The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-18

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some wag at the North reversed the letter,
and spell il O-GRAB.M Me The thing spread
like wild-dre-nobody would listen TO reason
ar argument--lhe monster O-grpb tue Va
constantly ia view, and their only thoug'i
was IL d. sirog h m. Such WAS the effect OF
this prejudice that every state north "a the
Delaware became federal. The event howe
yer was not without its advantages. Il has n A.
least taught MS thht intelligence u tue besl
sfegnard OF n nation--in other words thai
" knowledge is power" While therefore TIE
opponents OF the administration are seeking
TO awaken the cupidily and excite the preiu-
dices ol the people against II, htasureo, be Il
our task TO endravonr To inform them, by pre-
senling in simplelansnage such plain aud nrac-
tioal truths rs are best calculated 10 promote
this end,
From an Eastern piper
HISTORY OF a COUNTRY VILLAGE.
As The history goes, in the state Owe will
say Observation-Disclosures existed In times
past. avery hourishing village, which from
ITS being sItnaiedi IN remute corner OF the
stnte. had but little foreign trade, and the VII
'agels we're consequently IN the habit OF ma
unatluring altnos, all articles Tor domestic
use amoug Themselves. Mr.. Rorum supplied
his neighbours with hats--Mr snip, the tabor,
made eoats-and Mr. Crlspin made shoes. In
flblit me DlhLkaU1lln Ilf CIV Dti'Nl, WV idb-
inet.m maker, tho silver.smth, all found employ.
meni, and supported their families in eese
aud competence. The school master, the
doctor, the lawyer, the barber, the printer
and the parsou found Efficient patronage A.
moug them AID altogether gave profitable
business 30 the grocer. and 10 the dealer IN
fancy articles. The farmers also, Tor twenty
mile round felt the general effects Of this vii
age prosperity. They found Il ready market
for their corn, aud pork, and Hour, and but
ter, and beet aud even the good woman de
rived proportional advantage from tue pros
perily al others she found no difficulty in
the exchanging h"rponltry aud her egg aud
tho production, OF her loom, TOR cash, or SUI
gar aud tea ; o, tobacco aud suun, ii sue hap
pcned TO prefer these articles, US COM good
women willard was never ut loss for
new bonnet.
Bat time effects changes every where. The
lawyer went TO Boston. aud found that he
could obtain a coat for less sum than he
was in the hhbit of paving Mr., snip, the vii
lage tailor II Was his interest, he thought, 10
huy On The cheapest terms. So lie bought all
his coats at Boston II became fashionable,
aud all the vilagors followed his example.
They were not 20 be taxed, they said, fer The
benefit OF Nj. Snip lhe tailor lost bis bust
ness--mcrtgaged his house to the lawyer--bc-
came bhOhfuHl, Ahu mOFSu hNh1' II " da
soon found that has could be purchased in
Boston cheaper than Nr. Koran could manu-
factnre them so Mr.. Koran soon lost his
business, aud was obliged to follow the tail
or The farmers found HAT they conid send
10 Boston Tor their furniture, tbeir sadalesand
brides, instead of purchasing them, rs herC-
toiore, AT tho village. DR., ftstIe said he
could buy better aud cheaper shoes in Boston
than could be furnished by Mr., Cnspin.
Thus QUO after another, the mechanics lost
their business, and 81 lett the place The
shop keepers soon followed their customers.
y Length tie barber found that, saving the
lan yer, the doctor, aud the parsrn, be bad
10 ohins to sciape--,o in II fl OF blue devils
he drowned himself IN his own snds. Nha'
beeamc OF the pr'uitS We could never exact
" ascertain. The doctor, finding none left to
take his pills. shifted his quarters. So did the
parson Aud IN the end, the lawyer, hnyiug
munopoIizad all the real estates OF hi' neigh
bors by foreclosiug the mortgages, tosodh'm-
self the sole inhabiant oil the skeleton ot the
once lOurishing village of fa'rtOWn--and
himself totally ruined by the utter worth
lcs5nes5 of the property which he had acqu-
red.
Tho farmers in the neighbnrhood no longer
found market FOR their corn and their pork,
Whatever they might raise over aud above
cause it could not he sold The good woman
found no purchaser for her hntler her poultry
aud hec eggs. The peopIe had no means OF
raising mnaey tuCthe payment of their taxes,
their nedts,nes, aud those comforts which
J inrnler indulgence had rendered necessary
They became poor run in debt their lands
sunk in value, and, finally, those who were a
bic, moved away To some new purchase per
baps.
Such is the history, MS we heard II: ifit is not
authentic. il is no fault OF ours but still II is
Just as good for our our argument MS fit were
| tine Aud furthermore, Il il is not now true
| ii nay become So, in n dozen instances, il OuI
citizens do not look better 10 their own per.
manent interests.
Effects Of The Td1D.--fhere are letters in the
city from Havana. stating that, in consequence
of our Tariff, the price of Lumber had risen in
that port from 3 TO 10 dollars per thousand and
MolasseS had faIlen from ID and rails per
gallon 10 3. These letters recommend fhe ship
ment of Lumber fer Havana under the belief
amounting 10 certainty, that the exchange OF
that article for molasses will be as profitable as
ever II has been Il not more so. To the people
of Maine, whose fears have been awakened nv
the duty on molaSses, there is n prospect that