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BY ALBON CHASE.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1844.
GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA.
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JOHN
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Oil YWFORD, of Richmond, Governor, term of service expires, Nov. 1845,salary S3.000
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GEORGE W
NATHAN C. BARNETT, of Clark, Secretary of State,
WALTER II. MITCHELL, of Baldwin, Treasurer, -
DAVID E. BOTHWELL, of Jefferson, Comptroller General, -
M /WkYfivnnvT o n
I COMPTON, of Butts, Surveyor General,
N S. THOMAS, of Baldwin, Director of th
of the Central Bank.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark, President of the Senate.
B. F. HARDEMAN, of Oglethorpe, Secretary of the Senate.
(JHARI.ES J. JENKINS, of Richmond, Speaker of the House.
FERRELL, of Troup, Clerk of the House.
REPRESENTATION OF GEORGIA IN CONGRESS.
SENATORS—John Macpherson Berrien and Walter T. Colquitt.
REPRESENT.YJ'IVES—Edward J. Black, Absalom II. Chappell, Duncan L. Clinch, Howell Cobb,
Hut;li A. Haralson, John II. Lumpkin, Alexander II. Stephens, and William II. Stiles.
These eight representatives were elected by general ticket. The next election for representatives is
to be held by districts, which have been organized as follows
First District.—Camden, McIntosh, Chatham,
Montgomery, Ware. Lowndes. Glynn, Liberty, Ef
fingham. Tattnall, Laurens, Telfair. Wayne, Bry
an, Bulloch. Appling, Emanuel, Thomas.
Second District.—Houston, Baker, Slewart, Mus-
nogee. Irwin, Decatur, Lee, Sumter, Marion, Pulas
ki, Karlv, Randolph, Dooly, Macon
Fifth District.—Dade, Floyd, Murray, Cobb, For
syth, Walker, (.'ass, Gilmer, DeKalb, Chattooga,
Paulding, Cherokee, Gwinnett.
Sixth District.—Union, Rabun, Jackson, Clark,
Lumpkin, Franklin, Madison, Walton, Habersham,
Hall, Elbert.
Scrcnlh District.—Morgan, Putnam, Jones, Ogle-
Third District.—Harris, Twiggs, Bibb, Talbot, thorpe, Greene, Jasper, Baldwin, Taliaferro, Butts,
Upson. Pike, Crawford, Monroe. Wilkinson.
-pson
Fourth District.—Troup, (Joweta, Carroll, Meri- I
roup,
wether, F..*cttc, Jlcnry, Heard, Campbell, Newton.
Eighth District.—Wilkes, Richmond, Jefferson,
Washington, Lincoln, Burke, Warren, Columbia,
Scriven, Hancock.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
CHARLES S. HENRY, of Chatham. Judge of the Eastern Circuit,
JOHN SHLY. of Richmond, Judge of the Middle Circuit,
GARNETT ANDREWS,of Wi ikes, Judge of the Northern Circuit,
JUNIUS IIILLYER, of Clark, Judge of the Western Circuit, -
FRANCIS H. CONE, of Greene, Judge of the Ocinulgee Circuit, -
CARLTON B. COLE, of Twiggs, Judge of the Southern Circuit,
EDWARD 1). TRACY, of Bibb, Judge of the Flint Circuit, - -
JOSEPH STURGIS, of Muscogee, Judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit,
AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT, of Cass. Judge of the Cherokee Circuit, -
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb, Judge of the Coweta Circuit,
WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Early, Judge of the South-western Circuit, -
ID* Lott Warren has been elected Judge of the South-western circuit, and E. Y. Hill, Judge of Uie
(Joweta Circuit, for the term of four years after November, 1814. .
Johx J. Flournoy, Att’y. Gen. for Middle Circuit. A. S. Wingfield, Sol. Gen. Flint Circuit.
salary $1,800
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“ 1.800
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** 1.800
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“ 2,100
2,100
W. P. White, Sol. Gen. Eastern Circuit
L J. OmauL, *• Northern Circuit.
J.W. Underwood, “ Western Circuit.
J. M. Ashvrst, “ Ocmulgee Circuit.
P. E. Love, “ Southern Circuit.
SUPERIOR COURTS.
EASTERN ClRCl'IT.
Chatham. 2d Monday in January and May.
Bulloch, 4th Monday in March and September.
Effingham, on the Thursday after the 4th Monday
in March, and Friday after 1st Mond. in Nov
Milton Williams,
Richard Junes,
Noel D. Knight,
W. J. Patterson,
Chattahoochee Ct.
Cherokee Circuit.
Coweta Circuit.
Southwestern Ct.
j Wayne,
. Camden,
I Glynn,
McIntosh,
INFERIOR COURTS.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Last Monday in December and May.
1 in January and June.
1st
2d
Camden. 2d Monday in April and 4th Monday in j Bryii'iT”"' 4th
November. j t i|j Prl y oj
Wayne, on Thursday after 1st Monday in April, and j K ,, |’ T .
Thursday alter the 3d Monday in November. \
Glynn. 3d Monday in April, and Monday alter thej Chatham 3d “ in “ “
4lh Monday in Noveiuberl , j MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Melntosh. till Monday m April and Monday after. ... ..... . , , ,
Court in Glynn Columbia, 4th Monday m January and June.
in February and July,
in “ “
Liberty, Monday thereafter, and Monday after ''' as *' n 8* n i4th
court in McIntosh. I Montgoin y, 1st
Bryan, Friday thereafter and Friday after court in | *jaitnaJI, 2d
Liberty. ' [Emanuel, 1st
MIDDLE CIRCUIT. : Scriven, 2d
Richmond, 2d Monday in January and 1st in June. I Burke, 1st
Columbia. 2d Monday in March and September. j Jefferson, 3d
Washington, lib Monday in March and September, j Richmond, 1st
Montgomery, 2d Monday in April and October. j
Tatnall,Thors’y after 2<! Mond’y in April and Oct. . Madison,
Emanuel, 3 1 Monday in April and October. j Elbert,
Scriven, till Monday in April and October. j Oglethorpe,4th
Burke, 1st Monday in May and 3d in Noyetnlier. I Lincoln, 1st
Jefferson, 3d Monday in May and 2d in November. [Hancock, 1st
northern CIRCUIT. j Warren, 2d
Wilkes, 3d Monday in February and 4th in July. Wilkes, 1st
Taliaferro, 1st Monday in March and September. [Taliaferro, 1st
Madison. 2d Monday in March and September.
Elbert, 3d Monday in March and September.
Warren, 1st Monday in April and Octol>er. j Rabun, 1st
Hancock, 2d Monday in April and October. j Gwinnett, 2d
Oglethorpe, 3d Monday in April and October. Jackson, 1st
Lincoln, 4th Monday in April and October. [Clark, 4th
western* CIRCUIT. i Habcrsh'in,2d
Clark. 2d Monday in February and August. Hall, 4th
Walton. 31 Monday in February and August. } Walton, 3d
Jackson, 4th Monday in February and August.
Gwinnett, 2d Monday in March and Septemlier.
Had, 3 1 Monday in March and September.
and July,
in February and August,
in “
in January and July.
in April and 3d in Sept.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
2d Monday in January and July.
3d “ in “ “
in “ and June,
in February and July.
“ in *• and August.
** in “ “
“ in May, 4th in September.
“ in June and December.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Franklin, 4th Monday in January and July.
in July and January,
in June and December,
in January and July,
in April and October,
in July and January,
in “ “
in May and November.
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
Wilkinson, 2d Monday in July and January.
POETRY.
From the Sacattnah Georgian.
To II. R. J.
.
A thousand blessings, brother bard,
A thousand joys to thee!
A life time—without sorrow marr’d,
A death—from anguish free!
A sky,—whose tints will softer grow,
When youth's bright sun hath set;
A love—that e’en 'mid age’s snow,
Thy heart can ne’er forget!
May dark misfortune’s Gorgon head.
Ne’er frown on thee or thine !
May sorrow’s footsteps lightly tread,
Where thy affections twine!
May Hope still flash her beacon light,
Across thy future path,
To cheer thee in life’s hours of night,
Of trouble and of wrath!
Tlio" such my wish, not such thy life,
Not such thy fate will be ;
Thy bark will meet with waves of strife,
As well as summer sea ;
Time, thorns as well as flow’rcts strews;
But still this moral hear:
Thy sky would wear no rainbow hues,
If it had wept no tear!
Far be the hour when Care sltall throw
One shadew o'er thy way !
Long be thy heart as free from woe,
As it is e’en to-day,
Accept this token of regard.
An offering warm and free ;
A thousand blessings, brother bard,
A thousand joys to thee ! II. M. C.
MISCELLANY.
llabun, Thursday after the 1st Monday in April
October.
Habersham. 2d Monday in April and October.
Franklin, 3<1 Monday in April and October.
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
Marion, 1st Monday in March and September.
Harris, 2d Monday in March and September.
Talbot, 3d .Monday in March and September.
Stewart, 4ih Monday in April and October.
Muscogee, 4lh Monday in May and November.
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
Paulding. 1st Monday in February and August,
(’ass, 2d Monday in Fcbrunry and August.
tOhcrokec. 3d Monday in February and August.
I ’orsyth, 4th Monday in February and August.
I lUinpkin. 1st Monday in March and September.
1 nion. 2d Monday in March and September.
G timer, 3d Monday in March am! September.
M array, 4th Monday in March and September.
W alker, on Tuesday after the 1st Monday in April
and October.
D ule, 2d Monday in April and Octol»er.
Cl lattooga, 3d Monday in April and October.
F! oyd 4th Monday in April and October.
SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT.
Ms .con, 1st Monday in April and October.
Ra ndolph, 21 “ ** “
in January and July,
in “ **
in June and December.
Jones, 4th
Jasper, 4th
Baldwin, 4th
G rccue, 2d
Morgan, 1st “ in **
l’utnam, 3d “ in “
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
[Twiggs, 4th Monday in J.biuary and July.
| Lowndes, 1st “ in February and August.
Thomas, 1st “ in January and July
Irwin, 4th “ in January, 1st in July.
Telfair, 1st “ in April; 2d in October.
Laurens, 1st “ in June and December.
Pulaski, 3d •* in January and July.
Appling, 3d “ in June and December.
Ware, 4th “ in “ “
FLINT CIRCUIT.
1st Monday in March and September.
Bibb,
Houston,
Butts,
Crawford, 3d
Upson, 4th
Pike,
Monroe,
Newton,
Henry,
4th
2d
1st
2d
4th
4th
in January and July,
in ** “
in May and November,
in “ “
in June and December.
in May and November
“ in June and December.
in April and October.
F.J.rly. 4th
Dooly, 2d
Sumter, 3d
Lee, 4th
f taker, 1st
Decatur, 2d “
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
‘Morgan, 1st Monday in March and September.
(•Teen, 2d “
Putnam, 3d “ “
Baldwin, 4th
Wilkinson, 1st
.(ones, 3d
J asper, 4th “ • ■*' 44
SOUTHERS CIRCUIT]
Laurens, 1st Monday in March and September.
’Twices. 2d “ ’ in April and October.
T.llaski, 3d
lrwi.i, 4th “ " “
Telfair, Thursday after the 4tli Monday in April
and October.
Thomas, 4th Monday in May and November.
Ejowndcs, Mond. after 4lh Mond. in May and Nov
Ware, Monday after Court in Lowndes.
Applimr, Thursday after Court in Ware.
FLINT CIRCUIT.
Crawford, 1st Monday in February and August.
in January and July.
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
Paulding, 3d Monday in May and November.
Cass, 4th “ in “ “
in June and December,
in May and November,
in June and December.
Cherokee,1st
Forsyth, 4lh
Lumpkin,3d
Union, 4th
Ch’ttooga,lst
Gilmer, 1st
Murray, 3d
Walker, 3d
Floyd, 4th
Dade, 1st
in Augnst and February,
in July and January,
in •* “
“ in June and December.
COWETA CIRCUIT.
Fayette, 3d Monday in January and June.
in January and July,
in April and October,
in June and January,
in June and December,
in July and January,
in June and December,
in “ “
♦» in May and November.
Carroll. 3d
Meritv’r, 4th
Troup, 3d
Coweta, 4th
DeKalb, 2d
C’nipb’11.2d
Cobb, 3d
Heard, 4th
SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT,
Randolph, 2d Monday in January and July.
Upson,
Pike,
Monroe,
Butts,
Newton,
Henry,
Houston, 4th
Bibb, 1st
2d
3d
1st
3d
4th
2d
in March and September.
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in April and October.
“ in May and November
COWETA CIRCUIT.
Meriwether, 4th Monday in February and Augnst.
Coweta, 1st
fayette, 2d
DeKalb, 3d
Cobb. 4 di
Campbell j st
Carroll, 2d,
Heard, 3d
Troup, 4th
in March and September.
Lee,
Early,
Baker,
Decatur,
Dooly,
Macon,
Sumter,
4th
2d
4th
1st
4th
1st
3d
in February and August,
in January and July.
in April and October,
in June and December,
in February and August,
in ** “
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
Stewart, 4th Monday in January and July.
Marion, 3d “ in May and November.
Muscogee,4th “ in January and July.
Talbot, 3d “ in June and December.
Harris, 4th “ in “
ALMANACS FOR 1844.
in April and October.
"d Catolina Almanac, Elton’s
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From Prescott"a qf Mexico.
Montezuma's Way of Life.
In the late work of Mr. Prescott—“Con
quest of Mexico,” we find the following very
interesting description of the “way of life”
of the Mexican King :
The domestic establishment of Montezu
ma was on the same scale of barbaric splen
dor as every thing else about him. lie
could boast as many wives as are found in
the harem of an Eastern sultan. They were
lodged in their own apartments, and provi
ded' with every accommodation, according
to their ideas, for personal comfort and
cleanliness. They passed their hours in
the usual feminine employments, of wea
ving and embroidery, especially in the
graceful feather work, for which such rich
materials were furnished by the royal avia
ries. They conducted themselves with
strict decorum, under the supervision of cer
tain aged females, who acted in the respec
table capacity of duennas, in the same man
ner ns in the religions houses attached to
the teocallis. The palace was supplied with
numerous baths, and Montezuma set the ex
ample, in his own person, of frequeut ablu
tions. He bathed at least once, and changed
his dress four times, it is said, every day.—
He never put on the same apparel a second
time, but gave it away to his attendants.
Queen Elizabeth, with a similar taste for
costume, showed a less princely spirit in
hoarding her discarded suits. Her ward
robe was, probably, somewhat more costly
than that ol the Indian Emperor.
Besides his numerous female retinue, the
halls and ante-chambers were filled with no
bles in constant attendance on his person,
who served also as a sort of body guard. It
had been usual for plebeians of merit to fill
certain offices in the palace. But the
haughty Montezuma refused to be waited
upon by any but men of noble birth. They
were not unfrequenily the sons of the great
chiefs, and remained as hostages in the ab
sence ol their fathers ; thus serving the dou
ble purpose of security and slate.
His meals the emperor took alone,
well matted floor of a large saloon was cov
ered with hundreds of dishes. Sometimes
Montezuma himself, but mure Cl eminently his
steward, indicated those which he preferred,
and which were kept hot by means of cha
fing dishes. The royal bill of fare compre
hended, besides domestic animals, game from
the distant forests, and fish which, the day
before, were swimming in the Gulf of Mex
ico ! They were dressed in manifold ways,
for the Aztec artistes, as we have already
had occasion to notice, had penetrated deep
into the mysteries of culinary science.
The meats were served by the attendant
nobles who then resign the office of waiting
on the monarch to maidens, selected for
their personal grace and beauty. A screen
of richly gilt and carved wood was drawn
around him, so as to conceal hint from vul
gar eyes during his repast. He was seated
on a cushion, and the dinner was served on
a low table, covered with a delicate cotton
cloth. The dishes were of the fir.est ware
of Cholula. He had a service of gold which
was reserved for religious celebrations.—
Indeed, it would scarcely have comported
with even his princely revenues to have
used it on ordinary occasions, when his ta
ble equipage was given away to his attend
ants. The saloon was lighted by torches
made of a resinous wood, which sent forth
a sweet odor, and probably not a little
smoke, as they burned. At his meal, he was
attended by five or six of his ancient coun
sellors, who stood at u respectful distance,
answering his questions, and occasionally
rejoiced by some of the viands with which
he complimented them from his table.
This course of solid dishes was succeeded
by another of sweetmeats and pastry, for
which the Aztec cooks, provided with the
important requisites of maize, flour, eggs
and the rich sugar of the aloe, were famous.
Two girls were occupied at the further end
of the apartment,during dinner, in preparing
fine rolls and wafers, with which they gar
nished the board from time to time. The
emperor took no other beverage than the
chocolcU, a potation of chocolate, flavored
with vanilla and other spices, and so pre
pared as to be reduced to a froth of the con
sistency of honey, which gradually dissolved
in the mouth. This beverage, if so it could
be called, was served in golden goblets, with
spoons of the same metal, or of tortoiseshell
finely wrought. The emperor was ex
tremely fond ol it, to judge from the quanti
ty, no less than fifty jars or pitchers being
•-w»red for his own daily consumption!
’ —« wcrc-al lowed for that
The general arrangement of the meal
seems to have been not very unlike that of
Europeans. But no prince in Europe could
boast of a dessert which could compare with
that of the Aztec emperor. For it was
gathered fresh from the most opposite climes;
and his board displayed the products of his
own temperate region, and the luscious
fruits of the tropics, plucked, the day previ
ous, from the green groves of the tierra ca-
lievte, and transmitted with the speed of
steam, by means of couriers, to the capitol.
It was as if some kind fairy should crown
our banquets with the spicy products that
hut yesterday were growing in a sunny isle
of the far off Indian seas !
After the royal appetite was appeased, wa
ter was handed to him by the female attend
ants in a silver basin, in the same manner
as had been done before commencing his
tneal; for the Aztecs were ns constant in
their ablutions, at these times, as any nation
of the East. Pipes were then brought made
of a varnished ami richly gilt wood, from
which he inhaled, sometimes through the
nose, at others through the mouth, the fumes
of an intoxicating weed, “cnlled tobacco ”
mingled with liquid amlier. While this
soothing progress of fumigation was going
on, the emperor enjoyed the exhibitions of
his monntc banks and jugglers, of whom a
regular corps was attached to the palace.
No people, not even those of China or Hin-
dostan, surpassed the Aztecs in feats of agil
ity and legerdemain.
Sometimes he amused himself with his
jester; for the Indian monarch had his jest
ers, as well as his more refined brethren of
Europe, at that day. Indeed, he used to
say. that more instruction was to be gath
ered from them than from wiser men, for
they dared to tell the truth. At other times,
he witnessed the graceful dances of his wo
men, or took delight in listening to music—
if the rude minstrelsy of the Mexicans de
serve that name—accompanied by a chant
in slow and solemn cadence, celebrating the
heroic deeds of great Aztec warriors, or of
his own princely line.
When he had sufficiently refreshed Ins
spirits with these diversions, he composed
himself to sleep, for in his siesta he was as
regular as a Spaniard. On awaking, he
gave audience to ambassadors from foreign
states, or his own tributary cities, or to such
caciques as had suits to prefer to him.—
They were introduced by the young nobles
in attendance, and, whatever might be their
rank, unless of the blood royal, they were
obliged to submit to the humiliation of
shrouding their rich dresses under the coarse
mantle of nequen, and entering barefooted,
with down cast eyes, into the presence
The emperor addressed few and brief re
marks to the secretaries; and the parties re
tired with the same reverential obeisance,
taking care to keep their faces turned to
wards the monarch. Well might Cortes
exclaim, that no court, whether of the Grand
Seignoir or any ottier infidel, ever displayed
so pompous and elaborate a ceremonial.
A Heroic AVoman.
Mrs. Child, in giving an account of an in
terview with Miss Dix, the heroic woman
who has visited so many prisons and alms
houses in this State and New York, relates
the following anecdote as illustrative of tlte
power of religious sentiment over insane peo
ple :
On one occasion this missionary of mercy
was earnestly cautioned not to approach a
raving mauiuc. He yelled frighttully day
and night, rent his garments, plucked out
rp| )e . his hair, and was so violent that it was sup-
' posed that he would murder any one that
ventured within his reach. Miss Dix seated
herself at a little distance, and without ap
pearing to notice him begun to read, with se
rene countenance and gentle voice, certain
passages of Scripture filled with the spirit of
tenderness. His shouts gradually subsided,
until at last he became perfectly still.—
When she paused, lie said meekly, “ Read
me some, it does me good.” And when, af
ter a prolonged seasou of worship, she said
« 1 must go away now lie eagerly replied,
“No you cannot go. God sent you to rne;
and you must not go.” By kind words, and
a promise to come again, she finally obtained
permission to depart. “Give me your hand,”
said he. She gave it, and smiled upon him.
The wild expression of his haggard counte
nance softened to tearfulness as he said—
“You treat me right. God sent you.”
On another occasion she had been leading
some twenty or thirty maniacs into worship,
and seeing them all quiet as lambs gathered
into the Shepherd’s lold, she prepared to go
forth to other duties. In leaving the room,
she passed an insane young mau, with whom
she had several interviews. He stood with
hands clasped, and a countenance of the deep
est reverence. With a friendly smile, she
said, “Henry, are you well to-day ?” “ Hush!
hush!” replied he, sinking Ills voice to a
whisper, and gazing earnestly on the space
around her. “ Hush ! there ure angels with
you ! They have given you their voice.”
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[of hi
, Hainan Existence.
We find ourselves in this world, in this
country, in this age, without any agency or
volition of our own ; we find within us cer
tain powers and passions, differing in every
man from his neighbor, and differing, too,
in the opportunities for their improvement
and the occasions for their right or wrong
employment; and all this seems to be the
work of accident. But no rightly judging
mind cau believe it to be so. The feeling
of thi3 truth gave rise to belief in the dark
and inevitable fate, which, according to the
Greeks, governed the destinies of gods and
men. They attempted, by this melancholy
abstraction, to solve the enigma of existence.
They found themselves, they knew not
how, in a various and Inexplicable sceue.
Some found crowns on their brows, some
the philosophic gown upon their shoulders
some wielded the truncheon of victorious
armies; and some swayed the fickle popu
lace with their breath ; and all these various
fortunes growing from a combination of
circumstances and events, over .which they
exercised little or no contiol. Surrounded
by these impenetrable shadows, men in a
later age attempted to derive some light from
the stars to illuminate the darkness which
was about them; and so astrology arose.—
They made the blessed constellations nr> al
phabet by which they‘endeavored to spell
out the decrees of fate. And this was natu
ral enough, before the invention of the tele
scope had revealed the immensity of the
universe; for men could not believe that
the glorious apparitions which looked down
upon them from theheavenseverynight,were
made only to delight the eye; and there
was something soothing to the bewildered
mind ol man in thus connecting his unac
countable destiny with those beautiful and
fadeless orbs of light. It was a sort of an-
tepast of immortality.
Vanity.
Tf you wish to make a mar. your friend, let
him do you a favor; if you wish to wean off
his friendship, let him feel that you have done
him a favor. Pride is the most powerful e-
motiou of the heart. Yon may stab the af
fection, and the wound, in the course of time,
will cicatrize, bmif you stab the vanity, the
wound will rankle forever. It is far more
easy to win a man’s love, by feeding his ad
miration for himself, than by teaching him
to admire yon. If you allow him to be No.
1, he will be ready to admit that yon aro No.
2. All men who are popular, either in the
world or society, act upon the same princi
ple. The polished knight of the carpet
flatters the fair, in order that the admiration
he expresses may be reflected from them up
on himself; and the demagogue dwells up
on the virtue, intelligence and majesty of
the people, to the end that they may think it
incumbent on them to elevate their servant.
Each acts upon the well established princi
ple. Fill the cup of a man’s (or woman’s)
self-love to repletion, nnd all that runs over
will belong to yon.—Sav. Georgian.
The True Spirit.
Professor Longfellow, in one of his beau
tiful compositions, in speaking of the human
heart, says: “ What I have seen of the
world, and known of the history of man
kind, teaches me to look upon the errors of
others in sorrow, not in anger. When I
lake the history of one poor heart, that has
sinned and suffered, and represent to myself
the struggle and temptation it has passed
through ; the feverish inquietude of hope
and fear; the pressure of want; the deser
tion of friends; the scorn of the world, that
has little charity; the desolation of the
soul’s sanctuary, and threatening vices with
in ; health gone—happiness gone—even
hope, that remains longest, gone—1 would
fain leave the errringsoul of my fellow man
with Him from whose hands it came.”
Newspapers.
The Newspaper is the chronicle of civ
ilization, the common reservoir into which
every streampours its living waters,at which
every man can come and drink. It is the
newspaper which gives to liberty its practi
cal life—its constant observation—its perpet
ual vigilance—unrelenting activity. The
newspaper is a daily and sleepless watchman,
that reports to yon every danger which me
nace the institutions of our country, and its
interests at home and abroad. The news
paper informs the legislature of public opin
ion, and informs the people the acts of legis
lation ; and keeps up that constant sympa
thy, that good understanding between the
people and legislators, which conduces to the
maintenance of order, and prevents the stern
necessity for revolution.
Every hour that a man is in debt is a year
spent in slavery. Your creditor is your
"»“>« ; »* iTinttprs not whether a kind or a
severe one; the sense of obligation you in
cur saps the feeling of manly independence,
which is the first charm of youth ; nnd be
lieve me, it is always through the rents in
moral feeling that our happiness oozes out
quickest.
A rather peevish sort of a wife, seated
herself at her husband’s side, nnd asked why
be was like a crazy man. He gave it up,
and she answered, “ 1 am vottr ottier self—
so you are beside yourself." “ Not the more
so now,” said lie, “for if I had not been be
side myself while a bachelor, 1 should never
have been placed in this situation.”
The path that leads to fortune too often
passes through the narrow defiles of mean
ness, which a man of an exalted spirit can
not stoop to tread.
Never go about in the night time with
your fists in your pockets. No man has a
right to carry concealed weapons.
To make good Rolls and Riscuits.
Put two tea-spoonsful of cream of tartar
into one quart of dry flour, and dissolve
three-fourths of a tca-spoouful of super carb.
soda in warm new milk, sufficient, when
mixed with the flonr, to make paste of the
ordinary consistence for soft biscuit; then
mix and bnke in the form of biscuits or rolls
for about twenty minutes.
These directions if strictly followed will
render the bread extremely light and of su
perior whiteness nnd flavor, and is much
more healthy than the bread baked in the
ordinary way.
The recipe above has been for some time
in nse by many families in this city, ana 1
am sure that any one who tries it once will
not resort to the old fashioned way of pre
paring the staff of life.—Nat. Intelligencer.
VOL. XII—NO. 49.
C ONGRESS.
To prevent Monlding In Books* Ink*
Paste aud Eeatlicr.
Collectors of books will not be sorry to
learn that a lew drops of oil of lavender
will ensure their libraries front this pest.—
A single drop of the same oil will prevent
a pint of ink from mouldiness for any length
of time. Paste may be kept from mould en
tirely by this addition; and leather is also
effectually secured from injury by the same
agency.—Southern Planter.
“That’s a flame afroiueos the
said to the fire.
Remarks ot Mr. Cobb, of Georgia.
DELIVERED
IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JANUARY, 14, AND 18, 1844.
On the motion of Mr, Black, of Georgia, to
amend the motion of Mr. Dromgoole of
Virginia, to recommit the Report of’the
Select Committee on the Roles, hy in
structing them to report to the House the
following Rule, viz:
“ No petition, memorial, resolution, or other pa
per praying the abolition of slavery inr tlte District
of Columbia, or any State or Territory, or ihe
slave-trade between the States or Territories of the
United Slates in which it now exists, shall be re
ceived by this House, or entertained m anv way
whatever 3 3
Mr. Cobb rose and said—-
Mr. Speaker ; When the amendment
now under consideration was first offered
by my colleague, [Mr. Black,) I regretted that
lie had done so, believing that ihe object
contemplated by the friends of the measure
could be belter effected after the second re
port of the committee, \f the. motion of the
gentleman from Virginia. [Mr. Dromgoole 1
to recommit the report should prevail/ But
as it is now evident (but the vote abont to
be given by the House upon the proposed
instructions to the committee will finally
settle the question as to the continuance of
the present rule of the House, familiarly
known as the 21st Rule, 1 must ask the in
dulgence of the House whilst 1 present some
of the reasons which induce the vote l am
about to record.
1 cannot agree with some gentlemen who
have preceded me in Ihe discussion of this
subject, that we are to abandon all hoj« of
retaining a rule, from the salutary influen
ces of which the country has derived so
many advantages, and which has heretofore
received the sanction of (his House on more
than one occasion. I will at least indulge
the fond hope that the South is still to con
tinue in the enjoyment of those benefits
wtitcn me existence ot tins rum is so well
calculated to guaranty to her. l .
Whilst 1 agree in the main with the ar
guments presented with so much ability by
the gentleman front South Carolina, [Mr.
Rlieit,] and the gentleman who has just ta- -
ken his sent, [Mr. Reiser,) 1 cannot but ex
press tlte deep regret with winch I listened
to the concluding remark of the former gen
tleman, when he expressed the conviction
resting upon his mind, that there now exist
ed in the Southern States, and was rapidly
growing, an increasing disaffection to :he
Union. Sir, 1 disavow the sentiment for
tlte State 1 have the honor in part to repre
sent upon this floor. So far as I have been
enabled to form an opinion of the feeling
which pervades the Southern people—the
people of Georgia more particularly—their
attachment and devotion to the Union of
their fathers “grows with their growth, nnd
strengthens with their strength.” That at
tachment is based upon a conviction npon
their part that the whole of this Union—the
North, the East, and the West-wili con
tinue to guaranty to them those rights and
privileges which they have so long enjoyed
under the Constitution nnd its compromises:
and I sincerely trust that there' never may
be any jnst cause to destroy this conviction,
or weaken this confidence.
We are asked to repeal this rule, npon the
ground that it conflicts with the right of pe
tition as recognised in the first article of
tlte Amendments to the Constitution, and
upon this ground alone; the advocates of
the measure here disclaiming any sympathy
of feeling with the petitioners and titieig
prayers, and avowing that they are prepared*
and even anxious for an opportunity to
place the seal of their condemnation upon
the unholy ana rcvotntlon&ry 'pmyefs of
these wild fanatics. Surely’, then, if their
judgments can he convinced that a refusal
ou the part of this House to receive these
petitions docs not infringe upon the right of
petition, as secured to the people of the Uni
ted States by the Constitution, wo may con
fidently rely npon their co-operation in con
tinuing a rule to the existence of which we
attach tlte utmost importance.
One of the fundamental rules for the con
struction of statutes, as recognised in ottr
law hooks, to wit; to consider the otd law,
the mischief, and the remedy, will often aid
us in arriving at a proper construction of
our Constitution, and peculiarly so the pro
vision now under consideration. Having
token much of the model and many of the
principles of our Government from that of
the mother country, onr minds are almost
involuntarily directed to the grievances en
dured by our fathers under the English
Government, to account for some of the pe
culiarities of our own ; and thus it is, when
we come to consider the necessity for in
corporating iu our Constitution a prohibi
tion for the passage) of nnv law that shall
interfere with “the right of the people peace
ably to assemble, and to petition the Gov
ernment for a redress of grievances,” tfe are
irresistibly drawn to a contemplation of the
famous and odious “Riot Act,” which so
long disgraced the statute books of England.
Under its provisions, the people were not
permitted to assemble together for the pur
pose of counselling with each other about
the heavy burdens and oppressions under
which they might be suffering, but were li
able to be dispersed at a moment’s warning,
under certain and severs penalties. Nor
were they allowed the humble privilege of
incorporating their sufferings in Uie form of
a remonstrance or petition to the sovereign
or legislative powers, without incurring the
risk of being subjected to punishments in
flicted only upon malefactors and felons.
These truths had been witnessed and re
alized by our fathers; and their wisdom and
foresight induced them, in the formation, or
rather in completing the formation ofottr Con
stitution, to throw around these inestimable
rights of the people such' guards as would ’
forever protect them froth similar invasions.
They hive done so in the clause of the Con
stitution which we ere now considering.—
Onr people poj.ooaWy nnd quinUy
whenever and wherever they please, «nd
“ there is none to molest Or make tfceitua-
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