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m ho W® VOL. I.T Westfieid, Friday, April 13, 1827. AT PPBMSHED BTBKY FRIDAY, BY BAftVBV VfiWOOaSB, WBSTFlEfctf, CHAUTAUQUK CO. M. Mr., Van Buren in we Senate on.thes pre [i^^'^^^^^^ff^ ^H^! *• independence of his pa ffiohtiral. From the National Intelligencer. ceding day, and because it is the. connecting link between the incidents of-tks proceeding day, ?ud what is to follow. We have said, we were surprised at the state of the vote iu the Senate. And so we were. But felt even a strouger sensation Sign* °J v ^ l ..- j the Timet. From what we hare j when, three days afterwards, we received before had occasion to say under this head, the New-York National Advocate of Fri- onr readers will have understood how we day, March 2d, Ominous coincidence df| were struck with surprise at the organiza-: dates ! containing an article which we tare tionofa party in the Seuate of the United copied entire on the preceding- page.' \Ve States, developti in all its strength, for the recommend to our readers, before tbey.read first tim?., on the vote for printer tq that bo- a tine further, an attentive perusal of it—the dv, wliicii took place on the 1st of the pres- j passage in ttalick being so printed in the eat month. Our surprise Was not much les-' original. We hope they will not miss a «;ned by the result which has been foretold | word of the wfiolc article; for it is as remar- (o as. It was a day or two before that tri-| kable for its doctrines, and even for its style i;| of strength, that we were informed that at it is for its disclosure and its insinuations. )V[r. Green, in other words The Telegraph, J We do not know that we have ever met would certainly receive twenty-two votes in with a m»rc admirahle specimen of what the Senate. It seems that they knew their) may be called, in composipou, the mystify- strength. lie received exactly that num-j ing style. That the article is from the pen hi'-, a;>d Mr. Van Buren came very near'of Mr. Van Buren, we not even insinuate. '• improving the condition of the press,\ ac-1 That it emanated from some devoted friend carding to his estimate of the duties aud functions of the press, if he did not succeed in it: for the Telegraph, m fact, claimed the election, and boasted the very next day, of country, in the position of the candidates for ''the high offices\ of President or Vice-Pres- ident: arid the order in which they are pla- ced, is moro remarkable) tLun the selection of names. Clay, Chuton, and Calhoun— and Adams, Van Buren, aud Jackson ! New York according to thii Editor, offers two candidates for the two Rations. To one oi these two, it wsobviocsly the calculation that either {he First or the Second Magistracy is to be given. To wl-i o. oi them i —and which of the cSices r * .VJJ these high matters been already seeded iu conclave here? These, we know, are pregnant ques- tions. The Kew York paper does not en- lighten us on these points; but assures us that the choice of the \ powerful Republican Party\ will be 'able, judicious, and united.' Upon the authority of one of the 'organs,' already quoted, we learn, authoritatively, that Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Clinton have buried their animosities, at lea^t so far as to agree in apposing the present Administra- tion. Whether'they have agreed, or will of his, having sources of information in {agree, which of themselves shall take the Washington, if not here present, and was | post which falls to the lot of the State of intended to give a direction to the publick I New-York, as the price of her six and thirty ^^ , . sentiment in New-York, where the People! votes in the Electoral College ; whether the the •' improvement\ it had undergone. We j are to he disciplined under the new system j first or the second of these offices is to fall to shall he pardoned for introducing here a few, of tacticks compiled here, we have no more { her share—are questions which arke, and; lines from the paper of that date, inasmuch j doubt \than we have of the truth of any ; we believe are intcntUd to arise, out of the taken in connexion with the speech of j thing of which we have no personal knowl-; elaborated article which we copy from the Of things unseen, we ouly judge from Advocate. They are questions which we we know. j shall not undertake to discuss much less to Of this article, so very remarkable from! settle, at this moment. The ease and ia- the coincidence of time, and circumstances ! difference with which the Advocate handles occurripg here, the intelligent reader will, the subject would be alarming, if they were qced no analysis. There are one or two real, because they would indicate security, promiucnt points in it, however, to which it ** ut this ease and this indifference are leign- may save him some trouble to direct his at- <**—P ut on for the purpose of smuggling tention. these projects among the People before they What we shall first remark is, that the ed- can be put on their guard against them, itqr of the AJlocate, in that article, is rri- We hope to be instrumental iu waking them dently not expressing his own views, hut o- fro* 1 ' their slumber, bcying the instructions of others. He ad- mits that he is one of the \ organized.\ He has « no other ambition,\ as an editor, \ than to be the organ,'' Sec fc is worth while to (he honourable 6enator on the preceding j edge, daw and the rally of strength by which it [what was snnporterl. they are certaiuly not the **\\ least equivocal of the incidents which be- jbngto the political history of the day. Fro.n t.'ie U. S. Tdegraph, of Friday, Jtarch 2. \ It will bo seen, by a reference to the Congressional proceedings of the Senate, that the editor of this paper claims to have, beeu elected printer for that body. It woulJ be difficult for us to express the feel- ings excited by thii occasion. Justice to thhse who have given this flattering testimo- nial of their confidence,/or6/(ji us to place iliotkc account of personal consideration. We believe it was the result of a desire to put the press in this District in a situation to i-ender that important service which its posi- tion and the exigencies of the times require.' Personal considerations, it is here admit- ted had no influence in producing this re- Fu!t: nor, it is obvious, had the best manner ot'dotn^ the printing ; but the object was to \ put the pre«s in this District in a situation to render,'' &c. &c. which means, freely translated, to be the supple instrument of an organized party, which is what '• the exi- gencies of the times\ are supposed to •* have required.\ We recur to the article in the Telegraph which bears throughout the impress of the •ajM rnind as dictated the above. \ The situation of parties 13 now changed. In the next Congress, tiie Republican party will bare a majority in the Senate, if not in both Houses. It becomes that majority tr> take charge of the intcrc-t of the country, anJ we are aware of the rcut responsibility which will devolve upon us as the orgau of its view?, and the means of its defence. TheReoublican Party, indeed ! A party the cohesive principle of which is mutual dislike and consequent hostility to an Ad- ministration, which is composed altogether of Hcpublicans,& among them,some of the most eminent Si useful men who ever before bore the name! The republican Party! No, no ; for, in the first place, this very majority, which they confidently count upon in the Senate, is, if they count aright, made up, in part, of distinguished and leading federal- ists , and in the next place, the Iiepublican3 of the United Slates have net placed their principles or their consciences in keeping otsome dozen persoas (however personally respectable and estimable,) who, by sacrifi- cing their predilections and former associa- tions, and even then* distort of one another, to a common object, may obtain a majority in the Senate, or even in the House of Rep- resentatives—though it remains to be seen, in reference to the composition of both the bodies, whether gentlemen have not reckoned without their host. They may secure a ma- jority iu both Hou3esin favour of their views and yet the minority in the nation. \ That majority,\ however, is to\ take charge of the interests of the country.\ [ The minori- ty in each House, it a; pearl to be thought, will have no business there, but to help to make op a quorum.] And the '* condition\ of the Telegraph having been \ improved\* it is announced as die \ organ of its views, and the means of its defence.\ That is to say, it is to obey orders and to defend every thing , right or wrong, which \ that majori- ty''shall resolve upon. This is precisely that sort of party organization which strikes *t the root of the TTnpnHt utilJM principle, ey resolving all questions into one single one of numerical strength, and including a- '•ke the operations of reason and popular feeling—.and exactly that \improvement\of Ine Press, which makes it a fit instrument to Sustain any usurpation or frolicks which may result from such a vicious organization of ll| e representative Bodies ^^^^^^^ \And it is our intention,\ says the Tcle- P^P'', \in the further dis cussion of the sub Whatever of doubt and mystery may hangover this oracular article, there is one passage of it clear enough. There is one question proposed, to which we find no diffi- per.— Charleston Courier. Cum for Drut.kennet*. —Doctor Chambers of New-York has lately made some important experiments or. the digestive faculties «>f several drunk- ards, by which the relish for ardent spir- its, so far as a temporary experience has tested the merits of the mediciae. is completely destroyed. The remedy has been viewed by many, rather as a fabrication than otherwise, and indeed we have heretofore looked upon Duct. C's spirit-destroying engine rather as a nostrum, than beneficial in its effect, till since we read a number of instances cited by the editors of the New-York Observer, in proof of the efficacy of the specifick above mentioned. Doct. Louiseau of New-Orleans, has also made some very successful essays in a manner similar in effect to those of Doct. Chambers, but it is said both Doctors are unacquainted with e ' othei's compounds. That of Doct. C. is taken in liquoi. and such as the patient is most attach- ed to, is preferied. It is not unpleasant to the taste, and its operation is said to be powerful, but not dangerous, usually operating as a catharlick, or an emet- ick, or both. In all cases nausea is pro- duced. There are three modifications of the medicine, adapted to the peculiar habitude of the patient, and inveteracy of the disease. Of course it is impor- be seen by a reference to the answer of Paul Busti, the former general agent of the company, to a bill in Chauncery filed in 1801. The quantity of land sold was 3,300,000 the average con- sideration 31 its. S mills per acre, nu- king in the whole the sum of #1,049- 500 and in the contraca of sale, Morris was to extinguish the Indian title and defray the expense of surveys. in 1800 the company established a land ifficeat Batavia. and daring the infancy of the settlements, they were at considerable expense in making roads to induce settlers to tome upon their lands ; but as soon as the country had acquired a high reputation abroad, and emigrants in great' numbers were constantly flocking there, who were changing the face of nature, and con- verting the wilderness into fruitful fields when this period airived all care and regard on the part of the company en- tirely cpased, and for the last few years not a solitary instance can be mention- ed where the company have contribu- ted a dollar, by voluntary contributions, for the purpose of improving roads and bridges, The petitioners state that the debts due tire company exceed $7,000,000 which is reiterated in the report of the committee, and not denied by the re- monstrant, and it is a principal in law that whatever is affirmed by one party and not denied by the other is admitted. Hence we can safely assert that the set- see how very remarkable the coincidence vuliy in responding, though the answer is of sentiment i.-. hot weep that print, in New- professed to be beyond the ken of the Advo- Who the Ms tant, in making application for persons!tiers owe the company the aforesaid at a distance, to state these particulars; suni) an( j this gja*, - |g amply secured, for as definitely as possible. In the mild- j the company in all cases exact a two est form, it fails curing in about four j fold security, they have the land, and cases out of twenty. Resort is then m addition\ thereto they have the per- had to the other modifications. MMTVIMM) covenant and security of the set- thao one dose is generally necessary, J t | er . The amount of receipts, as the York, and the Telegraph, published at the ^ at e. \Who the Master Spirit is,' who* and the greatest number yet, has not I remonstrant states for 26 years have citv of Washington on the same day—for has effected the \conctntratica\ here, and j been but seven or eight. A cure is ef- i Decn *, 38 g 00 0 ~' uhich purpose we collate parts of two of the restoration every where, to-whatever fc^ \ n the course of awetk. ,f ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^* StVTAIlT %t lilt K<lnn 0/>i/irrn,ii, I.. - I it IIM*H!L »W\» 1 — thur sentences ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Telegraph. Wp are aware of the responsibility which wiii devolve upon us as the orguii of its views, and the means of its defence. The National Advocate. As the conductor of a democratick jour extent it has been accomplished, it tieedb no ghost from the grave to tell, 'i\he persou who asks the question is so full of hint, lL~v he has not been able to avoid writing nearly OOC half of his name when he was pretend- ing to peep into futurity for the splendid revelation of the whole of it. IN'or is this nal, we have no other ambition than to be said out of any disrespect or ill will ou oar tlic f>rgan of correct principles acdt'ieu 1 *. Verily, here are a pairv ft - organs.\ Mot only has the editor of the Advocate no ambition,but he has no opinion,of his own; for he is ready to give \ a cordial, warm, and honest support\'—to what, or to whom?— To any thing that he haowi or approves?— Not at all—bet to something that he can- nut know, and therefore cannot tell whether lie approves or not. This is the very cli- max and perfection of\improvcment of con- dition\ thatsuits the party organization, which a bohj attempt is now making to ex- tend, over the sphere ofihis Union. The chess board of a state is Jhot large enough for a game, worthy to employ a skilful tacti tian—nor, We enough. part to the honourable senator. It is a dis tu;ctiou which, with his views of party con- cerns and discipline, he will glory n:, to be supposed to be the person who dares to \tide the whirlwind and direct the storm.\ A humble office, and less adventurous enter- prise, more suited to our temper, would be beneath the grasp of his large ambition. We are admonished, by the lateness of the hour, of the necessity of abruptly closing; our remarks, fbf to day. VCc have left the inferences from the analysis of these edilori tl speculations almost altogether to our rea ^^^^^^^^^^^ The expenditures I for the same space of time exceed $1 ,- Before being mingled with the liquor,!40,000. making their receipts about in which it is to be taken, the medicine ! ^248,000 more than their disburse- subsists in two forms, as a liquid, and ! ments> They also slate that the aver- age amount of taxes for the last six years is $27,000 per annum. The company is taxed oply for the unsold lands; and this tax amounts to some- thing moie than $1 00 on a hundred acres. Hence the company must have about 270,000 acres of land unsold, which putting their average price for the last year upon it, that is $2 90 cts per acre, is worth about $800,000. From these statements the profits of the company, after allowing them the moneys originally paid, ( according to Busti's answer in chancery,) and the interest thereon must amount to about $6,000,000, a sum sufficient to con- as a powder. The liquid is of a red colejui—the powder a light brown. In the lattei form it can be forwarded through the Post Office, in letters con- taining the proper directions. Upon the whole, it is generally be- lieved by those in New-York, who have taken the pains to make themselves ac- quainted with the effects of the medi- cine, to be a real remedy. Several individuals ot good standing in the city, and who had been supposed to be perfectly temperate, have avail led themselves of the benefits of Doct. C's medicine )rlhytocmplovaskilfuifac'ti- view to ascertain, it we can, wtial public! may add, is the stake large interest or what great principle, will be ad ^^H ° vanccd by the success of these political pro The next thing we shall advert is the jects which arech.edy ,footn.erely pe«-son- Ncws from Washington which this article aim their objects. These are the questions communicates. We had supposed, simply enough it seems, that both Houses of f'on- gress had been deeply engaged in the busi- ness of legislation, for which the People sent them here. Wc believe so still of the large majority of Congress. But others it now ap- pears, have been very differently employed, and M a concentration of opinion has been ders. We shall pursue the subject yet a, G ne very extraordinary cure was ex-, . 0 wu uuo a 8um sumcien t to con- ^ce^if^ b > a , J° U Tr S*?r S3 -other canal from the shores of He had been educated a drunkard. In ; Lake Etie to the banks of the Hudson. his^ boyhood, his father usedjo Jead j j f you Wl ]\ i ook t0 tbc rep ort of the \\\\*\ ~ ~ Comptroller, you will find that the whole valuation of real and personal property on the Holland purchase is a j little less than $10,000,000. The a- poh pro- which we ivish to present to the body of the American People. Httffattt<m& Anecdote of Doctor franklin. . The Doctor was walking one dav on Z'n S? ash,n e ,on \ du \n? ,he la * L s <*-' Front-street, near Chcsnui-street, in the sion. Witn what sccrecv must not these -,., f pi-i'j ,, k • „, #u , ' \ operations have been earned on, when the Cll - V ° f \J** 1 ** 1 *' * the dawn of first suspicion of a combination or organiza- our evolution, when he was thus accos- tlon is produced by a vote in the Senate ted by a Tar:— which electrifies every body ! With what! \ Is your name Ben. Franklin?\ Yes. confidence in the snecess of their plans, do « Are you the man who invented the wdfbev^ Yes, eplied the win, beyond doubt, be entered into bv the n . . a T>I . L M U e Members of both Houses. How is this as- j!\ 0 , 1 , , The \ 9a,d lbe sa,lor > for certamed ? But, suppose it be true, what t,otl s 8ak * dor|,t g lve the receipt to then t Are they to make a President and rnake it to old F , our merchant, Vice President ? We had thought, moreo-'as he will feed all his crew on it. yer that the very ground of opposition hr The story of the sawdust pudding, ha\ the Preslm 00 ' Sf Z £T\*« ™> alitcr dictum, wheat bran pudding, I- mat tnc 1 resident was not elected pnman- , „„ • . . u - J m, n . L A ly by 'lie People, but, in the last resort, by ru,e ' n th ! S manner - The DoCtor had the House of Representatives. That elec- ol ! d,,cied . an \'dependent paper in lion,however was made in the mode pre-'Philadelphia, which gave offence to a scribed by the Constitution; and this \ con-1 class who wanted to rule every one in centration\ has nothing to dowithmustv old, their own way; and the heads of this parchment, being only designed to 'save the | party, some fifteen or twenty, infoimed Ieople from their own worst enemies, them-j t P he Doctor that (hey wou ,// rewn him selves,' by saving them from the trouble of thinking of publick affairs for which purpose if the plan succeed, a tyranny is to be estab- lished here, which has commenced with the proscription of this press, and will level in discrimiuately whatever stands in the way of its usurpations. We have no doubt, now, that consultations have been held here during the late session, and that, in truth, the \lea- ders\—yes the \able and talented leaders,\ jects conoeoted with the contest [for the | really intended to make a nomination of I their own at the next session—if they can Presidency] to look to the high destiny to w hich a free Pre s, conducted for the pub- lickjjood, can attain.\ . The high destiny! The destiny of follow- «K, submissively, in the wake of the great •nan, at the peril of adestinv rather higher \>an would be agreeable—even \sky high.\ A free Press i-Parroting, as it does in th.s very article, the party Shibboleth, already 2SJ to l ° k f w £ icb . \ere it to miss a letter, the fate of the Ephraimites of old, would o- •ernanjT , t g^h a de8tinv weyroM sl) Zll W0,lId ,Qde,ib,e disgrace, and such nxeoorn we should regard as the most intcl- wable bondage. We have (deviating from our usuage in ™,ard to such matter ) devoted these pas- \»S remarks to the article in the Telegraph n«*»e of the particular circumstances un- ''\hie:; it very naturally, and even ne- * ari, ;» coaac-Cs itself with the sneech ofl first organize the Press, and by its aid stir up the People to so great a fanaticism, us to allow themselves to be trod down by the Juggernaut of a new party—of a party as much more to be dreaded or deprecated than any present party, as see recy, combination, and proscription, in affairs of Government, are more condemnable than openness, inde- pendence of thought and action, and tolera- tion—cardinal principles in the creed which we were taught in infancy—which we have practised upon in maturer years, and which wc shall never abandon, until we become as ductile and obsequious as \the leaders\ would have us. The boldest part of this article, however is that which undertakes to name \ the great and prominent meo\ who lujre been placed \by fortune, accident, talent, or publick I services.\ fertutu and wxident both taking I down, unless he would submit to the curb The Doctor proposed to explain, and fixed the time at his own house, where the gentlemen were invited to dine. He requested his lady to employ two pence in the purchase of a peck of wheat bran, and make two puddings of it—one for each end of the table, as he was to have fifteen or twenty friends to dine with him. The company met —the two puddings were served on the table, without any other dishes—ihe company sat down, and each friend was served with his slice of pudding— Their curiosity led them to try it—they examined each other's countenances ; and at length were satisfied with the pudding. Friends, says the Doctor will you be helped to more? No, they all replied, we have enough of your pud him about to taverns and porter houses, and after drinking himself, to give the same poison to his little son. Under these circumstances, it is not strange. if at the age of 17, he was a confimedI]m\on nt 0 f debts dJe'the drunkard. He is now 30. In the their | and , unso|d wi „ course of these 13 years of debauchery I from $8,000,000. Hence the property he has been thrice a lunatick—has been Lf the company is a | most equa | to tbe company, and not vary far once carried to the hospital—has had two fits, and one eonvulsion—has been found deadly drunk in the streets, and carried home, or to the watch house— has frequently lost his hat and shoes— has abused his mother—in short has been a drnnkai d of the very worst cast. A quart of spirits a day, was for him a moderate portion. He would often get up during the night to slake his in- satiable appetite for rum. This man took the medicine seven times—has drank no ardent spirits since nor had any desire for it.— Rochester Album. Remarks of Mr. Brown of Chautau- que, in Assembly, March 30, on the bill to amend the highway act, (tax- ing non-resident lands on tire Hol- land Land Purchase.) Mr. Chairman—On most occasions I have given a silent vote, but when a subject is presented for the considera- tion of this house, which effects every 1000 days; the commutation money of individual in the county which 1 have which at 62 1-2 cents per dav will a- the honour to represent, and when my [mount to $50,000 per annum\/ From constituents with one united voice, ask j this tax the company is totally exempt whole purchase besides; and they pay a tax of but $27,000 a year as they state, (though this statement, I believe y is very much overrated) for lands un- sold, as they pay no tax on their money at interest. In this ratio the settlers must pay a tax of at least £200,000. This is another estimate which I have made, and which I believe to be nearly correct; from the m3rshall's re- turns in 1823, it appears that there are more than 20,000 legal voters on the purchase, and every voter is subject to a road tax, it is usual for the commis- sioners to tax every person at least one day, and those that have property more They cannot assess less than three times the number of days that there are taxable inhabitants, and as the roads are generally poor, they exceed that number; then I think we can safely set down four times as many d^ys as there are voters, which will make SO,- ding. But what meansthis ? Why, re- plied the Doctor, it means to tell you that these are two puddings cost two pence, and fifteen friends say they have- enough. Know then, that as long as Benjamin Franklin can satisfy fifteen friend j with two ptnee, he never will for the passage of this bill, I am con- strained by a sense of duty which 1 owe to them and to myself, to contri- bute my mite in obtaining the passage of the law, asked for in the petition. The object of this bill is to subject the Holland company's lands to the payment of taxes for the construction uf roads and bridges ; and in order to judge correctly of the merits of the ap- plication, it will not perhaps be im- proper, in the first place, to give a brief history of the origin and progress of tbe company. The country commonly called Hol- land purchase was originally sold by the state of Massachusetts to Robert Morm of Philadelphia, and by him conveyed to the Holland company and it must be conceded by ail that the value of their lands have'increased as the settlers have improved the roads and bridges ; for it is an undeniable fact, that lands equally weil located and fertile, are much more valuable with good and permanent roads, than with [none at all, or very indifferent ones I will make another statement which I know to be tioe : Whenever a settle- ment has been made by a few families remote from any other settlement, and after this little community have cut roads to their habitations, the compauy have invariably added 50 cents or a dollar per acre more on lands purchased by subsequent settlers in that neigh- bourhood. Then I ask, is there any reason or justice in exempting these fo- Tiie deeds, three in number, were cxe- J reign land holders from the payment of cuted in the years f732 and 93, as will | road taxes, when in fact their wealth J?
