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A liberal discount to i eerij aqtwu ;rOFFlCE on the fcouth side, of Market Street, be LIST OF ACTS, Passed , at the ; Second Session of the Twenty -.-V. . . second Congress. . r-. , i An act to explain an act, entitled "An act to reduce ' the duties on corfee,, tea, and, cocoa," passed the twentieth pi May, An act to establish a Land Oflice in tne Territory of.. Michigan. ' ! An act to improve the condition 01 tne hort commissioned -officers and privates of the Army and Marine Corps of the Uni ted, iStates.'tmd to prevent desertion.' j An act making appropriations for the Engineer and Ordinance Departments. ; j An act authorizing the Commissioner of the1 Gerueral land Office to issue pa routs" to persons therein nanred. r V ili An apt granting" an additional quantity of land: for the location of j Revolutionary bounty land warrants. , v J, An act to amend an act, entitled "Art act to alter and amend an act to set 'apart and dispose of . certain public lands Tor the encouragement of, the cultivation of the vine and olivet" approved' 19th Feb Wry, 1831. : .;. U V ;v ' An act for the .purchase of certain co pics ol Watterson and Vanzanat s fctatis tiral Tables, and to authorize a subscrip tion for the continuation of the same. ; An act ifor.'thcV construction of a roicl 7rom :,the Mississippi river to William irons on the St. Francis, in the Terri tory q1" Arkansas. - V A ; Anict for making Calais and Pem broke, jh the State bf Maine, ports of . de liviry. ";- :;' ; - v:; -s :i ' An act making appropriations, in part, iUr the support .of Government for the !y H r -1 833, and ibr certain expenditures 6 Itlie year Ib6 ! Ah act in addition o tne act lor tn f ra'dua.t, improvement 61 bllV i.JH.VV Wl LUG tinitt-d '.States; ; All act making appropriations for car bryin n-. oil' the fortifications of the Unite: States, during the year 1833, . ! J v ' Aii act 'lriaki Hgfcapprpriations!;-. for thei Iriuiaji Department for the Year -1833 An actto authorize the laying out and oonVtructihg a- road from Line Creek tcj ihe Chatahobehe, ; afid for repairing the! joa'd on wliien the mail is now transport-! '!.. - v A;i- An act for the payment .of horses fend! arms lost jn the military service, of thei United States against the Indians on the frontiers of Illinois and the ' Michigan: Territory. iJ " A; " ' : l . A'. -:- ! An act to amend an act entitled "An act io rant a quantitjjrorvlarid to the Statej of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to ccjrmeet the .(raters of Illinois River with those of Lake Mi chigan, rand to allow! .further time to 3 the ptate of Ohio for r.mimencing the' Miami .Caiuii .from Dayton to, Lake Erie. ; !. I An act prescribing the mode by which patents ipr puDiic lands shall be tind executed. . j signed I An act ;to. authorize the President of the Uuite'd States to clause the public sur-; ivevs to oe conneaea witn tne line, oi.ae- narkutibn between the States of Indiana find Illinois. I 1 '. i An act to explain and amend the 1 7th and 1 Sth sections' of f4An act to alter and. firnend the several acts imposing duties on "'j'w; uppioveu i'iKi JUiy, lopo. xi An act to improve the navigation of . nd Alexandria .and for othrr nnmnsrs - i ' - , ; x' i- . An act makmnr "jhrnvision '-fur thp. rnb- . ' o r -f r ication- of the. Documentary - History of uie vvmerican itevoiurion. t An art fnrthnr tnl. nrnvido f-r vlJ Uection of duties -. . w ij v r uv 1UI lllv. vi I on t imports. Tl his is: ?what has been called "the lie venue Col- Uection Bill." j - .Jin. uci w revive me act entitled "an act supplementary to the several laws for! the sale of public lands. . , i An act declaring the assent of Congress - - 4 ..- A . .- . 1 . . . 1 1 ?o an act ot tne General Assembly of the State of Virginia, hereinafter recited. " An act for improving the navicratioh of fviiuni rivers in uie lerntpries pi f lori- 3a and Michigan and for surveys', and for; tther purposes. . ! ! 1 , I An act establishihg,a port of entry and 3el i very at the vil lage of Fall River, in Massachusetts, and discontinuing the of See at Dighton. ' tf J" , t - : '." ' -j An act making appropriations to carry fto effect certain Jndian treaties, and for Vher purposes, for the year 133. - ! J An act to create -sundry new land offi s, and to alter the boundaries of other nd offices of the U, S. ."..-! ,- ; V An act making appropriations' for, In an annuities and other similar objects, f the year 1 833; i v ! . ' An act further to: extend the time for .V.; i?ln'S certain donation claims to land VA i erritory of Arkansas. TnlVic, t0. modify the act of the Uth July is-v) i ..i . JgHs Qn Imports. This is Mr. Clay's r !i ! aim H 1 nrrror lmnncinn V 4 2VI1 ?Ct rnaVlrn. r .1 revo litionnr"? "I'l'priauons ior me. r-r -'J na other pe er pensioners ofthe Three An act for the more perfect defence of the frontiers. I hi; I ; An, act supplemental to the act entitled 'an .act. for the final claims in. Missouri." ! An act to authorize adjustment "of land tnelLefirislature of the State" of Ohio to sell the land reserv ed for the support of religion id the Ohio purchase, ..' '..'. A j An act making appropriations for the naval service br the year 1833vAj An act making approp Nations for the erection of certain fbrtijScationsl 1 An -act in relation tot thei Potomac Bridge.; t )-xy I X I . An act Waking appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of govern ment for the year 1833, J j ; J An act to amend an 'act Entitled "an act supplementary to the . act br the relief of certain surviving- officers and soldiers of the revolution." . 1 ;t -; . ' f j An act authorizing the -remdval of the office of Surveyor General of Public Lands south of Tennessee I iin.aci maKing appropriations ior tne , support of the army for fhf .year 1 833. I An act suppieimemryto5an act entitleo; . ,"y v.vr"" .s !Uvt...Mj,v.j ivu.u ap- proved d March, l27. Vo BE COV!NUEb. Frorn, tu J,riv -.Yosk Merianiilei Advertiser. Sca-Skkness.rTo physicians, no less than to those who "sail in shins." the fol- lowii article, which we have rendered tv ! i. ;" , am..t , imu jiignsn irom a copy pi "U iiiStaietie i do Havre," will prove interesting., i ne writer of thi3 article and we believe there arc thousands who can readily ap preciate his feelings from 4 I recollection of their own sad experience has seen the time when he ! would have glad-'' ly surreitaerea nis an or vyordly store j for a knowledge of this invaluable reme-1 dy this -ceinture tres Iserree." To physicians 4t will ; prove I interesting ! "were preparing: for; the mind 1 here from the possible developeinent of some ! cannot be a more favorable opportunity new ideqts it may suggest upon! the sub-! fr the overthrowiof liberty than this great ject.of the inverted action of the Stomach! inequality. . If all were ignorant,, they --the cause of which may frequently ex-1 would stand-upon V level, and in the;bal ist in an idrppothic. affection! '. bf the - mtes-'! ance -ofdisabilities, liberty might be safe, fines, instead of being j uniforjrnly attribu-j "But 'let the rich be well educatedand the ted to an irritable state of Ihe former or- i Pcor neglected, and the fall of freedom is gan ana call tor some change in the! administration of remedies j; "From the moment that mapkind have ventured upon the wave,! sea Sickness has existed, for which he ha&i vainly sought a remedy ' To show-that pfhlslhas been : found, and to describe the means of nrRl J servatioh, against this distressing com-ProPPrtion to the' magnitude of the' object plaint will 'y rhourdoubt belrendering .a proposed to its attention?.; Party ques j'ust tribute of gratitude tof the fortunate ; tions they set us in a flame; questions of nerso who has! discovered k' i I the deepest utility they put .us; asleep J It "This remedy consists -simply inNa gir dle drawn tighl y not' as (ordinary oyer the abdomen, but above it, that is to say, upon that part , of the bodvat; which the ribs terminate, or technically speaking, the .epigastrium This single announcement of the re-; medy would ne sufficient, ivithout further I consumed fin the strife; and the whole comment, for the understanding of j every ' country is on a blaze in the concern'. bod-; but physiologists are; desirous of i Yet no permanent good is gained or lost becoming acquainted with1 jari exposition ; hy the victory or , defeat. It is a mere of the.pature of its application and'effect. contest of passion as transient as it 'is vio vyhich 'Mv Johard, of Brussels, has !givenIent-r-raging and passing awayii But let In the Journal of . the Academy of Indus- some question of permanent utility come trya work too little knovfn airiong.men ; up over ,hich reason, watches, but am of science. J - i, 'vf ! bition sleeps, and yon can hardly com- "It is necessary , to knovin the first i mand attention enough to investigate the place says this 'learned foreigner, .what subject. The feel in cs of -tlie orator are is the cause, of sea sickness. It cannot be the air ol the sea, because in this case, this malady would exi,st as well in a calm, and among the inhabitarls upon the coasts and die islands, as j among those sailing1, upon the ocean, which is .not the fact. But this sickness is occasioned by certain I indulatory movements, composed hof the alternations of rising (and falling:,' oi tne.Dody or tne person, ftanding upon , iviaine, who were directed to consider the the deck. At the ascending' movement, expediency of changing the mode of com the intestines being supported upon the j pensating instruciers in Uhe Colleges of pelvis, ino sickness is experienced; but at that State, and of introducing into them a the contrary' or descending, movement, the more practical , system of education, -have intestines ascend, and pressing against the , presented a report upon that subject. The diaphragm, -"''occasion! an imlerted convul-roommittee are of opinion, that though sive movement in lhe stomalh, and conse- each instructer ehoulh have, to a certain quent hiccough and vomitirig. Hence it extent, an establisher salary, his income will be seen that the girdle which, oppo- ' ought principally to 'be derived from the site; this ascending; motion n! the intes- ' fees of students, arid thus to depend for its tines, by preserving them Wxom contact; amount upon his success in teachinir. with, the diaphragm, cannot fkil to prove Every student ought in their opinion to be perfectly efficacious. ;;j !;..:'ih ; V j admitted for a' term not less than one year, ; "The knowledge of this Remedy is vc-! with the privilege of remaining as much ry.old, it having been used b the monks ; longer as may be necessary or expedient, of Palestine, who; kept if secret and used At the expiration of the year, be sbould it as a ineans of revehue, byjselling it to be permitted to ofTer himself for examina those pilgrims vv.ho embarl&d at Dami- j tion, and receive ;a certifieate of his im etta on their return to Europe. The man- s provement, or a degree proportioned to his ner in which they managed! this traffic proficiency; and every individual should was to sell to travellers leaves of paper, be permitted to puisue such studies as he with which they had ! touched the Holy I may desire, ana such as may be adapted Sepulchre, directing them to lay them up- to the occupation he intends to - follow. on the epigastrium, and draw tightly uver meiutne girdle, orcorciMai t. r ran- collegiate education, adapted to the wants cis, which did not fail to produce a salu- of the people; they conclude by recom tary effect upon the health of the passen- mending the appointment of a committee, ger, and corroborate his belief in their - to consist of five literary, scientific and miraculous powers. ' Thei paper being! practical men, who are to take the whole iBriely cut wasspon out and the pil-1 subject into consideration, and to make a grim was obliged to recur again to the report ofl their proceedrags to fhe next v6uv.iaiuio iii iujS smguia j iruiuc ior a icw Buppiy,rwnicn caused .a consraera Die eXportatloh nf tbf ortJrlo ! "It has also been remarked that ladie wearing long corsets tighly 4aced," are "seldom subject to sea sickness; "and per sons of a spare habit, less than those-who are corpulent ;--'''-!1'K lh''rr;j:1 The sickness pi . wnicn.we speak is frequently felt in carnages, lhe springs of Jwiiicli ow vcjy clactie, whn going OTer a roan wnich is verv undulating, ana where the movement approaches that oc- casioned by the; waves of the sea. The - swing at tne moment ol tne descent in advance, occasions also this sickness and a certain trembling of the nerves, caused by the friction of the intestinal mess upon iresoiar piexus. & man jumping irom an elevated situation, experiences a cer tain" stunning effect, I produced by the as cension of-the. blood. in the veins and ar teries, and determining infalibly a cere bal congestion, if the descent be long, as in the case of a person falling from a tower or a balloon."! ' 7 :.' UNIVERSAL ELUC A i'lON. "Will pur government last! Will Ame rica be happy?'? are questions often asked with great solicitude. - Thevarril moa- jxrehist confidently answers no, and the warm republican, as confidently yes. But m my opinion the result depends on a class of men rarely mentioned in ronnex- ion with nohtics. ilt denends on our With politics. ilt depends , 1 ' -I M them well nrineinled an 'and posted in their proper citadels, every village school. I repeat it Win, it is the AuijLitsioH ol knowJeflge that. must save us It is often said that knowledge and educa tion must be the guardians of our repub lic. But knowledge where? Education fbr'wliaij class? The land may: be full of seminaries, and yet the country may be full of pure iarnorance. Rome neVer had lighter gehiuses; than vhen -she.lost W jKf' i9 the erec ion ot a commodious iKort.o.i i,,i .i,rioTri.L.! hu ldmg, and. -furnishing if with Uppara T"11' tt"""lvus r '"S"'.1"114 m..v are enougn 9to prove tne claims oi meir country to the highest improvement But wlere wps this knowledge? It was con fined to privileired classes: it was locked UP m expensive libraries; it was conceal- cu 111 wweimas, n wasmuiiupuiicu uy the few, Only to enable them to crush the a?.y heheath the invisible chains theyj ceriam- i ne ngnt win prcaommate over the darkness; the thinkers will rule; and the .ignorant will be slaves. ; Before I relieve the readers .patience aheady too much abused permit me to make onp suggestion more. Why is it thai humaniiature never will be excited in is strange; it is passing strange. We knaw our own folly; we smile at it; and yet we keep it. Only let some party question start upj in our assembles from the evening caucus to the, fioor i of Con gress, and every tongue is unloosed, and -verv ncart is on fire. ' Day after day is noi loucneu, tne ear oi-tne community is hot opened. Aij Human nature is la boring under a s great disease. We must seek for a cure. Withingtoa on common Schools. l " Fr.hn ih4 Boston Patri. t. instruction in lect Committee Colleges.' A. I joint of the Legislature Se of , For the purpose of preparing a plan of ; legislature The Editor of the Nev-EngJand Wcclly Re xiev, published in Hartford, (Conn;) has taken up the subject of general education 'spiritedly. W$r make the following extract from a Well written article on Lyceums: j '-'. 2tfe' The necessity and importance of a gen eral diffusion of intellicence in me com munity i3 becoming to he duly appreciat- i ed,, and laudable exertions are making to bring thp arts and gcieac witto ihe reacn oi evertr lrnhndual No ments are necessarv to establish the "feet that the existence and perpetuity of our repupiic are suspended upon .the virtue and intelligence of our citizens; and the only inquiry ought to be, in what manner cari a useful and liberal education , be ac quired with the least expenditure of time and moaeyf However indispensible a good education may be, it must be admit; ted, tha! the means of acquiring it in the old, fashioned mode are beyond the j abili ties -of the great mass of the community. But few of our farmers and mechanics car defray the expense of educating their sops at colleges and academies, and url less the means of instruction can be brought i within their reach, they I must gnw up in ignorance, andtbecome dead weights upon the community of which they lbomVmembers. - ! ! . ' Various methods have been devised to acqomplish this desirable object; but none appear so feasible -as the establishment of Lyceums. . The result, of numerous ex- wmcn win render them j aselul and re spectable members of society, but orna ments of the liberal professions! Every uxeuumyoi tm-se iaj uiu , icjjbiujicaii iiisiuuiiuiis,! auu pla cing them upon a more permanent founT dation.- The first step to be taken and the only one requiring much pecuniary sa- ennce, is uie erection oi a commodious VJ .ic l Ui.:t tus. collections- in natural productions, books, ccc." POLITICAL. We niake the folio win extract froni an Edito tiai article on the subject of 'The TariffPublic lpion Mr:- Clay' in a late Standard of Un ion , pullishcd in Sparta, Geo. Mr. CI ay 13 truly repiresetted.. - , . : 1 " : . Cat any thmp; more be wanting to esta blish tlie influence of public opinion ;upon the protective system, than the bill recent ly intioduced into the Senate of thejuni tec States' by Mr. Clay for reducing the duties to a revenue standard? Will it be be ievoi that 'he would have abaridoped a dobtrirp whith he so long i laboured to make jermanent, either from love to the. people or fear of South Carolina?. I No. He loves himself better 'than he does all . the peopk- put together, and; with all his failings, he possesses too much spirit to dread the puny efforts of South Carolina. W hat men nas -.induced him; to this; mea sure? We answer public opinion. The result oi the late congressional elections in Nev York, Ohio and elsejVhere,- with the general signs of the times, have 'fully sa- tisii'd Mr. Clay that the people Are every da becoming moTe enlightened! upon the -suhect, and that they have temperately but firmly resolved to put down a system, the end , and object of which is 'H'o make the rich richer and the poor poorer,' It is the ballot box alone which has pour- ea ims new ngnt upon nis vision it the ballot box and that ajone which has heretofore corrected the abuses of ouir go vernment, and it is the only safe and sa lutary, mode upon which a republican people can rely 'for maintaining! the jr in stitutions, lhe 1 arm is going down tot the tonb.of the Capulets its principles are exploded, not by the power of Nulli fication not by the negative operation of secession not by the sword, but by the regular ana constitutional exercise ot their suffrages; thereby confirming the positions above laid down that they are equal to e very ixigency, and that they will not re main long in the wrong upon any great political question. ThefoUowing, from the Faytt ville Journal. i- m - b . i -i. takes proper view of uie subject on which it speaks - ", j , i s y The next Presidency.' This subject seems already to have caused a troubling of fhe waters; indeed some of the restless I. .' -, Oi l spirits oi tne times nave already uniuriea banners and declared their man. wfiile Others appear to be content with the more designing, though less manly vocation of depreciating; the merits of those, whom they suppose, -block the; way to the success of their own favorite. Thi3 may be said to be taking time by the fore- loci, truly. We conless that there are considerations connected vyith'this matter, wuju u .iuse5 us to regret; mis premuiurc opening oi it; sometning is oue to me quiet and repose of the people, a quiet the more necessary because they have been jstran gers to it, we may say, j lor wo years Nearly tour years will elapse before ano therelecton; all this time is certainly not required to" settle the question, as to who is the individual most desirable to succeed the present incumbent: half the time is am pie for a full discussion of the pretensions of candidates. . We are induced to offer these remarks, at this time. Jest it rajght "be concluded, from an article, which was copied into our last number, "that wer too, were among those tavorable to the present discussion of the subject; I we are not so; xxrt rtuhlishAH thnt flrtirlp nt the TPflnpist of a friend, not intending it as an expression of pur own opinion, for upon'this subject, having enough ol j "j v , ? , d wel Qualified: 1 Uit1 aiu oi uyceums, our yomQ-may Leau: ' cate themselves, not only to an extent as yet we have formed none. ! W belong pensity of the offender.! Instead, there- and military officers; tinder the. v? to 3 party, whose nrincinles we anntovcifore. of exciting arcrusade agaiust lotted ment connecting themselves I with $ha and whose interests we wish to promote. this only can . be done by "a united action; to secure this, indi tidual preferences must be made to yield to a general expressiori nt tne mrtv rt it h. nwrtainei- ana it can le, who is the strongest man of the i i ii . i- . paijy, aaa weeaau giv9-iao wisxies e the majority, our zealous though feeble support-' pa to the claims of the distinguish ed citizen sought to be advanced above al luded to we, do not intend to offer an'y dis paragement; we wish mftely to hate i understood, we do not commit ourselves. I : , : v .'h - PryiH Vie Satioal InUMgtnccr. ' Editors' Cokrespondencb. I Richjjo.nq, Feb. 24, 1833 I gire vou an; item of intelligence which possibly you' may not, receive from! any other quarter, one going fully to de monstrate, I think, the low, eWofnullifi cation m the Capital of this State. The Governor bf Virginia, I understand had, at som trouble and expence, caused a su perb State iTlag tobe prepared aha1 pain ted, Avith the interitiari ---of having it hoisted at the quarters oftke State Guardbn Fri day i6rning last, the 22d Trrst Know ledge o" its existence, and of his intention, somehqw or other, was obtained T on Thursday, the 2fst, and a good deal of ex citement manifested itself among the Re prescntatiei apd the People. Either dis suaded jby his party friends, of prompted by his pwn fears'pf the consequences that, would pisue from displaying jthe Flal his Excellency determined to let it remain snug in the ! painter's shop; and fortuhatel it was that he did so for. had the Banner feeen urifurled to the breeze, and exposed to public gaze, it: wuld tmquestionably have been torn down and prostrated by the people, land in all probability xmli kome Moodshed. I Scarce a voice vvas ueaj-u m iavpr.oi raising n: ana numDers were heard to express their determination to rally under the Star-pansrled Banner of the Union. If was supposed by some that had the State Flasr been hoisted ori the dayl the Flag of the Union would iiot haveJbeen, at least by order ot the Comf mandinen Chief. As it was: the Union Flagi fixed bna pble, as poked out of i hole inj the j southern end of the Capitol loft, and. ;inrthis half Wrect and awkward situation, flappihgbn the end of the ridg;e pi the uUHOipg, and repeateaiy nopKea on the poiijit of one of the lightning rods, it swas torn in rnany places ami pieces inerej of werd flying in every direction over the heads df the! military and citizens assemf bled onJ the prblicii square. X Many oft the advocates of Mr. Clay, ha'.-e mrnedl theincoals, and are reviling him for introducing the Bill for a modif ficationj of the Tariff ! This, some would say, is a diiemma; but I'rince hal is a slippery fellow when one thinks he hafc him, Tie is gone. I So it won't do for hi$ friendslto speak too fast. Mr Clay has not. forffottenj. them there is a large slice ot the Widdivg reservea. ,u win soon be seed '"ho his the largest shaVe. ! Savannah Rrpublican ATr.f. j? 7i.i-Some of our readers who ha v shaken this old lady by the hand, may like to know that she still lives, and is amusing and edii fying dip world with a little paper called "Pa sPry,", which $he is publishing! m Washington City She must have -had an , arduous task, ihi$ winter, m keeping ihe members of Congress 'straight Thej following is eitractad from etc o her Editorials I " . ; POLITICS. 1 ' ' Time was when politics was the leas of our troubles, and held the lowest plated in our knowledge; but from necessity wt became an author,: and irom being an a uV thor w became known -to the public, anj by the public we have been dragged inta j... 1 Much against our wish the people have a. lured us on, land since we have taken ai hand ' wp cannot desett our country till Ave see her safe, if such a blessing, be reservj- ed for her." !, Pekrsburgh, 'March 5. Methodist General, i onfe rcucc. The J (Annual Conference of the Methodis Sf ' " l Enisconal Church, commenced in this Town dh Wednesday last, and , yet -con tinues. w e learn mat mere ; are , up wards bf one hundredMinisters of the various itrrades in auenaance comprising individuals of almost every period of life from "bfeardiess youth to venerable age it M sundav tne 1'reaeners oi mis uer nomination 'occuPe the pulpits of the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist jand Me thodist Episcopal Churches, and addresj scd very numerous congregations. On the termination of the Conference, w f shall endeavor to 'obtain for pubMcatipni j a list of Ithe appointments to all the differ j grit stations in v irginia ;anu iona uro- lina for the ensuing year - Times. 1 Sensibierenaarks freni the Ncwbtru Spectator-4 .. - - i. we do not! however, approve of Lottery Schemes t or rather bftmbarking in them. We think that the fate of the suicide Ackers, has mven rise to a very errone - ous train of tnought, and one which may produce serious inconvenience ana ueavy losses to; a certam class jiyf individiialv'lt seems to-us no rnore reasonable to charge lottery puices witn tne guiu lu incir cus - tomers,han it would be to attribute to the i temptation is far less to blame for the con-j iseauences of errorthan the unchecked prp-j I ries, athe remote cause of robbery and J murder, rlet idleness re condemned, Indus - I try be encooraged and rewarded, in shbn, I let practical morality be inculcated, dnd i certain we are mat we SMii naTe icwcr 1 hangings and drowihes, and, in all proba L'i:. ' J: til.. i ;.- I fcility, fetrct lotterjioirjccS tff ! KISSING THE BRIDE. The following letter from a bride to " the Editor bf a " Massachusetts paper;' contains some truths as well as humon .' Sirl herewith send a bit of wedding s cake,1 1 am in a very baa humor, I assure ybuj which you. know ought not to' -bo;-.-', the day one is married. It is not at my, . husband ihioughdeajrLgood man that 1 ho is. Qh! I n-as vexed eyond endurance1 last evening. That rile practice! Would Vou "belief e it? An .hundred and fifty ; : Kisses, of all sorts and 6ize fair and foiil, from old and young, from male and fe ma lesi Faugh! could any bride endure ail that and preserve her temper? Such ' cargoes of snufl! such showers" of tobact , co spittle! such fumes; of Tobacco smoke! No poor -man-covered . with1 vermin, was ever more; drenched. If this fashion of the whole company kissing the bride raust -be followed, in the name of all that is d-' . cent, let old grandaddies burn out their pipes before they offer to poke them un der y. our very nose.. And those whos throats are! at best so many sepulchres, I would advise, before they go tea wedding, . to filf their , pockets with cloves, cimia- ' mbn, or coriander seed; ; and -commence chewing aeast an ounce before- the mar ' riage jceremony begin?. . : .. . Only think of a poor creature standing -' up at least: ah hour and a half after tho blessed knot was tied, only , to be riozzled Sit . , slobbered over by all ;the masculine' jien- dv.r of the neighborhood. Only think of a delicate modest female, standing like a .--! target, the object of all the Upshots -of a . .large' corpsof militia! and then I thought I snouiu nave aroppea uown .witn latigucj I vc ril y believe i took a n ounce of harts' bom tpkcp me from iHjntihg,'-'.- v 1 But yexi'd as I ivas Mr . Editor, I could : not, . to gain tl,e World, help from lauvh ing sometilnes at! the (jueer spectacles wb all made, f And yoi yould hay laugher!, too, if you . hadbeeni there Only iMiar . ; gine, if yon please, the - chief person of !,'.-! the group.fme, Dorothy Da fibdil, at the right habtt)f my dear spbusej and a crow d of men lik; a swarm of flies round a cup of : Molasses all pressing, forward and making url their lips ready fgr a smack, and then' 4ne "after, a-riot her .poking theit snouts inta my .very face, and me xvir ' ping my fjee with' every - whipstitch;- to appear a tittle decent , 4 1 1 But the most ri diculods part of the exhibition was to s a - bashful H fellow ; go - tli rougli the - mia vres. Like a shv trout venturing up ir o th'ej bait advancing ja little, and thr darting laack among reeds; you might ob . serve. the poor man with mart beating; audibly, coming forward with a cautious step, stopping sometimes through fear, j of slipping behind th friendly corpora- t ration of some broad backed 7el low a lit tle ahead. I Having advanced with ip ft ,;-'' yardorso you might see him as if afrai.. his courage would fail by delay, dart for-', ward fremjbehind his' ..shelter,' snatch a kiss; andjbe off in tlicL twinkling of an. eye. But alas! ludicrous as it may ' ap ; pear, my ipoor cheek h'ad) to suffer in con, sequence of it, and everf now-bears the. mark inflicted on , it Simon Snaggle-, ; tooth. ' ; ' ' . '- ' - 'j- ; ; '.' -' Some of the 'old" fellows "must need buss kne,s they said; on both sides of my faee; and sdrne of them j said my breath wa s a rose in October, and others that it was ; as fragrant as new-made hay. Some of the old fellows, withx)ne foot in lhe; grave, . and the bthjerfost the brink, said they liad I kissed my .grandmother, pnd my mother;- and nw 1 suppose thdit they tliinK Uias they have eppped the climax of gallant ploitsby nozzlingoverme, as though! was a mere baby. Tl '- '.-':-. : ; . '.. -;. X Irpitied my poor husband, poor mo; ) to be.obligtf to stand bud look .on as sil ly as a fool, and see his new married; -wife gaumed over- II believe in my .soul he would have knocked down half a do-- -zen of my persec utors', had he "been left jto me.guidance of his; own unadulterated feelings, instead of being restrained bj; tlT rules of etiquette. ! S ! But, Mr.j Editor, after altmy sufferings 'and'-vexatidns,': her e l am alive and pray heaven 1 may never, te married -again until the custom of kissing the bride by wholesale is done away. .J;. Yours, sincerely. " Feom J.iMAic..--By the" brig Mart, f jCapt Green, in 40 days from Mont ego ; Bay, we have Jamaica :papers as lite ai the 26th ultimo, which are mostly occu pied with the subject which has so lori J distracted that Island, and Tendered it justY ly obnoxious to the charge of religious; pefsecotiorl. The Jamaica. Couranl a paper of considerable influence, seems to b devoted to the destruction ! of ct rtahx 1 religious sects, ori the ground that they 1 have mstiirated the slaves to rebellion, 1 To such an extent 4ias the public mind peen excuea againsi iuv yoisw Methodist f Clergymen, that they . have , been assailed and mobbed, whilein the . iuiiuioV v. ."5'"".'-mji) m rnany jinstances have nafrowlyj'cs- itn s uieir lives. I o Majesty William the,; 4th, whicb ' reached . Jamaica ori the 26th: it forbids all cmi : clubs w hich,haveT)een oxganizmg to op- : pose -pubhc pleaching? ,ana cans upoa them to use every exertion in their powet , to bring the. oflenders to justice. 1 1 he . t-or.ram b raw m ivm unirumiti- ii iu 1 Proclamatilia,'-. aiid i nwrks, r'llis Ma r hty appears lo imgin ,vr: a ; I - -. ' - lb . MS- !- it,m -5f at 5 S! - 1 ' - - ' -'.. ' . " -: . ". jv '"' '-. M .' V . - - ' -,ir'iiii!-.
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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March 20, 1833, edition 1
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