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STATE-JOBRNAt AMD FOMTIGAt REGISTER. EDITED BY JOHN M. GALLAGHER .....4....PUBLISI1ED BY SCOTT GALLAGHER, AT THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. J. D. NICHOLS, PUBLISHING AGENT. JOURNAL Vol. 27, No. 33. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRU ARY 2, 1838. REGISTER Vol. 1, No. 42. ADVERTI81NG. Twelve Hnt or teta, ontliweriloo , threa.. u u cbcIi additional UiMrilon, m three montlift ..90 50 ....1 00 ....0 ts ....3 00 ....6 00 a m m tixnoHtbt,. twelve montlie ....0 00 Lonitr edvertletiuenu In the Nine profiettion tbe iag above. A deduction of twenty per eent, (on the eicet,) wben Ibe amount aseeedi twenty dollarilti id uiontlte. All Advert Im in nti aliould Iw marked on blr face I in with the number of Insertion! deiired.or they will be continued UH ordered out, and charged by the Insertion. No refiioniihilUy for errora In lefnl Court Advertlae-ncnia, beyond tit amount charged for their tneertioo. Vl4l.LV ADVUTIMHO. One7ou" .V3.7. 00 On Imif. 25 00 A full column 40 00 Any Advertiser eiceedlng the amount engaged, to I charged for the eicei, at the Am rale above mentioned. For the Journal and Register. TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. Mr. Editok : The writer of Sobriety" has not I tation of acting upon sectional or local considera-dealt fnirlvwith mv rernarkson theobove subject, lions. They have lully and effectually repudiated inasmuch us he hus "egrcgiuusly" misrepresented them. My design in o lie ring those remarks to the public was nut to provoke controversy, but to elicit truth. Therefore. I shall pass without no- ticing particularly his misrepresentations, and, run your permission, endeavor totoucn me points on which c ubie him and mvsell to view the maitei iti diflerent osuucisi re vimr on his niauuaniinitv to do me justice, when he understands me better, or Your correspondent, although an erudite philo- o i her, has, in this instance, mistaken an effect for the efficient came. Consequently, (he whole sub- ui stands roversed from its true position in bis "Sobrietv" takes it for orantrd, (hat "the im roper use of intoxicating liquors is the source and ie actire and efficient eaute of crime and disease." This, although a very popular seniimetii, is one whicU I cannot numii as iruiu. ine uare asaer lions of some of the "oldest jurists and medicul je," prove nothing to llie purpose. The Inc.. that nine-tenths of the convicts now in the Ohio p... uiura HrinLnni ft.toa mil nmvA th... drunkenness was the "ctlicientcaune" or "source" of the crimes that sent (hem there. If the efll ient cause of their crime could be, in each indi vidual casr, traced back to its source, there is no dodbt but Hint it would ho tutinu to be more re mote than the period when thov bejrnn to use intoxicating liquors. I think it would be found, that in inliincy, childhood and youth, the moral affections had not been properly cultivated ; thai they hud not sufficiently learned, so as fully to understand, uelievf, and act upon ine oeiiei, mat BEL t -LOVE AND THE LOVE OP THK WORLD Were the urolitic source of all moral evil, from the beam ning of timo down to I lie present day and hour and if of moral evil, of uuturul evil also, as ila certain consequenco disease f the mind and dibcase of the body. Nor does the fact, that a majority of our pniipcrs and invalids in uur public hoauiinls were drunkards, prove any more than the former. Indeed it is a subject of vast import lu look into the "source" ol these evils, and one which iiifiguilies in imporinnce the mure it is viewed. Yet man need not truvul out ot hiiuseli to find it. I am well aware, that intemperate drinking freaueullv hasteua us unhappy victim to a cou auiumuiion of his eanhly career, and sends hint into the world ol spirits, there to take up an eternal abode, in thnt slate or quality which hi had acquired lo himself while in this world; and thnt, while he remains lingering on the borders ol time, it ogruvaies disease of cvory kind, mental and physical, so as often to render its subject so frightfully horrible as to make even depravity itaull shrink bock appalled at the sight, let the "ehVieiit cause" ol this dreadful aiate was no doubt anterior, if not in tune, at least in potency, tiancet, there was at the sumetime,a sortofneu-to drain-drinking. ,rft reMi-ve imposed upon the press of this State, "dolmen" seems to doubt, if I understand Ins which mti9tlia ao long as our Whig brethren in mark of intcrr-wiion, whether covetousuess, olher gta!M llef p(,aiiively assented nor dis-pnde, &.c. are affectum ol the mind. 1 will tell tem,.j fmm Ohio' propositiun. Thi reserve i E im, simply, that ihey are, and, without question- ing his philosophy, will add, (hot they and ten thouannd olher evil affections are all comnriacd, in the comolex. in tho two above named, sell- Jove and the love of the world; and that they are diametrically opposed to those two good affections which ero the complex of all virtue, and winch vdiupnat) in o wiw iu u iMi, me m"v change their preference. A thorough convince Wiml of God. "Let me commend to his reffec menl inM some other distinguished Whig is pre-ttons" this sublime subject. ferrpj by a majority of the Iriends of Reform in But d..br.eiy" would "much preler the moral influence ol Temperance Associations to acting in accordance with tneiawsoi uivuie rroriacncu. No doubt of it. It has been the case with men ever since Ihe dnysol the Scribes and Pliarisoea, who trusted altogether in the moral influence ol theirown works. They could not, any more ibsn he, discover the mildness snd beiieliceut wisdom of that moral irovcrumenl which presides over the desiiniesof fallen man, in ihe nermissionof leaier, whure u renter evils threatened Ins entire destruc tion : and which irovernmeui, (hough unacknow ledged, soil follows erring man in his downward progress in the paths of vice snd ruin, enirianng nd warning but never compelling nun to ucgooo, wise, snd happy. To illustrate, let me point lo the man whose rulinu love is aranet. lie hold him at tbe iraminir table, uukinir the virtue of tempe ranee hit sctrant in nroaecuimg Ins black designs on his unsunpuctiug dupe. Uphold hhn elsewhere, in every department ol society, and in every walk of lite: he is too vicious to be drunken, lor (hat would exiioso his knavery. Look again, at lue man of pride: how he rears his lolly head, edited wuh hit acquircmenta in learning, weulih, or honors; lurgmiing that "a man can receive no- ihiug unless it be given him Irom heaven;1 con- temning th se around him, and suying within iiunrcii, -K o Mm iiii miw inf, i ... man iliuu, ' uum in i uiuiiKcunm ibii suiter, .nd louche, Iniii a Ipmuii ol humility, Again, let him luuk at th.iccumpliihrd and oin finned libertine, who, ruling luve, or paMion, f lur the pauion, ora all winnowa ol .ituctionki u llie .riluction of Iftnnlo innocence Ueliold him endowed wilh every (lienor grace (iciiiuorance included) lliai can adorn the character of man, concealing Ihe Mark de.igus of Ins demoniac heari, lha na.'urai fnem, ol all civil socioly, of ffuvernnient, and of God ! Can it be denii eniKi, nisi II would be a mercy to society thai this devil in cnrniil, should be unmasked and his power tin-airoied, by uiving liiin over lodrutikeniiess! Or, if this latter vice ahould overtake him before he became a continued libertine, and he ahould afterwards relorui, aa many do, would it not be a mercy to him and to eocietv I These instances are adduced to show thai il is of mercy that leaaor evils are tinrmitted, where man is in dangor of running into greater, in order that il may be oc- knuwledged filial there is a divine moral influence "'"' "H""" ,u ' w"u'u pom oul to ihe real friend, of mora ""' ' (andl bchevo your corre.jH.ndeni is one) the Hue sources of th evils they wish lo cure, in order that they may work at the root inelead of the branches! for let Ihem be aaaured ! '..'.. .. i'.l'I rff Tia in suppressing intemperance alone, is lik pruning a con upt tree uf aomo of its brunches, ihe etfvct ol which is to make it thiivo the bettor: wherens il is wiilten, "The axeislsid to the root of lite tree." A:c. -e.oon.iy" suou.u n... ...po. m. ... ...e... of ...lo,,1.er,i..co, because I l , .how,, it to be an injignihcant loe compared wi h the grand ene- inv oi man. in.e.i.iiiritiour in u..iik.i.h vnpi.r overrnmn I il is uui one oi tnacneinv'scouniicM host, which lie can eoaily aiiarej and il may be overcome ill man without his being a whit the beiiet nav, if he is otherwise corrupt, abstinence will enable hint to tie a greater villain. 1 Ins great enemy, with hi multitude of warriors, ia ariCnt'n every man here ia the field nf battle and hupiiy, ihrice happy ia ha who arms himself thcicnily, and conquers in Ihe fight. Yours, J. W. Columbus, Jan. S7, IMo. Tu StT or (iovr.iEiT. The suhjsct of th. removal ol the sesi of llie general government his been a I laird in the Legislature ol Pvnnalvania. A resolution waa preootited by a Mr. Kama lo have il removed from Washington to l'msburgh, provided a grant could first be ulitsincd from tno Hiatc of Menus) Kama for ths requisite territory. Heaver baa also been mentioned aa a auitalle place for the aent of government. We think that the lime is not far uistnnl, when a removal will be deemed necessary. Pitishurghismoreccntral, and, on that eccmnl, ia more drsirabla than Wnahingtoni but euch ia th, rapid incroaaa of population in the Wea.ern Blaise, that it ia very doubtful wheiher it wuuld be permiiied lo remain even in Pittsburgh for any length of lime, were thai place finally filed upon for its location. The rastfthe north and lb, ouih, have each had its day ot political influence: but the Weal, the great and boundless west, is destined svenluslty, and at no distant day, to sway the drstinies f the nation. Cttreland Inttllincer. The splendid new Chandelier in the Senate hsmbsrof Maryland nl Annapolis fell Tuesday "'(hi, and wss crushed lo pitcse. SPIRIT OF THE OHIO PRESS. From llie Circleville American. THE PRESIDENCY. It ii now six months since the Whigi of Ohio convened for the ourooee of enibodvinir and iriv- expreti.on to their sentiment relative to the selection of a suitable candidate for President of the United States. That expression was uttered spirit of frankness and conciliation. While it maintained lb at the people ol UUio had lull confidence in the integrity, capacity, and public ser-vicesof their own luvurite fellow citizen, it at the Isnme lime was conceded, that should another citizen embody a stronger oxureuion of the voice of the Whigs ot me nut ion, tnose oi unio wouiu foreu Pw'wm tl citiien be he Irom the IN or Hi, the couth, the East or the West a cordial and energetic sup port. Ihe better to arrive at the true and fair results in relation to the popular preference, so desirable on all hands, a National Convention tviw proposed. So far, then, as the Whim of Ohio are concern ed, they stand absolved from all charge of iirtpu- such narrow incentives. Their proposal for a National Convention, hus been responded to only by their breihren of Vermont. In view of this state of the facts, we conceive it to be not only proper and right, but an imperative duty devolved me wmg preai oi unio, iu -art a out." we yield to the impulse and this week display out banner. I'ns we do in no spirit of copiousness porverse obstinacy. Whatever motive may have actuated the Whigs in other parts of the country, it was due in Ohio, and to the poaiiion she occupied in reference to this question of great nnd common interest, that her propositi should have received an early and respectful consideration. The most plausible reason we can assign for the protruded silence of other States, is, that they concur in the preference expressed in Ohio; id t lie re lure deum a National Convention un necessary, liut bo the reason what it may, it behooves the Whigs ul UMo to speak in less "nn,.?880, pretereiica i clear y lor HARRISON; end this preference will only be surrendered to a clear demonstration of a Wronger attachment on the p.irl ol the Whigs, generally, to some other candidate, When such demonstration shall have been made, we shall hold ourselves st liberty to uae a sound discretion in adopting tbe preference so indicated. From the Chlllkothe Gazette. HARRISON IN OHIO. That excellent Whip; paper, the Circlevills American, has runup the Harrison flair to the mast-head, in the knowledge that Gen. Harrison is the favurite of the People of this State for llie next rrcsidencv, and in the reserve ol hourly to adopt some other candidute, when one shell be offered who will be preferred by the People to their present choice. 1 he bailor ot the American was one ot (he officers of die fourth ot July Conven tion in Columbus, and hus rrsolvcd to raise high the Harrisun banner, under the conviction that oilier Stales have not responded to the offer to hold a notional Convention, which was made then snd there by the Ohio Whiirs. bvery attendant at that Convention, whether his first choice was Hnrrison. Clav. or Webster. con atteit ihnt the only voice heard there waa for Harrison, and that the Convention was a fair rep resentation n the Wh.it ireenien ol this State Ohio's choice, Am, was clearly and unequivocally expressed. On that day the presses of Ohio. which did not immediately after enter protest and there are none wore committed in their preference of the Farmer of North Send, over any other candidate lor the next Presidency, with me reservation which has just neen reexprei bv our Circleville neighbor. We have alwava an rflffnrded the matter: ttmnirh. under the circuit.. fast wearing away, and ere huiir every Whig print ol the Queen State of the West will fullow the lead of the Circleville American. And. whatever the politicians and edilora may do, the preference ol the reople cannot be disguised, rowerlul, in- dfe(1 mut. the rooi,ininir be. and stronir bevond sainuf, mual be the inducements, before "they lhe umon mi((n, Wark ,hllt chllnge, and nothing tMtirt Qf t Nrt(iona Convention will settle thii question. I he "previous question li ch ' will a national convention he heidf From tlte Hamilton Intslllgencer. OUR BANNER. Hang your banner on the outer wall.H In this dnys paper we himrout the banner un der which we intend to give bat lie to the spoils men ot the country. e have hoisted our flag, with the nnmea of Harrison and Vasck inscribed uu,n it. Perhaps by aomo this measure may bo considered premature i but in our own uihiinent. it is nut. we believe thil they are the lavorites of the Whigs of Ohio, and we know that, tor the important uthces tor which we present them os candidates, they stand first in the estimation of the gallant band ol Whigs in Duller Ihe spoils party is already in the held. I his week (hey hnve held a convention in Columbus lor the purpngti ot organizing, to matte one more dei poraie struggle for the oacendnncy in ihe Buck- ev State. It bemmvea the Whigs to bo up and doing lt them remembor that "tUrnat vigilant ,-, y,t pfiu nf Liberty Let us be united and energetic, and wr will be enabled, at all limes, to triuiupn over the enemies oi nepuuucamsin. From th. Carroll Fm FrM. While we pledir, our aid, (humble a, it iO to llie candidal?, whatever he may be, thnt shall re ceive the Humiliation, we will not disguise the ''Minion that Uem ral llurruon 1a t lan who ""W "' r-alaly "nit, the majority of hi. eountryinen. Tho recollection of his services in ihe csu.e of his counirj, is indelibly written upon " - ,.,..-.........., .... particularly in the West, where the greater part of his long and useful life has been thus Isr s;ienl. We believe he will go into the Convention with more positive strength than any other candidate. But be thiaas il may, we shall support hia claima lo the nomination lor the ncit Presidency, at lead, until the arbitra ment ol theloiiveuiion shall bs announced to tht country, I From the ftprlnfflelal FioiMer, jj CLAY THE MRE.SIDKNCY, In the Hons, of Representatives of Kentucky, ,, ,h. 3d mat., Mr. Helm offered a aerie, of reao! ,uli,llllw,ich ;,r, r.k.rr..u ,. delect Committe.. .,.,., r .i,- ...,;... a... . ! . , . . . . . . .h,. I Ml..w.. "Iteiulrtii. That lha Denote of Kentucky enter. lain and cherish unabated confidence in tne wisdom, purity, and unbending integrity, of her dis- linguianeil amen, llr.iv.KY CLAY. M regards hie name aa standing identified with all the moat ,, hht,n, Jf , ,intiunn policy, c.lc . ,h(lir d ,,na,nc hmi v , Wh h , f this n. catcutai Ihia together. When Ihe honor of this nation has been tsrnidied by foreign aggressions hia voice baa been firat raiaed in defence of the right, of his country. II, has .(tended a fostering hand to ths great commercial and manufacturing inter ests of ihe nation, lie has thrown himself in ihe bresch, and become th, great pacificator lo heal th, discordant fertmgs which threatened, in bold lernir, the durability uf the Union. He is llie great defender of the right, of man, and the advocate of the cause uf liberty in every country. Kentucky feels that his name is dear to her; that it ia destined to lie among the brighiaat ornamenta to decorate a pan, of the national history, rjho pre sents hia name to the American People, for the office of Chief Magistrate of this nation. He ia her choice, and muler his tisnncr tne people oi Kentucay will rally wilh pride and plcaaure. U.it whilst we ihue boldly make known our feelings, and preaent our choice man, we are disposed to unite wilh lb, Whigs in every portion of this I'm. in, and give our support to th, individual who may b, aelected aa most likely to csrry out and maintain our principles. Willi llnaview we concur in suggestions made, and now rocommend to the Whige every where, llie propriety of fixing upon a liui, and plaen lo aaaem'.lo in National Convention lor thu purpose of nominating a candidate for th, ullice of President of the United titaies." We cannot see how any unprejudiced American, who cherishes in his breast a grateful feeling towards a pithlio benefactor, eau call in quea-lion the truth of the character given M Mr. Clav, in the reaoltiiion. He ia a public benefactor. Il, line made great eacrifinea for his country, and wo are sorry to add, that country haa not propcrlv rewarded hia tervicca. He haa long been a victim of calumny and detraction, snd it is time that returning Justice should again assert his claims on ublic confidence. Still we cannot withhold the opinion, that there is a distinguished citizen of Ohio, who has also "done the State some service," ana wno has a stronger bold on the anections ol the people, than Mr. Clay. That ha is competent for the situation, a lame body of the people have said in language plain and distinct: and whatever may uo uur inaiviuuai preierencea, wo in inn n i not to be disguised, that very many will be dia- ppointea should that citizen not be put in nomi nation. A National Convention must be called to decide who shall be the Whig candidate. This opinion almost universal in Ohio. The time when the 'onvention should assemble is the only matter to do aeiernunea. uayton journal From the Ohio Star. PUBLISHING THE LAWS. Our law, wo believe, is technically divided into common or unwritten law, and statutory or writ- en law, by common or unwritten law, we un-eraland a rule of action which derives its authori ty front long usage, or established custom ; and this branch of the municipal law is contained in the records of courts of justice, in judicial decisions, and in books of re port i. Bv statutory or written law, we undcrstat.d an established and permanent rule prescribed or enacted by the legislature, pro- muigcu and recorded in writing, and announcing to the citizens of the State, what is to direct their ghis and duties in future. Law thus prescribed. ccomes not only the guide of all those officers who are authorized toadmimsterit, but o' sll those citizens upon whom it is to operate. The great and increasing number of the volumes of law reports, necessarily renders a knowledge of the com mon luw a laoonous acquisition, and confines u to the members of the legal profession. But these circumstances do not obtain in regard to the sta tutory law. The public statutes of thisSiatenow in force are chiefly embraced in an octavo volume of itiodcrato size; vet they constitute the whole nouy ot our criminal law, regulate me procedure of uur courts of justice, and guide or control the common law in a multitude of instances, both in regard to persons end property. It is important therefore, tor a variety ot the most oovious and cogent ress ms, that a prompt and full publication of tho statutory laws should be made, after each session of the legislature, for the information of II those who ore embraced within their scops, es pecially ns statutes take effect in this country im mediately irom the time ol their date or paasage. unless it be otherwise expressly enacted, and need no promulgation to ffive ihem operation. That legislative assembly which enacts a law atTectinir either property, liberty, or life, without taking care to notify it to the people who are expected to obey it does not merely neglect en important du v, but actually violates the rights, and inlrtngea upon the liberties of the citizen. A more odious exercise of power cannot be conceived, than that Ihe leuisiaiure snoiiid pass pruhihitory and penut laws, without adopting adequate measures to make them Known to all ihoso whose property or lives may be affected thereby. Its parallel can only be found in the conduct of the tvroni Caliguln, who is said to hnve inscribed his laws upon tables, in small characters, and to have suspended these ta bles upon pillars so high as to render the writing m lliiible lo the people. In this State, leu-islation has been excessively abundant and fluctuating. There have alresdy been hve gcnerul revisions ot the whole body ot the statutory low, in addition lo ihe great variety of enactments made every year. This instability of leg slation is considered a crying evil, even by the members ol the r rolcssion. A statute scarce ly receives a settled construction by llie courts, and becomes known to the people, before it is cither repealed or amended; hence it is extreme- ly difficult for lawyers, nnd impossible for oilier persons, to keep themselves tamillisr witn m statute law. But the sin of commission, on th part of the General Assembly, is triflinu compare' wilh its sin of omission. No adequate measures smve ever been adopted for the promulgation of nie laws; and, in tins respect, we are tar uemnu England in the rude periods of her legislation i nert, it was me amy ot the inenns to moke proclamation in their respective counties, of the acts ol Parliament, in the most public manner; here. is the practice to publish the laws in pamphlets in sufficient number to supply the publio officers, to whom only they are furnished, while private per sons are left to become acquainted wiih the law sa they may. And this limited publication ist tardily executed by the Secretary of State, to whom it belongs to publish the laws, that luey are not distributed in the counties remote iron Columbus, until some time alter they take effect, even in those cases where the statutes go into op eration at a future day. Courts of justice conse quently make erroneous decisions, snd special b gislation is invoked to rectify the mistakes thus committed. Common sense, and common justice to the common people, require that the statutes should not only be published in pamphlets for ihe information of those functionaries wno are called to administer ihem, but also in one or more news papers published in each county, lor the inlormi liuu uf ilia citiztiiis ireiiernllv. The laws will tin be mode accessible lo all those who seek to be come informed uf the passing events of the da1 and tins mode ol publishing the laws is recom mended by the example ol many of our steter Males. This subject has already received some atten tion in the remarks of a lew editors who have re commended this mode of publishing the statutes and we hope it may be pressed upon the con aid era uo ii of the Uenerai Aaaembiy, until sucn mode of publication be adopted. Tnt Dlaci Rwstir Koas lit Onto. -The road through the Ulark Swamp, between eanduak Ohio, and the Mauinee River, ia distinguish over the whole country lor its badness, sou, times, its tinpassaiiilily. While it is capaota oi being made th, besi, it is now the very worst road in the Uniird nintes. At hrst view, it may acem lo some that Hut section ot the country hi no interest in in but we have a direct and import ant interest. During Ihe close of lake navigation. our tntrrconrse with the northwestern psrtol t Stale of Ohio, with th, whole of Michigan and Wisconsin, and with Ihe northern psrtsol lllin.ui and Indians, is held through this road; and over ihia road too, on the other hand, pusses all the information which the inhabitants ot those sections of the Union receive from their eastern brethren Il is the grestcsi thoroughfare between the Easi and th. West by Isnd. We have heretofore prsctt callv tcated lit wretched condition t and our leniion haa now been called lo il hy a remark in the Perrvsburg paper. It says "ihe mud extends tu ihe horse's bridle in many nlacts, and is of a consistency of whi.-h no ntinu can have an adequate idea, without bocoiiiuig experimentally acquainted with ila app'illing ruality. A portion of lit, truth can alone be gathered front the fact, that ax horses wars burely aullicient to draw a two wheeled vehicle frum Voriae river lo this town, in throe days. Tlie diaiauc, is tiflocn miles." The mail iaoften detained therefor days, and sometimes for more than a weoki and, run iinfreqiienllv, seversl of them are delayed at the same time. ' The paper just referred to, of a late date, mentions that tit had then accumulated there, and were stsved in their onward progress, and thai no strength of man or horse could drag Ihem through tho mud. Wa reueai. that Ihia channel of communica. lion can be made on, of th, beat nf tlie kind in th. Union, and that loo at a comparatively trilling expense. It can be .McAdaniised through ila whole extent ilia material is on th, ground, ami nothing ia wanting but the labor to place it where it i, required. The present condition of Ihe road ia a lasting and crying disgrnce to the Stale of Ohio. Congress haa been linarai Willi nar given her th, lands adioinini il for mill, in extent for ths construction of th, rosd, and dono all for her that th, moat avaricious could desire. She hss opened a way through the wildcriieas, made a mud pike, and for venia haa left il lo grow worse and worse, until it haa uecomc, ai seasons, utter Iv inmaasahle, slopping all communication bo- tween Ihe Cast and the West, endangering, the has th and pulling in jeopardy the propertf.tnd livesnf those who essay a passage through it. If Ohio longer neglects her duty in this parllciilsr, we hop, the neighboring rMatee, in compliance wilh in, suggestion contsined in the ".Miami of Ihe Lake," will lake up th, subject, and sillier urg, its performance Ujion ner, or work oul some oilier channel inrn.ign wnicn we ran commune cate with them. 7'my (.V. V.) Budget. A 8INCKRK LOVER. He courted not at "there dot He did not say hit heart was mine; He never prsised my cheeks' soft hue, Or ,-iid without me he should pine! Oh, no! oh, no! but still to me, lie alwaye looked sincerity ! He never aaid my eyes were bright Ila never praised tny Jelly hairt Dot when ho left my horn, at night, II, looked as if hit heart was there! 'Twss this! 'twss this first vanquished me He looked so like nucerity! From the Chrtaitaa Ksspsakt, for 1838. A PARENT'S PRAYER. , , BY BEV. L. WITHINOTSH. At this hushed hour, when all my chidren sleep, Herein thy presence, Gracious Ged, 1 kneel, And while the tears of gratitude ! weep, Would pour the prayer which gratitude must feel, Pf.rental love! 0 set thy holy seal Un those soli hearts, which fhouto me hast sent, Repel temptation, guard their better weal, Be thy pure spirit to their frailty lent, And lead them in the path, their infant Saviour went. I ask not for them eminence or wealth, For these in Wisdom's view, are trifling toys, But occupation, competence, and heal lit, hy love, thy presence, and tne tastings love Thut flow therefrom, the passion whicit employs tie breasts ot holy men, and in us to ue From all that taints, or darkens, or destroys, The strength of principle forever free, This is the better boon, O God, I ask of thee. This world, I know, is but a narrow bridge, ud treacherous waters roar and loam below, With feeble feet we wolk the wooden ridge Which creaks, and shakes beneath ns n we go; Some fall by accident, and thousands throw heir bodies headlong in the hungry stream. Some sink by secret means, and never know The hand which struck them from their transient d res in. ill wisdom wakes in death, and in despair they scream. If these soft feet, which now these feathers press, re doomed the paths uf ruin soon to tread, If vice concealed in her unspotted dress, i Is soon to turn to her polluted bed If thv foreseeing eye discernest a thread Of sable guilt, impelling on their doom, . U spare them not in mercy strike inemoeaa, Prepare for ihem an early welcome tomb, Nor for eternal blight,let my false blossoms bloom. But if some useful path beiore them lie, Where they may walk obedient to thy Iawst Though never basking in ambition's eye, ud pampered never with the world's applause, clive, yet humble, virtuous too, the cause Of virtue in the dwellings where they dwell, Ktili (allowing where thy perfect spirits draws, Reletising others from the bands ot hell, If this be life, then let them longer live, 'tis well. nd leach mo, Power supreme, in their green days, With meekest skill, fhy lessons to impart; To shun the harlot, and to show the maze Through which her honied accents reach ihe heart Help them to learn, without the hitter smart Of sod experience, vices to decline; From treachery, falsehood, knavery mny they start As trom a hidden snake, Irom women, wine, From all the guilty pangs wilh which such scenes combine. How soft they sleep, what innocent repose Rests on their eyelids, from older sorrow, free. Sweet babea, the curtain 1 would not unclose, Which wraps theluture train your minus and me, Rut, heavenly Father, leaving; them with thee. Whether on hiuh or low may be their lor. Or early death, or life await Ihem, be Their Guardian, Suviour, Guide, and bleas the spot where they shall live or diet till death, forsake them not. Though Persecution's arches o'er Ihem apresd, Or sickness undermine, consuminp; slow, Though they should lead the life th.iir Saviour led, And his deep poverty De doomed to know, Wherever thou shall ordor, let them go, I give them up ro thee, they are not mine, And I could coll the swiftest winds to blow. To bear them from me, to the Polo or Line, In distant lands to plant Ihe Gospel's bleeding shrine. When ne the scroll, these heavens shall pass away, Whon the cold crave ahall offer up its trust, When seas shall burn, and the last, dreadful day, Restores the spirit lo its scattered dust, Then, thou most merciful, as well aa juat. Let not my eye, when olements are tossed In wild confusion, see that darkeat, worst Of painful sights, that ever parent crossed Hear my snd, earnest prayer, and let nut mine be lost. Exploring Expedition. Th last news from Florida ought to be enough to satisfy any person of the inexpediency of prosecuting farther a war which originated in injustice, and the proirress ot which hat been marked at every step with defeat and disgrace a war which is estimated to cost the nation $70,000 per dsy, and the ends ul which, If ever attained, can have no value proportionate to the treasure and life which they will have cost. 1 he following suggestion of an incidental ad vantage growing oul of the Honda war, reminds us of theatory nf runaway apprentice, who being caught by Ins master In hit night, when he had got tome diut-n miles off, and brought back to hit work, held up hit head among hia shop mates wilh the boast that " Ac hod Men Ihe country." Cleveland Herald. Out BENtriT or rut FtoaiDA Was. Tha army in Florida is now shout 8,U0iistrong, well provided wilh provisions and mesnsof Irsiisportsiion. " If we einnoi subdue the Indians," says e corres pondent or ine now lorn mar, wno writes irom tne army, -w, can explore ihe counu." And many discoveries have alre.dv been nmile. Hith erto Lake George haa beeii thought the head waters ot 3t. John's riverj it has been sulseqtient ly traced to Lake Monroe, where its source wss supposed to have been finally discovered: but re cently the liver lias been irsced to soother lake, and a aieair dredging machine is now removing Ihe obstructions from the newly discovered chan nel, so as to moke it navigable for steamboale, If ih. Government," continues the correspond' ent, "continues the war for two or three year. lunger, the whole ol East rlorid, will b, Uncovered, and its navigabl, waters improved, and perhaps the everglade, drained. Two hundred men are now exploring thai part of Florida. This is a crumb of comfort, and we accept it with thtnk-fulness. lialtimore (latelle. WcsTtaif Krjtavx Chef.si. Few persons are awareof Ihe amount ol cheese manufactured on the Reserve, as will be seen by the quantity made in Aurora the past season, a aingle township of five miles square, ia Portage county. The quantity manufactured and packed in Aurora ia 40,-4ii9 pounds, or about 23o tone. This duet not in-elude the amount Mid lo purchasers of small quantities, carried o il by farmers themselves, or used for home consumption. The whole amount made by Aurora farinera probably exceeda SoO lona. This at seven cents per pound, the lowest price of cheese in thai township in 1037, tnskes the snug sum of $lj,000 The whole amount of cheese packed and sunt awnv hv individual, resi ding in Ihe township, is 1,018.404 pounds, or near ly oiu ions, l lieso tlalial.es, gathered Irom llie communication of a ciliton in the Warren Newt Letter, tre the betl comment that can b, nttdo on the industry, enterprise, and good farming of Ihe people of Aurora. I'hr quality of the Reserve cheese places it high in Ihe opinion of the pur- ennaers anu ronaumers, ,na Ihe produce 01 III, dairv on the Reserve, has a fame os extensive at the South, os the corn and bocon of th, Miami Vallov. Go w hire you will in Ihe sunn, clime. and llie best boats snd hotels furnish this luxury. prepared by ihe willing hands of our fair Buckeye woitiei. t'lertlaud Hcrali. IstraortxF.trrs is Mxdical Sciiitra. There are many big.ua in science w ho, plodding on in the paths of those who have gone before them, believe! that no iinpruvemenl can be made in medical science, anil consequently attempt none. Bui Ihe vnst improvements which are daily being made in every other science, gives tlie lie to tuch due trine, and Ibiight it lo scorn, As yet medical science has, in comparison wilh others, made small progress. How many diseases are there yet, which mock the skill of the faculty, and defy their power! And shall no improvements be attempted no dincoverica received I Must llie publio fall victims to ihoso moiiopoliaio in science, who are wilfully blind In those means of alleviating the sufferings of mankind, which do not cm-nnnt, Irom the rules of the siicieni schoolmen Alrendy a change is taking plare, which, it is believed will ultimately do awoy with theconstitution-destroying poisons, now so copiously administered by the isculiv. fnV. Hat. C'ou. Foo IS Lokuom. .London was visited by one o its peculiar fogs on the Id of December, whicl ooutiniied from 7 A. M. lo I P. M. The atrvtt lompt wsro lighted, notwithstanding which the obscurity was so gruat that vehicle, ran againe csch olher, snd peilestrisns were sorely puttied t group their way. Among olher tccideiitt, a stsg conch went bang into the shop window of Mi ' lloby, the famous boot-msker, demolishing fort squares of glsss. Ths eoaches leaving town wen' compelled lo have persons at th, horses' heads, leading them. The omnibusses wore forced I., stop running. Seversl accidsnts of a serious nature occurred. On, man was killed by a phsstou running against him, Ih horses having been frightened. The thisvet and pickpockets took advantage of the fog. ' ' THE HESPERIAN: A. MONTHLY MISCELLANY OF . rfotnal ant EDITED Br WILLIAM D. CALLAdHEB AND OTWAT CFJB.Br. PROSPECTUS. The subscriber, bavins made the necessary arrangements as to editorship and pub lishing, will issue in April coming the first regular number of a New Monthly Magazine, (o bear the above-written name. For an outline of the plan upon which the proposed publication is to be conducted, be Editors. The size of The Hespebian will be royal work will be printed on paper of superior oualitv. with new and beautiful type, of the long primer, bourgeois and brevier sizes. A number will be published on the first day of each month, containing from eighty to ninety octavo pages of letter-press, of the sizo of ',iis pamphlet, well covered, stitched and trimmed, so as to make two handsome volumes a-year or five hundred pagst each. Tho annual subscription will be Five Dollart, payable at the beginning of the year: the work to be mailed punctually for subscribers, done up in substantial wrappers, and forwarded to any post-office in the Union to which it may be ordered. As ho has embarked in an expensive and laborious undertaking, with a determination to do everything for its successful accomplishment which individual industry and enterprise can do, the Publisher earnestly but respectfully solicits the co-operation, especially in tho matter of procuring subscribers and making remittances, of the r nends ol Literature and wholesome Intellectual culture througnout tne Mississippi Valley. It is dosirable that the names of subscribers bo returned by tho first of April coming. Communications intended for The Hesperian, may bo directed from this date, (as tho publication will positively bo commenced at the specified time), to either or both of the Editors, at this City. All letters containing subscriptions, or otherwise relating to the business department of the work, must be directed to the undersigned. JOHN D. NICHOLS, PubMer, Columbus, Ohio. Citt or Columbus, January, 1838. EDITORS' The importance and usefulness of periodical works, devoted to General Literature and Science, are acknowledged in all educated and intelligent communities. such publications, when proporly conducted, form a sort of neutral ground, where individuals ol all political parties, all re- igious denominations, all scientific pur suits, and all literary tastes, miv meet together in perfect amity, and find some thing each which shall entertain, or amuse, or instruct, or at leant beguile an occasional hour which might else pass heavily or in surruw. in una c'jumry, esHjciiiuy in the newer sections of it, tho excitements of party, tho turmoil of chango, and the incentives to gain, so engross the attention and employ the timo oi' the mass of the people, that efforts to crcute an interest in Bullcs-Lcttres are often entirely overlooked, or regarded with tho most discouraging inuitterence. Notwithstanding, however, tho force of this fact, and the admonitions of experience, the undersigned have consented to take upon themselves the Edito rial supervision of a Periodical to bo devoted to tho interests uf General Literature and Science. They ducm the lime auspicious for the commencement of such an undertaking, and rego rd tho point fixed upon lor the place ol publication, as ntlord- ing facilities lor rendering such a work interesting and useful, unsurpassed by those oi but lew cities in tho Union. Of the various Literary Periodicals which have, during tho past ten or twelve years, ben projected and for a time published in the West, not one now survives. They have all, after a struggle of a very few years, been compelled to undergo some change in which their original character was lost, or ilictl outright of a fit of nnn-patronage. The West is therefore without a literary Representative, in our national Republic of Letters. It is true we have hero and there well-conducted weekly papers of literary pretensions: but they are small and of limited circulation, and from necessity employ but a very little amount of tha talent of this region. A large, respected, and cntlitablo reflector of the literary light of the West, we have not; and it is with a view of supplying this deficiency, ttint the present work has been projected. In thut immense region of country comprised within tho Stales of Ohio, Kontucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan, Religion, Sci ence and PoIUici, have their appropriate ad vocates and expounders; but tho Uellet-Lel mare without any sufficient chriniict,tlir' which their claims upon public attention can bo mndo Known, and by which they may mnnilcst their tranquillizing, and elo- vaiing, and refining influences. This ia not so in other sections of the Union it ought not so to be here: and if the enter prise in which we aro about to embark, roceivo from the western community that consideration to which it seems to us it is entitled, the West, as well as tho South and the Bust, shall soon have a represuu- tativo ot us literary character. In reflecting upon tho speedy mortality which has attended all literary attempts in this part of tho United Sln'o.s, where men of almost universally acknowledged education, acquirements nnd talents, have most signally failed in their efforts to croato and supply a taste and an nnnotito for periodical literature, we aro forced to ono of two conclusions: either that tho People of lhn Wost lack tho cultivated tasto, general intelligence, and public spirit, to appreciate and sustain a wholosomc and an entertaining liternture; or, that tho works winch hnve been attempted hero, have not boon sulficioiitly rartout in char acter, to suit tho diversified tastes and wants of a community so hetcrogenooitsly constituted as is tho population of the States abovc-nnmcd. Porhaps both of those causes originally contributed to tho ill-success of periodicals among us, The former, however, c:tiinot with justice be said to exist now. Wo lliorcluro adopt the Ittttor : and wo proviso to supply, what is undeniably a desideratum now in tho West, a Literary Periodical of ample size, and extensive enough in its rnngo of subjects, to mnko it a source of entertainment, instruction nnd general information, io nil classes of cultivated readers. Tho bettor to effect this object, the New Mngnxino will comprise, in addition to tho usual Original Contents of such works, a Select Miscellany of General Literature. In making up this department, the best of tho current Reviews and Magnxintii of Great Britain and America will be laid un TUB lMI'OKTKII IIOHNB CONTRACT, le fer eete ss werf MeetnauWallas- terme. IT not eold hy lira I5lh of January, S39l mW m,k, , fhvorsMs arrsngemsnl with a rootpslanl parson I, stand hint for mares lbs nail season. Co-Tat, T Is a thorough English bred Kara Herat, Ins alee, dark ehssnut color, nnd la high raring form; Is proves lo hs a surs foal getter, and Is tits sirs of rare Itorsss, ss well ss IIM moat eplendld saddle and harneaa bursas. A horsa of hellsr Mood waa never Imported l Aawrlea. II, tsa bs sssn at my stables, la Leilnian. iaa, IT..- mtui w. DICIiCY. GENERAL LITERATURE, Srlrrt. refers to the accompanying Circular of the octavo, two columns to the page. The CIRCULAR. der contribution, and a due regard bo had to variety. For the Original department will be exerted the commanding talents of the gentlemen hereinafter named, and of several others who rank among the best miscellaneous writers in the United states. Science and Art will therefore always find their appropriate places in tho pages of i he Hesperian popular jMiucanon ana sound Morality will receive due attention the History, Kesources, Literary Insti. tutions and General Statistics of the West, will claim more or loss space every month and the whole will be agreeably diversified with Tales, Essays, and Poetry. Tho Critical department of The Hespe rian, will be somewhat more full than is common to magazines in this country; and to all literary aspirants who may appear before the tribunal of tho Editors, they will endeavor, without fear or favor, to mete out "equal and exact justice." Though not belonging to thosa carping mortals who are lorover judging American productions by European standards, and condemning tho elTorts of beginners most ly because they lull short ol the excellen ces ol practiced pens and matured intel lects, yet, they claim very little fellow ship with those editorial scribes who are so very amiable as to behold, in every neagnng poe'aster wno transmits them copies of his verses in morocco and gold, a young Milton or Popo, and a young Scott or Bulwer in every aspirant who manages toaiscnarge ms inkstand and paper-drawer of a couple of volumes fiction per year. 1 here is much and great literary talent in our country, which deserves more en couragement and consideration than it generally receives: there is also a ureal deal of pretension, which is indebted for ull the success with which it meets, to the impudence of its possessors, and the over amiable disposition alluded to above. To give encouragement to that, by pointing out its beauties and dwelling upon Us mer its, and to dispense justico to this, by de noting its defects and animadverting upon its unworthincss, will be considered an im portant Vy; and as an evidence that it will be fenrlesslvanrl ininiiriinllvflianhnrrv. rd, one of tho Editors points to his past connection with periodical literature. From the following list of regular and occasional contributors lo the Original do partment of The Hesi-eriax, the public can form a pretty correct idea of the character and quality of Iho reading matter which will appear in its pages from month to month. Philip Lindsley, d. d., President of Nashville University. Daniel Drake, h. d., of the Cincinnati Medical College, Morgan Nrville, Esq., author of "Mike Fink, or tho Last of tho llontmen," iie. Timothy Walkim, Esq., of the Cincin-nuti Law School. Professor Wg. VV. Mather, Principal of the Geological Hoard of Ohio. Edward D. Mansfield, Esq., author of tho " Political Grammar," iVc. John A. M'Cluno, Esq., author of "Camden, a Novel," "Sketches of Western Adventure," etc. J. II. Imgraham, Esq., author of " Tho South-West," "Lnlitlo, or tha Pirate of tho Gulf," " Tho Seiges," 4c. ohn L. Kiiipkll, n. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy in tho Medical College of Louisiana. Noah II. Swaynk, Esq., United Slates Attornoy for the District of Ohio. Dr. S. P. Hildreth, of the Geological Corps of Otiio. Wilkins Tanneiiill, Esq., author of Iho History of Literature," " Historical Sketches," iic. Alexander Kinmont, a. m., Principal of the Cincinnati Classical Aradomv. Also: Salmon P. Chase, Th. H. Siirkvc, James II. Perkins, Samdel Eells, Edward P. Crancii, Charles A. Jones, James T. WoRTHtNOTON, JaMKS B. MARSHALL, Wg, B. Oaks, Lewis F. Thomas, John It. Dillon, Jambs W. Ward, and E. C. Bishop; gcnilemonVho, it may with propriety be naid, have built up the character of Western Periodical Literature. Assuring the public that tho pages of Thr Hesperian slm'l bo firmly barred against tho admission of anything of a political partisan or a religious sectarian rhartictor, and pledging ourselves to mnko every exertion within our power to give to tho work a wholesomo moral tono and a high intellcctuul character, we havo only to siib-K-ribo ourselves, W. D. GALLAGHER, OTWAV CURHY. ABRTR ACTS or TITLBs rpilR SilbsTtlbrr Is arsparsd lo Isralsh Abstraeta of TL I. Us of all lbs la I.Ms and Out. Lota la I'olumhus, at tits snnnast Holies Offles, tlddhl mom la house asil tteor West tf Cant. John Wilson's, M Btats sleen. Ilse. I8..twd..wtf Id. J. GILBERT. WIRE. JUST teeel.ed, and for sale, m lbs. Na. M and U sr vvtrs tor u I RUdltni, bv 9. ITTIsRR, Ju.. 17. MACHIVH CARDS. fTIHE subscriber keeps constautly on lian.l a supply of Machine Uards, or s au e.lor qnnllty, rom Zll lo N33. UKluilve. Also, Psrsoni luipieveil Palem (ill UAH-ING MACHINE, of Ihe best quality, recelvM Sir-ct from the maaufaelurer's aliop. He also continues m baud sla colas., st Ins old stand, ffl WorUifnirlon, where lis will pleaetd to attend to all orders In In. line. Jsn. S..wtf. rnTTKB WRIOHT. NOTICE. LL persons bavins datum oitninst tle ednle of flee . lor Kllbourn, dee'd., are notitied lo nrojoiit llieiu, legally proven, for settlement, wlltiln one yenr from this oats; and tiioas Indebted, will plsiian settle, without delay. A. HUTTI.BA, ) R. -W. COWL Fft, Eiccutors. Jan.6..w4l. M. MATTHEW. S POCKET BOOK MINT. N Columns., or between Mint and I'lckerlugton. on the l4thliist..eontnlninir two lilt lei or Kxclintiue.ritlllvtic for Svs thousand dollars earn, lu ntf-irea and tlie wor.- alt oiontha on the kit hand upper corner. Sisneil ly VVe-ley MeArther, Jnrol. Ilarmnii, and Plilll. I'oiuier.ulliorwlie bUuk. Alsooue blank, siitneri hy Wealev Me rt'iur, An other papere, it any, not rnrollertcd. Tlie pul.lie ars therefore cautioned nsnlntt tiiMiitf tin r.nl-nment on any bond Mains! me, unless written In tlie .nine tin rid writing of tlte signature, as I hnve no lintei nut: nelll.er bsvs I sndorMtl any, unless written lu my nwu linn.l; ami for my own safety, snd Hint of Ihe piililin senernlly, all nous iven by me, hereafter, will be wiilleu lu my owa band wrllins. Tho nnder anal! lie rewnnled for tils trouble, by lenvlns si J. Buttles Hlors, tnColumburi, or Willi llie aulmcrlljer, riekerlnslon. Use. W...81W. WESLEY McAUTIIUR. park nurni Ki). NEIL, MOORE & CO. onnii.it three daily CilAl'IIEf A RE now runnlii- three doily COAl'IIE from tTktil- il i to C'NCianali, and buv, reduced the Fare on lh.t route. Clambue to jr.nnr.vl Ho, ?,rn 6,00 8.00 3,no S,00 its to Whuelinu;, do to NprliiKHi ld, sto to Duytnn, do to t'iiicinnull, Intermediate points, 5 tenia per mile. ITrFor eeata apply at our old ennl.li.lied nriVei.. nTNell. Moore h Co. hnve the esrv liars rutiiilns from Columbus lo Cleveland .Huron and fmiJiLty ttOiumuuB, ju.y 17. .If THE HISTORICAL. FAMILY I.lllHARVS Dmtti fs the n-publiiafia of Sfandard Hn,tory. Prle,. Two Do I. lass ass Flrrv Ckt, In nrhn'tre, for Fiv,-llundred Fates. Volume 3d, lu Ire ImucJ January, 1838, will commence wllii HISTORY OP THE DrXI.INB AND FALL OF TUB ROMAN EMPIRE llv Kowinn Oi-sos. K.i. ANEW edlllun, rrvired and eorr-ted It.roiigliftut, preceded by , prefare, and a.-cniu;.Hi.lni liv notes. critical and hlatorirnl, relulti.s ..lnrii:.lty to the nroirh'. alter, of ehrlatlanliy by M P. Oru rr. Mlnlmer of nubile instruction for the Kiugiloin of Frnnco- Tlitl pra-fttee. notes and eorrerttnna, trntmlnle.1 from tbe t-'rftr.eli. sipreaaly for tbls edilhiii. Oaford, Olilo. Publish, d by David L'tirlsty. To ssrurs publle rontlrlenre inoro fil'lv. tbe nuhlijlisr aaaauasied , committee of lilersry tentleineii toniil lilin in Hie selection of works for Hie l.ihra'y. Tl.-y have fs vored dim with tlie folbiwinf notlro nf n-'ie-'. Oiiihos: Tlw Great work ofUlblioiieinbrnee. a inriimi'l Inter. sstlnf period of hltfury, re-tteriii. wlrieli il.n Kalian resder haa few other sources of liifuruivlnn. Tlie vust smount of facta wlileli II ein'iollea, nnd tllulr ak:ful es- hlhlllon. will slwsya render It s iMilar w'k; wlnbi us ohsteneneae, Its fulM coloring', and in crieliia! em-er. at llie Christian Hell-Ion, make it, lo tlie yuutit canecinl-ly, a daniernus one. It Is a tlille remarkable that the tatk of rovli-wini this book lhorou:hly, of exiKieltis Its p'nii.lhla bill unfair reu- ilnss, snd of eorreetlns lis errors, .hmild timt lie under taken by a Frenchman and a l.'lvlll.n. IVile e.ll-ioii. with ampls corrections, waa Srt re.nred l.i I'a Is, In 1812, by M. Gulxot. who hn.elucn po hi.-lilv d..ii i'iiU'ie.l himself as a Mlnlsler of Slate, and lbs liesu of one of the polltb-sl parties In Frstire. Hy means of s rt notes at llie fiot of tha oa-n. l is asistakss of OlUboa srs srsvy w tiers corrected, wrth lull rstsrsneea to tlw autliorlUes by wlileb His fi.iaareaa.. senatned; sad hie srlf.il satnulti un ihe (-i.rl.iia.. It,- f sion, snd elirlstisn men, srs eiiKMiid ami rep.-.b wii:t th, learning of a scholar, and tlie enmlor uf a .-ml!, man. By Ibis awsns. Hi, young miy re ip tiio wlv.v.in j.i of Gibbon's resesrrhea, without danger uf l-jlny ivilsuucd by his Irrellsious prejudices. " Though this la s work of such sr-kno-.rle I jed Iu-mrt-snr, and nierh, ft has never vet n.H-areil I , nii I: r.-lia'i drsss. Mr. t'aaitvv, of Oif.ml, Ohio, 'olnt about to rs-puhUsli (llls-jtrs volumes in hia ei-ei:ri! JlniarUal fkmitf lilrtrK, has procured tbe tran.lml.in o'C'iixot'e sotea and eorrscllons by s parann t-tt'y wuv .ii .llllel fur lb tssk; sd thus hs l.na greatly e'il.a!.c'-.l ne va'u-i of a work, whteli, from lie rtrsl aiarn.ir-, Im-1 eeti regard sd ss s is.ulsrd In Knallali Mi.rorl-al l.iii-rn'u-e. " Though we ahnn'd bealtnte mu--h l:ore iv- Wm'I'.I ml Gtssos, unoernmpstiled be eorrertln.ia. Int.. I s- Im ula ,.f IPs yminf, )st with Iti, rlrti adilllinna nt' an ul.le n erlli-ss M. Guisnt, we do elteeriu'ly rncumaiu -.d Mr. C .rlalj sdltioa to silsnslvs circulation. WM. II VrlffKUV, V. K. STillVB. a. a. iu.-uh.i-, j. v. iv m in nr. It. IV AVI.i:l.(.rriE, John i ntr, W. A I.VMl, C KM.I.ilT. I.. I. II UII.ISK." Cslesel rem s selirt a O.iT.I'. (J.U.a, is r A..a Ijaartrey Rente. Aa then Tils llirroav o- Tlia hi. U'l in rki.t nvitt rstaln poaaesalon of tlte eilen.lve lb M ,r',.-., I- ,-ul U ' y the Indefesspile rtgltl of romir-.t, n-!.iev,-.l b, un Ival'ed genius, ss well sa by tiio lo-mru nf uiu'takii.t -. ,-:.lu tr-. In lb, depth and sreursry of tlte autVir'n reJM-rl.ea, It may he sutler of surprise thai s fnrel-n ivrlliv has lel the Arst to attempt, wit it s.ty .l.'gnwol'aiiri-es..ii. m mrl Iss what Is olijertlonsbit In II lo turre t, I., a bud. uf notes, lbs erroneous, snd sti:ixl tlte te.a pl.t,,-. ,li.i: Views of Gibbon, mors narlb-uiarly aato III,, irn-ri-M ami Influence of Chrlstisnity snd fl.nlly, ri itf.-.g ui t: it treat work, where Ir lsitievlinhlyd-fo-iivrn,i llie w.mt of mslerlsla, wlikh have slues route to ll-;ii, t t e Itf rh level of modern tlielorle knowHMie. Tlie tlr.1 part of l.ls andsrlaklnf, St. liultnt lias se em;.ll.l.ed ivl'ii r'n lijlun. Jsdginonl snd right feeling. N. itt.Uot la a I'rnvs ,ul, a Ithsral and ralkMval Chrietlun; for we r uin.il ro-iwnt lo glva tap Ilea taller eotthet to lliai modern a-i oil, wliom Ihslr opponents a-is lit ralbsr In rltarge n I-It ir-aliu:inliiiii, as assigning inadequate ranees for lbs letili-i erenia In reltftous history, and anltalilnlii.g untrnaVo li.viitlioes for ths revetted belief of lie elina Ian tvorM. The eiltl. or of Gibbon, h free from ereleal i.lical p..-il H e or theological jeauaay, asssrla boldly a ..I aiali.li.l w n I'll Judf BMinl, lha truth snd divine orl-l-int tenrMitt li.tt'i, wbN-h, ss a historian, ha has stiidl.-d l-i o ,e r,f lu moat eonvlnel.ig linos of svldeBc-, It, bensilelal indue ice oil bumsn srfsfrs. It la ao amslt sdvsnlaas. more partkulnrlv o. the continent, lo havs Ibis great point rontested aial .at Ili'rtVn, by aa anihor not only no. Iln'.le In ti.itrt,i-i f profee-atonal bias, but not computing nnder tlte ntve nt that strong nopulsr sentiment whl. ii in tin. enmiTy la Ji-alnne seen of sny depnrtnrs from tlie erilloary l.ut !u.i -e, l,iun - ths conventional manner ou a religion. .tt'-Jc. I. Tlmu.-li ws wool, willingly atti;to8 IImI ii mind, ni io lil-hnl Itlerary men In farla srs now, in sv .e-a, r.lei..-ed far beyond Ihe aupcrnctal blaturl.-nl a rt.li.l.i.i, an I tlte as anphtlosophk-nl ss Irro't-ki'i aver.si'i In 1' itl.-iatillv which characterise lite erli.to of Vn'.alrf ; yt un nin n and dlatinel protest from a wrlrer of M. lulni- i.lj t rltar. srlsv ssn neither, wa tru', ha wliln.al li:liir.ti-e, nor esrlalnly without honor, win l'..'e w io Lull o-lt.i sails- faction lbs rsunton of bl-li liiera-y rei.itM'ion, with snoiHl CNriallan va-n-o. H'e wivtM n.n .'rl.-e tt,t-.-lves la all lbs sdllor'a ontulotts, nor tlie )n,:ire o all ,U rrill- rHnts; nut la sennral, alio render nf r,.ilxt' iii,',i:i will Snd wherever hs Is la rinnter nf Item n.l.'e 1 iv lite art.-eknta etatentanta snd Insl.llitis repres.tiitntlo.i- of ll s bia-.. torlsn, s fair view to tits 0.iHn,t ar-u ncita, nnd In walgbl of authority willed any l stl.lu.-ed l.t ti.elr sup. port, J,,n. 17. .wit Prepared otc;jf l.nn n ,;.!.. is i it;rr ItT Jt' ui lliirrtt, B l mr WHICH mtv to iflkutn wltti t'f-rt -nr tr W n'l uri, .hJ tn all si1!-.!. r rrr rv ft.r itf r ' ti (nj jImm: )irr--. 1 o( Aix trtl.-i- dm, ln-limmalriin of tltt (Monnrti. Mmr I urn. tti rr rn, ",'t.tl. itrjror riUl.TMstj, r'tun,Ol-itn-rt "l Mr '-Ini iMnn, ,vmi ntl Few, BUrniii r Urm iiunt I'.it, Tv.m rwtt Hrtrlftl rfVtr,Hnie.1l Toi, 1w1.hm tir '. n y't Flrt, Aathma, l'.iurWy, llfow.'-, Mmv IV wr. MM, Winil on lb ttrBtiHir 'i f ,r.w.':, V 'u'rui ronaumptlnn, Ttrt1tiriRt. 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Full Text | STATE-JOBRNAt AMD FOMTIGAt REGISTER. EDITED BY JOHN M. GALLAGHER .....4....PUBLISI1ED BY SCOTT GALLAGHER, AT THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. J. D. NICHOLS, PUBLISHING AGENT. JOURNAL Vol. 27, No. 33. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRU ARY 2, 1838. REGISTER Vol. 1, No. 42. ADVERTI81NG. Twelve Hnt or teta, ontliweriloo , threa.. u u cbcIi additional UiMrilon, m three montlift ..90 50 ....1 00 ....0 ts ....3 00 ....6 00 a m m tixnoHtbt,. twelve montlie ....0 00 Lonitr edvertletiuenu In the Nine profiettion tbe iag above. A deduction of twenty per eent, (on the eicet,) wben Ibe amount aseeedi twenty dollarilti id uiontlte. All Advert Im in nti aliould Iw marked on blr face I in with the number of Insertion! deiired.or they will be continued UH ordered out, and charged by the Insertion. No refiioniihilUy for errora In lefnl Court Advertlae-ncnia, beyond tit amount charged for their tneertioo. Vl4l.LV ADVUTIMHO. One7ou" .V3.7. 00 On Imif. 25 00 A full column 40 00 Any Advertiser eiceedlng the amount engaged, to I charged for the eicei, at the Am rale above mentioned. For the Journal and Register. TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. Mr. Editok : The writer of Sobriety" has not I tation of acting upon sectional or local considera-dealt fnirlvwith mv rernarkson theobove subject, lions. They have lully and effectually repudiated inasmuch us he hus "egrcgiuusly" misrepresented them. My design in o lie ring those remarks to the public was nut to provoke controversy, but to elicit truth. Therefore. I shall pass without no- ticing particularly his misrepresentations, and, run your permission, endeavor totoucn me points on which c ubie him and mvsell to view the maitei iti diflerent osuucisi re vimr on his niauuaniinitv to do me justice, when he understands me better, or Your correspondent, although an erudite philo- o i her, has, in this instance, mistaken an effect for the efficient came. Consequently, (he whole sub- ui stands roversed from its true position in bis "Sobrietv" takes it for orantrd, (hat "the im roper use of intoxicating liquors is the source and ie actire and efficient eaute of crime and disease." This, although a very popular seniimetii, is one whicU I cannot numii as iruiu. ine uare asaer lions of some of the "oldest jurists and medicul je," prove nothing to llie purpose. The Inc.. that nine-tenths of the convicts now in the Ohio p... uiura HrinLnni ft.toa mil nmvA th... drunkenness was the "ctlicientcaune" or "source" of the crimes that sent (hem there. If the efll ient cause of their crime could be, in each indi vidual casr, traced back to its source, there is no dodbt but Hint it would ho tutinu to be more re mote than the period when thov bejrnn to use intoxicating liquors. I think it would be found, that in inliincy, childhood and youth, the moral affections had not been properly cultivated ; thai they hud not sufficiently learned, so as fully to understand, uelievf, and act upon ine oeiiei, mat BEL t -LOVE AND THE LOVE OP THK WORLD Were the urolitic source of all moral evil, from the beam ning of timo down to I lie present day and hour and if of moral evil, of uuturul evil also, as ila certain consequenco disease f the mind and dibcase of the body. Nor does the fact, that a majority of our pniipcrs and invalids in uur public hoauiinls were drunkards, prove any more than the former. Indeed it is a subject of vast import lu look into the "source" ol these evils, and one which iiifiguilies in imporinnce the mure it is viewed. Yet man need not truvul out ot hiiuseli to find it. I am well aware, that intemperate drinking freaueullv hasteua us unhappy victim to a cou auiumuiion of his eanhly career, and sends hint into the world ol spirits, there to take up an eternal abode, in thnt slate or quality which hi had acquired lo himself while in this world; and thnt, while he remains lingering on the borders ol time, it ogruvaies disease of cvory kind, mental and physical, so as often to render its subject so frightfully horrible as to make even depravity itaull shrink bock appalled at the sight, let the "ehVieiit cause" ol this dreadful aiate was no doubt anterior, if not in tune, at least in potency, tiancet, there was at the sumetime,a sortofneu-to drain-drinking. ,rft reMi-ve imposed upon the press of this State, "dolmen" seems to doubt, if I understand Ins which mti9tlia ao long as our Whig brethren in mark of intcrr-wiion, whether covetousuess, olher gta!M llef p(,aiiively assented nor dis-pnde, &.c. are affectum ol the mind. 1 will tell tem,.j fmm Ohio' propositiun. Thi reserve i E im, simply, that ihey are, and, without question- ing his philosophy, will add, (hot they and ten thouannd olher evil affections are all comnriacd, in the comolex. in tho two above named, sell- Jove and the love of the world; and that they are diametrically opposed to those two good affections which ero the complex of all virtue, and winch vdiupnat) in o wiw iu u iMi, me m"v change their preference. A thorough convince Wiml of God. "Let me commend to his reffec menl inM some other distinguished Whig is pre-ttons" this sublime subject. ferrpj by a majority of the Iriends of Reform in But d..br.eiy" would "much preler the moral influence ol Temperance Associations to acting in accordance with tneiawsoi uivuie rroriacncu. No doubt of it. It has been the case with men ever since Ihe dnysol the Scribes and Pliarisoea, who trusted altogether in the moral influence ol theirown works. They could not, any more ibsn he, discover the mildness snd beiieliceut wisdom of that moral irovcrumenl which presides over the desiiniesof fallen man, in ihe nermissionof leaier, whure u renter evils threatened Ins entire destruc tion : and which irovernmeui, (hough unacknow ledged, soil follows erring man in his downward progress in the paths of vice snd ruin, enirianng nd warning but never compelling nun to ucgooo, wise, snd happy. To illustrate, let me point lo the man whose rulinu love is aranet. lie hold him at tbe iraminir table, uukinir the virtue of tempe ranee hit sctrant in nroaecuimg Ins black designs on his unsunpuctiug dupe. Uphold hhn elsewhere, in every department ol society, and in every walk of lite: he is too vicious to be drunken, lor (hat would exiioso his knavery. Look again, at lue man of pride: how he rears his lolly head, edited wuh hit acquircmenta in learning, weulih, or honors; lurgmiing that "a man can receive no- ihiug unless it be given him Irom heaven;1 con- temning th se around him, and suying within iiunrcii, -K o Mm iiii miw inf, i ... man iliuu, ' uum in i uiuiiKcunm ibii suiter, .nd louche, Iniii a Ipmuii ol humility, Again, let him luuk at th.iccumpliihrd and oin finned libertine, who, ruling luve, or paMion, f lur the pauion, ora all winnowa ol .ituctionki u llie .riluction of Iftnnlo innocence Ueliold him endowed wilh every (lienor grace (iciiiuorance included) lliai can adorn the character of man, concealing Ihe Mark de.igus of Ins demoniac heari, lha na.'urai fnem, ol all civil socioly, of ffuvernnient, and of God ! Can it be denii eniKi, nisi II would be a mercy to society thai this devil in cnrniil, should be unmasked and his power tin-airoied, by uiving liiin over lodrutikeniiess! Or, if this latter vice ahould overtake him before he became a continued libertine, and he ahould afterwards relorui, aa many do, would it not be a mercy to him and to eocietv I These instances are adduced to show thai il is of mercy that leaaor evils are tinrmitted, where man is in dangor of running into greater, in order that il may be oc- knuwledged filial there is a divine moral influence "'"' "H""" ,u ' w"u'u pom oul to ihe real friend, of mora ""' ' (andl bchevo your corre.jH.ndeni is one) the Hue sources of th evils they wish lo cure, in order that they may work at the root inelead of the branches! for let Ihem be aaaured ! '..'.. .. i'.l'I rff Tia in suppressing intemperance alone, is lik pruning a con upt tree uf aomo of its brunches, ihe etfvct ol which is to make it thiivo the bettor: wherens il is wiilten, "The axeislsid to the root of lite tree." A:c. -e.oon.iy" suou.u n... ...po. m. ... ...e... of ...lo,,1.er,i..co, because I l , .how,, it to be an injignihcant loe compared wi h the grand ene- inv oi man. in.e.i.iiiritiour in u..iik.i.h vnpi.r overrnmn I il is uui one oi tnacneinv'scouniicM host, which lie can eoaily aiiarej and il may be overcome ill man without his being a whit the beiiet nav, if he is otherwise corrupt, abstinence will enable hint to tie a greater villain. 1 Ins great enemy, with hi multitude of warriors, ia ariCnt'n every man here ia the field nf battle and hupiiy, ihrice happy ia ha who arms himself thcicnily, and conquers in Ihe fight. Yours, J. W. Columbus, Jan. S7, IMo. Tu StT or (iovr.iEiT. The suhjsct of th. removal ol the sesi of llie general government his been a I laird in the Legislature ol Pvnnalvania. A resolution waa preootited by a Mr. Kama lo have il removed from Washington to l'msburgh, provided a grant could first be ulitsincd from tno Hiatc of Menus) Kama for ths requisite territory. Heaver baa also been mentioned aa a auitalle place for the aent of government. We think that the lime is not far uistnnl, when a removal will be deemed necessary. Pitishurghismoreccntral, and, on that eccmnl, ia more drsirabla than Wnahingtoni but euch ia th, rapid incroaaa of population in the Wea.ern Blaise, that it ia very doubtful wheiher it wuuld be permiiied lo remain even in Pittsburgh for any length of lime, were thai place finally filed upon for its location. The rastfthe north and lb, ouih, have each had its day ot political influence: but the Weal, the great and boundless west, is destined svenluslty, and at no distant day, to sway the drstinies f the nation. Cttreland Inttllincer. The splendid new Chandelier in the Senate hsmbsrof Maryland nl Annapolis fell Tuesday "'(hi, and wss crushed lo pitcse. SPIRIT OF THE OHIO PRESS. From llie Circleville American. THE PRESIDENCY. It ii now six months since the Whigi of Ohio convened for the ourooee of enibodvinir and iriv- expreti.on to their sentiment relative to the selection of a suitable candidate for President of the United States. That expression was uttered spirit of frankness and conciliation. While it maintained lb at the people ol UUio had lull confidence in the integrity, capacity, and public ser-vicesof their own luvurite fellow citizen, it at the Isnme lime was conceded, that should another citizen embody a stronger oxureuion of the voice of the Whigs ot me nut ion, tnose oi unio wouiu foreu Pw'wm tl citiien be he Irom the IN or Hi, the couth, the East or the West a cordial and energetic sup port. Ihe better to arrive at the true and fair results in relation to the popular preference, so desirable on all hands, a National Convention tviw proposed. So far, then, as the Whim of Ohio are concern ed, they stand absolved from all charge of iirtpu- such narrow incentives. Their proposal for a National Convention, hus been responded to only by their breihren of Vermont. In view of this state of the facts, we conceive it to be not only proper and right, but an imperative duty devolved me wmg preai oi unio, iu -art a out." we yield to the impulse and this week display out banner. I'ns we do in no spirit of copiousness porverse obstinacy. Whatever motive may have actuated the Whigs in other parts of the country, it was due in Ohio, and to the poaiiion she occupied in reference to this question of great nnd common interest, that her propositi should have received an early and respectful consideration. The most plausible reason we can assign for the protruded silence of other States, is, that they concur in the preference expressed in Ohio; id t lie re lure deum a National Convention un necessary, liut bo the reason what it may, it behooves the Whigs ul UMo to speak in less "nn,.?880, pretereiica i clear y lor HARRISON; end this preference will only be surrendered to a clear demonstration of a Wronger attachment on the p.irl ol the Whigs, generally, to some other candidate, When such demonstration shall have been made, we shall hold ourselves st liberty to uae a sound discretion in adopting tbe preference so indicated. From the Chlllkothe Gazette. HARRISON IN OHIO. That excellent Whip; paper, the Circlevills American, has runup the Harrison flair to the mast-head, in the knowledge that Gen. Harrison is the favurite of the People of this State for llie next rrcsidencv, and in the reserve ol hourly to adopt some other candidute, when one shell be offered who will be preferred by the People to their present choice. 1 he bailor ot the American was one ot (he officers of die fourth ot July Conven tion in Columbus, and hus rrsolvcd to raise high the Harrisun banner, under the conviction that oilier Stales have not responded to the offer to hold a notional Convention, which was made then snd there by the Ohio Whiirs. bvery attendant at that Convention, whether his first choice was Hnrrison. Clav. or Webster. con atteit ihnt the only voice heard there waa for Harrison, and that the Convention was a fair rep resentation n the Wh.it ireenien ol this State Ohio's choice, Am, was clearly and unequivocally expressed. On that day the presses of Ohio. which did not immediately after enter protest and there are none wore committed in their preference of the Farmer of North Send, over any other candidate lor the next Presidency, with me reservation which has just neen reexprei bv our Circleville neighbor. We have alwava an rflffnrded the matter: ttmnirh. under the circuit.. fast wearing away, and ere huiir every Whig print ol the Queen State of the West will fullow the lead of the Circleville American. And. whatever the politicians and edilora may do, the preference ol the reople cannot be disguised, rowerlul, in- dfe(1 mut. the rooi,ininir be. and stronir bevond sainuf, mual be the inducements, before "they lhe umon mi((n, Wark ,hllt chllnge, and nothing tMtirt Qf t Nrt(iona Convention will settle thii question. I he "previous question li ch ' will a national convention he heidf From tlte Hamilton Intslllgencer. OUR BANNER. Hang your banner on the outer wall.H In this dnys paper we himrout the banner un der which we intend to give bat lie to the spoils men ot the country. e have hoisted our flag, with the nnmea of Harrison and Vasck inscribed uu,n it. Perhaps by aomo this measure may bo considered premature i but in our own uihiinent. it is nut. we believe thil they are the lavorites of the Whigs of Ohio, and we know that, tor the important uthces tor which we present them os candidates, they stand first in the estimation of the gallant band ol Whigs in Duller Ihe spoils party is already in the held. I his week (hey hnve held a convention in Columbus lor the purpngti ot organizing, to matte one more dei poraie struggle for the oacendnncy in ihe Buck- ev State. It bemmvea the Whigs to bo up and doing lt them remembor that "tUrnat vigilant ,-, y,t pfiu nf Liberty Let us be united and energetic, and wr will be enabled, at all limes, to triuiupn over the enemies oi nepuuucamsin. From th. Carroll Fm FrM. While we pledir, our aid, (humble a, it iO to llie candidal?, whatever he may be, thnt shall re ceive the Humiliation, we will not disguise the ''Minion that Uem ral llurruon 1a t lan who ""W "' r-alaly "nit, the majority of hi. eountryinen. Tho recollection of his services in ihe csu.e of his counirj, is indelibly written upon " - ,.,..-.........., .... particularly in the West, where the greater part of his long and useful life has been thus Isr s;ienl. We believe he will go into the Convention with more positive strength than any other candidate. But be thiaas il may, we shall support hia claima lo the nomination lor the ncit Presidency, at lead, until the arbitra ment ol theloiiveuiion shall bs announced to tht country, I From the ftprlnfflelal FioiMer, jj CLAY THE MRE.SIDKNCY, In the Hons, of Representatives of Kentucky, ,, ,h. 3d mat., Mr. Helm offered a aerie, of reao! ,uli,llllw,ich ;,r, r.k.rr..u ,. delect Committe.. .,.,., r .i,- ...,;... a... . ! . , . . . . . . .h,. I Ml..w.. "Iteiulrtii. That lha Denote of Kentucky enter. lain and cherish unabated confidence in tne wisdom, purity, and unbending integrity, of her dis- linguianeil amen, llr.iv.KY CLAY. M regards hie name aa standing identified with all the moat ,, hht,n, Jf , ,intiunn policy, c.lc . ,h(lir d ,,na,nc hmi v , Wh h , f this n. catcutai Ihia together. When Ihe honor of this nation has been tsrnidied by foreign aggressions hia voice baa been firat raiaed in defence of the right, of his country. II, has .(tended a fostering hand to ths great commercial and manufacturing inter ests of ihe nation, lie has thrown himself in ihe bresch, and become th, great pacificator lo heal th, discordant fertmgs which threatened, in bold lernir, the durability uf the Union. He is llie great defender of the right, of man, and the advocate of the cause uf liberty in every country. Kentucky feels that his name is dear to her; that it ia destined to lie among the brighiaat ornamenta to decorate a pan, of the national history, rjho pre sents hia name to the American People, for the office of Chief Magistrate of this nation. He ia her choice, and muler his tisnncr tne people oi Kentucay will rally wilh pride and plcaaure. U.it whilst we ihue boldly make known our feelings, and preaent our choice man, we are disposed to unite wilh lb, Whigs in every portion of this I'm. in, and give our support to th, individual who may b, aelected aa most likely to csrry out and maintain our principles. Willi llnaview we concur in suggestions made, and now rocommend to the Whige every where, llie propriety of fixing upon a liui, and plaen lo aaaem'.lo in National Convention lor thu purpose of nominating a candidate for th, ullice of President of the United titaies." We cannot see how any unprejudiced American, who cherishes in his breast a grateful feeling towards a pithlio benefactor, eau call in quea-lion the truth of the character given M Mr. Clav, in the reaoltiiion. He ia a public benefactor. Il, line made great eacrifinea for his country, and wo are sorry to add, that country haa not propcrlv rewarded hia tervicca. He haa long been a victim of calumny and detraction, snd it is time that returning Justice should again assert his claims on ublic confidence. Still we cannot withhold the opinion, that there is a distinguished citizen of Ohio, who has also "done the State some service," ana wno has a stronger bold on the anections ol the people, than Mr. Clay. That ha is competent for the situation, a lame body of the people have said in language plain and distinct: and whatever may uo uur inaiviuuai preierencea, wo in inn n i not to be disguised, that very many will be dia- ppointea should that citizen not be put in nomi nation. A National Convention must be called to decide who shall be the Whig candidate. This opinion almost universal in Ohio. The time when the 'onvention should assemble is the only matter to do aeiernunea. uayton journal From the Ohio Star. PUBLISHING THE LAWS. Our law, wo believe, is technically divided into common or unwritten law, and statutory or writ- en law, by common or unwritten law, we un-eraland a rule of action which derives its authori ty front long usage, or established custom ; and this branch of the municipal law is contained in the records of courts of justice, in judicial decisions, and in books of re port i. Bv statutory or written law, we undcrstat.d an established and permanent rule prescribed or enacted by the legislature, pro- muigcu and recorded in writing, and announcing to the citizens of the State, what is to direct their ghis and duties in future. Law thus prescribed. ccomes not only the guide of all those officers who are authorized toadmimsterit, but o' sll those citizens upon whom it is to operate. The great and increasing number of the volumes of law reports, necessarily renders a knowledge of the com mon luw a laoonous acquisition, and confines u to the members of the legal profession. But these circumstances do not obtain in regard to the sta tutory law. The public statutes of thisSiatenow in force are chiefly embraced in an octavo volume of itiodcrato size; vet they constitute the whole nouy ot our criminal law, regulate me procedure of uur courts of justice, and guide or control the common law in a multitude of instances, both in regard to persons end property. It is important therefore, tor a variety ot the most oovious and cogent ress ms, that a prompt and full publication of tho statutory laws should be made, after each session of the legislature, for the information of II those who ore embraced within their scops, es pecially ns statutes take effect in this country im mediately irom the time ol their date or paasage. unless it be otherwise expressly enacted, and need no promulgation to ffive ihem operation. That legislative assembly which enacts a law atTectinir either property, liberty, or life, without taking care to notify it to the people who are expected to obey it does not merely neglect en important du v, but actually violates the rights, and inlrtngea upon the liberties of the citizen. A more odious exercise of power cannot be conceived, than that Ihe leuisiaiure snoiiid pass pruhihitory and penut laws, without adopting adequate measures to make them Known to all ihoso whose property or lives may be affected thereby. Its parallel can only be found in the conduct of the tvroni Caliguln, who is said to hnve inscribed his laws upon tables, in small characters, and to have suspended these ta bles upon pillars so high as to render the writing m lliiible lo the people. In this State, leu-islation has been excessively abundant and fluctuating. There have alresdy been hve gcnerul revisions ot the whole body ot the statutory low, in addition lo ihe great variety of enactments made every year. This instability of leg slation is considered a crying evil, even by the members ol the r rolcssion. A statute scarce ly receives a settled construction by llie courts, and becomes known to the people, before it is cither repealed or amended; hence it is extreme- ly difficult for lawyers, nnd impossible for oilier persons, to keep themselves tamillisr witn m statute law. But the sin of commission, on th part of the General Assembly, is triflinu compare' wilh its sin of omission. No adequate measures smve ever been adopted for the promulgation of nie laws; and, in tins respect, we are tar uemnu England in the rude periods of her legislation i nert, it was me amy ot the inenns to moke proclamation in their respective counties, of the acts ol Parliament, in the most public manner; here. is the practice to publish the laws in pamphlets in sufficient number to supply the publio officers, to whom only they are furnished, while private per sons are left to become acquainted wiih the law sa they may. And this limited publication ist tardily executed by the Secretary of State, to whom it belongs to publish the laws, that luey are not distributed in the counties remote iron Columbus, until some time alter they take effect, even in those cases where the statutes go into op eration at a future day. Courts of justice conse quently make erroneous decisions, snd special b gislation is invoked to rectify the mistakes thus committed. Common sense, and common justice to the common people, require that the statutes should not only be published in pamphlets for ihe information of those functionaries wno are called to administer ihem, but also in one or more news papers published in each county, lor the inlormi liuu uf ilia citiztiiis ireiiernllv. The laws will tin be mode accessible lo all those who seek to be come informed uf the passing events of the da1 and tins mode ol publishing the laws is recom mended by the example ol many of our steter Males. This subject has already received some atten tion in the remarks of a lew editors who have re commended this mode of publishing the statutes and we hope it may be pressed upon the con aid era uo ii of the Uenerai Aaaembiy, until sucn mode of publication be adopted. Tnt Dlaci Rwstir Koas lit Onto. -The road through the Ulark Swamp, between eanduak Ohio, and the Mauinee River, ia distinguish over the whole country lor its badness, sou, times, its tinpassaiiilily. While it is capaota oi being made th, besi, it is now the very worst road in the Uniird nintes. At hrst view, it may acem lo some that Hut section ot the country hi no interest in in but we have a direct and import ant interest. During Ihe close of lake navigation. our tntrrconrse with the northwestern psrtol t Stale of Ohio, with th, whole of Michigan and Wisconsin, and with Ihe northern psrtsol lllin.ui and Indians, is held through this road; and over ihia road too, on the other hand, pusses all the information which the inhabitants ot those sections of the Union receive from their eastern brethren Il is the grestcsi thoroughfare between the Easi and th. West by Isnd. We have heretofore prsctt callv tcated lit wretched condition t and our leniion haa now been called lo il hy a remark in the Perrvsburg paper. It says "ihe mud extends tu ihe horse's bridle in many nlacts, and is of a consistency of whi.-h no ntinu can have an adequate idea, without bocoiiiuig experimentally acquainted with ila app'illing ruality. A portion of lit, truth can alone be gathered front the fact, that ax horses wars burely aullicient to draw a two wheeled vehicle frum Voriae river lo this town, in throe days. Tlie diaiauc, is tiflocn miles." The mail iaoften detained therefor days, and sometimes for more than a weoki and, run iinfreqiienllv, seversl of them are delayed at the same time. ' The paper just referred to, of a late date, mentions that tit had then accumulated there, and were stsved in their onward progress, and thai no strength of man or horse could drag Ihem through tho mud. Wa reueai. that Ihia channel of communica. lion can be made on, of th, beat nf tlie kind in th. Union, and that loo at a comparatively trilling expense. It can be .McAdaniised through ila whole extent ilia material is on th, ground, ami nothing ia wanting but the labor to place it where it i, required. The present condition of Ihe road ia a lasting and crying disgrnce to the Stale of Ohio. Congress haa been linarai Willi nar given her th, lands adioinini il for mill, in extent for ths construction of th, rosd, and dono all for her that th, moat avaricious could desire. She hss opened a way through the wildcriieas, made a mud pike, and for venia haa left il lo grow worse and worse, until it haa uecomc, ai seasons, utter Iv inmaasahle, slopping all communication bo- tween Ihe Cast and the West, endangering, the has th and pulling in jeopardy the propertf.tnd livesnf those who essay a passage through it. If Ohio longer neglects her duty in this parllciilsr, we hop, the neighboring rMatee, in compliance wilh in, suggestion contsined in the ".Miami of Ihe Lake," will lake up th, subject, and sillier urg, its performance Ujion ner, or work oul some oilier channel inrn.ign wnicn we ran commune cate with them. 7'my (.V. V.) Budget. A 8INCKRK LOVER. He courted not at "there dot He did not say hit heart was mine; He never prsised my cheeks' soft hue, Or ,-iid without me he should pine! Oh, no! oh, no! but still to me, lie alwaye looked sincerity ! He never aaid my eyes were bright Ila never praised tny Jelly hairt Dot when ho left my horn, at night, II, looked as if hit heart was there! 'Twss this! 'twss this first vanquished me He looked so like nucerity! From the Chrtaitaa Ksspsakt, for 1838. A PARENT'S PRAYER. , , BY BEV. L. WITHINOTSH. At this hushed hour, when all my chidren sleep, Herein thy presence, Gracious Ged, 1 kneel, And while the tears of gratitude ! weep, Would pour the prayer which gratitude must feel, Pf.rental love! 0 set thy holy seal Un those soli hearts, which fhouto me hast sent, Repel temptation, guard their better weal, Be thy pure spirit to their frailty lent, And lead them in the path, their infant Saviour went. I ask not for them eminence or wealth, For these in Wisdom's view, are trifling toys, But occupation, competence, and heal lit, hy love, thy presence, and tne tastings love Thut flow therefrom, the passion whicit employs tie breasts ot holy men, and in us to ue From all that taints, or darkens, or destroys, The strength of principle forever free, This is the better boon, O God, I ask of thee. This world, I know, is but a narrow bridge, ud treacherous waters roar and loam below, With feeble feet we wolk the wooden ridge Which creaks, and shakes beneath ns n we go; Some fall by accident, and thousands throw heir bodies headlong in the hungry stream. Some sink by secret means, and never know The hand which struck them from their transient d res in. ill wisdom wakes in death, and in despair they scream. If these soft feet, which now these feathers press, re doomed the paths uf ruin soon to tread, If vice concealed in her unspotted dress, i Is soon to turn to her polluted bed If thv foreseeing eye discernest a thread Of sable guilt, impelling on their doom, . U spare them not in mercy strike inemoeaa, Prepare for ihem an early welcome tomb, Nor for eternal blight,let my false blossoms bloom. But if some useful path beiore them lie, Where they may walk obedient to thy Iawst Though never basking in ambition's eye, ud pampered never with the world's applause, clive, yet humble, virtuous too, the cause Of virtue in the dwellings where they dwell, Ktili (allowing where thy perfect spirits draws, Reletising others from the bands ot hell, If this be life, then let them longer live, 'tis well. nd leach mo, Power supreme, in their green days, With meekest skill, fhy lessons to impart; To shun the harlot, and to show the maze Through which her honied accents reach ihe heart Help them to learn, without the hitter smart Of sod experience, vices to decline; From treachery, falsehood, knavery mny they start As trom a hidden snake, Irom women, wine, From all the guilty pangs wilh which such scenes combine. How soft they sleep, what innocent repose Rests on their eyelids, from older sorrow, free. Sweet babea, the curtain 1 would not unclose, Which wraps theluture train your minus and me, Rut, heavenly Father, leaving; them with thee. Whether on hiuh or low may be their lor. Or early death, or life await Ihem, be Their Guardian, Suviour, Guide, and bleas the spot where they shall live or diet till death, forsake them not. Though Persecution's arches o'er Ihem apresd, Or sickness undermine, consuminp; slow, Though they should lead the life th.iir Saviour led, And his deep poverty De doomed to know, Wherever thou shall ordor, let them go, I give them up ro thee, they are not mine, And I could coll the swiftest winds to blow. To bear them from me, to the Polo or Line, In distant lands to plant Ihe Gospel's bleeding shrine. When ne the scroll, these heavens shall pass away, Whon the cold crave ahall offer up its trust, When seas shall burn, and the last, dreadful day, Restores the spirit lo its scattered dust, Then, thou most merciful, as well aa juat. Let not my eye, when olements are tossed In wild confusion, see that darkeat, worst Of painful sights, that ever parent crossed Hear my snd, earnest prayer, and let nut mine be lost. Exploring Expedition. Th last news from Florida ought to be enough to satisfy any person of the inexpediency of prosecuting farther a war which originated in injustice, and the proirress ot which hat been marked at every step with defeat and disgrace a war which is estimated to cost the nation $70,000 per dsy, and the ends ul which, If ever attained, can have no value proportionate to the treasure and life which they will have cost. 1 he following suggestion of an incidental ad vantage growing oul of the Honda war, reminds us of theatory nf runaway apprentice, who being caught by Ins master In hit night, when he had got tome diut-n miles off, and brought back to hit work, held up hit head among hia shop mates wilh the boast that " Ac hod Men Ihe country." Cleveland Herald. Out BENtriT or rut FtoaiDA Was. Tha army in Florida is now shout 8,U0iistrong, well provided wilh provisions and mesnsof Irsiisportsiion. " If we einnoi subdue the Indians," says e corres pondent or ine now lorn mar, wno writes irom tne army, -w, can explore ihe counu." And many discoveries have alre.dv been nmile. Hith erto Lake George haa beeii thought the head waters ot 3t. John's riverj it has been sulseqtient ly traced to Lake Monroe, where its source wss supposed to have been finally discovered: but re cently the liver lias been irsced to soother lake, and a aieair dredging machine is now removing Ihe obstructions from the newly discovered chan nel, so as to moke it navigable for steamboale, If ih. Government," continues the correspond' ent, "continues the war for two or three year. lunger, the whole ol East rlorid, will b, Uncovered, and its navigabl, waters improved, and perhaps the everglade, drained. Two hundred men are now exploring thai part of Florida. This is a crumb of comfort, and we accept it with thtnk-fulness. lialtimore (latelle. WcsTtaif Krjtavx Chef.si. Few persons are awareof Ihe amount ol cheese manufactured on the Reserve, as will be seen by the quantity made in Aurora the past season, a aingle township of five miles square, ia Portage county. The quantity manufactured and packed in Aurora ia 40,-4ii9 pounds, or about 23o tone. This duet not in-elude the amount Mid lo purchasers of small quantities, carried o il by farmers themselves, or used for home consumption. The whole amount made by Aurora farinera probably exceeda SoO lona. This at seven cents per pound, the lowest price of cheese in thai township in 1037, tnskes the snug sum of $lj,000 The whole amount of cheese packed and sunt awnv hv individual, resi ding in Ihe township, is 1,018.404 pounds, or near ly oiu ions, l lieso tlalial.es, gathered Irom llie communication of a ciliton in the Warren Newt Letter, tre the betl comment that can b, nttdo on the industry, enterprise, and good farming of Ihe people of Aurora. I'hr quality of the Reserve cheese places it high in Ihe opinion of the pur- ennaers anu ronaumers, ,na Ihe produce 01 III, dairv on the Reserve, has a fame os extensive at the South, os the corn and bocon of th, Miami Vallov. Go w hire you will in Ihe sunn, clime. and llie best boats snd hotels furnish this luxury. prepared by ihe willing hands of our fair Buckeye woitiei. t'lertlaud Hcrali. IstraortxF.trrs is Mxdical Sciiitra. There are many big.ua in science w ho, plodding on in the paths of those who have gone before them, believe! that no iinpruvemenl can be made in medical science, anil consequently attempt none. Bui Ihe vnst improvements which are daily being made in every other science, gives tlie lie to tuch due trine, and Ibiight it lo scorn, As yet medical science has, in comparison wilh others, made small progress. How many diseases are there yet, which mock the skill of the faculty, and defy their power! And shall no improvements be attempted no dincoverica received I Must llie publio fall victims to ihoso moiiopoliaio in science, who are wilfully blind In those means of alleviating the sufferings of mankind, which do not cm-nnnt, Irom the rules of the siicieni schoolmen Alrendy a change is taking plare, which, it is believed will ultimately do awoy with theconstitution-destroying poisons, now so copiously administered by the isculiv. fnV. Hat. C'ou. Foo IS Lokuom. .London was visited by one o its peculiar fogs on the Id of December, whicl ooutiniied from 7 A. M. lo I P. M. The atrvtt lompt wsro lighted, notwithstanding which the obscurity was so gruat that vehicle, ran againe csch olher, snd peilestrisns were sorely puttied t group their way. Among olher tccideiitt, a stsg conch went bang into the shop window of Mi ' lloby, the famous boot-msker, demolishing fort squares of glsss. Ths eoaches leaving town wen' compelled lo have persons at th, horses' heads, leading them. The omnibusses wore forced I., stop running. Seversl accidsnts of a serious nature occurred. On, man was killed by a phsstou running against him, Ih horses having been frightened. The thisvet and pickpockets took advantage of the fog. ' ' THE HESPERIAN: A. MONTHLY MISCELLANY OF . rfotnal ant EDITED Br WILLIAM D. CALLAdHEB AND OTWAT CFJB.Br. PROSPECTUS. The subscriber, bavins made the necessary arrangements as to editorship and pub lishing, will issue in April coming the first regular number of a New Monthly Magazine, (o bear the above-written name. For an outline of the plan upon which the proposed publication is to be conducted, be Editors. The size of The Hespebian will be royal work will be printed on paper of superior oualitv. with new and beautiful type, of the long primer, bourgeois and brevier sizes. A number will be published on the first day of each month, containing from eighty to ninety octavo pages of letter-press, of the sizo of ',iis pamphlet, well covered, stitched and trimmed, so as to make two handsome volumes a-year or five hundred pagst each. Tho annual subscription will be Five Dollart, payable at the beginning of the year: the work to be mailed punctually for subscribers, done up in substantial wrappers, and forwarded to any post-office in the Union to which it may be ordered. As ho has embarked in an expensive and laborious undertaking, with a determination to do everything for its successful accomplishment which individual industry and enterprise can do, the Publisher earnestly but respectfully solicits the co-operation, especially in tho matter of procuring subscribers and making remittances, of the r nends ol Literature and wholesome Intellectual culture througnout tne Mississippi Valley. It is dosirable that the names of subscribers bo returned by tho first of April coming. Communications intended for The Hesperian, may bo directed from this date, (as tho publication will positively bo commenced at the specified time), to either or both of the Editors, at this City. All letters containing subscriptions, or otherwise relating to the business department of the work, must be directed to the undersigned. JOHN D. NICHOLS, PubMer, Columbus, Ohio. Citt or Columbus, January, 1838. EDITORS' The importance and usefulness of periodical works, devoted to General Literature and Science, are acknowledged in all educated and intelligent communities. such publications, when proporly conducted, form a sort of neutral ground, where individuals ol all political parties, all re- igious denominations, all scientific pur suits, and all literary tastes, miv meet together in perfect amity, and find some thing each which shall entertain, or amuse, or instruct, or at leant beguile an occasional hour which might else pass heavily or in surruw. in una c'jumry, esHjciiiuy in the newer sections of it, tho excitements of party, tho turmoil of chango, and the incentives to gain, so engross the attention and employ the timo oi' the mass of the people, that efforts to crcute an interest in Bullcs-Lcttres are often entirely overlooked, or regarded with tho most discouraging inuitterence. Notwithstanding, however, tho force of this fact, and the admonitions of experience, the undersigned have consented to take upon themselves the Edito rial supervision of a Periodical to bo devoted to tho interests uf General Literature and Science. They ducm the lime auspicious for the commencement of such an undertaking, and rego rd tho point fixed upon lor the place ol publication, as ntlord- ing facilities lor rendering such a work interesting and useful, unsurpassed by those oi but lew cities in tho Union. Of the various Literary Periodicals which have, during tho past ten or twelve years, ben projected and for a time published in the West, not one now survives. They have all, after a struggle of a very few years, been compelled to undergo some change in which their original character was lost, or ilictl outright of a fit of nnn-patronage. The West is therefore without a literary Representative, in our national Republic of Letters. It is true we have hero and there well-conducted weekly papers of literary pretensions: but they are small and of limited circulation, and from necessity employ but a very little amount of tha talent of this region. A large, respected, and cntlitablo reflector of the literary light of the West, we have not; and it is with a view of supplying this deficiency, ttint the present work has been projected. In thut immense region of country comprised within tho Stales of Ohio, Kontucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan, Religion, Sci ence and PoIUici, have their appropriate ad vocates and expounders; but tho Uellet-Lel mare without any sufficient chriniict,tlir' which their claims upon public attention can bo mndo Known, and by which they may mnnilcst their tranquillizing, and elo- vaiing, and refining influences. This ia not so in other sections of the Union it ought not so to be here: and if the enter prise in which we aro about to embark, roceivo from the western community that consideration to which it seems to us it is entitled, the West, as well as tho South and the Bust, shall soon have a represuu- tativo ot us literary character. In reflecting upon tho speedy mortality which has attended all literary attempts in this part of tho United Sln'o.s, where men of almost universally acknowledged education, acquirements nnd talents, have most signally failed in their efforts to croato and supply a taste and an nnnotito for periodical literature, we aro forced to ono of two conclusions: either that tho People of lhn Wost lack tho cultivated tasto, general intelligence, and public spirit, to appreciate and sustain a wholosomc and an entertaining liternture; or, that tho works winch hnve been attempted hero, have not boon sulficioiitly rartout in char acter, to suit tho diversified tastes and wants of a community so hetcrogenooitsly constituted as is tho population of the States abovc-nnmcd. Porhaps both of those causes originally contributed to tho ill-success of periodicals among us, The former, however, c:tiinot with justice be said to exist now. Wo lliorcluro adopt the Ittttor : and wo proviso to supply, what is undeniably a desideratum now in tho West, a Literary Periodical of ample size, and extensive enough in its rnngo of subjects, to mnko it a source of entertainment, instruction nnd general information, io nil classes of cultivated readers. Tho bettor to effect this object, the New Mngnxino will comprise, in addition to tho usual Original Contents of such works, a Select Miscellany of General Literature. In making up this department, the best of tho current Reviews and Magnxintii of Great Britain and America will be laid un TUB lMI'OKTKII IIOHNB CONTRACT, le fer eete ss werf MeetnauWallas- terme. IT not eold hy lira I5lh of January, S39l mW m,k, , fhvorsMs arrsngemsnl with a rootpslanl parson I, stand hint for mares lbs nail season. Co-Tat, T Is a thorough English bred Kara Herat, Ins alee, dark ehssnut color, nnd la high raring form; Is proves lo hs a surs foal getter, and Is tits sirs of rare Itorsss, ss well ss IIM moat eplendld saddle and harneaa bursas. A horsa of hellsr Mood waa never Imported l Aawrlea. II, tsa bs sssn at my stables, la Leilnian. iaa, IT..- mtui w. DICIiCY. GENERAL LITERATURE, Srlrrt. refers to the accompanying Circular of the octavo, two columns to the page. The CIRCULAR. der contribution, and a due regard bo had to variety. For the Original department will be exerted the commanding talents of the gentlemen hereinafter named, and of several others who rank among the best miscellaneous writers in the United states. Science and Art will therefore always find their appropriate places in tho pages of i he Hesperian popular jMiucanon ana sound Morality will receive due attention the History, Kesources, Literary Insti. tutions and General Statistics of the West, will claim more or loss space every month and the whole will be agreeably diversified with Tales, Essays, and Poetry. Tho Critical department of The Hespe rian, will be somewhat more full than is common to magazines in this country; and to all literary aspirants who may appear before the tribunal of tho Editors, they will endeavor, without fear or favor, to mete out "equal and exact justice." Though not belonging to thosa carping mortals who are lorover judging American productions by European standards, and condemning tho elTorts of beginners most ly because they lull short ol the excellen ces ol practiced pens and matured intel lects, yet, they claim very little fellow ship with those editorial scribes who are so very amiable as to behold, in every neagnng poe'aster wno transmits them copies of his verses in morocco and gold, a young Milton or Popo, and a young Scott or Bulwer in every aspirant who manages toaiscnarge ms inkstand and paper-drawer of a couple of volumes fiction per year. 1 here is much and great literary talent in our country, which deserves more en couragement and consideration than it generally receives: there is also a ureal deal of pretension, which is indebted for ull the success with which it meets, to the impudence of its possessors, and the over amiable disposition alluded to above. To give encouragement to that, by pointing out its beauties and dwelling upon Us mer its, and to dispense justico to this, by de noting its defects and animadverting upon its unworthincss, will be considered an im portant Vy; and as an evidence that it will be fenrlesslvanrl ininiiriinllvflianhnrrv. rd, one of tho Editors points to his past connection with periodical literature. From the following list of regular and occasional contributors lo the Original do partment of The Hesi-eriax, the public can form a pretty correct idea of the character and quality of Iho reading matter which will appear in its pages from month to month. Philip Lindsley, d. d., President of Nashville University. Daniel Drake, h. d., of the Cincinnati Medical College, Morgan Nrville, Esq., author of "Mike Fink, or tho Last of tho llontmen," iie. Timothy Walkim, Esq., of the Cincin-nuti Law School. Professor Wg. VV. Mather, Principal of the Geological Hoard of Ohio. Edward D. Mansfield, Esq., author of tho " Political Grammar," iVc. John A. M'Cluno, Esq., author of "Camden, a Novel," "Sketches of Western Adventure," etc. J. II. Imgraham, Esq., author of " Tho South-West," "Lnlitlo, or tha Pirate of tho Gulf," " Tho Seiges," 4c. ohn L. Kiiipkll, n. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy in tho Medical College of Louisiana. Noah II. Swaynk, Esq., United Slates Attornoy for the District of Ohio. Dr. S. P. Hildreth, of the Geological Corps of Otiio. Wilkins Tanneiiill, Esq., author of Iho History of Literature," " Historical Sketches," iic. Alexander Kinmont, a. m., Principal of the Cincinnati Classical Aradomv. Also: Salmon P. Chase, Th. H. Siirkvc, James II. Perkins, Samdel Eells, Edward P. Crancii, Charles A. Jones, James T. WoRTHtNOTON, JaMKS B. MARSHALL, Wg, B. Oaks, Lewis F. Thomas, John It. Dillon, Jambs W. Ward, and E. C. Bishop; gcnilemonVho, it may with propriety be naid, have built up the character of Western Periodical Literature. Assuring the public that tho pages of Thr Hesperian slm'l bo firmly barred against tho admission of anything of a political partisan or a religious sectarian rhartictor, and pledging ourselves to mnko every exertion within our power to give to tho work a wholesomo moral tono and a high intellcctuul character, we havo only to siib-K-ribo ourselves, W. D. GALLAGHER, OTWAV CURHY. ABRTR ACTS or TITLBs rpilR SilbsTtlbrr Is arsparsd lo Isralsh Abstraeta of TL I. Us of all lbs la I.Ms and Out. Lota la I'olumhus, at tits snnnast Holies Offles, tlddhl mom la house asil tteor West tf Cant. John Wilson's, M Btats sleen. Ilse. I8..twd..wtf Id. J. GILBERT. WIRE. JUST teeel.ed, and for sale, m lbs. Na. M and U sr vvtrs tor u I RUdltni, bv 9. ITTIsRR, Ju.. 17. MACHIVH CARDS. fTIHE subscriber keeps constautly on lian.l a supply of Machine Uards, or s au e.lor qnnllty, rom Zll lo N33. UKluilve. Also, Psrsoni luipieveil Palem (ill UAH-ING MACHINE, of Ihe best quality, recelvM Sir-ct from the maaufaelurer's aliop. He also continues m baud sla colas., st Ins old stand, ffl WorUifnirlon, where lis will pleaetd to attend to all orders In In. line. Jsn. S..wtf. rnTTKB WRIOHT. NOTICE. LL persons bavins datum oitninst tle ednle of flee . lor Kllbourn, dee'd., are notitied lo nrojoiit llieiu, legally proven, for settlement, wlltiln one yenr from this oats; and tiioas Indebted, will plsiian settle, without delay. A. HUTTI.BA, ) R. -W. COWL Fft, Eiccutors. Jan.6..w4l. M. MATTHEW. S POCKET BOOK MINT. N Columns., or between Mint and I'lckerlugton. on the l4thliist..eontnlninir two lilt lei or Kxclintiue.ritlllvtic for Svs thousand dollars earn, lu ntf-irea and tlie wor.- alt oiontha on the kit hand upper corner. Sisneil ly VVe-ley MeArther, Jnrol. Ilarmnii, and Plilll. I'oiuier.ulliorwlie bUuk. Alsooue blank, siitneri hy Wealev Me rt'iur, An other papere, it any, not rnrollertcd. Tlie pul.lie ars therefore cautioned nsnlntt tiiMiitf tin r.nl-nment on any bond Mains! me, unless written In tlie .nine tin rid writing of tlte signature, as I hnve no lintei nut: nelll.er bsvs I sndorMtl any, unless written lu my nwu linn.l; ami for my own safety, snd Hint of Ihe piililin senernlly, all nous iven by me, hereafter, will be wiilleu lu my owa band wrllins. Tho nnder anal! lie rewnnled for tils trouble, by lenvlns si J. Buttles Hlors, tnColumburi, or Willi llie aulmcrlljer, riekerlnslon. Use. W...81W. WESLEY McAUTIIUR. park nurni Ki). NEIL, MOORE & CO. onnii.it three daily CilAl'IIEf A RE now runnlii- three doily COAl'IIE from tTktil- il i to C'NCianali, and buv, reduced the Fare on lh.t route. Clambue to jr.nnr.vl Ho, ?,rn 6,00 8.00 3,no S,00 its to Whuelinu;, do to NprliiKHi ld, sto to Duytnn, do to t'iiicinnull, Intermediate points, 5 tenia per mile. ITrFor eeata apply at our old ennl.li.lied nriVei.. nTNell. Moore h Co. hnve the esrv liars rutiiilns from Columbus lo Cleveland .Huron and fmiJiLty ttOiumuuB, ju.y 17. .If THE HISTORICAL. FAMILY I.lllHARVS Dmtti fs the n-publiiafia of Sfandard Hn,tory. Prle,. Two Do I. lass ass Flrrv Ckt, In nrhn'tre, for Fiv,-llundred Fates. Volume 3d, lu Ire ImucJ January, 1838, will commence wllii HISTORY OP THE DrXI.INB AND FALL OF TUB ROMAN EMPIRE llv Kowinn Oi-sos. K.i. ANEW edlllun, rrvired and eorr-ted It.roiigliftut, preceded by , prefare, and a.-cniu;.Hi.lni liv notes. critical and hlatorirnl, relulti.s ..lnrii:.lty to the nroirh'. alter, of ehrlatlanliy by M P. Oru rr. Mlnlmer of nubile instruction for the Kiugiloin of Frnnco- Tlitl pra-fttee. notes and eorrerttnna, trntmlnle.1 from tbe t-'rftr.eli. sipreaaly for tbls edilhiii. Oaford, Olilo. Publish, d by David L'tirlsty. To ssrurs publle rontlrlenre inoro fil'lv. tbe nuhlijlisr aaaauasied , committee of lilersry tentleineii toniil lilin in Hie selection of works for Hie l.ihra'y. Tl.-y have fs vored dim with tlie folbiwinf notlro nf n-'ie-'. Oiiihos: Tlw Great work ofUlblioiieinbrnee. a inriimi'l Inter. sstlnf period of hltfury, re-tteriii. wlrieli il.n Kalian resder haa few other sources of liifuruivlnn. Tlie vust smount of facta wlileli II ein'iollea, nnd tllulr ak:ful es- hlhlllon. will slwsya render It s iMilar w'k; wlnbi us ohsteneneae, Its fulM coloring', and in crieliia! em-er. at llie Christian Hell-Ion, make it, lo tlie yuutit canecinl-ly, a daniernus one. It Is a tlille remarkable that the tatk of rovli-wini this book lhorou:hly, of exiKieltis Its p'nii.lhla bill unfair reu- ilnss, snd of eorreetlns lis errors, .hmild timt lie under taken by a Frenchman and a l.'lvlll.n. IVile e.ll-ioii. with ampls corrections, waa Srt re.nred l.i I'a Is, In 1812, by M. Gulxot. who hn.elucn po hi.-lilv d..ii i'iiU'ie.l himself as a Mlnlsler of Slate, and lbs liesu of one of the polltb-sl parties In Frstire. Hy means of s rt notes at llie fiot of tha oa-n. l is asistakss of OlUboa srs srsvy w tiers corrected, wrth lull rstsrsneea to tlw autliorlUes by wlileb His fi.iaareaa.. senatned; sad hie srlf.il satnulti un ihe (-i.rl.iia.. It,- f sion, snd elirlstisn men, srs eiiKMiid ami rep.-.b wii:t th, learning of a scholar, and tlie enmlor uf a .-ml!, man. By Ibis awsns. Hi, young miy re ip tiio wlv.v.in j.i of Gibbon's resesrrhea, without danger uf l-jlny ivilsuucd by his Irrellsious prejudices. " Though this la s work of such sr-kno-.rle I jed Iu-mrt-snr, and nierh, ft has never vet n.H-areil I , nii I: r.-lia'i drsss. Mr. t'aaitvv, of Oif.ml, Ohio, 'olnt about to rs-puhUsli (llls-jtrs volumes in hia ei-ei:ri! JlniarUal fkmitf lilrtrK, has procured tbe tran.lml.in o'C'iixot'e sotea and eorrscllons by s parann t-tt'y wuv .ii .llllel fur lb tssk; sd thus hs l.na greatly e'il.a!.c'-.l ne va'u-i of a work, whteli, from lie rtrsl aiarn.ir-, Im-1 eeti regard sd ss s is.ulsrd In Knallali Mi.rorl-al l.iii-rn'u-e. " Though we ahnn'd bealtnte mu--h l:ore iv- Wm'I'.I ml Gtssos, unoernmpstiled be eorrertln.ia. Int.. I s- Im ula ,.f IPs yminf, )st with Iti, rlrti adilllinna nt' an ul.le n erlli-ss M. Guisnt, we do elteeriu'ly rncumaiu -.d Mr. C .rlalj sdltioa to silsnslvs circulation. WM. II VrlffKUV, V. K. STillVB. a. a. iu.-uh.i-, j. v. iv m in nr. It. IV AVI.i:l.(.rriE, John i ntr, W. A I.VMl, C KM.I.ilT. I.. I. II UII.ISK." Cslesel rem s selirt a O.iT.I'. (J.U.a, is r A..a Ijaartrey Rente. Aa then Tils llirroav o- Tlia hi. U'l in rki.t nvitt rstaln poaaesalon of tlte eilen.lve lb M ,r',.-., I- ,-ul U ' y the Indefesspile rtgltl of romir-.t, n-!.iev,-.l b, un Ival'ed genius, ss well sa by tiio lo-mru nf uiu'takii.t -. ,-:.lu tr-. In lb, depth and sreursry of tlte autVir'n reJM-rl.ea, It may he sutler of surprise thai s fnrel-n ivrlliv has lel the Arst to attempt, wit it s.ty .l.'gnwol'aiiri-es..ii. m mrl Iss what Is olijertlonsbit In II lo turre t, I., a bud. uf notes, lbs erroneous, snd sti:ixl tlte te.a pl.t,,-. ,li.i: Views of Gibbon, mors narlb-uiarly aato III,, irn-ri-M ami Influence of Chrlstisnity snd fl.nlly, ri itf.-.g ui t: it treat work, where Ir lsitievlinhlyd-fo-iivrn,i llie w.mt of mslerlsla, wlikh have slues route to ll-;ii, t t e Itf rh level of modern tlielorle knowHMie. Tlie tlr.1 part of l.ls andsrlaklnf, St. liultnt lias se em;.ll.l.ed ivl'ii r'n lijlun. Jsdginonl snd right feeling. N. itt.Uot la a I'rnvs ,ul, a Ithsral and ralkMval Chrietlun; for we r uin.il ro-iwnt lo glva tap Ilea taller eotthet to lliai modern a-i oil, wliom Ihslr opponents a-is lit ralbsr In rltarge n I-It ir-aliu:inliiiii, as assigning inadequate ranees for lbs letili-i erenia In reltftous history, and anltalilnlii.g untrnaVo li.viitlioes for ths revetted belief of lie elina Ian tvorM. The eiltl. or of Gibbon, h free from ereleal i.lical p..-il H e or theological jeauaay, asssrla boldly a ..I aiali.li.l w n I'll Judf BMinl, lha truth snd divine orl-l-int tenrMitt li.tt'i, wbN-h, ss a historian, ha has stiidl.-d l-i o ,e r,f lu moat eonvlnel.ig linos of svldeBc-, It, bensilelal indue ice oil bumsn srfsfrs. It la ao amslt sdvsnlaas. more partkulnrlv o. the continent, lo havs Ibis great point rontested aial .at Ili'rtVn, by aa anihor not only no. Iln'.le In ti.itrt,i-i f profee-atonal bias, but not computing nnder tlte ntve nt that strong nopulsr sentiment whl. ii in tin. enmiTy la Ji-alnne seen of sny depnrtnrs from tlie erilloary l.ut !u.i -e, l,iun - ths conventional manner ou a religion. .tt'-Jc. I. Tlmu.-li ws wool, willingly atti;to8 IImI ii mind, ni io lil-hnl Itlerary men In farla srs now, in sv .e-a, r.lei..-ed far beyond Ihe aupcrnctal blaturl.-nl a rt.li.l.i.i, an I tlte as anphtlosophk-nl ss Irro't-ki'i aver.si'i In 1' itl.-iatillv which characterise lite erli.to of Vn'.alrf ; yt un nin n and dlatinel protest from a wrlrer of M. lulni- i.lj t rltar. srlsv ssn neither, wa tru', ha wliln.al li:liir.ti-e, nor esrlalnly without honor, win l'..'e w io Lull o-lt.i sails- faction lbs rsunton of bl-li liiera-y rei.itM'ion, with snoiHl CNriallan va-n-o. H'e wivtM n.n .'rl.-e tt,t-.-lves la all lbs sdllor'a ontulotts, nor tlie )n,:ire o all ,U rrill- rHnts; nut la sennral, alio render nf r,.ilxt' iii,',i:i will Snd wherever hs Is la rinnter nf Item n.l.'e 1 iv lite art.-eknta etatentanta snd Insl.llitis repres.tiitntlo.i- of ll s bia-.. torlsn, s fair view to tits 0.iHn,t ar-u ncita, nnd In walgbl of authority willed any l stl.lu.-ed l.t ti.elr sup. port, J,,n. 17. .wit Prepared otc;jf l.nn n ,;.!.. is i it;rr ItT Jt' ui lliirrtt, B l mr WHICH mtv to iflkutn wltti t'f-rt -nr tr W n'l uri, .hJ tn all si1!-.!. r rrr rv ft.r itf r ' ti (nj jImm: )irr--. 1 o( Aix trtl.-i- dm, ln-limmalriin of tltt (Monnrti. Mmr I urn. tti rr rn, ",'t.tl. itrjror riUl.TMstj, r'tun,Ol-itn-rt "l Mr '-Ini iMnn, ,vmi ntl Few, BUrniii r Urm iiunt I'.it, Tv.m rwtt Hrtrlftl rfVtr,Hnie.1l Toi, 1w1.hm tir '. n y't Flrt, Aathma, l'.iurWy, llfow.'-, Mmv IV wr. MM, Winil on lb ttrBtiHir 'i f ,r.w.':, V 'u'rui ronaumptlnn, Ttrt1tiriRt. 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