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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
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With slavery, then, we stand as we are, oul
population being only, seven hundred and seven
ty-nine thousand, eight hundred and twenty
eight souls, where's, under freedom, it would
have been, TWO MILLIONS, SIX HUNDRED AMI
SIXTY THREE THOUSAND, Elk HC.DaED AND ELEVEN
Of this result there cannot be a shadow Of q
doubt.
let. Population, when it Gun, goes, invaria-
BY, 10 the South from the North. Men like q
genial Climate, short winters better than long
ones, and, other things being equal, would al
WAYS prefer g warm 10 q Geld country. Hence
the vermonter would select Virginia before
Wisconsin, and Kentucky sooner than Mich
igan.
q. Our sell Is really richer, and our resour-
ces, greater, with the exception OF Ohio, than
any Of the Northwestern States. The want
If water, gooi or bad, and Of timber, in North
Illinois, ana the region thereabouts, are great
drawbacks. The Ess;ern farmer braves these,
only because slavery is bar 10 his settlement in
Virginia and Kentucky.
Sd. Our climate il moro healthful. ken-
lucky, ss a whole, is more exempt from sick
ness than any Of our sister States. One Of our
old settlers rems ked 10 as the other day, (and
he Is familiar with the whole Northwest, being
g surveyor in earlier times.) ,hst he never Wit
messed such fever-hts. ana ague.ravages among
MS. as ne has seen in Illinois. Missouri, Mich.-
gan, and Indians. The pleu,ifalne-s emo good
ness Of our wster--;he sand loaminess of our
soil-our fine stand its genial mie-clmste
make Kentucky hesithfui State.
If there DO any truth in analogy, or logic in
Ike general r--altz we safe in asserting, tha.
Kentucky, sriah freedom, would have enjoyed q
sKrATER increase Of population than Ohio, or
any other Of the NORTHWESTERN territories.
What this increase las been, in our sister State,
the tables alone Geclare. What ,ae new States
have done. the tables below. in part, show:
ls4o. 1886. Gain in 5 We.
Michigan. 2i2.267 504.27o 92.vli
Iainois. 4a2,s29 Gl3,4e2 1858
Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin are shooting
ahead with ike rapid pace. The first named,
though territory, when We had Xix Representa-
tives in Congress, has now as many as We, and
the two last, Il is believed, ia ten years more, II
we stand a. we are, will outstrip our Common
wealth Think Of Chicago ana Milwaukee,
villages little while ago. beating al our cities,
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
doned. 10 Be- grown up In pine

doned, 10 b grown up In pine
lions Of the estste are cleared and
doned, until at length the wide domain 4
Sc nded from opulent ancestors become Insu]
Gent to supply this system Of wasteful ex,r,v1
gance /; the estate is then sold for small co
sidersiion. and the impoverished proprietJ
with his family and slaves sets c.f TO SEX
home In the fertile regions of the South W.
shsss 70 pursue, from ineorrigible habit,
same b!ighting and ruinous system
In passing through the sparsely settled \
desolate looking country that surrou nos Pob;I
Church, what sad reflections are forced upon I
mind OF the .rayeilcr. Here he beheld, ?
place where Wsshington.was wont 10 word
after be retired from pubic life to seek repos.
the peaceful shades Of Mount Vernon. r.
venerable edefice was built before the Rev.
ton, and thai time was surrounded by the
iaies Of some Of Virginia's most gifict sous
Bot were are now the descendants Of those
tinguished men'
They are mostly gone 10 other .anGs-so-s1
their mansions are in state Of dilapiiati,r
their enclosures decayed and gone many
the fields filed with briers or covered with
| ana the population has become sparse,
a few years ego the old church appeared
| abandoned to decay the roof Was rotten
doors unhinged, and birds began TO build =
| its desolate walls. The name Of Wsht6
was invoked 10 save this relic Of antiqui
utter destruction (; subscriptions wero
place il In repair, and new roof ~
the venerable pile, that will be the NJ
serving il for many years.
When last saw il the graveysnx
unenclosed-the evidences Of pove(
were on every hand 10 be seen a
As they sighed through the pinsl
whisper a melancholy tale Of d.
! deur.'
| And free-labor shall renoyate tl.ia
gion The tales Of departed grancsl
forgotten in the midst OF actual PROS
quired by ii And then the plaess 3
Washington and the great men Of Virginia h.
and lie, shall be adorned and kept green, an d
evidences Of poverty and decay give place to !
power Of art, science. and industry. And \
signing Of the pines. "a the wild winds sy-,.
through them, shall fall upon the ear, not a,
moan of melancholy, but as sweetest har,noa.
breathing upon a land Of renewed youth al
vigorous freedom. There are better Gays
store for US, Of the South, and We shall l;y.
enjoy them Let US hope and labor.
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A Few Encts.


A Kentuckian, native Of Frankfort, writes
Us as follows:
frankfort has as great water power AZ Day
ton--is nearer iron and coai and yet Frankfort
i- away behind Dayton
Let us see how they stand The last census
gives us The following return:
F1sskerf Dayton Frankfort Deytea
$50 l,9iT 6,067 1850 say 1900 2o,0OO
Part of this calc alation is conecturul; vet il
is rs certain almost, as the actual returns made.
The Auditors report in this State, and the State
census in Ohio give us data by which We can,
with certainty, approximate the result in 1850.
This is the return Of the Auditors report for
lei6 in Franklin County, in which Frankfort is
| situated.
slaves, sos 1905 White Macs over Il, IG92 1851
| slaves over 10. 1855 .S25
Increase 10 Children between and IL, ,537 I,733
4.isi 4,ssa
| DECREASE a. tar a. tie tables 90, OF is
| With equal advantages ia water power, fertii-
ty Of soil, and greater advantages as regards nav
igation, and contiguity to coal and iron, Frank.
fort will not hold her own, while Dayton, Ohio,
viii run up 10 fcenfy fhousoad soeis!
Can any man doubt the causel Ought any
good citizen hesitate, seeing it, in doing all lie
can to remove il Make kentucky free, and
Frankfort in ten years, with her immense re-
sources, would count population of ten
thousand!
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Era

sy an ssror OF the press our correspondent oUT's'
"a. made TO sey In his hrsi letter. 1.-TWO very fine p"
ievs.- instead Of Two very fine pii'Hrs." and ' kuhe
harm. the Undine, instead Of Knhlebofn'
The mist hievovs sreis OF Undine."
In our aricie The Eviaence Ineress The III o isss
ses,cnces of the concluding paragraph Should read,
thar no, better hopes to HSrtErs Verify, he ~A'
Docs justice and stands up for right may count on his
r~v.rd even ON earth"
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L..s.vi,s. a.a Fr..If.s, Nal, Rsaa.

The stockh0'IeFs of ihe Lorsvile and ffals'lI
Rail Road company held mestin. Ia ths- civ on -
itsli INST. for the pi pose OF choosing hoard o y
rcc'of 'or the Management OF the The fooFHi
Iersons wvre seieriel directors: Chapman Cosss'
James Guthrie. W. ". Field v. Mcknight. 4 hos SIIih
"s New Castle and Js~ch SwigeE,, Of Frankfort
The hoard OF directors then siericd from ihsr o'1
uunshef Cha:u III Celcr,sn q president.
ssries az resolutions asop;ed and orierss 70 e
published In the city pagers and The hoard knsHy y
cnruct ." meet again In rcremher. E~ the rrr-re q
adopin: a,sdry amendments the existing charter
lay besofe our ensuing Legislature.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
Oliver sEokSsyscli.

D'Aubigne thus sums up his account OF
Cromwell:
"But God works BY instruments; and If there
IL any one man, who, ia times past, has contrib
utsl more than another, more IMAM all others, to
the wonders of the present cay, that man is
Oliver CaoxwELL- The existing greatness OF
Engisna is bot the realization OF The plan he
la conceived"
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RseueA COlOnles.

The first steps are taken to destroy slavery in
the French.W est India Colonies Another year
will witness, we believe, general act Of sman.
cipetion.
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pres i.d
Mr. Charles Dupn spoke well Of the Prince.
but thought il,ey eoull not act on the petition
Ney Prince DE La Moskowa that is, supported
the prayer. '.IIis history tJerome's) is that Of
our glory and ressrssf, and by Punishment Of
thirty years hs had amply expistee the crime If
being the brother Of Napoleon General Pellet
defended the Prince. "Most Of those said he.
.'who wear epaulctses in this house raw the
Prince on tho plains Of Waterloo display the
most obstinate and brilliant courage. A like
courage on the part If every commander would
have gained the victory before tho arrival Of the
Prussians."
VI. Hugo was the champion Of the exiles.
Let the petition he referred to Marshall Soult,
the Princes companion in arms NJ. Damon
concurred. But the law of l.3? could not be
abrosated. The stability Of the throne and the
repose of the country demanded that II should
not be! Marquis de Boessy, Gems TabvieO and
Pernetty sustained the Prince.
| NEs again rose. Gen. Gourgaud followed
with this pithy speech;
| ''uehtieiiicn, To-Day Is the anniversaries o.
the battles Of Marengo and Frieiland. appeal
to you all. my old comrades,--generals.a dmirals
magistrates, who have SERVED under the lmperia
Government, will you permit history to say
The Chamber Of Peers has celebrated such glo
riOus anniversaries BY passing TO the order o
the day on the petition Of the brother Of III,
EmperOr-of the brother of him who wishe.
to make France the first Of nations?'
The petition referred TO the Board Of Iniorna
ton has been granted
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21

Ovs usapoR--fSom present. mdiraisens shal 90
ne without q ehanne. on This side OF Bloods isAhd'
The w"sk q the foot OF The Island has heen highly n
.o'.s a. We have always insisted must ss.St lea"
Caiea, -4sSzstliI.
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Having ascertained the per centsge ofincrease.
during these decades, we applied this per cent
age 10 Kentucky with the following result:
Kyusseis Ky arcosiln. TO Ohio increase.
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ssur Enud-. Their Va1ae.

In Ne. ". Of the Examiner, we contrasie1
Ohio and Kentucky, as regards increase ofPoPu-
lsi,on. ana showed. what We might hsve been, II
like Ohio, we had been FREE.
This was our reasoning. We ascertained
FIRST the law Of increase, in Ohio, from lelO to
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
.S79.76l,6UO

Balance, SS'2,,6l 500
The increased value of land, by emancipa-
'ion, under the Ohio law Of increase would nut
alto the pockets Of Shareholders and land own
ers, in the course Of one decade, sEvESTY-rwo
MILLIONS, SEVEN HUNDRED AND sfxrY-FoUK THOU
SAND DOLLARS, more than they now have.
Said we not truly, that freedom, looking at il
simply as question Of profit and loss, is the
rery best step which masters could take
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
Whats In q Nasi,GS

Ee rsfbrrea the other day to a petition Of
Jcrine Benaparis to the French Chambers, as,:-
ina INC ahroga,!on Of the Law fortiidIng him
self and family to enter Frrnce. Since then
BE have glanceda a, the io5a's upon II, And were
somewhat surprised u, the var,ous' crln!ons ex-
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21

~ required and ny doing u promptly and skill
fully, the land IL improved and brings forth an
abundance Of the choicest productions. By
this judicious sy stem, labor is rendered respec-
table, because 1t Is performed by willing hands
aud shared by those whose minds are imbu ed
with intelligence and virtue. 1t requires but a
small acquaintance with physiology to be salts
lied that ply steal exertion Of some kind is abso-
lutely essential to the health and comfort of man
and II is no less certain tina. in order for the
body to sustain fatigue without exhaustion. the
mind must be interested in the result. From
this cause have f,issn those laborious pastimes
which have been wont to cali forth the energies
Of the sons Of opulence. Fox-chasing, deer
hunting, aud the pursuit Of other game, have
from time in,memoriai engaged the attention Of
many whose wealth and position in society
might have enabled them to do mach good 20
mankind, and to promote their own happiness
but unhappily. they were led by false educa-
lion TO waste their time and their energies in
useless and ingorious pursuits. II these men
had been educated in such a manner to be-
come interested In the pursuits Of agriculture
If they had turned their attention TO the deep
w interesting subjects of the nutrition and
growth Of plants.--the renovation and improve
mcnt Of soils,-tne influence Of the atmosphere,
of light. heat, and electricity, upon vegeta-
ton: they would have found in these and other
branches of study, objects Of pursuit tina, would
have afforded far higher and nobler pleasure
and instead Of making war upon the inferior
animals, It might have become the aim Of their
lives to elevate and improve the condition Of
their fellow men. -.........-. "a. ..
How SAL Is the condition Of that nifty,
where useful labor Is held in disrepute-whch j.
the inevitable result of its being chiefly per-
formed by degraded and scrvle population
When the proprietors of the soil, during large
portion Of their time, are absent from their es.
tates, they arc too often entrusted to the man-
agement Of agents and ovssseens, whs have
nsithes inclination or ability to improve them.
The land from excessive cropping. without rest
or manufing, becomes exhausted, andis sban-
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-01
BY the President OF the United states.

IN pursuance of law, l. JAMES X POLK President 0
The United States of America, do hereby deca~ anc
make known that public sales will be held AT the nnder
mentioned land offices the State OF FLORIDA at the
periods hereinafter designated, TO wit;
Al the land office at ST. AUGUSTINE, commencing OF
MONDAY, the twelfth day of July next, for the dispose
Of the public lands within the limits OF the aforementioned
townships, To wit
South the base line, and of the principal meridian.
Township twenty-five, of range wenty-eRht
Townships twentyone and twenty-five, OF range twenty
nine.
Townships eighteen and nineteen and section six, in
township twenty, OF range thirty
townships eighteen nineteen, and twenty one OF range
thirty-one.
Townships eighteen and nineteen, of range thirytwo.
Township cghteen OF range thirty-three.
AZ the Land Office at NEWNANSVILLE, commencing on
MONDAY the nineteenth day OF July next for the disposal
OF the public lands within the limits OF the aforementioned
township, and fractional townships, 10 WITT
South 81 the basehn and east Of the principal meridian
Township nine, of range fourteen
fractional townships wenty-seven, tweny-eght, TWEEN
Wnine, and thirty, on the main land, of range fifteen.
Township twenty and fractional township thirty
live, on the main land OF range sixteen.
township twenyseven and fractional townships thirty
three and iirtyVe on The main land OF range seventeen
Township twenty-seven fractional township thirty
the main land, and townships thirty and thirty,
live, OF range eighteen
Townships thrtytwo, thirty three, thrty-four and thirty
five, of range nineteen.
Lands Appropriated by law for the OF schools militia
ry other purposes, will be excluded from the sales.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks, uness
the lands are sooner disposed ot and no longer and no
private OF land in the townships offered, will be
commencement OF said sales.
Given under my hand, the city of Washington this
sixth day Of April, Domln thousand eight
hundred and iorty-seven. JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
RICHARD NJ YOUNG,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
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Pages Portable Windmill.

GEORGE PAGE, mnchinist and manufacturer of agr.
NJ cultural implements and other useful inventions,
ectuy informs the public that he has completed his
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First Principles Of Chemistry =

BY BENJAMIN SIILIMAN, JR., M. A,
Professor Ia Yale College Of Science applied TO the rts
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