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with love, that makes -melt i
are I all oaf lioasted (towers of 1
I knep no terms. It is to my j
Wnerc disease of the imagination ;
liud tl*o nursing of it. I should cor- j i
taitw treat it as I would any other inflam
atory distemper. Blood-letting, spare di- ‘
et, sudorifios, arc, depend upon it, ull-po- ‘ ‘
tent in this business. If any desperate ■
lover doubt it, let. him try my remedies : if | ‘
he fail, ho must he cracked indeed. Yet 1 .
do not by any means intend to deny that the |
lover is hintself (so nature has benevolent
ly provided) resolutely intent on what is
after all, the very best cure tor his passion
—possession ; for, let him oneo marry,
and if Itc ho not shortly cured, his disease
would baffle Galen atal Hippocrates—nay,
old jEscalapius himself. He has it in his j
power, with this recipe, so exchange at any
time the pains of the heart for those of the
head; and if ttot wholly to eradicate, at J
least, to ■shift the seat of the disease.
ELEPHANTS.
The most remarkable peculiarity in the i
•docility of an Elephant, is the certainty
with which he may be trusted to perform ;
particular labors, without the immediate |
superintendence of a man. Many Ele- j
phants are in the habit of tying their own
legs at night ; they are brought to this by
custom. But they will perform duties of
nature in which a uniform habit has not !
been acquired. Thus an Elephant may
supply the place of a nurse.
“ I have myself,” says an officer who
has served in India, “seen the wife of a j
inohout (for the followers often take their ,
families to the camp,)give a baby in charge
of an Elephant, while she went on some
business, and have been highly amused in
observing the sagacity and ease ofthe un
wieldly nurse. The child which, like most
children, did not like to lie still in one po- ,
sition, would, as soon as left to itself, begin ,
crawling about; in which exercise it would J
probably get among the legs ofthe animal, j
or entangled in the branches ofthe trees on j
which he was feeding ; when the animal
would, in the most tender manner, disen
gage his charge, either by lifting it out of
the way with his trunk, or by removing the
impediments to its free progress. If the
child had crawled to such a distance as to
verge upon the limits of his range, (for the
animal was chained by the leg to a peg dri
ven into the ground, ) he would stretch out
his trunk, and lift it back as gently as possi
ble to the spot whence it had started.”
The Baron de Lauriston states, that he
was a tLucknow, when an epidemic distem
per was raging, and when the road to the
place was covered with the sick and dying.
The nabob came out upon his Elephant.
His slaves regardless of their unhappy
fellow creatures, made no attempt to clear
the road ; but the more chari rabie beast,
without any command, lifted some out of
the way with his trunk, and stepped so
carefully among the rest that none were
hurt.
An effect of intelligence, even more ex
traordinary than the instances we have
mentioned, is recorded upon the authority
of an artillery officer who w itnessed the
transaction : “ The battering train, going
to the seige ofSeringapatam had to cross
the sandy bed of a river, that resembled
other rivers of the Peninsula, which leave,
during the dry season, but a small stream
of water running through them ; though
their beds are mostly of considerable brea
dth, very heavy for draught and abound
ing in quicksands. It happened that all
artilleryman, who was seated on the tumb
rill of one of the guns by some accident
fell off in such a situation, that in a second
or two, the hind wheel must have gone over
him. The Elephant, which was stationed
behind the gun, perceiving the predi
cament in which the man was, instantly,
without any warning from its keepers, lif
ted up the wheel with his trunk, and kept
it suspended till the carriage had passed
clear of him.— Youth’s Friend.
TIIE GRATITUDE OF THE ELE
PHANT.
Elephants not only obey the voice of
their keepers in his presence; but some,
even in his absence, will perform tasks
which have been explained to them. “I
have seen two (says M. D’Osbonville) occu
pied in beating down a wall, which their
keeper had desired them to do, and encour
aged themljy a promise of fruit and brandy.
They combined their efforts, and doubling
up their trunks, which were guarded from
injury by leather, thrust agaiust the strong
est parts of the wall, and by reiterated
shocks continued their efforts, carefully
observing and following with their eyes the
effect of the equilibrium : at last, when it
was sufficiently loosened, making one vio
lent push, they suddenly drew back togeth
er, that they might not be wounded, and the
whole came tumbling to the ground.”
A soldier at Pondicherry was accus
tomed to give a certain quantity of arrack
to an elephant every time he received his
pay; and having one day become intoxica
ted, and being pursued by the guard, he
took refuge under the elephant, and there
fell fast asleep. The guard in vain at
tempted to drag him from this asylum, as
the animal defended him with its trunk.
On awakening, however, the soldier be
came dreadfully alarmed at finding him
self under such an enormous creature. The
elephant, his fears, immediately
caressed him w'jtli his trunk.
The following instance of the sagacity of
the elephant is related by Dr. Darwin, who
•had it from some gentlemen of undoubted
veracity who had resided in our East In
idia settlements. The elephants that are
arsed to carry the baggage of our armies,
arc each put under the care of a native of
Hindostan; and while this person and his
wife gp into the woods to collect leaves and
brandies for the animal's food, they fix him
to the ground by a length of chain, and fre
quently leave a child, yet unable to walk,
under his protection, which the intelligent
animal not only defends, but as it creeps
about, when it arrives near the extremity
4’f :he chfi : n. he wraps his trunk gently
round, and brings it again into the centre |
ofthe ciiele.
The elephant showed, by constant flagel
lation ofliis person, thut he was much an
noyed by his persecutors, the musquetos;
and the keeper brought a little naked black
thing, as round as a ball, which in India
they call a child, luid it down before the
animal wiib two words in Hindostanec —
‘•Watch it,” and then walked away into
the town. The elephant immediately
broke off the largest part ofthe brough, so
as to make a smaller und more convenient
whisk, and directed his whole attention to
the child, gently fanning the little lump of
Indian ink, and driving away every niusqui
to which came near it; this he continued
forupwavds of two hours, regardless ol
himself, until the keeper returned. It was
reallv a beautiful sight, and causing much
rellcction. Here was a monster, whose
i bulk exceeded thatofthe infant by at least
I ton thousand times, acknowledging that the
| image of his Maker, even in its lowest dc
| gree of pefection, was divine —silently
proving the truth of the sacred announcc
ment.that God had “given to man dominion
j over the beast of the field.”
CURING BY COLD WATER.
There, have been almost all kind of pre
'■ tensions ; but the last we have seen is that
ofthe celebrated Quack Dr. Vintez Priess
• inetz, who resides in the Province of Mora
via in Germany. It is now about five
| years since the Doctor commenced his prac
tice, and now lie is visited by the proud, the
j noble and the common, at his farm, all
| having implicit faith in bis wonderful skill,
lie resides near the town of Grafenberg in
Germany, in a mountainous but very
, healthy spot. It is stated it) a German pa
i per that lie uses no medicine except cold
water. As soon as the symptoms ol an in
’ flamatory disease appear, the Doctor takes
: a linen sheet, wets it in cold water and af
! ter ringing it effectually, he spreads over it
i a very thick blanket on a bed. He then
| undresses the patient with great despatch,
and lays him on the wet sheet in bed, wraps
this and the blanket very tightly around
him, and covers him with several leather
beds. The patient after being ten minutes
in this situation, becomes warm through
out the system. All spices, as well as
coffee, tea, wine, ike., are prohibited, and
water, cold water only is recommended,
and to be used very copiously. In fact the
account informs us that “the Doctor ’ is en
tirely a “cold water man.”
SEED CORN, TEST OF QUALITY,
QUANTITY, &c.
The following humorous remarks and j
valuable rules are by a correspondent of 1
the Carolina Planter :
“My present purpose is to suggest some
few considerations upon the choice of Cora. j
Many planters are constantly inquiring, j
wljat is the best kind ? They hear of a ,
kind, raised by Mr. Such-a-one, having a
great number of rows upon the cob, and
instantly conclude it must be very valua
ble, and procure it; but, upon experiment,
it turns out that, if the ear is of great cir
cumference, the col) is as large in propor
tion, and they dismiss it as no better than !
what they Had before. Then, then they
are told that Capt. So-and-so has a kind
with cob very small in proportion to the
circumference of the car, they post otl
for this, but, upon trial, it turns out the
grains are so light that they do not render
as much meal to the bushel as other spe
cies, about which no fuss has been made ;
and they reject this kind also. Again, it
is noised abroad that old Squire Mittimus,
little as lie says about it, has for 40 years
cultivated the “raa/genewiile” —a kind that
‘■‘war gin him by a travel/in man that, stopt all
night with him, just after the sett/in of the
I new purchase: and in the moruin let him
have jist four grains qffin a yur carrying in 1
; his scddle bags, from Oglelliap, in Gorgy, i
Ito eis friends in Figinny.” Now if an “old <
j Squire,” or an “old Capting” can be quo
| ted—especially if he is in the habit ol ri- j
; ding a great fat mare, with a bald face, j
! and white legs, and wears a broad-brim- !
mod round crowned hat, of the native color
of wool, with leggings, and walks the j
Court yard every sale day, with his saddle j
bags on his arm, and has a mill and money
! at interest, and is the friend of the “widder
and the orphan,” —that is to say, is “ad- ,
ministerator” of all the estates he can get !
hold of, and is what is called “a judicius
man in the neighborhood”—which means, |
being interpreted, that by ill-drawn wills j
he sets the whole neighborhood aforesaid j
by the ears, and fills the Courts with law- ]
suits, —this is enough. Away they fly, j
post haste after his corn. It is “the big
gest kind you ever see !” But, then, when
j tried, it turns out that there are not so ma
ny bushels to the acre as were expected.
There are others who are continually
crossing their Corn and jumble 20 kinds,
without consideration, in the same field;
but then, ifa new variety displays itself in
any of the ears, they now select it. Oth
ers, again, think it a great matter to be
always getting corn, from land as far off
and as different from their own as possible,
as if that which is already acclimated and
; accommodated to their soil was the worse
for being so.
Let me cut this matter short by sugges
ting a few simple methods by which any
one can test the relative value of the dif
ferent kinds of corn.
To test which of two kinds has the great
est proportion of grains to the cob. Shell
a bushel or any other given quantity, of
each, and throw the grains of each, and
the cobs of each, separately, into a given
measure of water, and that kind whose
grains displace the greatest quantity of wa
ter, compared with what is displaced by
its cobs, is, so far the best.
This test proves that that kind has a
greater bulk of grains to the bushel of un
shelled corn, than the other.—But this is
not enough. It may not, still give the
greatest quantity of meal. Another test is
necessary to .ascertain that, and it is:
2. Weigh the grains shelled from a giv
!cn measure offcach. (unshelled.)
By putting these two results together, i
you ascertain the superiority in weight and
bulk, ofthenne kind or tlm other. Still
you have not enough to decide upon. —
You must add the other test.
3. Which kind produces the greatest
quantity and weight to the acre ‘! And
lastly—
4. Which exhibits the lowest faults, or
unsound grains or ears ?
The Corn which best stands these four
tests is the best. TULL.
THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER PRESS.
BV N. I’. WILLIS.
An Englishman takes the “Times” or
the “Post.” because his father took it be
fore him, and he sticks to it at filly, because
lie read it at thirty. That particular paper
is as much a habit as his hour of dining,
and he would as soon think of changing
one as the other. News would not look
so authentic to him in another type, or on
paper of another shape and texture, and
the arrangement of the contents, the poli
tics of the Editor, the tone, on religion,
morals, and scandal, are all subjects ofa
confirmed habit, and as little liable to
change, as his taste for beef and ale. This
being the character of a great majority of
the readers ofa London paper, the proprie
tors are interested, of course, in preserving
its peculiar stamp —political, literary, mor
al, & typographical, and the Post, Chroni
cle, and Times, are assentially the same to
day, that they were at the close ofthe last
century, and will be at the close of the
present. This conservative tenacity of
patronage, renders it as difficult to establish
a newspaper, as it is easy to sustain it when
successful, and as gieat capital is required
j for the enterprise, it is not undertaken ex
cept by very responsible men, who continue
to invest in it the capital with which they
began, and consequently have a very
heavy stake in its good management and
character. “The Times,” for example,
is worth half a dozen large fortunes, and
its revenue would pay the whole American
cabinet. It has an Editor in each depart
ment, who holds his place at the control of
the stock-holders, and besides a correspon
dent in every quarter of the globe, it em
ploys hundreds of purveyors of news, contri
butors and reporters —all nameless, and,
of course, all valued solely by the quality
of their contributions. To procure an in
terview with the “Editor,” isa matter of as
much difficulty and delay, as to speak to
; Her Majesty, or Lord Melbourn. Indeed
the Editor is a much more powerful person
than either Victoria or the Premier.
Jonathan’s pot on the contrary, is forever
boiling, and every bubble breaks as it rises.
He buys in the newest shop, lie runs after
the newest parson, he crowds the new iiotel
and the new steamers, swallows the new
fashion without smelling or tasting, makes
money ifhis shop burns down, and “sweet
ens his treacle” by demanding yearly a
new netes-paper. His daughters have re
lays of courtship, his sons have an ever
renewing variety of drinks, his servants
change their places every moon, and he
himself change his home and his visiting
circle regularly with the birds in May—all
in direct opposition to corresponding hab
its in England. If chance makes Jonathan
idle and rich, he travels for change; if
chance makes him idle and a fixture, he
frequents hotels and taverns. Change and
experiment form, with nationality and love
of money—the four cardinal points in Jona
than's horizon. And in this passion for
change and experiment, it must be confes
sed, lies the great principal of the nation’s
growth and prosperity—as much as in the
fire under the pot, and the rising and break
ing ofthe bubbles, lies the purification from
crudities and the final wholesonicncss of
meats and vegetables. The character of
anew country, (to illustrate what I mean
by a figure;) lies in stagnant pools, which
in process of time are to be led into regular
courses, and maintain a heaity and regu
jlarflow. The superabundance of water
’ and the indistinctness ofthe new channels,
I at first create an irregular and uncertain
| flood, shifting with the violent action of an
element not easily controlled, and forming
iin a great measure, its banks and bounda
i ries for itself. Every new direction given
to the mass, must be done with a freshet,
which though it seem an ungovernable and
wild commotion, works by an infallible
! law of nature, & plough deep through tlie
j unwholesome abysses of stagnation. The
I channel once swept deep and clear, the wa
j ters subside, and flow calmly, and with
j out obstruction or change of course; and,
! gradually, verdure covers the unsightly
i borders, and the currents can be calculated
on in their depth, velocity and direction.
In the dark search after prosperity during
tliis wild commotion, you will sec at once
that the English golden rule of constancy
to one current or perseverance in the foot
prints of the fortunate is one less to go by,
than to make others go by you. Persever
ance, tenacity, conservatism—qualities
which enrich in England—often impoverish
an American. Versatility is the money
j maker here. To be ready to abandon a
project in time, is the first wisdom. To
throw your compass overboard and swim
with the stream is oftenest the way not to be
wrecked. You pay in England, for exam
ple, a large sum for the “good will” of a
shop—meaning the certain advantage to be
derived from the neighbors’ habit of fre
quenting it. In America, for “good will”
we read “ novelty,” and pay twice as much
for anew shop at the opposite corner.
This peculiarity has much to do, and oth
er things perhaps more, with the condition
of American newspapers. We have, pro
perly, no newspaper genius of our own. —
England stands to us something in the re
lation of the elder son whose clothes are
regularly inherited by his younger brother.
We have no chance to suit ourselves. Our
literary wardrobe, though cut out for a big
ger boy comes in too handily to be wasted.
The tailor, Editor for us, overwhelmed
with materials, can only “ alter,” and ifhe
venture to add anew flourish to suit our
fancy, it is like all new patches on old gar
ments—fresher stuff, but out of place and
keeping. We never shall have a fit peri
odical literature of our own till the copy,
right law declares us of age, and de
prives us ofthis second-liund-clothcs-piess.
When that day of “ freedom” shall arrive,
the world, to say the least, will see the dif
ference between thread-hare and “bran
new.” —Brother Jonathan.
MORE HORRID MURDERS,
We learn that a series of most atrocious
murders was perpetrated by a miscreant
in Southampton county, on Monday niglit.
All aged Quaker of the name of Scott, resi
ding not far from Jerusalem, his sister,
also aged, a little girl, about nine years old
named Prelow, a negro woman and her
child, were successively butchered lo fur
ther the design of robbery, entertained by
their destroyer. Six persons were on the
premises at the time —and but one escaped.
This was a young negro girl- She relates
we understand,[that a man residing in the
neighbourhood visited the house a little af
ter sunset and spent the evening by the
fireside of Mr-Scott in conversation with
the family- As he was about to quit, he
asked Mr. S. to walk with him to the gate,
as he had a word io say to him in private.
‘Po this the unfortunate man consented
The girl saw no more of him. A vio
lent struggle was next heard in the kitchen.
The murderer armed with a short heavy
dogwood pestle, had seized the negro wo
man, and was beating out her brains when
the aged sister of Mr. Scott, attracted by
the noise, appeared & begged him to desist
Irrevocably bent on his design he instantly
despatched the poor negro, and seizing the
old lady felled her to the floor with a blow
of the pestle. A negro boy about nine
veas old was then killed in tbe same man
ner. He next proceeded in search of the
little white girl, and the young negress.
The latter made her escape unobserved.
‘Phe other child was not so fortunate. She
was caught in the room and murdered as
summarily as the rest.
Not seeing the negro girl, and resolved
to leave no clue to his fearful secret, the
monster made a careful search in the rooms,
turning over the beds and scanning every
corner narrowly. Convinced that one of
the family had escaped, he seems to have
gone off without consummating the robbery.
The girl fled immediately to the nearest
neighbors’ and commuuicated what had
occurred in her sight and hearing. They
repaired to the premises forthwith, and
found the melancholy confirmation of her
story. The murderer had fled, and the
house was burning slowly. The fire was
extinguished before it had defaced the bod
ies, or done much injury to the building.
In the morning, among the spectators of the
the night’s bloody work, was the individual
Spoken of by the girl as the actor in the
scene. He gave an instant contradiction
to her story, and referred to the absence of
blood from his clothing as proof of his inno
cence. He denied also, we learn, having
been on the premises for a fortnight. Tra
ces of blood, however, it is said, were found
among his whiskers, and he was detained
till search was made at his house. This
resulted, we learn, in the discovory ol a
suit of his clothing excessively besmeared
with blood. lie was forthwith apprehended.
Mr. Scott was an old and esteemed resi
dent of the county, and was reputed to be
wealthy. The hope of securing his mon
ey led to a scheme of murder, as boldly
conceived and deliberately executed as
any furnished by the annals of crime.
The escape of the girl alone prevented ihe
full execution of the plan. If she had fal
len, all explanation of the mystery would
have been impossible. The house and
bodies ofthe slain would have been con
sumed to gether, and the murderer would
have posessed iu security the poor reward
of his atrocity, beyond the fear of detec
tion.
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.
The formation of historical societies has,
w ithin the last few years, attracted some
attention. In Massachusetts, a society of
this kind has done much towards collecting
early and important information in refer
ence’ to that State. Connecticut formed a
historical society last spring, and has
since been actively engaged in collecting
curious documents. New York has such
a society also, but we believe has not done
much yet. The Georgia Historical Soci
ety Ims been recently the most active.—
Spewing of its transactions in the New
York Commercial Advertiser says:—“lt
is, we believe, only within the last three
or four years that a few gentlemen of lite
rature in Georgia directed their attention
seriously to the work of historical investi
gation touching the early history of their
own state. No history of the state had ev
er been written: and the materials for
such a work—whatever original materials
might exist—were scattered about among
the old trunks and bureaus of the country,
or buried in the archieves of the colonial
department of the mother country.
In order to rescue these materials, a His
torical Society was formed, which has en
tered upon the work with great spirit and
success. The State was induced to send
an agent to Europe to search the records
of the colonial department, and his mission
was attended with great success. He re
turned with some twenty or more folio vo
lumes cf transcripts of valuable documents,
such as will form an excellent basis for a
history of the State.
“Meantime the researches of the society
at home have been attended with a degree
of success equally signal, as an evidence
of which, the society has already given to
the public the first volume of a proposed
series of its transactions, which is a book
of rare value. Its contents are Ist. H his
torical oration delivered on the formation
of the society by the Hon. William Law ;
2d. An accurate account of the provinces
of South Carolina and Georgia, written
more than one hundred years ago; 3d. A
voyage to Georgia in 1735, by Francis
Moore; 4th. An impartial inquiry into
the state and utility of Georgia, in 1741 ;i
sth. Reasons for establishing the colony,■
with some acoount of the designs of the
trustees ; (ith. A sketch ofthe life of Gen
eral James Oglethorpe, the founder of the
colony, written expressly for the society,
by Thomas Spaulding, Esq.
NEWS AND GAZETTE.
principles and hen.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1841.
CK3” At an election held on Monday last,
Messrs. Daniel Lee, F. Fioklen, Japies M.
Smythe, Simeon Hester, and F. T. Willis,
were chosen Commissioners ofthe town <>f
Washington.
C i£r Returns of the late CongresqjfJffel
Election, from fifty-six counties in this
State, show a majority of 5213 for Holt o
ver Watson. The first is doubtless elec
ted.
Washington Female Semi
nary.
We are rejoiced to learn that this Insti
tution has commenced the present term
with such favorable prospects. The num
ber of-scholars is much larger than is usu
al at this season of the year, and is daily
increasing. That the efficacy of the mode
of instruction pursued, the acknowledged
merit aud talent of the teachers & the eligi
bility of location, is gaining a wide spread
reputation, is proved by the augmenting
number of scholars from abroad. It is an
honorto our town, such an one as our citi
zens have the greatest reason to be proud of.
We think it unnecessary to say any thing
ofthe system of education practised in this
seminary; those who feel an interest
(which all ought to feel) in the matter, will
find its doors at all times open to visitors,
and opportunity given for all that wish; io
investigate for themselves. It is sufficient
for us to say that if in the education of a
lady, in the formation of her character and
in adding to it religion, its most becoming
ornament, precept and example are most
efficacious, then the accomplished teach
ers who preside over this institution will
be found eminently qualified for their du
ties.
Geological Survey.
It will be recollected that the Legisla
ture at its last session determined to aban
don the further prosecution of this underta
king, already more than halfcompleied.—
Os the policy and wisdom of so doing, in
our peculiar situation we think an expres
sion of opinion improper. The course of
the Legislature was doubtless dictated by
the imperative necessity which urged them
to make every possible curtailment of ex
penditure during the present embarrass
ment ot the State finances.
No man, the least acquainted with the
subject, can deny the eminent utility of
such a survey in developing the mineral
and agricultural riches of the State. Im
portant discoveries have already been made
in those counties which have been exam
ined, and doubtless others much more in
teresting will be made in that part not yet
explored, we mean the northern portion,
well known to abound in every variety of
mineral wealth.
We make these observations to call atten
tion to the prospectus of the State Geologist,
published to-day. Reluctant to leave this
work half finished, notwithstanding his dis
couragement from the course of the Legis
lature, he has determined to appeal from
the Legislature to the people, and trusting
they will appreciate its value, to prosecute
his enterprise. We shall be happy to re
ceive the names of any who may wish to
subscribe to the work.
Resumption.
Some of the Van Buren prints are out a
gainst the Whig party for compelling the
Banksto resume Specie payments. “Why”
say they, “the Harrison party have adopt
ed our sentiments in relation to the curren
cy, and are now advocating the Hard-
Money system, (the very thing that defeat
ed Mr. Van Buren,) and warring against
the credit system.” Thus are the Hard-
Money men attempting to create some po
litical capital, by representing themselves
as now the advocates of the credit system,
and making their opponents appear the ene
mies of that system, by misrepresenting
their motives for compelling a resumption
of Specie payments by the Banks. The
principles of the two parties, in relation to
this matter, are, we believe, wide as the
poles asunder. —The one is endeavoring to
restore the currency to that sound and con
vertible state which it was in, when Gen.
Jackson commenced his war upon it; the
other party if (we may believe their pro
fesaions) wish to abolish paper currency
altogether and substitute hard money in
its stead. This last has been in power in
this State for years, and what have they
done towards giving us a specie currency ; /
they have not even approximated towards
it by supplying a currency convertible in
to specie. They have suffered the Banks
to suspend payments and utterly neglected
to use the power they have had to compel
them to resume ; with loud denunciations
of banks, paper money, &c., they have
suffered those institutions to flood the coun
try with irredeemable bills which at any
moment they had the means in their hands
to prevent. In this as in almost every thing
else, their professions have militated a
gainst their practice.
Have the Harrison party acted thus in
consistently ? They have always been the
professed advocates of the Banking ami
credit system, from its utility, nay, abso
lute necessity, in a commercial country
like ours, but an essential point in their
theory was that the currency so supplied
could at any moment, at the will of the
holder, be converted into specie, that when
banks refused to comply with their obliga
tions it was time for the law to interfere to
compel them to do so, as it compelled in
dividuals. Coming into power then with
these principles and finding most of the
State institutions in a state of suspension,
and the time of redemption of their liabili
ties dependant upon their own will and
pleasure, our party put its theory into prac
tice, and declared that the Banks should
do us they had promised, und as the com
munity expected them to do, or cease to be
Banks. Os the expediency of this course
there may be doubts with some, of its jus
tice, there can be none, and we*can see
in the measure nothing like an adoption of
the peculiar financial notions of the Loco
focos.
FOR THE NEWS AND PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
Washington, Jan. Ist., 1841.
Mr. Editor :
“ Hang sorrow and cast away care.”
Let’s begin the New-Year joyfully, and
promise ourselves continued happiness dur
ing its progress. Having paid our debts,
we defy Sheriffs and Lawyers; and can
turn over anew leaf in tiie book of our ex
istence ! Thus, we shall have a clear
page upon which to begin. We must be
careful, and so manage our pen, as not to
blot, and have to scratch out, as we make
our daily entries. My advice, to my Bach
elor friends is, to make this resolution
prominent upon the top of the page :
Resolved Ist.—With the help of God,
I’ll get married this year, if I can. It is
unnecessary to reason upon this, as you
and each of the others, will perceive the
necessity for it. Should this resolution be
accomplished, you can rejoice and say—
“ I’ve hung sorrow, and flung away care.”
This is not the only way to drive away
sorrow & care. Around the well furnished
board of my landlord in our tmen, we
daily drive them away, as well as hunger
and thirst. For this year too, he still holds
out at the sign of the Washington Hall !
and “ he hath killed his beasts ; he hath
mingled his wine ; he hath also furnished
his table ; he now crieth upon the highest
places of our town : Whoso is hungry, let
hint turn in, hither, and eat of my bread,
and drink of the wine which I have min**
gled.” Our landlord is wise, and will
“keep the wheel’s moving.” “Comfort
and rest, depart not from the door of his
habitation.” Conviviality and forgetful
ness of care are the tapsters that await the
bidding of his guests.
BARNABY, Jr.
ADVICE TO CANDIDATES.
The third series of the saying and doing/
of Samuel Slick, of Slickville, the renowned
clockmaker, is as rich in illustration and ’
amusement as either of the earlier volumes.
The following are extracts from a story
called “Playing a Card.” Slick was
asked if he had ever interfered in politics
when he was “to home at Slickville.”
“No, said he/now. -I was once an ‘as
sembly-man, but since then I ginn up poli
ties. There is notuin so well taken care of
as your rights and privileges, squire.—
There are always a plenty of chaps volun
tesrin to do that, out of pure regaid to you,
ready to lay down their lives to fight in your
cause, or their fortins, if they had any,
either. No; I have given that up. Clock
making is a better trade by half. Dear,
dear, I shall never forget the day I was
elected. I felt two inches taller, and about
a little the biggest man in all Slickville.
I knew so much was expected of rqe I
couldn’t sleep a tryin to make speeches;
and when I was in the shop I spiled half
my work by not having my mind on it. -
Save your country, says one; save it-from
ruin; cut down salaries. I intend to, says I.
Watch the officials, says another; they are
the biggest rogues we have. It don’t con
vene with liberty that public servants should
be the masters ofthe public. I quite con
cur with you, says I. Reduce lawyers’
fees, says some; they are eating up Vthe
country like locusts. Jist so, said !.▼ A
bounty on wheat, says the farmer, for your
life. Would you tax the mechanic to etiy
rich the agriculturists? says the manufat
turer. Make a law against thistles, says
one; a regulator about temperance, says
another; we have a right to drink, it wo
please, says a third. Don’t legislate too
much, savs a fourth —It’s the curse of the