Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-09


before the French Chamber al lis recent session
The Ministry ascribins their failure to do so to the
shortness OF the session. But ii seems TO be thought
that this excuse is mere prelex 10 disguise their
lnsnceri,y.
one dat tat:r.-By the ship Eagle, a, New
York, London paper OF Aug 81 has been receiv-
e. We learn from IT that the Spanish Minister
OF Foreign Affairs had communicated 10 the Cortes
tho treaty aely concluded with the Uai,ed States,
hxins the compensation 10 be paid by Spain for
spoliolions on American commerce under the Berlin
and Milan decrees a, twelve millions Ct rcals-or
about + 100 600
PhrenoJogy "A Paris journal, in phrcnolo IL
cal commentary on thu htadof Napoleon, aims q
lat Il stab at the science OF phrenology. The or
gan OF Conquest, /, is said is not to be found on his
Uranium, Is there the slightest trace Of an or
gan indicating either Coyetousncss or Destructive
ness. " That point of the head (says the Paris
journaD des ena:ed he seat of the organ OF Gov.
etausness, Is even remarkable for sensible depres-
SION, and the lace oil Disturbances is entirely
void Beuev 'ence, individuality and lmagiha-
ton are invisible ,hoagh, however npocryphal may
have be,n Nap5ieon's claim TO The former trait
no one can dopbt that the .wo latter were striking
| textures o. his m'nJ. Ii Is kno~n, TOO, that in
! Mathematics, Napoleon had very few superiots,
! and y, lhe part of the Uranium which indicate.
| the existence ofthis facuy instead 81 beiu. ceva.
! ed IS sad 70 be sea4ibly depressed. The orsan
of Comparison, from winch result combinations
gen RADIATION an abstraction IN ali of which Ma
pocnn excelled, and the organ of Causality
which produces nlacton and me Apply al spl-
rli, for when he was also celebrated" are not
more marked on the ctanum ofNapocon than ON
that Of one half of the human species. The Paris
i)urna says that the head of Descartes indicated
nothing of his intellectual super orty and that
Spurzhcm got over the difficulty in his by de-
nying 10 HIN the existence of great mental powers
and it adds, that 3" Voltarc and Raphael were
still worse provided for by nature than were Des-
cares and Napoleon, and II IS probable that if the
Two former had been bred up by some oflhe phre-
biological apostles recently established in Eng land,
o re Woul have been destined 10 make wooden
shoes ard the other 10 measure CLOTH
As this subject recently excited no little attention
in this quarter presume it will not be uninteres-
ing to those who took soma in,eres, in it, to note
the results OF practical tests of claim to be ranked
anon the established sciences.
Narci # Mnd This ha. been styled ia.
age Of intellectual advancement and as com
mcnary upon il, we may refer to thai remark 1be
series OF npostures and crimes developed few
| lays o5o ia New York, fall narrative Of which
! was given in our last paper. Another evidence Of
b. found IN the sudden Use of the sect of Nor
| mlnlt,s, " - pretend 10 have found new rcvGa-
tIoa OF tn d .sine will THIS sect commencing IN
Manchester, Ontario couaiy, n. Yin April, 1899
with only SIX Members nov numbers 900 con
vcrts, with 800 preachers, t"o printing Off es, two
stores and large stoae edh2o for n house Of wot-
JoauUuh NOT An
dIciols anJ ridiculous lmposture t.cn that Of Joe
! Smith and yet thousands, some Of them men OF
/ apparently strong minds, have become victims Of
| the It fusion w hat absuliltV may not have dis
| cipes, even IN THIS age, when The " schoomaster
broad, AID tns bl,sslags OF education are SO
iIely dHusod
- Late accounts from Mexico repre sen, the
state of the country as Tranquil, the last Reyou,
tjonsry party having b 'en defeated Santa Anna
once more holds the reins of empire in peace
II Hamilton Shields, Esq Int senior editor of
The Norfolk Beacon, has disposed Of his interest in
that establishment 10 Hugh Blair Grigsby, Esq. n
gentleman Of fire talents, who hrs entered upon the
dis barge of his duties with n series Of VII writ
ten articles that give promise Of future celebrity
! in his vocation.
ztg Samuel H. Davis, Esq. formerly Editor of
thu Wine hester Republican, has issued proposals
fo the publication ola paper at Wheeling.
a. We invite attention to the pr,posals Of M.
M Robinson, Esq of Richmond, in another CO.
lamu
u Among our new exchange papers is the
" Baltimore lnelIisoncer,h published daily, a, 81
per uunum, and ri-weekly at sli, by Caarles +.
| Cloud.
ysr At the late Commcncemor, Of Princeton Col
eec. the degree of D. D. was conferred on the Rev.
John Johns of Baltimore, the Row. WIN. S. Reid
of Lynchburg, the Row. VIM. Nevins Of Baltimore,
and the Rev Alfred cry of Muntord, Mass.
~ Tie Cholera, in the South, is less malignant
and fatal in its character. A few cases are said to
have occurred in Philadelphia.
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