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The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-04-02

The late notice Of Congress Hall reminds ev-
cry one Of the Judge in a noisy Cour. " Ii
lcnce Y! (said his HONOR there mist be silence !
Here have decided dozen causes this fore
noon without hearing one of them !"
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70 the editors Of the Georgia Journal, and other
printers in the United States
Gentemen-I hope you viii give the following
place IN your papers, free Of expense.
h!ta Ia bic Ctrc for The Consumption.
Take one gallon best quality of Rum, (for inferior
III" not DIP and put INTO it quarts of bay berries,
gathered II the month Of August-and one pound Of
Jest loaf sugar The berries be beaten 50 as not
70 break the inside kernel The kernel inside is black
Take wine glass full three times day, with an adj
dton Of from Ten 70 twenty drops or more if you can
bear it) Of Muriatc acid
had the consumption about eight years and for the
years 1872 49, and H. | was distressed with pain in
my left lo5 ~ consulted var ous physicians and every
exertion used, but no effect In taking the e.
sonce Of Bay, was relieved from the Consumption
and the pain in my leg
When taking the above YOU must refrain from eat
ing greasy vicuals. Your diet should be Of rice fowls
lean fresh beef using kind on milk taking care that
Jon do moi get wet Avoiding night air This medicine
i complete sndnnhc driving complaints from the
human system, that originate from holds. Women lin
gerlng under complaints which originate from colds,
may be relieved BIZ taking the above leaving out the
Muriatic Acid
Persons labourins under the above complaints that
wish to have the above ingredients properly prepared
would do we'll 10 visit the subscriber in the month of
August and lie will attend gratis to those in Wilkinson
county. PETER REED
Penefratirg Investigation Of Bqja=et--Whcn the
Count de Nevcrs and the French Barons were with
Baiazet. poor woman came TO him in tears TO de.
mand justice against of his servants, and said,
Sultan, address myself to thee. as my sove reign
and complain Of one Of thy servants who is under
stand, attached to TIL person. lie this morning enter
ed my house, and seized by force, the goats milk
had provided for myself and children and drank il a.
ganst my will told him that | should complain 10
thee OF this outrage, but had no sooner uttered the
words than be gave me great cuffs and would not
leave though | ordered him in thy name. Sultan,
do NE justice, thou hast sworn the people thou
wouldst, that may he satisfied this injury Be punish
ed, and that every may know thou wilt sec lie
meauest Of thy Subjects righted."
4. The Sultan was very rigidy determined that all
crimes committed wiial lbs domiuious Should w 81
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red, anil Is then supposed 10 be what, in England,
is callel English or Prussian Red.
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For Publishing BY subscription that Justly celebrated
ant hiLAlY esteemed work
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PROPOSALS BY

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Eliakim Warren, E-q. Of Troy, \. Y. has
presented $1,000 towards founding scholar
ship in the Protestant Episcopal ThcologicaI
Seminary Of The U. 5.
4 yellow earth suitable to form a paint, i
found on the farm of Judge Cowles, New-York.
On being heated it is converted into lively
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DR.. SCOTS Family Bible.

* NEW EDITION WITH THE AUTHORS LAST
CORRECTIONS,
r. be issued IL y hunters Of GJont So pages edct
Oei1Uo AZ . cents number, PIyujte oH deLvery.
TENHE work will ~ elcrantIy rritttpd an a fine Royal
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-06-12

Canal to Providence. as we do,
that the interests OF the people require canal
navigation, we deem it important they should
feel how greatly those interests are to be af-
fected by it. Upon subject of this nature,
there is little danger Of, being more importunate
than its weight demands.
A petition for an Act of Incorporation, has
been presented to the Legislature, and an or
der Of notice passed, as was expected. At the
winter session, the petition wifi be acted on.
In the mean time, measures are in train to pro-
cure survey Of The route, and minute eati-
mate of the cost of the Canal.
Below is Communication which has been
several weeks on file. 1t presents facts and
reasoning in striking view and must en-
gage the attention Of the reader.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-06-12

FRIDAY, JUNE IA bill extending the pow
ers of the Religious Charitable Society in Wor-
cester county, passed to be cngrossed.
Militia LGus.-Messrs. Rutter, of T.. s. Lin
coin, of N. B. and Nye, of Lee, were appoint
ed to report on the Militia Law of 1929.
Z. James, jr. and others, had leave to with
draw their petition.
The bill respecting the Courts of Probate in
Worcester county, was read first time.
SATURDAY, JUNE 2.-Pursuant to assign
ment, the House proceeded n the choice, on
their part, of a Major-G General Of the 9th Di-
vision, in place of Major-General Salem
Towne, Jr. resigned, and it appeared that
Brigadier-General lyERs JEwErT, was chos-
ell.
Ordered, That Messrs. Jarvis, Putnam,
Fiske, Taft, and Reyes, be a committee to de-
wise means for the Improvement Of the revenue
ofthis Commonwealth, and to report at an early
day OF the next session, by bill or otherwise.
An order of the Hon. Senate respecting the
town ofDudley, came down for concurrence
was read aud committed to Messrs. Hall,
| Phillips, and Hobart.
Bill to regulate suits brought against Lessees
and Tenants, was read a second time, and
| Monday assigned for a third reading.-Also, d
| bill respecting the Courts Of Probate in the
| County of Worcester--a bill in addition 10 an
! act entitled an act defining the general powers
| and duties regulating the office Of SheriGs-a
resolve respecting the manner of paying the
members of this House wss read once, and
Tuesday assigned for second reading.
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WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY, JuNE 12, 1922.

The Legislature. -The choice of Mr.. LLOYD,
as Senator in the room of Mr.. Otis, resigned,
is a result highly gratifying. His experience
and well-tried political character eminently
fit him for the important trust. Mr.. Webster
was thought c: by some as the successor of Mr..
Otis; but it is understood he declined being
candidate. Some of the opposition papers
express much qualification, and some exulta-
ton, at the election Of Mir. Lloyd. We hope,
therefore, it will put tIem in better humorE !;
though we cannot divine what are the grounds
of their e,rultation. If the election had been
decided Upon party considerations, there is no
man in whose fayoC: the majority would have
been better united than for Mr. Lloyd.
The. resignation of Major General Towne,
if anticipated, was unexpected to us. We
are glad, however, that the vacancy has oc-
CURED at a time when so distinguished an of
fcer as his successor stood next in rank.
A list Of the members of each branch has
been published; from which it appears THAT
there are only fourteen members IN the House
from this County. OF these, nine are of Che
democratick party. The County is, we sap
pose, entitled to seventy or eighty members
Here is evidence sufficient that the existing
system OF representation is inconvenient to the
people, and practically unequal. well-de-
vised system Of distrtetamg is, we think, far
preferable.
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[For the Massachusetts, spy.l
CAMALG.

In consequence of the desire which Is now
very prevalent to obtain information on a sub
ject not yet sufficiently understood, | have
been induced to make some extracts from
writers OH the subject, which shall accompa-
ny with such remarks Of my own as naturally
suggest themselves.
That profound political economist, DR.. Ad-
am Smith, observes, III his Wealth Of Ma
tions,' that 'good roads, canals, and rayigable
rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage,
put the remote parts of the country more near
ly on level with those in the neighbourhood
OF large towns and, on that account, are the
greatest Of. all improvements. They encour-
age the cultivation Of the remote parts, which
must always be the most extensive circle of
the country. They are advantageous 10 towns,
by breaking down the monopoly of the coun-
try in ITS neighbourhood and they are advan-
tageous to all parts ri the country" "lt is not
more than so years ago." said he, in 1776,
. that some Of the counties in the neighbo
hood of London, petitioned Parliament against
the extension of turnpike roads into the re-
hottest counties. Those counties, they pre-
tended, from the cheapness of labour, would
be able to sell their grass and corn cheaper in
the London market than themselves and
would thereby reduce their rents, ard ruin
their cultivation. Their rents, however, have
risen, and their cultivation has been improved
since that time"
I" All canals" says an intelligent writer on
this subject 'may be considered as so many
roads of certain kind, on which one horse
viii draw AS much as 80 horses on ordinary
turnpike roads or on which one man alone
will transport as many goods as three men
and 10 horses usually do on common roads
The publick would be great gamers were u.ey
to lay out, upon the making Of every mile Of
canal, twenty times as much as they expend
upon mile of turnpike road But mile Of
canal is often made at less expense than the
mile Of turnpike; consequently there is
great inducenent to multiply the number of
canals.
In taking this view of the subject, | would
call the publich attention to one fact. The
WorcoA'~~ Turnpike was constructed at an
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EConaa,s,sricat:on.l

Seeing in the last American Farmer, plan
purporting to be an original invention, for as
cending and descending on canals, when
there is not sufficient water to admit of Took,
age, ana induced, both from considerations of
justice to the real inventors, and a wish to
disseminate as much as possible The account of
the invention, to offer the following extract
from WdtiiGDl ChoDmGn'S Observations ON
Canal Navigation. :"
Messrs. Rowland and Pickering's plan of
enabling great boats to ascend or descend with
inconsiderable waste of water, consists ia
having, at the head of the lower level of a
Canal, a pit sunk as much below the bottom
oil it as the difference Of height between the
two levels, added to the depth of covered
caisson ar chest of the requisite magnitude.
This caisson, when immersed in the water
with which the pit is filled to the level of the
bottom of the canal, is to support, on wooden
or iron pillars of height equal 10 the fal be-
tween the two levels, trough or cradle with
gates or dTaw-doors at each end, containing a
sufficient depth OF water, to which the Heatins
power in the caisson must then be in equilibrio.
and consequently capable of moving with
ease between the top and the bottom of the
pit. When the surface of the water of the
cradle is level with either Of the canals, and
the end Of it is closed against the framing Of
the gate Of the canal by scaews or other
means, and the water let in to ill the vacancy
between the gate of the cradle and that of
the caaal, they both may then be opened,
and beat be admitted to pass out. Except
ing what may, if necessary, be used for reg
ulating the equipoise and change Of motion,
the intermediate water between the gate of
each level ard that Of the cradle, is ali that
is consumed, and with draw-doors to the Graz
die and single gates to each level as already
promised, the quantity must be very trivial
This plan which possesses ingenuity, and is APP
plicable in many instances, is nop carried as4o
eTecuijom on the Ellesmere Canal, [England.1
on fall of IL feet, and for boats Of 10 feet in
length, and7 feet in width the whole is
moved up and down by rack and pinon
towards each end OF the machine." a.i
The patent for this machine, which was
taken out on the 18th of March, l794, also de-
scribes four ropes to he attached to this cradle,
if preferred, passing over pullies in framing,
above, to which weights are to be suspended.
TO supersede the use of the caisson in balanc.
ing and moving the cradle up and down.
O.
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HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.

TUESDAY, JUNE-4.-On motion, voted, that
the Clerk cause to be printed 700 copies Of
the Constitution, and the Amendments there
to, to be distributed TO the several towns,
members, &c.
petition of Edward Phillips and others,
OF Sturbridge, and remonstrance of Jared
Lamb and others, against it, were read and
Committed.
Report Of State Commissioners.
The communication of the Commissioners
OF this State, under the Act for the Separation
of Maine, made to His Excellency the Gov
ernour, &c. referred 10 an HIS ErceLencys
speech was read, and referred to the Hon.
Messrs. Motif, and Cobb, Messrs. Taft, Rus
sell, Of Oh. and Mills, of w.
Petitions of Jonathan Fay, &c. of Brook
held-and Of James Hall, and others, were
severally committed,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5.-Messrs. Hobart. of
II. Jarvis, of Z. and Train, of +. were appoint
ed to consider the expediency of making fur
ther provisions for the support Of publick wor-
ship.
THURSDAY, JUNE c. Ordered, That Messrs.
Sibley, of S. Cotton, of B. and Forward, Of S.
with such az the Hon. Senate may Join. be
Committee to adjust and settle the accounts of
The Hon. Daniel Sargent, late Treasurer of
the State, to transfer the books, money, &c.
10 the present Treasurer, to take the usual
bond from him, and to report at the next ses-
sion.
.4ras'cer 10 HE Gorernour's Speech.
Mr.. Gray, Of B. from the Committee on the
speech Of His Excelency the Governour, re-
ported an Answer thereto, which was accept
ed, and ordered to be presented.
Payment Of tte Members.
Messrs. Thurber, Of M. Walter, of B. and
Mills, of w. were appointed a Committee to
consider and report on the expediency of pro-
vlding that the Members Of this House shall be
paid for their attendance in the same manner
as they are paid for their travel.
Ordered, That Messrs. Richardson, Of II.
Merrick and MINISTERS, of P. be Committee
to consider the cxpediency Of making any
alteration in the law respecting publick
schools.
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JOHN BROOKS,
COunsl Chamber, June Sd, 1922.


[6T The Govenour's speech was referred.
IN the Senate, to the Hon. Messrs. Shaw. Al
len, and Strong-and in the House of Rem
resentatives, to Messrs. Gray, of b. Richard
SON. of II. Marston, of B. 1'hurber, of M. and
Whitney, of S. to report answers.
JOINT Committee, consisting of the Hon.
Nessrs. Reynolds, and Strong, Messrs. Taft.
Webb, and Gardner, were appointed TO re-
port on the expediency of making an anora-
ton in the criminal law, so as to allow the
Supreme Court, &c. in the sentence of youno.
offenders, to bind them to the sea service. in.
stead of sending them to the Penitentiares
anu otale rrisoAs' Adjourned.
distributing The State.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4.-The following PEN
tlemen were appointed Committee for dis
tnctlng the Commonwealth anew. for the
choice OF Representatives to Congress. viz =
Hon. Messrs. Gardner. Motif, Reynolds. RAN
tout, Austin, Cobb, Otis, Allen. Cranston
lotch, Strong, and Russell, Of the Senate,
Slessrs. Whitney, of St. Smead. Pynchon
Sibley, Harrington, Keyes, Phillips. Off. Par,
rott, Marston, Seaver, Washburn. Hobart Of
a. and BuFnell, Of the I.ouse.
Wooden Buildings.
VI tue late Celecffnpn of
Boston, on the petition of Asa Eew;s ana
many Others, praying for liberty to erect
wooden Dwelling-houses in Boston, 10 feet
N height, with slated roofs, partition walls
Nc &c; referred from the last General Court, was
cameo up, and referred TO the Hon. Messrs.
Longley, Russell, Davis, and Fisher. If H.
senate = Messrs. Jenkins, of B. sprague. Of
D. Sheldon, of N. n. Whitman. Of BI.nd
Cushman, of Fr. Of the House, to report
thereon. NFO''
A petition Of Stephen Glover and others
praying to be incorporated az the Mar;no.s;
Insurance Company, with capital of 100000
collars, was referred to the COMMITTEES ON
Banks, &c. Also, the petition Of Jonathan
Davis and others, for Bank a. Oxford.
j., oll from the Hen. House to Incorporate
FIRST time ' was fcao
resolve passed appropriating 10000 dol
s,a, towards p defrayipg the expenses Of the
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e9assafbasrtts Legislature.
IN SENATE. MONDAY, JUNE 8.

Agreeably to assignment, the two Houses
assembled in the Representatives Chamber.
at half past 10 o'clock, when kIis Excellency
the Governour came In, preceded by the Sher-
II Of Suffolk, and accompanied by the Hon.
Council, the Secretary Of State, and the
Treasurer, and delivered the following
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-06-12

In an obituary notice of John Wood, ESQ.
ofVirginia, mathematician Of some celebrt-
ty, recently deceased, it is said, in several pa-
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-06-12

More recently, valuable coal and lead
mines have also been discovered III tunnclling
for canals.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
DEBT.

Ii is said that BY the laws of China no
man can be harsssed even for the Empe>
ror's taxes, from the time he begins to
till the earth in the spring, until the end
OF harvest. Mr.. Degrand, in his Sale
Report, asserts, s'that the experiment of
having no imprisonment for debt has, for
years, been tried in France, and found en-.
tirely satisfactory"
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
GAMING.

Not many months since a young man
went to one of our sister cities, to finish
his professional studies, &, falling in COM
pany with gamblers, was, in short time,
stripped of all his money. Distant from
his friends, and deprived of all the means
disappearing himselfin the style in which
his equals and associates lived, he stole
a quantity OF bank notes-was detected,
and is now in prison, as we understand,
waiting for trial. He was OF very res.
pectabIe family, which by one oct he has
disgraced, and by the same act he has
probably ruined himself.
In another city young man arrived
at a certain house, with large sum of
money, which, it is believed, he soon lost
at play. He made an attempt to supply
his wants from the trunk of fellow lod
ger, but was detected, and, before the
peace officer who was summon ed could
arrest him, the unfortunate young man
shot himself through the body
Now, it does not follow that every man
who makes bet, or who engages in a
game Of chance, will thence be necessari
ly driven to robbery, and thence to self
murder but the questions is, whether
thespirit Of gambling is not very PERM.
cious to the community and whether it
should not be carefully guarded against.
DO violent is the passion for this amuse-
ment when it once takes possession OF
man, that neither health, nor rest, nor
fortune, nor character, nor wife, nor chill.
dreD, nor friends, are regarded. All are
staked on throw of the dice, or horse
race. Nor let any one flauer himself
that he has self command enough to say,
"thus far will go but no farther."--
O6sfa frincihiis. Gambling produces
in its infatuated votaries, species of &c.
cifement, for which neither business nor
rational amusement can afford a substi-
tute. The vicissitudes give play to the
mind-the hope OF recovering losses
leads to large stakes--tilI finally despa-
ration produces madness, crime,and mur.
der. We appeal to lunatic asylums,
poor houses, and penitentiaries, for our
prootss Phiia, Union
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
A SWEET PRIZE.

A tree was lately found on the lands of
Charles Ludlam, near Dennis creek,
Cape May county, New Jersey, FIVE fee,
and half in circumference, and which,
when cut open, was found to contain a
comb, extending eighteen Jeef, complete
Iy filed with honey. This was some.
thing more than a sweet mafsei.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
BY HENRY PITTMAN.
CONDITIONS
OF THE ALEXANDRIA HERALD.

i. Five dollars year; half yearly in advance
by town subscribers.
ii. Subscriptions for less than six months,
charged at the rate of six and quarter cents
each paper.
III. Extra papers six and quarter cents.
Nv. No paper discontinued until all arrear.
ages are balanced.
" ApvERTIsEmEsTs, not exceeding square,
inserted three times for one dollar and TWENTY
FIVE cents for every subsequent insertions Lar
ger ones in proportion. Advertisements vbich
have not the number Of insertions n3St<e4. in
writing, si,l be con!fEued til forbid. ~
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INDIAN SUMNER.
The morning shines

- The morning shines
Serene, in all her dewy beauty bright,
Unfolding fair the clear autumnal day.
And now the mounting sun dispels the fog
The rigid boar frost melts before his
beam
And hung on every spray, on every blade
Of grass, the myriad dew drops twinkle
round.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
A TRACT or LAND.

known by the name of Mount Hebron, situate
in Fairfax county, and state Of Virginia near
the title River turnpike road, and about six
miles from the town Of Alexandria. This tract
contains nearly eleven hundred acres, with an
extensive orchard ofvarious traits, a mill-seat,
building formerly erected for cotton factory,
dwelling house and sundry other improve
ments. The sale will commence at IL o'clock
BY order Of the executors. TH0S. SWAMI,
aov&9 trustee.
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THE FOUNT.


,l,,- BfI. n RAM8 9SQ.
heittsds Of Apollo, in coursins the day,
Breathe tho Gre which he beams On
mankind rthey convey,
10 the world while his light from his car
Their speed II the blaze Of his mind.
Thus ambition, who goserns Of honor the
chase,
Keeps lifo's melted coufsefs In glow 3
For name is the goal, and the world is the
race,
And, bark forward! thax staft, saI,s hot
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
Dying, Securing, and Dressing
Establishment,

Corner Of Prince and Farfar stceets.
Joseph WILLIAMS, silk, wooilen, and cot
- ton dyer and scourer, from England, res
pectfully tenders his grateful acknowledged
TO the ladies and gentlemen of Alexandria, for
the liberal patronage with which he has ,oeen
uniformly favored since his first settlemenfhere:
and hopes By his unremitting care, uniform
punctuality, and moderate prices, to merit a con-
tinuance oftheir custom.
J.W's mode of securing and dressing by
STEAM sPoNGING, has peculiar efficacy in ex-.
tracing all kinds of spots, stains, iron-mouids,
&C. from all woollen, cotton and silk clothes. and
stufis, NC. ). so that gentlemen's coats, panta-
looms, vests, &c and ladies habits ,merino sawls,
lace wells, Sc. will be restored to their first CO.
lor and beauty. Also, stockings, gloves, para.
soils, &c. cleaned, dyed and dressed in the neat
est manner, as to equal their original appea-
rance. Military uniforms, gold and silver en-
broidery, fringe, epaulets, tassels, &c. cleaned
and polished to equal their original briIlancy
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-02
Tract Of Quarry Land,

lying on the navigable water of Aqua creek in
the county aforesaid, containing about $50 a.
cres, of which 20 or so acres are marsh, that
may be reclaimed at AN inconsiderable expense
There are on the land the necessary buildings
for those employed in quarrying and an excel.
lent wharf, whence the scows take the stone and
deliverit or board the vessels. This tract con.
tains some valuable tone.
Possession of the aforementioned mill and
tractsof land can be given Immediately after the
sale. They will be shewn, and information re.
specting them will be given by WM. BRENT,
jr. esq. and capt. WM. FORD, who reside near
them.