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Two Sisters with One Dress.
“You were not here, yesttrlay,” said
the gentle teacher of the village school, as
she placed her hand on the curly head ot
one of her pupils. It was playtime, but
the little girl addressed had not gone to
frolic away the ten minutes, had not even
left her seat, hut absorbed in wlmt seemed
a fruitless attempt to make herself mis
tress of a sum in long division
Iler face and neck crimsoned at the re
mark of the teacher, hut looking up she
seemed somewhat re-asenred by the: kind
grlance that met her, and answered, Ho,
Ma’am, I was not, but sister Nelly was
“I remember there was a utile girl, who
called herself Nelly G‘ay, came in yester
day but I did not know she was your sis
ter. But why did you not come? you
seem to love study very much ”
“It was not because I endn t want to,
was the earnest answer, and then she pau
sed and the deep flush tinged that fair
brow ; “ but,” she continued, after a mo
ment of painful embarrassment, mother
cannot spare both of us conveniently, and
so we are going to take turns | 1 lit
to school one day, and sister the next; and
to-night I am to teach Nelly all that I have
learned to-day, and to monow night she
will teach me all she learns while here.—
It's the only way we can think ot getting
along, and we want to study very much,
so as to keep school sometime ourselves,
and take care of mother, because she has
to work very hard to take care of us.”
With genuine delicacy, Miss M for
bore to question the child further, but sat
down beside her and explained the rule
over which she was puzzling her young
brain, so that the difficult sum was easily
finished.
“ You had better go and take the air a
moment; vou have studied very hard to
day,” said the teacher, as the little girl put
aside her slate.
“ I had rather not—/ might tear my
dress. I will stand by the window and
watch the rest.” ...
There was a peculiar tone in the voice
of the pupil as she said, “ I might tear ray
dress,” that Miss M was led instinc
tively to notice it. It was nothing but a
nine-penny print of a deep hue, but it was
neatly made,and had never yet been wash
ed. And w hile looking at it, she remem
bered that during the whole previous fort
night that Mary Gray had at ten led school
regularly, she had never seen her wear hut
one dress. “She is a thoughtful little
girl,” said she, to herself, “and does not
want to a’ive her mother any trouble. I
wish I had more such scholars.”
The next morning Mary was absent, but
her sister occupied her seat. There was
something so interesting in the two little
sisters, tne one eleven, and the other eigh
teen months younger, agreeing to attend
school by turns, that Miss M could
tint help observing them very closely.—
They were pret'v children, of delicate
forms and fairy-lske hands and feet:—the
elder with dark lustrum* eyes and chestnut
curls; the younger with orbs like the sky
of June, her white neck veiled by a wreath
of golden ringlets. She observed in both
the same attention to their studies, and as
M try had tarried within during play time,
so did Nelly, and upon speaking to her as
she had to her sister, she received too the
sane answer, “ l might tear my dress.”
This reply caused Miss M to notice
the garb of the sister. She saw at once,
th it it was of the same piece as Miry’s,
and, upon serntin zing it very closely, she
became certain th it it was the same dress.
It did not fit qu’ta so prettily on Nelly,
and was too long for her, to , an 1 she was
evidently ill at ease when she noticed her
teacher looking at the bright pink fi vvers
that were so thickly set on the white
ground.
The discovery was one that could not
but interest a heart so truly benevolent as
that which pulsated in the bosom of that
village school teacher. She ascertained the
residence of their mother, and though sore
ly straitened herself, by a narrow purse,
tiiat same night, having found at the only
shop in the place, a few yards of the same
material, purchased a dress for Nelly, and
e-‘nt it to her in such a way the donor
Could not be detected.
Very bright and happy looked Mary
Gray on Friday morning as she entered
the school-room at an early hour. She
waited only to place her books in a neat or
der in her desk, ere she approached Miss
M , and whispered in a voice that
laughed in spite ot her efforts to. make it
low and deferential, “ After this week, sis
ter Nelly is coming to school every Uav,
and oh, I am so. glad.” 1
“That is very good news,” replied the
teacher, kinkly;• “ Nelly is torn! of her
b >oks, I see, and I am happy to know t hat
she cm have an opportunity to study her
books every day.” Then she continued, a
little good natured mischief encircling her
eyes and dimpling her sweet lips, “hut
how can your mother spare yon both con
veniently ?”
“O, yes, ma’am, she can now; something
happened she didn’t expect, and she is as
glad to have ns come as we are to do so.”
ISlie hesitated a moment, but her young
heart was filled to the brim with joy, and*
when a child is happy, it is as natural for
it to re l ! the cause, as it is for a bird to
warble when the sun shines. So out of
the fullness of the heart, she spoke and
told her teacher this little story.
She and her sister were tiie only eliil- !
drt-.n of a poor wi<‘ow, whose health was
so delicate, that it was impossible to sup- !
pert herself and daughters. She was oMi- \
ged .to keep them out of school all winter,
because they had no clothes to wear, but
she told them if she could earn enough to
buy each of them anew dress, thev might
go in the spring. Very earnestly had the
little girls improved their stray chance, and
very earefuly hoarded the cop *T coins
which were usu illy paid them. They had
each nearlv sive I enough to buy a calico
dress, when Nellv w is taken sick, an I hc
n.other having no money U.£ rehainlj her
own treasure had to be expended in the j
purchase of medicine. , . i
r uo, I did feel so bad when the school
opened and Nelly could not go because
she had no dress,” said Mary. I told mo
ther I wouldn’t go either; hut she said 1
had better, for 1 could teach sister, and it
would be better than no schooling. I
stood it for a fortnight, but Nelly’s little
face seemed all the while to he looking at
me on the way to school, anil I couldn't be
happy a bit; so I finally thought of a way
by which we could both go,- and I told mo
ther I would come one day, and the next 1
would lend Nelly my dress and she might
couie, and this is the way we have done
this week. But last night, can 3-011 think,
some pus m sent sister a dress just like
mine, and now she can come too. O, if 1
only knew who it was, I could get down
on my knees and thank them, and so would
Nelly. But we dont know, and so we’ve
jlone all we could for them— we've prayed
for them —and, Miss M ,we are so glad
now. Ain't yon, too?”
“Indeed I am,” was the emphatic ans
wer. And, when on the following Mon
day, little Nelly, in the new pink drees,
entered the school-room, her face as radiant
as a rose in the sunshine, and approaching
the teacher’s table, exclaimed in tones mu
sical as those of a freed fountain, “ I am
coming to school every day, and how glad
I am !” Mis M felt as she never had
done before, that “ it is more blessed to
give than to receive.” No millionaire,
when he saw liis name in public prints,
lauded for his large charities, was ever so
nappy as the poor school-teacher who wore
her gloves half a summer longer than she
ought, and thereby saved enough to buy
the little fatherless girl a calico dress I—
[Exchange Paper.
The Cantral San.
M. Maedler, the author of the recent im
vestigations with reference to the Central
Sun, has long been known to the astro
nomical world as the successor of M.
Struve in the direction of the observatory
at Dorpat. His computations of the or
bital movements of the double stars have
given to him a deservedly high celebrity,
and the great theory which he has pro
pounded is only given to the world after a
long and patient examination, extending
through- seven years.
It is impossible here, to do justice to the
profound and elaborate investigations of
the learned author of this great specula
tion. Assuming Alcyone as the grand cen
tre of the millions of stars composing our
astral system, and the direction of the
sun’s motion, as determined by Argelau
der and Struve, he investigates the conse
quent movements of all the stars in every
quarter of the heavens. Just where the
swiftest motions should be found, there
they actually ex’st, either ilemoiistiating
the tiiitli of the theory, or exhibiting tile
most rein irkable and incredible coinci
dences. We shall riot pursue the research.
After a, profound examination, Aluetller
reaches the conclusion that Alcyone, the
pri cipal star in the group of the Pleiades,
now occupies the centre of gravity, and is
at present the sun about which the uni
verse of stars composing our astral system
are all revolving.
Here, then, we stand on the confines of
the unknown. One mighty effort has thus
been made to bring beauty and order out
of the chaos of motion which lias hitherto
distinguished the stars of heaven. Once
the planets, freed from law, and irted through
space, or relaxing their speed, actually
turned back on their unknown mutes. —
Chaos reigned among these flying globes
until the mind, rising by the efforts of its
own.genius, readied the grand centre of
the planetary orbs, and to! confusion ceas
ed, and harmony and beauty held their
sway among these circling worlds. The
same daring human geitius which sweep
ing across the interplanetary spaces, final
ly reached the controlling centre of our
own great system, has now boldly plunged
into tiie depths of space, has swept across
the interstellar spaces, and roaming from
star to star, fmm sun to sun, from system
to system, looks out upon the universe of
stars, an J seeks that point from whence
the millions of sweeping sons shall ex
hibit that grand and magnificent harmony
which doub Ijss reigns throughout the vast
empire of Jehovah.
We are too apt to turn away from the
first efforts to resolve these mighty pro
blems. llow were the doctrines of New
ton received? How much regard was paid
to Herscheiy grand theory <>f the soiar
; motion? And yet how triumphantly have
| these great theories been established. But
j do you inquire if there he any possibility
| of proving or disproving the doctrines of
j Maedler? The answer is simple. Should
i the time ever eome when the direction of
| the solar motion shall be sensibly* changed
| in consequence of its curvilinear charac
i ter, then wifi the plait in which this move
j merit lies be revealed, and then the centre
j about which the revolution is performed
j must be made known, at least in direction.
| Should the line reaching across this grand
i centre piss through Alcyone, this added
i to all the other evidences, will tit forever
’ the question of its central jaisitiou. We
i know not when this great question may he
settled, but judging from the triumphs
which have marked the career of human
genius hitherto, we do not- dare to doubt
of the firfal result.
Admitting the truth of Muedler’s theo
ry, we are led-to some of the most aston
ishing results. iho known paraliex of
’ certain fixed stars gives to us an approxi
mate value of the paradox of Alcyone,
and reveals to ns the distance of the grand
centre. Such is tiie en< ramus interval
separating the sun fr-an the central nUir
i about, which it performs its mighty revo!u-
I d” J bat the hght from Alcyone requires
. a period of 537 years to traverse the bis
i ’ ,l ite . Am! it \v are to relv on the au
• g’ll.tr motion of tin* sun and svstem. as al
ready determined, attlieeinl f
! years, this great luminary, with all its
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX
planets, satellites and cornets, will have
completed one revolution around its grand
centre!
Look out to-night on the brilliant con
stellations which crowd the heavens.—
Mark the configurations of these stars.—
Five thousand years ago the Chaldean
shepherd gazed on the same bright groups.
Two thousand years have rolled away since
the Greek philosopher pronounced the
eternity of the heaven; and pointed to the
even-luring configurations of the stars as
proof pos tive or his assertion. Out- a
time will come when not a constellation
now blazing in the bright concave above
us shall remain. Slowfv, indeed, do these
fingers 6n the dial of heaven fnark tiie
progress of time. A thousand years may
roll away with scarce a.perceptible change;
even a million of years may pass without
effacing all traces of the groupings which
now exist; but that eye which shall behold
the universe of fixed stars when ten mil
lions of years shall have silently rolled
away, will search in vain for the constel
lations which now beautify and adorn our
nocturnal heavens. Should God permit,
the stars may be there, but no trace of
their former relative position will be found.
—-MttcheVs Lectures.
Relationship Between Drunkenness
and Crime*
What fills the alms-houses and our ga
ols? What hangs you trembling wretches
upon the gallows ? It is the drink! And
we might ‘call upon the tomb to break
forth: “ Ye mouldering victims ! wipe the
grave dust crumbling from your brow,
utalk forth in your tattered shrouds and
bony whiteness, to testify against the drink!
Come, come from the gallows, you spirit
maddened manslaver ! give up vour bloody
knife, and stalk forth to testify against it!
Crawl from the slimy ooze, ye drowned
drunkards, and, with stiff>cation’s blue
and livid lips, speak out against the drink !
Unroll the record of the past, and let the
Recording Angel read out the murder in
dictments written in God’s book of remem
brance ; aye, let the past be unfolded, and
the shrieks of victims wailing be borne
down upon the night blast! Snap your
burning chain-, ye denizens of the pit, and
come up sheeted in the fire, dripping with
the flames of hell, and with your trumpet
tongues testifv against tiie deep damnation
of the drink.” * . * . Some
are living to-day; ami 1 should like to
stand now, and see the mighty enterprise
as it rises’before them. They worked hard.
They lifted the first tmf—prep 1 red the bed
in which to lay the corner stone. They iaid
it amid persecution ami storm. They
worked tinier thy surface: and men al
most forgot that there were busy hands lay
ing the solid ton 11 lation fir down beneath.
By ami by they got the foundation above
rife surface, mid then commenced another
storm of persecution. Now we see the su
perstructure, pillar after pillar, tower after
tower, column after column, with the cap
itals embhtz -ned — 1 “ Love, truth, sympa
thy, and good will to all men.” O.d men
gu/.e upon it as it grows up before them.
They will hot. live to see it completed, but
they see in faith the crowning cope-stone
set upon it. Meek-eyed women weep as
it grows in bean’y ; children strew the
pathway ot tiie workmen with flowers.—
We do not see its beauty yet —we do not
see the in iguiticenee of the sup M’structure
yet —because it. is in course of erection. —
Scaffolding, ropes, ladders, workmen as
cending and-descending, mar the beauty’
of the building; but, by -aml-hy, when the
hosts wht) have labored shall come up over
a thousand battle-fle-ids waving with bright
grain, never again to be-jenishe 1 in the dis
tillery—throuirh vine-yards, under tivllised
vines with grapes hanging in all their
purple glory, nevei again to be pressed
into that which can debase an 1 degrade
mankind; when they shall come through
orchards, under trees hanging thick with
golden pulpv fruit, never to be turned into
that which can injure and debase—when
they shall come up to the last distillery
and destroy it, to the last stream of liquid
death and dry it up, to the last weeping
wife and wipe her tears gently away; to
the last little child and lift him up to stand
where God meant that mm should stand;
to the last drunkard and nerve him t<>
burst the burning fetters, and make a glo
rious accompaniment to the song of free
dom by the clanking of his broken chains
i —then, ah ! then will the cope-stone he set
j upon it, the scaffolding will fall with a
crash, and the building will start in its
wondrous beauty before an astonished
world.— Autobiography of John B. Gough.
The Turpsntice Tree.
j The State of North Carolina contains
it is said, upwards of two millions of acres
! of wild, swampy land, which is covered
! principally lay a heavy growth of rich
i pine timber. Tiie trees are generally of
I great size, and extend in unbroken forests,
j for .Hides and miles. These forests are
j more valuable to the State than all its
! mines of golden ore, for they- produce im
| mense quantities of tar, pitch, turpen
! fine and rosin.
j The juice of these trees is produced and
j manufactured in this wise: a cavity is cut
j in the trunk of the tree near the ground,
I capable of holding about three pints. —
At) *V(* this, in various places, incisions are
in.ide in the tree, and a shallow groove is
cut in the bark, leading from every incis
; ion to the hole, so that ail the sap escaping
j from the wounds wall flow down to, the
| reservoir designed tor its reception.
liie process of chipping is repeated every
week or two, to give a fresh surface from
which the juice exudes, until after a fe*v
yoar o the trees are brazed on every side to
a height, ot ten or twelve feet. Large for
ests <.f dead trees are coiintunriy seen
standing, tall and erect, without branch or
hark, resembling a large shin yard filled
with tall, dismantled masts. Into the
hoXi s iie:,r tiie ground, the juice, a erode
t arpi-nt ine. begins to tl >w aooiit lhe mid
dle of March, slowly at first, but more
rapidly as the season advances, and slowly
again in autumn, until it ceases altogether
in winter. The liquid, about the consist
ence of honey, as it flows, is removed from
the excavations as they are tilled and trans
ferred to barrels, where it becomes a soft
solid. The average yield of these trees is
about five gallons each, a year.
A barrel of this sap contains, usually,
seventeen per cent ot oil or spirits ot tur
pentine, and this is distilled from it by
means of a rude distilling apparatus, con
sisting of a large iron retort, capable ot
containing two or more barrels. The Tur
pentine is placed in the retort, the oil driv
en off by process of distillation, and stored
away, and resin is left as the residuum.—
But the uses of the pine tree do not cease
with its life.
In the trees of the long leaved pine, the
resinous matter becomes concentrated in
the interior layers of the wood when its
vegetation ceases. This dead wood, known
throughot the South as lightwood, is then
selected for the manufacture of tar. The
tree is cut into billets of convenient, size,
which are placed together in a pile and
covered with earth, in much the same
manner that, wood is placed in a charcoal
kiln.
The stack of wood is built, however, up
on a mound of earth prepared for the pur
pose, the summit of which declines from
the circumference to the centre, where a
cavity* 3s formed, connected by a little ca
nal with a ditch which surrounds the
mound. After the pile is ignited, fire re
placed in the centre of the top, and a slow
combustion maintained'until all the resin
ous matter is melted, running into the cen
tral cavity, and from that into the outer
ditch, where it is collected —the tar ot
commerce —and placed in barrels for, ex
portation. — Central Chris. Advocate.
Preparing Bones for Manure.
Let a barrel or hogshead be set in some
convenient place, wherein all the bones
usually scattered from the kitchen may In
collected. This will save the farmer’s back
yard from one source of offense, and his
premises from the annoyance of prowling
curs, if no more. Put in first a layer oi
ashes, and then spread them on the botie
— the more evenly the better—then add
more ashes and sufii ie-nt water to keep
them well moistened, but not so as t”
leach. Continue the addition of bones,
but keep on suffijieiit ashes to cover them,
and generally before the barrel is fail,
those at the bottom will become a soft
piste like mass, readily cut up with a shov
el, and should then tie mixed with the
ashes. The whole forms an excellent ap
plication to almost anv crop, either of tin
field or garden. We h ive tried it up a.
the latter, with good effect, especially up
on cabbages, turnips, beans, and varioti
vines.
Such a preparation of bones has been
applid to corn in the hill, at the rate n
half a pint to each, and pro.ln-e l a irivat
er product than liilf that quantity of g - u
mu) applied at the same timi for the pur
pose of comparison. It has been used
year after year, upon the sam; field am!
always with the best success—each crop
seeming better than the last. We hop
these rein irks will set. our economical poo
pie to work, for if this bone m mure, com
pared with guano, is worth S3J per ton, it
is well worth saving, and the thousands <;
scattered and wasted sources of fertility
may better be employed than tog s to Pen.
tbr an article far less profitable, consider
ing the cost and result. — Burn’ Neve
Yorker.
Rev. JT. U. Corley .
UNDER authority from the Board at Richmond. 1
hive engaged this brother to aid me in the For
eign Minion A'ehey in this State Perhaps uo ira.
among us is more deeply imbued with the missionary
spirit. It is earnestly hoped, therefore, that ever,
encouragement will tie given him in raising subscrip
tions aud donations for this cause.
J. H. CAMPBELL, Agent.
Gt iffin, July 4.1855.
The Coosa Baptist Association.
IT7TtL hold its next session with the Peavine Church,
* W,litter c jur.ty, Ga., (10 miles from Ringgold,)
commencing on Saturday before the second Sabbath in
October next Also, the General Meeting lor the Third
District, at the a tine place, on Thurs Jay and Friday
preceding. Ministering brethren are especially invite
to attend. A number of brethren int tiding to encunj
on the ground, ample provision will be made for friend
and brethren from a distance, who will please call ol
one of the following:
MOSES PARK, 1
GEORGE BRIG MAN, I Committee
ELI COX. * l of
R. TIERCE, I Arrangements.
- L WARD, j
By order of the Church,
Aug. 30 if. PARK, Clerk,
jpy The Tennessee Baptist will please copy.
The Columbus Association.
WILL meet with the Valley Grove Church, in
Talbot county, on the roi 1 leading from Talbo--
tnn to Greenville, some twelve miles from the funnel
place, on Saturday before the second Sunday in Oc
iober. The church takes this opportunity of inform
ins* all who m vy be coming to that meeting, that they
will find accco naio iation in eveqy direction in th
surrounding country; aud also, of inviting our breth
ren and friends, and especially our ministering breth
ren. to meet with us on that, occasion.
JOHN HARRIS, Pusfo-.
Sept 21 td 88
A CH \NOE TO MAKS MONEY.
PROFITABLE AND FIONORARLE EMPLOY
MENT.— The subscriber is desirous of having ai
A *ent in . ach e >untv and town of the Union. A “caj -
it. tl of from tive to ten dollars only will be required
an I anything like ad effi dent, energetic man can m ik
from three to five dollars per day: some of th-* agent
are re ilizing twice that s. in. Every information wi>
be given by ad Iressiug (with a vamp to pay r.-turi
letter) W vl. A. Kl >'LEU.
Sept. 13-37 B\ 1.228 I’llilad •'■••da P*.. P O.
Kii'Lt’iNsJlO Giwo.
r TMIK subscriber is now succ ‘ssfttlly engaged in man
L n fact nr ing hi* improved Round-bottomed Saw Icell
Gins, which are not surpassed by any made in lhe State
if squalled. The great reputation of his Gins rende
it entirely useless that he should say anything in thei
favor, or add a single cert itic ite, out of the many whtl
he his on hand. They are warrant.® 1 to perloi n
e.pial to any made in Georgia, with goo 1 gearing am
attention. _
All orders promptly attended to. Repairing faith
fn Iv -lone and warranted on Gins of liis own mak.
which are always repaired first, and at twenty fiv.
o. r cent, less oust than those made at otlmr facto, ies
1 * 11. WATSON.
Palmyra, Lee county, Feb. 2, 1855. 7
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
PENFIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
STUDIES.
Ths Studies in this University are.
A Theological Course of three yoni-s, designed for
those who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry;
A Collegiate Course of four years, equal to that ot
other Colleges in the country;
A Scientific Course of three years, including, with
-ome additions, all the studies of the Collegiate Coursi
except the Ancient Languages;
An Academical Course, including whatever is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College
ADMISSION.
‘flic regular time for the admission of Students, is a’
the opening of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday tn
AugU3t.
Candidates for admission into the Collegiate Courst
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Ctesar
Virgil: Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jacob’s Greek
Reader; and must l>e at least fourteen years of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Coursi
nust sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography.
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Equations in
Algebra; and two books in Geometry; and must- be at
least, sixteen years of age.
Course of Stud}
N THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT
FRESHMAN CLASS.
TISRM, ; SECOND TEiU*.
Livy, jLivy .continued,
(enophon’e .Anabasis, Cicero De Officiis,
iresk and R-*man AntiquitGs, Herodotus,
(Smith’s Dictionary,; i Algebra, romjdeteA,
Andrews’ Latin F.xercises, ‘Geometry,(Loomis’,) 2 bool:.
Arnold’s Greek Pmss G <mt>o .Rhetoric.. continued.
silion,
Algebra, (Day’s,; I
Rhetoric, (Newman’s,,
Andrews and Stoddard’* I sum Grammar is used
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
S-SttST TEX*. SECOND TURK.
Torare, Satires and Epistles, Horace, Art of Poetry & Odes,
hetnostheties on the Crown, Cicero De Oratore,
leometry, completed, ) Homer’s Iliad,
Plane.Solid,and Sotc-dm!. $ Plane. <fe Splierical Trigonom
-j etry, (Loomis’,)
jSurveyine, (Davies’.)
;Conic Sections, (BridgeV
JUNIOR CLASS.
iURdT TSRM. SECOND TERM.
Cicero De Oratore, continued, Andrian of Terence,
‘Cenophon’s Memorabilia, Prometheus of .E-a-hyhis,
Differential and Integral Cat- Natural Theology, (Paley’e,
eulns, Nat. Philosophy, contnturr?.
‘fat. Philosophy.(Olmsted’s,) Chemistry, (SillimanV
thetori*-. (Blair’s,', Logie, (Whately’s.)
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST. TERM. i SECOND TERM.
Astronomy,(Olmsted’s,/ Botany. Physiology AGeoiopy
ntellertual Philosophy, (Up- Moral Philosophy (Wayland’s
hum's,) (Butler’s Analogy,
Cvid ofChristianity.i Paiey’a) Polit’l- Economy.(Wayland’s
-llem’ts of Criticism, i Karnes’), American Constitution,
•orgias of Plato. I or
luvenab j International Law.
EXPENSES.
t’uition Fees. Spring Term.. Fall Term.
s Tti eological Skminart. Nothing. Nothing.
m College, - - $25 00 |ls Os
Scientific Course, 26 00 16 Os
in Academy—
Preparatory Class, 25 tK) i 5 0<
Second - 20 00 12 0‘
Third “ 15 00 ts ot
Elementary “ - 10 00 6O’
‘doo)n Rent, - 6 00 4 00
lontingent Expenses, 2 00 1 0?
These expenses are required to be paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings
:tty dollars will be received as full payment forth’
■lition fees, room rent, and contingent expenses of th
en r.
The price of Board in the village is §lO per month
f washing, room rent, and fuel, §3.
Commencement amt Vacations.
The Commencement is held on the last Wednesday
n July.
There are two Vacations, dividing the year into tw<
erms, as follows:
First Term —from last Wednesday in August to De
■ember 15th.
Winter Vacation —from December 16th to February
Ist.
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
nc-ncement.
Summer Vacation- —from Commencement to last Wed
toeday in August. O. L. BATTLE,
See’y. of the Board of Trustees.
August 21 84
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
WILL open Lit October next, and close June 80th,
1850. THOMAS B. SLADE.
Aug. 30 2m 35
GEORGIA
FEMALE COLLEGE
a
I MIPS Institution is organized under four regular de
. partments of instruction, viz: the Collegiate, the
Academic, the department of Languages, and the Or
uiinental department.
In the Collegiate department is taught every thing
tiiat i necetsary for the full development of tiie mental
I jowcia, the COMMON STUDIES being kept in eon
itiint review.
In the Academic department is taught whatever may
be necessary for preparing the pupiLto enter advanta
‘eously upon her college career.
In the department of Languages, Latin, Greek and
•’reneh are taught. French by a NATIVE FRENCH
LADY.
The Ornamental department comprises the two school*
>t Music and Design. In the former, instruction is.
given upon ail the usual instruments; whilst in the lat
:,er, . very variety of Drawing, Painting, Ac., is taught
The location, (MADI-ON, A ORGAN COUNTY,)
‘t.ands unrivalled for its social and religious privileges
ind for the salubrity of its climate.
The Young Ladies board in PRIVATE FAMILIES,
vhere they receive all those offices of maternal care and
cindness which are tecessury for their health, and e -m
----ort.
The next- Term commences on MONDAY THE Bth
OF JANUARY.
Catalogues may Im* obtained bv applying to either ol
he Officers. * R. D. MALLARY,
Secretary of Faculty.
Muiison, Novemlver Ist, 1854.
IN PRESS AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED
siurniaWs Ureal •Missionary*
OU RECORDS OF TIIE
Life, Character, and Achievements,
OF
JUDSON.
CHjEGANTLY Illustrated with fine STEEL E.VGRA
t-J VINOS; aud a MAP, showing at a glance the tieh!
if Judson’s Labors, with his Voyages and Travels. In
me handsome duodecimo volume. Price §l.
In the preparation of this work, information has been
aken from every available source. Instead of long
abor saving quotations usual in extended biographies, ;
lie journals and correspondence oi Jtnl.'on have been j
xaiifined with minute care, and every thing of perma- j
lent interest incorporated in the narrative. The vol
ime presents a .-counts of the Burmnn missions, from
itne to time, in a readily accessible lortn, without ren
■ering it. burdensome with statistical tallies. The pro
.-i-ess ot translation is accurately noted, in a manner
vliic-h, while a lording an- interesting narrative of the
■ verv-day labots of the great translator, avoids tin
iccesß-irv sameness. A faithful exhibition of his views
n the controversy concerning faithful versions which
a i great measure sprung from his labors in transla
ions, will be given, as also his views on other grave
, nest ions relating to missions, Ac-. In fine, every thing
vhieh tends to lefiaeate the abundant labors of Judson
it the cmhc oi evangelization, will be found in such
rm, that it, is li- ped that the work will greatly aid to
•ive his name til- “everlastingremembrance” promised
o the righteous. EDWARD H. FLETCHER,
141 Nassau Street, New York.
D c. t. 49
October 4, 18*55.
Missionary Wanted!
TnE REHOBOTII FOREIGN MISSION COM
MITTEE de-ires to procure a brother and his
companion, who will go on the Mission to Central Af
rica, to fill the place occupied by the late Brother
Dennai'd and his wife, and make our report at the next
ses>ion of tiie Kehoboth Association.
Brother Delimit'd and his wile, were sent out and
supported by this body; and now that they are no
more, we desire to find others who will fill tiiiir pla
ces, and carry forward this work. Our plan is toj-io
vide well for our missionaries while laboring, ami for
their return at the end of three or tour years, to im
prove their health, aud to foster a missionary spirit in
the Churches.
The one hundred millions and more, of Africa, mnsi
have the Gospel.. They are inclnoed in the number
of those to whom the Sivior said, ‘Go preach the
Gospel.” The field of labor in Central Africa is a
promising one. The Kings in the interior desire mis
siouaties. and offer them every indue* ment to settle
among them. Then “the word of God is not bound.”
Tiie climate in the interior, is not p.o unhealthy as
has been generally supposed ; aud missionaries may
go there with the prospect of or inary length of life.
Besides this, the people, unlive those on the coast, are,
partly civilized, and have some of the common comforts
of life.
Bir. were the climate ever sot/t-alubrions, the foun
dations for our mis.-ionr.iy opnerations mi st. be laid,
and the supporting of this stupendous building—this
temple, which we intend to errect, to the name of the
Most. High— must be erected by the labor of our white
brethren. Tlie language must be reduced to writing,
dictionaries must be made, gainmars constructed, and
a 1 ind of general operations fixed, before we can dis
pense with their aid. When this is accomplished, then
it may be practicable to carry forward the work by
the labor ot colored men, who are better fitted bv na
ture to Southern climates. But cost what it may. it
must be dotn-1 Africa is apart ot the world, and these
sable sons, are a part of her “early creation.”
Let our young men and maidens, who have given
themselves to God, in solemn covenant, and are anxious
to do something for the Savior, ask themselves, wheth
er this be not the field in which God will have them
work —Jet them hoar the voice of their Lord while he
says’‘Go work to-dav in my vineyard.” The morning
ot youth will soon pass, and the night will come.”.—
“Go.work to-day in my vine ard.”
The Committee will take occasion in this communi
cation also to call the attention of the Rehohoth Aaxo
ciation to the propriety, of erecting suitable Grave*
stones, over the retnainsofonrfallen Missionaries. Let
all the churches, individuals or friends, who favor this
°bjec>, send up their contributions to the next meeting
of our body at Ferry. We prayed for and sustained
our beloved Dettnard and wife ; while they lived, vi
cherish their memory now that they are no more, and
we will erect some monumental stones, to tell their
names, their virtues, and their work.
JACOB KING, Ch’n. of Com.
August 2, 1856 31 ts
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