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FOB THE CHRONICLE AND ADVEBTI9ER.
HAPPINESS.
What is it we call Happiness?
Is it sweet Fancy’s mirth?
.* jWsk ber r and site will tell tliee,
“It is not Ibund on earth.’’
Ask, then, ofjoyons Pleasure,
' 1 If happiness is there;
And site will quickly answer,
“No, no, it is not here.”
Then ask of distant solitnde,
If she the prize hath (bond;
, And widely, with the answer, “no,”
The forest will resound.
Ask, also, of the birds that fly,
: . And of the winds that blow—
Ask them if they arc happy—
And they will tell thee, “no.”
Ask ofthe flowing river,
If happiness is there—
-V«k ofthe buds, that W’ither—
They’ll tell thee, “seek elsewhere.”
Ask, then, of pompons Fume,
Is happiness in her wreath;
Ami, as a gush of.wind,
It pusses like a breath.
Ask ofthe murmuring fountain,
That peacefully doth flow;
And ofthe towering mountain;
And they will echo "no."
Thou ask Religion if aha knows
Whercrhnppiness is given—
And mark tier mild expression tell,
"It only dicdla In Heaven!"
Then not on earth seek happiness;
It here no pleasure gives—
Its dwelling place is always Heaven,
Where it forever lives.
ALBERT.
?OR THE CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. T '^
ENVY.
There is a spell, that lingers round
The discontented heart,
Would strike each lofty spirit down,
With envy’s poison’d dan. l
--- The good, the fair, and innocent,
Too oft feel envy’s sting,
Until its three is so thr spent,
It Ims few talcs to bring.
• Soon ns it enters in the breast.
No pause is ever known,
Till it bus robb’d the heart of rest,
And murky discord sown.
Protect, O heaven’, the gentle fair,
From this fell monster’s dart,
Kor let its poison ever mar
One tender 11-malo heart. A, N. N.
MINGUILLO.
From the Spanish.
1 Since, for kissing thee, Mingnillo,
My mother scolds me all the day,
, ’ Let me have it quickly, darling!
Give me buck my kiss, I pray,
i _ JT we have done in nught amiss,
' Let's undo it while we may,
■Quickly give me back the kiss,
That she may iiavc naught to say.
*
Do—she keeps so great a potboy,
Chides so sharply, looks so grave;
Do, my love, to please my mother,
Give me hack the kiss I gave.
Out upon you, fdsc Minouiilo!
One you gave, but two yon tnke;
Give mo hack the two, my darling,
Give them for my mother’s sake”’
FRIENDS OF THE UNION.
Amongst the men what dire divisions rise,
Por “ Union!' one, and one “Disunion” cries,
Smimc on the sex, with which these feuds began,
The’f irb are ail (hr Union-to a Man.
B? AtfTHOutITV.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first .session ofthe tivhntv-
FIRST CONGRESS.
[Public —No. 61.]
-VN ACT Tor the relief of certain officers
hntl soldiers of the Virginia line and
JN'avy, and of the continental Army,
during the Revolutionary war.
De it enacted by the Senate and House, of Re
presentatives of the United Stales of America
in Congress Assembled, That the officers and
soldiers, sailors and marines, who were
in the service of Virginia on her own
fitato establishment during the lievolu
tionifry war, and who were entitled to
military land bounties, by the laws amt
resolutions of that State, their heirs and
assigns, shall be, and they arc hereby
authorized to surrender, to the Sctretary
ofthe Treasury ofthe United States, such
of their warrants for the said land bouu
ties as shall remain unsatisfied, in whole
or in part, and to receive certificates or
scrip for the same, at any time before
the first day of January, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty five,
which certificates of scrip shall bo is
ffiK'd by the said Secretary, and signed by
him, and countersigned by the Commis
sioner ofthe General Land Ofiice, in the
following manner, that is to sny: There
shall be a separate certificate or scrip
tor such sum as shall, at the time of issu
ing the same, be equal to the then mini
mum prico of each quantity of eighty
acres of hind due by such warrant,"and
remaining unsatisfied at the time of suclt
surrender, and a like certificate or scrip
lor such sum as, at the time, shall he e
qual to the minimum price of the quantity
that shall so remain unsatisfied, of any
anch warrant after such subdivisions of
the amountinto quantities of eighty acres.
And where any such warrant shall have
£ St 01 , V isl i lid ’ b y time Sc accident it
shall «may be lawful for the party desir
mg to surrender the same, to surrender an
official copy thereof, certified under the
seal of the land ofiice of Virginia with
the affidavit ofthe party endorsed upon!
or accompanying the same, stating that
such warrant lias been lost or iilishiid
and that the original hath not been sold
or transferred, to the knowledge or belief
of I ho party so surrendering, or his or her
guardian.
Sltfo. 2. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the fluty of the Commissioner of
the General I.and Office, to request the
Executive ofVirginia, to furnish him with
a statement of ail suoh warrants, within
the purview of this act, as have already
mauod, showing the number and date of
eacli warrant, and the quantity of acres
granted by each, and also a monthly state
ment of the same descripti- n, showing
the number, date, and quantity, of such
warrants as shall hereafter he granted.
Ami no warrant shall be taken to be
within the provisions of this act, whicli
shall hereafter be granted, unless the Ex
ecutive of Virginia shall cause a certifi
cate to be endorsed thereon, signed by
some proper officer, stating that the par
ty to whom such warrant shall be so
granted, his, her or their ancestor or de
visor, was entitled thereto by some law
or resolution ofthe said State, in force at
the time ofthe deed of cession, by the Stale
of Virginia, to the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That,
before the Secretary ofthe Treasury shall
issue the scrip required by the provisions
of this bill, the applicants shall produce
to him the certificate of the Register of
the Land Office in Kentucky, mid the
cerlificale of the Surveyor ofthe military
lands ofthe Virginia line, that the war
rants (when the original is presented,
or the copy, when the original has been
lost or destroyed) has not been located,
surveyed, or patented, in Kentucky, at
tested by the seal of his office.
Se”. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
certificates or scrip to be issued by vir
tue of tins act, shall be receivable in pay
ment for any lands hereafter to bo pur
chased at private sale, after the s.- me
shall have been offered at public stile, and
shall remain unsold at any ofthe Land
Offices ofthe United Slates, established,
or to be established, in the State of Ohio,
Indiana, and Ifiaois. And all such certifi
cates or scrip ns shall be issued by virtue of
this act, shall be assignable, by endorse
ments thereon, attested by two witnesses:
Provided, That all certificates or scrip to
be issued, in virtue of any warrant here
after to be granted, shall be issued to the
party originally entitled thereto, or ids
heir or heirs, devisee or devisees, as the
case may be.
Bec. -5. And be, it further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall be deemed
and taken to extend to all such officers,
soldiers, sailors, marines, chaplains, mu
sicians, surgeons. Sc surgeons' mates, in
the laud or sea service of the State of
Virginia during the Revolutionary war,
ami generally, to every person to \yhom
the State had engaged to pay a land
bounty for services in that war, of any
description, by any law or resolution
passed before, and in force at the date of
the said deed of cession; except only such
persons as are mentioned in, and provi
ded for, by tiie reservation contained in
the said deed of cession in favor qf the
officers and soldiers ofthe said State on
continental establishment: Provided, That
no scrip issued under the provisions of
this act, shall entitle the holder to enter
or purchase any settled or occupied lands,
without the written consent of such set
tlers or occupants, as may be actually
residing on said lands at the time the same
shall bo entered or applied for: And pro
vided, also. That the amount ofliuid thus
located, shall net exceed two hundred and
sixty thousand acres.
Sec. 0. And be. it further enacted. That
the provisions ofthe first anil fourth sec
tions ofthis act, shall extend to and em
brace owners of military land warrants,
issued, by the United States, in satisfac
tion of claims for bounty land for services
daring the Revolutionary war; and (hat
the laws, heretofore enacted, providing
for the issuing said warrants, tire hereby
revived and continued in force for two
years.
7. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall also be
deemed and taken to extend to all the
unsatisfied warrants ofthe Virginia army,
on continental establishment; Provided,
That the quantity thereof shall not ex
ceed fifty thousand acres, in addition to
the two hundred and sixty thousand acres
heretofore authorized to be located by
their Slate line.
A. BIT.VENSON,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives
J. Calhoun,
Vice President of the United Slates and
President of the Senate.
AN I) ii E W J ACKSON.
Approved: May 3d, 1830.
——
7 DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
New York, duly 27.
Ry the arrival of the ship York, we
have Liverpool papers to tiie 16th June.
The King was still alive, but enduring
great distress.
Nothing decisive had been received
from tiie French Expedition.
UvExpresp.—Windsor, 8“ nday Morn
ing. 1 o’clock.—The condition of His
Majesty has altered so much within the
last few days, that although it is still high
ly probable that n few days more will
put ifu end to his sufferings, his medical
attendants are of opinion that it is quite
possible for weeks to elapse before disso
'ution takes place.
On Monday last the King's sufferings
were so acute as to induce one of his
most affectionate relations to declare that
site thought it would be much more pro
per to oiler up prayers for speedy termi
nation of them, than for) tiie proionga
ofan existence painful to the Royal pa
tient. At that time his Majesty was pre
cisely in the same state ofthe late Queen
Charlotte, during her fatal illness, when
she could obbtiti no relief, even fora mo
ment, in any position ; and his spirits
which had borne bim up in till former at
tacks, gave way to the severity of pain,
and let I him to observe, that lie looked
forward with anxiety for death.
Windsor Castle, Juno 13, 1830—The
King has been less incommoded (Jinn
usual in his respiration; and his Majesty
has passed a good night.
June loth.—The King has passed a
good night. His Majesty’s respiration
continues easy, and lie feels better.
Fite forgery bill was read a third time
in the House of Commons on the 7th and
Sir James''Mackintosh’s motion to abol
ish capital punishment except for the
forgery of wills, was carried by a major
ity of thirteen.
The London Herald of the 11th states,
that by documents in the Library at
Btowe, the author of Junius hud been
discovered. Lord Temple, who was
killed by a fall from his horse in 1775, is
said to have been (lie person.
In the House of Commons on (lie 10th
*” 11 ? e ’ * a answer to a question from
1 ConiW!ll , l'h’. Peel replied—
‘• That the restriction laid by tiie State
1 (,L '[! l ’f' riu 011 vessels having on board
three free persons of color, and the requi
sition that such vessels should pcrlimu 0
CfMWUfd* amor
stipulated quarantine, was part of one of
the most extraordinary enactments by any
legislature he had ever seen or heard of.
i It appeared to him an enactment merely
. of internal regulation passed by that
! State, and that we had no right, ns a
i friendly Power, to interfere; however,
we might be led to hope that it would
■ not be long ere that State would consent
r to revise this amongst other lute regu
- lotions.
> Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
■ is said to have declared, with regard to
r Greece, that he has no intention of ac
t cepting a crown which Prince Leopold
; has refused. Prince Emilias, of Darm
stadt, is now spoken of as the new sove
, reign.
1 We understand that Lord Castlcreagh
s has been dismissed from the Admiralty
3 Board, with little ceremony, on account
f of some insubordination on ihe part of his
3 father, the Marquis of Londonderry.—
f We have not heard who is to succeed
- him, but, of course, the place will be filled
, out of the army list.— Standard.
1 FRANCE.
> No information has been received from
the expedition further than it was detain
ed in the Bay of Palma, Majorca, by con
s trary winds, nnd a rumor that it had been
" nfftlie A Igcrinc coast, but had been forced
‘ back to Palma. No interest in theoper
' ations of this armament appears, how-
J ever, to be felt in France, equal to the all
J absorbing subject of the elections. These,
• however, have not yet commenced; but
i both parties arc in full activity in all the
> preparatory operations.
From tlie London World.
Meetings are holding* in all parts oflre
. land to petition against the new taxes,
’ and there seems to be a general determi
nation to oppose the Duke of Welling
, ton’s government, and to endeavor to
“ effect a repeal of the Union, if the matter
~ he pressed. In a letter so the people of
Ireland, Mr. O'Connell pledges himself
I to divide the house one hundred times
I upon the question. Indeed this is not the
season for increasing the burdens of the
’ people. Far better would if be to take off
j the stamp duties on newspapers altogc-
P ther, or to reduce them one half, than so
lay a fresh tax on the instruments of dis-
J fusing knowledge.
FROM CJIRTHAGEJV.9.
• A passenger in the brig Onslow, at N
I York from Port-au-Princc, informs the
i editors of the Journal of Commerce lhaf
- the British brig Helen McGregor had ar
-1 rived at Port-au-Prince on the 25th June
s from Carlhagcna. The captain of the
• H. McG. stated that he had a conversa
t tion with Bolivar's aid-dc-cnmp—that
I Bolivar was then in Carthagcna, and
f was positively to sail on the Bth inst. in
I the British packet for Jamaica, under a
- passport from Gen. Psiez. Everything
r remained «iuiet when the Helen McGre
gor loll. —Charleston Mercury.
•»»» MM
I French landed at Alg!ert>.~We learn from
Capt. Siiiiman, of schr. Bighton, from
I Gaudalonpe, that a French ship arrived
in 26 days from Havre she day before he
. left, having left there the 15th June, and
reported that a telegraphic eommtiiticn
’ tion bad been received there on the 11th,'
i announcing (hat the French had succeed
ed in landing 15,660 men to the north
: ward of Algiers,—.V, Y. Corn ier <j- En
. quircr.
M««
From the Failed Staler Telegraph,
t . Wa. Chilton.-—The Louisville Adver
; tiser contains nn article, from which the
• following is an extract:
MR. CHILTON.
This gentleman addressed the citizens
of Hardin county on the 81st alt. at Eii
' zabethtown, and was answered by Mr.
’ YV icklifle, the Representative from this
district. We have, in a letter from a citi
zen of Hardin county', a minute account
of the discussion, but can only make room
for an account of the prominent points
embraced in it.
' Mr. Chilton set out by r attempting to
show that the expenditures of the Gov
ernment for 1829 exceeded those for the
year 1828. On this point Mr. Wicklifles
reply was full and entirely satisfactory,
as he demonstrated, by reference to oili
cial documents, that the reverse of Mr.
• Chilton’s assertion was true.
Mr. Chilton next urged, ns nn objection
: to the administration, that there had been
no abuses corrected—Mint no retrench
-1 incut had taken place. He declared that
he bad himself made a great noise against
- the extravagance of Adams’ administra
t tion, in order to put it down, but very can
, didljj confessed that he was deceived. I!
deprecated in the most bitter terms tin
I removals made by the President, and i
i i)ig.nanti,y denounced the appointment of
■ Amos Kendall to the ollicc of Fourth
. Auditor.
In responding so this part of Mr Chib
, ton's speech, Mr. Wicklifle remarked
s that, in order to satisfy himself with rc
t gard to the removal of certain men from
. office. about whom he had heard much
. complaint, he addressed a letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury, to know' i,
. those men were defaulters, and had re
ceived an answer from the Secretary ol
i the Treasury, from which he rend the
i names of thirteen persons removed from
that Department, whose defalcations
S amounted to about #380,(100! The effect
of this disclosure upon the audience was
. electrical, and seemed to overwhelm flu
1 opponents of the administration In an
swer so the declaration of Mr. Chilton.
■ flint the appointment of Amos Kendall to
i office was a vital stab at the independence
nnd freedom of the press, Mr. Wicklifle
called upon Mr. Chilton to say, whether
i he (Chilton,) had not sia.\i;n the rrcom
i mundation of Kendall for the office ol
Fourth Auditor?—and to the astonish
■ incut and confusion of* his friends, the
I Honorable Mr. Chilton was driven to ac
knowledge the fact—ami did acknow
i.ki)cu that he had recommended Mr. Ken
dall's appointment to the ollice he now
holds.
Cotton Sail Duck —The New-York Jour
nal of Commerce, in noticing the experi
-1 ments now making for testing the use
fulness ofthis article, says:
‘•We have ourselves had a grain of ex
pericnee on this subject. Our new schoo
ner Journal of Commerce, was dressed
with cotton sales in September,
which have been out in nil weathers!
night and day, to the present time; and'it
will do considerable service yet. They
are found to hold wind better than hemp,
and of course are better fitted for rapid
sailing. On account of this property,
which is a very important one, they are
getting much into use for pilot boats, and
other swill sailing vessels.
“A few weeks since, we happened to
be on board of Vineyard pilot boat of 56
I tons, then bound to New-Bedfbrd. Per
; ceiving she was dressed with cotton, we
made particular inquiries as to its advan
tages nnd disadvantages, and found the
i owner was pleased with it in every rcs
i pect. There was no complaint about
within, or wearing out too soon.
1 “It is well known that many of the
Greek and Austrian vessels are dressed
with cotton.—not from necessity, but
choice. The consumption in the U.rStatcs
is rapidly incrasing. The Dorchester
• Cotton Manufactory makes at the rate of
t 66 pieces of 37 yards a day. There are
i also extensive manufactories of the arti
. cle in Patterson and Baltimore. We
1 happen to know that the agent for the
I first mentioned factory, in this city, has
within the past year disposed of about
1000 pieces, equal to 37,060 yards. We
, have no doubt that the sales will become
. more and more extensive in time to come;
. being fully satisfied, in common with ma
, ny others, belter capable of judging than
| ourselves, that for most purposes ofnav
. igation, it is actually preferable to hemp,
. Commodore Elliot, who has devoted eon
-1 sidernble attention to the subject, iselear
( ly of opinion that it is better for ships of
t war.” — 'JO&—
j Thb Farmers’ prospects.—The farmers
of this section of the country appear to
be in a fairway of being remunerated for
. the scanty harvests of past seasons. The
rye, bat ley, oats, and wheat, look well.
. They probably have not promised better
. for many years past. The corn owing
, tothe frost &: rains in the early pnrtofthe
r season, was quite backward, and until
C within a few days, was not expected to
f be worth any thing. But in consequence
s of the late warm weather, it lias again
. shot forth, and there is now a prospect,
; should she season continue favorable, of
C there being a tolerably good crop.—Renn
. sellaerville JV. Y. Folio.
i _ —Q©o —
continue to receive favorable ac
counts from the different counties in Mid
dle Florida. Cotton anti Cane will afford
more than an average crop. Corn, tho’
injured in some instances by drought,
will afford an abundant supply fordomes
‘ tic_ consumption. Our planters are san
! guine of success, this season, in the man
ufacture of sugar. Great reliance is
■ placed on the experiments of former
• years,as well as information derived from
■ the planters of Louisiana.
■■ The British and (Spanish Islands have
1 been visited for the purpose of obtaining
i useful information, and persons have
been hired from thence to superintend
the erection of the necessary works for
the manufacture of sugar. —Tallahassee
Floridian.
i The Baltimore Republican has, in some
i \p> y emphatic remarks, called our atten
-1 tion so one important Public Document,
. which had been lying for several days on
I our table. It is a letter from the Secret a
•'.V ofthe Navy, enclosing a Report of the
4th Auditor, respecting the pay, emolu
ments ami allowances, to officers and
agents in the Naval service of the U. S..
agreeably to a call ofthe H. of R.—lt pre
sents a hideous View ofthe abuses prac
tised under the last Administration, in
that Department.—Mr. Kendall deserves
great credit for his clear and fearless ex
positions of these abuses.—The Reform
produced in this respect alone, by Gen.
Jackson’s Administration, is worthy of
the gratitude of the Nation.—Mr. South
ard cannot be silent—ifhe has any regard
for his reputation. The Sketches which
ore here drawn of Tobins Watkins, are
frightful.—We shall publish the material
parts of this Document —in broken doses.
Richmond Enquirer.
O&Q
From the Petersburg Old Dominion.
We hav • said, that some of the coali
tion editors totally disbelieved in the ge
nuineness ofthe letter said to have been
written by Mr. Jellerson in praise of Mr.
Clay. Among others, Vb notice parti,
eularly the New Haven Palladium, a pa
per decidedly in favor ofthe election of
Or. Olay. The Palladium ofthe2lth inst.
remarks:
‘There is a letter in circulation, pur
porting to have been written by Mr Jef
ferson to ‘a distinguished manufacturer
and capitalist of Massachusetts.’ We
first met with an extract of the letter, and
published it two. weeks since. The en
tre letter is now before ns, nnd we have
no hesitation in pronouncing it a forgery.
We charge no one with its fabrication,
tho’we strongly suspect that the fellow
—[a very civil word from enc coalition
man to another] —w ho conducts the Pro
vidence Suhtdlern, could easily lay his
finger on the man. That tho sentiments
contained in the paragraph which we
published, comport with those entertain
ed by Mr. J. on the same subject, we are
•veil assured: bat no man of common dis
ci rament, who has read a dozen senten
s from the pen of Mr. Jellerson, will be
mposed upon by this clumsy caricature,
fhere never has lived in America a
ini'! who wrote the English language
with more purify, precision, and ele
gance than Mr. J. and this letter, to
which seme knave has appended the
name of that eminent statesman, would •
lisgruee si schoolboy in point of eonipo
• dinn. We yield to none in respect and
admiration of Mr. Clay, but we are not
-Efficiently devoted to any man or set
I'men. to hold our peace, when flngiti
msness such as this comes within our
observation.
_ —oeo—
Blarney. —This is the name of a Castle,
about three miles from Cork. Adjoining
to the inhabited Mansion, there wus for
merly a large square tower with a wind
ing stone staircase to the top ; the floors
were all gone, bat the stone roof was en
tire : it was the custom here for all stran
gers who ascended to the top of the tow
er, to creep on their hands nnd knees to
the corner stone ofthe highest pinaele, !
and kiss the same; by virtue of which, the
parties ever were side! to he endowed
with extraordinary powers of loquacity i
and persuasion. Though nobody could :
have believed that kissing the stone had ,
any such < fleet, the custom was followed
through innocent mirth, and it according
ly became a common saying at Cork, of 1
any prattling fellow, “he has been at Blur- .
ney;” and hence the phrase, “none of 1
your blarney.” —Dublin Morning Fort-,
AUOTJSTAI
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1830.
"Be juet, and fear not."
Wc aro informed (says the Athenian of 3d
inst.) that Col. King passed through Gainesville
on Saturday lust, on his return to the. Cherokee
territory, for the purpose of arresting those gold
diggers against whom injunctions have been is
sued by Judge Clayton. They aro said to be
thirteen in number.
Wo have received (says the U. S. Telegraph)
the following statement from an authentic source.
It may be interesting to some of the inhabitants
of the Gold region, in the South.
Standard Gold (11 —12 fiqo) of the United
States Mint, is worth 88 B—9 cents per penny
weight.
Pure Gold is worth 96 97—100 cents per pen
ny weight.
Thu Gold of North-Carolina, as by assays at
the Mint, averages at 66 cents per penny weight.
That of StWith-Curolina, averages 95 cents.
That of Georgia and Virginia, 90 3—4.
Joe Strickland, of epistolary notoriety, seems
as much puzzled about his identity, as our equal
ly famous and amusing cousin of Brunswick;
and us his mode of defining it is peculiarly happy
and ingenious, we copy it for the especial bene
fit of our loving cousin. He says: “ Sum of the
printurs hav bin counter fitting letters an puttin
my name to um ; none of thees arc jinny wine
oksept sich as I rite misolf.”
“ Who shall decide when doctors disagree
It will be seen by the following paragraphs, that
two physicians, one of New-York and the other
of Philadelphia, aro, at issue on the subject of
Hydrophobia. Without presuming to decide be
tween them, wo will relate a circumstance some
what in point, which would seem to favor the
position of him ofPhiladelphia. It occurred some
years ago, on a plantation in the county of Gurko.
A large mastiff dog had been running some cat
tle, in the neighborhood of the family dwelling,
and in returning to the house, much heated, he
snapped at a boy about six or seven years of age,
as he passed him very rapidly in a small gate
way, and bit him on and near tho car. Tho
wound was but slight, and healed very shortly,
giving no uneasiness to the parents. However,
sometime afterwards, we believe about two or
three months thereafter, tho part bitten inflamed
anew, and broko out, and the youth exhibited
slightly, what were considered the usual symp
toms in cases of bites by rabid dogs—was treat
ed accordingly, recovered, and has not since
been at all affected by it. Tho dog never devel
oped any symptoms of madness, cither then or
afterwards:
From tlie N. Y. Evening Post.
“A learned and experienced physician in Phil
adelphia, Dr. Rosseau, maintains that hydropho
bia is not produced by a specific virus, lie re
gards it as a tetanic affection, and says there is
always danger of hydrophobia from the bite of a
dog, whether the dog be healthy or diseased, in
tho same manner as there is always danger of
lock jaw, from running a splinter or a nail into
the hand or foot. It is only in one case in a hun
dred, or in a thousand, that tho running of a splin
ter or a nail into the hand or fool, is followed by
the lock jaw. In like manner it is only in a few
instances out of many, that the bite of a dog oc
casions hydrophobia. On this theory, dogs aro
even a greater nuisance than they wore on the
old. It teaches tha) there is dangcrof hydropho
biafrom the bite of any dog , and at any time.”
From the N. Y. Evening Journal.
It is stated in the Evening Post of Friday last,
that a learned and experienced physician of Phil
adelphia had given it as his opinion, that hydro
phobia is not produced by a specific virus; and
that it is only a tetanic affection, produced as often
hy tho bite of a healthy as a rabid animal. Be
lieving that tho Philadelphia physician is entirely
mistaken, both as it respects the nature of tho
disease, and also as to its production, wc con
ceive it highly proper that the public should he
cautioned against the extension of such fallacious
and dangerous opinions. It is very singular that
a learned and experienced physician should be
so very ignorant of the pathology of the two dis
eases. Perhaps in the whole catalogue of hu
man maladies, there arc no two complaints more
unlike and dissini Liar. Wo can only account for
the erroneous opinions of the Philadelphia physi
cian, by the charitable conclusion, that ho has
undertaken to inform tho world about those things
of which he knows nothing himself. We there
fore hope that such opinions will be confined to
the city which gave them birth, and not intro
duced into the City of New York. B.
From the Cauuk-n Journal.
One thing our friends of the N. York Courier
and Enquirer may depend on. We won’t live
in Georgia, and if they aro determined to locate
Camden in that Commonwealth, wo must quit
the premises, much as we like the Georgians; for
as the old woman said, when, by running a state
lino, her house was turned out of North into
South Carolina, “it’s a desperate unhealthy
State." We know not what under Heaven
Camden and ourselves have done, but our breth
ren Editorial seem determined not to let us stay
in South Carolina. In Boston they fairly hoisted
us into North Carolina, and now tho Courier has
sent us budging into Georgia. One fellow set
us down in New Jersey, and another sent us
plump into Massachusetts, somewhere just north
of Capo Cod. At this rate wc shall wake some
of these mornings in Van Dieman’s land, or for
aught we know, in Terra del Fuego, which, by
the way, would be but an immaterial change,
for we aro writing tins paragraph in a land of
fire. However, wo put ourselves upon oursove
reign rights, and insist upon choosing our locali
ty, not only for ourselves, but for our own bo
loved Camden.
So, our humorous friend of the Camden Jour
nal is determined not to be a Georgian, goa
graphically; for divers reasons by him above
written and declared. We have half a mind to
quarrel with him for this assault on the health of
our good State; and, but that he is such an adopt
at the editorial duello, would challenge him to
mortal combat with the common weapons of the
craft—that is, “daggers," not used but spoken,
“paper bullets of the brain,” or a regular set
to with Q’.n|. Wo were just about to ten
der him a choice of f t when wo luckily saw Iris
late mortal thrust at the “Literary Powder
Monkey”—who has no doubt cried out, in the
language of Sir Andrew Aguechcek, “Had 1
known he was so cunning offence, I’d ha’ seen
him d—d ere I’d ha’ fought him”—and having,
ourselves, no such excuse to offer, in case of de
feat, we “look wit in our anger,” and conclu
ded to let him have his joke out in peace; for hi*
joke ho will have, oven though it be at his own
expense—and better at his expense, thought wc,
than ours. Byt wo. qiu.-u, nevertheless, have an
explanation—in a friendly way thourii-T'T'
distinctly understood— and if he does ‘
it us, we’ll shako our Es at him in as s‘‘°l B ’ v
nest as we often do our sides, and ~ Ca ‘
the friendly feelings of the Daniclht *
quarter (and they aro not a few) i n ,„ .
ri ? h. pi. Wh.,l not live m „„ g , lU
friends in Georgia, who so often rattle the
into ecstasy, & themselves into “historical *
at his odd humors, his jests and jibes ail(1 tS, ‘
fancies, and rally, at his merry roll-call qUtC '
his sworn foes, “dull care’ ’ and the blue
ed legions of his majesty King Pl u t o t_ 0
strum horrendum! what an migratin' r h;
“Oh take him to some dismal shore ° U U
Or solitary cell-,’’
And if he does not take care, we. ours '
will play some devil's trick upon’hi m
those days, and set him down in a Terra I •
fuc-go, far away into Symmcs’s su b.,“ r ''
dominions, beyond the land of ice. rCn|
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- REDUCTION," or, "NO REDUCTION
Rao. VI.
Our last number was extended to a W,.
beyond what wc intended. But the nature°r
the subject examined, rendered detail nea4°
—while estimates, and comparisons, servcTa
iflustratc our views. If it has hud the good for
tune to receive a tolerably attentive porusal
we hope the ideas contained in it, will have w'
found not altogether unworthy the considerate
of tho people.
Next to the extent of the reduction of the L C „ IS
lature, we are to consider die particular plane
effecting it.
In order to this, the Constitution must be a
mended in two particulars: Ist. To reduce tin
Senate, that constitutional provision must b,
abolished, which makes it to consist of “one
member from each county.” The 3d See. ol
tho Ist. Art. of tho Constitution, which contain*
tins provision, must be altered, so as to require
one Senator to be sent from a District, instead <f
one from “each county.”
2J. To reduce the House, the ratio of ream
•entation must ho remodelled. The House if
Representatives is now “composed of members
from all the counties, according to their respec
tive numbers of free white persons, and thrVe
fifths of all the people of colour.” “Each com,
ty containing three thousand persons, agrccablv
to the foregoing plan of enumeration, 'shall bj,
entitled to two members—seven thousand to
three—and twelve thousand to four members
but each county shall have at least one, and not
more than four members.” The 7th Sec. ol’tho
Ist. Art. of the constitution, which contains tho
provisions quoted, must be altered.
An efficient, and equal, yet at the same time,
a moderate representation of tho different sec
tions of the State, is a public desideratum. J.i
remodelling tho existing representation, msiu
more difficulties will be encountered, than would
bo found in planning an original representative
scheme. In some instances, inveterate politi
cal habitudes inustbo assailed; and sectional in
terests’, and party passions, will often have In
be consulted, compromised, or referred to. To
these subjects, we have already called tie at
tention of the poojile. We have invoked their
magnanimity, their public spirit, their pair:
otism, to preside over that scene of change,
which, sooner or later, the State must exhibit,
and to calm the elements of discord which innv
arise out o! it. Will it be in vain, that wc invoko
these generous sentiments?
Wo shall begin to delineate the particular pil
ot a. reduction, on tho groundwork of this gene
ral principle, viz; “That tho ratio between tin
Representatives and tho people, ought nut tn be
the same whore the latter are rrry numerous, as
where they aro very few."
This principle seems to have been recognized
by tlio framers of the present constitution. Tu
a county containing a representative population
ot three thousand persons, two representatives
arc allotted—to one having serai thousand, lino
aro allotted—to one having twelve thousand, four
arc allotted. The first ratio is one representa
tive, to fifteen hundred representative persons—
the second, one to two thousand three hundred
and thirty three—the third, one to threo thousand,
A county not having 3000 representative persons,
hut approaching indefinitely near to that num
ber, could have only one .representative—that is,
one to 1,500—0 r 2,000—0 r 2,500—0 r 2,900-bnt
instantly, on reaching the number 3,000, the ratio
would fall to one representative to 1,500 persons.
And a county, the limits of which continue the
same, but whose population increases from 3000
to 20,000 persons, would he allowed only four
representatives; the ratio of representation thus
varying as the population becomes more dense,
from ono representative, to 1,500 persons, to
one representative, to 5,000 persons. Now
this variation in tho ratio of representation, must
have been made upon the principle we have
assumed. For example .- Tho small comity ot 1
Wayne, having in 1824 n population 0f674, could
not ho represented hy less than one representa
tive. But the same county, if it contained in
1829, 5,000, or 10,000 persons, could have been
as fairly represented by one representative, as
it could have been, by a dozen. Ilcncc, if up
on the principle we assume, one representative,
at least, must be allotted to each county in l^
State, to none, should more than two be allowed.
For the boundaries of each county remaining
the same, while its population daily becomes
more dense, tho ratio of representation “ovgO
not ” to be continued out, and one rcpresentati'f ■
addedon every multiple of the first ratio. In
pjlior words, if a county, containing a populate ,
of 3000, bo allowed one Representative, "hen
,ts population Ims increased to 6000, or to 9 •
a second, and a third representative, “ought not
to be given to it. For the presumption i-S 1
6000, or 9300 persons, tiring reithin the sum.
district of country, can be as effectually rP P
sented by one man, as 3000 persons,
sparsely within the same limits, could be.
presumption is reasonable, and agrcca
fact. And in accordance with it, we " 0
give ono representative to each county*"''
tho population of any, reached 6000, or >
persons, we would give it two represents^ 1
but should it increase to 20,000, or to 25,
within the same limits, Us representation,
cording to our principle, Should not bo u *® r *
shove two. This change of tho ratio ol t v