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From the Scientific American.
Science and Bevelation.
The history of our globe as given by
geologists generally, from their interpre
tation of the remains of animals and vege
tables found in the earth’s crnst, has exci
ted much controversy among men of sci- j
ence —divines and scholars —during the
past half century; and the controversy is
still carried on with no small amount of
vehemence. The main subject of discus
sion is the account of creation in the first
chapter of the Bible. The general belief
entertaining from of old regarding the
meaning of this chapter, is that the acts of
distinct creations described therein took
place during days like those we now en
joy—of twenty four hours duration; also
that the period of time which has elapsed
since those grand events, amounts to about
six thousand years. Soon after geology
commenced to be studied as a science, this
interpretation of the acts of creation began
to be disputed by geologists asserting that
that the rocks presented evidence of the
far greater aniqnity of the earth, and that
the days of creation mentioned in Genesis
meant great epochs of time—perhaps mil
lions of years. Fifty years since Dr. Chal
mers, combatting the views of those 1 who
asserted that geology taught infidelity,
said, “this is a false alarm ; the writings of
Moses do not fix the antiquity of the
globe.” Since then great has been the
number of essays and books which have
issued from the press, discussing the ques
tion pro and con. These are too numer
ous to mention; our present object 16, prin
cipally to notice two of the most recent,
viz: the work of Taylor Lewis, Prof, of
Greek in Union College, Schenectady, N.
Y., and an elaborate review of it in the
last number of the Bihtiotheoa Sact'a , by
Bros. Dana, of Yale College.
Prof. Lewis, who is stated to be deeply
learned in the Hebrew lansruaere, admits
that the days mentioned in the first chap
ter of Gneisis mean great epochs of time,
but lie casts aspersions on Geology, men
of science, and science itself. We admit
that certain theorizings of individuals, like
the writings of Aristotle, may pass cnrrent
for science; but it is “science falsely so
called.” Beal science is simple trnths or
facts arranged or set in order; it is nothing
more; Prof. L-wifi does not clearly make
this distinction, and Prof. Dana lias answer
ed him correctly and ably in defence of
science.
We will now endeavor to present the
substance of Prof. Dana’s account of the
history’ of creation, because it is the latest,
clearest, and the best we have seen, and
rnußtbe of interest to every son of Adam,
lie states that Geology proves our earth
to have lieen at one time a fiery ball in
spice; then drv land and seas appeared,
with a tropical cl mite over the whole
globe. At a later period mountains began
to enlarge, the dry land to expand, a tem
perate climate to gather about the poles,
and tribes of animals became more localiz
ed. Then, in the last age before man, the
continents take their full breath; rivers
tt w, everywhere valleys are formed; the
zones of climate became nearly like our
own, and every region of the globe has its
peculiar. “Finally, the features, and cli
mates, and life, attain all their present va
riety, as man appears to tak his place at
the command of his Maker.”
His ideas regarding the production of
light are peculiar, and as we have seen the
same views before, and now find them en
dorsed by Prof. Dana, we presume they
are accepted as the most correct theory of
light by all who have paid any attention
to the subject. He says, “without mutual
molecular action, there could be neither
light nor beat. But let it lie endowed with
intense attraction of different degrees or
conditions, and it wonld produce light as
the first effect of mutual action begun.—
The command, “Let light be,” was the
summons to activity in matter.” The plain
meaning of this is, that the matter com
posing the earth was in existence before
the law of gravity, and that when it (mat
ter) was endowed with gravity, the mutu
al action resulting therefrom produced
light; in other words, light is an effect of
the law of gravitation.
The records of the rock, Prof. Dana as
serts, declare that the creations of the ani
mal kingdoms came not forth all at once,
but in long progiession. There was an age
when shell tirsli, such as cuttle-fish, cor
als, and trilobitea, were dominant. The
earth was then 100 warm, and the atmos
phere too pure for more exalted forms.—
“This was the Silurian age of geological
science.” The next age was when fishes
filled the seas, which was the Devonian of
Geology. Then followed another when rep
tiles, frogs and salamanders commenced.
Land plants then came forth and were of
exhuberant growth, to abstract carbonic
gas from the atmosphere and purify the
air. I'he vegetalde products of that age
are now found in our fcoal fields. After
this caine the “ Keptilian age,” when there
were reptiles larger than whales in the
water; leviatian reptiles on land, and fly
ing reptiles in the air.
In each of these ages there were distinct
creations succeeding to exterminations of
previously existing life. ‘‘Through the
is lurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and rep
tilian ages in America—fifteen times at
least tha seas were 6wept of their species,
and the succeeding epoch not a species of
the former occurs.” All this oetnrred dn
riug th v fifth day of Genesis, according to
geologists, which may have occupied a
period of more than a million of our years.
The next epoch, the sixth day , was the
advent of man, and the more perfect mam
uials, and Prof. Dana asserts with other
geologists, that “the whole plan of crea
tion had evident- reference to Man, as the j
end and crown of the animal kingdom,” i
and a science has no evidence that any
living species have been created since his j
appearance on the globe. i
There is no dispute whatever in regard
to the order of creation ; geologist assert
that that the orders of oration described
ii. Genesis, exactly accord with geological
science, and the records of the rocks and j
scripture are in perfect harmony. The !
only subject of dispute then, is in refer- j
ence to the question of time ; there is not,
and cannot be, any conflict between “Sci
ence and Bevelation.”
Horrors of War—Russian Soldiers.
The scenes of the battle field, as describ
ed by the able correspondents of the Lon
don papers, are by no means exaggerated.
Since the battles of the Alma and Inker
mann, nothing has equalled the desperate
struggle of the Tchernaya, where the Bus
sian fresh troops and soldiers of the impe
rial guard were slaughtered till literally
their bodies choked up the river, and the
water was turned red with human blood.
There the Russian army lost its prestige
and its hope, and the fall of Sebastopol
was but a natural consequence. To an
extent of five miles, the earth was covered
with dead bodies, the wounded, and the
dying. Twenty Bussians were killed to
one Frenchman. There was a scene pre
sented which it was most affecting and
wonderful to see. The dead served as pil
lows for the wounded, and some of the
French lay face to face to their enemies,
and both seemed to embrace each other in
death.
The prisoners were conducted by hun
dreds, sullen and silent, the wounded pain
fully articulating the word hospital. Gen
erally the wounds were frightful—legs
broken and swinging as inert matter;
faces horribly dibfigured, the bowels torn
open, and the arms torn off, and the bloody
whole enough to make one shudder with
horror. A spectator of the scene exclaim
ed—‘lt was a horrible sight. God help me
from seeing it again !’
When the unfortunate Bussian soldiers
arrived at the hospital, and saw their
change of linen, aud were laid upon white
beds, they manifested their joy by laugh
ing outright like children.
And such in general are the scenes fol
lowing every battle. Sights presented by.
the capture” of the Malakoff and Sebas
topol, as described to me by men who
were amateur spectators of “the scenes,
were such as could be exceeded only in
the deepest depths of Pandemodium.—
Well did the awakened sinner exclaim,
when asked if he believed in the doctrine
of total depravity, “Total depravity ! It
■is more than total!” Human beings, made
in God’s own image, and created with
hearts to love and hands to help each oth
er, seem transformed in a moment into
fiends, and proudly do deeds which hell
alone can exceed, and the living world ap
jriatvls the successful actors, and their
names go down to posterity in the bright
est pages of history. Aud yet I do not
deny there is at times a horrible necessi
ty; but, who can tell the guilt of Nicholas,
on whose soul rest the charge of all this
woe and bloodshed, and who, in God’s
righteous judgement, was soon called to •
account for it before the tribunal of heaven.
All his claims and zeal for the Holy Se
pulchre at Jerusalem, and other “holy
plaees, were simply sham and pretence,
and his name will lie written in all coming
history as the arch hypocrite of the age.
In general the Russian soldiers are said
to be very young; they might almost be
called boys, being only fifteen and sixteen
years old, aud the heart freezes in seeing
the poor creatures sufter so much from
their horrible mutilations. Sometimes
prayer-books are found with the dead.—
And yet the Bussians have excellent ele
ments of character: they have a good
physique , solid and manly forms, with
more of the Anglo Saxon mind than any
other nation on the continent. They only
need opportunities for development, in
order to obtain which the tyrany which
has ever crushed them must itself lie crush
ed. Their language, as spoken, sounds
like the English more than any European
language, and I am told by those who
speak it, that it has great strength as well
as elegance. Russia is not without its poets
of a high order, despite an autocracy which
seeks to suppress all awakening of intel
lect and genius, as well as to kill out all
liberty.
But enough of wars, you ask for the fu
ture. Who knoweth the future ? And
yet we may be assured great and benefi
cent changes await this Orient world.—
Cor. Boston Trav.
The Atmospheric Telegraph.
When the world, says the Baltimore
American, had recovered measurably from
the almost overwhelming sensation of won
derment produced by the achievements of
the electric telegraph, we may suppose
that it was fully prepared to award to that
discovery the title of ultima thvle of all !
invention. That other inventions, aud great !
ones, would follow in the lapse of time, was
perhaps more than probable—that any dis
covery worthy to be compared with this
would be made was impossible. It was |
reserved for Morse to reach the culiniriat j
mg point in the world of invention, and |
win this magnificent trophy for the first i
halfcentnry. Such speculations also are |
1 kely to prove pemature or to be account
ed but the ehul tions of old fogyism. A
greater than Morse is at hand. One l S
Richardson, by “craft or cunning,” whfeh
at an earliar day would have brought his
bones to the rack, proposes to transfer tons j
of mail matter from the city of Washing- j
ton to New York within the period of sixty j
initiates, or at the rate of live miles a min
ute. Mr. Richardson has petitioned Con
gress fur an appropriation to aid him in
doing this thing. At the last session a bill
was reported in the Senate which provides
that the sum of $75,000 be appropriated j
to enable the Postmaster General to test
the practicability and usefulness of I. &.
Richardson’s atmospheric telegraph, not ‘j
more than two feet in diameter, for tlie
transportion of the United States mails.
“An operative model,” says the report, I
25 feet long, is now being exhibited to
members of Congress’ and officers of the I
Government, jn the Rotunda. This ma- ;
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX
! chine transports letters, packages, &e., at
i a speed of over 500 miles per hour, with
! a certainty and safety before unknown,
| whether curved or on ft straight line.
“ With this great speed, there are sta
tions on the line at which the load is stop
ped apd changed, in a very short space of
time, and then allowed to pass to another
station. To produce a partial vacuum is
as easy as to apply the power in any oth
er form; and as the load is progressing, the
atmospheric resistance is obviated.
“The plunger goes forward withodt cal
culable friction, and its toOch ip -not suffi
ciently great to create objectionable ’heat.
“The Engine, Tender and Fuel, are sta
tionary, and the power used to driffc# them
and their appurtenances is saved.
“The actual cost of transportation jp oo
more than one-sixth that of any other meth*
od, and more than ten times as fast.”
The following short statement of me
chanical facts respecting the Atmospheric
Telegraph, is given by the inventor.
1. The area of a two foot plunger, is
four hundred and fifty-two inches.
2. The pressure of one-fourth pound on
each inch is one hundred and thirteen
pounds, and 113 pounds tractive force
draws seven tons.
3. A two-foot cylinder, forty miles long,
contains about 640,000 cubit feet of air.
4. One pump cylinder, twenty feet in
diameter, and twenty feet long, Contains
six thousand cubic feet. Two of then*
pumps, double acting, will exhaust 24.000
cubic feet of air at every turn of the shaft;
therefore 27 turns of the same will ex
haust the numj>er of cnbic feet contained
in the forty mile cylinder.
5. Let the load of 7 tons start from B ill i
morewben the pumps are started at Wash-,
ington, and we cannot see why the lo<id
will not arrive at Washington, as a]fon as
the shaft has made 27 revolutions—say five
minutes—with a pressure on the pumps
equal to drawing the load, viz: less than
one-half pound to the inch.
Those who have examined this wonder
ful invention, are generally confident in
their belief of 66s practicability, and that
grand results must flow from its adoption
by the Government.
The Thorn in the Pillow*
A little girl went to visit her grand
mother some distance from her mother’s
and her father’s home, she seemed very
happy all day, and she had everything
around her to make her happy; but when
her kind grandmothar went to look at her
after she was asleep, she observed a tear
drop on the little girl’s cheek. ‘Ah,’ said
the old lady, the next morning, ‘you were
a little home-sick last night, dear.’ ‘Ob,
no grandmother.’ Mabel replied, ‘I could
never be home-sick here.’ It was just so
the next night, and the next; at length the
grandmother thought, as the little girl
seemed troubled, she wonld sit in the next
chamber until the child went to sleep.—
Presently, although Mabel was tucked up,
she began to rustle up the quilt and shake
her pillow, and the grandmother thought
she lieard a sob; so she went to the little
girl’s bed, and said, ‘Mabel, my child, you
have got a thorn in your pillow,—what is
it?’ Then the little girl hid her face aud
began to cry aloud. The grandmother was
very troubled. At length the little girl
said, ‘Oh, grandmother, when I am alone
here I cannot help thinking how I said, ‘I
won v mother,’ and I cannot unsay it ;
and mother is so good, and loves me so,
and I—l was so naughty.’ Then the tears
streamed afresh down the child’s cheeks.
Here, then, was the thorn in the pillow,
and she could not withdraw it. Ah ;so it
will be, by and by, with that little boy
who is selfish and undkind at home now;
when he is away, among strangers, be will
think of the home of his childhood, and
the recollection of some unkind word or
action will be a thorn in his pillow when
he retires at night. And that little girl,
who does not care to help her good mother
now, will find a thorn in her pillow, when
that mother sleeps in the grave/
A Heathen Indeed- .
Some gentlemen called upon an old wo
man and inquired if she had a Bible. jshe
was very angry at being asked such aques
tion, and replied : ‘Do you think, gentle
men, that I am a heathen, that you ask
me such a question.’ Then, calling to a
little girl, said, “Run and fetch the Bible
out of the drawer, that I may show it t<>
the gentlemen.’ They desired she would
not take the trouble; but she insisted tha
they should see she was not a heathen.—
Accordingly the Bible was .brought, nieely
covered. On opening it, the old woman
exclaimed, ‘Well how glad I am that you
called and asked about the Bible. Here
j are my spectacles I have been looking for
j these three years , and did not know where
to find them.” Might she not be called a
heathen.
A Church of Mormons.
The Mormons who are accasionally arriv
ing in this city from foreign countries, on
their way to the great West, are to have
here a place- of worship of their own, until*,
the spring immigration shall have ended.
Last Sabbath a congregation of these be
lievers assembled for the first tirpe irTther
hall of the Broftd wav House, where two or
three patriarchal elders -were present to
conduct the services. The exercises of the
occasion consisted chiefly of addresses from
these fathers, in regard to the speedy coin
ing of a Messiah in the flesh. It was an
nounced that nothing would be said in any
of the meetings on the subject of Mormon
Polygamy, until the expected arrival from
England of an eloquent exponder and de
fender ot that doctrine.— N. Y. Ind.
The Cherokee Georgia Baptist
Convention.— Delegates to this body, with
all others who may be interested in its proceed
ings, will please take notice, that the adjourned
session will be held with the church at Cedar
Town, Polk county, ou Saturday before the third
Sabbath in May next.
CUAS. 11. STILLWELL, Pec.
March 27 td 13
RMDALL A HERCER’S
COTTOMEED DRILL.
4 LL PLANTERS have realized the want of a
f\ Machine to drill Cotton Seed with regularity
I and certainty. One that would operate equally well
on every kind of land, and at the same time be no i
siipple in construction and operation that it could be j
; used by negroes without liability of getting out ol’ j
| order. A Drill which we think possesses all these j
qualities, we now offer to the planting community, j
After a thorough trial for the fast two years in diffe- j
rent hands t on all kinds of land, we would state some j
of the advantages to be derived from their use.
Ist. Tlse saving of seed, which will amount to
enough, in planting one hundred acres, to pay for
th© machine. *’■*, - •
2d. The saving of labor in, planting—one horse
, snd hand only being required to open the furrow,
drop the seed and cover from seven to nine acres
per day. . ‘ *
3d. The great saving of labor in chopping out,
the seed being deposited in a line, one after an
other.
4th. Tfie grtfct saving in hoe work, owing to the
fact that my plow hand can, in siding, cover all the
first crop of grass in the drill, however small the
cotton may be, without injuring the stand.
These advantages all far uers will appreciate; and
below we give some certificates, from which the
• public can learn how these Drills are appreciated
by gentlemen of the first standing in our section of
the State —all practical farmers —who have thor
oughly tested them, and are consequently fully com
petent to decide on their- merits.
Certificates.
This is to certify that I planted one hundred and
-ixty acres of cotton wih Randall <fc Merger's flank
.*rs and I consider them superior to anything of the
kind I have ever seen or tried. The saving of seed
alone wo*dd pay for the ma -bines in a season or two.
and I think ahstndca d o one-third “'ore hoeing than
- he could in cotton planted the common way.
8. f>. BARBER.
Lee county, Ga., July 1 3th, 1855.
Messy?. Rand ill a? Mercer. —Gentlkmk.v : In reply to
yyura of this date, I can say with satisfaction, that 1
h ive used your Cotton-Seed Drills on the farm of D.
• -A. Vaeon, Esijj, with great, succ'ea I consider t hem
to be of great value. They are a saving of abontone
rhird of (.belabor Os cultivation, about two or three
„ bushels (HNeedl-to the acre in planting, and a great
•aving of ialknrin planting, as they open the furrow,
drop and cover the seed 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 rn vse f.
1 would not plant a crop of cotton without them for
any consideration in the bounds of reason. Tours,
very respectfully, A. J. BARKSDALE.
Lee county, Ga., J uly Hth, 1868.
I have used Randail <fc Mercer’s Cotton Planter two
s-asons, 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 one-third the labor of
cultivation, as 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 recommend every farmer to use
them. S. 1). MeLENDON.
Lee oounty, Geo., July 9th. 1855.
have been overseeing for Mr. S. D. McLendon
the present year, and fully concur in his statements
above. DAVLSBON WARREN.
Messrs. Randall dc Mercer. —Gentlemen: In reply to
yours, I will only say I have used three of your Cor,ton
Seed Drills, and consider them of great value, from the
fact that iu the use of them I saved from two to three
bushels of seed to each acre planted, and at least oue
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 1 can
get them at any price'. I have planted eight acres per
lay 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 oounty, Geb., July 12th, 1865.
001. J. H. Watson.- -Dear Sir: I can recommend
jour Cotton Planters (Drill) in the highest terms. I
have tried them on all nay 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 would travel to your shop, which is 76
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 one
hand cm chop out one acre after a common plow.
Yours respectfully, K. BRASWELL.
Thomisville, Thomas county, Ga.
001. J. S. Wilson,- Sii : This to certify that I have
used Randall it 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 Drills are
used there is a great deal of labor saved in cultivating
a crop, owing to its being so uniform in the drill; the
plowingcan be done much better, and with greater de
spatch, consequently, the hoe work is lighter, as good
plowing supersedes the necessity of a great deal of
hard hoe work. K. BRASWELL.
Dougherty county, Ga., July 14th, 1856.
This is to certify that I used one of Randall fc Mer
cer’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 crop, and am still bet
ter pleaded. There is a saving of between two and
three bulnels of to the acre in planting, besides
one horse and one with these Drills does the work
of three h md*.an 1 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
me hundred dollars each to any planter, and recorn
■uend*all to purchase and use them.
WM. H OWENS.
Dougherty cdtfnly, Ga., July 16, 1855.
Messrs. Hi t lull <s• Mercer: —ln r-piy to vour* of ihe sth
i-in., in reference to your Cotton S-e<l Drill, I am happy to
*iythat, after plantin’ a portion of mv present erop in the
•ild wav. I vas enabled to obtain one of your Drills, with
which l flushed. It is the de-dderalnm and Inns sought
ifter. Man- and varied have been the attempts of mtelli
;cnt min Is to attain what you have accomplished, but with.
•nly partial success. T;iis leaves nniliing to he desired in a
Co 1 ton-Seed Drill, it deposits the seed uniform!; and ron
• iiitin>ißlv m a straight a narrow lins as you wish, saves
ib-mt one-half the lahor in planting and about one-third of
ihe hoe work in cultivation. It is alm-wt needless to add
that !am delighted with your Drill. Yours resocctfuilv.
J. E. MERCER.
Lee county, Ga., August 10th, 1855.
Mv vs Randall fy Mercer —Gentlemen: I ued one of your
Cos ton-Seed Drills the past spring, and 1 feel four-fold paid
for.what it cost me. To give your Drills a fair trial, I plant
ed every.olh-r row with the Drill, and the intervening rows
I plante la* W-dl as ever cotton was planted before your
Drill rarar into u*e.- The result was, that in the row plant
ed w ith vo.tr Drill Igot a in-.re perfect stand, ami I think it
grew off mu'-h better, besides I realized a great saving in
the labor of working over my cotton the two first times. I
shall continue to use them as, long as I plant cotton. I re
main yours,&c.,‘ , JEsSE COCK.
Meters. Randall & Mercer. —Gentlemen: I have need eight
ot your Cotton-Seed Drills, manufactured bvj. 11. Watson,
on Col. Joseph B-iu-Ps F iwltown plantation. lam much
pleased with thenK having realized great saving of g-etl. or
labor in plantmg.atVl chopping out, and the hands at the first
silling could go over at least one-third more in a day, and tin
better work than in cotton planted in the best way I eo-tld
plant with colter and block. I have no hesitation in giving
it as ray opinion, that in the use of your Drills there is a I
saving of o-te-th rd of the labor of cultivating a cotton crop, j
(.’ol. Bond is pleased with them and will continue their use.
Yours, respe tfufty, JAMES CHEEK.
Fowltown.Geo., July 9th, 18 5.
This is to certify that I have used two of Randall dt Mer
cer's Cotton Planters, and have no hesitation in saying that
they will do. The saving of labor in planting is an object,
the saving of seed is an object, and the cotton stands in such
a narrow drill that it may almost, be kept clean without tha
hoes. There is nothing to equal them in planting corton.
WM. B. REYNOLDS.
Lee county, Geo., July Ist, 1855. .
I have used Randall & Mercer’s Cotton-Seed Drill,-which
I purchased of Col. .1. H. Watson, and think they are the
hot machines now in use. lam satisfied there is a great, j
snving in seed, and a greater saving in work. I am folly |
satisfied there is one-third of the lute work saved. Try them, 1
and any reasonable man will be satisfied they are worth more !
ihen three times the price they are sold for. ,
PHILIP WEST.
Lee county, Ga,, Aug. 23d, ISM.
Having obtained from Messrs. Randall & Mercer
: the exclusive right ©f supplying the State of Geor
; gia with these Drills, i am now prepared to supply
all demands, having trade arrangements for the r
manufacture in Palmyra and Milledgeville. My
price is sls 00 cash, delivered at either Palmyra or
Milledgeville. Money sent a’ my risk, by mad, il
the requisitions of the Post Office Department are
j complied with. Any further information desired
! can be obtained by addressing me either at Palmyra
j or Milledgeville. J. H. WATSON.
October 26 6mo 48
MERCER UNIVERSITY. ”
i i'fxkik: n. mtEP.NE county, gkoroia.
STUDIES.
The Studies in this University art:
A Theological Course of three yearß, designed ft)
those who arc preparing for the Gospel Ministry;
A Collegiate Course of four years, equal to that of
other Colleges in the country;
,4 ScientijU: Course of three year*, including, with
some additions, all the studies of the Collegiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;
An Academical Course, including whatever is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College.
AHJIISSIOM,
The regular time for the admission of Students, is at
the opening of the Fall Term, the last Wednesday in
August.
Candidates for admission into the Collegiate Course
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic: English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Caesar;
Virgil; Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jacob’s Groel
Reader; and must bo at least fourteen years of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Ceum
must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Equations ir
Algebra; and two books in Geometry; and must he at
least sixteen years of age.
Course of Stndy
IN THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT.
FRESHMAN CLASS.
JIRST TERM. j SBCONI) TB*
Livy, >Uvy .continued,
Xenophon’s Anabasis, -Cicero De Oificiis,
Greek and It-man Antiquities,;Her xlolns,
(Smith’s j A leebra, completed,
Andrews’ Latin Exercises, Geometry,(Loomis’,) ft books
Arnold’s Greek Prose ComtW-!Rhetoric.coi<ind,
Mt ion, j
Algebra, (Day’s,)
Rhetoric, (Newman’s,) i
Andrews and Stoddard’s Latin Grammar ie used
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
FIRST TERM. } SECOND TERM.
Horace. Satires anti Epistles, Horace, Art of Poetry A Odea
Demosthenes on the Crown, [Cicero De Ora tore,
Geometry, completed, ) -Homer’s Iliad,
Plane,Solid,and Spherical, j (Plane & SphericaiTrigonom
! etry, (Loomis*,)
.Surveying, (Davies’)
Conic Sections,(Bridge’*.!
JUNIOR CLAM*.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM.
Cicero De Oratore, continued, Andrian of Terence,
Xenophon’s Memorabilia, Prometheus of dEschyltis,
Differential and Integral Cal- Natural Theology, (Palsy’s,
cuius, Nat. Philosophv,continued,
Nat. Philosophy,(Olmsted’s,) Chemistry. (Sifliman’s!
Rhetoric, (Blair’s,) Tx)gic,(Whately’s.)
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRSTTERM. ] SECOND TERM.
Astronomy .(Olmsted .f’otany.Physiology &Geology
Intellectual Philosophy, (Up- YloralPhilosophy(Wavland’s)
ham’s,) ‘Butler’s Analogy,
Evid ofChristianity,(Paley’B)iPolit’l- Economy.(Wuyland’iP
Elem’ts of Criticism, (Kames’)l American Constitution,
Gorgiasol Plato, or
J u venal. (International Law
EXPENSES.
Tuition Rees. Spring Term. Fall Term,
In Theological Skminaby Nothing. Nothing
I.v College, - ?25 00 sl6 0(
Scientific Course, 25 00 15 00
In Academy—
Preparatory Olasa. 26 00 15 00
Second “ 20 00 12 00
Third ” 15 00 9 00
Elementary “ 10 00 800
Room Rent, • 6 (X) 4 00
Contingent Expenses, 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to be paid iu advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollar? will be received as full payment for tlu
tuition fees, room rent, and contingent expenses of the
year.
The price of Board in the village i |IO per month
of washing, room rent, and fuel, SB.
Commencement and Yacatlon*.
The Commencement is held on the last Wednesday
in July.
There are two Vacations, dividing the year into two
term?, as follows:
First Term —from last Wednesday in August to De
cember 15th.
Winter Vacation —from December 13th to February
let.
Second Term —from first -lay of February to Com
mencement.
Swnmcr Vacation —from Commencement to last Wed
nesday in August. 0. L. BATTLE,
Seo’y. of the Board of Trustees.
August 21 84
Missionary Wanted!
rHE REHOBOTH FOREIGN MISSION COM
MITTEE, desires to procure a brother and his
companion, who will go on the Mission to Central Al
rica, to fill the place occupied by the late Brother
Dennard and his wife, and make our report at the next
session of the Rehoboth Association.
Brother Dennard and his wife, were sent out a*d
supported by this body; and now that they are no
more, we desire to find others who will fill their pla
ces, and carry forward this work. Our plan is to pro
vide well for our missionaries while laboring, and for
their return at the end of three or four years, 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 8 ivior said, “Go preach the
Gospel.’’ The field of labor in Central Africa is e
promising one. The Kings in the interior desire mis
sionaries, and offer them every inducement to setth
among them. Then “the word of God is not bound.”
The climate in Use interior, is not so unhealthy at
has been generally supposed ; and missionaries may
go there with the prospect of ordinary length of life.
Besides this, the people, unlike those on the coast, are
partly civilised, and have mne of the common comforts
of life.
‘ Bu’- were the climate ever so t'n-alubrioua, the foun
i dations for our missionary opperations mi st be laid,
| and the supporting of this stupendous building—this
j temple, which we intend to erred, to the 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 laboi of colored men, who are better fitted by na
ture to Southern climates. But cost what it may, it
mast be done! Africa is a part of the world, and these
sable son?, art a part of her “early creation.”
Let our young men and maidens, who have given
themselves to God. in solemn covenant, and are anxiout
to do something for the ask themselves, wheth
er this be not the field in which God will have them
1 work—let them hear the voice of their Lord while he
’ says “Go work to-day in my vineyard.” The morning
j of youth will soon pass, and the night will come."—
: “Go work to-day in my viuev ard.”
The Committee will take occasion in this comnanni-
I cation also to call the attention of the Rehoboth Asso
| ciation to the propriety, of erecting suitable Grnve
’ stones, over the remains of our fallen Missionaries. Let
all the churches, individuals, or friends, who favor tins
object, send up their contributions to the next meeting
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 are no more, and
we will erect some monumental stones, to tell their
i names, their virtues, and their work. 4
JACOB KING, Oh'n. of Com.
August 2, 1856 81 ts
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