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* * ■mM' mt VOLUME XV. ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 0, 1860. mi |loinc poKHlrtnli KTKiiT HKitat Monxisa. uy mT O vv 1 n k l l. Editor nnd Proprietor. Saturday Morning;. March 3 t lSGO. two lie returns and hears the “Iron- 1 Protection Against Fire* horse” snorting through Vann’s Valley, On Thursday morning wo wero nrous- hringing its living freight from Mobile ed from our duties in the sanctum by nnd New Orleans, on their way to the tho startling ory of “Firel” We rush- Northern cities, ho will find that it is od out at2:40 spood, at tho imminent Terms of Subscription. Tn s*lvma«, per annum, : * s l*»ti4 within Sis Months.. t » : ! J Paid at tho End of tho Year, ft * ou Terms of Advertising. T.f'fl Advertisement* will bo inserted at tin luual rstort. 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I,—If aubscrihsrs nogtret or refusa to take Itheir newspapers from the «.flle« to which tli |aru directed, thev are field responsible until they have settled the hills and ordertd thorn •toppod. Omen Or«. A At. It A oh I, IMttii. I S EALED PROPOSALS will he nn lived on or before tho FIFTH DAY OK AilHIL I next, for the (trailin'', Masonry and llridg- I lug, of tho Ooo. A Ala. Railroad from Horn i I. ... « *-- - Jistancj of I Plans and Specifications will lie furnished I by Col. C. M. Pennington. Chief Lngiim r. ' By order of the 11 .ard of Dir. ctors. JOHN* II. LUMPKIN. nr2w It Pres’t (la. A Ala. UK Co. Positively our Xj A S T INVITATION. A " LL persons Indebted to our firm, either by notd or or account, now due. are r«- ■ qiif-ted to call and svtth wiOiout further do- r. We profor a settloincnt without having roiort to the / Assistance of the Law, ■ but if those indebted to us do not re? | km ul to i call we SHALL SUE THEM. BLACK, BLOUNT A CAMERON. r llm 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. —-- - Technical Innocence.—Danial G. Potter, was'oequited in Wisconsin, on charge of robbery,, because the indict ment road “twentjplollnr gold pieces,”