of words to the ig norant aint enuf so I wont waste lime or words on ary one of em but I say to the honest who aint ignorant knd that class is big enuf to keep things strait and to st railin llie crooked too look to it keep your sober (noughts anout you and if that aint enuf go to the third and be assured that what 1 tell you is true that the great difference between leaders and their follower's jn all humbugs is jist this nne class knows its all elarnal non sense and tothcr dont and that is divi ning wnat i can a rate compliment iwix botli on em Your friend DOWNING Major Downingsville 2d Brigade OHIO LEGISLATURE We have the proceedings of the 4th 5ih andGlhin both Ilntises Little was done Save receiving Petitions and Memorials lor new counties chuich incorporations divorces In ihe Senate the Speaker announced the following Committees: On the Judiciary Messrs Walton Smith and Tod On inance Messrs Spangler James and Shannon On Messrs Utter Tracy and Thompson On Canals Messrs Matthews Powers and On Rail Roadsand Turnpikes Messrs Saylor Morris and Craighill On Roads and Highways Messrs Ihrig Birch and White On Schools and School Lands Messrs uller Harlan and Wade On new counties Messrs Allen Thomas and Shannon On Miliary affairs Messrs lir Stukdy and Brady On Medical Colleges and Societies Messrs Green Oliver and Rogers On Collegesand Universities Messrs Stokely Powers and Vanmeter On Agriculture Commerce and Man ufactures Messrs Oliver Morris and Hostetler On the Penitentiary Mes: rs Stadden Vanmeter and Saylor On the Library Holmes Green and Cox On Public MesarsJWes James and On the Currency Messrs Tod Smith ami JUrnes On the Public Buildings Messrs Thompson Powers and Rogers The Senate adopted a joint resolution to open the abstract of votes given fur Guvernor al tho election in Oct last on the Gib i nst The pptiiions for a new county to be taken from Portage Medina Wayne were on motion of Mr Powers refered to tho committee on new counties Mr Bates offered a resolution to inquire what alterations or add'iions are necessary to the Judicial Circuits of this State An attempt will be made lo create a new Ju dicial Circuit in the North Western part of ihe State The Governors message was taken up and thedifferent subjects treated of re ferred to the appropriate Standing com mittees The Annual Reports of ihe Auditor and Treasurer af State were re ceived The Speaker of the House announced the following Standing Unfinished Business Messrs Cod ding Roller Smucker Axtell and Ripley inance Messrs Johnsson of Stark ord Camp Cummings and Smith ol Columbiana Judicary Messrs Lowe Goddard An drews of ranklin Hanna and lood Banks and Currency Messrs Brough Kirkutn Brane!) Johnson uf Stark and Smith of Montgomery Public Works Messrs Van Hook An drews of ranklin Donnelly Patterson of Delaware and Hoagland Common Schools Coll ges and Uni versities Messrs Hanna Chester John son of Cuyahoga Garre and Bronson Medical Societies and Medical Colle ges Messrs Trevitt Bronson Briggs Howe and Martin Roads and Highways Messrs Skin ner Chambers itch Burns and Rea Agricultural and Manufactures Mes srs Johnson of Cuyahoga Ham ilton Hegler and Winship Claims Messrs Roller Codding Bronson West and Leedum Miliiia Messrs Milliken Camp God dard Hendricks and Gamble National Road Messrs Chambers West Waddle Creighton and orbes Rail Roads Messrs vrd Everhard Curtis Taylor and Elliott New Counties Messrs Walsh of Stark Andrews of Lorain Dmnellv Tre vitt and Patterson of Highland Library Messrs Buchanuan Chester Howe Smucker and Martin Public Buildings Messrs Hughes Witten Peppard Waddle and Jenkins ruonc institutions Messrs Bronson Lloyd Hunt Campbell and Kyle Penitentiary Messrs lood itch Casad Buchanan and Blair Enrolments Messrs Corwin and Milliken The pro tern officers of the House were re elected for the session on the 5ih with out opposition The Speaker announced the following Committees: Messrs Lowe Llovd Hunt Donnelly Buchannan and Johnson of Stark to con stitute on the pan of the House ihe joint committee to report a bill regulating the time of holding the Judicial Courts TROY EDITED BY RICHARD LANGDON Wednesday December 19 INAUGURAL Governor Shannon was inaugurated on Thursday last on which occasion he deliv ered his Inaugural address it is the long est document of the kind we have ever seen occupying nearly eight columns of the Statesman in small typeclosely prin ted It is unavoidably laid over until next week As far as we are capable of judg ing of such matters it is quite a sensi ble paper SILK MORUS MULTL CAULIS The culture of silk is becoming an im portant item in agricultural pursuits in tna nay parts of our country particularly in Connecticut Massachusetts New York New Jersey and many other States The soil and climate of Ohio are admirably adapted to this branch of profitable indus try and to the growth or the Morus Mui ticaulis the best species of mulberry tree upon which to feed the silk worm and the most ready of growth A genlieman of some experience in ihe business has re cently located himself Troy with a view to its cultivation so (hat during the approaching season we shall have oppor tunity of more fully testing the practica bility of making the culture of Silk a profi table concern lie has brought with him a quunliiy of the genuine Morus Muhicau I is for the purpose of a I lending to i is cultiva tion Wc lay the fidlowing interesting ar ticle before our readers fur ihe purpose of calling their attention to the production of silk: acre of land planted with the Mo rus Mui ticaulis will give sufficient food for a million of silk worms these will pro duce a million (Jocoons three thousand cocoons will make one pound of raw silk this raw silk is worth per pound there fore an acre of land devoted to the pro duction of silk must produce to its owner rom this of course must be deducted the expense of interest on the value ol ihe land the purchase and plan ting the mulberry trees ihe properly at tending to ihe soil ihe necessary care of worms during me spinning season the reeling of ihe silk One half the gmss value will meet all expenses and will make liberal provision fur any pecunt arctfhtingency thus leaving to ihe cul livator a clear profit trp an acre of laud of Phil Sat Cour IMPRISONMENT OR DEBT A petitioa was in circulation afew days ago to repeal the law abolishing Imprison ment for debt It was presented to us for signature and without examining its con tents we inadvertantly signed it being in a great hurry and under the impression it was for the more noble purposeeof abol uhin" imprisonment for debt instead of repealing the now existing law To im prison a man for being poor and not able to pay bis debts is a species of horrible barbarism that should be frowned down by every man who has a single spark of pa triotism in his soul I It is an old vestige of oppression and would to ortune it were too old to be kept alive Much has been said and writ ten upon this unjust and cruel law but up on this subject we conceive too much can not be said or written while we live un der the influence of such tyrannical laws vVe know of no language more adequate to convey our sentiments than the follow ing of the first duties of legislation while it provides amply tor the sacred ob ligation of contracts and the remedies to enforce them certainly is to relieve the unfortunate and meritorious deb tor from a slavery oi minu ana oociy winch cuts him off from a fair enjoyment of the com mon benefits of society aod robs his fami ly of the fruits of bis and the bene fits of his paternal superintendence A rational government which did not posses Ibis power of legislation would be little worthy of the exalted functions of guar ding the happiness stipoVting the rights of a free people It might guard against political oppressions only to render pri vate ones more intolerable and more glaring Imprisonment as a civil remedy admits of no defence except as it is used to co erce fraudulent debtors to yield up their present property to their creditors in dis charge of their engagements But when the debtors have no properly or have yielded up the whole to their creditors to allow the latter at their mere pleasure to imprison them is a refinement in cru elty an indulgence of private passions which could hardly hud apology an en lightened despotism and are utterly at war with all the rights and duties of free governments Such a system of legislation is as unjust as it is unfeeling It is incompatible with ihe first precepts of Christianity ud is a living reproach to the nations of Chris tendom carying them back lo the worst ages ot TVe sincerely hope fur the honor of our beloved stale to see ibis barbarous Jaw entirely done away TEMPERANCE SKETCHESNo III BY THE EDITOH POLICY GRANTING LICENSES TO SELL ARDENT SPIRITS rom the great number of Ufoenses granted by the numerous corporate au thorities existing in every cily town and hamlet iu our state "to retail spirituous liquors one would naturally conclude that their chief object was to increase the funds in their respective treasuries regardless of the wretchedness and misery occasioned thereby to a large portion of the community It has been advanced by way of argu ment that the funds derived from ram shops aod tipling houses go to defray the expenses of the hospitals and poor houses This is a point I shall not attempt to ar gue But is the amount of money thus accumulated sufficient to pay all the pecuniary of our poor houses ard hospitals besides the appalling amount of human suffering wretchedness and crime which is not taken into consid eration? The fact is that the funds thus obtained constitute but a small iem in delr aying the heavy charges of the hos pitals and poor houses And our jails and penitentiaries and criminal courts make another heavy demand ordraw upon our treasuries which must again be replenished by the sober industrious and moral part of the community We not only pay for catching trying and con victing rogues but have to fee lawyers in ordsr to clear (hem if they can after wards they being in almost ever instance insolvent in pocket So well as in princi ple Well it will be asked what does this argue! Why it argues a vast deal It argues that if there were no licensed drunkard factories no tippling shops there would not be so many criminals paupers lunatics and drunkards to look after or to take care of We should not see that wretchedness drunkenness and squalid misery that now exists to an alarming and increditable extent throughout our land The policy therefore of granting licen ses lo poison people with ardent spirits in order to replenish the coffers of our treasuries is a bad cne It is like throwing in Cuppers with one hand and taking out shillings with the other a kind of speculation that not many would be caught entering into on their own ac count If there were no such licensed es tablishments offering inducements bold ing out temptations and affording such great facilities to the weak minded the intemperate ana vicious to indulge in their evil propensities in drunkeness idle ness and crime there would not be so great a necessity for the use of such funds Many of these establishments are the reauy naunis and nurseries of all kinds of vice and immorality frequented by the habitual tippler the idle the profligate and the abandoned gamester who finds his inquitous trade to flourish best in the atmosphere of the dramshop Our state has long boasted of ixs exal ted character bet religious moral and scientific institutions the number of her costly public edifices but alas! that en viable character in truth exists no long er Depravity with its appalling train of pliant vassals have enter ed her paceful portals and giant like stalk forth to mar the quiet and tranquility of the good and sober By what means has tbiscfirefijl trar affirmation been effected? Go and examine the various records where licenses are granted and see there the number of licensed drunkard factories there you will be enabled to see the num ber of unlicensed ones for all colors and classes and then the query will be solved at once To these places may be traced the origin of the greatest amount or pro portion of HUMAN MISERY POVERTY DE GRADATION and crime Go then to the prison behold its condemned ten antry and learn from their own lips the history of their crimes the progress of their enormities and those deluded vic tims of guilt will poiut to the dram shop and the ale house and the vicious associa tions acquired there as the formation of their infamy and depravity Poor houses hospitals lunatic asylums and penitentiaries owe in a great degree their existence to the tippling shops and places of infamous resort which with the distress poverty disease and mentalagony of their wretched occupants to say noth ing ot their forlorn wives and forsaken children should operate as strong argu ments and a powerful appeal againstgran ting licenses to sell the liquid fire of mad ness distraction aod unutterable wo Around these dramshops may be seen the hoary beaded father (what an exam ple to youth) steeped in bisown insensi bility the bloated mass of human deprav ity in middle life the impudent and filthy stripling following in the path and en couraged by the example of the degraded beings of older years he sees before him: also the profligate busband with palsied hand and staggering gait whose heart broken sorrow stricken wife and starving children at home are mourning and weep ing over their hapless hopeless fate aod venting mental maledictions on all kinda of ardent spirits and venders as the origin of their sufferings aod fell destroy ers of their happiness aod comforts in tbii life.