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Death of the Grand Dnkc of Baden.
Intelligence has been received of the death of
the Grand Duke of Baden, which took place on
Saturday night. On Friday symptoms of approaching
death betrayed themselves, and orders
were immediately given to close the theatres, and
consign all the troops to barracks.
The event recorded in the preceding lines ean
n ?,1
not surprise or startle the puoiic. me emuu
l)uke, Charles Leopold Frederick, was born in
1790?be was, therefore, (J2 years of age at his
death. To Englishmen he has been only known
as the ruler of a small and unimportant German
principality, noted chiefly for its revolutions, and
especially as having been the theatre of the last
sanguinary struggle between the democratic party
and the now absolute power of Prussia.
Neither as a man nor as a sovereign was the late
Archduke characterized by any extraordinary
personal qualities, and his life therefore presents
hardly a single feature not common to the ma
joritv of German sovereigns?at one moment
humbly bowing to the popular will when it was
in the ascendant, promising liberal institutions
and laws?breaking these promises, and trampling
the people under foot, when restored to the
full exercise of absolute power. It would be a
useless and thankless task to refer to them. The
demise of this sovereign, however, rai?es a most
important question with respect to the succession.
The Grand Duke leaves several sons ; the eldest
of these isan idiot, and to whom theducal throne
cannot therefore be confided ; but the family have
resolved that the succession shall take place in
due order, only the government of the duchv
shall be confided to the second son, Prince Frederick.
It is hoped by this means to avoid giving
to the other claimants to the throne the opportunity
of again disputing the rights of the
present family which would be offered by an irregular
succession. These claimants are, how
- #
ever, already in the field, in the person of the
reigning family of Bavaria, whose claims to a
portion of the duchy are founded apparently in
perfect justice. They have been urged on more
than one occasion, and indeed, were put forth no
later than last year by King Maximilian II. of
Bavaria.
How, notwithstanding the existence of apparently
direct and legitmate male heirs to the ducal
throne, the Bavarian sovereign, as the head
of the House of Wittolsback, can put forward
any claims at all, is a curious and most interesting
question. In the year 1806 the Emperor
Napoleon compelled the then Grand Duke of
Baden, Duke Charles Frederick, to marry his
son, Duke Charles, to Stephanie Tascher dc la
Pagerie, a niece of the Empress Josephine. The
fruits of that marriage were two sons and three
daughters. All of the latter arc now living?
one is married to the Marquis of Doughis. The
first son died very suddenly, and when the second
son disappeared, or died very suddenly, no !
records of either are to be found. Duke Laid- J
wig, the younger brother of Duke Charles, was
exiled from court for a very considerable period
by his father, the then reigning Grand Duke.
A fatecoftiiicl tn attend tlipm.ileehililreii Lrou'dit
into the world by Stephanie. Suspicions of loul
play were very general at the time, and were directed
solely against Duke Ludwig, who was
known to be ambitious of succeeding his father,
and who hated the Duchess and her children.
Duke Charles died, and on the death of his father
Duke Ludwig ascended the ducal throne, j
Duke Ludwig remained unmarried, leading a j
life of the wildest and most criminal character, i
After their marriage, Madame Geyer was created
Countess of liochberg. While married to
the Grand Duke Charles Frederick the Countess
Hochberg gave birth to four children, the eldest
of whom was the Grand Duke Charles Leopold,
whose demise is now recorded. Humor was
in L< i; -ic win-re lie was founds I' niirii s. pnl>lic
and private, were made in all directions without
any result. Suspicions of various kinds arose,
a paper was issued, some authors treating Casper
Hauser as an ingenious impostor, others enunciating
boldly the suspicion that he was the heir
to the Baden throne. Pacts, however, were
wanting to prove the connexion, and while the
inquiries were still pending, poor Casper Ilauser
was suddenly murdered in Nirinbcrg. The
tv.nitimr f:irts have never been sunnlied. thonndi
???rs - ; n i)
the chain of circumstantial evidence has been increased
and strengthened. It was known at the
time of the paper was alluded to, that a pain-;
with the missing son of Duchess Stephanie he
clearly established. The Duchess has preserved
on this subject the strictest silence. Iler pre- '
sent position and influence in Paris might, per- |
haps, if the suspicions which have prevailed are I
well founded, induce her to break ihat resolution,:
and vi*it with vengeance the family for whose j
advantage her own sons were made away with.
Ludwig succeeded hk brother, and on his death
the Teignmg family of Bavaria laid claim to a
|>oiliun of the duchy, founding then- claim on
? !-n 1 "
the illegitimacy, or rather the unequal birth, of
the children of the Grand Duke Charles Frederick
by the Countess Hocbberg. According to
the law in Germany, these children, of whom
the late Grand Duke was one, are excluded from
taking sovereign rights. At his marriage, Duke
Charles Frederick inserted a clause in the marriage
contract, declaring the wife and children
who might result from the marriage to be of '
equal birth. When Duke Ludwig died, a sitting
of the privy council was held, at which the
Grand Charles Leopold declared that he would
only carry on the Government until it should be
settled who was the real heir.
'l he Baden succession lias been inquired into >
by federal commissioners, with t he view of regulating
it, and providing against diHicultios. In
1818, and 1880, when the deceased Grand iMike
succeeded to the ducal throne, the federal com- 1
missioned sat in Frankfort. The latter decreed
that in order to procure the unity of the duchy,
the children of Countess Ilochberg should be
considered equal birth. The Wittolsbach family
(liararia) disputed that decree then, and on- !
tercd there protest against it. That protest will, '
it is reported, be renewed now ; it is known that !
of all the rulers of Bavaaia, not one assumes a
higher and more ambitious tone than King .Max- i
imilian, and if it be renewed and followed up,all i
the facts must be again inquired into. The Ba :
den succession, with its accompanying romance i
and crimes, will l>e a tit subject to be settled by
the great powers.
Swallowing a Chinqcei'IN.?AVe find the '
following letter in the Milledgovillc Recorder, dated
Lowndes co., Ga., the 2d inst.:
^ .i . - t a^
Ijeniieiueu :?r wish iu jjne tuu me |><u titulars
of a strange circumstance which lias taken 1
place in this neighborhood a few days since. In '
the year 1845, a little boy the son of Mr. Ashly 1
Lawson, got strangled in trying to swallow a <
chinquepiii, and from that time he has boon '
troubled with a cough similar to croup every 1
winter. This spring his parents thought he i
would die, (being worse off than usual) but he i
coughed up the chinquepin. On examination it i
had a bony covering about one sixteenth of an i
inch thick on it. On removing the osseous sub- \
stance, the chinquepin was found to be perfectly 1
sound, the marks were on it where he had i
scraped it with his knife befoe trying to swallow .
it.
He is now in good health and free from the
cough, with which he has been troubled so lung.
In conclusion I would say, that there are many
iexpectable persons who will vouch for the truth
of the above statement, Respectfully yours,
JAS. It. FOLSOM.
The Methodist and the Odd Fellows.?
According to a telegraphic report of the proceed
ings of the Methodist Conference at Hoston, on
the 19th instant, a subject was taken uj> of some <
interest to the society of Odds Fellows. The despatch
says:
"The Ohio Annual Conference has passed a
vote of censure upon some of its members for I
joining the order, in disregard of certain Confer- i
enco resolutions upon the subject. <
"The commit tee on itineracy report "d unfa- i
vorblv upon the action of the annual Conftu^fl^ft
with a resolution declaring the prottJeiTing disor- (
derly.
"Rev. II. Slicec,p;yvcd a substitute, declaring \
it not_coj;;j.e{cnt for an annual Conference to .
-Censure members for joining secret societies, and
that the action of the Ohio Conference be annulled,
"The substitute was laid on the table by a ,
vote of 80 to 28, and the report of the commit- j
tee was adopted." 1
Wonderful Discovery.? The Fainnount (Vn.)
True Viryinia says:
"We are informed by Col. Ilaymoud and others
that a portion of a regular McAdanii/.cd road :
has been discovered on I lie opposite side of the 1
river from this place. We have not seen it our- 1
selves, but learn that it extends pretty much along 1
the bank of the river. Its width is about 1 (J feet, ! ;
and the track well graded. The lxd of stones 1
seems to be about two inches thick, and made
precisely alter the plan of our McAdainized roads, 1
the stone being broken to about the same size as '
that used for our roads. The discovery was made i
by the. washing away of a hillside which partial- i
covered the road. When, and by what race of
people this road was made is unknown at the
present day, but it gives evidence of the existence
of a population lu re at some former age of the i
world, as far advanced in civilization, or at least i
in the art of road-making, u> ourselves. There '
was found in the bed of the road the stump of <
a cliOMint tree, which was ascertained to be 150
years old at the least, and how nincli older our
informant could not tell, as the stump was hul
low." ^ 1
Here is food for thought. Who were the '
people that made this road.' when did they make 1
it? and what has become of them?
KeI'OKT ok the clioleka ix the Wkst.?The 1
St. Louis Republican publishes a letter, dated
Independence, (Missouri) May 10, which says:
"For four exaggerated reports may reach you
respecting sickness here, I think it proper to state
that we have had three cases of a disease resembling
cholera. These cases are confined to the
family of an emigrant from Illinois, who was
found in a bad situation in a camp near town.?
They were taken into the houses of sonic of our
inhabitants, and received every attention that
could have been desired. I do not think it will
extend further."
Death bv Animal Poison*.?Mr. John It.
Burns, a grocer in Baltimore, died a horrid death
in that city on Tuesday, in consequence of poison
communicated to his system, by a horse, afflicted
with glanders. During the administration of
medicine, Mr. F. thrust into the animal's mouth,
his hand, a finger of which had been previously
cut, and the flesh laid open. Through this wound ,
ir.e virus was aosorocu, anu iiiurunuinni h.hui^
supervened a surgeon was called upon to amputate
the diseased member. Perceiving, howev- !
cr, that the poison had penetrated to every pnr- 1
tion of the unfortunate man's system, he decli- (
ned performing the operation, and stated that no J
earthly skill could save his life. After lingering
in great agony, death closed the scene. The ,
corpso presented a blackenedand hideous appearance.
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THE SEMLVEEKLY JOURNAL
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1852.
THO. J. WARJRUN. Editor.
Our Market.
We have no change to note in the cotton market)
and continue the quotations of Tuesday?7 1-2 to 10.
Charleston quotations, 7 7-8 to 10.
Religious Notice.
We have been requested to give notice that there
will be preaching in the Baptist Church in this place,
it early candlelight ThisEvening.
Rains.
We have had several delightful showers of rain recently
which will aid the growing crops greatly.
.man r auuiB.
The Mail from Charleston and beyond failed on
Wednesday last. This does not very frequently occur,
but whenever such is the ease it occasions us considerable
inconvenience. We have had from several of our
subscribers, complaints as regards the irregularity with
which they receive our paper. Wo do all that we can
to remedy the evil, but it seems it is a growing one,
and not easily cured. We mail our papers regularly,
and wo are satisfied that they are sent from the Post
affile here without delay?the fault cannot possibly be
with us. or with our Post Master. The fault is somewhere
to be sure; but there lies the difficulty?to find
out where the evil is, requires more acuteness than we
can ever possibly hope to possess.
Madison Springs.
We invite attention to the advertisement of these
excellent Springs in to-day's paper. Col. Watkixs
lias become solo owner, and from what we know ol
him, we are certain that nothing will bo wanting to
make this pleasant and delightful place, equal to any
summer resort in the States. The Madison Springs
have enjoyed a deservedly high reputation, and there
is every reason to believe that those in quest of health
and pleasure, will find them here. The acccommoda ionsare
ample, aud the climate is delightful. A great
many persons visit these Springs en-route to and from
the Falls of Tallulah. and Toccoa, and the company is
usually large and pleasant. The best way to judge ol
the merits of any thing is to have occular demonstration,
or practical evidence?the way to do this, is tc
go and see for yourself.
Rail Road Stock.
Shares in the South Carolina Rail Road Company are
now Wwrth $95. W'c are authorized to say that this
will be paid for any number of shares up to 100. This
is independent of the Bank. The two united are wortli
$117,00.
Senator from Georgia.
The Hon. K. M. Charlton has been appointed bj
Governor Conn United States Senator to fill the "place
vacated by the resignation ot the Hon. J. M. Berrien"
?5?"The Charleston Mercury of Thursday says: "The
lire in the ship Prentice yesterday morning proves
much more serious than we had She had
an board about ljtoj Hales of Cotton which must be
3erioaS(^tfarnaged. The ship will also sudor very maerially.
There is no doubt that tho fire was the work
>f an incendiary. The Captain states that the part
ivherc the fire originated had been closed and locked
or 48 hours, and that on his being aroused by the
alarm, he found the lock broken."
Congress.
We have so little to publish in regard to the proceedings
of Congress, that we do not pretend to keep
i Congressional calendar. "Whenever any thing is done
by this august body, we shall embrace tho earliest opportunity
to advise our readers.
Knoxville and Charleston Rail Road.
The Knoxville Register, of the ISthinst.. says a sub
script ion of stock, to the amount of $105,000, has beer
obtained in that place and vicinity, within a few days,
towards building a railroad from Knoxville, by the way
jf Maryvillc, to intersect with the road from Charleston,
South Carolina, through the Rabun Cap. Thi3 amount
being more than enough to secure the charter, whiel:
ivas granted by tho last Legislature of Tennessee, tin
Company was organized the day previous by the election
of fifteen Directors. Dr. J. (}. M. Ramsey was afterwards
elected President, Joseph L. Kiug, Secretary,
and James II. Cowan, Treasurer.
Death of John Howard Payne.
A "Washington letter to the Baltimore Patriot an,xr
i,,iiv llmi-tun I'wve. l"!su.. out
IIUUIJIIO UIW MVI4U. u. Wi?.? ? J-,
Consul at Tunis, and t!ic author of several dramatic
works, and a number of other literary productions, in
eluding the popular song of ''Home, Sweet Ilomo."
?5?" The Rev. Calvin Fairbanks, who was a fe\\
years ago, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary
in Kentucky for abducting slaves, but was subsequent
ly pardoned by the Governor has been again convicted
ol the same crime in the satnc State, and sentenced tc
liltecn years imprisonment in the State penitentiary.?
He will hardly escape a second time by viitucof a
Governor's pardon.
The total import of Sugar into the United States, foi
the year 1851, amounted to 306,037,801 pounds?vaf
ue $12,882,274; of white or refined sugars, 17,000,000
pounds?value $1,000,000. Of molasses there were
imported 3G.37G.772 gallons, valued at $3,707,581?
making the total valuation of the importation of thost
two articles $17,580,855?or nearly one-twelflh of the
value of the entire imports for the year, which amount
ed to $210,224,932. The principal import of sugar is
from Cuba; 270,000,000 lbs., valued at $10,000,000
coming from that Island.
The new Captain General of Havana goes on quietly
rr;_ ii?*. mvlor iu tlmclinna to ho plnnnri nn Snn.
ma ursi uuiuni ui?v. ?
days and two cross days, with ths exception of those
who sell food, which will bo allowed to bo open until
10 A. M. This is no new law, but it is notifiod that
must not be broken under a large fine.
A. Mrs. Cheny. of tho city of New York, was recent'
ly burned in a dreadful manner while replenishing ?
lighted catnphene lamp with burning fluid, tho conso
quence of explosion. The burning fragments scattered
in all directions, and also sot fire to tho clothes of an
>ther lady named Montgomery, who was seriously in'
jured.
The Passenger Traffic by railroad in Great Britain
tnnually exceeds four times in number the wholo population.
The epeed is three times as great as formor
ly, on the average, and the fare is one-third lees.
It is related of a wealthy banker of Paris who died
in 1790 of want and leaving an estate of $600,000, that
a few months before his death, he refused to buy meat
for soup. "I should like the soup," said he, "well
enough, but I do not want the meat; what, then, is to
become of it?" The fear of losing the meat, led him to
1 ? ? ???* im/i snn
starve lnmseit: yet, at me very uiumv-u,,
assignats, of $200 each, in a silken bag around his
neck.
Among the strangers in "Washington is Granville
John Penn, Esq., of England, great grandson of the
founder of Pennsylvania.
The New York Ilerald is of opinion that henceforth
there need be no apprehension of glutting the Cotton
market, as there is a probability that Japan, China,
Australia, and all the south eastern part of Asia, will
need a large supply of cotton goods.
Immigrants for tiie West.?An unusually large
number of immigrants are daily wending their way
west from New-York. The cars and boats from that
city are crowded with them, and in one week threo
thousand had been conveyed over the Ceutral Railroad
line. The great majority of them appear to be in comfo-table
circumstances.
The Duchess of Sutherland's daughter was married
an the 23th ult. The iucomc of the Duke i3 stated at
" -? Tl,?
a nine over a uionsauu puuiius j/v. ua>,
gave his trades people an entertainment, costing from
; ?250 to ?300
Mr. John S. Thrasher, of Cuban fame, is now in Boston.
Adam Henderson, a confectioner of Nashville, Tenn.,
was killed last week, by the explosion of a soda fountain.
"We have been informed that the Court of Appeals,
at their late Session, in Columbia, decided that the representatives
or assignees of the late Henry Shultz, have
no right to chargo toll, on the Carolina side, for crossi
ingthe Bridge over the Savannah River at Augusta.
1 Mr. Editor: Pleaso announce the following gentlemen
as suitable persons for Representatives:
i JOHN ROSSER,
JOSEPH B. KERSHAW.
And oblige, MANY VOTERS.
For the Camden Journal
Imagination.
i That mind has as many qualities as matter
C is a principle too evident to be doubted?bearing
relative action to each other, for "one touch
( of Nature makes the whole world kin." The
beautiful and pliant flower that bows its gentle
head and seems to kiss with reverence and love
| the mild zephyrs that sport with its weak and
,! innocent-like form, differs in material from the
, j rough and craggy mountain, which, raising its
, j huge front, buffets the most violent hurricanes,
(I and seems to j ut all Nature else at defiance.?
Thus, mind is composed of different ingredients,
actuated by different passions, and possesses different
coherent or consistent qualities. We see
i i i i... .v. ,r on
r 01)0 minu itu uy uu; genu ui u.-> i?um .?, ....
, ideal space?we see another guided l?y reason into
a real something. One seeking objects by
conjecture, the other by evidence. The fact is
; evidently palpable that evidence is strou^f.*(J.'.llT
, conicciur?--M?tf re.il is more substantial than
[ ideal?that reason is mightier than imagina,
tion?that fancy beguiles?that reason corrects?
that imagination supposes?that reason knows.
But notwithstanding, we are awakened with more
ease by "the tickle of fancy" than the plain in|
signia of reason.
"The imagination bodies forth the forms of
1 things unknow.li," and reason places them with
in the vista of our sight and ken of our comprehension.
But, "as one star diifereth from another,"
even so one faculty varieth from another.
Reason has more strength?imagination more
' beaut v?for fancy throws over the forms which
it adorns its most gaudy attire, concealing the
tints of weakness with the darkest pall. Imagination
is a celestial manna which beautifies
atnl feeds the soul?excites the oracles of prescience
and images with the wildness and magnificence
of a stirred-up ocean appear in all the
1 reality of being. It is indeed the will working
1 on the materials of memory. Its drink is inspiration?its
food is memory. It is an ideal God
1 in itself, for?
"the mind can make
1 Substance, and people planets of its own,
> With beings brighter than have been, and give
A breath to forms which can outlive all licsh."
. It seems the consequence of sight, not feeling?
it is a sense, not an emotion?it awakens our
energies, nerves our thoughts, gives vigor to life
and vivacity to understanding?it arouses from
the sleep of lethargy?it prompts our abilities
. to fulfill their destinies?it actuates the domi
nant passions of the soul to act their several
. parts. It ascends "the highest heaven of inven.
tion," and aspires?
'To lay jtist hands on that golden key,
Which opes the palace of eternity."
It is the wondrous alchemy of Medea which
' revives within the soul the flowers of the past.
With delight it whispers things pleasing to huI
man ears. With the shade of melancholy cast
II over its radiant brow, it tells of misery suporna ;
tural. It floats upon the stream of feeling and
i assuages our passions "as if lulled upon an angel's
lap into a dewy, breathless sleepand is
rushed over the cataract of passion into the
"' gloomy chasm of despair and misery; for indeed,
at sometimes, it seems to be our conscience. Its
1 home is not within the body, as the rays of the
'! majestic sun it pours its melodious influence
! within all the bounds of infinity?its measure is
s ; eternity.
i! Nature is the charm of imagination. It lin.
I gersin its sylvan halls, it liaten* to its melodies, it
i j converses with its wisdom, it revels in its luxu
I rios, it sports in its beauties, it is Us love, vca first
love, for Nature is no protean shape to delude,
but its touch is reality. Nature is its home,
. ; poetry is its language; for it was Shakspenre
| who iaid bare the human heart and entered its
> i sacred precincts, exposed its follies and revealed
I, its truths. Though oppressed by adversity, "his
i mind, rich beyond example in the Gold of Heaven,
could throw lustre over the black waste before
him, and could people it with a beautiful
creation of his own." He soared and soared
i until
"Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign,
[ And panting time toiled after him in vain."
It was Milton who unlocked the gates of Hea.
ven and unbolted the doors of Hell, exposing
them in all their awful solemnities. Physically
blind, yet?
i 'Meaning on his mind
Flashed like strong inspiration, and he saw the
Thrilling secrets of tho birth of time."
Princeton, N. J. W. W.
Abolition Novels. jffi
The New York Herald, speaking of Mrs.
Stowe's abolition story, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," ^
has the following commitments.
"This book is a remarkable specimen of the
antislavery literature of the North, and its success?bevond
all precedent in history of works
of fiction?is an undoubted evidence of the deepseated
anti-slavery sentiment that prevails in the
Northern and Kastern States. It demonstrates
that the Fugitive Slave law aud the other com
- ? l< n nrtt n*'Ar A/1 fllO
pi*. uilise nicaMUfo jkvic nui lieu dwm;iivu tu?
snake, much less killed it. Already, in eight
weeks, fifty thousand copies have been sold, and
j it is expected that fifty thousand more will be
! sold ere long. The publisher and writer have
both made plenty of money, and will make plenty
more. The result will be, that a tremendous
impulse will be given to anti-slavery literature in
the North, and the country will be inundated
with novels, not so well written, perhaps, as the
work of Mrs. Stowc, but of the same character
and tendency* The success of "Uncle Tom's
j Cabin" will stimulate into activity five thousand
i pens, and the presses of publishers, who are the t
1 most marcenary portion of the entire communi;
ty, will henceforth teem with negro tales, and
j narratives of facts stranger than fiction, and sto|
ries of fugitive slaves founded on fact, and true
; in all but the names.
It is singular enough that the publishers and
I booksellers who furnish the South withnew works
' are the most decided patrons of this species of
literature. It is not difficult to see what the effect
of this book will be?which is already republished
in Canada, and will shortly make its
appearance in England, to stir up the fire there
?and what will be the effect of other works uow
in process of composition by the same authoress,
and those that, like mushrooms from dunghills,
will spring from the hot, reeking brains of all
fanatical writers in the land, who will follow in
her wake, either in the hope of making money,
or from the ambition of being read by so many
thosands of the community, or it may be from
a pure desire of glorifying God, making converts
to the abolition cause, and contributing to the
amalgamation of the white and black races on
this continent. There is a good time coming,
and we would not be suprised if, with the excitement
of meetings, the agitation of organized so!
cieties and lecturers, the agency of colporteurs,
I and the influence of the class ofliterature to which
we have just referred, the boiling cauldron of
abolition would ere long overflow, and produce
an amount of mischief at which the stoutest heart
would now shudder, if it could only realize those <
scenes and events whose dim shadows the sagacious
and far-seeing discern as "through a glass
darkly," but which may, sooner than we are
awara, loom out of the misty oljseurity of the
future into the form and pressure of present realities."
Congressional Homestead Bill.?The passage
of this bill is said to have seriously ueteril.riit.ris
granted tp
soldiers fi>r defending their country; and this
meritorious class of citizens will consequently receive
hardly a moiety of the amount intended to
bo given to tlicm, which was meagre enough
had thoy tealized the whole sum. As by the
action of Congress this diminution results to the
old soldiers, ii may be a question of mortality
whether Congress is not bound to iudemnify
thein.
We think that the system which has been a
dopted, of giving away the public lands, is prodigal
and foolish; and we feel certain that the lands
were never ceded to the General Government for
any such purpose. It was supposed that in time
they wovld constitute a valuable source of revenue,
in which advantage each State would equally
participate; but politicians have resolved to
distribute the lands to gain personal popularity;
nor should we be surprised to see the proposition
formally made to have an equal distribution
of property of every kind.
An association exists, we believe, in New York,
in which this .agrarian principle is recognised, and
the spirit may extend to some of the representatives
of the people. In fact, the study appears
to be with some men how to live without labor
?and to such, a division of property would no
doubt be desirable. Levellers exist in all countries;
but they all desire to level upward?that
is. to take from those who possess more than
themselves; but they never admit the principle
j to have a downward course, so as to compel them
to give as well as to receive. In this envious
1 11- ? +lva ait nf oriel
. levelling pnucijuu unj;iii*uco mc v? j vi uu^vw.w
cv, silk-stocking genty, mu) the like. Men who
; have no merit by wluch to raise themselves, are
i apt to look with hatred upon those who occupy
exalted stations, and to desire their fall. This is
a mean and despicable feeling, which will not be
entertained by any one having self-respect or
sound moral principal.?Baltimore Clipper.
Earthquake at Aralachicola.?The Commercial
Advertiser of the 13th, gives the following
account of an earthquake at Apalachicola
! on the 10th instant:
Earthquake.?On Monday morning last, at
about the hour of 8 o'clock, our city was visited
by one of those formidable phenomena of nature.
; The agitation of the earth was very apparent to
j the senses; and was accompanied by several
physical effects?such as the cracking of a chimncy
wall, the creaking of beams of houses, the !
motion of the water in the bay, the agitation of
j liquid and the movement of articles of furniture ^
j in a still room?which could have arisen from no j
other cause. The shock was of several seconds
duration. A similar shock was felt on the Friday
previous, about the hour of 10 p. m., and
several others have been observed at this place
within the last vear or two. The violence of
that of Monday was far the greatest we have ever
felt. It may have been local or of very limiti
ed extent, but we expect to receive from the 4
' West Indies, Mexico, or South America, some
! accounts of its grand and permanent, but awful
effects on the surface of the earth.
IIow to Cure a Bad Conscience.?'"The Post,'
of Boston, is responsible for the following good
hit:?
"Go to a printer whom you owe?rub an eagle
in his hand till it sticks. The effects on
yourself will be most cheering and ou him 'astonishing."
A serious revolution is said to have broken out a
in New Mexico.
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