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Martha Washington.
MRS. ELLIS.
The only memoir of the mother of Wash
ington extant, is the one written bv Geo.
W. P. Cnstis, the grandsou of Martha
Washington, an.l published more than 20
Tears ago in his “Recollection” in the
National Gazette. These reminiscences
were collected by him in the course of
manv years; and to them we are indebted
for all that is known of the life and actions
of this matron. According to these, she
was descended from the respectable family
of Ball, who came to this country and set
tled on the banks of the Potomac. In the
old days of Virginia, women were taught
habits of industry and self-reliance, and
in these, Mrs. Washington was nurtured.
The early death of her husband involved
her in the cares of a young family with
limited resources, which rendered prudence
and economy necessary to provide for and
educate her children. Thus circumstanced,
it was left to her unassisted efforts to form
in her son’s min 1, those essential qualities
which gave tone and character to his sub
sequent life. George was only twelve
years old at his father's death, and retained j
merely the remembrance of his person,
and his parental fondness. Two years !
after this, he obtained a midshipman’s
warrant, but his mother opposed the plan,
and the idea of entering the naval service
was relinquished.
One of the associates of his juvenile :
years, Lawrence Washington, of Ohotank,
thus speaks of the home of Washington:
“I was often there with George, his
playmate, schoolmate, and young man’s
companion. Os the mother I was ten
times more afraid, than I ever was of my
own parents; she awed me in the midst of
her kindness, for she was truly kind; and
even now, when time has whitened my
locks, and I am the grand-parent of a second
generation; I could not behold the majestic
woman without feelings, it is impossible to
describe. Whoever has seen the awe-in
spiring air and manner so characteristic of
the Father of his country, will remember
the matron as she appeared, the presiding
genius of her well-ordered household, com
manding and being obeyed.” Educated
under such influences, it is not to bo won
dered at, that Washington’s deportment
towards his mother at all times, testified
his appreciation of her elevated character,
and the excellence of her lessons.
“On his appointment to the command
in-chief the American armies,” says Mr.
Custis, “previously to his joining the forces
at Cambridge, he removed liis mother from
her residence, to the village of Fredericks
burg, a situation remote from all danger,
and contiguous to her friends and relatives.
There she remained during nearly the
whole of the trying period of the Revolu
tion.
W hen news arrived of the passage of
the Delaware, in December, 1776,’ the
mother received calmly the patriots who.
came with congratulations; and while ex
pressing pleasure of the intelligence, dis
claimed for her son the praises in the let- j
ters from which extracts were read. When j
unformed by express of the surrender of
Cornwallis, she lifted her hands in gratitude i
towards heaven, and exclaimed, “thank
God ! war will now he ended, and peace,
independence, and happiness bless our
country!”
Her housewifery, industry, and care in
the management other domestic concerns,
were not intermitted during the war.—
“She looketh well to the ways of her house- j
hold,” and “worketh willingly with her
hands,” said the wise man, in describing a i
virtuous woman; and si was the pride of
the exemplary woman of that day, to fill
the station of mistress with usefulness as
well as dignity. Mrs. Washington was
remarkable for a simplicity which modern
refinement might call servile, but which
became her not less when her fortunes were
clouded, than when the sun of glory arose
upon her house. Some of the aged inhabi
tants of Fredericksburg long remembered
the matron, “as seated in the old-fashion
ed open chaise, she was in the habit of vis
iting almost daily, her little farm in the
vicinity of the town. When there, she
would ride about her fields, giving her or
ders, and seeing that they were obeyed.”
When on one occasion an agent departed
from his instructions—she reprove.t him
for exercising his own judgment in the
matter; “I commanded you,” she said, j
“there is nothing left for you but to obey.”
Her charity to the poor was well known;
and having no wealth to distribute, it was
necessary that what her benevolence dis
pensed, should be supplied by domestic
economy and industry. How’ peculiar a
grace does this imparf to the benefits flow
ing from a sympathizing heart!
It is thus she has been pictured in the I
imagination of one of our most gifted po
ets:—
“Mothiaks we see thee as in olden time
Simple in garb, majestic and serene—
Unawed by *porop and circumstance’—in truth
Inflexible—and with Spartan zeal
Repressing vice and making folly grave;
Thou did’st not deem it woman’s part to waste
Life in inglorious sloth, to waste awhile
Amid tho flowers, or on the summer wave,
Then fleet like the epbemeron away,
Building no temple in her children’s heart,
Save to the vanity and pride of life,
Which the had worshipped.”
Mr. Curtis states that she was continual
ly visited and solaced, in the retirement of
her declining years, by her children ami
numerous grand-children. Her daughter,
Mrs. Lewis, repeatedly and earnestly so
licited her to remove to her house, and
pass the remainder of her days. Ifor son
pressingly entreated her that 6ho would
make Mount Vernon the home of her age.
But the matron’s answer was: “I thank
you for year affectionate and dutiful offers,
but ray wants are few in this world, and I
feel perfectly competent to take care of
myself.” To the proposition of her son-in- !
law, Col. Lewis, to relieve her by taking
the direction of her ooncems, she replied: I
“Do you Fielding, ltgcp mj boob in or-
der; for your eye-sight is better than mine;
but leave the executive raanag meut to
me.” Such were the energy aiul indepen
dence she preserved to an age beyond that,
usually allotted to mortals, until within
three years of her death, when the disease
under which she suffered, (cancer of the
breast,) prevented exertion.
Her meeting with Washington, after the
victory which decided the fortune of Amer
ica, illustrates her character too strikingly
to be omitted. After an absence of nearly
seven years, she was, at length, on the re
turn of the combined armies from York
town, permitted again to see and embrace
her illustrious son.
“The lady was alone—her aged hands
employed in the works of domestic indus
try, when tho good news was announced;
i and it was further told that the victor-chief
j was in waiting at the threshold. She wel
comed him with a warm embrace, and by
the well-endoaring name of his childhood.
Inquiring as to his health, she remarked
the lines which mighty cares, and many
trials, had furrowed, spoke much of old
times and old friends; but of his glory not
a word!”
! The Marquis de La Fayette, repaired to
, Fredericksburg, previous to his departure
for Europe, in the fall of 1784, to pay his
1 parting respects to the mother, and to ask
her blessing. Conducted by one of her
grandsons, he approached the house, when
the young gentleman observed: “There,
sir, is my grand-mother.” La Fayette be
held—working in the garden, clad in the
domestic made clothes, and her gray head
covered with a plain straw hat—the moth
er of “his hero, his friend, and country’s
preserver!” “Ah, Marquis! you see an
old woman; but come. I can make you wel
come to my poor dwelling, without the pa
rade of changing my dress.”
To the encomiums lavished by the Mar
quis on his chief, tho mother replied “lam
not surprised at what George has done, fur
he was always a very good boy.”
Tho person of Mrs. Washington is de
scribed as being of medium height, and
well proportioned—her features pleasing,
though strongly marked. There were few
painters in the colonies in those days, and
no portrait of her is in existence.
Mrs. Washington died at the age of
eighty-five, rejoicing in the consciousness
of a life well spoilt, and the hope of a bliss
ful immortality. Her ashes repose at Fred
ericksburg, where a splendid monument i
has been erected to her memory.
The Little Factory Boy.
In the town of M— there are man y large
cotton factories; and not only are thou- j
sands of men and women employed in them,
but a great number of children, who work
so many hours in the day, that they feel
but little inclined for learning to read in
the evening. What a blessing for them is
a Sunday-school, and how grateful should ;
they be to tho kind peopl. who teach them!
A little boy, whom I wl ” thin James,
worked in a factory, and on the Sabbath
wont to a Sunday-aohool. He was so at
tentive and so diligent, that lie rose to what
is called the New Tegument class, the teach
er of which was a pious man. Now there i
wag a rule in that school that the teach -rs i
should, at least once a month, speak to the ;
scholars separately; and by this means a
teacher became better acquainted with the I
thoughts and feelings of every one in his
class, and knew how to give suitable ad
vice, encouragement, or reproof. Many
children have had cause to thank God for
this rule, and among them James.
One Sunday, when about eleven years
of age, he. was called up, as usual, to his
teacher, who, observing that the poor lit
tle fellow looked very sadly, kindly said,
“Well James, how have you been getting
on?”
He hung down his head and made no j
answer.
“Have you prayed during the week ?” j
inquired the teacher. “You know, James,
that I told you what to do. Did you pray i
the last week in the factory, as I advised
you ?”
“Yes sir,” said James.
“Well, how is it, James, that yon are so 1
cast down to-day? Did you pray at home ?”
“Yes, sir; I went up stairs one day at
noon, as you told me to do, and prayed to j
God. And while I was praying, my fa
ther came up stairs; and, hearing, me pray
ing, he came into the room and beat, me
very hard, and dragged tne down stairs by ]
the hair of my head, and threw me into
the street, and cursed and swore very much,
and 6aid that he would have no praying
there.” ‘ .
Perhaps my dear rea-ers, I ought to
have toll! you before that Jam. Vs father
was one of those fools who say there is no !
God. “The fool hath said in his heart,
there is no God,” Ps. xiv. 1. Ho was a
drunkard; and he wished exceedingly that
there was no God to punish him for his
wickedness.
In reply to the little boy’s sad account,
the teacher said, “Well, James, I am very
sorry for you. I suppose you have not
prayed any more since?”
“Only once since, at tho factory,” an
swered James.
“You must continue to pray to God,”
said the teacher, “and ask him to give you
anew heart, and implant a right spirit !
within you; and God will hear your prayer
and bless 3-011, for ho lias said, ‘Suffer little
children to come unto me, and forbid them
not.’ Now, James, as your father will
not serve God, nor let you serve him, I
will tell you what to do. You must take
every opportunity, when your father is out,
to pray; but when you do so, always pray
that God would bless your father, and
change his heart. And pray to God to for
give your father, as you have forgiven
him. I hope you have forgiven him, have
you?”
“Yes, sir,” answered James.
“That’s a good l>oy,” said the teacher,
“for, except we forgive, we cannot expect
God to forgive our 6ins.”
Os course, the young scholar well un
derstood that all prayer must be offered ,
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
up in the name of our blessed Savior, F esus
Christ; it is for his sake that prayer ia an
swered. To poor James tile wicked con
duct of his father was a trial, but ia his
absence, he used to follow the good teach
er’s advice, and to go up stairs to pour out
: his soul in prayer to God.
Sometime after the severe heating, I do
not know how long, the little boy came
home from the factory, as usual at the
dinner hour; and, not finding his father
there, retired immediately to the rom in
which he slept, and kneeling down, began
to pray aloud. The man returned unex
pectedly, and going up stairs for something
he wanted, thought he heard talking; and
so he listened. It was his son at prayer.
He stood awhile listening, and heard
James earnestly imploring God to have
mercy on his father. “O Lord 1” said the
child with fervor, “forgive my wicked
; father, as I have forgiven him!” This v>,is too
‘ much for his father. llis heart was touch
ed—God had touched it. He rushed into
j tile room—not as before, to beat poor
James; not to drag him down stairs by the
hair—O no: he took the astonished boy in
his arms, carried him down, and placing
him in the middle of the room, desired his
wile and all his children to kneel down,
and then requested the boy to pray for
them.
From this happy day James always
prayed in the family. His father not on
ly believed in God, and re gularly attended
public worship, but deeply repented of his
sins. Go.! forgave him for Christ's sake,
and changed his heart, filling it with love
for his Savior! I wish I could tell you
more about this family; but I only know
that llie father felt it was his duty to go to
the Sunday school, and return thanks for
the great benefits he owed to the instrir.-
tioti which had been given to his sen. No
doubt James’s prayers and good example
had been a ‘'leasing to li is broth rs and
sisters, ami peril ;ps t > their mother: for,
when speaking to the sup rintendent, the
father said, “lam come to thank you for
the benefit lan I my family have received
through my soli’s coming to this school.”
How grat.iul an I U ippv must James’s
teacher have been! I highly respect Sun
day school teachers. O may this article
encourage tli m to speak faithfully to tin
dear children God has committed to their
care! Mtv they pray inui li for heavenly
wisdom! M>y the llulv Spirit lead them
and their scholars into the way of all truth,
and give them a joyful meeting where
they shall part no more!— N. Y. Obs.
Energy.
Tlu- following interesting anecdote was
related several years since l>y W) 11. May
nard, Esq.: * f j
“In De.-enibcr, 1807, Mr. M. \JJti teach
ing Sv hool for it qu trier in 1 li • tui.ftof Fl.on
field, Mass. One cold blustcriilg morn
ing, on entering his sclio-d-roomf he oi>
served a lad lie had not seen be tor , sitting
oil i*i,* ..flit* 1). a lies.
kuu:>vn las erraud to Mr. Al. IF w..a tit
teen years old; his p treats lived seven*
miles distant; li ■ w.une ! an education, and
had com.- from home on foot thatnm-rning
to see if Mr. M. could ii Ip him to Obtain it.
Mr. M. asked him il’he was acquainted
with unv one in the place. L
“No.” t
“Do vour parents know any one liereC”
“No.”
“Can your parents help you towards ob
taining an education ?” ,
“No.”
“Have you any friends that can give
you assistance?”
* “No.”
“Well how do you expect to obtain an.
education >”
“I don’t know, but I thought I would
come and see you.”
Mr. M. told him to stay that day. and he
would see what could lie done. He dis
covered that the boy was posiestd of good
sense, but no uncommon brilliancy; and
lie was particularly struck with the cool and
resolute manner in which he undertook to
conquer difficulties which would have in
timidated common minds. In the nurse
of the day, Mr. M. made provisions for
having him hoarded through the wintep in
the family with hiinsJf, the lad paving for
his services out ot school. He g ive him- j
self diligently to study, in which he made I
good but not rapid proficiency, improving i
every opportunity of reading and confer- i
sation for acquiring knowledge: and thus 1
spent the winter.
W hen Mr. M. left the place in the spring, j
he eng go-1 a minister who resided about
f air miles from the hoy’s f.ither, to hear
his recitations: and the boy accordingly
boarded at home and pursued his studies. |
It is not necessary to pursue the naria
tivo farther. Mr. M. had never seen the
lad since. But tins was the early history
oi the luw Jonas King, D. D., whose ex- I
ertions in the cause of oriental learning,
and in alleviating the miseries of Greece, !
have endeared him alike to scholar and
philanthropist, and 6hed a bright ray of
glory on his native country.” ,
The Art of Advertising.
BY HORACE GREELEY, ESQ.
The merchant, therefore, who aims to
succeed in business, must aim at these
two poi its —first, to be sure that he can
satisfy a wide demand for the articles he
deals in, on the lowest practicable terms;
secondly, that every body within Vie pro
per scope of his business is imtiftpnvare of
his ability and confident of his disposition
to do so. These points attuiiftd, lie has
only to do his business properly, as it
comes in upon him, and bis fortune is
made. ‘ #
To the merchant or dealer who is sure of
his ability to fill orders on the most favor
able terms, the attainment of an adequate
publicity is a matter of primary concern.
If his circle of trade is properly the county j
in which he lives, then he should take ef
fectual measures to Jet every family in
that county know wh it he*sells, and on j
what conditions. Jc is nlje'fo spe.k of the i
cost as an impediment—he might us well j
o!>jatt to tiie cost of sheltering his goods
trorn had weather; protecting them from
| thieves, or dealing them out to customers.
All the other cost of his business is incor
rect without adequate motive or return so
long as this essential element of his busi
ness i9 neglected or scrimped. If his loca
tion and his stock only entitle him to ex
pect the custom of his own township or
neighborhood, then he should incur the
expense of fully informing that locality.—
Just so with the wholesale merchant who
aspires to a custom co-extensive with his
State, his section, or the whole Union. If
he is prepared to satisfy so wide a demand
on favorable terms, the expense of ap
prising those whom lie desires for custom
ers of the nature of his business, the char
acter of his stock, the range of his prices,
and the reason why he should he dealt
with, is one which he cannot refuse to in
cur without gross incompetency and ruin
ous prodigality. By thus refusing, lie in
creases his expenses for rent, lights and
fuel, clerk hire, &c., from a half per cent,
to three, five, and in some cases to ten per
cent, on his aggregate sales, and renders it
morally impossible that he should sell as
cheaply as fiis more enterprising and ca
pable rivals. In effect he confesses defeat
and incapacity, and retreats to the rear
rank of his vocation.
The Future of Italy.
“Englishmen, if they will, really and in
earnest, give a thought to the futute of
Italy, must learn to pronounce, not only
without shu Idering, but even with some
legree of faith and hope, the words‘ltalian
R-public.’ And this is rapidly coming to
pass. Hundreds of our most eminent men,
who, a few years ago, would not have
named a Republic with patience, and even
now would resent, in the strongest man
n r, as sheer impudence and disor lerly
p dautry, any attempt to raise a republican
controversy’ in England, have become con
vinced, and daily and openly declare in
their conversations on the subject, not only
th it a republic is the only solution possi
ble for Italy, but that the hour is not
greatly to be deprecated when all the
thrones on the continent will have to pros
trate themselves before the blast of a re
publican hurricane.”— London Quarterly
flevitw.
The Natural History of the Albatross.
The interesting particulars coutaine 1 in
the extract below relative to the Albatross,
were recently farnislud by Lieutenant Pr -
de to the Society of Natural History at
Portland:
“Tit se birds are found in great nmn'i rs
j ibout the C ipe ofG >od Hope, an lat certain
seasons of idle year, along th • Pacific coast
is fir North as Behring’s Straits. But a
fivorite resort seems to heabont the gloomy’
I regions of C ;pe Horn, wli re th -v are s n
j lour al'.er hour, and according to Dr. Ar
; u>tt, sometimes for days togeth •r *mst}inr
ly > tW •winp, following m the tfiuk of
r he tempe.st-tossjd home of the mariner, e: -
I g rl v snatching at every e lible thing that
! utv he thrown overboard.
“Some of th -se birds aro of enormia
-i/.—individuals not unfivqn ntly meas
nring from sixteen to ninetjeeu feet from
ip to tip of their wings. They are ex
j tivmely voracious, and wherever th y find
ibun hint food, will often so gorge them
s lv. s as to be unable to fly or swim.
“Fish spawn, gelatinous rnolusca, and
various m irine animals constitute their or
linary too l—hut nothing that have nutri
tive qualities seems to come amiss to them.
I’ll v scent food a great distance and will
soon gather around the whale which his
been harpooned a thousand miles from bind.
“For their breeding places they select a
spot of ground two or three acres in extent,
opening on the 6ea. From this they re
movcalj the stones and pebbles, piling them
up on each side so as to form a miniature
stone fence. This space is then plotted oft’
into small squares with intervening paths
intersecting each other at right angles. In
each corner ot the squares a penguin scoops
out a nest, while the albatross takes, by
common consent, the centre, and constructs
a small mound of grass and muscles eight
or ten inches high, on which they mike
their nests, which in diameter exceed four- 1
teen indies. Their eggs which are larger ;
than those of a goose, are white, sprinkled
with dark spots at the larger end. These
are never exposed to the air after ineulm- |
tion commences, but when the female wish
es to leave them to seek food, the male gent
ly crowds her off, and in like m inner, yields
possession of the nest to her when she re
turns.
Around the whole encampment is a wide
path, in which the albatross and penguins j
perform patrol duty day and night, but ul- j
ways under command of an albatross. A
favorite resort for breeding is the Faulk
hind Islands.”
The albatross may he called the buzzard
of the ocean. They are easily taken in mod- ;
erate weather by trailing a‘hook and line, I
the latter end of which is kept near the sur
face of the water by any kind of a float, the i
hook being baited with a piece of fat pork, i
A shingle answers very well for a float. !
They not only extend far North into the ‘
Pacific, hut are found on the Sourthern bor
ders of the Indian Ocean, and occasiouly
pretty far to the Eastward. Notwithstand
ing the immense size of the bird, there is
little flesh on the carcass and the bones are
very light and thin. Sailors are not so
scrupulous but they will make a fresh meal
of them for the want of something better.
Having captured anJ examined a goo I
many of them, I was always stru k with
the large quantity of remarkable flue and
sols down upon their ho lies, nearly an inch
in thickness. The prepared skins would j
be very valuable, and in connection with a i
sealing voyage, might perhaps be well wor
thy of attention.
They are at least two varieties, if not
more, one of which is white and the other
light brown, or brown and white intermix
ed, 4ml forming a beautiful combination of
Colons.
A) to the disposition of their nests ii> 1
conjunction with Penguins, the account ap
| pears somew hat jwetical, especially th t
part relating to patrol duty. Being web
| footed and of large size, the Albatross is
I not naturally fitted for walking, any more
| than wild ducks and teal. Ocean birds
; when brought on a ship’s deck become in
stantly sea-sick. They remain in a siting
posture, scarcely attempting to move, and
this remark applies particularly to the Al-
I batross and Cape pig on. ‘
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Works:—l-airbairn on the Typology of Scripture, com
pletc in one volume; Lisco on the Parables, translated
by Fail-bairn. 9 ly* Feb. 26
KAIt I A “
COM.V/S SI OX MER CIIA XTS ,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
TIT ILL continue nt their old stand, No. 2<i7 Bay
’ * Street. Strict attention will he given to the sale
of Cotton and other Produce consigned to them. Or
ders for Bagging, Rope, and Family Supplier, will be I
filled Rt lowest price?. June 5
.1. jtf *: aitc f- .
COMMISSI 0X MERC IIA XT.
JACKSON-St., AVGUSTA, GA.
| TAKE this method of returning my thanks for the
A liberal patronage to the lute firm of Pearce A simp
son. and to inform my old friends and the public gen
erally; of Georgia, south Carolina, Alabama, and Tin- j
ncKsee, that I still continue to transact the Commission
business, in its various branches, in my own nun-, and ;
u ill store all Cotton consigned to my charge the en- I
j suing season in a Fire Proof Warehouse.
. 1 will give my personal att nrion to the selling of
i Cotton, nnd furnishing such articles as mv friemls and
patrons may order from this market, and'will make to
Planter* liberal cash advances on Cotton in store, when
requested. 1 confidently hope, from my prudence and
experience in the business, to have- the continuation of
all my old friends and a share of public patronage.
J. J. PEARCE i
Aug. 6, 1851. g m
zw lhe late firm oi Pearce A Simpson was dissolved j
on the 16th ot June last, the unsettled business of
which will be attended to by J. J. p.
~VA*OA lUVIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ALBANY , GA.
PRACTICE in the counties of Baker, Doolv, Decatur,
Early, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter,
Thomas, an l Lowndes.
David A. Vason, Join.- A. Davis.
October 2 ly 40
THU BIPTIST FRYIALE COL
LEGE OF SOUTII-WESTERN GEORGIA.
ELDER THOMAS MUSE has been appointed Agent
for this Institution, for the purj ose of soliciting
contributions for its permanent endowment.
We commend our Agent to the kind consideration of
the public in general, and of the denomination in par
ticular, and trust that the cause he represents will meet
with a hearty resjionac from an intelligent and advan- 1
cing people.
By order and on behalf of the Board of Trustees.
EBENEZEK W. WARREN, bec’y.
Starkville, Nov. 21, 1851.
“surgical institute.
DltS. 11. F. <t It. CAMPBELL have established an
INFIRMARY in Augusta, for the treatment of
Surgical an 1 Chronic Diseases. They respectfully call
the attention of the Prefession and the public to their
institution. Necessary Surgical operations will be per
formed by Dr. Hunky F. Cami-bell, ail other treatment
will be rendered by them jointly.
Patients sent from the country will receive every
necessary attention dnring th ir sojourn in our city.
Oct 31 ts 44
LEATHER, HARNESS SHOES, &c.
r T'HE subscribers inform the public that they have
* on hand, nil sorts of Leather, suitable tor Shoes,
Harness, <tc., nnd will make to order all kinds of Har
ness, t-hoes nnd Gin Bands, and will r- pair Harness, he.,
at the shortest notice. Th y wiil pay the highest
price for Hide*, Tan Bark, and Tallow. Living at the
Depot nt Woo Ivillo, they are eonvenimt to the can or
persons hauling cot’nn or other articles.
EDWARD BEASI.Y 4 BROTHER.
Woouville, Oct. 1, 1851.
April 15, 1852.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
PEN HELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
STUDIES.
The Studies in this University art:
A Theological Course of three years, designed for
those who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry;
A Collegiate Course of four years, equal to that of
other Colleges in the country;
A Scientific Course of three years, including, with
some ai-iition.-, nil the studies of the Co.legiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;
An Academical Course, including whatever is nerea
sary to prepare for- adnibsion into College.
A Ddl ISSIOY.
The regular lime for the admission of Student*, is at
I the opeuiur of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday in
August.
C.tn lidates for admission into the Collegiate Course
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Caesar;
Virgil; Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jaioh’s Greek
Reader, and must be at least fo-iteen years of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Course
mu*! sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Equations ia
Alge! re; and two hooka in Geometry; and must be it
least sixteen years of age.
• • ——
Coarse* of Study
IN THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT,- _
FRESHMAN CLASS.
FIRST TXRSI. meant! TKttU.
Livy. _ALi Iy. continurd.
Xriioph-u*- Anabasis. d*ert jrem I)e Officii*,
Greek arnl Rnman An'iqnilt— 11--r-kJ.t :j-.
(Smi'liV I) rri-i- arv., ; Vitrt-bro. tomjdefcd,
Andrews* Latin Fuerci-i-*. iOei-metry. (lls-nib-’) 2 book*,
Artt-ld'e Greek Prose Ci-injo ll'ietoric, continued,
ei'l-.n.
Atg-hra. CDavV,)
Khetnrir. (Jt'-winauV.)
Andrews and Stnddard’s La*m Grammar is used.
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
riaiTTtMM | SECOND TERM.
Ilarnce. Satires end Ej i -I*es. il ‘rare. Art->! Poetry A Outs,
Ik-in-etlirnrs -in ilie Crown. l'teeo lie Or-tuns,
, Oeoinrlrv. romfde/ed. ) 11-mer’s Pia-I.
Plane, Solid, and Spitcrivai. J Plane A Spln-rica! Trigonotn
eirv. (Lnomi*’.)
Sarv-yine. lDa*ie*’.)
Conic So-tiuns, ißridge’s.)
JUNIOR CLASS.
FiasTTEr.M. SECOND TERM.
Cicrn lie Orator-, continued. Andrian *f Trrenee,
Xeti-!|ihon> Memorabilia. i’roinethen. of jEs-Itvltts,
D.tr retr.ial ntei Integral Cal-Nafnral ’rhe-tiogy, (Paley's,)
cuius. Nat. Philosophy, continued,
Nat. I’luloenphy. (O infled’#,l i tu-ndsirv, (Siiliman's)
Rlicloric, tUlair’.,) . L-ien-, (Whairly'a.)
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. | SECOND TERM,
j Astr-in'-my. .O mste.iV.) dotaav Phy.-ioh-e; A Geology,
, Intellectual Philosophy, (C|> >f-i:al Plntusot-hv CWavlanJ's]
ti-ni*s.) IlatlerV Analogy,
Evil of Christianity. (Paley'sijPolit'l. Economy. iWnyland’sJ
E'ein'ts nf Criticism, -K line-’ American Cnnsiiiutien,
G-i gia* of Plato, or
Juvenal. Internationa! Law.
EXPERTS.
Tuition Fees. Spring Term. Fall Term.
In Tnxoioo cal Ssmikart, Nothing. Nothing.
In Coti.EoE, - - . $25 DO (15 00
Scientific Course, - • 25 00 16 00
In Academy—
Preparatory Class, - - 25 00 15 00
Second “ 20 00 12 00
Third “ - 15 00 9 OO
Elementary “ - 10 00 600
( Room Rent, ... 6 00 4 00
Contingent Erpenses, • • 200 100
Th-to expense* are required to be paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars wiil be received ns full payment for the
tuition fees, room rent, and contingent expens-1 of tha
year.
Tho price o e Boird ia the village is (10 per month;
of washing, room rent, nnd fuel, (3.
(’omiiigni'cnit'iit and Vatu lions.
The Ca uiiif-sverncnt is held ‘bTTllie'tait Wednesday”
I in July, ( 1
Thvre arc two Vacations, dividing the reSr into two
terms, as follows:
f First Term—(ram last Wednesday in August to De.
cemhi-r 16ih.
Wider Ideation —from December 15th to February
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
mencement. J
Summer Vaca’ion— from Commencement to last Wed
nesday in August. B. M. SANDERS,
Sec’y. cf the Board of Trustees.
_August 21 _ 34
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
Legislative Charter granted 1549.
THE Spring Term of 1852 will commence on the Sd
Monday, which io the 12th of January.
UFO. Y. BROWNE, President,
ttud Professor of Mental and Moral Science.
P. LOUD,
Professor of Natural Science.
J- K. BRANHAM,
Professor of Mathematics and Director of Music
lIENHY M. HOLTZCI.AW,
Professor of Belles Lettros.
The Faculty v ill be assisted bv the following ladies, vis *
Mits. Browne, Miss M. M. Bcmstead^
Mrs. Branham, Miss E. Mcredith,
Miss Anna Bennett, Miss Ellen Bennett.
Cats’ogces containing further information may be ob
tained by applying to eith- r of the officers of the Col
lege, or to either of tho following gentlemen, who con
stitute the Board of Trustees:
F.. E. Jones, m. n., President.
B. M. Peeples, Esq., Treasurer.
Tiios. J. Brax’ET, Esq., Secretary.
Col. John B. Walker, W. W. B. Crawford, M. D,
Rev. N. G. Foster, Nathan Massev,
lUv. Clias. M. Irvin, Benj. Harris, ’
It m. S. Stokes, J. J-', Swanson,
Edmund AValker, J, W. Fears,
Zachariah Fcare, R. P. Zimmerman.
Madison, Dec. 2, 1851.
Soi)THEKA& m;sn:ia Fuji ale
w-n ?
LAGRAN'OIC, GUGILGIA.
MILTON E. BACON, A. M., Prcpnctor,
Moral and Intellectual Sciences.
LUCIUS LaTASTE,
Frofc3sov of Natur ot i Sciences.
COLEMAN B. FERItELL,
Professor of Matin matics.
MISS SARAH O. STEVENS,
Ancient and Modem Languages.
MISS ANN ELIZA BACON,
Mathematics and English Grammar.
MISS MARY E. SHERMAN,
Instructress of Primary Department
D. W. CIIASE,
Professor of Vocal and Instrumental Music.
DR. S. M. BARTLETT, MISS MARY H. BELL,
and MISS C. C. F. LERNED,
Instructors in Music.
MRS. MARY J. JOURDAN,
Instructress in Drawing Painting Fancy Work. Ac.
Circulars containing minute information relative to
the Institution can be obtained by addressing the Pro
rliotQr - ‘ Jan. 1
GEOR6IA FEMALE COLLEGE
TIIE REV. D. G. DAMELL has been appointed
General Agent for the State of Georgia, and i*
authorized to solicit contributions for the purpose of
permanently endowing this Institution. 4
3Ve most cordially commend’ our Agent to the kind
attentions nud liberality of the public, and indulge the
hope that his efforts in e cause so eminently worthy of
success, will not be unavailing.
On behalf, and by order of the Board of Tmsteea
THUS. J. BURNEY, Sec’y. *
Madison, July 17th. 1851.
HARDWICK & COCSt,
Factors & Commission Merchants,
RAY STREET, SA VAXNAB, GA.
R. P. llardwkk. )
J. G. Cocxr. f Nov. i