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. ' HER A W GAZETTE.. vl M. MACLEAN, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. CIIERAW, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1836 VOL. I. NO. 52. * ~ j G. II. TAYLOR, PRINTER. Published every Tuesday. t i: k ji s. If paid within three months, ... 3. 00 It paid withinthree nionthsafterthcclose ot the year, 3. 50 I not paid within that time, .... 1. 00 A company of six persons taking the paper at the same Post OlHce, shall he entitled to it at $1 .">, paid in advance, and a company of ten persons at ?20; provided the names be forwarded together, accompanied by the money. No paper to be discontinued but at the option of the Editor till arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted for 75 cents per square the first time, and 37 ? for each subsequent insertion. Persons sending in advertisements are requested to specify the number of times they are to lie inserted; otherwise they will be continued til! ordered out, and charged accordingly. (ETThe Postage must be paid on all communi/otinnc cont lllT iri'lll. KIRAL ECOXO.HY. A LEAF FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF A FARMER. Sonic experience, and more observation, has convinced me that one of the most ' common errors into which farmers fall, is undertaking more than they can perform; hence I insert the following? M7/1. Never to lay out more work than there is a reasonable probability of finishing in good time, and in good order. Labor is capital, and time is capital, and a man should know how much of both he can bestow any given pari of his farm before he undertakes its cultivation. Serious losses result from a neglect of this rule, for there are many farms, and many operations in ( farming, in which a failure in time or labor , is fatal to the hope of profit. There are , many farms so situated that the crops will , not pay the expense of cultivation, unless ( manure is used to a considerable extent: now . if the farmer plans his business on so ex- , tensive a scale that he has no time to col- , lect and apply this essential article, his infe.1, rior crops will prove a source of loss in-' < - " ' i r stead of gain. If he plants a neiu or corn, i but has so much other \\_.k to do that lie , can hoe it but once, and that slightingly, ( when two thorough ones are required, he ( must not complain if his neighbor, who em- J j ploys a capital of both time and labor on - j his corn, should gather a harvest far ex- i ( ceedingjlus own. If he allows his manure , to lie in the barn yard through the summer |, washing in the rains, and wasting in the sun, j because he had not time to apply it to his , corn or barley grounds in the spring, he j may be sure that he is not in the way to get ( the most profit from his farm, or the most j ( benefit from his barn yard. The man who j j has no time to clean his seed wheat, be- j j cause he is so driven with work, will most ( likely find some five or ten percent, of his , crop will be chess and cockle at harvest- j ing. But there is no end to the inconve- , niences that result from attempting too ! | much on the farm; from beginning to end I it is evil; it makes the whole process of farming up-hill work ; it allows not a moment for relaxation or improvement of the , mind; it places the farmer and his work in wrong positions, the latter always driving the former; and he who does not correct vv.;il fjn(j himself driven me envi m ...... out of house and home. Mem. Never to willingly subject myself to a charge of ignorance on any subject of permanent utility or general knowledge, not of a kind strictly technical or profes- " sional. The notion so prevalent, that the farmer, from the very nature of his avocations, must necessarily be ignorant of every thing that does not relate to his employment, should be exploded, and none are more interested in the matter than the farmer himself. It mav be asserted, that few professional men, who are zealously and successfully engaged in their several pursuits, have more hours io devote to the acquisition of general knowledge of a useful kind, than the farmer. All that is wanting is the taste for knowledge?and this taste is ususaliy an acquired one?and the ' means of information will follow as a matter of course. Papers, periodicals, books, } ' *" all are so plentiful and so cheap, and information on most topics has been so condensed, that to plead want of means, or Mem. Always to pay particular atter tion to the garden. Some farmers by the continued borrowing, seem to believe in th maxim, that "good neighbors arc half one5 living," but this 1 would have applied t my garden. If properly selected, well ma nured, and carefully planted and tended, garden plat of half an acre will half suppoi a moderate family. The garden forms t place into which a thousand scraps of tim< can be profitably cast, and health and plea sure be, as they unhappily not often arc combined. Flowers may be called tlx poetry of the farm, and they are so closel; allied, that he who loves not both of them may be said to have but half a heart, am the woman who neglects them is?is unpar donable. Mem. Never suffbr the season of gather ing and securing seeds to pass, without lay ing in sufficient quantity for my own use, o the very best of all the necessary kind: that can be nrocurcd. It costs but littl< - I trouble at the time ; it enables you to b< certain of the kind and quality : and whet the season of planting or sewing arrives saves you an infinite deal of vexation ant trouble in looking them up. The govern ing maxim of him who would be a thrifn farmer, so far as concerns what can profita bly be raised on his own farm, must be? alicays to sell, never to buy.?Observer. THE AMERICAN FARMER. BT NICHOLAS RIDDLE. From an Address before the Philadelphia Societ: for Promctijig Agriculture. "If I have failed to prove that the pursuit: of agriculture may be as lucrative as othe; employments, it will be an easier task t< vindicate their pleasure and their impor fance. I need not dwell on that retirement one of the purest enjoyments of this life and the best preparation for the future; 01 those healthy ocupations, on that calmnes: of mind, on that high spirit of manliness an< independence, which naturally belong t( that condition. These are attractions whicl must have deep roots in the human heart tinm lin'o m .nil iiniM fascinated a 5II1CU nit Y IKI v> ? Qnce the imagination, and won thejudgmen r){ men. But I may be allowed to say tha in this nation agriculture is probably des lined to attain its highest honors, and tha ihe country life in America ought to pos sess peculiar attractions. The pure anc splendid institutions of this people have em bodied the highest dreams of those higl spirits who, in other times and in othe lands, have lamented or struggled agains Dppressions; tliev have realized the fini conceptions which speculative men hav< magined, which wise men have planned, o brave men vainly perished in attempting t< L1.m Kn/Joumnrr thn IriC esutoiisu. in i(.^luiuuup v.~ .v^w dignity of man. and inspiring the lotiiestfeel ings of personal independence, may h( traced in every condition of our citizens but as all objects are most distinct by insu lation, their etFects are peculiarly obvious ii the country. "The American Farmer is the exclusive absolute, uncontrolled proprietor of the soil His tenure is not from Government. Th< Government derives its power from him.? There is above him nothing but God on( the laws; no hereditary authority usurpin' the distinctions of personal genius; no estab lished church spreading its dark shadov between him and heaven. Ilis lruga government neither desires nor dares to op press the soil, and the altars are only sup ported by the voluntary offerings of sincen piety. His pursuits, which perversion cat render injurious to any, are directed to th< common benefit of all. In multiplying tb bounties of Providence in the improvemen ?'' tlm criil in thn pnrp n auu vi in'- oviij >u iiiu ~ the inferior animals committed to his charg he will find an ever-varying and interesting employment, dignified by the union of sim pie and generous hospitality. His char acter assumes a loftier interest by its influ once over the public liberty. "It may not be foretold to what danger this country is destined, when its swellin population, its expanded territory, its dail complicating interests, shall awake the la tent passions of men, and reveal the vulnei able points of our institutions But whet ever these perils shall come, its most steac fast securvy, its most firm reliance will b on that column of land proprietors?th men of the soil and of the country. * * * These men, powerful like their own forest! may yet interpose between the factions c the country, to heal, to defend, and to save. From the Saturday Courier. practical essays. BY A DISTINGUISHED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. Exercise.?There is perhaps scarce! one element of hygiene of such great impo] tance as exercise. Without it, we can nei er enjoy perfect and long continued healtl A consideration of this subject, therefor is indispensable in every treatise on thepr< vention of disease and the preservation < health; and if we shall be the fortunai means of inducing those of sedentary hah; (and it is to such that this branch of 01 subject particularly addresses itself) to d< vote more attention to this all-importai point, we shall be accomplishing, in ot own estimation at least, a great public gooi We take it for granted that we shall n< be able to impress our readers, and pai ticularly the younger part of them, with th same views that we entertain ourselve of the vast importance of exercise to the health and comfort. Although so much he been said and written within a few years c this subject, and the public, is in some d< gree alive to its importance, still a vlst de remains to be accomplished before scdenti rv men and females will feci and act in r< lation to it as they ought. Our own pe sonai experience and observation has hoc turned to if particularly ever we mil ^ ? , . * . _ . i. menced the practice of medicine, and ir have no hesitation in saying that four-lif e of the indisposition which sedentary ir s labour under, might be avoided by act o and abundant exercise in the open air?;i i. that a vast amount of suffering which a males in the higher ranks of life are cal t to endure, might be saved to them by 1 [i same course. And in particular, that t e is the case with all or the greater part - those harassing and indescribable sens tions concealed under the broad name e dyspepsia. y The various processes connected w the all-important functions of digestion cr j not be fully and properly performed, unit . the different organs be stimulated by da and active exercise. It is absolutely esst . tinl to health that absorbtion and secret! . should be constantly and actively in pi f gress in our bodies; and exercise, by in s goraiing and exciting the several viscc 3 and parts concerned in those important oj 3 rations of the animal economy, contribu ! materially to the healthy tone and prof condition of the whole system, j A deficiency of exercise on the oil . hand, or too sedentary employment, dim ,* ishes the activity of the circulation, and . course the vital heat, relaxes the muscl _ checks perspiration, gives rise to habiti costivcness and to a vast variety of disire ing nervous atlections. But not only health preserved and disease prevented a regular system of active exercise; r strength is likewise much increased by tl V means. This is perfectly evident from t contrast presented by those whose occu[ s lions are of an active kind, and which k i' them much into the open air, compai J with the sedentary and inactive. The f mcr are by far the strongest, as well as t ? healthiest, members of the community. T '? effect of exercise in increasing muscu i strength is likewise strikingly manifested s those parts of the body which are in m< 3 constant action, for they become full, fiii ) and strong. For example, the arms of t t blacksmith, the legs of a runner, <Scc., bei ? more used than other parts of the boc t have their muscles much more fully dev t oped and strengthened. t The effects of exercise upon the men faculties are not less marked and benefic t than upon the bodily powers. It conduc - to that clearness of understanding, brillian 1 of imagination, and elasticity of spiri which are so necessary to the full develop i ment and salutary employment of the int r lertual man. Indeed, the fact that heu 11 is benefitted by constant exercise, is sul 2 cient to convince any one that it must - of service to the exertion of the mir r since this cannot be done to complete c > vantage without perfect health. Sickm t and suffering give rise to irritability of tei per and depression of spirits, which esse *I tidily interfere with and retard all ncti ; i mental exertion. Literary and sedenta - men arc peculiarly liable to these men i afflictions, and no doubt they arise mc fiv-km ilLhpntfli hrnuorht on hv their want WW... -----' i exercise, than from any peculiar origii * temperament of this kind. For all such li - ficulties, exercise, pcrseveringhj and actn - Iv continued, is the only efficient remec 1 Medicine may at first give partial and tei I porury relief; but it will be found to beot - partial and temporal*}', for the disease v * soon return in an aggravated form, a 1 medicines of all kinds will serve only as p - liatives to the mischief. A sedentary and inactive life gives r ? directly to several of the most distressi 3 complaints to which humanity is liabl e among these, may be reckoned scrofu c idigestioti, obstinate headaches, jaund it pulmonary consumption, curved spi 1 and apoplexy. All, or nearly all, e these diseases will be found more I 5 quently among those who are confin i- much within doors, as professional men c * various kinds of artificers, and as shoen - kers, morkmcn in large manufactories, 6 &c., than among farmers, carpenters, s bricklayers, who are employed principc g in the open air. 99 ? ? i .i : y We have already spoKen 01 me imp L* lance of exercise in keeping up the inset ble perspiration upon our bodies. It n |* not be known to the unprofessional reader,t '* there is constantly exhaling from the be e when in health, a perspiration (imperce] ? ble to our senses.) but still in such gr abundance as to amount to three or f< 5* pounds weight (equal to three or four pit: ? in 24 hours. In fact, it appears, from 1 Robinson's experiments, that a greater p portion ofexcrementitious matter is tl thrown off than in all other wayscombin Rut to keep up this perspiration in its natural extent, a considerable degree active exercise is indispensable; and, fr its great amount, we can readily conce l" the ill effects which must result from partial or total suppression. This is v expressed by the medicinal poet:? 4 While this eternal, this most copious wast< c Maintains its wonted measure, all the powers Dt Of health befriend you, all the wheels of life With ease and pleasure move: but this restrai ts Or more or less, so more or less you feel IP The functions labour:?from this fatal sourc What woes descend, is never to be sung." it With respect to the cure of diseases tr exercise, although it may not be as effe< i. al here as in their prevention, still, in Dt great many, it is absolutely essential, wl r- in several nothing more is required to p le manent and complete relief. In dyspep s, that most common and most harassing int ir position of sedentary men, I am convim is from my own personal experience, as > ?n as pretty extensive observation, that ae exercise, steadily kept up, will, in nine al ses out of ten, etfect a perfect cure with i- a particle of medicine or any particular e? tention to diet. I was myself; when a: r- dent of medicine, harassed with dyspej :n to an extent unusual at so early an ag< >. nryl indeed so cr?at v.*is mv predisposi * .1 want of time, for the acquisition ot knowledge, is sealing our condemnation with our i own hand. True, a farmer must go to work, and work hard?to labor is his glory and in it he finds his reward. The free laborelr who tills his own farm, has a prouder patent of nobility, and can trace a longer pedigree, than any monarch-made of peers i on earth, but he must never be ashamed of I his calling, or ape the follies or vices of those who ridiculously deem themselves above him. Mem. Always to perform whatever I undertake. The celebrated John Hunter, towards the close of his life, was asked how L- J l LI . ,:?K _ ne nau utrcn aoie to accompiiMi ov mu^.. labor. He replied, " by always performing what I undertook. If an object pre. seated itself to me as desirable to be accomplished, I first inquired whether it could be done?if it was necessary it should be done ?and these two points once settled, the conclusion was, I could do it as well as any one else, and by perseverance it was done." This is the course to be pursued by the farmer. Only let him determine what is indispensable, and necessary to success in any farming operation, and lie will rarely fail. The object and the meafis of attaining it should be distinct in the mind, and these should be unhesitatingly pursued. Perseverance lias wrought wonders in the farming world, and its efficiency is not by any means lost. The most highly cultivated parts of Europe, were once considered as hopelessly barren; and our country exhibits some most honorable examples of what skill and determined industry can accom-1 plish. - we I to it, that I had followed any sedentary em, c< His ployment, I should have been a very great tii icn sufferer from it. Many of the remedies hi ive usually recommended in such cases were 01 ind tried?as blue pill occasionally in small do- in fe- ses, alkaline medicines, frictions, luxations, in led eVc., and great attention was paid to diet: pi the all, however, to little purpose, and with but ti< his teirfporarv relief, for the disease went on w of from bad to worse, till I entered on the prac- m >a- | tice of my profession. Mv habits of life at of | were now completely changed: instead of w< spending most of my time within .doors. I ki ith was occupied several hours a day on horse- th til- back, and had occasion besides to walk th iss a good deal. The effect upon my health T ily was soon perceptible. My appetite returned M ;n- ?acidity atid flatulency 110 longer harassed ly on me?digestion was perfect?my head-aches eq ro- vanished?and in short the whole train of vi- nervous symptoms disappeared as if by en- fa ;ra chantment, and my health was perfectly th >e- and permanently restored. And all fhis re tes was accomplished without a particle of med- m >er icine, or any very special restriction as to th diet?except that I had made it a rule to 01 ieT eat sparing, and to abstain from a few ar- th in- tides which I knew by experience to be par- T of ticularly indigestible. I can now partake ci es, without suffering of every article that is usu- in jal ally put on our tables. T ss- Glandular obstructions and diseases are in is very much bennetitted by exercise. This a by is particularly the case with scft>fula, and in- bi mr deed the most important remedy for this to his ; complaint is exercise combined with fric- w he ! tions. The fact that females are more liable sc >a- ; to scrofula than males, is no doubt attributa- dt ad i ble to the more active life led by the latter, of ed i Upon this subject, that distinguished sur- sc .>r- j geon. Sir Astley Cooper, remarks?" Hoys fn he will take exercise, and thus are less liable to w he this complaint, whilst girls are not allowed, he lar and, if predisposed to it, are almost always kc in , attacked by it." es ds j These principles can also bo applied he ck with strict accuracy to that distressing and rn he increasing disease, curved spine. It rarely qi ng occurs among boys or young men, but of -~ ly, late years, and particularly in Burope, has, lie el- become frightfully common with girls. The he | profession are generally ol opinion, tnar, in si; tal j a great majority of cases, this complaint is tli ial 1 caused by deficiency of exercise-and indeed N :es this would seem to be obvious from the fact, di cy that we seldom meet with it among the chil. m its, dren of the poor, and that among the higher cc ie- classes of society it occurs much more fre- fri ? el- quently in girls than boys. Dr. Shaw, in pr 1th ; his work on "Spinal Distortions," " For fifty su fh- ! voung ladies who become twisted between al ! 9 g% be the ages of eight and fourteen, there is not b\ id,! more then one jwor girl similarly affected, gt id- j And for one hundred young ladies who are ;ss ' twisted, there is not one young gentleman." jU; m- i For those who are predisposed to this ?p' ;n-1 deformity, the proper preventive undoubted- ra ve | ly is, plenty of Xxercise in the open air, w ry | nourishing food, and a proper attention to . tul, the state of the alimentary canal. Feeble ire j and delicate girls should have particular ve of; care taken of them in relation to this point: dc ial every opportunity and inducement to exercise lif- should be afforded them?and even com- foi re. pulsion should be used if necessary to effect C: ly. this desirable object, m- These distressing cases would, beyond tly all doubt, be much more frequently cured ? nil than they are, if this all-powerful remedy to nd was persevcringly employed. A judicious lit al- English physician remarks?" I believe it sc tr> hp fullv nscurrained. that reffulated exer- th ise J cise in the open air is the grand means of di ng | recovery?and I have no doubt it will per- m e : fectly cure the most frightful spinal distor- is ila, tions, even after severe cough, emaciation, ice and excessive weakness have been induced ne, uv the continuance of the disease." b< of ' fr re* PHRENOLOGY. ai ied tc j A Remarkable Case.?We have been 1a kindly permitted to extract from a report ^ zc recently made to the New York Phrenolo- tj. ^ gical Society by its Secretary, as one of a ^ t|j committee appointed to investigate pheno- ' mena connected with a fracture of the skull j : and the consequent mental manifestation. ^ . The subject of this committee's examination, a m' was a small child of Mr. James Mapes, !a> ; which at the time of the accident alluded ? 'lI | to, was two years of age. About two years tc K? since this child, whilst leaning out of the !)!l* | dormer window of the three story brick ^ eaf! house, No. 42 Green-street, unwittingly lost JU1 its balance and was precipitated headlong to ~e( lTS' the pavement below. Before reaching the sidewalk, she struck against the iron railing .ro~ | of the steps, by which her skull was most horribly fractured. On removing her to the j; * house she was supposed by her parents and jj ' the distinguished medical gentleman, Dr. ^ 0 Mott, who had been called, to be irrecovcr- j ?m ably injured. Dr. , who had also ,ve been called, felt desirous to perform an op- ^ ^ eration, deeming it possible to procrastinate v'c its dissolution, and by removing the pressure of the skull upon the brain, toeflect a N temporary restoration of the child's faculties. '' This would, it was thought, afibrd a tranri,j , stent satisfaction to the parents. The operation was accordingly underta- c c ken, by trepanning and afterwards by sawing traversely across tiie skull and then latby terally, so as to remove a portion of the ;tu- skull three and a half by four-inches square. ^ a It was found that the membrane had not n hile been ruptured, and consequently, that the >f>r- cerebral organs were uninjured, eccept from b sia} the concussion. c iis- The scalp- having been carefully laid c ced back-and secured, the child soon recovered, c veil and indicated even more than its wonted e tive manifestation of mind. o ca- The most remarkable fact in this case n out was, that the child previous to the accident, v at- evidently from some mal-conformation? p stu- had not manifested the intellectual powers ti Dsia common to children of that tge wheras, on 1< e? its recovery from the physical disability, it t ti on exhibited extraordinary aeufeness nf per. f option and strength of the reflective facu!- d L's. The sentiments were also remarka* h y active and susceptible. The committee, Jt1 placing the hand upon the integmcnts ? imediately covering the brain ai>d requir- d g the child's mind to be exercised by a ni ogress calling into activity compound emo- ei )ns, at once perceived the agitation in V{ hieh the brain had been thrown by the ental effort. The perturbations were rapid P1 id often times violent. Different faculties Q ere called into activity, by varying the ai rid of subjects presented to the mind of P( e child, and variations in the agitation of e brain followed the change of the subject. 1,1 he motions of the brain were sometimes >' te the vibrations of a string when violent- 111 struck, and at other times like the more | ?' [ual undulations of a wave. ?J It is quite apparent in this case, that the culties, in the manifestations of which ose portions of the cerebal mass lying di- "1 ctly beneath the cranial fracture, were ostly afFected by the accident, and also 111 at the cause of mental imbecility previ- P' is to that circumstance, is attributable to a< e pressure of the skull on the brain.* P! his is lound to be no very uncommon cirimstance. Numerous cases are recorded e; the medical books of a similar nature, he agitation of the brain on the excite- a ent of the mind, correspond exactly with " case of .Sir Astley Cooper's, in which the a aiii being exposed, and the patient made ? exercise his mind .powerfully, the brain ,r as actually protruded by the mental eifort n onetimes above the skull, but which rece- c ;d on the relaxation of thought. A case f' a similar kind also occurred in this city onetime since. A lady having been coA- SJ led in the Lunatic Asylum, for insanity, ^ as visited one day bv her husband. Whilst i was in the room conversing with the ?! leper, his wife watching the opportunity, ^ capcd from the door, and springing into >r husband's wagon, drove oirwith so much a pidity as to render her being overtaken lite impossible. Dashing down the street, she came to ,T former residence, when rapidly turning ;r vehicle into the yard, it was upset and i ic thrown head first against the wall of e house, by which her skull was fractured, o other material effect however was pro- p iced, save the complete restoration of her \ ind to sanity and healthy action, and of gj >urse, to the enjoyment of her family and S( ends. This is but one of the many cases ^ oving insanity to be oftentimes the re. lit of the pressure on the brain, and that ^ ways as a consequence, insanity is caused )r j the disease or derangement of that or- tj m.?N. lr. Sun. *It is not stated that the skull had been in- a 1 '* -L- -J-~* iW'O reel previously to me acciuun awicu owv??-. ai he brain did not therefore suffer preternatu- if 1 compression, and the intellect of the child si as natural. After the accident the parts of tl e brain from which tlie scull had been rcmo. f* d became preternaturally, but not morbidly, 'j veloped, and therefore the intellectual funcins dependent upon these parts were per- ^ rnied with more vigor and strength.?Ed. rj her. Ga/. Regaiid for Human Life is England. 71 is cuff-ivd ill Hnland. 7 -ilUIJIUU VI nvinu.. .W be put to death either by ignorance, neg- 0 jence, accident or design, without strict 1 :rutiny into the facts. A coroner's inquest n ere is a real and searching inquiry, con. P jcted by a competent and well qualified 81 agisfrate. (>ne good result of such inquiry statcd in the annexed report: iV. Y. Amer. 0 An inquest was held, on the 26th, on the c idy of Rebecca RusseJ, who had taken . om four to six of Morrsion's pills a day, * id got worse. Her husband then went to j > Mr. La Mott an agent for the sale of the ills, and he recommend six to be taken i *3 1 night of No. I, and the same quantity le following morning of No. 2. Next T S lorning La Mott visited the patient, and rdered eight to be taken night and morning, [e daily increased the dose to ten pills, and ^ len to fifteen every three hours; but as she * ot worse, he ordered them to be disconnued, as "her's was a very obstinate case." hi her decease post mortem examination iok place, and it was found that death was ^ aused by inflammation of the intestines, rought on by excessive purging. The J iry, after half an hour's deliberation returnd a verdict, "That the death of the deceasJ was occasioned by disease, in conjuncon with medicine improperly administer- t d, and by gross ignorance of the person rescribing." The coroner told the j erv I I lat, under these cirumstances, it would e for them to return a verdict of man- j laughter against the person by whose orders le medicine was administered, Mr. LaMott. ,L - p "V oc onrt n vnrilict 1 lie luruniiiii i wo , ?..v* ?? ras accordingly entered of "Manslaughter gainst Thomas La Mott." j It juries of inquest were as common and lithful in this country as in England, verdicts of lanslaughter against quacks would be neithr few nor far between.?Cher aw Gazelle. Tlflv WIDOWER AND IIIS DAUGHTER. lie did not send her to a boarding school d learn frivolous accomplishments, and i take romantic friendships, and have her s end fdled with the fashions and the beaux, t efore any principles for the guidance of her t onduct in life, or any distinct ideas of what < onstituted rational happiness, had been ^ onveyed to her mind. Certain it is, how- / ver, that the love of home and the habit ?' f domestic confidence, must pervade fe- I nale education, or merely being married /ill never make a woman fond of domestic i leasures, or capable of discharging domes- t ic duties. It is strange that men of sense, t earning, and knowledge of the world, can 1 elieve that a weak minded, sentimental, t riyolous vounir Indv, whose whole heart i-? 4 evoted to dress, amusements, aqd husbandunting, will make a kind, submissive and idicious wife! Such apparently gentle iris are the most unreasonable beings in ic universe?as wives, f mean. ,Men will ot believe, till they find by conjugal expefi:ice, that a pretty, soft spoken, sentimental oung creature, whose deepest learning is a w French phrases, and a few tunes on the iano, can exlubit passiotis as violent as ueen Elizabeth, or be as obstinate as Madne de Stael in an argument. Before pro osing to marry a young lady, consider if le has qualities you would esteem in an in- r mate friend. If she has not, never dream our love will last, though she be as beautill as a Houri. Beauty is a fascinating biect; but who ever selected a friend for his her beauty??Mrs. Hair. Church Reform.?The most valuable ring in England is that of Doddington in ie Isle of Eiy, which, according to Parlialentary returns, is of the value of 7306/. ?r annum, containing manv thousand ' <J * :res< of land of the finest quality. The itronage belongs to the Peyton family, and le living is regarded as an appanage of the state for the second son, whose qualifiesans for the ministry are of course a secondry consideration. The parish includes e town of March, with a population of bout 6000, and the duties of that chapelry re performed by acurate, who is necessarily idebtcd for essential aid to the dissenting linisters. It is but just to add, that few urates arc so well paid and provided with le means of administering to the poor.? !ut it is obvious that one of the most de* irable objects of church reform is the diision of such a benefice as this: and it is to e hoped that the attention of die newdiocean will be drawn to the subject. Next to loddington, the richest living in England is tanhope, in Durham, value 4843/. There re sixteen others of the value of 2000/. a car and upwards. From the S. C. Herald. REPORT ON SLAVERY. hj the Harmony Presbytery, embracing the middle country in South Carolina. Whereas, sundry persons in Scotland and Ingland, and others in the North East and ^estofour own country, have denounced luvery as obnoxious to the laws of God : )me of whom have presented before the General Assembly of our Church, and ic Congress of this nation memorials and etitions, with the avowed object of bringing lto disgrace slaveholders, and abolishing O t le relation of master and slt\ve. And whereas, from the said proceedings, nd the statements, reasonings, and circum. :ances connected therewith, it is most manest that those persons "know not what they ay nor whereof they affirm and with lis ignorance discover a spirit of SebrightDusness and exclusive sanctity, while they ldulge in the most reckless denunciations of 1 ' r I-- rj-* __ *| teir neignoor, asiaise m iaci as mev are pposed to the spirit and dictates of our oly religion. 'herefbre, Resolved, 1. That as the Kingdom of our Lord is of of this world, his Church asstich has no ight to abolish, alter or effect any institution r ordinances of men political and civil lerely : nor has the Church even in our lii 'st the right to prescribe rules and dictate ri.iciplcs which can bind or affect the con. cience with reference to slavery, and any uch attempt would constitute ecclesiastical yranny. Much less has any other church r churches or bodies of men ecclesiastical' ivil, or political under Heaven, any the lightest right to interfere in the prem?. >es. 2. That slavery has existed from the' ays of those good old slaveholders and patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, (whore now in the Kingdom of Heaven,) to the ime when the apostle Paul sent a runaway lave home to his master Philemon and rrote a christian and fraternal epistle to-this laveholder, which we find still stands in the anons of the Scriptures; and that slavery ias existed ever since the days of the ipostles and does now exist. That as the relative duties and obligaions of master and slave are taught in the Scriptures, in the same manner as those of >arent and child, and husband and wife, he existence of slavery itself is not opposed o the will of God : and whosoever has a conscience too tender to recognize this-relaion as lawful is "righteous over much," is 'wise above what is written," and has submitted his neck to the yoke of man, sacificed his christian liberty of conscience tnd leaves the infallible word of God for the ancies and doctrines of men. 4. Reso/ced, That the relation of master' uid slave is pureiy a civil relation, and in nn nnrsum rm nnrsnns ran imnair. ~ r r r ?' ibndge or alter that Institution, save the Legislature or the people of South Carolina >nly. M. D. FRASER, T. C. From the New York Express, October 17. tiie surplus revenue. There is 110 doubt now that the Van Bu en men intend to make a set-to the next >ession of Congress upon the surplus reveille. and to do away with the distribution if hev can, notwithstanding General Jackson improved the law. Ay, it is even said on rood authority, that General Jackson himrt // will recommend the repeal! This is t question, therefore, which should enter nrgcly into the ensuing elections. The Yati Buren party look upon the surplus evetiue as spoils, which they have a right o dispose of; and if they are successful in he elections; they will undoubtedly, in the anguage of Governor Marcy, consider hem as the spoils of victory. But however ir.d'fieren! the country maybe to their