, 1841-11-13


at 1lls time last year.
At Cincinnati, on the LIST inst, Flour was sell
ing at 1925 per DBL, and Whiskey at $50. per
gallon.
Cold WEArHER.-The Philadelphia Enquirer
Of the 9th ut says:
ave mention, for the information Of our dis
tant readers, that the weather in this part of the
Union for the last few days, has been extremely
could for so early a period of the season. Thin
ice was formed on Monday night, and visible in
all the standing pools early yesterday morning"
OUR STATE.
There is probably no one trait in the character
of man more universal and more worthy of adj
miration than that seemingly innate propensity
of the human heart TO reverence and idolize the
name of the particular country with which his feel
ings and interests are identified. 1t is worthy of fad
m~iration, because it prompts him to the execution
of deeds which shed abeauty andlustre around his
character, and acts as the strongest incentive to
the greatest sacrifices when under its all-perva-
ding influence.
Appeals to ones love of country in all ages of
human history have never been made in vain
but have been sufficient TO stir up the dormant
emotions of the most callous bosom and he who
by nature is a stranger 10 those qualities of mind
and heart, which are developed in mans ordinary
intercourse with his fellow being, will contem-
plate with mingled feelings of pride and pleasure,
the prosperity and rising importance Of the land
in which a mere friek of chance has cast him.
1t is true that there have been instances in which
an ~lndomitahie love Of self. and desire for indi-
Nldual aSgrandlZement, have been suffered to
swallow up this adjoining trait, but stln the most
perfect creature of ambition knows so well the
feelings of others as to veil the most glaring
hypocrisy under the common pretence of ''all for
the public good" That we have in our land
many such sycophants at the shrine of popular
opinion and will, cannot be denied, but we
are not of those, who out of hatred for the
present, extol the past, and pronounce every as
pirant a hypocrite at heart, and a deceiverby pro-
fession, but believing that each age produces her
Cato's as well as her Cattlines, we are not willing
to give to our contemporaries more than their
due share of meanness.
Admitting the truth Of our proposition, we
cannot be surprised at the constant manifestations
of pride, with which is contemplated on every
hand, the rising importance of our infant state.
Nature as if p~rodigal of her favors has seem to
have scattered in rich profusion, every blessing
that can contribute to the happiness and comfort
of man. 1t has been well remarked that it is
generally the fearless and enterprising who COM
mence the settlement of new countries, and
whose daring and intrepid spirits prompt them
to lay hold upon every natural advantage which
may be placed within their reach. Such were
the men who led the van of emigration into the
forests of Missouri. The splendid prospects of
realizing immense fortunes in the south, attracted
the restless and less industrious portion of the
emigration to the south, whilst those only who
trusted to that natural strength with which their
maker endowed them, steered the vessel oftheir
hopes to a land where nature held out every in
ducement to industry, and which if properly So
licited, promised to yield a liberal return to their
exertions. Hence we see that industrious spir-
it which pervades all classes of society, and that
high tone of moral feeling, before unknown in a
new country. Here under the administration of
mild and equitable laws, a soil exceeded by none
on the face of the globe for fertility-a country
prominently blessed was p~roffered as a home to
the INDECENT and oppressed. Stimulated by such
prospects, the poor man was attracted to a land
where he could not only procure the ordinary
comforts of life but by industry and ~frugality,
could provide a home for himself and his posteri-
ty. With the right Of p~reemption, a privilege
granted in a great degree for his especial benefit,
he was allowed to select any spot adapted to his
situation until by his savings he was enabled to
purchase it at a moderate price. !
With this helping hand, and enjoying natural
advantages Of a superior character, she has ar
r to her present degree of importance. In