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tv his colleague, (Mr. Butler,) but even that,
iii my judgment, was unnecessary. Years after
,i e celbrated Thermopylte,a traveller,in visiting
■he spot, found a monument with the simple
nsC ription : “Stanger, go tell in Lacedcmon,
ia t we died in obedience to her lews.” “Why
'. lti he asked, that the names of those who fell
;, e rd are not inscribed on the stone?” “Be
ciusC)' was the proud reply, ‘it is impossible that
s Greek should ever forget.’ Thus,even so it is
ofhini of whom I speak. His acts are graven
cn the hearts of his countrymen, and time has
not the power to obliterate the characters thro’-
ont this broad land. The meanest and mighti.
e st river rolls mingling with his fame forever,
living in an age remarkable above all for its
intelligence, surrounded through life by men,
jnvonc of whom wonld have marked an era inf
die world’s history, and stamped the times in
which he lived with an immortality, Mr. Cal
fot'tt yet attained an intellectual eminence not
only unsurpassed, but unequalled in all its parts
by any of his great compeers. The great ligth is
new extinguished; a scat in this Senate has been
made vacant, which cannot be tilled ; the sad
tidings has been borne on the lightning wings to]
the remote corners of the Republic, and millions!!
of freemen are now mourning with us over one]
who was scarcely lower thnn the angels.
And now, Mr. President, i must be permitted!
to express my gratification at what we have this!
day heard and witnessed. Kentucky has spo-|
ken, and through the lips of one who is not only}
her greatest Statesman, but the world’s greatest
living Orator. The great Expounder of the
Constitution, whose massive intellect seems to
comprehend and give clearness to all things be
neath the sun, hath spoken for the Common
wealth of Massachusetts. From every qnartcr
the ablest and most exalted in the land have
mingled with the voice of mourning notes of the
highest admiration. These crowded galleries,
end these distinguished gentlemen upon our
floor, all indicate that here have bards, ariists,
sigea, reverently met to waive each separating
plea nf sect, claim, party and degree, all honor
ing him on whom nature ail honor shed.
The question then being taken upon the reso
lutions they were adopted unanimously.
The Vice President appointed Messrs. Davis,
of Mississippi, Atchison, Dodge, of Wis
consin, Dickinson, and Grf.en, the Committee
To superintend the funerai arrangements. The!
Senate then adjourned to me to-morrow, at 12!
o'clock, to attend the funeral obsequies.
Similar proceedings were had in the House,]
andMcssis. Holmes, Winthrop, and Nenablf.J
spoke. J.E.C. I
MACON ,G A . I
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL (i.
XT’A meeting of a number of the friends of!
Mr. Calhoun, was held at the Council Chamber!
in this city on Thursday last, when Col. W. 8.l
Parker was called to the chair and A. ll.Colquitt
l.sq. appointed Secretary. The Rev, Mr.Sliank
lin addressed the meeting in which he disclaim
ed all party feelings, and only wished to pay a
merited tribute to the character of the illustrious
deceased,which was all that was ‘good in morals
and excellent in intellect." Having been born
and bred in Mr. C’s neighborhood, lie knew him
well, and only knew, to love him. lie related
many instances of Mr. C’s greatness in small]
things,and of his republican simplicity; and sta-|
I ted that from conversations which lie had held]
I with tho deceased he was satisfied that he was a|
firm believer in the Christian Religion. After!
.Mr. S. had concluded, Col. A. H. Chappell ad-5
dressed the meeting in a’very neat manner, in!
which he glanced at the splendid career of the!
noble statesman, whose patriotism has neverbeen!
excelled. After he concluded his remarks the]
following gentlemen were appointed a Cornmit-I
| tec to co operate with the City Authorities, in]
making the necessary arrangements to honor the]
memory of the deceased, viz. lion. A. 11. Chap-]
pell, Col. 11. A. L. Atkinson, Rev. S. L. Stevens,!
Joint J. Jones and S. J. Ray, Esqs. After*
vvliicli the meeting adjourned.
P S. Since the above was in type the follow-]
: i ;l g Proclamation has been handed us for publi
cation :
Mayor’s Ollice, )
Macon, April 6, 1850. 5
Die sad tidings of the decease of the Hon.
JOHN C. CALHOUN, having been communi
cated to the Mayor aud Council, the Citizens ofg
Macon and vicinity are respectfully invited to]
meet at the City Haii, on \Y EDNESDAY Next,!
•lie 10th inst., at half past 10 o’clock, to adopt]
Measures expressive of their deep sense of this
Steal public bereavement.
GEO. M. LOGAN, Mayor.
Hutching’s Panorama. —The lovers of the
Lne Arts would be highly gratified by visiting
fas beautiful Paintingdurrng its stay in our citv
Election. —Seventy-six votes, (a good num
ber,) were cast in this city on Tuesday last, for
tlieDelegates to the Nashville Convention. In
Savannah 43d—In Augusta 116—In Columbus
M3.
Godey’s Lady’s Book— The April number!
pf this excellent monthly has been received.!
rh'ch f u ||y sustains its former high reputation.
Holden's Magazine. — We have received
Mie April uumber of this cheap monthly, from
"liicli an excellent article will he found on tho
first page of this paper.
Graham s Magazine.—A great improvement
,s promised in this work at tli o commencement]
01 the new volume in July»next.
"K V\ eeki.iks. —The Philadelphia Courier,
"birday Evening Post, Scott's Paper , and Fitz
r rr " , il s City Rem, are ail excellent papers, and
l,| * c w ' s l*ing a paper from that city, would no
* '"'it be pleased with cither of them.
"tor Oil.—Several enterprising citizens]
( . ■'l'atna, have commenced manufacturing]
( j s,or Oil in good earnest. Mr. John 111
( J ,,sr>ll l| i Marengo county willmako soinel
'* "r ten barrels this year. A portion of liisl
„ Uct !' as been sold in Mobile, at $2 perl
, t " n ' Next year he expects to go more cx-|
rl ) in'o the business. i
Death of the Hod. John C. Calhoun.
By this time our readers all have heard the
sad tidings of Mr. Calhoun's death. To every!
heart that loved or venerated that surpassing
intellect, this bare announcement is eloquent
enough, of profoundest sorrow. Ilis personal
friends must indeed feel as though an unspeaka'
ble bereavement has befallen them. Their pride
and glory—their model of all that was great and
good—their noblest sample ofwliat qualities of
mind and heart it took to make a man, is gone—
is gone. The true friend to this Union and to
the pure administration of our Constitution—or
the one who, proud that he himself is an Ameri
can citizen, boasts of the jewels of his country,
must feel that one of the brightest lights of the
laud is extinguished forever, and that one of the
very truest of all the guardians of our common
freedom, has been relieved from guard, to watch
for us no more. But to the Southern man who
loves bis home, who feels for her note, who for
many a long day, has, without stopping to think
of a prop and stay that would he sufficient for
his sunny land in her troubles, instinctively
turned to him as more than a match for any foe,
[thiscup of affliction h is becu most bitterly drug
feed. For he has never once permitted himself
[to think that Mr. Calhoun was growing old, or
■that while the South was in peril and wanted
[him, he could ever die. He has never stopped
[to think of w ho could succeed him, because that
[was so impossible, lie fondly thought that the
[necessity could never be forced on us. But as
no joy is ever gathered on this earth that does
not taste something of death’s bitterness, so no
sorrow is w’ithout some alleviation. And it will
be no small comfort to Mr. Calhoun’s devoted
friends as well as his admirers, to see how men’s
minds will change now death has become inter
preter for their reviled and slighted leader—to
mark how those who, confident that no injustice
could sour or neglect alienate that heart from
his duty, will shed bitter tears now that it is too
lute, to oiler the tribute ofgrateful hearts to their
[truest frienl—and that now his task is done, it
]was finished without that plaudit of “ well done
[good and faithful servant,” he so much deserved
[But nature will cry out against the heart that is
[false to her. Mr. Calhoun’s friends know—his
[enemies know—his petty rivals and because
[rivals, detractors know, that if there be another
[man besides Washington, that was ever born
[here or ever died here, whose grave would dig
jnify a pilgrimage, that grave is the one that holds
[in its cerements the still heart ofJotiN Caldwell
[Calhoun. The old and jealous and selfish may
[disparage him, but the American youth, too
[young to be venal, will in coming times worship
[liis memory. And the day is now coming when
to the Southern man, who has listened to his
warnings,as did the Greeks to Cassandra’s, his
words will appear to have been the words of a
prophet. May God avert the hour when all o*
us here may have to feel that Calhoun’s daring
and unfaltering resistance to oppression—his
perfect devotednoss to the safety and honor of
his home, and his noble self immolation for our
sakes, are not only a part of the cherished houors
of the South, but her shame as well as her glory.
We have been so accustomed to think of Mr.l
Calhoun in connection with our defense and]
safety—with the proud vindication ofour honor]
and as one of our darling jewels, that we had]
scarcely allowed ourselves to believe that we]
[could lose him. But alas! he is gone to that
[“bourne w hence no traveller returns," and wc
[have cause to fear “vve never shall look upon]
[his like again.” Will we ever again see such]
[purity—such infinite reach of mind—the same
[proud strength of soul and purpose that never]
[fullered —and the same inimitable model of the]
[Republican Statesman ? No never vve fear.—
[But so long as virtue shall sway the young heart
tor true greatness win to its side the generous and
[noble of all ages, wo will have in Mr. Calhoun’s
[life and character the model of a true man to
[foiiovv and to cherish.
| Premiums for New Discoveries. —Mr. Ew
[bank, in his report from the Patent Ollice, sub
[mitted to Congress, makes some important sug
[gessions relative to the proper encouragement
[and fosteringthe developement of new discover
ies and improvement in science and arts. He
[considers no subjects connected with sectional,
[national or mundane advancement with the pro
gress of a people or the species, with the lowest
[or highest purposes of existence, can compare
[in importance with them. Legislation in this
[country has as yet done but little towards this
[grat subject. But an effort is now being made
[to wipe away the reproach—not by soliciting
money from the Treasury, nor putting the pub
lic to any expence whatever—simply by allow
ing the surplus money of the Patent Fund to be
expended for the benefit of those who paid it,
upon the condition of the public receiving for
it anew and increased value. He therefore
suggests that one hundred thousand dollars of
the Patent Fund be held sacred and intact as a
permanent Inventor’s Premium Fund ; from
the interest which rewards in money may b<
distributed once every four years, for the most
important additions to science and the useful
arts.
[ Among the subjects for premiums he suggests.
iO’ie o! SIO,OOO for a locomotive plough, or
plough and borrow combined. One of .$20,000
for tho first steamship or other vessel that makes
three consecutive trips acros the Atlantic at an
average speed of not less than twenty miles per
hour. Another of $20,000 for the first vessel
that does the same at an average speed of not
less than twenty-five miles per hour. One of
SIOO,OOO for the, first person who, within a cer
tain number of years, shall render electricity
available as an economical, efficiant and general
prime-mover; or who shall make known the
means by which atmopheric pressure can be
profitably employed in the propulsion of a sea
going vessel nnd land locomotive, or ns a general
propeller or fixed machinery, hy some rapid
mode of expelling air from a cylinder of anni
hilating it in a piston; or who developes an ex
plosive or other prrtne-rnover, applicable, encr
[getic and economical as the vapor, of water,and
[whose exciting and transmuting machinism is
[less massive and costly than that of the steam
[engine. He recommends the whole Patent
[Fund to he devoted henceforth to the encourage
[incnt and facilitation ofthe effortsof inventors,]
[and that, in addition to national premiums for]
[new discoveries, there should be a regular an-]
[iiual publication of the specification and draw
ings of all now invention, nnd the publication'
[of a general analytical and discriptive index oft
[inventions, at an cMimnted cost of $6909-
THE SOI Tli IS IN DANGER.
“Awake ! arise, or be forever fallen !"
We scarcely open a paper of late, without see
ing a notice of a speedy adjustment of the diffi
culties existing betweenlhe North and the South
—whilst in our opinion the breach is as great as
ever. Grant that Congress may pass a hill au
thorizing the surrender offugitive slaves, and
not press the Wilmot Proviso—and yet the peo
ple of the non-slaveholding States shall refuse
to pass laws requiring the surrender of said slaves
(as the Legislature ofOhio did a few days since,)
aud we ask of what avail will it all be in its
practical operation upon our people ? Why
ju9t none at all. Then why should we longer
dally ? —Does not the South see, or that part of
it that cares at all to sec, that the coil is draw
ing surely and strongly around us. The flum
mery and effervescence of Senatorial display is
over—men lionized themselves for a day and
what better off are we of the South for it all?
We have been fighting against the Wilmot Pro
viso, and after many a day’s hard battling we
throw up our caps and make the welkin ring
because we have been subsidized by- a handful
ofthe enemy. The cry ha 9 been raised by some
of victory, and wc ask victory over what ?—Why
the answer is, over the Wilmot Proviso, llow?
Why by admitting California and leaving all the
other territory just so, to bo sure. And this is
the game and this is to be the game—until it is
played out. Would to God all our enemies had]
been honest from the first. That the slick-faced]
traitor pretending conciliation, while all tho time]
he was plotting ruin, had rolled up his sleeves]
and made at us in earnest. That wolves in
sheep’s clothing, that went sneaking round what
they meant to do finally, had like our vilest
abusers and openest enemies, told us right out
what we had a right to expect. Then we might
possibly have been aroused aud united, because
we saw in a huge heap our trouble any disgrace
in the path before us. We say then we might
possibly have been aroused—but as the policy
is now wc do not believe it possible. For our]
enemies like the Doctors in the old Inquisition.]
have kept their fingers on our pulse all the time]
and now they know exactly what we can bear]
Hasten slowly is the Northern policy—no violent]
revulsions are to be risked—gradually bring the]
South down to her right level—little by little
quench herfire and subdue her high spirit slowly
and it will be done surely. Well we have no
[doubt these tactics will succeed if kept up per
severingly. The lesson was taught long ago by
the old English fisherwornan who trained her
eels to bear skinning very patiently, by continu
ing to skin on. Oh before Heaven it is a shame
for us to get on in this matter as we do. Make!
a fair trade with the Nortli for our peace at once]
and share as deep as we can while doing it]
Let, if we please, our rights, our honor, our social]
and political standing,go to the dogs, and if we]
are really not to have what was promised us]
when we set in with the concern, then let us]
take the very best wc can get out of the “ bre-J
thren” who have outwitted us by a big swindle I
and then defied us afterwards. If this is not]
palatable let us quit the rascally partnership—{
\if they trill let us, and if we think it most prudent!
not to do this against the will of our betters.]
[then let us stick by them like a bur and give til!
[tor tat. To the namby-pamby essayists upon our]
[gloriousUnion this will be delightful no donbt,
[unless they could succeed in persuading us to
[submit. And while we are working out the
[glorious compromises now preparing for us—
[while these villainous drafts on our patience and
[stupidity are maturing to be again and again pro
tested and dishonored, wc cun bo amusing our
selves writing lung lectures to the North, and
[threatening what vve will do iftliey act so again
[ —firing up our brave orators to get up more steam
for the time when Seward comes at us in the
States, and shews to his constituents how if the
Constitution does not allow the abolition of slave
ry every*ctit 7C) uGu does.
V\ c are pushed to the wall just here and do
not sec how wc can back out any further, for
when this day comes what will we compromise
on? Possibly we have it—the North will agree
to pay us such a per cent, on the value of our
property, if we will, for the glorious Union, al
low them to send the “National disgaace” away.
Or if parties are raised on that issue and grow
warm, wc may, to escape the charge of ultraism,
agree to give up the Negroes, after working them
so long, after the law for their “discharge from
labor” passes. No doubt Mr. Clay, if alive, or
the “God.like,” will be brave enough to propose
rhis middle ground, after abusing roundly both
Nortli and South for being so ultra. May he too
Mr. Foots. will he there with his measure ot
deliverance and safely, liis Committee of Thir
teen, and wc think we may count on his friendj
and patron Gen. Cass, supporting a project so
extremely reasonable. VY'e think it likely that
should the Slave States allow this adjustment of
this u great question," Mr. will avow
it as his firm belief, and if he is in hisscat, “give
it his vote,” that the South may manufacture
cotton goods,though it should interfere with the
interests of the Eree States to some exteut.—
This right would be clearly derived by a fair im-j
plication from the compromise to send the slave
population away or let it remain after the appren
ticeship was out.
YVe declare to our readers wc do not think
these expectations at all unreasonable, and think
tile more moderate of our .Yorthern brethren, tcho
are largely in the majority, will, for the sake of
harmony and this “ glorious Union,” which
nothing could or should estrange us from, give
us a generous suppoTt in carrying out these
views.
Butin advance, as lovers of peace and of
every section of our “glorious Union,” vve are
bound to say that the idea of direct importation
of our supplies from abroad, is an unreasonable,
demand upon the North, as it would render us
too independent of our “ Northern brethren,”,
and by that reason weaken the bonds of frater
nity, and tend to the advancement ofthe pauper
labor of Europe, at the expense of home indus
try, free soil and free men who all read and write J
YVe think it right at this time to allude to this
subject at the first bush, ns wc have seen the re
commendation to the Southern people to adopt
some such policy of independence,-
In conclusion we are constrained tosav, and
feel cheered in doing so, as genially devoted to
the common weal, that present signs are auspi
cious of a better and more patient spirit, particu
larly on oUr part; and that vve are getting to see
that much that threatens us at a distance, when
closely viewed, is comparatively harmless—that
the imagination has much to do with the trou-
Ihles of mankind, and it requires hut time and a
will to adapt ourselves to our situation, what
ever that may be, to get us safely over what were
apparently the sorest trials. So far as the South
is concerned the Union is safe, for the President!
will certainly be powerfully sustained by many]
here in all Constitutional measures to maintain]
the Union, wliich Southern politicians, as wcll|
as Northern statesmen, are, vve believe, all uni-l
led in agreeing to be a consolidated Govern-]
ment. |
Influence of Electricity on the Human]
Body. — A friend has handed to the Baltimore
Clipper the following interesting article’
“Dr Pallcs, physician-in-chief to the French
troop, at the Military Hospital at Oran, has pub
lished a volume of 350 pages on the Influence
of Electricity on the Human Body, and on tho
effect of electric isolation as a curative applica-’
tion tn many diseases. Ho is convinced that the]
great electric currenrs which exist either in the]
atmosphere or on ear.h, take an active part in]
the production of diseasse in general, nndespe-1
Icialry in those of hot climates; und that by!
[modifying the activity of these currents, which
jare always penetrating the human body, it vviiiv
■be possible to diminish, if not actually to des-|
jtroy, the causes ofthe endemo-epidemic diseas <
es of Algeria. Satisfied that his theory is cor-j
rectlie made the following trials: He had twoi
beds constructed, whose legs rested on glass]
nearly a foot in thickness, so that they were]
completely insulated in reference to the ground |
To one of the bed-posts a chain was attached,]
with a glass handle at the free extremity, so that]
the bed might be completely insulated,or placed]
in communication with the ground at will. Thel
first trial of the effects of insulation was in the'
jease of two patients suffering very severely
lan aggravated form of dysentery. They were]
■removed to these beds at noon, and in three|
■hours was a marked amelioration o:|
■their symptoms. One of them improved so rap ]
■idly from the time he was insulated, that in five]
•j a?* 8 he was in a state of convalescence. The]
■other patient recovered from the period of his]
insulation, but not so rapidly. It is worthy oil
remark that the pulse became slower from tin]
moment ofinsulution. Many other cases of dis-J
terent diseases are detailed, in which benofii]
seems to have accrued from this inode of prac-|
ties.”
An Invention. — The Cincinnatti Time s |
mentions that a Mr. Seellcrs of that city', for.]
jmerlv of Philadelphia, has completed an inven |
|tion which “will simplify and revolutionize the]
|vvho!e science of engineering.” The following]
|is the only account of the invention yet pub-]
llislied :
I Ihe machine, we believe, has no name yet,]
|but we learn combines the operation of the pe-|
jrambulator with that of the pentagrnph, givin<4
|profi!e lines of plats, surveys, and measuring]
jdistances. By trundling it over a tract of coun-j
|try, u more accurate survey for a railroad can he]
[made than by any other method ; and at least]
[fifteen miles per day mapped with correctness—]
[altitudes, depression and space. It can also be]
luscd on our streets, thus dispensing with tliel
|scrviccs of an engineer.
] Omnibuses. — Few things in modern times]
[have been such influential agencies as tho om-j
jnibus. Their history is one of more dignity]
[than shows on the surface. Those social con-]
vcniences have revolutionized all the chief capi-l
ta!s of Europe. Invented in 1827, they ruined]
the elder branch of the Bourbons in 1830. Thel
accidental upset of an omnibus suggested tliel
first idea of a baricade, the structure which chan-9
gcu tho whole science of revolutions. Thej
overturn ofa Monarchy. Since that time tin
omnibus, as we have said, has made the tour of
Europe. Among ourselves, it is a peaceful and
health-giving instrument. By its help all the
world is able to live out of ;own. Barristers,
merchants, artists, and men of letters, who form
cly crowded narrow courts and passages, live
now, by its permission, in snug suburban cot.
tagos. The Johnsons and Goldsmiths ofthe
last age met inclose courts and stifling taverns
for want of the omnibus.
o°Tlic news from Europe is cxcedingly intc-S
resting. Francois certainly on the eve of a]
revolution, which will be quite as sangninary ns]
that of 1789 and no such child's play as that of]
1830 or 1846. Men of action, not poets, will be]
its leaders.
In Germany,everything is unsettled, whilst]
I a private letter states that the very boys ail
school are divided between Royalists and]
Dcmocratid Republicans.—The army of confed ]
crates amounts to the enormous sum of 900*
thousand men ! The bank of Austria has but 10 J
000,000 of florins in specie, tn 200,000,000 ofj
paper money in circulation, and a universal]
bankruptcy is hourly expected. The present]
government of Europe can only be supported by]
I bayonets sufficient to pay for them. Under]
such circumstance Frankfort-on-the-Mainc he '
become the great continental stock exchang - ■■■rj
American securities, the last quotation of U J
G's,new loan, being 116,1-3.
Objf.cts of thf. Southern Convention. —As
there are those who steadfastly presevere in
misrepresenting the objects ofthe Southern Con
vention, we insert tho following, not for the
purpse of influencing those who make unfoun
ded charges, but to prevent others from being
deceived by them :
Mr. Turney, in his shecch in the Senate re
cently said that the object ol the Southern Con.
vention was to consult upon the subject of ag
gressions upon the South, and to adopt resolu
tions as tn the proper course ofthe Southern
(States. The most they would do, would be t»>
[pass resolutions of a recommendatory and de
rclaratory character, n'nd perhaps address Con-
Jgresson the subject of the injustice complained
Jofby the South, and point out its consequences.
(He vindicated the mearure as one ofa ccmserva
[fivn character, and calculated to prevent discord
[lie insisted that resistance to aggression was not
[iu itself disunion.”
Thought* on Phrenology.
Dr. Crane has delivered several Lectures on
this interesting science, in this city, during the
past week, before large and respectable audito
ries. After the lectures he examined the bumps
on the heads of several of our citizens, and be
ing blindfolded at the time, proceeded to des
cribc, with considerable minuteness and accura.
cy, their prominent traits of character. Being
a stranger to those he examined, he had no way
to ascertain these facts, other than by the prin
ciples of the science which he well understands.
| How suprising it is, that this important sub
[ject occupies so little attention. But such is the
[nature of man—pleased with trifles, elated with
[any thing that can amuse the fancy for a moment,
[brrt too light to be deeply interested in matters
[of importance. Talk of the mariner’s compass
[ —ofthe steam engine ! Why here is a discov
ery worth them all, and the universe is going t 0
[sleep over it. What is a bauble that may ena
ble the mariner to traverse the ocean, compared
‘ with the art that can guide us though the laby
rinths of human thought! What are continents
compared with the vast, the illimitable space, of
|he intellect of man ? The range of thought is
farmore extensive, than the boundaries of the’
physical world. Too ambitious to be satisfied'
[with the surface of this globe, it penetrates into]
the bowels of the earth, roams through the mine,]
[explores the cavern, rides upon tho raging bi 1-3
[lows ofthe volcano, and revels among the vibra-*
[tions of *!ie earthquake. It takes the wings
|th ' m irning, and flies to the uttermost verge of,
(the horizon It soars above the sky, and travels]
.'joyously among the oibs of light. When thej
[stars sing together, it is there. It plunges into}
[' lie deepest caves of the ocean, and roams among}
[the coral palaces of the inhabitants of the deep, j
[.-still unsatisfied, it mounts upon the wings ofl
[fancy, and flees beyond the confines ofthe matc-J
[rial world. j
| Phrenology is the chart of mind. Heretofore!
[the moral philosopher in attempting to explores
[the human mind, was like the mariner without a|
[compass, tossed upon the wide ocean of uncer-l
Itainly, or crs°-Ding timidly along the shores ofi
[science,from one land-mark td another ; but now,]
[with the great map of the mind before him, and]
| ho magnet of truth, he puts boldly to Sen, pud*
[unravels all the intricacies of the mind. What
[a grand discovery ! How wonderful that nobody
[ever found it out before ! What a vast field of
[knowledge has been hidden from the world for
[ages! Thousands of men have gone to their
[graves with doubtful characters, every feature of
[whose mind might have been developed by the
[means of this useful science. Nero lias been
[stigmatized as a cruel tyrant, and yet if his skull
[could be submitted to the xamination of a skil
ful phrenologist, it might be proved by the de.
[velopmentof the organ of benevolence, that he
[vvasa despot of humane and gentlemanly feeling.
[Alexander is reported to have been ambitious,
[and is known to have been a conqueror; buj
■great as he was in the field, all the other traits]
[of his character have been lost in the glitterof]
[victories. The grave has swallowed his body,]
■the dark veil offline is drawn over his actions ;
■tho historian cannot trace out the obliterated
■ lines of the one, or call the other back from its
■repose; the feeble light of tradition alone, glim-
Hmering dimly over tho past, can rescue a few
Hisolatad facts from oblivion. But lo ! the cran-
Siologist appears, nnd a blaze of intelligence il-
Elumiucs tlio page of history. Produce the skull
ioftlie coiipuoror, and the sage shall trace out,
■as on a map, the topography of tho brain, and
■tell us with certainty, whether it was dostruc
■tiveness or mere mischievousness, that led the
■triumphant warrior on in his mad career.
I Shakspeare viewed this matter in its proper
■light and indeed, is fully entitled to tho honor
■of being considered as the discoverer of the di-
Ivinescience of craniology. Gall and Spiirz
h eim are not the first who have stolen the
ideas of the great poet of nature, and built up
for themselves factitious reputations out of the
materials of his invention. The tragedy of Ham.
let is a master piece of genius—a singular and
wonderful production of art. The mad prince]
himselfis a favorite of the great dramatist win I
has invested him with a variety of accomplish-!
ments. He was a critic, a moralist, a scholar, 1
and a fine gentleman—equally at home, whether!
moralizing on human depravity, teaching the]
players to speak their speeches, chatting with]
Ja ghost, killing a minister of state,courting a fair]
[lady, or fighting with her brother. The poet]
[lias also chosen to make him a great phrenolo-]
[gist, and the founder of the art; for when lie en-|
[counters the grave-digger, the first thing he]
[docs is to pick up a skull and exclaim, “That]
[skull had a tongue in it, and could sing oncn.”L
[Nownooeo will pretend, that the great poi-t I
[intended his hero to bo understood literally, j], a t
[a real material tongue had ever wagged in n |, u -|
jman skull. Our slight knowlcdgo of a nalomy
[teaches us, that the tongue is aUached to the
[neck, and protected by the jaw-bone. Nor can
|a skull sing ; we appeal to every connoisseur in
Imusic, whether there is any music in a skull|
Jbone ? That commentators should |, a vc entirclv|
|p i>: eii ovei :liis apparent discrepancy, can be ac-|
|c :•< <1 for only by supposing them to have
lb :u so totally ignorant rvf the meaning, as tn be]
Jut lb-' !<> i o:.Hire Rny 'tuggstion on the subject.]
|They have silent’.y undertook to reconcile what]
|they supposed to boa contradiction, by cluing-]
|ing the tense, and thus have made nonsense of]
]tho poet’s theory ; for lie undoubtedly wrote,]
“That skull hath a tongue in it, and can sing,”
for he immediately adds, “this might he the pate
ofa politician ;” as much as to sav, “here are
humps, which can speak as well a 3 if the living
tongue, which once was appurtenant to this relic
was hereto tell its own story. This might be!
the skull ofa politician, which this ass now
o’crre&ches;” or in other words, here is the
skull ofone who once overreached others, now
it is reached over to me, by a grave-digger. An
other he pronounces to be the. skull ofa lawyer,l
whose character he expounds with all tho prc.‘
cision ofa term report; while tho grave-digger,
who seems to he no novice in the business, and!
had probably often acted ns the manipulator, at
the prince, s lecturers on his favoritb science,'
calls oat the cranium of Yorißk from a score b|
relic*,which to a common eye would have lon
imdjstinguishalife.
Wild Cat, the Seminole Chief. —T he For
Smith Herald of the 2d ultimo, says :
“We learn from a gentleman who ha* brc*i
among the Seminole* for several weeks, that
Wild Cat, and a few followers, have left tho
Seminolecountry, and are now, it is supposed,
between the Brazos and Colorado rivers, on their
way to the Mexican territory. Previous to Ins
leaving he held talk with several of the Indian
tribes, and had produced some excitement among
them by Ids talcs. He told them that the United
States intended to remove all the Indians, in
three years, to a country where there was but
little wood, and a very great scarcity of water;
that it would be measured out to them, the chiefs
getting about a quart a day, and the others in
smaller quantities, in propotion to the rank and
station of the individual—women and children
only a pint. ThecMefs of the several tribes
knew this, but w ere afraid to say any thing about
it, and his unpopularity among his own penplo
and the Creeks arose from the fact that the chiefs
hated him because they knew that he intended
to tell the people. He, however, did not intend
to live upon the land the United States bad tp
propriatod for the Indians, but was going to ob
tain form the .Mexicans, for himself and follow
ers, a district of country, a hich he described iu
the most glowing and favorable terms. All thoie
who would remove with him should have tho
privilege of living there ; but, iftliey remained
behind, they should never be permitted to come
[into the country, hut might die upon the land t“
[which the United States intended removing all
the Indians. He is to return in tlic Spring, and
.bring with him a large paper from the Mexican
Igovernmcnt, granting him (he country for him
iself and all those who might remove with him.
[lt appears, from statements made by the Indian*
[themselves, that he has succeeded in imposing
’on many ofthe Indians the truth of his state
>ments, and that a large number of them inten
[ded removing with him in the Spring. Wild"
[Cat, having lost liis popularity among the Scm.
flHoles and Creeks, appears determined to make
an effort to remove to a distant country, and
entice away as many Indians as possible, aud
[settle down where he will not have to contend
[with rival chiefs. lie is a cunning, ambitious
[man, nnd is not willing to be less than the head
■of the tribe.
MACON MARKET, APRIL (i.
3 COTTON—The market has be*n dull during
athc last few days, and prices have declined a
glittle. We quote 10 a lie.
Cottosa Statement.
■ Stock on hand, Ist Sept., 1849 3,<72r?
NReceived in Warehouses lo March I, 'SO, 81,858
■ Received in March, 3,111
•Received and forwarded by Macon and
Wrsipfn Railroad to Ist March, 2,952
Received and forwarded by do. jq
March, 2,952
Total receipts to April I, 1850, 128,801
Deduct Stuck on hand Ist Sept. 1849 3,628
Total nett Receipt* lo Ist April, 1850 1 24,173
Total Receipts to April 1, 1849 147,300
Decrease of receipts this year,' 22,136
Stock on hand, April 1, 184!) 22,356
Stock on hand, April 1, 1850 15,806
Decrease in stock 6,550
Receipts in Warehouses in March, 1649 3,43!f
Receipts in Maxell, 1850 3,411
Decrease of Receipts in March 1850, as
compared with March, 1849 28
Logan & Atkinson
HAVL the pleasure of announcing that they
have received and arc now opening at their
[now stand, corner of Cherry and Third Streets,
]a very large and entirely new stock of F/I.XC F
UDRESS JtfD STAPLE (i' ODS. These Good !
■ have been carefully selected in the largest and
■ most fashionable houses in New York, arc war
■ ranted of superior style and quality, and will be
■sold on very moderate terms.
I npril 6 13
Ladies’ Dress Goods.
\ SPLENDID assortment of Ginghams, Bar
ges and Muslins, for morning nnd evening
dresses. Also, an endless variety of rich and
brilliant summer SILKS,etc. Just received at
LOGAN &. ATKINSON’S,
npril 6 13
Family ami Staple Goods.
JOG AN & ATKINSON are now opening a
-A very large assortment of Staple and Domestic
Goods, suitable for plantation or fadiilv Uses,
which will be sold low for casli or to npprovd'J
april 6 13
Splendid Bridal Bresses.
\ FEW magnificent BRIDAL DRESSES,
Lt \ with trimmiugs to suit—very fine and fash
ionable. Ladies would do w ell to cal! and ex
amine them, at
LOGAN A ATKINSON !?,
apvil G 13
Q llks, Satins, Batiste and Muslins, all new
>ostyles, just received by
LOGAN & ATKINSON
| april 6 Kl
Muslin sleeves and cuffs—a new
and beautiful article, just .received by ,
LOGAN & ATKINSON,
april 6 13
NAPOLEON CAPES—A new and superb
article. Parisian ditto, of every style and
(price. Just recoived by
LOGAN & ATKINSON.
] aprii 6 13
MOURNING GOODS—Mourning Si)k*,Mu r >
tins, Lawns, and Baticte, a large Assortment
■just received by
LOGAN & ATKINSON.
| april 6 T?
Ci Lotus, c assume reel drap de
/ ETES, and summer stuff* of every quality,
|just received by , *
LOGAN & ATKINSON,
| april 6 13
] « nn;tl ami Baltimore Flour.
[l 1 ti BBLS. Extra Superfino FLOUR
| L 25 bbls. Extra Family Flour, verv
|choice, just received and for sale low by
| aprilfi GEO. T. ROGERS.
Mercer Potatoes.
1/ [ BBLS. Mercor Potatoes, very supei’ror,
_V7 in fine order, just received and for sale
(very cheap by GEO T ROGERS.
| april 6
[Fresh Fish, Crabs, and Shrimps,
' ERY Night from Savannah, at
A march 30 W. FREEMAN’S.
(\NL Thousand Pounds fine old American
* Cheese, for salt verh low at
| march 30 ' tV. FREEMAN’S,
I Cigar*. Cigars.
JjMFTEEN Thousand C igars various brands—
among them are some geriuinc aud must elg
[gant Cigars. Lovers of a good article vvi 1.1 be,
[certain to get it at W. FREEMAN'S.
] march 30
Porter,
STMLN Casks of Bvas-’ celebrated Porter f r
| I sale bv \V FREEMAN.
| march 39
