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oSHhTrSa GEORGIA JOURNAL.
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POETICAL.
LOVE AND LOGIC.
at rKANCIS SARGENT OSGOOD.
The e«tl« one tiny sent Heston out,
To look for Lote—their iroant-boy !
They hatle heraeek him all about,
Autl lure liitn home with tempting tuy.
She found him, ia a rosebud rocked,
fShe begged him to be buck in season J
H L t at ill the boy the maiden mocked;
p ur —Ijutctcill never list U Keaton !
The goddess held a jewel up. .
With Heaven’* own glory flushing thru it
*N«r ! see my Rose's blushing cup !
Said Love,—‘Vour gem is nothing to it.
■Knr almnie ! fa I a. boy ! muat/orM br triad?
In’t thus vou waste ibis piecious season 7
•Take care! d’ye knttw this bow P lie cried,
Alt! l*ooc tooojl hat conquered Keaton
•I see your aim!—year rhetoric speeds
On proud Olympus ill with me;
Dut happy Lott ao Kea.
Begui ‘ ‘ "
and when they ask ’bout r
just tell them, in my Rose’s heart,
I’ve found so dear,—so pore a treasure,
I grudge them not Minerva’s art,
Or laughing Hebe’a cup of pleasure !
The maid had not a word to say,
8he knew the rogue was tulking treason ,—
for—Love can better f
i Keaton!
WOMAN.
O Vis not alone with the glance of her eve,
The sound of her voice, or ihe hreatli ol her sigh,
The words of Iter love, or the clasp of her hand,
Tliut woman o’er mail holds her gentle command ;
Hut we bend to on influence dear as the light
That beams front the stars in the silence of night,
Nor care we to question the hallow’d control
That lives like divinity shrined in hei soul.
O, woman! thro* each chequer’d scene tint we know,
Still thou art the sharer in pleasure and wo;
And joys that vou share everdouhle appear,
While aarrow is soften’d when woman is near.
The mocker, the sister, ilia daughter, the wife—
O! they move round our path as the guides of our life,
And hapless the heart
That ouly
In the depth's of the ocean, and caverns of earth
Are the jewels so precious when called into birth ;
Hut.oh! there are gems dearer rapture to start,
(Springing up to the eye of a fond woman s hear!,
O, woman! bright creature of beauty and love,
Fair link between man and bis Heaven above,
If we kaow a delight iliro’our brief spun of years
Ueyoud winning your smiles, ’tis in drying your tears.
J rutzSi.
hat feels not the flow
t worn mi’s dear influence throw.
MISCELLANEOUS.
[fRUM THE LAUf’a BOOK FOR FEBRUART.]
THE IMPERIAL FINANCES:
A Story of Catherine II awl Peter III. (runslated from
Ike French of Virginia Fua, by a Young Lady.
CHAPTER 1.
A VuONG GIRL’, LETTER.
Mutcotp, July 29, 1144.
My Cousin:—That you are young, Iminluomo,
tho heir lo the umpire of llu.oia, and aware of all
your advantages, ia entirely too much for a poor
girl like me. Allow me to return to the ubacurily
whence die goodness of the Empress Elizubeth bus
brought me. Lei me retire to Stettin, and take
buck my old name of Sophia Augusta, the name
given me by my mother, while you give lo the
Inppy woman who is to be your chuice, the name
of Catharine Alcxiownn, which is to belong to the
future empress of Russia.
Ueliuve ni«, cousin, this is no childish caprice,
nor the result of pique caosed by your bchnviour.
No ! Remember our first intervioiv, and you will
understand my motive fur this determination; for
in the midst of the ceremony of our betrollniieiil,
hud I, die future companion of your life, a thought,
a wurd, a look, from you 1 Let me tell you. then,
whut us a witness aud party concerned, you aru
perhaps ignorant of.
Brought up by my mother, June Elizabeth of
Mulslem,my only amusements have been the study
ef lunguuges, and long walks aud rides in the neigh.
Iwurbuud of Stettin, My horizon nj yoo know,
wns limited; nnd 1 wished for nothing beyond.
A command from the empress suddenly chung
ed my desiiny. One morning the Prince Chris
lion Augustus, Auhalizerbt, my honoured futhe
sent for me, and announced Ic me tlmt I wus lo be
sent to Moscow wjdi my mother there to he he.
truihed to Peter the Third, son of Charles Frederic,
Duke of Holstein, Uoltorp, and of Anne, eldest
daughter of the Czar, Peter the First. I bu
my head in submission : and iny mother nod 1 set
out the neat day. Wlieu one is but fifteen years
old, changeot place is always agreeable. I uni
going to sea ihe court, a tine city, nod curiosity
held IIIV miud open and npt to receive with eager
ness all the pleasures which were offered lo it.
The day of our betrothment came, I was to see
for the first time, the ntun who was to be my mas
ler, my husband ; mid believe me, cousin, it w»»
nut merelycuriosity which agitated my Imurt. it
was n fear—a preAuntiiuenl which I had never be'
fore knowu. I was in fact struck with a sort of
terror, when the empress placed mv hand in yours
saying, “Catherine Alexiowna, f betroth you lo my
h ir, Peter tho Third.’* { did not dure for some
time to raise tuy cyos to your luce. I expected to
find in my futnre husband thu terrible majesty
a king united lo the grucioua iudulgeuee of a bus
band. Judgo of ny astunislmient; when my ino-
ther whispered in my ear, “Don't be so pale ; look
at him I” l obeyed: and saw, fnrgivu mo, cousin
J. H. STEELE Si P. THWEATT, Emmas.
money by Mr. Brudaorf ; but he refused to accept
it, suying lie wns no heggur. Whnt am i lo do 7
l hnvc been thinking tlmt if you have no objection,
madam, I will rusume my French lesson with him
to-morrow.”
“But, my dear Catherine' you would be obliged
In go tu him for your lessons ; and I have no doubt
but that you must pay him very high.”
“I do not mind tliut. I should like to begin to
day."
“Well do so. Let Madam Bradsorf go with
you. But bow is it that you ask me nothing of the
prince, your betrothed hosbnnd f
“Why should I trouble myself about him, when
he will nut Iroublu himself nbuut me 7” replied
Catherine blushing to her enrs.
“My daughter.” answered the princess mildiy,
“you must not judge too harshly. It is true, you
have not Itcnrd from Peter fur a month. But you
know he is not his own mnsler, mid perhaps ”
“1 know how it is exactly ; hut let us leave the
subject of Peter nnd iiis empire, before they leave
me, in their turn.”
“Catherine, Catherine!” added her mother,
laughing, “you will bo vorv much surprised in n
few days, when you will hear something that you
Irnvo i.o idea of now. But go; I see yuu are im
patient lo be gone. Go and see what you can do
for your old master.”
Catherine did not wail to be tuld a second time;
and any who had met a little girl,very plainly dress
ed, and her face entirely covered with a brown
hoed, in company with an old woman, in the streets
of Moscow, would never have taken her for the
luturo empress of all the Russian—she whom
Voltaire afterwards culled the great Catherine.
CHAPTER II:
THE FRENCH MASTER.
Mr. Marcel wns one of those unfortunate men
wlio neither know how to make money nor to keep
it when it is made. He was a man of great
scieutificnttuinmeuts, and had been left a widower,
with an only daughter. He was now very poor,
aud.on account of his sickness, unable tu get out lo
give lessons.
That morning on which Catherine wroto the
above mentioned letter the following discussion had
arisen between the father mid daughter.
“I am cold” said tho father.
“We liuvu no more wood or charcoal,” replied
the daughter.
“Could you not go buy some 7”
“I have no money."
"Then we must do without it.”
“My puor father.”
It is not for myself tlmt 1 grieve, but for you,
my poor Angelique. But it is the will ofGud, and
1 submit."
At this moment, a knock was heard at (ha dour.
Angelique opened it, and a young girl appeared,
,nd run up to the old mnn, throwing her arms
round his neck, nnd excluiavug- “My old mus-
“Mademoiselle Sophia Augusta ! at Moscow !"
And the little girl sat down on the otTercd clmir,
saying, ,‘l will tell you bye.and.bye how I enrne
here. All I want now is for you logive me come
mure French lessons, for I have forgotten every
thing you taught me."
‘Everything Mademoiselle ! what a pity, for you
learned so well.,’
But you know I Irnvo a very bad memory. Let
us begin now if you please.”
•‘Now ! let us talk a little while first.”
"And the French lessons, Mr. Marcel!”
“Wo can begin to-morrow.”
‘No, no. I must begin to-day, or I should luse an
hour of French, and you some money.’
Tile pleasure of talking with you is worth all
the roubles in the world.”
You aro the same good old master as you ever
were. Weil, we will wait until to-morrow, but in
the mean time hero are some roubles,’ and she
placed b purse in Angelique’s hand, saying, “Give
mo some French in Exchange.”
Ah, you should not pay in advance. M’sclle So
phie,” said Mr. Marcel.
Musters always want money.'
I enmiol contrudict that, my dear scholar, but I
am old, and if I should die before—’
To work, to work,” exclaimed Culhcrire gai
'y-
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7,* 1843.
VOL. XXXIV-NO 23.
I saw a chilli—not one like myself full oftimuli
ty umJ frankness, kut a child, already an emperor
in liif arrogance, and not taking any notice uf me.
except by doing nil he covnid to mike mo feel my
**wu inferiority# It wus too much for tuy heart
that evening i foil my first sorrow.
Cousin, 1 know not whether feelings «if pride nnd
ambition iuay ever come iu future to choke my
resolution, hot now, when 1 am still nothing but
• young girl—now, I refuse the itund of Peter the
1 bird and the empire ol Rusva.
it is in literature aud the study uf the arts, that
•he whs was lately baptised under the name of
Cailnriue, will seek her future glory aad happiness
He happy -ewusin.
Catmuiunk Alexjowka
This it*ier was given to no officer of tke intpe
rial palace, to Ue immediately delivered to the
prince ; and the girl w ho. with thu carclesauoss
w child, had refused an empire, wcact, with a very
uerious air, to seek her mother.
*1 uw in grent trouble,” said alio to her ; 44
\ou remember the poor Frenchman, Mr. Murcrl,
who taught im* m y first Preach iessou six years
sgo at Svettiu ! Mr. Brarisdorfiuform* me that the
poor mast is living behind the Kremlin in the
greatest p**vorty, with bis daughter 4 and he him.
has bad a paralysis in his limba. I oent him
The lesson was begun.
‘But you have not forgotten anything ! You
know every thing I can teach you.*
‘And I tell you / will learn more.’*
Catharine went regulurly every morning to
the house to Mr. Marcel, and one day lie said to
lie r-
You have brought me good luck, I have another
scholar.'
‘Who is it V asked Catharine.
*A very poor, very ugly young man ; and lie
seems uncommonly stupid too. I am afraid lie will
not understand the rules of the grammar for some
time ; and really, if it were not for Angelique, who
not let me refuse any chance of making mon
ey* I do think i would not teach him any longer.'
Angelique is veiy right,' said Catherine.
Ah, Madame—ah, father if you knew what I
have just heard and she inclined herself respect'
fully towards the princess.
What is the matter ?'
Madame, forgive our ignorance, hut my father
tnd 1, living in great solitude, never hear anything
at all, and the Empire of Russia might change u
thousand times, and we might never hear of it ; but
fulher, you do not know that the young lady who
comes here every day. and whom we call Sophia
Augusta, is no less a personage than Catharine At*
exiowna, the betrothed of Peter the Third, tho fu
ture Empress of all the Russias.*
You are mistaken, my dear Angelique,' said
Catherine, luuglung,‘for I refused the hand ofPe.
ter tho Third und tho Empire of Russia a week
ago."
•And why, my dear scholar—forgive me Ma*
dame.' •
•Cull me your dear scholar. 1 refused those
two things because one cannot go without the
other.'
•daw is tlmt V
*1 should have uccopted the Empire of Russiu
if 1 could itavo had it without the hand of Peter the
Third.'
‘He is said to he very Itundsoine," said Mr. Mur.
cel.
•Too handsome ; that is tho reason I will huve
nothing to do with him."
‘Nobody will ever rut Use me for that reason,"
said a strange voice, und n youth of about sixteen
yeurs of age, entered tho room. His figure w*t
good and majestic, but his face was dreadfully di
figured by murks of the smallpox.
•You are certainly not handsome, my new sclio.
lor,* said Mr. Marcel, ‘hut do not he downcast; if
you are rich nnd of a good family, that will not pre
vent you from marrying."
•Tltat is precisely ly what 1 am afraid of my dear
master. I am betrothed to a young lady whom 1
love very much ; but she does not know that I have
had the smallpox, and when she sees me -she
will be frightened.'
•Frightened, oh no ! What do you think Culha
rinc?'
•The gontlcmnn's ugliness would not frighten
me.'
‘Oh, say tlmt over again, Mademoiselle, I entreat
you, for the one I am to many resembles you in
Iter heautv and the noble traits of her character.
Site is born for a throne. Site is no less—than
Catharine Alexiowna.'
‘And you aro then !’ exclaimed Catherine,
so astonished tlmt site was unable to finish Iter sen.
tence.
Peter the Third, who did not answer your letter
because no letter can destroy a proceeding legiti
mated by my actions. You have not been told of
my sickness; hut 1 shall rejoice in the ugliness it
has given me, if you will retract your letter.'
With all my heart,* exclaimed Catherine, on
gerly ; for her letter Imd been written to Peter the
Third of a month ugo, not the one site suw before
her.
During this conversation, the poor French mas
ter wus in a condition which it is impossible to de.
scrilK). Ho wanted to get up to render homage to
the two august personage* before him, hut iiis par
alysed limbs refused him this service. Catherine
*s the first who observed his embarrassment.
‘Sit still, dear master, I am going buck to the pal
ace, aud will leave you togivo your new scholar a
lesson and wrapping her cloak round Iter, site
prepared to depart, Haying in a low voice as she
passed by Peter.
* We are still betrothed.'
*A iltousund thanks !' repliod Peter with the dee
pest emotion.
And the Princess kept her word, nnd a year af
terwards, on the first ofScpteinber 1745, their mar
riage was celebrated with great pomp.
Catherine ranked among the greatest sovereigns
of Europo; und she deserved this by the monu
ments and useful institutions which distinguished
Iter reign, and by Iter wise edicts. She favored
commerce and reformed legislation, founded hos
pitals, built cities, constructed canals, and
aused tho arts to flourish in Iter king
dom.
At the time of the burning of Moscow, Napo-
leon betrayed his high opinion of her by not allow-
iog any injury to happen to the school founded by
her for the education ol orphans, where 5,000 girls
were brought up gratuitously.
Catherine intend 'd to re-e&tnblish the Empire of
he Moguls, und destroy the dominion of tho Eng*
iish in Bengal, when she was carried olf by an appo-
plexy, in 1700. at the ugo ol 07, after a reign of 53
years, which did not begin until tho death of Pe
ter the Third, who wus ussussinated on the 9th of
July, 1702.
CheiniMtiy of the Mind.
DY MISS WEED.
[A composition rcuil before the Alimov Female Academy,
at the recent aeiiii-amiut&l Lx-tiniu&tioii.j
It was drawing near thu close of one of those
days which make you instinctively look to see if
the fire is burning, when I entered the cluss in Che.
mistry. My ideas look thu temperature of the
room and became almost instantly congealed, so
that when the lecture was finished I felt ns much
enlightened on the subject of Affinity, us when it
was commenced. I returned home vexed with ev.
cry thing in genera), but with chemistiy in particu
lar, and throwing myself upon a sofa, wished and
hoped, and then went hack to wish again, that at
the next chemical lecture thu state of the atmos-
plicre would ho mure favorable, and my ideas more
inclined to obey the general rule of expansion by
heat. For a long time 1 Jay in dreamy u iconscious.
ness. When thu mist cleared away from my lac*
ulties, I found mysolf within the precincts of “ our
Academy." A vuguo desire to enter the laborato
ry seized me, nnd obeying the impulse, I opened
the door. Before the Professor’s desk were rang
ed several bottles filled with di/rereiit colored fluids:
utensils nccessury for experimenting lay on the
table, and a burning lamp stood near them. “Per-
Imps," thought 1, “if 1 try a few experiments, 1 will
understand the subject ol‘Affinity* better." I rais
ed a vessel filled with a dark blue fluid, labelled
“Conceit." This was just the thing J needed, nnd
putting a fjw drops inn retort, I applied the heat
of the lamp. No change was discernublc. 1 then
dropped in a little of the acid “ Provocation’'; they
instantly combined, aud sparks were emitted, with
copious fumes of smoke which filled the room. If
left at common temperatures the compound thus
formed will evaporate. Nomenclature could uf.
ford me no aid in naming it; hut 1 did not lung lies
itate to call it “Anger.” “Revenge" came next.
In this Anger is the principal ingredient. Wli
combined with the bitter salt “Hypocrisy," its pro-
ponies are in (ho highest degree deleterious,
tried several ways to find whether there wns u Itnsn
to this strange mixture, in hopes that “Reason"
would bu precipitated ; hut there wero no indicu.
lions of it, and 1 was obliged to give up the attempt
in despair.—My next experiment was in finding the
true proportions of“ Love." Great delicacy wa
necessary in this, as the least mistake would en
sure u total failure. 1 took two proportions of
“Friendship," nnd mixed them with one proportit
of a pule, tasteless fluid, called “Sentiment." I did
this under water for fear of ignition. A thick
por uroso and became condensed in drops upon the
surface of the concave mirror “ Truth," which I
he'd over it. These drops appeared to possess
great attractive powers, for they immediately be
gan to lean toward each other. 1 submitted them
lo a ray of light pussing through the prism “Con
fidence," and they instantaneously combined,—
Wishing to see what the effect would be, I added a
little of the “Sulphurct of Jealousy" to the com
iound. A violent effervescence followed, nod
Jealousy" was precipitated. Tho commotion in
stantly ceased. 1 poured in a small quantity of
Anger." Each particle half sunk, then rose to
the surface, and with a vain attempt to make a loud
detonation, burst, emitting n disugreeahle odor.
Asa last trial, I heated “ Hope" to tho temporu
lure of 212 degrees, and dropped that in ; to my
great surprise it tinged the whole with a rich violet
hue, aud was then converted into beautiful crystals
which clung to the sides of the vessel. Every e
fort to dislodge them wns fruitless. My fourth and
Inst experiment was upon ‘•Faith." 1 applied “C;
lot ic,” und it gradually decomposed, resolving itself
into “Hope," and “Belief,” I held obeli glass over
it, nnd a thin vapor soon filled it. A new thought
struck mu at this moment, anu immediately impro
ving upon it, I mixed all the compound* together,
wishing to notice the effect. “Anger" quietly rose
to the surface, und 011 the application of ** Caloric,"
was dispersed in a cloud of smoke. “Revenge"
was precipitated ; “Love" and “ Faith" were then
I ft, und on submitting them to the action of the
Galvanic battery" of “Constancy," their lines ill-
reused in brilliancy, until a sweet rich fragrance
filled the npaitmcut, and the whole wus dissipated
in u rose colored cloud.
French Orators.—An article in a lute British
Review—tho Foreign Quarterly—notices thoclmr.
act eristics of tho chief orators among the French
of the present day. (Million Bar rot, Berryer, Gui-
zot, Theirs, Lamartine, and some others are men-
boned. The sketches of each are given with very
slight touches, and in an olf hand superficial mon
itor. The following relates to an individual who,
t“ l»is* reputation as anorulor nnd statesman, has
lidded the fume of an able historian :
As to Theirs, Ills eloquence is unlike anything
that ever existed, or wns ever imagined. Fancy n
bronze statuette,gifted with the power of mo iou und
tho power of speech. If cracked, so much the bet-
ter; the tingling sounds which it may bo supposed
to emit, will only l>c the truer. Hi* features are
ns unmoved, as much bronze ns those of the statu,
otic. Danton could make a Thiers in three hours
—if any ono else would Imt find the orguns, the sen-
ses, and the intellect. The first time this statuette
gets up to spuuK, or to HqueuK, mere is n universal
desire to put him down with a universal laugh. But
tho little Punch is not to be put down.—Ho fixes
Iiis spectacles (his eyes not being visible) upon his
audience. Ho addresses tlirm in a how d'ye, do vein
of eloquence, ami soon captivates their attention
just us if he had taken each person present by the
button.hole. There is no warmth,no apostrophe, no
rhetoric, no figure of,speech, no bathos, no pathos,
hut a wonderful tumbling forth of ideus, ns if they
came from a cornucopia, and tlmt without any ef
fort, any aim at originality, nnd desire to excite sur
prise. It is sensible mid cold eloquence of most
unassuming and irresistablc superiority. In Iiis
own home, ami from one of his own arm chairs, it
is the same, except that lie blends tl»e genuine
French spirit with his natural quiet oratory. In a
word, Thiers is the most wonderful man in Eu-
rope.
Curious Researches in Phthisis, (Consump
tion.)—Rayer asserts that lie bus ascertained the
following facts respecting this disease. It is, of all
chronic diseases, that which is most common to
man and animals. In man, and the other mammi-
fera,thc tuberculous mutter is readily distinguished
from recent pus ; in birds its characteristics ure
less marked ; and in lower animals still less so.
Pus, however, in the mammifera, and especially in
the horse, after a long persistence in certain orguns,
undergoes successive changes, in tho course of
which it sometimes assumes the aspect of tubercu
lous matter. The internal softening of tubercles
i , not attribuluhie to infiununuliun ; but their ex
ternal softening is, on the contrary, m >st commonly
by the inflammation of thu adjacent tissues; and
ulmust always the tubercular matter is mixed, in
the latter case, with globules of pus. The calca-
reous concretions seeu in the lungs of mnn and
uniinals must not always he considered as tuhercu-
lous. They aro ofu n, in man and in the horse, the
residue of purulent deposit.—Phthisis is, in our
climate and in Frunce, by fur the most frequent
chronic disease in animals the natives of distant
countries. It attacks not only animuls from warm,
but others from cold climates, as the rein-deer,
&c. It is comparatively rare, however, in thu so-
liduugula and cornuria ; ami the horse and dog are
much more subject to cancer titan phthisis* The
bony disease presented by the monkey tribes, parti
cularly those of South America, when suffering
from phthisis, appears to bo analogous to the de-
ferinities, swellings, and spongy softening of the
bones in phthisical and scrofuJouschildreu. Simi
lar diseased alterations are observed in the bonus
ofcarniverous animals transput ted hither. Phthi
sis, though hereditary, is seldom congenial, even
in u rudimentary form. The seminal fluid of phth-
ideal persons is remarkably destitute of unitnul-
c u 1 a.—Me die a l Times.
Apples of Sodom.—One of the first objects
which attracted our notice on arriving at Ain Sidy,
wus a tree with singular fruit ; which without
knowing at the moment whether it had been ob
served by former travellers or not, instantly su,
gested to our mind the far-famed fruits
This was the 'Osherof the Arabs, tho Aselepias
gigantea velprocera of botanists. * r
* * Wo saw here several trees of’.lie kind,
the trunks of which were six or eight inches in
diameter ; and the whole height from ten to fifteen
feet. It has a greyish cork-like bark, with long
oval leaves, and in its general appearance and
character it might bu taken for a gigantic species
of the milk weed, or silk weed found in the North
ern parts of the American Slates. Its leaves and
flowers ure very similar to those of the latter plant;
and when broken olf, it in like munner discharges
copiously a iniiky fluid. Tho fruit greatly resem
hies externally a largo smooth apple or orange,
hanging in clusters of three to four together ; und
when ripe is of a yellow color. It was now fair
and delicious to thu eye, and soft to tho touch ;
but on being pressed or struck, it explodes with a
puffi like a bladder or pull-ball, leaving in the hand
ouly the8hrudsof the thin rind and a few fibres.
—h is imled filled chiefly with air, like a bladder,
which gives U the round form, while in the centre
a small slender pod runs through it from the stem,
and i» connected by thin filaments with the rind.
The pod contains a small quantity of fine silk with
seeds, precisely like the pod of the silk weed,
though very much smaller—being indeed scarcely
the tenth part as large. The Arabs collect the
silk and twist it into mulches for their guns, prefer
ring it to the common match, because it requires
no sulphur to render it combustible.
The most definite account we have of the apples
of Sodom, so called, is in Josephus; who ns a na
tive of the country is better authority than Tacitus,
or other foreign writers. After speaking of the
conflagration of the plains, and the yet remaining
tokens of the divine fire, he remarks, that " there
are still to he seen ashes reproduced in the fruits ;
which indeed resemble edible fruits in color, but on
being plucked with tho hands, are dissolved into
smoke and ashes." In this account, after due al
lowance for the marvellous in all popular reports,
I find notiiing \» Inch does not apply almost literal*
ly to the fruit of the 'Osher as we saw it. It must
be plucked nnd handled with great care in order to
preserve it from bursting. Wo attempted to carry I g * 1( j e
some of the boughs and fruit with ns to Jerusalem, j ^
but without success.—Robinson's liiblicul Resear
ches in Palestine, <J-c.
I Bold and Vioorous.—A Correspondent of tho
Charleston Courier thus records a noble specimen
of manly aud high-toned parliamentary retort, that
occurred iu tho North Carolina House of Com-
mons, at its late session :
“ The other aay on entering the Commons' Hull,
I found a member on the floor, in full blast. His deci.
dedly vulgar appearance, and an air of consummate
vanity caught my eye, while a string of long words,
in the perfect Bombastes Furioso style, burst upon
the tympanum. It seems he had been engaged in
prying into the expenditure of the Governor, who
was entrusted with sumo money to buy furnituie
for iiis house, which belongs to the people. A mum-
ber hud suggested some sinister motive, or design
to muko political capital out ot the investiga
tion.
“‘Sir,'said he, ‘ what right has tho gentleman
from Guilford to question me. I reply to him, **vil
rn«mnnww»*n\.»«-uiiu|Hguuu ma. - o,
suys. Sir, tlte gentleman in Iiis incontinent inter-
logue aud miserable attempt to abuse me, lie has
* the ocean into tempest tost, to waft a weather and
drown a fly.' In his much ado about nothing, ami
his abominable aud unfounded ussuulls, tliut gen
tleman h/t.s ploughed down mountains, played tho
devil nnd split n tree. Whu,siristhe gentleman
from Guilford, wlvo undertakes to lecture mo on
this floor ? 1 will correct his crude and niistakuu
misapprehension, and say to him, cease viper, you
are gnawing a file! and he had belter keep lus
temper and save his ammunition.
Sir the magnanimous variety and tremendous
solidity of that gentleman, are ouly equalled by the
lubricity und tergiversation of his course on
this floor! But, sir, as it is said in holy writ,
you may bray a fool in a mortar under an iron pes.
tie, and his fully wont then leave him ; und again
l say, sir, to the gentleman from Guilford, I spurn
all indirection, hut will r» huke hypocritical proles-
sionsaml defy gorgons, nohgohiins uud chamn'ious,
or even a log cabin, hard cider, coon skin Gover
nor. So the gentleman from Guilford lias no right
under the glorious constitution handed down immu
table by our forefutliers, who foul und bled on
honor's gory bod. No, sir, he has no right to pop
questions at mo on thi* floor!!"
A Modern Miracle (?).—The following ac
count of a miracle said to have boon wrought at
Plombieres, is given by the Gttivers, a religious
journal ;—“A young girl who for 7 years had been
confined to her bed by a disease which bnflled the
kill of several eminent physicians, was deemed to
he incurable. For the last 4 years her body ap
peared be dead. She wus incapable'of moving
either of her limbs, or even of raising her bead to
take the light nourishment presented to her. She
nevertheless preserved her intellectual faculties.
For some time lately she became still more debi
litated, and \vu si believed to be dying, and prayers
were put up to God that be would put an cud to Iter
agony. At litis period the cure of* the parish read
auuccouutofa miracle which hud been performed
nt Nice, und commenced a neauvaine, in the hope
that the Deity might have the same benevolence
towards Iiis suffering parishioner.—Nino congre-
gationists communicated on Thursday, thu 10th ult.
und on the 18th mass was performed at the altar
ol the Holy Virgin, tlte young girls of tho parish
communicating in the name of the sick person. At
the same time u pious woman repented the muss
to the poor girl, who was placed on her knees at
the foot of the bed.
At 7 o'clock she communicated,and at 8 o'clock
the mass was performed, and between tlte two ele
vations of tho host tho long-suffering woman got up
and seated herself on tlte bed, exclaiming, ‘Oil! I
feel no longer ill, and if I continue thus 1 am cur
ed !' She had not spoken for a longtime before,
and site could hour no light iu her eyes without en
during great pain. After tho mass she remained
for some time perfectly tranquil, and then, getting
up, suddenly spoke with all the force of a person in
full health, saying, ‘1 am cured ! Oh ! a miracle ! a
miracle! Leave mu nlone, and I shall get up uud
walk !’ Astonishment filled the minds of ull pres
ent. As no shoes were at hand, they pula pair of
wooden suborn on her feet, and she walked in
them with all the steadiness of any other person.
In a few minutes, tho room wns filled with pcojde.
The cure and vicaire came, and ali present, with
tears of joy in the eyes, joined them ill chanting the
Te Dcum. A mass of thanksgiving was performed
in the Church the bells were rung, and the whole
place wus full of emotion. Those who worn with
out faith were made believers, and all joined in
prayers uud praises to God."
Crania op Egypt.—It is currently reported
that Dr. Morton, of Philadelphia, is preparing a
work that will possess an extraordinary interest for
tiie antiquarian und physiologist, on the ciauiu of | Austria is u paradise
the ancient Egyptians. Skulls have been put in 1 such flightful masse
his possession, belonging to a remote epoch, by j manufacturing districts; and
The Austrian Government.—“The ideas, too,
which we cherish ut home, tliut Austria is a gloo.
mv uud severe despotism ; that you cannot move
without n spy or police inunutyour elbow, disap.
pear here entirely. In no city do you sue bo lido
palpable evidence of surveilance and police us in
this. You ate, after delivering your passport, as
free and unshuckled iu your motion us London ;
und if yuu do not go out of your wuy to assail the
government, tho government will not in'erfore with
you. Tim whole of litis is, however the result of u
sagacious and worldly-wise political system. Ev.
ery thing is planned and calculated to divert the
thoughts of tlte people from polilicul matters. For
this purpose public and social pleasures are promo-
ted. If poverty cannot wholly he prevented, for
theSlnte lias a large debt, uud pauperism in 183(1
was stated lobe iu proportion ol uhoul four per-
sons iu a hundred, yet distress is ulluviuted, und in
no country do yon see less symptoms of it. The
grand principle of despotic government is, indeed,
aud must be, to maintain its people in comfort;
without which no government could long he pej»u-
lar. Austria therefore educates, and was amoig
the first nations of Europe to educate its people, so
fur us is necessary to the conduct of human nflairs.
The administration of justice is cheap. Law, un
like wltui il is with us. is within the reach of eve-
ry man's purse ; if not the poorest man can seek
justice from tho highest quarters. Even the Em-
peior devotes one day ever)' week to the personal
hearing of any complaints that individuals, how
ever humble, desire to lay before him. What
would he thought of such a paternal practice in our
n monarch! 1 Thus even despotism has it> sun-
If a people can he content to leave the
management of political affairs entirely in the
hands of the government, aud to eat, drink, and l e
merry, going through thu world iu great bodily
comfort, Austria is un evidence that they may do
this in the highest degree. Compared with thu
frightful und wholesale distress of our country.
Nowhere iu the world can
li flightlul masses of misery bo found as in uur
II may the Aus-
A Strange Discovery.—A young Medical Stu
dent, of the name of Mecedelia, of Verona, in Italy,
has been making some of thu strangest experiments
conceivable. They are no other than the petre-
faction of the human body. A friend has informed
us that (lie same discovcty had been made six
yenrs previously, hut that the artist died suJJenlv
w ithout leaving behind him any clue to the secret.
It is well known tliut the King of Naples has iu his
pilucc u table entirely composed of different parts
of tho human body petrified, and polished precisely
as mnrble or any other kind of stone might ho. A
remarkable circumstance is tliut ull the natural co
lors of the nkin, artories, veins, muscles, bones,
&c. and all the stutes of disease causing deullt arc
unalterably preserved.
Mr. Goo. R. Gliddoo, lato a resident of Cairo,
who is now lecturing very acceptably in Boston, on
the urchmology of Egypt,and ho will thus ho ena
bled todevelopo some remarkable lacts in regard to
the primitive inhabitants of the valley of tho Nile,
lie will satisfactorily demonstrate that the builders
of the pyramids were Caucasians.—This will he
an unexpected discovery to tl.e historiuu, since the
opinion lias been propagated, from age to ugo that
Irian ask us, what good docs our liberty of speech
do those who purchase it ut such a cost!"
Jloicitl.
ToM Marshall and the Barrel.—An o; pnn*
cut of Mr. Murshall, some few years since, exhibit,
ed Iiis political gagging !>v informing the crowd
which lie wus undressing, that Iiis father was a
cooper, und tltat he had made many a good barrel
the authors of tho monumental hieroglyphics were for them, lorn, in reply, indulged in tho follow.
Africans. That they were while tnen, looms now , ing strain : “Fellow citizens, 1 have no doubt
placed beyond dispute by the erudite researches of , that Mr. P.'s (his opponent’s) futher wns a cooper,
Mr. Glidilon ; ami his assertions it is said, will he i a first rule cooper, a glorious cooper, a perfect
abundantly corroborated by the silent, yet esseu- j smasher of a cooper, and mode you many a good
tiul testimony of a largo collection of dry hones, I barrel; but fellow citizens, be mude one band;
which address the modern philosopher in a Ian- (pointing to P.) iu which bo forgot to put a good
guago which cuunol he misunderstood.—Poston I head." P. sloped, aud Torn (he wasn't a teetotul'or
Med. Jour. / I then ) tuck a brandy julep with a straw iu it.
l From the English Correspondent of the Charleston
Courier.
London, Feb. 3 184-L
Our money market continues abundantly sup.
plied with funds, but capitalists act with the great,
est caution. Paper of the first class is eagerly
sought after, realizing the low rale of 2 per cent,
only for second class bills, and loans from 5 to 6
per cent, are exacted, and where any doubt exists,
there is not the slightest chance of accommodation.
Tho restrictive system adopted by foreign nations
is the cause of groat alarm, and the vast supplies of
Cotton and Provisions, which are expected from
your side, lead many to anticipate that life Ameri
cans will not take our manufactures in return, but
that gold will bo required to meet the bills drawn on
our merchants in return, against these shipments:
The stock of Bullion, in the coflers of the Bmk
of England, has by tke last return* exceeded that of
the returns since the year 1824, the Directors hav
ing now no less an amount than £11,054,01X1.
With such an immense stock of the sinews of the
trade as well as war, what an extensive assistance
could be rendered to the mercantile and trading in
terest were the corn laws repealed. But what is
ihe position of affairs at present ? With every de
sire, on the part of the Bank Directors to extend
their issue, fortified ns they are wkh so great a
stock of bullion, tho rcqpirmcnJe of the inorcnmile
classes for accoui modal ton are so diminished, that
the circulation of tho Bank has been further increa
sed.
1 bo ft*»t- ** - t n*ap!rptq «»ltl <*v.
ists, and business generally is as dull ns it cun be-
The prospect,, which for the lust six months bad
brightened up, Ims suddenly changed to that of
gjpom, und there is again & general want of confi
dence in all commercial pursuits.
The business, transacted in British securities,
during the Inst three weeks, has been to a consider
able extent, and prices linve generally advanced,
the market still bearing nn upward tendency, 3 per
cent. Consols at tihe close of business this day
were quoted 95; bank 1721 a 173i; 3* per cant, re
duced, 95f; J ; do. 3$ per cents. 102$ . In Amer
ican securities we do nut hear of any business being
fleeted.
Our Houses of Parliament were opened yester
day by commission. The speech from, the throne
has given generulsatisfaction,, and mure particular
ly to tho portion referring to the extension of for
eign commercial Delations. The conclusion of a
treaty of commerce with Russia, took the mercan
tile interest entirely by surprise, as-no indication of
negotiations to that end being ia progress bait
transpired.
From the Paris Correspondent of the Charleston
Courierti
No. 15'».
Paris, Jim. 31, 1843.
To the Editors of the Courier
Gentlemen—Since 1 Inst wrote you, Louts Phil
ippe has opened the pre9uut ses«ion by a speech iu
the Chamber of Deputies. liw-as fortunate enough
to obtain a ticket of admission, and.was much grat
ified by tl»e opportunity ofseuing and hearing him.
Me looks old, but healthy; his manner is simple
and iinnfleeted, nnd ho read his milk und watci
peed) (such ns royal addresses generally ure) in
in audible votce r though it faltered much when ho
alluded to tine death of his sot). As usual, the pa-
pers differed widely in their accounts of his recep
tion, some railing it enthusiastic, and others cold.
It wus.to tell the truth, neither the one nor the other.
Tlte scone was very brilliant ns well ns interesting.
Though tho King himself wns inn plain uniform,
that of a Colonel of tlx* National Guard, there was
nut warding a show of gaiety in uniforms und offi
cial costumes. 'The Queen was not present, in
consequence of indisposition* though the journals
announced the contrary ; but Madumo Adelaide,
Louis Philippe's maiden and clever sister, the Du.
cbesse de Nemours, and the Princess Clementine,
his youngest daughter, about to be married to one
of the never foiling Cobourgs, occupied the royal
box. On tlte King's right baud sat Due do Ne
mours, and on bis left the Due do Mnntpenshiro, bis
youngest son, a mere boy, and n Lieutenant of Ar
tillery. The Due de Nemours, who will probably
lay bo Regent, is a more important personage.
As every body is more or less a physiognomist, 1
formed my impressions of Ins nppenrunoc, nnd I
regret to sny that they were unfavorable. Them
u cold and repulsive air about him; such as a well
wisher does not like to see, and though ho may be a
well disposed und superior young man, yet looks
are of some consequence to royally^ especially in
France. Even in the published' portraits of Iiis
fumily, there is a marked and unpleusant difference
between himself and every other member.
I bad lately the pleasure of seeing Vandorlyn's
picture of tho landing of Columbus, destined to u-
darn the wails of the Capital at Washington. And
I think it really will be an ornament there. It is
evidently the work of a very suporior urtist, nnd
can scarcely foil to increase Iiis reputation, nnd sat-
isfy the pubic*. The subject did not afford much
room for originality, but tho figures are happily
grouped, boldly drawn, ami no.far, burmoninusly co
lored. It will take him about three months more
to complete it, and Ihj hopes that June may see it in
its place.
Everv week records some improvement in the
good city of l'uris, such-us the laving down aspltal-
tuffi for side walks, and (he substitution of gas
lamps for oil lamps in particular streets. By tho
way another now experiment Sms been tried here iu
pavements. A smalt portion of oue of the lending
thorouhfares has been laid down in square blocks
of stone, with half inch slabs of wood between each
in lieu of cemant. It looks curious to tho eye, bu:
1 will wa'ch tlte wear and tear,, and report upon it.
1 think i have already romurked iu one of my
letters upon the falling off of taste here in the do
signs for puolic buildings wed monuments. I allu
ded to the redundancy of ornament, with which ev
ery work now executed is overloaded. Simple
grunducr, of ull others the most impressive in its
effects, is now a days lost sight of. But herein,
though public buildings may lose, private rcridunecs
greutlv gain, l'uris is rapidly filling with the rich
est and choicest specimen* of domestic architecture,
a’carcely a house is built now iu any quarter, that
has not some external establishment- Many un;
exquisitely beautiful. The Style of tlte time of
Francis the First is very prevalent, and afford )
great scope for the ingenuity and fine taste of tho
urlists, for such they may really be called rather
than architects, seeing that they cut aud carve stono
as easily and fancifully as a painter works figures
on Iiis canvass.
Tltu Carnival is in progress now, but nothing
lin ing the dnv indicutes it existence, und il is only
at its close that there is any public show of mum
mery out of doors. But the masked bails at tho
Gruud Opera Houjso here have attained much cole,
briiy—they take place once a we ek during Carni-
il, there, und ut several other theatres. I cannot
v tlmt they liuvu equulied my expectation. All
that brilliancy of light and excellence of music can
do is done lo render litem attractive. The decora
tions are superb, and the orchestra consists of a
hundred aud fifty musicians led by Musard. Tito
number of persons present sometimes amounts to
five thousand, und of theso probably from two to
three thousand may dance ut the some time, so
vast is tlte extent of the house, which is boarded
over on a level with the pit from the furthest extre
mity uf tlte sti* go to the lower circio of boxes.
Nearly all the men who dance urc in fancy dress
es, and tho women universally so, nnd generally
utusqued. You inuy imagine therefore that tho
spectacle is guy enough, when one looks down up-
on it from on upper seat. But on moving about u-
midst thu motley group between tho dunces, which
arc quadrilles uud wultzes alternately, the former
ending in n gallopade, one sees that tho people nro
mostly of a low order. Tito costumes, with hern
nnd there an exception, are of the commonest kind.
Not one character in a hundred is comp etely dres
sed—odd, fantastic, quaint aud ludic rous are tho
epithets tliut can alone apply to them—in fact it
'? 1 siti us if ingenuity were racked sometimes to