. jrjt is a certain state of the mind l ' 1 by indigestion wherein the l vlj are apprehended upon he slight : ' . • ihe worst consequences imagined il writers supposed ihis disease . ._ io ihose panicola region ol lbe -, icallj called hypochondria which ihe nghi r left side of thai cav ' '"'" .. nu i i,e name hypochondriasis symptoms mmon i irporealsymptoms areflatulen i r bowels acrid erociaiions spasmodic pains giddiness dimness , , ns andollen an uiler inability iipniion upon any subject d im f ,...: iging in any thing ihat de ' . or courage also langnidness roes irritable thougbllal de.pond l-.and dejected,accompanied wiih n ..,;.,.„: of the nervous system — elinirs and peculiar irain cd ideas ' < ihe imagination and overwhelrnn shib'.i an infinite diversity the uf men are as open io ibis afllic . j weakest causes rv life ot any kind especially se i pr'piracted to a laic hour in the night ......! riy social iulercourse or ex . ii ibit great excess in eating ., immoderate use of mercury ,.-, the suppression of some ha , ihe ohsubction of the men al eruption ; relaxation or , ",. / more important organs wiihin frequent cause trvat.mknt ,. , prjnc pal objects ut treatment are to re „, io strengthen the body and , spirits which m-.y be promoted . ., \ hours regular meals and i he bowels ll costive gulaied by ihe occasional use i we know nothing better a to obtain this end than dr william perient fills—being mild and certain ,,,,.,./ ',. the bowels being once t his inestimable camomile pills,(wki_h anodyne and a nli-spasmodic are an e'remedy and without dispute have greal blessing o tbe numerous public gome;>i,v-riaus have recommended a free i jnercory bulb bnald not be resorted to cases it will greatly aggravate the ■ ims ialcmting and astonishing facts trj>_.sthma,three years'stand y;_vli robert monroe schuylkill afflicted .,,, _ tbeabove distressing malady symptoms great langour flatulency disturbed rest ner idache difficulty of breathing tightness ricture across the breast dizzinesss ner rniability and restlessness could not lie ntal position without the sensation of ing suffocation palpitation of the heart ing coogh,costiveness pain of thestom , drowsiness great debility and deficiency of e nervous energy mr r monroe gave up very boughlof recovery and dire despair sat counienan.e of every person interested in bis existence or happiness nil by accident he liced in a public paper some cures efifected by diwm evans medicine in his com plaint which induced bim to purchase a pack ,,. pilla which resulted in completely every eympt.m of bis disease he tosav his motive for this declaration is • afflicted with lhe same or any symp dssimilar lu those from which he is happily • wed may likewise receive tho inestimable a case of tic doloreux mrs j e johnson wife of capt joseph son,of lynn mass was severely afflicted pears with tic dolereux violent pain hei head and vorniiing with a burning heat estomach and unable to loave her room id find no relief from the advice of sev ;' physicians nor from medicines of any kind i tier she had commenced using dr evans eof 100 chatham street aud from that deshe began to amend and feels satisfied if tin ne ilie medicine a few days longer perfectly cured reference can be had to the truth of lhe above by calling at mrs lobnyon'a daughter's store 889 grand street mrsannef kenny no 115 lewis tween stanton and houston sts afflic n years wilh the following distressing ns acid eructation daily spasmodic lhe head loss of appetite palpitation of trt giddiness and dimness ot sight,could i ner right side disturbed rest niter in i of engaging in any thing that demanded courage sometimes a visionary idea of -' hrav.;i,,:i f her disease a whimsical aver irticttlar persons and places groundless si ms of pprsoual danger and poverty nes8and weariness of life disconten fo,disquietude on every slight occasion she snceived she could neither die norlive;she wept denied desponded and thought she led a 6t miserable life never was one so bad wilh vv mental hallucinations *'' kenny had the advice of several eminent and had recourse to numerous medi "•'' ' id noi obtain even temporary allevia """' her distressing state till her husband per .- r to mike trial of my mode of treatment e s now qtiite telieved and finds herself "'''>' of attending to her domestic al ms but avows that he enjoys as good health al kent as she d,d _, anj ppriod of bpr psistence j kenny husband uf lhe tfojmij anne 7 ny beforeme this 14thday of december peter pisckney com 0f deeds caseofacute fhu wat1sm with au affection of the ';.'_»— cured under the treatment of drict0r tni evans1 100 chatham street jjew '■> mr benjamin s jarvis 13 centre st ark n j.,'affli'".tedi for four years with sin all hi j i uts which were always i on the slightest motion the tongue ■ u!v whiteness ; loss of appetite in his head the bowels commonly ve . the urine high coloured and often ng unattended by relief the a a were also attended with consid ficoliy of breathing wiih a spnse of • across the chest likewise a great want u e»ergy in ihe nervous system ' • nh ve symptoms were entirely removed aperh ct cure effected by dr wm evans f . .. __ benj j jarvis hw new york ss s jarvis being duly sworn doth de rr 1 s^y hat be fa,,,s stated in tha a '»* certificate subscribed bv him are in al c r.''.,n,e reals jarvis gmbefow me ibi825ih of november 1836 •»« vtreet m saul n°tary fubuc 9g a suld y the f0uowing livi^il brown salisbury n c j li v i.,-ijs bookstore cheraw s c £ uvs camden s c »'-. i ,, tlr\gsifra columbia s c aralfaa wtaithm^lii pexdletox $ bruneb f no 27—volumf yt1t ___„_„. n > published weekly at two bolls and fifty cts < jul vj1j editors axd proprietors j 9 * "* * ) whole no 39i salisbury january 31 1840 silk-worm eggs the subscriber offers for sale at 50 cents per thousand a very large quantity of silk-worm eggs carefully raised by herself and in a good state of preservation martha d frontis salisbury jan 17 1840.—tf dibblee pr ay & c wholesale dealeu9 in staple an if auto jstlfe goods 125 pearl sc 78 beaver streets new-york january 17,1840,-4125 sfew concern at davidson college the subscribers would inform their friends and the public in general lhal tbey have entered into co partnership in lhe mercantile business under the firm uf brown fe sparrow and solicit a continuance of the patronage se liberally extended io tbe former concern of michael brown they hope by attention to business a good slock of goods and at low prices to merit a continuance of the same michael brown thomas vv sparrow jan 13 1840-3w26 p s those indebted to the former concern of michael brown which was dissolved on the 12th inst.j will please call and settle the same with thomas w sparrow who is fully author ised lo grant discharges michael brown great western stage line from salisbury to ash ville n c arra.\gement for 1840 the above line is now in full operation and arrives at and departs from salisbury as foi lows leaves salisbury on mondays thursdays and saturdays at 5 o'clock a m arrives at ashville next days at 8 o'clock p m returning leaves ash ville on mondays thurs days and saturdays at 5 o'clock a m arrives at salisbury nexi days at 8 o'clock p m a bencinf r w.long n b passengers leaving raleigh n c for nashville tennessee will find no delay whatever on this route a b & r w l salisbury n c jan i7ih 1840.—if 25 takwup and committed to jail of rowan county on the 13th instant a negro man who says his name is john ar.d belongs to thomas b stone of alabama tbe owner is requested io come forward pay charges and take him away david kerns jailor jan 24 1840—tf26 just received and for sale wholesale or retail 75 kegs nails assorted sizes 8g0 bars iron ii to 2 inches wide 2000 lbs spring steel 500 lbs am'n blister do 1500 lbs bar lead 15 kegs powder 24 hhds sugar go bags coffee 100 kegs white lead 15 coils rope 20 pieces bagging 40 boxes glass 8 by 10 20 do dn 10 by 12 40 nova scotia grindstones 240 bottles scotch snuff by j & w murphy salisbnry jan 3 1s40 " notioat j v e the undersigned having disposed of onr v ™ establishment give ihis notice to their customers lo come forwaid and make immediate i payment those who neglect this our last call may expe.t m have iheir aerouuls to pav lo some lawful officer who is appointed for said purpose jones & roberts january 24 1840 5w26 wanted one hundred gallons of fre«h colojless cold pressed caster oil apply to c b 8 c k wheeler jan 24 is40 — if_6 iron from ihe king's mountain iron company the subscribers have made arrangements wiih the above company for a regular supply of superior iroir which is well adapted io wagon and carriage work horse shoeing c ; which will be sold on reasonable terms j a w murphy ! s-!.rsb«ry hsp 6 lff^.—.fimlo ' poetical the passage from the gebm..n of uhlard many a year is in its grave since i crossed this restless wave and the evening fair as ever st-ines on ruin rock and river then in this same boat beside sat two comrades old and tired ; one with all a father's truth one with all the fire of yuuih one on earth is science wrought and his grave in silencp sought ; but the younger brighter form passed io baiile and in siorm so when'er i turn nvne eye back upon the days gone by saddening thoughts of friends come o'er me friends wbo closed their course before me yet what binds us friend lo friend bul that soul with soul can blend soul like were ihose hours of yore let us walk in soul once more take oh boatman twice ihy fee take—i give it willingly for invisibly to thee spirits twain have crossed with me !—-_—___■ for the watchman ] messrs editors.—the long promised atten tion trom the editor of lhe banner has al h ngth appeared and found me perfectly coed and com posed and though the remarks of mr g sa vor a little of calidity yet they are much more mild than hose contained in his first effusion but he appears lo have forgotten thai he was i charged tv if h a isreprf-_.rila.ion of the proceed ings of the temperance convention if he is not guilty justice to himself requires a defence ; if he is guilty if too mucb heat and a want of rue knowledge on the subject led him into an error candor and true magnanimity require a con fession but in ibis mailer he can do as he may think best .- he stands charged but mak»s no de fence.and ** silence gives consent vve thank him cordially for the quotation which he has presented ns from sterne " that heat is always in proportion to lhe want of irue knowledge " the iruth of this remark is glowingly exempli fied in mr g's lam editorial remarks on the temperance convention ; for had he known lhal the members thereof were not guilty of tho_e charges which he preferred against ihem he would have remained silent and had he not oeen heated in his opposition to temperance so cieties he would not on a mere suspicion of ob jectionable features in the proceedings of a large body of respectable men applied lhe opprobioos epithets of heated fanatics and misguided phi lanthropist to ihem bat we are cautioned lo be more lemperale in our remarks if we wish se rious attention if we ever make a more severe charge opon mr g than heated fanatic we will not expect serious aiteniion faualicisni means healed en thusiastn and heated fanaticism must therefore border so near on insanity or madness that there is no name lo distinguish it therefrom if mr g's feelings are so fine as to cause him to writhe under a slight casligation he should hereafier.be more mild in his infliction of stripes on others oor design is not lo offer him any personal in ull we are devoid of all angry feelings towards him ; but we disagree with him in opinion on t mperance and claim a right to defend our opin ions dr young obseives " to recriminate is just the names of the members of the convention had all been published to the world and they en | masse were charged publicly of a near approach j io heated fanaticism under these circumstan i ces we did not scruple lo use in our defence i publicly the name of uor accuser we agree with mr g that " to much zeal frequently in > jures any cause and we would venture even a little further and say it always injures a cause but we confess lhal we are surprised after for mer charges of soch ponderous weight to find our friend under the necessity of crossing lhe atlantic oi-ean and locating his scenes of heat j ed al and misguided philanthropy in the tern j perance cause in the british parliament and j even there be appears to find it in a modified i shape oniinged wilh any thing worse than rnis s-dided philanthropy heated fanaticism al j thongh it appears to have embarked for a foreign j land had not arrived jn the british parliament ' when our friend lpft ft seems necessary a ways for anti-temperanop men tn loca'e the fa ', naiical operations ofthe temperance party jn re j mote regions and to use far fetched arguments j for tangible evidence is bnt seldom to be corneal j but wherein have the members of ihe british | parliament ron mad on the tpmperancp subject ?| mr g takes care not tc tell oa have they ceaeed to drink rum . would it be a cause of j regret in this coonlry if the members of con grpss wenld do the samp ? wp rejoice that some j of them have done so or has it been through j their instrumentality that the beamiful and ac complishpcl qnepn victoria is an activp agent cf ihe temperance cause or havp they manifpst ed some opposition to the support of the 47.000 grogshops in thp city of london and to the an j nna pxpendimre of 50,000.000 nnnnds sterling in great brira.n nnd irpland for ardent spirits ?\ or what have ihev done to [, ve their misgui ; dpd philanthropy f wp wish in be informed \ as lothe licence law mr g says that in temperance existed prior to its passage this we admit and il has existed in as great a de i gree since as before and thpre!bre we say that the law has no beneficia effect but it is actual ly injurious for the retailer can now plead tbe sanction of ihe law in palialion of the disgrace which would actually attach to any one who would actually engage in such a calling without such sanction moreover he who pays for li cence m retail and establishes a grocery or dog i ery in order to make it profitable most use in i du.iry in seenring customers and his shop soon | becomes the resort of crowds of the baser sort j who quarrel and fig.it and are indicted and the j county is taxed wilh the osts tbe 4 00 j paid hy the retailer will not pay the c_st of one j fight and can mr g point out a grog shop that jrasm/i pro.dut__d a single fight in tbe course of • one year ? now permit me to say to my friend g thai i was once a violent opposer of temper ance societies myself i wrote against them acd talked against ihem and tried to have some good reasons for my opposiiion bul i never could find more ihan one and that was—i loved the article and i bave the following reason for believing ihat ihe opposition of others arises from the same cause viz " as face answeretb to face in a glass so doth the heart ef man to man veritas for the watch5.ar colimon schools the act passed by the last general assembly of the state of n carolina to divide the counties into school districts and for oiher purposes i have carefully read and am inclined to ibink ihat common schools cannot be brought into operation under its regulations tbe act says ihe 6ize of the districts shall be six miles square but does not say where the school house shall be located whether in the centre or elsewhere bui the im plication is that it shall be in the centre and there it certainly ought lo be in order to equal ize as nearly as possible the distance to the schooi house from all pans of the district but lhe centre sometimes would be found in the cen tre of a plantation or in lhe centre of a traot of land where if an attempt should be made to build it is probable the proprietor would oppose it but admitting tbe proprietor grants liberty lo build and a school bouse is erected worth a hundred or more dollars he having the legal righi of the land and all that appertain thereon ro might dispose of it in any way he might think proper and thereby entirely deprive the school of the house tbe act has mide no pro vision to purchase and charter land for the use of common schools and hence i presume many will not feel disposed to build on such uncertain premises tbe 9th section of ihe act reads as follows be it fonhei enacted that forty dol lars oot of the nett income of the literary fond for ibe year 1839 ia hereby appropriated to each district n said counties where the vote shall be in favor of the establishment of common schools which shall be paid by the public treasurer up [ on the warrant of the governor upon the certi ficate of the chairman of the board of superin tendents of said counties that taxes have been 1 levied to the amount of twenty dollars for each school district in their respective counties and that school bouses have been erected in oach district,sufficient to accommodate at least fi y scholars it is sufficiently plain from this act that the counties tbat have voted for the estab lishment of common schools can obtain no mo ney from literary fund until they have built school houses in each district if there were 25 districts iu a county and 24 of tbem had built such school houses as the act directed yet the county is noi entitled to a cent frem the literary fund until lhe 25th is built now ta king into consideration ibis act the thin popula tion of many parts of the counfties and that the school-honses are to built gratuitously we have reason to believe that school houses will not be built in each district for years to come therefore it would be premature in the coonty courts lo levy a tax for the schools before the housas are built in each district it is the opinion of some that levying a tax for the sup port of common schools will have a tendency io canse the people to feel a deeper interest in iheir welfare and excite them lo watch the management of them more c.osely but be ihis as it may matter of fact has proved that many on this ground aie opposed to them and therefore are resolved to withhold from them their aid their conclusion is if the people were all able to educate iheir children there wonld be no need j for such schools and therefore lhe needy ought not lobe taxed for their support who with great difficulty pay ihe tax already imposed on ihem they are aware that tbe rich are taxed as well as lhe poor but ihe poor man io proportion to h is property pays as much as the rich man and ihe rich have hes3me privilege the poor have io send their children to school and thereby cab get the value of their money raised by taxation as well as their proportionable part drawn from tbe literary fund moreover they think it unjust that those who have educated iheir children at their own expense should have a tax imposed up en them whereas a considerable pan of the mo ney thus raised will go to educate the children of those who are able to educate iheir own children those who are naturally sanguit.e may deem the plan sketched out by the legislature all suf ficieni to bring1 common schools into operation j and may consider lhe above objections frivolous but whether they are frivolous or not tbey have divided the people and as the expense of build-j ing of the school houses falls on the people there must be a union and a simultaneous effort made by them to effect the business otherwise the wnrk will remain undoneforoever this is too evident i think to be disputed the writer of ihese remarks is much in favor of education bat he is of opinion that the plan pointed out by lhe legislature will not answer the purpose for which it was designed and as education is a sub ject of great importance he thinks the plan laid down by the legislature ought lobe fuliy can vassed by which means if the plan is defective its defects would be discovered and hence a bel ter one might be adopted nerl how soon the doors of the tomb are to close upon the last soldier of the revolu tion ! how soon is lo fall the coitain of sepaiation between the generation of hero ic spirits who achieved our independence and the generation to whom is entrusted tbe high destiny of its preservation almost every mail brings os accounts of the decease of revolutionary soldiers a pennsylvania ' paper mentions the death of capt david davidson in his 88th year at lost creek valley juniata county he died on the nioht'of the 25th december sixty-three years ago on the 25th december he cross 1 ed with hia brethren in arms the river dela ware to aid for the first time to fight the j battle at trenton he was a soldier in he i full sense of the word and was in various battles such as trenton princeton bran dywine stony point germantown mon mouth greenspnng and yorktown ; and it was not until the conclusion of the war | that he exchanged the sword for the plough share aod tbe spear for the pruning hoot with an honorable wound and without be ing contaminated with the vices so conta gious in camp.—n y whig slander refuted the following letters from gen harrisox scatter to the winds the miserable slander of the | administration press that he voted to sell ' white men : correspondence with mr pleasants richmond sept 15 1836 dear sir : your political opponents in the r stale of maryland bave for some time been ac | lively urging against you a new charge—that of selling white men which probably had no incon siderableeffect in the recent elect ions in that state and which is evidently much relied upon to in fluence tha approaching elections throughout the united stales i enclose you a paper the bal timore republican containing the charge in full and i beg of you as an act of justice to yourself and your friends to enable me lo refute a charge against the uniform tenor of your life which i am well aware has been replete with in lances j of distinguished private liberality and public sac rifice with the highest respect i have the honor lo be yonr fellow-citizen ! john h pleasants gen wm h harrisor richmord sept 15 1ss6 dear sir .• i acknowledge the receipt of jour favor of this da'e 1 have before heard of thp ac cusaiion io which it refers on my way hither i met yesterday wiih a ycung gentleman of ma ryland who informed me thai a vote of mine in the senate of ohio had been published in tavor of a law lo sell persons imprisoned under a judg ment fur debt for a term of years if unable oth - erwise to discharge the execuii n i did not for a moment hesitate to declare tbat i hud never given any such vote ; aud ihat if a v-te of that description had been published and ascribeel io me it was an infamous forgery such an aci would have been repugnant to my feelings and in diiect conflict with my opinions public and private through the whole course of my life no such proposition was ever submitted to the legislature of ohio—none such would for a mo ment have been entertained—nor would any son of hers have dared lo propose it so far from being willing to sell men for debts which ibey are unable to discharge i am and ever have been,opposed to all imprisonment for debi fortunately i have it in my power to i show that such has been my established opinion ; and lhat in a public capacity i avowed and act ed upon it w ill these who have preferred ihe unfounded and malicious accusation refer to the journals of the senate of lhe united siates 2d session id th congress page 3-25 ? it will there be seen that i was one ot the committee which reported a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt when the bill was before the senate 1 advoca ted its adoption and on its passage voted in its favor see senate journal 1st ses.iun 0ih congress pages 101 and 102 it is not a little remarkable that if tbe effort i am accused of having made to subject men to ale for the non payment of their debts bad be<*n successful i might from the late of my pecun iary circumstances at the time have been he i first viclim i repeat the charge is a vile c l lumny at no period of my life would i have j eonsented to subject the poor and unfortunate to i such a degradation ; nor have i omitted to exeit myself in iheir behalf against such an attempt to oppress ihem fi is sought fo support the charge by means of garblpd extracts from he journals of lhe senate of ohio the section ofthe bill which is era ; ployed for lhat purpose had no manner of refer i ence to lhe relation of creditor and debior and | could noi by possibility subject the debtor to the , control of his creditor none know better than j the authors of the calumny rhat the alledged sec i lion is utterly at variance wuh the charge which i i attempted to be founded upon ir and that so far from a proposition fo invest a creditor with power ovet ihe liberty of his debtor il has res pi et only to the mode of disp ing of public nffen | ders who had been foiln i guilty by a jury ol j their fellow-citizens of some crime againsl ibe ; laws of their slate that was exclusively the i import aod design ofthe section of the bill opon j lhe motion to strike out which 1 voted in tbe ne i ative so you perceive that in place of voting | to enlarge the power uf creditors he vote which ; i gave concerned alone the treatment of male i actors convicted of crimes against the public it would extend this letter to an ine nvenient j length to go fully into ihe reasons which led me i at ihe time to an opinion in favor of tho proposed j treatment of that class offenders who would i have fallen wiihin its operations nor is eoch an expo-e called for the measure was by no means ! a novelty in other parts of the cnootry la lhe stale of delaware there is an act in force in sim ilrtr words with the section cfthe bill before the j ohio senate ichich has been made ef late the pretext nf such invidious invective law i'ii i somewhat similar provisions may be found in ma i ny of the statps id practice tbe measure w old 1 have ameliorated the conc.i ion of those who were under consideration as he law ood ihey were liable under the sentence to confinement in the corn"^nn jail where offerders of various de grees of profl gacy—of differ nt ages sex andcul or were crowded together under such circum stances it is obvious tbat the bad must become worse whilst reformation could hardly be si peel ed in respect to any the you.bfnl offender it m'cht be hoped wo-dd be reclaimed under the operation ofthe proposed sys'em ; but there was great reason lo fear his still greater corruption amid the con'agion of a cimm»n rec-ptacle uf vice bpside.,"th proposed amendments of the la pre su prised that the delinquent was in con finement for the n n-p.ymerit oi a fine and casta of prosecution — he payment of which wa a pari of the sentence it seei.ed iherefore humane in respect in t'ie offender tp relieve him from confinement which deprived him of the means of discharging the penalty and in place him in a sitoaii'.n in which he might work out his de liverance e*en at the loss tor a time of bis per sona liberiy but i forbear to go further into the renins which led me,sixteen year ago as a member of lbe ohio senate to enterta.n a favorable opinion of an alierauonjw hic-i was proposed in tbe crim inal police ofthe siatp it is pertain th=t nei ther in respect lo mysplf nr ihn i „ cn-cimed with me waa the opinion al ihe time c.nsij rrj as the result of unfriendly bias toward th poor or unfortunate nay ihp last object which i c-uld have antcipaied even fiom ihe mger and resth.s desire in assail me was a ch irg of cn friendliness to ihe humble and iioor of the com muniiy i am my dear sir wiih great respeer your humble servant w h harrison j h pl.eas._nts esq letter to cincinnati editor is-.1 sir in yonr paper nf ihe i5ih inst | ob served a m st violent ai tack upon eleven ruber members of ihe lale senaip and my*»li fur a supposed vote given i the last session for th p'.s.aa uf a law to " sell debtors in certain cases if such had been onr enuiort i ac kr.owlerig thai we should not only desene the -. censure which the writer has bestow j op n ns bul lhe execration of every honest man iu s cil ety an aci of that kmd'is not only apposed la the principles of justice and humanity but would be a palpable violation uf the constitution of ih state which evpty legislator is sworn to support and sanctioned by a house of represen'.ali e aod twelves senators it would indicate a state of depravity which would fill every pairioiic bosom with ihe most aiarming anticipations l_m the fact is that oo such proposition was ev r made in the legislature or even thought of tho act lo which the writer alludes h:is no mere relation fo tbe collection of " debis " than it has o ihe discovery of longitude it w»s nn act for the punishment of offences'aganst ihe state and that pan of it which has so deeply won de<i ihe feelings or your correspondent was passed by the house of r preservatives aid voied fur by the twelve senators under lbe impression i that it was the most mild a nd humane mode of ; dealing wuh the offenders ul whese cases i was ! intended il was adopted by the house of rep rusentilives as a part of the general system of the criminal law which was then undergoing a complete revision and amendment ; tha necessity of this is evinced by the following f.cts : for several vears p.st it had become apparent lhat the penitentiary system was beionrng more and moie burdensome a every session ; a largp ap propriation wasc;i!!"d for to meet the excess of expenditure above the receipts if the establish | mnnt in ti e commencement of the psstaa of | 1-.0 the deficit amounted io near 20,000 this growing evil required ihe immediate in terposition of some vigorous legislative measor ■ two were recwnni nded as being likely to pro ! dnce thp effect firs placing thp institution un der better management ; and ser.mdly le«sen i ing the number of convicts who were sent t ce i for short periods and whose labor was for.r.d to i he most unproductive fn pursuance of the lat j ier principle thefts io the antona of 50 or upwards were objected to punishment in the f penitentiary instead of 10 dollars which was i the former minimum saw : this was easily d p but the grf.;tt difficulty remained lo determine what should be lhe punishment of those nomer ous larcenies below the sum of 50 by some whipping was proposed ; by others punishment by hard labor in ibe county j.il ; and y others it was thought best lo make ihem work on the highways to all these there appejr d insu perable objections ; fine and imprisonment wero adopted by the house of keprespnlaiives as he only alternaiive ; and as it waa well known these vexatious pilfering were fr nerally perpe trated by the more worthless vagaboodi in s.-ci ety ir was added that when they could not pay ihe fines and co.'-ls which wprp always pari of the sentence and punishment their vicps should tbe sold out to any person who would pay their fine and cosis for thpm ihis was the cliusp j that was passed as i believe by a unanimous \ vote of lhe house and stricken not in lhe sen i ate in opposition lo lhe twelvn who have bepn denounced a little further trouble in examin ing he journals would have shewn your cures pondpnt hat this was considered s a substitute for whipping which w lost by a snub voic of tbe senate and in iiip house by a small ma joriiy.after hpinjr once passed i think mr editor i havp said enough in show that ihis obnoxious law would not haveap plied to " unfortunatp debtors of sixty four years but to infamous offenders who depreda'e upon ihe properly of their fellow citiz as and who by the constitution of lhe senate as well as the principle of existing laws were subject lo in voluntary serviiude i rno.t confess i had so very sanguine expectations of a beneficial effect from the measure as it would apply to convict who had obtained the age of maturity ; bill i had supposed that a woman or a yobih wl . convicted of an offence remained in jail f r lhe j payment of lhe fine and costs imposed m with great advantage be transferred to ine re-i i d.nce of some decent virtuous pnvs'e family ; whose precept and example would gently it d | them haek io lhe paths of reciitudp i would appeal to the candor of y rr i pendent to ay whether if therp weie an i vidoal confined under the rircun.siarc i i j mentioned for whose laip hp was interested i _ i wruld not gladly see him transferred frcm iln '■ filihy inclosore of a jail,and he sull mor fi ;!.. inhabitants to the b_fo lable m.i.in ul - j virtuous citizen ivho aiiir dittoes w uld heck i his vicious propen-it:es and whnaeao'h rilj i vei | him would hp no more ib«n :«>_ rcwed i«ver i ihonsand6 of apprentices now in nr <• oi p . i those bound servants wh'cli n ' as ell as in every s . i • • fn-m advocating the al ti iii'ite'l to me i . ' i that imprisonment fur ■ ces but that where fraud is with thi best pri'ieij s rfour . . and ought to be abbiisht d i am sir yooi homhle nr int , \\ to h harrison north bend dec 22 '.--!. whatever mr cooper undertakes io de scribe he does it with the land nl a ma u i , i i a sinjie chapter of dtscription from his * g pen conveys cm re disliocl ideas f the il . i and persons of «• hutri he \. m than fell lhe i volumes of first impressions wbieb dave ever becn pubhsbtd '— sat news the wowing exi c - rmohis gleanings in europe !,'/ an american i hey cui.iaiii ucn aa y iruih : ' there i less of i moll ed poi liecpii the english press i • »'■« i pre-un ; owing ta ihe i - n is neiibersooverwbc a gi sot/mi ly t fluenrpd tbeconstaol praeiiei _' wthe ft in america has given rise ti ne vilesl fraodsof ihis ehararier thai are ol constant reemrence when it i wished lo induce he poblic lo i k in a paritco-fr way iht lir-i s«ep s iu aff-c lhal orb isalready ihecc ment ii rxp^c tali n ths detereoce lo ihe ven.rui iiopr will bring about ine desire rod i have known frauds of ibis wtore conae ■-- wi h pen malice which if expmed ■ m draw down tbi inn'igr.a'ion of every honest man in he na'i.n en those who practised hem \ s-nn of whom now pass fo mea of fair characters it is scare fy tttesgkfy to s_y th_.t suc.i mpn are thieves ia