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Newspaper Patrons—To All Whom
It May Concerr.
This thing called patronage is a queer
thing. It is very correctly remarked by
sotno one, that it is composed of as many
colors as the rainbow, and is as changeable
as the Imes of the chameleon.
.One man subscribes for a paper, and
pays for it in advance —he goes home and
reads it the year round with the proud eat
istaetion that it is his. lie hands in an ad
vertisement—asks the price and pays for
it—this is patronage.
Another man says : “Put my name on
your list of subscribers,” and goes off with
out as much as having said pay once. Ho
asks you to advertise —but says nothing
about paying for it. Time passes—your
patience is exhausted, you dun him, —he
flies into a passion—perhaps he pays you
—perhaps not.
Another man has been a subscriber
some time. He becomes tired ot you and
wants a change. He thinks he wants an-
GJ
the last of his thoughts. After a time yon*
look £>r his account; and send him a bill ox
“ balance due,” But he does not pay it—
treats you with silent contempt. This, too,
some cal! patronage.
Another nia?i lives near you—never took
’ your paper —it is too small—don’t like the
editor —-don’t like its principles —too whig
gisli. too democratic, its leaders too strong
—tales to dry, or vice versa, or something
o ] sc > —yet (roes regularly to Ins neighbors
and reads ft—finds fault with its contents,
disputes its positions —and quarrels. with
thetvpe, ink or paper. Occasionally sees
an article he likes, buys a number per
quarter. This, too, ia-patronage.
Another (bless you, it does us good, to
see such a man.) comes and says, “The
year for which I have paid is about to ex
pire ; 1 want to pay you for another.” —
He does so, and retires. This is patron
age, but oh, how rare !
Another roan subscribes —wants you to
give it to him on advance terms; he gets
ft regularly, reads it carefully, praises it
every time lie sees you as being a go-id p i
per, wishes you success, hopes others will
subscribe and encourage it, feels disap
pointed if it is not issued regularly, and is
the first to complain of its non-appearance
—all this he can do; yet he’never dreams
of paying, unless you dun him, and then
with good promises he will put you off.—
This, too, is very common patronage.
Is not patronage a curious thing ?
—
A Romantic Sail.
The Rev. Dr. Leyburn. who has lately
visited the Mammoth Cave, thus describes
the sail on one of its subterranean rivers,
in the Presbyterian, of which he is editor :*
the call “Echo i
River,” though ~ probably j
but a continuation Mat had
now disappeared, and Stephen had sole
charge ot the flat-boat on which we had
embarked. The prospect of this voyage
was not in viting. The course of the stream
led at once under a solid ceiling ot rock,
probably not over three feet above the wa
ter. Stooping as low as possible, the boat
glided along, until in a few moments we
reached a point where the arch overhead
was elevated to some five or six feet from
the surface of the stream. For three-quar
ters of a mile this extraordinary navigation
was continued. We were throe hundred
and twenty-five feet below the surface of
the earth, gliding on the bosom ol a mys
terious river, shut in on either siue and
above by walls of masonry, that seemed as
if they might have stood since the dawn
of creation.
With that sense of the dramatic which
Stephen so often evinced, he could not tail
to make the most of these extraordinary
materials for effect, trod to his heart's con
tent he succeeded, as no portion of our
under-ground experience impressed us so
strangely, so deeply, and, I may so
delightfully, as tin’s sail on Echo
The uniqueness of the scene at the
subdued 1 our hitherto’- sprightly partvginto
silence. Kot a word was fWt a
sound was heard, save the dip of Stephen’s
oar. which lie struck out only after long
intervals, and just with sufficient frequen
cy to keep us in motion. The stiffness
seemed as profound as if it had h’lStwMyuiu
eternity. The lamps threw, a lurid light
over the dark water and the darker open
ings to the en xpfojvo caverns that pene
fcrat the roc f ■
at the same time projected the magnified
shadows of our group, until we ivsenibjvd
spectral giants flying oti-i the stygian
stream.
The stillness, which had grown to be
almost painfalty impressive and sublime,
was at length broken by the sweet vqjco
of Stephen, singing, “Tho last Rose of
Summer,” pausing 1 -tween each note, un
til it hail been waite-: ‘through the caverns,
an f i softened an! enriched by the return
ing echoes. The Ir-t strains died away,
and again we moV'ai-do v! y and silently
on. All at once, n- ’ -of the most deli
cious music, a- if A‘he heavenly shores,
came sv.etplnii over the dark void, ahead.
“Beautiful !” “Exquisite!” “IT avwnly !”
burst fiom car iios, as the strains fell on
our delighted ears. A moment’s reflection
explained the nr. story. Mat, on leaving
us, had gone to ;h. .u. nrr end of the. rfv
er by some othev route, and the delightful
surprise and entrirt a lament was occasi oil
ed by Ids own dry songs. Tliough
there was. in rot t*n', but one voice, it
seemed as if a sc re or tuore were united
in the melody. T ri
Each note, as it was slowly breathe,!
cut, was taken up, and echoed from the
chambers and caverns, until it sounded as
if all the spirits of the Cave had joined to
swell the chorus. The strains, too, seem
ed to be purified ami sublimated from all
that was earthly, and rung out in clearer
and more silver vAtici mellowed notes than
one could ever LSfi* to hear from mortal
lips. Avery flight effort of the imagina
tion was necessary to make us feel as if,
on leaving our place of embarkation, we
had bid farewelljto the shores of time, and
were now on-eur passage ovef the gloomy
river of deatii to the scenes of a glorious
■ immortality, whence the music of the ran
somed was already falling on our ears. —
To complete the illusion, all at once, as we
doubled a projecting joclwja. brilliant star
beamed out of the midnigm gloom, appa
rently far abeuTof us, its rays mirrored
back by the dark water.
It was Mat’s damp ; but it looked like
the morning harbinger of joy and blessed
ness, after the gloomy night that had over
hung the pilgrim party. I must not omit
also to mention that in the intervals be
tween the music, Stephen occasionally
struck the boat with his oar, in order to
furnish another illustration of the echo.—
The slightest sti >ke resounded and rever
berated through the caverns, booming on
the ear like the of the heaviest
ordnance. Our charming and never-to-be
Jv-jC j* 1 ! ‘ -
of our late encTianiulent, nf singing
‘•Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.”
There were fine voices in the party, arid
with the different parts swelling up under
the massive archway, Old Hundred soun
ded grandly.
Distinguished Drunkards.
“Shut up the low groggeries,” say ma
ny ; prevent the sale of bad rum : pre
serve the poor and ignorant from intem
perance, and we are with you ; but the ed
ucated classes need no law; regard for their
own* character, ie a sufficient protection to
them.” Strange delusion ! Inexplicable
blindness to the facts of history and the
occurrences of every day ! Without refer
ring to books, memory, unassisted, supplies
us with a catalogue of well known names,
| the bare mention of which, refutes the
i plea we have quoted.
Alexander the Great, one of the bright- j
est spirits of antiquity, one of the three !
greatest generals in the world, whose tutoflj
| was Aristotle, who slept with the poems j
| of Homer under his pillow, conquered the j
I world, and died of a drunken debauch in j
I the 33d year of his age.
The fall of the Roman Empire was pre- ‘
! cipitated by the drunkenness of its Empe- !
rors ; ab human nature was eternally dis- :
honored by the enormities committed by j
them in drunken fury.
Os the ten sovereigns who have reigned j
in Russia since the accession of Peter the 1
Great, all but four were beastly drunkards, j
Os the Empress Elizabeth, it is written; ;
“Shi? was completely brutifled by strong j
liquors, from day to day she is almostal- \
ways in a state <*& bacehic ecstacy ; she j
‘ could idressed : in the morn !
some tew cutsof the scis
sors disengaged in the evening.” And j
the passage gives *ii\ idea of the general
condition of the Russian court for more
than seventy years.
The present king of Prussia, whom JSei
bulir instructed and praised, thanking God
| on his knees for giving Prussia so wise and
i noble a prince, is a notorious drunkard, the
contempt of his subjects, the scoff* ot Eu
rope.
The late kiug of the Sandwich ‘lslands,
: upon whom a corps ot missionaries ex
■ hausted their eloquence and skill, was a
j drunken caricature of the kingly office to
the last. ‘
The city of Washington, where the elite
[ of tlie nation is supposed to congregate,
| the most drunken town in the Union.—
; Champagne is one of the great powers of
! the country, a thing relied upon to corrupt
| the very men who are sent to Washington
! under the impression that they are our
’ best. _ * .
Ilaenegan, a senator of the United
: States, was an abandoned drunkard ; and
I when sent abroad as a plenipotentiary, clis-
I graced the country by the most, vontimi
i ousgpnd outrageous drunken debauchery,
j of the most important enactments
i ever passed by Congress —enactments in
volviuor the welfare of future empires—
i have been passed while the floor of .the
House was strewed with honorable and iu
; toxicated members.
J The tea-room of this city, established for
the convenience, not of the city’s vaga
; bonds, hut of the city’s “fathers,” and
; the head men, was for many a disgraceful
year, a scene of drunkenness.
It was when maddened by drink that
IU. ..,, ooftpifitted murder.
Hartley (. < fit-ridg-. . a man abounding in
amiable qualities, who inherited much of
his fa.flier’s genius, with all his father’s iu
j flrmity of purpose, could never master his
propensity to drink. He was a scholar; a
: gentleman, a ])oct, and—a drunkard.
Edgar A. Poe—but why speak of him?
1 The story ■>{ Ids miserable end is more fa
i roiliiii to tiic people even than the inelau
j .-hol y refrain of the “raven”
Charles Land’ -the gentle Charles, the
kind, the* temh-r, the beloved —could sacri
fice so much for his sister, but could not
I help being carried home and put to bed
in insensible drunkenness.
L).ug!as Jeivld is a devotee of gin. For
■ many year-, it is said, lie has been impair
ing ids fine powers by habitual excess in
I drink.
Byron, Ruins. Steele, Hone, and a host
of other names, eminent or illustrious,
might be added to the list of distinguish
ed drunkards. Ruins, we are confident,
lord not died in the prime of life, a defeat
ed, heart-broken man, his destiny all un
; accomplished, ‘file had notjjeen addicted
to convivial drinking. who knows
for how mud: f Byron’s reckless verse
tiic world should curse the gin-bottle?
In our colleges, is not the secret demijohn
one of the perpetual anxieties of the pre
sident, professor, or parent ? At our fash
ionable parties, is champagne —one of the j
i vilest of drinks—moderately consumed i
; Ho our grand banquets generally degeo
• erate into occasions of disgusting excess ;
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
are the sons of leading citizens the most
temperance of our .-youth ( Is it poor wo *
men who buy brrtndy drops by the pound ?
Talk no more of abutting up only the
low groggeries. All groggeries aie low,
and all grog is pernicious, whether sipped
by gentlemen, sucked by ladies, or swilled
by the “dregs of the people.”— Life Illus
trated.
The Gambler.
The gambler is so much worse than the
highway robber, by so much as skill is su
perior to force, Robbers means the forci
ble possessing yourself of what belongs to
another. The gambler disuses force, but
in place of it he uses skill, cunning, fraud,
and thereby amasses property which be
longs by every law to his neighbor Eve- ,
rv one who habitually enriches Mm self by
superior knowledge, skill, or craft, without
at the same time adding to the public
wealth, is, in the most intimate sense of
the word a robber. But the gambler i it
pre-eminently such a one. His calling is
the mosr disreputable known, and 7o man,
V’ ) VT 7 - *** yali.lv -
kind, or whose susceptibility to the affec
tion of his fellows is not utterly dead,
could afford to be found in it a day. He
knows that the poor fool whose senses he
has debauched, whose blood be has mad
dened, whose thousands he has pocketed
over night., has, perhaps, a wife and chil
dren dependent upon him. He knows
that he has a father and mother, brother
and sister, kinsman and friend, intimately
linked with hifu by every cleanly tic of
natural and social affinity ; and yet he can
see wife and children degraded to the street
—can see the poor wretch he has poison
ed stripped of every title to the respect and
affection of relative and friend, and reduc
ed to the level of the loathsome beggar,
and his deadly smile will be as bland, and
his filthy sleep as as though
his bosom were an angel’s shrine. Talk
of agambler’B bosom, indeed ! Hell lights j
j up no such ravenous flame within earthly
J precincts as burns within that, lurid and
! stifling bosom. It is the persuasion of ma
rny persons, that, when men die, or go in
j to the spiritual world, they find a law uni
! versally operative, which makes the out
| ward aspect of a roan infallibly attest to
! to other eyes Ids inward disposition and
i character. Then the good man, under
j whatever natural inflrinities and cruel
; blights of fortune he may have struggled,
j will outwardly appear what he inwardly is,
i beautiful with the splendor and power of
j immortal youth. And there the bad man,
! under whatever masks of simulated virtue,
] and whatever delusive shows of success,
, lie may have passed through life, will drop
| his mask one after another and finally
j stand forth an image of loathsome deformi
ity and decrepitude. If our readers share
■ the philosophic persuasions, we would
! rather trnsjjiJW-Sfikrir imagination*.thait.
| our own feeble pen, to paint the outward*
| lineaments commensurate with the foul
1 and venomous nature of the professional
I gambler.— iV. Y. ! Tribune.
Rotation of Crops in the Garden.
It is the custom of many, who have
i small vegetable gardens, to plant the
• same crops in the same spots year after
year. This may lie done and a good crop
1 may be obtained, if the land is deeply
: trenched and thoroughly manured every
! year. But without these precautions, crops
! will almost certainly degenerate. The on
| ions very likely w’ill become maggoty and
i rot. and” the pens fail to fill out well, and
i the cabbage show small heads. Though’
we manure abundantly and work the soil
; two spits deep, we find it of great advan
: tage to change the locality of the crop
every year, with few exceptions. Aspa
; ragus cannot very well be changed, and
• onions seem to do better upon the same
, spot year after year. —Arnertvan Agrievl
j t urifit.
Corn Suckers.
i
! Should the suckers be pulled from Corn ?
j This question is often asked by farmers,
i and various are the opinions in regard to
the practicability of suckering. We all
i know that it frequently happens that
; suckers never make ears, while at other
times we see as good ears made on suckers
j as-’on the original stalks. We have paid
, some attention to this subject, and from
! observation we have arrived at the follow
; ing conclusions :
; In all matters pertaining to the farm,
1 circumstances alter cases; hence, no rule
or system can be carried out that wili, in
all cases, be followed with complete suc
j cess. Suckering corn will very properly
• come under this rule, and consequently
must be practised according to circum
j stances. In order to exercise a discritnina- :
. ting judgment, we roust first consider the j
cause which produces suckers on corn. A j
super-abundance of nutriment for the stalk, j
whether from manure too liberally suppli- j
I ed, or from the natural strength of the soil, j
! will always cause the stalk, (in self de- !
: fence) to throw out suckers. This seems j
| to be a wise provision of nature, and her j
laws can never bo violated with impunity. :
Whenever therefore suckers make their !
i appearance on corn which has a deep mel j
low soil to furnish it with sufficient food to j
sustain the stall- and suckers to maturity, i
each sucker will make as good an ear as j
; the original stalk. Wherever this is the i
case it is a certain index that the land will j
| bear much closer planting and will make
; much more to the acre than that which
; docs not cause the corn to sucker.
When suckers are caused by a liberal
; supply of manure, the nourishment thus
afforded will be exhausted before the stalks
can mature their fruit, the consequence is,
that the suckers are without shoots and on
ly have a few grains made in their tussle.
These, as is generally the cash, should be
J pulled from the stalk. But no Suckers
will make corn that do not spring from the”
roots of corn or near enough to the ground
to take root themselves. In good bottom
hum; if corn be planted the usual distance,
every sucker will make a good ear. and i
will be in its proper place upon ihe stalk, j
We have tried this and know it to be a :
fact, and “facts are stubborn things.” Ac
cording then to circumstances it is both
right and wrong to pull off the suckers.—
Right to pull them off in thin land manur
ed ; wrong to pull them off in good strong
bottom land.
-4 .
Sow Millet.
Da you want to know why ? Because it
yields more food for man and beast, than
any other cultivated grain. Our for hay,
the crop is large and of excellent quality,
and, it is said, imparts a vigor or an elas
ticitv to working cattle that is acquired
from no other food. Stock, too, are very
fond of millet bay. If allowed to ripen,
its seed is an excellaut grain for animals,
possessing as much nutriment as Indian
corn, but not its fattening property. In
Europe it is often ground for bread, and,
where people are accustomed to its use,
I ififiF?iivtrxrnnr riino'V
authority, the time for sowing millet is
from the first of May to the middle of
Juae, when it will be ready to harvest in
July or August, leaving the ground in the
best possible condition for a crop of win
ter grain. A rich, light soil is best, and
it sjfould be deep and finely prepared as
for vflieat. If grown for hay, from 30 to
40 quarts of seed should be sovvii to the
acre. It should be cut while the seed is
in tlie milky state, and as soon as it is well
wilted it should be put up and cured in
cocks, a- recommended for hay. if the
weather is fine, it will be sufficiently made
in three or four days, when the cocks should
be turned and opened a few hours before
it is hauled in. When sown for the grain,
from 16 to 20 quarts of seed are required
to the acre, and if put in with a good seed
i drill, the crop of seed would be much im-
I proved.
! Tfo attempt should ever be made to se
| cure both seed and hay from the same
! field. . Plant one field for seed, and one
for hay. A good crop will yield five tons
of iVv.
For seed, the upper parts of rtc heads
must be ripe before it is cut,.
There is one advantage in growing mil-
II C 5 n t
let that ought to commend it to all farm
ers. It flourishes well in all seasons.
Farmers who once commence the culti
vation of millet seldom ever abandon it.
.Will somebody this year try a crop of
millet ?— Exchange.
Green Corn Pudding.
A friend has kindly furnished us the
following lecipe for making Green Corn
Pudding. We imagine it is a guyd one,
HjLitcomes well vouched for.#*’
iglHßLuoot yi* areeiJLan.
tivo quaramr iniikj
add eight eggs, half cup of butter, tvjT>tea
j spoimsfull of salt with a little nutmeg—
; bake one hour. Serve witli cream or but
-1 ter sauce.
A Plain Custard Pie.
j Mix a table spoonbill of flour, smoothly
i with a couple of table spoonsfull of milk,
| and stir it into one quart of boiling milk,
j let it boil a minute, stirring it constantly ;
| take it from tlie fire, and when cool, put
! in three eggs, well beaten; sweeten it to
| your taste, add a little nutmeg, and bake
; it in deep pie-plates, with only an under*
i crust : bake the pies directly, in a brick
i oven.
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PENFIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
STUDIES.
The Studies in this University are
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 iu the country;
.4 Scientific Course of three years, including, with
some additions, all the studies of the Collegiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;
-4 Academical Course, including whatever is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College.
tomssioN.
The regular time for the admission of Students, is at
the opening of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday in
August.
Candidates for admission into the Collegiate Course
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Cesar;
\ irgil; Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jacob’s Greek
Reader; and must be at least fourteen years of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Course
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Equations in
Algebra; and two hooks- in Geometry; and must be at
least sixteen years of age.
- Course of Stud)’ ■> .
SIRST TSRM. j SECOND TERSI .
Li vy, jLi vy, continued,
Xenophon’s Anabasis, Cicero De Olfieiis,
Greek anil Roman Antiquities,Herodotus,
(Smith’s Dictionary,) Algebra, completed,
Andrews’ Latin Exercises, Geometry,(Loomis’,) 2 hooks
Arnold’s Greek Prose Compu- Rhetoric,continued,
sitiori,
Algebra, (Day’s, I
Rhetoric, (Newman’s,)
Vndrews and Stoddard’s Latin Grammar is used.
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
FIRST TERM. j SECOND TERM.
Horace, Satires and Epistles, ,Horace, Art of Poetry A Odes,
Demosthenes on the Crown, Cicero De Oratore,
Geometry, completed , > -Homer’s Iliad,
Plane,Solid,and Spherical. \ Plane & Spherical Trigonom
i etry, (Loomis’,)
Surveying, (Davies’,)
.Conic Sections, (Bridge’-.’
JUNIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM
Cicero Lie Oratore, continued, Andrian of Terence,
Xenophon’s Memorabilia, Prometheus of .Eschylus,
Differential and Integral Cal-Natural Theology, (Paley’s,
cuius, Nat. Philosophy, continued,
Nat. Philosophy,(Olmsted’s.) Chemistry, (Silliman’s)
Rhetoric. ‘Blair’s,) Logic,(Whately’s.)
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM.
Astronomy,(Olmsted’s,. Butany,Pliysio!ogy& Geology
Intellectual Philosophy, (Up- Moral Philosophy (Wayland’s)
ham’s,) !Butler’s Analogy,
Evid. ofChristianity,i Haley's) Polit’l. Eeonom'y.(Wayland’s)
Elern’ts of Criticism, .Karnes’) American Constitution.
Gorgias of Plato, kfc- 0R
Juvenal {international Law.
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Tuition Fees. Spring Term. Fall Term,
In Theological Seminary, Nothing. Nothing.
In College, - |25 00 sls ()0
Scientific Course, 25 00 15 00
In Academy—
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Second “ - - 20 00 12 00
Third “ -15 00 0 00’
Elementary “ 10 00 00
Room Rent, - 6 00 4 00
Contingent Expenses, ■ 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to be paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars will be received at full the
tuition fees, room rents and the
*) Tlie of fhmrd-iri rl
of Washing, room rent, and fuel,
Coiiiineiiccinrout and Vacation*.
The Commencement is held on the last Wednesday
in July.
There are two Vacations, dividing the year into two
terms, as follows: ’
First Term —from last Wednesday in August to De
cember 15 th.
Winter Varaii on.—lron, December 15th February
Ist.
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
mencement.
Summer Vacation —from Commencement to last Wed
nesday in August. O. L. BATTLE,
Sec’y. of the Board of Trustees.
August 2] 34
GEO BjG I A
FEMALE COLLEGE
‘PHIS Institution is organized underfoot- regular de- |
L partments of instruction, viz: the Collegiate, the |
Academic, the department of Languages, and the Or- i
namental department.
In the Collegiate department is taught every thing j
that i necessary for the full development of the mental ‘
powers, the COMMON STUDIES being kepi, in con- j
stant review.
In the Academic department ie taught whatever may j
be necessary for preparing the pupil to enter advanta- i
geouslv upon her college career.
In the department of Languages, Latin, Greek aud
French are taught. French by a NATIVE FRENCH
LADY.
The Ornamental department comprises the two schools
oi Vlusie and Design. Tn the former, instruction is.
given upon all the usual instruments; whilst in the lat- j
tor, tverv variety of Drawing, Painting, <fr.c., is taught, i
The location, (MADISON, 5 ORGAN COUNTY,) !
stands unrivalled for its social and religious privileges
and for the salubrity of its climate.
The Young Ladies board in PRIVATE FAMILIES, j
where they receive all those offices of maternal care and •
kindness which are necessary for their health and e un- j
fort.
The next Term commences on MONDAY THE Bth j
OF JANUARY.
Catalogues may ho obtained by applying to either of j
the Officers. R. D. MALLARY,
Secretary of Faculty.
Madison, November Tb*, 1854. ,
FEMALE INSTITUTE.
] GOIXMBIS, GEORGIA.
j REV. TH<)MAS B. SLADE. A. M., Principal.
MRS. ANN J. SLADE. ) ,
MISS ANN L. SLADE, f Awiiwa ‘ rfc
| MISS J ANET E. SLADE,) T 0K w|TSTf ,
j MISS EMMA .1. SLADE, f or
MISS ELTZA DICKSON.
Teaciikk ok Drawing and Painting.
MISS JANE DICKSON, Teacher ofEmbroidert. j
Scholastic year will commence Ist October, 1854,:
1 and close 30th June, 1855.
PRICES OK TUITION AND BOARD.
HAI.K IN ADVANCE. .
Tuition, Scholastic Year SSO 00
Music—Piano, “ “ .... 50 00
■ Vocal Music,* “ “ ••. • 500
1 Latin Language, “ “ 20 00
i French “ “ “ 30 00
Contingent Expenses, “ “ .... 200
Wise of Piano, “ “ 5 00
Board, (candles, sheets, pillow-cases,towels,
and washing excepted,) SIOB 00
*Pino Forte pupils, not charged.
RABUN A SMITH,
COMMISSIO N MER Gil A N T6\
I * SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
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