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A N ACT to alter the 3d, 7th and 12th sections of the first
/V article, and the 1st, 2d and 3.1 sections of the 3d article
an .j t be 15th section of the 4th article of the Constitution of
Whereas a part of the 3d section of the 1st article of the
Constitution is in the following words, viz: The Senate
shall be elected annually; and a part of the 7th section of
the 1st article, is in the following words: The Represents-
rives shall be chosen annually; and a part of the 12th sec
tion of the 1st article is in the following words : Themeeting
,if tic General Assembly shall be annually; And whereas a
art of the 3d section of the 3d article is in the following
• nr.Is: There shall be a State’s Attorney and Solicitor ap-
,:„ted by the Legislature and commissioned by the Gov-
;; , r , who shall hold their office for the term of three years ;
: i a part of the 15th section of the 4th article is in the fol
lowing words : The same shall be published at least rix
months previous to the next ensuing annual election, for
u cabers of the General Assembly: And whereas the before
recited clauses require amendments—
Section 1. Ac it enacted by the Senate and House of Rcprc-
senl'U.'Ves of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met and
'it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so soon as
this act shall have passed, agreeably to the requisitions of
Constitution, the following shall be adopted in lieu of
i‘ foregoing clauses: In the 3d section of the 1st article,
following? to wit: The Senate sballbe elected bi-annually.
after the passage of this act; the first election to take place
mi the first Monday in the year one thousand eight hundred
and fortv-three. In lieu of the 7th section of the 1st article,
the following: The Representatives shall be elected bi-an-
miallv, after the passage of this act, the first election to take
place on the first Monday in October, in the year one tliou-
■ and eight hundred and forty three; and in lieu of the clause
in the 12th section of the 1st artic.e, the following : The meet
ing of the General Assembly shall he bi-annually, aftet the
passage of this act, on the first Monday in November. And
in lieu of the clause in the 3d section of the 3d article, the
following, to wit: There shall be a State’s Attorney and So
licitor elected bv the Legislature, who shall hold their office
tortile term of lour years; and in lieu of the clause in the
15th section of the 4i.li article, the following; The same shall
be published at least six months previous to the next ensuing
bi-annual election for members of the General Assembly ;
the provisions of this act not to go into effect until the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Sec. 2. And be. it further enacted bg the authority aforesaid,
That whenever it shall so happen that the term of office of any
of the Judges, State’s Attorney or Solicitors, shall expire at
any time during the recess of the General Assembly, then
and in that case it shall be the duty of bis Excellency the
Governor to fill such vacancy, by appointment, until the
next General Assembly thereafter to be held, when such
vacancy shall be filled by election by the Legislature, until
the next election of Judges, State’s Attorney or Solicitors
shall take place.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, December 23d, 1839.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
March 31, 1840. LL_£f?_
CENTRA!- BANK AGENCY.
T1AHE undersigned offer their services as agents in the
1 renewal of Notes at the Central Bank. They will at
tend to all Notes entrusted to their care, for the customary
I've of one dollar; also, to the taking out and forwarding
Grants at one dollar each.
They will also attend to the offering of Notes for discount,
at the distribution of the Central Bank, advertised to com
mence on the 16th July, and all orders in regard to the dis
position of the money will be promptly attended to.
03 = Letters enclosing notes or money must be post paid.
THOMAS RAGLAND,
THO. H. HALL.
Milledgeville, June 16, 1840. 22 tf
O 3 The Columbus Enquirer and Sentinel and Herald,
will insert three tirneju
CENTRAL BANK OF GEORGIA.
Milledgeville, 11 th June, 1840.
R ESOLVED, That a distribution of seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars be made among the several coun
ties of this State, to be loaned on accommodation notes, which
may be offered for discount on the days and iu the order
stated in the foilwing table, viz :
Thursday. \Glh July.
County.
Amount.
County.
Amount.
Appling,
$2,372
Camden,
5,600
Baker,
3.013
Campbell,
5,912
Baldwin,
7,183
Carroll,
5.104
Bibb,
10,136
Cass,
8,251
Bryan,
2,904
Chatham,
21,354
Bulloch,
3,836
Cherokee,
5,598
Burke,
12,521
Chattooga,
4,224
Butts,
6.106
Clarke,
11,403
Thursday. 30th July.
Cobb,
7,540
Dooly,
4,991
Columbia,
1 > ,06y
Early,
4,953
Coweta,
11,534
Effingham,
2.775
Crawford,
8,712
Elbert,
12,479
Decatur,
5.546
Emanuel,
3,621
DeKalb,
13.196
Favette,
7.513
Dade,
1,119
Floy i,
4,224
Thursday,
Oth Avgust.
Forsyth,
6,359
Gwinnett.
13,495
Franklin,
11,650
Habersham,
9,972
Gilmer,
1,990
Hall,
9,881
Glynn,
3,899
Hancock,
10.099
Greene,
11,349
Thursday, 3d September.
Harris,
14,863
Jackson,
13,962
Heard,
5,602
Jasper,
12,040
Henry,
14,762
Jefferson,
6,087
Houston,
13,177
Jones.
10,473
Irwin,
2,182
Laurens,
6,035
Thursday, V
'th September.
Lee,
3,510
Marion,
5,179
Liberty,
b',812
McIntosh,
.5,266
Lincoln,
6,178
Meriwether,
16,122
Lowndes,
5,84.9
Monroe,
15,594
Lumpkin,
7,592
Montgomery,
2,521
Macon,
5,417
Morgan,
9,877
Madison,
5,613
Thursday, Is? October.
Murray,
4,051
Pike,
10,191
Muscogee,
17,641
Pulaski,
5,399
a* a
A ewton.
13,795
Putnam,
11,507
* Iglethorpe,
11,691
Rabun,
2,491
Paulding,
2,981
Randolph,
7,137
Thursday, 15ih October.
Richmond,
13,875
Tattnall,
2,949
Scriven,
5,132
Telfair,
3,147
Stewart,
11,463
Thomas,
6.591
Sumter,
4.882
Troup,
16,624
Talbot,
15,84 4
Twigg3,
8,827
Taliaferro,
5,006
Union,
2,935
Thursday, ‘litlh October.
Upson,
14,957
Washington,
10,806
Walker,
5,484
Wayne,
1,704
Walton,
11 934
Wilkes,
11,235
Ware,
2,598
I Wilkinson,
7,653
Warren,
11,140
1
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
The law requires that the money appropriated to each
county shall be loaned only to the citizens of such counties
respectively, and that the endorsers, as well as the makers
"f notes, shall be residents of the county. The Board will
therefore require in each case a certificate ot residence, both
of the makers and endorsers; which maybe signed by any
eivil officer of the county, But if the money appropriated
to the counties respectively, shall not be applied for and
loaned within thirty day3 from the offering days above speci
fied, then the above requirement of the law in relation to the
residence of endorses ceases; and after that time a certificate
ot residence of the maker only, will be required.
All notes must be made payable at the Central Bank of
Georgia, three hundred aud sixty days after date, and must
have two nr more good endorsers.
Every note presented for discount must be accompanied with a
u-ritten affidavit of the maker, in which he shall state that the note
r.ffired is for the only use and benefit of him, the maker, and not
for the use, benefit, or interest, of any other person, or persons
whatsoever; which affidavit skalC'bc certified by a magistrate or
other officer legally authorised to administer said oath.
Certificates ot the taxable property of the makers and en
dorsers of the notes offered, will be regarded as the best ev
idence of their solvency.
No note will be discounted having on it the name of any
person indebted to the State, either as principal or security,
which debt iD due and unsett'ed ; or who is the maker of or
endorser on, any note or bill heretofore discounted by the
Central Bank, and which is past due and unattended to.
No note will be received for discount after die hour of nine
o'clock, A. M. of the days above specified.
The proceeds of the discounted notes will be paid to the
check of the last endorser only.
By order of the Board of Directors.
_ Jfi. M. .NJSBET, Cash’r.
June IS. |32 tf
MISCELLANEOUS.
A SKETCH FROM NATURE.
BY CHARLES-D1NGLEY.
She knelt beside me—and mine eye once glanc’d
Upon her form; ’twas but a glance ; hut ne’er
From my remembrance will it pass aw av !
Her arms were folded on her breast—her head
Bow’d down most meekly as became tlie place.
And her dark eye-brow, and still darker hair
Shaded a countenance wherein was less
Of bounty than expression : it was pale
As is the lilly in the spring ; it bore
Some touches of the frame’s usd mind's disease,
Some suffering and some wo. Her half closed eye
Was bent to earth, and shaded by a lash
Silkcn'nnd shining us the raven’s wing ;
Her lip was motionless, and it did seem
As though her supplication sped at once
Forth from her pious bosom to hpr God.
There wns a withered flower on her breast—
Perchance an emblem of the hopes which there
Had blossom’d, and there faded.
1 have view’d
Woman in many a scone j I have beheld
Her gay and glorious in the festive hall,
Eager of conquest; mid I, too, have marked
Ttm winning languish and seductive smile.
Both dear and dangerous to the youthful heart.
And I have stray’d with beautv by my side,
Through thp still glade, at evening’s placid hour
By the pale radiance of the moon, whose beam
Hath silver’d o’er her smiles, and she hath look’d
As she had thrown her soul into her eyes.
Nay, I have view’d her by the fever’d bed
Of sickness, pillow the pale cheek and bathe
The fainting brow, and like a form of light
Whispering peace where else there had been none ;
But never, by the side of woman vet,
Such thrilling and unearthly feelings stole
On my o’eicharged heart, ns when 1 saw
That pious maiden commune with her God.
LOVE AND DEATH.
BY RUFrs DAWES.
While Love oppressed, one sunny day.
Was dreaming on a bowpr’of roses,
His arrows scattered round him lay,
As ever when the boy reposes;
Death, on his icy errand sent,
To stay the current of life’s river,
The while his iron how he bent,
Dropt half the arrows from his quiver,
Where, mingling with the shafis of joy,
The hurried hand of Death mistaking,
Took from the arrows of the boy,
And loft his own for sorrow’s waking.
Since, Age while blending o’er the tomb.
Feels the lost barb that love is weeping,
While blooming youth laments the doom,
That fate reversed while Love was sleeping
LAND CRUIZE OF AN OLD SALT.
Laughable account of a Shipwreck on Terra
Firma.—The eccentricities and whimsicalities
of old salt water captains, from the days of
Commodore Trunnion down to the present,
are well known, aud hundreds of amusing an
ecdotes have been told upon the subject; but
as we have never seen the following in print,
and in the total absence of news—foreign,
coastwise or otherwise—we have been induced
to devote a column to its recital.
The hero of our story was an old hero of
both the revolutionary and last war—one who
had labored hard, suffered much, and often re
ceived the thanks of his country. Years and
exposure having finally rendered him unsea
worthy, he brought his water tacks ashore and
settled down in a pleasant part of the country
to spend the remainder of his days. After so
long a residence upon the water, it is not to be
supposed that the old gentleman found every
thing “ship-shape” on land, but with the assis
tance of a couple of old sailors, one of them
an Irishman, whom he had brought ashore with
him, he in a short time made out to introduce
man-of war fashions, so far as practicable,
upon liis premises.
Among his other eccentricities he had a car
riage built upon a plan entirely new—purely
original—and we doubt ifeven among the thou
sands of useful ornamental and nonsensical ar
ticles in the patent office at Washington, its
fellow can be found. It was nothing more
nor less than a regular man-of-war, on a small
scale, completely rigged with sails, bausers,
anchors, &c. This he had set upon springs,
the whole confined upon four common car
riage wheels. Mike, his Irish sailor, was soon
let into the secret of driving four-in-hand, and
two or three little jaunts were made in the
neighborhood with complete success.
One fine morning in summer the old com
modore invited several ladies to take a cruise
with him in.his vessel to some springs situated
about twenty miles off. Fearing that some ac
cident might occur they politely refused. He
set forth, in glowing terms, the pleasures of
such a cruise, said it was a conveyance deci
dedly safer than any that could be procured,
and used every argument to induce the ladies
to take passage, but all to no purpose. Some
gentleman finally agreed to accompany him,
and taking Mike along to sit on the bowsprit
and drive, and the other sailor to hand sails,
&c. the party got under way and set sail for
the springs.
The road for the first ten miles of the jour
ney was level or slightly ascending, and this
part was got over smoothly and without acci
dent. Occasionally, as the road turned to the
right or left, the old commodore would sing
out to Mike to haul in or slacken his laihoard
or starboard braces, and as so far it had been
perfectly “ plain sailing,” every thing worked
to a charm. They had now arrived at a point
of the voyagepvliere the road began to descend.
The horses dashed off’at a mere rapid rate, and
the whole party were exhilirated as they flew
past rocks, trees and fences. The fartherthey
advanced the faster went the horses, and from
a brisk trot they at length got into a canter.
“ Haul taught the fore braces,” said the
Commodore, alluding to the lines which were
attached to the leaders.
“ Aye, aye, sir,” responded Mike, who was
now holding them in with all his might.
“Slacken the larboard fore brace, there—
hurry! continued the Commodore, as the
leaders were approaching too near the brink
of a precipice which stared at them from the
left.
“Aye, aye, sir,” 6aid Mike.
How fast are we going now l” said the Com
modore to the other tar.
“About sixteen knots, sir,” continued Jack,
who was bolding fast to the little foremast, to
prevent being pitched out, as the wheels would
occasionally hit a stump or root.
The pace had now become absolutely ter
rific, Single-trees and double-tiees were rat
tling, traces were swinging about, hold back
straps wme strained all but to breaking, and
still the mad steeds kept on down the declivity.
To the left was a steep and gloomy precipice,
at some points a hundred feet high, and to run
off here—to meet with a shipwreck at such a
point—would involve a certain destruction of
passengers and horses, officers and crew. The
passengers were alarmed, and even the brave
old Commodore, although he showed no fear
and appeared perfectly cool and collected, be
gan to think it time to haul in sail.”
“How does she head, now?” shouted the
old fellow to Mike.
“ Right on to the howlin’ precipice, there.
Be me sowl 'it would’nt he our mothers that
ud know us if she sinks in that ugly spot,”
was the answer.
“ Let go to the mainsail,” sung out the com
modore. who was the while working at a
sham-rudder aft, imagining he was keeping hia
craft from going over the steep.
“ Aye, aye, sir,” and down came the sail,
rattling and fluttering with the current of air
raised by the speed at which they were going.
The noise frightened the horses still more, and
down they went at a pace faster than ever.
“ Let go the topsails, Jack,” was the next
order, and they were soon fluttering and flap
ping about.
“Keep her steady there, Mike.”
“ That’s just, what I’m afther doing, sir, hut
the divil himself could’nt keep a craft steady
in such rough time as this.”
“ Jib, there—let go and haul the jib,” sung
out the commodore. In less time than it
takes us to tell, the jib came down upon the
wheel-horses, who, receiving an additional
fright, started off more furiously than ever.—
Things now looked alarmingly serious, and
tho gentleman passengers were trembling with
fright.
The commodore had one more experi
ment to try, and as shipwreck now appeared
inevitable, he sung out
“Let go the anchor! Be quick!” No
sooner said than done, for before the words
were fairly out of the commodore’s mouth Jack
had pushed a small anchor from the bows of
the craft. About fifteen fathoms of rope spun
out with great velocity, when the anchov
caught in a tree by the road side and brought
them all up. It did not brine them up all stand
ing, however, but all tumbling, for the sudden
jerk sent the leaders over the precipice, drag
ging the other horses and the novel craft—
passengers, baggage and all, a distance of about
thirty feet after them. Three of the horses
were killed, Mike had his shoulder put out,
the old commodore was severely and his
friends slightly injured, and evenThe Guerriere,
after having been battered all to pieces by
the Constitution, did not present such a mel
ancholy looking wreck as the old commodore’s
man-of-war pleasure wagon after the accident.
Thus ends our story of the “ Land Cruise of
an Old Salt.—JV. O. Picayune.
Jewish Marriage at Whitechurcii.—On
Saturday last a circumstance, as novel as pleas
ing, took place at Whitechurch. For the se
cond time, the interesting ceremony of an
Israehtish wedding was there performed.—
The marriage of the Jews in itself has so
much scriptural interest, from the circum
stance of its being performed precisely as it
was some 3000 or more years since, that a
correspondent who was an eye witness on
Sunday, has favored us with this account of it.
On entering the room was seen Rabbi L.
Chapman, priest of the Jews from Birming
ham, occupied in writing the marriage con
tract upon a parchment. The Rabbi having
concluded the contract, handed it to others
present to read, and then to the bridegroom,
who after apparently well considering the con
tents, which were written iri the Hebrew lan
guage, signed the same, as also did two wit
nesses. This being duly executed, the bride
groom was conducted from the room again,
the bride being all this time invisible. A
canopy was then erected, being supported by
persons of the Jewish faith, and solemn strains
of music announced the approach of the bride
groom. The reverend officiate having placed
himself beneath the canopy, the bridegroom
was introduced, supported on both sides by
two male friends.
Again the sound of music proclaimed the
approach of the bride, who was similarly sup
ported, but by two ladies. The bridal dress
was strictly scriptural ; the maiden was attired
in pure white, covered with a veil, as in Gene
sis 24, 65. The music having ceased, the
bride still supported as before, was thrice led
around her future husband. We believe that
this emanates fiom the marriage of Jacob and
Leah—Jacob having his bride veiled, married
Leah instead of Rachael, Genesis 29, 26.—
For this reason the bridegroom has an oppor
tunity of ascertaining from the gait or figure
of his intended wife, as he has no opportunity
of reading her cnutuenance through the folds
of her veil. Having thus circled around him,
she was placed on the right side of her future
Lord.
The priest proceeded then to pronounce a
blessing upon all present, holding at the time
a glass of wine in his hand, which, after the
conclusion of a prayer, was handed by a friend
to the happy couple, in token of peace with all
the world ; they, having sipped the same, mo
destly returned it. The reverend and vene
rable Rabbi then proceeded to read aloud the
document before described, and then a second
glass was filled, aud a prayer offered up for
the future grace of the new couple, and the
second glass was tasted by both the young
people in token of consent to each other.—
Then followed a solemn silence—a moment
of suspense—the ring was to he placed on the
bride’s finger. Tho fair hand Was extended
(as we thought) raiher willingly, and the ring
being handed to the Rabbi, he first exhibited it
to others, and then examined it himself. He
then gave it to the bridegroom who placed it
upon the forefinger of the right hand of his
bride, pronouncing the talismanic words,
“Hahad MakadasithLeh.Bethubath Zu Ivadth
Mosha Veb, Yesrael.” (Anglice—“ Thus I
wed thee according to the laws of Israel as by
Moses commanded,) left the ring on the haud
of the bride. A glass was placed upon the
ground, and in a moment—crash—the brittle
vessel was shattered in a thousand pieces by
the right foot of the bridegroom, as a token of
the uncertainty of life, and that all our joys
may be shattered in a moment.
The sudden change of this solemnity to joy
was electric; no sooner was the glass in the
dust than the music struck up in lively note,
the place sounded with the words “ Mezel
Tour”—(joy, joy!) echo upon echo seemed to
sound in our ears; congratulations were heart
felt ; truly exhilirating was the scene. The
veil of the bride was in a moment -respectfully
removed, and she stood before us with eyes
streaming, thankful and happy yet fearful, and
smiling ou the happy husband. A look—a
prayer—they were married—all the ceremony
was over. The lady is Miss Priscilla Lazarus,
Whitechureb, jhe gentleman, Mr. Adolph
Cohen, of Birmingham. The reverend Rabbi
was express from Birmingham on the occa
sion.—-Salopian Journal.
Power of Religion.—One of the most hi-1 customedto arithemetic, learned figures quick -
teresting anecdotes, illustrating the power of
religion, was related a few days since, in a so
cial meeting, by an English clergyman, who
was acquainted with the facts.
A Bobleman, Lord ■ ■ was ~a mao of
the world. His pleasures were drawn from
his riches, his honors, and his friends. His
daughter was the idol of bis heart. Much
had been expended for her education, and
well did she repajqin her intellectual endow
ments, the solicitude of her parents. She
was highly accomplished, amiable in her dis
position, aud winning in her manners. They
were all strangers tq God.
At length, Miss attended a Metho
dist meeting in London—was deeply awaken
ed, and soon happily converted. Now, she
delighted, in the service of the sauctuary, and
social meetings. To her the charms of Chris
tianity were overflowing. She frequented
those places where ^he met with congenial
minds, animated with similar hopes. She was
often found in the bouse of God.
The change was marked by her fond father
with painful solicitude. To see his lovely
daughter thus infatuated, was to him an occa
sion of deep grief; and he resolved to correct
her erroneous notions on the subject of the
real pleasures and business of life. He placed
at her disposal large sums of money, hoping
she would be induced to go into the fashions
and extravagancies of others of her birth, aud
leave the Methodist meetings. But she main
tained her integrity. He took her on long
jout ides, conducted in the most engaging man
ner, in order to divert her mind from religion;
but she still delighted in the Saviour.
! After failing in many projects which he
I fondly anticipated would be effectual in sub-
I duing the religious feelings of his daughter,
he introduced her into company under such
circumstances, that she must either join in the
recreation of the party, or give high offence.
Hope lighted up in the countenance of her
affectionate but misguided father, as he saw
his snare about to entangle the object of his
solicitude. It had been arranged among his
friends, that several young ladies should, on
the approaching festive occasion, give a song,
accompanied by the piano forte.
The hour arrived; the party assembled.
Several had performed their parts, to the great
delight of the party, which was in high spirits.
Miss was called on for a song, and many
hearts now beat high in hope of victory.—
Should she decline, she wa3 disgraced ; should
she comply, their triumph was complete. This
was the moment to seal her fate! With per
fect self-possession she took her seat at the
piano forte, ran her fingers over the keys,
singing at the same time in a beautiful melody,
and with a sweet voice, the fallowing stanzas :
No room for mirth or trifling here,
Nor wordly hopes or worldly fear,
If life so soon is gone !
If now the judge is at the dour,
And nil mankind must stand bclore
The inexorable throne!
No matter which my thoughts employ,
A moment’s misery or jnv,
But O! when both shall end,
Where shall I find my destined place?
Shall I my everlasting days
With fiends or ungels spend 1
She arose from her seat. The whole party
was subdued. Not a word was spoken. Her
father wept aloud ! One by one all of them
left the house.
Lord never rested until he became of
Christian benevolence, having given benevo
lent Christian enterprizes at the time of his
death, nearly half a million of dollars !
Transmission of the Functions of Men.
Some time since we gave a specimen of the
facts Dr. Walker has collected in regard to
the hereditary transmission of traits of the con
stitution generally, both mental and physical.
In another connection, he carries the theory,
which of course is no new one, much further.
The principle he lays down, as regards the
human race, is that habits and pursuits, long
followed, develope the organs they employ :
so that in fact the individual in this case mo
difies his own constitution, and moreover that
of bis descendants, in equal porportion. This
is evidently a fact of some practical impor
tance to determine. It is not merely a curi
ous question to discuss. The principle is il
lustrated by the lower animals. It is stated as
a well known fact, for instance, that the whelps
of all trained dogs are almost at birth, more
fitted for sporting purposes than others. The
most curious and extraordinary observations
of this kind have been made by Mr. Knight,
who, in a paper read to the Royal Society at
one of its last meetings, showed that the com
municated powers were not of a vague or gen
eral kind, but that any particular art or trick
acquired by these animals, was readily prac
ticed by their progeny. Mr. Knight here
mentioned, is, we suppose, the President of
the London Horticultural Society, or was a
year or two since. He is a man of much sci
ence, and has distinguished himself by the va
rious experiments he has tried op different
species of animals, with philosophical and
practical views. The author remarks that the
paper in question set'him to thinking, as well
it might, on the importance of the education of
women, to their progency. Its importance
as a qualification for their training their
own children, has long been pretty well
understood; but here the family philoso
phy has usually stopped. It was by no
means considered how the absolute constitu
tion of their remotest posterity would or might
be affected by the pursuits, habits, taste ov
spirit which they chose to attach, so to speak,
to their own. Walker in support of this the
ory, appeals to what he conceives an establish
ed fact, “ that the child of a civilized Europe
an will acquire knowledge more readily than
the offspring of an American savage ; while
it is known that such offspring, though brought
up from a very early age in the colleges of the
United Stales, exhibits an almost irresista-
ble desire to return to the forests, and recom
mence the wandering life. On the other haud
we are told that in the voyage up the Missou
ri, by Clark & Lewis, one of the company was
the son of an Indian woman, who had married
a Frenchman, and that this half Indian acquir
ed the power of tracing animals through the
trackless wood to an extent which his com
panions could not acquire.”
Sir Anthony Carlisle, a living authority of
high repute, is quoted as saying, “ that many
years since an nkl school master had told him,
that in the course of his personal experience
he had observed a remarkable difference in
capacities of children for learning, which was
connected with the education and aptitudes of
the parents; that the children of people ac
er than those of differently educated persons,
while the childien of classic scholars- more
easily learned the Latin atid Greek ; and that
notwithstanding a few striking exceptions, the
dullness of children born of uneducaled pa
rents was proverbial,”
Mr. Knight was applied to for information
as to his researches on this subject, and it ap
pears his position is, that “ the hereditary
powers will generally be found best calculat
ed to do that which the parents, through suc
cessive generations, have done. The offspring
of a family of American or Australian savages
would more readily acquire the power of trac
ing the steps of an animal in a trackless forest,
than the child of an educated English family
would do. The employment of weaving,
where the threads are made to cross each oth
er, so as to present the forni9 and colors of
flowers, would he conceives, prepare the mind
of the offspring for studying mathematics, &c.
The following anecdotes are a part of Mr.
Knight’s communication:
I, seventy years ago, heard an old school
master remark in speaking of my late brother’s
great facility of learning, that in fifty years’
experience, he had never seen a child of
wholly illiterate parentage and ancestry (such
being at that time very abundant) who could
learn languages; meaning of course, Latin and
Greek.
Being with a friend, about thirty years .ago
shooting grouse upon a Welsh mountain, we
were joined by a native of the country who
exhibited, with the manners and character of
a buffoon, very great powers of combining ideas,
and who possessed a good deal of a kind of
irregular and uninstructed wit. I pointed out
to my friend the difference between him and
the other peasants, and observed that, on in
quiry, he would prove to be the son of an ed
ucated male parent
that he was so.
Yankee Courtship.—Jonathan Dunbetter
saw Prudence F # eastall at meeting. Jonathan
sidled up to Pmdqncb arter meeting, and she
a kinder o’ sidled off’. He went closer, and
asked her if she would accept the crook of his
elbow. She Tesolvcd she would, and plump
ed her arm right around his. Jonathan felt
alloveiish, and said be liked the text—“ Seek
and be shall find,” was pretty good readin.—
Prudence hinted that “ ask and ye shall re
ceive ’ was better. Jonathan thought so too,
but this axing was a puzzler. A feller was
apt to get. in a snarl when he axed, and snar-
ling warnt no fuo. Prudence guessed straw
berries and cream wasslick. Jonathan thought
they were not so slick as Piu’s lips. « Now
don’t,’’ said Pru, and she guv Jonathan’s arm
an involuntary hug. He was a leetle startled,
but thunk his farm wanted some female help
to look arter the house; Pru knew how to
make rale good bread. “ Now don’t,” said
i U ,‘ “ ^ should 1” said Jonathan. “Now
don t,” said Pro. “ May be you wouldn’t,”
and Jonathanshuk all over, and Prudence re
plied, “ If you be comm that game you’d better
tell my feyther/’ “ That’s just what I want,”
said Jonathan ; and in three weeks Jonathan
j and Prudence were “ my old man,” and
i “ my old woman.”
j Marriage.—Man and wife are equally con-
J cerned to avoid all offences to each other in
. the beginning of their conversation : every
little thing can blast an infant blossom; and
the breath of the south can shake the little
rings of the vine, wlien first they begin to curl
• like the locks of a new weaned boy; but
when by age and consolidation they stiffen iu-
■ to the hardness of a stem, and have, by the
warm embraces of the sun and the kisses of
heaven, brought forth their clusters, they can
j endure the atoms of the north, and the loud
It proved upon inquiry i noises of a tempest, and yet never be broken :
so are the early anions of an unfixed marriage,
j watchful and observant, jealous and busy, in
quisitive and carefol, and apt to take alarm at
every unkind word. No man can tell but he
i that loves his children, how many delicious
j accents make a man’s heart dance in the pret-
| ty conversation of those dear pledges; their
i childishness, their little angers, their inno-
j cence, their imperfections, their necessities,
are so many little emanations of joy, and com-
1 ff\rt fn Vi 1 m t Vl Q oil to In J
Cases of this kind might be multiplied, but
our object is merely to attract attention to the
subject, so far as it may deemed to deserve it.
[ Journal of Commerce.
A romantic adventure. —An Euglish pa
per says the following adventure has of late
been |he subject of much conversation.
On
an evening early in March last, about dusk, a ; fort to him that delights in their persons and
commercial traveller was proceeding fiom 'society; but he that loves not his wife and
Cheltenham to Gloucester in a gig, whenhe was children, feeds a Koness at home, and broods
accosted by a respectably dressed lady, who j a nest of sorrows; and blessing itself cannot
, m-t m him that Clio liozl hoon zl»o nt J 1 I • l •* .
informed him that she had been disappointed
by the coach, and lequested him to give her a
seat in his gig to Gloucester. Commercial
travellers are proverbially gallant aud good
natured; and the gentleman of the road in
this instance possessed all the best character
istics of his * order.’ He was happy at the
opportunity afforded him of being of the least
service to the lady, whose petition was in the
most moving terms; and, delighted rather than
otherwise with his good fortune which had
thrown such a companion in his way to beguile
the solitariness and tedium of his journey, he
at once granted the request, and handed the
lady to the seat at his side.
The lady’s proportions were somewhat of
the largest, and the arm of which the traveller
assisted as she sprang into the vehicle, ap
peared capable of defending its possessor from
any improper liberties. Whetherthis circum
stance induced the traveller to cast his eyes
downwards, to observe whether all porpor-
tions corresponded, or whether like many oth
er gentlemen of his craft, he boasted of being
a connoisseur in fine aukles, we do not Jtnow,
but the story goes, that while his eyes did
wander toward the feet of his companion, his
sight was far from being gratified by detecting
something which bore very much the appear
ance of a man’s trousers peeping from beneath
a silk cloak and flounced petticoat.
All the comfortable reminiscences of past
dangers, and all the anecdotes which he had
heard from the “ Newgate Calendar” came
fresh to his recollection. He had no doubt
he was riding cheek by jowl with another
Dick Turpin, who was waiting a suitable op
portunity to rob, and perhaps to murder him.
A lucky idea rose in his mind ; he drew his
silk handkerchief from his pocket; it fell into
the road ; it was a splendid “wipe,” and as
valuable as the one that an Egyptian gave to
Othello’s mother; be could not think of loos
ing it, hut hislioise was too hasty tempered to
allow him to trust the reins iuto strange hands:
a thousand apologies, but would the lady be
kiud enough to step out and pick up the hand
kerchief, which was now some yards in the
rear of the gig. The lady readily assented,
and while she was performing the errand, the
commercial gentleman gave the whip to his
fiery courser, and soon left his suspicious fel
low voyageur far behind. When he felt it
prudent to moderate his speed, he discovered
that the lady had left in the seat when she dis
mounted, a handsome muff, and putting his
band inside of it, found a brace of pistols,
loaded, capped, and balled; and with the muff
and its formidable contents, the traveller arriv
ed safely in Gloucester, congratulating himself
most heartily on the narrow escape which he
had experienced.
Wonderful Physiological Phenomenon.
^Whether any case similar to the remarkable
one we are about to notice, has ever been re
ported is any medical work, we know not.—
Certain it is, that we have never before beard
of any-thingof the kind. There is now living
iu one of the small towns on the Eastern shore
of Maryland, an old man, with a pair of good
eyes, one of which is at least twenty years old
er than the other 1 From some cause or oth
er, he lost one of his eyes, and remained for
something like twenty years with but one vi
sual orgau. The sightless eye was not only
closed,hut the hall had been destroyed either
suddenly or by gradually wasting away, uutil
it had beennae entirely absorbed. After the
lapse of this period, he was surprised one day
to perceive the lid of the long closed eye a lit
tle opened, and upon examination, found- that
within it was a small but perfect eye ! From
make him happy; so that all the command
ments of God enjoining a man to “ love his
wife,” are nothing hut so many necessities
and capacities of joy.
Children.—How little do they who have
grown up to man’s estate, trouble themselves
about the feelings of children It would
really seem as if they fancied children were
destitute of all those fine and delicate springs
of emotion, which are recognised in mature;
life, and are the gourdes of all our joys and
sorrows. It is time that the grown up world
went to school to some one who has not forgot
ten the tender susceptibilities of childhood;
that it may learn to sympathise with the little
sufferers. This germinating bud has within
its folded recesses all the beauty and the fra
grance of the flower; the gentle distillations
of Heaven sink as sweetly in its secluded
shrine, and the sunbeams fall there as sooth
ingly, as on the prouder petals that would
claim all to themselves. How many a sweet
spirit withers beneath the blighting frown of
an un3ympathising guardian; how many a
one retires to weep in solitude because it is
not loved as it would be, and is not compre
hended in its affection 1 We little imagine
what arcana we read when the words “of such
is the Kingdom ofHeayen,” pass our unheed
ed utterance.
Aaron Burr.—In the course of Mr. Leigh’s
argument yesterday, . he adverted to Aaron
Burr’s case. He said that what was Burr’s
iutentiou he never knew, and he did not sup
pose it ever would be known. Pending his
trial in the court in this city, he, (Mr. L.) then
a yaang man, paid the most incessant and stu
dious attention to the evidence and every
thing connected with it; but he could not fiud
out what Burr had designed. Years after
wards he made the inquiry of the late Mr.
Wickham, who was one of Burr’s, counsel, if
he knew what were Burr’s intentions. He
replied that he knew nothing more than any
one else might have known who paid the same
attention to the case that he was compelled to
pay to it. Mr. Wickham gave as his opinion
however, that Burr’s design was to get up an
expedition against the then Spanish province
of Texas, with a view to establish an empire
there for himself; and that he intended to
borrow the money to defray the expenses of
the expedition from the United States Bank
at New Orleans.
If this were, the cage, it displayed the tact
and clear sightednesS of Burr, as time has
proved ; for be lived to see, first Mexico freed
from Spanish dominion, and then Texas se
ver herself from the Mexican Republic and be
come an independent State. He was arrest
ed in 1807—three years afterwards an insur
rection broke out in Mexico against the gov
ernment of the Viceroy, and in three yeais
more, after several hard fought battles-—the
independence of Mexico was declared by the
Mexican Congress. He only commenced
preparations a little too soon-, if his object was
such as Mr. W ickham supposed.
[Richmond Compiler.
“ Why don’t you get married I” mischiev
ously asked a young lady of a rather elderly
bachelor friend, the other day. “ I have for
the last ten years been trying to find some one
who would he silly enough to have me,” was
the reply. “ I guess you hav’nt been up our
way,” was the insinuating and heart-fluttering
rejoinder. The last- we saw of Benedict, he
with a swiftness of
_ - . , was going “up our way
this time the eye gradually enlarged in size, f oot a 'nd determination of purpose that indicat-
and continued to push open the lid, until it j e< j j n ijj m a fixed resolution to “ conquer or
1 die.”
i
stood out full formed, and perfect in vision as
its older companion ! Strange and improbable
as this may seem, it is nevertheless true; and
the old man comes to Baltimore almost every
year for the purchase of various articles, aud
is always pleased to talk about and show his
new eye whenever asked any questions. If
any of our medical readers have met, in their
professional examinations of reports or cases,
with a similar phenomenon they would gratify
us by furnishing for the Signal a short notice
of the same.—N. Y. Sigmk.
i A Bold Fellow.—Frederick the Great.
■ after a very terrible engagement, asked his
1 officers “ Who behaved most iutrepidly during
J the contest 1” The preference was anani-
J measly given to himself. “ Tou are all mis-
j taken,” replied the king; “ tb e boldest fellow
! was a fifer, whom I passed twenty times during
i the engagement, and he did not cease to vary
f a note the whole time.”