Newspaper Page Text
2
THE COURIER.
BY J. G. MCWHORTER.
„ vWesSfSbiSh^ cvery F * ,D ' v . a<t ?. r "*°",
at »“ l “ adv ‘‘ UCC ’ ° r Ml>ir
received for less time
‘'’fovKaTISEMfiNTS, not exceeding-* will
first lima at T 5 cu. per and 31 1-
wtn‘tS/'fc«ve standing advertisements of several
wp nr e9 , special eontractß may he made. Uic£e
KX No doOuc'wus will be mane iu
charges ~ t i.„ number of insertions
All advertisements mVst b»ve bo inserted till far
marked on them; otherwise they wiunew»e
bid, and charged uccoruinsrly. ... #fillkave
3 UEIUFrS,CI.KRKS,--*»<i oilier pithlicome
■~2S par cent, deducted tn their fw»- ~
love and friendship.
Bt iKOOBT.
The birds, when wintershades the sky,
Fly o’er theffeas away.
White laughing isles in sunshine lie,
Ami Subumir breexeg play. ,
And thus the friends that flutter near,
While FartUhe’t swn is warm,
Are startled if a cloud appear,
And fly before the storm.
But when from Winter’s heading -plains
Each other warbler’s past,
The little snow-bird still rein tins,
And chirrups ’mid the blast.
I,ove, like that bird, when friendship’s throng
With fortune’s suu depart,
Still lingers with its cheerful song,
And ncStles On the heart.
' 1 -»•" ■■ - ■' ■— #’
I’rom the Connecticut Observer,
lit TE W PERAK C E.
There sprang a tree of deadly name:
Its poisonous breath, its baleful dew,
Scorch,d thegreen eaTthJrky lava-flame,
And every plant of mercy slew.
fVom clime to clime its branches spread,.
Their fearful suits of sin and woe;
The Prince of Darkness loved its shade,
And toil’d its fiery Seed to sowi
Faith pour'd her pray Y at mi inight hoo>;
The hand of zeal at noon-day wrought;
The arm of celestial power
The children of the cross besought.
Behold ! the axe its pride doth wound.
Tor j’us cleft boughs the sunbeams shine,
Its blasted blossoms strew the ground;
Give glory to the Arm Divine.
And still Jehovah t aid implore,
From isle to rsfe, from srh to sea,
Front peopled Earth’s remotest shore,
To root that deadly Upas Tree.
LECTURES
PHRENOLOGY.
IV OR. SPORZBEtM.
Gentlemen ,—l have to speak to you of
Phrenolo<jv, a term derived from two
Greek words phreen mind, and logos a
discourse nr doctrine, hence it means the
doctrine of the mind. As the essential
nature of mind itself is unknown t<> us, I
cannot speak to you of the%iind ; we can,
however, observe its manifestations, and
the conditions under which they take place',
phrenology, then, it the doctrine of the
manifestations of the mind, and the rela
tions they bear to certain bodily condi
tions. Unless you feel au interest in this
science, you will not study it sufficiently
to know its value. Some begin by in
quiring is it useful.? Now i< is imposs bis
to understand the application of a thing,
without understanding the thing itself,
and here I would observe, that the knowl
edge of Phrenology is tire knowledge of
the most important part of man—of his
consciousness, bis passions, his feelings,
and his intellectual part ; and of all studies,
that of man is confessedly the most im
portant. Phrenology is useful to medical
men, because the moral part of man, which
includes his affections aud passions, has a
great influence upon his corporeal part,
and is a g r eat cause of many diseases,and
without a knowledge of this, he will find
great difficulty in curing them. A knowl
edge of Phrenology is found indispensa
ble to physicians who treat the insane i
far h *w can they treat the derangement
of mental functions, witiiout understand
ing first their healthy condition ; to know
how to manage the one, it is first neces
sary to know tho other. Little applica
tion of any branch of philosophy can be
made to praC'ical life, without, in the first
instance, comprehending the subject to
which it is desired to apply P- Philoso
phy, therefore, is defective ! 1 also find
fault with those who study philosophy in
their Nomenclature. For it is not exact,
nnd the consequence is, that they dis
course fur hours and never agree ; and
this shews, I think, that their knowledge
is not exact, and therefore their nomen
clature is inexact. Medical men are in
terested in knowing Phienology ; so al
so are those who have to join institutions
of any kind, which ought -o be founded
upon the nature of man, Tho system of
education also should be fuunidcd upon
the knowledge of the moral nature of
man.
The arts individually, especially those
of painting and sculpure, aud abovo all
historical and portrait painting, are in
terested in Phrenology. Some painters
pay great attention to tho face, but omit
entirely the shape of the head, which ap
pears to me of equal importance with the
other. For example, here is the likeness
of a person {(holding up a painting on
jpasteboaid, so divided that tha head might
be separated from the face.) Now I will
let the same face remain, and change the
figure of the head (painted on another
pieco of paper.) Would you not say that
it is quite another mao 1 In poetry too it
?t -a-pfil, and artists of imitation should
v.foi’ow poets j for in speaking of the dif*
fereat rtioral powers, you Would' not wish
to contradict yourself Ity describing a con
figuration inconsistent with thafettiibuie
you wish to describe. Youwodld not say
that a mao had a villainously high furo
liead, falthoogh you might decribe him
with a forehead villainously low ,’ —Here
are two skulls, oue high aud targe, the o
ther small aud very low. (Exhibiting
thorn to the meeting.) Would you not
•say this, (the smallest) represented the
ignoble sentiments 1 Which form would
■ you say was the most desirable, meroly
by intuition, so to speak,without knowing
any thing of organization ? There is not
a koubt which you would choose.
It will be my desire to give you pfaimfe
simple facts to compare them; to rctlUce,
as correcilv as possible, the 'filths ;o prin
ciples, and then draw inferences from
them. Now ns to facts, 1 cbosider there
can be no difference of opinion, as re
gards them between us •ifeour opponents;
but as to inferencesT sUnil piopose some.
But every one must judge for himself as
in Terence',the snmo facts exist,but the in
ferences drawn from them are many; I
shall draw inference*, and I hope I shall
be able to verify their propositions. I
slpll, now, ebtfcv thto a few genera! con
siderations on phrenology,’ admitted by
ail to be incontrovertible; I shall next
come to sifeh as are disputed.
The influence botwoen the mind and
body is an ancient doctrine, but the defin
ition of the word temperament is not
'known to all.
The ancien.ts admitted .that the tem
perament of the body originated individ
ual feelings; that a man of a bilous tem
perament is disposed to anger; that such
a man might have good penetration and
a sound judgement, but not a good mem
ory. That, oil the other hand a man of
sanguineous temperament, having fair
hair, a fair skin, blue eyes, and a florid
countenance, haring proofs of a strong
aciivity in the circulation of the blood;
that such a person might have great live
liness, great sensibility, a very good
memory, but not deep judgement. Va
rious other sentiments were ascribed by
them to the influence of the temperaments
The influence of the whole constitution,
or of what has been called temperament
must be admitted to extend to 'Phrenolo
gy: but with some restrictions. It is cer-
tain that the individual systems of digest
ion, nutrition, circulation,
——-uaswwwwrTipmTim powers
and activity of the whole body; in phre
nology we do not admit that the whole
constitution of the body produces tho de
tejmijjflte feelings, hut we admit its in,
fiuence as far as the different uegi cess of
activity depend upon the temperament.
If we see a man of lymphatic tempera
ment, without activity in the external sen
ses, the motion of the muscles being very
slow; and if we see another man of the
same general temperament, with groater
activity of th‘6 muscular power and the
external senses, We conclude that there
is a greater defFtfo of activity in the 4
brain of One than the oilier. This is im
portant for you to recollect, and, I hope
you will not forget, that although tire
constitution does not produce the deter
minate feelings, yet it has a very great
influence on tho different degrees of acti
vity. So that when you examine the
peculiarities of the head, you must always
bear this in miud. In illustration of this
proposition I refer you to the muscular
power ) this does opt depend upon the
constitution,but.the greater activity of
that power is influenced by ii; hence we
see it is less active in the lymphatic than
in the bilious constitution.
It is an aucient doctrine that the vis
cera have a great influence on the feel
ings, and eyery one knows the express
ions—a bad heart, a good head, and so
oik The ancients ascribed certain feel
ingsto pertain viscera; they placed joy &
grief in the heart; anger in the liver; ha
tred in the spleen, and so on; but this
manner of preceding is not physiological,
and it seetn3 strange that such opinions
should have continuedjsince physiologists
know that these several parts have par
ticular functions; and 'if we speak of or
gans, wo know that they ha e functions
If we go into the study of riattire, we
knojy tliat animals have hearts, and man
y of the mammiferous animals have lar
ger hearts than man, more perfect orgaos,
larger livers, and larger lungs, but you
cannot ascribe moral feelings to them.
This “doctrine would seem to have been
propagated on this account—when man
is the subject of certain passions, he
certain affections about the viscera. If
a mat! bp much elated by feeling, the cir-
is somewhat delayed, the heart
palpitates, and there is oppression of the
respiration, nnd pain in the head and n
ther parts: and it is possible that these
sensations, produced iu individual organs
■by excitements or depressions of the
mind, induced the ancients to think that
these organs were the seat of their sensa
tions. VVe know, indeed, by physiology,
that the different parts have a great com
munication, and that derangement in the
functions of one causes derangement iu
those of others. There is great commu
nication between the brain and different
parts of the body; and every one has
experienced that after too much fond and
drink a man cannot reflect, he retires to
rest, and in the morning his mind is stron
ger, and ha can then reflect; yet you
would not say that a man thinks by his
stomach? Oh! no, it is by the brain we
tbiok. I u animals we see the same visceraifc
the various kinds o.f temperaments, but
without any manifestations of mind; but
have you overseen* any being showing
mental powers without any brain?
Througout all nature, if you admit the
existence of seme intelligence, there you
will find brain.
I come npw to the most perfect class
of animals—to man.
A person having a very small bruin
does not and eannot display much meota)
power. Here are two models, (shewing
casts of two very small brains' indeed)
taken from persona who were complete
idiots; the one died at the age of ID at
Cork; the Oiher at 25, at Amsterdam.—
Would you expect that such a develupe
mont of brain Would manifest superior
talents!—lmpossible. On the othtsr hand,
you will never find that those men who
excel in meuial power’s have vety small
braifis. Lold Bacon had not such a
brain as that idiot’s, ns ybu may now see
(showing a mask and forehead supposed
to be his Lordship’s,) that'fie bad an im-
nienso organization «»f hr«i«. Moteover,
if we cdtho to the feelings, we observe a
difference in the feelings of women and
those Os men. Females ofteii say to us
that we tlo not feel like them; aud we
reply that they do not think like us. The
powers of both sexes, however, are great
ly modified by circumstances. Now if
we look to the configuration of the heads
of each sex, we find that the heads of
men are thicker on the sides, and longer
front the ear to the top of the lorehead;
whilst the head of females are flatter on
the sides, and there is a larger portion of
brain from the ear to the occiput or hack
of the head, than in males. Seeing those
great differences, we admit the influence
cri the brain on the manifestations of the
mind; and admitting this influence it has
been attempted to ascertain how far the
development of particular- parts of the
brain rise to particular feelings.—
Munife’'siblions of the mind never take
place without brain; and the fact that in
juries of the brain aid «em yal of part
have not prevented the manifestations of
the mind, -is no proof to the contrary, un
less it can be shown that the same parts
have been taken away on Both sides, and
that the functions assigned to these parts
by phrenologists have been destroyed;
for the brain being (fusible, would admit
the removal of a part, on one side, with
out destroying the function of the other.
We may lose orre eye, and yet see by
the other; we may lose one ear and yet
not be deaf. Tire question to he an
swered is, will the function of a part con
tinue when that part is removed on both
sides of the brain? Unless this be affir
matively answered, thftPfe is no force in
the objection.
It has been metaphysically objected—
how can vou speak of the- influence of
bodilv conditions on the mind, since the
mind does not know them? We may
reply, that the mind certainly in this
,11| H" | **— ** lf.
eye sees, and is tho organ of vision; there
are two optic nerves yet the impression
on the mind is single: now I should like
to know Whether the mind has any know
ledge of the instruments which it makes
use of. So we admit that the mind floes
not know the individual parts of the brain,
but they are to the mind as the eye and
ear—they are the instruments of the
mind.
Since no manifestations of the mind
take plttco Without brain—since idiots
having sfoall brains cannot manifest the
mental powers—and since men of great
talents have larger Heads than idiots, can
not we manifest the powers of the mind
by the size of the head; and cannottMhis
be done by Phrenology?—When you
speak of different individuals of different
capacities, you must not judge of them
by the absolute size of the head; for by
this you cannot judge of the qualifica
tions of the mind. Smaller people of the
of the sanguineous can fight
larger men of the lymphatic tempera
ment, althbugh the Muscle) of the latter
are much larger* yet ’hey are not so ac-
tive; it must be admitted then, that the
constitution has considerable influence.
You see this in the muscular power and
you may see it in the brain; hence, it
would be impossible to judge of the men
tal qualifications from the absolute size of
the bgttim Besides, all elephants and
whalCs have, if this doctrine weie admit
ted, larger capacities than men, because
their brains are‘ lay* or.
Site must be c»*iderod in the exami
nation of tho head, (t is really edrious
to see that the ancient artists gave differ
ent configurations to the head for diffei
oot talents. If you look at (He busts of
the gladiators and to thb bust of Socrates,
your attention is immediately drawn to
the different configurations; in tlie one,
the head is mote developed before the
eat; in the others, the greatest pdttibn of
brain is situated behind it.
A series of wild, rhapsodical essays
have lately appeared in the Richnioud
Whig, under the signature of‘a Friend of
State Rights because, a Friend of Union, 1
the authorship of which is attributed to
Randolph of Roanoke. We extract the
following elegant similes which we do not
believe ever came Yioin the pen of so
chaste a writer of English as Mr. Randolph
has always beefk Referring to some of
the speeches on the Revenue Collection
bill, he writes—“ When one had snarled
and bayed and gnashed his teeth at poor
South Carolina, like a rich man's dog at a
beggar! when another had squealed like
a hog in a high wind !! and a third yel
led like a cat when her tail is mashed !!!
We have alwjfys been acruirers of Mr.
Randolph, for his keen wit, his biting sar
casm, and his polished and elegant lan
guage, derived from &n extensive and in
timate acquaintance with the English
'Classics, and we are unwilling to believe
any thing derogatory to his character as a
wit, or his elegance as a scholar.— Sav,
Georgian.
From the Boston Centinel , 27 1 h nit.
SHIP HELLESPONT..
From an examination of the accounts
published yesterday, relative to the arti
cles picked up at seaj and which it has
been supposed might have belonged to
the above vessel, we have reason to be
lieve that it wasin ot the Hellespont which
was burnt. Mr Reed, the owner, states
positively that there was no workbench
on board of her, and the assistant* sieve
dore says the same. Letters from New
York have been received, which say that
the trysail mast picked up.by the Martha,
measures ten inches in diameter Copt
Pratt.who formerly commanded theHelle
spoot, state* that she had but dne trysail
mast and na mast for her spencer. The
trysail mast originally made. for the ship
| was but five and half inches in diameter
|at the upper end, six and half inches
one third from the top, and four and half
inches at the lower eud, where it rested
<m an iron brace.
An intelligent mechanic has observed
to us that the work bench could not have
been of Amercan manufacture, from
having a poplar board in it—such boards
being so scarce as to ho rarely, if over
used in common work. So groat ceufi
derw.e has the whole of the above account
given in the city, that we learn insurance
could be effected on property on board
the Hellespont from 10 to thirty per cent
less than last week.
From the above circumstances there is
great reason to hope the wreck was n<u
the Hellespont—the size of the spar (>f
a trysail mast) was sufficiently large for a
ship of 800 or 1000 tons, aud may possi
bly have belonged to an English East-
Indiamau.-Capt Pratt, we learn, will pro
ceed immediately to Ne'W York to make
a further examination of the articles pick
ed up.
Prom the Baltimore Patriot, March 29.
- . +
A largo public meeting was recently
held at Danville, Virginia, at which res
olutions aer mad opted, highly applauding
Mr. Clay’s ffiurse on the'Tariff question.
This comes from a quarter of the Slate,
says the Richmond Whig, w hich we dare
say, at one time, never imagined it possi
ble that any state of things should arise
which Would demand such a tribute from
its patriotism nnd justice- The magna
nimity is honorable, which yields long
cherished hostility to the persuasion that
it has been undeserved.
The proceedings of the meeting were
ordered to be published in the Richmond
Enquirer, Washington Glebe, National
Inteligencer; and the pricipal papers in
Virginia. They were also ordered to bo
transmitted to Mi* Clay, hv the Chaii
man, W. It’ Chaplin, Esq. to whom Mr.
C. returned the following answer.
Washington 14th March. 1833.
Sir: I duly received your favour ol
the 25th tilt traosroi'ting certain Resolu
tious adopted bythe citizens of Danville.
PittjflVania county, Virginia, in which
they have done me the honor to express
their approbation of my conduct, in res
pect to a certain measure, brought for
ward by me in the Senate of the United
Slates, to recoociie aud transquilize (he
country. Fully appreciating the gener
ous motives which have prompted this ex
pression of thej.r feelings and sentiments,
I receive it with lively and grateful sensi
bility. it appeared to me that the worst
possible rolatioi s were getting up between
the various parts of the country; that men
in all'sections of it were accustoming
themselves to think and speak freely of a
terrible event; that ultimate if hot imme
dlaie civil war was seriously to be appre
hended; and there was great danger, if we
escaped that calamity, of the sudden over
throw of a system of policy* which would
have spread ruin far Rod near. It was
under these circumstances that I present
ed the measure to which you refer. Hav
ing been finally adopted bv large major
ities of both houses of Congress* I sin
cerely hope it may every where be le
ceived in the amicable spir it in which in
was offered aud passed. Os all the mis
fortunes that could befall our confederacy,
there is none equal to that of a separation
of its parts; for in its train, every other
would follow. It is sometimes said that
liberty is preferable to union, nnd so it is
in the absttact; but what possible guaran
ty is there for liberty without union? I
pray that all our fellow citizens may be
sensible of this undeniable truth; and that,
in social intercourse, and the public coun
cils, its influence may be forever felt.
With my thanks for the obliging man
ner in which you have communicated the
Resolutions of the people of Danville arid
with assurances of high respect and es
teem, I am
Yourobedient servant, 11. CLAY.
•
FROM THE/ WASHINGTON GtoBE.
The New-York Journal of Commerce
of tJje 25:h ult. contains the following
paragraph, which is founded altogether
upon a misapprehension of the subject to
which it relates. As the subject is in
teresting to the commercial community,
and as the paragraph may otherwise do
harm, it is worth while to conect it.
“ No small surprise was experienced
herß on Friday in consequence of an or
der from the Secretary of the Treasury
directing that the payment of certain de
bentures on woollen, &c. should be sus
pended, and the documents in the cases
transmitted to Many a man
may thank-the tardy mails for allowing
him to pocket Ifts money bfefote the mail
was opened. It is said that the amount
of debentuies has been so very great that
a little time is desirable to recruit fi
nances.*
The facts are these. Congress au
thorized the difference between the du
ties payable before the Tariff of the 14ih
of July last, aod those payable under that
Tariff, to be returned on such goods as
should be deposited in the public stores
in the manner provided by law. Where
the duties on the deposited goods had not
been paid,l>ut had been secured by bond,
debentures frere to be issued for the dif
ference, payable when the bonds never
paid. These debentures atepayable by the
Collectors ; and no order has been issued
by the Secretary of the Treasury for sus
pending them or for transmi'ting the do
cuments to Washington. Where the du
ties had been paid, no debentures were to
be issued ; but the Secretaiy of the Tiea
sury was authorized to refund the differ
ence out of money in the Treasury ; and
as no moneys can be drawn from the
Treasury, but by a warrant from the Se
cretary, the Collector* Werot.itistrcicieti.
to give a certificate to thl pony for the
amount of duty to be retvned ; and on
such certificate being Iraosnitted to the
Treasury, the 1 amount is
mitted to the parti/. Y Y
Mr. Blocks, the talented Washington'
Letter writer for the Portland Ad
vertiser, has recently given some Sketch*
esof Congressional characters. Tire fol
lowing is from one of his last letters 'Mr.
John Davis. —This gentleman is among
the most ready and best debaters in the
House of Representatives. He » about
six feet in height, or pethups a little over.
His voice is none of the best in the huge
Hall of the House, for it is comparative
ly weak, and in a degiee soft, so that it
caunot be heard but io the silence of all
the members. Mr. Davis almost always
commands that silence, and hence is al
ways heard—and with attention nnd in
terest. Mr. Davis is mild and unassu
ming in his mapners. Ho makes no pre
tensions on tho floor of the house or off
of it. In conversation he is polite and a
enable. Iu debate hols courteous, but
can he exceedingly severe, and yet that
sevi rit y is so softened, that while it cuts
it does not give pain.— He is peifectly
cool arid collected in his remarks, rather
elegant than forcible iu his gestures, and
general manner. For retort or >eply he
is ever ready. His criticism, his argu
ments, his answers, while they serve all
the purposes of the debate, are yet so
kindly tempered as seldom or never to he
offensive. But they have no cringing, no
scivility, no qualification io them, they
ate heavy, well-balanced, but well polish
ed .holts. The same remarks made by
him, Mien said by another member, would
be offensive and painful to an advorsarv.
The manner, rather than the matter, pro
bably, creates the difference.
Mr. Davis is admirably ‘calculated to
manage the Southern gentlemen. Mr'
McDuffie, impude it and bold as he is,
never gains any latnclk from a conflct
with Mr. Davis. He matches Mr. J/<>
Duffie’s impudence, though mure genteel*
He throws back his liaid words in well
rounded sentences. And white he cools
and allays.the fever which Mr. difcDuffie
may have created, "he Compels his adver
sary to he cautious in his essays and as
saults. Ho is almost the only man that
can lame Judge‘Clayton, of Geo., who
by the way, is one of the most uninanftge
able wild Hoises that fever drove into a
deliberative assembly. In true hunter
style, Mr. Davis will catch him and tic
him, and tame him, and ride him last,
so that the old man who starts in the de
bate with a -most furious passion, be
comes most submissive and apologetic be
fore its close. I saw this done last win
ter, when Judge Clayton would see “the
Union blown into ten thousand atoms,”
the day after the decision of the Supreme
Court again-t Georgia in the Ihdian case,
before he or his State would pay the least
attention to (hat decision.
A certain errtnom leading counsel is
celebrated at the bar lor the following
inode of examining a witness:—“Now
pray listen to the question I tun going to
ask you. Be attentive, remember you
will answer as you please, and remem
ber, 1 don’t care a rush what you answer,
&.c. &c.” The learned Lord now nu
the woolsack, somewhat weary of the
monotony of his perorations, one day ac
costed him in the street. “Ha! is it you
C ? Now pray listen to the ques
tion I'm going to ask you. Be attentive
Remember you Will answer as you please
and remember I don’t care a rush what
you answer. Uou> are youV ’
Horse Marines.— At the time of Pich
egru’s irruption into Holland (1793, the
frost was unprecedentedly sfe-Vere, and the
Texel so completely ice-bound, that he
ordered some squadrons of c#Valry to
charge across the frozen element, and cap
ture the Dutch fleet lucked it.—
They accordingly clapped spurs to their
horses* sides, surrounded the ships, and
made a capture of them at the first sum*
ntons, though their whole means of de
fence against a broadside were a few
hundred Sabi os and horse pistols? VVe
believe that the occurrence stands with
out a parallel in ancient or modern story.
Cucumbcrs. —A new way of raising cu
cumbers i$ a follows ; Take an empty
flour barret, with one head otit; bore a hole
through every stave near the bottom ; fill
the barrel full of manure ; dig a hole m the
ground & set it in* say half way up; make
a bed of light soil all around it and plant
the cucumber seeds outside of the, barrel,
to a dry time pour a bucket of water
every day into tho barrel, which will
ooze out through the holes you have
bored in the staves, and thus reach the
roots, carrying with it the strength of the
manure. Xke advantage of this mode
is, that the roots nre kept sufficiently
moist, without being too wet, as hap
pens when they are planted inside of the
barrel; or without having the surface of
the ground crusted, or is the case when
planted in hills und sprinkled with a wa
tering pot.
Bed Buggs or Chinches may be de
stroyed by quicksilver beat .up with the
white of an egg, d&applied with a feather to
cracks and crovices infestod by them.—
Corrosive sublimate dissolved in spirits
will have the same effect. But as it is a
deadly poison, groat caution is necessary
The best contrivance wa» have seen
for ridding houses (especially ceiled ones)
of these disagreeable vermin is a small
portable steamer, invented we believe by
John Schley of this state. Its cost is
not over two or three dollars.
To destroy Ants in Gardens. Open
their nests With a hoe, and pour in boil
ing Water from a lea kettle. Or, pour a
little spirits of turpentine into their holes,
from a vial, or the nose of a lamp filler.
Sufch as are not killed by ce tiling in comact
with tbospiriu of
take to their heels. A f«w drcH
closet or pantry are sufficient H
against ants.
AUGUSTAI
VBIDAV. APKIL 5. ire
|p» vVe received tint one paper from ■■
ton Today, the Mercury of yesterday
Nothing new in that quarter.. A
jp=> Our Senator, th# lion. Jobs f
returned last night in the N'orthorn Stog«
|p“ We ate authorised by Mr. Hale
to guy, that he will again scire the City ■
or' if re elected. , H
It V, reporteiTthat the President will ■
tour tluough Ncw-Euglasd this suinmß
will celebrate the 4th July in Boston. ■
Who says Nullification is looking up
said sol Somebody. Aye, itays a wagl
elbow, ‘jit t* because il is thrown on its bar. l
Green Peas were served up at Diunn ■
City Hotel oo Saturday last (says the
nrpubliran ) being the first m market this H
The bad weather has delayid the
of Corps longer than
peeled. We are requested, to say they *
To-night anti To morrow night,
the last nights this season. The Entertain®;
of To monow*night are specially for the
of Miss Smith, who was so
in Selina in the Taie of Mystery, and
the Poor Soldier, ami as agieeably heard
Conceit in the Songs—Draw the Swoid, isl
land; The Arab Steed, and The Dashing UH
Sergeant.
The Jacobins still continue their denttneiatfl
of our Executive for pardoning the Music®
ries. It is a horrible stain, says the LLtotiM
on the State. “Who will wipe it out I" rVe I
Vise those,who attempt Jt, to employ a cleatl
paw than the Chronicle’s,
We copy the account of the Courts from tlj
Constitutionalist of this morning. We presum]
it has been carefully compiled. We shall kee
it in type, and obliged for the detecuc
of any crt;or, that we may correct it.
REDUCTION CONVENTION!
delegates ELECTED. I
Chatham.— James M. Wftynf, Joseph \V.I
Jackson, W. C. Darnell, and T. U. P. Clutilton.l
Warren —Dennis L. Ryan, Henry Lockhart,]
Daniel Dennis, nnd William Ilill ■
Bibb.—W'm B. Cone, Richard \V. E *
M. Bartlett. ♦
Joius.— T. MtVughorr, W. [fourd.tn, S. T.owtli
cr, and J, Gray.
BdUtc in.—Tomlinson Fort, E E.-Park, and
Green Jourdan.
By a in the Gone nil Appropri
ation Act, the privilege of franking let
ters is givpo to Members ol Congress from
6® days before Member takes htj
seat, [or ought tn take his seat,] lo tho
end of the term for which lie is elected,
and to the meeting of the Congress fol
low iilg.
Wp should '• very much like to know,” what
danse In arty law gave members the right of
franking 3o volumes of Books by one mail, or
any number of mails. We have heard also ol
a member’s sending home his breeches to tie
“renovated," as n Mtlledptville Tailor says—of *
anew gown to wife or sweetheart—a hag o> j
Irish potatoes, be. be. ‘' he transitiission of
Books is not so objectionable, as we suppose, the
Great West, where these ivprfr going, wants lipfht
and knowledge The following is the list of
them copied from the Globe. The Stage made
out to gel ns far as Afaysvrlle, Kentucky, whclis
the books were disonba ggfd.
Eight vn|<. in 4, Rollins Ancient His
tory, duodecimo.
Fifteen Vols. Conphr's N-ivels, octavo,
Eight vols. Pelham's Novels, octavo.
One vul. Arabian Nights, large octavo.
One vol. McKenzies 5000 Receipts
large octavo. & * *
One vol. Burns' Poems, large octavo,
One vol. Dorsey’s law of insolvency,
large octavo.
While oil this subject, improper usurpation of
the rnail-hags and stages, we might ask, (what u
great many say, they could answer) if the Con
tractors are not in the habit, when passengers
osier, Os throning the mail bags, into their rta
bles 1
ftfo said, wc appeal to the common sense of
the Public in nil the measures we advocate. You
know what a hillnbulloo is raisad against what
the enemies of the Administration call the ‘Force’
or “Bloody Bill.” We have told you over and
over it is all talk—all rnanceurreing to cheat you
ofyodr reason and blind you to your interests.
Now see, what there is, that is strange or extra
ordinary, to this abused law. The fifth section
is the one to which your attention has beeo par
ticularly called, as so abeminable. Now what
is ill Nothing but a verbatim et literatim copy
v>f the laws of 1790 and 1807, with the honored
names of Washington and Jefferson to them.
“ And be it further enacted, That
whenever the laws of tho United States
shall be opposed, or the execution there*
of obstructed, in any State by tho or*
dittary course of judicial proceedings, or
by any powers vested in the Marshals by
this act, bo lawful for the Presi
dent of the United Stales, to call forth
tho militia of such State or of any other
State or States as may be necessary to
suppress such combinations,' and to causo
the laws to be duly executed ; and the
use of tho militia so to bo called forth
may be continued if necessary until the
expiration of thirty days after the com
mencement of thfc next session of Con
gress.”
An act to authorise the employment of
the land and naval forces of the Uni
ted States in cases Bf insurrections.
” Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assem
bled; That in all cases of insurrection or
obstruction of the laws either of the Uni
ted States, or of any individual State or
Territory; where it so lawful* for !hef