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VOLUME XV.
ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 0, 1860.
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BLACK, BLOUNT A CAMERON.
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A CARD.
ROME.
A person living in Middle or Lowor
Ooorgln, who has never visited tho “Mo-
trojKilis of (Jherokeo,” has an idea that
it is like all other up-oountry towns,
composed of a Court-house in tho cen
tre of a square, surrounded by two tav
erns, n variety store, a ten pin alley, a
blacksmith shop and three groceries. Ho
therefore, expresses great surprise on
coming to our Ct/yfor the first time, to
discover what an egrogious mistake ho
has made. Ono eye is opened slightly
when he arrives at the depot and be
holds those city institutions, Church-
steeples, nnd an Omnibus, and by tho
time his hnggngc is seized nnd violently
lugged at by zealous drinnmers, front
our two largo rival Hotels, that eye is
wide open. Tho lids of Ihoothor begin
to part company, in order to give a bet
ter view of the long lino of lino brick
Stores, stretching away up llroad Street,
nt the head of which, upon nn eminence
overlooking tho city, is tho hundsomo
residence of our Kx-M. C., nnd the im
posing building of tho “ Home Female
College.”
At night, when our s tor os and stroot
are illuminated with (las, the rays of
enlightenment begin to shino in upon
his henightod mind.
If ho ho hero on tho Sahb.ith, and is
not a “hoathon or a publican,” ho at
tends either ono of our four Churches,
and finds it filled with an intelligent
1 attentive congregation, and hears
a sermon that would be listened to with
interest nnd profit by any similar assem
bly in the State. On Monday morning,
his curiosity hoing aroused, lie strolls
n ono side of broad stroot, and up
t heothor to observe the style and extent
of our business. While ho stands wend
ing at tho number or Cotton and pro
duce wagons “coining to town,” nnd our
enorgetio business men hurrying to and
fro, if it bo pleasant day, and he an un
married man, his heart leaps as ho hoars
tiny heels, (bless their little soles,) putter
ing on the pavement behind him. Ho
turns, nnd his gazois fixed upon a swoet
and intelligent face, just as far in ad-
vnuce of “a dear love of a bonnet” ns I
tho most onthusiustio admirer of “beau- j
ty when unadorned” could wish. If j
not transfixed, he, like ono of Dniito I
Nature’s loyal subjects, obeys her “ su-!
promo law,” ami immediately steps off \
the side walk, to make room lor the
widest circles of fashion that arc “trund-
«**li|.*.»t. tlimi Hint it will
BLACK, BLOUNT A CAMERON.
making rapid strides to tho position of
influence nnd iniportnneo, to which tho
hand of Nature points.
Free nnd Slave Labor.
The people of Massachusetts have
now a striking proof of tfioovil result
ing from intermeddling with other peo
ples business. Tho war that lias been
waged against tho South by anti-slavery
fanatics, led on by Seward, Hale, Wil
son, Summer nnd others, bus at last
forced us to take measures to establish
our independence, by ndopting ns far
ns practicable a system of commercial
non-intercouisu with tho North. There
uro fifty thousand journeymen shoo ma
kers in Massachusetts who have earned
their bread by furnishing our slaves with
shoes. Their wages are barely suffi
cient to furnish the absoluto necessities
of life. The.Southern trade falls off;
business bocontos dull; tho supply ex
ceeds tho demand, nnd tho employers
curtail the miserable pittance paid to
their workmen.
On the 22nd of February twonty-fivo
hundred shoemakers appointed thoir
lenders and with bannors and inscrip
tions marched in procession through the
stroots of Lynn. .Speeches wore made
urging them to stand firm, to demand
their rights and never yield until thoir
wages were raised. Tho same demon
strations wore made in otlior places. A
scliedulo of prices was agreed upon and
resolutions adopted to nccopt nothing
less.
What produced this mighty uprising
of the laborers of Massachusetts? Hid
emissaries from tho Southern States pic
ture to them in exnggcratoct colors
their oppressed and starving condition,
and instigate them to insurrection, ar
son and murder? No! It was the free
zing Northern winds upon their uncov
ered limbs, nnd the gnawing of unsatis
fied hunger; the grasping avarice of
hypocritical philanthropists with beams
in their eyes, endeavoring to pluck tho
motes from tho eyes of their brothers.
hundredth time, that Mr. Evorett had] fi^rTho following eloquent extracts
delivered his oration. It was first nro from tho Oration of Hon. Thomas S.
heard at Musio Hall in Boston, by nn Bocock, of Virginia, at till* inauguration
risk of our neck, and beheld a lnrg<
crowd hurrying down town, somo of
thorn lintlo*'.. some coatless, and as it
turned oil*. til on a bootless expedition.
On arrlvir. it the stopping place out of
breath, wc ero told that it was a “falso
alarm,” “o».ly n chimney burning out.”
Whilo slowly rotracing our steps, wo
began to philosophize upon causo nnd
fleet, and endeavor to solve the prob
lem why so slight a circumstance should
in an instant produce bo much oxcito-
ment and consternation. Our mind al
most immediately recurred to tlm ca
lamity on tho 20th of January 1858,
when in tho upper story of a grocery tho
fire originated which burned down a
whole block of buildings on ono side of
Broad Stroot, nnd would have consum
ed thoso on tho other side, including
the Clioico Houso, had tho wind not
shifted at tho critical moment. Wo ro-
menilmred the amount of hard and
fruitless labor that was performed to ar
rest the flumes, nnd how completely
•o the people of Homo in tho power
of the insatiate element. Soon after,
hoard lunch discussion upon tho
aulyoet of Water Works, Fire Engines,
and other securities against a similar
loss in the future. Every body was
convinced that something must bo done;
overbody was ready to suggest what
should be done, and tho result was that
nothing was done. Tho citizens of
Home, so far as protection against fire
is concerned, nro perfectly at its mer
cy. If it should originate in the lower
part of tho city with a strong Wost
wind blowing, ovory store on Broad
stroot would bo burned to tho ground.
Must wo wait until such a calamity
brings us to our senses before wo act,
or will we liko prudent men who fore
seeing the danger proparo to meet it.—
There is scarcely a town or village in
the State, without moans of protection
against fire, hut can point to the Unto
only a few years past when nearly eve-
cry houso in it was destroyed. Besides
Wurronton, Monroe, Hundersvillo nnd
(Iriflin wo might enumerate other
hnmenso audience, nnd was met with
enthusiastic admiration. It was so fa
vorably received, that upon tho sugges
tion of somo friends, he determined to
devote it to tho Mt. Vernon enterprise.
Tito reporters for periodicals wore re
quested to roservo publication, and tho
speech lias novor npponrod In print. .So
the repeating of tho oration was nn
after thought.
Although Mr. Evetotthas committed
the oration to memory, ho usually pre
pares an introductory nnd frequently
a peroration suited to tho place and
occlusion. It was in a hall situated on
Dorchester Heights that I heard hint.—
And after touching upon tho appropri
ateness of tho plnco for honoring tho
memory of Washington, ho read a let
ter written by Washington from Head
Quarters at old Cambridge, to tho offi
cer in command of Dorchester Heights,
urging him to tho utTnost vigilance, as
of the blockade hung upon
holding that position. It was written on
white letter paper, a largo margin on
tho loft with the address far down on
tho page, and the perfect neatness in the
penmanship nnd tho folding gavo mo
iilur proof of the caro and precision
of Washington.
Ono remarkable feature of Mr. Ever
ett’s mind is his memory. I understand
that a third reading of his speeches
enables him to recall them, notwith
standing it may require two and a half
hours to deliver one. Ho artieulatos
about one hundred and twenty words lit
a minute. His powerful memory is the
result principally of patient practice.
II.
of the Equestrian Statue of Washing
ton, in Washington City, on tho 22d of
February:
In tho war of tho Revolution wo
had peculiar difficulties to oticountor.
We had a sparse population scattered
• a wide extent of territory, and hav
ing no unity of foeling even in rotation
to tho Revolution itself, which was
brought on more for tho violation of ab
stract right than for any felt oppression.
There were, therefore, among our peo
ple many loyalists, and a very largo
number of anti-revolutionists. Money
and forces wero both senreo, and there
was no common government to collect
the ono or enlist the other, hut all was
dependent on tho action of tho indi- ,
vidual States who, though contending'
against a common enemy, hud yet u
great feeling of individuality and jeal-
MEDICAL NOTICE,
If P1IE Htii|jrHgm*d. after sever- £*25
|X ill years experience in thoIJjfys
finhl rospeetfnUt
of Medicine—ii
n with Dmtiitry—w
rhis I'rofestiohal »ur
tin* community. Hu hopes by pr
utility, to merit » portioi
of their
■pntronaga. All operation* In lhe'D«ntal lino
■w || he neatly and substantially executed ut
i bn found at the former reridtnee of
IB. A. Waters. 7 miles North of Romo.
A. M. DANTZLER, 8. D., M. D.
f«l>24w4t.
NEW /O
I^ihiueIKvI
MOORE & DUNNAH00,
GROCERS!
A full Assortment of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
NCLUDINO Flour, Meal, Sugar of nil
kinds. Codec, Buttar, Eggs, Kish of d»f-
Vrant kinds, Dried Fruits, and Preserved
Fruits. All kinds of Nuts, Candies, Cigars,
Tobaeco, Fine Liquors, Ac., Ac.
[IVc wish it Distinctly Understood Hint
Wo will Sell on Credit to
,, 11 responsible mon, who nro
in the habit of paying -at tho
|time agreed upon.
We will duplicate upon time to prompt
laying iiisn, any cash purchase mndo in
Givo us a call nnd satisfy yoursolresus to
Roods and prices.
febOwly.) MOORE A DUNNAIIOO.
■ 33a iii'VJtd,
MANUFACTURER OF
And Dealer Extensively in
of all Styles.
Quantity, Quality and Prices Challenged.
THE FARMERS
UK requested te examine my large as-
L Bortmentof Plantation Bridles, Collars,
prooebing and Teum Gear eompleto, at tho
Lowest Possible Cush Prices,
am ess and Goar made to order, and ropaired
Bt short notice. My stock will bear inspoe-
^on. come and sea before purchasing.
I .Jttf'Roo Advertisement in another column.
| feb2ISiiO. 0, B. KVJ5.
CANVASSERS WANTED.
LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS TO AGENTS,
j Fifty Dollars per Month and Ex-
|T penses l*itid.
BITb wish to engage nn nctivo Agent in
ITT every county throughout tho United
liute.1 and Canadas, to travel and iutroduco
Ttnbw twenty i»ou.au doublethread lock
pitch skwinu maciiink. This Excolsior Ma-
M»ne is just patented, with VAliiftblk Improve
pentH, which make it the cheapest and most
^pujar machine in existence, i>n l upkiunvl-
" ')'» unsurpassed for general; utility,
d number of responsible agents are
to solicit orders by sample, to whom a.
Iilury of $a0 per mouth mid expenses will bo
r" • F°t conditions and full partiuulars, ad-
F^s, with a stump for retutn postage,
|v ,„ el J.W. HARRIS,
I->o. 13 Shoo and Loalhor Exchange, UustoiL
■ tanl7-trifim
^ni c J. r "!"> Na»Kanock Folutoci.
“ tho finest kind, just recoiv-
■ i.t nl No< 3 Uboicc House, by. •
l« h13 TURNLEY.
ling” his way. D. in
follows, ami cMileiin
large Dry (jowls hoi
iinlustrioii.s iiml
gnticiillv em
unrolling, a
up
Hlil.lv. ho
When thonbolition incendiaries invaded
a Southern State and attempted to in- J Will not tho City Council take some
flame tho minds of our negroes with measure* immediately ? We will not
false views of slavery and freedom, and I mako a suggestion. Tho tuuri
placed in. tlimr hands tho murderous i vooutod tho movement started sot
pike, nml tho lighted torch, why was j ter the tiro, and met with bitter opposi-
t heir fiendish ptmion unsuccessful?—J tion. We may havo our clioico but
iling clerk
ployed in pulling J
n I then rolling an
P'Hting!
lent of!
Why did not tho “dowi
eait,” with heart burnii
plunge the friglilftil tvi-
•«m..r his sleeping m,
up the midnight heave
ofliis burning tnansion
exit led by the i
trodden Afri-
with revenge,
•on into (lie bo
rn-. and light
with the glare
Only to
astiimtio
Imv
Ba
ld frosts of-tfTii ter
j fort a Lie <?1 .thing to protect him ; when
hunger called for food, he fed him to
is to 1)0 per-
a cheerful
face nnd a happy heart knowing that
be was not working for “nn hard mas-
These two pictures, placed side by
ter.”
side in contrast are not overdrawn.—
Will the Northern people look on this
and then oil that, nnd learn the plain
lesson * hoy teach? If not they must
be among those whom tho “Gods wish
to destroy.”
Stka
Calicoes, Urn-egos, Silks, Satins Muslin
Delaines, &«., Ac., to tl
fair customers, who tliron,
ters “only to see the latest Spring ,
styles." All doubts that may have been ! 11 ,,L ‘ S * • a "' "non
excited by the information that Home ol,m ' ie wont to
has furnished the last three Congress
men from the Fifth District, nro dis
pelled, and he is “convinced against his
will," that wc have reached tho highest
point of civilization.
But he has yet to loam the import
ance of Home, in a business point of
view ; foralthough ho lias observed that
we hnTc a number of fashionable Dry
Goods es'AhUshmonts, various Clothing
Stores, largo Grocery bouses, three Liv
ery Stables, two extensive Hardware,
nnd four Drug Stores, also one of Jew
elry, atio<her of Crockery and a third
of “Books and Stationery,” lie is sur
prised to learn that besides the “Col
lege" wc lmvo a “Cherokee Institute” for
boys and girls together, a High School
for tho formorby themselves, and two
or three others, where the younger ideas
are just taking aim ; that we havo two
' Carriage Repositories,” where fine
Buggies and otlior vohiolcs ur% made,
and that two Cabinet Shops, with steam
motive powor, giving employment to
about fifty hands, are daily manufac
turing on nn oxtensive scalo neat and
durable furniture of tho latest and best
styles.
Upon enquiring tho cause of so much
blowing and whistling of steam engines,
some ono of our obliging citizens tukos
his arm and conducts him down to tho
Foundry, and shows him a large num
ber of mechanics, busily engngod in the
manufacture of machinery of all kinds.
Ho is informed that they built the
first, and ono of the host Locomotives in
thoStnto, besides numerous engines for
Mines, Mills, Steamboats, »tc. Hois then
talcon to tho “Nonpnriel Mills,” nnd
sees Meal and Flour in largo quantities,
ground by machinery, set in motion’by
one tlieso same engines.
lie is still unprepared for tho most
ustouudiug discovery of all. When told
that Home, away up In tho North west
corner of the State, surrounded by the
mountains of Cherokee, is situated at
(lie confluence of two streams, upon
ono of which, and upon tho river which
thoy form, four Steamboats nro constant
ly arriving and departing, ho smiles and
shakes his head incrodulously. In or
der to convince him, it is only necessa
ry to tnko him down to the wharves,
and point with honest pride to the
floating witnesses. Three of them, he
is informed, mike weekly trips down
tho Coosa river, to Greensport, Ala., nnd
the fourth, three times a week, up tho
Oostanaula to Calhoun, Gordon coun
ty. Each leaves her wharf with a heavy
cargo of Merchandize, and returns la
den with Cotton, Grain, Lumber, tfec.»
&c. The “ duel among us taking
notes,” walks thoughtfully away wIOi;
the cgnviotiop that Rome is “nomoan
city,” and if in tho course of a year or
iol'.n, F. M. Coulter mas
ter arrived at her wharf at .'1J o'clock P.
M.. yesterday. Cargo 514 bushels corn,
100 do meal, 1050 feet lumber, 6 boxes
Tobacco nnd six passengers. This boat
will leave for Calhoun this (Saturday)
morning at 8 o’clock.
Fiiksii Su ad.—The old adage “better
late than never” has a happy apprecia
tion in the reception of fresh Shad in
this place. Though it is
“Two months before the month of May,
And ‘Shad’ canto slowly up this way,”
yet they, as a delicious rarity, are enjoyed
with just as keen a relish when thoy do
coine, as if thoir appearance had been
much earlier.
Col. Thomas, at tho Etowah House,
who always has a good table, mid keeps
in every respect a first rate Hotel, has
during tho past week feasted his boar
ders with most excellent Shad.
The Article.—If tho question wore
putin every house in tho land; what
article is that which you desiro the niost>
which will he of most use to you, most
shorten labor and promoto domestic
comfort, would not the universal an
swer bo—ii good Washing Machine?-—
And hero it is! “Tho Cataract Wash
ing Machine,” Sullivan <L Hyatt, Pro
prietors, advertised in another part of
this paper. And now, the host advice
we can offer is that every farmer’s wife,
planter, hotel-keeper, steamboat stew
ardess, nnd nil othors in town und out
of town, go to the nearest store and or
der ono of these valuable household
friouds, and learn that tho washing-day
may come whenever it pleases and that
you aro always prepared for it.
JUajrliow is it possible that a person
Eighty years old uhould havo only
twenty olio birthdays?
Ans.—If ho was born on tho 29th of
February.
Arrival.—The Augusta Evening Dis
patch of February 2nd came to hand on
the 1st inst., and contains the important
announcement of Pennington’s elec
tion. ^
J86gpBlack-eyed ladies are most apt to
be passionate and Jealous. Blue-eyed,
Roulfoul, truthful, affectionate nnd coiir
tiding. Gray-eyed, philosophical, literar
ry, resolute, cold-hearted. Hazel-eyed,
quick-tempered and fiokle.
| thing will .satisfy
it at
thief of time,” and in this instance
1 may be the destroyer of our propci-
ty.
I For the Rente Co.irU r.]
Bistox, Mass., Feb. 22d, 1800..
Messrs. Editors;—This is tho ono
hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary
of the birth day of George Washington.
Throughout tho country our people,
laying aside political passion, havo, in
various forms, celebrated this day ; and
paid unqualified r.evereueo to the do-
fender and preserver of our common
liberties. It is an established holiday
hero, lit the foronoonof the day many
of the stores wero closed, and in tho
afternoon scarce any stood open,
throughout ’lie city. Notwithstanding
tho wind. iiti and thawing of snow—
produced v the ingress of a heavy fog
from the it skirts of tho Gulf-stream—
many stn. gers canto in from the coun
try. Tho parade of Military Companion
in the common and through the streets,
with the indoor festivals made up an
interesting programme.
At sun-riso church and engine bells
were i ting. A national salute was fired
on the common. Flags were thrown
out from the house-tops, on liberty-
poles and ship masts in the harbor.—
The British steamer, Canada, came
ashore at noon, gorgeously decorated
with flags ; and as she passed down tho
harbor, thundered a national saint'
By a special order of Gov. Banks, pre
cisely nt 12 o’clock, 128 guns wore fired.
An interesting portion of the celebra
tion, was the parade of tho Amoskeag
veterans. This is a military corps, or
ganized in 1834 nod incorporated the
following year. Its design is to perpet
uate the memory of tho past. Its uni
form is in tho Style worn by the general
officers in the Revolutionary war. The
sight of tlieso venerable costumes boro
mo to tho days “that are past nnd gone,”
and I gathered up love anew lor tho
union and the whole couitry.
Mt. Vernon is ours, nnd it is to the
imperishable honor of our Ladies that
through their exertions in the main,
the homo and grave of Washington is
now rescued from tho possibility of fall
ing into strange hands. Whonovor it
pleases Providence to take Everett from
us, we should honor him with a resting
place by tho side of Washington. Let
him ho the first buried in the American
Westminister Abbey which lie contribu
ted so largely to secure. No ono living
or dead is more worthy of such a signal
honor. His statue should be erected on
the grounds, nnd by it the statues of
those Ladies who have sacrificed so
much and so devoted themselves to the
Mt. Vernon purohnso.
It was my good fortune to hear, a tew
days ago, Mr. Everett repeat hii “orar
tion on the life and character of Wash
ington.” I have never road anything
of ancient or modern times equal to it,
as a literary and* patriotic-production.—
He is the acknowledged first orator of
Amerioa, and certainly then of the
world. And the ploasure - realized from
hoaring the greatest orator, in the finest
style, and on the noblest theme is be-'
yond desdription ot conception and ean
only be realized. It vras more than the
“Paragon lllack Hawk.”
The following notice of this horse,
advertised in another column, is dipt
from a Northorn exchango:
Happening in a few days since, we
recognized among several, tho beautiful
Morgan stallion. “Paragon JUack Hawk,”
about embarking for tho State of Geor
gia. Hois a tine specimen of thejustly
cclobrutad Morgan horse, and we con
gratulate the people of that State in tho
solcetion of him for a stock horse. Wo
refer to him particularly hoenuso “wo
know whereof wo affirm” having seen
hint tnnnv times at our fairs, where lie
lias been "ithe observed of ull observers,”
and wo also have Rome acquaintance
with his fine voting stock.
Hu 'vilfipYc to bis patrons abundant
satisfaction and sustain the reputation
attained by tho Morgan horse.
Theqiiory naturally arises, “IIow lopg
shall wo continue to raise those superior
horses if we sutler tho best to leave us?”
Another Vermont Black Hawk will '
never arise, and “l’urngoti” is one of
tile host of his colts.
A Qcikt Parlor Inmate.—Miss Fullo
in a late letter from Europe mentions
having become acquainted with Doctor
Sou tli wood Smith, thewell known phil
anthropist. “(hi visiting him,” says
the lady, “wesiwun object which Iliad
often heard celebrated, and had thought
would be revolting, but found, on flic
contrary, nn agreeable sight; this is the
skeleton oft Jeremy Bcnthnm. It was
at Benthnm's request, that the skeleton,
dressed ill tho same dress that he habit
ually wore, stuffed out to an exact ro-
semblanco of life, ami with a portrait
mask in wax, sits there as assistant to
Dr. Smith, in the entertainment of his
guests and as the companion of his
studies. The figure leans a little forward
resting the hand on a stout stick which
Benthnm always carried and Imd named.
Dapple. The attitude is quite easy, tho
expression of the whole is mild, win
ning, yet highly individual. It is well
known that Bcnthnm, in order to op
pose, in tho most, convincing manner,
tho prejudices against dissection of the
human subject, willed bis body to the
surgeons, and in it codicil, subsequently
written, tnudo a final bequest of his
skeleton to his friend Dr. Smith.
Cfcay.U a recent mooting of the Royal
Geographical Society in London, a paper
was road by tho Socretury, Mr. Win.
Whcclright, on a proposed “Railroad
across tho Andes.” That gentleman
has been engaged for u series of years
in an examination of thecouiitry in re
ference to tlie project of uniting tho At
lantic with the Pacific through South
America, und lilts concluded tiiat it
could ho accomplished through the pass
of San Francisco. Tito road would be
one thousand miles in iongth, and
would have to overcome an elevation of
sixteen thousand leot. The route has
been surveyed and found to bepractiblo
by a corps of competent engineers, who
have estimated the cost of its construc
tion* at £0,000 per mile. The gradients
would not reach live hundred feet per
mile. A Inrgo amount of -land required
hns been coded by the Ar'ontino Con
federation.
ousy among themselves. .Some of tli
wore often remiss in duty. Among tho
officers, coming ns thoy did from dif
ferent States, tiioro wero much rivalry
and bad feeling. Here, then, was dis
cord among the people; jealousy bo
tween tho States; rivalry among the of
ficers; a want of mon and moneyjto car
ry on the war, and an executive head to
direct and control operations. To over
come those difficulties, peculiar quali
ties in tho coiuninndor*in-ehief wero
requisite. A clear, sound judgment
and a firm will; an ability to undergo
hardships, and sympathy with tho suf
ferings of othors; economy ill tho use of awo '
means, and skill in preserving ns well as * *“
in managing men; these wore among the
requisites,- but, above all, thore was need
ed a strong sense of duty to command
confidence, and great patience and faith
to enable him to sustain reverses, bear
up under gloomy prospects, and serene
ly bide tho time for an effective blow.
* These wore the very qualities which
Washington had in so eminent a degree.
A more brilliant man would havo haz
arded more, nnd that we could not af
ford. A less disinterested man would
have lost tho confidence of tho army
and of tho nation, and one of weaker
faith would himself havo given up tho
the contest in despair. Cicsar gained
moro brilliant victories, but ho com
manded well-drilled Homan legions.—
Napoleon fought more splendid battles,
but his conscriptions of men and lerios
of money wore almost boundless. With
raw recruits, badly clothed, badly fed,
badly paid, and often changing; with
subordinate officers plotting his over
throw, and Congress giving, very often,
but feeble aid; amid desolated fields,
nnd exposed to the rigors of the climnto
—under sucli cirouinstances, it required
a Washington to achieve the glorious
result of the American Revolution.
But the crowning act of glory, in this
connexion, remained to be done. With
a laurel-crowned and confiding army
at his back; with the praises of a grate
ful nation ringing in his ear; when the
existing form of government had al
ready provoked discontent; when ambi
tion tMiglit well have fired his heart and
glory beckoned him on to those higher
roaches of power which most men so
much desire to attain, tn? nobly went
forward and surrendered his commis
sion into tho hands of Congress. Na
tions looked on in wonder. Thoso who
doubted the integrity of mankind, and
o that lie aimed at an imperial
purple, wero struck dumb with astonish
ment. Tho star of his military renown
pales now before the clearer and purer
and brighter light of his litoral heroism,
rite name of Annapolis is married to
that of Bunker Hill, King’s Mountain,
and Yorktown, and tho character of
Washington has become consecrated
Strange deereo of fate! that in thla
Western world, hut rocotitlv known to
civilization, and only partially reclaimed
from tho savages; over which tho dull
oblivion of tinnumberod conturlos had
not yot ceased to brood; without Hto-
rnturo, without polito arts; without set
tled social organization, without posi-
itiou among nations—that in scull a
land, almost unknown and utterly un-
enroll for, there should have arisen a
man who was destined to oqunl in
tlie estimation of tho virtuous nnd
tho good, all ancient glory nnd modorn
fame.
Upon this representative and simili
tude of tho groat nnd honored dead
which wo this day put forth before tho
world, tho winds snail blow, tho rains
shall fall, nnd tho storms shall beat; but
it shall stand unhurt amid them all.
So shull it be with tho fame of him whoso
imago it is. Thobroath of unfriendly
qritioDm may blow upon It; tho storms
that botokon moral or social ohango
nifty break upon it; but it shall stand
firmly fixed in tho heart and memory
of every true nnd honest nnd liberty-
loving man who inhabits our laud or
cherishes our institutions.
Tito inhabitants of this city as thoy
behold this stntuo, day nftor day, will
look upon it as tho palladium of thoir
privileges und tho silent guardian of
their prosperity. Arid the thousands
that from ovory nation, kingdom, and
tongue yearly go forth to gazo upon and
ndmiro the wonders of tho oartli, when
they shall como up to this “Mecca of
i tho mind,” «hall pause with reverential
awo, as they gaze apod this similitude of
the mighty Washington.
Year after year shall that dumb Im
ago tell its eloquent story of patriotism,
devotion, and self-sacrifice; year after
year shall it teach Its holy lesson of du
ty nnd faith ; with generation uftor gen
eration shall it plead for institutions
founded in wisdom and a country
bought with blood. To tho clouds atul
storms that gather over and break up
on it, it will toll of tho clouds and storms
through which its great antitypo did
pass in his devotedcourso on envtli: nnd
when tho groat luminary of tho hoav-
urns, descending with his golden shower
qr beams liko imperial Jovo, shall wrap
it In its Warm onibrnce, it shall tell tho
trim that Ho who gave him his beams
and bado him shine has decreed that
one day tho darknoss of eternal night
shall settle on his face; but then
tho spirit of tho mighty Washington
basking in an eternal sunlight above,
shall still—
“A darkening universe defy
To nuenoli his immorality,
Or shake his trust in God.”
NUMBER 19
THE WOULD,IS FULL OF BEAU*
TY.
There Is beauty in tho forest
Whore the trees are green and fair:
There is beauty In tho meadow,
Where tho wild flowors seont the air
Thoro is beauty in tho sunlight,
And a soft blue beam abovo,
Oh, the world Is full of beauty,
When the heart is full of lovor
Thore is beauty In the fountain,
Singing gaily nt its play,
Whilo tho rainbow hues aro glittering, *
On its silver shining spray;
Thoro is boauty in tho stroumlot,
Murmuring softly through the grove,
Oh! the world Is full of beauty,
When tho hoart is lull of love.
Thoro is boauty in tho iriboalight. -
Wlton It falls upon tho sea,
Whon the bluo-foatn crested billows
Dunce and frolic joyously t
Thoro’s beauty in tho lightning's gleam,
That o'er tho dark waves rove,
Oh! tho world is full of boauty,
Wheit tho heart is Bill of lovor,
w
There is beauty in tho brightness, *
Beaming from a loving eyo,
In tho warm blush of afieotion,
In tho tear of sympathy;
In tho swoet low voice whose accents
The spirits dullness provd;
Oh 1 tho world is full of beauty,
Tho world is full of love.
Late News.
flfcif-A young lady of extraordinary
intellectual capacities, recently address
ed the following letter to her cousin :
“ Den- Kuzzcn )—The wether whar wo
h air kold, and I suppose whar you is
air holder. We is all well, and muthcr's
got the Terrirka, brother 'rum, has got
the lloppin lCof, and sister Susan has
got n baby, and 1 hoop these fu linos
will find you in the same condishun.—
Hite suite. Your ophccsliuuuto Kuz-
I’ietv and (Jknsoriousnkss.—Having
in my youth notions of severe piety,
says a celebrated Persian writer. I used
to rise in-tlio night to watch, pray and
read tho Koran. One night, as l was
engaged in these exercises, my father,
a man of practical virtue, awoke while I
Was reading. “Behold,” said 1 to him,
“thy other children are lost in irreligi
ous slumber, whilo I alone wuke to
praise God.’’ “Son of my soul,” ho an
swered, (‘it is better to sloop than to
wake to remark the faults of thy broth-
Tenuity or Silk.—One hundred yards
of the raw silk of tho silk-worm
does not weigh a grain; and it hns
to be doubled and twisted many
times to form a fine tlirtnd for
domeHtio use. Still finer are the fragile
threads of the spider, which, proceeding
from 4,000 holes in thn little animal, are
all twined together to form ono slight
gossamer line.
forever in tho heart of every true pa
triot. Few military heroes have tho
qualities requisite for truo statesman
ship; lint the famo which ho acquired in
the field, and tho character and quali
ties lie thus developed, enabled nint,
better than ail others, to inaugurate our
experiment of civil government.
Hero! Patriot! Sage!- If there be
io title more pure, more lofty, more
noble than all others, by that title 1
ottld name him. To whom shall we
ken him, or with whom shnll lie be
compared? Thoro is tho long list of
lilitnrv heroes, in ancient and modern
times. * Let them pnss in solemn pro-
icross the stago, onoh bearing the
light of his pant life, like tho silent pro
cession of torch-bearers in tho sacred
mystories of Klousis. Gazo on them u»
they jmisa. Great, illustrious, resplend
ent ! Thoro are Alexander and Hanni
bal, Scylla and Cuisar, Churlomagric and
and Marlborough, Bonaparte and Wel
lington. Which one of them all that
has nota record marked by some weak
ness, or marred by somo crime ?
of glory, lust of dominion, or greed of
gain is written by the pen of history
upon the escutcheon of ull.
Think, then, of tho eminent states
men whoso talents have illustrutuil and
qualities ennobled their ago nnd coun
try. I will not attempt to name thorn;
hut who is there among them all that,
having tin* wisdom to perceive, had at
the same timo the sense of duty to carry
out the best interests of the country?—
Consider, if you please, how Richelieu
lived und how Wolsey died, and tell me,
then, if those wero such ns Washington.
I will not equal him witn tho Script lire
imtri :rvhs. It would be wrong so t<» do.
What of mere mortality could equal tho
less of Moses as ho canto down
.Sinai, his face all glowing, from the
pr&sencQ of his God ? What could equal
the faith of Abraham ns he tracked his
•ly pilgrimage through the plains of
tar seeking a hind tliut he knew not
These pictures have n fur-off, haze-
sloped, oriental background. They
Iruwn with the pencil of inspiration
and colored with the hues of Heaven.
I could not say that they correctly re
present Washington in any phase of his
character. But I will say that, in duty
and in faith, ho approach them more
nearly than any other hero statesman
who over lived in tho title of time. I
would not deal in auy exaggeration, but
I desiro to bo just.*
Washington may have had ambition
but it was not of that stump that made
the angels fall. Ho loved popularity,
but not-to gratify a vulgar vanity. His
umbition was for his country’s good.—
He took office to achieve u grout end.
Whon that was accomplished lie with
drew gladly to that retirement which
was ever grateful to his heart, nnd which
in all circumstances nnd ebriditions iu
which Jto might bo placed always stroteli-
es out before him, m tho future, ns the
calm ami peaceful haven of liis hopos.
Had lie been less a good matt ho * would
noUhus have desired rotironiont, for
none bqt a good man could so iovo, the
calm.dejighte of privacy end, the pure
joys of the domestic circle and thy ta
lly fireside. Ilod jto been not so pumh,
;a great one ho would never have la
his home.
The Wind ts a Musician.—Extend a
silken thread in the crovico of a win
dow, nnd tho wind fills it and sings ov
er it, and, like Paganini, performs on a
single thread. It tries almost every
thing on earth, to see if thero is musio
ip it. It persuades a tone out of tho
greqt bell in the tower, when thusexton
h asleep; it makes a mournful linrp of
the forest nines, and it tries to see what
sort of a whistlo cun bo mado of tho
humblest chimney iu the world. IIow
it will play upon a greut tree, till every
leaf thrills with the note in it, und
winds up tho river that runs at its base,
for a sort of murmuring ucoomnnnimont#
What a melody it sings when it gives a
concert, with a full choir of tho waves
of tho sea, and performs nn anthom
between the two worlds, and goes up,
perhaps, to tho stars that love music
most and sang it first I Then how fond
ly it huuuts oid homes, moaning under
tiio eaves, singing in tho halls, opening
old doors, without lingers, nnd singing n
monsuro of some sad old song around
the lifeless and deserted hearth,
B*5fMiss Lanes nppearanco at the
lust Whito House reception is described
by a female gossip. Miss Lane is a tall,
robust looking girl, with bluo eyes and
light brown hair; rathorn blouao than
otherwise. 8ho was dressed in a whito
silk, with two deop flounces of tullo,
caught up bystreuinors of wide Scotch
plaid velvet ribbon, extending from the
waist, and tullo berths. Each flounce
was edged with quilled scarlot-ribbon.
A wreath of scarlet gornttium buds and
green geranium leaves encircled her
hair, with drooping pendants of buds
and her necklace was six or seven
strands of small pearls. Tho beautiful
Creole, Mrs. Slldol, in whito brocade
with crimson cactus blossoms in her jot-
ty lmir, was thore, and Senator Mallory
of Florida, with his fifth wife, a sweet
young briao.
&?£rA lady describing nn ill-natured
man, snys“ lie never uniles but fools
ashamed of it.”
The Liiiertv ok tiie Bouquet.—Tho
Gazette tfe Thurgovio says that not long
ago a boquet wus thrown to u danseuse in
one of the theatres at Venice, made up
of tho threo colors of Italian independ
ence, red, white ntid groon. Sho pick
ed it up and kissed it. For this sho was
summoned before tho jioHce authorities,
and ordered thenceforth to trample on
all bounuots which might bo thrown her
This oraorgot abroad, and next night
there was thrown a bouquet of the Aus
trian colors, black und yellow. In
obedience to order of the polico she
trampled it under loot, while the house
aa shaken by acclamations of applause.
JQPThe following is a hitherto un
published speech by a successful compe
titor for the prize at tho Boston skato
race a few days since:
“Gentlemen—1 have won this cup by
the uso of my legs; I trust I may never
loso the use of my logs by the uso of this
cup,”
The Nations without Fire.—Accord
ing 4 to Pliny, fire was fora long time
unknown to some of the ancient Egyp
tians, find when Kuxodus, tho celebra
ted astronomer, showed it to them, thoy
were absolutely in rapture. Tho Per-;,
shuts, Phoenicians, Greeks, nnd scveptl
other nations, acknowledged that their
auccstois wore onoe without tho uso of
and tho Chineso confess tho sumo
of their progenitors. Pompanius, Mela,
Plutarch, and other ancient authors,
spoak of nations, who, nt tho timo they
wrote, knew not tho use of fire, or Iflul
but just learned it. Facts of the same
kind ure also attested by modern na
tions. Tho inhabitant* ot tho Marian
Islands, which wero discovered in 1551,
had no idoa of firo. Never was aston
ishment greater than theirs when thoy
saw it uii the descent of Magellan,, in
orio of thoir islands. At first they bo-
lieved it was somo kind of animal that
was fixed to and fed upon wood, Tho
inhabitants of the PhilHppinqr and
Canary Islands .were Tovnierly •equally
(ignorant. Africa presents, even in. our
day, some nations in this deplorable
state.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship
EDINBURG.
New York, March 1.—Tho steamship
Edinburg has arrived, with Liverpool
pnpors and letters to 15th of February,
nnd tolegraphio dates via Queenstown,
to tho 19th February.
Commercial News.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Tho sales
of cotton for tho past threo days wero
18,000 bales, of which speculators took
3,500 hales. Tho markot closed quiet
but steady
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 29.—Senate—Tho
lion. Wm. II. Seward, spoko upon tho
admission of Kansas into tho Union.
House—The Houso amonded their
Journal, annuting tho olootion of Lord
as Printer. [Wo may add that our dis
patch on this point is moro concise than
precise.— Reporter.
Growing Troubles ou tho Texas Bor
der.
New Orleans Feb. 28.—Tho steam
ship Arizona brings intelligence from
Brazos to tho 25thiristant. Tobin and
Tomlinson’s Raugors have boon disbnn-
dod nnd havo roturnod homo. Cortina*
is in possession of tho west bank of tho
Rio Grande, and continues his depreda
tions on Texas.
Stonemnn’s cavalry and Ford’s rail-
gel’s are guarding the border to the ex
tent of their ability.
MARKETS.
Savannah, March 1—Sales of Cotton
to-day, 1,200 bales with a dull markot,
and a declining toudenoy. Sales for
the week 0,500 bales, nnd rocoipts in tlio
same timo 13,000 against 5,400 bales.—
The stock is 79,500 bales.
Charleston, March 1.—Sales of Cot
ton to-day 2,G00 bales, and during tlm
week 1G,000 bales, with rcoeipts of 1G,-
OOObalos, Tho markot closed unchan
ged.
BtfirNcarly all tho Southorn pupils in
the Bethlehem, l’a., Female Institute!'
have withdrawn from that institutior,
within the past few days, for the samo
reason that the Southern Medical stu
dents loft the G'ollogos in Philadelphia.
Fivo young ladies from Mississippi, loft
a few days since.
. jrTho Supremo Court of Ohio is now
occupied with a case involving interest
to tho amount of 8l00,000,000,.It is the
case of Goo. S. Coo, trustee, against the
Columbus,.Piqua and Indiana Railroad
Company, being an ondcavor to foro-
clos ecertain mortages. It excites consid
erable attention.
5@rOut of tho* wholu grand army
of tho Revolution who fought un
der Washington nnd Ills gonorals thoro
aro now living throughout the whole
country only one hundred and sixty-
five.
BSyTlio troublo with bow-Icggcd men
is that thoy are always going on bon-
IQp^If all the world’s a stago,” ma
ny a chap of our acquaintance would like
to bo tho stage driver. ** - >• *
8GT It is staled that the volunta
ry fund for tho relief of John Brown’s
family is very likely to roach 30,000
dollars.
BSSf*“Wo see,” said Swift, in one of his
most sarcastic moods, “what God Al
mighty thinks of riches by the people
to whom ho gives them.”
Disunion in Canada.—Tho Reform
Association of Chnudn havo issued u
longthy address to tho peoples-* ftdvoca-
ting the dissolution of the Union, nn
establishment of twoovmore province*,
with local Legislatures;^. Control au
thority to administer matters common
to the whole country, and a written
constitution. * *
Want Husbands.—“Euphcrnia, nine
teen veal’s of ago, weighs ono hundred
and thirty-eight pounds, nnd Rose, eigh
teen years of ago, weighs ono hundred
and forty threo pounds,” advertise in
the Demariscotta paper for husbands.—•
Whufc is tho lowest figure per pound to
closo out tho lot? A friend of ours
wishes to know.—Befia'l Jour,
JKsF-Two elegant swords ono for Nupo-
loon and tho other for the King of Sardi
nia, have beon bought at Rome, by the
subscription of twenty thousand persons
of that city. But the Pone forbids a pre
sentation of thorn, and tlioy hang on ex
hibition in the nrtlstV windows, silent
i preach ora of Italiun independence to «d-
uiiring crowds.
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Technical Innocence.—Danial G.
Potter, was'oequited in Wisconsin, on
charge of robbery,, because the indict
ment road “twentjplollnr gold pieces,”