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,^.^- - j f'.W-' li.* ■■;-•,•?£' i - ' i%‘.-ii. 1!. ’■<^; - ■%'4-’ 111 ? ' i'!*' ; • ! *\3 •■' '■ { ' . « % .u- '«'• % - % h ' l.r. , ■‘•^■ 4 . > ¥ -t.j .•A-'- k ; ': ,0 ^ afr ; 1 ^ . y .:> -.4 : » ' • f l ' * ilii>-*. :;V1?^4*‘-' '■ W ■ ■'§ ■c / ■ 4 /; ^ ‘ * v9^ a * ; i . . : ’ : S i - l 2 i4_ LK' Ik _ I?! \* 'vVj ®. V- i ■.!'i ' ' ' - ■,\' ' Argu, N ^ lSfO E K G p J W k Q N ^ p H O O m ^ t h e annual/i'epprt o f the Superinie'n* r [dft^ o f Q b m m o n ,Schopls tyas m a^e to =fc«h| A ssem b ly on SataMayi. T h ^ f o l- .loujiog are eaitiiatts froili the re p o r t : . I ’hei’e are fifty five o rigioated coun- iidiL and sevep h u n d r e d afid seventy ^ i d e |t e f r p s and W a r ^ id the State. ^ « | u r h ^ a v e been rodeived frbm all the I C o u n ty' C lerks/eft|braeiog the re- qu fdd reports o f the cpninjissioners'of co!i|mion schooU ftbin e irery town in tire Stsijte. '■ .1 , ; frotn the abstracts accoriapaning the rep o rt it appears- that there a re in the sev e ral towns o f the Stwte, 8872 school districts organised} a&d that o f this i n u h h e r 8292 have coinpUied wjith the coitditions of the statuHS, by haviag a sci^ool kept at l ^ t , three jnontbs, by an i inspected teacher, .^nd making re- tuips to the commissiotle'rs. ;t also appears tbad 1263 new dis-. ' tri its have been form ed during the year enlling^ oil the 1 st of J a n u a ry 1829^; und th:[rtho Dtiaaber of d istricts which have coinpUed with th e haw'so f^r as to par- tic pate in the publlck raopey, has in- crciased dpe hundred and tw enty eight. ^ [That th e re are in the districts from which reports have been received 468 , - 1 257 children over 5 and under I 6 years o f )ge ; and that in the comtnoo schools J ^ f tjie same districts 480,041 scholars; * i a been taught during the pa*t y e a r ; th(i igeneral ^ e r a g o of instruction hav in g 'p e e tt about'months. ^ num b e r of scholars instructed sf common schools, ettceeds, by the. whole num b er o f children be- !pn the ages o f 5 and’ 16 . From thik estim ate, the children instructed in thpi cities o f N e w Y o rk and AlbanJ^Ve etpbluded as an enum eration o f those b e w e e n 5 and I 6 in'those cities is not required or obtained by the law. 'h e num b er o f c h ildrep between 5 and 16 has increased 19,257 since the last annual r e p o r t : and the num b er of cm ldren taught in the common schools ofjjthe State, has increased 11,830 du ring the same period. T h e r e are one hundred and sixteen tpw n s in the state, in each o f which m o re than one thousand scholars a re in structed ; several towns report between fifileen hundred and two thousand, and a 4 eW la r g e towns m a k e returns o f more th i n two thousand scholars taught an- nUpllyf ^ T h e re^are sixty eight tow n s, in which, m o re than tw e n ty schools a re organised in each ; several o f these contain more th i n thirty. T h e gen e ral' average o f thb num ber of d istricts, including all the tQWQs', is i l 1-2 for each {town in the State ; the average num b e r of scholars instructed in tire districts fr-om which returns havel>een received is a fraction less than fifty eight for each school. ' T h i s estim ate, as well as that relatiug to the num b e r o f children instructed, is based upon the whole num b er o f schol- ^ a rs on the rolls, of the schools, without reference to the time^whicb each scholar ha[s a ttended. A n d it is not to be,un derstood that each one o f the 580,000 scpolars retured has badjeight months qf[instruction during the y e a r ; bm that this is the aggregate num b er o f scholars Op the rolls o f the schools, and receiv ing m ore or less instruction ; and that 18,292 schools have been kept open for the reception o f scholars, tan average ^ r t o d o f e ight m onths out o f the twelve papnths. I T h e first returns under the present tool system jWere made in 1816 .— Hhere were repotted in that year 2,631 schools, in which 140,106 children were instructed. T h e increase in the num ber o f schools returned has^ been 5661 fottftiB p ~ y g a fg rg ^ the increase of suppifed^ from th^ geia^t^ I h ftd-^#n pxoppWd to establii^A m O.riW state. T h e reVe^fiiie o f the coming 3 ’ear i's estim ated by the com p troller, f t .fl09j981.^- O p r system o f common schpof 1 ii« siruction is based upon the principle that trie stale, or the school fund will pay “only a share of the expense ;i and that the towns, by an assessm ent Upon property, shall pay at least* an equal share. In addition th this, and in order to enjoy the benefits of the publick m o ney,' the inhabitants of the ^ d istricts are required to tax themselves, for the erection of a school house, and furnish it with necessary fuel and appendages. In order to'^scerlain more fully the practical operation o f the system , an additional column .was annexed to the forms for school reports, which accom panied the revised statuj^, requiring trustees to return the. am o u n t paid an- aually for teachers* wages, over and above the sum received from the state treasury and from the town td;X. A few towns, (inly, made returns the-firstyear; hut the a b stract o f the present y e a r con tains returns from seven hundred and tw e n ty nine towns and wards, showing a total amount paid by the patrons of the commou schools for teachers* wa -1 ges, o f $ 2 9 7 ,048 44 cents ;^jwhich, ad-1 ded to the publick money, m a ^ es an a g - ! gregate of ^ 5 1 1 ,888 58 cqms, p a i d for: ttachers* wages alone^ in'‘’lme common - schoolls of the s tate. T h u jstt will be seen, that w h ere the state, or the rev- { en u e o f the school fund,' p aykone dollar\ for the teachers’ wages, tbp inhabitan‘|i{ of the town pays, by a tax on bis own | town, and by voluntary contribution in his own district more t h a n / o u r dol/ari,; for the same object. T h is latter sum of four dollars, is made up in the p r o - , portion of one dollar assessed upon property, to thre§ dollars paid by the scholar. ^ chy in that coiHltrY^hut vihff.^eclared^her oppiisUioiji^Io s i i ^ a N clue h sysw m , and also that i 1 |e woul p | k j^te fat# o f Jj« from the rest o f C d ||m h ia in su ih an event. T h is det'erlhinmibo q f V e n e zuela, had p r o c e e d a greaVd^hih mertt.; am o n g 'the f r ied ls of Bollvlli; a t Bogota, and it was e x p e c ted that thtf plans u f the monarchists wPoldj in consequene s, u n dergo some alteration. . A treaty o f peace b e t w e ^ Colom bia and P e ru , had been signed and ra ified. W e also learn, that th e stateineiits respecting the^ill treatm e n t which G e n . H arrison had received from the autho rities at Bogota, are correct. T f e o r der for the expulsion u f tire British C o n sul. G e n e ral, had been re-issued and again suspended. JJe rem aibed in the capital,., and would probably be paroilt^, ted to ‘wait the arrival o f the P ’ minister, who was dailv e j e c t e d Y .M e ii^A d v . ' •itish •N. rres- for- lers. The funds and finances o f the state, | — T h e annual report of the Comptroll-1 er, subm ittted to the H o u se yesterday! is one of the most perspicuous docu ments which has ever em anated from the fiscal departm e n t of the stSte gov ernm e n t. W e occupy much o f this morning’s Argus with extracts from i t ; but we are persuaded that our readers will exact no applogy from ns for doing so. T h e progress and condition o f the Fuuds, & especially th e \]reo e r a l Fund, is not only a m a tter o f much interest, but o f much value at this tim e, will be perceived that in 1814, the princi pal of the G e n e ral Fund am ounted to $ 4 , 396,934 97* and that h aving under gone . n early annual diminutions it a- mouqta-now to $1,344,268 65. T h e deficit o f last y e a r, (1829). was $ 113,571 5 8 .- T h e estim ated amount o f Receipts from the general fund for ex- wi\~ - I:'? ,< « ■ r ■| i t the num b e r of scholars instructed has been 339,935, in the s a m e period. T h e n i ^ h e r of children returned in I 8 I 6 ; kw e e n 5 and 1®, was 179,440 ; the {ereaxe since it lat time has been 261,- $08. T h e set tool act was revised in f8 1 9 , new forms were adopted and pub lished, and nevr energy was given to m e whole ayste n. In 1821 the system rias in fair op* iraKlon ; and since ihatt od, the ave rage annual increase of ihe children boi ween 5 and I 6 has been bboujl 16 , 5 0 0 ; m d the.average increase o f the num b er of scholars instructed) has been abont 19,i 0 0 e a c h y e a r for the last ten yej^rs. ' I>uribg the y e a r -1823, two hundred and four|een thousand eight hundred qnd ^forty dollars and fourteen cents,' \ h ave been paid to the several scfibol dimricts which have made reports.. O f , tm s sum $100,000 were paid from the Stkte lreas#iry ; $102,934 66w e reirais- , ciq by a tax upolt the s e v e ral toa^ns; gijd 4^11,905 48 w e re jderiyed from .a ' iJcal fund possessed by certain towns. T h e publick m o n e y apportioned tk the districtfj^M #sVby.i$!l7,503 2;^cqnt8, last year. T h is dilminutlon hdkfiobb occasioned b y ^ a n t Of authority .In the Revlised Statutes to Ie|vy the additional school tax, in pur- )sdance o f th e irote -of the towns. T h e ’ pirovision giving this authority to town ‘ fBeetingi was transferred by the rjsvisiou from the statute relatinjg to schools, to chaptor I I , relatiug to the p o w ers, du- j ties and privileges o f tOwns, which I’vjias ►ot n ijf Iprr.e until the 1 st of the presenf m o n th. T h e prtiduciivo caphal of the com mon sehuol fund now am ounts to $^ 1 ,« 661,081 24 cents. T h e revenue actu- allykreceived In to the treasury on ac count o f the commoq school fund for th e past.year, has been $94,626 25 cts. levying a deficit in the amount anoually id»tdbutbd bf $9,379 7 # <eiits, to It \'I' isflb is $ 301 ^ 600 . T h e ordinary penseS. $264,000 ; which leaves a de ficit for the present y e a r, of $ 7 5 ,971 58. As the estim a te of the expenses Ibr 1830, includes no contingent appropri ations, except for the com p letion of the Sing Sing state prison, the deficit may be expected to exceed that sum considerably. From a view of the whole ground,— and to p r e ^ r v e the general fund fre m annihilatioo7 and to provide the means o f m eeting the ordinary expenditurtis, the'C o m p troller recom m ends the im{w- sition of a state |ax o f one mill on tjie dollar of the valuation o f the real and personal estate w ithin the state.— Atb. Argus. Report o f the Canal Commissioner s. ---- T h e annual report of the Canal Comiqiss'ioners was made to the;assO):i- bly^j. :r.erday. T h e am o u n t o f e x p e i- (UUiiifiyjjLn the’ E rie, GhaTnij|iai,h, O s w j- go, Cayuga andT Seneca capa(ls, during the past year,' was $398,711) 6 7 ; T h e receipts of toll $816,302 76- N e ither the Cayuga andl Seneca nor the Oswego canal, will gi\|e a revenue equal to the interest on thhir cost and (he expense o f their repair^. T h e de ficit in the funds of the form er is $ 9 ,- 698 50 ; in the latter $ 22,491 65. B e sides the expenses o f the Ordinary re pairs, there will be due in t)ie course of the present y e a r for damages oh the C. and Si. about $ 5 0 0 0 , and on the Oswego about! $ 1 0 ,000. A ccom p anying the annual report of the qanal commissioners, is a minute report “of the exam inations, surveys and estim ates under .the law of the last ses sion relative to the construction o f the Chenango canal. T h e report on this subject concludes as. frllow s : **Ahd finally in regard to the several questiloos subm itted to our coiisiderar tion, nod which must be determ ined aflSrraatiyely b efore we can proceed to the c(jn% u ction of the Chenango canal, we are of\opioion. “ F ir s t— on the question o f water — ‘that-an adequate supply of w a ter may be -procured by a resort to reservoirs for the summit leveh without taking any ■ o f the waters of e ither the O riskany or Saoqupit creeks.* “ S(^co'ndly— in regard to its cost— that it will exceed ‘pne million of dol lars.* “ T h irdly and lastlyT-in regard to its reuenhc— that it will not pruduco an am o u n t e f tolls in connexion with the increaded tolls on ih e E r ie canal, that (t will I be equal to the interest of. its M st, and the expense o f its repairs and superinten(3ance, o r o f e ither o f ibcin.* l-A lb M y Argus. f F^om Colombia .— T h e Colci|nbiB lonverition wasno com m ence M sfission, i Jan u a ry . 'B o liv a r was e l e c t e d at ro f h ti lahout the 3t5|ih o f D h fem b e rj It From the N. Y. Evening^Post. T h e following letter, .from a pondent at W ashingtoq^ contains mation which im eresf/-nm o n g o our commercial readers. “ W a shington, J a n . 14, 1 8 |0 . “ M r. Sandford’s bill concerning the currenc 3 ', which w a s j'ep o r ted in the Senate yesterday, contains several p ro visions, the bearing of w h ich.w ii| ulti-' m ately be very im p o rtant on bUr finan cial and hanking concerns. C |j |p e r coins it proposes to m ake a legal t e l l e r , to the am ount of ten cents, and no m ore. Silver coins of the U . S. less than a dollar, not to be a legal tender for any sum above ten dollars. N o gold nim i- nished. in its weight m o re than l425th, to be a legal tender. No foreign coin to be a legal tender after 1831. |>•The most difficult point o f currencyl the proportional value of gold to silver, and the regulation o f lire mixed currency of the two m etals, it leaves untouchej “ T h e rom h iittee on finance, in the senate, will report a bill for tjbe rp 6 uc- t i ^ of d uties on tea, coffee, spiccls and other groceries, winch will ultimately receive the addition of o ther provisions, bringing back the whole tariff towards that of 1824. H o w much of th k .w ill pass the senate, and|>{n w h a t form it will reach the house o f jf^preseutativeii, it is difficult to prognosticate; but the f-iends of free trade begin to entertain j some hopes of an alteration of the . plrerent system , to some useful degree at i least, if not to the whole e x tent of their v| Mbes. “ T h e ppst office committee) have agrped to recom m end the measuri bro't before them byJM r. V e rplanck’sj reso lution, placipg periodicals o f education, science, &c|. on the -same footing as new spapers w»th regardko posta/'e. “ T h e naval com m ittee in tbel house have, I learp, agreed to report a bill continuing i)he pension to widoviis and Invalids op fire privateer Jbnd, .^it the general,expense of tb» treasury, ^hho.ut reference to the state of the fund,]which has suffered by injudicious management and investmbots.*’ { s r . ‘ o S . r ^ f iN^SSEMiikiT^Jan. 25.r—the committee ofthe,jwhoIepai^(i the several Bills for the reae4til of the Charters of the New York- Banks, andfthey wereoitdered tc be en grossed for third readiujg, iby a string and (le'eisive vote-^70 to 19. The Bahks which have passed t i e com^ mittee, atid have applied for renerals, are the Bank of America,JHerchants,, Union, Tladesinan’s, N e i|Jird^:4phcB n i:t banks. T h e Mechan^ks^ hank has not ap ilied for a renewal of its .charter. The committee on e]ec.tions in CCongress have reported that Sijas'W right, j 6 of this state, is entitled tq, a seat in this-House, as a member of congress from the Jtlst dis trict, ^ the place of George Fhlier, the silting member. 4 large luerettse from ethei^ undeiistand the colony is gaarafitied t ^ ^ Vtght* o f ciiizep^hip. and of cOurseAdl hfa eniitlOdito a repre'sentationln^ the Pr<mn^ cial P ^ Iiam e o t. They have already^O Trekdeht, who- is about visltlhg E n ^ q d < l for the purpose o f soliciun's from theK iftg a grhutlof a d d itionartand. ; W e pave no doubt but the Slavs pbpuM- 4 !ion o f pur country wiH find this a convbftr lent plaice o f resprt, where they may thfow qff the fhackles whim have sp long bounc them ih servUt^^e^let them onhe reach the territory of the new cblony and tliey Will be jsafe, for no one will have the fool- hardiUess to attempt a rescue—it would be ipevitahle death—for ^ h e n these oppressed and affiicted sons o f A frica shall once tasU tihe sweets of freedom, they will sooner • Thom a s, p . A rnold,'w h o se rcjitm to the seat of jPryor L e a , of Temie-ssee, has recently been rejected in the] house o f R e p resentatives, has made a pi! blica tion in the' N ational J o u rnal at W ash ington, directed .to t h e 'E d ito r o f the T e legraph, who refused it an insertion. H e accuses IMr. P o lk, another member from T e n n e ssee, o f having “ d enounced him pn the floor o f Congress i | qiosi approhrious and blackguard tifrlns” —- and concludes with the following c a r d : A -To the Publick. —i pro- noiinpe J a m e s K . P o lk , o f T e n n e ssee, to b a a coward, a puppy, a liar,|and a scoundrel generally. A n d as for poor old Siandifer, who has pronouncibd the lesson that has b een conned over tb him, I feil pity for his stupidity,-and! coq- Sacrifice their lives than surrender its p o i sessronj^Iiberty is as sweet to them as ifti ijo uf?^and by th^law s of God and pum a ^ y they .are as much entitled to it from ffiPrefo Ano for a n !4' The tempi for his servility. T H O S . D. A R N O L D . j Daring Outrage 1— A resp|clable jlooldng person, who states his nsime jbe riavitl Stetson, keeper o f the ! office at No. 27 ChainanTjXt. has .oil us and related the following c stanijes of a most daring outrage m ilted upon him last evening. A |labout half past 7 o’clock, a fteF he had jinish- ed the business of the d.ayu and ;placed f to lottery called rcum- i com- his tqoney and bills in his b^nlt hook, with Which h ewqs about leaving his {store, a man entered, inquired the prijce of tickets, and selecting a quarter,' went away saying he r**urn f*)>ectly with money to purchase h. In |a few minutes he came back, and in {again looking over the tickets, nianagjed to shuffie one fiioni the counter. MiiJ Stbt- son stooped to pick it up keeping h'S hand at the same time firm ly pies^eii on his bank book, containing sixlhuntlr red and tw e n ty seven d o llars, which hp had laid on the counter. W h ile rising from his stooping posture, the pretend ed purchaser threw a quanliity. snuff in' his face, which com p letely blinded him for the tim e,.and seizing the; h a n k , hook and tickets, rushed' towards the door. M r. S. made an effort to follow him, when the villain threw apothp^t., handful of snuff in his tion of which e u t ^ e d 'M f c and thus s u c c e e d e i ^ ^ m a k iqg'liis escape. From in q u ici# n iad e a t M r . LqrUlard’s to b a c c ^ h d snuff s tpre, nearly qpjjosite M r. ^ A s c e r t a in e d tliat k peespq ap- swe^rtg the description^ / q f thife! .bold ijfiiftfin h ad b een there afshort tinte before and purchased a quanlity. ofsnuffi Jd r, S,^ offers a rew a rd o f $ 100 ' fop the ap- S U N D A Y M A IL S . W e have heiftofore regained from say m g any thing on this qd^tion, ijvhich is every day assuming a new and moie threa tening character ; and we probabl.i; should not at thistune,^ bad not the following acci- defitaBy come .under our observation; (C O P Y .) “ New, York, Dec. 11, 1829. “ Two gentlemen called at my store and requested that 1 would sign a petition for the purpose of stopping the Sunday Mails! and closing the Post Offices on thal day ;— I told them that 1 was riot assured of the propriety of such .a measure, and did nPt, wish to interfere in the questioni but leave it to those who were more competent to judge of the m atter^ I re leate'dly asked if 1 was fa religioils man. iifter re plying once,.I declined giving anj farther answer on that subject, by saying such questions were inquisitorial, rem inling me of the Spanish Inquisition, I therefore should not answer them. Upon nvV repea tedly asserting that I wished to rciiihin neu ter upon the question, 91 was answered— “ Those that are not forms, are agiiinsi us ; and if you do not sign the petitioq I shall report you to my brother* and hislconnec- tions, and you shall have no raor^ of our {of custom,” This they again repealed, a d - ' ding that from this circumstance th|ey could not conscientiously deal with me. { T H < ^ 1 A S H O L D E N , Mer. Tador. I corner of ^ ^ l i a m st. and E x . ]?Iace. Witiless, VSfiLLiAta M orris . ^ *N. B.-—During the conversation he said he was the brother of Mr. Arthur Tappan. W hen means like the above are resorted to in order to ‘coerce men into the support of any measure or measures, for the support of either Church or Slate, it i« Ume the Press should take a hold and decided stand. The measures taken against the parrying of the Mail on Sunday, appear to be con fined exclusively to the denotninalion, cal led Presbyterians; and it is unforturiate for them, that they have those among them so weak as to resort to the measu res they do, in order to sustain themselves in their present undertaking. It is a well-known fact, that in N. York, from which city a petitiun was sent to Con gress containing 6236 names, th ?se self- constitu(j|H tjcionces ololhVrs, resorted'tri the low anp under-' handed p r a c t i^ of carrying their petitions into the S u n j^y Schools, and getting the CHiLPHEN to sign Ihem !! And this is bla zoned forth to the jworld as the es p r^sipn of the ihkabitants-r^xhe CITIZE^s of 3^$w York—when in all probability one tbirkjor a half, are children of 5, 6 &, 8 yo^rs < ^1I! And this we are told is a^Godly injjasufe— it may be—and we wish we could |idd, tljat those engaged in it, were Godly 4 e n . If these modern Saints will alttend to their ow ^duty—that which they tiwe their God simj fifeir fellow men, the trE|n^porta» tion^of the mail on Sundoy will n|)i affect them in the least. Jt must be recollected that Mr. Arthur Tappan, of whom {mention is made above^ is extensively en{;aged in the Pioneer line of Stages—and ve have no doilht hut that would consid^ir, i t i ’ety proper that, the mail should be carried in that line, as it runs pnly six days ! He is a very patriolick Sz.Christian nian, no doubt; but his present crusade egaiqst the carrying of the mail on Sunday, in out humble opinion “ smells a little of the sho|).\' W e sh'all recur to this subject tgain at some| future period / in the mean would it not be welllj for those c itizenrtrf Batafia, who are oppiosed to such stoppage of t h | mails, to meet land publickly evince their disapprobation j o f the measure and the means adopted iijn/ariherance of that object ? i government of Colombia have pre to A n p r e w J acksok , a Gold Me inmemdrative of the delivery of t h | nt Liberator, from the daggers of i|sins on the 25th of September last [ikitutioi#o|^j^s the acceptance, |g £ | r of this government, of a presPn t foreign state. Gen. Jackson -frar re placed the medal a t the disposal of Congress. It may be a m atter of won The sented dal, co: Presi(3« the assc p u r (ip an offi a der to ibe coalitionists that he did not a c cept the medal in defian^^xtf the cops 6 tu tion. rher Fire in Buffalo. — On Sunday even N ; last a fire broke out in Buffalo, i a block of wooden buildings, four in nura ber, at the end of the bridge, on the liltl e puffalo creek, which were entirely, ponsu ined. Loss about $ 4 ,500—1!3,500 o i^ K ^ t wa4ensured. It is thought to be the wort of an incendiary— as it originated in a buiidii g in which there had been no fire umber of tVeeks. pieljtension of the r 6 b b e |. T k e riumer- ous daring outrages receft%y' cptriroii- ted, make it plain that thecq is a gang of desporat* vllloios p row ling the r- ,)-r - i '! ... ,r ■',i.l • ‘ • ■ V.' ■, . :,L .v-t ‘I l ir-■^ case o order — true withoii pride good ariy w $20 w the tqi of doi and ti that o score fire. It V editor puhlick spirit o f Batavia— where \s tI? —fThis is emphatically the season fe r fires— and in (rase of one,' w e 'w o u ldaskoir citizer s the question—W h a t will be done for ■Water? It, is^true we have two good public £ wells in the village—but not a drop er could' be obtained from either i ■ fire—the pumps o f each are out of so much so, that they are entirely uselesi, until repaired. It qiay be said that we ha le a good Engine and fire compary we have—but what could they do, water. 'We might just as well ourselves upon the fapt of having a pump in a well, without tbrere-leirg ater. A sum not exceeding or ould pul both wells in good order. And v ill not our citizens raise that am ount' for su :h an object? It is well known th it thorities o f the village have no means ig it. Something should be done- — a t quickly, too. It is a little strangle ir citizens will refuse to do it on tlie of economy —two shillings a piece from 4 few individuals would accompli;ih it—but instead of giving this small su n , they v'ill say they cant afford it, when it me time they pave property-to the ampuijit o f 5 or 0,000 away ity'tTie devouring clement in case >f 3uch men deserve burning out — ar d i'SM ask foif jaett,, ^ uptil tW cftalris o f an ecd/siasfical goy^m • \ nienl shaB ^ i 5. riveted upo^the peopleL^ trien the sceh is which blac* n the page^ Mstpry pjeviP the Reformation win bi likply to be a ited oyer iri -tfiis enlightep^ age, and in this oncd\fre!e country, nbt likely thM they.« ill.eve)r attain 4 \ pkwer— but tl IIS should jfot prevent ih'e bold ' and fearless e xpressioif (if di^iipprobation even for thl^p Bdsidesj every chris! tjan, foif l|ie honour and perpetuity ofibj d set bis face againsuhe prp. such a doctruie; it is aiit' tja the actors in it, and deitl. i^entai to tbd true eausejof Religirih. 7-1 C H I L T O N . \ T h e folloTV|ing interesting $ketcli of thii genilem an, 4 present a membe#|of g(ress from K entucky, and the champion of ^jetrenchmepc and reform in the House of Representatives, is-frorti the pen of ijie Hon, C h a r t s G . Do \ |'itt, a member of Congress frojm this staifj^ and senior editor of the Ulster Sentinel. Mr. De Witt em ploys his le'tsure h ours in U riting sketches of “men and measures” a t foe seat of Goyern- foent; aqd his letters^ ^re always full of 4ood s e n s e |7f ighlx mf^ijesting U amusjnp. “ the;Sabbaih, I went ibc morning t — - - Cbiiton, (be c at present a r^prespntalifo in Congrto. Tall and erect, “ a giant in stature and in intelleci,' with a thuudering voice, he appears to grek nforlplage in-foe pulpit, ajnd, on this occwion w tfoast, failed not,, from fi|rst to last, to al'traci 4 b e m ost proibund^Uenlipn. lu his enanch- ) tion-. he is deliberate and idistinct—in gesture, graceful and jconimanding— in argnmenU n) tlier pathetick than severe— in short, With learneslness ll at denotes sjipcerity of his hesrt, andbis unbou nded confidence in the merciesei Providence, he is, in every sense of tl e word, a powerfid pi eacher. Grimmencipg in a lor and persuasiv} lone, he rehd for onr instrortina foe 90lb psalih, for his the 4ibt verses o: the 40tb— assuredly two of the inosrtoBUtifiil passages in holy writ Ilis, o f course^Sheedless to atfd, that with such n lopick,*sucA a man must produce effect i and, in truth, at ih s close of his! sermon,most of lb fei;iale part oi'the audience were in tears. He 1 spoke with nptur? of the rich inheritance so forcibly ty pi fed in the inetaphor o f his t«!, and contrasted th » endless bliss to be enjoyed hereafter by the g;>od, with Ibe vain ana fleet ing pleasnres of t ris transitory world. “ Tes, he exclaim ed, rail ing his voice to its boldest note— ^liis eyes a id arms lifted up—and bis w h o le frame expanding With emotion—“ Ye:, there is a rivqr lb it sU^vuake glad the city of - “ Mr. Chib on i i noW iri| the 3ist year of his age, and resides, when pt hom e, in Hardin county, K enIpeky. ’ H e wps married in his 17tb year, com m ehcec the pra<|!tiee o f the law in bis ISlh, and was elected member o f the Legisla ture o f that State in bis 2 js I year. At the 8|» o f 22, after c ue f repqratipn, he was called '. j Ike ministry, and in '.he (joorsp.^f four or live years o f zealous iibour, baptized more lhans ibonsand fierionsi -At thijs period, finding hb private resources som ew h a t impaired .byIbe ' entertainment o f numerous visitors that froa time to lim^ f-equ >^ted bisifaospitabiedwelling, 1 where they \yere always ^ r e to m e et .with 1 * we arc not sure but ihpy deserve biirnh g up. 'They are a curse Ito any village. hearty weiccme, be fosUmed the practice of] fo e law, and was elated a member of Jbf twentieth Cdngniss, in his 29tb year, byin overwhelming majority. Hts career ia ibe house, as ib f champion ijif retrenchpient and reform, though ctowned, (as yet, with pSrtiai | , success, is lOi>* w ill ktrOWfi to need any itfus- ( trntion in thi;: plajse fie 15 now, as he has al» | ways been, fod ^ver will' be,-an nnrelentiiig | advocate for !ihe jEOcrdctipii of abuses, and an untifiug eneiriy of exlyavagance and peculation. At the ‘ Nolyhn Association o f Separate Bap tists' held^ September Ittst at the Goodspring Meeting Hbufo, fo Greep county, Kentucky, (at which were present delegates from lwen;y chtirrhes.) fan deUvered the introductory ser- moR, and was chosen m o d er^r. Ll is proba- bie jLhJat^ at foe close o f nis term jn the £lst Congrjess, he| wITT retire lsllo.geiber from Ibe political arena, and devote himsell exclusively to histocred foiling.'' A t a A t a m e e ting o f a ffopectablo ber o f inhabitants o f the tow n of ill be recollected that Mr. Roberts, of foe Craftsman, Rochester, soriie time ^ince offered a nuiriber of Premiums for various literary productions— amount ing inlall, to $ 1 5 5 . That paper o f tlhe 26 ih inst. contains the names of the conimittees who hire to decide upon the merits o f such produfctions as may be submitted. Th :y are to meet at the ^Rochester Arcade, on the 4th day of February. On the Address to ike People o f the Uri- ted^States— 3^hn Greig, of Canandaigua, W . B . Rochester, o f Buffalo,, Henry Brc|Wn of Batavia, George Hosjmer, o f Avon, G,ln. Mathews, Ashley Sampson, Elisha S. ■Strong, Simeon Ford. Isaac Hills and Eb^ enezer Griffin, of Rochester. Tales and Poems—^Mark- H. Sibjey, ajid Gettige W illsoq. of Canandaigua,, A. Behnett and Amos of Avoq, H W arnPr, of Lima, Jafoes Proudfit, of ledonia. Rev. Mr. Penefo Rev. Mr, W h ile house, Rev. Dr. Comsfock, D. D . B a rfot d, Charles Perkins and Ijfoclor Colemap, of Roplester. ‘ j New African Colpi^y .— It will bs recpl- lected that not l6ng 4ince the’Corp oration of Cincinnatti passefj a restrictive and, ar- cttioured population to give ij|ctiriiylbr thilc^ood behaviour, or leave foe stafo. It n-ai for the iri(r¥valua^le p u rposesV ^ J solved by a .majorifo of them tint foey . ............... would adopuhe lliuteir course; am] accor-i “ I propose, fello.w (Citizens, a new sc It of union, or, if yon pleafo, a Christian per- iy in politicks,, ivliich I am exceedingly dc 4 $irousicill good tnen in ohr country should, join ; not by subscribing a constitution, at td the formation p f a nfov society, iiy adopting, avowing and dp.t,erqitrimg to act upon truly religious priiici|>les in all pqli i- cal matters. I am avare that the tr le Christians of ouV coimirv are. divided tpto many difterentjdenamiiiations; who have, alas! too many points o f jealousy and q th hsion ; still a tfom** fb a very great extei t, st valua' ' dingly a company wias formed, ambng^the members o f tvhich wfoe a number e f weaJv thy persons, and fo;ey have purchased a tract of 124,000 acrfo of lapd in C anada. T h e settlement noyjhasa populaticn IIW persons, aqd 1400 inote, who are Cincinnatti, expect to enrigrate spring; and they wil qndoqbledly now in in'^ (he receive afod for iin^f||cticable.\ Thu is an extract from a Serfo preached by. Dr. Eljy, Ptesbylerian Biij^^er. A Christian-pat iq politicks!— (v|ho ]|yef heard of the l!i before ? It cannot be;fo|nied that the Pr< byterians of our (ioimtt|f are grasping. liMiversal power|—both] f o respects chur fod stfite. T h e Sunday f e l l , project oh* of the I'tokji ihix tb« 1 ^ - - g r a n t t b ^ <-'■ S5\j| , .=•> ■'i !■ nura- tow n o f Pern- brok t, notifod at .Stephen K i q ^ , Jan. 1st 1!)30—lor the putjdose o f taking in to consideration tbe j impropriety of slopping lb } transportation o f tbe Mail on f i e first day p f lilie w e e k . The m eet ng was <rrganlse(Jj by calling Maj. Amo;> T y r o r to tbe tfoatr, and A . Jef* ferso;i was appointed iSecretarv. A fter a riutuai ihte|t|cbangQ o f opin ions, the fo lowing^, jcofomttiee were ap> pointed to 'draft resom tioos expressive o f the senses o f the m foiin g , to wit:— Jam e s H y d }, H u g h Lc ng, Adna Tenna, W m . W illi tm s, L e v i l j . Sadler, Benj. W right fo ( , A . Jefferson, who retired add after a f e w m o m ents consultation, repotted the folioh^iiig pream b le, •anti resoi itions wMcli w e i'eread aaduuaD' im e u ily adopted. B e lievin j as w e do, that the PFfesby- teriaus arid other C h ristian friends, uni- tiog with tiieiq in^sentim euts o f believ ing ihat il is. their im p erious dutv, for t'i e Ire appr and rgjfory of% o n , m stop he 'tl an^portatloh o f the Mail on the first day o f the w e e k , thaFthey are eiih e • grossly ignorant, and unferiiug; towai ds ^ f ortion o f oikr fellow citizens, who lapppQ to differ foorn them, in mat ters ( f riers|;iois opiniolns j Or e lse that they ressefs 7 ?‘jperseculting and tyrani* cal s{ irit y itid u t , regiird to the mio^« and o'onscfom es o f tfoeir, fellow men. and n ould iina ■:e u s sui{>ser<vient re their; view s wliedier th e y possess the legitim ate Oilhodc x riittgion ofJesuS Christ, or not. W ish in^ to e n joy'the Seuediciions o f ih ii bpaj ted land o f T ib e r t y , ttre fee { it our indis jensnble duty, to express qw * ' (lisap troba ion to tlie powerful efor- tions ilv^t vre rnaking, by a.portio|f# our fidlowl cii izens;, w h o , wishing forge ihpiql lains o f religmus intoJeranop, thfii tail gjivo iliem power aiid dontin' ion o: er H hdti ton tifisouls yet unbx>r»'- W h e iiever any Suptety- shall show if\ self, Iwhihirt ilto . U’fo4|4 o f t he Dnitefol SinUiLfo»J^7tse pritiyiptes shall tendfo any way to kut y ert ilie present order < t reh'gi'ms (lilflifio n , ^ h o p e that tl prese t i pni 1 f o fore geqftraiiqhs wUl e r lo s e .rd g i t o f epvicd Kboi-! / - '■ \ ■!»> ». / -f ■aIT\. 'i\' ' - 4 ^ w ^ ie ^ b lp ^ Cfonsideri (possess, tbe{ |im v e devisd ftnonrinions] I s lljfo cpinmoj Ijjeir inultip]| 'lYe jympre^ jre s ^ 'a n d w C?onnecticut rasp is wor ledahism . urselves an pgacy of In tequeafoed i ^ors, and sei 5df equal rig! Vense of this ffy Resolved, I'ffu o u s W d in l ^fteadjng religi ah e conrider the^ clei kf?'^Tphr 1 courts of jfnd adminis |jT h a t th e y a ind usurpkt |ln 1 ferests o f f foant to our ^institutions, |o f A m erican Ito.bring aga| foinals. P o p e p ieati of o u r e png the seep Resolved, p c o u n tr y , -fee Tigard public 70 w a h-appin mothers, as w tion and lav Uprights o f a fr 'rem o n s trate adopted by teniis to dej I tion am ong to the suppi Resolved, l^ful efforts m: tizens in thh I transrpission o f the week, anale from t and dominie rioHs to the th e pujbhck feel it our if I protest agaic Resolvidi^ I partraenis c quently reqti alw a y s in W; ance o f de R m o s t (Hstafot § m a n u facturl tural. intere closely con m o stt esped tw e e n o u y s an d th e mosi ^ a e a t — as ll tipn o f fami qulire comrat }u tbe utmoi transportatto every day it and private i vidual usefj deem it as jJ requisite for jb CI 01 in s ir i th e m ail on our troops to i our frontiers Resolved, defeat the o pray for th e xing the tras opening o f day, o f tbe w o f toleratior in Pem b rokj recom n a e n d ; couiityi-stafo selves to apt; ertion t(v re|publick.\ ■ Resolved; gious perse som e' o f out congruous a; rights and U foe late unfei to the peactj bourboods a. R e v ived , this frieeting a n ^ S e c r e t a lishers of r G e n e s e e l( in th e ir rest A L V A T o those in reflectioi o f G e n . Jaj ujpon hisjof ap ?pem y t tlfol i'ribtjite S ta r , a folij fo a r n o t jPf Presideti sjslves grqti and esrimaii is one of;tb dents, aqd; tromise$ a ioontry fof fotq. Scruj before h e i Taqishe^l 4 pexs-aoll I .iion as |\ -|s a t ' ■he t h;‘ ^ § e a b |t c k jis' fo w h o lly ^ •rXpect'Hini [par.ty, .tta| M'-
