Huntingdon Gazette

              HUNTINGDON GAZETTE.
VoluiTie 16.
Huntingdon, (Pa.) Thursday Morning, LVcen)i>cr 12, 1816.
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PRIKTKO  Sf   PUBLISHED
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KROM THE   COKNFCTICUT COURAN-T.
BRIEF REMARKER.
'the following line from Pope, 'v4n honest isari is the noblest worL of Gcd,'' b»a boen pronounced unworthy of that celebrated pott, forasmuch as honesty i^ hut a vulgar virtue, as common to the meanest as to the greatest abilities. Iln- tiestyi though coininendahle, i<4 §o far tVoiu bcin^ one ot tho noblest of the Iru- raan qualities, that the hone«t man may, nevertheless, be but a plain simple man, of contracted intellect, of very little edu¬ cation, anil «f low oontlition.' This the noblest work of Uod ! t'j upon such non¬ sense !
Novk',to .itljuBt this matter hotween thii poet antl the critic, it will be necessary t» take a cuisoiy view of the diilbi-ent stand¬ ards of hoiieity according to one or other of which reputedly honest men square theircaiiduci, and thc different principles by which they ara governed.
iVleri si'metimes act honestly from poli¬ cy, i-ailitr than a true principle of prouity. 'hey believe, and believe aright, thatho- neftty id lhe  best policy.    According  to this so.iiid n.axiiM  tbey mean to act, and tbevgi-cdily tiud their aucuunt m it.    In short, none are wiser in their geiicr.^tion tlitii thv»s« who are honL'«taltoge-iher from policy.    VVhile carefuiiy uu'.idmjj; to keep dic!tis«?lves  \i\iliiiii tri« hedge of the law, ihe-.- wiUiuUt mercy or pity, take every m[- vai tiige tbe Lw will let tiieiii.    Thoy t-s- ca[.i til'!  iiif.uny and  punisliment wiMch cWi.a'onlv hetarthe iinpolilic vvighis who are -/en^cd in ihe black art of duvvnright rogui'i v,    'i;hus they walk in a plain nnd gai* pji'tli.    An hi/acst reputation is their p.isspi)rt, and the iiuvs of society arc their protociio.n.   Tiiese are your hard honest ! men, who are houest merely fJr their own safety and profit, and are jiWt as selfish in thcirhouesty asin every thiiigelae. True enough, the poet ia worthy of rcpiehen- sion, if he means him.    But though  thc fear of disgri^be or pUnishraent, and tho desire of a fair chai-actw, may givc bir<!i to a creditable but cbntracted and spnri- ous kind of honesty^ vhicli has in it no. tliing of ths dignity of virtue ;   y.'it  the truly Honest man, however low  in cir- boirTotancPC or mean in parts is one of Vir¬ tue's nobility.
The titllyhonect liiari would bejustas honest witKnut law as with il. Guided by the paramount authority of conscience, he neither withholds aught nor exacts aught on thc mere plea that civil Ikw is oh his side.
The triily hottest man is he who iriaktis it a cardinal peint to do to others as he vvould be done unto | and who decides vwitli justice, vrhbn self interest and jus¬ tice .ire in opposite scales.
Thi truly honest man is never ostenta- ^aas of his honesty. Ostentation of it is ahvays an ill si^t!; if looks like putting on a patch to hide a pimple.
iiut enough Of definrtibii. One good example is worth a store ef definitions ; Tad the following example all will allow to be a good one. The anecdote is given in St. Pierre's Studies of Nature.
« In the last war in Germany, ft tSptaih tf the cavalry was ordered but on a forag- fcg party.    He pwt himself at the head of Ms troops and marched to the quarter as- Bgned hi:n.    It was a solitary valley in which hardly any thing but woods could be seen.    In the midst of it stood a little cottage ; on perceiving it hc went up and Mocked at the door;  out coraes an an¬ ient Hernouton,* with a beard silvered hj age.    « Father,' tays the officer, < shew lae a field where I can set my troops a-fo- t^png.'    * Presently.' replied  the Her- jouton.   The good old man walked be¬ iore, and conducted them out ot the valley I After a quarter of an hour's march, they fcund a fine field of barley—* There is fte very thing we want,' says the captain, Have patience for a few minutes,' replies J8 gaidc you shall be satisfied.'    They jent on, and at the distance of about a juarter of a league farther, they arrived « another field of barley.    The troop im- mediately   diamouBted;   cut dowa  the pain, trussed it up, and remounted.   The
«P.?i!" "P*"* *'"* "y» t» hit conductor,
rather you  have given yourself and us
;;»nece8sary trouble j the first field was
eitiS^rf^^. •^'"'"^'ion sectcommonh eall- *'*« Umted Brethrtn.
much hetcr than ihis.'—•< Very trur. sir,* replied the good old man,' but it wa* noit mine.'
Such an example bf hom.rty, I repcit, is worth a score of deGnitionsi Here v.c have not nh abstnict notion of honesty but we see it as it were embodied. Here we behold the express form ami visage of ge¬ nuine christian honesty, .nrfing on the principle of lovinfj; one's' npisjhbor as ons'.^ self. And whnt though ihi.' exemplar wa« an ohscnrn and lowly man distinguished neither for p.irf8 nor'for learnin;: ? In tho moral frairie of his mind there was .1 no¬ bleness nf heavenly origin : a nohlcticss far superior to e^ninent natural part^, Which belong alike to thc bent & the ^vor?t uf human beings.
Compare this hUtiiblellernou(en nrMo- mvian, with the illustrious chieltaitis who figured in that German war, and whose bloody rleeds are embla-/,on(Ml on the page bf history. Compare his disinteiested- nesH with their selfishness ; his philan¬ throphy with thcir greedy avarice and fell ambition ; his tender & scrupulous regard to the rights of his neighbour, with their unfeeling spirit of plunder and rapine— and judge which party i« cntit ed to stand highfeSt on the scale of geutiihe lio- nonr.
From tht Harrisburg Chronicle, .Vot. l£l.
<' rnr? i.vi:)KT>nNPKy7- RT-.-.-raLicAN'.*'
Mr. liiigli MaKVveli, niio  has for some time  iKiKt. piililished  the   " A<lvocate of rriion,"-   in iVriD]inbii»'i'-,  CTiioti  Criinty, has rciiiovtMl to Ijclleftuil*', Cerilrr Coun¬ ty, and on lhe 'Uh itiiifant i.isU. d (he firit number of a ncwsipap^r, under the title ot | the Independent   U.;[j».il>lio;in.     The fol- I lowing portrtiit iif rlir Frees ir Venr.-iyl- ; vania i-* dravvn to the life, am. !;.i3 not u j feature but wiil be i-'.'Cf'gin5ted by if.osi vf our brethern ofthe tvj.c.
F'rom thc Fnlepeuder.* Ftpsblican-
The establishment of ono or oitire ir,- depnndent republican papers in (he inte¬ rior of Pennsylvania, it was sor.:ctime since remaiked, had becoue hf/.5lily n-j- cossary for the resuscitation of that "truly republican spirit which heretofore cbaro terixed our State.
Those who ob.served thcgiadual decline of that spiiit, a.nd were .-inxions to apply a remedy to r ^rov/in- t-vil, wexe, lmos-- of them, un.-icqu.iinted v.itii the ca-jses of thit evil. \Vei-» the progress of thatde- tenoi-a*ion v;hic!i t!i3 rcp'.iblicnii cause ha3 suS'ered, flashed at once upon the vIlhv s \vp.'-e all thruo sclieoies whicli have been too succcfifuliy practised, fully ex¬ posed, some ofthose who deem themselves observers, and think themselves tolerably well versed in th^ arcana of intrigue, would shrink from the disgusting picture. In those attempts which have becu made ko establish an ndependent press in the inferior, <{i£Bcultios arose so thick, upon the unfortunate projector that it has olten been resigned from the disgust, and not unfi-eqi;ently for want of the nectssary Support.       .
Every cciinty to;vn has its printer, ifr a loaii who bears the nameof piinter, most of whom have no other title to the appijl- lati!)ii thnn having acijuired a sligbt knoiy- ledge of the mechanical part of the pro¬ fession, and seldom are ihey po.ssesaed of a will, <ir mind of tbeir own. Thus it is that the profession, in many instances, ha-j been treatijd with contempt, because sono of those who were pawned on the public deserved no better treatment : Thus it is tbat the press hae failed to he U<icful, because it has fallen into impro¬ per haiids.
The degf.vlatlon of tho press did not ^iop here. When talents were no long¬ er employed in its management, it fell a irey to the designing and worthless; It lecame an engine in the hands of intrigu¬ ers to promote private vievs,and was em¬ ployed to intimidate the prudent, to hold ID check, those whom it was feared che¬ rished a disposition hiistile tb despotic rule, and to abuse and blast the reputa¬ tions of those who had the hardihood, or as some would term it, the folly to be in¬ dependent in mind, and dared to use the liberty of speech in giving their candid opinions of men and measures.
It is well uDderstood that the county printing is one of thc great inducements to the estaldishment of a country press : That the work of the s(at« officers, She¬ riff and CauiBiiseioncrs, comfiosi; a consi¬ derable pBrtion of the printer's support; and that these tnen arc generally popular, particularly on their entrance on their oflicial duties. Thcy are, therefore, the persous «ho have the most influence in making choice of a printer, and lh»».y are the persons on whom he niu«t c^iidlv" rely for support.
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, .-.   That the Influence tlius ohtrir(^d over
th* conductor of the pross, is sometimes
improperly used, need not now hc asscrt-
fd ;   it is a fact unfortunately too well
'established.
There ate mrlhy ofiiccr.«5 who tre .ihove those practices. There are many v,-ho deservedly enjoy flu; confidence and es¬ teem of their'neighbors. There ti'.-e ma¬ ny who neither intrigue, control a printer, employ {he money of the state for the pUrpoM'S of corruption, t.or denounce and abuse those who do not accord willi lhem ill opinion; But, there are too many whom anxiety to retain the ofiiees thoy at pre¬ sent enjoy, and to obtain more, impels to a course of cilnduct that nothing can jus¬ tify. To manifest their zeal in the ser¬ vice of those by whom they were appoint¬ ed, and attract the atiention of those who distribute the national benefices, the (iress Is the lever, thc people thc fuleium of iheir schemes to raise themselves, chil¬ dren, and relations to fortune iind consi¬ deration.
Thns docs the pi-rss become the pander to voracious intriguers, the prostitute of the baser passions. Thus are the virtuous reviletl and slandered falsehoodsciriWilat- ed or triuhs partially disclosed ai, may best suit the purpose. Who is he, within the range of these pettt tyrants that dare dispute their will } it a'Sheriff is to be elected he is nominated by lh". dictator. If a member of the cefi«*i"nl assembly who rnay suit his purpose in rancus. is propo¬ sed by him, Tvho dare point out his want of talf r.ts, of crip-icify or in>grity P He vho dares, will have all the infainy of a hi'linc; press poured iipon his cha>-acter, and ;iil tlK."fe epithpis aj^jlicd to hisn^ime rh'iCn 1,-itely carried .•^uch terror to these who isi*;!v,-J til live in pcf/-e.—Rome of tlia lw->.t eii'l firme!'t rcpi:h!icRiis of our cuHMtry have h'.on ?ti*i>n«ti-y.eii as torle*. fKuC-aii^t!?, !t;:tl«-» r!tl';if»i, jmmbleis; have beer, denonhrod iiri (nMit<»a(s fc apostates: riid fvr rJiat." hccl'ijf.e fh«^y h?.vo detcr- iiiinod t'-^-'.'xerclse the rights secured to thetri Ity (he constittStior-^bccansc thciy l<ave (tftrrd to tbink & act for themselves on qno«<t!on5 concer.'jir;.^ thftheclvcs and the interpj'tf^ of their country. BerauRe V.ey could not coiiscicllloiisly submit lo bc ru}«^(? !iy n dictator, who ."ict.^ nniler tl!'» usuqn-ii aulhority of a self created U'tird of dictator?.
When such a .svritcm talics root ifitid spreails ilfi baneful brawclies over a ration, then indeed, may that pn Iod be termed <'the reign ol terror." Thrt Firebrand of Ihisccrd sheds its idoodred glare, and proscriptions, & political ctindiMnnations pour from the hirlingpressc?.
Tbe British systeui of diviJe and ^- verUi has been as complttcly prac iiiled in the state of Pennsylvania for :i few years past as ever it vvas pracfintd i'i Irelaod. There the intolerant spirit of religious persecution was kept alive by thc exerti¬ ons of the officers and agentt^'of a corrupt fDvarnmcBt, Social intercourse was bro- en up—brother was arined aj^aitnt bto- ther, neighbor against neighbor.—Here the same intbleranco is pracfiseil in po¬ litics, that is tliere practised in religion. If I am teen conversing with my neigh¬ bor who has the misfortunfe to be'called a federalist, but to vv-hom in every other re¬ spect DO exception coiild be nriade, i am denounced as a tory. tf I am discovered to be on friendly terins with a man who once i* his life voted against Simon Sny¬ der, the cry of quid is raised against me. If I venture a word in favor of my friend, who may have incurred the displeasure of the dictator—-" What! are you one of the grwmblersf Are you one of thc vial- cOntenisf^—Do ybu set up your opinion in favour of a set of disorganizer-i, that should be driven ont of (he country.' You art going to turn Independent Repuhlican, are you f You are going to set up your opinion too, about political matters^ arc you ; and about men and measures ?
How many good men, will rather eo with the stream, than encounter the tor¬ rent of abuse ? How many men will pre¬ fer resigning the right of exercising their opinions openlyi however thcy may feci a^ieved, to opposing themselves, their families ahd friends to all the abuse that malignity Can invent f Truly has the ap¬ pellation ^iitnW^r been applied, for such has been the insolence anu the po-.ver of the <?rrorrsA* that few men had the firm¬ ness to speak on*—thev could only gi'um- hle. It was dangerous to complain, it was fatal to speak of their oppressions—there¬ fore are thcy called grumblert. Thoy vented in secret their complai'its to others —therefore are thev ttiled malcontents .'
Yc who reside Tn cities know little of the extent to which tyranny has been ear¬ ned ill the interior, under spacious names and various pretences. Duriag the war, opposition could not avail; but now, when onr country is blest with peac« abroad, i^
the time for the enlightened and thegooj, to unite both heart and hand in restoring to our country thc blessings of peace at home, and domestic concord. It is time to rescue our belovwl land from the do- mination of petty tyrants, d domioatioa as ilcstruclive of national happiuest t4 injurious to internal prosperity. It iS time that the councils of the nation shoaid. he purged from weakness, vice, folly aiifi ignorance. It is time that revilings and petty warfare should cease, aud the ati tention of the wi.m; and the good be uuit* ed in promoting the genuine Intercata ot' our country.
To these objects shall the pages of the IndepcTidtut liephlflicanhe i[evotcti. Whilfe its ediior can use a pon, his cfibrts sbul not Blacken.
From the. Albany Register. ONION .lUICE.
. "Most people will probably remcmbfr (hat a numher nf yeat-s since, the questioa of "What is the cause why a fish added to any given quantity of water in which it can flwiinj dues uot increase its weigtit," was started, and received many able ai>d iearned discussioiis, and many ingenious theories were invented to account for it, whea sohie one tried the experiment, and feund it—all moonshine—and the position totally incorrect, to the no small confust* on of its great defenders.
There is now an article going flie roands of the pnblick prints, whi^ at- setts thut the Jiiice of an Onion being rubbed on thc magnedck ncedly totally destniys it? properties, and »vill no longcu settle north or south, -nhich if true, is ctn-.i tainly a great curiosity, and a discovery ot no ordinary importance. From thi; seeming impossibility of this being th-ft case. I was led to try tiie experiment, by which I nm thoroughly convinced, and am able to <-\cco'jnt for it in the following ways; vi;',. th>it it is of a piece n-ith tho *« fisH story.*' a quii, and totally false.
J found OS trial, that thc needle w*>}» tiot in the pli^;t«»8t measure affiieted by it,, that it ncitlivT lost its attraction nor its polarity, that the magnet attracted and repelled it the same numbtr of degrees from its natural po<='tion of norih &soMtk aft it did before.'—The same force was ex¬ erted when fhe hi.ignet v,'?.» rubbed tho same as the needle, ard in the same pro¬ portion, and even when the needle was' completciy immersed in the filto:-cd juica of the onion it still kept all of its quali¬ ties of polaj-ity, and was attracted and repelled as it would have been ia common water. I tried it both with the white and. rod onion, and do undertake to say, that the Juice of an Onion has no more cfi'cct on thc Magnetick Needle than a blister¬ ing plitistct wonld upon a tvooden leg.
"^In short, lhe experiment had a inuc3{ thoro pinverml eifect on my eye.3, nose &¦ lungs, than upon the inscrutable, power.j ful, and imihutiibic principle of wiOgKfe- tisin.
Ballstdn Spa, JW. 14, 18I'O.
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Fi'ufn the Euro^iean Alagaxine, of Juhfy 1790. feECElPT roil A COLD.        ,, The !a(e Dr. .lame.s Mglone's Receipt for
a Cold, which hc strcuuonaly  recoin-
me.'ided'
Take a lai-g:e tea ctip full of lirisced, 2 penny-ivorlh of stick liquorice, & a quar¬ ter ol" a pound of sun raisins; put thc^e into 9 qtiarts of s<irt water ; let it simmer over the fire, till it is reduced to one—^ Theih add to it a quarter of a pound of sugar candy pounded, a table spoonful of old rom, ahd a tabic spooii-ful ofgood vi¬ negar or loioon-joicp.
Note.—The rum and vinegar or lert"' on-jiiice, are bost to be added only to that quimtity you are going immndiately to take : lor, if it is put iuto the Avholc'it itf apt to grow flat.
Drink a half pint going to bed, and take a little ^ hen the coujih ia trouble¬ some, 'nds medccino generally cures tiie worst of colds, iu two or three days; and if taken in time, may he said lo be nn infalliable remedy. It is a mott sovereigti and balsamick cordial for ths lungs, with¬ out the opening qualities which endangei- fresh colds, on going oat. It has heen known tn cure coMs Ihat have been al¬ most settled into consumptions, ia le^« tlian three weeks.
Method of curing the Rut in (rroift.
The rot cont<i<its in a black and fetiil dust, which attaches ifsclf Ut the grain &. infects it. If thc rotted grain be niixe<l with the dound, it will communicate thi.s viroa to it; and if t!i". seed be infected, th« whole crop will Lc : nnd (he C0B8Ucnptio>i of the bad graiti v. jl' produca «pidcmi«;. The means iif pievootinjj Uiis contacion, is t^ v.asli t)y..' r- .".I ;jvain ia Ijc wrtrirf