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EUROFB vN KINUS.
Extractor a letter from Tnom
as Jefferson to Gov Lang
don, of New Hampshire,
written in 1810.
“When I observed that the
King of England was a cypher,
l did not mean to confine it to
the individual now on the
throne The practice of Kings
marrying into a family of Kings
lias been that of l 4 mope for
some centuries. Now take any
race of animals, confine them
in uUenesssand inaction, wheth-
er in a style, a stable, or a slate
room—pamper them with diet,
gratify all then* appetites, im
merse them in sensualities,
nourish them passions,*let every
tiling bend before them, and
banish whatever might lead
them to think: and in a few gen
erations they become all body
and no mind and this too, bv
law of nature— by that very law
by which, we are in the con
srant . practice of changing
the characters and propensi
ties ol the animals we raise for
otir/owu purposes. Such is the
in raising Kings, and
this is the way they have gone
0 ! lor centuries.—While in Eu
rope, / often amused myself
wiph contemplating the charac
ter of the then reigning sover
eigns of Europe. Louis the
Y’ 17 *. n fonl of in v’ own
knowledge, and in despite of
th<? answers made for him at
his trial, ‘The King of Spain
was a fool: of Naples the same.
They passed then lives in {mut
ing, and despatch and two car
riers-a week, 1000 miles, to let
cub other know what game
they had killed the preceding
cfavs. The King of Sardinia
wits a fool. All these were
Bourbons. 7he Queen of Por
tugal, a Braganza, was an idiot
by nature, and so was the King
of Denmark. Their sons, asj
gents exercised the powers ofj
government’ The King of!
nfussia, successor to the great
Frederick, was a men: hog in
body as w ell as in mind. Gus
tavusof Sweden, nhd Joseph of
A-ustiia, were really crazy, and
George of England, was in a
strait waistcoat,
* i
There remained then, none
ln.it old ‘ Catharine who’ had
been too lately picked up to
i*pvc lost her common sense,
hi this state, Bonaparte found
£izrope, f’nil it was this slate of
Its rieis whidi lost it. with
fearer? n struggle. These fini
te ul.s become without mind and
powetiess; and so will every
hereditary monarch he after a
few generations. Alexander,
the grand son of Catharine, is
Vet an exception; he is able to
hold his own. Jh\i he is only
W “the ‘Third generation. *■ Mis
ljotjret worn out.”
VJiQOF THAT A MAX IS D AD.
A subscriber to one of the
eastern papers a few years ago,
being sadly in arears for the
same, promised the editor, that
if his life was spared to a cer*
lain day, he would, without fail,
discharge his bill. The day
passed and the bill was not
paid. The natural conclusion
therefore was, that the man was
dead—absolutely defunct. Pro
ceeding on this conclusion the
editor in his next paper, placed
the name of the delinquent un-
der his obituary head, with the
attending circumstances of the
time and place. Pretty soon
after this announcement, the
subject of it appeared to the e
ditor—not with the pale ghastly
countenance usually asciibed
to apparitions—-hut with a face
red as scarlet. Neither did it,
like other apparitions, wait to
bes oken to, but broke silence
with— * What the devil, sir, did
you mean by publishing my
death?* Why, sir, the same that
l mean when I publish the
and ath of any other person, viz.
to let the world know* that you
were dead. Well, but I’ll be
c—s —d if I am dead,! Not
dead! then its your own fault,
. •
for you told me you would posi
tively pay your bill by such a
day, if you lived till that time.
The day is past, the bill is not
VOII finaitv©ly rr>uet
be dead—for I will not believe
you would forfeit your word
<> no i sec you have got round
rnc Mr. Editor—but say no
more about it—here‘s the mo
ney, And harkee, you wag,just
contradict my death next week,
will you?’ T> certainly, sir just
to please you—though upon
my word 1 can't help thinking
you died at the time specified,
and that you have merely come
hack to pay this billion account
of your friendship for me.’
| (.'UitIOUS EFFECT OF LYING
A mortal fever prevailed on
board a ship at sea, and a negro
man was appointed to throw
the bodies of those who died
from time to time overboard.
One day when the captain was
on deck, he sawjhe negro drag
ging out of the forecastle a sick
man, who was struggling vio
lently to extricate himselffrbm
the negroes grasp and remon
strating bitterly against the cru
elty of being buned aJivc. What
arc you going to do with that
man you rascal? said the cap
lain Going to throw him over
board, tuassa. cause he dead!
replied the negro. Dead, you
scoundrel, says the captain,
dont you see he moves and
speaks? Y s massa, replied the
negro, I know lie say he no
dead, but he always lie so no&D
dy neber know when to bejieve
him. i
cabinet.
H AitREXTOX MARCH Q. 1830
Through the attention of our uiem
hers of congress Messrs. Thompson,
Wilde, Wayne and Haynes, we have
received, by the recent mails, various
important public documents, among
which are the Report of the Judiciary
Committee, on the subject of the boun
dary between Florida and Georgia—
A letter from the Secretary of the Na
vy transmitting opinions of Surgeons
of the Navy, in relation to allowing to
Midshipmen of,the-Navy of the Unit
ed States, ardent spirits as a part.of
their rations—A Report on the Com-
merce and Navigation of the United
States—and the Report of the Coni
mittee on Indian Affairs in the Senate.
The report on the Florida boundary
is adverse to the claims of Georgia, it
states “ should the claims of,Georgia
be sustained, it will take from Florida
a triangular tract of land, whose base
is 157 miles; its perpendicular 30
miles, and arpa 2,355 square miles, or
1,507,200 acres.” The committee
recommend the adoption of Uic follow
ing resolutions*
Resolved, That the line between
Georgia and Florida ought to ruo
from the junction of the rivers Chata
hoochie and Flint to the point desig
nated as the head of the St. Mary’s ri
ver by the commissioners appointed
under the treaty between the U. S.
and Spain, concluded at San Lorenzo
el Real, on the 20th clay of Oct. 1795.
Resolved, That an appropriation
ought to be made, fur (lie purpose of
enabling the President of the U. S.
to complete the running and marking
of the said line betwern Georgia and
Florida, under the provisions of the
art of the 4th May, 1826.
Persons the least conversant in le
gislative proceedings, know how diffi
cult it is to reverse the decision of a
respectable standing committee, and
trariniia rnni(lerations ’••!, tnl>f,
operate tc confirm their decision— for
instance, an unwillingness that the
Government should lose the value of
the land—and some, actuated by high
er political considerations, will not a
grec to such a curtailment of the Ter
ritory as shall retard its early ad mis
sion into the Union as a State—add to
these the plausible opinion that the
a* quiescence of Georgia, as to the
true head of the St. Mary’s River,
ought to bind her. With. these diffi
ridties to encounter we can scarcely
hope, that the expectations of Georgia
in this regard can be realized—We
however, calculate every thing that
talents andjmtegrity can accomplish
will bo done by her Representatives,
in behalf of Georgia.
The Letter of the Secretary of the
Navy, accords with the opinion of
Drs. Heermann Barton and Harris,
that it is not necessary that distilled
spirits should constitute a part of the
rations allowed to Midshipmen, and
recommends a liberal commutation
in money in lieu of the spirit part of
the ration now allowed by law, leav
ing those entitled, at liberty to pur
chase additional small stores as more
suitable and conducive to their health,
comfort, and morals.
The Report on the commerce and
navigation of the United States is’
an able and luminous public docu
ment, full of valuable information, a
bounding in clear and forcible deduc
tions drawn from well authenticated
facts. It is a masterly production
(says a New York paper) evincing
great icsespih, an intimate acquain
tance with the Commercial systems
of foreign governments as well as our
j own, proving incontestibly the folly;
of a restrictive system whether we I
desire an efficient Navy, an extensive j
Commercial Marine, or national j
wealth, by due encouragement to ag j
riculture and commerre, and by con
st quince to manufactures; and shew
ing (he inevitable tendency of high du
ties to smuggling, and the distruction
jof National honor. This Report
should be read by every one who has
the true interest of his country at
heart, and if read, will we doubt not -
do mor3 to dispel the errors .under
which the advocates of a restrictive
system have labored, than any docn
ment that has yet been presented to
the public.
In pursuance of the policy recom -
mended in this report, the .Gominittee
propose to submit to the House, dur
ing its present session, the following
measures:
A bill further to regulate the sala
ries of our custom-house officers.
A bill further to amend the acts reg
ulating the collection of the revenue.
A bill making an appropriation foy
public warehouses.
A bill allowing a drawback equiv
alent to the duties levied on raw ma.
terials consumed in ship building.
A hill allowing a drawback on cuts,
dage when exported,
A bill repealing our tonnage du
ties,* and
A bill to extend our intet course
with foreign nations.
The Report made by Judge White,
of Tennessee, to the Senate of Ihe L T ,
S. from the Committee on* Indian Af
fairs, is an able and elaborate state
p per. It plucks the points in contro
versy, pro aid on, in toe strongest
possible light. We exceedingly re
gret our limits will not permit an in.
eertion of this document this week, it
shall however appear in our next.
The Bill which accompanied the Re.
port, will be found on ler the Congres
sional head in our fust page.
In the 11. ofR of the U. 8. on tlt.v.
18th inst. the bill for the relief of the.
widows and orphans, or other survi
ving relatives of the officers and crew
of the United States’ Ship Hornet,
was, after a long debate, finally pas
sed, upon a division, by yeas and,
nays, by a vote of 138 to 42.
From the XJ. S. Telegraph, Feb. 25 1 k.
C.OVftRRSS V
Mr. Bell, from the Committee on In
dian Affairs, made a report, accompa
nied by a bill, to provide for the remo
val of Indian tribes within any of the
States and Territories, and for their
permanent settlement West of the riv
er Mississippi, and moved that the
same be printed. Mr. Buchanan rose
and said, the subject of the report was
one of great importance, and one ir\
which the American people felt a deep
interest. From the statements *con
tair.ed in the memorials which h*d
been presented to this House, and
from what he had seen in the public?
papers of the day, he believed that a
great and general misapprehension
prevailed in relation to this subject.
Apprehensions were felt that the
Government were about to expel
the Indians bijforce,. from the country
of their forefathers. Nothing was
further from the intention, either of,
this Government, or that of the Steta
of Geergia, than to adopt so harsh a
measure. For the purpose of cor-*
recting unfounded apprehensions, and
circulating correct information among
their constituents, Mr. Buchanan
moved taat ten thousand copies of the
report and accompanying documents/
be printed. Mr. Burge.? conceived
that no misapprehension prevailed on
the subject. lie did not believe the
General Government wished to re
move the Indians by force, but it
thought from the course pursued by
Georgia, that that State had such an
object in view, Mr. Wilde depre-
cated the discussion of the question at
this premature period; on its coinin#
before the House at a proper time, He’
should be prepared to meet It, and to
show that Georgia was no more in
terested in the question than other
States of the Union. Mr. Bates inovi
ed to postpone the subject until Mon
day; and Mr. Thompson, of Georgia:
called for the reading of the
Mr. Sutherland objected to the read,
ing of the report as an unne-cessary
consumption of the time of the House,
aud Mr. Thompson, after stating biff