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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
To all persons afflicted with Sexual disease,
such at Seminal Weakness, Impotence, Con.
orrhtea, Glcet, Syphilis, &C., &c.
The Howard Association of Philadelphia, In
view Of the awful destruction Of human fife and
health, caused by Sexual diseases, and the dc.
ceptions which are practised upon the unfortu.
nate victims Of such diseases by Qaucks, have
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bic act worthy Of thoir name, TO give medical
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or female,) who apply 10y letter, (post paid, J
with a description Of their condition, (age,
occupation, habits of life, &c, } and In cases OF
extreme poverty and suffering 10 furnish med.
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The Howard Association Is beneyolen, In.
stitution, established by special endowment, for
the relief Of the sick and distressed, afflicted
with "Vhulent aud Epidemic diseases, y and its
funds can be used for no othey purpose. IL has
now n surplus az means, which che Directors
have voted to advertise the above notice II IA
needless to add that the Association commands
the highest Medical skill of the age.
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EZRA ID. HEARTWELL, President
GEO. FAlRCHILD, Secretary. ..
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In The Common Pleas.
Jonathan Mackey,

Y" AttstCnincNt.
Jonathan Mackey.
Whereas the plaintiff did on the l4th
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The Bitter Bitten.

At seven o'clock The dinner was served
up, and n better one never was given in
Calcutta; bnt rs every pleasure must
come to An end, so this excellent dinner
was at last finished The desert was also
served up, and the hookabs began to emit
their cultural notes. Many were the
subjects btoached and got rid Of; many
the toasts which en!ivened the fashionable
feast.
At length, by the most stilful manru-
,ering ahd with infinite tact, Macaulay
brought the beauty Of the new tables on
the taps. Every one admired them, and
felt grateful to them for having so late
ly supported the rich dinner Of their
host.
"They are of the finest mahogany ey-
er saw" said Major Briscoe.
They are perfect" said another. 81
never saw any so well proportioped in
my life. l must have some made like
them"
"They are too high" chimed in Char
ley Macaulay, with affected indifference
!iltle too high, Don'tyou think
50, Gordonp
"on the contrary" replied the host,
"if any thing, ] consider them shade too
low"
"You are mistaken, my dear Eel.
low |; | have an excelIent eye, and am
sure am right No table should exceed
Two feet six, and these are at ieast one inch
higher sssss
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"You are in error; they are not more
than two feet and half"
Don't bet, James, don't bet, for I'm
sure of the fact. I tell you l cannot b,
deceived my eye is always correct"
"Not bet? If the tables were not my
own, and consequently l should bet or
certainty, I'd lay you a lac of rupees that
they are not more than thirty inches in
height"
20, if you are willing, l will make the
bet; but remember; gentlemen, tell you
beforehand, that am certain of the fact
| say these tables are mt least thirty-ohe
inches from the ground"
Done, for lac of rupees " cried Cor
don.
"Donew re-echoed Charley.
The wager was duly registered. A
servant was ordered to bring in yard
measure, when Charley Macaulay turned
around with an air of triumph, and
said
"Iou may save yourselves the trouble
of measuring-ha haw and be chuckled
with delight warned you fairly that
bet on certainty, and so the bet must be
binding, james"
Il stand to my bet" said Gordon.
"WcII, then pay me the money.
measured the tables this morning while
you were shaving, and here is the memo.
raudum of height-thirty one inches en-
actiy."
The colonel burst into a roar of laugh
ter, as he produced the pocket. book with
the memorandum in it.
81 know you did," said James )" Il saw
you do SO in the looking glass"
The colonel started.
"1es, | saw you do it; and as soon as
you had gone away, knowing well your
object, | had an inch sawed off Of every
leg. So for once, my knowing friend, the
tables are turned :"
The roar that shook the table would
have drowned Niagara. Charley Macau-
lay left Calcutta the next day ten thons-
and pounds sterling poorer than he was
the day he arrived; and what was still
worse, the very youngest ensigns in the
army quizzcd him ever afterwards. Per-
haps he was richer in the end, however,
for it was his last bet"
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1T Can't be Helped"

"Cantt be helped" is one Of the thou
sand convenient phrases with which men
cheat and deceive themselves. 1t is one
in which the helpless and the idle take re.
fuge as their last and only cOmfort-it
can't be helped. Your energetic man is
for helping everything. If he sees an evil
and clearly discerns its cause, he is for
taking steps forthwith to remove it. He
busies himself with ways and means, de.
vises practical plans and methods, and
will not let the world rest until he has done
something in remedial way.
The indolent man spares himself all
this trouble. He will not bulge. lie
sits with his arms folded, and is ready with
his unvarying observation, 1T can't be
helped" as much as to say--"If it is, it
ought to be- and we need not bcstir our
selves to alter It,"
Wash your face, you dirty little social
boy; you are vile, and repuIsive, and Vi
cious, by reason of your neglect of clcanl-
ness. ut can't be helped" Clear away
your refuse, sweep your streets, cleanse
your drains and cutters, purify your at
mosphere, you indolent corpoations, for
the cholera is coming. ut can't he help
Cd" Educate your childred, train them
up in virtuous habits, teach them to be
industrious, obsdieni, frugal and thought
ful, you thoughtless communities, for they
are now growing up vicious, ignorant and
careless, source of future peril to the ma
ton. ut cart be helped"
But it can be helped. Every evil can
be absted, every nuisance got rid Of, eve
ry abomination swept away though this
will never be done by the "can't-be.help-
ed" people. Man is not helpless, but can
both help himself and help others. He
can act Individually and unitedly against
wrong and evil. he has the power to
abate and eventually upto0t them. But
alasl the greatest obstacle Of all in the
way Of such beneficial action, is the feel
ing and disposition out Of which arises
the miserable, pulling and idle ejaculation
of"It can't be helped."
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the autumnal sky. A single soldier as
cendcd the mountain with the hone Of
beholding from Its summit the rocks and
spires OF Quebec. When he came down,
Arnold took from bis breast, where for
four days in Privation and danger he had
carried it, a blue banner cleaning with
thirteen stars. He raised it into the light,
and for the first time the Continental
Banner hoated over the soitudes of the
Dead River. This is fact attestcd by
history and corFoborated by tradition.
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''NN' &1S h"o HhS"NhNN ohN "lIbNSl dIi
exhorted, and perhaps in pressing emer,
gencies, cheated and lied little for the
good of the country; and how has an un.
grateful country responded to all his la
bors2 1t has condemned and rcpudiated
al! his good offers.
No wonder if he thinks the world has
desenerated, that the people are corrupt;
and the old parties unreliable. Some.
things the matter; and something must
be done to save the Republic. Open or
ganzation have been tried and failed, let's
try secrecy and craft. Somebody's to
blame; no doubt about that; and who so
likely to be the culprits as these foreigners
the wings never liked, except just before
an election, and the Catholics, whom they
ought not to like if they did. We must
say that this letter is very unkind cut
in this Commonwealth. Hosts of Catho-
lies have been always the sturdiest kind
OF wings. They have been cid soldiers in
wing battalious. Are they not most un-
gratefully treated!
But there is great public necessity;
the country must be saved. Itis in bad
way, for 1t has rcpudlntcd whiggery and
must be very corrupt and stupid of course.
So whig might very naturally reason.
We don't wonder at it u. all. Most men
don't relish the idea Of other peoples in
ialhbIlity, but are very partial to their
own; that they have been wrong all their
lives is the last idea that will be allowed
to enter their heads.
The new order arc fond of boastnr Of
recruits from the democratic ranks, and
to keep up appearances they will give a
crum or two in the way Of office to dem
ocrat now and then but they have no
place on their platform for democrats gen
orally. These latter have no reason to he
dissatisfied with the country. IL is doing
pretty well. 1t has been under decided
democratic rule, and has therefore been
about right. 1t is charged that foreigners
have generally voted one way. The
meaning is, that they have voted demo-
cratic: That only shows their serse, and
their competency to vote right. 1t is,
moreover, charged tha! the Catholics have
voted democratic, which, 10y the way, is
not true in this state; and il is q fact tha,
large proportion offoreigners and Cath
olIcs have voted whigs, and worked hard
Tor the whig party. In this they have
not shown much discrimination, we grant:
and we have no doubt most Of them are
sorry for this sin 10y this time. Upon th.
whole deTioc ats have reason To believe
that the county has been doing very well.
take ii all round, and have no reason 10
hy to this new order for salvation; nor will
they do it. Those who think the old dem.
ocratic party dead in Kentucky will find
themselves mistaken; and our opponents
needn't suppose that hy putting on new
dress they will not be recognised as the
same old coon. There nothing but an old
party race coming off in this State, this
Summer. Disguises had as well be
thrown aside. They deceive nobody.
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IN ADVANCE.
MUM B ER 5

pFovements carried out on the place IN /
withal very fair crop of cotton made
and sent to market in good time and fine
order; is followed, perhaps, 10y one WHO
has established for himself reputation
with many employers, by makingam enor-
nous crop of cotton! 81 made, last year
for Mr.. --, upon his worn place, with
so and so hands, SO and so bales of cot
ton" All! lie is manager tt ten
twelve bales to the hand! Not a word
of the active, healthy, not over-worked
hands; the full corn cribs; abundance of
fodder, peas, potatoes, DC. the hogs kill
cd and meat cured the fine teams, good
fences, poor spots manured, wet places
diiched; roads well worked, Gin house.
sc"ffo!ds, &c, in fine order, with which
he commenced tic ycar-all the work of
his predecessor. Nor of the condition of
things then upon the place-;he exact
reverS of all this. His big crop proving
to be serious loss to the employer, in the
end. a..
To those managing estates as Execu
tors, Guardians, &c; these books are in
valuable. a prominent New Orleans
factor gratificd me not a little recently
by remarking that he has little hesitation
Ill advancing to or accepting for Plan
ter who kept his Plantation Record and
Account Book correctly, requiring tho
same OF his ovcrseer-"such planters knew
what they were about, and, in fact, rarely
asked for advances" Instances have al
ready occurred in the Courts, in which
the overseer's daily entry in his Planta-
ton Book was received as evidence, in the
sane manner as the entry of Merchants
clerk in his Day Book. ....
But have spun out my letter far be.
yond what intended when l sat DOM
to reply to yours. --.- -... ....-...
Many thanks for the blank leaf from
Your own Plantation Book. II. suggested
vast improvement to mine, which shall
make in my next editions. Pray favor
me with copy of your Plantation Rules.
Some one in Richmond, Virginia, be-
hcve, has published an almost literal re-
print of my books; but with the part Of
HamIet omitted Most shabbily gotten
up, and some of the most important re-
cords left out.
We think it, here, indispensable that
the cotton picked by each hand each day
should be recorded. II for no other pur-
pose than to compel uniform and inva-
rIable system on the part of the overseer.
There should be no omissions. l have
not time to point out all the advantages
but they arc many.
| have been compelled to omit many
things / should like to have included, to
avoid complication. The planter himself
should keep records Of eacle6eld, &c..
My plan is, skeleton map of the planta-
ton, cut out of Bristol board, leaving
net work Of the board, for the boundaries
OF the fields, &c, OF about quarter of an
inch wide, upon which the Nos. of the
fields arc noted, their contents, when clear
ed, DC. This is laid over blank sheet,
and sketched around with pen, leaving
a copy of the skeleton. In the space
marked out for each field, notes of tie
crops are made, &c, &c. But must
close.
Yours very respectfully,
Thomas AFFLKcK.