Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 86, Richmond, Wayne County, 3 December 1825 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1825. Waitne county. As it may be somewhat interesting we subjoin the following abstract of the properly &c. on which a tax wasaesed for this year. We wish we were prepared to give a comprehensive view of its statistics, topography and history ; but we are not at present this much, however, we irviv say, that it is the most populous county in the slat's and, perhaps, the best cultivated. The number of polls is 2324 7857 acre? of first rate land, 76,149 acres of st cond rate, l04,nC8 acres of third rate, '2659 horses, 3.C oxen, 173 silver watches, 5 poll do. 15 four wheeled carriages, 16 brass clocks, 30 tud horses 13.009 dollar? valuation on town Jot?. Amount of state tax, $2477 92 county tax, CI 853 71 total, $4336 f,3. The comity has an area of about 400 square miles, or 260,000 acres and the amount returned by the listing officers is 190,702 acres. The reason of this great deficit we do not know but we think there is blame to be attached somewhere.

Funr.ic Schools. We hare understood that an effort woukt be made at the ensuing session of the Li d! ture to repeal the law, now existing, regulating Public Schools. We must enter our weak, but earnest protest against this measure. We are well convinced that some regulations are not only bene-ft.-i tl, bnt almost necessary, in a coicrntuent like o;ir. Republics have always acted on this principV, by organizing institution? for public, education. Tit;' example of the New England stab s is sufficient, we hould think, to expel all doubts us to their t.tiliti : yet tS re are Mill many of our best citizens oppo-ed to the- principle insisting, that the education of youth, may, with perfect safety, be coii'imi?d t those, in.Ii i-'um !!y, who feel themselves inter ted that the HiTection which parents naturally hate for their children, i? a sufficient security, that tl.ey will do what they can to promote their good an that it is absurd to attempt to support school? bv c rnp':live m'aures, for, wherever arid whenev rr tf.'-re is a demand for tl.em, then and there they xill M-n be established. Hut, though they have the celebrated Adam Smith on their side, re can nut accede to thtir opinion. In ditidoals, when nnc o ncted ty some ruling tie, find it almost imp. sih'f to pt:tb!ih any unify of vew or of purf -e w itlio'jt which, nothing can be effected, that requires more thm the labor of a single individual. Parental atfectioii is not always equal to the avari C! hn ra; ings of men, am!, too frequent 'y, it is uaer ompanied with prudence and discretion. Leg;a! r should endeavor to bae tl fabric of government upon the p ensions of humanity, and enlist them in its support by doing so, and not perverting n itur, their institution might be as lasting a?

the influence of those pasion. Now, if people j wt re compelled tt pay h tax for tie support oij ctio !. thev would be induced, by that very ava- t rice wieh, otherwise, would hive kept their chi!- j !ren in i-stt rrr.in able igfiorance, to send thetu to j S( hool. V-'it this paasion would be diminished, and 1 parental affection act with greater energy, and be J productive of the happiet results. We might in- i si-t on many considerations in favor of a well organ-1 iz-t tm of education lut, we are not coin in- j

e 1 that a -tem, imperative 1 binding on all partof the -tati-, would be, in our present situation, poitior even t racticable. The sparein- of tl.e po ul ation in some part, and the connrmed opposition to any regulation of the kind, in other, present difficulties not easily surmounted. Hut we af v. convinced that a law, like the one under conidi ration, u.:! s in itelf many gr.od qualities, and we know of no plan which would better suit the

V! 'A s Of evr Class O! p opie. U lite .iiut; iiiiirj that it regulate schools m thoe townships, wherej thereof 1, an in favor of adopting the system, it permits all other to educate their children as they j tee r rr; er. "Ho unto others s ye would they i should do unto you,1 as w 11 n h irig a divine in-j ) tion, is ilo one of the first law of nature, and! of 5 " orum. And if tl; re are some so tenacious of their opinion as to oppose, at any rate, the ndop-i tion of a rtfcNEKAi.?t m; they hnuld allow others! the mnc enjoyment of opinions and predilections. If they will be thu just, this law will remain unre-j pealed, ai.d unaltered, unlet for the better. Many) tf tVi townhips. we have been informed, have a-.

-Jop'ed the system, relying upon the continuance of the protection promised by this law. Shall we now oti lo all that they hive done, and render chaotic what they have reduced to order? This law, also, give in a favorable character ab-oad. We our.lve have hrnrd a learned and respectable gentleman declare, that our provisions for education, was mot induced him to emigrate to this state. H" is now a iealous adrorate of the law, and has Civ ?, us reason to expect some essays, on the subject, (Von, las hand. Thr-c nr onr of our view s, briefly and honestly staJe.i; and we expect that our reader will allow

3i the sam.- immunity of opinion, which they them- j

rlv. e insist upon. We make these remark because ( we think theni i'l'S and because the 'subject i, per-j l.-t i', ihe mot important that can engage our at-j tei.fion; but vib f.o i xief t itinn of leading public;

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Gv.s. No ii Xorlf., of Hrrrnkvil.e, bns f)fMi appointed, hy the Pnidont, RtTci-v-r of pulilir, monies, at Iiidiannpoli, to u the v;r5ncy orrrcionrd hy the death of the late Receiver, L-izirus Noble, We indrstand tltere wore near fifty appli

cant. Ab. these "loaves and fishes ' fof!

iJucle Sam's, they're ci. ticiiig!

Kentucky. The Governor of this state has lately submitted to the legislature bis Message, in which be has entered, with some detail, into the the subjects which unhapily agitate the public mind. We would present our readers with some extracts, only for the reason, that to give a clear and connected view of the subject, nearly the whole of the message should be given for this we have not room; nor are we certain that it would greatly interest our readers. We think it a document illy calculated to restore harmony to that agitated state, or to soften the angry feelings of party spirit. Its tone, if possible, is in a more determined opposition to the general government, than the petulent sallies of Troup charging it with having created a power in the state which deprives its citizens of their liberty and property by arbitrary rules to which they have never assented. The subject of encroachment is a delicate one, & if it really does take place, it should be protested against, with energy surely, but with calmness without the use of those expressions, .which only widen the unhappy breach. Ohio. From an exhibit of the valuation of taxable property, iti Preble county, we gather the following: Value of houses, .$24,550; land, ,$'587,320; town property, 45.119; merchants1 capital, $17,500; horses, 117,CC0; neat cattle, 35,59G; school lands, $1G.G45.

From other sources we have learned the total valuation of taxable property, in the following counties: Adam?,ro. r$7Cl,2G9; Ross ,$2,324,701 ; Pickaway, $1,2C0,77G; Cuyahoga, $1,149,458; Richland, .$891,726; Montgomery, $1,730,031; Drown, $1,184,580; Knox, $1,078,379. On the 21st of last month, there were 757 laborers and 3C0 teams enqn'jed on the Miami Canal. Work has been commenced on C4 of the 90 sections under contract. Stone sufficient has been found to build the locks. Laborers receive immediate employment and good wages. From the Nati mat Journal. STATE EPITOME. Maine. The town of Gardiner has more manufacturing establishments than any other in the State. The village is indebted for its flourishing condition to the aterprise and munificence of Robert H. Gardiner, who has a delightful residence I'miit a mile from it. The Gardiner, Lyceum is a flourishing institution, whose object is to instruct pupils in all the sciences, with a particular application to the arts. Its officers are a Principal and two Professors; and the mode of government is purely republican, the students governing themselves by their laws. The sutTerers by the late fires have publiclv appealed to their fellow-countrymen for assistance and relief. It appears that iti the town of Riplv alone ninety-three person are left houseless and penniless, at thi uncomfortable season of the vear. New- H MrsniRE. The Commissioners for settling the boundary line between this state and Massachusetts, had their final meeting at Nashua Village on the 27th ult. No decision was made on the question, in consequence of a disagreement between the Commissioners in respect to the extent of their powers. Rhode-Island has no written Constitution, and ditFers in this respect from all other States. She is governed by the charter of Charles 2d, the provisions of which are so liberal, that little inconvenience has been hitherto experienced from the want of a Constitution. All the executive officers are annually elected. From the year 1775, to the present year, a period of 50 years she has had but 10 different Governors, one of whom was .annually re-elected for sixteen years. The present House of Representatives consists of 72 members, of which G are new ones. The population in 1755 was about 40,000; the present population is about 85, 000, having little more than doubled in 70 years. Vermont. The tract of country now called Vermont was settled at a much later period than any of the eastern states. The history of the dispute? between this

State and New-Hampshire and New-York, is one of considerable interest. The question was in relation to the claims of NewYork to the whole territory; which being referred to the English Crown, was decided in favor of New-York, and the officers of justice were ore.de red to enforce the claims. The sttlers oppose the officers with violence, and every man's arm being nerved for resistance, they associated toUther in their towns in defence of each other. The militia of the neighbouring

part of NetrYor!r were called out to enforce the larrs, but-'such was the resolute character of the inhabitants, that nothing effectual was done. Foremost among the Vermonters stood Ethan Allen, one of the most extraordinary characters of the age, a bold and determined man, without mental cultivation, but with great natural powers. Under his guidance and counsel they resolved to maintain what they conceived to be their rights, at the risk of being treated as outlaws. This state of things continued until the battle of Lexington New-York endeavouring to enforce its jurisdiction, and Vermont streneously resising it. During the whole revolutionary war, the people of Vermont, though contending in favour of the general cause, were placed, as regarded their civil government, in an embarrassing situation; and when the peace of 1783 took place, she was completely a sovereign and independent State.

I In 1789, after a dispute of 2G years, an I amicable arrangement was effected, and, in 1791 Vermont became one of "the U. : States."

Bills purporting to be of the Green Mountain Bank of Vermont are in circulation. There is no such bank. Massaciiusetss. The paper mills of the Messrs. Ames in Springfield, are said

!tobe more extensive than any in the country. There are 12 engines in operation, j and more than 100 girls, besides the requisite number of men and hoys. Massachusetts and New-Hampshire are the only States whose constitutions make j provision for religious establishments. In this State, the Legislature is enjoined to require the several towns and parishes to j make adequate provision, at their own expensc, for the support and maintainance of proicstant ministers of the gospel. The island of Nantucket, the seat of the whale fishery, is 15 miles long, and conI tains about 50 square miles. The soil is j light and sandy, but in some parts rich and ! productive, particularly In hay. The in j habitants are principally of the denomination of Friends, and they hold the land in common all their cows feed together in lone herd, and all their sheep in one pasture. The men are generally robust, enI terprising seamen, entensively engaged in ! the whale fishery, and are skillful and ad-

j venturous as any in the woild. The pop

ulation in 1820, was 72GG. ! By a recent statement it appears that j the; State has, during the last year, derived : an increase of $10,055 52 cents from the tabor of tUt convicts In the State prison, j over (he expenses of the establishment. I A lead mine has been lately discovered in the Town of Levtrett, 4 miles east of Connecticut river, which, from the extent and width of the vain on the surface of j the ground, together with its peculiar richi ncss, is expected to lead to something valuI ble beneath. ! New-York. The town of Elmira, Tioga county contains 1,915 inhabitants. ! The recent census of the village of Utica ;oives a population of 5,040; 2,643 males, and' 2,397 females. Many new and viegant buildings have been erected, pavements have been been extended, and the whole appearance of the town greatly im-

I proved.

Gov. Clinton gave the following sentiment at the celebration in Rochester: ''Rochester In 1810, I saw it without a house or an inhabitant; in 1825,1 see it the nucleus of an opulent and populous city, and the central point of numerous and trancendant blessings." The recent census of the town of Venice gives the following result: Males, 1.2G9;

females, 1,261 ; n at cattle, 3,95G; horses,

705; sheep, 9.240; hogs 4,087. 1 here are 14,263 acres of improved land; and 6,538 yards of fulled cloth, 13,950 of flannel, and 1C,422 of linen, have been manufactured there during the last year. New-Jersey. By the leport of the state Treasurer, it appears that the financial concerns of the State are in a flourishing condition. The balance in the treasury amounts to $118,501 45, besides $10,000 in 4 1-2 per cent slock. Pennsylvania. One of the Lancaster papers complains of the increase of business in that city! The distillers are so numerous as to become a nuisance. Fifty brick and 25 frame buildings were erected in Pittsburg, during the present year. There are now in operation in the city and its vicinity, 8 Air Founderies, 6 Steam Engine Manufactories, and an extensive wire manufactory. Maryland. A meeting of the citizens of Baltimore has been called for this day , Monday) to determine on the propriety of appointing seven Delegates to represent them in a general convention, on the subject of Internal Improvement in the State of Maryland, which will take place in that city, on the second Wednesday in December. The citizens of Frc deiick city and county have already selected seven dele-

ates to represent them in the convention.

North-Carolina.-The Cap? Fear Iliver has not been so low for seven years past, as during the present year. The steamboat North-Carolina, the only one in operation during this summer, was not able to reach the town of Fayetteville for the last several months, and her cargoes were carried up half the distance from Wilmington by lighters. The merchant have been consequently put to great inconvenience and expense, which was not likely to cease until rain should set in. Louisiana. There are at present 12 newspaper establishments in the state, and two about to be commenced. One is to be published at Donaldson, called the "La fouche Gazette." Tennessee. The climate of Tennessee is generally healthy. The season of vegetation commences 6 or 7 weeks sooner than in New-Hampshire, and continues as much later. Snow falls seldom, and does not lie long. Cumberland river has been frozen but three times since the settlement of the country. The town of Nashville was first settled in 1780, bv a small colony of about 40 families, under the direction of James Robertson. Their nearest white neighbors, were the inhabitants of Kentucky, and between them was a wilderness of 200 miles. Kentucky. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, of

I this State, lately deceased, has provided in her will for the emancipation of all l er ; slaves, about 40 in number,and left 50,000

dollars to the College at Danville. Michigan. In consequence of the survey now going on by order of Coi gress, through this territory, the lands on the borders of the route fixed on, have taken such a sudden rise in value, that the officers of the Government have deemed it expedient to suspend the sales until the road is completed. It is said, that the additional price received for public binds on the margin of this road will exceed the $250,000 appropriated by Congress for its completion. . i m i ii i i mmmmmmmmmmmmm FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The two sons of the brave Canaris, who are to be educated at the expense of the

Paris Greek Committee, have arrived io j France. ! Ii appears from letters of Sept. 10, from j Corfu, that the revolt of Cai dia makes ra!pid progress, 2500 Greek Islanders having j landed there with arms and amunition for jthe insurgents. j Account from Madrid to Sept. 20, state, 'that 3500 men had sailed from Corunna to jHavanna. I On the 29th Sept. the nnnnversary of ! his birth day. His Roval Highness, the Duke of Bordeaux, (a child,) gave a grai d children's dinner. After the repast, the j young prince made a grand distribution of playthings to the children who had the honor to dine with him. The following is extracted from a letter from an officer of the Mediterranean ''Squadron, dated Gibraltar Bay, 12tSi Ch t. 1325: uOur cruise has been up the Barjbary coast, to the Archipelago, Sm rna, and thence to Napoli di Romania, the present capital of the Greek Government, a 'very miserable town, but strong in its fortitications, and not to be taken but by J treachery or starvation. Greece, or rather the Morea, is perfectly overrun b I- ! brahim Pacha, with about ten thousand ! Egyptian troops, officered and diseipli eJ i by Frenchmen. lie was in camp about I forty miles from Napoli, where he has aIbout 1200 men, armed with muskets, whom !he was endeavoring to discipline alt r the

European manner. The Greeks, though driven from the field, are not conquered, and are quite equal to the contest with the Turks, if the latter were not aided, as they are, by France and Austria."

TAKEN UP

BY Samuel Faren, near the Salisbury road, on tl.e water of Four-milt orerk, Harrison tow right p. Union county, state of Indiana, one DARK BROWN MARK, two jran old pat, thirncn bands three inches high, both hir d feet white Iroia the paster joint to the hoofa with some blck spot in the white close to the edge of the hoof", a small appearance of roll ir marks ; appraised to eighteen dollars, by Robert H;irvy and Abraham Dari. -Certified, this 9th day of November, 18"25, before LOT CARD, J. P. 86p3 NOTICE. ALL person!! indebted to the subscriber are hereby earnestly solicited to come forward and make settlement, by paying the rash or giving tbeif notes, against the first of January next, a I am compelled to have cash. I hope they will attend to this rail, and lave me the disagreeable neeessity of resorting to legal measures for rwllectiric. JOHN CLSRK. Richmond, Nov l29, I82' On 3

V AUG HAN S HOTiilj.

VV. H. VAUGHAN, Wit F.SPECT FULLY inform hi friends, and the ll public in uenrral, that he has rernofed froQ Centreville to Richmond, where he hi opened a houe of PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, hi the building formerly occupied by E. Lacj. Hi stabling is equal to any in the state; his bar will be regularly furnished with htre foreign find dome tie liquors, and his table -uppliei! with the best th market afford. His old rust omen art invited give him a call. Richmond, Dec. Sd, 1C25. C3