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*' 0i'm 11 3fc:^ * " v . annual inafcf> arid requ res exactly twelve l)iunt'?s to pass through die various stages vf" its (.Xi^us't'^ It r??r example* u silk worm 9 ?s hatched on th'1 fiiv?t (lav of MaVi 1*540 the eggs loal it would ptodnce would tiaiutaiiv; t?ui<;u on tl?o first day of Mjv, is4t: * r >a it is t)y no mouus unreasonaoie to suppose the existence of such pro ~risi?wr nt-periooic.d devrlopem nl in silk worms, wo in.?y oe saUslicd l?y reference to Ukt huhits o! various oth< r insects mid animals. Th?f Anii rican locust requires ex ??tly seventeen years to perform as circle o; existence, as has b? ijii c!oaiiy proven.? '|\?o shallow mart in riiakt s it appearance til itf usual haunts nearly, if not exactly, on t ie day ot eveiv year, liut we will Imi cWPtuiu >iuie in reasoning on thu sub?helping i!ii* reasonableness oi trie inv-.UnipHoii to be sutBcieutly apparent. 1 f We ailinil tins position, we shail . . " l ien imvef. art ived at the po nt desired wlucb is that we cannot retard or d' i >y lh< hatching bij he worms, lor any cousi ier.?l< -- length of lime beyond ilieir ntlur.l period MiiU'ii noiTi^ v.ob iice more or less to tluj 9<UMjUulio^pi the iaseoi; and the longer we* reiarff*lta hatching beyond bis period, ^ tii?*<n<ir> iiiui^ Wo o'tue worm, un it we ' aiTt'miifrfsf^i s .licit 11) m tne egg. Here we .xiiui! be turl Willi tjie oiuu <>t tlie M -ssrs. 'J rsnii wli i re'arJeo Ine ri licit.ng of a t?o.\ ul g J* liofii I ">-'17 o ati J r?v virions - ->:!u?r s ?>i ie aid eg t^_'s tor s or . per *a* wnicii ''icf b' t.Mi <Ju!y coasidvt % will be ifo'fed a their proper - < ; !. ;*?? si.fli e ij. ;o say nere, no ie ??t thoS" . fii.snjj nave la-en lotted at tie uisiiperabie ob. j /vions to ihe position above assumed. . Tne cans-* of dse.a>e and death in the I ie to o -ils of silk wouiis, inen we cons':]' r " ? a yv been the miemp by means ol ve-y iv. ' mp. r turt s, o pro met .n hatch li':; ? ; v < . lis too tony, tor example, cjv.'s lira . i i ; tne o iliiral teinp ra ure e: ?. a m ?sp;vie, !??ve h'uehitd on the hrsl diT o; M v, were |?io ra'-|.*d in their hn'chtrie till iiii. fi s: of July, and eonseqiien ly f>e germs in tne eggs w- re ci'her killed or "so Weakened, dial disease and de.uli folJowed sooner or l it r ali -r tne) h itched. That Ihe extreme low i"m;vr-uure of the ? i- e ' ;...n n Jf't?-I||*? UIIV * HI'I* |? ??u w, ... .. inflicted bv th?* protracrmn of ha ciung, ?? (jr? not believe. Wo h;ivt? had suffic'en! proof of the contrary. I appears to us that th? simple prolong it??n of the time that the insert remained in the egg, ..caused allitie injury.. We knew that very little if any injury will be done by re ?rd ng the hatching one month, an I we know t u?: exposure to warm'h wII accel rate the . hatching nhou the same time. We h!m> know that a good coo', dry c liar, will relard the hatching ot ih eggs one niou It. and therefore ;l our views tie correct, no . ii e-tiou^e will he necessary to the keeping of rgg* hi ?nv part of the country. Tne remedy. therefore, for llie ere.it evil compla ned of, i? apparen', ??n I we now proceed . *' '* to* ft. * Assuming the above position to he cor. r?*ct, it we wisirlo hatch on: a bipod ot win ins inr-rtm ftmi tfly 6' earn rnontn, ??y first ot May Jiii)'*. July and \ "gust. nil *ye hive to do u to use eges pr-id'i' ?*d last year from worms that w re ha eh- d it those p??. rods respectively. To 'accomplish tnis. .we mus? in irk eacii lot of eggs witii the d ?!.e at which the woims that produced 'thern were hatched, and w hen we bring then* out for batch ng 'ake those whose date corresponds with the Mine we hr ng them on?, to ha'rh. For e\a npl-', on th 1st ot Jn'y. 1841, we bring on: a h> of eggs to hatch; we therefor.* take ilios* in irked I si ot in'y. 184J and so on with the vano n parcels. To cnahl-1 us to accomplish his, ft'*' is, to gi-t possession of eggs of these vuriojisperiods, it will only he necessary tn ^ mirac-i in*? ii'imr 'I iiB'i ii"rP "" iii*?iii i each y> nr. S ?y w? h ive only one p tree) ol eugS H|,<l they w? ie produced from wrvni> hatched at the natural period in tin* spring. ?Ve will hutch half of them at the na'ural !? riorl, nn<l protract tl??? other half l?y keep iMjf (hern in the collar on" month, brim; nj tliem o liach out on th'' 1st of J?m?. We n>aik the eggs produced bv ho h thes" par eels of worms, he one '1st of M?\,' the other'1st ol June, hatch half of them nc.. r cording to th'"r dare, and protract the other halt to 1st of Jul v. The year aft'T we take those marke t 1st of July, hatch half ol thorn, an l pro ra'h the other half till he first of A ijnist. T. is s\stem will supply us with eggs lor hatching during the whole season without injury to the eggs or t e vorms.? If it be desired t>> have lit chinas every ?wo weeks, ei her of the two parcels wi It d ues nearest the intermediate periods, will be pro c r for use. \\ e shad now proceed 'o state some dh'sdanon ot tu.e aiiove ih'-ory. and whicli h V suggested to US I|cS'; Views. A genth prMMrn* D lawar*-, last year produced one ??>f It finest parcels of eggs we ever saw. - -lie placen lit- ni in the winter, where they r 'roamed till the !a*t ?it May, when he sent i' ! ? us. ||e packed litem in a box ol i-e wlnle in tl c ice-hous", in which box tb "V came to us and were put in our rc rig jra. tf \ w.'tliout any exposure totbe warm a'uiospn rc. These eggs were sent to different ,?ts *!*'be union in small parcels, from the i . to the of July. 'IV first parce * vt s* ?it away, ha'c'ieil in from ten 'c . : r_. ... .1 - . .1 Ut, ,.n II,,? :' . "i". ravH inirr me lime ui*?_v i^n. ?h*4 'tine after leaving our refrigerator unti tnoy hrrfieri, became gradually shorter unti the-23d ut July, wh? n they batt l ed in 24 tc ?2U hours. We beard of nearly all the parcels we Cutaway, and nearly all did unusually well; th" exception* were 'he two or three last parofjs sent uff, and ono of tho last parcels was a failure, the worms wore weakly, became sickly, ami as timy approached spuming, sick ttoed and died o, various diseases. Every rule *>i good management was observed, ami va riou* remedies rt sorted to without avail. One . lot of the same parcel of eggs was sent to a gentleman in Virginia, >n the2W:h ol June. By some accident the letter was d laved <?n it* pasr-tye in the in til twen'v-one days, so that, he did not. receive the eggs till the 11th of July.. They were all hatrhi d, of course^ ami many dftiietn died How long they had been h itch jd, caji of course only be conjectured.? Oth?*r parcels we know hatched in ten days ?> after leaving us; hut we cannot conceive of ? he Ability of t he young worms to sus am life eleven days without l'/od. lijwcvcr, the geutiv)* fl I nun immediately spread them outon his tablt and gave them leaves, win !i all that, were iive commenced eating greedily. The re^t -j was, be gathered M000 of the tines' cocoons 1 "i ever saw. During the whole period of tin | feeding, he did not Jose a dozen?having h; ' no diseases among them. We o'ii?hi j have slated that we sent him half an own ! of eggs.. Tins fact prove s of itself; lit? got qunhty of the eggs at the time we sent rln-i ! il it did nor, we could adduce ahutidance filler testimony ; that is, lliey wrre gin on lite 2()t'o June. The oilier fact stated : j hove, proves thnl they were not good < j ilie 2.'}J of July. If tin' iin-re reianlii 1 ! 'ln ir hatching was not tin; cause of tin 1 : had quality mi July. wiint was ? The won ' thai produced iluse eggs won; hatched, ; commenced hatching, on tli" 2d h of \1 ? !| last Near. Tu'se larl.s, we dunk, go tar ' J esiahiisii the correctness of our views i I i tni'Mii. that :lie eit^s ot worms tli j were nuieiieb on the 20iu of M >y, LSd ' j would naturally have hatched on lue 20 '! .M.iv, lo40. but were capable of hoiu-; r Uude in inching till the 20.b o( June, Hit ' out injury ; that wlion retarded to a lati period, inev sulF-red more or it-ss in pr ' portion to the Icug li ofime lltey wue 1 retarded. I Wo have several oilier facts that corrj pond precisely wuh tae uhove in ail pari ; both as to unending circumstance? and r< 1; suits, taut we deem ii useless to waste tm and room in stating them,as they cou'ipn prove thai we li .ve not made up our opi ion upon ine evidence ot a single isolu < ' fact, and mis wt' hope it is not neccssa to prove. 1 li ihe above th ory be ooip'cf, it is e.r 1 to account tor mosi o' the f itlur- s that ha ocnred in our country ilur no ;his sutnuu Jlj/os (nut ought to have h- en hatched M ?y, were pro raotcd perhaps till July, ru > e^us mat ought to have been h ?ti lied in J ' |y were aliemp ed to be In ched in M i ' and both werckdlcd or badly injured; ( it inns: he home in unnJ tiiai protrcc i< ' i ot-the hutching ot' eggs is not alone I ' j <n use of t'aihne. M my persons have full i Iroul an opposite course. E_'gs iliai we j produced bv worms ha;ched in AugU' ' were attemp ?M to -e hatched in M ?y ai 1 and Jjue. Tuny were exposed in the o j dinoy way, a few scatVrhig worms can out, as is aiwftVS 'h" ea^f i?v? n mr nrs< ?< | son, a'?d no mum hutched Tn?! t*-r?11?<* ! tore was rased, but no < tf-ct was produce 1 o Iter lh'?it p'-rbu s ?l? s ro\ ing lb" eggs, ibey wi-r?- tiiiHllv giv?u up us uad rggs t' i would not hutch at -alb Tli fan \v s. t! ba I no: passed the time r'-qutfd I' J lbe;r inaturiiv. an-'l herHor", would not ! course hatch mud l ? e in July or Angus 1 We hope lo b<* able in illustrate this part our now tiieorv before th s piper goes press, wifh the atntvm nt of a mot! uitcr.-? ting fact in point Tne instance of retarding eggs fro 1937;tol839, by the Mossrs. ('arson Lancaster Pa., and on which nearly tl whole practice of protracting bv means ice-houses has been founded is cerainly t! ( nifidt poiterful argument. that can i 1 brought against our nreH"??! ik^imou v do not however consider one iustiiice I successas conclusive against so many I have been adduced this season ofanoppn ' ite character It cannot now be known { what time inthosummerof the worn ' 1-1 1 1 were Fiaicnea mui proimuvu um ww.% eggs in quest'on in answer to our inqnii on that point the Messrs-Carson say "Tin wore hatched about the middle oCtiicso ( son, we cannot speak positively as to il 'the time; Brother Thomas since dece sed, attended to the silk business entire at that tirn^." The eggs may have bc< produced late in the season of 1837, ai having been placed in the icc-hou 1 and remaining there steadily they won 1 i not of course hatch till very late in tl I season of 1838, or until the common tei 1 j peralure of the atmosphere was .too lc j to hatch them, and thus thev passed ov . the entire year of 1839. Wehaveenti ! confidence in any statement made by t! ! Messrs. Carson, hut may we not he p^ ' j mitted (o suggest the possibility of a mi j take having been made in supposing I; box of eggs found in the ice-house to co tain eggs of the produce of 1837, whin fact they were the product of 183" In their l?*tter giving an account of t! : affair thev say the eggs 'were deposit) in the ice-house in the fall of 1837 wi the intention of feeding them in thesui 1 : mor of 1838, but were overlooked, a< I . , our attention was not drawn to them u ' 1 ' * " "' ^ '?' f/x ^11 fUn KAn Ill II Uv.'1'illllv llCUlSidl \ IUU1I 1111. IVV/-IK' 1 ' again when the !)o\ was found with abo 30,000 mammoth white siik worm egg: Now as these eggs had escaped their re i ollection from the fall of 1837 to thewi '; ter of 1833* may it not have been pos.< hie that they were in fact tho produce 1333 ! At a'l events except that of t! Messrs. Carso"f every attempt that v have heard of, and they amount to hu .; clreds, to keep eggs from hatching lat than a month or soafter the natural tin ( of iiatching, has proved a failure. The Rev. Mr. McLean in his sfnt . ! ment in the November number of 183 . , does not state at what time in 1833 I I produced his eggs. If he produced the ? j from worms hatched as late as tho midd of July, 1839, then his statement will I | i corroborative of our theory; if tho won | i were hatched earlier than July, it is e\ . ! dcnce against it. It will he rocollecti that his worms in 1839 were hatched < : i (he 31st July, August l'Jtft, an t Aug;i i27th, his eggs of the previous year havii I been kept in ice till the time of hatchin The above are our views on this m ! inenfous subject. It will be seen th ! they are in direct conflict with viei even recently entertained by us. Tin are, however, perfectly coincident wi our opinion formerly and for the first t< years of cur experience, wium. we mo carefully examined into the whole alibi It is in the recollection of all our frien< that until the accidental experiment i the Messrs. Carson, and that of Mr. M Lean, we had no confidence in our ebilil to produce successive broods of silk worn during ihe entire season, and that wc \yi - - . ? * '*. * * w * ,/ .. iaiL i i ? ' . ~ . 4* V : a, induced by those experiments and fiomc a* others to change our opinion. (We alvay3 objected to'two-crop worms,' audit 18 must be remembered that thev have not ?ir | . ? been taken into view at all in any oftheso : remarks.) We now believe we were right in our old opinion, so fur at least is stated ,fj in the proceeding. n. j It is to be understood that the failures (>l treated of in the above paper, are those )(j only in which th? worms had been propa. | erly treated, and in which the original J;, I stock of eggs was unquestionably good. f l ... ?%?i i n fnrrnd tlin t cnnonoa i n r/a_ |(f ] 11 |J"? II J! IV W llll^ilV/U tliut OUUVUiW 111 * V' tarding theeggs will of itself ensure suens. cess in the result of the crop. The worms (J, must have, besides perfection in the eggs v>! at tiie time of hatching, all proper tnanage: m ;nt such as proper fool, plenty of shelf us room, cleanliness, and above all, free and ,, I pure air. j. In conclusion?we shall watch this i.i, m? si interesting subject closely; shall c- (collect all the information possible; and i,. j shall lay the result before our readers, in er the course of the present year. I We must be permitted to male one h0 more suggestion, which seems to be called ! for by the above theory, and tlrat ii, that s all persons in purchasing eggs should he is, informed-precisely of the time wlieq the L- ' worms were hatched that produced theiq. n?- I It will readily be perceived that, if our iv j views as above expressed be correct, this ii-.J information is absolutely necessary. For eel | example.: we want eggs next year to ry j to hatch in July, we shall of course purI chase those produced this year from worms sv j hatched in July. All who produce their te own eggs can of course mark them r. | for themselves i and those who sell them in j should also do so. The well known ncid * cessi'.y of good, health in the original stock u- will of course not be overlooked. y, G.B.S. on From the Health Journal lie 1'KECoCiTV 8,1 VVt- have long wished to speak on fore ng " ' 1 ..ii ? j.. ,.i?? i.,., " i me dimiiioi ciiiiureu as we ui? pww ? > j housm It is a subject U|?Oti which even ''' :?*nsil)le people are not informed, and wil f' I not b" un'il they investigate and reflect.? 1r j (Jur r? fieri ons h ivejicn long and painfully exorcised m tne in timer m which children l_ are trained. The inannci in w Inch they are " laugh! not educated deserves the serverest u' ; n'proh itioii. The weekly tasks of our i schools arc enormous. But they ?tre not j consul r?p by teachers who are ambitious 1,1 I ;c satisfy the vanity or ignorant and well ? m -'M anxiety of parents. Besides sc.l ool il | tasks parents often induce children !o study j at bonte ; a d not satisfied with the immensf lo ! iii- nlal labor of t*ieir cbidren through tin ! seek, ''Sunday slimes no Sabbaih day It ] li'Mn.'' We wonder not tbisl lb* re issnmud m ; sickness nud premature death among chil ?* I dreit. We rather wonder at the ex'raordi 'ie ! narv cap c'ly for inlurcuc ' potiesscd by tb< ?I j human sys'em dscasel and deg-nerate ? I it is even at a bir.h. People w;i| c.-asn it j Wuiid r that the Patriarchs lived from 60/ >,c i to yooyears when they are made aequaintvt (" j wt h th" amount o* abuse sustained by ot:i as j children. Wore the t>r im and nervou K- I .. .... .V*.., 1% ?'n I .*_? I no lir.tf ulutnlil h. j >VS" III ".1 lillltu "? U IIVU ??o y niiiiiiio 3 people w >u I ffHi tin* is no' only utmalurn ,k and eruci ixi! in th ni?h< s! cl greeda/iifToU' ?' o r? q i e the a i.o.il??! mental lanoiir o 'V Hiliren w licit is now considered prnpe y ! *nJ i.e.-. sviry. Wle-ri :lie brum h ex* r n- . '"is I the hiood is lo il iiivi n?rc?riJiii<4 ti u; ! M ckel, tk '!?" o?'i? bral ;iri t s?i ore more ex a- ! posed to lao raiion limn tlio ohfrs fron IV tin it l'?;i lile ess " They must be pnrolia *n ii ii- n n early ye ars to ti:is laceration.? id K it bus is only ono danger of a thousand. se : Irrit l ion ami infl inanition ol tlie brain >'d j -!r ?psy ami many otior diseases affl st clnl he | .iron wiii Ii ii"p.'ii?l primarily ujion lue n r n- i voijs sy s'"m and yet tire not known to nrist j fio.n tln> mo-bid eondi ion of either* Koi or I pople who know not b tier than loeuougli re j :<i recognise us ?liso ises unles of a peruliai ie , c'nrer. er and not to be mistaken! It i: ?r_ , I t .1.1. ? - ... it... .-v,.ltih.kn nf n^r/m'n <? " m i I i v. i% I i fi *: mj a li nur; v .*v utuwu wi j/?t is- ; \ H.ii y which in et us at every corner.? lie : "Lit le W ill' mini speak his p" >ce ro the n- ladies." Perhaps the infant rafuses -natu *n j r illy enough a shing to he left lo hi* nmri S! j |(>v< d and more congenial childish sports.? lie J H i h is offered some ri.di cake or some ed | sltugar plums n he will only blaster on' (ii , 4*M v name is Norv d." The vis itor pr.nsi n- I th" cinld ot corse io plese the silly parent id j The ch'ds stomach is loaded with cake oi t-i c le li'inarv as .t reg?i<i for obedience.? .^c j We c hi h ir ily tell whioh act of the pant rent is most wicked taxing the brain oi > i . j a iuert. j.ifnnt io learn an I. repeat iike * e- j parrot wnat it cannot understand and w:ia n- I wool i he useless if under* oo-l?of infla ?i- i'lUing its vamt* hy the prase of those beiorof whom it is made ro sjiow oil'or diseasing i le with the reward for the exhibit >n. In oui re i opinion these domestic exhibition are gone n- ol the worst torms of theatricals and ye er perhaps 'If parent woold shudder a! th? lie thmigln of eucouragemj; theatres. They are li tu'ics in mini iture only the oudienc* o- J emiuro i.stead of enjoyning the farce.? 9 | The mental labor required of children ii he i Submit siiools in addition to all the labour: m of t io wi't k is well descrvimr the attentioi ? ? " ~ ' 'n ?. lie of the Christian und philnnthioqist. W? be I would In* last to speak evil of the good o us- Sabbath Kchols. We wish for the h'ghge ri- good and for I Ins reason we would as| 3d those concerned in those schools to loo! in well to those under their care and see ilia 1st ill'*)' do no! require too much. We liav< ir koown a feeble child beside* all the labor o tr. the week day school, to coimn't 3J0 or 40i o- verses lor the Sabbath school. Let teacher! at beware what ciass ol motives they arose inU vs action in children. \V< II has a great nvtnsai' 3Y "II" who is emphatically the friend nfelnldrei tb ''The pale am otion of the man is but th< 3D emulation of 'lie boy li<*at< d to a wl.i'e beat.' iyt We believe it is the fault of ibis age to cul.' r. vaic the trr.elleet too mucli and the nfl c rls . lions too little. Tins mode of inning will b of fear fully visited upon our children's rhil [c rcn. Toe child will b" in a great me'stir? ^ what the. pan-n is. Peculiarities of miiv nfe'tnnerited as well as peculiar t es of body t'U?idren whose itiiUlec s are mainly cnlw ? % * M 9 {vnted will go to the parent or teachef with any question of literature or ?cieticp ; bnt to ; conf?ss a fault, to pour the heart often i wouudeJ by its own or another's faults into I that of the parent or teachers is seldom done. The child learns to lock its findings in its own breast and neither to ask sympathy or extend it to others. Ifow many highly ini idlectuai beings have felt to cry out in ut- 1 : ter desolation "No one pili s me." Would [his be so if the warm confidence of youth were not chilled by the cruel neglect ol the ' affectum* f<?r an exclusive cultivation of the ' intM'lect. We would by no means have the mental culture of children neglected.? j We would have them taught just as .'upidly | ' - as is consistent wjh n sound mmd in n i I sound body. Pot 10 educate our chil 'rcri j 1 i it is not npeessnry to shu: them up six hours I I I a day in bad air and make litem sit l?ke | j posts on blocks and scats that we could not I i ! or would not s t an hour upon. If we wish ! | our children to hav? diseased brains nnd j , j nervous system, spinal disease, b id tern- L ! pi rs ?nd a premaiure grave, our schools as I they n:egenerally,are jus thephices to con. fine them from infancy till our en J is oh a tier I. ( The world is asleep and death ?talks abroad j j and takes our precious ones and like a Ale- | tiomedan annd the pltgue the Christian bows to his fate. We shall ere long learn that we have acted as foobrth'y, as madly, wtih our less' r pi goes as the M homedan with bis sweeping p'-stijtriico. !*%or one thing we ere greatful to the ad1 vocates of Phrenology. They pf ad for ! children. We would bless them for that if they n?-v< r benefit mankind in aught else.? We b'licvethe fam ly is :hi* proper nchool but iti the present state of society parents cannot edu '*> tlieir children prop- rlyv 1 bis is one powerful reason why the custom ol I society should he chang- d. Woman is degraded to a rn< re drudge. To ph-aso the I eve ari l tht? palate is by m ?ny considered | the appropriate spin-re of woman. Wo man must bo eduoa'ed in such a w ay as to fil ln r :? be the companion of man not bis | play-thing or his slave. Then site w II be i able to educate her offspring and not til! ! then. All we hope to do f.?r the present ag" is to improve o ir sehools and to keep our childr n out ol them till their systems are sufficiently developed :o enable ihein to support the mental lahor required and to give teachers rational id as so that tln-y may no' reo'iip- too much. Soil teachers can do i but h tie till paren s heroine ra ional. Instructor* le? l> that they are amenable to pap-n s and oll"n l- el ohlighd to art contra I 1 rv 1 o tlmire own conviction of right in order to satisfy their emplo< ers. The following S'-ntimmi's ol D.. Sjnjizheim are worthv } the s'-r ous con.sider.it on of American <vo, I men; . I in conversa-ion with n'lridy at Plosion on ) I # # , 1 the snhj Ct of female educa l ?o he remarked that wom.in would have hm little influence f. .. ... I J on society, hi me systems ot nis*ruction , j wore improved. " \ud how can they he ^ I improved?" inquired ih" lady. (Jv the elY | torts yl yourself, madam and oilier* oI j your own sex wlioiakC'an interest in tfv < J iiinjec-," lie promptly replied. "!M'*n do r no*, exc-pJ in very rare instances, I- el Ins dined to promote tin? improvement of fe . mal- a ; diey fear that they shall loose ihejr j empire over you if you become as wise as> J men ; therefore ynu mu-t in the first plan r! educate yourselves ? lead the way and r show us by example tiie benefits that re. >ult from a good an I Moron .pi sys'em ?>t ( instruction. I know that reason must l>. I cultivated iti order that persons may un. , j Jersland their mortal duties and die best ri manner of dichnritomi; lliem ; but mv sex ? I do not as yet ear* to h ive wotiv-n reason ; J they think U enough if you can only feel.? This is w.ong; for till women are taught j to reason they cannot cultivate the reasoning powers of their raildren ; and h -iice it ? is tliut tlie passions and sottish reelings hpr made so predominant in the grater pari ol i our race. But women must th'-ms Ives - take the lend in eon acting the.se errors'. | anecdote or ueoiige TlIK THIRD. 1118 Majesty was accustomed, after hearing a sermon, to walk and discourse with the preacher. Onsach an occasion, speaking to , | a fashionable preacher, he asked him. whether ho had read Bishop Andrews. Sanderson. Shot lock, ? The pigmy divine replies, ' "No, please your Majesty, iny reading is al* 1 modern. The writers of whom your M jesfy speaks are know obsolete, thong!) I doubt not j tliey m'giit have been vny well lor those days.' i The Kmg, turning upon his h"el, rejr iupd . I with poin'ed emphasis, "There were giautg | on the earth i i those days." Genesis vi. 4 j- Si. James' Chronicle February 17, 1820. ' SAVANNAH OCT. 21 . ? Late and. j important from Florida?We have received from a-friend in Florida, the followI ing important information in relation to the ' I Florida war. Fiom the sua rite it comes, 1 ' it may be re! ? l on as correct. It was : brought by the steamer 0 mrlea'on which ' arrived a! this port la^t evening: PlLATKA [F ?.] Oct. 17. ? Cell Arniishnd has suspended active nperniOns for the present in cotis -qncnce of an ngreemi n? he. tween him and th S? iiiino!o Cia if to hold a ' "talk" on the 2l)lh insl. at which time the chi f says he is willing to make a treaty or 1 peac, which lie says shall not ho "spoiled" ! is the other treaties have been. No o c ' here has any confidence in liirn or histrca'. ' ins; yet yon know Heaven is always heller v to us than our fears, nnd some good may UUl Ul VI ! ? I The U S. Bank.? Mr. Jaiidon was ill j the city ln^t week. A friend ol the Bunk who conversed with h<m tells us that Mi. J. asserts ihat th;> Bunk if now ready to reI j ?urw spent* paynicnis whenever t c I I Banks are ready, that she t e< ds no help ' | and has needed none, but lias resources ol , her own to tho ex cut of all h? r neressi'ies. i *N. Y. Jour Com. Colour 1 Piitl of the Post Ofnce Department has just re'urned from Kuropo and . brought wi h h nt much valuable informal on j. inrelation to the opcrat'on of the Post Oliiee svs'cin in Kimlaud and iliu neighbour:! 2 * O D . comures. t ^ * T A * * # ** 'ft. THE GAZETTE. ? ; gaea^w. - WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT.28. ' ( As our paper is printed on Tuesday, adver- j isemenis ought to be handed in as eariy as ( Monday Morning. J ?: j The River rose l'i or 13 feet la-<t week and j ifter wards fell about 10 fed. It is falling slowly ] >ut still navigable by the stpam boats. -j Blooded Cattle?Mr. S. Sands, publisher] ' )f the American Fanner, Ballimoro, advertise* mr sale the following cattle, viz: Four Devon Bulls from pno to our years old at prices from 50 to 75 dollars. Two Devon heifers, three years old. which have had their first calves at ?7.? and 85.?A half Durham and h.If Devon lioifor 1 year old. ?70.?Two heifers in Calf l>v i Devon Bull, 3 years oi l, ?20 each. A ful' blood Devon Co.v, 7 jcara old, ?50. A half Durham cow, n good milker, 5 years old, ?50Seven' half Durham bull calves G weeks old, 12 to 15 dollars. A | Dirbhm and ? Alderney cow, ?100. A fine Durham bull, .*? years o'd ? 160. A fine bull calf lioro than half Durham aut of a first rale milker, ?15, A half Ayrshire Tl: Bui! calf, ?17. . 17 . * w In Gen. Thompson's Congressonal d.strict Dr. Win. Butler (Whig) is eb-rt'd to C ng'es--. In G n. Griffin's district, P. C. Caldwell is el- e!#i |ecfed. In all the other district the old mem- rci bers hive been re elected, without serious op be nniiihnn 111 Pendleton district has elected a Whig dolega. lion to the state Ley is ature. flection Returns. The return for Marrion District was incorrectly published last week. The correct return published in the Charleston papers is as iollovvs. For Senator 3 Cause (Wh:g) 731 A L Scarborough (Democrat) 713 For Re pre entatives. P Palmer (Whig) 74i J C Bethoa (I) ) 735 II M Davis (W) 710 W T Wilson (D) fiOD Gilchrist (W) 697 D God bold (D; 671 St. Bar ' h'I.emkws Rep. B G O'Bryan (D; 293 1) S Henderson (f)) 249 j D Walker (D) 239 | I' C roily (W) 207 ft Fishburne (W) 2ll'd U The three tirst elected. 1 Newberry. S Fair, C B Grilin, T II Pope. i St. Lukes. Sen. Dr. J. Fmkling. Rep. A Rliett, R W Singleton. St. Peters. Sen. Henry Smart. Rep. J. I l.trtigue. Dr ft. Ripley. Sl Helena. Rep. Thomas Fuller jr. i Onngc. Sei J. M. Feldcr. Rep. D. F. J unison, Dr. J. G. Guignard. Greenville. Sen.'11 G Johnson. Rr*p.? d M. Earlr, II Smith, T E W.,re, B F Per.y. M I l.' Ili.npif 1(11 TlinmtUflll lUU'iUl^i u 14 14V.III v? II 14 M W it Punic, John K Richard?, John Hunt. '' A Whig ticket was run :n tins district and beaten froin TOO to 11)00 votes '' Ohio Election.?The returns from 09', counties in Ohio give a majority of 19*289 for n the Harrison ticket, being a gain of 24.*29t) jI compared w.th 18B8, when the Van fiuren j majority was 5727. In 18BG Ifurison had a ' j( mwjnrity of 8,457. Ten counti<s ttill j to bo heard from. (I 8men the above wa< in type wo received ac* counts from four additional counties, reducing I O the Whig m jority a f w Ivnlrud. The Van Huron tnaj ?rity. on joint ballot in tim sfilo legislature was 08 las. vcar. This year Lite Whig majority is *20. f C' NORESSIONAL F.LECTI"N. 7 N. G. Pendleton, Whig gain, -50 inajori y l( over Dr. Duncan. John B Wtlier, V. B. re-elect* d. Patrick G. Goode, Whig, re.elected. Jereuiiah Mm row, Wing ; succeeds Gov. Corwin William Doanr, V. B. re.elected. Calvary Morris, Whig, rc.elech d. W illiam Russel, Whig ; succeeds W. K. Dond Joseph Dridgeway, Whig ; re.electrd. William Medill, V. 11. re.ihcted. Sampson Mason, Wing, re eected. 11. ?. Cowan, Whig gam, l^OU majority. Joaiiua Maiheot, W mg gam, 14D0 majority. James Matthews, V. ii. , succeeds La.aube tier., .. George JS'.vency, V. D. re-elected. ?>. Andrews, Wing; succeeds J W . Alien. Joshua K Geddings, Whig, re-elected. John Hastings, V. ii. re-elected' Lad Dean, V. 11. fiUccceds D- A. Starkweather. Samuel SlukoJey, Whig gain ; succeed. Swcaringou, V. ii. Doing a gain of 4 by the Wings. In liu: present Congress tlie Whigs nave ^ the Democrats 11. In the next Congress the j vv higs will have I'd, the Dv luocraio 7. Pennsylvania Llkctm.v?The aggregate vote | fur Congress gives llio Van iiuruti party a in.i jority oJ about 51.03, being a lass ot more than compared with the \ot< lor Governor i.. Ic3d; and a gum of more than 70.J, compared ( wit i ilie v<>le for f resident in I^3ti. In the slate legislature the Wnigs li-?vc a ( ' majority of 7 on joint ballot, the irumocrs being j ; in tbe Senate *0 Wings and 13 Democrats; in t he House el Uiprcsei.uu ves a tie, or 50 of ctcli ! parly. Just year tlie Democrats had a majority of 1 j in the Senate and 3U in the House. In ldo'J \ ' the Whigs hud a majority of 3 in liic So iute, 1 and the Democrats u majority of 12 ;n Lite iioasc. The Sen ile consists of o3 numbers; one thud r of whom are elected annually. Of toe il who!; go out this year <j are Democrats and 3 are|J Whigs. Ui the I! now elected Tare W'ligs an?lj i ====?= cA f rc Dcmocra's. The ;gl*etions to ths |U|? ^ islaturo arc leas favorable to Ue Democrat n llut to Congress. Members of Conoress elected. Uharles Brown, V ft;:, [oha Sergoant, Whip ieorge W. T??lund, Whig. Hhurles J. Ingersotl, V B gain. lobn Edward*, Whig. feromiih Brown, Whig. t'runcis James, Whig, f fiseph Furnace, V B * Rol?eri Ramsay, Whig gaia. lohn Went brook, V B P*tor Newhard, V B Jeorge M. Kcim, V B William Siinoutoii, Whig. lames Gerry. V B lames Cooper, Wh g. Wiliiain S. Ramsey, V B lames Irvio, Whig gain. ? ; B Mij. A. Bidlark. V B John Snydor, V B Davis Dimock. V B ? Chirle* Ogle, Whig. Albert G. .Marchand, V B *"* Kuo-f Hook. V B Joseph Laurence, Whig gain. W,n. W. Irwin, Whig. II. if. Brackenriilge, Whig. William Jack, V B 1 homas Heury, Whig. Arnold Plainer, V B :e-clccted. Showing a Whig ntU gain of two members. le la.-vt delegation consisted of 11 Whigs and Viu Buret men; the present del grftion, 13 . lugs and ^5 V.in BAr?*,Si?ll.? J L'...., ~r" r " Presidential Election?Recent state ictionk have indicated a preference, for the >p' ctive candidates, as follows. The nurnr of votes to which each state is entitled be I annexed; ' \ f. . FOR GE.V. HARRISON. \ Connecticut, 8 votaf Virginia, 2ft Rhode I.-1 tnd 4 Louisiana, ft Kentucky, 1ft ^ Indiana, 9 Vermont, a 2 4 North-Carolina, 1ft Maine, 19 Delaware, ft Maryland, 10 Georgia, 11 New Jersey, 8 Ohio, ... 21 149 FOR MR VAN BUREN. New Hampshire, " Alabama, 7 Illinois, y MihSonri. 4 South Carolina, u. , Pennsylvania, 30 ' " 64 In the following states fh"re have been no jcent elections, and there will be none before no election for President; New-York, 43 Massachusetts, 14 Mississippi, 4" Tennessee, . *,16 * y Arkansas, i(t 3 Mich g in, V 3 - si The whole numbe r of electoral voles n 294, f whirlt 149 re a majority. It will be se? nby the bove statement that tho votes :of the state? ,hh It have recently indicated a preference for ten. Harrison amount to 149, being one more h tn enough to elect him. Of the six states in w hich r.o elections have een held this year, two at the last year's e!ecinn, indicated a preference for the Whig par. y, viz. New York and M tssachusotts, whose lumber of votes tooeth?-r is 30. The other aitr. viz Misstppi, Arkansas and Michigan ^ [plicated a preference for the present adiuin. j'ration Ttieir joint number of votes is 2>. J 0 f wo add these numbers respectively to those bovc stated for the two ratiJtd ites, the votes rill stand, for I larrison 20-3, for Van tiurett 9. Electoral ELECT*0*. A niinil>"r of tables have Irmm puhi *hr4<) ivine the !? ?>? * fit hoMing the Electoral ti???t?. Mo<i ot ihttin have cnnmned er* urs. The subjoin-d ?e believed is cured;? Maine, No. 2 10 N- vv Hampshire 44 2 7 V-rmoiir. 44 10 7 M 44 9 14 H 'oil'* I-In mi I, 44 4 4 Conner icir, 44 2 8 N.'vi York, 44 2.3.4, 43 N \v Jers-v, 44 3, 4, 8 Delaware, 44 19 4 M i >I:iim1, 44 9 10 P -iiiityivimia Oct. MO SO Virginia, Nov. 2 23 O io, O l. 30 21 In 'liana. Nov. 2 0 l.ihioi*, 44 2 5 Mirli^faf, 44 2 3 M sstnii i, 44 2 4 * A rk iis;i<, 44 2 3 North Cariilinn, 4* 12 15 Soma U iro hia. by Leg s'titup4, 11 (i org a, Nor. 2 11 A I" b ona, 44 9 7 Mis? ss |?|>i, 44 2 4 Louisiana, 44 3 5 Kentucky. 44 2 15 Tennessee, 44 3 15 249 On iln* s< toU(I of November 14S lector* ire chosen, liy fourteen Sta'ns. being just b.? number necessary fur ? choice. Fitly ^ on" elector* arc chosen on the SOih of dviuimt. Mr. Webster's opinion on abolition and state rights. We copy the following paragraphs delivered l>y Mr. Webster at a- late Whig Convention of Virginia held at Rich11011(1. And here ( am brought to advert for one uniiH'iit lo *vi?;?t I cou?tiiin|y see in ali the \i]iniii!>(rai on papers from Baltimore >outh. h is mi" perpetual uul-cry? admon? shrng the jfuplc of the SiMil i that lUcir own