American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-10-31


THE ioIo~ngs extract is from recently published letter
o the late Thomas Jefferson, writ zen 1T Paris in i565,
fs nephew, at the College OF Wiansburgh. Va. 1t II
worthy the attention of every youth in counlsy.l
| I" When your mind shall be well informed witt,
science, nothing will be necessary to place you il,
the highest point o view but 10 pursue the interests
o. your country Of your friends, and yourself With
the purest integrity, the most chaste honor. The
defect ot these virtues can be made up by all
the other requirements Of body and mind.- Make
| these, then, your first obiect.--Gise up money,
give up fame, give up SCIENCE give the earth and
all IT retains rather Than do an immo raj act. And
never suppose, that iC any possible situation, un-
der any circumstances, that, it is bes, for you do
dishonoraoe thing, however slightly it may appear
ITO you. Wheneyer ytu about TO do any thing,
though 1t can never be known but TO yourself, ask
yourself how you would act were the whole world
looking at you, and act accordingly. Encourage
all your ylrtnous dispositions, and exercise then,
whenever an opportunity arises, being assured that
they will gain strength by exercise, as limb Of The
body does, and that exercise viii render them,
habual. From the practice of the puTest virtue.
you may be assured you will derive the most sub.
lime comforts, in every moment .. life aud in the
moment OF death. II ever you fnd yourself ensi-
roned with difficulties and perpeSiog circumstances,
cut OF which you are at loss how TO sxi !cate yuur
self, do what is right, and be assured that hat wi!l
Although you cannot see, when you take step,
~hot will be the next, jet 60 On !siow truth JUS
tice and plain dealing, ard never fear their feeding
you out OF the labyrlnth, The essies; manner poss-
BILE. The knot which you though, GoFdian, will
unite i,se! before you. Nothing is so rnstshen a.
the suppostion that person is to rxticae himself
from difficulty by intrigue, by iissisnulaon. by an
untru,h by an injustice. This increases the diff
culties ten fold and they who pursue these meth
nda fhspaa inyn ttat t,av,
can turn no way but their infamy becomes tnore
and more exposed. 1t is Of gieai importance 70 SIT
a resolution not to be shaken, never to tell an un-
truth There IS no vice so mean, SO pitu sn con-
,empibe and he VINO permits himself TO tell lie
once, will find it easier seconh and third time {.
AT length it becomes habitual: he tells lies without
attending to them, and truths without the world
believing them This falsehood of the tongue leads
to that Of the heart, and in tms, depraves all its
good dispositions
West- Chester, Oct. 14.-Mr. ABHER Hoorns
presented US the other day, four SWEET potatoes,
weighing ten pounds, averging two and half pounds
each. Mr. Hopes has succeeded in raising this
delicious vegetable. in as high perfection, and we
will venture to say iD great abundance on the
same quantity of ground, they produced in
New Jersey. His crop this year will be about sew
enty bushels fair and of fine favor They grew
in twelve rows, on piece OF land, eleven rods long,
and three rods wide from whichi appears that they
will produce much more sbundsn,ly shan the COM
mon potatoe, and are little mcrc tTouae. - lecord.
Bells-We called yesterday at the store OF Mr.,
Joseph II. White, No. 2lS Water-stree to look at
one OF Mr.. William Hoy's patent B=s for church
es and oher public buildings 1t is made Of bar
Of cast steel shaped in the form OF tr angle, and
suspended by one of The angles in wooden frame
the hammer or clapper being attached to the frame,
and moved so as to strike the triangle, by wheel
and rope in the usual mode of bell ringing. The
value Of the improvement consists in its economy.
One OF the common kind Of bells costs at least se-
renfy fire per cent more than of these, having
sound equal to it in every respect, whether as it
regards its tone, its prolonga,ion the extent CT its
reach The weight OF the patent bell is almost one
9th less than that OF the other; the expense Of
hanging it but rias and the ginei ing occasions
not the slightest shock injury TO The steeple
building 10 which it is placed. 1t is believed that
its advantages will be manifest to the trustees Of
churches, and other persons having occasion to pro-
bells, if they will take the trouble TO give it
examnstion.--.N. I. Statesman.
NATURAL CURIOSITY.
.N'eic Tork, Oct ala young turtle with two
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