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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-12-17
10000 DoIIars-5.n0 Dollars, &c
2Iss nri,.v amounting to 81. 5000 i

Bliss prizoy, amounting to 5000 dolls.
GPDniy 10000 YIrhcts nthe Scheme !!
The CASH. for the whole of the Prizes can
DO had a. usual at Cohea's OUce, the moment
they are dawn.
flrl>eis -, t2nar'ers -
liaise. > % &"Ehths o.
II. Orders irom any part ofthe United States
either b, na,l tpe., PAID o. private convey
anee enclosing the cash or pr'ze tickets IN any
ofinc lotteries, will meet the same prompt and
pun,tn, attention as il ON personal application.
Address to
JL COHEN & BROTHERS.
II In the first class ofthc Literature Lottery
lr,.,., 81, the l1lh uit. BOTH the great Capitals
or.S5aapa and $4,000 besides no less than
SIXTEEN Of on0 aHl lH0 dollars, we're all
sold II COHENS OFFICE, No. ia, siari>et,
street. where more Capital prizes have been sold
rhan Al any other Office IN America,
Baltimore. Nov. &. h'pif
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II An'Jackson meetings have been held in
BncI ugham, Charlotte aud Halifax aud one is
to hc held in Prince Edward io-doy, Curiosity
induced TX 10 loel, nj the last Preside tial clec.
ton returns 10 see whai was Mr. Adanls's vote
IN those COUNT : at thai tune II was, in Char-
lone 10, IN Buckingham 3, j. Prince Edward
aud in IlaI,fx5. In all these counties where
the Iacksones haee their stronghold. we are
told the administration is daily gaining ground.
Ia Bocking harn, pardeuIarlv great changes have
taken place. aud continue totalte ,'loee. \ laree
aggregate majority vii b. given in those fnnr
counties b, rhe I,rh,oa ticket which can only
be beaten by acllv,ivan1 zaaI on the part OF Mr..
Adauss friends there aud elsewhere
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Snould bes matter Of sefious consideration; ami,
Ia order TINT il mny hecon,ld,rcdn q calm dis a..
sloui,,r manner, and properly decided, Ne "anld
respectfully suggest To the ficnd, OF The Ton.
rrrdon in the iisuse Of Delegates, the propiie-
t, OF SO amending the hi.l Introduced rs 20 M.
nl age, also 10 he talrn THEN oo,nes, however
20 be arranged IN distinct columns i,om tin irce-
holderS--ylz.
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II might afterwards be determined. whether,
in, deciding on The propr'ety Of altering the
Constitution ofasnte.opec class ofpfoperta should
alone he represented whether we should not
recur TO the principles on which SorieIy was on
ginally organized, aud ,sbch recognize every
man 10 he " free and equa :" and whether the
artificial forms aud rules adopted by all insti'n-
tons of civil government, have, in the original
onn,t tuition Of tho>e governments bv whicl, one
on more classes surrender 10 another an ex-
elusive control Of the whole community. the
mower or right 10 bind all future genera
tons
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-12-17

UlffffNI
Of Richard ;. Ellis -. AID Rev. Van Duncan
we're accidentally omitted as members Of the
Committee 10 prrDare = preamble AMI resolu.
tons AZ the Jackson amherst mrctlng in co
p,ing the orr nj LIT ~ the proceedings !;
and also that of John T. Duncan, Esq. rs ne
of the Delegates proei ionally appointed 10 rep.
resent the me ting in tienerd Caucus
In our notice Of thr proceedings ofthis meet
in, (st the time of tarir pubIcutol,) We are
assured that we were guilty Of come injustice
to the althor oftbr Preamble laI Resolutions.
We stated nothing on our own rc,ponslb,li
~" however, except that the proceedings had
beeu unreasonahly delayed -Theauthol info ms
~ hat hr Is aot cnargeabe with the delay, aud
Their fore checrfnIly admit that II WAS Gro.
neouS,V applied Ia hn Ga the SAN" author.
", aud with equal pleasure, we contradict the
frir ast'---pr The - supporter Of q. Al
ams's lrctioa"-fhr lit assertion. however.
sc presumed 10 be correct. rs we heard II sta
red by gentleman. whose word We could not
question though it's nov more than probable
that i wn< sail iolsmqig -tnd the last. We were
authorized 10 infer from seeing his name On the
Committee Of Gorre~ peodencc appointed bt y q
Amherst Adams meeting IN 1894 1hrsr re-
marks are due to ourselves "a well as 10 the
gentleman whom we have nnwittingIy injured
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FJt GaHHeatisH fgainst t8afte4aH
Frecluiers, Sanzfte Frcehohicrs. NJ Ffses
holders. holjefs.
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.,s,. .eai Ui;h every feasonah" e'pec-
:, d., they ma - nPsst Wig ~
- s,a careful ia IN manaseas t Of : err al
, Ms 4 s. sr,
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very large & general assortment Of
Sh0Ps and k00kiRg Giasses.
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I uchbarg Grammar SebooL

December II.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-01-03

Seed Corn.-A writer in the Ameri-
can Farmer, recommends the practice
of selecting seed corn from such stalks
as bear the greatest number Of sound
ears. He considers that in cornfeld
twenty kinds of corn may be found diff
ferent in colour and in size, so these
prolific stalks are a dif,ersnt kind from
others which are less so, and will pro-
duce like kind. A farmer who select
ed his seed corn 10 this manner, found
an increase in his crop of twenty bush
els in the hundred the second year his
crop still improved, although not in so
great degree; and on the third year
he found more stalks bearing three ears
than he had found bearing two at the
time he commenced the selC ction.
10 regard to the part Of the ear which
it is most advantageous TO plant, we
have the experiment Of South Carroll
ma farmer who planted three pieces of
land, equal in size and fertility, with the
three artificial divisions of the ear
The piece planted with the small end Of
the ear produced 8 bushels, 8 pecks !;
that from the middle 0 bushels, peck !;
and that from the butt end, II bushels.
Other experiments might vary the re-
suit. But it is not unreasonable to sup
pose, that Providence has designed that
part Of the ear which ripens first to be
the most productive seed; SO that, in
case of a scanty crop, the same quantity
of seed might produce larger crop
than ordinary at the next season.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-01-03

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8. 1927

In renewing our labors at the commence
ment of another year, it is with heartfelt sat-
Niactlon that we express our obligations for
the continuance of the liberal support which
has been extended TO us, and tender to the
patrons OF the Spy, individually and collect
Weiy, our best wishes for their prosperity and
happiness, and TOR their advancement in eve
ry thing pertaining TO their good, as moral and
intellectual beings.
We are not in the habit of promising much.
but we can assure our readers that our hest
exertions shall be used TO make the Spy in
terestlug and valuable, according to the abi-
y we possess; and, if we fail to do it, it
will not be for the want of industry and APP
plication to our business
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FTid1p Dee. 90

rFIduy Lee. ".
On motion of Mr.. Allen, of Mass. it was
heSoIred, That the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire
INTO the expediency OF establishing post
road from Greenwich, in the State of Massa-
chusetts, through Greenwich village, the cas-
terly part OF New Salem, on the Lumber road,
so called, South Orange, Warwick. Winches.
ter, and Swanzey, to Keene, in New-Hamp-
shire.
A message from the President of the United
states was received, with a copy Of docu-
ments relating to the British colonial trade.
Tuesday, Dec. %.
Petitions were presented from Massachusetts,,
oy Messrs. Dwight, Crowninshield, Davis, and
Hobart.
message from the President of the United
states was received, with sundry documents,
containing the information relating TO the pro-
ceedings Of the Congress of Ministers which
assembled last summer at Panama.
On motion Of Mr.. Ward, Of New-York, it
was
HeSotred, That the committee on the Dis
trict OF Columbia be directed to inquire
whether there be in force in the said district
any law which authorizes the Imprisonment of
any Tree man of color, being a citizen of any
OF the United States, aud his sale as an un
CLAIMED slave for Jail fees and other charges.
and, if so, to inquire into the expediency of
repeating the same.
Wednesday, Dec. 81.
The House then took up the consideration
OF the resolution, offered yesterday by Mr..
Ward, of New-York.
MIR. Brent moved to amend the resolution
by striking out the words " being a citizen of
any of the United States.'
Mr.. Ward accepted the amendment as
modification of the original resolution.
After some discussion the resolution was
agreed to.
Thursday, Dec. 20.
On motion of Mr.. Davis, of Mass. it was
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Military
Pensions be instructed to inquire whethe. the
name of Joseph B. Jenson ought not TO be
inserted on the roll of revolutionary pension
ers.
On motion Of Mr.. Reed, it was
ReSOlUed, That the Committee on Naval
Affairs be instructed TO inquire into the expe-
diency of establishing line of communica-
ton from some port or place in the United
States, across the Isthmus of Panama, to some
port or ports on the Pacific Ocean.
Message was received from the President
or the United States, containing information
relating to certain negotiations with the
Governments of the United Mexican States
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had withdrawn; that other delegations
were defcient-that the new regular
Congress, couvoked for the first OF Oct.
could not then meet, and would not be a
bic 10 assemble at all, for want of regular
representation and harmony that The
Senate of the Republic was moi in exis-
tence, practically, not having the con-
stitutional number, and of course the
Executive was deprived Of lis c0nstitu-
tional council and aid that public o.
pinion called imperatively for remedial
measures, but these were beyond the
legal faculties of the executive alone.
Ia Consequence o! all these evils, he
convokes by his Decree, an exrraordi-
nary National Congress, to be fully en-
powered by the People for the restora-
ton Of the Constitutional order, and 10
meet in the city of Cojutepeque as soon
as proper number of representatives
should be freely elected, at the rate of
two for every thirty thousand inhabi-
taDts. His solemn address 10 his fellow
citizens is in correspondent strain of
denunciation against the traitors and en-
emies of order; and promises the ut
most energy and vigilance on the part of
The executive, in support of the FEEDER
al Constitution and laws, until he should
have the concurrence OF the National
Congress, and be able to submit 10 that
body an account of his measures.
N1f Gn7
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Aattomal 1e0talatmre.
In SENATE.

Friday, Dec. 90.
Mr.. johnson, of Ken. from the Select Com
mittee to whom was referred the bill to abol-
ish Imprisonment for debt, reported il with a.
mendments, which were read and on motion
of Mr.. johnson, it was ordered tina: the bill
be reprinted, with the proposed amendments
inserted.
Tuesday, Dec. 26.
Mr.. Noble asked leave TO introduce bill
for the continuation Of the Cumberland Road,
which was read twice, and referred to the Sc
lect committee on roads and canals.
Wednesday, Dec 81.
Mr.. johnson, of Kentucky, submitted the
following resolution:
Res0lUed, That the Committee on the Ju-
dietary be instructed to inquire into the expe-
diency OF modifying and changing the Jude
lal system Of the United States, so as to make
the execution laws of the several States. for
the time being, the rule to govern the Courts
of the United States, in the several States.
Thursday, Dec. %.
Agreeably to the order of the day, the Sem
ate resumed committee of the whole, the
bill TO establish Sc an uniform system of Bank
ruptcy throughout the United States,'' toseth-
er with the amendments reported thereto by
the select Committee.
The Senate proceeded to consider. several
ly, the amendments reported by the Commit
tee; the object of which being explained by
Messrs. Hayne and Berrien, they were agreed
to. These amendments embraced verbal cor
rections and new provisions. Among the most
important of the latter were the following -
That enc general Commissioner of Bankrupt.
cy should be appointed in every Judicial Dis
tric'; that household furniture, not exceeding
in Value two hundred dollars, should, at the
discretion of the Commissioner, be reserved to
the Bankrupt that a composition between
debtors and creditors should be allowed,
whereby the former could, by surrender Of
their property, and with the assent of three
tourths OF their creditors in number and value,
become entitled to the benefit of the bill.
The resolution yesterday submitted by Mr..
Johnson, of Kentucky, on the expediency of
modifying and changing the Judicial System,
was taken up and agreed to.
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From lhe National Gazette.1
THE DEPARTED YEAR.
BY w. B. rAPPAN.

BY w. B. rAPPAN.
Thou waning year thou waning year!
And we have seen thee quickly fly;
Vision of days, but lately here,
We wake, and thou hast hurried by.
ln 6tful murm'rings, sadly wild,
Thy dirge the sullen winds have sung;
And winter comes, thy weeping child,
Her fieecy mantle DER her flung.
Prophet Of ages hoary seer
Thou vast not seen where systems roll
When few thy axle. charioteer!
In noiseless triumph to its goal9
Suns burning once, now 1uench'd, no trace
Mark'd of thee, in infnity,
Nor the dim worlds that hang in space.
Wrapt in their own eternity.
Thou wast-yet mortals know not whence.
Hast been enjoy'd-thou art not here,
Thou'st VANISHED, gone forever hence,
Yet we shall meet thee, deathless year,
The chronicler, unweared Time,
ExultiDgly points TO the scroll,
Where deeply grav'd with touch sublime,
Live the long annals Of the soul.
There dwell, in characters of Gre.
Coruption's deed and brooding hate
And, letter'd there, in language dire,
The man oppressor views his fate
There lives the prodigal's just doom,
And his who shar'd the selfish part.
And there, in never-dying bloom,
The actions Of the generous heart.
Before the darkIy-burning throne,
Time renders up his dreadful seal;
The deeds Of men, uncloth'd, alone,
The mystic manuals reveal
''Tis fnish'd-ir heavens chancery,
Angels behold il with tear
The scroll is given eternity
Embosoms The receding year.
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In that country. As it will flourish in alDst
every part of South America, and in ne
southern States Of the United States, it i'll
soon become an important article Of culFa-
ton and commerce in America, and eve in
other quarters of the world. The Socie' Of
Friends, of the country of the kingdol of
Valencia, in Spain, has offered premiul OF
800 reals to envy one that will raise a Gro Of
20 pounds of tea, rolled and separated,an
having the same qualities and flavor asthat
imported from China. 1t is likely thai the
tea-plant would succeed perfectly in ONE
parts Of the south of France.
France pdsr.
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Bp the .Jaall9.

PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 29.
We have the Mexican papers, .Aguila
MericGna. aud CorreO de la Federation
MericaRG, down to the 25th ult. inclu-
sive. The most important intelligence
which they contain, is, the occurrence
Of serious disorders in Guatemala or the
Republic of Central America. The
Auguila of the 18th ult. furnishes
long decree and very earnest address
on the subject. dated 10Th Oct, by the
President of the Republic. He recites
in the Preamble TO the decree-that
the State of Honduras was entirely dis
organized, being without legislative as
semhly, representative council, or court
of justice That in the State of Mica
ragua the executive department was at
extreme variance with the Legislature /;
aud the citizens, inhamed by an old spir-
it of discoFd, armlng against each other :;
that the executive government Of the
State of Guatemala had conspired H
ganst the general government Of the
Republic; seized the federal revenue
levied forces and organized civil war in
aid of a criminal stranger, attacking thu
troops Of the Republic, and committing
various other fragrant acts Of usurpation
and revolt: that the Federal Congress
at the close Of their session, the pres
emf year, was incomplete as to represeu
taiop, and doubtful Of lis proce edings
that, on this account, the delegations o
the States Of Salvador and Costarrica-
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ground, where II was chopped oil.
Mr.. RGndoiph.-A letter written in
the Richmond Enquirer, in long COM
municatlon on the subject of the APP
poinment of Committees IN the Senate,
comPlains that what he calls the minis
fer'dfasts, meaning, we suppose merely
nose who see TO occasion existing at
present to enter into system aiic oppo-
sl'Ion TO the Government did not vote
for Mr.. Randolph 10 be of any commit
tee.
This has led US TO inquire how many
votes were given, from any quarter, for
that gentleman as member Of any
Committee. The result Of our inquiry
is, that, for three or four of the { ON
mittees, Mr.. Randolph had one vote ;
and, in no case, more than one.
Nat JournaL
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Snake story.-A Virginian correspon-
dent of the National In.elligencer saws,
there is species of black snake about
four feet long, which sucks goats and
COWS. He saw one morning a cow
standing alone and still, while the rest
of the herd were grazing; and, on ap-
preaching, found her engaged apparent
ly at ease in sucking a snake. lie de-
tached the snake from the COW and
made him prisoner, and in few months
succeeded in demonstrating him, so that
he would coil himself upon the head,
shoulders or knee of his protector, and
sometimes get into his coat pocket.
" He would coil Oh me with that appar-
emf content chilG's eye expresses when
in the mothers arms.'' This Virginian
believes that serpents have the power
of fascination; and be says COW ac-
quires greater fondness for the snake
that sucks her than for her own calf.
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The following extract, from Professor Carter's
Letter, will confirm the statements made in
the extract OF a letter from Paris, which we
published in the Spy ofthe 18th ult.
Goa the 4th instant, we continued our
excursion to Montpelier. Among the
passengers in the Diligence, was we'll
dressed and afable Frenchman, who fur
nished another instance of the ignorance
which prevails among all classes of Eu-
roPeans, in every thing relating to tn
United States. Learning in the course of
conversation that we were Americans.
he gravely asked US whether our country
't'H remained British colony Although
apparently well informed in other re-
spec;s, he had never heard of Washing
too and Franklin, and the news of the
Declaration of independence had not vet
reached him. The great body of the
people in the interior of France, and even
in England, know as little of the United
States, as they do Of Patagonia or japan
"a circumstance not little Notifying
TO citizen of the great Republic, who
goes abroad with an expectation that the
renown of its arms and the glory of its
free institutions are spread through the
worlGn
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WOM.AN.

By one decisive argument
Giles gain'd his lovely Kate's consent
To fix the wedding day,
"Why in such haste, dear Giles, to wed
| shall not change my mind,'' she said
But them" says he g may"
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Wanted Immediately "A keen SHAVER
(of Chns "a sober ooD-SAwYER-and
an experienced DoG-SLAYER-three i'm
portant personages in this our village at
the present season. Man cunts but lit
tie, but wants that little good
Concord Gazette.
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Absence Of mind.-Dr. Thomas, Dish
op of Salisbury forgot the day he was
10 be married, and was surprised at his
servant bringing him a new dress.-A
gnat singing him on the leg. the Doc
tor stopped and scratched the leg of
gentleman who stood next to him.
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Cultivation Of Tea in Spain.-Tbe cultiva-
ton Of tea confined TO China for. many centu-
ries, begins to spread into othef parts Of the
earth. II was introduced into Brazil twenty
years ago, by colony of Chinese established
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A person looking az some skeletons, asked
young quack where he got them? He repl-
ed, g we raised them.n
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found that. though probably several
hundred people had been there since
my preceding visit, the animal soon re-
cognized NE. did not attempt 10 mo-
lest or tease him at all and had no
conception of ATTY concealed resent
ment. On sudden, however, when
was supposed to be within the reach of
his proboscis, he threw it towards me
with such violcnce, that, bad it struck
me, | should probably have been killed,
or received some material injury. Hap
PLY for me, perceived his intention,
and being very active, sprung out of
his reach. To every other person
present, he was gentle and good tenn.
pered, and his enmity to me arose, as
the keeper declared, solely from the
circumstance of the little affront which
| had formerly put upon him.
Memoirs Of Lindiey Murray.
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oscursd. az though sudden mis arose
ron the east, AIT, in their different
languages aud forms, but all deeply in
earnest, betook themselves to the voice
OF prayer. The cattle, as much terri
ned as the rational creation, crowded a.
bout the assembIage Of men, and seem
ed 10 demand protection or community
OF danger. The general impulse, when
the shocks commenced, was TO run and
yet, when they were at the severest
point of their motion, the people were
thrown on the ground at almost every
step.
The people at this little Prairie,
who suffered most, had their settlement
which consisted of hundred fami-
lies, aud which was located in wide
and very deep and fertile bottom brok-
en- up. When | passed it, and stopped
to contemplate the traces of the ca
tastrOphe which remained after seven
years, the crevices where the earth had
burst were sufficiently manifest, and the
whole region was covered with sand to
the depth of two or three feet. The
surface was red with oxyded pyrites of
iron, and the sand-blows, as they were
called, were abundantIy mixed with this
kind of earth and with pieces of pit
coal. But two families remained of the
whole settlement. The object seems to
have been in the first paroxysms of a.
Iarm to escape 10 the hills, at the dis
lance of 25 miles. The depth of the
water that covered the surface soon pre-
cluded escape.