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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

correspondent in Berkshire, Massachu.
sets, writes US that the votes for Morton gain
ed IN that State, since the last year, have been
derived almost exclusively from the influence
OF the License Law. The question was-Is
this or that man for or against that law The
opinions Of candidates, as to federal politics
had no influence whatever
1t should be distinctly understood, as is the
truth, that the obnoxious law was not passed
by the Wing administration as political mea-
sure, (although they be accountable but by
the zeal Of our Temperance Societies, which
exist in every town in the Commonwealth. In
their anxiety to suppress intemperance, they
had combined, and contrived to elect major.
i'y OF the Legislature, for two years past who
were friendly to such law and in such wav
was law carried, which, as it has resulted.
has at last well nigh toppIed over the respon-
sible party in the State.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

Hon. J. TauMBuLL, M. G. OF Connecticut
has arrived in town and taken lodgings at Mrs.
Pitman's. The entire delegation from Con-
neciicut will be in today. We like this
promptude.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

1t Is reported that no choice of member Of Con-
gress was made in the FIankin District in Massa-
chnseis for the place Of Mr.. Alvord, deceased
The majority Of voes was divided among several
Wing candidates.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

Hon. WILLIAM G. Dawson, who headed
the Wing ticket in the brilliant victory they
achieved in Georgia last year, has been men
toned as candidate for the Speakershp of
the House of Representatives. An excellent
nomination.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

A committee Of the House Of Representatives of
Vermont has reported in favor of making geologi-
cal survey of the State-proposing an appropriation
Of $1,000 for that object.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW, for November
i $780, is just received by +. TAYLOR, who receives
subscription for the work five dollars per annum) and
forwards it regularly all parts OF the United States
CoNTENTs-Bryants Poems Statistics Of the U. S.;
Charles Jared lngerso the projected ship Canal to con-
the Pacific and Atlantic the Dissolution of
the Wing party the Duty of the Democratic party the
Romance Of American History; Philadelphia Banking,
&c &c nov l3
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

Hon. CHARLES F. MERCER, for a long time Wing
member Of Congress from the Loudoun District, Va,
has been elected Cashier of the Union Bank of Flo
rida, vice II. Parkhill, resigned.
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THE WEEKLY MADISONIAN
During the Session of Con oress.


TINE Weekly Edition OF the MADISONIAN during
i the approaching Session of Congress will contain
besides leading editorial articles condensed abstract of
all the proceedings of both Houses and substantial
ports Of the leading speeches questi of general in
tercst from the speakers Of every party and will be fur
nished subscribers for ONE DOLLAR for SIX months
commencing with the Session.
Persons at distance desiring the paper either
transmit by the Member of Congress for their District,
send 10y mail at risk, provided they have a cerf
the Postmaster that the remittance has been duly
mailed.
Payment in advance, in all cases, will be expected of
course. TH0S. ALLEN.
Washington Oct. Is, 1898. ...
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

II is announced that Cooper has a work in press
entitled "The Path Finder Or Our Inland Seas
tale of the prairies.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

Jameson, (V. b. is elected to Congress in Mis-
souri,, in place of Harrison, deceased, who was OF
the same politics.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

IT The new Custom House in New York city
was officially estimated to cost SO OOOOO and it is
said that the actual cost will exceed the estimate
What extravaganza
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

or The members Of Congress in town are Mr..
BEsToS and DR.. LINN, of Missouri, and Mr.. JOHN
son, of Tennessee.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

A special election will be held in the 18th Con-
gressiona District Of Pennsylvania to day to fill the
vacancy created by the death Of Hon. VIM. w.
Potter.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20
HARRISBURG NATIONAL CONVENTION

HARRISBURG NATIONAL CONVENTION
The following is the original notice pub
lished BY authority Of the Opposition Mem
bers of Congress, in the National Intelligent
Ger of May Is, 1888, recommending this Con.
vention:
;, IL having been proposed by various meetings Of
the opponents Of the present administration in differ
ent parts OF the United States that there should be
General Meeting of Delegates from all the States
Tor me purpose of agreeing on and recommending
suitable persons as candidates for the Offices of Pre-,
sident and Vice President al the next election and
desire having been expressed by several of said
meetings that the time and place of holding such
meeting should be fixed by the Opposition Members
oil Congress, those members have authorized us 10
announce that, in compliance with what thus an
pears TO be the general WISH they have met and con-
suited ON the subject and, after due consideration
and reflection they are Of opinion that the Borough
oil HaTrisburgh, in the Stale of Pennsylvania is a
suitable place, and the first Wednesday in Decem
Der, 1879, proper time, for holding a General
Meeting for the purposes above mentioned 10 he
composed OF Delegates from all the States in propor
ton to their representation in the two Houses of
Congress" =
Delegates TO this Convention have been appointed
from majority Of the States.
H.. NJ - n
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

rURE FOR RHEUMATISM.-Dea Rheumatic
~ Pills arc an effccual remedy for the Rheumatism,
and all similar Diseases such Govt, Cramp, Spasms
Nunbness &c. They have been extensively used in the
United States for the last fifteen years with very high APP
probation, and multitudes have been relieved by them
from most distressing attacks of the Rheumatism Per
sons who have been afflicted with the Rheumatism from
fftser ccrfy years. who have been wholly untitled
for business for years together and unable TO walk
without aid have by using the Pills been fully restored
For sale by Maynard Noyes, sole agents, Boston, by
the Druggists Ba limore, and X. s. Patterson and .
I Todd Wsshington oct 9.6mis
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Beet, to 10 cents per pound
Corned beef, 6 TO 8 do
Dried do Is do
Mutton, 9 to 10 do
Veal stoI2 do
Lamb, SO TO rs per quarter
Jowls, 3 cents per ID.
Calls head, % each
Hams, IL 10 Is per ID.
Shoulders, 10 10 ~ do
Middlings, 10 TO IL do
Beef tongues, so TO 62 cents each
Sausages, II cents per ID.
Bulier, roll, 25 TO 81 do
Chickens, 81 30 to IS so per dozen
Ducks, 80 so TO SO do
s 81 Nh backs scarce, 81 g g 3 pair
Rabbits, 25 TO 80 cents do
Geese, so TO 60 cents each
Shoat, 81 each
Eggs, % to % cents per dozen
Honey, l6 cents per pound
Cornmeal, old, 81 cents per bushel
Do. new, IS do do
Rye meal, so cents do
Oats, 81 10 40 do
Ship stuff, SO cents do
Shelied corn, GO to GO cts. do
Apples, 81 TO 81 so do
Sweet potatoes, Is do
) Mercer potatoes, so 10 90 do
Pdrsnips, 81 10 81 do
Turnips, 60 TO IS do
Carrots, 81 do
Tomatoes, 50 to 60 do
Cabbages, to cents per head
Egg Plants, 2 10 IL each
Pumpkins, 6 to Is do
Hay, good, 81 per 100 lbs.
Straw, 80 TO % do
Rock Fish, small, IS per bunch
Perch, 25 do.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

DRIDGEWATER TREATISES, last edition, con-
ID tanning in large octave volumes, price SO 10
The Adaptation Of External Nature to the Physical
Condition Of Man, by John Kidd;
Whewel's Astronomy and General Physics, consider
ed with reference to Natural Theology;
Sir Charles Bell the Hand mechanism and vital
endowments evincing design
Rev Thomas Chalmers on the Power, Wisdom, and
Goodness Of God, manifested in the adaptation of Ex
terna Nature the Mornl and Intellectual Nature of
Men,
Prout on Chemistry, Meteorology, &c. with reference
to Natural Theology.
nov 10 F. TAYLOR.
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C,oNCLUsION OF NICHOLAS NlCKLEBY.-
~ The 10Th and goth numbers, and also the complete
work in book form, this day received by F. TAYLOR.
nov 10
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

It is said that Capt. Marryat is about attempting to
initiate Boz. Brandy won't help him.
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TACK SHEPPARD, complete in two volumes, is this
y day received, for sale by f. TAYLOR with addi-
ona supply Of the second volume for those who have
supplied themselves with the first four numbers.
-. The same work, together with complete copies of
Nicholas Nckleby is ready for circulation among the
subscribers to the Waverly Circulating Library.
nov 20
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The Baltimore Chronicle says !:

We regret TO learn that three gentlemen ?) of this
CITY, occupying respectable positions in society were
arrested and held to bail on Saturday. upon charge
OF being concerned in fitting vessels designed 10
be employed in the Slave Trade.
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THE WASHINGTON MARKEr.

This market seems TO be well supplied with an
abundance OF butchers meat and country produce,
which, il may b, interesting to some to know, COM
handed on Saturday last the following prices
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

DREMIUM WRITING INR.--NA pNARD 4
L NOYESS, for which they received q Diploma at
the first annual Fair Of the Massachusetts Mechanic As
sociation II being considered by the Committee as the
" Best Ink in he market, For sale by the manuiactureIs,
Boston sold in Washington by w. NJ Morrison, J. u.
Sullivan. w Fischer 9 Anderson H. D Patterson r.
TAYLOR. i Kennedy, J. i. Callan. oct eOms
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

MAssAcHusETTs.-W are still in some
uncertainty as to the result Of the election in
this State. Our opinion is that Everett will
be ultimately elected. The Legislature is
more uncertain. The Boston Atlas of Satur-
day contains the following statement
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
ErereR. Morton
towns, 50,I36 50.33I
800 towns,

Morton's majority, 1876. There are three towns in
TO be heard from. These towns will about balance
each other. There is certainly, in our opinion, no
choice We have heard already OF about 300 scat
tering Votes. We shall save the State from the
spoilers, after all Their huzzas have all been TO no
purpose
On the above the New York Courier & ENQUIRER
says:-"Our own opinion is, the vote is so close
that nothing but all the official returns regularly
canvassed will decide the question. Should the scat
tering votes exceed the majority for Governor
whichever way that majority NAV be-the Governor
will be chosen by the Legislature, in the following
manner, provided by the Constitution. The House
OF Representatives will send to the Senate two names
OF the four persons receiving the highest number of
votes Of the people, and from these two The Senate
will select one for Governor As the Wings will
undoubtedly have the ascendancy in the Senate
should there be no choice by the people, Gov Eve
rett will be re. elected Governor Of the State"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

In THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE EssENriALi LET THERE
De uslTy--is soN-EssESrlALs, LiBkRTy, AND IN ALL
THINGS cHARiry.--4ugnsffn.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

The New Jersey Legislature adjourned on the 9Th
inst. to meet again on the lilh Of January.
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TTuNT,s MERCHANTS MAGAZINE & COM
III MERCIAL REVIEW.

TuNT'S MERCHANTS MAGAZINE & COM
IL MERCIAL REVIEW.
A monthly Periodical, at five dollars per an
mum. payable In advancc.--This Periodical is deyot-
ed exclusively the interests and wants OF the business
community and in this respect differs in It's character,
we believe from any Magazine either in this country
IN Europe It is intended be literally and truly
FIJI work Its contents embrace every subject connected
with co1nmere, and political economy Essays, from the
abiest pens on Banking Mercantile Law, Navigation,
Manufactures Insurance. &C. form part Of the
OF each number The Merchants Magazine is also
repository for authentic Statistical oation Of Trade
Commerce, Banking and the staple products OF the coun
try and the world, collected from official sources, embo
died and classified in tables, valuable for present and fu
ture reference
Published by FREEMAN HUNT, l42 Fulton (fear
building mp stars) s5payable in all cases in advance.
oct 23if
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WOOD AND BACHE'S DlSPENSATORY, price
w 81 25 third edition, best style OF Paper and Bind
ng--a few copies only. +. TAYLOR
Also, Devices Practice, last edition, vols in !;
price 80 so published at So.
Phillips on Acute and Chronic Diseases, with notes by
Miller oc avo vol full ound price 62 cents.
McCulloch Malaria, vol. octave full bound, so
cents
Paxton's Anatomy, octave volumes, So so.
Eberles Therapeutics, 2 octave volumes, 81 25.
Gregorys Practice, octave vols SO 25, published at
six dollars.
Broussas Chronic Pile gmasal. octave volumes full
bound price So rs and many others equally low priced
of which the list will be continued. nov 10
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

SrEcTE.-S200,0o0 arrived in New York on Sa-
iurday from Philadelphia OF which $4,000 we're
for the Bank Of the United States in that city
Over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars were
received here yesterday from Maamoras and Tam
pico. Such supply comes in the very mick Of time"
Hall million OF dollars bad been shipped recently
from the latter port Tor New York; conductors ar
rived there in all last month with more than mil
lion of dollars. Ia the month preceding, two hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars had been received
at Vera Cruz from the inlerior.--N o. Adr. 9h
inst.
The ship Adelaide, al Philadelphia from New
Orleans, brings 100000 for the United States
Bank.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

+ ARGE MAP OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
IL improved and enlarged plan, embracing the
latest and information derived from the
General Land Offices Engineer Department, Navy De-
partment, &c. &c. by Catesby Graham.
Just pubshed-confanins more than 81 square feet,
for sale by F TAYLOR. 30
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-20

NUMBER TWO OF Won LEoNARD's PoPU-
IN LAR GEOLOGY, edited by Professor F. Hail. Of
Washington City, is this day received for sale by F.
TAY LOR. nov 20
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-09

with his hallucination. But as soon as YOU re-
member what the fact s-as soon as you 90 out
oil his closed and darkened apartment and begin
to perceive the reality of things, and breathe the
tree ar, and look upon the face of blooming and
rejoicing nature,-the spell of such eloquence is
broken. 30 whoever hears our conservative
preacher, harping upon his own idea of the pro-
gressive degeneracy of this iron age, may be i'm
pressed, so long as he fogets the facts, or while
he happens to be IN melancholy mood of feeling.
But when he goes out into the real world and sees
things as they are; when he sees every interest
of society actually advancing-sc continually
making new discoveries, and art instantly turning
each new discovery to account for the use of man
knowledge diffnsed more copiously in all di-
rectons, and among all classes-the means of hui
man comfort endlessly multiped-great reforma-
ton of morals brought to pass by the voluntary
efforts of good and patriotic men arguing with
their fellow-citizens-the press free, the pulpit
free, the churches free from all subsection to the
state-the school and the sanctuary rising in eve
Try new settlement that intrudes upon the wilder
ness-an educated and devoted ministry, coming
forward by thousands to build up the waste pla-
ces-missionaries going out in companies, to
preach the doctrine of Christ crucifed in every
quarter of the world-presses and schools set up
on the darkest and remotest shores, and barbarous
'oHSueS ledluluS ule Idlne anu praise vi JeSuS-
it is impossible for him to believe that the night of
the dark ages is again closing in upon the world.
He who is continually crying out, that an age
like this an age of freedom, peace, and universal
progress, is of all ages, most disastrous to the
church, ought to know that the people can retain
their confidence in the divinity of the Christian
religion, only by losing their confidence in him.
Let it not be so with you. Beware how you
fall into this morose and green-eyed humor of ul-
ira conversation. Never be afraid of improve
ment. Show that you havein you the spirit of
reform and progress. Be co-workers with him
who is making all things new. Remember that,
in this age, above all others, if ministers of the
gospel stand as the guardians of old errors or abu
ses, if they look upon Improvements with jeal-
Gus eye, if they always exalt the days of fifty
years ago as better than these days, their hold
upon the popular mind is gone; their sympathy
with the popular heart is gone and the power of
the pulpit is no more.-BiblicaI Repository.
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AGE t S T..

Derby, DR. Richmond.
Permissible, w M Guilford
BrookfeM, ID Kingsbury ESQ
Randolph, c Carpenter, Esq,
East Bethel, E Fowler, Esq.
Uyaterb1ry, L Hutchins, Esq
E S Newcomb.
WaitsfeM, Col Skinner.
Moretotcn, Moses Spofford,
Warren, F A Wright, Esq.
Waterford, r C Benton Esq
East Rorbury, S Ruggles.
Fcrrisburgh, r T Robinson.
VergenneS, ] E Roberts.
Testified, o Winslow, Esq.
COrfnth, Insley Dow.
Will,amStOtDn, ] c Farnam.
Chester, J Stedman, Esq.
Sping. field, Noah Stafford.
Franklin, Geo S Gale.
WaterUille, Moses Fisk, Esq,
lothian Wilson.
Elmore, Abel Camp, Esq.
Hinesburgh, w Dean
Burlington, G A Allen, Esq,
MOntg omery, J Martin.
Lincoln, Benz Tabor
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-09
From the Sailors Magazine.
A Fight with an Anaconda Serpent.

The following account OF a recent perious con-
aict of a missionary in Bengal with an Anacon'
da of Calcutta inserted in the Chronicle of the
London Missionary Society. We understand that
the skin of this formidable animal, which was
killed on this occasion, thas been sent to London
and is now deposited in the Museum of the Lon
don Missionary Society, Bloomfield street, Fins
bury.
For three successive years, in the months Of
February and October, Bengal was visited by
hurricanes from the S. E., which were attended
with consequences the mostlamentable. The sea
rose upwards of twenty feet above its usual level
the banks, which confne the rivers Roopnarian
and Bummodah, gave way, and the foundations
which followed carried destruction through the
whole of the south and southeastern parts of
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-09
THE
COMMON SCHOOL JOURNAL.
PROSP ECT US,

VHE subscribers propose to publish Paper, to be de-
III voted to the of education. 1t will be called
The Common School Journal.
The Editorial Department will be under the of the
Hon. Horace ann Secretary of the Board of Education
1t will be pu bished semi-monthy in octave form,
of sixteen pages each. Twenty four numbers will be is
sued each year, making annual voumn of 3S4 pages.
The subscription price will be ONE DOLLAR a year.
The great object Of the work will be the improvement
of Common Schools and other of Popular Educa~
ton. 1t is also intended to make it depository OF tie
Laws of the Commonwealth in relation to Schools, and of
the Reports, Proceedings, &C., of the Massachusetts
Board of Education AS the documents of that Board will
have general interest, they ought be widely diused
and permanently preserved.
The Paper will explain, and far possible, enforce
upon all parents, guardians, teachers, and school officers
their respective duties towards the rising generation. 1t
will also address children and youth all Ineligible
tves to obey the laws of physical health cultivate
good behavior, to strengthen the intellectual faculties
and enrich them with knowledge; and to edvance moral
and religious sentiments into ascendency and control
enmal and selfish propensties.
The Paper will be kept entirely aoof from partizanshp
in politics. and commencing to practice, only the great
and fundamental truths of civil and social obligation, of
moral and religious duty 1t will not be much the OBJ
ec of the work to discover, to duse knowledge In
this age and country the difficulty is much that but
few things the subject of education known it is
that but few persons know them Many and teach
ers not at all deficient in good and Astounding in
good feeling and good purposes fail only from want of in
formation how expand and cherish the nfante and u
venile mind and hence they ruin children through love
unguided by wisdom. 1t should therefore be the first eff
fort of all friends of education make that which
known to any, far possible, known ALL The pro-
posed Paper is designed to be the instrument of
plishing such an object
1t hoped that such subscription list will be obtained
as to authorize commencement of the Paper during the
current year.
TERMs-One Dollar per annum, payable in advance;
or, six copies for FIVE dollars Friends of education
requested to procure subscribers and forward their lists
to the publishers. I'LL letters must be post paid
MARSH, CAPEN & LYON.
1873 Washington Street, Boston.
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PreiudiCe.

Much is said about innocent preudices, ant
about the improperly of stochimg the prejudice!
of mankind; and yet what is a prejudice how
would you describe it Is not prejudice feel
ing for which we cannot give satisfactory rea-
son, or for which we are ashamed to give any rea.
son? Are not prejudces unphilosophical, and
should rational mind indulge them? Are not
prejudces unchristian, and should not Christian
overcome them as marks of pecu-
liar delicacy and refinement?
Let such remember that it was prejudice which
prevented the Jews from receiving the Messiah,
when in the filllness of time he made his appear
ance among them,-that it was prejudice which
nailed him to the cross that prejudice led Israel