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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-12-02
wHIGGIsM DEFINED IN 1885,
BY Ex-paEsrDENT ADAMS.

To aid us in our researches on this interest
ing and engrossng topic, we shall avail our
selves of the erudition Of Ex-President Adams,
We shall therefore make an extract from his
celebrated letter TO the Hon. DUTEE J. PEARcE,
Of Newport, X. !.
Quincy, SEPT. 7, 1885
DEAR Sin;
heartily congratulate you upon your reelection to
Congress-athough upon many important public
measures, differed widely in opinion from you in the
last Congress; and although do not fatter myself
that we shall agree much better in the next am yet
convinced that the party which has been these two
years struggling break you down the base compound
Of Hartford Convention federalism and royal arch
masonry rotten with the corruption OF both 81
ements, that hail with Joy the victory which you
have achieved over it. rejoice also that the
people have repaired the injustice done by the
party to Mr.. Sprague, and have returned him Con-
gress your colleague. OF that party treachery is
SO fayorte an instrument, that have heard Mr. Bur
CESS complains that they have used il with him
II is their nature and their vocation welcome the
result Of your election pledge that their chace
returning to their ps-they betrayed MIR. Bur
States. Their own organ in Providence charges the
loss of his election to the House upon their reachery
So will il be, and mote il always be-they have no
honest principles TO keep them logeher-their only &C.
lnent is sympathy Of hatred to every of purer
principles than themselves.
Towards Mr.. Burgess himself cherish friendly
feeling; for, governed he is by impulses and bitter
he is in the indulgence of his sarcastic humor, he
has brilliant parts, a classical taste, occasional flights
of eloquence, and too much honesty for his party. !
deeply regretted the division between him and you,
and amented still more his open eectoneering speech
es against you. In my humble opinion public
debase themselves by personally electioneerng against
each other. The repositories Of public trusts should
be ashamed to make themselves the scavengers Of
party Mr.. Burgess suffered himself TO be 50 used by
the party 10 which he belonged Verify, he has his
reward-they have paid him in kind
l have taken much interest in the Rhode Island
elections, as in those of my State, since the
element the masonic controversy has had much
influence upon them What the politics Of the State
may be hereafter, what yours in Congress will be,
do not conjecture, but hope they may be such as
promote the Of sound principles good morals,
and tie Union.
am, with great regard, your friend and servant
j. c. ADAMS
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Georeid.-A letter from Miledpcyille to tho An

Georgid.-A letter from MiIledgcville to tho Au-
gusta Chronicle says
Mr. Robinson, of Fayette, reported bill to reiiepe
he peeunidry embarrdssmenfs Of The people Of his
Slate. This bill provides for the appointment Of two
or more persons to oppraIse the property of the people,
which will in no case be inject to levy and sale I'M
der execution, unless it shall bring at least three.
fourths Of its appraised value in specie or its equva
lent-the appraisers to be paid by the owner OF the
property.
The bill TO authorize the specie-paying banks of
this State To issue bills othe denomination Of one and
two doa,s, &c, came up on its passage. Mr. How.
nrd offered substitute authorizing the Central Bank
To issue 100000 of the above denomination, with
which 10 redeem her bills Of higher denomination
The above bill and substitute still under an ANNA
led debate at the close OF my letter.
And up to tho same hour, bill is under discussion
in the Senate, TO authorize the Central Bank to sell
the stock owned by the State in the State bank and
Bank Of Augusta, at discount of 10 per cent paya-
bic in the bills Of the Central Bank.
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."WHO" NOMINATED JOHN TYLER FOR
VICE PRESIDENT


This is the si.rth time Of asking.
We intimated, in our closing remarks, on the
ftth time of putting this "question," that we
might avail ourself Of the responses furnished
by our adversares, TO lig hten our labors. On
the present occasion, we shall hardly be under
the necessity Of calling to our aid such auxilia-
ries. We shall, therefore, proceed, as we
commenced, 10 perform our own labors without
the assistance of our adversaries, till we have
occasion for theirs and whenever we do, we
shall thankfully accept their proffered assistance.
We shall now endeavor TO show, who and
what the party were, that gave their votes for
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON in 1886; and that
they were called, and known, by the appella-
ton Of " Democratic Repubicans'-and NOT
Whigs J" that the Wing party recognized this
" Democratic Republican party only as their
adversary and opposed it accordingly, with the
same violence and vituperation, that they now
oppose john TYLER--with the single exception
of not charging them with 'treachery ;"-for It
would have been little too ludcrous to have
complained of violated allegiance, where there
never had existed any other relation than hos
tility
What was the support that this Democratic
Republican Party gave 10 their candidate in
1886? We find, if our records read anght, that
this party gave the following popular, and cleo
toral vote, in the following States, for WILLIAM
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The members of Congress are now rapidly arriving
at the sea. Of Government preparatory TO their duties
which commence on Monday next Among the
number already in the CITY, in addition to those
heretofore announced, we ice Senator BENTON, OF
Mo; Senator Fulton, of Ark; Mr.. CRoss, of Ark ];
Mr. HEsaY, and Mr. lawn, Of Pa. Gov. Casey, Of
ILL.,; Gov MILLEa, of Mo, MI TILLINGHAsT, Of R
l.; Mr.. TALrATsaRo. of Va; and Messrs. WHIrE
PORE, and THoMPsoN, of Ky.
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Products Of Maine.-A Portland paper states that
quantities of lime annually exported from Thomns,on
10 me state amount TO 100000 casks producing about
nan million OF dollars, generated almost wholly hy
labor the cost of the raw material being ebou, teen
cents per cask. Four towns in the neiQhborhood
produce about as much more. The number Of YES.
sells built in the district in which this is found
was, DUNG the past year, 10 ships, 10 briggs and l6
schooners Another resource Of Maine, now almos,
dormant, Is the immense quantities Of slate in The
same region and Of quality equal TO that Of Wales.
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ErPersons ordering the daily Madisonan will
please always state whether they wish il sent to them
only during tho session Of Congress, or the whole
year.
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AN EXTENSIVE sw,NpJJNc sr,op

The Bank of England covers five acres 81 rro,na
and employsover nine hundred clerks Every tbino
Tor the use OF the Bank is made on its own premises
and The printing Of its notes is large item. A note
once returned to the Bank is never to be ,e-issued
gu. y led away and at the end Of ten years burnt,
ne "orkmen are busily at work every day in the
year, save Sundays, in printing notes AT The AN.
hua' burning Two days are required, with large f,e
to destroy the old notes and il EMPLOYS two mar
constantly in feeding the fires
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The MEssAoE.-Those of our contemporaries who
desire 10 be furnished with the Presidents Message
from this Office. will please forward their orders dur
Ing the present week.
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TJThe number of exchange papers received at
this Office is great, that we find it impossible TO
open them ALI for this many of our country
friends must If the Madisonian IS not re-
csiyed BY them after the 18th instant.
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THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON

Was yesterday placed upon its pedestal in the ro.un-
do of the Capitol. Il attracts much attention, and
draws forth no little criticism. Let all it, and
Judge for themselves. At present we pass no opin-
ion upon it, not having had sufficient leisure to exam
inc il,
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The Mendian crew of the Amislad are now in
New York about to embark for Sierra Leone Il il
stated that the proceeds Of their recent exhibition in
several cities, during twelve days realized upwards
Of one thousand dollars besides travelling expenses.
Nsp Bedfo,d Mereurv
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Whiggery Desperate 1.-THE vcksburg Mssss-
sppi Wing says THE State has gone to the devil
heels foremost, and not how large the msjo-
rty against us may be-we would soon see il ten
thousand as any thing else"
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in THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LET THERE
ne usITY-is soS-EssEsTIALs, LIBERTY AND IN ALL
THINGS cHARIrY.--9ugtstn.
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NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY QuEsrioN.-The Legs
lature of Vermont have just passed resolutions declar
ing that il is the duty Of the General Government 10
prosecute the settlement Of the Northeastern Boundary
Question without any unnecessary delay. One Of
the resolutions is TO the following effect;
Resolped, That while we deprecate a war with
Great Britain, as great national evil and to be re-
sorted to only IN case Of stern necessity and while we
recommend TO the Government of the United States a
conciIiaory, yet firm and decided course ON this sub
Ject, yet If such course fail pledge ourselves Ia
sustain the authorizes Of the Union in maintaining
their rights with all the resource, in our power.
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The HEARTS MEMORIES Excitement never
can satisfy the heart of the man whose associa-
tons are linked with the recolectlons of happy
home. Memory will call up to such an one the
delights of his boyhood, by the side of his mother
surrounded with brothers and sisters and the
pretty chickering's of childhood will all be forgot
ten In the pleasant remembrance Of many an
hour Of joyousness such as the heart of child
hood only can feel, and many a scene of endear-
naenf snch AS the domestic circle alone can fur
nlsh. The very objects OF the nursery, the To-
calities Of the room, all come back-ay, even
when time has SO loosed the bonds of memory
that almost every thing else is forgotten-with a
distinctness that sends back old age, tottering
on the brink of the grave, TO find its last earthly
enjoyment IN living over again the hopes and
joys of childhood's sunny hours. The heart has
memories that cannot die. The rough rubs Of
the world cannot obliterate them They are
memories OF home. There is magic in the very
sound. There is the old tree under which the
llght-hearted boy swung in many summer day,
yonder the river in which he learned to swim,
there the house in which he knew parents love,
and found parents protection-nay, there is
the room in which he romped with brother
or sister, long since, alas ! laid in the yard
in which he must soon be gathered, over
Swallowed by yon old church, whittier with
joyous troop like himself he has often followed
his parents to worship with, and hear the good
old man who gave him to God in baptism.
Why, even the very school-house, associated in
youthful days with thoughts of ferula and tasks,
now comes back to bring pleasant remembran-
ces OF many an attachment there formed, many
an occasion that called forth some generous ex-
hibtion Of the noblest traits Of human nature.
There he learned to feel some of his best emo
tons. There, perchance, he first met the being
who by her love and tenderness in after life has
made home for himself, happier even than that
which his childhood knew. There are GER
tain feelings Of humanity, and those too among
the best, that can find an appropriate place
for their exercise only by ones own Preside.
There is a sacredness in the privacy Of that
spot which il were a species of dissertation to
violate. He who seeks wantonly to invade it,
is neither more nor less than villain and
hence there exists no surer test of the debase-
ment of morals in community, than the dispo-
sition to tolerate in any mode the man who dis
regards the sanctties Of private life. In the tur-
mol of the world, let there be at least one spot
where poor man may find affection that is dis
interested, where he may indulge confidence
that is not likely to be abused. The halls of a
crowded saloon may amuse for time, but they
are no substitute for the less ostentatious vet
better enjoyments Of home, where children
group around the knees of parents, andare taught
practically the beauty, nay, the holiness, Of the
thousand little kindnesses that make life plea
sant.-Arcturus for March,
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FUTURE CONDITION OF THIS CONT
NENT

writer in one Of the foreign Encyclopedias
calculates that if the natural resources Of the
American continent were fully developed, Il
! would afford sustenance TO 5000 millions Of in
habiiants, a number five times as great as the
entire population Of the globe. This writer,
after advancing this proposition, goes on as fol
lows:
" And what is more surprising, there IS every
probability that this prodigious population wlll
be In existence within three or -four. centuries
The imagination is lost in contemplating state
OF things which will make SO great and rapid
change in the condition Of the world. We al
most fancy il is a dream, and yet the result Is
based on principles quite as certain as those
which govern the conduct of men in their ord-
nary pursuits. Nearly all social improvements
spring from the reciprocal influence of condens-
ed numbers and diffused intelligence. What
then will be the state Of society in America two
centuries hence, when thousand or two thou
sand millions of civilized men are crowded into
a space so comparatively narrow, and speak
ing only two languages, as will doubtless be the
case2 History shows that wealth, power, sci
ence, literature, all follow in the train of num-
bers, general intelligence and freedom. The
same causes which transferred the sceptre Of
civilization and the weight Of influence from the
banks of the Euphrates and the Nile to Western
Europe, must, in the course Of no long period,
carry them from the latter to the plains OF the
Mississippi, and the Amazon"
and who will dare TO say that it is not an accu-
rate sketch-of the future destiny Of this great
continent2
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HEROISM OF. THE WEST.

A correspondent Of the Dayton Journal Incl
dentaly narrates passage in the Heroic An
mails of the West, which shows, with scores of
similar instances Of bravery and forttude, OF
what stuff the pioneers of civilization and settle
ment in this region were made. American
books, pamphlets periodicals and newspapers,
are frequently eloquent in illusions to the heroic
virtues and unialtering friendship Of the ancient
Greeks and Romans. A minute study of the
early history of the transmontane regions of the
United States would bring TO the knowledge of
our writers, examples of bravery, endurance, and
personal friendship, as sublime as any which the
annals of the world embrace. In support of this
opinion, we need but refer TO the exploits of Poe,
Drumhead, Morgan, Estl, Benham the Lo-
gans and their compeers
With these heroes of the good green wood,
Adams, thrilling incident in whose history is
related below, is worthy to rank. The expedi-
ton referred to by the writer, is that Of 1890
which eventuated in what is generally designa-
ted as Harmar's Defeat
"a still more extraordinary adventure occur
red in Col. Hardin's second action, the hero OF
which was afterwards one of the early inhabi-
tants Of this country, well known and still remem-
bered by many Of our old citizens, Major George
Adams. The story was related to me a short
time ago, by gentleman who received it from
Major Adams himself; and there are probably
many Of his acquaintance in this neghborhood
to whom il will not be new, He resided on the
Miami, few miles below Dayton, until after the
last war and afterwards resided in Darke coun.
~, until his death, a few years since.
| He was private in the division of the detach-
ment commanded by Col. Hardin himself, which
moved up the west side Of the st. Josephs. In
that quarter the battle was a struggling contest
between frontiersmen and Indians, fought in the
usual manner Of such contests; each individual
being in a great degree his own commander
Adams was running from one covert to another
when he received bullet in his breast, which
passed through his body, and, owing to his BEN
position, came out lower than il entered He al
so received another bullet which went through
his body from one sideto the other; and in add
ton to that, was slightly wounded in one thigh
and in one arm. Notwithstanding all this, he
was not Immediately disabled by his wounds
but seeing an Indian near who had just dischar
ged his gun he gave chase to him, overlook him
cut him down with his tomahawk, and common
ced scalping him. Before he had finished thu
operation, FIVE other Indians came in view ant
Immediately fred at him. He endeavored &
grasp his gun, but found that his arm was para
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Used, by one Of their shots having taken effect
in his shoulder The others had not hit him. He
caught up his gun with his other hand and ran,
and made his escape from the Indians. His
strength only served him to get among his friends,
when he fell and lost all power Of helping him
self. He was pun upon a litter and was one OF
the few wounded men brought into camp. The
surgeon looked at his wounds, gave them a
slight dressing and pronounced it impossible for
him TO live until morning. The soldiers were
ordered to dig grave for him, which was done
but contrary to all expectations, he was alive in
the morning, and was carried along with the ar
my during the days march. At night the sur
geons again passed sentence of death upon him
and second grave was prepared for him. but he
still held out and disappointed the doctors. He
recovered and was afterwards at ST. Clair's de
ieat, and then at Wayne's victory in returning
from which he had his two intended graves point
ed out to him by some of his fellow soldiers who
had assisted in digging them"
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AcRoGRApHY OR ETCHING IN RELrEF-Thisis
anew art, which well deserves the attention de-
signers and publishers, though as yet IN It's in
fancy, and by no means so perfect as IS desirable
in lis results. The defects in the cuts are want
Of sharl and cearness in thelines, and mono
tony of tint; but what share of these faults belong
tothe transferring process, we have not the means
of determining; we incline 10 the opinion, how
ever that the feeble effect is partly attributable
to the artist the broken and coarse lines TO the
process itself and the heavy and dirty impression
TO the printer When we call to mind the hrst
rude efforts in TYPOGRAPHY, and compare them
with the beautiful productions now issuing from
the photographic press, there is reason to expecta
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN acrography-whic
resembles photography in this, that the artists
own work Yields the impression: it's TO llthogra-
phy what wood block printing IS to copperPate.
The peculiar advantage of acrography over
TYPOGRAPHY is that the impressions are printed
with type by a common letter-press: ITS superb
ority to wood engraving consists in the blocks
being the designers own work thus saving the
time, expense, and loss of spirit consequent on
the process of cutting. We must not be misun-
derstood TO say that the acrographic impressions
are equal in power and effect 10 highly finished
wood engravings; or that the relief-etchings are
as firm, bright and delicate as copper-plate, or as
pen-and ink drawing on stone acrography, pro-
badly, NAV never realize such brilliant results, as
and purpose in the design, il bids falr to be sue
cessiul enough to invite artists OF superior talent
to make trial oft.
The ordinary mode of drawing with an etching
point on black ground is adopted but lithogra-
phic stone is preferable TO a copper-piate. From
the incised lines cast is taken IN metal, by
process invented by Mr.. Louis Schonberg, OF
Hatton Garden, and known only TO him; and
from this metal block, having the lines in relief,
the impressions are printed, in the same man
neras from wood-block. The nicely required in
the operation Of taking cast from so delicate a
mould as that formed by the sc, atches Of needle
through a thin coating of wax and lamp black,
makes the difficulty and ingenuity Of MIR. Schon-
berg process obvious at irstsght howfar it's sus
cepible of being improved upon remains TO beias-
ccrtained Meanwhile, we may observe that the
most extraordinary example OF acrography IS a
medallion of Addison, engraved in similar style
TO that Of Collass patent, and not distlnguishabe
from its productions except BY the lines being
imperfect
We should think that the electrotype process
might be employed with advantage in producing
casts in relieffro etching, by means Off ground
] chemically prepared. London Spectator
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N,TERIDEN ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL
lyl SCHOOL.-Instruciion will be given IN the
common and higher English branches, also in Mathe
matics Latin, Greek, French Drawing Book Keep
ing, &c Much attention will be gwen to Orthogra-
phy, Reading, Writing Composition and Decama-
ton. . -.
Il is the design Of all engaged in teaching in this
School to have it second to none in the State. The
building il new and fitted up in the most approved
style.
A ne,c and valuable apparatus has been procured
for the School, among which Steam Engines, a
complete set of Electro Magnetics, Globes, Orrery,
Mars, SC ),
No pains will be spared to interest the pupils IN
what will be useful to them in after life.
The Principal devotes his whole time to the School,
as he has made arrangements with his brother to take
the chole charge of the pecuniary affairs ofhe Board
NO department. He also spends about one hall OF ms
time with the pupils privately to give them nstruc
ton and explanation in what they do not iry unuer-
stand at the time of recitations. . . !,
The Principal receives into his family limited
number of pupils who will be under his constant SUI
pcrysion, and every proper means will be used 10
make them cheerful and happy. .
Terms are from $40 to $50 per quarter including
board tuition, lights, fuel, washing &c:
Reference may be made to Prot. Z. Dawes, heV.
G. Robins Hon. Jos, Trumbull, the Misses Drapers'
&c of Hartford, CT. Capt. w. ii. Swift OF Spring
field Mass Lieut. III. III. Bell u. s. Navy Rev. l..
Cricps and L. Cowles, North Haven; and to the
People Of Mcriden generally.
'0fs JOHN d. POST, Principal.
Meriden, CT, Nov. 2lst, lS4O nov 2I-tf