Public Leger, Volume 3, Number 148, Richmond, Wayne County, 31 March 1827 — Page 4
S2IiBCT3 PCI.TELTT. RET ROS T ECTION. I love thee, longpast time; Thy memory is to me Sw-t as the early village chime, Slaw waftel u'cr the lea: I love to sit and mute On thy futt-failing hours, And blf 5 the gentle hope that strew Mj closing path with flowtra. Ti to unfold a page, Enriched by many a year To trace, iu lone and dreary a$e, Joys ta youth tpring-tiiue dear! Tc Lid tle pat restore Gifts i( once fondly gaTP Friend?, whom this heart shall clasp no more, And love, that's in th? yrme! Oay childhood 1 recall. Bright in its beaius and fhowers; The bow, the bat, the wi kf t, all That gld!ened life joun.' hours! And n mho nl's riprnnig ytare, lv d iier thu-bt iiupret; When, first, a lov r hopes ami fear Throhhed in ni slowing breast. One anfcl furni I ?ee, Lovely a tints of even; 1 henr the sih that cave to m The fairest work of II.-:; veti ! ! look through many a ear Of bliss, of weddt-d loe; I;ir, frrcive 1 1 i MartiNc tear, Shall e not meet above? Thy hpTiuty lmcf-rs still; r fu iny a shinine brow; Sw. t as th !enm on the purpled hill, When all i shade below : Thv irtur still survives, In many a sl:inles breat; The mothrr in her tiff-pririg liret, And, still, the ire is blest! WORN OUT LAND A MINE OF WEALTH. From the Ail h Pinvgh Roy. From tli- tirr settlement of America, land Ij-ivh always been considered go
Crca the IaUii2re Grisc.tte, T.Tirch C THE RAIL ROAD. We learn from a gentleman who left An--I polis yesterday, that the act to incorponli! a company to make a Rail Road from the city of Baltimore to tome eligible point on the Ohio River has passed both branches of the Legislature, and has become a law. We ern from the same source, that the Committee who attended with the petition, were received and treated with every mark of kindness and attcntion, and that the measure met with
almost unanimous support of both bran chs of the Legislature. Maryland, may therefore, now justly claim the proud and ho orablc distinction of ben g the first Mate in the Union, which has, by an act of Legislation, sanctioned the introduction of this new and important mans of intercommunication thro' our country. We
J most cordially offer our warmest felicita
tions to our fellow citizens, upon the hap py issue of this application. The e barter which has been obtained is supposed to embrace all the rtecesary powris to effectuate the great object contemplated it
therefore, now only remains, for ourselves to decide, whether we will, In a united and decided effort, go on to complete the noble work. We forbear at present to offer any calculations in detail upon the consequence of a successful termii ition of this measure
to our city, and indeed to our whole tatf
of Art nnd antiquity. He has csgasinesj
of them at Alexandria and Cairo, nui ms
prices are so exorbitant, that tbey areliUey to remain in his hands." The letter writer asserts that Mahomet cannot keep himself in his former state for 2 or 3 years. The prophecy is probably a false one but it is o matter for curious speculation (and also of regret) as to the cause of the failure of this laudable attempt to introduce civilization end its blessings into Egypt.
We find under the head of Constantinople, (in a journal of a later date,) a com
plete confirmation of these statements. The fair Quakers They are certainly a dangerous sect. There is more peril to beencou tered beneath one of their drab bonnets, than in all the eyes that ever shone through artificial flowers. That coquetiih simplicity of drers; its perfect neatness, so emblematical of purity; that latent smile just sufficient to dimple the
! cheek withotit uttering a sound, and above all, the snow white stockings fitted exactly to the foot that cannot be concealed, have !a witchery about them which we are sure never entered into the contemplation of j the good and honest Penn. London Rev.
National Ruin. What is the disinterested and unenlightened portion of the public to believe? The manufacturers say
but will barelv in conclusion remark, that 1 lbt r7ift are on the brink of bankruptcy
period, amounted to $77,595,129 Q53.055,7I0 were of domestic 1 , ;,H 539,6 1 2 of foreign article?, f ,Ul $24,. domestic articles ,?46.19n iio f lU
ported in American vessel.!, and C x" in foreign vessels; and of the fir 'oC'1 clcs $23,353,983 were csportM ;!.8? :ir,i-
cao vessel-, and gl, 185,624 in f0rP; ri sels. Thai 942,203 tons Ainerir
pine entercu, a no chi
the nods of the United Si:it. .
we fully concur in the opinion entertained many of our most sensible ai d judicious fellow citizens, that should tbis great measure be carried into effect, Mdniand, in'ist, as a commercial state, soon become
l ie seconu, ii not ine nrst m me u?ion. ;
L I every one therefore, whatever ma be his occupation or crtndition in thi- comrnu-
iiity he prepared to lend his aid to this threat work, by subscribing for such portion of Its stock as he can convenient! take the benefits cannot f.iil to return back upon him, independently of the certain points afforded from the stock, thro' a hundred different channels, in the general prosperity which will every where soon surround him.
Prom the J:? York Enquirer. STATE OF EGYPT. No journalist is responsible for the ac curacy of any statement he mav extract from a foreign newspaper. The following passage we have translated from a late Paris Constitutional, and we gitc it with out any assurance of its truth or falsehood. If true in whole, or even in part, (which latterconditioti we, for manv reasons think correct,) it is a very interesting statemrnt. It purports to be a letter from Ab-x uidria, dated in October. "Th great scaffolding of civilization, which for si. me time has been raising in Kgvp ha at lat fallen to the ground.
to rennovate worn out lands, the following well authenticated fact is worthy the notitcnfe.feri farmer. David Lawton. a Quaker farmer from Rhode Island, settled tome years ajio in the town of Washington, county of Dutchess, 13 miles east of P'ighkeepsie. !lis neighbor, Amos Her rick, pressed him for some time to purchase 20 acres of land adj inieg Ids farm, which had been lying in common, and wor. out abandoned lar.d, for 7 e.:rs. At
length Lawton purchased the l20 acres at M'irI ,M(I trades, nothinir can he
r dollars an acre, payable in five eais wilhoul interest, with the privilegr'tu a ba el .in at the termination of that peiiod. Lawton purchase a made tlie sport of tfe neib!orhood ; it as -ubject to a sm til tax, aad t'tat even rnulhe; would not gr .w on it, T! ensuini: sprint: Lawton f : cod in the CO acres with . substantial rail and proceeded follows, Fir-t var ploughed deep, owed oats, and put Of 8 quart of cber reed; and a hu-s:d -if pla-ter. immediateU alter sow Itij, ti t'.e acre, and s miii aflei the field became jreen. a srrnd bti-hel of plast r toth acte, ;ft the ci u to lot on the
gr.niMf, a .1 permitted no creatuie to run j; (wood being so scarce) and the climate hv n land. I too burning to allow of their being conve-
S' i m;,. vear. nut anfitlier hiihel of nla- m nientlv worked. Besides, if anv accidents
tle ., re in t!ie snriue: the re w as a 'i snoiiid napnen to the machinery, there
i are no workmen nor materials for their re
i p nr. i ne racna leeis tnat ne lias ven-
i tared beyond his ability. The treasury .' : i ii'
is cinpn, iiuu me punnc resources consia
and i iiui. The merchants talk about the
already precarious and decaying commerce of the United States." The farmers complain of the wretched prices offeicd for their pioduce. The planters of the south announce premiums for the inven tion f some new aiticle of culture, since cotton will not defra the expense of pro
duction The sUppii g interest contend that they are the most unhappy people in the world. Now what is th rest of the nation to think of all thi? Are we so miserably poor and bankrupt? Is this young j country so withered in its energies, and so desperate in its hope? Not at all. These ; are the peevish compl tints of classes which j have h-cn sifuularly prosperous, and are ! at length somewhat decked in their caI reer of profits. There is no ruin, no pov-
i erty. no general bankruptcy. Individuals ! mav suffer and have -uff red; but there is : a deep, rich, and inexhaustible spring of wealth iu the capacities oft! country, and Ithe enterprise of her citizens, which no
: temporary influence can dry up. It has
hitherto poured forth the waters of its bounty over our happy land with an ahundanre and generosity ain-gethev ui exam-
pled in the history of the w(rld. It will continue to do so in spite ot y accidental impediment, or any local and technical complaints. JYoah.
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' 105.G54 tons of foreiirn Kim
i . o , r . ;ri "g enters
ana yo,i i ciearca (f unn IN? ,m r V
The register of tb Trv,... ..TU
that the amount of registered tonn?
ployed in tfie lreign trade, ca Dec. 1825, amounted to The enrolled and licenced tonnage to - - . That the tonnage of fishing vessels amounted to
Xao York Amcric
Neapolitan Piety. Au Italian, not a $
'"JS (if
politan, and on that account de$irri
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lurnini? into riaicuie wnaievi r ic v
tan, told me that he had just been Iv- .V ; a panegyric on ot. Januanus. H;,v j brought the saint into heaven, the Vli, ler had begun to consider what plfe C should then assign to him. Where ''i j we put him?' he said; "not on the r2 of Almightv God, for there it; our , Jesus Christ; not on the left hand, fon lis the blessed Virgin; not on tip? rj : lliand of our Savious, for there i- St. Pet r. '"Padre," exclaimed a bizzaror.i, Trorn his seat, 4,Look, father, yi ii m.iv Um here " pointing to his seal, for ) ,n irjoiog. Transalpine Memoirs.
R' hit us prejudices have undermined llu
Kuf'pean institutions. Of manufactures, I
donucila-
tetl n tlie hanks of the Nile. liv stri ing after too much, they have gained nofhi'g. Those foreigners wl flecked so abundantly to the service W Mai. . met Ali, are daily d partiig as full of dirot.li nt n w. as they were of hope hefi-re He who expected to be made a Pacha, is happy if he can escape with his bead. The manufactures in woollen and cotton have failed, and those who are able, prefer buying the cloths of Europe and the muslins ot India, which are better and cheaper than any made here. Steam boats have been abandoned because it was found ne
cessary to import coal from Engjand,
er
rp ,t i n er, whi( h was again b ft oo tue ground, and no creature
go -1 to r ,f
permiMed to feed on it. T'.ir l year, nothiag was done in the Spr, g. Nut a vigorous growth of clover cov rd the: whole twenty acres which w ploughed in with 4 oxn to a good d- oifj; ihe whole fn l l sm.:k' d while the clover wa in a t ite of d"f mp 'H ion. As loon a it was -ufh ienth rotted, the field Vra-i cr' ploughed, and when mellowed it Wa thoroughly ploughed for a crop of wfu-at. which w.s neatly got in, and a soffinent quantity, in the n.ontli of September. In the 4th year, reaped as fine a crop of w :;ie it a Date hes- c unty ever nrodu-
erably diminished. Even the cotton produce is regarded as deteriorated, and the bales formerly sold at 250 francs, can scarcely bring CO now. The other kinds of produce have suffered a similar decline and in proportion as the means of exaction arc lessened, the necessity of bankruptcy is augmented. Than this, few things can be more easy for a Vizier. His Highness pays no one, and abuses all. He says that the foreigners send him, bad ships. Instead of supplying his agents
liiuiicy, in- voters mem wun re-
ced, w hich sol j for two dollars a btihvl. ij prarlie. Even this Turkish school at Lawton pai j ;he purchase money before it P;r (from which so much was predicted) it was due. refunded all h's expense, la- i th object of his reviling?, and he threat-
bour included, and had $M in pocket. T vo years after he refused 50 an acre for the Mm'c land, and fairly turned the tables upou his sneering neighbors. The soil w;h a dark loam intermixed with coarse gravel.
leaning Toiver of Pisa. In the city of Pia there is a round tower of eight stories of pillars, ISO feet high, inrliring so
much out of the perpendicular, tl.at the top ! projects fifteen feet over the base. The ; way up to the top is by a ilight of steps ! within, of so gentle an ascent, that it is
said a horse could mount with ease. In
; going up, the inclination ot the tower is
ft. ll a.
louno to tie consiueraoie, nut in cominrr
down still more so. It appears on the up
per side as if you were ascending, on the
lower side you feel as if you would tail long. On the top it has a fearful slant;
and but for the iron railing which sor
rounds it, few would venture to trust themselves there. The base on the lower
dde appears sunk in the ground above six feet. It is built of marble, and has stood more than six hundred years without fissure or decay, having been raised in 1 174. It is supposed to bare sunk, nhen built as high as the fifth story; and the architect had the boldness and the skill to complete it in the direction it had taken.
Jfew York Canals. It appears, frcm the report of the commissioners, that ti.etot .t amount of receipts for tolla and ptMinkie; on the Erie, Champlain, Cu: :): Seneca canals, for the last year, h 190 82. This amount exceed i'w estimated receipts, by .315,190 8?, ai d t;l2 actual receipts of the prccerdipj; yearly 193,96931. The whole n mount oft! ' receipts from-tolls, penalties and other proceeds of the canal fund, and the na!lance of the fund of last year, is .$1,20;?..
j-- ciU. i ne uisnursemenis make a t ,tal of ,$1,254, 038 03, making a bal!.u.mf ; 54,892 23 expended beyond the inroii;?. ; ; It is estimated that there will lea !..!!- nnce in favor of the canal fond in l?7i S 168,326 45. and in 1728, a balance of more than ,$600,000. The disburseinn Ij include the payment of the interest upon tin money dorrowed for tire construe Uvrt of the canal.
CA IOA.
ens, to reduce them to their hereditary condition ofeahouas and ass-d rivers at Cairo. Even the naner-mills hav mir..l.
f failed. Attempt are making to re establish them. The Pacha, since he has discovered that Messrs. Salt and Dovetti,(the ; English and French ConsulO have sold
.their cabinets fr rowsiderable sums, has
Hurricane. The editor of the Salisbury Carolinian, who is an intelligent, truth telling yankee, assures the public that of
nis siaiemeut oi the late hurnenns in N.
Carolina, the one half has not been told.' He says he has been told by gentlemen of credibility that a 'large four horse wagon rcs carried up and torn into a hundred fragments the tire being twisted into half a dozen pieces that such was the fury of the wind, it wrung geese's necks oiT, etc. A tough wind, indeed, brother Jonathan. Commerce of the United States. The
Secretary of the Treasury, on Monday, Feb. 26, made his report to Congress on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending September 30, 1826. r From these itntementi it appears that the imports during the year ending on the 30th September last, have amounted to 84,974,477 of which amount 80,778,120 were imported in American vessels.
anu 4, 196,357 in foreign vessels.
....... iiM.ivv- i i ipm?iu Miiiic Films, lias (I ir "e reserved to himself tho monopoly of work W 1 bal ths e3Hports havc,during the same
EMPIRE OF CHINA. The Oriental Herald contains tho f.-
j lowing curious article upon the empire i f
China. kThe empire of China is divide ) ir.to 20 provinces; there are on hundred m-J eighty-five capitals, and as many citits. f the second order. The taxes and the un
ties amount annually to thirteen million and a quarter sterling one million niw1 hundred and eighteen thousand tons n wheat and rice must he deducted for the subsistence of the troops and the supph f the public granaries. The civil service cost but one and a half millions stcilif s; per annum, but the military service i times r.x expensive, and amounts to n re than ergl t millions. Among the ai tit h 9 of the Chiness budget, re find eight millions for the maintenance of the Yuei-lf River, two millions for the gardens YuenMing, and considerable sums for tbe entertainment of the Llinisters of Statc,of
the first and eecend clas3 to the number of three thousand five hundred and twenty five. The revenue of the nation in silver end in products is valued at thirty millions sterling. The duties-levied on English and 'American ships entering at Canton, adds about another million to tlsat sum. The revenue of England, wl itb possesses but twenty two pillions of population, amounted in 1G24 to one thiril
more than that ol tbe Chinese umpim which, according to late enumeration contains no less than one hundred and forty six millions of inhabitants. The portim ol the population who live upon the watif amount to tc?o millions. The persons it) civil employment do not escecd oin 1 1 c u -sand five hundred and eleven, and thcv military oCicers seven thousand five bi,n" dred and sisty too. The army consists an enormous mass of one cdllion two hundred nnd sisty thee thousand men f which eight hundred and twenty two thousand belong to the infantry four hundi and ten thousand to tho cavalry, and tbii't, thousand to the marine.-'
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