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THE HERALD:
For the Herald.
“NECROLOGY.”
In alluding to the subject of Neckology again,
I have only complied with my first intentions.
My former communication having only in view :
the presenting it, n a worthy science; that had
liecome of late, too interesting, to paa hy un
noticed, except by the few, who are innitinted.
The remarks then being made in a sort of gen
eral way, merely mentioning it as a science, in
comparison with the other sciences, intending
to give n more detailed view ill a future notice
of the subject. Ami incompliance with these
intentions, w ill illustrate the subject by com
paring it with Physiology, fn our formation,
fiod, in his munificence, endowed us with fa
culties and mind, as comprehensive in there
form, a* the immensity of Ids creations ; lairds
of hi* lower creations,yet mi a-eptable of thou
sands of changes, ns softly blended with each
other ua tho rainbow tints; though in each,
marked them on the eU rnal organ* of the
body a* an inti :x of liie passions, tlmt play in
the diversified fanciesof the mind. In the hair
may be. seen the tlrength of the passions; the
noble brow, intellect and courage; tin eye, plea
sure or pain; or wit, or gaiety, in the aquiline
nose; and the scornful curl of the lip, the va
t ied feelings of the mind, and in the whole
countenance, wc see. pieturing many of the
innate passion* of tin soul, lint tliis is only
Physiology in a partial sense; these organs of
the fare, are only the caprice of the mind on
the impulses of (he moment. Inadcstended
nose we may picture, violence, or anger, hut
the organ is only the index of the passing mo
ment ; the calm that succeeds restores the eqn
nitnity of the nasal organ; the eye that could
Seoul, wanders unmeaningly in it* orbit, the
simple Interpreter of passing objects; and tin
curling lip, hangs carelessly over the gap in
the face, ns if nature had only placed it there
ns an apron to screen the ravenous interior,
leaving the Physiognomy an unintelligible sub
joet, that can have bill little claims, to Physi
ology, apart from the more simple and com
prehensive science of “Neckology.” Uniform,
’ in its external appearances, it may be viewed
under every change of character, and yet the
wisdom of its developments ure the tut me,
though devoted by the imiatiiriil fopperies of
man, therefore it is more peculiarly to the la
dies I hut tins science, is Indebted to its existence.
With man, starched, and stiffened up by paste
board und feathers; the natural symmetry of
the neck is dcstorted into ncrainish-llkc slim
ness, destroying the harmony of Hod's noble
works, lo grutify the fastidious tastes of de
praved fashions; but in the lady bow different.
The natural graces, buds into loveliness, with
out those fostering cares of art to ninrr its
beauties. The ruif or collar, only decks its
charms, adding expression to the harmony to
lltut model of tin: soul! Who could not see
the amiability of the heart in the swan like
neck; or a passion for music in the dislinded
trachea; u sympathy for the sex, bv the apex
of the throat; or an imaginative fancy by the
fullness of the juglar. In all, they are the
legitimate otfpnngs of the soul, changing only
with ils inteiimlchanges, and preserving intis
external appearances the harmony of its con
struction, Out in the lean itinrse features of the
neck how different are the passions? That
meekness olid amiability is uo longer there, but
strong idiomitable passions,sullen and morose;
or find wit ami humor in the swollen neck?
In it, refinement is lost,and in (he grossness of
the organ, all the sympathies are coneentiutcd
into the passion for gormandizing.
Much more might be said on ibis delightful
science of “Nephologyand would afford a
fund of interesting mutter to contract with the
other sciences in vogue ; but must defer it for
the present. Hardly can it be desired cither,
ns I am conscious that as simple and interest
ing as this subject is, it must afford the ardent
student in search of scienlilieal acquirements
u glorious treat to be able to dip into the mazes
of a science that lias hitherto been considered
the acme of our studies) lirnugh life. And to the
less studious, it cannot but afford equal felicity ;
to the young, il will tie fell as anew faculty in
forming the associations in life ; a key tot-very
heart, which they can per,iso whether 1 their
wants are for 8 wife o;- a liu ml.
BLANK.
Ilnur W anted. —ln the course of an ad
dress delivered lately at Albany, on the
License System, David M. Reese, M. I>.,
was brought to cushion of the following
extensive simile:
“ lie closed by remarking that, had he the
power, he would hang a mighty bell on one
of the most distant planets, and, with its
long rope, he would sound an alarm that
should cause the world to hear and awake
from its slumbers, and purify itself front
this license in the bodies and souls of
men.”
It would certainly require a very loner
rope to perform this celestial tintinnabula
tion; and ns the planet revolved through
space, its tether would have to be let out
ike n kite-string, l'ew *• walks” could
furnish rope enough—and the end of the
-ring being reached, the planet would part
able; and then with what a flightful sound,
and with what an uncommon long tail,
would she go frisking and booming through
void immensitv !
Wo implore Dr. Reese to give this daring
attempt at bel! hanging and ringing a calm
consideration, before he carries it into ex
ecution. It will bo both dangerous and
expensive. ** The world” is not yet pre
pared for a peal from his travelling belfry.
1 /’/ <7. Gazette.
Filial Account of one's- Father's lt-
Jractions. —Though my father was neither
‘'young, being forty-two—nor handsome,
having lost an cyc-nor sober, for he spent j
alt he could get in liquor-riot clean, for his
trade was oily-nor without shackles, for he
Wd live ehildren-yet women of various!
courted his smiles, and were !
Jpnrch inclined to pull caps from him.
[Hutton’s Autobiography.
From the. Philadelphia Saturday Courier, j
PATRONAGE.
OR THE NOTE BOOK OF A LANDLORD
nxtract mas Tar hunt or unm.hd.
“Tli priest calls the. Law yer a cheat:
Tt lawyer be-knsvci tlie divine ;
Ami die statesman, lieenuse he's so great,
Thinks his trade as honest as mine .”
Da. David TitEODorir* Dinks. —This
gentleman arrived in the evening from the
West, elegantly dressed in summer appa
rel, and from his conversation and nppeur
nnee, would he considered a nice young
man. Upon alighting from the omnibus,
he discovered that his trunk was among
the missing, and immediately proclaimed
its value, and determined to hold the own
er of the omnibus accountable. After re
ceiving the sympathies of those who hap
pened to he his companions, and the assur
ance of the driver, that the trunk could not
be loil, messengers were despatched to the
different hotels and depots, without success ;
mid at last under the usual excitement,
started himself in the persuit. In about
-hi hour lie returned, having proceeded to
llroml-street, where lie learned that it had
been placed upon an omnibus for New-York
and that all his funds were in the trunk,
In must beg the favor of fifteen dollars to
despatch a man after it. The sum required
was accordingly handed bv th: bar-keeper,
in! our!.cro uisappeaicd for the evening.
During the night, however, a fellow trav
eller arrived with his fumiiv, and, after
seeing his name upon the Register, sent
for the proprietor, and pronounced the
Doctor a swindler of the first water, lie
narrated the numerous expedients to raise
the vvind, during the journey from Natch
ez, iu so grafic a sty le, as to leave hut little
doubt of the laet. “And as to tile lost trunk
don’t believe a word of it; it was pledged
at Pittsburg, to the agent, for hi* passage
and money borrowed to redeem it from the
boat; and if you will go to llroad-street,
you will find it iu the possession of the
conductor. The whole “scheme,” he con
tinued, “is a trick to borrow money, and if
yon have not already lent him, it will be
the first application iu the morning.”
This information, however circuinatancial,
and however well intended, was to say the
least, extremely pleasant. A poor devil,
in distress, had appealed to oursympnthies,
and, as Maneho says, “it done us good to
relieve him.” Hut to hr hauled out of bed
at three o’clock in the morning, just after
our conscience had ratified the net, and ex
emplified by a sound sleep, “the luxury of
doing good,” was, what any author would
call cold comfort. Yet as the sum was
small, ivp bore it with Christian fortitude,
and without further delay proceeded to the
depot, where the stubborn truth not only
stared us in the face, but “confirmation,
strong as holy writ” of all that had been
told, was presented to our doubting visions.
Here, for a moment, we stopped to moral
ize, and might have thought of something
to console our feelings, hut the lines of
ltutlcr interposed; that
“Doubtless ihe pleasure is ns great
<lf being elicnlt and, as to cheat,”
But the day-light making its appearance,
urged the necessity of action, and accor
dingly two officers were procured, who ac
companied us hack to the hotel. Here we
found the doctor taking leave, in the most
uflcctionatc manner, of those who arrived
with him the evening before ; telling each
one, ns he shook him by the hand, that this
unfortunate accident would detain him;
but he would most t t-rtninlv see them at
the Astor House the next liny. He then
turned round, and with a very complnisaut,
though anxious look, inquired whether any
thinghad been heard of his trunk. He was
informed that it bad been discovered at
Broad-street, where he lunl pledged it for
his passage, and where he could obtain it
by paying fifty seven dollars.—This abrupt
unswer, however, did not disconcert hint,
or change a single ijuiscle ; but u ailing tin-,
til the opportunity offered, lie replied,
“tliut he was aware of the trunk at Broad
street, but the one lilissingwna quite anoth
er aHiiir; that the agent ut Pittsburg, who,
by-the-bv, was a perfect gentleman, ‘finding
him in difficulty, owing to a rascally ser
vant who had absconded, lent him twenty
five dollars, bis own money not being cur
rent; that being a stranger, lie gave the
trunk to the conductor until he could cash
some drafts, which fortunately he had in
bis pocket.” But the trunk that was lost
contained all his clothing, one hundred and
seventy five dollars in specie, which had
been entrusted to hint ut Harrisburg and
seme Mississippi money, which he had “set
aside for innnediiile expenses.” The otic
at Broad street contained his professional
books, *Ve. \r., which had cost him a
great deal of money, and to him were very
valuable. Then turning partly around,
that the gentlemen present could hear dis
tinctly, be said, “you arc mistaken, sir, in
supposing me such an infamous character.
The respectability of my relations would
forbid the slightest imputation of the kind,
and my own wealth, having n plantation in
Nortli and one in South Carolina, would
render unnecessary a resort to such tricks
to earn me to my destination. * * * 1 a m
surprised, mortified and ashamed to think
that such an imputation should be brought
against me.” But.
“If thou wert honorable.
Thou would’*! have told this tsle lor x irtuy not
For such an end thou seek‘si.”
He was told that we regretted exceeding
ly the necessity of doubting the word of a
gentleman; that the impositions to which
\xe were subject, required the closest scru
tiny-—and as the information received dur
ing the nigh, was not of tlic most satisfac
tory kind, we should be obliged to require
other evidence to prove his respectability ;
and that the geutlciueu present, high con
stables of the city, w ould take charge of
him until the evidence could be procured.
The introduction was rather startling;
■ and from the course which things were like
i ly to take, the Doctor was placed in what
i< called a quandary.
. Vet,
| Stand up, my heart,my shrinking nerves wax firm,’
and recollect that submission would L>o an
acknowledgment ot crime, lie very prudent
ly demanded the cause of his arrest ; and
then stated that the trunk in Broad-street
would fortunately remove all difficulty, as
it contained sufficient to satisfy all demands
against him. The insult, he supposed, he
must submit to; “but have a care !” he etn-
THE DIO INT OSH COUNTY HERALP
| phatically exclaimed. “These tricks are
not to be played upon gentlemen with im
| punity. The author ol this disgrace 1 de
mand, and be assured that vengeance shall
ihe melted out to the utmost extent of the
law.”
To put an end to the altercation, the offi
cers proposed a visit to llroad-street, and a
carriage standing at the door, enabled us to
carry the plan into effect. Hut, upon rea
ching the spot, vve thought wc discovered
a reluctance on the part of our hero, that
indicated a rottenness in the state of Den
mark.” His mind became suddenly chan
ged. To doubt the word of a gentleman,
w as to rob him of his treasure, and to con
vince us, was ‘throwing pearls before swine.
Then throwing himself into an armed chair,
he exclaimed, “I’ll bed and if I do it.”
After a few minutes in this important po
sition, and while the officers were consid
ering the course to he pursued, he thrust
his hand into his pocket, and discovered
twelve of the fifteen dollars, which he po
litely handed over, and then offered his
ring and words of honor that the balance
should lie paid in an hour.
But, alas ! how short-sighted and vision
ary are the schemes of the dishonest! In
the various stratagems and enterprises, how
little do wc benefit by experience, or how
little can we boast of human foresight!
The accommodation that was here offered,
would have crushed the difficulty in the
bud, had it been offered iu the proper time
and place, and the Doctor would have been
permitted to practise in another sphere,
perhaps more congenial to his feelings.
But the conductor had claims that must he
settled, ere the gentlemen could breathe
the air of liberty ; and as the money and
ring Imd gone, it was impoitaut to the inter
est of his employer, that the contents of the
trunk should he exhibited. Here was a
new difficulty that had not been anticipa
ted ; rt was “stepping from the frying pan
into the tire,” and throwing a gentleman
upon the horns of a dilemma, and exposing
a nakedness that but little comports with
the dignity of an honest man. It was em
phatically admonishing us “that honesty is
tlie best policy.”
‘I lie claim was fifty-seven dollars for mon
ey borrowed, passage, vYr. noil nothing hut
the rash planked down would prevent n
visit to Moyuntensing.
“What!
To lode me from die radiant aun ?”
“But the trunk contains valuables,” said
the officer, “and why hesitate to place in
the conductor’s hands the security within
your control ? The papers, letters of cre
dit, <fcr. may throw some light upon the
subject, and perhaps relieve you from diffi
culty.”
“Acs, the letters,” lie hastily replied,
and immediately the trunk was opened, and
the letters within his grusp.
“But stop,’ said the officer, we must ex
amine the content*—lake an inventory of
the valuables, and move exactly according
to law.”
lie then took the letters, and began with
the contents of the trunk, calling out, “one,
shirt two dickeys—one pair ofsilk gloves;
one pair old punts.”
1 hose, with the credentials, were the On
ly availables ; the “instruments, profession
al books,” &r. not being found ; and hay
ing collected from the (loor some pieces of
paper, which the officer discovered to he
drufts on one of our banks, he immediately
proclaimed that he had discovered enough
to require ati examination before the may
or.
This discovery was placing the Doctor
in anew situation, that was likely to prove
rather delicate ; and a pleasure was mani
fested by those in authority that almost bat
tles the power of description. When the
great llcrschel peeped through the teles
cope, and discovered the inhabitants of the
Moon, his fare before the resemblance to
a Dutch toy, when compared with the ani
mated features of <4l r officer—it was such
a discovery !
But the Doctor, pluck to the last—altho’
battled not beaten, descended from his digni
ty, and burst forth in a furious rage. Alter
giving to each one of the party his full share
of abuse, lie threw himself into a rhetorical
position, and emphatically pronounced the
whole posse “ and —d set of rascals.”
“Bui what are car.vs 1 curses ill not kill
Nor case the torture lam doomed to feel.”
From tli.w position lie was liuallv remov
ed to the office of the mayor where his hon
or, not being at leisure, the gentleman, was
directed to walk in the State House yard,
accompanied by an officer.
During this little excursion, lie became
inspired. It was a fine May morning, and
he was positively on the spot where the
great fathers of the republic had proclaim
ed the independence of the country. He
was in durance vile,” under the control of
an officer whose weight exceeded two hun
dred pounds. Himself youthful, light and
suplc, and as the prospect was liberty,
who would not make the attempt J
“Tis but the coward, or crooking fool.
Who talks of liberty,
And drags the basest chum of tyranny.
It waa in this mood our hero reasoned,
and without considering the advantage of
prudence, or adhering to the Scotch prov
erb. “to do nothing in a hurry,” off he
went.
“Like the roebuck, or fleet door,
The hounds in close putsuit.”
But he had net gone far, before he discov
ered that the yard was surrounded by an
iron railing, and that the only pass was
through a gate-way, whether the officer,
with his iron countenance, dragging his hair
and habiliments, bad nearly reached the
“vantage’d ground,” Finding this pass
very doubtful, an effort must be made “to
scale the wall;” and as time was pressing,
the nearest place was thought the best.
Upon reaching the summit, however, it
was discovered that the descent could only
be attained at the risk of the neck, and that
however unguarded or incautious the previ
our steps, the balance of the journey must
be effected with prudence. In this situa
tion, and whilst the mind was leaning a lit
tle to the side of freedom, the officer caught
him by the coat, but, regardless, of the
consequence, the jump was made, through,
lortunatcly for his neck, the predonder
ancc was so much oil the side of the officer,
it was arrested ere it attained its velocity,
and there they hung one on each side, to
the no small amusement of the bovs.
From this critical situation, our gentle
man was removed to the “lock up,” o" ( l
subsequently to Moyarnensing. where he
was recognized by an old friend, as a com
panion in the Georgia suite prison.
‘.'What, David !” he exclaimed, “ate you
here ? I supposed that when vve parted,
wc had parted forever : but I see you have
been lucky. You are well dressed, and
1 suppose have come here because the
banks have stopped specie payments.”
“H-u-s-h !” replied the Doctor ; and as
he passed, “don't blow me !” hut the offi
cer, who was wide awake, ushered the gen
tleman to his apartment, and soon learned
his history front his companion. Upon
this information, he was held as a fugitive
from justice ; hut the authorities of Geor
gia, being pleased to learn he was so far
from their jurisdiction, requesting that lie
should he set at liberty, and kept if possible
from the limits of their state. Tlie owners
of the line having learned these particulars,
did not think proper to lodge a detainer,
and the doctor was once more set at liber
ty, to practice wherever he coul'd find a
customer.
From this spariousand elegant establish
ment at Moyainensing, the Doctor remov
ed to one of the first hotels in this city, j
Upon entering this he requested the land
lord to send a servant to name, New-York
boat, upon her next arrival, for his trunk.
“The d—d tailor at New York had disap
pointed him, and lie was obliged to leave
his trunk to be sent on by the keeper of the
Astor House, the next day.”
This story appearing probable, a room
was selected with such attentions as the
importance of the guest might require. Af
ter dinner, at which so much hud been said
ahoutthe elegance of the city, lie expressed
a wish to see it, and the landlord's son, with
his barouche, was at his serv ice. During
the drive, a visit to the penitentiary was
suggested—“d—n those places ; I have
seen enough of the miseries of human na
ture without encroaching upon the limits
of a penitentiary.”
Next day arrived, hut the trunk did not ;
and under the pretence of “seeing about it,”
the Doctor took the Baltimore boat, and
there patronized, solitary and alone, anoth
er hotel, under the name of Colonel Beaton,
nephew of the senator of that name from
Missouri. But there I must leave him
with his friends—to tell how he bought
tjIIO.OOO worth of negroes—how he was ta
ken up, and how he patronized the tread
mill.
Washington City, February 18.
No one from the North should visit Wash
ington without making an excursion to
Georgetown and examining its convent and I
college. The traveller may easily fancy him- j
self in one of the old cities of Spain, when he
alights at the door of the convent of “the
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin.” The sltua
lion of this building is fine, and the view com
manding, though that is a matter of but little
importance to the nuns and novices, who are
not permitted to look out from their latticed
windows on the rich scene of wood and moun
tain, and flowing stream and busy city, which
stretches out in different directions far as the
eye can reach.
Under the guidance of a young lady who had
received her education within her walls, I vis
it ed this little convent. After a momentary
conversation with the Portress at the grate,
we were admitted into a small, but scrupu
louslv neat parlor, the portions of the floor of
which, that were not covered by the carpet,
were as while as the table of a Dutch house
wife. One end of the room is devided off by 1
a wooden grating, behind w hich the sisters
station themselves when they converse w itb
their less sanctified friends. Beyond this
little parlor the building is sacred from the
profanation of male footsteps, save only those
of the ghostly comforters, who, secure in the
odor of sanctity, “ may fearless tread, and
fearless be received.”
In this Institution there arc fourteen Sis
tors, and about an hundred pupils in the
Academic deparment.
Georgetown College is a fine building, with
every requisite for a literary institution. The
instructors are all Priests or candidates for
priesthood, and nre always dressed in cas
socks and small black cloth caps. We w ere
shown through the building with great atten
tion by one of these gentlemen. The College
is situated very near the Convent, and on 11
hill, at the base of which, almost beneath its i
walls, flows the beautiful Potomac. The site
is considered very healthy, and though the I
number of students is over one hundred, and
the majority of them of lender years, in
stances of sickness are very rare. The great
attention which is paid to cleanliness in every
part of the extensive buildings, the tempe
rance of diet, and attention to exercise, nre the
causes to which much of this exemption from
disease arc to be attributed.
Attached to the College is a very large and
well selected library, containing many rare
books,abounding in particular with those large
folios, richly illuminated with the images of j
saints, and all the* insignia of the Catholic!
faith, emblazoned m gold and Vermillion, and
the imperial purple, and fastened with curi
ously wrought clasps—the sight of which re- 5
minded me of Chaucer’s student,
“ For he would tieter have at his lirddes lied,
Fall twenty bakes y'clad in black and red,
Os Aristotle, and his philosophy,
Than robes rich, fidel and psanlry.”
There is also a museum, containing n fine
collection of medals, indian weapons, &c.,
and a goodly number of relics. Our little
room reminded me of the apartment in
Chinese boats dedicated to the tutelary deity.
It is a small oratory, decorated with cruei- j
fices, sacred paintings, images, &c., all of
which are much decorated.
The sleeping apartments nre large and
finely furnished. The buildings spacious and
airy. The view from the upper windows is
magnificent. The with ils lofty
dome, showing itself prominent beyond tilt
more thickly settled pjp of Washington, while j
on cither side the devious course of the Poto
mac is traced by its silvery wave, among
woods and hills, and sunny fields, but rarely
enlivened by a sail or steamboat, till distanee
veils it from the eye. The blue, hills of Vir- j
ginia from the limit of the river, and the
spires of Alexandria, rise midway, but less
distinctly visible.— .Yeir VorA* Star.
Thk Divorce Case. -We cannot refrain
our surprise at the decisiou of the House
of Assembly, upon the application of .Mr.
Frost, for a divorce, and we trust the vote
rejecting that application will be reconsid
ered. Not the under ordinary circumstan
ces we would relax the settled policy ofthe
state, which requires great caution in sun
dering the marriage covenant; but wc be
lieve this case so peculiar in itself, and so
little in danger of becoming a precedent
that we should not hesitate to award the
relief prayed for by the petitioner.
The case ;ve believe to be substantiallv
this: .Mr. Frost wc understand to be a re
speetahlc farmer, having an establishment, l
anil needing a wife and house-keeper for
his domestic comfort. With this view he’
paid his adresses to his refractory wife, who ■
received his attentions although affianced to
another —a man named Shawls. The girl
is of a romantic turn, and not over-stocked
with intellectuals. Shawls wished to rid
himself of his engagement, and availed him
self of the novel-reading propensities of the
girl to accomplish his purpose.
The plan was to get up a little melo-dra
ma. The girl was to receive the addresses
of Frost, and agree to marry him. The
day and hour for the celebration of t.ie
nuptials were to be fixed—the parson ar.d
the friends invited, Ate. The lady was to
allow Mr. Frost to lead her to the altar, and
just as the jiarson was opening his lips,
Shaw ls was to rush wildly into the apart
ment, thrust Frost away, and seizing the
hand of the trembling fair one, be married
to her himself.
Thus was the affair arranged; the false
engagement made with Frost, and all the
marriage preparations made. But the silly
girl iu attempting to play the fool with
Frost, discovered when too late, that she
was the chief dupe herself. She took her
stand at the altar, and the priest commen
ced the service. In vain she eyed the door
in the expectation of a romantic rescue from
tlie arms of a man she did not love. There
was no bursting of the panels, and no rush
ing forward of a frantic Adonis to snatch
her from the icy embrace of Mr. Frost.—
But on the contrary, while she was stand
ing in breathless expectation of such a ro
mantic adventure, the affair proved a sad
mic-vcnlurc, and she was startled ftom her
reverie by hearing herself pronounced
Mrs. Frost.
The result is known. From that hour
to the present she has obstinately refused
to recognise Mr. Frost as her husband, and
has no intercourse with him. Not only so,
but in the silliness of her simplicity, she
has been engaged in an amatory eorrespon
i dence with Shawls. Under these circum
stances, we arc fully of the opinion that
Vlr. Frost, who has been the victim of a
conspiracy, is entitled to relief, lie is not,
in fact, in the spirit and meaning of the
law a married man.— N. Y. Coin. Ade.
Anti-Tariff Agitation is England.—
Great efforts are making by the British
manufacturers for the repeal of the corn
Laws. Very large meetings, of the most
respectable manufacturers have been held
at Manchester, where Mr. Greg, said to be
the largest spinner and manufacturer in the
1 country, declared that he had thoughts of
carrying his capital and skill to some foreign’
country, apprehending that the British utan
farturers must be ruined from the delay to
’ repeal the Corn Laws. The merchants and
inauufartitrers of Lancashire, ofall sides in
general politics, attended the meeting which
adopted by a majority of six to one a Peti
tion foi*Die immediate repeal of the Corn
Laws. The majority of the meeting voted
to petition for the substitution of lower du
ties. The London morning Chronicle is
for the repeal. The London Herald, on the
other side, argues that it would ruin the
landed interest, which it contends is alrea
dy more heavily taxed than the manufactur
ing interest. The master manufacturers
risk so much by agitation, that the evil
must be severe, and their prospect indeed
alarming when they begin to agitate en mas
| sc.
I ncultivated Lands in the United Stairs.
The follow ing, taken from the New York
American, exhibits a statement of the a
inount of lauds uncultivated and remaining
to be disposed of by the Government of the
United States ;
From a report recently presented to Con
gress in relation to public lands, it appears
that the quantity of public lauds within the I
territory of the United States, to w hich the \
Indian title has not been extinguished, is !
estimated at 7(50 millions of acres, of which |
54s millions lie east, and 218 millions of a- \
cres lie west of the Hockey Mountains. The
following is a statesment of the quantity of
’ government lands not disposed of, viz—
Acres.
Ohio, 2,110,405
Indiana, 5,120.2X1
Illinois, 90,009,825
Missouri, 33,158,280
Alabama, 20,123.405
Mississippi, 11,792,441
Louisiana, 17,700,880
Michigan, 22,102,183
W isconstn, . i I,l* fit ,0.11
lowa, 34,644,631
Arkansas, 28,260,748
Florida, 34,938,902
229,711,065
John Smith.— We are sorry for the family of
the Smiths that their son John does not behave
himself better. There is nothing that fellow is
not guilty of. and unless he mends his ways he
will break the hearts of his poor old father and
mother. He has been in our State prison five
or six times, and on Blackwell’s Island “get
ting out stoue,” oftener than we dare mention.
He has been several times punished for rape,
arson, grand and petty larcency, assualt and
better)-. &c. and has been more than fifty times
detected in putting loco foco votes into tile !
ballot box while he was an alien, and frequently j
half a dozen times during the same election.:
In short lie is the most consuinate vagabond
and scoundrel that has ever been beard of, tin-!
j less an exception should be made in the case |
of the Canada patriots, for to do him justice, j
wc have never heard that he had descended !
: quite so low as that. We now find that lie i
S has abjured the Christian religion in which he !
was brought up and taken to Islamism ; as ap
pears by the following paragraph which we ;
copy from an exchange paper.—.Y. Y. Ga- i
zette.
John Smith tcrxed Mahomed ax.— lt is
said that a man named John Smith, of Co
lumbo, in Ceylon, has abjured Christianity
and conformed to the faith of Mahomed. ‘ ’
Supposed attempt at arson. —We atten
ded at the Mayor’s office yesterday, to hear
the investigation concerning a charge of
atteinping to fire a negro dwelling, prefer
red against Tom, a slave, the property of
Elias Reed. Esq. After taking up the case,
his Honor felt it necessary to turn it over
to the jurisdiction of a county magistrate.
The prisoner was then delivered to Mr.
Justice Felt, who called to his aid Justices
Russell and Williams.
After hearing the testimony of several !
witnesses, the Justices decided that there j
was evidence sufficient to require them to 1
I turn the case over to the Hon. Inferior |
i Court.
The DefemleiU was therefore committed
| for trial.— Savannah Georgian March Ist.
Boolu and Stationary.
Isttar Snow.
HAS just mx-ived from New York, a large as
sortment of Book* and Stationary, among
which are the follow ing school books, mostly of tho
latest and most approved kind :
Irving’s cnlnmbus; Emerson’* spelling; do arith
metic,-Jd and 3d part; Smith's grammar; Stnilley'a
nal'l philosophy: Adan's latin grammar; Mount
Vernon reader; Kobhin's outlines; Comstock’s chem
istry : Blake’* astronomy; Coo|>er's virgil; Leverett’a
Ceaaar; Parley’s geography; do arilMactM; Web
ster's spelling; Otray’s geography and atlas; Cum
mings do; Willett’s'do; Adam's do; Smitley’sdo;
Willard's do; Bonnycastlc's algebra; Conversatioim
on chemistry; Botany for beginners; Lock’s panthion;
Life of Washington (French); Daboll's arithmetic ;
Colburn’s intellectual do; Murray’s reader; Smith’*
inlrleetua! grammar; Ruddimons latin grammar;
Angel’.- grammar; Angel's series. No. 3 and 5 ;
Lessons on enunciation by Russel; Collection of eol-
lonial phrases in Italian and English; Parker's exer
cises in composition; Uuestions on the biblc by Mr.
Dowell; Moral class book; American first elas*
liook; American reader; Grun’s geometry; Cathe
ehisxn on mythology ; School biblcs and testaments ;
Writing and ropy books; Miscellaneous books;
Quarto bibles; Pocket do plain andeiit; Polyglot
do; Psalms and hymns. (Presbyterian): Mercer s
cluster; Watt’s ‘J sir.es; Villa** Hymns; Methodist
hymns: Lion’s songster; Camp Meeting hymns;
Bowditch’s navigation; Irving’s eolunibus, ‘2 vol.
oct.; American Chesterfield ; Italian method ofhtiok
keep; Hitchcock’s do in 2 parts with key; Merchants’
companion: Rural philosophy, a norm; Couper’a
task do ; Polloks course of tune; Preston's eubrial
estimates ; Toy books, and a variety of Ju
venile books : Blank books; Ledgers ; Record ;
Day books; Pocket ledgers and memorandums of
various kinds.
Cap Paper, No. I and 2; Letierpaper, plain and
ruled ; Butler's superior Writing Fluid; Longworth's
Writing Ink, Ink Powdar, Quills: Stoel Pens: Wa
fers in boxes, Ac feb 12
Kogmi etanr,
Commission .tlerehiinls.
iJarim. Ga~
(Sbo. T. Rogers,
il. A. CVv.ne.
OFFER their serv ices to the Merchants of
the interior and the public generally, for the
purchase or sale of PRODUCE or MER
CHANDISE, and w ill pav particular attention
to the RECEIVING and FORWARDING
BUSINESS, having every facility for giving
despatch, and pledging their personal attention
to all business entrusted to their care.
Darien, Jan. 22d, 1839.
NO TICK.
THU UNDERSIGNED, being desirous to
close bis present business the ensuing Spring,
will dispose of Ii stork at low prices for cash
only, or for Drafts at diort sight on Brunswick,
Savannah, or Charleston.
He will in all eases decline the usual credit
business. SAMUEL PALMER.
January 22-4
Pure Liquors,
JJtIU CONSISTING of Cognac Bran
xs&ZSfcsA fljq H. Gin, Jamaica Hum, N. E_
Hum and Gin. Ti-iteriffe, Port, Madeira, and
! Malaga Wines.
For sale w holcsale or retail bv
j*M H W. HI DNALL.
DOBOY ST Id A3l SAW MILL,
WILL keep on band a large supply of
LUMDKK of all description*. Cargoes
will be sawed to order. Five wharves are at
tached to the Mill, and the Lumber will be de
livered within reach of ihc vessel loading.
Apply to
’ P K. YONGE & SONS,
Agents.
Parian, Jaututry 32,1838.
NOTICE.
A LL persons in arrears for PEW RENT, in
- the Presbyterian Church. are respectfully
solicited to call and settle the warn, without
delay as the funds are particularly wanted ta
discharge the obligations of the Church.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
11. A. CRANE, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Darien, Jany. 22.1839,
SOAP, C ANDLES, &f.
BOXES “Dawn, Sanger & Cos.” No. 1
Extra SOAP
10 boxes MOULD CANDLES
10 half bbls. Fulton Market BEEF
5 kegs superior ‘Gosham Dairy’Butte.
5 kegs New LARI)
10.000 superior Old Havana CIGARS
For sale low by
ROGERS & CRANE-
Darien, Jany. ‘22. 1839.
CHEAP LUMBER.
IUUjUMD PLANK, from 2 to 4
inches thick, well seasoned, an excellent arti
cle for building. For sale by
ROGERS & CRANE.
Darien, Jan; . 22, 1839.
Notice.
THE undersigned intends keep-
OfigSt lr ß a Complete and general as
, lr JfHjHasurtinent of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES.
hardware, crockery, boots,
SHOES, &c.
at his store in Darien. Persons wishing to
make purchases will do well to call and ex
i amine for themselves.
SAMUEL M. STREET.
Darien Jan 1, 1889. j. 22—ts.
Notice.
THE copartnership heretofore existing
under the firm of W. & 8. STREET, is
this day mutually dissolved. All persons hav
ing claims will please hand them in and all
indebted to make payment to either of the for
mer partners. W. C. STREET,
S. M. STREET.’
Darien, Jan 1,1839. j. 22—ts.
Information Wanted.
IN the year of 1824 or 1*25 an individual calling
himself Jrnes, sometimes Davis, but generally
Summers, persuaded a young lad about 8 or 9 year*
j ®f *ge. whose parents resided in Charleston. S. C
to accompany him, and finally succeeded. He took
I die boy to *1 atnall County, Georgia, and the cireum,
stances becoming known to the citizens there, the
youth was detained. His name is Christopher
” edixgcamp —and at present resides in Talnall
county, Geo He is very desirous to ascertain if his
i parent*, or any of his relations are living.
Any information concerning litem will be grateful
ly received. Letters rap be addressed to
JAMES DRAWDY,
Ferry’s Mill, Tatnall Cos., Geo.
Thu f harleston Courier will please publish
the above a few tintea, f,-b 2G-3t
Lands for Sale.
jMaMßjt- ALL those two Tracts or Lots of
§R Fond, situate ia the 2d district of Ap
pling county, and on the waters of the
Alatamaha River; one known and dis.
anguished hv the No. 898, and containing 370 acres,
the other by the No. 655, and containing 112 acres;
and having the right of a ferry granted in a charter
by the Legislature of the Stale. Any person wish
ing to trade for the same, may do so by letter,direct
ed to Archibald Brydic. Athens, Ga!; or to J. H.
Fleming, Charleston. S. C. And Ido hereby forbid
all persons whatsoever from trespassine in any way
whatever on said premises, as the law in such cases
shall be rigorouslv enforced.
J H. FLEMING
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