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, TOR THE GEORGIA COURIER.
AN ADDRESS
Offered at the opening of the Nets Theatre.
When first in days of yore and classic times,
The sun of Science rose o’er eastern climes,
A.nd gilded with his rich and joyous light
Athcnai't plain and Ossa’s craggy height,
Lit up today with beams of living fire,
Fair Heaton's realms & Truth’s divine empire—
On Thespia's sane in splendour fell those rays
And were reflected in concentred blaee.
—A in irch of time there was—a march ofmind,
By reason, truth and learning, all refin’d—
—So date the Drama s progress, and so date
Be soft’ning influence ou man’s moral state.
A day there caine—adown the lapse of time,
When freedom winged her toAliis western clime
And bless’d a nation’s birth, and rear'd on high
Her tempi* arch all toweling to the sky s
Beneath ihe shadows of that spacious dome,
The Stage’s vot’i ies found a genial home.
And in thie land of free and tol’rant rule
Where-tyrants have no away—bigots no tool.
High in iti ethic sphere serenely bright
The Drama beams its fullest noon of light.
Where passion luiks or vice imperious reigns,
There point the ethics of its searching strains,
And cutting satire too at4ts command.
Vain Folly lashes with unsparing hann;
To upstart Pride it does no quarter give,
But bids retiring Merit hope and live.
Mark 1 in its own legitimate domain
How crime and folly sometimes seem to reign,
And Pride, Revenge and Guilt Its fiction’s dress
There oft appear and seem to gain success.
Lo! Moral maid of Thespia’s train most slew,
Sedate y points and bids the witness learn
By nature’s strong reflection from the stnga,
To eschew vice and practice virtu* sage.
Thca sacred to the histrionic muse
We build this dome and dedicatees uae
And chaste as her own tesidence divine
May ever be preserved tbis new-born shrii\e.
Here may no word be said which can offend,
But volumes spoken to improve—amend.
Here pencil’d life in various light and shade,
In truest colouring shall be displayed,
May ev’ry line he delicate as true,
W »r cause one blush to deepen Beauty’s hue.
Frieads -of the Stage—give thru your guard
ian cai-e,
And g.: ooth success awaits the Drama here ;
Scieuce SfaTaste will breath ffciOogh ev’ty scene
All pure as murm’rings of the Hyppocrcne.
Here then stern Wisdom shall his brows unbend
And hail the buskin as improvement's friend—
And Wit and Humour brilliantly conjoin’d.
Inspiring joy shall gladden ev’iy mind,
Their charms unite and way-worn Care beguile
While Beauty beams tier sanction and her smile
Then shall foul calumny no more oppose,
The Drama then shall triumph o ! ei its foes.
RIPYAN WINKLE.
Col Preston, right vexed with his uew fangled
treason,
By North-Carolina is thought out of reason,
Pretends she’s asleep—ill with boist’rous mouth
Proclaims Tier the real Yan Rip of the South !
With the racket of’Nullies just uuder the nose.
To slumber so soundly, a good conscience
shows;
And a day may soon come, when the blushing
dc rider
Will wish HE had been napping in safety beside
her. ft-
Wilmington N C. Adv.
Congress of the United States.
IN SENATE-Monday, Jan. 28.
The bill fuither to provide for the d»I
--lectiion «>f duties on imports was taken
up and read a second time.
Mr. Mangtim moved thal the further
consideration of the bill be postponed to
and made the special order of the day
fu. Tlunsday next, and spoil thi* motion
asked the yeas aud nays, which were or
-4 ’«d.
Tun question being taken, was decided
ill ?liq negative, as follows.
Yn-is. Messrs. Bibb, Black, Brown,
Calhoun, King, Maugum, Miller, Poin-/
dex’er, Riveis, Smith, Tioup, Tyler,
Wuggaman, White—ls.
Nay-!.—Messrs. Bonton, Chambers,
Clay, Clayton. Dallas, Dickinso.n Dud
nev, Ewi'ig, Forsyth, Foot, Frelinghuy
seu, Gutttdy Hendricks, Hill, Holmes,
Johnston, Kane, Knighi, Prentiss, Rob
huts, R b inson, Ruggles, Seymour, Sils
b‘-e, Sprague, Tipton, Totuliuson, Web
ster, Wilkins, Wright—3o.
Mr. Wukins ru«e in support of the bill.
Tue position, he sdid, in which you Mr.
President, have placed me iu lelauon to
this body, imposes on me the duty of in
troducing the present bill to the Senate,
and of explaining its provisions. In my
m «de of discharging this duty, I do not
consider mvself as the representative of
o;her gentlemen on the Committee; those
gentlemen possess a competence, far be
yond mine, to explaiu and defend the
power of tho General Government to
carry into effect its constitutional laws.
The bill is founded upon a message from
the President, communicated 00 the l 6 h
ins<. and proposes to sustain the constitu
tionality of trie doctrines laid down in t hat
admited Suite paper. In the outset of
the discussion, it is admitted that bill
points to an alarming state of things exist
ing in a Suuihren State of the Union: it
is not to be disguised (hut i‘ points to the
State of S iuth Carolina. It is not in the
contemplation of the Committee who re
ported this bill to make it assume, in any
way, tin invidious character. When the
gen leman frem S<m h Carolina threw'
out the suggestion, that the bill was iuvid-
ious, he certainly did not inteud to impute
to die Committee a design to give it such
a character. So far from being invidious,
the bill was made general and sweeping,
in i'sterms and application, for the reason
that this course was thought to be more
delicate in regard to the State concerned.
The provisions of the bill were made
general, for the purpose of enforcing ev
ery where ihe collection laws of the Un
ion.
The bill presents ihioe very important
;-nd momentous considerations; Is there
any thing in the circumstances of the
country calling for legislation on the sub
ject of the revenue laws? Is the due ad
ministration of those laws threatened wih
impediments,and is this bill suited (o such
an emergency? He proposed to consider
those points, but in a desultory manor. He
never shiunk from any moral or political,
responsibility; but he had no disposiioo,
( o use the words of the Senator from
North Carolina,) lo “dium on # public sen
sibility.” Neither he, nor the Sia>e winch
he represented. had any influence in bring
ing up these questions, but I am pre
pared lo meet the crisis by my votes.
If is time,Continued Mr. VV. thai the
principles on which the Union depends,
were discussed. It is time that Congress
expressed an opinion upon them. If is
timo that the people should bring their
judgment to boar on ,this subject, and
and settle-it furevor. The authotity of
Congress and of the People must settle
this question one day or other. There
were many, enligbieued men whose inte
grity and patriotism nobody doubts, who
arrived at opinions on this matter, very
different from his own. The Senator
from South Carolina knows, said Mr. VV.
the respect in which I hold him .; but 1
uim unwilling to take his judgment on this
question as the guide of mine; and I wilf
not agree (hat ihe Union depends on the
principles which he has advanced. He
has olieted a document as a plea in bar;
if it be established, then a bar is inter
posed between the powers of the Gov
ernrnent and the acts «f South Carolina.
Tiie bill ia of great importance, not on
account of its particular provisions, but
of their application (o a rapidly approach
ing crisis, which they were intended to
meat. That crisis was in the cootrol of
this body, not of any branch of the Gov
ernment. He would ask ihe senator
from Mississippi Mr. Poindexter) what
authority he had to say thal the pawage
of any bill reducing the Tariff would a
vett the enforcement of ihe Ordinance of
South Carolina ? He was unwilling to
consider that -Senator as the representa
tive of unlimited authority and sovereign
t v claimed by the stato of South Carolina.
He would now present to the Senate ■*
view of the position in which Sonth Car
olina had placed herself, in order t« jus
tify’the Committee in reporting the bill
under consideration. It was not, sir, for
the purpose of establishing a military des
potism, nor of creating an armed director
nor of sending into South Carolina mili
tary bands t» “cut the throats of women
and children,” that she committee fram
ed the bill. If arty thing can ever es
tablish a military despotism in this coun
try, it is the anarchy and confusion which
the'-principles contended fur by the Sen
ator from South Carolina will produce*
If wo keep together, not “ten years,”
nor ton* of thonsands of years will ever
bring the country under the domina
tion of mili ary despotism. But ndopt
the principles of South Carolina, break
the Union into fragments—some chieftain
may bring the fragments together—but it
will be under a military despotism. He
would not say that South Carolina con
templated this result, but lie did say that
her principles would load to ii. South
Carolina, nut being able lunger to bear
the burden of an oppressive law, bad de
termined on resistance.
The excitement raised in the State,
gave to the parly a majority iu the legis
lature of ‘he State, and a convention was
called, und.it the provision of the Stale
constitution, authorising its amendment.
Tiie con veil 1 ion met, and passed what is
called the Ordinance, establishing now
and fundamental piinciples. Without
i e pea ting if, he would call the attention
of ihe senate lo some few ofits provision*.
It overthrew the whole revenue system.
It was not limited to the ac‘s of 1828 nr
1832, but euded, with a solmon declara
tion that, in that state, uo taxos should be
collected. The addresses of the conven
tion to the people of the U. States and of
the state of South Carolina, used a tone
& language no. t be misundw tood. They
tell you it is necessary for someone state
to bring the question to issue—that Caro
lina will d>* it—that Carolina bad thrown
herself into.the breach, and would stand
foremost in resistance to the laws of the
Union, and they solemnly call upon the
citizens of the state to stand by the princi
ples of the Ordinance, for it is determin
ed that no taxes shall be collected in that
state. The ordinance gives the legisla
ture the power to carry into execution,
this determination. It contains within it
self oo seeds of dissolution :—it is unlimi
ted as to time; contains no restrictions as
lo application; provides no means for its
amendment, modification or repeal. In
their private, individual capacity some
members of the convention held out the
idea which hud been advanced by some
members of this House, that if the Tariff
law was made less oppressive, the ordi
nace would not be enforced.
[Mr. Poindexter here remarked, that
he said that any new Tariff law, even if
more oppressive than the law of 1832
pwere passed, the ord. nance would not ap
iyto it.]
If the terms of the ordinance at« con
sidered, continued Mr. W. t there is no
possible mode of arresting it; so sura as
time rolls on, and four davs pass over ou.r
heads, the ordinance and the laws etnan~
ting from it will lead to the employment
of physical force, by the citizens of South
Carolina, against the enforcement of the
revenue laws. Aiihough'many of the moM
infl.uen.tial .citizens of Catalina protested
against the idea that any but moruj force j
would be resorted to, yet the excitement'
spirit of the people would in
bis opinion, lead speedily to the employ
ment of physical force. He did not doubt
that the Senator from South Carolina ab
horred the idea off rce ; no doubt his ex
cellent heart would bleed at the scene
whjch it would produce—b,ut he would
refer to a passage in the Ordinance to
prove that it was the intention of its fra
mers to resort to force. Mr. \V. here
read the third paragraph of the Otdi
nance.
“And it is further ordained, that it
shall not be lawful for any of the consti
tuted authorities, whether of this State or
of the United-States, to enforce the pay -
ment of duties imposed by the said acts
within the limits of this Stale; but it shall
be the duty of the Legislature 10 adopt
such measures and pass such acts as may
bo access trv to give full effect to this or
dinance, and to pi event the enforcemeut
and arrest the operation of the said acts
and parts of acts of the Congress of the
United Slates within the limits of this
State, from and after the Ist of February
next, and the duty of all other constituted
authorities, mid of all persons residing or
being within the limits of this State, and
they are hereby required and enjoined to
obey and give effect to this ordinance, and
such acts aud measures of ‘he Legislature
as may be passed or adopted iu obedi
ence thereto.”
Does the shad >w follow the sun? E
ven so surely will force follow the attempt
to disobey the laws of S'>uth Carolina.
In the last paragraph of the Ordinance
is this passage:
“ Determined to support this Ordi
nance at every hazard,” —and this decla
ration is made by a courageous and chiv
alrous people—we “do further declare
that we will net submit to the application
of force, on the part of the Federal Gov
ernment, to reduce tbis State to obedi
ence.” This attempt, said Mr. W. iswmt
made by this bill, or by any one. ~ But
that we will consider the passage, by Con
gress, of any act authorizing the employ
ment of a military or naval force against
the State of South Carolina, her consti
tuted authorities or citizens; or any act
abolishing or closing the ports of this
Siate, or any of them, or otherwise ob
structing the free iagress and egress of
vessel* to and from the said ports; or any
other act on the part of the Federal Gov
ernment, te coerce the Sta e, shut up her
ports, destroy or harms* her commerce,
or to enforce the acts hereby declared to !
be null and void, otherwise than through
the civil tribunals of the country, as in
consistent with the longer con’inuance of
Smith Carolina in the Union.”
Force must inevitably be used in case
any attempt is made by the Federal Gov
ernment to enforce the ids which have
been declared null and void. The Or
dinance clearly e, tablish.es Nullification
as the law of the land.
Mr. Miller: Will the Senator read a
little furihor ?] Mr. Wilkins finished the
paragraph, ass. Hows :
•* And that the people of this State
will thonceforth hold themselves absolved
from ail further obligation to m/mtaiu or
preserve their political connexion with
the people of the other States, and will
forthwith proceed to organize a separate
Government, and do all other acts and
things which sovereign and independent
States may of right to do.”
They stop with nullification ; but one
step further on the part of the Govern
ment brings down secession and Revo
lution.
[Mr. Calhoun : it is not intended to use
any force, except against force. We
shall not stop the proceedings of the Uni
ted States Courts, but maintain the author
ity of our own judiciary.]
Mr. Wilkins—how rau the ordinance
refer t<> any law* of the United State*,
when they are excluded from any opera
lien within the limits « fithe State ? Why
do the laws and ordinance of South Caro
lina shut nut the United /States Court*
from appellate jurisdiction ? Why do
they shut the doors of the Court* ag tinst
any inquisition from the United S;etes
Courts? They intend that thero shall
be no jurisdiction over this subject, ex
cept through their own courts. They cut
off the federal judiciary from all authority
in that State, and bring back the State
of things which existed prior to the form
ation of the federal constitution.
Here nullification is disclaimed, on one
hand, unless we abolish our revenue sys
tem. Wo consenting to do this they re
main quiet. But if we go a hair’s breadth
towards enforciug that system, they pre
sent sec ession. We have secession on
one hand, and nullification on the other.
The senator from South Carolina admit
ted the other day that no such tiling as
constitutional secession could exist*
Then civil war, disunion, and anarchy
must accompany secession. No one de*
nies the right of revolution. That it is
a natural, indefeasable, inherent right—
a right which we have exercised 6c held
out by our example, to the civilized world
Who denies i ? Then we have revolution
bv force, not constitutional secession.
That violence must come by secession is
certain. Anothei law passed by the le
gislature of South Carolina, is entitled a
Bill to provide fur the safety of the peo
ple of South Carolina It advises them
to put on their armor. It puts thero in
military array ; and for what purpose
but for the use of force ? The provisions
of these laws are infinitely worse than
those of the feudal system, so far as they
apply to the citizens es Carolina. But
with its operations on their own citizens,he
bad-nothing to do. Resistance was just
as inevitable as the a; rival es the day on
the calendar. In addition to these doc
uments what did rumor say ? Rumor,
vffcici) «ften falsifies, but sometimes utters
truth. Jf we Judge by newspapers and
other reports, mure men were now ready
to take op arms in Carolina than there
were during the revolu ionary struggle-.
The whole Stato was at this moment io
arms, and its citizens are ready to bo
embattled the moment any attempt was
made to enforce the revenue laws. The
city of Charleston the appearance
of a military depot. A* a further proof
of the necessity of this b‘ll, he would
read a printed paper which might pass
for what it was worth.
Mr. Calhoun.? What paper is it 1 Has
it a signature ?
Mr. Wilkins. It is a circular but not
signed. Mr. Wilkins then read the pa
per as follows :
“( Circular.)
Charleston, — January, 1833.
Sin; —You will on receiving this letter'
immediately take the proper measures
for the purpose of ascertaining at what
points. Depots of Provisions, srty of cent,
fodder, and bacon, can be established on
the main roads leading through yout Dis
trict, at suitable stations, sayfiom thirty
to forty miles apart. Looking to the e
vent of a possible call for Troops of eve
ry description, and especially of mounted
men, in a sudden emergency, you wi 1 as
certain the routes by which they could
most convieniemly pass through your re
spective Distt icts,A. the proper points at
which they may put uu after the usual
day’s march. Having settled this,' the
next point will be t*» enquire whether
there are any persons at »r near those
points, who would undertake, on terms
to be stipulated, to furnish corn, fodderl
and meat? In what quantities aud a
what notice? It is desirable that this ar
rangement should be effected so as to en
able us to command an adequate supply
in the event ofits being wanted, without
acluallay making purchases at present. If
this be impracticable, however you must
(hen see on what terms purchases can be
effected, where and on what manner the
articles can be deposited and taken care
of? I will here give you a general outline
of my scheme. I will suppose three great
routas to be marked oat from the moun
tains towards the sea, one leading from
Laurenceville, through Newberry to Co
lumbia; another trnm YorkviHe and Union
by Wiunsboro’ and Chesterville to Cos
lumbia; and the third from Pendleton
through Abbeville and Edgefield, B un
well, aud Colleton, to Charleston. Along
these rmtet depots would have to be es r
tablished at intervals of thirty or 40 miles,
besides sepe.rr.te depots at Camden and
some oihor places. From Columbia these
stations would be necessary along the
State road to Charleston. But one other
route would then, perhaps, be necessary
to be provided for, beginning at Darling
ton Coart-H utse, and ending at Ge-.ogo
town, one station to be at K ngstreet, and
another at Lynche’s Creek. From u!)
oth3r places someone of these station
might be struck. I present this imper
feet outline merely to give you some idet
of my general scheme. Your particular
attention will of course be directed to
your own District, and if you find it ne
cessary you may call in my Aids from
the adjoining District,s and such Staff Os
ficers as you may think proper, and con”
suit with them as to the bes. method of
connecting the Districts by some gener
al plan, and favor me with the result.
Another object to which I would tall
your early and particular attention, is the
state 01 the Arms, public and private;
in the hands of the men. Great ntmbers
have been issued from time to time, es
pecially within a few years past. I wish
to know how many of them may be relied
•hi in the event of actual service. For this
purpose it must be ascertaind from actual
Inspection otherwise, how many men
in each Company have Musk'ets, rifles,
or other arms fit for use, and any unfit for
use must be repaired. The latter must
be collected together and repaired, if it
can be effected in your oeighbothood 6c
if not, they must be boxed up and sent'
to Chailesion; when after being repaired
at the public expenae,they will be return
ed to the Companies to which they may
belong. To execute the arduous, respon
sible, and difficult duties imposed by this
order, you are authorized to call to your
assistance, all the Officers of the Staff
within jour Disuict, and if fin 1 her assis
tance is wanted, additional Officers will
be appointed. Traveling expenses of
yourself and such Officers as you may
employ h) this business will bo paid. You
will issue the necessary Oiders in my
oame, countersigned by yomself as Aid
de-Carap, to all Officers within your Dis
trict, urging ihem to do whatever you
might find necessary to the prompt and
effectual execution of this Older, You
will, when convenient,call upon the JBrig
adiers or Major Generals, within your
District, fur their co-operation and assis
tance, and generally adopt ail pioper
measures for the accomplismeni eftbe im
portant obj'cts which i have in view,
which may be stated in a few words lo be,
to secure the means of subsistence, so as to
be enabled to bring troops to any given
point in the shortest possible time—to
ascertain the state of the Arms now in
the hands of the mon—-and to have those
unfit for use put in complete order. If
any other means occur to you of accom
plishing in the promptest manuer these
vitally important objects, you will be so
good as to suggest them.
I am, very respectfully, Ac.
N. B—l annex the form of three or
ders, which you may find it necessary to
extend, to enable you to accomplish the
objects we have in view. You may mo
dify them as you think proper, and then
have copies served on each of the Offi
cers, who may be required to execute
them within your Districts. They are
not to be published in the papers. Co
pies of all such Oiders as you may issue,
must be sent to me.”
Mr. Wilkins, jifter some further re
marks, the object of which was to show
that South Carolina had put herself in an
attitude of hostility towards the General
Government which rendered the Bill un
der consideration necessary, and which
we shall present to-marrow in connexion
with the conclusion of b»s speech, gave
way, without concluding, to a motion to
adjourn.
From the New York Journal of Com. Jao.so 1
Four Days later from London. I
SURRENDER OF THE CITADEL OF ANT
WERP,
We are indebted to Capt Griswold, of
the ship Florida, ariived last night, for
Londeu papers to Dec. 27th.
NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR UP TO
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Berchem, Head Q iarttrs of Marshal Gerard )
Monday Evening, 7 o’clock, Dec 24 )
I have vory li‘lle to arid to my letter of
this morning. A Dutch Officer and Capt.
Passy, Aid de Camp to Marshal Gerard,
are gone to the Hague with the terms of
the capitulation. The Marshal demands
that the King of Holland should consent
to give up all the Forts and dependencies
of ihe citadel, in conformity to the treaty
of -he 15th Novemher,
The act of capitulation consists of ten
articles, and its purport is—
That the Citadel of Antwerp, Tete de
Flanders, Burgt, D’Austrovil, and Zurn
drecht, should be immediately giveu up.
That the Commander and his garrison
should be considered as prisoners of war
until the surrender of Forts Lilia and
Liefkenshock.
That the garrison should leave the cit
adel with all the honors of war.
Thai the garrison should lay down its
arms on the glacis of the citadel, on the
side next the esplanade.
T hat (ha garrison should only lake away
with it such articles as belong immediate
ly to the officers and privates.
That the material which defended the
citadel should be considered as thß pro
perly of the Belgian Government.
That an inventory should be taken of
all the material, Ac.
Tha. two battalions of French infantry
should take immediate possession of the
posts of the half-moon, the curtain to
wards the explanade, and one of the gates
of the citadel.
That, should the Kmg of Holland con
sent to the surrender of Forts L'llu and
Liefkenshock, Gen. Chasse and the gar
risen should he escorted by the French to
the frontiers of Holland, and there have
their arms returned to them.
The l6;h article makes mention of the
gun boats lying in the Scheldt, near the
citadel, and in the Polders, should not be
considered as in luded in the present tiea
tv, Gen. Chasse having declared that they
were under the command of Capt. Knop
man, and that he had no control whatever
over then).
In conformity with these articles, the
F ench took possession of the different
posts mentioned, and jointly with tho
Di ch, keep >he gti trds of the ci'adel.—
Until tha return of the messenger to the
Hague nothing will be definitely settled,
and a great deal will depend on the rep'y
<>f the King of Holland as to his future in
tentions. Those best acquaint'd with
Dutch politics, feel certain tha’ William
nevoi will consent to give up the For's in
question voluntarily, and from the consis
tency of the line of nolitics he has hi 1 h
erto followed, the French will be com
pelled to reduce these F orts, 6c take them
if they can. The conduct of Capt. Koop
man strengthens greatly this belief, f«t
there is no doub but that the destruction
of the gun boats was owing to express or
ders from the Hague,
The crews of the different gun-bnats
were all saved, and the greater part land
ed a' Zandflat. A Captain and about 20
men were taken prisoners, and this after
noon brought into Biechem,
The City of Antwerp presents an as
pect yery different to what it did a few
days since. The sh ips are open again,
the gay merchandise is once more at the
windows, and rolling into the town with
itsemig ant inhabitants.
Marshal Geraid, the Dukes of Orleans
aud Nemours, accompanied by a brilliant
stair, ;«aid a visit this morning to the pris
oner Chasse, iu his hovel, in the vault of
the citadel. I think it would have been
belter taste had Gerard visited his prison
er with less ostentation.
The French have now only a few sen
tinels in the trenches, who strictlv prevent
all but military men from inspecting the
works.
The letter of our Paris Correspondent
possesses much matter of interest. His
information seems lo correspond with the
opinion we have expressed in another
article, that the return of the French ar
my will be postponed until the principal
forts on (he Scheldt are in their posses,
sion, and that the King of H"lland will
not deliver them up until compelled te do
so by force »f arms.
In addition to the public advices from
the Continent, which lead to the belief
that a general continental war is not far
distant we have received piivate iuforma
-1 tion ftom Germany of a very important
nature, which greatly strengthens this o
pinion.
Power of the Press. —ln the year
1272, the wages of a labouring mao were
just three half pence per day ; and at the
same period the price of a bible fairly
written out was £3O sterling. Os course,
a common labourer in those days, could
not have procured a copy of the bible with
less than the entire earnings qf thirteen
yearsl Nose, a beautiful printed copy of
the book, can be purchased with the ear
nings us one day l Take another view of
the same snbject. An ordinary clerk
cannot make a fair manuscript copy es the
bible in less than three months. With a
common printing press, work equivalent
to printing a copy et the whole bible can
be done in ten minutes; and with a steam
press of the most improved construction,
the same work can be done in three min'
utes !
The Sentiments of Pennsylvania on the
ultra tariff policy have undergone a great
change within the last year. Aspirit o! en
quiry has gone abroad —a spirit of mod
eration lias been brought about by the
natural progress of events* any one
compare the resolution* parsed by the
present Legislature with those pnssaJ by
the last. Wiihou 1 giving up the princi
ple of protection— for no none will do
they are moderate and conciliatory
ito the whole nation.—-Mr. Verplanks’s
Ifill may be quite defective—but who
doubts that the revenue should be reduc.
ed4o the economical wants of the govern
ment ? — Ptnn?ylvaniau.
Macon Feb. 6.
The Steamboat B nnets of Bjoe,which
arrived h«je on Friday, is every way lar
ger than the one announced last week.—
This boat is Bf>®»‘ ruc,m * on I,Te ol <* P lan »
with wheels
a he a .vy freight we l‘‘ ar jf
she experienced no
ing the River. Indeed,the
<ho Ocmulgee not worse to navigate than
the Savannah ; and that nerhing p>events
its being navigated by Steamboats of a
proper construction.
If for no other reason thaw to get clear
of a class of persons'(black boot-hands,);
whose multiplicity in town is deplored by
every lover of good order, the substitu
tion of steam vessel* for pole boats, » tor
be most earnestly desired.— Telcgvaji&.
From she Encyclopedia Americana.
SIAMESE TWINS-
Twovouthsin the Kingdom of Siam
with bodies singularly united by a strong
band at the lowest part of the sternum of
each, were carried from Siam, April f r
1829, by captain B ffin, of the Arhet ic»n
shi(» Sachem, and extensively exbih trd
in Europe and the U, S. States during,
ihataud the the three subsequent years.
“The substance by which they are con
nected,” says doctor Warren, of Boston,
who examined them, is a mass two inches
Ottg "at its uppt r edge, ahoutfive at the
lower. Its breadth, from above down
wards, may be four inches and its thick
uess, in a horizontal direction, two incites.
Os course it is not a rounded cord, but
• bicker in (he pi rpe idicular than iu tho
horizontal and rectioos. A< its lower edge
is preceived a single umbilical mrd to
nou; ish b >th children in tlio fae 1 stale.
Placing my hand on this substance, wlrpU
I will denominate the c trd, I was sur
prised to find it extremely b<>’.d. O.i
further ’examination, this hardness w,ts
found to exist at the upper part of tho
cord only, and to b*- prolonged into the
breast of each hoy. Tracing it upwards,
T found it to be constituted by a pro nl
-of the en«ifoim cartilage of the :
sternum, or extremity of the breast bone.
The breadth of this cartilage is an inch
and a half; its thickness miy he about the
oighth of an juch. The cartilages pro
ceed from each set nil 11 at an
and then seem to be connected bv it
ligament, so tts t« form a j int. Thh
joint has a m Minn upwards and down
wards, and also ala oral m t n, the Jit
ter opening in such wa.y that, when tho
boys turn in either direction, the edges
of the cartilage are found to_npen ad
hut The lower fldg of this cartilage -co t
cave, and under it is felt a rounded u ,
which nwy.be tho remains of he um
bilical cokJ. Besides this, there is no
thing remarkable fell ip the coonto ti'irjj
substance. 1 could distinguish uo pi ki
ting vessel. The whole of tit s cmd is
covered by the skin, it is remark bly
stiong, and has n" sensibility; lor they
allow themselves to bo pulled by a tope
fastened to it with ui exhibiting uneasi
ness.” To this we add, from the report
of G B, Bolton, E.-q , rfead before the
London Royal Society, Ap'.l, 1830: Un
der the car ilage, while they stand in their
ordinary posture, are huge he;dial sacs o
perjiog into each abdomen, and into
which, on coughing, congenital her iia.*
are forced, probably in each bov, formed
by a portion oi the transverse arch <<f the
colon. Generally, however, and under
ordinary-circumstances, these bem : ae are
not apparent. Wlrher there is it commu
nication between the two abdominal
or distinct peritoneal sac* belo ■<*
ing to each hernia, is by no meai\ obvi
ous. When these herniae prutrudytheir
respective c m ents are posited Towards
as far as the middle of the band. |f tlio
connecting link be touched in the cintre,
the tonch is equally felt by both; bt, at
half an inch from the centre, it is felt by
but one. These two young persons, %ug
and Chang by name, are natives ts a
s nail village, called Maklong, t 0 the
coast of Siam. They were born in Muj,
1811, of Chinese parent*. Their mothei
observed that she suffered no greater in- .
cunvenince at their birth than at the for
mer children, as they were very small,
and the head of one was presented be
tween the legs of the other.’ Their par
ens were of the poorer class, and, until
the vouths left their home, they were en
gaged in fishing, m tnufactuii 'gf cocoa nut
oil, keeping pou'trv <fcc., for the support
of the family. They are about five feet
two inches in height, are well made 9 ad
muscular. They have been known tor
carry a person weighing 280 pounds a
hundred feet. They are agile, can walk
or run with swiftness, and can swim wolf.
Their intellectual powers are acute: tlif*y
play at chess and draughts remarkably
well. Their feelings are warm *»nd af
fectionate, and their condupt amiable
and well regulated. They never enter
into conversation with each ether beyond
a simple remark made by one or the other
which seem to be rationally accounted
for b‘ the fact that, their experience be
ing all in common, they have nothing to
communicate. The attempt has frequently
been made to engage them in seperatq
conversations with different individuals*
hut always without success, as they are
invariably inclined to direct their atten
tion to the same thing at she same time.
In their movements perfect eqjiapimity'
is observed, the one always coiigurring ,
with the other, so that they appear as if
actuated by one mind. In their employ
ments and amusements, they have never
been known to niter an angry word to
wards each other. Whatever pleases or
displeases 000 has the same effect oo lh%