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CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.

Dominical Letters, DC

Lunar Cycle or Golden No. 1
Epact, ' 0

Solar Cycle,
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Julian Period,

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f. Month,

JANUARY, 31 Days.

1824.

To all the readers of this little Manual, wo most cordially wish a Happy
New Year. We wish that every day & every hour of it may find them walk-
ing in the ways of wisdom, which are ''ways of pleasantness," and which
lead to the gates of the New Jerusalem. The true christian, when he
lives near to God, is always happy. Even when bathed in tears of re-
pentance, he has joy with which " the stranger intermeddleth not." In
the greatest disappointments, he can look forward to enduring trea-
sures laid up for him " in the heavens." In the sorest afflictions, he
can say, My Father, thy hand hath done it; fwill " Be stili and know
that thou art God."

Selections. Where true wisdom is, there surely is repose of mind, patience
dignity, & delicacy. How sweet,in the moment of affliction, is the exercise
of the social affections! They are the balm which, mingled in the bitter
cup of grief, allays its harshness, & subdues its venom. No hurnjtn being

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JAN. begins on Thursday.

Winter.

can be perfectly miserable as long he can enjoy the sympathy ol kindred
souls & even when that is denied.the Christian knows there isanear open
o the sorrowful sighing* of every afflicted heart-Attention to the wants
and wishes of those arSund us, even in matters of small importance, but
frequent occurrence, gives the greatest charm to social intercourse
"unroof to 8t»epers. It is related of Lassenius, chaplain to the Danish
rnnrt thinerceivine the greater part of his audience to be asleepwhilehe
was ^ Ehe^ddenfy stopped, pulled, shuttlecock from his pock-
etand beean to play with it in the pulpit. In a short time, every body
was lively and looking to the pulpit with the greatest astonishment. He
resumed his discourse, saying, -When I announce to you sacred and
important truths, you are not ashamed to go to sleep; but when I play
the fool, you are all eye, and all ear." w^v^v^

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New M. 30th day, 1 Oh. 27m even.

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Freezing weather

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D 1st Sund. after Epiph.. Dr.

Farmer's Calendar.

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On the first day of January every
year, haye a complete reckoning
with yourself; your books all posted
up, your accounts of more than one
year's standing, all balanced, your
controversies with all men settled;
and you will have good neighbours,
and complain less of hard limes than
some do. Improve the long even-
ings in useful reading. The ■JVfeto
England Farmer, a newspaper pub-
lished in Boston, costs only 3 dolls,
a year, or 2,50 in advance; and
comes every week loaded vrith in-
formation for the agriculturalist. It
is not best to be too full of new
schemes; but when real improve-
ments are made in the science of
farming, it is well to know what they
are, and to derive benefit fron*
them, if you can.

Now move stone3, timber, and
other heavy articles, transport your
grain, salt, plaster cf Paris, &c. be-
fore the snow becomes too deep.
Timber cut now wlil be more dura-
ble than if cut in summer, when full
of sap. Finish killing your pork.
If it has been well fatted, and your
wife is a good manager, my word
for it, you will have pork next hay
time, whether you kill it in the old
of the moon, or the new. Finish
thrashing your grain as soon as pos-
sible, that it may not be destroyed
by the rats. Let your cattle receive
an early visit; feed them twice in
the morning and twice at night, and
never give them quite as much as
they would eat.

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FEBRUARY, 29 0

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1824,

Fi/i'crul Sermon of Dr. Priestley. On the death of Dr. Priestley, hi?
brother Timothy, of Lond m, a clergyman of very different religious
sentiments, preached a funeral sermon for him, in which lie said " Cu-
riosity has hrought numbers to hear what F say of his eternal state. This
I say; not one in heaven, nor on the road to that happy world, will he
more glad to find him there, than myself. 'When i consider' that the
praise of free grace is that which God principally designs; and that we
find in divine revelation, some of the chiefest offenders have been singled
out, and made monuments of mercy, and that he who can create the
world in a moment, can in a moment make a change in any man*
here, and here alone, are founded my hopes."

.? foolish soiiis the heaviness of his mother. You have a power over the
happiness of your parents. You can, by your folly, outdo all common
forms of trouble. You can, by your folly, pierce your mother's heart,
ana send into it a pang, even worse than the ag-onieg of death. And by

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Winter.

your mere continuance in folly, you can embitter every day, and even
her whole life, while she is daily surrounded with prosperity. You,
yes You, can hide comfort from her soul, while nature smiles around
her, and while the bounties of Providence are poured lavishly upon her.
And had she not a refuge, a very present help in every time of trouble,
your folly could make her wish that she were not a mother; could drive
her to despair, All this you can do because she loves you. Could she
cease to love you; could she break the tie that binds you to her heart-
could she suffer you to break that tie; could she forget that vou were her
son, she might be eased of her heaviness; but now she must be doomed
to daily unchanging sorrow, if she loves a foolish, hardened, accursed
son, the heaviness of his mother. There are such children. I could point
you to a mother whose heart dies within her, when she hears the horrid
oaths, and sees tfte bloated face of a son; and to a grave where lies a
mother, who went for hours, and sometimes could not weep for a»ony •
and died by the daggers planted by her son'3 vices. JfoWs Sermons.

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Snow or rain
Gr, elongation
Quinquagesima Sunday

Farmer's Calendar.

Now look to your barns, visit
them often, let them be kept clean;
a neat well regulated barn is a
beautiful sight. This is the lime to
give out your poorest hay; cattle
will eat it better than in fall or
spring; sprinkle a little brine on it.
Let your cattle be carded every day,
and if you would have them gentle,
use them kindly; take care of them,
supply their wants; and they will
amply repay you. Make an estimate
on the quantity of your hay; but
whether you have enough to last till
the first of May or not, keep your
cattle, at present, in good heart, es-
pecially your cows and ewes. Fin-
ish dressing your flax.

Green Wood. It is said that a cord
of green wood weighs about 5600
weight; a cord of dry,3S00 weight. If
then, a farmer consumes thirty
cords yearly, and sleds it green, he
sleds twenty seven ton of water
more than his neighbor who sleds it
dry. The farmer who sleds his
wood half a mile up hill will think
of this. Besides, if this wood is
burned green, it requires wood
enough, in addition, to evaporate
twenty-seven tons of water, to ob-
tain the same quantity of heat. Add
to this the vexation of making a fire
of green wood some of these cold
mornings at day-break, and it ap-
pears that there is a great saving of
labor, and expense^and trouble in
using dry icood.

III. Month.

MARCH, 31 Days.

1824

Late attendance on public worship. Avery common cause is the time
employed in dressing. Herbert has some lines so applicable to this sort
of apology, that every one would do well to have them written in letters
of gold, and suspended in their dressing-room.

To be dressed!

Staj not for the other pin. Why thou has lost

A joy for it worth worlds Percy Anecdotes.

Jl Wise Fool It used to be considered an indispensable appendage to
a great man's establishment, to have in his service one of his unfortu-
nate fellow mortals from whom Providence had withheld the blessings
of understanding. This man was called the fool, and kept continually
round his employer's person for the purpose of amusing those greater
fools, who are capable of sporting with his misfortunes. It happened

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MARCH begins on Monday.

Spring.

that one thus employed, had very much pleased *%™^;*^">g
what he called sport for his company, and as a mark of his a pprobauo
he gave him a favourite waking cane, with this .njunction-^eep t til
you meet a greater fool than.yourself: then give it to him" A very short

ime after, the rich man was taken dangerously ill and his physician
pronounced his life in imminent danger. The fool wa^o^ bed.
Lid observed him in the greatest consternation; on which he asked him
whv he appeared so frightened. "I am dying!" was the answer. Dj-
irJ what is that?" said the fool. "Going from this world to another—

Vomthis o rid to eternity?" "Oh, a journey," said the fool: "well*
; very thing prepared:" "No," nothing is prepared for such an awful
iourney?" Away ran the fool and instantly returned with the cane and
nutting it into the hands of his dying master, said--' rhere take back
the cane." Christian Spectator.

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Remarkable Days,
Important Notices, &i.

Flying clouds

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Ash Wednesday

9 rises 4h. 42m. morning

Winds with rain

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1st Sunday in Lent

% south Ih. 29m. morning

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Now lay your plans for the season*
See that your ploughs, hoes, carts-,
harrows,&c. are ready for the open-
ing of the spring. Prepare rails and
posts for setting. Attend to your
young cattle, keep them in good
heart.Giye cows & ewes a little meal
and a (evf potatoes. Feed your poul-
try. Cut scions for grafting,and put
ihem in your cellar. Have your emp-
ty cider casks cleansed. Thrasb^aDd
put up Indian corn for summer's use.
Look to your bees. Keep your cattle
away from your fruit trees, ourrant-
bushes, &x.

Maple Sugar, if made with care, is
of superior quality to much that is
imported. It should gratify our love
of country too, to spread our table
with the fruits of our own soil, for
which we are dependent on none but
our Maker, and which were reared
by our own industry. Be ready to
improve the season for making su-
r;ar as soon as it arrives.

Look about your house, see if any
panes of glass are wanting. Razs &
old hats in your windows will make
the traveller thinkyou are intemper-
ate. See if the utensils in common
use by the females of your family are
in repair. Have you provided your
family with means of knowledge? Do
you take some religious newspaper,
which gives you Styour family a view
of all that is doing in the religious,
political, & literary world, & which
will affordy our children amusement,
enlarge their minds,St prepare them
for active and useful life?

IV. Month.

APRIL, 30 Days.

182'J

Fruit

Trees. Dig about t, eir roots, scrape off the rough bark, and
cover the trunks with white-wash, to destroy eggs which may be depo-
sited in the bark by insects, especially near the top of the ground. Near
the end of April is the time for transplanting,grafting,and pruning them.
Phe wounds made by pruning will heal much better, than if made dur-
ing the hard frost* of winter, and while there is no activity in the sap.
Let the limb be sawn off close to the body of the tiee, and the wood be
smoothed over with a knife, and covered with a composition of a pint
of tar and a piece of bees-wax as big as a walnut, into which, when
boiling hot, a gill o. red ochre is stirred. Always cut off those upright
sprouts or suckers, which take away the nourishment from the natural
fruit-bearing branches. If you would/on* a limb to bear, cut round it
with your knife, just before it is ready to blossom, cutting throu-h tb*
outer and inner bark, but not injuring the wood; then a quarter of au
inch distant, encircle tire limb in the same manner, and take out the

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bark between. The fruit on the limb thus operated on, will be earlier,
and fairer, and larger, than on the other limbs; and the reason is, that,
as the sap ascends in the wood and descends in the bark, it is made to
stay in the limb to nourish and support it. In a year, the incision will
be iiiled, and the tree will not be injured. Give your attention now, if
you would, by and by, have your tables loaded with pears, peaches,
plums, cherries, ke. Set out sugar maple trees also for shades.

Terrify and tease no person, not even your most intimate friends, by
false reports, vexatious jokes, or any thing which can give them a mo-
ment's uneasiness. There are unpleasant realities enougn in this world,
without adding unnecessary and imaginary evils.

Carry yourselves submissively towards your superiors; friendly to-
wards your equals; condescendingly towards your inferiors; generous-
ly towards your enemies; and lovingly towards all. Mcaon.

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1 \ Sets 9h. 33m. even.

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3, Bona, dethroned 1st time
Coth Sunday in Lent
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6 Western winds
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Clouds with rain
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[dent, 1789
Washington first Presi-

Far e?''s

Calendar

Potaiuts. They flourish well on
green sward, and with very coarse
manure, which should be put under
the seed. The earlier they are plant-
ed the better, that they may be ripe
before the heavy rains in the fall. It
is cheaper to plant them whole, than
cut; the potatoc was designed by na-
ture to nourish & support the stock.
The last hoeing should be done be-
fore the potatoes are in blossom,lest
a new set of roots should be formed.
To preserve them for summer eaung
rub off the sprouis, the 1st of June,
and put them into a dark and dry
place above ground, like a barn
floor. Let them be dug in dry wea-
ther,and put dry into the cellar. To
get new kinds of potatoes, plant the
potatoe balls in the fall. .

The M<ton. Take care to procure
good seed for all the crops you in-
tend to raise, and have it sown ear-
ly. Have your grounds well prepar-
ed, and let them be well tended —
and regard the moon as much as you
please. Should your ground be com-
pletely ready for sowing at the time
of new moon, try the experiment
whether wheat and rye, sown at that
age of the moon, will smut. It is
said that all roots, such as onions,
carrots, ca-. flourish best if the seed
is sowtj at full moon, and that that
part of a field which is set apart for
missions, often produces a larger
crop than the remainder of the field.
Suppose you this year try both ex-
periments*

V. Month

MAY, m Days.

Spririi

Early Rising. I do not know a practice which I should more recom-
mend than early rising, whether devotion, health, beauty, or improve-
ment of the mind were the object in view. How cheerful and how ani-
mated are the meditations of the morning! What a delightful bloom
flushes into the cheeks from its balmy exhalations! What an unspeaka-
ble cheerfulness glides into the soul, from hearing the devotional matins
of the lark, and from beholding the new-born scenery of nature! How
necessary is such a regimen to preserve that sweetness of complexion
and of breath which are the very essence and perfume of beauty!
When people think of accounting to God for the talents they have re-
ceived, they overlook the hours which are lost in morning sloth and un-
reasonable indulgence. I have inured myself for many years to this ha-
bit of early rising. In the spring months of April and May particularly,
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neglect toall those sweets which open to salute roe, and always find so
much more deducted from the firmness of my health, and vigour of
my understanding. Bennett's Letters.

Value cf Time. The difference of rising every mornin-g at six and
eight o'clock, in the course of forty years, suppose a person to go to bed
attbe same time he otherwise would, amounts to 2^.20^} hours, or three
years, 121 da)s and 19 hours, which affords eight, hours a day for exact-
ly ten years, so that it is the same as if ton years of life, (a weighty
consideration) were added, in which we may coram; nd eight hours
every day, lor the cultivation of our lives and the despatch of busi-
ness.

Our life is a passage to eternity; it ought to be a meditation of eternity
and a preparation for eternity.

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Important Notices, Life

1 [Mis. begun, 1721

C2d Sun. after Eas.Greeni
i''<5 3> %

4 Pain

5 % stationary

6 3 perigee

7 Clear weather

8 9 rises 4h. 8m. morning
C 3d Sunday after Easter
10 Gr. Elon. $

1 1 Thunder

12 % south 8h. 25m.evenin.s;

13 Flying clouds
■14 ^sets lOh. 43m. evening

15 Gentle showers

C 4th Sunday alter Easter

17 Rain

18 6<3\

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C 5th Sun. after Eas. Roga-

24 Copernicus died, 1543

25 % south 7h. 30m. evening

26 Calvin died, 1564
27jAscension Day
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to a gallon.

Corn Planting. If you can afford 20
oads of manure to% an acre, spread it,
and plough it in; if you can afford but
ten, put it in fioles under the hill. Let
the hilis be from three or four feet
apart, according to the strength of the
soil. Take care to get good seed corn,
and of a kind which is so early, that it
will get ripe. It is safest not to steep
it in any liquor, lest it should rot in the
hill. But, says the New-England Far-
mer, it it has become late in the sea-
son, pour boiling water on it, let it
steep half a minute only, and be speedi-
ly cooled; and it will come forward
two or three days earlier. To prevent
birds and other vermin from pulling it
up, steep some corn in a decoction of
poke, or tobacco, and scatter it over
the ground before the corn planted,
oomes up; put a handfull of ashes also
on each hill. White threads stretched
over the field will protect it from
crows.

Do not neglect your garden. It may
be made far the most profitable part of
your farm; and it will add greatly to
the health and happiness of your fami-
ly. Perhaps there is no crop so valua-
able, that can be raised so easily as*
carrots. Let not your mowing lots be
overrun with cattle; but cover them
with a coat of manure. Give your cat*
tie daily a few ears of com.

JUNE, 30 Days.

1824.

VI. Month. _____

Stubborn Facts. At ahorse race in Jamaica, L. I.May 27,1823,
between 40 and 50,000 persons iveie present; $250,000 were
betted on the result. &. beside the loss of time and depravation
oi morals, S 150,000 were wantonly thrown away in this game
of cruelty. Here then,in a single day,on a little spot,was more
expended at a horse race, than can be colk cted from all the be-
nevolence of the U. States in a whole year,to enlarge the king-
dom of Christ, & bring men into the liberty of the sons of God.
And yet there are men who have the hardihood to complain of
the friends of missions and of God, as guilty of robbing their
fellow citizens, when they invite their aid in making the Sa-
viour's name known to the ends of the world. Boston Rec.

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JUNE begins on Tuesday.

Summer

' Striking Coincidences. Uibbon,who,m his celebrated History
of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire has let an impe-
rishable memorial of his enmity to the Gospel, P«>^d "
Switzerland,™* the profits of his works a large esta te I his
property has now descended to a gentleman, who, OJt of its
rents, expends a large sum annually in spreading the Gospel

Voltaire' boasted that with one hand he would overthrow hat
edifice, which required the hands of twelve apostlesto build
up The press, which he employed at Ferney to print his
b' 'snhemies, is now engaged at Geneva in printing the Bibie.

InUieToom in which Hume died, was held the first meeting
for the formation of an Aux. Bible society, at Edinburgh.

d. Remarkable Days,
**•! Jmfiortant Notices, cfc.

Farmer's Calendar.

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Whit Monday
Whit Tuesday
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St. Barnabas

[for India, 179i

Clear the door yard-, on every side
of your house, of every tiling that will
make "manure,*!, put it inyour compost.
(See Manure August) It is better for
health, pleasure, and profit, to clean
your wood-yard, every year. Plant cu-
cumbers for pickling. Calculate this
year to make some improvements ia
husbandry. Get Reports of Agricultu-
ral Societies, and purchase if you can
atibrd it. the New £ng. Farmer, a Dic-
tionary of all the terms used in farniing,
by S. t:eane,D. D. price, bound, about
2~do!ls.50 cts. Mark your cattle with a
branding iron, near the top of the horn,
and your sheep on the ear, and have
these marks recorded. "Always have
work prepared for a rainy day," as
Gen. Washington said to the man who
conducted his farm. Put your barns,
carts, scvthes.rakes, &c. in perfect or-

Triii. Sun. Dr.Carey sail'd

Rain

3 stationary [atsea,1818

iapo.Sam'l J. Mills died

Battle Bunker's Hill, 18 I 5! der for harvest. Burn brimstone under

U States decl.war aff.G B.I the caterpillars on vour fruit trees-

- Wat-loo 1 7Q8: Rlse eari*: il is bett"er (t? iand' t0 h°e
tl81 2.bat. u aterioo,! /y» ^ ^ b it while the dew is onsthaji

st Sun. alter i rinity.lJr.' later in &e day# jy(J nct calculate to

0ent.55 [Belknap dA79S[get the weeds out of your gardens and
Warm weather I cornfields, but keep them out. Be in

krises2h 45m morn W the fie]tl with your sons whenever it
JTll?(. f e? t u J, is practicable, not to rule tb* with

Nativity of St. John ^ the'rod of a tyrant, but to cheer, en-
[ Baptist; courage and show them that you are

$6|© eclipsed, visible 6 J 9 willing to share in their labours. Talk
Oad S-m after Tr'ri o T) % with them as if your farm was cov.wv.oh
00|"1 ' . ' "■ n„ p,'n„ Z properly to them Sc you; do not say my
2&y> perigee. Gr. Eiong. $ ^tlj,Jyhorsesibut«roJceii,oio-lidrft-

29 St. Peter ! es.& loll them your plans respecting,

30 ! the management of your farm., &c.

VU. MonLb

JULY, 31 Days.

1824.

Punctuality. When lord Nelson was leaving London on his*
last glorious expedition against the enemy,a quantity of cabin
furniture wasorder'dto be sent on boardhis ship. Hehadafare-
well dinnerparty at his house when the man he employed,call-
ed on his lordship, 8c was introduced into the eating-room. He
stated to his noble employer, that every thing was finished, &c
packed, and would go in the wagon, from a certain inn, at 6
o'clock. 'And will you go to the inn, Mr. A. and see them off.''
fcj will, ray lord; I will be there punctually at six.* 'A quarter
bejoresix, Mr. A .(returned lord N.) be there a quarter before
six. To that quarter of an hour, I owe every thing in life.*

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1824. J!JLY_begins on Thursday. Summer.

"" Gcoree III. once ordered Mr.S. a tradesman of eminence
in Londori,to wait upon him at 8 o'clock in the mormr.g Mr.
S was half an hour after the time. <Desire him.'s.id the kmg.
Ho come at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.' Mr.S.appeared he-
next day alter the time, & received the same command. On the
Id morninghe contrived to be punctual V pon hi» entice the

"» fora wo°man, and eight for a fool!' Percy Jnecdotes.

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Remarkable Bays,
Important Notices , &c

Farmer's Calendar.

While you ceiebrate the Independence
of your country, be grateful to God}
and express your gratitude, not by ri-
oting and excess, but by offering to
Him the incense of your heart. And
while you thank him,thatyou cultivate
the soil of Fnemen, pray that all may

1 O apogee
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Clear weather

3d Sun. after Trinity. lit-

,9 D I? rdependence be brought into the 'glorious hberlif of

% -ft . il, Qkr* fvpnino-liis 'children.'

% sets lib. 25tn. evening ^^ ^ every attcntioa to yohv

Dry and sultry _ 'diary. Vessels of lead, copper & brass,

\ rises lh. 49m. morningjconlajn poisonous qualities and should
[born, 1447!not be used much for wife. Look to
1)ediDsed,vis.Co!umbusbour summer schools, and let the in-
j)ecupscu, ». struclress to whom you commit your

Cj4tb Sunday alter I rinity L^ oneS5 teach themj hy her exam.
12JErasrnus died, 1536 Lj6j t0 De good. Remember the poor

[widow and orphan, and impart to them
Ti ano Pk-ench rcvolutiona portion from your stores.

'* ni,n^rPll 1780' Much hard work is to be done this
[commenced, 17b.,, , ^ ^.^ ^.^ toQ much hot

(5 01/ !rum,nur cold water. Make not harvest

Gentle breezes !an excuse for inlempcradce, but eat and

5tb Sun aft Trin. 6 9 % drink in order to live, & not live mere-

fMabomet died,634'ly to eat and drhik Rise before the sun,

L ' & mow while the dew is on; mow mcrn-

Margaret '-in^ ancj eveDing5 and make hay, & get

6 % H . it in, while thesw:* shines. Be regular,

Magdalen O enters SI temperate and industrious — and your

Thunder ^usts harvest will be gathered earlier & bet-

, „ Q . ter than your neighbour Thirsty 1s; and

° o i r t • c. 'when harvest is over you will not have

6tb Sunday alter Ann.bt.;the rheumatism. Let your corn be

St. Anne [James;h0ed the 3d time before it is spindled;

do not make too high hills around it,

lest you keep off the sun and rain from

the roots. Put a handful of ashes around

every hill, previous. to the 2d hoeing. If

weeds are going to seed in yolir gar-

dens,cut,&.put them into your compos).

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AUGUST, 31 Dnys.

1821

*Mp senl to Mrs R. one of the Missionaries who sailed for the Sandwich &
lands, JVofc. 20, iSZ2,JUst before their departure.

VVe part— quickly part; and though sad the reflection,
-. Tnart ??r rnoments of converse, of rapture, are flown-:
Jfe.t, if Mercy invite thee, this sweet recollection
Shall still every tumult affection had known.

We part— and when borne on the white-foaming surges,
When the skies the last glimpse of your country invest

boa, soil be the wind, and the billow that urges
Your heaven-circled bark to the Isles of the West.

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AUG. begins on Sunday.

Summer.

We part — when arriv'd at your far destination,

How sweetly the accents of mercy shall flow!
Ohow blest, to proclaim the glad new3of salvation,

To lands long encircled in darkness and wo.
We part — and may blessings unnumber'd attend thee,

As you pass through the glooms of this Wilderness scenes
May the God of all goodness from danger defend thee,

An 1 thy sun, slow declining, set calm and serene.

We part — and when throbs the last pulse of emotion —
When our toils are all numbered — our labour? all o'er —

May we join the glad throng, in unceasing devotion,

Where parting and pain are remember'd no more. H.

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New M. 24th day, 6h. 9ra. morn.
First Quar. 3 1st day, 3h. 22m. morn.

Remarkable Days,
Important Notices, life.

C 7th Sund. after Trinity
2J [Lammas Day

3: h rises Oh. 14m. morn.
4 * Thunder gusts
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[sumption
9th Sun. after Trinity As-
Choctaw Mission estab.
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[bury Colleges
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10th Sund. after Trinity
O enters ttjj

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St. Augustine

Cllith Sund. after Trin. St.
30 a Q \ (John beheaded

311

Farmer's Calendar.

Manure. The substances which make
excellent manure are more numerous
than seems to be generally supposed
by farmers. Among many others, are
thefollowing; putrified flesh,bones,nsh,
voollen ragsdeather, soap suds, brine,
dung of all kinds, scrapings of yards &
streets, rubbish of old houses, lime,
plaster of Paris, mud from ponds, ri-
vers and swamps, shells, ashes, earth
that has been long under cover,weeds,
that grow in gardens, fields, ponds, ri-
vers, &c. refuse hay, leaves, moss, rot-
ten wood, &c. All these substances,
whenever they can be obtained, should
be collected together in a compost, (See
Hog sty, Oct. & Barn-yard, Nov.) which
is one of the most essential requisites
to good husbandry.

Now cut close to the ground, the
uushes which are growing beside your
fences, and other parts of your farm. —
T he^sap is now up, and they will be
nucn more likely to die. Secure your
spring grain, & plough in the stubble,
that it may rot before next year. Break
jp weak lands which you intend to till
next year. Be sparing in the use of un-
ripe fruit,if you would not have a fever;
be temperate also in the use of food,
& do not over heat yourself. Collect for
compost, weeds and all kinds of vege*
tables, which are useful for nothing
else, and have now come to maturity.
Clear out ditches, mud holes, &c. for
the same purpose. The income of fifty
acres of land, well cultivated, is greater
than of five hundred^nder the manage-
ment of the slothful, negligent Jius-
lbandman.

IX. Month,

SEPTEMBER, 30 Days

1824,

An Infidel confounded. A gentleman who lately visited the
Mis. Stations among the Indians, relates the following facts.
In April, 1 822,Catharine Brown spent a few days at H — , Afe-
bama,in the family of a pious physician. One morning,the Dr.
his lady and Catharine walked into one of the stores to make
some purchases. The merchant was an infidel, St vehemently
opposed to the efforts made to civilize the Indians. When Ca-
tharine and the lady stepped out, as the Dr. was waiting to re-
ceive change for a bill, said the merchant, 'What young lady-
is that with your wife?' iA Cherokee,' replied the Dr.' converted
to the Christian religion!' The merchant became much agitat-
ed, and gave back the Dr. all his money, with considerable be-

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SEPT. begins on Wednesday.

A\i\n mtt

sides. ' Why,sir/ said the Dr. wyou hardly know what you are
doing!' 'I know that,' replied the merchant, 4and — and I
don't believe, after all, a word you say!'

From Dr. Griffin's Address at his Inauguration to the Presi-
dency of Williams College. In approaching this seat of learning",
I find associations awakened in my mind of no ordinary inter-
est. It is the spot where Saml.J. Mills SzGorden Hall prayed, Sc
where they and their associates laid the foundation and plan,
of American Missions. Yes, this is the honoured spot where
was conceived the embryo of those mighty projects of benevo-
lence, which have moved two continents, and diffused an ani-
mation and joy throughout the whole church of Christ.

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27j [Cyprianbieid

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■',* St Jerome. Whitefi.d. 1770

Remarkable Days,
Imfiortant Notices, ifc.

Com. Providence College
London burnt 1666, O. S
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o sets 9h. evening
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]) apogee [formed, 1787
Gr. Elon. £ Fed. Con.
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13th Sunday after Trinity

812

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14th Sund. after 1 rinity
2 stationary $ stationary
St. Matthew (T perigee
O enters =£=

Cider. The apples which fail early
should be gathered and ground for im-
mediate use, and for vinegar. The fall
apples should be sutfered to remain on
the trees till ripe, and then be housed
till they become mellow. They should
be sorted before they are ground, and
all dirt and rotten apples carefully re-
moved. Let your mill, press, vats, &c*
be all perfectly sweet,and let the juice
stand in the pomace 12 hours, which
will give the cider a higher colour and
ender it richer. As soon as the cider
is worked, let it be racked into clean
asks, or bottles; arid, if a part of the
cider must be distilled, (which, howe-
ver, is very apt to lead to intemper-
ance,) add a few quarts of brandy to a
barrel of the cider, and it will lend
■neatly to preserve it.

Look around and see if you cannot
f ike some measures to improve your
&CTR. Can you not drain Ihe wet parte
•f it, and lead in streams upon the dry;
remove stumps, stones, &.c. or prepare
a place for Gompost. Can you not make
\ large stack of ferns or brakes, in or
near your barn yard, which you may
cut down next winter, as fast as the
cattle will tread it into the dung; and
-vith which you may litter your stables
and hog-styes. Ferns make the very
oest manure. Gather seeds thatTipen
first. Seed corn may be gathered in the
Raise your own seeds, and you
will know their quality. Shut up hogs
for fatting. Give due attention to the
meetings of Agricultural Societies;
and get a premium if you can.

X. Monih.

OCTOBER, SI Days.

1824.

A farmer in C-, having been persuaded by his only son to give
him a deed of hisproperty,soon found himself neglected, k. was
at length removed from the common table, to take his morsel
alone in the chimney comer. A little grandson of the old gentle-
man one day saw his father hollowing a piece of wood, & asked
him what he was doing. 'I am making a trough,' he replied,
*for your grandfather to eat out of.' ' And,papa,'said the child,
'when you are as old as grandpapa, shall I have to make a trough
for you to eat out of?* The instrument he was using, fell from
his hand — the old man's forgiveness was asked, -awd he was
restored to the standing to which his age & worth entitled him.

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OCT. begins on Friday.

Autumn.

Extracts. Piety communicates a divine lustre to the female
mind-beauty and wit, like the flower of the field. may flourish
for a season,but age "will nip the bloom of beauty; sickness 8c
sorrow will stop the current of wit and humour; and in that
gloomy time which is appointed for all, piety will support the
drooping soul like a refreshing dew upon ihe parched earth.

Simplicity never appears more lovely than when it sheds its
soft lustre on the female sex. She will probably make you
most happy, who, reared in seclusion, is the genuine child of
simplicity, and whose spotless mind has never received an un-
favourable impression from the follies of a fashionable world

New Moon, 22d day, 2h.42m.morp. { First Quar. 29th day, 0h.4lm. ever.

Remarkable Days,
Important Notices, 'Cfc.

Remigius

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16 Henry Martin died, 1812

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Hog-stye. This buiiding should con-
lain one apartment in which the swine
shall be perfectly dry, and well pro.
vided with straw for their bed. An-
other part of it should be open, and
without a wooden floor; for swine will
lot well bear to be wholly secluded
from the weather. Besides, this open
part may be extended, so as to afford
i fine place for making manute. It
iiouid be lowest in the middle, and
io water should ever run from it.
Vith a proper care, many loads of
valuable manure will be made every
year, where these animals are kept.
The trough should me made fast at the
ipper side; and if the edges are cov-
ered with iron it will be well.
There should be stakes before it, so
thick that only one swine can get his
head between any two of them. The
keeping of swine is very profitable to
the farmer. Indian corn is the best
food for them, but it should be ground
or boiled till ft is soft. Like human
creatures, however, they require some
variety in their food. Boiled potatoes
may be given them with much advan-
tage.

Lay up a rich store of winter ap-
ples; let them not be bruised in pick-
ing. See that jour houses and barns
are supplied with water for winter.
Pile up stones to be removed oy sled-
jding. Look to your poultry, if you
would have a fat turkey on your table
at Thanksgiving. Possibly you will
like too, to present one to your minis-
ter, if he visits his people.

yj Month.

NOVEMBER, 30 Days.

1824

Sao in the North winds the trees are now bending,
And their i'olrge is sAvept faraway on the gale;
The chill gloom of Autumn around us descending,
And the last blooming flow 'rets look pale and more pale.

See the glittering landscape, how far it is waning,
'' How chang'd is the splendour of its rich emerald hue;

"While the few wither'd leaves on the popbr rcmainiqg.
Seem to sigh in the blast— Lovely Summer adieu!

Af1'eu, lovely Summer, forever adieu,

Yet th -Hi wilt return, jray and bright as before,

In thy bosom stew'd mantle unfurl'd with the dew;

But she who once lovM thee must hail thee no more,

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Whitfield — preaching before the seamen at, N.York., he had
the following bold apostrophe in his sermon: 'Well, my boys,
ire have a clear sky, 8c are making fine headway over a smooth
sea,before a light breeze, 8c we shall soon lose sight of land. But
what means this sudden lowering of the heavens, 8c that dark
cloud arising from beneath the western horizon? Hark! Don't
you hear distant thunder? Don't you see those flashes of light-
ning? There is a storm gathering! Every man to his dutv! How
the waves rise and dash against the ship! The air is dark! The
tempest rages! Our masts are gone! The ship is on her beam
buds! What next?' The unsuspecting tars,reminded of former
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Important Notices, ifc.

Farmer's Calendar.

Bum lard. As thb yard is tiie most
favouraole place on the farm, to make
manure, the outer parts of it should be
so much higher than the middle, that
no manure shall be washed out of it
|by the greatest rains. As many of the
barns and out houses as is practicable,
should stand on this yard, that the ma-
nure &. rubbish which they afford, may
be easily conveyed into it. The yard
should be considerably large, to affcrd

All Saints
All Souls
Heavy rains

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Cold and cloudy
21st Sunday after Trinity

\l south lh.25m. morningsufficientroom for ma'king" manure; &
should have several

apartments into
which sheep, calves, &.c. may be put,
as occasion requires. It should be sup-
plied with water; for cattle cannot be
driven to water, without much incon-
venience, a loss of manure, and often
very serious injury to themselves. As
-oon as the yard is cleared in the
spring, the good farmer will store it
vith materials for making manure. —
.See Manure, Aug.) If the barn stands
>n land somewhat descending, let the
stable floor be raised so high from the
ground that a cart may be driven under
it; and trap doors be made in the floor,
into which the manure of the stable
may be thrown: and vastly more will
heriare, than if the urine were lost,
and the dung thrown out to be exposed
to the sun and rain.

Secure your cellars from frost. Fas-
ten loose clapboards, shingles, $•& Se-
:ure a good schoolmaster, a man of

earning and good moral principles

Better give twenty dollars for a good

f man, than have a poor one for nothing.

— children with books, ^-c.

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XII. Month.

DECEMBER, 31 Days.

1824,

Divine Providence. There is a practical infidelity abroad,
which derides the idea of a divine Providence: whatever cala-
mity may happen, 'forth ccmes the philosopher,' and descants
learnedly on the causes which have produced it; h he is satis-
fied with the most absurd conclusions, U he can succeed in ex-
cluding the all sustaining 8c controlling- Sovereign of the Uni-
verse from any agercy in the event. -Many who find the day
too long,think life too short: but as short as life is, some find it
long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions, 8c
their estates. — If men hated sin in themselves as much as
they ought, humility would be a very easy and common thing.

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DEC. begins on Wednesday.

Winter.

Neader^nothev year is gone, 8c you are one year nearer eter-
nity. God has said of you, 'Let it alone this year also*— and he
now comes seeking the fruits of righteousness. Perhaps, tor
many years he has been saying this of you, 8c has been coming
Sc finding no fruit, no fear of God,no love to him or his cause,
He will at length come for the last time, Sc it may be that his
coming is close at hand. It is the humble prayer of the Editor,
that God mav never say of you, 'Cut itdown,why cumbereth
it the ground?* and that by repeutance and faith in Jesus
Christ,' vou may be accepted in the day of his appearing

New Moon 20t

Farewell.

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Farmer's Calendar.

1 9 sets 6h. 45m, evening

2 Freezing- weather

3 6 9 #

4 Clear

C !2d Sunday in- Advent

6 Nicholas

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Hard frosts

Carefully lay up tools that have bee n
used in the fall work. Post up your
books, &. prepare to settle all accounts
the first of January. Many farmers are
very negligent in keeping their ac-
counts. Hence they do not know how
much property they really possess;
.heir expenditures are suffered to ex-
ceed their income; and if they are sud-
denly removed from life, their proper-
ty is left in confusion, their estates van-
ish under the hand of the executor; &.
their children, who have perhaps been
trained up delicately, are left poor
and dependent.

Furnish your children with interest-
ing books, to read these long evenings.
Many of the publications of the 3E***?*
Society are of this hind. You have what
I advise; follow it so far as your con-
science approves of. All that remains is
The Farewell. 'Let us cease to look a-
broad for sources of sudden wealth-let
each of us attend to his farm under-
standingly-let him know his own plan
;ind pursue it steadily— let him do his
work well and in season-see that all is
in order and fit for what it is designed '
-contribute cheerfully to objects of
1 J usefulness. &c. regarding With anxious
care the interests of his church and
schools— let him discountenance vice,
and promote piety around him, by his
n St l°wn esamPIe-'el **"», i'1 short, strive
L ' ' 'iearnestlv to discharge his dutv to him-
St. John [Stephen 7; apo.jself,his neighbour,.* his God,& he can-
's Innocents notfail of success; but with an approv-
29' Rain or snoto jing conscience, & the smiles of Heaven.
3q] he will secure to himself the rank of
'ic;i„„cm r, r, ,. -o" honest, intelligent and independent
31 Silvester. Gr.EIon^tion;^^ Farmer*

T> perigee

3d Sunday in Advent

Siiqtj or sleet

Washington d.1799 iS.68

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4lh Sunday in Advent

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Christmas Day
1st Sun. after Ch1

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Explanation of the Calendar Pages.
Page first of each month; Column 6, shows the Equation of
time to the nearest minute: QsL signifies Sun slow oi clock:
Qfa. Sun fast oi" clock: Column 7, shews the Sun's declina-
tion in degrees and minutes for apparent noon at Greenwich,
or 6 hours 40 min. in the morning at Pittsburgh: D A. Signi-
fies Moon's age: Column 12, shews the rising, setting, or
southing of 7*s, except that when they are near the Sun, the
setting of the star Regulns is inserted: to find this star, sup-
pose a straight line be drawn from the. North Star through
the nearest star in the Dip.fier, (so called) and continued on
about twice as much farther, and your eye will immediately
rest on Regulus^ which is distinguished by its brightness,

Table of Solar System.

jylean dianuL

Mean distances

Time of Rotation

Time if Revolutions

Names.

in Eng. miles.

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The bun

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95,Q00,000

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Mars

4,189

144,000,000

0 24 39 22

686

23 3o 35

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328

225,000,000

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252,000,000

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263,000,000

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INFLUENCE OF THE MOON.

Abstract of a purer of Dr. Oilers, a distinguished Astronomer at Bremen in
Germany,* inserted in the " Annals de Chimie et de Physique. Fevritr, 1822/-'
[The English translation of the article entire, may be found in the New
England Farmer, Boston, August 9, 1823.]

The moon enlightens our nights, draws the earth a little from its ellip-
tic orbit, occasions a small oscillation in the earth's axis, produces the
tides of the sea, and a similar but less motion in the atmosphere. Be-
sides these demonstrable effects, many have believed, from time imme-
morial, that the moon exercises a considerable influence upon the health
of mankind, upon animals, upon vegetation, and upon chemical pro-
ducts, Experience only can throw light upon this subject; and long and
well conducted experiments have been made. As to the influence of the
moon upon the weather, the result deduced from one series of meteorolo-
gical observations, is always contradicted by another series. We cite,
for example, Howard, who- after careful observation, believed he had
discovered, that the barometer was usually lowest (that is, the air wa.-s
more cfr nse) at the time of the new moon. Cotte, on Use contrary, to

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whom meteorology is so much indebted, and who commenced in order
to confirm the remarks of Howard, found, by twenty years observation,
that the barometer was lowest at the time of. full moorl. Lalande and
Lamarke also, have drawn the most opposite results from their observa-
tions respecting the influeuctj of the moon in her passage by the plane of
the equator. Bnt what is decisive on the subject is, that in the equato-
rial regions, where the influence of the moon* ought to be greatest, not a
trace oi it is to be found, but the beat, rain, winds, 4*c all depend on
the distance of the sun from the zenith of the place. Foul weather and
fair often prevail in different places, at the same time, and consequently
under t; e same phase [appearance] of the moon. M. Bode, for exam-
ple, collected the remarks made during the time of an eclipse of the
sun, Nov. 18, 1816, from which it appears that a great diversity of
weather, without any regard to order, prevailed on that day, through a
great part of Europe. Professor Brandes compared, with great labour,
the variation of the weather over a great part of the earth's surface in the
Year 1783, and found no relation between it and the phases of the moon.
Some suppose that the full moon when rising, dissipates the clouds; but
clouds usually disappear'in a tranquil evening. — Some who live near the
sea coast, believe that the changes of the weather, and the force and di-
rection of the wind and clouds, depend on the tides. We may her* ob-
serve, that the tides of the ocean and those of the atmosphere do not hap-
pen at the same time. The air being easilv moved, and hindered by no
obstacle, instantly obeys the attractive force of the moon; but high water
in the open sea, does not take place, till three hours afterwards; and on
coasts and in bays, it happens still later. The astronomer Horseley, at
Oxford, Eng. could perceive no relation between the weather and the
tides, or moon; and Toaido, from the observations made during fifty
years at Poieni in Italy, where the climate is very mild, while he thought
that he could distinguish the influence of the moon upon the weather, was
convinced that it was extremely small. A series of experiments for many
years has convinced me, that in our climate, where the weather is sub-
ject to more considerable and numerous variations, the rules of Toaldo
are entirely wrong. For example, on the Tth of Dec. 1813, the full
moon coincided with the perigee, and two days after the moon had its
greatest northern declination, so that, from the principles of Toaldo,
the influence of the moon ought to have been the greatest possible; but
notwithstanding all this, there was not any sensible change in the weath-
er. 1 believe, then, that I have demonstrated, that the influence of the
moon upon the weather is so small, that it is totally lost amid the great
variety of other forces and causes which change the state of our atmos-
phere.

And if the influence of the moon is so insensible on the weather, we are
entitled very much to suspect its pretended influence, either upon men,
animals, or plants. In fact, it is all of it due to illusion and prejudice,
Observation shows, that the notion that men weigh one or two pounds
more at the beginning of the month; and that lobsters, oysters, &-c. are
fatter when the moon is on the increase, is entirely without foundation.
We may place great confidence in the very careful experiments made by
the celebrated agriculturalists Ladquinterie, Nardmann, Reichard, and
Hartenfels; and by the great nat caJists, Buffon and Reanmur; who pro-
ved distinctly, that the increase or decrease of the moon had no influence either
upon the germination of seeds, or upon the rapidity of their grotolh9 or upon
their quality.

Some of the inhabitants of South America and of the East Indies have
a dread of moonlight, as though it produced effects different from other
light. But the pretended pernicious effects; said to be produced, are to

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be attributed rather to the dampness of the air, and the colduess 'of the
night, than to the influence of the moon. And Bonitua observed, that
the two terrible diseases so frequent in the East Indies, namely, the
cholera morbus and dysentery, sometimes attributed to moonlight, oc-
curred most frequently during the rainy months of summer. I can posi-
tively assert, that I have carefully inquired into the influence of the
moon upon the sick, during the long time that I have practised medicine,
and that I never perceive* any relation between the moon and my pa-
tients; and modern physicians have come to a similar result. It is in
respect to the influence of the moon, as in many cases of reverie, we see

it only when we believe it. '

Facts concerning the Population of the United States.
Whole population in 179o, 3,929,326; in 18oo, 6,3o5,666; in ISlo,
7,263,926; in 182o, 9,637,734. The rate of increase between ISlo and
1820 has been 32,9 per oent. At this rate the population will double in
about 25 years. In 1790, the states west of the Allegheny mountains
contained scarcely loo,ooo inhabitants; in 182o the} contained about
2,000,000. Taking the whole United States together, the whites increase
faster than the blacks. In the Southern States, the blacks increase
much faster than the whites. In the whole United States, there are 97
females to loo males. The average of all our cities gives lo9 females
to loo males. In five of the newly settled States, taken collect! vely,there
are, among the children under lo years of age, 92 girls to loo boys. In
In our six large cities loo girls to loo boys. In five of the old States, 97
girls to loo boys. In these cities, the proportion of children under ten
years of age. is to that of the whole United States, as twenty-eight to
thirty -three. — Morse.

SYSTEM OF BEAEVOLENCE.

11 Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature."
This command was given by Christ to his followers eighteen hundred
years ago; and they have, from age to age, acknowledged it to be bind-
ing. They have seen that the Gospel, wherever it has been enjoyed, has
been productive of innumerable blessings; and that where it has not
been enjoyed, men have been ignoraut, degraded, and wretched. They
have, in every age, been praying; that the Gospel may be preached to
every creature; but their efforts to spread the Gospel have been com-
paratively few and inefficient. In the good providence of God, howev-
er, and by the agency of his Spirit, the followers of Christ are beginning
to feel, in a much higher degree than at any time since the days of the
apostles and early christians, that it is a duty and a privilege, not only to
pray, but to act.

The following is a brief outline of the systematic efforts now made to
Spread the Gospel.

BIBLE SOCIETIES.

Instituted. Instit.

British Sc For.Bible Soc, 1804
Swedish Nat. Bible Soc. 1809
Finnish Bible Society 1812
Russian Nat. Bible Soc. 1813
Geneva Bible Society 1814
Hanover Nat Bible Soc. 18 H
Prussian Nat. Bible Soc. 1814
Danish Nat, Bible Soc. 1814

Saxon Nat. Bib. Soc. 1814
American Nat. B. Soc. 1816
Polish Nat. Bible Soc.1816
Netherlands Nat. B. S.1816
Norwegian B Society 1816
Paris Bible Society 1818
Gottengen Bible Soc. 1818
Cape Good Hope B.S.I 820

and about two thousand others in various parts of the world.

,1,161

51,000,00o

1,500.000

400,000

2,149

1,307,244

9,141

2,828

1,500,000

4,274

3,400,000

1,800

2,509,762

459

200,000

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The British and horeign Bible Society is the PARENT Institution. Its
ur;nnal receipts are 460,000 dollars; it has 129 auxiliaries; it has aided in
printing or translating parts of the Bible in one hundred and forty lan-
guages or dialects and ha3 issued more than 3,5oo,ooo Bibles and Testa-
ments. The American Bible Society has 36o auxiliaries; its receipts for 1823
were 45,131 dollars; and the Bibles and Testaments issued in 1 years,
are 248,623. The Russian Bible Society has printed or translated parts
the Bible in 28 languages and dialects.

RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETIES

Instit. An. Rec. Whole No.prlnt.
London Religious Tract Society 1799
Swedish ReiigiousTract Society 1808
Bap. Evang. Tract Soc. Boston 1811
NewYork Religious Tract Soc. 1812
Prayer-book Sc HomilySoc.(Eng.)l812
Church of England Tract Society 1813
American Tract Society 1814

Liverpool ReiigiousTract Society 18 14
Baltimore ReiigiousTract Society 1815

There are numerous other Religious Tract Societies in Europe and
the United States, and some in Asia and Africa. The London Soriety is
the PARENT Institution. It has nearly 2oo important Auxiliaries; it has
printed Tracts in four distinct series, one for General use, one for Sab-
bath Schools, one to be sold by Pedlers, and one on Broad Sheets, com-
prising in all more than 4oo numbers; and ithas aided in printing Tracts
in 36 languages. The American Tract Society is the second in magnitude;
its series contains 167 numbers; and it has established nearly loo De-
positories, or Tract Stores, in the principal towns of the United States,
where the Tracts may be obtained at the rate often pages for a cent.

FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.

Names. Country. Instit. An. Rec,

Society for propagat. the Gospel, England 1617 S6,727

Societyfor pro. not. Christ.Knowl. England 1701 238,798

Moravian Missionary Society, 1732 32,000

Wesleyan Missionary Society, England 1786 119,481

Baptist Missionary Society, England 1792 58,666

London Missionary Society, England 1795 130,834

Church Missionary Society, England 1800 146,558

London Jews Society, England 1809 47,510

American Board forFor.Missions, U. States 1810 61,238

Baptist Board for For. Missions, do. 1814 22,000

Boston Female Jews Society, . do. 1816 8,316

United Foreign Missionary Society, do. 1817 12,409

American Meliora. Soc. for the Jews, do. 1819 5,837

These and other Foreign Missionary Societies now maintain about
five hundred missionaries in Heathen lands, at more than two hundred
stations. There are about 200 in Asia, 70 in Africa, 100 in the West
Indies and Guiana, 30 in the Island of the Pacific, and 100 in North Ame-
rica. The American Board now support on Missionary ground, in all,
125 labourers; 28 of whom are ordained ministers. In Nov. 1822, they

sent a reinforcement of 18 to the Sandwich Island?, and of 4 in Decern*
ber, to Western Asia. This Board and the United Foreign Missionary
Society, maintain more than 100 in our Western wilderness at 13 sta-
tions. By these Benevolent Institutions great numbers of Heathen chil-
dren are taught the religion of Christ, of whom many give evidence that
they have been born again; and some of them have themselves become
religious teachers.

DOMESTIC MI3. SOCIETIES IN UNITED STATES.

Names Iustit. An. Rcc.

Connecticut Missionary Society 1799 6,270

Massachusetts Missionary Society 1799 1,496

New Hampshire Missions y Society 1801 1,851

Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society 1802 2,000

Charleston, S. C.Cong^egational Mis. Society 1802

Western Missionary Society 1804

Maine Missionary Society 1807 2,000

Western District Female Missionary Society 1816 1,501

Vermont Juvenile Missionary Society 1818

N. Y. United Domestic Missionary Society 1818

EDUCATION SOCIETIES.

Instit Instit.

N.York Bap. Edu.Soc.1818
Philadelphia Edu. Soc. 1818
Young men's A ux.Bost. 1819
Maine Bap, Edu. Soc. 1819
Union Edu. Society 18^0
N. Carolina Ed. Soc. 1822

Maine Soc. for Theo.Ed. 1611
Mass. Bap. Edu. Society 1814
Connecticut Edu. Society 1814
American Educa.Society 1815
Western Educa Society 1817
Presbyterian Ed. Society 1818

There are many other Societies whose object is the training up of in-
digent, pioas, and promising young men for the ministry. The Ameri-
can Edu Society is the largest in the world. Its receipts for 1822 were
19,5oo dollars. It has already assisted 414 Beneficiaries, several of whom
are now faithful and successful ministers of the Gospel.

SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETIES.

No. Scholars. No. Schol.

Sund. sch.Union,Eng. 537,085
Sab. sch.Union,Scotl. 71,300
Sund.sch.Union, Irel. 173,384
Sund.sch. Union Phila. 37,200

Sund sch.Union,N.Y. 8,000
Bost. Soc. for Inst.Poor 1,000
PittsburghSabbath sch.
Union 2,000

Sabbath Schools arc now established very extensively in the cities and
Tillages of Great Britain and the United States, and they are found in va-
rious^ other parts of the world. In Huahine, one of the South Sea Islands,
is a Sabbath School of 13o boys and llo girls, taught by 13 native teachers.
COMMON SCHOOL SOCIETIES.

Instit- Income. No. Scho-

British and Foreign School Society 1806 7,1 ! 1

Hibernian Society 1806 23,842 53,233

National Education Society England 1812 10,764

Society for Education of Poor in Ireland 1814 40,000

Netherlands School Society 60,000

Society for Elementary Instruction Paris 170,000

Calcutta School Society 1820 4,200

INSTITUTIONS FOR. AFRICANS.

Instit. Instit.

African Coi.Clapharn,Eng.
Colleg-e at Cape Henry-
Java Benev. Institution 1817

African Seminary Phila. 1782
New-York Free School 1786
African Institution ling-. 1807
Afr. Sch.Parsippany N.J. 1816 | Amer.Colunization So. 18 16
The object towards which the American Colonization Society, is directing
nil its efforts to the establishment of a colony of free blacks, from this
country, on the coast of Africa. A large tract of country has been pur-
clased, called Liberia,. One hundred and ninety colonists have already
been sent out, the Society hopes soon to send many others.

MISSIONARY SEMINARIES.

Instit. Stud. Instit. Stud-

Berlin Up. Saxony 1800

Gosport, England' 1801 25

Basle, Switzerland 1815 31

SierraLeone 1815 18

Cornwall, Conn. 1816 34
Calcutta,India 1817

New South Wales

Malacca, India 1818 6

Serampore, India 1819 45

Benares, India 1819 172

Barkel, Netherlands 16
Hackney, England

INSTITUTIONS FOR DEAF AND DUMB IN U. STATES.

Instit. No Pup. No. Pup.

Hartford, Conn. 1817 69 [ Philadelphia 58

New-York, Cityl819 53 | Palmyra, N. Y.

The following Description of aFjneralh given a3 a specimen of the
attainments which one who is born deaf, may make, while enjoying the
privileges of one of these Institutions. It was written by a young lady
16 years of age, who had been in the Asylum at Hartford 4 years and lo
months. The thoughts, language, orthography, and punctuation, are
entirely her own.

" A funeral is always a solemn procession. A person is dying and lying
on his bed. A clergyman talks to him on his feelings. He prays God to
take up his soul to Heaven. He has finished praying and he goes away. A
few minutes he expires with ease or difficulty. His family are affected
with a great deal of sorrow for his death. Several friends puthim on
white olothes, and he is laid in red coffin which stan (*s on a table. There
are many persons who come to see the corpse. A few hours they are
going to the meeting-house. The strong men carry the coffin on their
shoulders in procession to the burying- ground. Before they go to it,
they put the coffin into the church. The clergyman preaches to the
people solemnly on the death, and then he prays to God to bless the sor-
rowful persons who lose their friend. A short time he has finished
praying, and the persons are dismissed. They are going to seethe
corpse, before the coffin is carried by them to the grave-yard. At
length a man fastens the couin with several screws. It is covered with a
black pail lying on a bier, and the persons arrive at the grave-yard. The
men begin to ii:ter it with a leather string info the grave, A few minutes
the clergyman is talking to the persons, while the men take off their
hats, an 1 hold them, and at length they put them on their heads. They
ieave the grave-yord to go home, and the distressed persons continue
to wear mourniug clothes during one or two years.1'

The whole expenses at the Hertford Asylum are 15o dollars a year.
None are received who are under lo, or over 3o years of age. The time
of admitting pupils is the 4lh Wednesday in Mav,

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fHEOLQGICAL SEMINARIES
Instit. Stu,
1807

1810

1812

1815

Andover, Mass.
Brunswick, N. J.
Princeton, N. J.
Bangor, Maine
Waterville,Me.bap,18 19

140
21
95

27
6

UNITED STATES.

Instit. Stu.
J Hamilton,N.Y.Bap. 1819 32
NewYork Episcop. 1820 22
Auburn, NewYoik 1821 21
Washingt'nD.C.bap.1821
Theol. Sem. Tenn. 1821

COLLEGES IN UNITED STATES.

Stu. Pious.

Stu. Pio.
23

Jefferson,Canons.Pa. 100
Washington, Pa.
Dickinson, CarIisie,Pa. 75 40
West.Univ.Pittsb.Pa. 15
Columbian, D. C. 62 18
HampdenSydney,Va.l04 24
Washington,Lex.Va. 60
Cincinnati, Ohio,
N.C.Uni.Cbapel Hill 160 6
S.C.College,Columb. 120
FrankIin,Athens, Ga. 120
Greenville,Tenn. 50

Transylvania,Lex.K. 221 16
Ohio Univ. Athens, 70

Bowdoin,Brunsw.Me.l20 20
WaterviHe, Me. 21 11

Bartraouth,Han.N.H.138 63
Burlington Vt, 42 10

Middlebury Vt. 87 58

Williams,W'ms.Mass.78 39
Amherst, Mass. 98 80

Haiv.Uni. Cam. Mass. 302 9
BrownUniv.Prov.R.I. 156 39
Yale,NewHaven,Con. 373 115
Union,Schenect. N.Y-234 66
Columbia,N.Y, City, 123
Hamilton, Paris,N. Y.107 45
Princeton, NewJersey 127 18

There are in all 51 incorporated Colleges in the United States. In
©ur Theological Seminaries are more than 350 pious students: in our
Colleges, more than 700: and more than 200 in our Academies.

RELIGIOUS PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS IN UNITED STATES,

Maine. Waterville Intelligencer, Baptist; Christian Mirror, Portland i
Rev. A. Rand. JVfeto Hampshire. Repository, Concord, J. W. Shepard-
Vermont. Woodstock Monitor, Rev.W. Chapin. Massachusetts. Boston
Recorder, N. Willis; Christian Watchman, Boston, Baptist; Missionary
Herald, Boston, panrHe*-, J. Evarts, Esq. American Baptist Magazine,
Boston, pamph. Go-sp&i Advocate, Boston, pamph. Episcopal; Monitor,
Bost. pam. Rev.H. Wilbur. Rhode Island. Rel.Intelligencer,Providence;
Conneciieni. Rel. Intelligencer, New Haven, Nathan Whiting; Chris.
Spectator, N. Haven, pam. Chris. Secretary, Hartf. Bap. Rev. E. Cush-
rnan; Youth's Guardian, N. Haven, pam. Rev. E. B. Coleman; Sabbath
School Repository, N. Haven; Churchman's Magazine, Hartford, pam.
New York. NewYork Observer; Chris. Herald and Seaman's Magazine,
N. Y. pamphlet, American Mis. Register, N.York, pam. Z. Lewis; Reli-
gious Chronicle, NewYork; Methodist Magazine, New York, pamphlet;
Christian Journal, New York, pamphlet, Episcopal; Chris. Repository,
Utica, pamphlet; Western NewYork Bap. Magazine, Homer. Pennsyl-
vania. Rel. Remembrancer, Philadelphia, John W.Scott; Christian Ad-
vocate, Phila. pam. Dr. Green; Philadelphia Recorder, Episcopal; Unit-
ed Brethren's Mi3.Intellijencer,Phila. pamphlet; Religious Miscellany,
Carlisle, Fleming and Gcddes; Pittsburgh Recorder, Rev.John Andrews.
Delaicare. Christian Repository, Wilmington. Dist. Ctl. Latter Day Lu-
minary,Washington, pamphlet, Bap. Columbian Star, Washington, Bap.
Theologies), Repertory, Washington, pamphlet, Episcopal. Virginia.

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family Visitor, Richmond, Nathan Pollard; LuaBg. and Literary Maga-
zine, Richmond, pamphlet, Dr. Rice. Sovth Carolina. SouUjern Intelli-
gencer, Charleston; Zion's Herald, Charleston, Methodist. Georgia.
Missionary, Mount Zion, B. Giidersleeve. Kentucky. Christian R per-
tory? Bowling Green, John C. Andrews; Babtist Monitor, Bloumneld;
Lower Canada. Christian Register, Montreal.

A large portion of these publications have originated within a very few
years, and their number is constantly increasing. Most of those in the
pamphlet form are published monthly, almost all the others >veekly.
The price is from 1 to 3 dollars, a year. The expense of postage may be
learned from the Table.

The diffusion of religious knowledge is among the most striking fea-
tures of the present time. The friends of religion, in every part of the
country, are now constantly furnished, at a small expense, uim a view of
the grand operations in every part of the world for the promotion of the
kingdom <f Christ. They «ee whence the funds cast into the treasury
of the Lord proceed, how they are expended, ai d the good they are ac-
complishing. They learn the wants of the destitute; the prosperity of
all Benevolent Institutions; the history of the revivals of religion with
which God is now blessing the world; the state of our Colleges and.
Semiuaries; the character of the most valuable religious works; and at
the same time, the Political events of the day, the improvements in Agri-
culture, the Arts, £cc. They see what God is doing by the instrumentali-
ty of his children, their hearts become warm with the prospect of glori-
ous things for Zion, their prayers become mere fervent, and they are led.
to feel that it is a privilege and an honour to become fellow labourers with
Christ in accomplishing his great and glorious desigas.

Conversation between W. Jl. and his neighbor H. on the efforts novo made tv
spread the Gc.'pel.

(.is tliey were returning from the annual meeting of the County Missionary

Society.)

jr. A. We have had a fine discourse this afternoon.

H. I have been down on business, Sir, and did not go in.

W. A. I am sorry, Sir; Mr. S. presented our duty to spread the gos-
pel, in a very able, interesting, and impressive manner There is so
much benevolence in the work, and it is leading on to such grand resu ts,
that the mind is at once softened and elevated, when it is brought dis-
tinctly into view.

H. Ah, there are various opinion© concerning these things, you know.

W. A. Yes, but 1 think the cause of truth may be easily defended.
Have you read the Dialogue in the last Christian Almanackr

H. Yes, that Almanack has a great deal to say about spreading the
Gospel. Bui who would think of finding religion in an Almanackr

W. A. That Almanack, to be sure, is one of the Signs of the times. I
think, however, that much may be said in its favour. ,

H. Cy the Almanack is well enough, but 1 would not be too super*
stitious.

W. A. Why, Sir, an Almanack is in some res-peels a work of consid-
erable importance. No book, perhaps, is more universally read. It
stays by during the year, and every child becomes familiar with its con-
tents. There areAlmanaeks which I confess I am ashamed to have seen in
my family. And think of their influence on their young and tender mind,
which is prone enough to vice, witl .out any incitements to ifcft-ona abioad.
The Christian Almanack is at least chaste. It docs not *ound our seosi-

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bilities, or corrupt and pfcison the minds cf any. And it is the most in-
teresting Almanack I have seen; it contains much information, many
important facts and excellent anecdotes. Besides I am willing to pat-
ronise the Benevolent Society that publishes it. But to return to the
Dialogue.

H. I have not read it much, Sir, I only looked it over as 1 was at Esq,
Hawley's the other day.

TV. Jl. It does away completely the objections to the missionary ope-
rations of the da) — that the time has not come to evangeiize the Heathen
—that we have the poor and destitute at home-- that our money is wasted
on its way to the Heathen — and that when expended among them, it does
them no good.

H. Ah, we all know that Charity begins at home, as we read*

TV. Jl Jis we read, Sir. Where do we read that?

11. In the Bibie.
W. Jl. It is not in my Bible.

H. Then your Bibie is not like mine.
t TV. Jl. Possibly you refer to what Paul says, that " he that provideth
not for his own house, is worse than an infidel."

H. That is the passage, sir.

TV. Jl. Well, Sir, will you read it again, when you get home? You will
find it in first of Timothy, fifth chapter. Paul is there speaking of the
*' idle," u tattlers," " busy bodies," " wandering about from house to
house ;" and says that he who lives in this manner, and neglects to pro-
vide for his family, is a worse than a heathen. 1 his p'assage may be
brought against the intemperate man, who squanders at the grogshop, the
money with which lie should buy his children bread; but not against the
good citizen who gives one doiiar, or five, to spread the Gospel. But Sir,
■what do you mean by Charily begins at home?

II. 1 mean that we should supply our own wants, before we send away
our money to others.

TV. Jl. But. with what propriety can we call this charity? It may be
called selfishness or avarice. These begin at home and usually end there;
but charity li seel: t:th not her own," and " loveth her neighbour as
herself."

If. After all, I think I shall put my money where I can myself see how
it is expended.

TV. .d. Your benevolence then, friend PI. must be very limited. You
cannot even give a garment to the caked, lest it should be sold for ardent
spirits, you can do nothing for the Institutions established to relieve the
Widow and the Orphan, the Sick, the Insane, the Deaf and Dumb. You
cannot even employ a day labourer, unless you are always with him in
the field. There are a thousand instances in which we must intrust our
properly to others, and depend on the testimony of faithful witnesses
as to the manner in which it is u«ed.

]ff. I have seen accounts of the iniquity of our great and good men as
they are cailed,who manage the funds given for the spread of the Gospel.

Landlord \ takes a newspaper that is lull of accounts of their errors

and mismanagement — the falseness cf their reports, and the uselessntss
of their exertions.

W. Jl. Great and good men, friend H. are net beyond the reach of en-
vy and slander; and opposes cf every gooj work will doubtless be i-'imd
in our world till the Millenk-m. But I have olten derived encourage-
D ent even liom the opfositior. now made tq the spread of the Gospel. A
few years ago. there was p; or ably as much i reposition to Christ, as there
is now; but there was no Newspaper avow eijlj opposed to Missions. The
existence of such papers only shows that the "spread of the Gospel is

j.ow :nore prominent in the efforts of Christina. And further, 1 have
believed, that even the enemies of religion would discover in these pub-
lications, such determined hostility to truth and benevolence, that the
weapons they have aimed at the best of causes, would return with vio-
lence upon their own heads,

J J. Ah, they tell one sloiw, and the Missionary publications another)
and one knows not which to believe.

W. A. But Sir, have we no means of deducing truth, even from con-
tradictory evidence? On what basis do the judges of our courts, amid the
jarring testimony of a multitude of witnesses, found their important de-
cisions? Are we not to inquire what is the character of the witnesses;
whether they were eye-icitnessesj whether there is precision in their ac-
count; and whether they sreresjionsiblt? By such tests as these, we may
easily determine which account to believe, in the case before us. Tho
officers of the important Benevolent Institutions of the day, are, by uni-

\ . versal consent, some of the ablest and be?t men in our country, men
distinguished for piety and benevolence; and the Missionaries to the Hea-
then, who were once here with us, whom we tenderly loved, and who
blessed us with their conversation and their prayers, have, by tearing
themselves from all the delights of home, and friends, and country, that
they might preach Christ to the perishing, given a most convincing proof
of their sincerity and excellence of character. Such men as these are
the eye-icitnessts of most of the accounts given to us in their official docu-
ments, and stated with a precision which in a less worthy cause would be
deemed unexceptionable. The Managers of these societies tell us to a
cent, what sums are contributed, and by whom, and where they are ex-
pended; and their accounts are vouched by faithful auditors. They tell

^us the name of each Missionary, whence he originated, when he devoted
himself to the work, where he has been labouring, and what is his suc-
cess. And their responsibility is such as rests on few other men living.
One account designedly false, given to the public, would not only remove
them from their stations of trust, and render them odious to all who are
now dear to them; but fill the Christian world with sorrow, and bring a
reproach on the cause of Christ which a long life of benevolence could

never wipe away. But the writers of these reports in opposition

Who arc they? Their names are usually unknown; and if known, by what
part of their Jives have they merited our confidence? Their reports art
vague and indefinite; and instead of being the reports of eye-witnesses,
how often are they only the distant echoes of mere suspicion, arising;
from a hatred of the truth. And their responsibility- What is it? They may

, gain a paltry pittance of wealth in this world, by poisoning the minds ot

1 the ignorant and wicked— what it will be in the world to come, eternity
will reveal
H. {Pausing.) These things are worthy of consideration.

IV Ji. My young friend -, at sixteen made a profession of re«

ligion, and at nineteen devoted three months to meditation and prayer,,
and a consideration of his duty to prepare for the mimstry,that he might
preach the Gospel to the Heathen. With unwavering attachment te
the cause, he< evoted eisrht years to the acquisition of knowledge; and
sailed immediately for the Sandwich Islands. If he has not gone to the
heathen, where is he? And when he sends us accounts of his sufferings^
aud trials, and success, are we to be told by anonymous Newspaper pub-
lications, that thev ire forgeries? Our Missionary Journals tells us, that
Dr. Worcester, th= late Secretary of the American Board for Foreign
Missions, wore ous .his life in the service of that Board, and died o»
Missionary ground. !f this is not true, whence proceeded that valuable
aaa extensive correspondence which was attributed to his pen* Why

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were the badges of mourning put on, and sorrow and gloom depicted on
the countenances of thousands of the friends of Zion? Why does every
pious traveller who visits Brainerd, tell us lie has seen his grave?

H. Ah, 1 have no question as to the truth of the accounts in our pub-
lic Journals; I have more question whether the management of the
Boards, to whom these concerns are intrusted, is always judicious. Do
they not spend money needlessly; prosecute unimportant designs; and
give great wages to those whom they employ?

W. JL, We must examine very faithfully, friend H. before we bring
charges of this kind against able and excellent Boards of trust. Their
business is often very extensive, transacted in distant and foreign lands ,
and involving a complication of circumstances with which it would be
utterly impracticable to perplex the public mind. Measures which
seem to us unwise, they may see to be necessary, because they see more
of their bearings and their ultimate tendency. Now we consider Col.
M — to be an example of economy and good management in husbandry
and merchandise; but at what stage of his efforts in acquiring his wealth,
could not a superficial observer say, Here is money spent needlessly;
this design was injudicious; the wages of this clerk and this labourer
are too high? I should be slow to charge folly to the purposes of such a
man; and at least equally so, to accuse those of indiscretion, who man-
age funds conseci ated to the spread of the Gospel. Besides, those great
and excellent men who have been the distinguished benefactors of these'
institutions, are intimately acquainted with these Boards of trust, and
most admirably qualified to judge of the propriety of their management;
yet they give their hundreds, and sometimes their thousands of dollars.
It is the man who gives nothing, and who often is wilfully ignorant, that
complains of mismanagement.

(They arrive at the house of H.)
H. Won't you call, Sir.

W. «#. I must return to my family, Sir. Good evening.
H. Good night, Sir.

W. A. Don't forget to look for the passage in Timothy.
(The next iveelc H. in passing, observes W. Jl. with three little children, in
his garden, and bends his voaxj towards him.)
' H. Well, neighbor, W. A. I am not made a convert yet. I have
about a score of objections lhat have not been answered.

W. A. I cannot engage, friend H to answer them all to your satisfac-
tion. Every thing in which human agency is concerned, is marked with
imperfection, and there are doubtless parts of the system of benevolent
exertion which, in the progress of years, will be greatly improved.

H. I wish the world to be evangelized, as much as any man — and when
the promised time comes, I believe God will perform the work.

W. A And he will perform it by the use of the means of his own ap-
pointment. He is now performing it by the instrumentality of his ser-
vants, who are laboring to spread the Gospel. Already, the tidings of
salvation through Christ are, proclaimed to distant Heathen; and multi-
tudes who have hitherto been idolaters, have become his devoted friends,
and some of them are now preachers of the Gospel, and are pointing
their deluded countrymen to the " Lamb of God who taketh away the
sin of the world." In some of the South Sea Islands, the triumphs of
Christianity " are marvellous in our eyes;1' churches are formed ;
the sabbath is regarded; and the pious example of those who a short time
since were Pagans, may well put some of us Christiana to the blush.
Thousands of heathen children are now growing up in the school of
Christ to be a generation to serve him .

(1st child, Pa, which of the beds is for these little Heathen children1})

H. I have not so many objections to missions as I had before I read
some of the Missionary publications. I see they have done some good,
and that their funds are not so extravagantly large, as has been said.
They will want all the funds they receive, and more, if they continue
their operations. Laying out so much money on these Lc:icjlciaries is
what I most dislike.

W. A. Bringing forward these young men is an important branch
of the great system. If we fail of men to preach the Gospel, and to distri-
bute Bibles and Religious Tracts, our efforts will be in a great degree in-
effectual.

H. But have we not men? are there not now in our country a host of
ministers, and candidates for the ministry, who are unemployed?

W. A. Facts show that the number is not so great as is often re-
presented. But we must expect that there will be in the ministry, as in
other professions, some faint inefficient men, who have no love for the
work, and are little better than a burden upon the christian communi-
ty. We must train up good men; able, energetic, devoted men. They
must go to the destitute in our own, and foreign lands; and labour, with
small means cf support for the salvation of souls. And whatever is ne-
cessary to their subsistence, and cannot be furnished from the field
where they are labouring, we must send them. Let these things be
done, and the work will go on; and we shall not be troubled with the ob-
jection that we are thronged with candidates.

II But who wants to see these young men, supported by charity,
living in idleness, and despising their superiors

W. A. We must not be censorious, friend H Many Beneficiaries
have destroyed their lives by incessant study . and in those with whom I
have been acquainted, I have not usually discovered a want of modesty
I know that a young man, increasing in knowledge, as he is preparing-
for active life, has need of much piety to keep him humble; but however
unexceptionable his conduct may be, he will be exposed to many an un-
kind, unfriendly remark. I have ever found, that the more correct our
information is, the less we are disposed to complain of the conduct- of
Beneficiaries. If, however, we know of real defects in the character of
anyone of them, we are bound to give the Directors of the Education
fund immediate information, so that no such grounds of objection to
their benevolent efforts may continue to exist.

H. Well, what need is there of so many Agents, ranging through the
country in behalf of Missions, and Bibles, and Tracts, and Colleges, and
Academies, and Meeting-houses, and Newspapers, and Books of every
description. (2d child, Pa, inayiit I have a bed for the littls Heathen
children?) I have just subscribed for some Books, which I will give
away to any body that will read them.

W.A. 1 will frankly give you my views friend H.on this whole subject.
The visit of a pious, discreet and faithful Agent of an important Bene-
volent Society, I think is ever productive of good. Ke communicates
fresh information; " stirs up our minds by way of remembrance," and
gives us the pleasure of personal acquaintance with cue engaged in
these benevolent designs. Still, I acknowledge there are defects in the
management of agencies. Calls are too frequent in behalf of small, and
distant, and local objects. Between such objects and the grand Na-
tional Institutions for the spread of the Gospel, such as the Missionary,
and Education, and Bible, and Tract Societies, we must make distinc-
tions. The calls in behalf of these local objects should be confined to
their immediate vicinity, where all the circumstances are known, and
where personal interest will often excite to generosity. The periodical
journals of these important Benevolent Societies, I always wish to
'ake; and it is very important that the information they contain, should

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be universally diffused. Hooks I do not subscribe for, unless a work
has a very special claim to patronage, because I can find better and
cheaper at the Bookstore. An Agent for the Missionary and Education
and Tract Societies, who is a judicious, godly man, and whose heart
is warm, I con never send away empty. And Mrs. W. A. is always
quite as ready to give to promote these great objects, as I am.

H. Oh, Mrs. H. would devote one tenth of all our income to these
objects, if I would consent.

W. A. It is a good cause, friend If. "It is more blessed to give
than to receive." Some of the most precious promises of the Bible are
to those who give their substance to the promotion of the cause of
Christ. It is only lending to the Lord, and if done from love to him, He
will, through grace, repay us a hundred fold.

H. Yes, I believe it is a good thing to do something; and I don't know
as any one was ever the poorer for it.

W." A. No, nor ever regretted it on a dying bed, or in another world.
Weil, friend H. I have four acres of corn over here, you see, now
beautifully springing out of the ground; and I will devote a tenth part of
Uto the God who dispenses the sunshine and the rain, and gave his Son
to die. 1 will give it to the Foreign Missionary Society, to be disposed
of as they may judge it will do the most good.

H. I don't Avish to be backward, but my cornfields this year are
small. (Pausing.) I have a fine flock of lambs, which I shall turn in
August. 1 will give the value of the two that command the highest
price; and send it to the Tract Society if you please. That will be de-
voting the ^ first fruits of my increase," and to this I believe a promise
is annexed.

W. A. Well, Dea I? — is now boarding a Beneficiary of'the Educa-
tiofi Society; and parson P — has been a long time instructing him gratis-.
Thus we shall be like those of ancient time, who in a cause far lesa
worthy than this, helped every one his neighbour, and every one his brotlvcr,
paging, brother be of good courage.

(Mr. S. u neighbour, approaches , going the same icay with H.)

H. (To W. A. Good morning, my dear Sir.

W. A. Good morning; let-us offer a prayer to God that he will bless
us in our conversation, and in the offering we have now made to him.

(Is/ end 2d child speaking together. Pa — Pa — which is my bedfor the Utile
litathtn children?)

Abstract of the Will of Hon. Elias JSoudinot, late President
of the American Bible Society.

1. His Library to the Theological Seminary, Princeton,
New-Jersey.

2. 3,270 acres of land, for poor foreigners in the hospi-
tal at Philadelphia.

3. 4,000 do. to NewYork Jews Society.

4. 4,000 do. to Princeton College for Cabinet of
Natural History, and Fellowships.

5. 4,0EO do. for indigent students in Theological
Seminary, Princeton.

6. 4,542 do. to American Board Com. for For.-
Missions.

7. 4*589 do. to American Bible Society,

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8. 13,000 do. to supply the poor in Philadelphia
with wood.

9. 200 dollars to ten poor widows.

10. 200 dollars to New Jersey Bible Society, to provide
the aged poor with spectacles.

11. 500 dollars to Missionary School, Cornwall, Conn.

12. 1,000 dollars to Magdalen Societies in Philadelphia Sc
New York.

13. 2,000 dollars to United Brethren at Bethlehem, for the
Indians.

14. 5,000 dollars to American Board Com. for Foreign
Missions.

15. 5,000 dollars for instruction of poor in hospitals, &c.
in Philadelphia and New York.

16. 10,000 dollars for Theological Seminary and College,
Princeton.

WILLS.

Some neglect to make a will, because they are unwilling
seriously to consider, that they are mortal. Others entertain
a strange notion, that it will hasten their death; a prejudice
which arises solely frbiii the fact, that so many defer making
a will, till they see that life is just at a close. Others are un-
der the dominion of such a chilling avarice, that there is not
a being, nor an object on earth, to whom they can consent to
give their property; they cling to it even on the bed of death,
till they can hold it no longer; and it goes they know not
where.

It is not to be expected, that either of these classes of men
will turn their attention to the subject. But there are those,
who would wish so to dispose of their earthly substance, when
y they have done with it, as to meet the approbation of Christ.
And it can hardly be supposed, that he would not approve
of their devoting some part to the promotion of the cause
for which he died: Can that man be said to honor Christ in
his death, who, from all the possessions which He has given
him, through perhaps a long life of prosperity, gives not
back one dollar to his service? Whether a man be poor or
rich, his will should be sanctified by its declaring, that a part
of his property was consecrated to Christ; and that he gave a
dying testimony of his attachment to Him.

And what child would not rejoice to remember, that his
father, before he left the world, consecrated a portion of his
substance to God; and consider a father's piety, abetter in-
heritance than silver and gold? Large estates, obtained by
inheritance, often become a powerful temptation. Few such

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estates are retained for many yearg, or descend to many ge-
herafions. The m >st wealthy, and respectable, and valuable
members of the community are, generally, the descendants of
parents who had but small'possessions.

If a man has resolved to give in his will, a part of his wealth
to promote the cause of Christ in the earth, let him careful-
ly inquire in what way it will promote the cause most suc-
cessfully. Let hm,IVom love to Christ, give it to some Be-
nevolent Institution, Let it be given to send the missionary
'to those who are now perishing for lack of spiritual know-
ledge— let it be given to train up some poor and pious young
man, who may wear out his whole life in the ministry — let it
be given to send the Bible and the religious Tract to those
who are ignorant and wicked, and destitute of all means of
religious instruction. A thousand dollars would cause the
voice of an able and faithful preacher of the Gospel to be heard
for many months in heathen lands; it would more than train
up one faithful minister; it would send forth one hundred
thousand religious Tracts, and keep them in circulation,
from year to year, among the aged and the young, and among
all, of every description, who need instruction, and are wiliisg
to receive it. And by means of anyone of these measures,'
many souls might be prepared for the kingdom of glory; and
there meetthe spirit of him, who, out of love to his Redeemer,
was instrumental in their salvation.

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FAMILY WORSHIP.
A family is a little community of members bound together
hf the most intimate relations; and no community can pros-
per without religion. Every head of a family ought to con-
sider the frown of Providence as resting on* his house, while
family worship is not maintained; for God wiU/iour out his
furyufion the families that call not nfion his name. But the
members of a family in which morning and evening devo-
tions are offered in an acceptable manner, may feel safe under
the dispensations of a prayer hearing God, who will never
wound them but in mercy; and when he wounds, his hand
will make whole.

In the manner in which family worship is conducted, there
is a very great diversity; so great that while in some families
the benefits derived are inestimable; in others they are almost
entirely lost. Early in 1823, the writer was present at the
performance of this service in the family of Mr. — . It was in
the evening. At eight o'clock the family, (not excepting the
domestics and hired men) were called together and seated,
each one who was old enough to read, with a Bible in his
hand. The Bibles were opened and the eye fixed on a parjtK

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cu'iar chapter, when the father said to the youngest, " Have
you found it, H— & " Ye?, Sir.!' u What is the first word?"
4 Moreover.' " Have you found itB — ?" speakingto thenext
youngest, * Yes, Sir.' " We will attend." He then asked a
blessing in a few words; the family all read in turn; and the
father read short practical observations from Scott. He then
repeated three verses of the 146th Psalm, which were fami-
liar to all the family, and were sung in St. Helens. A devo-
tional prayer followed, offered in great simplicity of language,
and in the spirit of paternal love. The blessings of the day
were recounted, and the particular circumstances of the vari-
ous members of the family specified — one of whom was out of
health, one in an institution of learning, and others absent.
The whole exercises occupied between fifteen and twenty mi-
nutes; and the writer verily felt that the place was a Bethel,
" the house of God, and the gate of heaven.' All seemed to
esteem it a privilege to join in the worship, and there.was no
appearance of weariness in any member. The writer was
present at seven ofthese seasons of devotion. The exercises
were conducted in a similar manner. Sometimes a few sim-
ple questions were proposed from the chapter read, and brief
remarks made; and the prayers were varied according to the
passing events, or the train of thought and feeling, induced by
t?he exercises immediately preceding. For sixteen years this
family has never once failed, when the father was at home, of
thus uniting morning and evening, in reading the Bible,'sing-
ing and praying.

It was deeply felt, that if all could be familiar with family
worship thus conducted, not one, unless totally destitute of
religion, and even of a serious regard to the welfare of the
soul, -would be willing to neglect so interesting, sacred and
useful a duty. The example of this excellent family suggests
a numberof thoughts.

1. The exercises of family worship should be performed
at seasonable hours, while the mind is vigorous, and none of
the members of the family are oppressed with sleep.

2. Domestics and all others connected with the family
should be present, because they are immortal beings, and
must be saved or lost forever.

3. The exercises should be performed at regular and
stated hours, that the family may be trained to punctuality
and system.

4. They should be so short, as not to be wearisome.

5. The prayer should be fervent, that the members of the
family may feel it to be a transaction of important business
with God, and not a mere form.

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6. It should specify circumstances in which they are in-
terested as a family, that they may feel, that all their con-
cerns are known to God, and all their sins manifest to him.

7. It should be offered in the name of Jesus Christ, and in
humble confidence in him, through whom God can b,e just,
and yet regard the cry of the penitent, and pardon and jus-
tify the true believer.

Family worship thus conducted, teaches children religion
by almost insensible degrees. While they surround the altar
of God, divine instruction" drops as the rain and distils as.
the dew." Such worship too, unites the parents and the
children in bonds of inseparable attachment. They humble
themselves together before God, and their com mon interests
are spread before him. The children observe the moving of
a father's love, and concern for their immortal welfare; they
are made to feel that he is a Christian, that he is a friend of
God, that he has an interest at the throne of grace; and they,
will love and reverence, and obey him. They are made fa-
miliar with the truths of the Bible; and these truths, if fol-
lowed, will be their safeguard through life, and their guide
to heaven. And when they have children committed to them,
they will train them up also " in the way they should go;"
and thus the influence of the pious father will descend from
generation to generation.

PROMISES TO THE LIBERAL.

Deut. xv: 7, 10; If there beamoug you a poor man — thou
shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved;
because that for this thing thy God shall bless thee in all thy

works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto Psalm

xli: I; Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the Lord will

deliver him in time of trouble. Prov. iii: 9, 10; Honour

the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all
thine increase; so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and

thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Prov. xi: 24;

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that

withholdrth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty

Prov. xiv: 21; He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

— PROV.xix: 17; He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth

unto the Lord; and that which he hath given, will he pay

him again. Prov. xxviii: 27; He that giveth unto the poor

shall not lack. Eocuxi: 1; Cast thy bread upon the waters,

for thou shalt find it after many days.— -Isaiah lviii: 10, 11;
If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the af-
flicted soul—then shall the Lord guide thee continually, and
satisfy thy soul in drought, and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.— —

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Luke vi: 38; Give and it shall be given unto you; good mea-
sure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall men give h to your bosom. For with the same measure
that ye mete withal,it shall be measured to you again. — Acts
xx: 35; I 'have shewed you all things, how thai ye ought to
support the weak; and to remember the words of the Lord
Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

2 Cor. ix: 7; God loveth a cheerful giver.- 1 Tim. vi: 17 —

19; Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not
high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living
God, who givethus richlyall things to enjoy; that they do good,
that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing
*o communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold
©n eternal life.

Annual Expenditures in the United States.
- For the spread of the Gospel, at home and abroad, less than
£300,000. Whole expenses of the National Administration,
about 820,000,000 Paid for Ardent Spirits, as sold at retail,
more than 30,000,000. — Inferences. If it is a fact, that our
countrymen pay one hundred dollars for Ardent Spirits, as

<* often as they give one dollar to spread the Gospel; and if the
Gospel is a blessing, and this extensive use of ardent spirits
is destructive to health, and property, and good morals, then,
(1st.) We can give a hundred times as much as we now do
to spread to Gospel, and a hundred times less for ardent spi-
rits; and be, as a people, far more prosperous and happy than
we now are. (2d.) Our nation is not impoverished by what
is now done to spread the Gospel. (3d) They who complain
of the extravagance of giving 300,000 dollars to spread the
Gospel, and say nothing of spending 30,000,000 dollais for

L ardent spirits, are not influenced by love of country, or love

H of their fellow men, or lose of the Gospel.

COURTS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

I United States* District Court, held at Pittsburgh, for the

Western District of Penn. on the 1st Monday inMay,and 2d
Monday in Oct. is composed of the following counties, viz*
Fayette, Greene, Wrashington,Allegheny,\VestmoreIand, So-
merset, Bedford, Huntingdon, Centre, Mifflin, Clearfield,
M'Kean, PoUer,JerTerson,Cambria, Indiana, Armstrong, But-
ler, Beaver, Mereer, Crawford, Venango, Erie and Warren,
Supreme Court. — Western District, at Pittsburgh for Alle-
gheny, Somerset,Wrestmoreland, Fayette, Greene,Washing-
ton, Beaver, Butler, Mercer, Crawford, Erie, Warren, Ve-
nango, Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana and Jefferson counties,

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on the 1st Monday of Sept. and to continue four weeks if
necessary.

C surts of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions.

Fifth District. — Wm. Wilkins, President; commences at
Butler, on the first Mondays of Jan. April, July and Oct. to
sit one week if necessary. At Beaver, on the 2d Mondays
of Jan. April, and the fourth Mondays of Aug. and the third
Mondays of Oct. to sit, if necessary one week. At Pittsburgh,
for Allegheny county, on the 3d Mondays of Jan. April, and
first Mondays of Aug. and Nov. to continue until all the
causes set down for trial shall be tried, continued by consent
of both parties, or by order of the court at the instance of ei- %^
ther party upon the usual legal grounds produced to the court.

Sixth District. — Jesse Moore, President; commences at i
Erie on the first Mondays of Feb. May, Aug. and Nov. At
Meadville, for Crawford county, on the second Mondays of
the same months. At Mercer, on the 3d Mondays of the
same months. At Franklin, for Venango county, on the 4th
Mondays of the same months. At Warren on the Mondays
next after the courts in Venango county.

7 enth District. — John Young, President; at Greensburgh,
for Westmoreland, on the Mondays before the last in Feb.
May, Aug. and Nov. At Kittaning, for Armstrong, on the
3d Mondays of March, June, Sept. and Dec. At Indiana,
4th Mondays, same months. 'At Ebensbur^h, for Cambria,
thefirst Mondays succeeding the courts at Indiana.

Fourteenth District. — Thomas Baird,President; at Somer-
set, on the lust Mondays of Feb. May, Aug. and Nov. At U-
niontown, for Fayette, 1st Mondays of March, June, Sept. 8c
Dec. At Wayncsburgb, for Greene, 3d Mondays of March,
June, Sept. and Dec. At Washington, on the Mondays
succeeding those in the county of Greene.

Mayor's Court for the City of Pittsburgh, John Darragh,
Mayor; Charles Shaler, Recorder; on the 2d Mondays of Feb*,
and May, and the 4th Mondays of July and October; George
Cochran, clerk.

Rate of Postage.

For every letter of a single sheet, conveyed not over 30
miles, six cents; over 30 m. and not beyond 80, ten cents; over
SO and not exceeding 150, twelve and a half cents; over 150
and not beyond 400 m. eighteen and a half cents; over 400 m.
25 cents, and no more whatever be the distance.

Every letter consisting of two pieces of paper, double
those rates; of three pieces of paper, triple those rates; of 4
pieces, quadruple those rates; and at the rate of four single
letters for each ounce, which any letter or packet may weigh.

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News/iafiers, not over 100 milk c«f cent; over 100 mile^
one cent and a half; to any distance in the State where print-
ed, one cent. Magazines and Pamphlets, not over 50 miles^
one cent per sheet; over 50, but not over 100 miles, one cent
and a half; over 100 miles, two cents per sheet.

Table of Simple Interest, at Six per cent.

Princi- Oneweek. One mo. One ye. Princi-One week One mo. One ye.

pal. d. c m. d. c. m. d-c mil pal d. c. m d. c. m. d. c m.

Cts.10 0,0,0 0,0,0 0,0, 6 £ Dols. 6 0,0,6 0,3,0 0,36,0

20 0, 0,0 0, 0, 0 0, 1, 2 t 7 0,0,7 0,3,5 0,42,0

30 0,0,0 0,0,1 0,1,8: 8 0,0,9 0,4,0 0,48,0

40 0,0,0 0,0,1 0,2,4* 9 0,1,0 0,4,5 0,54,0

j 50 0,0,0 0,0,2 0,3,0$ 10 0,1,1 0,5,0 0,60,0

^i 60 0,0,0 0,0,2 0,3,6$ 20 0,2,5 0,10,0 1,20,0

70 0,0,0 0,0,3 0,4,2*, 30 0,3,7 0,15,0 1,80,0

80 0,0,0 0,0,3 0,4, 8 \ 40 0,5,0 0,20,0 2,40,0

90 0,0,1 0,0,4 0,5, 4 > 50 0,6,2 0,25,0 3,00,0

Dols.l 0,0,1 0,0,5 0,6, 0 \ 60 0,7,5 0,30,0 3,60,0

2 0,0,1 0,1,0 0,12,0 5 70 0,8,7 0,35,0 4,20,0

3 0,0,2 0,1,5 0,18,0 5 80 0,10,0 0,40,0 4,80,0

4 0,0,4 0,2,0 0,24, 0 i 90 0,11,2 0,45,0 5,40,0

5 0,0,5 0,2,5 0,30, 0 | 100 0,12,5 0,50,0- 6,00,0
N. B. To understand the use of this table — against 2 dols.

9 for one week you will find the interest to be 1 mill — one
month, 1 cent — 1 year 12 cents.

*#* Money at compound interest will double itself in 1 1
years 10 months and 22 days.

Convenient Rule. In any sum the interest of the same for
six days (at 6 per cent.) will be found to be the figures on
the left hand side of the decimal point, calling the first mills.
—Thus the interest of 196 dollars for 6 days, is 19 cents 6
mills; for 3 days half the sum, Sec.

A List of the Officers who Jill the Heads of Departments of the
General Government of the United States.
JAMES MONROE, President.
DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Vice President.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State.
WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury.
JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary . at War.
SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, Secretary of the .Vavy.
JOHN M'LEAN, Post Master General*
George Washington', was elected President in 178 8, Sc re-
elected, 1792. — John Adams in 1796. — Thos. Jefferson in
1800 8c 1804. — James Madison in 180S Sc 1812 — James Mon-
.i-.oe in 1816 8c 1820.

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»o?n Pittsburgh to

Philadelphia.
To Turtle Creek 12
Greensburgh 20
Fort Ligonier 19
Sto)F!own \2

Ryan's ir

Bedford 1 1

Crossings 14

FortLyttleton 10
Skinner's 13

Strasburgh . S

Shippensburgh 10
Carlisle 21

Chamber's ferry 20
Elizabeth town 1 %
Lancaster C. H. 1 3
McClelland 's 16
Downing's 17

Admiral Warren 10
the Buck 12

Philadelphia 1 1
Total— 280
To Washington City

via Winchester*
To Findley's \ 9
Ginger Hill 1 1
Brownsville 13
Uniontown 12

Slack's 6

Clemment 6

Clark's forks of ro. 4
Smith's 7

Simkin's 8

Tomlinson's 1 1
Musselman's 10
Gwin,forks of roa.6
Crissapstown 4
Frankford 9

Springfteld 6

Coxe's 9

Higgins's,Gr.cr.ll
Rogers 6

Pew town 9

Winchester 9

Total to W.— 166

LIST OF ROADS,

Charleston 22

Hillsborough 13
Lacey's 8

L^esburgh . 6

Hummer's 12

Wiley's 16

Falls church 6

Potomac bridge 8
Georgetown and
Washington City 2
Total to W.C.-253
To' Warren.^ Ohio.
Backhouse's 9

Park's \ 3

Jackson's 2

Beaver bridge 12
Greersburgh 12
Petersburgh 11

Poland 9

Youngstown 6

Warren . A .14

Total— 78

lo Detroit.
To Warren 78

Cleveland 54

Huron 47

Sandusky 36

Fort Meigs 32

River Raisin 30
Detroit 36

Total — 312
■ Via Steubenvile, to

Zanesville.
To Mark's 7

Bevington's mill 13
Briceland's JxJ roa.4
Steubenville 12

Total to S.— 36
Day's 13

Cadiz 1.2

Titus's 8

Vvilkins's 12

Wyrick's 12

Cambridge 8

Zanesville 25

Total— 126

Via Erie Jo Buff ato,
Duncan's 18

White's 13 %

Read's 17

Jones (forks) 7
Martin's ferry 16»
Meadville 1*5

Campbell's 8

Culbertson's 8

Waterford 7

Reed's 10

Erie 5 \3

Total to E.— 124 '
Wood's 9

Canada Way 25
Eighteen M. cr, 4g
Buffalo 18

Total to B. 224
Via Wheeling-, to

Chillicothe.
Canonsburgh 18
Washington 7 y. *

M'Cracken's 10
Alexandria 7

Reefer's 10

Wheeling 6

St. Clairsville 10
McDonald's 7

Enslows 9

Wherry's branch 8
Smith's 5

Beamer's

5

Wills creek

4»

Spears

S

Morrison's .."

4

Brown's

5

Zanesville

9

Total to ZA

-134

Beard's

12

Can a way's

\9

Lancaster

8

Pursley's

11

Craig's

11

M' Coy's

' 6

Ciuliicctbe

6

1 ot^l to .€i-

-201