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The Night Funeral of a Blare.
Traveling recently, in the interior of !
Georgia, I reached, just at sunset, the man* ,
sion of the proprietor, through whose estate ;•
for the last half hour of my journey, I had
pursued my way. He invited me to alight j
and enter the house in the true Spirit ot
Southern hospitality. He. was apparent.? j
thirty years of age, and evidently a man
of education and refinement. I soon oh
served an air of gloomy abstraction about
him the said but Tittle,"and even that little
seemed the result of an effort to obviate
the seeming want of civility to a stranger.
At sapper the mistress of the mansion ap
peared, and the honors to the table, in Ik r
particular she was exceeding
ly ladylike and beautiful, only as Southern
women are, that is beyond comparison
with those of any other portion of this re
public I have ever seen. She retired im
mediately after supper, and a servant
handing splendid Habanna on a small sil
ver tray, we had just seated ourselves com
fortably before the enormous fire of oak
wood, when a servant appeared at the end
door near my host, hat in hand, and otter
ing subdued but distinct tones, the, to me.
_ JJEmrt it£ wvnw “ *
‘Master, the coffin hab come.’
‘Very well,’ was the only reply, and the
servant disappeared. My host remarked
my gaze of inquisitive wonder, and replied
to it—
‘l have been very sad,’ said be, ‘to-day,
I have had a greater misfortune than I
have experienced since my father’s death
1 lost,this morning the truest and most re
liable friend I had in the world—one whom
I have been accustomed to honor and re
spect since toy earliest recollection; he was
the playmate of my father's youth, and the
mentor of mine; a faithful servant, an
honest man and a sincere Christian, I
stood by fais bedside to-dav, and, with his
hands clasped in mine, I heard the last
words he uttered; they’ were,‘Master, meet
me in heaven.”
His voice faltered a moment, and he
continned. after a pause, with increased
excitement —
•His loss is a melancholy one to ine. If
I left my home, 1 said to him, ‘John, see
that all things are taken care of,’ and I
knew that my wife and child, property,
and all, were as safe as thongli they were
guarded by au hundred soldiers. I never
spoke a harsh word to him in all my life,
for he never merited it. I have a hundred
others, many of them faithful and true,
but his loss is irreparable.’
I came from a section of the Union
where slavery does not exist, and I brought
with me all the prejudices which so gen
erally prevail in the free states in regard
to this ‘institution.! I had already seeiP
much to soften these, but the observation
of years would have failed to give so clear
an insight into the relation between master
and servant as this simple incident. It
was not the haughty planter, the lordly
tyrant, talking of his dead slave, as of his,
dead horse*, but the kind-hearted gentle
man lamenting the lost, and eulogizing the
virtues of his good old friend.
After an interval of silence, my Wt r t - j
a timed—
‘There are,’ said he, ‘many of the old •
man’s relatives and triertds who would !
wish to attend his funeral. To afford them ;
an opportunity, several plantations have i
been notified that he will be buried to- i
night; some, I presume, have already ar 1
rived; and desiring to see that all things
are properly prepared for his interment, l ;
trust you will excuse my absence for a few i
moments.’
‘Most certainly, sir: but,’if there is uo .
impropriety, I would he pleased to accom- ■
pany von.’ •
‘There is uone,’ he replied; and I follow
ed him to h long row of cabins, situated at
& distance of some three hundred yard** .
from the mansion, The houses were crowd* :
**d with negroes, who all arose on our or.- j
trance, hdJ many of them exchanged greet j
ings with mine host, in tones that Con- 1
vineed me that they felt he was an object ;
of sympathy for them! The corpse wat j
deposited in the coffin, attired in a shroud *
of the finest cotton materials, and the eof- i
fin itself painted black.
The master stopped at its head, and lay-1
iug his band upon the cold brow of his
faithful bondsman, gazed long and intently j
upon features with which he had been f
long familiar, and which he now looked \
upon for the last time on earth; raising his i
eyes, at length, and glaneing at the son-.!
•jus countenance.- now bent upon his, he f
said solemnly and with mneh feeling— [
‘He was a faithful serrant and a true 1,
tJiristißn; if you follow his example, and j
live as he lived, none of you need fear !
when the tim comes for you to lay here.’ i
A patriarch, with the snow wf eighty !
winters on bis head, answered—
‘Master, it is true; and we will try to ;
live like him.’
There wae a murmur of general assent, I
and after giving some instructions relative ■
to the burial, we returned to the dwelling.
About nine o’clock, a servant appeared 1
With the notice that they were ready to
move, and to know if further instruction?
were necessary. My host remarked to me, i
that by stepping into the piazza, I would •
probably witness, to me, a novel scene.— ?
The procession had moved, and its route
led wihin a few yards of the mansion.— :
There were at least one hundred and fifty
negroes, arranged four deep, and following
a wagon, in which was placed the coffin.
Down the entire “length ot the line, at in* \
tervale of a few feet, on each aide were car- i
tied torches of the resinous pine, and here !
called light-wood. About the centre was
stationed the black, preacher, a man of
gigantic fram and stentorian lungs, who
gave out, from memory, the words of a*
hymn suitable for the occasion. The Sottth
orn negroes arc proverbial for the melody
and compass of their voices, and I thought
that hymn, mellowed by distance, the
most solemn and yet the fc sweetest music .
that had ever fallen-on my ear. The still
sees of the night *nd strength of their
voices stable#
the distance of half a mile.— Horke Jovr . j
Curious Mountain in California.
la Tuokuino Co,* Oal„ then- is a £vev |
peculiar -moSßlain, frm which great q*ar,- j
tifi> of gold have Leontiy been obtaino.- •.
It is cotfrposed of old lava or baaklt rating
on ancient gravel arid •thor. depuAttfeo*,
from water. On its top4t*i* as level almost
£= the waters-of .ttiakc,: onfo
very uniformly to.*.he west. Its flight
above the surface
try varies, from oh ft to five hundred feet.
‘lts width is fv> r m* from a :*nh
■of a mile, fhough ‘differing in differed
places. But its remarkable peculiarity is
-that. through its length, which is some fit
teen miles, it winds and curves, with ether
variations in exact resemblance to a vast
river; just exactly as it would, hart it once
been disgorged, a molten, fiery from
the old burning Sierra volcanoes, *t!d pour
ed down the deep channel of some vast
hearing on with ifo mighty current,
quantities of-rocka and [wfobles and san<l,
mingled in and farmed into a part ot itself
up<m its edges, filling up the whole bed ot
-viHr it*.... ..ij r
inovefvss solic mass. From its shape, it
has receive the name of ‘Table Mountain/
Various tunnels have been made by miners,
through the hard basalt, to reach the bed
of the ancient river, and there is a wild
I excitement among California miners, re
garding the immense treasures supposed
to be# 0
oari. f |;tS99l4^^BnrV6fM9’§
Treatment of Scarlet Fever.
There are two simple methods of treat*
ment for this disease, i-n its earlier stages.
The one is to rub the entire body of the
sick with a soft lubricating substanco—a
piece of fat pork has been used for this pur
pose. It is stated that it softens the skin,
opens the pores and produces a soothing
influence on the patient.
The other plan is to dissolve some sule
ratus in warm water (about one-fourth
an ounce to the the quart,) and bathe the
patient s body, with it, at a milk heat. A soft
sponge is employed in bathing the body,
and a soft towel used for drying. This
operation should lie done rapidly in a cm
fart ably warm apartment, and the patient
placed in bed as soon rts possible after
wards.—lb-id.
The Distance of the Sun from the
Earth Increasing.
The German journals have given tables
*iiieh prove the distance between the
earth and the sun, is increasing annually,
and argue from it that the ijicieasing hu
midity onr an ip tilers and the loss of fertili
ty by the earth are to be attributed solely
to this circumstance. Xu credit has here
tofore been given to traditions of ancient
Egvptiaos anil Chinese,according to which
these people tjxWterly said the sun’s disc !
was almost four -times as large as we trmv |
see it, for they ostitmted the apparent j
diameter of the sun as double of what it so
seer: in out’ <for. If. jfiVtvuVffr, we pay at
tenticn to the cut) tinm-ri'dtminutiou of. the j
apparent'"ana-tor *<f’ thf soar, according
XO the Imst observayvm* of several centu
l ies, we suppose that the ancients
were not mistaken in the ftstimafe* they
have transmitted to ns. (n the course of
six thousand vesrs fr*nn the present ti mu, ‘
they assumy. that the distance will be so 1
great that only, an eighth part of the
warmth wc nw enjoy ‘from-tbv ami will
be communicaN-d to the earth, and it will
then be covered *ith e. tern a! ice in the
manners*, .v** now see the plain® of the
North, vchod-"tip* •■fopflarit formerly lived, ‘
ptj hart* fibt':*!’ -priug JM.ff antuuoi.
Oceanic Mountains.
Tec poVfiop of our globe that i* covbred i
wilh water is n>*w just heginniug t< be j
made familiart* us. Thfrqirrsons wbohaey I
been foronv*Si rfnd nv>st h vhromewal its !
soarabifig tu tfo- causes of tke'varioH® p!e- ;
ttwracDs ••f tire that r-irv si. welhknown I
and oo litcle, understood, are >ur cmmrry- !
men Prof. Bache s,ud Lient. Maury: The !
former, in a lecture which he lately jlelir- |
ed on the subject, says that, the bottom of
the Atlantic Oceania traversed -by a range-i
of mountains, to the chains running |
some distance back from t]ie coast, and j
the Gulf Stream pursues its way over the !
tops of these -side*, a*ud evidently bears ]
some ifttimato relation to them. In the I
gorges of those mountains are found stripe j
<*f cold water, from the North, and water •
is Idund even as far dnww as latitude 29 j
deg. South, only 3ftrfeg. of temperature, j
These cold streams run in exactly an op- j
posite diroctiun to the warmer currents, i
w hich prevail in the Golf Stroarn. that is j
to sgy, they run from nortbea®t to south
west. Prof. Bache could not preteral to *
6ay in what manner this knowledge of the ■
difiereucas in temperature may l>e made j
a Vailable for com mere ialorl. t her j
Maternal Influence
Governor Briggs, bf Massaehusetts, re j
cntly related the following Incident: Af- !
ter reading with great interest rhe letters j
of John Quine;. Adams’, mother, he one ;
day went over to his seat in Congress, and j
ud to him, “Mr ; Adam?, I hav- found - !
.out wk-araadc you.” ‘*W h-tt rff* you mean ? M
said be. “I hare boon reading the letters
*>f your mother,” was his reply. With a
nohiiig and glowing face he started
up; and iu-hia peculiar and emphatic man
ner, “lee, BriggH, all that is goqjrf in
t>- vry m-'ther.
To Shake off Trouble.
feet about doing good to sotneltody ; pnt
orr your hat, and go and visit the poor; in
quire into their wants and administer un-1
to them; seek out thedesolate and oppress- j
’d. and tell tl:em ot the consolation of ro- j
have often tried this* and found j
B the best medicine fora h. ncy heart.— I
Howard. . ” I
111 A Nfl ffIMOD ®i
Wont Let mo Alone,
“You let ralone, and it will let you ;
alone, . said : tfqhor Seller to me, as I
ufgeJl bioi, In /unsideration f the pnblic |
gtUl, to abmuloj! the traffic. But it is true. :
TliUoAitwi and rhommnds in our State, nev- j
r*r intoxicating drinks themselves; tliey •
lot The liquor alone, yet their sufferings in -j
consequence of its .use by others are groat, j
and ought m% to be endui-edr . j
Mrs. Albro is o :dy of superior talent I
and education. In her esqjiy days, and for
the first few yaars of her married life, she j
wa*y surrounded by lovitrg friends, j
ami had all that Her heart could d*ire. —
MaltitttueH almmt envied her as -they
viewed her beautiful her peace
ful and happy home with her affectionate
husband, and beautiful and well behaved
children. But a red Change h* come
over her. That kind and faithful Mbaud
began to visit, with boon, a
fashionable saloon. He soon scqmi'c-1 yn
appetite for strong drink. The habit
creased. He oon became dn iuebnau- —a
loathsome drunkavd. His business was
neglected—his property was wastedj-h is
mansion wnsadWhy the sheriff—hr* fanu-
Jv reduced to penury and want.
lii a few short years the once happy Mrs.
Albro found herself the wife of a man who
seemed tq take * sort of fiendish fleUghtJu
abusing h. ami her children, and making
tlieir life wretched Fayond descri/dion. At
length her spirit crushed by the abuse of a
once loving husband, and body emaciated
and sick fiom her privations and sufferings,
she and her little ones are carried to the
alms-house, while the father and husband
is m prison for crime committed in a
drunken sjiree.
Now Mrs. Albro and her children, let
liquor alone, but did it lot them alone?
Mrs. Albro is but the representve of at
least txcenty thousand women in this State,
who with their children, are suffering
more than language can express, in con?e
qenceofthe trafic in strong drink. Yet
they let it alone but it won’t let them
jdone.
V Need we say such persons ought to be
protected ?
There is another class in community
which liquor will not let alone, though they
may be total abstinence men.
To say nothing of the in teres tevery man
has in the public morals of society—-the
peace, happiness and prosperity of the peo
pleat large; every tax-payer is injured by
the traffic, ai.d lias a right to claim protec
tion by law.
It has been shown beyond all reasonable
doubt from official documents, that three
fourths of the criminal prosecutions and
seven-eighths of the entire amount of pau
perism in the laud, may l>e traced to strong
drink. Os course, three-fourths of the ex
j pense of the whole system of criminal ju
j risprudence, the co6t and interest on cost,
| of all our jails, penitentiaries and ju-isons
1 of every description, are attributable to
I this cause. The men who pay the enor
j mous taxes necessary for these purposes,
| may let the liquor alone, but it wili not let
j them alone.
t The mar. wboap. ship is wrecked and
| property destroyed, drink
has caused.the commander or pilot,‘to err
in vision or stumble in judgment,’may
ttetcr use liquor himself, yet suffers in
consequence of the traffic und its use by
others.
i s. We may safely aver that there is not a
| man, woman or child in the country, who
Pis not injured, directly or indirectly, by
i the traffic ; u intoxicating liquors.
I Them i? then no truth in the declaration
: “If yon let liquor alone it will let you
; alone,”—it won’t hurt.you, if you don’t
, use it. It <ioes injure every one of us.
- (% a. H raliL
i -***♦.►-
Kesignation of Dr. Maclay.
| We foam from a New York correspon-
I dent, that Dr. Maclay has resigned the
j Presidency of the Bible Union, and dis
i claims any inm'e connection with if. The
j reason assigned, is, the heretical expres
j sion* that ore creeping into the new trans
* kvtioD of the Bible, and especially those
fort ions alx-ut to be issued from the pres?
he ivprcsentatiyes of eight differeut deno
| miuations are making a very curious I>ap
! list Bibio. It i* resulting, as we always
I supposed it would, first, in confusion, and
| second, ii; complete failure. Win. Colgate,
| E*;q., has also rcsigued the treasuryship of
! tin; 8-s'iety, and we presume from the same
I cau?e. Where, now, are the great lights
j of the BiWe Union, I)r. Cone', Dr. Maclay
! and Win. Colgate 7
Experiments have been made af
I Washington, to ascertain the strength
I added to iron by corrugation. A plate
i three inches long and four broad, so thin
1 that supported at the ends it would berid
1 of it sown weight, when corrugated, sus
iatue.l a weight ot 600 pounds. Corruga
ted iron has Iseen adopted for many camp
utensils A camp bed stead of this iron
weighs fifty pounds, and is equally strong
with the English camp bed-steads weigh
ing 150 potmae, A Corrugated iron water
tight wagon-body, that floats from 2000 to
2500 pounds of freight, besides the running
gt*ar, and weighs less than a wooden
wagon-body to carry the same freight, has
also been adopted into the service of the
United States, besides other articles of the
same material. The additional strength of
the iron in this form is obviously upon the
principle of the arch. A circular tube is in
proportion to its amount ot material, tho
strongest of all forms.
The Federal Union contradicts tho
statement, going the round of the press,
that Governor Johnson had appointed the
Hon. Linton Stephens as counsel for the
State of Georgia in place of the Hon. J.
M. Berrien, deceased, in the cause pend
ing in the Supreme Court of the United
States between Georgia nd Florida, as no
vitvcwity exists for such an appointment,
the cases having been suspended by rautu-
Bl agreement of the Parties,
RAX 1> ILL A MERC KR’S
COTTOMEED DRILL.
i* All PL-iNVEHS Imvtf realized the .it a.
! A Wlii‘* to drill Cotton Seed with regakrty
order ‘ A Drill which rse think possesseß a., th-i* ,
j Jalities, w now offer W foe planting communUy. ,
i After a thorough trial forthelwt two years m *8- ;
rent hands £ all kinds of land we would state j
t he advantages to be derived from their use. j
’ Ist. The saving of . seed, which wiU amount ys j
j enough, in planting one hundred acres, w pay tor j
th 2<l Thriving of labor in planting-one.horse
and hand cmlv lieing required to open the furrow,
drop the seed and cover from seven to mne aero*
great saving of labor in chopping &Jt,
the seed-being depbefted in a ’ine, one after an
-o t4fo. The great saving a ho* work, owing to tbs
fact that any plow band can, in eiding, cover all the
first crop of grass in the drill, however small the
cotton may be, without injuring the stand.
.These advantages all far n.ers will appreciate; and
below we give some certificates, from which the
public can learn how these Drills are appreciated
by gentlemen of the first landing in oyr section of
the State—all practical farmer?!—wH6 have thor
oughly tested them, and are consequently fully com
petent to decide on their merits.
Certificates.
This is itreertify that.l planted one hundred anti
sixty acres of cotton with Randall A Mercer’s Pbtut
ere and 1 consider them superior to anything ofjtfea
kind I have ever seen or tried. The saving of seed
alone woid pay for the ma -Uinee in a aeason or two,
and l think a hand can do one-third more hoeing than
he could in cotton planted the common wav.
a. r.. BARBER.
Lee county, tfa.. July 13th, 1855.
Mesr*. Randall <r Mtrccr. —(tkntlbmbn : In reply to
yours of this date, I can say with satisfaction, that I
have used your Cotton-Seed Drills on vhe farm of D.
A. Vaeon, Esq., with great suec-ss 1 consider them
to be of great value. They are a saving of about ode
third of the labor of cultivation, about tww or three
bushels of seed to the acre in planting, and a great
saving of labor in planting, as they open the iurrow,
drop and cover the seed with one horse and hand 1
think them worth one hundred dollars a piece to any
planter that plants full crops of cotton. As for m vsfe’li
I would not plant a crop of cotton without them for
any consideration in tne bounds of reason. Yours,
very respectfully, A. J. BARKSDALE
Lee county, Ga., July l?th, 1865.
I have used Randall A Mercer’e Colton Planter two
seasons, and consider them of great valu ‘ to the farm
er I have eeed enough each year to pay for the
Planters; then 1 have at least ••ne-thir i the labor of
cultivation, ae the cotton is sowed in so narrow a line
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 reoommend every farmer to use
ch'-ra. S. D. MoI.ENDON.
Lee county, Geo., July 9th. 1855.
srn* v been overseeing for Mr. 8. D. McLendon I
the present year, and fullv concur in his statements
above. ‘DAVISSON WARREN.
J fesert, Randall Sc Mercer Gentlemen: In reply to
yours, I will only say I have used ihree of your Cotton
Seed Drills, and consider them of great value, from the
fact that in the use of them I saved from two to three
bushels of seed to each acre planted, and at least one
third of the labor of cidtivation, not requiring one-half
as much boe work as the old way of planting—also,
a considerable saving in the labor of planting. I
never expect to plant cotton without foera, if l can
g*t them at any price. I have planted eight acres per
day to each Drill. They are simple, easily managed,
and there is no difficulty about getting a good Stand. ,
Vory’rejpectfsily yoms, W. F. HAMRICK.
Lee county, Geo., July 12tb, 1856.
Col. J. S. Wateon.. -Dear Sir: I can recommend
your Cotton Planters (Drill) in the highest terms. I
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 iu a level if I had
not bought. I wotil ftravel to your shop, which : j 75
miles, and pay fifty dollars a piece for them. It. saves
one-third of the work, one hand can plant as much as
two, and one hand can chop out three acres, while ono
hand can chop out one acre after a common plow.
Yours respectfully, K. BRASWELL
Thomasviile, Thomas county, Ga.
Col. J. H. Watson,-- Bii: This to certify that I have
used Randall A Mercer’s Cotton-Seed Drill of your
manufacture, and am so well pleased with them that I
would recommend all planters who have not tried
them, to give them a fair trial. Where the DriHg are
used there is a great deal of lsbqr sayed in cultivating
a crop, owing to its being so uniform in the drill; tj;e
plowingcan be done much better, and with greater de
spatch, consequently, the hoe work is lighter, as good
plowing supersede* the necessity of a great deal of
hard hoe work. K. BRASWELL.
Doftghertycounty, Ga., July Htb, 1?55.,
This is to certify that T used one of Randall A Mep-\
oar’s Cotton-Seed Drills last year in planting my crop
and was well pleased. I have used five of them the
present year, planting my entire wop, and am still bet
ter pleased. There is a saving of between two and
three bushels of seed to the acre iu planting, besides
one horse and one hand with these Drills does the work
of three hands and two horses. Then there is a saving
of one-third of the hoe work, the cotton beinif in so
straight and narrow a row. I consider them worth
one hundred dollars each to any planner, and recom
mend all to purchase and use them.
WM. H. OWENB.
Dougherty county, Ga., July 16, 1866.
Messrs. Randall <J- Mercer.-—ln reply to yours of the sth
inst., in reference to your Cotton-Seed Drill, I am happy to
say that after planting a portion of my present crop in the
old way, I was enabled to obtain one of your Drill*, with
which I finished. It is the desideratum and long sought ■
after. Maov and varied have been the attempts of intelli
gent mi n-t* to attain what you have accoraplislted. but with
only partial snrees*. Titis leave* nothing to he desired in a
Co'ton-Seed Drill. It deposits the seed uniformly ar.d con
tinuously in a straight a id narrow lira as yotj wish, savep
about one-half the labor in planting and about one-third of
the hoc work in cultivation. It is almost needless to add
that lam delighted with your Drill. Yours respectfully,
J E. MF.RCER,
I,e county, Ga., August 10th, 1855.
Messrs. Randall <J- Mercer*— Gentlemen: I used one of your
Cotton-Seed Drill* the pasi uprin*, an 1 I f** e l four-fold paid
for what it cost me. To *ive your Drills a fair trial, 1 plant
ed every other row with the Drill, and the intervening rows
I planted as well as ever cotton was planted before yopr
Drill came into use. Ttie result was, that in the row plant
ed with your Drill I got a tn >re perfect stand, and 1 think it
grew off much better, besides I realilsd a great saving in
the labor of'working over my cotton the two first times. I
shall continue to use them as long a* I ‘plant cotton. Ira- %
main yours, Ac., JEbSE COCK-
Messrs. Randall & Mercer. —Gentlemen; I have used eight
ot your Cotton-Seed Drills, manufactured by J. H. Watson,
an Col. Joseph Bond’s F ’wltown plantation. lam much
pleased with them, having realiped great saving <rf seed, or
labor in planting and chopping out, and the hands at the first
siding mold go over at least one-third more in a day, and do
better work than in cott >n planted in the best way I co dd
plant with colt-rand block. I have no hesitation in giving
it a* my opinion, tha’ in the use of your Drill* there i* ft
saving of ooe-th rj -if the labor of cultivating a cotton crop.
Col. Bond i* pleased with them and will Rontinitt their use.
Your*, resps tfnlly, JAMES CHEEK. j
Fowltown,Geo., July 9th, 18 3.
This is to certify that I have used two of Randall A Mer- j
rer’s Cotton Planter*, and have no hesitation in saying that i
they will do. The saving of labor in planting is an object, 1
the saving of seed is an object, and the cotton stands in such
a narrow drill that it tnav almost he kept clean without tiie 1
hoes. There is nothing to
Lc county, Geo., July Ist, 1855. j
I have used Randali & Mercer’s Cotton-Seed Drill, whieh !
1 purchased of Col. J. H. Watson, and think they are the |
he*t machines now in use. I am satisfic'd there is a great •
saving in seed, and a greater saving in work. I am fully :
satisfied there i* one-third of the boo work saved. Try them, j
and any reasonable man will he satisfied they are worth more |
t han three timet the price they are sold for, j
PHILIP WEST*
Lae county,Go., *■< SSd, 1865. • ’ - m
Having obtained freer Mf-sr*. Ranfotli St Jicrcer
the excltwive rLht of vujiplj ing ttya State oi Geor
gia with tues Drill*. I an. ik-o t-rejm-ctl to uqn>lj
all ih-ni’ttufo’hvbn- in>i ,, c arinnueuit tits for tncfr
I'xlMit umi Mil'dlgeviHe. My
price is s!e t -v.. and liwmi at either Psheyr* or
ftfilletfo'-vtUo. Monet *. ut ftt tny rink, by mail, it
reqiKStttotwff the fV*t >0 f .oe ftfpnrtinwit ?r*
complied with. Ay futthjsr information ties'red
can be oldained by addressing me either at Palmyra
or Milledgeville. J- H. WATSON.
October 26 Gmo 4.1
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
i PIZNFMvLO. AiHEfeNL COLKTV, GEORGIA.
STUDIES. .
/%* Studies in this University are:
A Theological Course of thrcrc year*, designed to
those who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry;
A Collegiate Course of foul year*, equal to that- of
Other College* itr foff Country;
,t Scientific Gourta oi three years, including, with
non.ts addition*, ad ih* etudie* of the Collegiate Couree
‘"fseep 4 . A sc ieut-Lauguagos;
An Acadvnicai Conr*?. molttdihg whatever is heoax
f r>e;>kYe fb:-- adfrissioh into College.
ASMUffftfOX.
The regular rim*- for the adtniasioti of Student *, at
the opening of the Fall Term, foe >af.t Wednesday in
. August. t ‘
Candidate* tor admo-sion into the Collegiate Course
must sustain a satisfactory evamiuation on 0 vogrupliy;
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Oajflar;
Virgil; focero’* Select. Oration.-; and Jacob’* Greek
Reader; and must >*e at least fourteen yean* of age.
Candidate* for ttdn;iiioi> into the Scientific Courxe
must sustain a satisfactory exairiination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Ejuation* in
Algebra; and two books ir Gc-'metry; and must beat
leaet sixteen year* of Hi'--,
Course of §fnd>
THK COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT
FRESHMAN CUSH.
gXRBT TERM. - | SSCOKS TKftW
Livy, -Livy, continued,
Xenophon’* Anabat-ts, jCicero De Officii*.
Greek and Roman AfitiqiJ’rre*,|Herodotus,
(Smith’s Dtetioriary,, | Algebra, cnmpletcd,
Andrew*’ Latin Exerciws, iGeosnctry.i.Loomi*’,; 2 book.
Arnold’* Greek Pro** fompo Rbd nrie . rontinverl .
eitiori, . * ‘
Algebra, .Day’s, >
Rhetoric ,'(sfiwraan , * t I
Andrew* and Stoddard’s Latin (iraramar i* usoc
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
riaar tkrm. ** * hkcomd tkrm.
Horace. Satires and Epistle*, ;Hcrnce, Art of Poetry A Odea
Demosthenes on the Crown, (Cicero De Oratore,
Geometry, completed, J Homer’* Iliad,
Plane. Solid .end Spherical. $ Plane & SpheriealTrigonnni
- i etry, (Loomis',)
.Surveying, (Davies’,)
iConic Section*,(Bridge’s.
JUNIOR CLASS.
riKBTTKKM. BKCOND TERM
Cicero De Oratore, continued, Andrian of Terence,
Xenophon’* Memorabilia. Prometheus of iEechylu*,
Differential and Integral Cal- Natural Theology, (Paley’s,
cuius, Nat. Philosophy, continued,
Nat. Philosophy,(Olmsted’*,) Chemistry. (Silliman’et
Rhetoric, (Blair’s,) Logic, (Whately’*.)
SENIOR CLASS.
tPIRST TERM. t SECOND TXJtM.
Astronomy,(Olmsted’s,; ! Botany. Physiology A Geology
Intellectual Philosophy, (Up- Mora) PhilosophytWayland’i-)
ham’s,) ;Butler’s Analogy,
Evid ofChrialianity, Paley’s) Polit’l-Economy.(Wayland’e)
Elem’ts of Criticism, >, Constitution >
Gorgia- of Plato, I or
Juvenal- Ilnternational Law
EXPENSES.
Tuition Fees. Spring Term, Fall Term,
In Theological riautNAßV. Nothing. Nothing
In College, - $25 00 sls o<>
Scientific Course, 25 00 16 0(1
In Academy—
Preparatory Class, - - 25 Oo 16 00
Second ’ “ ‘JO 00 12 00
Third “ - 15 00 900
Elementary “ 10 00 <1 00
Room Rent, - * * 6 00 4 00
Contingent Efcpcnsts, 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to be paid in advance.
From Student* who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars will be received as full payment for the
tuition fee*, room reut. and oontint'-nt expenses of the
year.
The price of Board ia the village i $lO pet month
ol washing, room rent, and fuel, SS,
CoiHmcncoment and Vacations.
The Commencement is held on the last Wednesday
in July.
There are two Vacation*, dividing the year into two
terms, as follows:
First Term —from last Wedneeday in August to De
cember 15th.
Winter Vacation —from December 16th to February
l*t.
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
mencement.
Summer Vacation —from Commencement to laet Wed
nesday in August. 0. L. BATTLE,
Sec’y. of the Board of Trustee*.
August 21 84
Missionary Wanted!
’n. HE REHOBOTII FOREIGN MISSION COM-
J MITIEE, desires 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
Dcnnard and his wife, and make our report at the next
sessiq-o qf the Rehoboth Association.
Brother Dcnnard and Rig wife, were sent out. and
supported by this body; and now that they are no
more, we desire to find others who will till their pla
ce*, and carry forward this work. Our plan is topro
vide well for our missionaries while laboring, and for
their return at the end of three or four year’ , to im
prove their health, and to foster a missionary spirit in
the Churches.
The one hundred millions and more, of Africa, must
have the Gospel. They are included in the number
of those to whom the Sivior said, “Go preach the
Gospel.” The field of labor in Central Africa is
promising one. The Kings in the interior desire mis
sionaries, and offer them every inducement to settle
among them. Then “the word of God is not bound.”
The climate in the interior, is not so unhealthy as
ha* been generally supposed ; and missionaries may
go there with the proepeet of or.iinary length of life.
Beside* this, the people, unlike those on t}xe coast, are
partly civilized, and have some of the common comforts
of life.
But were the climate ever so insalubrious, the foun
dations for our missionary opperations mi st be laid,
and the supporting of foi* stupendous building—this
temple, which we intend to erreqt, to the nama qf foe
Most High —must be erected by the labor of our white
j brethren. The language must be reduced to writing,
dictionaries must be made, grammars constructed, and
a plan of general operations fixed, before we can dis
pense with thei-r aid. WheßfAj* is accomplished, then
ft may be practicable to carry forward tne work by
the labor of colored men, who are better fitted by na
ture to Southern climates. But cost what it may. it
must be done! Africa is a part of the world, and these
sable sons are a part of her “early creation.”
Let our young men and maidens, who have given
I foemaelves t.Q God, jn solemn covenant, and are anxious
to do something for the Savior, ask themselves, wheth
er this be not foe field in which God will have them
wor k—jet them hear the voice of their Loid while he
ay* “Go work to-day in my vineyard.” The morning
’ of youth will soon pass, and the night will ewme.”—
“Go work to-day in my vine, ard.”
j The Committee will take occasion in this eommuni-
I cation alao to call the attention of the Rehoboth Asso
| station to the propriety, of erecting suitable Grave
stones, over the remains of our fallen Missionaries. Let
• all the churches, individuals or friends, who favor this
! object, send np their contributions to the next meeting
of our’body at Ferry. We prayed for and sustained
our beloved Dennard and wife, while they lived ; we
cherish their memory now that they are no more, and
we will erect some ‘monumental stones, to tell their
name*, their virtues, and their work.
JACOB KING, Ch’n. of Com.
August 3, 1866 31 ts
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