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fimERS’ & FARMERS’ JOURNAL.. . _ Kl> A>u riJIIJ.ISIIFJ» KVIIRY SATl^^^ »V THOMAS .1. ll«U.T«»....«:il \ItU)ITi:; lj:MirRi t«HJ!STY, NOR1IIH.MIIOLINA. ~ JJtllX T^ACH YOU TOrilCKCE Tlll^WglJt W 1 UK KAR ANII^INUU^ FROM THK CAVKRNS 0» TIIT MIM'NTAl.NH, .WriAIJ« WHICH Wll I. CIVK BTIiK.NflTlI To Ol II HAMW AND HUBJRCT AM. NATURK TO OIR USK AM) n.rASIJRE. DR. JOHJiSON. III. NO. 151. TIIK ^jiirr*^ X Farmers’ Journal I fjwiiih'd tnd pubhsln'd tvorj’ Saturday iiiorniiijf ^ it 1\m P*^*' ■uiiiuiu, if (laid in advaiict); ^ Oillars tind fifly Cents it'not paid in ad- wwe; Mian at the cud of Uic year. ! invKRTl5'K.Mi-N1'S will be insortctl at Fifl^ * «nt* f ('’*’* 20 linev,) for tlic fit»t mrrtion. anti iW ccntii for each iiico^diiig ^,yV_«rSl for thrre we«k«, for one square.— j ^ discount will b»! made to tlioia' who *i«rti«fbylh« year. IfOnalladvcrtiMMiipnls publication, the nunilwr of, in.*rti«n* ™uKt Ix* noted on the margin of the ; nunufrfipt, or Hicy will be cojitinued until ; fefbid.W'J charjred accordingly. I * • AIJ communication* to the tklitor must eome o!’potlusr, or they may not be attrndfd to. [ Aa«icri/ri UAL. i From the Mujit Farmer. PlAtlHJIlI.Vt;. I As this is the season for using tlial in-1 [ uluiWe instrument—the plough, p«Tlmps it j t>a\ be well to call the attention of our far-1 nersto the subjcct. There seems to exist j (juitea diversity «f opinion iu r*jjanJ to the ] pfowT depth that land should be ploughed, j Viny, and in our opinion too many, advo cate shallow ploughing. *• What’s the use, | av thev, ot' ploujjhing up the pan and bury-! laj the manure and the soil out of the reach jfthe plant’”—Ix*t us reason toj;ether.” | Wlmt’s the u«i« of plou^'hing at all ? Is it. Bot that wc may pulverize Che soil and bring ' It to !iuch a state that the little n>ots and fiorea of l!io plant may shoot out easily and pther up whatever it can find to tiounsh it! Is It Out lo incorporate the matiure w ith the soil and roako it of a unitbnii cotwisten-. cy, as iv rtgknis quality, vVc. 1 Now the dff j^er you make the soil, the deeper will flie routs plunge, tho more sourishfDeoI will they b« likely to tind, and the less liable will they be to injuries from j {fr.4Ji'hf. i’luugh deep—don’t fear bury lO;' I tiie Lunurc no deep that the roots will nut i it—they will go as deep as you can by t«y plough ever yet loadc. It is possible I Ui may not realize so gxji a crop j V first year by burying the manure deep-' but you will not loose it, and the next v.if you w ill have a deeper soil—and lit a ; 5rt linie, your land will of course, be i >*nli double bccuusc you w ill have a double j •'i of soil. U hat makes tho intervals j •d brtt-im lands so much better than most | ! Aye, but Naluro made that, i T'.ti, Ciko Nature's advice and make yours K>. \'i Nature has made a plough of the' fl'M!:'::- and buried her veg*'tablc matters' c and ffiadc u aoii ten fold more valu- > — lir if, follow her example. She did j v-l ^Io it all at once, neither need ymi, ifi arc m.t able. If you tiiiuk that yw! |(i> i.'t manure sufficient to make such aj ■ ti/! fir-t jear, er miwt liavo the bent fit [ w It tn.mediwtely, act accordinply, bit be-1 i!iQ It.? f.iterii ifTimediately. Ifyourniij !,ui ft,ur inches this year, plough six ' > Hfid increa.sc annually till you g* t K,;ni»i pf r than you can get the pint |«)ojr f;i«vu;;h. We may api-tar some- jt lo"i/iatical in our advice, but that is con.seriuenre provided we can dog- ' Z'. sv!u5 into ibe practise, who ar« now ofposfd to It. >V hat runs a farm ‘il, oi It u cnilcd ? Is it not shoal plough- or fcntrhing over the koiI os if you afraid of gelling out of the loach of If*' .3 and air ? We vcniy b» lievc this is ' " Kii.ripa! cause. Tho remedy must be ' verst* course of uianagcinent. Krom the New Kii|;laniJ Farmrr.) .viAi.ssr uiK iJKivMd'nr. Muwfiihl (ith mo. Uh, I “'.'I.'t. o I'l —There lias b« en i^r.fj conc*-niing keeping the grub 'f-n fy> cali(d) from the l»*-e hive. 'I’he * ■'■-hipt ia done by flyinj; in^ecls, callwi ‘ which infest Ijee-hivcs m tho au- lian. I l,;ive j,ot marked the time par- ; tut according to my observations, '..'U a fcwdajH, in which they make 'I’hone ruillers d'-posil their [ .11 i!ie hive. 'J'he eggs hatch and be- »orrii-i, which dcHtroy honey and ■'’’rm. J Hiillers come b tween siuisot ’ t'Kj tr (liter it Uicuinesstimewhaldark, | •'> •''« iiii.c ill the eveninrj ui which they ' “'■*5 ill' ir I ffirts, is not more than half an ! ■ 1 ;iis tlje ca.se, I ioik my *'“■* furuiite itu(J pbu'd it near the ^ bee hives, in order to attract the millers to tho fire, which I mudo in it. Kul 1 found that it had a contrary cfiect. It dis pelled them. I h»ve donothis twoor three years with succcss, and have had none of tho grub worms in iny Uco hho since. Mort’ particularly—set the furimce, sny tw»> yards from the hives, and make in it a fire of shavings or any light fuel, so tliat the light may shine un the hives. If the wind should blow tho smoko on the hives too much, set the furnace further ofi*; but prt?- vious to all this let tho mtniths or doors of tho hives b« stopped except on the front where the fire shines. This is of considerable consequence in e- conomy, and I wish those who keep bees to prove the expi-rimont; and when 1 shnll hear from them, 1 shall say inoro about bees—but ono thiug at a time. r.TMI EL GkOVKR. (From the Vcrinont ChranicK'.) liFES. -Wt/^an, i-:n. Kditors.— A variety ofexjiedit nts • have been devised to prevent the entrance | of the be«j moth into bec^ hives. I am n«)t | wellsatisfH'd with any I have teen, though they may lie of stiine use. i Leg to proiHwo a new one ; and that i**, a rope of cotton .Tool, extending from the entrance of the 1 hive riKjml to the entraucc again; an«l if tiiought neceiwary, another nrouud thtt top of the hive. Indeed, [xjt cotton wcmjI soiuewhat loose, in or on all places where i the moth will lucltno to lay its ejgs. | It may be well to sprinkle the cotton with i tine salt. It'the rope becomes wet and ad- | heres to the hive or l^ttoui l>««ird, a new j ropfl may be substituted. 'J hi rtatou of the thtnff: Insects in genei-it|, bimJ iiaths in particular, avoid cotton wtMil, a^ a niilim , for thcir eggs, prolubly beruusc they are , so easily c:iUi{ht by its thrend!>, aixi U'causc there is no oik in it ns in viool. Px c-« them- > selves will not walk uj>od it. Salt too i« avoided by insects as a nidui, and by 5;Tink ling the cotton with that, it may be still more uncomfitrtable to the miller. The experiinrnt i.s v) s.inple, I hoj>c it wi'l be tried. In giiH’ral, ifa hue is weli *tnc!.ctl With bees there h not much f*-sr hut they Will manage loguird the entrance, if the apertures arc uot too larg^. j J \V. ' Kw;i3n:.\T.\L oiii/KRs. ihmm^i altkk.s i ; Ciirlntu, I . -JVtV l-ai. S I fBI.IIK OfTii-'ri, 'Comnii' ^ ■ and non.i.’oiiinii; ;toiir(S‘ .VI'-. j firiani «nH priv.it-n 10 Ui" ' l*t K'-jinienl «f N '. | willparail- in ('!i*ri on I'rid. y. I l(i ■tlh ot r •riut il and »'f]iiipp 1 «' oriiing to l-iw. !ur K''- v:ew irxl |{ ^:!iiii.*tii bf f-trinid prn : ly at !l o''' A. M. ’oiiimyi.'!i" of Vitji= anif« «lll Ix! r>^|nir* 1 lo r* ;*ifl Im fn;ni- 1 h-r «jf prn.iii 111 l...ir couijMiiK ■ i\t Head t^'inrli r *. a'. ' o'tlocn, A. M. I!y oi Jt r of tli- (',1.1 >•> i t. '■ jNu. r, rmi iiK.j .n .1/ r. 1 ATTi:.\TI().\ : Lafatfrltr . ii'fidcrif. % * OF are IiT by orfi' r*-d to pnrade M in ')iariott, at liie iii.iinl p»- r«d‘ "fniitid, (iti .''atiinlav, t!u' 'ih of Si-pti'iiilier ni jt. at 1(1 o'l i»«k, A. M. ariiif'd and r>|iiip|M dai thu law iiii I for tin: piirp«jM: of drill. Uy order, A. II. MAIiTIV.O .V, Aus- 2^ I-.').'). 311 LI I'A R% OK l> i:KS. IIF-AU WlJAKTi;ii.'4. ( Citnroril, Au'j. 'Jn, ( !(Tn*>F' f’omfnnndin({ Ollkerii, bclon ine lo the Kfjfiiiient of ’avalry ultaihdl to llic llth Hn:jale of thr 'tth Divinion of tlie North '.iruliim Mililu, arc; liertliy conirouml* d to ap|>« mt in ('Imr- lotli-, on Kriilny the 1th of )« fobi r ni-xl, « ilh their rin(*. live ■iiltallernii and prnalris, i'|iiip|«t d nr. cording to Uw, Ibr Htview and liiiip*Ttion. Thr kegiineiit will be formed at 10 o'clock, A. .M. IJy Older of W.M.C. MFAS"!, Cot. i'omil'l. CllA.^. J. llAliias, .Ujt. From the Xew-York- Da 'ihj Athtrtistr. Ural Uf/orm.—The follow iiig article is intetvled to correct nn abuse in the cu^^tom house, which wo wero not aware existed until wo saw this letter. Hiiico the .Secre tary has taken thn (ul>Jert up, and seems disposed to remedy tho evil, it muy be well for him to inquire, whether the practice complained of muy not have arisen f.om an other which IS said to exist, and which, if true, culls us loud fur tho interpo«itiou of some jKiwer competent to produce a reform, as that alluded to in this letter. We refer to n practice which Inn b»“en ollen s.ud to prevail of taxing ollice-haliier?', in the cus toms and elsewhere, a consideiable jier ten tage un their incomes, /or iHtlUical i»irj'>o~ tfi—that IS, to forward clection>*, and wture the ascendancy of those who now hold the reins of power. W 0 have heard this alleg ed *o frequeutly, and by tho«o who quoted gx)il.atilliorily fjr if, that we presume there must b** soiuo foundation for the btory.— Now, if the men who.su iiicotia’S are barely suliifieut to support themM.lves ami raniihes, are obliged, as tho consideration on which they hold their places, to pny a iien\y tax tor the pur{H>M' that has Imh-u mentioiK d, it raniiot becomudk reil-tranget!i:itthej »lu>u!d rexiTt to .some ludirett means lo rt [ .nr Ihcir Uiines. Eitract of d I.tttfT ftnrn th Stfrititr^ jf thr Ttta- $Ut y Utlirli 'V v-Hi>0To\, 7th Ao". I'lt.l. " It is tiieduty of the tiuwiioiiem in-lee tliHt ;iM iIiom; who hnvo 1hihiiu'>. :it ihi os. tom Hi-u-ie, shall h.i\e their uti>urs pr>>ii>;>(. I\ alt* tnleil ti». I ;i« (io«erninoiit lia ihe |K>w-r ai.ii the inciinalion to eiiifiloy iUxI iiU.Td'lv c'>n;(>« r»>iatenll ageiit^rMM -«.jry t «r the |>iil-l|i; »* rviCO; cotiM-qtieiitly, if lt)o*«; who tiavu buaine-s at llie C U'I"iii-II« um' nre iibl';;^! to^i\e private jmv to (’u'itom-lli>U‘e Ooit er'*, It niU't be b'cau^e thi-re are iwt Ollii'ers ;id> qiiiite to tiie iliitv, or boniise, if nuiner •u> »..t«TU;ih, they ilo n«t |icr1>riii tbir d'lty. ( r'!.pettiilly reque.>t \ m, iher**rore, to make known li> •■\'ry (^m er .-lid ( Icik 111 tite public einplovioeiit in \i>ur ’'isjooi-ir U'f, that the pr:n tice of rer*iv- ii’.g, fr«/i(i ni' rchantii or otliern, compci.s i- liou fnr servli es ol any kind, ituin rly cmi. derniiid ; uiwl, tlul no p*-rs>n who khall ac- r jit private i-.»m|>^n‘nlion. shall l>e n taiiK'd m «i r\it e alter pri> f >(' ihe t.i t. “ I ni-e*I not enoin'-rale ihe evilw likf ly to rMilt I'liMfi a e»n!iuiiance id’th" pr-ctice to winch )ou r ‘ter. h a inerrliaot eaniK.t gel Ills b'lMfifH-. tranvirt'd it sh>>u!d b“. it iiiti't h - the f-Mj’t of the (iuvi rniiieut ; il li' has til fciy a | ublic !* rk, he h !•* a jii't cau*" of c>..nqiijnt a^'Hii>t the (•'•M'rnnienI ; and ■ I '■!rir.j; teioptatiu!i is held «'Ut to [lubiic a- to cr ate d l.t\ Mild ditiicul?\ in order lo rleer' d a laerch^ii.t into the pavrwiitof private ft c>*. >i;e alm^* of this kind will lead to olhcr'i; an.l at hi't there will bo a laxity ot' mor.il tieling uiti ilv ii;oon»-;-tent with the rhar.'iCter «l the ri'unlry, and the hoiinr «'f its ; vcrnmeiil. it is .iltngether a nii'>take that the r» ceipt >f pri%.4i' eoio. Ijeiixilion IX »i oi'i I/'(’-/ior.t siijiiHjsc-*, a private alFiir lj»-twifo the oiIii-iT and the nierchunt ; and I cor.sidcr it my iuly th- more stroo^K to ».iy this,(t«^A>i/ t^trUltmun it attachul to the i'uxlom-llitum. As the head of the ino^t imp*.rt.iiit estahli'hment m the roiintrv , I look to vi>ii li>r all the aid that mnv l>e reqmsito to put an end lo a praetii e which no tune or authority, oeeoniing to my noli'ins, can sanetion or juslii). “ I am, very re>j-.-:lfully, your obedient servaiil, "UAf. .1 1)1 WF. .•-I • r. tary of Ihc .Nary. ^WMinvoi T. I «j- “Colleclor of .Vfw-York.” Cjorido of So«lii is wiid, in Ihe I.ondon l.ancel—a medical work, lo Iw an elWlual cure for a burn. It is slated in that jour nal, as an example, that an nll«>rn y in at tempting lo pul out the (l.imes that had at tacked the cut lams of his bed, got his hand>. burned, blistered but not broken, lie sent a rouple of quarts of the lotion, (I o/.. of the soluln.n to a pint of wafer,) had it pour* d in soup plnl s, wrapp'd his hands ill lini, as no skin wa« broki n; and so k» pt them for somo tune. Next morning he was so [)crlbctly well that only ono small dried patch of burn remained ; jet an hour ani^ a half elapsed before the ajiplieation. It is added that the samo renif-dy is suf- ficn-nt to heal senlds, and a blark e\ n. The latter item is im|Kjrtant to piigilisU. There is a Niillilier («ay» tho Kssox liigit/rr,) in South Carolina, called “ Ani- miiiophebnsqiinparatus lluatllebmn.” IMiu;- bu:i, what a name ! 'I'he follow ing sentiments, not less elevat ed than jtisl, we copy FROM T!ir. rrvNSVI.VASIA ISTrM.IfilNCFR. ".MY NA'I'IVi: I.ANU.” “ I.ive» there a man with noul so deiid A- iii'Ver to hinisclfhuH naid, 'i'liin i> iny own, iny native land,” The t'hronicle quotes tho above l)OBiiliful lines containing the most elevated sentiment of patriotism, and applies it to justify that sectional principle which treal.s as foreign ers the citiaions of our sister {States. h?uch an npplicalion in the parent dii^union.— What IS our “ yativc Landf' Is il the domicil of our fathers, the Town, the Vil lage, or t’ily, thn places in w hich we were born ! t'hall the citizens of Delaware only lx» allowed to call /h/au-are titr’ir •‘/latii'c land Is the native land of Fennnylvant- nns iMHinded by Ihn limits of the Stale ? No! oun,mif mtirf lunil" iH “our coun try, our whole country, and nothing but our country.” It is the land consecratel by the bh»o*l of patriots, poured out upon the l»a!lle fields of the Kevolulion, in>m Mas.sa. ehn>*'tls totieorgiu. It island for which Warren, .Montgomery and Moreer died, and W a-hington, (iiecne, and Lincoln fought. It IS the land of free inslilulions and unioii, extending as thr us tho biuiner of stars and ^l^l|•es w ates u|»on the land.— liull 'Wed mdfed an; the (daces of our birth —they awaken the pleuMng n-coileclioiis of chil ihotKi, but they should never degenerate into It >laiM«i» illiberalily, whuh nairows the h v« of (duulry to a single sjiot. t)iir ** iW/irt larul'' |s the ( iiion—without the Fiiii u we should blush to uw:i our “miftn' lund." I. t It iit-ver Ik- suid, that within Ihe boundaries of tins Kepublic, “I.3i>d« iiiti'rHern-d by a .Narrow t ril.'i, abti>r • ich utK>'r—Mouutainl liileri»>'i 'I in«At; (iii'oitm of iu(miu«, \V liK h )ii(l el.c like kin>irid dru{« bti.n mingled I ..tu uric." 77»r Siil^iuMt.—Thellinliury Her ald coutains a l-t!er li.ifi d \ m«‘cniitf» (liuli- HI. 11 Jo'y 1 nil of which the followitig is an extra* ; At I-- gr,n-pnrt. rn the b.iiiks of the W alKi I was ( niitioncil by au elderly lady ai.Miii.^! iising «ither milk, tiuller or be«-f, oil niy wa) to \ in;i-ime. As a reason for her c'autiuii, sb*’ lulornied nw that the niilk- M> kn-ss was couunon in this l!ftate, I liad he^nJ of It luforc, Inil knew little of it. .'^he iiiloriiH d me that vrry many deatliN oc- c'lrred annually by tin* dieailtui malady. I'here i« a ditll'r*‘iice of opinion as to the raii*r that ppsiucesit: b;it the general o- pinion IS, that it is «tcca*ioneil i»y the yellow f>x\ d of ar* nic in tho low ground and w o»«l- land, and particularly near the atmsh ri\r-r, and Ihnt some wrc 1 (lui \et unknown,} imbi!n-s the |>oishi. ai d wh*'ii eaten by cat tle, eaiiMS them to cpiiver, *l;igger and die within a few hours. It cow.s eat of il, the initk I- |M>i>oned, or biitti'r that is made froni Ihe milk : and i" al-o us sun* death lo lh>re whou-s‘ l!ic milk or butter us it is to the aniiiiiil that cats the wied. Cn .^.l care is taken tw burv Mich catt u .is die with it; for ifdog«, iVc. eat their lish, t!ie\ share the •Aiiie lat', and it op«'ratea iipuii them a.-- Mol* nl'.y Bi.d fatally as ii|)on the creature that wa* 111 ill atfiMe«J wit:i il. The butelier uiiil'oimily, in this f^tnte, runs tho victim I'or Ins kiiite a mile, to heat its IiI'kn], and it it has e iien of th*' wn tl, it will at onee, >fi stopjiiiig r]ui\t’rand s^huke ; it it doi's not, it IS coiisiJ -ifJ Sul"' to btili her, and tint is tie' uriiliirni te-t,even when lx,efc.ittlc hliow no Kigns of having ale Ihe we-d. Indians IS not aloiii- III this ini-fortniie ; there has be« n ni.iny chm s m some parts cf Hhioand Si.uth of .'"I. Louis, and others of the south. we>(terii I^tate*.. I have seen many farms, with comfortable buildings and iiii|>rovu- mcnts, entiM l\ nk'indoneij, and their owners (li d to other quarters, to avoid ihe dread ful cnrw*. And wt i eonfexs I have never H.'en anv wclion of country su|snor in soil, to the land adjoiniiii' the \\ aba'h, and this IS the only olijt.clioii to it. \ ours, »Vc.'’ U'r»fn»in.—To the honor, to the elrrnal honor of the si x, !«■ it .said that m the path of duly no sacriliee?* m w ith them too hi;;h, or loo dear. iNuthing is with lliein impos sible, lull to shriok from what love, honor, mnoi i rue, reli^Mon requires. 'I'h" von-o of pirasnre or of power may pn*-*j b\ niibeedeii, but the voiec o| alllictiun neviT. "I he ehamlK.T ol the m k, the pil low of llio dv mg, tho vigils of the dend, the altars of reli«ion, never fad lo excilo the s\ ni|>athies of wmian. Timid though she lie, and .so dcliealo that tho winds of heaven may not loo roughly visit her, >cl she feurs no danger, nor dreails no coii-ie. qucnees. 'I'hen she di.“pla\s that niidaniil. ed spirit whuh iii'ither courls dillieulties nor evades them, that resignation which iil. lers neither nininiurs nor regret, and that paticnec in .sullering, which se>ms viclori- 0U8 even over di.atii itself.—Judf^c Story. (till Pu]»r.—I'he Newport .Mercury says,—This numb-r commences 7(i years since tho Newport Mercury was first jiuh- lished in this town, (June 12, hj .lames I'ranklin, elJ *r brother of J)f. ikn- ja.'iuD rraiikliti. Circhrtuitantiul Eridence.—A case has just occiirrcd which «dda another to tho many warnings heretofore given *f the dan ger of convicting a man on circumBtaiitial evidence, when tho chain of testimony not unbroken nnd complete. A youlli, iiHmed Frothingham, suddenly disappeared jfroin his school in Oneida, N. Y. having I just pn-viously converted a check into mo- jiiey. Il was of courtsc conjectured that ho j had fallen a victim to somo murderer, atij great exeiiem«nt of the public mind in tho neighborhfHxl was the conseqiiencc. I’ro- seiilly, suspicion fastenefl on a tavern keep- ! er in n neighlKiring village, at whose hou.so I I'rolhinghnm had been neon, ami a man I was found who swore that this tavern-keep. 'er hail hired him to take Ihe body of Froth- I ingham from his hay loft, and throw it into j Ihe IVlohaw k ; and his evidence was aftpar* ! enlly confirmed by tho apprarancc of IiIojhI Ion the wagon, whip and baruess, which hn j said he used to carry the l)oly to the river. ! Search was mado for tho body, but not ■ lieing found, the man was, afler being somo : time in custody, and after undergoing aii examination, discharged. And lo! this sup|K>9ed murdered man whose corpse was sniil to have Iteen thrown into the Mohawk, now writes to his father from Liverpool, that h- had wandered oflT to Quebec in a >tale of teiiqiorary alienation of mind, atnl I had, williout b«*ing aware of what he wai dtang, emloirked for Kngland! Had an i Avery excitement b«-en ^ot up, by intentt- >d managers, the poor inn kee[ier would have probably been hung—and had y oun^f Frothiiighaui’s d« raiipoment continued, and i ho had died in a foreign land, unknown to j those around him, tho name and memory I of the tavern kcejier mij{ht have been for ever stamped with the infamy of a murtkr- rr.—h’jnihburg Virginian. [/Vom thr ljundon Ixinfft.] The following sifigular applicali*n of phrt rioh/gy in the medico-legal mvesligalii n of a murder, has recently takeu place iii I'aris. S veril yean* haveelapwd sincc a femalo di.sap(>earctl from her house iu tho Ruo Vuugirard, ami no mformation r®s|»ecting her was obtain>sl until a very short tiit.o fince, when an intercepted letter led to a search for her botly in the garden at tho b;i k of the house. A skeleton was thero found, and a imnutr exammation of it waa directed by the police to be made. M. Du- inoulier, prolobsor of phrenology to the ci»-ty of Fans, was accordingly, sent for one evening by ,M. Orfila, without b ing (old Ibe object of Ihe mission. Introduced into u room where were assetiibled thn Pn'ciireurdii Rot, municipal guards, agenlf of |H>lice, the kus|»ected pcrsotu, and olher«, •M. Ihiiiioutier was licairerl to determiiio w hether iho In-nes presenleti lo him all be- longetl to micand the same individual of thn human species, and to slate his opinion of the sex and age of the indivtduul to whom they tirlongud, and tho period of time that the Ijoties had been interred. Il.iving examined tho skeleton with at- tention, and put aside some lioucs of uni- mals, which had ls*eii mixed with them, hr* «arelull> scrutinised the h*ad, and dec id d that ihe skeleton h.nd Ixdoiigotl to a woman, that she was advanced in age, and that tho ImxIv had Iteeii enterred several years. Init the surprise of iho sjM'clators was al in hi ight when tho physicians continuing hii remarks, commenced lo speak of the char acter of the perstiii whose skull ho h Id iii his blind, declaring that she was miserly, and of a violent lenq>er, and adding otln r details, nil of w hich were jicrli^tly conform able with the known temper and character of tho missing woman. I’lil two centuries ago, as the Crown So. licitor oli^ rved, a sinular divmation would have led its author to the stake. Never theless M. Puinoulier is no magician, bul a distm,i/uishcd pupil of Gall and t'purzheini. I be liicts cannot fail to excite tho inten t of those who Isdicve in tho truth of phren- ologv and the curiosity of those vtho doubt f. r'(X>»/ Adrirr.— It is belter lo tread th« path of life cheerfully, f-kipping lightly over the thorns and briers that idistriict your wav, than lo sit down under every bed;; ’, lamenting vourharil falo. The thread i f a ehoerlul man's life spins out inucli lon2*'r tiian that of a man w ho is coiitiuiially .s:;d ;ind desponding. Prudent conduct in tho eoiiceriiH of lifo is highly necrs-sary—but if ilifctres* succeed, (lejeclioii ami despair will not allord relief. 'I ho l>est thing to Imj done w-lien evil eouics upon us, is not lamenlation hut action: nut to sit and sutler, but tu risu and -seek iho remedy. .1 fat Offirr.—Il is staled as a fad, that f. A. Ilainillon, I , S. District AlUiriioy, for Ni w-Voik, has made one hundnd thoumnd. doUarx out of his ollicn, winch he has uot held fwr more than four years. In thr North of ICngland is a direction post, biMrlng the following inscription; “'Fhis rodii goes no ware.” In the saino neighborhood is a qimck doctor, who pro. lends to cure tho ague. Ins mgn is as foll«v>; “Hear lif'« wuu lioo Qrs a tioos.”
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 7, 1833, edition 1
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