Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-20
RICHMOND WHO.
TAe March Of Mind.
THURspAY MORNING. OC


teaches Of sound. Men seem to us, through his
efforts. TO be unset,ng their old ideas much faster
| than they are getting any new ones and We are
ye, to see what the new will be worth, when they
ole got
Certain it is that, thus far, this forced, this arti-
| fetal kind Of knowledge-not made for the man
by his proseni,ors. 60, by his own efforts, but
the gift of the State or Of Charity--has done
much TO disquiet than to inform. Ii acts much
mose on the Desires than the Faculties; and makes
10 disseminated with their situation, Tor that il
helps TO a better one.
Meantime, the quiet. the repose, the simplicity,
the long-transmitted Good Sense of the popular
mind are utterly put to Ash'. Few have got much
wiser; they are only vas, deal more presump,uoas
than before. They have, at best, parted with much
good old fashioned honesty and ancestral, homely
wisdon /; and the prove,biSlly dangerous thing, "a
little learning" is all they have got in excl =.
One fact hiss always PARTICULARLY struck us-ihc
facility with which errors, not only the most dan
serous, but the most ridiculous, make themselve.
epidemeal in thatvery region Of the county, which
is the boas,ed residence OF this great cnish,cn-
men,, drffu,ed by Popular Education.
The North is never without some wild jelusion,
that, for Inc time, takes possession of the entire
public mind, and runs half the world stark mad.
Such was Ant, Masonry, for several Yeas; con
vulsng entire States, and threatening even TO pos
sess itself OF political dominion, and regulate the
entire Government anti Historically.
Then came the si hereer fanaticism CT Adolf
ton; which RACES even yet. Then followed Nor.
monism, Millersm and the still, more cthetii non.
sense Of the Trsnscendentais,s with inter udes OF
Phrenology, Godminins, the wormy madness Of
Mulberries, Paper Money, Land speculation, Town
building, Beet-planing, ard finally Animal Mag
neii.m.
All these folies have had the "sober New Eng.
and" and knowing New York for their chiefSource.
or seats. As to some Of then-as the Multi eaulis
we confess that the South has let them be palmsd
off upon her, by the wier North, whose broken
down errors often adopt. | she gets cheated,
her FIRST thought is 10 turn around and put OF The
bad bargain on US.
But let any one read the following n o, ovsrdrawn
picture Of the ecstncy now most prevailing in the
North, and then tel US what he thinks Of the
worlds having grown more reasonable than j, used
to be. This thing, 10 all but Bravery, carries us
back 10 the time of the Crusates. Peter, the Her
nit, was quite as reasonable man. and we ina.
CINE much hoer one, than MIR Miller:
THE END OF TIE WORLD AT HAND.
Throughout New England, conGiiera be portion
Of the religious believe, more or less s.::y that the
world will come TO an end and pass away about
mex, Ap,!l-some say the Sd Of that nionth-others
do not hI "ihe day and the hour which no man
knoueih."
This is no matter of whm and speculation with
those no believe il, but awful ant faith
Those who read thus the prophecies. and hundreds
of thousands do go, ere gathering 10, as they be.
n for 81 taaf
their last upon the glorious sky and gorgeous foliage
OF auiumn-sre taking their last lock the scenes
OF earth. and the grand phenomena of nature-and
aIe waiting for the heaven 20 be rolled together
scroll, and the earth burn. up, with oil that 1t
tains.
They see the great drama of human existence
ending. The vision OF Daniel is accomp ished-
the cnrtan ia rolling down upon III, stage OF time.
These men and women give themselves to
deep meditation and earnest prayer. They wea.
anxious and up-lookIns faces. Tney listen for the
sound o: the las, trumpet, and look up through the
sold=n clouds Of sunset expecting the coming OF the
Son OF Man. with all the host. Of heaven.
N.ighbor meets neishbor, no. to talk of politics
or money making. Their cattle aud goods are un-
cared for. They talk OF the approaching day of
doom.
Their good wives, pious church going women, sit
with folded hands, letting their spinning wheels
stand idle. They pore over the prophecies and
think upon the Signs ard wonders 10 the heavens,
H.. dark day, tie falling Stars, and the wars and
runnor, cf war, which mark the coming Of the great
ard dreadful daT Of the Lord. They check the in
nceent glee OF childhood. and the ardent hopes OF
youth. Young men WOO no niS:a TIA lovely maid
eas of those bright lands-and syes when would
sparkle with pleasure. !ook coldly upOa the H. ing
Joys OF existence. The hoary mountains which
they first looked upon, the bright lakes, glanens
and glitiering in the sunight-slI that is beautiful
all that is glorious in nature, IS doomed-,he hat
has gone fonh-the time is drawing near, the end
ofa A il nj hand.-N. Y. Tattler
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WHEAT.
The Liverpool Coores pendent of the New York
Union, makes the following interesting remarks on
the superiority Of American Flour-"Durlng the
recent discussion in the London papers respecting
the relative prices Of -four and bread (the complaint
being that the miller and the baker keep up The
price OF -four and bread, wheat being much
lower in price than for many years pss) curious
fact has iranspred. IL appears that Lemans. bus
cult maker, Threadneed sreet-1ho made an
immense fortune by his businesE-found, by eTpe.
renee, that either in biscuit or bread, American
Flour will absorb from 18Th 10 n more Of ils
weight in water, than any other flour. Mrs Run
del, in her Dome,ic Cookery (which m ore
money for John Murray, or A bsmarle ST. Than
Byrons mos! successful vorks,) states, aSb, tat
s'ooe "a lbs.) Of American Flour, Will make 2it
10. Of bread, While The best kind Of English Flour.
will, from like quantity, produce oaly ls. To- Of
bread. This is curiousfae. and as II is nov taks
favorably for American Flous"
The fact OF which the STANDARD speaks, we have
long known. But it is only true OF Southern Flour.
A New York F.our-merehant was the frs, We ever
heard mention IT, Well known to the bakers Of tia.
city they were (he SAID aware that Southern pro.
duced from 4 to 20 per ct more bread than Northern
Flour, tho the latter might seem the hiieSL We
afterwards found tina, able Chems, and practical
man Of Science DR. Thomas Coop.r (of s. Carroll
no) perfectly acquainted with tho fact, which he
eTpaireJ as arising from The larger proportion OF
GLUTEN (pas;e) in Southern, and Of ALBusEH
(s'areh) 10 Northern Wheat. The former il the
great nutritious prineps Of all the atioscsous sub.
stances.
Bot the whoa, Of warm climates is heavier, too,
than tina, Of colder and, ia the came region, tho
grain Of vet years lighter than that Of dry ones
The bread Of France is known 70 all travellers as
inhnitely better than that Of England; and We 70.
collect TO have seen that when the French took
Agiers, they found the bread so much better even
than their own, tbi. they could not at FRS. taliale
themselves with IL.
Historically, too, we know that III, Maud
tanan and Egyptian wheat formsd, Of old, the
chief supply Of Rome, in her day Of enormous 20
pulstion. Next 70 these, the Scilisn corn that IL
whsau was esteemed. By the by, We may as well
add, while We are about u, that "Cornp is name
more properly applied to Wkes, than to M.iz..
Witness the English Statutes os 10 oil bread cuff,
they call them 'Cofn.Lavs" The word Corn
indeed, like the Latin jrpnshpn, dosignit When,
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