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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1831)
am Vil improvement at school makes j college fXcre.ee difficult, a. el ms rank hs a ge*vie:aa:i eorn uouer t xcusea huu from them ; his gown gives him the privilege oi coatinuing a dunce. By idleness and bad comp t ty he forgets she little learning he had, gets a taste for drinking ami de b iueh rv ; and having conversed with m i iv intended lor holy orders, almost as ignorant as himself, this confirms him in n glecting, and leads him to entertain a man opinion of the things of religion.— j Being settled in the country, the business of h*s life is hunting, shooting, and drink ing, with some little variety, now and then by horse-races and cock-fighting. His polities consist in abusing all bis govern o.s u. a o iek of rogues, condemning every o .i. r m ig ns foolish, imputing every success of the fleet or army to chance, al l eve.rv disappointment to ill-raanage ni mt. With respect to religion, he knows bat one principle; which is, “to do what he his a mind to doTins is Ins reli gi ‘i of nature. As for sms, he knows but one so great as not to be borne with ; winch is, “for an unqualified person to keep a gun, or kill a hare or patridge: Against this his zeal burns furiously, and h “ sw-.i irs t!»e game act is the only good o )!• made tliese forty years. Fornication, profaaeuess, drunKenucss, 9<dbba*li-break* ing, and keeping poor men out of tln-ir inoaev, are very gentleman-like things. He can make a shift to pass every day except Sunday; when, for want of com pany to countenance him in diversions abroad, he lias nothing to do but lie a-bed till noon, and after dinner dose himself wall punch and strong beer. If he goes to church at any time in the morning, it is to he out of humour with the long ser um . He is seldom there in the after noon, and then he sleeps. As lie ad v.r ces in years, he gleans up a little smattering of infidelity from conversation, winch helps to stifle conscience, and har den him in his sinful ways. If the parson of the parish be a jolly fellow , he is his man on all occasions; but if he be sober and serious, be and bis words are bated as damned cant. But, whether sober or not, he is sent for when the ’squ're falls sick; Prayers are read, the sacrament is administered ; the poor thing endeavors to conceal his tears: Pride and shame Will not suffer him to repent; lie dies, and goes to. ANECDOTE.—- A Mi jor of militia, some where in Pennsylvania, who had recently been elected, and who was not overbur dened with brains, took it into his head, on tiie morning of parade, to “go out and exercise a little by himself." The “field” selected for this purpose was his own stoop. Placing himself in a military at titude, with sword drawn} he exclaimed— “ Ittention the whole! —Rear rank, three paces bach!" He immediately retreated “‘“'v' and tumbled down cellar!— H s wire, hearing tne noise uc _.i in falling, came running out, and asked. “My dear’ have you killed yourself? “Go into the house, woman,” said the Major. “What do you unow about war." “Sarah,” said an innocent Abigail to her sister gossip, who had like herself and tl, r crony, joined the Temperance Soci ety—“Sarah—Sarah, s.nys she, don’t you think our Suze keeps a bottle! I found it yesterday behind the flour barrel in the pantry, with brandy in it.” “Law, soul! you don’t sav so! Well that beats all! Suze and I found yours the day before, ami had a good swig!" “Well—don’t tell any body.” Law, no. We have a right to do as we please by ourselves , but it is wrong to set a bad example. Affecting Anecdote. —A heart rending storv is told of a young Scottish plougb bov, who being disapointed in a love af fair, was driven so near to the verge of despair, that, he with a rope in his hand, entered his master’s barn, and -tied all the cows’ tails together! Anecdote. A gentleman from Car olina recently giving us descriptions of the state of military tactics at the south said that a captain one day ex ercised his men on a point of land, at the junction of two rivers. Instead of the usual direction to front, he said, ‘Soldiers, stand with your faces to the Cos 'garee, and your backs to the Saluda!’ Another captain, ordered his men to ‘ob-li-que to the left.’ ‘That isn’t right, Captain,’ cried a man in the ranks, ’ it is obliyue,.* ‘I)o you think I don’t know;’ replied the officer, ‘I tell you it is ob-li-que in my book.’ la/nnI a/nn Mirror. Chief Justice Marshall. —lt is quite a musing to hear, small beer’ politicans discuss the constitutionality ot the late proceeding of the Chief Justice of the supreme court. Individuals who never looked into a law book, unless to see how far they might proceed in slanderous imputations with impuni ty, pronounce upon the legality of the measure, as calmlv as if clad in er ne oe; and it would he as difficult to induce them to believe they mi adit he ni’staken, as to propel a steamboat wth the tails o f light ningbugs.—Prtd erirffown Herald. The Seed op I. vztvfss. —Never check industry in the young, even when it is uiorofitable, if it is without bad motives; for iodnst-v is habit, and if you get youth to calculating the value of exertion, von no* o dv and *strov that natural disposition in us to “he adpbig,” hut the growing hah t will quickly exclude the prVform anoe nf ever-occurring and oft-important duties, as not wor’b the *?oi»iwhich n mounts to laziness, “the root of all evil." :iq \ :aric. BIST OF ACTS OF CONGRESS. Passed at the Second session o f the t.ren- j ty-first Congress, which terminated on j the 3d day of March, 1831. AN ACT lor the relief of the citizens of Shawneetown. For the relief of James Monroe. To incorporate an Insurance compa ny in Georgetown, in the District of Co lumbia. For the punishment of crimes in the District of Columbia. To regulate the foreign and coasting trade of the Northern and Northwestern frontiers of the U. States, and for other purposes. For the relief of Win. Clover. To ascertain and mark the line be tween the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and for other pur poses. To authorize the extension, construc tion, and use, of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road into and within the District of Columbia. For making appropriations for the support of Government for the year 1831* For making appropriations for the Na val service of the U. States for the year 1831. For making appropriations for the mil itary service for the year 1831. To authorize the Secretary of War to purchase an additional quantity of land for the fortifications at fort Washington on the Potomac. Making appropriations for certain for tifications during the year 1831. Making additional appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors, and removing obstructions in the mouths of certain rivers. For the relief of Clarissa B. Harrison. For the relief of Ch. Bectler. For the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise. Making appropriations for the public buildings. Making appropriations for carrying on certain roads and works of internal im provement, and providing for surveys. For the relief of Richard Smith and Wm. Pearse the 2d, of Bristol Rhode-Is land. For the relief of Daniel Jackson and Lucius M. Higgins, of Newbern, N. Car olina. Making provisions for a subscription to a compilation of Congressional Docu ments. To provide for the punishment of offen ces in cutting, destroying, or removing live oak, and other timber or trees, reser ved for Naval purposes. Allowing the duties on foreign mer chandise imported into Pittsburg, Cincin nati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places. r For carrying into effect certain trea ties. Declaratory of the law concerning con tempts of Courts. Making appropriation for the Indian Department for the year 1831. To establish a Land Office in the Ter ritory of Michigan, and for other purpo ses. For the relief of Wm. T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. Making appropriations for the comple tion and support of the Penitentiary in the' District of Columbia. For closing certain accounts and ma king appropriations for arrearages in the Indian Department. To provide hereafter for the payment of S6OO0 annually tothe Senuca Indians,and for other purposes. To change the time of holding the rule term of the Circuit Court for the District of West Tennessee. To authorize the construction of three Schooners for the Naval service of the U nited States. For the relief of the legal representa tives of Edward Moore, dec’d. To extend the act, entitled “An act for further extending the powers of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Ter ritory of Arkansas, under the act of the 26th ot May 1824,” and for other purpo ses. To alter the time of holding the Dis trict Courts of the U. S. for the Districts of Maine and Illinois, and the Northern Districts of Alabama. To authorize the Secretary of State to issue a patent to John Powell. To provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, un der the Convention between the United States, and his Majesty the King of Den mark, of the 28th of March, h‘lo, and ; for the distribution of the sums to he paid j by the Danish Government to that of the United States, according tothe stipula tion of such Convention. For the relief of Matthias Roll. To extend the time for entering certain donation claims to land in the Territory of Arkansas. To amend an act for taking the fifth Census. . Making preparations for revolutionary and invalid pensioners. For the sale of lands in the St *te of Illinois, reserved for the use of Sail Springs on the Vermillion river, in that Stme. To repeal the charges imposed on pass ports and clearances. To amend and consolidate the acts con cerning copy rights. 'liking npnro'iriations for building light houses, light boats, lieacous and monuments and placing huovs. For the relief of Percis Lomely. For the further compensation (.“the! Marshal of the District of Rhode-Island. For the relief of Simeon C. Whittier. For the relief of Lucien Harper. For the relief of George Johnson. For the relief of Joseph E. Sprague. For the relief of Ebenezer Robbins. For the relief of Beverly Chew, the heirs of William Emerson, deceased, and the hens of Edward Lorraine, de ceased. To authorize the State of Illinois to surrender a township of land, granted to said State, for a Seminary of Learning, j and to locate other lands in lieu thereof For the relief of Henry Becker. For the relief of Samuel Nowell. To rectify the mistake in the name of William Turney, an invalid Pension er. For the relief of Jonathan Crocker. For the relief of Jacob N. Cardozen. For the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi. Granting a pension to Martha Miller. For the relief of certain holders of cer tificates, issued in lieu lands injured by earthquakes in Missouri. Fir the relief of Hugh B irnes. To authorize the Territory of Florida to open a Canal through the Public Lands, between Chipola river and St. An drew’ Bay, in West Florida. For the relief ofPeters and Pond. for the relief of J no. Daly, late of Canada. Tor the relief of Antonio Dequindre, anj the legal representatives of Louis De qilndre. For the relief of William B. Matthews, Tnstee. For the relief of the legal representa tions of Daniel M’lntire. For the relief of Benjamin S. Smoot, of Ahliama. For the relief af Duval and Carnes. For the relief of Brevet Major Riley, and Lieutenant Brook and Seawright. To extend the patent of Samuel Crow ning for a furtiier period of fourteen years. For the relief of Nathaniel Cheever and others. For the relief of William Delzell of Ohio. For the relief of James Belger. To extend the patent of John Adam son for a further period of fourteen years. Concerning vessels employed in the whale fishery. For the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an Interpreter for the District Court of the U S. for the Eastern District ofjiouisiana. Confirming the claim of John II Toul min to a lot in the city of Mobile. Confirming the selections of heretofore made of lands for the construction of the Michigan Road, in the State of Indi ana. To authorise the executor of Stephen Tippet, to locate a tract of" land in tho For the relief of Peter Cleer, of Mary land. For the relief of John Nicholson. For the continuation of tiie Cumberland Road, in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. To establish Ports of Delivery at Port Ponchartrain and Delaware city. For the relief of the legal representa tives of P. C. Walker, and J. P. Walker, deceased, and of Joseph Walker of the State of Mississippi. Making appropriations for carrying in to effect certain Indian treaties (an annual bill for 1830.) Granting a quantity of land to the ter ritory of Arkansas, for the erection of a puolic building at the seat of Government of said Territory. To repeal the act to establish the Dis trict of Blakely. Declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Ohio, hereafter recited, (being “an act for the preservation and repair of the U. States Road.”) For the relief of Thomas Porter of In diana. For the relief of James Sprague. For the relief of Aaron Fitzgerald. Authorizing the sale of a tract of land therein mentioned, (in the Cincinnati dis trict.) For the relief of Thos. Fitzgerald. Making appropriations for carrying in to effect certain Indian Treaties (an an nual bill for 1831.) To amend an act, entitled “an act to provide for paying to the State of Illinois three per cent of the nett proceeds arising from the sale of public land within the same.” For the benefit of the Sebonds in Law rence. To authorise the transportation of mer chandize hv land, or by water, with the benefit of Debenture. Concerning the town and village com mons in Missouri. Supplemental to an act passed on the 61st March, 1836, entitled “an act for the relief of purchasers of public Lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent prac tices at the public sales of Lands of the U. States.” To amend the act, entitled “an act to quiet the titles of certain purchasers lauds between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, i*i the State of Ohio,” approved 26th Mav 1830. To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make compensation to the heirs of Ta liafero Livingston, and Francis W. Arm strong, for the maintenance of fifteen Af ricans, illegally imported into the United States. To amend an act, Entitled “an act to provide for paying to the States of Mis souri Mississippi, and Alabama, three per centum orthe nett proceeds arising from the s ile of the public lauds, within the same.” To incorporate St. Vincent Asylum, within the District of Columbia. To alter and amend “an act to set apart and disposeof certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the Vine and Olive.” Jinking provision for the compensation of witnesses and payment of other expen ses attending the trial of the impeachment of Jas. ii. Peck. For the relief of Wm. Burris, of Missis si PP‘- To amend the act “granting certain re linquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennes see, Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior Rivers,” approved the 23d day of 1828. For the relief of William Smith, admin istrator of John Taylor deceased. To authorize the appointment of a sub agent to the Winnebago Indians on Rock River. Respecting the jurisdiction ox certain District Courts (extending the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Northern District of New-York, Western District of Pennsyl vania, Districts of Indiana, Illinois, 31 is souri, Mississippi. Louisiana and Ala bama—so as to be the same with that of the Circuit Courts of the United States in all cases, except appeals and writs of ] error.) For the relief of th*vlegal Representa tives of Gen. Moses Dozen. For the relief of James Thomas, late Quartermaster General of the Army of the U. 8. For the relief of Joseph 8. Cannon. For the relief of Samuel Coburn; of tne State of Mississippi. For the relief of George B. Dameron and Wm. Houze, of Mississippi. For the relief of James Hogland. For the relief of John Gough, and oth er Canadian refugees. For the relief of John Nicks, Resolution directing a subscription so seventy copies of Peter’s Condensed Re ports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the U. 8. Authorizing the transmission of papers by mail, relating to the sth census From the N. V. Journal of Commerce. NEW YORK, March 4. FROM COLOMBIA. By the brig Athenian, Capt. Chapman, we hava received Bogota papers to Jan. 15th, Carthagena to 23d and letters to February Ist. Carthagena, Feb. 1. The South has receded from Flores, and lias proclaimed the integrity of the Republic, on condition that the Constitu tion of 1834 shall be observed. Venezuela is on the eve of doing the same. We have letters which leave no doubt on tbe subject. Gen. Urdaneta, as soon as he learned the death of Bolivar, there being no longer any necessity for the law to remain suspended, declared the extraordinary faculties of the Govern ment revoked, and the Constitution to be in full force. An exposition to the Executive by the Council of Ministers, dated Jan. 12th, recommends the calling of a Convention, in accordance with the decree of the Constituent Congress, 5f h May. 183!), and the sending of Commissioners to Vene zuela and the South with a view to the re-union of the whole country. In the mean time they recommend that orders be immediately dispatched to the forces on the frontiers, directing them to keep themselves strictly on the defensive. On the following day, January 13th, a decree was issued by’ Gen. Urdaneta, the acting President, calling a Conven tion of Deputies from the Departments of Cundinamarca, Boyaca, Cauca, An tioquia, and Magdalena, (and from any other Department of the Republic, as formily constituted, which may choose to unite in the object,) for the purpose of re vising the Constitution, and adopting such measures as may he deemed expedient, for the future regulation and government of the country. Said convention is to be held at Leiva on loth June next. By another decree of January 13th, Gen. Urdaneta resigns his extraordinary powers, and declares the Constitution to be in full force. A decree of the government dated Jan. 10th, prohibits for the term of one month, on account of the death of Bolivar, all kinds of diversion, public or private, in the capitals of the provinces. One of the papers contains a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, between the Republic of Columbia and the King of *he Netherlands. The Department of Panama has passed an Act, reuniting itself to the government ot Bogota. The news of Bolivar’s death was received there with every demousta tion of sorrow. The bells were rung for four hours, and cannon fired at intervals of fifteen minutes. Carthage;*a, Jan. 23. —0n the 17th inst. the funeral obsequies of Ilis Rxcel lency the Liberator were celebrated in the Holy Church Cathedral, with the great est pomp an<|. magnificent which cir cumstances would permit. Preparatory to this solemnity, the church was adorn ed with tapestry and black festoons, and in its centre was placed a magnificent cenotaph, 46 feet high, composed from a base 21 feet wide, a pedestal 7 feet' high, with relief pilisters, and an obolisk adorned with military trophies.' On the front of the base, uas inscribed in sha ded lexers of gold on a ground of jasper, the follwine words: ( GENEROUS CARTHAGENA in 1812 Received BOLIVAR as a Attt) COXTRIBUTEO TO HIS GLORY, BV OFFERING HIM WITH A LIBERAL 11AKO The elements of LIBERTY AND VICTORY’! in 1830 She afforded him a refuge from ingrati- , tude and envy. NOW INCONSOLABLE FOR HIS LOSS, She renders this homage TO HIS PRECIOUS AND VENERABLE REMAINS' On the reverse of the fame base was inscribed the following: When impartial and grateful posterity shall erect altars to the Benefactors of hum anity, '.hey will give a distin guished place to that of the FOUNDER OF THREE REPUBLICS ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. On the right side was this inscription: To the augu 't Mates OF THE GREAT BOLIVAR. Carthagena just and grateful. A GOOD CITIZEN, A JUDICIOUS MAGISTRATE, A DISTINGUISHED LEGISLATOR, lie served, commanded, and ennobled HIS COUNTRY. On the left was llie following: BOLIVAR, Though favored by fortune, renounced its of. tractions, and consecrated his repose, yea his whole life to the good ofliis country. AN INTREPID SOLDIER, A SKILFUL COMMANDER Victorious in a hundred ba'ties, HE GAVE LIBERTY AND LAWS TO HIS COUNTRY, And himself, oneyrd them. On each of the four angles of the base was a tripod which sustained a sepulchral lamp, and between the base and the ped estal was a space containing 700 jnvisi* hie lamps, which diffused splendor that illuminated the monument, without any other lights than these placed here and there on the floor, those of the chande liers, and those standing on the altars. On this base rested the pedestal, at the centre of which in front, was the portrait of the Liberator, supported by Liberty and Independence with the broken chains, crown, sceptre, and lion qf Bpain beneath their feet. The portrait rested upon the map of America and the Co lombian faces, and ever it was tbe torch of immortality. On the extreme, right of the pedestal was placed American in the garb of a native, reclining on the trank of a tree, and on the left Religion, r st ing ***** on a column, and holding a Cross in its hand, both inclining tow ards the portrait in an attitude of mourn ing. On the reverse of the pedestal was placed, in the centre, the emblem of death with the wings of time, and at its 1 sides right and left, were represented i Mars, depositing his sword and Minerva i presenting her Olive branch. On the right side of the pedestal was represented the anchor of Hope, between horns of plenty, and on the left, (between the same emblems,) the balance and oth er insignia of Justice. Around the four figures, were displayed with much taste i and symmetry, the flags of England, the United States, France, Holland, and the South American States. From the N Y. Com nercial Advertiser, March 3 FROM ENGLAND. This morning the packet ship Britan nia, Capt. Marshall, was announced as below. At a late hour the editors of the Commercial Advertiser received by this arrival, their files of London papers to the first of February, and Liverpool to the 2d, both inclusive, together with Prices Current, Shipping List, &c. IRELAND. In the Court of King’s Bench on Fri day week the Attorney General said, that in case of the King against O’Connell, he had to move for an attachment against M. P. L avelle, proprietor of the Free man's Journal. On the 18th of January the traversers were arrested; and on the 22d an article appeared in the Freeman's Journal, which was a gross contempt of the authority of the Court, and was a letter signed by Mr. o‘Comiell. It might be divided into three heads—lst, it traduced and villified the motives ofthc persons advising the prosecutions. 2d!y, it at tempted to over-awe the Court lie had the honor to address. 3dly, it sought to prejudice the public, mind. The Hon, Gentleman concluded by calling upon the Court for a conditional order, which the Court immediately granted. A correspondent of the London Courier says that “the Government are determined to crush O,Connell, and upon the present prosecution hangs the peace of the country.” The Marquis of Anglesey's IjCvcc.—* Never, since the levee en masse which George IV received at the Castle of Dub lin, has there been so imposing and so honorable a display of public feeling as we had the satisfaction of witnessing on Thursday. Upwards of six hundred persons attended to do honor to the no bleman, not merely as the representative of a generous and ’popular monarch— not merely -as a member of a reforming administration, ami the high officer who will have the honor (and, to such a man as he is, the heartfelt happiness) of car rying the reforms necessary into execu tion—hut to the man, t 6 William, Mar quis of Anglesey the genuinely popular, the disinterested, the devoted friend to all classes,of the Irish people. This display of public approbation, for bis private
