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Division of Labor.
In that very interesting and curious vol
ume, recently published by Gould &’ Lin
coln, entitled Knowledge is Power , many
amuseing illustrations are given of the
minute operations of the industry of the
age. Tito following selection will aston
ish some of our readers, who will scarcely
credit the fact that a single manufacturer
of dolls, should give an order for dolls’
eyes, amounsing to two hundred thousand
dollars :
“The application of machinery, or of
peculiar scientific modes of working, to
such apparently trifling articles as pins,
needles, buttons and trinkets, may appear
of little importance. But let it beremem
bered, that the manufacture of such artic
les furnishes employment to many thous
ands ofpor fellow-countrymen, and, ena
bling; to supply other nations with these
ppdnuc.ts, affords us the means of receiv
■iug articles of more intrinsic value in ex
change. In 1853, the English exports of
hardware and cutlery amounted to more
than three millions and a half sterling.—
No article of ready attainment, and there
fore general consumption, whether it be a
labor’s spade or a child’s marble, is unim
portant in a commercial point of view.—
The wooden figures of horses and 6heep.
that may be bought for a few cents in the
toy-shops, furnish employment to cot
them, during the long, winter nights, to a
large portion of the peasantry of the Tyrol.
The Swiss peasant cuts a piece of white
wood into a boy ora cottage, as he is tend
ing his herd on the side of a mountain.
These become considerable articles of ex
port. In the town of Sonneberg, near the
forsest of Thuringia, Germany, four thou
sand inhabitants are principally employed
in the toy trade, and also find employ
me.nt for the neighboring villagers.
Mr. Osier, an English manufacturer of
Birmingham, some years ago, addressing
a Committee of the House of ominons
upon the subject of his beads and trinkets,
sa ; t ] —‘On my first journey to London, a
respectable looking man in the city askeu
me if 1 could supply him with dolls’ eyes;
and I was foolish enough to feel half of
fended. I thought it derogatory to my
new dignity as a manufacturer to make
dolls’ eyes. He took me iufo a room
qnite as wide and perhaps twice the length
of this room (one of the large rooms for
Committees in the House of Commons,)
and we had just room to walk between
stacks, from the floor to the ceiling, of
parts of dolls. He said, ‘These* are only
the legs and arms—the trunks are below.’
But I saw enough to convince me that he
wanted a great many eyes; and as the ar
ticle appeared quite in my own line of busi
ness, I said I would take an order by way
of experiment; and he showed me several
specimens. I copied the order. He or
dered various quantities, and of various
sizes and quantities. On returning to my
hotel, I found |hat the order amounted to
upward of two thousand dollars.
Mr. Osier story to show the
importance of . trifles. The making of
dolls’ eyes afforded subsistence to many
ingenious workmen in glass toys; and in
the same way tile most minute and appar
ently insignificant, article of general use,
■when rendered cheap by chemical science
or machinery, produces a return of many
thousand pounds, and sets in motion labor
and laborers. Without the science and
the machinery, which render the article
cheap, the laborers would have had no'em
ploy, tor the article would not have been
consumed. What a pretty article is a
common tobacco pipe, of which millions
are used! It is made cheap and beausiful
in a mold —a machine for copying *pipes.
If the pipe was made without the mold,
and other contrivances, it would cost a
shilling instead of a ceut; the tobacco
smoker would go without his pipe, and
the pipe-maker without his employment.”
Beautiful Incident.
Among the innumerable amusing and
touching episodes, which daily mingle
with the brilliant and teeming life of Par
is, we Snd the following little gem set in
print, by the French papers:
“About 9 o’clock in the morning a little
boy of twelve, whose jacket ot white cloth
and apron ditto, distinctly indicated that
he followed the profession of
was returning from market with an open
basket containing butter and eggs, on his
head. When he had reached the vicinity
of the church of St. Eustnche, the little
fellow, who could only with difficulty
make his way through the crowd, was vio
lently jostled by a stranger who was pas
sing, so that his basket tipped and fell to
the ground with its contents. The poor
lad, when he saw his eggs all broken and
bis butter tumbled in the kennel, began to
cry bitterly and wring his hands. A per
son who happened to be in the crowd that
had gathered around the little fellow,
drew a ten sous piece from his pocket, and
giving it to the boy. asked the rest who
stood grouped around him to do the same,
to make up the loss occasioned by this
accident. Influenced by his example, eve
ry one present eagerly complied, and very
speedily the boy’s apron contained a re
spoctubl-* collection of coppers and silver.
Wbrr. all had contributed their quota, our
young Vatel, whose distress had vanished
in a moment, as though by enchantment,
warmly thanked his now ioon 1 beueftte i
tors for their kindness, and forthwith pro
ceeded to count the sum he had received,
which amounted to no less than twenty’
two francs and thirty five centimes; but
instead of quietly putting this sum into
his pocket, he produced the bill of the at
tides he had lost, and as its total amount
ed only to fourteen francs, he appropriated
no more than that sum; and the observing
in the group that surrounded him, a poor
woman in rags, the gallon t little fellow
walked right to her and placed the remain
der in her bands.
Certainly it would have been impossible
to have shown himself more deserving of
public generosify, or to have acknowl- j
edged it in any handsomer manner; hence
the boy’s noble conduct was greeted with
the applause of the crowd, who were <!<■
lighted to find such delicacy and propriety
of feeling in so young a bosom.
R. L. Stevens’ Floating Battery
The following is the utmost that has ev
er been learned concerning this vessel, all ;
the proceedings in building her having
been conducted with great secrecy :
About 1815, Mr. Stevens invented an j
improved bomb for the United States Na- j
val service, of a sugar loaf form, pronoune- j
ed in that day to be of groat excellence, j
and since extensively used in the general ;
service. From his reputation for inveu )
tion and practical energy, he was commis
sioned by the Unitad States Government,
some ten or twelve years since, to build
an immense steam battery for harbor de- j
tence. The proportions of this projected |
work were enormous, and the outlay has ;
been in proportion. The battery is to |
measure 450-feet in-length, and 70 in
width, and have an immense amount of
propelling and projectile force.
This curious piece of machinery is being
constructed iu a dry dock near the ferry at
Hoboken, within a close fence, and great
secrecy has been maintained in reference
to its peculiarities.
The understanding is, that the vessel is
to be built of thick plates of sheet iron, j
selected with great care in Wales, its j
stem and stern are clipper-built, with rud
ders at both ends, flat bottomed, with i\
large wheel in the middle to act as the
propelling power.
Rumor further says that the vessel will
measure six thousand tons, will be pieced
on each side for thirty guns, heavy calibie,
and be provided with large furnaces for
heating shot. There will also be on stem
and stern decks four large revoving “Peace
Makers;” it is to have no masts. Its en
gines, also, for propulsion, are of peculiar
construction. It will be bail and bomb
proof, and the hull will not only be divid
ed into compartments, but will be literal
ly comprised of two strong distinct ves- j
sels, one setting within the other.
The professed intention is to locate this i
vessel in the Harbor of New York, mid
way between the Battery and Staten Isl
and. Several years have already passed
since the contract of this vessel was given
to Mr. Stevens. In this time some eight
hundred thousands of dollars have been
appropriated by the Government for its
construction.
Concerning this ship there are a variety
of opinions By some it is predicted that
it will prove an entire failure, and be con
verted into a bathing house or some other
incongruous purpose. “ No one is allowed
to enter the yard where it is building, and
half its length is hid in the tunnel, cut un
derneath one of the streets of Hoboken.
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Personal Appearance of John Han
cock.
One who saw Hancock in June, 1782,
relates that he had the appearance of ad
vanced age. lie had been repeatedly and
severely afflicted wjth gout, probably ow
ing in part to the custom of drinking
punch—a common practice in those days,
ias recollected at this time. Hancock was
nearly six feet in hight, and of thin per
son, stooping a little, and apparently en
feeble by disease. His manners were
very gracious, of the old style, a dignified
complaisance. His face had been very
handsome. Dress was adapted quite as
much to the ornamental as useful. Gen
tlemen wore wigs when abroad, and com
monly caps when at home. At this time,
about noon, Hancock was dressed in a red
velvet cap, within which was one of fine
linen. The latter was turned up over the
lower edge of the velvet one, two or three
inches. He wore a blue damask gown
lined with silk, a white satin embroidered
waisreoat, black satin embroidered small
clothes, white stockings and red morocco
slippers. It was a general practice in gen
| teel families to have a tankard of punch
: made in the morning, and placed in a cool
er when the season required it. At this
visit Hancock took from the cooler stand
ing on theheirrh afull tankard, and drank
first himself, ami then offered it to those
present. II;s equipage was splendid, and
such as is not customary at this day. His
apparel was sumptuously embroidered
with gold, silver lace, and other decora
tions- fashiodable among men of fortune of
that period; and he rode, especially on pub
lic occasions, with six beautiful bay horses,
attended in livery. lie wore a scarlet
coat, with ruffles on his sleeves, which ■
soon became the prevailing fashion; at >4 i
it is related of Dr. Nathan Jacques, the
famous pedestrian of West Newbury, that
he walked all the way from that place to
j Boston in one day to procure cloth for a
coat like that of John Hancock, and re
turned with it under his arm on foot.
Luxury of the Anciont3 in Rosas-
T<* enjoy the scent of roses at meals, an
abundance of rose leaves was shaken upon
| the table so that the dishes were complete
|ly surrounded. By an artificial contriv
ance, roses, during meals, descended on
tii-..* guests from above. Heliogabalus, in
hi-* folly, caused violets and roses to be
j showered down upon his guest? in such
i quantities, that a number of them being
; unable to extricate themselves, were sut
| f>xmted in flowers. During meal times, j
| they reclined upon cushions stuffed with j
| rose leaves, or made a couch of the leaves j
| themselves. The floor, too, was strewed j
with roses, and in this custom great laxn- j
ry was displayed. Cleopatra, at an enor- !
mous expense, procured rosea for a feast j
which she gave to Anthony, had them laid i
two cubic* thick on the floor ofthe.inanquet |
room, and. then caused nets to be spread !
over the flowers, in order to render the !
! footing elastic. Heliogabalus caused not !
i only the banquet rooms, but also the colon- |
; nudes that led to them, to be covered with i
roses, interspersed with lilies, violets, hv- !
asinths, and narcissi, and walked about I
on this flowery platform.
THS CHRIST I.AH INDEX.
Fasionable Ladies Chagried.
The Paris correspondence of a New
York contemporary furnishes the follow- j
i r. g: ‘ -
It was lately announced that an exceed- ;
iuglv brilliant auditory, amongst which -
were many very elegantly dressed iadiee, j
attended, at Berlin, a lecture on chemis
try, delivered by one of the most celebiat
ed chemists of the age. After witnessing*
i a number of beautiful experiments and
| bearing of the marvels of science, a young
j lady grew fatigued, and requested lierhus
| band to lead her from the hall.
“My love,” said the gentleman, *n
I reaching the landing place outside, •‘■wipe
your cheek, there’s a large blue spot upon
it.”
The lady, much surprised turned to look
| at her reflection in the mirrored window
| of a shop they were passing, and was al
; most petrified to observe that the rogue
| on her cheek had become blue, in con 33-
! quence of the chemical decomposition oft
i casioned by the gas the professor ha 1 used
iin makingdiis experiments. She-quickly
; wiped her face, and stifled her vexation in
: the thought that she should find herself
! amply revenged upon the other ladies in
i the ball. In reality, the lecture closing at
! this moment, the audience began to dis-
I perse*, and the gentleman and his wife al
! most burst with laughter at the sight of
i cheeks of yellow, blue, black, violent, and
other colors, which now made their ap
pearance in the street. Some of the la
dies, who had manufactured tor themselves
ivory complexions, rosy cheeks, coral lips
and ebony eyebrows, were so transformed
that they would,have excited the envy of
a peacock.
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What an Old Log can Do.
In speculating about the cause of the
loss of the Cuba , recently, on the Alabama
river, the Mongomery Mail of the 28th
inst., says : *
The origional cause of all this loss of life
\ and property is an “old forked oak log,
| with a large round knot -at the fork.” X)n
| this knot the Sam Dale once hung and
! ground a hole in her bottom; getting out
of the scrape only by throwing over 800
‘nags, of cotton. Subsequently, the Sunny
South, Aberdeen, Empire and Cuba, have
been destroyed in consequence of its being
there. It is estimated that this old log has
cost the country a number of precious lives
and about $150,000 in property destroyed
and. damaged.
A careful observation of men and things
lms long since satisfied us that success in
life is, in most cases, the result of accident.
Great and good men die very often and
leave no sign, while impudent mediocrity
sometimes decides the fate of empires.—
There are as many “old forked oak logs”
in the word as there are sands on the sea
shore, but only one, has achieved immor
tality in this generation. How did it do
that, do yon ask ? Why, by accident, it
got into position in it narrow channel of
the Alabama river and by impudently
pushing its horns into oyery steamer that
| dared to make fight with it, this “old fork
ed oak log” has drowned a nfkuber of la
dies and gentlemen, and sunk property
worth $150,000. This is fame.
A hasty reasoner might infer from the
foregoing that the great object of ambition
ought, to be to get position in one of the
narrow channels of the river of life and
then fight for fame. We draw a very dif
ferent moral. The success of the “old
forked oak log” teaches us that fame is not
always glory, and that, unless it can be
gained by good deeds it is not worthy of
the thought of a great man. — limes cmd
Sentinel.
A Wot Climate.
i The climate of the Khasia mountains,
| which lie northeast of Calcutta, is remarka
j hie for the inordinate fall of rain—the
i greatest, it is said, that has ever been re
j corded. Mr. Yule, an Englishman, says
i that iu August, 1841, there fell 284 inches
I of rain, or twenty-two feet, of which
twelve and a half feet fell in the space of
five consecutive days. This fact is coin
firmed by two English travelers, who
measured thirty inches of rain in twenty
four hours, and during seven months above
five-hundred inches. This terrific rainfall
is attributed to the abrupaess of the moun
tains which face the Bay of Bengal, and
the intervening flat swamps two-hundred
miles in extent. The district of the exces
sive rain is extremely limited, and, but a
few degrees further west, rain is said to be
almost unknown, and the fall of snow in
i winter seldom exceeds two inches.
Curious Instinct of Plants.
lioare, in his treaties on the vine, gives
a striking exemplification of the instinct
of plants. A bone was placed in the
strong but dry clay of a vine border. The
vine sent out a leading, or tap root direct
ly through the clay to the bone. In its
passage through the day, the main root
threw out no fibres; but when it reached
the bone, it entirely covered it, by degrees,
with the most delicate and minute fibres,
like lace, each one sucking at a pore in the
bone. On this luscious morsel of a mar
row hone would the vine continue to feed
as long as any nutriment remained to be
extracted.
Fertilizer for Flower Plants.
It has been discovered that, for the gen
erality of flowers, and more especially for
geraniums, atid the most delicate speci
mens of the lily tribe, common glue, dilut
ed with a sufficient portion of water, forms
a richer manure than guano or any other
yet diieovered. Plants placed in sand, on
the worst soils, display more beauty and
vigor when watered with this composition,
than those grown in the richest mold, and
only 7 wet with water.
{pjgr°Our manner is a thing of impor
tance. A kind no is often more agreeable
than a rough yes.
K AIV 1\ 1 L & MERCER’S j
COTTOMEED DRILL
ALL PLANTERS have realized the want of a j
Machine t-> drill Cotton Seed with regularity j
and certainty. One that would operate equally well j
on every kind of land, and at the ‘same time bo ho ,
simple in construction and operation that it could i>e
used by negroes without, liability of getting out ot ;
order. A Drill which we think possesses all these i
qualities, we now offer to the planting community, j
After a thorough tidal for the last two years in diffe
rent hands on all kinds of land, we would state some
of the advantages to be derived from their use.
Ist. The saving of seed, which will amount to
enough, in planting one hundred acres, to pay 7 for
the machine.
2d. The saving of labor in planting—one
and hand only being required to open the furßow,
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, The great saving in hoc work, owing to the
fact that any 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 cers 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 sec* r on of ;
the State —all practical farmers—who hav dr
oughty tested them, and are consequently fn
petent to decide on their merits.
Certificates.
This is to certify that I planted one hundred aufl
sixty acres of cotton with Randall A Mercer's Plant
ers. and I consider them superior to anything of the
kind I have ever seen or tried. The saving of seed
alone would pay for the machines in a season or two,
and 1 think a hand can do one-third more hoeing than
he could in cotton planted the common way.
8. T.. BARBER.
Lae county, If a., July T3th, 1856.
Messrs. Randall it Mercer. — Gentlemen : In reply to
yours of this date,-1 can say with satisfaction, that- 1
have used your Cotton-Seed Drills on the farm of D.
A. Vason, Esq., with great success I consider them
to be of great value. They are a saving of about one
third of the labor of cultivation, about two or
bushels of seed to the acre in planting, and a great
saving of labor in 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 myself,
I 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 12th, 1866.
I have used Randall & 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 *>ne-third the labor of
cultivation, as the cotton is sowed in bo narrow a line
that with good plowing there is but little hoe work
needed. There is also a saving of hands and horses in
planting. I should say they were worth one hundred
dollars each, and recommend every farmer to use
them. S. D. McLENDON.
Lee county, Geo., July 9th. 1865.
ksP~lhHve been overseeing for Mr. S. D. McLendon
the present year, and fully concur in his statements
above. DAVISSON WARREN.
Messrs. Randall & Mercer. -—Gentlemen: In reply to
yours, I will only say I have used three 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 t'nrCe
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. I have planted eight acres per
day to each Drill. They are simple, easily managed,
and there i3 no difficulty about getting a good stand.
Very respectfully yours, W. F. IIAMRICK.
Lee oount-y, Geo., July 12th, 1855.
Got. J. 11. Watson.- -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 in a level. If I had
not bought, I would travel to your shop, which is 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 one
hand can chop out one acre after a common plow.
Yours respectfully, K. BRASWELL.
Thomasville, Thomas county, Ga.
Col. J. H. Watson.— Sir : This to certify that I have
used Randall & 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
plowingoan 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, 1855.
This is to certify that I used one of Randall A Mer
cer’s Cotton-Seed Drills last year in planting my crop
and was well pleased. I have U3ed five of them the
present year, planting my entire crop, and am still bet
ter pleased. There is a saving of between two and
three busheis of seed to the acre in 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 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, 1856.
Messrs. Randall S[ Mercer: —ln reply to your;! of the sth
inst., in reference to your Col ton-Seed Drill, I am he-tity to
say that after planting a portion of my present cmr thr
old way, I was enabled to obtain one of your Dr
which I finished. It is the desideratum and io’ t.
after. Many and varied have been the attempt
gent minCs to attain what you have accomplished,
only partial success. This leaves nothing to he desire.:. >n a
Cotton-Seed Drill. It deposits the seed uniformly and eon
tinuously in a straight and narrow line as you wish, saves
about one-half the labor in planting and about one-third of
the hoe work in cultivation. It is almost needless to add
that lam delighted with vour Drill. Yours respectfully,
J. E. MERCER.
Lee county, Ga., August 10th, 1855.
Messrs. Rarulall <s• Mercer —Gentlemen : I used one of your
Cotton-Seed Drills the 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
Drili came into use. The result was, that in the row plant
ed with your Drill I got a more perfect stand, and I think it
grew off much 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.
Messrs. Randall & Mercer. —Gentlemen : I have used eight
to vour Cotton-Seed Drills, manufactured by J. H. Watson,
on Col. Joseph Bond’s Fowltown plantation. lam much
pleased with them, having realized great saving of
labor in planting and chopping out, and the hands at the first,
siding could go over at least one-third more in a day, and do
hotter work than in cotton planted in the -best way I conld
plant with colter anil block. I have no hesitation in giving
it as ray opinion, that in the use of your Drills there ia a
saving of orie-ihird of the labor of cultivating a cotton crop.
Col. Bond is pleased with them and will continue their use.
Yours, respectfully, JAMES CHEEK.
Fowltown,Geo., July 9th, 18‘5.
This is to certify that I have used two of Randall & Mer
cer’s Cotton Planters, and have no hesitation in saying that
• hey will do. The saving of lahor in planting is an ohjeet,
the saving of seed is an object, and the eotton stands in such
a narrow drill thattfkay almost he kept clean without the
hoes. There is to equal them in planting cotton.
WM. B. REYNOLDS.
Lee county, Geo., July Ist, 1855.
I have used Randall Ac Mercer’s Cotton-Seed Drill, which
I purchased of Col. J. H, Watson, and think they arc the
best machines now in use. lam satisfied there is a great
eaving in seed, and a greater saving in work. I am fully *
satisfied there is one-third of the hoe work saved. Try them,
and any reasonable man will be satisfied they are worth more
than three times the price they are sold for.
• PHILIP WEST.
Lee county, Ga., Aug. 23d, 189*.
Having obtained from Messrs. Randall & Mercer
tiio exclusive right of supplying the State of Geor
gia with these Dritln, I am now prepared to supply
all demands, having made arrangements for their
manufacture in Palmyra and Milledgeville. iiy
price is sls 00 cash, delivered at either Palmyra or
Milledgevilie. Money sent at my risk, by mail, if
the requisitions of the Post Office Department are
complied with. Any further information desired
can be obtained by addressing me either at Palmyra
or Milledgeville. J. H. WATSON.
October 25 smo 48
MERCER UNIVERSITY?
PENFTELD, GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
STUDIES.
The Studies in this University are:
A Theological Course of three years, designed fa
those who are preparing for the Gospel Ministry; {
A Oollegiate Course of four years, equal to tbat of
other Colleges in the country;
A Scientific Course of three years, including, with
some additions, all the studies of tie Collegiate Course
except the Ancient Languages;
An Academical Course, including whatever is neces
sary to prepare for admission into College.
A OMISSION.
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
I must sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English, Latin and Greek Grammar; Caesar;
Virgil; Cicero’s Select Orations; and Jacob’s Greek
Render; and must be at least fourteen years of age.
Candidates for admission into the Scientific Course
n list- sustain a satisfactory examination on Geography;
Arithmetic; English Grammar; Simple Equations in
Algebra; and two books in Geometry; and must be at
‘cost’ sixteen years of age.
Course of Study
IN THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT,
FRESHMAN CLASS.
FIRST TERM. | SECOND TERM
Livy, :Livy, continued,
Xenophon’s Anabasis, jCicero De Officiis,
Greek and Roman Antiquities, Herodotus,
(Smith’s Dictionary,; Algebra, completed,
Andrews’Latin Exercises, Geometry,(Loomis’,) 2 bool.
Arnold’s Greek Prose Compo- Rhetoric, continued,
ration,
Algebra, (Day’s,)
Rhetoric, (Newman’s,) | ;
Andrews and Stoddard’s Latin Grammar is used
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
FIRST TERM. j SECOND TERM.
Horace, Satires and Epistles, :Horace, Artof Poetry <feOde*
Demosthenes on the Crown, jCicero De Oratore.
Geometry, completed, ) Homer’s Iliad,
Plane,Solid,and Spherical. > Plane & SphericalTrigonom
! etry, (Loomis’,)
Surveying, (Davies’,)
-Conic. Sections, (Bridge’s.
JUNIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM.
Cicero D’e Oratore, continued, Andrian of Terence,
Xenophon’s Memorabilia, Prometheus of dEschylus,
Differential and Integral Cal- Natural Theology, (Paley’s,
i cuius, Nat. Philosophy, continued.
Nat. Philosophy,(Olmsted’s,) .Chemistry, (SiflimaiiV
Rhetoric, (Blair’s,) Logic,(Whately’s.)
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM. ) SECOND TERM.
Astronomy,(Olmsted’s,) Botany,Physiology&Geology
Intellectual Philosophy, (Up- Moral Philosophy (Wayland’s)
ham’s,) ;Butler’s Analogy,
Evid. ofCliristianity,( Pa!ey’s) Polit’l-Economy,(Wayland’s)
Elem’tsofCriticism, (Karnes’(American Constitution,
Gorgias of Plato, ! or .
Juvenal. (International Law
EXPENSES.
Tuition Fees. Spring Term. Fall Term
In Theological Seminary, Nothing. Nothing
In College, - - $25 00 sl6 00
Scientific Course , - 26 00 15 00
In Academy— .
Preparatory Clasa, - - 26 00 16 00
Second ” 20 00 12 00
Third - - 16 00 900
Elementary “ - 10 00 000
Room Rent, • * 6 00 4 00
Contingent Expenses, 2 00 1 00
These expenses are required to be paid in advance.
From Students who lodge in the College buildings,
fifty dollars will be received as full payment for the
tuition fees, room rent, and contingent expenses of the
year.
The price of Board in the village is $lO per month
of washing, room rent, and fuel, SB.
Commencement and Vacations.
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
comber 15th.
Winter Vacation —from December 15th to February
Ist.
Second Term —from first day of February to Com
mencement.
Summer Vacation —from Commencement to last Wed
nesday in August. O. L. BATTLE,
See’y. of the Board of Trustees.
AUgust 21 84
Missionary Wanted !
The rehoboth foreign mission com
mittee, 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
Dennard and his wife, and make our report At the next
session of the Rehoboth Association.
Brother Dennard and his-wife, were sent out.cnd
supported by this body; and now that they arc 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 Savior said, “Go preach the
I Gospel.” The field of labor in Central Africa is a
; promising one. The Kings in the interior desire inis
j sionaries, and offer them every inducement to settle
I among them. Then “the word of God is not bound.”
The climate in the interior, is not so unhealthy as
-as been.generally supposed ; and missionaries may
g > there with the prospect of ordinary length of life.
Besides this, the people, unlike those on the 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 opperatione must be laid,
and the supporting of this stupendous building—this
temple, which we intend to errect, to the name of the
Alltst High —must be erected by the labor of our white
brethren. The language musk be reduced to writing,
dictionaries must be made, grammars constructed, and
a plan of general operations fixed, before we can dis
pense with their aid. When this is accomplished, then
it may be practicable to carry forward the work by
the labor of colored men, who are better fitted by na
ture to Southern climates. But cost what it may, it
must be done I Africa is apart of the vsorld, and these
sable sons, are a part of her “early creation.”
Let our youug men and maidens, who have given
themselves to God, in solemn covenant, and are anxious
to do somethyig for the Savior, ask themselves, wheth
er this be not the field in which God will have them
work—let them hear the voice of their Lord while he
says “Go work to-day in my vineyard.” The morning
of youth will soon pass, and the night will come.”—
“Go work to-day in my vineyard.”
The Committee will take occasion in this communi
cation also to call the attention of the Rehoboth Asso
ciation to the propriety, of erecting suitable Grave
stones, over the remains of <*ir fallen Missionaries. Let
all the churches, individuals, or friends, who favor this
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
names, their virtues, and their work.
JACOB KING, Ch’n. of Com.
August 2, 1855 8J ts
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