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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY G. RITCH IE, Jun. SIGN OF FAUST AND FRANKLIN’S HEAD, FERRY-STREET, SCHENECTADY. [V ol . I.] M O H A W K S E N T I N E L , Published every T h u r s d a y morning, at the sign of Faust and Franklin’s head, Ferry-Street, Schenectady Conditions.— The Sentinel will be delivered to city subscribers at $2 per annum, payable half-yearly in advance. To companies of twelve or more who take the paper at the office $1 50 per annum, payable in advance . Advertisements of not more than one square, inserted three times for §1 00 , and 18 cents per week after. No Papers or advertisements will be discon tinued until all arrearages are paid. Books, Pamphlets, Cards and Handbills , ' neatly and expeditiously executed. GROCERY, FRUIT AN I) . Provision Store . S. MYERS, J J A S re c e n t ! j commenced- t h e ab o v e bu siness in the first building east of the Canal, State- Street. He has taken much pains to procure from New- York, a general assortment of such articles in his line, as he hopes will merit a share of the public patronage. A- mong’ which are : Old Hyson, Young- Hyson, Hyson Skin and Gunpowder TEA S ; Loaf, Lump and Brown SUGARS ; Green and A- hite COFFEE ; CHOCOLATE; Cogniac, Spanish and American BRANDY ; Jamaica, St. Croix and New-England RUM ; Madeira, Tenerifle, Malaga and Port WINES ; Holland and American GIN ; Fresh Rice, Molasses ; Muscatel, Bunch, Bloom, Keg, and Sultana RAISINS ; Figs, Prunes and Currants ; Tamarinds and Ginger Preserves ; Capers and Olives ; Mushroom Ketchup ; India Soy ; Pepper and Reading Sauce ; Pepper, Al'spice, Ginger ; Nutm egs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon and Citron ; Liverpool Basket SALT ; Sweet O i l; > ayenne Pepper ; English and American Mustard ; Lemons, Oranges and Cocoa Nuts ; Almonds, Filberts ; Madeira, Brazil and Pea Nuts ; Crgmberrys; Dryed Apples and Peaches ; Maccabpy, Rappee and Scotch SNUFF ; W indsor and Bar SOAP ; Candles; Indigo. TOBACCO & SEGARS, P o r k , H a m s, Codfish , Mackerel , Butter , Cheese , See. fyc ALSO A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Glass, Earthen & Stone Ware ; Together with various other articles, all o f which will be sold as low as can b e purchased in this city or Albany. Schenectady , June 1,1824. 1 . METALLIC PASTE AND RAZOR STROP. I T is with particular satisfaction the proprietor offers these instruments to the pub lic, as being well satisfied from the high recom- mendatnn they receive from the best judges, that they are far superior to any thing of the kind now offered for sharpening Razors, Surgical Instru ments, Pen-Knives, &c. CERTIFICATES. Agreeable to your request I handed some of your Razor Strops and Paste, to persons I consi dered the best judges ; they who got them say they are excellent, notone was returned. I sold all I had in a few days, and believe you might sell thousands in this place if they were here, and persons became acquainted with them. RICHARD WIGGINS. New-York, 1823. Having heard of the excellence of Mr. Sexton’s Razor Strop and Paste, 1 obtained enough of the paste to cover my strop ; and having used it for above four months with great satisfaction, I,with pleasure recommend it to the public, as far supe rior to any other kind of paste of which I have any knowledge. James W. Dominick . We having used, for some, time, Mr. Sexton’s Paste and have as high an opinion of its value as Mr. Dominick. S. T. Seymor, Andrew Seymor. Mr. S e x t o n , S i r , I have used the Strop and Paste which I had of you last fall, with peculiar pleasure,and do not he sitate to pronounce it the best thing of the kind I ever used for keeping my razors in good order. Yours, with my best wishes for your prosperity, R. WIGGINS. New-York, March 29, 1824. We have used Sexton’s Metallic Paste on our Razor Strops, and find it superior to Pomeroy’s, or any other we have met with. John Martino, William Lym a n , Joseph My riders*, A. Q, Fonda , James Walker , /?. T\ G. Wright. ' Joseph Stillman. l ho above articles are made and sold by E Z E K IE L SEXTO N ,. Schenectady. A liberal allowance to those who purchase by the quantity. (ET Tbe above articles arc for sale at the office of the Mohawk Sentinel. Schenectady, June 18v2‘|. School Certificates for s a le at this Office. T H U R S D A Y , W I L L IAM M ‘CAMUS, CORNER OF UNION & FERRY-STREET. JT A S now re c e i v e d , a good asso r t m e n t o f FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, suitable for the season, which has been w ell bought and offered at a small ad v a n c e for CASH only. Schenectady. June 24, 1824. 1 N O T I C E . X H E s u b s c r i b e r is d e s i r o u s o f i n f o r m ing tile citizens of Schenectady, and its vicinity, that he now resides in Front-Street, in said city, and has com menced the C o n v e y a n c i n g \ B u s i n e s s , in its various branches, and will endeavour to perform the above business, with accuracy and dispatch, and solicits employment. JACOB G. FONDA. Schenectady, June 12,1824. 1 INVALUABLE DISCOVERY. PROS SLIPS LIJ\rAM E N T, A C u r e for t h e S p a v i n , p r e p a r e d & s o ld by J . G R I F F I N . T H E S P A V I N \ s a d i s e a s e w h i c h has long been incident to Horses, and has hith erto defied the attempts of the most skilful to re move, and many valuable horses laboring under this complaint, have been rendered but little bet ter than useless to the owner. A remedy is now offered to the public, which in repeated instances has been applied with abun dant success. The proprietor is well aware that in this en lightened age, the current of public opinion is decidedly opposed to Nostrums and Patents, from the well known fact that the country has already been inundated with “ the said to be infallible cures, &c.” and although this is an age in which the credulous are duped and the wise sometimes deceived, let it be remembered, that it is also a day of deep research and investigation ; and not withstanding the many obstacles the proprietoi may have to encounter, he is ready to breast him self against the torrent of popular prejudice, and rely with confidence upon the candour of the public to decide whether this M O S T VALU A B L E REM E D Y , deserves the stamp of imposition.— Suffice it then to say, that this remedy, from the experiments already made, is offered to the pub lic under a full conviction of its beneficial effects, anu its further efficacy remains only to be tested by its general use. Although it is not pretended but there may be instances of this disease having become so confirmed and obstinate from long standing, as to render the cure at least doubtful* yet no experiment has been made within the knowledge of the proprietor, in which the result has not been highly favourable. The proprietor deems it proper and highly important to the pub lic, to observe that this remedy, with some little variation, has been applied with equal success in obstinate cases of RING BONE. The above remedy' is carefully prepared and put up in small bottles with labels attached to each, designating which is to be applied to Spa vins and which to Ring Bones, and also, accom panying each bottle, directions for applying the same (g^r* PRIC E $ l, single bottle. Druggists and Wholesale Venders will be furnished on liberal terms. All orders and communications address ed to J. Griffin, Westerlo, Albany county, will be promptly attended to. JAMES GRIFFIN. O f the numerous Certificates that might be oJ'Ci'Cd, the following only arc subjoined. This may c e r t i f y that I have cured a number of Spavins and Ring Bones, by the use of jPros ser’s Linament, and in no instance have 1 applied it without success. H E N R Y PRO S S E R . Westerlo, June 4, 1824. This is to certify that two years ago I had a Mare so badly diseased with a Ring Bone, that i was unable to use her in any way. As she was a valuable animal, I was induced to try a variety of remedies said to cure every thing, but found no benefit until I applied Pi'osseYs Linament, pre pared by J Griffin, which performed a complete cure in a short time, and have no hesitation in re commending it to the public as a safe and infalli ble cure for the Spavin and Ring Bone. D A V ID H A N N A Y . W e s t e r l o , June 8 , 1824. I do hereby certify that I applied Prosser's Lin ament, prepared by J. Griffin, to a most invete rate Ring Bone, which had defied every attempt hitherto made to relieve, and in the short space of a week effected a cure. JO H N H A Y N E S . Westerlo, June 5, 1824. This is to Certify that I have used Prosser'1 s Linament on two Ring Bones, and performed a cure by it. \ L U T H E R H A N N A Y . This is to certify that I have frequently cured Horses of Spavins, Ring Bones and Diseased Joints, by the use of Prosser's Linament as pre pared by J. Griffin. 2 . W. L A Y . Westerlo, June 10 , 1824. 3 V For Sale by B. I. M Y N D E R S E , D rug gist, Agent, Slate-Street, Schenectady . J U L Y 22, 1824. ■ E x tracted f o r the M o h a w k S e n t i n e l , From the London Geographical Encyclopaedia. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS IN THE UNIT ED KINGDOM OF G. BRITAIN. [Concluded.1 But what we have yet considered is only a part of the whole ; there is still an infinitely greater number of provincial newspapers to be added to the list. There is hardly a town of any size in the kingdom which has not its journal. Glanc ing at the Newsman’s List we observe, that Bir mingham has four, Bristol five, Bath four, Brigh ton three, Cambridge two, Canterbury three, Car lisle two, Chelmsford two, Chester three, Coven try two, Durham two, Exeter four, Gloucester two, Hull three, Ipswjch two, Leeds three, Li verpool six, Leicester two, Manchester seven, Maidstone two, Newcastle three, Norwich two, Nottingham two, Oxford two, Preston two, Ply mouth three, Sheffield three, Sherborne two, Stamford two, Whitehaven two, Worcester two, and York three. And this list (we have not mi nuted places where papers are published once a week) by no means includes all the country jour nals published. In England and Wales however, it extends its enumeration to one hundred and thirty-three, all of which are weekly, except the two belonging to Canterbury, which appear twice a week. The Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey pro duce each two weekly journals. Scotland has thirty-one in the list, to which. Aberdeen contributes two, Air two, Dumfries two, Dundee two, Edinburgh nine, Glasgow four, Inverness two, Kelso two, and Montrose two. Of these, three Edinburgh’s are published thrice a week, and three, twice ; two Glasgow’s thrice a week, and one twice ; Greenock twice a week, and one of the Kelso’s twice a week ; raising the whole to forty-seven within that period. Ireland is enumerated up to fifty-six, whereof Belfast has four, Cork four, Clonmell two, Dub lin sixteen, Ennis two, Galway three, Kilkenny two, Limerick four, Tralee two, and Waterford two. Among these, four of the Dublin are daily, and there are others thrice and twice a week, to make the total weekly, one hundred and twenty- six publications. The sum is— weekly. English Provincials 135 The British Isles 6 Scotland 47 Ireland 126 Total 314 Not one of these is published on the Sabbath day, which practice is confined to London alone. Many of the country newspapers have a very great sale, so that we should not probably far ex ceed the truth if we averaged them at 2000 . The result would be about 620,000 weekly, or 36 mil lions and a half annually, to be added to the mass in the metropolis, and augmenting the grand to tal to above fifty millions of sheets within the year, or a weekly million distributed over the country, and dispatched abroad ! ! ! Though simply speculative, it would be cu rious to calculate on these data the number of readers in the kindom, the number of hours em ployed in reading, and the quantum of effect pro duced in conversation, by this prodigious circu lation of newspapers. At a first view it would seem, that the entire adult population of Great Britain, did nothing else but print and peruse journals. It is, however, sufficiently obvious, that these channels of intelligence and of opin ion are so widely ramified, that they must have an incalculable influence on the weal or ill of the people. This ought to be a solemn warning to those who conduct them, beyond all laws of restraint, and dearer than any motives of selfish interest. We would exhort the very humblest of them never to lose sight of the heavy respon sibility under which they act.— rhe lowest pa per has its circle, upon whose minds it operates 5 and its duty, even with the highest, is— to speak the truth, discourage vicious, and instil beneficial principles. To those whose popularity gives them an extensive sphere, we need hardly insist 011 the important nature of their functions. Eve ry one superintending a periodical work in great demand must be made sensible of his power at every step he moves. It meets him in society, in public and in private : it deeply affects indi vidual and general interests : tastes are formed, judgments are upheld, acts of moment are done on no other grounds, and too often with no other inquiry. It ought, therefore, to be constantly felt, that, ct It is excellent • To have a g-iant’s strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.” The bonds upon editors of journals are mani fold.— Self-interest, the basest of them all, ought to dictate impartiality and justice; but the strong er ties of literary character, of utility, of honour, and of public duty, are twined about their hands and heads ; and, without exaltin'/ them above the due estimate of their influence, wc would again repeat that, as the responsibility is onerous, so, [N o . 5.] when well acquitted, must the reward be mighty, and the sense of gratification unbounded. We meant in this View of the Newspaper Press, to have described at some length, the labours con nected with the varieties of newspapers—^-the weekly and daily publications j but our space compels to brevity. We shall pass the weekly, and just sketch a morniug newspaper ; the contents of which would make a three guinea volume, as books are now fashionably got up. In the first place, the advertisements are con tinually printing. During the sitting of parlia ment, each journal has from six to ten, or more gentlemen of literary acquirements, engaged iri reporting the debates. These succeed each other in the gallery of the house of commons, or space for strangers in the upper house ; and remain, as may be requisite, half an hour, an hour, or two hours respectively, and take notice of what pass es ; as one retires, another occupies his place ;— and the succession lasts till the business is done. In the same way, the matter is delivered to the printers : the first reporter goes to his office and writes out his part of the debate, while the second is carrying- on the system of note-taking ; and so the whole proceed through three, four, five, six, seven, or ten individuals. This division of la bour, renders that practicable which we daily see, and which would otherwise be thought im possible. The same principle is seen in the print ing office, or chapel, as it is called. The princi pal printer receives the debates written on slips of paper, and distributes them to his ten or four teen compositors to be putin type. When finish ed, the matter is put regularly together, and im pressions are taken as the work goes on, which are submitted to another officer, called the read er, for correction. A lad reads the MSS, to this person, while he cons the proof, and jots 011 the margin, the needful alterations. Again handed to the compositors, these alterations are made in the types ; and the proof is read twice more, be fore it is finally made up in columns for the edi tor, and for putting into the shape in which it is published. The news, and politics, and all other branches of the paper undergo a similar process, and it is altogether curious to see the busy and active scene in which, perhaps, ten able writers, a great number of clever printers, superintending readers, correctors, and editors, are all co ope rating to the same^end— the publication on the morning of the morrow, of that well filled sheet, of which the very commencement was witnessed about twelve hours before. The circumstances of getting the sheets stamped at the stamp office, wetting for printing, and submitting them to the press, in pages or forms (i. e. two pages together) would prolong this article too much to we shall only mention that, for expedition’s sake, it is often necessaiy to print the latest made pa ges four or five times over : so that, though only one sheet is produced, it is often set up in fa c si miles, twice or thrice. To conclude the whole, the publishing of a large impression is, in itself, remarkable. The speed with which reams of moist paper are counted, and disposed of in quires, dozens, and single papers to various newsmen— the clamour of their boys, and the impatience o f their devils, constitutes a spectacle of no common kind. The evening papers, which take their reports from those of the morning, are, of course, spared a very considerable expence. Some of the lead ing morning journals disburse, for literary assist ance and printing, above 2001 . weekly : none of the evening, we presume, expend one half of that amount, however liberal they are in providing for the public entertainment and information. In the weekly prints, the system is nearly the same ; only they proceed more leisurely, in con sequence of their work being spread over six days. Few of them employ reporters, 01* look much after original matter; except, perhaps, that some of the leading Sunday newspapers obtain an account from the law courts on Saturday, and of any late news on that day. Their expences are thus comparatively inconsiderable, and their emoluments great. It is not easy to speak with certainty, nor would it be right in us to do 30 , of the profits of any particular journals, we shall therefore conclude by stating the common ru mour, that, at least, one morning paper is worth from fifteen to eighteen ; two from eight to ten ; one evening, more than ten ; and one, or per haps two weekly, from three to five thousand pounds per annum. Among the conductors of the Provincial, the Scottish, and Irish papers, there is to be found every variety of integrity and wisdom : and, though we anathematize all corrupt abuses of the press, yet we blame none for yielding to the in sinuating claims of friendship, or the venial pre judices of education. The whole may, however, be classed generally into partizans of the present ministry, consisting of about two-sevenths ; of moderate supporters of any persons exercising the powers of government, equal to other three se venths ; and of steady friends of liberty, many of whom compromise their personal interests at her shrine, making the two other sevenths. It may he gratifying to know, that, during the Pitt adminis tration, the then proportions were six-sevenths
