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The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-10-29

*Being "Washingtonian ,Ohig,"I the more
readily extend the fame of one who, like Wash
ington, periled life, property, liberty, and earth
ly happiness, to gain the Liberties we are enjoy
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The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-10-29
GOVERNMENT FINANCES,

The amount of the government funds on de-
poste for the past year, has been as lows:
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-24
Vol. 8, Whole No, 1916. No. 81,

y, NJ Arngo has argued that they not only possessed
u knowledge Of steam power, which they employed
in the cavern mysteries Of their Pagan frecmnsonry,
but that the modern engine Is derived through
Solomon de COus, the predecessor Of Worcester,
from tho invention Of Hero the Egyptian engineer
The contest Of the Egyptian saptos with Moses before
Pharaoh pays singular tribute to their union orknowl-
edge and power" No supernatural aid intimaied--
Three Of the miracles Of their natural magic, (see Sir
ID. Brewstor,) the Jugglcrs Of the East can and do
now perform. In the fourth, an attempt to produce
tho lowest form Of lice, they cail. From tho whole
statement, inference ia safe, that the darling
bon OF the priestly chemists had been led from tho
triumphs Of embalming and chickcn-hntching, tnti
mating and assisting the production Of life,) TO
Ftantens,en experiment the vital 1uid and on the
principle Of life ITSELF perhaps to experiments like
those CORRECTLY Incorrectly ascrbed to Mr. Crosse
in the hope Of creating not reviying the lowest form
oranimaI exis,cnce.- Ursimiasier Rerieo.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-24

Gabriel, and bring you daughter in.law. too
reside at Vassovie and deal in corn
Presently the third came forward. Il ho said, 'am
George have recently returned from India where
made my fortune by commerce Seeing, ly the Ga
zeltes that my brothers in Poland, joined
them, and we all agreed travel hither to seek you
and to make you happy for the rest Of Your lire.'-
Poor John Sehmidwas quite overcome and shed tears
He invoked blessings his children. TO you, cx-
claimed one Of them, I'VE owe good fortune. Had
you not taught lhn nothing bo it oyor deapiscd
is useless had you not made us industrious, perse-
vering 0nd economical, we should still have beeo
mcndicants'
The rest of John Schmid's life was spent in hap
Piness,os or the other Of his sons always remain
ed with him. The money which hud Accumulated
during their long absence was drawn rrou, the mcr-
chant in whose bands it had 50 much increased and
employed in building school FOR the gra,uous ed.
ucation oc poor children.
To those who like me were aware Of the means by
which the Schmids grew rich, ,his rise in the world
known to be the certain results of integrity, in
dusry and perseverance, in turning to account things
generally considered useless. Spite, however Of all |
urge one Or two Of the Peiudiced villagers
shrug their shoulders when John Schmid's name is
mentioned ard nsnuatn tha, he must have made u
compact with a certain namccss person.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-24
Miscellaneous.
Thrift, or Nothing is Useless,

FROM THE GERMAN OF zsCHoKKE.
John Schmjd was m old soldier with a wooden leg;
'w'Sso p'or That for some years he was Obliged to
solicit nlu. from door to door in the village near to
iim which he lived, which WAS situated on the
'seH Constance. Now, however, old John Schmid
SIS at ease in bis arm chair; he is in Independent cir
''"a0'es; yet few people guess how he came by
'' wealth. One u.iirns that he discovered secret
f'''a'e others have gone so far as TO hint that he
made compact with the Evil One When such
's are dropped in my presence fail not to reprove
1' Speakers know better the means by W hich the
'' soldier got rich, and will tell you how it was.
Joan schmjd had three sons whom he had brought
'P",' IA spite Of his poverty; Cor he not only fur
''"'' 'aem with good advise but with good exam
ana suffered many priya,ions that he might send
"'" " school, One morning in spring, as the old
''' was dividing amongst them, the bread which
u" Oreak their f'sts, he said, 'My children, you
-'"'" Oh enough to gain your livelihood; but you
'' oo' beg while there are other means of obtain
: '-'na' would be taking bread ont orthc mouths
"'e VINO want it more than you.-'Pieuo, he con
r 'u' 'rnng to the eldest, you are fourteen years
''- ''Np W eS--Ose t0em 10 seek employ
s. .., o. Gabriel, though a year younger, have
:, s 'rms-set Thorn to work. You George,
6sr, only eleven years, have stout Iegs-proft by
E,, Jj' , ~na' exclaimed the three boys at once,
''u! you have us to do?'
" 'can'd answered-'l know that you have
49,. ''u to cultivate, wood to fell, nor flocks to
a., 'u' 'nefa are many things thrown away as use
WI win little industry may be collected and
n, FOn'aoIe By and by will show you how
s,,,, spend the money which you earn in obed-
fl. your wants, but economist it for the necessi-
o. ,'' future be it ever so little Could you save
ga. ''% day each would amass at the end of the
'.' "e0y-four forms =
h, n '"' John Schmid set about showing his sons
M. We! might earn their bread He desired them
nr 90 IN different directions to collect the fol-
hsv : ',,'e' first, bones, the largest of which
y,+,, -u carry to the turner's, who made them into
mall. 'e'u' and ornamental articles, while the
"''' required by rlrners for manure. Sec
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-24
Skill Of the Ancient Eeyptians.

Irrhe Thebans, 1900 years before Christ, knew
less in some departments Of useful knowledge than
ourselves they also in others knew more. One great
proof Of the genius Of that spcnded line Of poentacs
entitled siIs eighteenth Thebans dynasty, and tho
tent Of civilization under their rule, was that the prac
teal, chemical, Astronomical and mechanical know'-
edge, which they shared with the priesty (>ccn,c)
colleges, in some respects equal to, in re
spects greater than orr own. They made glass in
great profession, (Diodorous siculos) aud burning
glasses and lenses Tor glasses. They must have cot
their delicate canoes by the aid Of microscopes r
toe"y describes an aslrolabe; they calculated ccps-
es; they then urd that the moon was diversified by
and land, (Plularch dc Gdcie iunG) shat 'one lu
mar day equal fifteen Of the earth's that the
earlh's diam ter was third Of the moon's;'' that
''the moons to that of the earth, as l to
a." All these things show good instruments They
made gold potable, (iurcrcntially y Moses did so,
who a scribe brought up by the Sovereign Pom
tit and nursed in the "wisdon Of the Egyptians an
cart los',' I'LL recently recovered by French chem
ist. Their workmanship in gold, recorded by 10.
mer, their golden clockwork, by which thrones NOV
ed must be exqusitey ingenious, They possessed
the art Of emperng copper tools, so as to cut the
hardest grnui'e with the most minute ard bril,lnt
precision. This art have lost. We the sru'p-
tors in the Of cutting the inscriptions the gran
tie ohelisks and tables. We a pictorial Of the
chsels and tools with which the operation was per-
formed. We the tools themselves. (There are
sculpors' chsels at the museum the cutting end of
which preserves its edge unmrared while the blunt
extremity is illtcned by the blows Of the mnllet)
But our tools would not cut such stone with tho pre-
cision Of outline which the Inscriptions retain to the
present day. Again, what mechanical means had
they to raise and fix the imposs on the lin
tells Of their temples at Karnac. Architects now con-
ess that they could not raise them by the usual me-
chnnical power. Those mems must, therefore, be
put to the account Of the 'lost ats" That they
have been familiar with the principles Of Aresan
wells, has been lately proved by the engineering in
vestigatons carried on while boring for water in the
Great Oasis. That they acquainted with the
principle of the railroad is obvious, that to say they
had artificial cansewnys, level direct, and grooved,
(he grooves being anoiuIed with OIL for the convey
ance from great distances ofenormous blocks of stone
entire stone temples and colossal statues of half tho
height of the monument Remnants Of IRON it is
said, have lately been found in the grooves. Final
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-24
The Farmer.
---aoy1 COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So
V'I Getty.

,.,u.,,iogs. who received the second premi-
n r,os in St Iohnsbury, makes the following
,rhe course he has pursued in regard TO
\ ...,oe and getting out manure
4 r'',5o :, oractice when breaking up, to plough
Il .,.h,s deep and SOW it the first year: and then
",i, he snbbe in the.faIl (rthe land is not so
i i',.,Io wash bad) about inches deep. The
'', .,i,, manure it and plough again, nearly, but
20 deep az it was broken up. The next
Wy. ro.o the caltivator to mellow up the soil, in
n, r.orrh, which will not raise the manure to
..,,or,se srourd I then sow II and stock it
~, I,'.o consider it great damage to the soil
,,-,,hoy,l auIrss il is dry and lively.
I~,yeh my practice to draw my manure out in
A. ,,-,a',ho year, except what make in the
4 ...',.. qanor Although we may not receive so
~, ,,,si, for one year Ms we do from rotten ma
-~,..vo receive one years profits from the ma
... advance from what we do when we leave il
III, ,5. until the rI Of the year; and it is my l.
,., Ai, manure left in the yards, exposed 10 the
-,.., son. mus, waste one third Of its strength, by
,,.t,sad eyqpo,a,iou This waste however, may
a &, some measure avoided, by heaping and cover
,,as manure. ! have made it practice to plough
INNS r-a1re within one or two days after il Is
lawa ra me field. and the two past seasons have
75asaan the manure wh.1 side. hill plough, and
~sli only one row Of heaps at time, stopping the
-- wi, spreading each row. This keeps the ma
n ,m 4 ing ay and makes oasy work for the
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14

BAdatSa ASD RoPE-We pdnd no change necessary price, remain firm al l01s iic and 4Aald5 cts cash or kentcky: time aes being generally al l2c and o5sc IdPre continues tp be Il fair heliahd. =.
 RAcON-Within he llst week prices have advanced 7a per ID in shoulders and Ia 4e In sides; hams about tsc per b. uccasioned by an active speculative feeling We quote for shoulders 6D64; sides DS and hams slqac. The importi have been light.
 BuTTKR-A good article of Northern worth 2lc. per 10 and
 Cnrrsk-The supply light, nearly all western box, whirh soils ut SdSIsc.
 CASDLEs--A light retail demand al 2SO3Oc. with an ample supply.
 COFFEE We quoted an advance on this day week of ac per lb-snce when the market has gone wild pee' al Rio having actuay advanced cent aud href guar feFS perl We now quote al Sac. renarking that suc tsk even and that holders quite firm In The s' Of the week lot of600 bugs medium quality sold at SC c1nd hand for 7c. (bough the day previous at Gsc TOT which stic was refused Thursday, and the holder was indifferent yesterday al Sac. The receipts have been light and the stock Is also qnite light. .,-
 fLouR-Wo quote this article before, Ohio S4,4u0 45J inactive, with full stock. One ot the prin cpai holders however manifest more hnness and reiuso tho-e prices from store.
 GRNN-The price of corn and remain about the same-4bt4Sc for and 4ODi2c for oats, me atttr slight improvement. Receipts fthe week light
 HAY-Receip,s of 200 bales which had not found pur- chaser At the time of enquiry yesterdhyvc aSheo We understand that part the previous weeks sales were made at price between SO609c. o,.-,o-
 LARD-Prices put up 1alDAc. per lb-say o7afd)9c Receipts and supply light.
 LNE-Price4 stationary with nothing better than re- t' request at which rates from Sl 90 to S2 per cask
 LudBER-PrceS al mills SstD 10 per NJ. as in quality, with very limited demand for export
 MoLAssEs-fhere hls been fair demand for this arti- ce especially since the reported advance in Orleans and prices again put up about l0t gallonsay 3O13lc asking 3l 32c. Nothing in first hands.
 PoRK-1he advance in since our last is SiS per bbl. NOprime of moment in market We quote mess al SI4Asdl5 Ter hbl-firm with light supply.
 RtcE The supply in first hands quite small and prices firm ut 3s4i04c.
 SuaAR-Only 66 casks received during the week. Ia
 S article there has been good deal doing in view of the rng stock and all offering at first hands within the market prices has been bought mp by spectators. One or two carg0es expected from plantation, part ofwhci sold lo arree al For other parcels in city sales Orleans extremes 5Gd69lc.
 SALT-Fwo small eargoes from Liverpool arrived dn ring ihc week both o which yet ihe market. A go previously arrived sold first of the week Soc aoat From the wharf il may be still quoted 95ciDS bag
 " NHIsKEY-Ihe last accounts from New Orleans had i-e effect of inducing an improved demand and an ad vance in price Gfahou Sc. per gallon during the week prlncip lily on speculation. Ses Thursday of lnr rgt lots al 234c but hoders yesterday demanded 2i u 2jc. The supply in city fair.
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14

ALARMING FIRES IN NEW JEksEY-For se- verl days past fires have been raging in the woods of New Jeisey, but on Thursday and yesterday, ow- ing to the high winds, they peculiarly destruc- tive. On Thursday evening the sky was quite rud- dy towards the F.. 5 E. and $. E, by s., ns viewed from Camden, ,the lurid glow having l,esn caused by the reelection Oi the burning forests. It Is believed that several thousand acres of woodland have been destroyed-the fires leaping from grove to grove and ignIling by millions of sparks from wood to wood, at distances of mile or more. This has been especially the in the pine districts, owing 10 the extreme dryness of the weather for more than fort night.
 On Thursday afternoon aud during the clear part of yesterday, vast and rolling volumes of smoke were dsting guislriblc, drifting into fantastic shapes with the Jury ofthe @ind, and tinged with variety of colors by tle sun. These appearancer towards ese- day night the fires were I2 or IA miles from Cam the wind they were much nearer. The most de,as. taiing co.f,gralion has occurred near Cemenlon, several miles beyond Haddonfeld-anoiher near Pend.eton-a third near Chew's Ianding-and \ fourth nearer the Delaware
 We learn from persons who have arrived in the c. " from the vicnliy of barning districts that veral barns, cottages the pine waods, houses and large quantity of fencing have iaen prey to the flames; but are happy to say that no lives have been lo.t. We aie informed, also. that on Thur sday night, early yesterday morning. an ex- tensive cohtagriion w as raging ip quite an Oppo- site direction, namely near South Amboy. The va- Tue of the wood destroy ed be immense, and the fires are to continue, until they are quenched with heavy showers of rain, or until they die away for want of iue l.-fPhilad Ing 6il inst.
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14
Correspondence. of,h. N. Y. Journal ofcomm.ree.

WASHtN0IONs <Sb AOfos
 There sonle docua,ents of Il volnnnous and interesting character, which have been ordered by Congress to be printed.
 Among them IS "A copy ef the Astronomical ob'sr- vations made by Lesfenant lGs, under fhe 'nsfrac- tions 1ths Navy Depa,fmsnt." and communicated to the Senate by the Secretary of the Navy, daed the 2lst March. -sr.t .
 The Magnetic observations when puhl'shed, un- dersland, will make two large volumes Of about SUD pages each. -.
 These observations it is said will be found highly interesting in scientific point ofsiew, and useful to navigation. 1-. a-----
 The report is 90 very voluminous, thai two or three months must elapse before its printing can be completed. 1 understand the mean time at Gotien' gen has been adopted. from the circumstance that the first regular magnetic observations were commenced there; since whei, scientific men by common con- sent have agreed to use it. all ..
 To-day paid Il visit to the "Dspot of Charis." alias "A National Observatory"
 It is situated on an eaiipence about one mile southwest of the Presidents mansion, from which fine view is had oi Georgetown, Wa.h'nyton, the Potomac aud surroundipg countryi Alexandria being seen in te dissncs. The buildngs are neat aud ap- proprate. The grounds are undergoing the Process of being graded, neatly paIed in and otherwise im- proved.
 am one of those who always considered the hue
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14
For the Resi.ier and Ionrnal.

Messrs EDIToRs-ln your paper of Saturday you report Greene county as instructng iis eegaie- to go, first for Coleman and secondly for Terry. have seen letter from prominent democrat who was at the meeting, and who gives different yer sion. He says resolution was offered, ius,ructing the delegation 10 vote for McCLUKG, and Col Win Alon Ihosed to substitute the name of rerry but the amendment was lost by Il l,rge majority Col Clarke then offered substitute for Me- LUNG, the name of Coleman, which passed by equally decisive vote and thus it stands. This makes 'he choice oi the meeting 10 be for Coleman fyst, McCung seeoSd and Terry iast.
 l offer this core ction merely for the purpose ot Sd, Ing word abost your remarks.on tho Mobile meeting You comp lam that this is the only county far heard from, which has instructed exclusively for McClung. But why that he case? Simply because none but the two names of Terry and Me- Clung were presented to the meeting. l have no doubt but that if Coleman any other good third man had been named, he would have received de- cded majority of the votes Those who did not choose Terry voted against him, rather than for Nc
 Clung !, for one, did not wish McClung nominated but as between the two l voted for him, but would much more willingly have voted for Coleman, had his been presented. It is my firm belief that acCIung not Ihe first choice of the democracy uf Mobile, and am equally satisfied that Terry Is not. happen to know that the most prominent speaker against Terry-lIe who has received the most vliiy ing abuse hOm democrats, iD the wing papers too. very much preferred nstructing our delegates 10 vote for Posey, Coleman, Chapman, or any other sso,l Nor:h AIabamian except Terry. l know too, that that very gentleman, who has been represented as the peculiar advocate of McClung, had resolutions which he wished to offer, embodying m part those views, and was only prevented from ing so by the Snayt which the meeting WAS thrown by the zeal ous advocates of Terry and McCiung. But l was satisfied then and au satisfied now, that the same thing would have been done in Mobile which has been done in Greene, ifanother name had been pre- sented to the meeting, FAIR PLAY.
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14
,;rorery, Produce and Provision Market.

GgaERAL REMARKs.-s'ince our last weekly report he price, nearly every article in the grocery
 ne advanced largely and the tendency yesterday st up holders asking advance upon the prices izeJ on previous day. In this excited unsettled con don market, lis difficult give satisfactory quo- tatosthe of yesterday may be low today and sO ui the The prominent for this regard it, unhealthy state of business is speculation at least threefouhs of the sales being prompted by the mania which rages in all principal cities of the county Oar conhry merchants and planters although present in large numbers baying comparatively little; indeed we appfzed of some who for the purpose oiay ing summer supplies returning with1u buying dol lar worth, and we have doubt many of them will do SO The prices which all the leading aress if ce Ao has suddenly attained S sufficiently startling defer legitimate transactions, and believe the effect
 will be cfai largey fegailf operations well the consumption generally. People ssill buy from hand 10 m ,iti and consume less than they would under other nstances and in this way speeuiat0Ys who take ho # high prices and hold o for profit, will in all pro blsyy Ieaize a loss. Imports have been very light The weather contipues plearanL
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14

The Mexican Congress has decided by vote of 90 to ', that there is cause for proceeding against SANTA ANNA on the charge of treason against the established government The trial is in progress.
 The news of the passage of the annexation reso- utons, but not of he approval by the President was in the city of Mexico on the 2ls, March. A propo siton before Congress to annul the existing treaty, to prohibit all importations of the United States, and shut the Mexican ports against all ves- ses of the Uuited States unli the project of annex ation is abandoned. We have not learned the vote taken upon the'o.
 Some other particulars of ihe new. will be found in the letter which we quote from the N. 0. Jefer- sonan Repub blican.
Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-14

We give place to the communication of ''Fair Play."
 h regard 10 the Greene county continuation, we had previously learned that we had been misinform ed CT mistook our information. The vote was for CoLEMAN direCtl, the first choice. No second choice was adopted formally, but II is inferred that as between McCLuSG and TERRY, McCLUNe ,s preerred' the meeting before striking out his name insert that of CoLEMAs, having refused to strike ou' |" Insert that of TERRY.
 "e o'nrr passages defensive and explanatory of '"e "o'''e meeting for nominating Mir. McCLUsG, ''e "'' 'o ''eaf ia hey might be. The writer mis- ' "' s"fP"sss We intended to ''coinp in'' oi te hci''" o ina, meeting. live know any lining oi lle signs of the times, the p.rso,. ., .,o..d. in heir objects will have the mos, .... r,. ..,, We pass that by to say word only uoon ,h. position in which they place themse,v.. ,,..,.L their advocate. If Mir. McCLUso w.r. choice of the county, nor of the person. u,,, nominated him, who forced them to talk. h,.- up? Al that meeting the opponent of Mir FERRY acting in evident concert, brought forward the nam. of Mir. HcELUNG as their man, had the own se 'eslioD before hand, made the first nominat ion. and aH appears, were stroug enough 10 carry their own views. Who pfeyspied llle,n from making auo. tller selection, or could have hjndered ihem frou carrying at least the same vote for stronger manf This is whar p,zrles ps ia these explanations and il will be very apt To perplex Col. McCLyxs him. seI' when he h"ds after the party lhrvug,out the Stas has decided agains him, that he WAS not cor. AIally preferred, even by he few whv supported hin.