Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-23
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The first result which strikes Us. is the
vast increase which the new census will
add to the political power of the western
States-reckoning Alabama as one. thew
will be increased to eleven States. and
will have fifty-eight members in the House
of Representatives, and twenty-five in the
Senate. New-England and the fonr
southern States will be reduced. while
Pennsylvania exactly holds her own. The
political power of New-York is increased
three electoral votes, and Ohio five. Dur
ing the last thirty years, the political in-
f1uence of the National Government has
been divided between New-England and
the southern States. By the new census
New-England will be reduced even below
that OF the south in the Presidential vote !;
but will be nearly even in Congress. The
four southern States will have As mem.
bers in the House and 8 in the Senate :.
the six New England States Sc in the
House and IL IN the Senate. Although
each of the States is sovereign and indie
pendent of itself, yet the history of our
country has shown that they are moved
in masses or clusters under the influence
of common impulse, which may be call
ed publick opinion. The New-England
States are generally united so are the
southern. The middle States have little
in common, although they will be nearly
as powerful as the eleven western States.
New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and Maryland will count rs
members in the House and 10 in the Sem
ate, making 6 more electoral votes than
the west; yet the latter bids fair to retain
for many years the greatest political influ-
ence in the national government. This
arises from their union-from going in a
body for any common object. The wes-
tern States will undoubtedly give a tone
to our national legislation. New Y ork,
the greatest State in the Union, has here
tofore been the most inefficient, from her
want of union and concentration. 1t is
time that the people of New-York should
look upon these things, and apply the only
proper remedy.-N Y. Enquirer. :.
The Potato TRADE. We sometimes
find something little amusing, as well as
much that is instructive, in the publick docu-
ments. Thus, among our articles of provi-
sions exported from the U States to Great
Britain in the year 1927, we find tUo BUSH
els of potatoes, which must have been ex-
cellent ones. as they brought us the liberal
sum of t,OO dollars. On the other hand, we
imported from the dominions of Great
Britain, mostly we presume from Ireland,
no less quantity than 90 1892 bushels OF
potatoes, of the average value of about 40
cents bushel. Deducting the two bush
els we exported, for which we got two
dollars, the balance of the potato trade is
greatly against US, no less, indeed, than
30, 800 bushels, equal to eight thousand
four hundred ninety-seven dollars.
Brattleboro' Ness
l. INFANT School IN PROVIDENCE. A
fsschool for the moral and intellectual in.
struction of poor children, from. two to six
years of age, was opened in Providence
on Monday last, under the direction of a
Society of ladies'. An interesting group
of about thirty children attended, on the
first day-and the number, it is expected
will soon exceed fifty. They are under
the immediate supervision of an experien
ced and highly intelligent Teacher, who
is allowed an assistant to divide the laboul
of attending to the personal comfort ant
safety of the children.-Bost. Traveller.
CAUTION. A circumstance occurred
on Saturday which should operate as {
caution to those who are in the habit o
burning charcoal and in order to impress
1.-THE occurrence upon their minds, we will