Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-11-19
NECESSITY OF BEING WELL INFORMED.

The young are apt to disregard the value
OF knowledge, partly we fear, from the per-
tinacious constancy with which teachers.
parents, and guardians, cndeavor to impress
them with inestimable worth. knowledge
better than houses and lands is the title of
one of the first picture books presented to a
child, and it is the substance Of ten thousand
precepts which are constantly dinned in his
ears from infancy upwards; so that, ut last,
the truth becomes tiresOme and almost detes-
ted. Still IT is a sober truth, Of which every
Young MIN should feel the force-that with
the single exception of good conscience, no
possession can be SO valuable as good
stock Of information. Some portion of it is
always comeing into use; and there is hard
ly any kind of information which may not
become useful in the course of an active life.
When we speak of information, we do not
mean that merely which has direct refer
cnce to 4 mans trade, profession or business.
To be skillful in these is a matter of aIpso-
lutte necessity; SO much so, that we often see.
for example, merchant beginning the world
with no other stock than good character
and thorough knowledge of business, and
speedily acquire wealth and responsibility,
while another who IS not well informed in
his business begins with fortune, fails in
every thing he undertakes, causes loss and
disgrace TO all who are connected with him,
and goes on laundering to the end Of the
chapter. But thorough knowledge of one s
business or profession IS not enough Of itself
to constitute what is properly called a well
informed man. On the contrary one who
possesses this kind of information only. is
generally regarded as kind Of machine, un-
fit for society or rational employment. A
man should possess certain amount of lib
era. ana scientific information, to which he
should always be adding something as long
rs he lives, and in this free country he should
make himself acquainted with his own po
ilical and legal rights. keep a thing seven
years and you viii find use for it, is an old
motto which will apply admirably well to al
most any branch of knowledge. Learn nj
most any science, language or art, and in /;
few years you will find It of service to you
This truth is SO important that | would ado
to it by way of commentary, 'employ tina
leisure, which others waste in idle AM
corrupting pursuits, in the acquisition
! Of those branches of knowledge which
serve to amuse rs well as to instruct; natur
al history, for example, or chemistry, or as
tronomy, or drawing, or any thing of the NJ
mcrous branches Of study.
A bill has unanimously passed both branch
cs Of the New Jersey Legislature. appointing
Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th and lot
of the present month. for the election c
electors by the people.
In the lower House, a committee Of fiv
was appointed to take into consideration
what measures were proper in relation to tn
distribution of the surplus revenue MAJ
Init
WAs.sH AND ERIE CANAL.-Thc locatio
of this canal. which has been so long and $
! anxiously looked for, has ut last been decide
d upon. TIE commissioners, it appears. hav
n decided that the canal be taken down on tn
J. high level. and De terminated at a point In tn
a Maumee Bay. at or in the vicinity Of Mar
e haitian. The question of OF Canal ic'-haine