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i nation by which they attempted to pry into (the secrets of futurity. The Brahmins in In-

8CPER9TITIOIC. BY TFIOMAS DICK.

On the Influence which a General Diffusion of Knotcledge. would have in dissipating those

SurESTmors Notions and Vain Fears zvhich have so lonff enslaved the Minds of Men.

My first proportion is, that the diffusion of

knowledge woild undermine tlie laoncoi superstition, and remove those Groundless fears

to which suoersitious notions give rise. Igno

rance has not onlv debarred mankind from

many exquisite and sublime enjoyments, but has created innumerable unfounded alarms

which greatly increase the sum of human mis

ery. Man is naturally um;d, terrmcd at mose

dansrers whose conscnuenccs he cannot fore-

o r kp. .ind at ihose uncommon appearances ot

nature whose causes he has never explored.

Thus he is led, in many instances, to regard

with apprehension and dread those operations of nature which are the result of regular and

invariable laws. Under the influence of such

timid emotions, the phenomena of nature, both in the heavens and on the earth, have been

arrayed with imaginary terrors. In the early ages of the world, a'total eclipse of the sun or of the moon was regarded with the utmost consternation, as if some dismal catastrophe

had been about to befal the universe, lie l;eving that the moon in an eclipse was sick eninc or dvinc through the influence of en

chanters,the trembling spectatorshad recourse

to the rintrinp of bi s. the sounding ol trum

npfs. Mm limlincr nf brazen vessels. and to loud

and horrid exclamation, in order to break the

enchantment, and to drown the mutter ng o

witches that the moon might not hear them.

In allusion to this practice, Juvenal, when

np. ikincrnf n bind sroblinp- womao. says that

I o o she was able to relieve the moon.

Nor are such foolish opinions and customs yet banished from the world. They are said to be still prevalent in several Mahomedan

nnd Pagan countries. Comets, too with their

blazinff tails, were lone regarded, and sti

are, by the vulgar, as harbingers of Divin

venseance, presaging famines and inundations or the downfall of princes and the destruction

of empires. TheJ Vurora Boreahs, or northern lights, have been frequently gazed at with similar apprehensions, and whole provinces have been thrown into consternation by the fantastic coruscations of those lambent meteors. Some pretend to sec,in these harmless lights, armies mixing in fierce encounter, and fields streaming with blood; others behold

states overthrown, earthquakes, inundations,

pestilences, and the most dreauiui calamines.

Because some one or other of these calamities formerly happened soon after the appearance of a, comet, or the blaze of an aurora, therefore they are considered cither as the cause or the prognostics of such events. From the same source have arisen those foolish notions, so fatal to the peace ef mankind, which have been engendered by judicial aslrolofnu Under a belief that the characters

and the fates of men are dependent on the various aspects of the stars, and conjunctions of

the planets, the most unfounded apprehensions, as well as the most delusive hones, have

been excited by the professors of this falla

cious science. Such impressions on the. ere

dulity of mankind are founded on the grossest absurdity, and the most palpable igno

rance of the nature of things; for since the as

pects, and conjunctioHS of the celestial bodies have, in every period ofduration, been subject

to invariable laws, thev must be altogether in

adequate to account for the diversified phenomena of the moral world, and for that infinite variety we observe in the dispositions and the

destinies of men: and, indeed, the single con

sidcralion of the immense distance of the stars

from our globe, is sufficient to convince any

ration.! mind (hat their influence can have

no effect on a region so remote from the spa cei they occupy. The planetary bodies, in

deed, may, in certain cases, have some degree of physical influence on the earth, by virtue of their attractive power, but that influence can never affect the operation of moral causes,

or the qualities of the mind. L.ven although

it were admitted that the heavenly bodies

have an influence over the destinies of the hu

man race, yet we have no data whatever by

which to ascertain the mode of its operation, or to determine the formula or rules by which calculations are to be made, in order to predict the fates of nations, or the individual tem

peraments and destinies of men: and conse

quenlly, the principles and rules on which

astrologers proceed in constructing horoscopes,

and calculating nativtics, aro nothing else

than mere assumptions, and their pretensions

nothing short of criminal impositions upon the credulity of mankind. With equally the

same reason might we assert, that the earth,

in different positions in its orbit, would have

an influence in producing fools and maniacs

in the planet Jupiter, or in exciting wars and

insurrections among the inhabitants ofSaturn.

as to suppose, with Mr. Varley, the prince of

modern astrologers, that "oaturn passing

through the ascendant causes dulness and mel

ancholy for a few weeks," and that "Jupiter,

hi the third house, gives sate inland journeys

aud agreeable neighbors or kindred.

Notwithstanding the absurdity of the doc-

innes oi astrology, this art has been practised

in every period of time. Among the Romans, the people were so infatuated with it, that the astrologers, or, as they were then called,

tne matnematicians, maintained their ground in spite of all the edicts of the emperors to expel them from the capital ; and after they were at leugth expelled by a formal decree of the

senate, they lound so much protection from the credulity of the people, that they still remained in Rome unmolested. Among the

irnaldeant, the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the

Greeks, and the Arabians, in aucient times.

astrology was uniformly included in the list of

ine sciences, and used as one species of divi-

ia.at an early period, introduced this art in

to that country, and. by means of it, have rendered themselves the arbiters of good and evil hours, and of the fortunes of theif fellow-

men, nnd have thus raised themselves to great authority and influeuce among the iliterale

multitude. They are consulted as oracles,

and. like all other impostors, they have taken

great care never tosell their answers without

a handsome remuneration. In almost every

country in the world this art is still practised.

nnd only a short period has elapsed since the

princes and legislators of Europe were directed in the most impoi tant concerns of the state

by the predictions of astrologers. In the time

of Queen Catharine de Medicis. astrology was

so much in vogue, that nothing, however trif-

ing, was to be done without consulting the

stars. The astrologer iUonn. in the seven

teenth cenlury.directed Cardinal Richelieu's

motions in some of hisjourneys, and Louisa Ma

ria de Gonzaga, Queen of Poland, gave IJUUU

crowns to carry on an edition of his Astrologia

Gullica; and in the reigns of Henry the 1 hiru

and Hencry IhelFourlh of Fi ance, the predic

tions of astrologers were the common tliemc oi I

the court conversation. Even in the present

day, & in tho metropolis of the British empire,

this fallacious art is practised, &i(s proiessors

are resorted to for judicial lnlormation, not only by the vulgar, but even by many in the

higher spheres ol lite. I he extensive annu:il sale of more than 240,000 copies of "Moore's

Almanac, which abounds with such predictions, and of similar publications, is a striking proof of the belief which is still attached to the doctrines of j.slrology in our own age and

country, and of the ignorance and credulity from which such a belief proceeds. Parhelia, parsclena:, shooting stars, fiery meteors, luminous arches, lunar rainbows, and other atmospherical phenomena, have likewise been considered by some as ominous of impending calamities. Such are some of the objects in the heavens,

which ignorance and superstition have arrayed with imaginary terrors.

On Iheearlh, the objects which have given rise to groundless tears are almost innumerable. The ignesfatui, those harmless meteors which hover above moist and fenny places in the night-time, and emit a glimmering light, have been regarded as malicious spirits, endeavoring to deceive the bewildered travel

ler, and lead him to destruction. The ticking noise of the little insect called the death-icatch

a screech-owl screaming at the window

raven croaking over a house a dog howling

re or a saw crossing

the road the meeting with a bitch with

whelps, or a snake lying in the road the fal

ling ot salt Irom a table and even the curl ing of a fibre of taliow in a burning chii

cue, have been regarded with apprehensions

of terror, as prognistics ol impending disasters.

or ol approaching death

In the Highlands of Scotland, the motions ind appearances of the clouds were, not long

ago, considered as ominous ol disastrous

in the morning, especially if the left shoe was

put upon his right toot, he held it lor a bad omen.1'

Thus it arrears, that the luminaries of

heaven, the clouds, and other meteors that float in the atmosphere, the actions of animals

the seasons of the year, the days of the week,

the most trivial incidents in human lite, ana

many other circumstances, have afforded mat

ter of false alarm to mankind. But this is not

all; man, ever prone to disturb his own peace, notwithstanding the real evils he is doomed to suffer, has been ingenious enough to form

with many other similar unfounded positions,

are regarded as indisputable truths -oy

thousands, whose adherence to tradition ana authority, and whose indolence and credulity, prevent them from inquiring, with a manly independence, into the true slate and nature of things.

imaginary monsters which have no existence, Alchohol

imiGS, MEDICINES, ScC.

HE subscriber, Laving purchased ue iueai cine and Drusr Store of Dr. Kennedy in Brook

ville. offers to the public a good assortment of

Regular and Botanic Medicines, Drugs, Paints,

and Dye Stuns, consisting, in part, as lonows; ..... ' ' -

Annise Seed J Antimony

Antinionial Wine I Arrow Root

Arsenic

Aqua Amonia

Borax

Burgundy Pitch

Castor Oil Cardamon seed Carbonate irou

Cam. 1 lowers

do do do do do do do do do do

Digelatis

Ex. Hyosciomus Emetic Tartar Ess. Cinnamon

Peppermint

Gum Opium

do Camphor

Aloes Arabic Assafoetida Guiacuni Myrrh Scammony Ttagacanth Shellac Kino

events. Un the evening belore new year s

day, if a black cloud appeared in any part of

the horizon, it was thought to prognosticate

plague, a famine, or the death of some great

man m that part ol the country over w inch it seemed to hang; and in order to ascertain the place threated by the omen, the motions of the cloud were often watched through the whole night. In the same country, the inhabitants regard certain days as unlucky, or ominous of bad "fortune. That day of the week on whieh the 3d of May falls is deemed unlucky throughout the whole year. In the isle of Mull, ploughing, sowing, and reaping are always begun on Tuesday, though the most favorable weather for these purposes be in this way frequently lost. In Moi ven none

will, upon any occasion, dig peat or turf for fuel on Friday. The age of the moon is also much attended to by the vulgar Highlanders; and an opinion prevails, that if a house take on fire while the moon is in the decrease, the family will from that time decline in its circumstances, and sink into poverty. In England, it is reckoned a bad omen to break a looking-glass, as it is believed the party to whom it belongs will lose his best friend. In going a journey, if a sow cross the road, it is believed the party will meet either with a disappointment or a bodily accident before returning home. It is reckoned unlucky to see first one magpie, and then another; and to kill a magpie, it is believed, will certainly be punished with some terrible misfortune. If a person meet a funeral procession, it is con

sidered necessary always to take on the hat, which keeps all the evil spirits that attend the body in good-humor. If, in eating, a person miss his mouth, and the vituals fall, it is

reckoned very unlucky, and ominous of approaching sickness. It is also considered as unlucky to present a knife, scissors, razor or any sharp cutting instrument, to one's mistress

or friend, as they are apt to cut Jove and

friendship; and to find a knife or razor denotes

ill luck or disappointment to the party. Among the ancient nations, there was hardly any circumstances or occurrence, however trival, from which they did not grow omens. This practice appears to have taken its rise in Egypt, the parent country of almost every superstition of paganism; but from whatever source it may have derived its origin, it spread itself over the whole inhabited globe, even among the most civilized nations, and at this day it prevails more or less among the vulgar in every country. Even kings and emperors sages and heroes, have been seized with alarm at the most trival circumstances, which they were taught to consider as ominous of bad fortune, or of impendiog danger. Suetonius

says of Augustus, that he believed implicitly

either in heaven or on earth, nor the least

foundation in the scenes of external nature. He has not only drawn false conclusions from the objects which have a real existence, to

increase Ins tears; but has created, in his im

agination, an ideal zcorld, and peopled it with Acid Sulphuric

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winvi ...awvu. ....6o, ..w ..t . Kalaam Uapavia

believes his happiness and misery are subjec- Barbadoes Tar

ted. An old wrinkled hag is supposed to

have the power of rendering miserable all a

round her, who are the objects of her hatred. In her privy chamber, it is believed, she can

roast and torment the absent, and inflit incu

rable disorders both on man and beast; she cloves

can transport herself through the air on a spit Cinnamon

nr n hrnnmstirk nr. -hrn it sprvf5 hrr mir- I Colomba Had

' i . i ir; Corosive Sublimate

r ' , , , ' , . i ! Cream tartar or a bare; and by shaking a bridle over a r, , t,

person a sleep, can transform him into a horse; ujoculus Indicus

and, mounted on this new-created steed, can Canthandes

(rjivr rsf the air on the wines of the wind, and Calomel

visit distant countries in the course of anight.

A certain being called a fairy, though supposed to be at least two or three feet high, is believed to have the faculty of contracting

its body, so as to pass through the key-hole of Flour sulphur

n Hnnr- arm I hrm crh Ihpv nr n fiistmrt snPf'IfiS I JlHi!er

ot beiugs from man, they have a strong iancy

for children; and hence, in the Highlands of

.Scotland, new-born infants are watched till

the christening is over, lest they should be sto

Ien or exchanged by those fantastic existences

I he regions ol the air have been peopled with

apparitions and terrific phantoms of different

iinds, which stalk abroad at the dead of night

to terrify the lonely traveller. In ruined cas

tles and old houses, they are said to announce Ippicac lhfir nnnp-iranro hv a varipfv rf ImiH Tin fl I Jalap

j r i f- Hi- .i i n Juniper berries

uinuiui Huistoj cuiiituuiTja i a iuiu g i n uiv unn Laudanum

ilia i" i r it otii civ i ii i in mil 1 1 ii n ii n i ii ii

ii rki. i. Viviivu ( i ii oia, nnu I uuiuitllg up i PAIET

down the staircase like the trundling ot bowls rjateman's Drops

or cannon-balls. Especially in lonely church- British oil

yards, in retired caverns, in deep forests and Balsam of Life dells, horrid sounds are said to have been Godfrey's Cordial

i I 1 I . uiiuueiuuc

..C.UU, uuu udiu "l'"'- Thompson's Eye Water i-i j 1 li. a.-liw.lt .arlmlil III nirnn Imnn Kiini. 4tl vr n.--i -

t;U, XI J tlijlllj VTtiUlU iilil O UCIV C UWCIJ i,llV, II I YQj;m l eft

into consternation. Lee's Pills

Nor have such abusrd notions been confin- Alum

ed to the illiterate vulgar; men of considera- Blue Vitrol

ble acquirements in literature, from igno- , . . i 1 1. i r. . i c ii : I liit barge

rauce oi me jaws oi nature, nave xaiien 11110 pruspia rjue

the tame delusions, formerly, a man who Together with a great variety of other Drugs and

was endowed with considerable genius and medicines, paints, patent medicines, v,c. nccessa-

knowledge w as reckoned u magician. Doc- rY for a Scod apothecary shop, for wholesale or re-

lor liartolo was seized by the Inquisition at Kome, in the sixteenth tentuiy, because he

unexpectedly cured a nobleman of the gout; and the illustrious Friur Bacon, because he

was better acquainted with experimental phi

iosophy than most persons of the age in which

do do

do do do

do do do do

Cat. Magnesia

Manna Nutgulls Nitrate Potash Nux Y amice Liquorice Ex. Oil Almondt

Anise Close Juniper Lemon Olive Sassafras Hemlock Wintergreen Lavender Spike

Orauge Peel Paregoric Elixir Peruvian Bark Prepared Chalk Q.uassa Quicksilver Red percipitata Rheubarb

Rotten Stone Red Saunders Ep. Salts Rock Salts Soap Castii Soda Soap Sp'ts Turpentine Squills Syrup of Squills Sul. Quinine Spigelia

benna Bi. Carb. Soda Sugar Lead Sulphur Ether Sweet Sp'ts Nitre Sponge Syringes Tin. Caator do Digtalis do Valerian do Rheubarb Venice Turpentine White Vitrol Perfume Bear Oil

MEDICINES.

Spanish brown Gardner's Liniment Fahne6tock's Vermifuge

Cleveland's Ague Drops

Medicamentuni Pulmovary Balsam La Mott'8 Tooth Balm Itch Ointment Ward s Hair Oil Essence of .Soap Indigo Hive Syrup Shoe Varnish

SPKIIi and GOOD.

rWHE subscribers have received from Pittsturf, St. Baltimore, Philadelphia and New-Yorv'

their assortment of Spring and Summer Good3

consisting in part of the following articles, namely,

Uiotus, cassimeres ana cassineis, assorted colors

Monmouth and Kentucky jeans. Red, green and

white flannels. Rose & saddle blankets. Black brown and claret merinoes, plain and figured. Cir

cassians of various colors. Brown and bleached sheeting3 and shirtings. Brown and bleached

cotton drills. Canton flannels, assorted color

Table diapers, linnen, cotton and Russia. Table

and floor oil cloths, figured and plain. Irish German, French and Russian, linens. Twiiled basringg. Cambrics, assorted colors, nlaii, ami

figured. Figured and plain, mull, book, jaconet and Swiss muslins. Figured and plain bobinet

Silk, thread and cotton bobinet edgings and laces.

Ladies cravats and collars. Italian, French. En

glish and American prints. Silk and tabby vel

vets, assorted colors, plain and figured. Figure.! and valentia vestings. Bed tickings. Buckram, canvass and padding. Merino, valentia, caesimer and cashmere shawls. Thibit, prussian and silk dress handkerchiefs, assorted colors, figured and plain. Flag, bandanna and pongee silk handkerchiefs; flag, cotton, and gingham, do. Black, Italian and figured dress silks. White, blue, pink, green and brown florence. Ladies' black and white eilks, beaver and kid gloves. Gentlemen's linen, beaver and buckskin gloves, and buckskin mittens. Gum elastic, worsted, and cotton sUS. penders. Sewing silks and twist, assorted colors. Spool, wire and ball cotton; Scotch thread. Men'a fur and silk hats and caps. Ladies' satin, beaver and figured satin bonnets; tuscan, leghorn, and spotted straw ditto. Men's coarse and fine boots and shoes. Ladies' calf, sea!, morocco and last

ing snoes anu oootecs; children's cosrse and llira

ditto.

Also, a general assortment of rrncflnro l.nr.

ware and cutlery, queen's, glass and tinware, and window glass of ve-ious dimensions. Nails and

castings. Bar and other ir.. Ar-; j

English blister, and cast-steel. Cross cut and mill saws. Sad irons, frying pans, trace and 1mlter chains. Brass andirons and shovels and tnnr.

shovels, spades, pitch and manure forks; pitch

hand and broad axes, &c. c,

W e invite our friends and the Dublic irei-omiw

to call and see for themselves, whether the assort-

meut, quality, and prices of our goods are not audi

as will please. DAVID fRICE & CO.

Brookville, Ind, May 27, 1937. 23 bty

tail. Orders from physicians will be carefully and

promptly attended to. C. CAIN. Brookville, Dec. 1, 1837. 49 bty

I$rugs, IVIrdiciucs, Paints, &c.

fft & S. TYNHR keep on hand a general as-

LU' sortment of the following articles, whicl

he lived, was suspected, even by the learned they win sell at wholesale or retail, at the Cm

ecclesiastics, of having dealings with the dev- c,""Bv P"ces

ii. Diseases were at those times imputed to

fascination, and hundreds of poor wretches

were dragged to the stake for being accesso

ry to them. JMecratus, physician to Philip

11. ol pain, relates, that he had seen a veiy

bcuutiful woman break a steel mirror to pieces and blast some trees by a single glance of her

eyes! Josephus relates, that hesaw a certain

Jew, named iJeazar, draw the devil out of an

old woman's nostrils, by the application of Solomon's seal to her nose, in the presence of

Vespasian. Dr. JMynsight is said to have

cured several bewitched persons with a plas

ter of asafcetida. How the asafoetida waseth caciouswas much disputed among the learn

ed. Some thought the devil might consider

such an application as an insult, and ran off

in a passion; but others very sagely observed,

that as devils were supposed to have eyes ano

ears, it was probable thev mieht have noses

loo. James VI., who was famed for his po

lemics and theological acquirements, wrote a tre'aties in defence of witchcraft, and persecuted those who opposed his opinions on this sub

ject. The pernicious effects in mines, occa

sioned by the explosion of hydrogen gas, were formerly imputed to the demons of ihe mine.

Van Helmont, Bodinus, Strozza, and Luther

attributed thunder and meteors to the devil. Socrates believed he was guided by a demon. Dr. Cud worth, Glan ville, and others wrote in defence of witchcraft and apparitions. But it would be endless to detail all the foolish opinions which have been imbibed and propagated even by men who pretended to genius and learning. Besides the opinions to which I have now adverted, and which have direct tendency to fill the mind with unnecessary apprehensions, there is also an immense variety of foolish and erroneous opinions which pass current

for genuine truths among a great majority of

mannina. inata man has one rib less lhan a woman, that there is a certain Jew still

alive who has wandered through the world since the crucifixion of Christ. that the cof

fin f Mahomet is suspended fn the air be

tween two loadstones, that the city of Jerusalem is in the centre of the world, that the

tenth wave of the sea is greater and more dan

gerous than all the rest, that all animals on the land have their corresponding kinds in the sea, that there is a white powder wdich kills without giving a report, that the blood

of a goat will dissolve a diamond, that all

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iu certain omens; ana iuai,i mane, sioi caiceusime stars ucrive meir ngm irom the sun.

perperamac sinister pro dextero inducereter,ut that a candle made of human fat, when lightt ., V .1111 v

amim, n ma snoes were improperly put on 'ea, win prevent a person asleep Irom awaking

Opodeldoc

Bateman's drops Godfrey's cordial British oil Castor do Sweet do Oil spike .Balsam life Doct. D. Jayne's Carminitive Balsam Bloodgood'a elixir of health

Fahnestock's vermifuge f "iQlinl.in A. I

vmTbiaim o ague uiupa Cream Tartar Tartaric acid Sup. Carb. Soda Gum Opium Do Arabic Do Camphor Do Asafoetida Do Aloes Do Myrrb Do Shellac Cologne water Black Ink Red do Indelible do Copal Varnish Boot do Jappan do Ground mustard Starch Shoe blacking Scotch snuff Burgundy pitch Clovea Mace Cayenne pepper Refined borax Calcined do Nut-gulls March 14th. 1837.

Pulmonary Balsam Lamott's cough dropa Calomel Croton oil Pink root Jalap Red precipitate Gardner's liniment Nerve and bone do Spts. turpentine Alchohcl Litharge Prussian blue Indi Red lead While do Venetian red

Spanish brown Madder Chrome yellow Do Green Ess. peppermint " cinnamon Wafers F98. spruce Saleratua Montague's balm foi the teeth Blue vitrol White do Liquorice Ward's vegetable oil Shaving soap Sponge Toy paints Medicamentum Cinnamon Lee'a pills Cnnatto Aarb. Magnesia XSutmegs Sulphate Quinine 12 bty

WINTER UOOS.

7E have received; within the last few weeks, from New York, Baltimore, nn.l

fresh supply of Winter Goods. !,;.!. w nflv.!

for sale, at wholesale or retail, at reduced prices. The following articles comprise a part of ouretock. to-wit;

Blue, black, drab, claret, brown, olivo

ible green Cloths. Blue, green, brown and Oxfordmixed Cassuners. Blue, brown, drah. (rrpm ipal.

mixed and striped satinnts. K ntlir1rxr .Tonne

Black, brown, green, purple and bluo French and English Merinoes. Red. white and irrnmi Flan

nels. Rose, Whitney and saddle blankets. Green Macinaw do. Plaid and red Linteys. Bleached, unbleached, and colored canton Flannels. Brown and bleached sheetings and shirtings. Brown and

Dieacnea cotton drills. Linen and cotton tails diapers. Russian do; Irish linen and lawn; bed ticii injj; coloured cambrics: invi .! mJilinir

English, French and American Prints and Ginghams. Black silk and tabby Velvets. Black groede Rhine, Italian lastrin? am! Spnchpw Silk.

Coloured figured and plain Gros de Nap do; Fig-

uicu auu piain, oook, jaconet and Swiis muslins, plain mull do; figured and plain bobiuets; corded skirts, thread and bobinet edgings and laces; infant caps and cap borders; needleworked and tarn-

Darined capes and collars. White, pink, blue and

uruwu uoreace. jji k and white Italian crapec&ssimer and French shawls: tiht nnA Prnnsisn

hdk'fs; hernani, gauze, silk, muslin and zro ii

nu 6.'i., 3 do' FJa fiilk. Pongee and blncK silk hdkfs. White jaconet, gingham and flag1 cotton do. Black stocks. Blacks white cotton &t

wnue sine hose; black lambs wool and worsted do, Ladies beaver, kid and white and black silk gloves

aiens oeaver, kid and Germon do and buck skin

mittens, bilk, scotch srinsrham and cotton umbrel

las. Gumelaetic, worsted and cotton suspenders

Ladies satain beaver and figured satin bonneti

musses satin beavar do; Mens fur and silk bum

Tur, seiet and seal skin caps; Mens coarse and fiiwj

boots and shoes; Boys coarse boots and shoos; L dies calf skin, morocco, kid and lastinc shoes:

Black and white cotton wadding, oil cloths and Bilk

oi. ciom aprons; Sewing silk and twist; Spoo!, yvire,ball and skein sewing cotton;carriage and r: ding whips Willow baskets 4-c S c ALSO, A good assortment of irroceries. Quecnswart

hard were and cutlery, Tin and glassware, saddlery Nails, iron and castings Cross cut saws, shovels and spades Brass andirons and shovels mJ

tongs; I race and halter chaiiiB. window class

Cotton yarn, carpet warp and cotton bats; seivei,

grass aud hemp bed cords, &c&c Dec 26 1837 R & S TYNEfl

NSURANCE. Risks on all kinds of property will still be taken: for terms aDDlv at the nffl

of the company, west upper room in D. Price &

o oiuro ADiXblt JU UAK1T, pres. N. D. Gailion, j David Prick, ( P. Samuel Gooewin, N 3 T Mr J n

C F. Clarkson, GEO. ifOLLAND, T II' r v i-. '

jom v . .mitt, oec y. Brookville, 1st Jan'y, 1838. 1 bty

Boots, Shoes, &c. JUST received and for sale, 200 Pr. Miller's coarse boots. lOO do , do shoes. 12,000 lbs. Iron assorted. 2,200 lbs. Covington Cotton Yarn. Also, brass kettles, all sizes, sole-leather, side, Rip and calf skins, pine tubs and churns, wire seives, wrought nails, and axes. . . " R. &S. TYNER. Breokviile, Sept. 18, 1837. 37 bty

BOOTS & SHOES.

UST received a general assortment of Fi

and Coarse BOOTS.

Millers do SHOES, Boys do do Women's Calf Skin Shoes, Youth's do do Misses do Children's do

ALSO, an assortment of Brass Kettles, Irff

auu einaii sizes, ior sale by , . D. PRICE & Co. Brookville, Sept. 8th 1837.

UvTER & EGGS WANTED, for which

me Highest price will be given in goods, bj H. D. JOHNSON.

Notice. Office of the Brookville Insurance Company, Brookville. 1st Jan'v. ltf.38.

rglHIS day a dividend of thirty six and one half per cent, per annum on the amount paid i"

was declared and appropriated agreeably to tw provisions of the Charter of this Company. ABNER M'CARTY, Pres. Joust W. Hitt, Sec'y. JALL AND PAY. All persons indebted to the subscribers are requested to make inimdiate paymeet. if. 4. S. TYNEJt. .Brookville, Jan'y 4, 1838.

ofCai-

and tubs

Dec 25 R & S 1 YNEB

JUST RECEIVED, A good assortment tings. Grindstones and Pine churns an

JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, 30 Kegs No 1, six twist Kentucky tobacco 11 Boxes Kentucky Cavendish do 3 do Virginia do do 25 doz corn brooms Dec 2fl R & S TYNER

WILLIAMS' make of Chopping, broad, band and board Axes. f!mor.iii. and flooDcr

Adz, Hatchets & Chisels for sale by Dee 25 R & S TYKER