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              PRINTED AND PUBLISHED aif JOIVN 1YL.IIACTU&. AND COLUMBUS GAZETTE. TWO Dollars Fiftv Pent, in Idnun TERMS ' Three Dollars at the end of the year New Series.. ..Io. 12, Vol. IV. COLOIIIIJS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1 S3 1. Whole Number, 1358. Or, POETRY. TOE VILLAGE CHURCH. A FRAGMENT OF AH EXGL1SHP0EM. I love the ivy mantled tower, Kock'd by the storm of thousand years: The grave whose melancholy flower Was nourished by a martyr's tears; The sacred yow, so fear'd in" war, Which like the sword to David given, Inflicted not a human scar, Hut lent to man the arms of Heaven. I lovo the organ's joyous swell, Sweet echo of the joyous ode; I love the cheerful village bell, Faint emblem of the call of God: Waked by the sound, I bend my feetj I bid my swelling sorrows cease; I do but touch the mercy seat, And hear the still small voice of peace. And, as the ray of evening fades, I love amidst the dead to stand; Where, in the charnel's deepening shades, I soem to meet the ghostly band. One comesOh! mark his sparkling eye; I know his faith, his strong endeavor; Another Ah! I hoar him sigh, Alas! and he is gone forever! Another treads the shadowy aisle; I know him 'lis my sainted sire; Iknow his patient arigol smile, His shepherd's voi;e, his eye of fire! His ashes rest in yonder urn; I saw his death, I clos'd his eye; Bright sparks amidst those ashes burn; That death has tought me how to die. Long be our Father's temple our!; Woe to the hand by which it fails; A thousand spirits watch its towers, A cloud of angels guard its walls: And be their shield by UBpossess'd; Lord, rear around thy blest abode, The buttress of a holy breast, The rampart of a present God. .Hooker. MISCELLANEOUS. From the Boulliern Literary Messenger. THE LATE WILLIAM WIRT. The origin of the following letter is thus described by the Editor of the Messenger. "A young gentleman who was about to leave the wall of a University, and looks to the law as his profession, who i riot related to, or concerned with Mr Wirt, nor even acquainted with him, and knows him only as an ornnmont to his pro-fession and his country, is induced by the high estimato ho has formed of his character, and tho great confidence that might to reposed in any advice that ho would give, to aek at his hands some instruction as to tho course of study best to be pursued.'' We give the letter ontirc. Baltimore, Dec. 20, 1833. My Dear Sin: Your letter, dated "University of , December 12," was received on yesterday morning and although it finds mo extromely busy in preparing for the Supreme Court of tho United States, I am so much pleased with its spirit, that I cannot reenncila it to myself to let it pas unanswered. If I were ever so well qualified to advise you, to which I do not protend, but little good could be dnno by a single lettor, and I have not limo fur mure. Knowing nothing of tho peculiarities of your mental character, I can give no advice adapted to your peculiar case. I am persuaded that education may bo so directed by a sagacious and skillful teacher, as to prune and repress thoso faculties of the pupil which are too prono to luxuriance, and to train and invigorate ihoFo which are dis- propnrtionably weak or slow; so as to create a just balance among the powers, and enable the mind to act with tho Inchest ef fect of which it is capable. Hut it requires a previous acquaintance with the sludcnt, to ascertain tho natural condition of In various powers, in order to know which requires tho spur and which tho rein. In some minds, imagination overpowers and smothers all the faculties: in others, reason, like the sturdy oak, throws ell tho rest into a sickly shade. Some men havo a morbid passion for the study of poetry others of mathematics, Ace. ice. All of this mny be corrected by discipline, so far as it mny be judicious to correct it. Hut the-physician must understand the disrao, and be-como acquainted with all tho idwfyncrocies of tho patient, before ho can prct-cribe. havo no advantage of this kind with regard to you; and to prescribe by conjecture,, would require mo to conjecture every possible case that may be yours, and to prescribe for each, which would call for a ponderous volume instead of a letter. I be lieve that in all sound minds, the germ of all the taculties exists, and may, by skilllul management, be wooed into expansion: but they exist naturally, in different degrees of health and strength, and as ihis matter is generally left to the impulses of nature in each individual, the healthiest and strongest germs get the start give impulso and direction to the efforts of each mind stamp its charactor and shapo ila destiny. As education, therefore, now stands among us, each man must be his own preceptor in this respect, and by turning his eyes upon himself, and descrying the comparative action of his own powers, discover which of them requires more tone- which, if any, loss. We must take care, howevor, not to msko an orronoous estimato of tho relative value of the faculties, and thus commit the sad mistake of cultivating the showy, at the expense of the tnl.d. W itn theso prelim inary remarks, by way of explaining why I cannot be more particular in regard to your caso, permit me, instead of chalking out a con r bo ot study by lurnishing you with lists of books and the order in which they should be read, ( ind no list of bonks and course of study would be equally prop- er fur all minds,) to close this lotter n ilh a four general remarks. If your spirit be as stout and puro as your letter indicates, you require little advice beyond that which you will rind within the walls ol your Umvorsity. A brave and pure spirit is more than "half the battle," not only in preparing tur lite, but in all its conflicts. Take itor granted, that thtrt is no excellence without great labor. No mere aspirations for eminenco, however ardent, will do the business. Wishing, and say inc. and imaaininir. and droamineof croat- n.lctf Utill nn... maliA Unll (tri-lll. ft' Villi would get to the mountain's top on which tno temple or fame stands, it will not do to stand stai, looking, admiring, and wish ing you were there. You must gird up your loins, and go to work with all tho indomitable energy of Hannibal scaling the Alps. Laborious study, and diligent ob servation ot mo world, are both indispensable to tho attainment of eminence. Hv the former, 'you must make yourself master or an that is known ot scienco and letters; by the latter you must know man at large, and particularly tho character and genius of your own countrymen. You must cultivate assiduously the habits of reading, thinking, and observing. Understanding your own language grammatically, critically, thoroughly: learn its origin, or rather its various origins, which you mny learn from Johnson's and Webstor'i prolaoce to their large dictionaries. Learn all that is delicate and beautiful, as well as strong, in l he language, and master all its stores of opulence. You will find a rich mine of instruction in the splendid languogo of Burke. Ilia diction is frequently magnificent; sometimes too gorgeous, I think, for a chaste and correct ladle; but he will show you all the wealth of your language. You must, by ardent study nnd practice, acquire for yourself a mastery of the language, and be ablo both tnsponk and to write it, promptly, easily, elegantly, and with that variety ot stylo which different subjects, different hearers, and different reoders are continually requiring. You must havo such a command of it as to bo able to adapt yourself, with intuitive quickness and ense, to every situation in which you mny chance to be plnoed and you will find no great dilliculty in this, if you have the copia vtrbarum nnd correct taste. With this study of the language you must take care to uuiio thn habits already mentioned tho diligent observation, of all that it is papains nroum! you, and active, close, and useful thinking. It you have access to Franklin's work, read them corefully, particularly tho third volume, and ynu will know what I mean by the habits of observing and thinkn g. We cannot nil be Franklins, it is true; but, by imitating his mentnl hibitn and unwearied industry we may reach an eminenco we should never otherwise attain. Nor would behave been the Franklin he was, if he had po-mitted himself to bo discouraged by the reflection that we cannnut all ba JVrio tons. It is our business to mike the most of our own talents and opportunities; and instead of discournging ourselves by comparisons and impossibilities, to believe all things imaginary possible, as indeed almost all things are, to a spirit bravely and firmly resolved. Franklin was a fine model af a practical man, as contradistinguished from auiiioiiary theorist, as men of genius, are vory apt to bo. Ho was great in that greatest of all good qualities, sound, strong, common sense. A mere book-worm is a miserable drivellor: and a mere genius, a thing of gossnmer fit only for the mind to sport with. Direct your intellectual efforts, principally, to the cultivation of the strong masculino qualities of the mind. Learn, (I repeat it,) Jo think think deeply, comprehensively, povserfully and learn the simplo nervous language which is appropriate to that kind of thinking. Head the legal and political arguments of Chief Justice Marshall, and thoso of Alexander Hamilton, which aro coming out. Read them, study them; and observe with what an om nipotent sweep of thought they range over the whole Held ot every subject they take into hand and that with a seythe so ample, and so keen, thai not a straw is letl stand ing behind thorn. Ilrace yourself up to theso great effort. Strike for this giant character of mind, and leave prettincss and frivolity for tri-tiers. There is nothing in your lettor that suggests tho necessity of this admonition; I mako it merely with reference to thot tendency to efflorescence which I have occasionally heard charged to southern genius. It is p-rfectly consistent with those herculean habits of thinking, to bo a laborious student, and to know all that books can teach. This extensive acquisition is necessary, not only to teach you how far science has advanced in every direction. and where the terra incognita begins, into which genius ii to direct its future discoveries, but to loach you also the strength and tho weakness ot the human intellect how far it is permitted us to go, and were tho penetration of man is forced, by its own impolanco and tho nature of the subject, to givo up tho pursuit and when you havo mastered all tho past conquests of science, ycu understand what Socrates meant by saying, that ho knew only enough to ho suro tint he knew milking; nothing, compared with the illimitable tract that lies beyond the reach of our faculties. You must never bo satisfied with the surface of things- probe them to the bottom, and let nothing go till you understand it a thoroughly as your powers will ennblo you. Soizo the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; fur it you lot it pass, tho desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. 1 ho habits which 1 have boen recommending aro not merely for collego, but lor life. Franklin's habits'of constant and deep excogitation clung to him to his latest hour. f orm thoso habits now learn all that may be learned at your Univoraity, and bring all yuur acquisitions and your habits to the study of thn law, which you say is '3 be your professions and when you come .0 this study, come resolved to master it not to play in its shallows, but to sound all it depths. There is no knowing what a mind, greatly and firmly resolved, may achieve in this department of scioncc, as well as every other. Hesolve to be tho first lawyer ol our ago, in tho depth, extent, variety and accuracy ot your legal learning. .'Ins- tor tho scienco of pleading master Coko upon Liiitietnn, and Cuke's and rlowuen s Itepnrts manter Fearnoon Contingent He- maindors ami Kxecutory Devises, till you can sport and play familiarly with its subtile distinctions. Lay your loiindation deep, and broad, and strong, and ynu will find tho superstructure comparatively light work. It la not ey snnnkinir from the di Itncti It parts of the scienco, but by courting thoin, grappling with thorn, and overcoming them, i hat a man rises in professional greatness. There is a great deal of law learning that is dry, dark, cold, revolting but it is an old feudal castle in perfect preservation, which tho legal architect, who aspires to the first honors of his profession, will delight to ex plore, and learn all tho uses to which its various parts usod to he put: and ho will the better understand, enjoy and relish tli0 progressive improvement of the science in modern times. You must be a master in in every branch of the scienco that belongs 10 your proiession the law ot nature and of nations the civil low the law merchant the maritime law, &c. the chart nnd outline of all which you will see in Blak-stone's Commentaries. Thus covered with the panoply of professional learning a master of the pleadinors. practice and cases. at the same time a great constitutional and pmtosoptucnl lawyer, you must keep away also, with tho march of general science. Do you think this requiring too much! Look at Brotiglnm, and see what man can do if well armed and woll resolved. With a load of professional duties that would themselves, have been appalling to most of nnr countrymen, he Btood, nevertheless, at tho head of his party in the House of Commons, nnd at tho same time, Bet in motion and superintended various primary schools, ond vnrious periodical work", the most instructive and useful that ever issued from the British proas, to which he furnished with his own pen, some of the most masterly contributions, and yet found time not only to keep paco with tho progress of the arts and scioncos, but to keep at the head of those whose peculiar and exclusive occupations those arts nnd sciences wore. There is a model of industry and usefulness worthy of all your emulation. You must, indeed, be a ureal lawyer, but it will not do to be a mere lawyer more especially, as yon are very properly turning your mind, also, to the political service of your country, and to the study and practice of eloquence. You must, therefore, bo a political lawyer and historian; thoroughly versed in the constitution and laws of your country, and fully acquainted with all its statistics; and the history of all the leading measures which have distinguished tho se-veral administrations. You must study the (lobules in congress, and observe what have been the actual effects upon the country of uie various measures that havo been the most strenuously contested in their origin. You must be a master of the scienco of political economy, and especially offinanciering, of which so few of our young countrymen know any thing. Tho habit of observing all that is passing, and thinking closely and deeply upon them, demands preeminently an attention to the political course of our country. Hut it is lime to closo this letter. You ask for instructions adapted to improvement in eloquence. This is a sub ject for a treatise, nut for a letter. Cicero, however, has summed up the whole art in a few words; it is "apte distincte ornate dicere" to soeak to the purpose -to speak ctearlu and dittinctlu to spenk grace fully. To be able to speak to the purpose. you must understand your subject and all that belongs to it: and then your thoughts and method must bo clear in themselves, and clearly and distinctly enunciated: and lastly, your voice, style, delivery and gesture, must be graceful and delightfully impressive. In relation to this subject, I would strenuously advise you to two things: Compose much, and often, and carefully, with reference to this tame rule of apte, distincte, ornate, and let your conversition havo relerence to tho same objects. I do not mean that you should be elaborate and formal in your ordinary conversation. Let it bo perfectly simple and natural, but always in good time, (to spesk as the musician,) and well enunciated. With regard to tho style of eloquence that you shall adopt, that must depend very much on your own taste and genius. Ynu are not dispnsnl, I presume, to bo an humble imitator of any man! If you are, you may bid farewell to tho hope ol'eminciice in this walk. None are imitators, to whom nature has given original powors. The. ape alone is content with mere imitations. It' nature has bestowed such a portion of the spirit or oratory ss can advance you to a high rank in this walk, your manner will be your own. In what stylo of el quoncc you aro best fitted to excel, you, yourself, il destined to excellence, aro the best ju Ige. 1 can only tell ynu that the Jlorid and Asiatic style is not the taste ot the ago. The strong and even the rugged and abrupt, are iar mora successnii. Uoiii proportion, boldly and briefly expressed pithy sen tences nervous common sense strong phrases the jelicite andnx, both in language and conception well compacted periods sudden and strong masses of light; an apt adago in English or Latin; a koen sarcasm; a merciless personality; a mortal thrust; these are the beauties and deformities that now make a speakor tho most interesting. A gcntloiuan and christian will conform to the reigning taste, so far only as his principles and habits of decorum will permit, tho finrid and Asiatic was never a good stvlo, eithor for a European or A mo rican taste, we require that a man should speak to the purposo, and coir.o to tho point that ho should instruct and convince. To do this, his mind must move with great strength and power: reason should bo inatii- leatly his master tuculty; argument should predominate throughout i but those great points secured, witandluncy may cast their lights around his path, providod tho wit be courteous as well as brilliant, and the fancy chaste anil modest. But thov must be kept well in the back ground, for they are dan gerous allies; a man had better be without thoin, than to show them in front, or to show them too often. But 1 am wearying you. my dear sir, as well as myself. It these lew imperfect hints, on subjects so extended and diver i-licd, can bo of any service to yuu, 1 shall bo gratified. They may, at least, convince yuu that your letter has interested ine in your belnlf, and, that 1 shall bo happy to hoar ot your tutura lamo and pruspurity. 1 oiler you my respects, and tender tho com pliments ol the season. W.il. Willi, From the New Yoik Commercial Ailviiilter. CHAPTER O.Y YOUXG MEK Alexander, of Mnccdon, extanded liii power over Greece, conquered Kgypt, rebuilt Alexandria, ami overrun nil Ana, and died nt 33 yenri of nge. llannwal was but H6, when, alter the rail of bis father, Hamiloar, in Spain, and At-drubal, hit luccuuor, he was ohuion Com- roan-ler-in-chief by lbs Carthagciiiau army. At 37, be ouptureu snguntuin Iroin tho Ko- mani: belora he was il he carried his anna from Africa, into Italy; conquered Publiui Soipiu on the banks of tho Tioinui) routed Sernproniui near the Trebia i defeated Fla-miniui on hit npproaohei to the Appeniiies; laid wnito Ilia nhulo country s defeated iV biut Minimus and Varrn; marched into Capua; and at the age of 3ti was thundering at the gates of Rom. Sciopio Africanus was icnrocly Hi when he took an active part in the battle of Cnnn;e, and saved the life of hit father. The wreck of the Roman cavalry choso him then for their lendc, and he oonducted there back to the cnpitnl. Soon after he was 20, ho was appointed Pro-consul of Spain, where he took New Carthage by storm. Ho soon after, succettively, defeated Aidrubal, Hannibal's brother, Mago and llanno; croseil into Africa, negotiated with Syphax, the Masiasylian King, returned to Spain, quelled intnrreotions, drove the Cnrthagenians wholly from the Peninsula, returned to Rome, deviled the diversion against the Carthngenians by carrying the war into Afrion, was appointed I'ro.cnniul of Africa, crmied thither, destroyed the Hrmy of Sy phax, compelled tho return of Hnnnihal nnil defeated Asdrubal a second time. All thn wa done before, he win 31. Charlemagne was crowned King of the Franks before he was 2G. At 28 he had conquered Aquilnnia, nnd at 2!) he made himself master of the whulo Gorman and hrenc.li Empires. Charles XII of Sweden, was declared of ago by the Slates nnd succeeded his father at 15. At 18 he headed the expedition against the Dunes, whom he checked, nnd wan n luurth of their numbers, lie out the Itoxinn army to pieces commanded bv the -nr, reter, at Narva crowed tho Dwiuo, gained n viotory over the Saxons, and carried hn arms into Poland. At 21 he hnd conquered Poland and dictated to her a new sovereign. At 34 he hnd lubilued Saxony s nnd at 27 he was conducting his victorious troops into Hie heart of Russin, when a severe wound prevented his diking command in person, and resulted in hit overthrow and subsequent treacherous captivity in Turkey. Lafayette was a Major General in the A-merican army at 18; was but 21) when he was wounded at Brandy wine; but 22 when he raised supplies for hit army, on bis own credit, at Baltimore ; was but 33 when he stormed thn redoubt at Yurktuwn; nnd wnt hut 33 when the French revolution raised him to the office of Commander-in-chief of the nationnl cuarilt. JVapolcon Bonaparte commenced hit military oareer at an offioer of artillery at 17. He mcoeisfiilly commanded the artillery at the tiege of Toulon nt 21. Hit splendid nnd victorious campaign in Itnly win performed at the ago of 27. The following year, when he was but 28, he gained battle lifter battle over tho Austrinns in Italy, conquered Mantua, carried the war into Austria, ravaged Tyrol, concluded an advnntngeiuis penoe, took pnsseiiion of Milan and the Venitinn republic, revolutionised Genon, and formed the Ciinlpine republic. At 29 he received the oommand of the army a-gainst Egypt; scattered the cloudt of Mameluke covnlry, mattered Alexandria," A-boukir and Cuirn, aid wrested the land of the Pharonht anil tnlcmici from the proud descendants of the Prophet. At 30 he fell among me ransoms like a thunderbolt, overthxew the directornl government, dis-persed tho council of five, hundred, and wai proclaimed first Consul. At 31 he crossed the Alps with an army .nnd destroyed the Austrian! by a blew at Marengo. At 32 ho established the Code Napoleon ; in the tam yenr he wat elcoted Consul for life by tho people; and nt thn n;o at 34 ha wat crowned Emperur of the French nation. V apmian, who w.n the greatest lawyer Rome ever produced, win put to death by Carnicalla at the ago of 30. He had even at that early age composed more than fifty booki on legal subjects. So profoundly learned were hit viewt considered, that Valentininn III, ordered that whenever the judges were divided in opinion, that Papin- inirs Simula be followed. In Tact be was the great oracle of the Roman law before bo arrived at the age of 3 1. iniliam Pill, tho first Earl of Chatham, wat hut 27 when, nt n member of Parliament, he waged the war of a giant ngaiiitt the corruption! of Sir Uohert Walnolo. The younger Pill win tcarnely 30 when, with masterly power, ho grappled with the veterans of Parliament, in favor of America. At Si he wot culled to the high nnd responsible trust of Chancellor nf the Exchequer. At 21 ha wnt appointed first Lord ol the Treasury uml Chancellor of tho Exchequer. It wat at that nee when he came forth in hit might on thn affairs nf the Bust Indiet. At the age nf 20, during tho first insanity nf (.nnrge 111, he rallied around the Prince of Wales. Edmund Burke, at the age of 13, plnnned a refutation of the metaphysical theories of llerkley & Hume. At 20 he wat in the Tcinpln, thn admiration nf itt inmntus, for the brilliancy of his genius and the variety of hit acquisitions, At 2li he published hit celebrated satire, entitled "A vindication of Natural Society." The tame year hn pub lished hit etsay mi thn sublime and beautiful, it much admired for its spirit of philosophical investigation, nnd the (declines of itt language. At -J he was first Lord of the Treasury. George Ifathinglon wni only 27 when he covered the retreat nf the British troopt at Braddock's defeat; nnd the tame year was appointed Commander-in-chief of all the Virginia forces. Uenernl Joseph K'orren wnt only 33 when, in defiance nf the Hhlitli tuldier stationed nt the door of the church, he pronounoed tho celebrated uration which aroused tho spirit nf liberty anil patriotism that terminated in the achievement of independence At 34 he gloriously fell gallantly Hunting in the cnuse of freedom, on Bunker Hill. Altiandcr Hamilton wat a Lieutenant Colonel in the nrmy of tho American revo lution, nnd niil-de camp to Washington, at tha age of 20. At 25 he wnt n member of Congress from New Yurk ; at 30, he wat one nf the nblett raouibersof the convention that formed the constitution of the U. States. At 31 he was n member of the New York convention, and joint author of the grunt work entitled the "Federalist." At 32 he win Seoretary of the Treasury nf the United StnWt, nnd arranged the financial hrauoh ol the government upon to perfeot a plan, that no great improvement hat ever beon made upon it by hit tuceetturi. Thomas Hayward, of South Carolina, wat but 30 years of age, when he signed the glorious reoord of a nation's birth, the Declaration of Independence; Elbridi;e Gurry, of Mamiohuiottt, Benjamin Rush anil James Wilton, of Pennsylvania, but 31 ; Matthew I hornton, of New Hampshire, 32; Thomas Jeffermn, of Virginia, Arthur Middlston, ol fsorlh Carolina, anil Thomsi Ston", of Maryland, 33; and William Hooper, of isorin Carolina, nut 34, John Jay, at 23, wat a member nf the old revolutionary Congress, and being associated with Lee nnd Livingston, on the committee for drafting an address to tho people of Great Britain, drew up that paper himself, which was considered one of the most olo-quent productions of the time. At 33, he penned the old constitution of New York, and in the same year was appointed Chief Justice of that State. At 34, ho was appointed minister to Spain. At 2G, Thomas Jefferson win a leading member of the Colonial Legislature in Virginia. At 30, he was a member of the Virginia convention: at 32 a member of Con-gresi; and nt 33 years of age ho draughted the Declnrntion of Independence. Fisher Ames, win highly cstemcd as a puhlio man in his own State at the age of 30 1 at which nge he wni cboien ni member of Congreti from the Suffolk District, Massachusetts; nnd before he wat 34, held Unassembled statesmen of the nation breathless by his eloquence. Milton, at 2G, had written hit finest miscellaneous poems, including his L'Allegrn, Penscroio, Comus, and the most beautiful of Monodies. Lord Byron, nt the nge of 20, published his oelebr.ited satire upon the English Bards nnd Scotoh Reviews; at 24, thn two first Cantos of Cbilde Harod'i Pilgrimage. Indeed, nil the vait poetio treasurei of hit genius were poured forth in their richest profusion, before he wnt 34 years old ; and he dieil at 37. Mozart, the great German musician, completed all his noble compositions, before ho wa 34, ami died at 35. Raphael, the illustrious painter, by his incomparable works, had acquired tho appellation nf tha "divine Raphael," long before he arrived at the age of 3G. Pope, wrute ninny nf hit published poems by tho time hn wnt IB; at 20, hit Eisay on Criticism; at 21, tho Rune nf the Lick, nnd at 25 hit geat work, the transition of the llliad. Sir Isaac JVeicfcm had mastered the highest elements of the mathematics, and the analytical method of Descartes before he was 21); had di-covered the new method of infinite series or Unctions, and hit new theory of light anil oolors. At 25, he had discovered the priu ciplet of the reflecting Telescope, the lawt of grsvitntion and tho planetary syi- loro. ai ju, no occupied the mathematical chair nt Cambridge. Dr Dwight's conqueit of the Caiman was commenced nt 13, and finished at 22. At the latter nge ha composed hit celebrated ditsertion on the history, eloquence nnd poetry of tho Bible, which wai immediately published and republished in Eurone. Henry Clay wat a member of tho Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives before he wat 3.1. Oliver Hazard Perry was but 27 when he achieved the victory of Lako Erie. Daniel D. Tompkins wat appointed Judge 01 me supreme Court nt the ace of 30, and Governor nf the State of New Yurk at 33. De Witt Clinton wai n Senator of the State of New York nt the nge of 29, and a Senator 01 ine united States nt 32. John C. Calhoun wat a distinguished member of Congress at the age of 30. John Randolph made una of hit best tpeeohes in Congress, at a period earlier than Ins age would have entitled him to a tent, had he not contemptuously replied, when questioned on tbut point, "usk my constituents."Lfni Woodbury wai appointed a Judgn of the Superior Court of New Hampshire at the age- of 26, and Governor, at the age of 33. Martin Van Ruren wat eleoted Senator of the Senate of the Slate nf New York, and wat appointed Attorney General at the ass of 32. Dr William Hunter, the diltiniuiihed physician and a nH tmuist, when only 28, presented to the Royal Society his Esar on the structure and diteasei of nrtioulating cartilages, and acquired hit high reputation as a professor before he wat 33. Dr William Harvey made the great disco very in the circulation of tho blood bufore he wai 34. John M. Clayton,ei( Dclnwnre. wntelect- ted U. Slates Senator from that State, before he was 34, and made hit great ipeech on toot'i resolution prior to hit attaining thnt ago a speech replete with hrond, comprc- nennvo vsewt or constitutional law nnd whioh gave him rank ai one of the ttrongett men In the Country. JV OTIC E. APotition will ha protented to the Legislature uf Ohio, nt their next tession, praying lor a State Road from Revnoldihuri;, on the National Road, in Franklin county, mrougn oar, lo Delaware, 111 Lleluwure oounty. O.ji. W, 1811. 0 TAKE ATOPIC E. A Fctitiun will be presented to the next 1a. Geuernl Asteinbly of the State of Ohio, praying lor the vacation of a part of the otato uoad leading Ir-un Inlumhui to Lock-bourne, and fur the eitabliihuii! of the old Road. Those interested will pleats take notice aocurdingiy. Oot. 'ill, 11134. 9 4w .Vol ice. A Petition will be prosented to the Gencr 1m. al Assembly of tha State of Ohio, at their next session, praying lor thu improvement ol the Sciuto river, by slack witter nav igation, from the oity of Culiimhut up to the village 01 Dublin, in Franklin oounty. Those interested will pleats lake notice aooording-Oot. 30, 1814. 9 RKI.IVNCK Tit A NX I'D ItT ATIO.N LINE Of Canal Boatt and Rail Road Cart, FROM PITTSUURO TO PHI H DKLPIII A, Via, Pennsylvania Canal a id Rail Iliad Hj H AVE oommenoed business, and me pro- am pared lo receive and lorwnrd merouniid-ixe and produce of every desoriptiun, at ti e usual ratet, with dnpaloh, to and Irom the above places. Fur particulars inquire of tha following named Agents, who will reoeive goods to be lorwurueu by tnid line, vis; C. Humphreys & Co., Phila. John Dougherty, llollidayiburg, Peter Livkroood, Johnstown, John I). Davis Co., Pittsburg. Depository No. t, G reel's Bow, al Canal Dunn. Pittshurir, Sept. 14. 1834. S 30 Chasis u( Tea, lur sale by K. H. I1ANFOR!). Dec. 17 I? GASH HAT ST0E.E. PROOF. IIVDISILL & WILEY, HAVING entered into partnership for the purpoia of oarryinc on the II ATTING HUSlNLaS INALI. ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES, have taken the Hand formerly occupied bj Uennott and Wiley, corner nf llinh nnd Town ttreeti; where they havo now on hand, and will oontinue to keep a i.AnnE and intensive assortment or HATS, of everv description, oftbeir own nianufacturs, which for fathion, durability, and elerance, they promise not to be siirpaned by any establishment In thil part of the ooiintrvs nnd from their long experience in the busineit, nnd by iiui attention, ana a disposition to accommodate in every particular, they hope to receive a good ihare of the puhlic'patronaire. Country dealers, who wish to piirchute bv wholesale, are respeotfully invited to call and examine for themselves, and we promise they thnll ne aooommodated on the most reasonable terms. N. B. The Hiirheit prico in Cnsh paid for HATTING FURS of everr delorintion. nar. ticularly OTTER 8KIN9. iqprii it), i(j;!4. 43 If American Kiinday school Union Depository, fBIHREE doors touth of the NationnlHo--B- tel, and directly opposite the pnhlio buildings, where mnv always be had all the publications of the American Sunday School Union, at tho same prioei at which they nre old at tbe oounter of the Union in Philadelphia. JAC. B. CRIST, -flffcnt. August 5, 11)31 59 COLUMBUS INSURANCE COMPANY. CHARTER PERPETUAL. rH!HE pnhlio are reipectfully notified that Ja. the Columbus Insurance Company, continue to make lnturnncet against LOSS OR DAMAGE At the lowest ratet of premium. The Com pany expect to do busineit on at favorable ternit as any other similar institution, and by tbe utmost fairnett and liberality in all their dealiii(s, to merit the patrouago and deserve tbe confidence of the public Offloo in the Counting Room of I). W. Peshler, wheie prompt attention will he given to all applications. . W. DESHLER, Sec. pro torn. Sept. IR, 1814 3 Notice. TOHN Hutchinson hereby notified thnt P hit wife, Emorili.a Hutchinson, on the 30th dnynf September, A. t), Iall4, filed her petition in the supreme Court ol the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, praying for a divorce from her said husband, nnd thai the will apply to mid Supreme Court for a decree nt their next Term in the said county of Franklin, to be held on tbe flrtt day ul December next. KMORILLA HUTCHINSON. Sept. 30,1834. 2m S Wliite ITIarblc Tomb Monc r"MHE lubtcriher respeotfully inform! hit JL friendt nnd the public, that he hat jutt received and intendt keeping constantly on hnnd, an assortment of White Mnrble 'I omb Stoiiet, carved in lhe neatest manner, and in the most approved ityh-, which he ulf---rs lor sale on the most reasonable terms. Those wishing lo purchase, will do well (o call and examine the nnalitv and prioei, at he it sure they will prefer them to ooiuiunn onetnow in utein thil seclion of the country. IRA GROVER. Columbus, Sept. 0, 1834. N. B. Shoo is on Urnad street, near the r.pisoopal church. I tr To Silversmiths. A Complete tet of SILV EK.S.YII TH and ISh. WATCHMAKER'S Toolt for lule. Inquiro nt the Store of P. II. OLMSTED. Columhnt, Oct. 1834. Stf iCW (a'OOris. I ha CHAMPION ti HENRY LATI1ROP ave formed a copartnership under the firm nf Chnmpinn U Liilhrop, and huvo Inken the Store recently occupied hv Messrs. Uond it walbridire; wnere may otlur at WHULr, SALE AN J RETAIL, at low prices (or iath, Cnssimercs, Satinets, KENTUCKY JEANS, French & English iTIrrinos, MERINO CIRCASSIANS, Gros de Jfaples,'Gros dc Swiss, Italian Sen- chew, Snrsact, nnd I.cvnntine SILKS, IP 3313213)39 French, English, nnd American Prints, FURNITURE MINT, Moriuo, Thibet, Xcnpolitnn, Vulcncin Si ITUHSIIItl Hiinsvis, FANCY SILK, CHALY, HEP.MINF., AND SILK MUSLIN HANDKEtlCIUErS, Pongee, Britannia and Chuppa Handker chiefs, Linen Cambria, Long Lawn, and Imita tion Handkerchiefs, Silk, Cotton, and Worsted Hose, and half llote, liortkin, Ucnnkin, and Uncle ulcves, Blue and Krown Cnmhlett, Brown and Uleuched Sheetings and Shir- lingt, ti 4, 7 4, u 4, Linen ruble Diaper, Damnsk Cloths, Cotton Yarn, Uniting, Wicking, Ticks, &o. to. Columhus, Oot. 5, 1834. 8 LEATHER LOW tbR CASH, At Mr M. Nortluup's Store, In Columbus. A RMSTRONG LAUMAN, of Chillioo- 1m. the, would iiilurm the oititeuiol Loium but nnd tbe surrounding country, that they have left at Mr Norlbrup's ttoru, for tale, a good supply ol LEATHER, of the following It inns: Skirtinir of the boil quality. Best heavy oak tanned, Sole and Upper Leather, Mpi, uriius earner ana Harness. Those wishing to purchase by tbe hundred weight or doieu, will Gud it to their advantage 10 cull and ice it, aiwe have put il at a price that will make il an oojeut to those who with to purchase. It will also bo told low y the tide. ' ARMSTRONG & LAUMAN. Columbut, Out. t4lh, I8;H. H4w VIE subscriber will attend lo the For warding nnd Cimiiuission Bunnell, heretofore Also, tha purchasing and pack ing of Pork. A. UAIsFOIlD Sept. 12 I JOR Influenza, Coughs, Colds, Asthmas Whoonins; Courh. Snitlinr of Rlrw.,1. and all alTeotions of the Lungs. The New England Cough Syrup it a very different preparation from any other Cough Medioine ever otrered to the public. It it oompoted entirely of vegetable substances, happily oombined and peculiarly ndanted to tiie. of the Lungs, Liver and Stomaob. It may now be important to my thnt the discovery of this invaluable syrup wai made by an Eminent Phyiicinn, who used it himself, and in hit extensive practice in pulmonary afTco-tinns.wiih astonishing effect, and itt inestim able qualities became to fully established, that it wat deemed important to offer it mora exteniively to the public. The proprietors think itqnito unnecessary to publish a long list of Certificates, of which however they have n,. nigHiy imeresung, mat may be examined if desired. They would simply itnte that they have not known a tintle in stance in wnion tint Myrup hat failed of giving relief in diteatei for which it it recommended, even in caseiapproachingcontump- iiwii, nucnuB'i wiui uieeuiiig nr. ine lungs, and n manv instances whn - il -o... ....n.. , ....... a,, vkllcl ICUICUICI had failed. Price SO cents. (7-The above is for sale at the Ohio Druff Store by 8 SUMNER CLARK. Columbus, Feb. 1, 1834 2H TOTUUrUHLIC. mucin i.n.,1 .k:... . , . .,.. , uj onered into partnership in the Bookselling and ""'NuiiiiiiiiK uiisuifii, inae mis opportunity if informing their friends nn,l th n..s.l: ernlly, that they are now opening, in the hnHi. f 1 .1 1 . . 3'n . .. ........ lunuruj uw.upcu VJ TfCSirt. D. ft J . Turnhlfll. t.'nliimhm. n frMh iln.b t urrva nnd STATIONERY! and will shortly have their BOOKBINUERY in full operation. Ai no naini will srs snared In ml. ..... I sntiifaotion, they hope to ihare a portion of Ollblio nHlrnnM0A. Thei kn-ln..- S.. conducted in the name of Potti It TURN- All orders thankfullv rnneSnt .n,! n,nnni. ly ai tended to. J. POTTF, JAVIKS TURN BULL. Columbus. July ?4, 1834. 67 2-500 Hit- Cod Fish, for sale hv E. II. HANFORO Deo. 17 17 jfl.-ui.'igcr's Oilier, Vo. 4, Zane's Row, Main Street, WHEELING. V. OUR Correspondent! will Snil b-low two Schemes, which are oertainlv ai lirn. ive ai any heretofore submitted in sideratioll. They will ncreeive thai in th... two Schemes a distinction 0f tingle numbers has been made. The Schemes nrn laid hnfnr'm ... si.... , - ' " J-U l,JU early, in order that all may have an oppor- Miinij ui -.ippijiug inerosoivei with tickets. s icasu uuorcil CLARKE 4- COOK. COXSOLIDA TED LOTTER T, Class No. M for 1834. Drawl at Washington, Nov. 45, 1834. SPLENDID SCHEME 1 prize, of $20,000 ia 823,000 75 1,000 75,000 1 4,000 4,000 1 1,000 1,600 1 1,300 1,300 1 1,220 1,220 20 3,0 6,000 20 203 4,000 45 100 4,500 64 60 3,200 64 40 2,560 64 30 1,020 64 20 1,280 1,201 10 32,640 22.170 5 110,880 25,861 prizes, amounting to $270,100 Tickets 6 Dollars, Shares n projtortian. CLARKE Si COOK. DISMAL SWAMP LOTTERY, f IVfn. 4 I rV.. IU1J Draws at Aleiandria on the 49th Nov. 1834. SCHEME 1 prize of $25,000 is $25,000 1 8,000 8,000 1 S.UOO 5,000 1 3,000 3,000 2 2,000 4,000 10 1,200 12,000 10 1,000 10,000 10 800 8,000 10 600 8,000 10 400 4,000 20 200 4,000 41 150 6,600 50 100 5,600 50 70 3,020 50 00 3,300 50 51) 2,800 112 .40 4,480 2,184 30 65,520 1,540 18 27,720 1,540 10 24,040 4,620 13 65,440 7,700 10 77,000 18,040, prizes, amounting to $300,080 Tickets 10 Shares in proportion. CLARKE ii COOK. 5 pipes Fiench Brandy, favorito brands 3 " Holland Gin 6 hhdt. Jamaica, St. Croix, Or leant, and tioitun Rum 10 quarter casks Madeira Win 10 " do St. Lucie dn 10 do Port do 10 " do Martcilles do 5 u do Maloiiey dts 5 ss du Muscat do 10 boxes Clntct do 10 oases Champaign dn Urnndy, Rum, Gin and Wins af lhe bett brands, put up in half quarter casks, iron hound, fur Tavern keepers. J usl received by SHERWOOD & GREGORY Oc lobar ID.