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Autum’s Fanewell.
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But\y<3ster-sve, I deem, was hymned,
Moat sweetly, Autumn’s greeting lay;
I dreamed not then those honra-unditnmed
So briefly ’mid fair scenes would stay/
I dreamed not that earth’s robe of state,
Fairer than all Vatician stotes,
Faded and worn, would share the fate
Os wreaths strewn lightly on wild shores.
Yet, dream, my heart, no sadder dreams,
Faith, view this hour no darker page,
For well ye know all lost star-gleams
Return to cheer some future age.
Though shadows fall on sunny isles,
And meeting here with partings Mend,
Oft sorrow’s home doth welcome smiles,
Whose love light never more shall end.
Thus, Autumn’s greeting chaunted low
A prelude for its farewell meet,
Sling by glad voices, shall, we know,
Unite with holier anthems sweet.
While zephyrs sleep and sad winds rise
M Id echoing* of this farewell say.
Blest, flowerets, rest,’ neaih colder skies,
And prattling rills, your wanderings stay.
Ye rippling wave, enchained, he .still!
llnsh. summer birds, your joyous songs!
Some treasures lie lieneath the hill.
While restless earth for deep peace longs.
Longs for that peace which knows no strife,
That brighter day which shares no gloom,
That shore with no rude tempest rife
That *’ better land” beyond the tomb.
A snow robe light these hills must wear,
Through an unbroken, wintrv rest,
A white rohe purer, and more fair,
fehall clothe the soul when wholly Messed.
, [ People's Organ.
Russian Storms.
A traveller in Russia says, that the
storms of that country are divided into
three classes —the first .and mildest is call
ed the Miatsel; the secord, more severe,
the Samjots; and the third, which is abso
lutely terrific, the M inga. In a conversa
tion between Idmselt and a priest, the lat
ter is thus described:
What, then, cried I, 41 is the Winga?”
“ A prelude to the last day,” answered
the priest. “ Fortunately, unmistakeable
indications announce its coming for some
days beforehand. Then nobody sets out
upon a journey, not even to the next vil
lage, though it be but a verst or two off.—
Precautions are taken for the safety of the
house, by protecting it on the north side
with heavy stones, and by propping it up,
as well as barns and stables, on the south
side. The tahmea (troops of wild horses)
scamper in all haste to the nearest forest;
droves of cattle and flocks of sheep seek
shelter wherever it is to lie found. Whatev
er ihe storm overtakes upon plain, man or
beast, caravans drawn by oxen, <>r caravans
drawn by horses, is lost, without chalice of
rescue.
‘•An icy shower of snow is the forerun
ner of the terrible blast; it falls so thick,
and drives so Jiori/.ontaliy throgh the air,
that to withstand it is impossible, whilst
it avails little to suffer one's self To lie driv
en before it. For ifone escapes for a while
this prelude to the hurricane, he is infal
libly overtaken by the formidable blasts
and circling whirlwinds which which suc
ceed it, and which gather up from tbeearth,
like chaff from the thie-hing floor, the ob
jects exposed to their violence, and hurl
them to and fro in the air. And yet the
rage of the unfettered element is not here
at its height; for when the storm seems
to have exhausted its. fury in the manner
I have described —often raging tliusduring
a period of several days—then first begins
tiie real tempest, a blast which nothing
can resist. It uproots whole forests, toss
es tiie loftiest fir trees into the air like
blades of straw, and often conveys them
high above the earth, whole versts away.
It levels stables and barns, unroofs houses,
and throws down church towers, so that
the. district it. has visited, looks after its
destructive passage for distances of sever
al days’ journey, like a land ravaged by
lire and sword. On all sides are seen herds
of dead cattle, trees uprooted, villages over
thrown. In exposed situations, tins wind
has been known to tear up isolated arables,
to transport through the air their frag
ments and the cattle they contained, and
far. far from tiie spot, to burl these down
shattered upon fields and roo'ts. With
varying fury the monster rages for some
days, leaving behind him, on his depar
ture, death, destruction and lamentations.
Happily, he comes but seldom ; his visits
are not for every generation ; but when he
do. s come, all that his icy breath touches
is devoted to annilukitioM.
“ That is the Russian Winga /”
Dissolving tbo TJnifin.
It is funny to hear, says the Richmond,
(Va ) Dispatch, the complacent and dog
matic manner in which sundry politicians
of thi North and South talk of dissolving
the Union. They speak of the matter as
if it were one of the easiest things in the
World, and as if they could do if. This is
tiie grand mistake of these malcontent
political ‘agitator*. They imagine that they j
hold the destinies of this vast Republic in j
the hollbw of their hand. They have but i
to open their monte in a nullifying Cult- |
gressional harangue, or an elaborate revo- i
lntionurv newspaper article, and, presto, i
the Union is blown into a thousand frag
ments ? They take no account of any oth
er moral forces and eletflents in this great
country than those of an omnibus load of
Oat Mines, vvbo’ even if each had a power
.tor ruin as strong as his will, would not
he able to displace the smallest stone in i
in the,vast temple of.the American Con- !
fedcracy. f tptside of this knot of discon
tented and aspiring men, lies an immense
body American people„as unmoved
and indifferent to -the mimic whirlwinds
wMclf rage in the contnfcted minds of a
few nnlldiers as the ocean is to a tempest- j
in a tea pot. . Before one soli Vary link can i
he broken in the golden elijun which unites j
our glorious hand of Republican States, j
tl o . American people must be cpnstilted
-—the mighty millions of farmers, rnechay- !
ics and tradesmen, the laboring and pro
ducing classes, the men who have interests
to be affected by a change of government,
and who have not the most’ remote inten
tion of permitting these interests to lie
tampered with without their knowledge or
consent. Whenever the Union is dissolv
ed by Congress. The people will unmake
as they made the Government. It was
their work ; they built it up; it is conse
crated by their blood; all their earthly
treasures are deposited in it. Depend up
on it, they have authorized no man nor set
of men, either in Congress or out of it,
directly or in directly, to pull down that
structure. That is a work these reserve for
themselves.
The City of the Rocks.
Modern travellers have uniformly testi
fied to the wonderful accuracy of the topo
graphy of the Bible, and their explorations
and discoveries have confirmed to the let
ter the truth of many of the prophetic
writings. Rawlinson and Layard have
found in tfie exhumed relics of Babyloian
and Assyrian splendor striking coinciden
ces with the sacred text, and our own Ste
phens, sitting among the ruins of Petra,
read whole chapters of Isaiah, Jeremiah
and Exekiel, and was lost in wonder at
their literal fulfilment. Dr. Prime, in a
recent number of the New York Observer,
furnishes an interesting account of his visit
to Petra :
“Away in the mountains of Idumea,
where the foot-steps of a Christian travel
ler are seldom seen, in a valley that now
no human being inhabits, are the magni
ficent remains of one of the most splendid
and remarkable cities the world ever saw.
We had been three days on our journey
from Akaba, wandering through a region
distinctly marked as the scence of the Is
raelites’ travels daring many of their for
w ird and backward marches for many of
those forty years that they hovered on the
borders of the promise land. The beauti
ful summit of the Mount Hor was in our
view, and the affecting record of the death
of Aaron, with which event the Mount is
identified, was read as we rode on and
gazed with awe upon these scenes of sacred
stoiy. And now we enter the secret re
cesses of the chain of mountains that
stretch through the whole of Arabia, and
give to this region the well-deserved name
of Petrama, or rocky, We found that we
were but just beginning to learn how well
the name was earned. For morethan two
hours we were borne along through a nar
row pass in the midst of broken ridges of
sandstone and granite, a tedious and toil
some march, which was in no one direc
tion, but constantly shifting, so that I was
often led to exclaim, and with reverence,
‘ Who will lead me into Edom, who will
bring me into the strong city?’ These
weae words which had ever been associa
ted, iu my own mind, with the city of Pu
tke, the city of Idumea, the ancient Edom,
into whose mysterious ruins I was now to
penetrate. Not the ruins of Italy, nor those
of Greece,nor the more solemu and sublime
antiquities of Syria and Egypt, had been
invested with the awe that seemed to hang
over this city.
We are going upwards still, and in the
direction of Mount Hor, till we pass a lofty
ridge, and then plunge down to the base
of the mountain, and then onward again
till we wind around into a narrow valley,
girt with perpendicular rocks, which at first
view seem to be impassible, and to make
the seclusion as complete as that of the
Happy Valley of Johnston’s Prince. Here
is the city of Potre. Yes, it is here, though
but one single building now remains, ex
cept the mighty excavations in these rani
parts of rocks, which may have been the
‘habitations of the living, or the tombs of
the dead. These natural walls, from four
j to six hundred feet high, appear to have
been the boundaries of the city, but sever
al recesses in the hills afford room for ex
tension, and these were diligently improv
ed, thus enlarging the area, and adding
greatly to the arrangement. To these re
treats, with one or two exceptions, there is
no approach from the outer world, hut they
are shielded by overhanging cliffs, a bul
wark that no modern fortification can ex
cel. A mountain stream flows along
through the vale, and its channel was evi
dently paved with hewn stone, while along
its banks stood she most splendid edifices
of this strange city. The whole of the val
ley, with the side vales, was covered with
buildings, and tho circumference of the ci
ty not less than tour miles.”
The Great Seal of the United States*
At the late annual meeting of the New
York Ilistorial Society, held on the 3d
inst., Mr. Benj. J. Lossing read a very in
teresting paper on “ Great Seal of the Uni
ted Suites.” The reader prefaced his re
marks by* an interesting account of the
history of seals and armorial bearing in
Europe and in Great Britain down to the
present time.
Prior to the Revolution, the seals of the
Colonies were supplied by the mother
country. In the summer of 1776, the Con
tinential Congress appointed Dr. Franklin,
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to pro
pare a design for a seal of Che United States
-of America. The views of the three upon
the subject were contained in a letter writ
ten by John Adams to his wife. The sub
ject was more extensively treated of by
Mr. Jefferson in a letter and a drawing, in
which he adapted some of Dr. Franklin’s
views, of the escutcheon proposed by Jef
ferson, was shown to the society. Their
plans were never adopted—more impor
tarit business probably being before the Con
gress to prevent action upon the subject.
The matter was again taken tip in 1780,
when it was referred to another commit
tee, which made two reports. In 1782 the
subject was-referred to Charles Thompson,
the Secretary of Copgress, who call to |m
assistance a Mr Barton, who, on the 20th
ot June, 1782, submitted a device which
was adopted and has been used ever since.
Mr. Lossing said that it, was doubtful
whether the idea of tho device submitted
THE CHRIST I ANINDEX.
by Barton was original with him, as a let
ter written by Thomas Barrett, an emin
ent antiquarian of Manchester, England,
in 1718, states that Sir John Prestewiteh
informed him that be had originally sug*
gested the device to an American Minis
ter in England. The Minister was John
Adams, who was then there and who was
a member of the committee originally ap
pointed by tho Empress on subject.
A motion of thanks was voted to Mr.
Lossing for his interesting paper, and a
copy of the same was requested for publi
cation.
A Melancholy Story.
Among the twelve who was punished
on Monday for drunkenness were one—a
female—whose history is truly melancholy,
though by no means unusual. She is not
yet old, and was once pretty, courted aud
admired by all. She was boru in the
South, of wealthy parents, aud in her ear
lier years was blest with all the blessings
of one in her station. Her education was
thorough, and she early gained a good re
putation as a writer. She soon evinced a
passion for the stage —a passion so uncon
trollable that despite the entreaties of pa
rents and friends, she became an actress.
In this sphere she was very successful, and
after a time made her appearance on the
boards in this city where she created no
little furore. Her appearance was always
hailed with enthusiasm, but after a time
her fame and fortune began to wane. She
fell, as many of her profession had done
before, a victim to drink! Becoming dai
ly worse no managers would run the r >k < f
engaging her. Fora long time she gave
evidence of an iutention to reform, but the
terrible passion predominated ; she again
fell. The formerly lovely woman, talent
ed authoress and fine actress sleeps to
night a vagabond in the Tombs. — J\ T . Y.
Times.
Education among Birds-
We know little of the essential distinc
tion between instinct and reason, and we
often find in the the lower orders of being,
indications of intelligence which approach
very nearly to a human standard. Prof.
Scheie de Vere, in an admirable article in
the October number of Putnam speaks
thus of the singing birds, the children of
Spring and the prophets of Summer :
“ They give to the fair face of nature its
sweet voice: without them even May
would be sad ; and the silence that follows
their departure for warmer climes, adds to
the chill that.creeps over us at the ap
proach of winter. They sing out of the
abundance of the heart, and as, with bees,
we reap the sweet harvest —they work, and
the blessing is ours. Their bright, quick
eye, then noble thapes—tv.n their ner
vous sensitireneft —always bespeak them
a higher and better race. They have dif
ferent notes for each affection and passion;
they answer when we to them; they
exert themselves to ’@Wy—there is some
thing more in them timl mere animal in
stinct. No other animal on earth cm
mimic as birds do; no one else holds coun
cils and makes speeches. Nor is their song
given thorn at once at their birth, as they
possess the knowledge of their food and
the skill their architecture. They have to
learn it slowly, and often painfully. Some
have, at first, neither ear nor skill; they
sing false or forget their lessons.
Others learn only to sing at the word
or snap of your finger, as the sedgebird will
not utter a s und unless a stone be thrown
into the bush where he hides. Even those
who profit by intercourse with man,, can
learn but note by note, and bar by bar.—
Some even forget, like the children of the
poor that can go to school only in summer,
during winter what they have learned the
previous season.’ They try, and try again,
beginning anew, until the little throats,
unused during winter or the time of moult
ing, become clear once more, and at last
the ill-remembered melody is brought <mt
correct and complete. Then they fill the
air with rich music, and a whole chorus of
feathered ininistrelsy, like an angel choir,
scatter melody around, which sinks into
the earth, gladdening and refreshing it be
yond all things earthly. No other bin i,
no other beiug, dies as sweetly and gently
as a singing bird, Almost without fail, it
utters, 311 st before death, a low melodious
sound; and putting its tiny head under
its wing, as man composes himself to sleep,
the little life is ended.”
A Great Man's Book. —A recent visitor
to the library of Daniel Webster, which
remains at his old home in Marshfield just
as he left it, after giviug a full description
of it, says : “ Not an infidel work could
be found among all his books. He never
read such books. To the very ciuse of his
life he retained that reverence for the
Bible and the religion it inculcates, which
his excellent parents taught him in infan
cy. The mute counsellors with whom fie
communed in retirement, still show how
he thought, how he studied, and what
opinions he cherished. A better selection
of books to make one wise and good could
scarcely be made.”
What is Marriage. —lt is a Mutual Life
Insurance Society, for nothing tends to
abbreviate existence so much as unblessed
singleness. It is a Temperance Society,
for it tends to keep men sober. It. is an
Employment Society, for it makes all
hands industrious. It is a Saving’s B ink,
for it makes men thrifty. It is one of
“ Twenty ways to make a fortune.” If is
a specific for. many ills, far superior to In
dian Vegetable Preparations. In fact,
marriage is an intense happiness promot
ing institution, which we fear is rapidly,
going out of fashion;
Wealth, well used is a great bless
ing to its possessors and to others. Like
a spring of clear cool water gushing tree
and full from the hill-side and meander
ing through the fragrant meadow, import
ing life and joy in its course, it gladdens
the heart of the good man, and blesses-the
beneficiaries of his bounty. But wealth
h larded for selfish purposes is like the
pent up waters of a stagnant marsh, diffu
sing disease and death on every breeze.
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nc t,o4ihe sentiment a id spirit of the hymns to which
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kind I have ever seen or tried. The saving of seed
alone wo“ld pay for the ma -bines in a season or two.
and 1 think a hand can do one./bird “'-ore hoeing than
he could in cotton planted the common way.
S. 1.. BARBER.
Lee county, Ga., July 13th, 1855.
Messrs. Rand-ill & Mercer. —Gentlemen: In reply to
yours of this date, I cun say with satisfaction, that 1
have used your Cotton Seed 1 trills on the farm of I).
A. Vason, Esq., with great succ-ss 1 consider them
to he of great- value. They are a savingof about,one
third of the labor of cultivation, about two or
bushels of seed to the acre in planting, and a great
savingof labor in planting as they open the fur-ow,
drop and cover tine see l with one horse and hand I
think them worth one hundred dollars a piece to any
planter that plants full crops of cotton. As for mises
1 would not plant a crop of cotton without them for
any consideration in the bounds of reason. Yours
very respectfully, A. J. BARKSDALE.
Lee county, Ga., July 1 itb, 1855.
I have used Randall .fc Mercer’s Cotton Planter two
seasons, and consider them of great valu- to the farm
er I have seed enough each year to pay for the
Planters; then I have at least “ue-third the labor o!
cultivation, as the cotton is sowed in so uarrow a {in*-
that with good plowing there is but little hoe work
needed. There is also a saving of hands and hors sin
planting. I should sav they were worth one hundred
dollars each, and recommend every farmer to use
them. S. D. MoLENDON.
Lee county, Geo., July 9th. 1855.
;tg~f have been overseeing for Mr. 8. D. McLendon
the present year, and fully concur in his statements
above. DAVISSON WARREN.
Messrs. Randall <£• d/ercer.—-Gentlemen: In reply to
yours, l will only say l have used three of your Cotton
Seed Drills, and consider them of great value, from the
fact that in the use of them 1 saved from two to three
bushels of seed to each acre planted, and at least one
third of the labor of cultivation, not requiring one-half
as much hoe work as the old way of planting—also,
a considerable saving in the labor of planting. I
never expect to plant cotton without them, if I can
get them at any price. 1 h ive planted eight acres per
day to each Drill. They are simple, easily managed,
and there is no difficulty about getting a good stand
Very respectfully yours. W. F. HAMRICK.
Lee county. Geo., July 12th, 1855.
Col. J. 11. Watson.- -Dear Sir; I can recommend
your Cotton Planters (Drill) in the highest terms. 1
have tried them on all my land except new ground,
and I think they will do in that. They will do in a
mountainous country, as well as in a leveL If I had
not bought. I woul 1 travel to your shop, which is 75
miles, and pay fifty dollars a piece for them. Ii saves
one-third of the work, one hand cm plant as much a*
two, and one hand can chop out three acres, while one
hand can chop out one acre after a common plow
Yours respectfully, K. BRASWELL.
Thomasville, Thomas county, Ga.
Col, J. 11. Wilson.- Sit : This to certify that I have
used Randall <fc Mercer’s Cotton Seed Drill of your
manufacture, and am so well pleased with them that 1
would recommend all planters who have not tried
them, to give them a fair trial. Where the Drills are
used there is a great deal of labor saved in cultivating
a crop, owing to its bring so uniform in the drill; the
plowingc tn be done ttmeh better, aud with greater de
spatch, consequently, the hoe work is lighter, .-is good
plowing supersedes the necessity of a great deal ot
hard hoe work. ‘ K. BRASWELL.
Dougherty county, 6a., July 14t,1i, 1855.
~ •
This isto certify that I used one of Randall J; Mer
cer’s Cotton-Seed Drills last yeay in planting niy crop
and was well pleased. I have used five of them the
present year, planting my entire crop, and am st ill *-et
ter pleased. There is a saving of between two and
three bushels of seed to the acre in planting, beside*
one horse and one hand with these Dribs does the work
of three hands and two horses. Then there is a saving
of one-third of the hoe work, the cotton being in so
straight and narrow a row. I consider them worth
one hundred dollars each to any planter, and recom
mend all to purchase and use them.
WM. H. OWENS.
Dougherty county, Ga., July 16, 1865,
Messrs. Randall 4- Mercer: —ln reply to yours of the sth
inst.. in reference to vour Cotton ,S-*ed Drill, I am happy It
say that after planting a portion of my present crop in the
old wav. I was enabled to obtain one of your Drills, with
which I finished. It is the de-iileratum and long sought
after. Man ami varied have been the attempts of intelli
gent min !* to aitam what you have accomplished, but w ill
nrilv |tarti tl success. This leave* nruiiing to he desired in 0
Cos ton-Seed Drill. It eepnsits she seed nniformlr ami con
tintiouslV in a straight a -d narrow line as you wish, saves
ahniit one-half tlte labor in planting and about one-third
the line work in cultivation It is almost needless to add
that lam delighted with your Drill. Yours respectfully.
J. E. MERCLR.
Leo county, Ga., August !oth, 1855.
Messrs Randall $ Mercer— Gentlemen: I used one of your
Cotton Seed Diillsthe past spring, and I feel four-fold paid
for what it cost me. To give your Drills a fair trial, I plant
ed every other row with the Drill, and the intervening rows
I planted as well as ever cotton was planted before your
Drill cam- into use. The result was. that iu the row plant
ed with your Drill I at a more perfect stand, and I think it
grew off much better. li-sides I realized a great saving in
the labor of working over my cotton tlie two first times. 1
shall continue to use them as long as I plant cotton I re
main yours.dec., COCK.
Messrs Randall & Mercer.— I Gentlemen : I have, used eight
of your Cotton-Seed Dribs, manufactured hv J. H. Watson,
on Col. Joseph Bond’s F iwlnovn plantation. lam mud.
pleased with lteg|, having realized great saving of seed, nr
labor iff planting and chopping out. ami the hands at the first
siding could go over at least one-third more in a tiay, and do
better work than in cotton planted in the best way I co-lit
plant with colter and block. I have no hesitation in giving
it ns mv opinion, tha’ in the use ol your Drills there is a
saving of one-th rd of labor of cultivating a cotton crop.
Col. Bond ts pleased with tlietn and will continue their use
Yours, respe tfullv, JAMES CHEEK.
Fowltnwn,Ge., July 9th, 18 5.
This is to certify that 1 have used two of Randall & Mer
cer's Cotton Planters, ami have no hesitation in saying Hint
they will do. The saving of labor io planting is an object,
the saving of seed is art object, and the cotton stands in such
a narrow drill that it may almost he k.-pt clean without the
hoes. There is nothing to equal them in planting cotton.
WM. B. REYNOLDS.
Lee county, Geo., Jnly Ist. 1855.
I have used Ramlali & Mercer’s Cotton-Seed Drill, which
1 purchased of 001. J 11. Watson, and think tiny art* the
hest machines now in use. J am satbfiel there is a great,
saving in seed, ami a greater saving in work. I am fully
satisfied there is une-thin! of tlte hoe work saved. Try litem,
ami any reasonable tnan will lie satisfied they are worth more
than three times the price they are sold for.
FHILIP WEST.
Loe county, Ga., Aug. 83d, 1956.
February 7, i,v56.
Having obtained from Me* sis. Randall & Mercer
the exclusive right of supplying the State of Geor
gia with these Drills, 1 am now prepared to supply
ail demands, having made anangeuients for their
manufacture in Palmyra and Milledgeville. My
price is sls 00 cash, delivered at either Palmyra or
Milledgeville. Money sent at my risk, by mail, if
the requisitions of the Post Office Depai ttin-nt are
complied with. Any further information debited
can be obtained by addressing me eilbir at Palmyra
or Milledgeville. J. ib WAlfcON.
October 25 smo 4a
MERCER UNIVERSITY
PEN FIELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
STUDIES.
The Studies in this University are..
A Theological Course of three years, designed f©
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
softie additions, all the studies of the Collegiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;-
An Academical Course, including wbatevei is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College.
AIKIIISSaO*.
The regular time for the admission of Student*, is at
the opening of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday in
August.
Candidates for admission into the Collegiatt Course
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geogrnj hv;
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Casar;
Virgil; Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jacob’s Greek
Reader; and must be at least fourteen years ol age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Course
must 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 Study
IN THE COLLEGIA TE DEPARTMENT.
FRESHMAN CLASS.
riRBTTKRM. j SECOND TFKiW
Livy, Livy, continued,
Xenophon’s Anabasis, ICicero De Offir-iis,
Greek and Ruinan Antiquities, Herodotus.
(Smith’s Dictionary,; -Alirehra .comphted.
Andrews’ Latin Exercises, Geometry,lLoomis’,') 2 bool .
Arnold’s Greek Prose Compo Rhetoric, continued.
sit.ion,
Algebra, (Day’s,)
Rhetoric, (Newman’s,) j
Amlrewsand Stoddard’s Latin Grammar is used.
“SOPHOMORE CLASS.
FIRST TERM. j SECONI. TERM.
Horace, Satires and Epi'tles, Horace. Art of Poetrj & Odes,
Demosthenes on the Crown, Cicero De Ora tore,
Geometry, completed, > Homer’s Iliad,
Plane, Sol id, and Spherical. $ Plane & Spht-rieu! Trigonorn •
j etry, (Loomis’,)
ISurveyine, (Davies’.)
Conic Sections,(Bridge’s.)
JUNIOR CLAt-S.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM.
Cicero De Oratore, continued, Andrian o( Terence,
Xenophon’s Memorabilia, Prometheus oi AVoliyltie.
Differential and Integral Cal-Natural Theology, (Paley’s,
cuius, Nat. PhiUwopliy.CDNtii.ued,
Nat. Philosophy,(Olmsted’s,) Chemistry, (Sillimaii’s)
Rhetoric, (Blair’s,) Logic,(Whately’s.)
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRSTTERM. ! SECOND TERM.
Astronomy,(Olmsted’s,; Botany.l'l.ysiologi A Geology
Intellectual Philosophy, (Up-Moral Philosophy (Y\ aylamfs)
ham’s,) I Butler’s Analogy,
Evid ofChrigtianity!(Paley’sj Polit’h Economy.(Wayland’s)
Elem’tsofCriticism, (.Karnes’) American Constitution,
Gorgiasoi Plato, i or
Juvenal. !International Law.
EXPENSES.
7'uition Fees. Spring Term. Fall Term.
In Theological Seminary, Nothing. Nothing
In College, - - $25 oO sls U 0
Scientific Course, - “ 26 00 16 00
In Academy—
Preparatory Class. • - 26 00 16 00
Second “ - • 20 00 12 00
Third “ - - 15 00 900
Elementary “ - lo uO 600
Room Rent, ... . 6 00 4 00
Contingent Expenses, 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to he paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars will he received as full payment lor the
tuition fees, room rent, and contingent expenses oi the
year.
The price of Board in the village is $lO per tnontl ;
of washing, room rent, and fuel, SB.
Commencement amt 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 15th.
Winter Vacation —from December 15tli to February
Ist..
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
mencement.
Summer Vacation— from Commencement to last Wed
nesday in August. (). L. BA'ITI F,
Sec’y. of the Board of Tn.st.ees.
August 21 84
missionary Wnuk’d!
The rehoboth foreign mi.n-i<-n <o.v-
MITTEE. desires to procure a l>t c-ther cni his
companion, who will go on the Marion to C< ritn.i Af
rica, to till the place occupied by the late Blether
Dennard and his wife, and tnske our i-epciTTttL* ju-xt,
session of the Rehoboth Association.
Brother Dennard aud his nit.-, were stnt out and
supported by this body; and now that they art 10
more, we desire to find others who will fiil thcii | la
ces, and carry forward this work. Our plan is it jn -
vide well for our missionaries while biboi-ins 1 , ami t< r
their return at the end of three or four yen’s in im
prove their health, and to foster a missionary t j ii it in
the Churches.
The one hundred millions and more, of Afi iea. n vst
have the Gospel. They are induced in the 1.1.11 Lir
of those to whom the Stvior said, ‘Go pita.li the
Gospel..” The field of labor in Central Africa is a
promising one. The Kings in the interior desitt n is
sionaries, and offer them every inducemen t to settle
among them. Then “the word of God is not bound.”
The climate* in the interior, is not so unhealthy as
ha* ; *ll*l
go there with the prospect of. or inary length of life.
Besides this, the people, unlike those on the coast, ate
partly civilized, and have some of thejeommou comforts
of life.
But were the climate ever so iit-alubrious, the foun
dations for our missionary oppositions tin st be laid,
and the supporting of this stupendous building—this
temple, which we intend to erivct, to (he name of the
Most High —must be erected by the labor of our white
brethren. The language must be reduced to writing,
dictionaries must, be made, grammars constructed, and
a pi in of general operations fixed, before we can dis
pense with their aid. When this is accomplished, then
it may be practicable to carryforward the work by
the labor of colored men, who are (tetter fitted ly na
ture to Southern climates. But cost what it may. it
must be done! Africa is apart ot the world, ami these
sable sons, are a part of her “early creation.”
Let our young men und maidens, who have triv<yj
themselves t.o God, in solemn covenant, and are anxious
to do something for the Savior, ask themselves, v in tli
er this be not the field in which God will bi.vc them
work—let them hear the voice of tlx if l.otd while he ‘
says “Go work to-day in my vineyard.” The n oining
of youth will soon pass, and the night will conic.”—
“Go work to-day in mV vitiev ard.”
The Committee will take occasion itt this communi
cation also to eall the attention ol the Itchol-oih Asso
ciation to the propriety, of erecting suitable Grave
stones, over the remainsof our fallen Miss'oiuti if s. Let
all the churei.es, individuals or friends, wlio.favor this
object, send up their contributions to the next nutting
of our body at Perry. We prayed for and sustained
our beloved Dennard and wife, while they lived ;, we
cherish their memory now that they arc no nu-re, nnd
we will erect some monumental stones, to tel) their
names, their virtues, and-their work.
JACOB KING, Cii’n. of Com.
August 2, 1866 31 ts
FEMALE INSTITUTEr
COU’NBrS, GEORGIA*
WILL open Ist October next and close June 80th,
1854. THOMAS B. SLADE.
Aug. SO 35.