Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-16
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. c.
FRIDAY MORNING. N0V l6 1882.


In the House of Representatives of Georgia.
on the 9Th instant, notice was given for the ap-
pointment Of committees to prepare and report
bills on various SUBJECTS; among others, to pre-
pare and report
Z" An act declaring it high nsdemranor for
" any Attorney, Solicitor or Counsellor to ap.
spear in any Court in this State, in behalf of any
"Cherokee Indian, or descendant Of a Cherokee
" Indian, or of any white person, in any cause,
Z" motion, or petition. calling in question the
States right Of Jurisdiction over that portion Of
g her territory in the occupancy Of the Cherokee
g. Indians, or who shall make any motion, or in
"any manner attempt to enforce The late deci-
- sion Of the Supreme Court IN the case Of Wor-
'cester and Butler against the State Of Georgia;
I" and to provide for the punishment Of the
- same"
The Richmond Jeffersoniau states, that the
Governor has received letter from the Hon.
Littieton w. TazewelI, Senator Of Virginia,
in the Congress Of the United States, resignlug
his seat in that body. The Legislature will there
iore have to elect two Senators at the ensuing ses-
sion, as Mr.. Tyler's term expires ON the 4th Of
March next.
Dsath Of Spurzheim The mail from Boston
yesterday brought thr unexpected intelligence of
the death Of this distinguished philosopher -
The following brief obituary notice is from the
Boston Daily Advertiser:
Died, in this city, on Saturday night last, af-
ter an illness Of two or three weeks. of typhus
fever, Dr.. Gaspard Spurzheim. He was a dis
Shpl nh ~ sI.frn no thnr -
raj works on the Anatomy and Physiology Of
the Brain and the Nervous System, and the ce.
LIBERATED coadjutor Of DR.. Gall, in expanding
and propagating peculiar system Of Phrenoogy.
DR.. S. was born near Tre,e>, in the year l776;
he pursued his medical studies in Vienna. where
in 1900 he heard the lectures OF DR.. Gall on
CraniolOgy. From thar time this study became
his Chief nnrsuit, end he visited several countries
OF Europe fnf the purpose of prosecuting his re-
searches, aud at the same time giving public lee
torres on his tavorite subject. Since his arrival
In tins city, which was a few months since, DR..
s. has made most favorable impression, from
hi extensive learning and his sreeable manners
fiS Hectares were attended by large audience.
and gave grea, satisfaction. for the ingenuity and
learning which they displayed independently of
the merits OF the peculiar system, which il was
their leat'in. Object TO develupe. His death is
sincerely lamenled as that of an amiabe and az
complished man. We presume that our citizens,
in committing his body To the earth, will not do
it without some demonstration of respect for the
memory Of a learned stranger who has thus clos
ed his days among US.
The Boston Daily Atlas says:
In stature he was about six feet high, of a
large frame, and muscular His countenance
was open and generod,; and honesty and bene.
violence were certainly di-co,erable in his face
He has been married. Dni we have not been in
formed whether hi. wife rs living o, not. A Bis.
ter, the only relative of whom mention has been
made, now resides at PAR,
DR. SpurZheim's head is one of the finest that
could possibly be selected To sustain the doctrine
to which he devoted his whole life The body
was removed yesterday to the Medical College,
where the post mo-. TEN examination will be made
before the Faculty of the city. Casts, We under
stand. will be made Of the Uranium, lace, and
brain; and afterwards the body will be EN-.
balmed. and deSpusled At Mount Auburn, to be
given to his friends in Europe, should they re-
quest its removal.