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spirit, "von arc under a ©ift il»o i
lu re. It was to Jan • that you made a
proposal yesierd •}' eveuiiig; and you arc
taking iue lor h« r at tin* moment.”
“ M stake you for your sister! Propose
to Jan. ! l.ieredil'ic! Impossible! Youurc
jesting.”
“ riien lie mistook Jane for me, last
jiijlit; and.he ia..ijo deceiver!” thought
Fanny to herself, as with snides beaming
brightly through her tears, she turned
round at his reiterated prayers, and y.tld* ,
ed the band be sought to Ins pressure.!
"He mistook her for me! lie, that defied
us to perplex him!”
And soil was: an unconscious and un
observed change of place, ns either sister
resumed her station beside little Betsy,
who had scamj»ered away after a glow
worm, added to the deepening twilight,
and the lovers’ natural embarrassment,
had produced the confusion which gave
poor Fanny a night’s misery, to be com
pensated by a lifetime of happiness. Jane
was almost as glad to lose a lover as her ,
sister was to regain one; Charles is gone
home to his father’s to make preparations
for his bride; Archibald has taken a great
nursery garden, and there is some talk in
Abcrleigh that the two sisters will be mar
ried on the same day.
Great Natural Curiosity. —The
brig Ilardy, Capt. Shirkley, which ar
rived at Boston from Batavia, has on
board a living female Ouremg Outang. —
she has suffered much on the vopage, and
is very sick. She is greatly eff» led by
cold, and keeps a blanket constantly wrap
ped about her. She lias liecn visited by
l)r. Smith, the Quarantine Physician,
who examined her, felt her pulse, and or
dered milk to be given her which occa
sioned a temporary revival of her spirits.
She is still abl - to walk, nilliougli she
totters from weakness. When she stands
erect her hands nearly touch the ground.
She eats, drinks, and s/tits like a human
being. This is the only successful at
tempt cvi r made to introduce out: of these
remarkable animals alive into this coun
try. The e iitse of her sickness was steal
ing and eating sugar of lead from the
medicine chest.
A Paris correspondent of the Court Jour
nal, describing the family of Louis Phi
lippe, thus notices his daughter:—“l had
lately an opportunity, at the Parisian O
pera, of closely observing the two charm
ing sisters of the Duke of Orleans ; who,
differing in complexion, hear marks of
intellectuality and sentiment in their line
ly formed features. Louis, the eldest, is
nineteen, rather pale, and her face is ren
dered captivating by her large dark eyes,
beaming with expression, long silken
cve-lashes, and profusion of rnven-black
tresses; its contour is a fine oval, and if
tin ro is any truth in physiognmy, she
must possess a reflective and cultivated
mind. She ap(rears instinctively alive to
the charms of music and of sentiment,
for 1 could sec that, far from appearing a
pathetic, she entered most feelingly into
the joys and sorrows of the heroine of
the piece. Marie, her sister, is one year
younger, and differs entirely in her style
of attractions. She is delicately fair,
with a profusion of flaxen ringlets, clus
tering round her smiling countenance. —
Her eves are of a cerulean blue, and ex
press a seraphic look of good temper. —
If her face does not portray intellectual
superiority, there is a calm repose, a deli
cious stamp of kindness and amiability,
which amply compensate for a higher cast
of countenance. An enthusias m young
buck, a few months since, was so enam
oured from having accidentally seen her
in public, that after writing many letters,
and at length endeavoring to force his way
into the Palace, his friends were compet
ed to place him in confinement at Char
ton. where he still remains uncured of
liis hopeless passion.
The question has been asked, what
would be done in tlie event of the two
Houses of the British Parliament coining
into collision on the reform question, on
the suppnstioa that the elections of the
House of Common* terminate in favor of
the Ministry. In that case the presump
tion is, that the King will exercise his
prerogative of adding to the peerage.—
This is a power which has been rarely
emploed for the mere purpose of (lack
ing a Parliamentary majority. Bur be
tween tlie interposition of this branch of
the prerogative, and a total rejection of
the bill, vve can perceive no alternative
except civil war. A dissolution of the
Parliament, with a view to get the sup
port of public opinion in its favour, would
be an iirqierfeet act, if a knot of factions
nobles co.ild thvvuit and counteract the
popular determination. In ordinary ca
ses an increase of Peers falls within that
view of the power in question, which con
siders the King as the fountain of hon
our for those titles which flow from him as
the rewards of civil or military services.
But 31r. Pitt, who was a bold 31 mister,
slid not scruple to recommend a very ex
tensive addition to the Peerage, for polit
ical objects merely. There is, therefore,
a recent precedent to be placed in justi
fication of such an net.
Southern Patriot.
Get trow in*inst tioiit stay lacing.
c l V l. i | aiier gives the lbllow
>|t t it f t;
* • I evU.y evening an inquest was
olucu 1 ’l&:c Mr. Baker, at the Rose and
Crown public house, Charles stre -t, Step
ney, tin view of the body' of M.ss Betsy
Harris, afi voting wo nan, 22 years of
age, who came to her death the following '
Circumstance* :
.Mr. Richard Pal ;r, a surgeon, residing,
in the commercial road, stated that on 1
?umiay evening last lie was sent for to,
nteud’the deceased. On going to the j
mother's house, he tound her lying on the j
;arpet in rliu back parlor, Bhe was then
ijuite dead, but the body was not cold.—
for the satisfaction of her friends he o
peued a vein in the arm, but only a few
drojiS of blood followed the iue -ion. On
that morning he opened the body and head
of the deceased, and found the brain in a
state of congestion. This, lie imagined,
was produced by compression on the de
scending aorta, from a very hearty meal,
aad great pressure from the stays of the
deceased, which at the time of her death
was really incredible. The eifect of the
pressure was, prevented from passing in
its ordinary course to the lower extremi
ties, and consequently caused a greater
flow of it to the lungs and brain. The
heart 1 the lungs, the stomach and intes
tines were perfectly healthy, hut two lat
ter were considerably distended with fluid.- |
and food. There was an excessive quan
tity of roast beef and spiunach m the
stomach* which appeared to have been
bat recently taken. He was of the opin
ion that the congestion of blood on the
brain, winch she was predisposed to from
her make, and which was occasioned by
the pres tire lie had before dcscrtlied, pro
duced by appopiexy, which was the cause
of the death of the deceased.
Mrs. Rogers a lady living next door to
the deceased deposed that about Imlf-paet
eight o’clock on Sunday evening, she was
| called in to see the deceased. On enter
l ing the house the deceased lay in the pas
sage appcarently lifeless, and seemed as if
she had just expired. She was removed
into the back parlor, and she (witness) as
sisted in unloosing her clothes, which
were extremely tight round the hotly. I let
stays were laced particularly tight—so
much so, as her (witness’s) opinion to
cause a very unhealthy and improper pres
sure. Indeed she did not know the de
ceased could have home them on, and
was not suprised at thair having occasion
ed her dcuth. There were no marks of
violence on the body. The deceased
lived with her mother and sisters, and, as
far as she (witness) was able to judge,
they lived on the most friendly and affec
tionate terms with each other. Witness
saw the deceased on Sunday morning,
when she appeared in perfect health.
Mrs. Anne Marta Wood, sister to the
deceased, said that she was at the house of
her mother oil Sunday evening, wh*-n the
deceased died. Throughout the day she
was in excellent health and spirits, and
ate a hearty dinner of roast beef, spinach,
pudding, bread and ale, about one o’-
clock. She made no complaint of ill
ness during the evening, hut merely once
or twice said that she felt rather sleepy.
About 8 o’clock the deceased was stand
ing with her mother tit the front door, ad
miring the beauties or the moon. Her
mother observed it was absurd to ima
gine that the moon had a face. Upon
which the deceased remarked, that that
which was generally taken for, and called
by some the man, and hv others the face
in the moon, were mountains, and that it
(the moon) formed another world. Just
as she pronounced the last word she fell
hack in the hall exclaiming"Oh mamma,”
and never spoke more.
The jury, without hesitation, returned
a verdict that the deceased died of apo
plexy. produced by her Slav being two
tightly laced, and expressed a hope that
the proceedings might get publicity, as
they might serve to warn females against
a practice which was so decidedly in juri
ous to their health, and in many instances
cause of death.
POLITICAL.
from the .V to- York Journal of Commerce.
NULLIFICATION.
I have observed, with some surprise,
that the party in South-Carolina known
by the name of the “Nullification party,
take little or no pains to clear themselves
from the imputation of entertaining de
signes unfriendly to the Union, and hos
tile, without reserve, to Constitution of
the Country. Indeed, they seem to be
rather fluttered by it, than otherwise, and
pleased with that bad eminence. Hut as
1 Jiave become fully convinced that they
are not understood and do not understand
themselves too well, I have resolved to
undertake their vindication from the ef
fects of popular prejudice and their own
thoughtless conduct. I believe it will be
found, upon examination, that they are
a very harmless set of people, and that
we may saf Iv eat, drink and sleep with
them, under the same roof, in city, town or
country. They are not such fire-eaters
and cannibals as they themselves would
have us believe. I dare say they will not
thank me for my good word, hut will ra
ther say
“Timeo Danaos ct dona.fercntes.”
hut for all that, I will give them their
honest due.
I will confess that at first, they puzzled
me somewhat, 1 was not quite prepared
for so much smoke, without some fire.—
The old precept “ax fmini dare lucem"
•rave me some reason to expect a blaze.
Hut their fulminAtiotis turn out to he but
play-house thunder after all; and since I
have discovered that though they speak
daggers, they will use none, I am for win
king friends with them and leaving oIF de
nouncing them ns plotters of treason and
preachers of rebellion.
W lint, aftor all, is ihe doctrine which
the“ Nullifiers” maintain? If there is no
thing in their doctrine which leads to
bloodshed and resistance, then whatever
may be their vehemence, we may easily
trammel up all the consequences of their
nullifying theories.
Well, then, their doctrine, if I have the j
honor to comprehend it, is after ull but
this: "That tiny State liu'a jSe right to>
pronounce upon the constitutionality of a!
law of Congress and to declare its opinion
upon it.” Wow, though lam as far from j
holding the particular opinion of this new
school as to the constitutionality of tin ,
Tantf, ns the Arctic from the Antarticj
I’tile, yet will I concede them the full right
not only to pronounce upon constitution- I
alitv, hut the expediency also of any & :
every law of Congress that they may j
choose to (mss under their revision. If
any number of the people conceive them
selves aggrieved, the)- have a right to as
semble peaceably & petition for a redress
of grievances. And who can deny, the
same right to the representatives of the
people hi their State legislature? They
have always enjoyed and exercised it, and
may they long. continue in its enjoy
ment.
As far then, ns “Nullification goes in
tlieorv, the State legislatures or county
conventions, or town, meetings have an
undoubted constitutional right to express
their opinions on the cnnstiutional'ity of
any law of Congress, and to declare it
unconstitutional, inexpedient or oppres
sive. They have the same right which
j they have to declare their sentiments on
the system, the merits of the candidates
|of the Presidency, or any other abstract
I proposition whatever.
And when the question of practical})/
j nullifying a law, thus declared unconsti
tutional by a given legislature, convention,
‘ qr portion of them, is presented, I am also
forced to admit that have a right, in one
sense; to repeal & resist the law. That is,
that they have a perfect, unalieniable right
to make a civil war—to say that tiny will
resist, and resistance then becomes re-
Irlliou or revolution, as the event may
decide. God forbid that in a free country,
any freman or freewomau should be de
prived of the liberty of resisting ajiv law,
which, in his or her opinion is unconstitu
tional or oppressive.
But I do not understand the “nullifiers”
to meditate this last experiment. They,
or at least their leaders, will not avow it;
and their nullification, therefore, in theo
ry, amounts to nothing more than a dif
ference ofopiuions. When they come to
practice, they themselves would riot deny
that it is rebellion. But that is no part of
their creed ; at least, they show no incli
nation to live or die bv it.
The laws of the Union, then are not
proposed to he resisted by any forcible
means ; and if mere expression of opin
ion is all they mean by nullification ca
lamity, the Union is in no danger. They
ask only the liberty of arguing and threat
ening: let them have it, it will do them
good and no harm to any body.
But even these nulliiiers did contem
plate a resort to force. I should he soiry to
hear this cry of the Union being in danger.
Where is the danger ? Virginia gives
them no countenance —rVortli Carolina
turns a deaf ear to them, and no Southern
States will take part or lot in the matter.
II ow then, is the Union in danger and |
why all this bother about the Union ?
The Constitution in danger!?! The
Union not safe !!! As if we, who sup
port them by our tongues and pens, had
not courage and the strength to defend
them hy our arms.
Yes? are there not ;»00,000 swords
that would, if open resistance should oc
cur. be ready to quit their sheaths—.>oo,
01)0 bayonets to glitter in the sun, in de
fence of the integrity of the Union, and to
maintain the supremacy of the laws and
the Constitution? From the North and
the East—the huddle—the West and the
South-West, would rush myriads ofcham
pions, who have sworn to support the
Constitution and whose fidelity to the U
nion does not and can never waver.—
From the soil of our vast territory now
so tranquil, armies would start forth as
if the earth had been sown with fabled
draggon’s teeth of old. Let hut the tramp
of rebellion be heard, no matter qh what
distant breeze it may first be home, and
our fields would soon he crowned with
harvests of armed men. From the valley
ol the Mississippi, would march legion on
legion, their thousand floating banners,
inscribed with ‘‘UNION eV THE CON
STITUTION.” They would roll down
the mountain’s side with a torrent as re
sistless as that of their mighty liver. From
the mountains and glens of New England
the cradle and the home of liberty, would
issue in complete steel, the hardy sons of
pilprims, in swarms more numerous than
tlio.se which in peaceful migration, have
overspread the face of the land, and tilled
half a continent with cities, villages and
hamlets. New-York would rouse herself
when the beacon fires of the Constitution
and the Union Were lighted up, and
shaking oil the incubus which now weighs
upon lier energy and her glory, like dew
drops from her mane, she would never
sheath her sword while rebellion remain
ed in the field. From shores of her in
land seas—from the banks of her stupend
uotis canal: from the thousand streets
of her cities and villages, her thousands
and tens of thousands would sweep, in
serried phalanx , across the Hudson and
the Delaware to encounter it in its remo
test fastnesses ! &. Pennsylvania, the key
stone of the Federal Arch, would not sit
quiet, while its foundations were under
mined. With her Jersey on her left and
Maryland on her right, she would march
forward in the holy cause of Union and
national existence, ller place is in the
van, and there will she he found with all |
her freemen, whenever disunion shall rear j
its head.
And there are those in South Caro- j
linn, who, in the face of all this, can se- ]
riously talk of resistance to the laws and ;
constitution of the country ? It is incred- ;
ilile ! She lias menaced? hut it could net - |
er have been more than the language of
passion. The v ild ravings of the triple i
renegado vho has laboured to raise the ;
storm, can never be the guide of the state
that gave birtli to and cherished a Lown- ,
hks. & still venerates liis inernor)! Where
has the'’mantle of that pure and illustrious
statesman decended ? A statesman whose
only act was to protect the honor and ad
vance the prosperity of his country. His
enlightened and patriotic labors in the
councils of his nation have kept u mon
ument in its records, to which the luturo
historian shall point as the head of public
virtue;- as the reward of a bright and
stainless political career ; as the enviable
award of his cotempoinrics, and of pros
perity, toil statesman whose life was de
voted to the public service, and w hose de
uce was ever—"noble ends hy noble
i means attain.”
But if the present statesmen of South
j Carolina reject this statement, let us ac
cord them the right of resistance to the
con.-titution and laws: only reserving to
ourselves the ritilit to enforce and main
tain them by the same means they would
in that case employ in subverting them.
MARCELLUS.
FO! iF. IG N.
later from Europe.
The ship Birmingham arrived at New-
York, on the Otli inst. Liverpool dates
of the 7th, and London of the 6t!i of May
were received by her.—The following is
tlie principal intelligence which has been
gleaned from the papers:
in England there is little going that
interests eis-Atlimtic readers, stive the c
leetions; they occupy almost exclusively
the public mind there, and go on trium
phantly in favor of reform. In another
column it will he seen that Gen. Gascoyne
has lost liis election for Liverpool, and
tlint Messrs. Ewart and Denison, both in
favor of “the Bill,” are returned to Par
liament. Mr. Dundas lias been elected
by the Corporation of Edinburgh to rep
resent that city; the vote stood, Mr. Dun
das 17; Mr. Jeffrey 14; scattering 2.
The people were highly indignant at the
result, (Mr. Duiidus being opposed to
the bill,) and some serious riots took
place in consequence. —Mr, Jeffrey did all
in his power to suppress the disturbances
—he harangued the multitude, told them
that lie had taken upon himself to coun
termand the military that «as called out.
By dusk, the mob could not lie suppress
ed hy the civil force, and the military
were again called out. The Edinburg
Journal says,
11 o’clock P. 31.—Within the last
hour, the disposition to riot has greatly
Coast'd, and the town is comparatively
quiet. We arc glad to say that no lives
have beo.ii lost, hut many have suffered
seriously. From the disturbed state of
the city, no public dinner was given to the
friends of any of the candidates.
Our papers inform us, that of the three
-hundred and eighty members returned,
the Ministers have an actual gain of eigh
ty —two hundred and twelve being in fa
vor of, and one hundred and sixty eight,
against the bill. The difference in favor
of reform between the members now re
turned and those in the last Parliament
from the same places, is 80. Lord Lynd
lnrst, an active opponent of Reform, is
said to have expressed an opinion that, in
the eventof the Reform Bill being cur
ried in the House of Commons by a ma
jority exceeding fifty, it would be highly
improper for the House of Peers to reject
it. Every where but in the '■‘‘rotten bor
oughs" the people arc successful. From
all that we can gather, vve believe the Re
form Bill will he carried in the new Par
liament—England will then be contented
and happy.
The Civil Authorities of London were
to have waited on the King upon the 4th,
to invite their Majesties to dine with the
corporation at Guildhall on the 20th. But
it is said that on the evening of the 3d,
the Lord Mayor received a letter from the
Secretary of the Home Department, sta
ting that, as the King had recently expe
rienced some symptoms of a return of
gout, it might become necessary to post
pone his intended visit to the city. Ru
mor however, was inventive on the sub
ject, as malicious publications had ap
peared, seemingly with the object of in
timidating his Majesty. A handbill pub
lished iti the name of the Lord Mayor,
had been sworn in the King’s Bench
to be a false and fabricated document.
His 31ajesty held an entire levee on the
4th lilt at which the Foreign Ambassadors
and Ministers, Cabinet Minister.-, &c.
attended. 31r. Wheaton, Charge d’Af
fairs from the United States to Denmark,
was presented to the King by 3lr. 31c-
Lane.
Vice Admiral Sir William Johnstone
Hope died on the 2d of May.
Mr. O Connell is said to be elected for
the borough of Dungarin.
In Ireland, great distress continues to
he experienced. The Limerick Evening
Post announces fresh outrages in the
county of Clare. Mr. O’Connell was a
bout travelling through that part of Ire
land, with a view to exert his influence to
quiet the people.
The widow of Admiral Nelson .died on
the 4tli May.
A notice has been issued hv the Direc
tors of the Hank of England, to the vari
ous branch hanks, that, for the present,
no more discount shall he made by them
under the rate of 5 per cent.
From Greece, it is said in a letter recei
ved by way of Italy, that Count Capo <!’-
Istria has announced to the chiefs of the
party opposed to him. that he has sent to
the enhinets of the three protecting pow
ers his resignation of the Presidency of
(J recce.
The London Courier expresses its
<h i-l ts rs tc v ) i-tl-er Pi- : i*«r I rcprld
will consent to become King ol Ilelei
miv. lie is said to have the subject yet
under deliberation.
Prime ('arignuu bad quietly. U with
out opposition, succeeded to the throne
of Sardinia, vacant by the death of the
lute king, Charles Felix.
The Paris Messenger lies Oinmhres
of the sth of May, contradicts, on the
authority of the Moniteur, the eonstruc
' tion put upon certain movements of the
Austrian army into Italy, and the eon.
sequent march of French troops.
In France all was quiet. The French
: funds were rising, being quoted on the
4th May, for 5 per cents r>B 70; 3 per
| cents 02 35.
Sunday, the Ist, beingtlie kina's fete
day, all Paris was in a bustle of exeite
ment: and great gaiety and good liunipr
J prevailed. Offence, how ever, vvt.g giv
l en by a request made by 3JV. Cassitner
Perrier of the Archbishop, desiring that
1 the Church might bear its part oa the
1 occasion.
j A letter from Toulon, of GCili April,
j snys:—We have this moment a report
! that two ships of the line and two frlg
i ates have received order* by the tele
j graph to sail immediately tor Li.-bon,
t > demand prompt satisfaction of Don
Miguel.”
Brussels papers have been received
to the 2d of May.
Col. Borremons had been sentenced
to three years imprisonment, and two
years more because there was no law to
authorise the imposition of a line!
In Italy) it appears that the success
of the Austrians in cheeking the insur
rections hud keep complete. Bonie di
plomatic conferences m-o however to
take place at Rome. The death of the
King of Sardinia, had been announced
m Paris and London, with the farther
intelligence that Prince Carignnn, who
succeeds to the throne of Charles Feliv,
had been proclaimed King of Sardinia.
From Poland we find little informa
tion in addition to what was already in
our possession----!* least of an impor
tant character. The rumor of further
successes over the Russians is the same
story, which we published a week ago;
it was received by arrivals at Dundee
and Leith, from Memel—but which we
fear are groundless.
We extract the following paragraph
from the Messager des t'hambres, of
Monday!—“Wo scarcely know what
kind ol' new plan General Diebitseh
would decide upon, us a fourth series of
operations, which the Polish defence i»-
bliges him to Undertake, But the news
this morning affords three extraordina
ry facts: the occupation of Sicdlec by
tlie Polish General IJminski. announced
in the Official Gazette of Warsaw: the
, retreat of the left wing of the Russians'.
! stationed at Koek, upon Vieprz and
Radjiew; and the retreat of Marshal
Diebitseh himself across the Bag, an
nounced by she Warsaw Courier of the
10th inst. Nothingcan explain these re
markable so serious facts, which would
decide the freedom of Poland, but the
insurrection of the Lithuanians, Volhy
niaiis, and evei. among the Russians
themselves, which have obliged Die
bitseli to inarch to the assistance of the
empire, menaced with a dismemberment
by a revolution, which appears to ex
tend from Livonia to Podolia, &, which,
perhaps, at tills moment disturbs l’e
tcrsbng itself.”
A Liverpool paper of 7th May says:
we regret to hear that an account has
reached town of the death of'Wir Thom
as York, one of our bravest and most
esteemed Admirals, and two naval
Captains, Brady and Young, in South
ampton River. It is stated that Sir Jo
seph and liis companions were yester
day on their nay to tlie St. Vincent at
Spilhead, in u wherry, winch was upset
by a puff of wind, and that the whole
party were drowned.
The Quarterly Review says that the
Tory or High Church party ceases to
exist, “if the Bill is carried"—to which
we heartily assent, with this addition,
“and if the bill is not carried, also;” in
fact, the Election will show that
throughout England, with very few ex
ceptions, the strength of the Tory party
is gone from it.— Gfas. Chron.
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GEOKUlA —Randolph County.
in. reas Starkey Collins applies to
" * me lor h iters of administration on
the estate of John Roach, lato of Lawrence
county deceased These are therefore to cite
and admonish, all and singular the kindled atul
creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at
mv otHoe, within tiie time prescribed by to show
cause (if any they have,) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given Under my hand, this Ist day of Juno,
I**'. Win. 11. RAR I ON, c. c. o.
June 11, 1431.
NOTICE.
(T/**Tho Sheriff Sales of Steavnrt
< oimty will hereafter he published ill
ihe Democrat, June 4,