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happiness tn the m arkiaoe state.
Unutterab'e happiness! which love
Alone bestows, and ou a favour’d few.
Thornton.
The preservation of a husband’s love is often the
most difficult, as it is always the most delicate do
ty of a wife.— Gull.
Our design in this little treatise is to en
deavor to show that haziness is not o:ilv at-1
tendant upon the marriage state, hut that it is
to be obtained by every individual who j
:hooscg ULib yutiihimself to its pursuit. Hap- ''
piness is not that shadow, nor is love that
dream, which “the million” proclaim them to|
be; both are real and substantial enjoyments, 1
—which every one has the ability to possess, al
though but “a favored few” are blessed with
them: this,however, is entirely tiic fault tf|
the parties themselves, for though marriage is 1
. the road to happiness, there arc so many j
broad and alluring paths that intersect it,
that we are not surprised at such a number of
individuals, who had set out with the bright- j
est hopes, losing themselves by the heedless • j
■ness aii<l carelessness with which they pursu
ed their journey. Our purpose is to make the
true road more clear and by describing the
duties of individuals in the relative situations
of husband and wife, and exposing the errors
into which they are ever so prone to fall pro
duce a guide to that happiness which the
young brule is ever so desirous to obtain.
It has been represented, that what is de
nominated “love,” is but a fanciful term for
the fee ling of esteem, beyond which, they who
hold this doctrine maintain every thing else
to be but idle rhapsody, and empty nonsense:
they consider that individuals may entertain
a feeling of esteem for each other, which en
couraged inay lead to a matrimonial union, the
husband taking his wife just as he would a
piece of furniture for the decoration of his
house, and, very likely, with just about as
much regard ! This species of Platonism may
afford a very correct idea to its cold unimpas
sioned disciples, but it is very erroneous ; tlieir
feeling of esteem being found to exist no lon
ger than the favorable circumstances that at
tended the union endures. The matrimonial
sympathy should be undying and imperisha
ble ; it should maintain its pure and steady
light through all the troubles and adversities
of life, and expire but with its latest breath.
According to Lady Morgan, “th - woman is
unworthy of the Sacred name of u-ife, who is
not prepared to follow the husband of her
choice add her affections, to slavery, to death,
oh ! more tfuin all, to follow him in shame—in
ignominy i” !
“It is rare to find perfection in a single in
dividual, 1 observes a popular mo fern poet ;
“how much more rare must it be that two
such individuals should meet together in this
wide world, under circumstances that admit
■■of their union as husband and wife. Ap. r
son may be highly estimable on the whole,
nay, amiable, .ns neighbor, friend, housmate ; j
in short, in ali the concentric circles of at-!
tachment, save only the last and inmost, and
yet, from how many causes, be estranged from
the highest perfection in this ! The misery of
human life is made up of large masses, each
separated from the other by certain intervals.
One year the death of a child, years aft, r a
failure in trade, after another longer er short
er interval, a daughter may have married un
happily; the integral parts that compose the
sum total of the unhappiness of life are easily
counted and distinctly remembered, Th.
happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up
of minute fractions: the little soon forgotten
charities of a kiss, a a nile, a kind look, a
heart-felt compliment, in disguise of playful
raillery, and tin: countless other infinitissimals
of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.—
■Good men are not, 1 trust, scarcer than good
tromen, and what another would find in you,
you tn iy hope to find in another; hut w, il mal
tha t boon be rariw the possession of which
would be more man an adequate reward for
the rarest virtue.” Such a desirable end is
to be obtained, and self-correction is the
means; we must set out with an unflinching
determination to correct whatever is amiss in
our respective dispositions, and persist in a
thorough reformation of all those evil traits of
•character which we possess, and which must
be entirely destroyed befiue any pro-poet of
.happiness may be encouraged ; no dissimula
tion will avail, the knife must be applied to
the root of our bad passions, no matter how
acute the pain of such e radication may be, it
is but temporary, and the reward will be a u-n
--fold compensation; wc know that it is in ma
ny cases the imagined .xAgzaPof such reforma
tion that often prevents it; we' are too apt to
think ourselves degraded in submitting to the
opinions of others, and this principle of self-
Jove dr conceit, isone of the most destructive
to the happiness of the human race; we think
our authority is yielded, or our 'Mobility of
character destroyed in '“storing”—as the 1
word-is—-and the result is a pertinacious ad-!
herenee to those bad traits of character, which j
produce discord and dissatisfaction, the alien
ation ot the affections, and the final unhappi-1
ness of those who had set out in life with the
brightest hopes.
Marriage is often considered the end, in- 1
stead of tiic beginning of excitement; in other!
words, the parties cease to be lovers, when;
they should take the character more fully up-1
on themselves. The feeling which precedes j
marriage, ought, perhaps, to be called attach- 1
m nt, passionate attachment; or if yve yit id toj
the popular opinion, and allow it the name of
lone, it is certainly but the early blossom of
that divine affection, which the Sequel too
frequently blights and destroys. It may be
considered ju the light of n rare and choice
etcolic, thet had put forth its beautiful los-;
poms, and gave premise of ripening into a 1
Tower of unequalled splendour, but filling!
into the hands of ignorance or insensibility, is 1
too roughly ‘usied and untimely dies, it is;
• arccly possible to obtain that perfect knowl
edge of character and disposition during the
period of courtship, which is gained after the
nestic symbol Is placed upon the finger of the
bride. We are blind to each other’s faults—
passion hurries es onward, awhs-where we
filly expect to repose our affections happily,
we only find their grave. This is a subject, t
h n.cver, that vve cannot at present enlarge
upon, because the various branches into which
it divides, would eaoh ifcjuim separate and dis- i
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THE MACON ADVERTISER, AKD AGRICULTURAL AM) MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER.
Me have said that excitement ends, too'of
ten,.upon the wedding-day; that after the
“knot is tied, the parties- abate their endeav
ors to keep the heart which .they had been s
desirous ol winning. • Previously, no pains
were spared, no trouble thought too great, to
render ourselves more interesting, or more
amiable in the opinion of our admirer; but,
the object attained, and the individual our
oirn, we become careless and indifferent, ex
citement is destroyed, possession throws a
veil over formernrdour, and finally twines the
funeral wreath for love. Convinced that the
object of your affections is your own, you be
come cold and heedless, (lie little pleasures
and gratifications are more allowed than de
lighted in : you cease the attractions of mu
sic, dress, and song, which rendered you en
deared; and, when the cause is taken away the
effect must perish with if. Your abilities
were exerted to win a heart, and why are they
not still exerted to retain it ! It is valueless
Wore a stranger to say so, you would instant
ly repel the slander with indignation—-why,
tin’ll, do you use the prize as it it were really
valueless, compelled by fate to lie endured,
rather than bestowed bv fortune to be enjoyed!
‘lt is nature embellished by the advantages of
art, ’ says the author of .a popular comedy “that
men expect now-a-days; you may have all the
qualities that can dispute your husband’s
heart with any body, but the exertion of those
qualities is too often suppressed. It ismucli
more difficult to keep a heart than icin ear. —
Alter the fatal words,‘for better or worse,’the
general way with wives is to relax into indo
| Icnco, and while they are guilty of no infideli
ty, they think that is enough: but tiiov are
mistaken—there is a great deal wanting an
address, a manner, a desire of pleasing? Be
sidcs-which, the natural temper must l>e forc
ed ; home must be made a place of pleasure
to the husband, and the wife must throw infi
nite varic tv info her manner. Arid this 1 take
to be the whole mystejy, the way to keep a
man.
“flow many ladies,' observes another pop
ular writer, “heedless of the unsettled and
fluctuating state of all human attachments,
seem to consider, when they are wedded, that
it is no longer requisite to continue those a
greeable humours and graces which first won
the esteem of tlieir husbands. The triumph
of a woman lies not in the admiration of her
lover, hat in tht respect of her husband: and
can only be gained by a constant cultivation
of those qualities, which she k .ows lie most
j values.”
The tempers of cadi other should he stu
died, and oven “forced” to harmonize, and
while endeavoring Jo correct our own faults,
we should he indulgent to those of our part
ner. Words and difi rrtnce.sare but the pre
lude to greater discord, ami should never for
an instant be encouraged. They are verv
often supported from ,i strange perversity of
nature ; we are too proud to vied I our opinion
and to tins headstrong folly, both fall victims;
passion is madness—opposition is worse.
A sullen or sulky disposition is often per
sisted iri; this is essentially bad, and must he
eradicated altogether. If we would enjoy do
inestic happiness, wo must destroy that ugly
distempered demon which, while it annoys
everyone with whom wc arc connected, is a
hke tormenting tooursclves: how ridiculous
it is to sit hour after hour, and (frequently)
j day after day, knitting our brows and rc-fii
[sing a kind word to any one around us, ridi
cul and by some, and pitied, though disliked,
by the better disposed. If we fee! ourselves
aggrieved, why not seek an explanation of the
o I once, and put an end to the disagreeable
af I, iir 1 Mute sullenness cannot by any possi
i bilit> clicet any good, we onlv* sit brooding,
till wc imagine things.that were never for a
| moment contemplated, work ourselves up to
the temper of something bclmv humanity, and
in our hurst ot anger inflict wounds that no
returning kindness can heal, and wither affec
tions that no sunshine can ever again restore.
.Such a disposition is productive of serious e
vils ; our partner wiil sack happiness uncoil
! iiwted with ourselves—tire husband will
.vivid to The greater attractions of society, or
I tiio wife seek smiles elsewhrre; those whom
we have sworn to honor and protect will he
driven from the home which should have been
endeared ♦ them—it will become desolate,
and we also shall full victims.
I hero are creatures in society -who seem
to take a pride in ruining domestic happiness
of those beings we should be aware; allow no
one to say a lglit to the discredit of your part
ner, nor encourage idle tale-bearers; you have
surely greater opp (unities for discovering
faults or follies, ami should Muse to counte
nance such people, whose greatest pleasure
it is to plant the s, < <!s ol discord in a family,
and foment it, by exaggeration, into a flame
that will not be easily quenched.
( [From llio Cincinnati American.]
I A LITERARYGEM.
j -Vr. hJitor. — jhe truth conveyed in the
following cxUaci, i., so happily conceived and
| oxj>res.-od, that I am induced to request 5
! place for it in \ nr ’ .doable paper ;—bclievl
flint it iv.ll L n< w to most of your rend
ers, J do not doubt that it will bo acceptable
to them, and gratifying to all but those whose
sense ot vision is so obscured, as to prevent
them irotn seeing its comeliness.
Yours, SELECTOR.
11 oy ore so many good people so much
divided in their views ol theseriptures seeing
th.it tiipy hate hut cue Bible, and all read it
in the same language ) Because they belong
to dill rent sects, and have systems,
and they rather make the Bible how to their
own system, received bv tradition from their
: lathers, than to make their system bow to the
• Bil.lc j or in other words, each man, hn> gen
j orally, views the Bible through the medium
of his system, and, of course, it will appear to
him to favor it. Just as if A, B, and C,
should each put on diJlerent coloured glasses,
! ;,t a Pce of wbite paper, arid oach concludes
| that he is right, not remembering that ho has
j spectacles on. Thus, to Ait appears green,
jto B yellow, anil to C blue. They begin ty
I a 011 subject, and it is impossible for
any one of them to convince another that lieTs
wrong, each one feels a conviction next to
nlwolute certainty that hit opinion is right.
But I), and, who is
.standing booking on,during the contest, ve.
' rr “-' 'u:o*r ■ that they arc all wrong. Hr
sees the spectacles on each man’s nose, and
easily accounts for the difference. Thus one
professor reads the Bible with John Calvin
on his nose, another with John Wesley on
his nose,a third with John Gill on his nose,
and a fourth with good old Thomas Boston,
or the good old lights of Scotland. Thrice
happy is the man who lifts the Bible as if it
had dropt from Heaven into his hand alone,
and whose eyes are annointod with the true
eye salve that he may see.”
“The price of Libehtv is eternal vigilance.”
[1 rum the Lynchburg Jegereonian Republican.]
THE POWERS OF CONGRESS.
“Congress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to ;
pay the debts and provide for the common de- -
fence and general welfare of the U. States.” j
We are not ignorant of the fact, that the
advocates of the Tariff have attempted, to de
rive the right to protect native industry,
from another clause of the Constitution,
which confers upon Congress the power to
regulate commerce with foreign nations.—
But as the present tariff is obviously intend
ed to subserve other and very different ob
jects; and as the power and protection which
constitutes its most obnoxious feature, has
taken shelter, not under the authority to regu
late commerce, hut under the shadow of a !
j professedly revenue hill, we shall confine our
I remarks to that clause of the Constitution tin
der which that revenue bill has been passed.
In our last number we attempted to show,
that whether the clause in the Constitution
quoted above, he viewed as a single grant of
power, with its objects defined; or as contain
ing two separate and distinct grants, the true
question at issue must still remain the same.
Wc do not propose to reason on supposed ca
ses. The subject matter to he discussed is
one of fact. Congress has passed a law, pro
fessedly for revenue, and in so doing, has ac
tually exercised tne right to protect domes
tic manufactures, as an incident to the pow
er “to lay and collect taxes, duties,” Ac.—
Wc take tha thing as it is, and mean to rea
son upon, as it is.
We pass by, for the present, the arguments
of the President in support of the proposi
tion, that the power of protection belongs to
j 'he Federal Government ex necessitate rei—
or, from the nature of the compact. His
; views are certainly very forcible upon the
subject. But as wc cannot concur in them,
we shall in some future number give the rea
sons of our dissent, and show that the Feder
al Government neither has, nor can have,
such a power at all, without supposing that
this is exclusively a National and not a Fed
eral Union. But this is a question of more
general nature with which at present wc have
nothing to do.
What is an incidental power! In a gener
al view it is some peculiar concomitant inclu
ded in and annexed to some principal power,
as accident and substance. Under the writ
ten limitations of our constitutional compact,
it is some “necessary and proper” means;
some auxiliary, resulting authority, (if we
might he allowed so to express ourselves)
springing out of some specified power, with
out the aid of which ho object of that speci
fied power would be utterly unattainable, and
the power itself nullity. ’This we venture to
say, is a fair account of the whole class of
those invisible creatures of implication, whose
true nature has caused so much diversity and
dissention among our leading statesmen.
And yet wc cannot perceive any inherent dif
ficulty in ascertaining their true character
arid extent. The means of discovery are
plain and obvious, and the process but the
common every day business of the mind in
all its operations. Take any specified power
which has been given to the Federal Govern
ment, and inquire, first—What is the object
ot this power? For what purpose was it giv
en ? And when this question is answered,
then ask in the second place: What means
are “necessary and proper” to he employed
in order to compass this object ? To every
honest and impartial mind, this rule, if ob
served, would work out the answers, and
give the true quotient of power. Let us
take for example, the clause at the head of
this article : “Congress shall have power to
la v and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and ex
cises.” We do not quote the balance of the
clause, because the Federalists contend, that
the latter part does not contain the enuincra-.
ted object of the previous part, but that it
confi rs on them another and altogether a dif
j ferent power, without any limitation what.so.
over, save that which may be screwed out of
the words “general welfare,” and we are per-J
fcctly willing that they should enjoy the full
benefit of their interpretation.
Now, as the concluding part of the clause
is said to confer, of it self, a separate and sub
stantive power, it will hardly be contended
that it contains the objects ol the power con
j‘erred in the previous part; unless, indeed,
so little regard is had to the dictates pf com
mon sense, and the ordinary import of lan
guage, as to suppose that one written, speci
fic! power, is conferred as the object of ano
ther written specified power, in the same
sentence. 8o that, according to this Fed
eral notion, we are left entirely in tho dark
as to objects intended to be compassed by the
grant to Congress of the “ powe r to lay and
j collect faxes, duties,” Ac. We must there
tore appeal to the common meaning of lan
! guage, and the common sense of mankind,in
order to ascertain what was the object of the
grant.
Were we to go to any honest farmer
in e.ur neighbouring county of Bedford, and
tell him that the Legislature had laid a tax
of one dollaT a head on all his negroes, from
sixteen years and upwards; hut that never- 1
the less he might not make himself uneasy,
for the object of the lav/ was not to get his
money, but to create a whirlpool in the Mis
sissippi river; we should be surprised if he
did not consider hunsell insulted, and treat us
accordingly. But in so saying, we would
declare no more to him than what the advo
cates of the American System have said to
t!i<* whole world.
It would lie a needless task further to labor
on a self-evident proposition. We have ab
ready shown that the power “to lav andcol
eet taxes,” &o. must have had for its object,
money, and money fenly. If it were not so,
why was the word “collect” used in the sen
tence t Had this word been strickened out,
and the clause left only with the power “to
lav,” See. there mig t have been some shad- i
ow to sustain a doubt, as to the object content -1
plated. Some vain toy for imagination to
sport with. Some frail grounds for perverse j
reason to declare, that the object of the grant j
was a regulation of foreign commerce—or
the protection oi domestic industry. But as
it stands, Phyrro himself would say,“l doubt!”
“To lay and collect taxes,” Ac. must mean,
in common parlauce, to iaise money—to get
funds for the National Treasury. When it is
there, it is very easy to find out what is to be
done with it.
Taking then for granted, that one object at
least, (and we ask for no other concession,)
j of the power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, !
imports and excises” was revenue, we will
j proceed to inquire what are the incidents to
this express power ? What are the means “ne
cessary and proper” to compass this object?
Ami here the nature of the power, as well as
the practice of all Governments, give us a
ready answer. There must be custom hous
es to deposit in. There must be appraisers
to value—there.rnust be collectors to receive.
Without these, “the taxes, duties,” Ac. can
not be ascertained, nor secured. The-power
then to establish custom-houses—to appoint
surveyors of ports, appraisers, collectors Ac.
is incidental to the specified power, “to lay
and collect taxes, duties,” Ac. Without
this auxiliary agent the principal power would
be a dead letter—a mere nullity. Without it
or some other equivalent to it, the object in
view would he utterly defeated ; and so far
as the revenue of the Government is concern
ed, it had been as well, if the Constitution
had expressly prohibited the exercise of the
power in question. The necessity and pro
priety of the incident, determine at once the
question of implication. But it does not fol
low, that because the power to establish cus
tom-houses, Ac. is incidents! to the power
“to lay and collect taxes,” Ac. that the pow
er to set up spinning jennies on the Peaks of
Otto, is also incidental—they would not
“collect the taxes, duties Ac. laid on a cargo
of broad cloths imported from Liverpool, and
entered nt the custom-house in New York.
They would furnish very little aid, wc should
j think, in collecting any thing else but. tht*
clouds; and their showers are not exactly ot
die kind to suit Mr. Clay and his system men.
They have in thorn rather too much of the
j spirit of a Dana>, whose easy virtue could not
withstand the yellow charms of seductive
gold.
!
TIIE TARIFF.
The last New York Gazette reminds us of
the fact of the augmentation of the Tariff
upon the following articles:
“Progressive Increase of Duty. —After the
3l)th inst. the Tariff' provides that the duties
on the subjoined articles are to be increased
as follows:
Flax from 43 to 50 dollars per ton.
He p, from 55 to 60 dollars per ton. i
Indigo, from 30 to 40 cents per pound.
Sail Duck, [of all kinds,] from 10 to 10]
cents per Square yard.” .
“A gatherer of unconsidercd trifles.”
[From the Boston Courier .]
1 rue Nobility. —ln IS3G, two young com
mission merchants of this city failed, aud sur
rendered up their whole property to their
creditors, which fell short of their debts and
responsibilities, and soon after dissolved then
business connexion and began the world
anew. Sometime last year one of them pre
sented to eaeii of the creditors of the linn a
check for twenty-five per cent, of the defi
ciency which ha)! been relinquished. This
week, the other presented in like manner to
each creditor a check for a like amount.
We mention this circumstance with pride,
for it is honorable to the character of human
nature. We mention it with pleasure, as an
evidence that the industry of the individuals
ailuded to has been blessed with a sucess in
some degree proportioned to their virtues.—
Sndi instances of high-toned morality, are
rare, and should be m- t with the approba
tion of a virtuous community; for they tend
to elevate thechaiacter of society an hund
red-fold more than the ostentatious donations
to objects of at least doubtful utility, which
are frequently mentioned to gratify the vani
ty of the donor, and t excite the emulation
ol the weak-minded. Wc wish that vve were
at liberty to mention the names of these gen
tlemen ; but we know that they would shrink
I from such a blazon; they know that thev
have been honest, and “would blush to find it
fame."
We have been favored with the perusal of
a manuscript journal, kept by a sailor during
voyage to the North West Coast of Ameri
ca, in the brig ,of Boston. It is a diarv
of what ho saw and experienced, hastily writ
ten at his leisure moments, and not with tiic
most distant intention of its ever appearin'*
in print. lie describes what he saw with the
enthusiasm of a youthful mind, eager in the
pursuit of knowledge, but not whli the pre
cision of a mere and learned practised writer.
Wc give below two extracts from his journal,
as a specimen of his manner and matter, and
propose hereafter to make other and more co
pious ones. His statementstnay he relied on
as correct, and we believe they wiil be read
with no little interest, both by the landsman,
and he whose “home is on the mighty ocean.”
In introducing the young sailor’s “lof;
book” to the notice of our readers, we deem
it a duty to state that it was a young man’s j
first voyage, .and his convenience and leisure!
such as is usually found m the forecastle of a
merchant ship—his kimcs frequently serv
ing lor a desk, and a seaman’s chest for a
seat.— Barnstable Journal.
Juan Fernandez, —This island was the
first land we made after leaving Boston, and 1
can truly say, that no land ever appeared so
pleasant to inc before. It must have been
owing to the great length of time I had been,
for the first time in my life, on the hoistc?
i ous ocean, as the general appearance of the
island is sterile and mountainous, with the
exception of a valley, the same on which
Alexander Selkirk lived, on whose adventure!
the popular story of Robinson Crusoe was |
founded. It appears more like the garden of j
Eden, than any place I ever before saw or
heard of. This valley is surround), dby high,!
steepaml craggy mo'iirftatns, which form a 1
noble contrast to the garden ,he low, through
whose openings the wind often comes, sweep-!
ing with the violence of a tornado, and. tbrea-j
ening destruction to ships tiiat lie in the j
bay. This valley is a level space of eleven
or more acres, covered with rich looking'
grass that denotes a fertile soil; while fruit f
trees are so t hick as to form a beautiful shade, j
through which vines o.r rose bushes of vari-;
ous kinds, and flow ers of all colors, seem to
strive which shall inherit the largest share
of the bowers formed bv their own weaving,
among the peach, cherry, and figtrecs.—
j These were thronged with singing birds,
■ whose musical notes nearly transport the ob
server to the upper regions, while beneath all
these beauties of nature a soft murmuring ri
vulet is heard, gently rippling by. For one
who had been tossed about by the winds and
waves for months, as Iliad, to be once placed
! in the midst of this most delightful spot of na
: ture, to lie surrounded by all that please the
j eve or engage the ear—to see before you na
! lure’s loveliest fruits—to hear the secret mel
| ody of ten thousand birds that arc continual
! Iy warbling here, he would scarcely believe
| it real —he would fancy some fairv wand
j had touched his imagination. Yet it is not
j more than I have heard of. I have seen des
i cribedin poetry exactly such places as I had
j the pleasure here to observe, and which 1
| have very imperfectly described.
The climate is beautiful and the prospect
imposing. I was nearly tempted to run away
from our bog, and reside at this place.—
When we were there only one American and
six Spaniards were inhabitants —but I have
since learned that a company have gone out
to make a settlement on this island.
lt will be recollected that, a few weeks
ago, wo noticed the fact of a Commission hav
ing been appointed by the King of the French,
to visit thiscountry with the view of acquir
ing an intimate knowledge of the System of
Prison Discipline practised in the United
States. M. de Beaumont and M. de Tor
queville, the distinguished gentlemen com
posing the Commission, have spent the last
two weeks at this place, and after a most la
borious and careful inspection of the prison
here, its construction, its order, cleanliness,
discipline, and regularity, together with a
strict investigation into all *he juinutke of its
government and operation, wc are gratified
with the opportunity of stating that they arc
■ highly plcase.d with the institution, and do
not hesitate to pronounce it superior inany of
its branches, to any which they have ever visi
ted in Europe. They are gentlemen of engag
ing manners, of first rate talents and acquire
ments, and have been repeatedly honored
with distinguished offices by their country.—
We trust that the attention and kindness of
the American people, who cannot hut feel
i fluttered with the object cf their mission,
will render their visit throughout the Union
both pleasant and profitable.
* Westchester Ilercld.
Caution. —Our fair readers are respectfully
requested not to present a sprig of geranium
to a young gentleman for whom they enter
tain no more than ordinary friendship; for,
since the publication of Flora’s Dictionary,
it is generally understood as an evidence of
preference over all other suitors. Dogwood
blossoms signify, “I hate you,” and may he
distributed among the grosser sex, ad libitum.
Whenever a ranunculus is offered you, you
are to understand, “how much the youth is
dazzled by yqur charms exhibit then the
thorn apple , and bid him good evening.
Baltimore n r reafh.
*“"*♦9 Q £<•• —-
John Redlion , and Jacob Redlion, vs.
Thomas Woolverton Feigned Issue. —
This was a somewhat novel case, and the fol
lowing facts which were principally agreed
upon, constituted the whole of the ease.—
Michael lledlion, by his last Will and Testa
ment, bequeathed to his son Christian, a con
siderable sum of money, the issues of which
were paid to him during his life, and at his
death the principal to goto his children—but
if he died without lawful issue, then the same
was to go to the other children, of the said
Michael. Christian was married to Catharine
Htout, in the spring of 1825, and died on the
Ist day of November 1825. His widow
Catharine, was married to Thomas Woolver
ton, on the 16th of March, 1826, and on the
14th of September the said Catharine
had a son born, who is now living. Who was
th fatiier of the child, the first or the last hug.
band, was the question of the jury. Christian
Redlion committed suicide, and from his
death to the birth iff the child was 10 months
and 14 days. And from the marriage of the
widow to Wolvcrton,to the birth of tiic child,
6 months. The Pills, were brothers cf th *
deceased, and entitled to the aforesaid princi
pal, in the event of his dying without issue.
Many ancient and curious authorities were
cited by the counsel on both sides. The oourt
.jury brought in a verdict accordingly, J],
Chapman for l’lff. M’Dowcll for deft. *
Timber may be perserved from decay by
repeated impregnations with a solution of
common salt and green copperas, his also
rendered less combustible.
.
A correspondent of the Englishman’s Mar.
n/une, a (for detailing his own feelings on"a
visit to the tomb of Napoleon, relates this
anecdote:
On the following morning a French frig,
ate arrived from the Isle of Bourbon, bavin*
on board a regiment of artillery. The offf
eers solicited and obtained permission to pay
a tribute of respect to their old leader’s ashes,
I accompanied them to the ground, and rare
jy have I witnessed enthusiasm like theirs
v .;:'V r r atl ( - Ve was ‘‘ r . v * an< l pome
Mho had served immediately under “thoErn
peror, wept aloud. As they drew nearer to
to P p° , i.o'ir step became hurried and
irregntsr, out the moment they saw the tomb,
m y termed two deep and advanced with un
covered .icads, folded arms, and slow and
pensive pace. When within five or six yards
o their destination,they broke off info single
me?, and surrounding tfeo grave, at uniform
intervals, knelt silently down. The comm
drr of the frigate and the others in suco
according to their rank, then kissed the tUh
when they arose every lip was fixed ever.'
bosom fuli. .
, VERY LATH FROM ENGLAND."
Baltimore, June
Hie fast sailing ship Corinthian, eanie t
yesterday from Liverpool;- bringing advices L
the 13tu May,inclusive.
, T. owing ftem* of, - intelligence ar
dcrivedfrom Liverpool papers f the pV
and 13th May.
Private letters from Berlin, by fl ie Han
burg steamer at Liverpool state that there W
been three day’s fifing, A the brave Poles V,i
been defeated, with ti>e los* of eight thou
prisoners and two thousand killed. It'aL,*
appears that General Dwornicxi had escape i'
the Russians, and has-been joined by
thousand men, previous to which his arm?
consisted of twelve thousand men.-
There appears to he nodoubt of the def at
of General Bierauski hv Krente: all account.
Polish and German, concur in it. From
position in which the armies are,, a very {?
day's must bring some decisive intelligence!
The Standard oji the authority ofprivai*
letters speaks confidently of the defeat of thi
Poles, and goes so far as to assert that \V ar ’
saw was ready to open its gates to the n, rei
less and sanguinary Deibitsch. Humaniw
shudders and trembles for the fate of the hr.
vest people in Europe.
We have received, by express, the p a .
papers dated yesterday, the Monitor confab
a long and somewhat angry defence of ?V
King and his Ministers for their conduct -<
specting the “decor -tion of Julv,” and ali the
other papers are more or less taken up with
discussing the propriety of the Ministerial in
terference. The heroes of Julv theniseivc
conquered those emblems which have iV
decreed by the people to be coinmcumiorJ!
five of their valour—and tiic King therefor :
arrogates too much in demanding to lx slow
them as marks of Royal favour. “The harm!,
ot July” have refused to receive that which
the King had no right to give !
General Skrzyneeki has issued a prod any.
tiou to the army and the nation in which !w
docs not disguise the difficulties of their si*,
nation, but tellsthom plainly that their onh
hope of ultimate success in the struggle fi,;
national existence depends on their confin
ed perseverance. He enumerates the glor
ous results of the campaign, and comment!
with a laudable pride on the fact that thuun;.
Poland had but at its commencement am
organized force of 30,000 to oppose tot!,"
hordes of Russia, nearly 50,000 of the lata
have been put hors-du-combat, and sixtcri/
thousand stand of arms, and thirty pieces ti
cannon,’togethcr with a great number of fa:’
gage and ammunition waggons, Ac. O a br
other hand the Autocrat lias ordered to 1:
levied an army of reserve of one hundred
and fifty thousand men to support the ojxr
tions of General Piebitscb, and it is staa.i
tbaUhe war is highly popular in Russia, no--
withstanding the reverses sustained by tn
Russians.
The Warsaw flazctle of the 26th of Apr!
states, in a postscript, the following impo
taut news :—Yesterday we received the w:
that General Dvvcrnicki had obtained a victe
tory ou r the corps of General Rudiger a;
hiek on the riv< r Sty r, at Volhynia. In ti.;.
brilliant affair he took twelve pieces of cam
non, igul a large number of prisoners, ain<
whom it is said is the Russian command) r~
A whole hulk ot Cossacks were drowned in
the river, and the remainder of the Russan
corps were cut to picci s or put to flight; si
that Rudiger’s corps may he said to be arm
hilated* The details ot this brilliant alii:
arc hourly expected.
1 lie same pa] er of the 2St!i contains .t.
official report of the commander-in-chief, da
ted Jambow, 22inst- in which he gives an ac
count ol tiic defeat ot Sierawski, which on the
whole, agrees with the Russian account, ore
the loss of the Poles is stated at 2000 mm;
General Sierawski is stated to have (Iran
this diaster on himself by exceeding his in
structions, and advancing towards Luba,
where the enemy had a very superior force.
Constantinople, April 11.
New executions have taken place fn.
toe last post, l'ae \ ice Admiral, Tahir lb
ca, was strangled a few days since. Th
say tnat lie was implicated in a conspiracy
recently discovered. The flame of revolt
has extended into Syria, and Babylon aid
Bagdad are in a s imilar state t > Albania.
Dublin, Wes 10.
rr* .y . . " .
ioi.ie majority which appeared yester
day of 261 for Perrin, and 256 for Hurt..,
tiiero is added (or tins day up to throe o’clock
about one hundred lor each, and largo nan:,
bets ot voters waiting to pioil for them, th-*
reform candidates no doubt, is enfi-rtainetlu
Perrin and Harty’s re turn.
The news from our country elections tiii
day is highly favourable “to*tl>e Bill,'’ v.-:
learn ot the resignation of Beresfordin IK
ter ford; the re turn ot Bodkin a reform)-,
for the town ol Galaway, m opposition of Mr*
Daly hitherto all powerful there —and some
thing like a certainty of the return of two re
formers for Kerry, (one of thorn G'Conn(-li)l)’
the discomfiture of Mr. Fitzgerald. IS"
hsipes e-t Lord Castk-reauglTs return ferDovn
And Sir John Hying is announced
down to contest the country of Derry. Thois
is also the most confident expectations state!,
as to the return of two “Whole Bill” reform
ers tor Carlow; Blackriey and Dovlc in oppo
sition to the two moderate candidates, Bure)
and Rochforf. London , May K>. ,
Cambridge. Vnircrsity Flection —The L
lection for the University closed on ?ridg,
in the return of Messrs. Goulbourn and P<d
Mr. Cavendish and laird Palmerston, tl
old members having been rejected by a ma
jority of nearly 200 votes.
Acm Ark Tileeti on. —_M r. Seargant Vil<-a
has beaten tho Duke of Newcastle hi hit
own borough.
Lord f'lonourrv has been raised to the por
rage. Tin. fact of Mr. O’Conell seconding*
motion of Major Sirr, the police magistrate
and a resolution by Alderman Barley, bcfor |!
whom lie was so lately brought to be bound
over on a charge of a treasonable nature, i*
among the miracles of tbe present moment-