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SONNET.
How sweet Is home, to him, who Ion? hath been
KnforccJ from its delights!—how passing sweet,
The dear domestic, scone where bright eyes meet,
And bosoms throb together! Joys unseen,
That silently upon each other lean,
Shined in the holiest rcecss of the breast,
Exist in blessing and in being blest;
And must be felt not told; the fireside scene.
So full of blisses, which apart would seem
Follies, but they are earth’s supreme*! joys;
'And it we image rapture* in the skies,
Such are their fond endearments. Yes, I deem
'Connubial love the mirror God has given.
To picture out the brightest scenes in heaven. S.
The following jcu d'esprit is from a R 1 ’ I '--
There. Van he no doubt that the author is Mr. I HUM As
MOORE.—
Alarming Intelligence— Revolution in the Dictionary.
One G ALT' at the hcfid of it.
Ood preserve us! there’s nothing now sale from as
sault ;
Thrones toppling around, churches brought to the ham
mer)
And accounts have just reached us that one Mr. GALT
Hus declared open war, against English and Gram
mar !
Tie had long been sospeeted of some evil design,
And the better his wicked intents to arrive at,
Had lately am mg C—lb—rn’s troops ofllie line
(Thepenny-a-line men) enlisted as private.
There school’d, with a rabble of words at command,
Scotch, English and slang, in promiscuous alliance,
He at length, against Syntax lias taken his stand,
And sets all the Niue Parts of Speech at defiance,
Next advices, no doubt, further foots will afford; —
In the meantime, the dinger most imminent grows.
Helms taken the lifo of one eminent Lord,
And who he’ll next murder the Lord only knows.
Wednesday Doming.
Finer our last, matters luckily look more serene)—
Tho’ the rebel, ’lis stated, to aid ids defection.
Has seiz’d a great Powder—no—Puff Magazine,
And lid explosions are dreadful in every direction.
What his meaning exactly is, no body knows,
A * he talks (in a strain of intense botheration)
Os “lyrical ichor,"* "gelatinous prose,"t
Ami a mixture culled “amber immortalization.
£Toir. he raves of a bard he ones happened to inert,
Scaled high “among ratlings” and “charming a soil -
net; 5
ffoto talks of,a Mystery, wrapt in a sheet.
With a hallo (byway of a nightcap) upon it IT
TVe shudder In tracing these, terrible lines-,
Something bad they must mean, tho’ we can’t make it
out-,
for, vvliate’cr may be guessed of Gall's secret designs.
That they uro alt Anti-English, no Christian can
doubt, |
* 1 That dark diseased ichor which colored his effu
sions.'—Gall a life of Huron.
1 1 That gelatinous character of their effusions.’— lb.
J ‘ The poetical embalmment, or rather amber humor-
Utilization.’— lb.
§ ‘ Sitting amidst the shrouds and rattlings, charming
• -an inarticulate melo’dy.’— l b.
1[ ‘ He was a mystery iu a winding sheet, crowned
With n halo.’ — lb.
ymmaeatauuee srv-si ?■■■■ .ewyasv*
LATEST FROM EIKOfE.
nmved at Nmv-York on Ilia 17th jnst.
from Havre, whence she sailed on th
-1201 h Oct. The editors of the Gwnmerc m
hove received their tiles of papers to the
IPth, inclusive, from which we make out
selections.
Eros!’ disturbances have taken place
In Anxerrc which continued for several
days—amt until troops came in from the
surrounding country to quell the mob.
The Cluotidiemie of the lath, says it is
reported that insubordination lias bro
ken out in a regiment quartered not ma
ny leagues from Paris, that many of the.
noidiers have refused to obey their offi
cers, and have deserted and dispersed
themselves ahum, the country. Orders
have hern given at the Barriers of Paris
to arrest su. ii ofthem as may attempt to
enter (he city.
site law bad passed making nn np
Tlrupriaiion of 3d,000,t)00 iVtuies, to be
-employed in advances to Ihe mercantile
and m-tii dacturing interests It was
■opposed ns being directly in opposition
to the sound .'mixiins of political eeono
jmy, whieli leaves trade in all its brant li
fts to regulate itself, mid also its being a
dangerous precedent tlitit would ulti
mately lead to the rum of the tinances ol
tlie state. The law was adopted Id to
13.
The Monitmr of the 18th October, con
tains an elaborate report front the Duke
de Broglie, as Minister of public Instruc
tion tuiti worship, whieli is followed by a
Koval trdonaanee. instituting commit
tees of Primary Instruction in aiTondisse
inents At suit-prefectures, to be composed
of seven members at least, or twelve at
hi: -it. to he formed of the J odge de i*ai.\,
the elector of the c..nion. and others, to
be chosen by the respectable inhabitants
of (be canton and the Rector of the Aon
■dc.ny, in concert with the Prelect of the
IT •artrnent, and subject to lite appro*
Italian ofllie Grand Master of the Univer
-sity. This Ordinance it* followed by a
noih,cr nominating 24. fudges de Puix.
The following is from the Courier Fran
cois
• “The proceedings against the Minis
ters art’ gradually going on in the Cham
ber of Peers 'l'he Committee are en
gaged with interrogatories, the reading
of documents and preparatory enquir
ies. il is ueiieved that the public debates
avid not open before tho middle of No
vember. Tho mode of proceeding du
■••ii»: the public debates, is not yet lixed.
Tne following principles, however, ap
pear likely to serve as the basis of them.
The Chamber of Peers will be consider
«d as a t,rand Jury. Each of the mem-
Jters will therefore have a right to put
questions to the prisoners; all possible
latitude will he granted to the defence,
which it is said, will chiefly turn into two
points:—l. The Ordonnances of July
-were in Art. 11 of the charter, since it
lias been deemed necessary to cancel
that Article. 2. The firing was not be
gun by the troops, but by the citizens,
■and upon this point witnesses will he pro
dueed.
The Commissioners of the Chamber of
entities will support tho impeachment;
teller the summing up of the proceeding,
the Court of Peers will assemble secretly
to deliberate oiithe judgement, Itistho't
that several sittings will be taken up by
jv3ra.w» • ■■ ii i -
■ecret discussions, in which each Peer
may state tho grounds of his opinion; 1
norcovor, a series of questions will be
; imposed relative to each of the prison- I
ers, and each series will give rise to a i
vote hv ballot. All this will occupy a
| long time. The result of the deliberations t
will he no,de public, and the same form
will he adopted as in Courts ol Assizes.
The following letter lias been address- <
ed by the Prince tie Polignac to tlie 31etn
bers of the Commission of Inipeacn
ment
“Vinckxsks, Oct. 13, 1830.
‘ Gbntlbhen ;—I havejust read in some
of the journals a letter, which purports
to have been addressed to M. Derringer,
by a man confined in the House ol De
tention at Toulouse, for a crime or of
fence. the nature of which is not stated.
This man pretends that he has made de
clarations of high importance respecting
the conflagrations whieli have desolated
some of our provinces. He ncknowled
ges himself guilty, and points me out per
sonally. as the instigator of the crimes he
confesses; and affirms that it is in his
power to support., by positive proofs,
this horrible revelation. Under ordina
ry cir«uinstances, I should have left it
to the good sense of the public to do jas
lieet » such nn absurd & odious attack,
but being under the weight ol an accusa
tion which opens but too easy an acct.-ts
to every suspicion, I cannot content my
self with despising an attack so dli i lly
personal & it becomes my duty to take ev
ery opportunity for eliciting the truth. The
revelations made at Toulouse, relating to
a plot so infamous, ought to be fully in
vestigated. Whoever may be the man
that has made them, whatever may be
the cause of his arrest, whatever mistrust
he may inspire, his oilers cannot he re
jected, ami at all events my right ac
cept them cannot be contested. I may,
no doubt, wait with calmness the mo
ment when I shall be permitted, in the
presence of my Peers, and before the
eyes of all France, to explain every
act of my political life; but I cannot be
condemned to submit in silence to this
public and formal imputation of a crime
the most cowardly and the most hateful.
I demand, therefore, that the prisoner at
Toulouse may be immediately brought
to Paris, ami that lie be interrogated, and
confronted with me—this is mi act of
justice that cannot bo refused me.
There is another point which my col
leagues, jointly with my self,think wo have,
a right to claim, which is, that the moot
strict inquiry be immediately made into
Ihe eon.i.igrations that have desolated
Normandy—that the numerous authori
ties charged by us to discover and pros
: ecule the instigators, actors, and accom
plices he examined. that our corrospon
■ deuce be inspected and published to the
1 world—and wc repeat our asseveration,
that the falsity of the allegations, like
- other bold insinuations against us, will
become manifest even to tlie most preju
diced minds.—Accept, etc.
• (Signed) PKINCE DM POLIGNAC.
The Gazette de France rays: —We learn
■ from Frankfort-on-the-Maine that an
extraordinary circumstance has just rc
-1 voided a dark plot for the overthrow of
the whole of Germany. The plan of a
• combined attack against each Stale,
With the details of the means of exocu-
- !•*•“-
tors Ims he n ascertained.
The disturbances in Electoral flcsse
had totally subsided. Nome robberies
ami the burning of a few Custom houses
were stiid to have been the only mischief
committed.
The Ex-Ministers arc still at Vincen
‘ nes. and some time will elapse before
; their new prisons in the Petit Luxem
bourg will he ready for their reception.
The outside of the palisades is covered
with placards, demanding the death of
Vl. tie Polignac and Ids colleagues, and
in many places, it is written on tlie walls
• with chalk— Death to the'Fx-J [misters.
During the night of the Kith, a very
considerable body of workmen of differ
ent trades passed through tho Place da
Pidais Koyal, shouting Justine! Justice! Vive,
le lioi! Mart a Polignac! They laurelled
regularly about ten or twelve abreast,
preceded by a tri colored flag. They
excited some stir in the National Guards
on duty at the Palace, and a great num
ber of persons led by curiosity to the rai
lings. It was reported in the crowd that
they come from tho Faubourg Saint Mar
tin. and had taken their flag from the
Passage da Grand t ’erf, singingthedAo -
seillais all the way through the streets.
Tho people in other quarters of tlie capi
ta! iiticl been openly called upon to assem
ble am) demand the punishintut of the
Ex-Ministers.
The Committee of eighteen members
of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to
1 examine the projects relative to the sta
tionary mid moveable National Guards.
■ had commenced their labors. A coin
| mince had been appointed to assist the
‘ Minister of Finance in Ihe distribution of
• thirty millions voted for the succour of
1 commerce and industry.
The French Ministers have- fixed their
own annual allowance at 80.004 francs
1 each per annum—upwards of $13,000 a
1 year
The loan of five millions of piastres
(30,000,000(1’.) contracted by 31. Calvo,
banker, in the name of Gen. Torrijos. lias
pist been ratified by Col. Pinto, the au
thorized agent.
It is now stilted in the Temps of the
18th, that the Government does not in
tend to bring forward any project for
■ abolishing the punishment of death, un
der two years.
The English Banking House of Duly
& Go. had suspended its payments.
Intelligence has been received that the
extensive house of Balguerie, jr. of Bor
deaux, has suspended its payments. It
is much feared That this failure will be
followed by others.
Spain. —The Minister of War in Spain
has made a report to the king, staling
that confidence is wanting in tho army.
Even the loyalty of tlie troops sent fit
guard the frontiers, is doubted. Tlie
King was about to make a tour through
Castile, and visit tlie confines of Portugal.
, From Algiers. —The Commander-in-
Chief at Algiers forwarded on the IHtli
and 35th August, several reports to the
3linistcrof War, giving details of tlie
, force sent to Bona, and of its operations.
The people submitted after some persua
sion, without resistance, and the landing
of the troops was promptly effected. The
CabaUles & Arabs threatened an attack,
covering the country around, and slop
ping provisions. On the 6th August they
CVitfAtsftlc gimteyllism
were attacked, and routed at every poinr
On the btli. they again attacked General
Dainreiaout’s position, and were driven
hack with murderous loss, the French t:
sustaining comparatively little.
Rome, Oct. tith.— I The Pope, was besieg- I
cd hy Cardinals, bishops, prelates and ec- g
clesiastics of all ranks, supplicating the s
recognition of Don Miguel. llccontinu- n
ed indexible, and had referred the matter 1
to a special commission.
Naples, Ocl. sth.— An amnesty and sev- li
oral acts of grace had been announced, t
but no individual condemned for political t
offences, had yet been pardoned. The 1
prospect of an amnesty, however, was I
certainly discussed in the Council, and 1
the capital was tranquil. '
Hague, Oct 15. Vt.—We learn from a I
sure source, tliat the mission ol the Prince I
of Orange is the result of deplomatic ne- <
gotiations.. There has been a conlereace «
at the Hague, at which the Ambassadors 1
of four great powers attended, and a re
solution was adopted to try, far the lust
lime, measures, of mildness and recon
ciliation with regard to Belgium. On <
the strength of t’.iis decision the Minis- <
tors Van Gobbleschroy and de Lacostc I
will immediately loaveth t Hague. 1
There is a division in the Commission i
of .State charged to present modifications i
&c. of the fundamental law, one party i
being for absolute separation, under the
same dynasty, the other fora partial or
modified separation. The members from
the South no longer attend the meetings
of the commission. The Prince de Chi
may is about leaving the Hague, unwil
ling it is said, to be the sole representa
tive from the Southern provinces.—
Among other decrees of the King, to pre
vent discord, one of the 9th prescribes
measures in relation to strangers, lodg
ing- in the country, directing every inn
keeper or keeper of a hoarding house to
make known the arrival of such persons
to the police, within six hours. Suspect
ed persons were directed to be arrested.
from Nassau.
Ciiari.kston, \ov. 22.
By the Rritish sloop Ceres, arrived yes
terday from Nassau, we received a tile
of the Royal Gazelle, of that place, to the
13th inst. inclusive.
Public notice has been given, by tin
• principal olllcers of the Customs at .Mar
sau, that on the sth of January nr-,
dollars will cease to be receivable In liie
Rritish Colonies for dnties-on imports
and that after that period the duties w i
he payable in Rritish money only. Tin
notice is conformable to the instruction
of the Commissioners of the Customs -
Ragland, datiyl December 27th. Th>
subject appears to excite some interest ■
Nassau, from the fact, as declared by n
correspondent of the Royal Gazette, thai
there is not sulllcienl Rritish money in the
Colony,to answer such purpose; and from
the existing state of Exchange, being
from 11 to Jo per cent, against the Colo
ny, a sufficient amountcunnot be retained
in the Colonies.
'file Gazrltcnt' the 27th nit. contains the
following paragraph on the opening id
the trade between the ports of the United
States, and those ol the British West in
flies :
In our last paper we published th
Proclamation of the President of tlu
■ T ' - .1 tllV J»l/I *3 1)1 i Ll«t I
country to the trade ofthc Rritish West
Indies; and now insert extracts from the 1
American papers, boasting of the advan
tages which they w ill derive from this 1
Iratle; wo have met with nothing in Un-
English papers hinting at the probability
or expectation of Ibe measure. The
W .-st Indies had learned to do without I
the direct trade, mid, we believe, hud no
desire for it, ns the North American co 1
lonics were supplying them with the most ;
of the articles they needed : but the inju
ry that those colonies will sustain from
competition with the Americans, must
be serious indeed; particularly when it 1
was so little expected by them, anil the
arrangements made in the Canadas and 1
(lie oilier Colonies, will now be found of *
no avail to them, but on the contrary, *
most grievous disappointment. 1
From t!:e N. Y. Journal of Comim-rcr, 10t!i inst. *
THE STORM. (
I or the information of our distant rea
ders, if any of them arc so distant ns t<
escape a storm which has hung over ns
for nine days, we will state that over j
sinee .Sunday before last, the sun has I
been almost a total stranger in these
parts, the wind constantly at N. E. or .
N. N. B. During the tirsl five days then
was very little rain, but the appearance
of its clouds indicated that something
serious was brewing.—On Friday night ,
it came, in good earnest; wind and ruin (
in abundance. On Saturday the wind ,
abated, lint the ruin continued to descend
in torrents. On .Sunday the suinc. Yes- |
terdny, muggy, drizzly, and towards .
night a little more rain.—No appearance 1
offair weather when our paper went t-> ,
press. The only disasters which have ,
occurred during- the storm, so far ns has
conic to our knowledge, are the loss of j
the brig North-Curolina, from Paler- ,
mo, by going ashore at the Hook, (since !
gone to pieces,) and the misfortune ofthe
Ur. brig Hopewell in keeping her com I
pany. The Hopewell, however, had not ,
gone to pieces when we last heard from
Iter, and may possibly be got off. For the
last three days there have been scarcely
any arrivals. Vessels which the wind Ims
driven near the coast,very prudently keep
oil’. 1 (
Richmond, \ov, 17. i
The Weather. —Wo have had few or (
none ofthc signs of winter—and we may ;
say, not many of autumn, except it be I
the Fall ofthe leaves. No snow, no ice I
no frost. None of the tenderest vegeta- i
hies in our gardens are touched and*nip- t
ped—the cotton is still putting forth him- «
< I reds cf flowers in n held—though tor I
the want of sun they do not ripen into I
balls, hut fall vo the ground. The ground I
is still-covered with a Iganlifnl coat of «
verdure—and in two parts of the State t
we have heard of a few strawberries ri- (
pening.— Compiler. # ,
Jl Rotator. —ln our Reading Room will c
be found a potutoe weighing ten and a i -
pounds, eighteen inches long and twenty i
two aiula half in circumference. It was t
brought from the plantation of NatlVi
Raw, Esq. of Liberty cou;:ty. We un- j i
dot-stand Raw, from one acre of r
land obtained upwards of six hundred t
bushels. It is termed the brimstone no- ,
tatoe,— Sav. Ryubtican,. 1
From the Tallahassee Floriiliun & Advocate. t
THE BANANA. i
Wo have in this office, for the inspec •
lion of lltose who take an interest in the 1
agriculture of Florida, a beautiful clus- 1
lure of this delicious fruit raised in the *
garden of Capt. Brown near lake Jack
son. It contains forty-eight ripe hanu- 1
nas and weighs ten pounds. Captain
Brown is confident, that his garden, will j
afford an ample supply of this fruit, for •
his extensive establishment, and believes rt
that its culture will not be more difficult f
than that of many other plants, which 1
have long been raised in this climate.— 1
It must be recollected that the winter of- '
1829-31) was more unfavourable than or- 1
dinary seasons for. tropical plants; we
have no doubt, therefore, that Middle 1
Florida will afford sufficient for domestic 1
consumption, while the Banana will be- !
come a staple and an article of export
from tlie peninsula of Bast Florida.
COTTON.
The expectations of an abundant crop
ofthis staple will he fully realized. Tito’
every description of Cotton will yield a
fair average, Sea Islands will be the ,
most profitable to the cultivator. It is ‘
now generally admitted that this descrip- j
lion of cotton should constitute the grea- (
ter proportion of the crop. Besides, its .
more valuable staple, it stands the drouth |
better and continues to bear until frost, (
which are circumstances of much im
portance, iti seasons like the present j
The quantity that will be shipped Irom
Magnolia mid St. Murks is variously es- (
timated, from 12 to 15,000 bales. On a t
former occasion we stated our belief that
Florida cotton would rank high, as soon. ,
as its quality should he known. We
have just seen a gentleman from Mag
nolia, who states that a few bales were
shipped last season to Boston and were
worked up in a manfaeturing establish
nient in the vicinity, ami that they were ‘
so well pleased with the sample that an (
agent has been employed to purchase till
that can be obtained, and at prices, too,
not warranted hy the present state of the
Liverpool Market. — lb.
-••©a--
Savannah, Nov. 20.
An attempt was made to rob the stage
from Mi!ledgeville, about 25 miles from
Columbus, on the morning of the 12ib
.owl. The horses, having been alarmed,
U-ft the road, and ran into the woods,
when one ofthe passengers leaped from
the stage, and discovered three persons
behind it, who immediately ran off One
d‘the trunks contained SIO,OOO, which
% as. probably known to the persons
.taking the attempt.— Georgian.
The Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate, of the
30th ult. says:—Mr. Kamsuy. the young
.nan who was so unfortunate as to be
-everely wounded by the discharge of
Mr. Brandon's pistol, aimed at Colonel
Vortheut, after lingering nearly ten days,
died on the evening ofthc 21st inst." So
dint two valuable lives were s criffcod
to this political affray. A new election
• till the place in the Legislature occa
sioned by the death of Col. Norlhcut, lias
been ordered .—Charleston Courier.
• 9i 5«..-
The Norfolk Beacon contains an ex
tract of a letter, dated
t ONOACOUA, Oil! ga.
‘•Tito IT. (8. ship Natchez, Capt. New
ton, sailed, on the 2lst inst. unaerniz.
I’lie Erie, Captain Rousseau, At Peacock
Capt. McCall, will he ready to sail in two
n-'threc days. The sloop Florida,Lt. Com.
Gcdncy, is heaving out. The Peacock
will return to a port in the U. States im
mediately after her cruize ”
The 11. States ships Peacock and Erie,
and schr. Slunk, were at Pensacola 2itl>
ult.—all well.
Fram the
In this section, the Mail contracts have ''
boon taken nimsally low, less than half
what the mail is at present eonv. ycd
for on the Fume routes. From this to '
Carrollton, the mail will he conveyed for 1
about six hundred dollars. To Fart
Gaines fora little upwards offour hundred
dollars and from Ellecslie to Marion
Court-House, for loss than two hundred
doll '.-s. There is a saving of quite two
thirds in these contracts.
The Mail is to lie conveyed from this '
to Thomaston, in two horse stages, once ,
a week. The route has been extended '
Ry Forsyth to Macon, and will also pass 1
Talhotton. Mr. Bbcnezer Eliason. jr. is
the contractor. Mr. Reynolds of Ala. 1
has taken the route to Carrollton.
Thr Oranrp, Tree— may be consider- 1
ed as one of the graces ofthc vegetable '
world, ivnifingin itself a multiciplidty of ’
chm-ins.—lt isntreeofhamlsomegrowth, !
with polished evergreen leaves of the *
most elegant form, a profusion of beauti
ful uml fragrant flowers, and a whole- s
some and delicious fruit, cased in gold, 1
which lias inspired the poets with a thou- f
sand exquisite images. Yet, not satisfied (
with till these pretentions, it insists upon i
yet further provoking the genus irri labile, j
by possessing them all at once; the dcii
cate white blossoms breathing out their
sweetness upon the very checks ofthc
glowing fruit.—Such is the beauty ofthe ’
tree; itsk tlie feverish invalid if its benevo - ‘
truer be not yet greater.
From the Petersburg Va. OH Domiuiou.
NEXT PRESIDENCY.
The overwhelmingdelentsiistniiieilby I
the coalition, in N. V. has utterly des- i
troyed the hopes ofthc.* party, and bias- 1
ted the ambitious calculations of Henry '
Clay. Had New-York gone for the co- >
alition, ns it was hoped she would, from i
the circumstance that the enemy hail *
been enabled, by dividing and distract- 1
mg the republican parly, and thereby !
creating chisnis and heurtburnings, to <
draw from the path of duty many honest i
but misguided republicans, her influence, •
thrown info the opposite scale, might <
have effected a change of sentinment, •
elsewhere, calculated to throw some 1
doubt upon the issue of the next Prcsi- <
dentinl election. But with New-York i
on our side, we may defy the ‘foul fiend,' 1
and look forward with vhe utmost confi- ‘
deuce to the re-election of Andrew Jack- <
son, by a more decisive and overwhelm- 1
ing vote than that bV which he was in- ‘
trodiiced into tlie Presidential chair. i
\V ithont extending tins article, and to
manifest the certainty ofthe re-election 1
of Andrew Jackson, we will name a 1
few slates, whose sentiments cannot and t
will not be questioned. t
New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia <
the Carolina!?, Georgia and Tennessee,
have, combined, 133 votes in majority ol
the whole number of electors. Can th«
vote ofeither of these states, by possibili
ty, be transferred to Henry Clay? As
suredly not. Then with these stales alone,
Andrew Jackson is sure of his election
But, it may be asked, will he get no more?
Assuredly he will: And the impression is,
that he will not only get these, but that
he may calculate with confidence upon
tin- vote of every southern and western
state, to which may ho added, Maine, N.
Hampshire, New-Jerscy, perhaps Ver
mont. Rhode Island, Connecticut, Dela
ware, and a respectable portion of Mary
land. ; •
If Mr. Clay receives sixty votes at the
next election, he will prove himself to be
uiueh more popular than we are at pre
sent disposed to concede to him.
From the Alabama Slate Intelligencer
DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
A HAH AM A.
It is with feelings of great pleasure that
we can now state to the public, from in for
mation which we have received, during
a late conversation with the Chairman
ofthe Building Committee, that the build
ings of the University of Alabama, situa
ted one mile from Tuscaloosa, have been
so far completed as to be now ready for
the reception of the faculty and the stu
dents. As the University is a subject ol
great interest to the citizens ofthe State,
it is of importance that every thing con
nested with its buildings and location
should be made fully kuown. We will,
therefore, make no apology in an attempt
to describe the buildings and the grounds,
that a just idea of the institution may be
known throughout the State, and that no
misapprehension regarding it may exist
in tlie public mind.
The grounds of the University are
nearly 86 acres. The high road from Tus
caloosa to Huntsville runs through the
extent of them making two nearly equal
divisions. The southern division is en
closed, and is occupied partly by a Vine
yard, and partly by fruit trees, and in
tended ILr an experimental farm. The
buildings of the University arc situated
on the northern and highest division, be
ing also well enclosed. The plan of the
University is nearly that of a square; the
centre ofthe northern side of this square
is occupied by the Laboratory, or princi
pal building for instruction. The edifice
is of two stories, has a portico in front,
with 6 lonic columns, approached by a
handsome flight of steps. This building
is, in breadth, 45 feet, and runs back 7.5
'act. The interior consists of 6 apart
ments; on the ground floor is the theatre
for lecture on chemistry, &c. Two oili
er rooms are also on this floor; the upper
floor, which is reached by two handsome
stair-cases, one on each side of the lobby,
consists of three splendid apartments; the
principal one is 45 feet in length by 30
loot wide; this room has two fire places,
and ail the other apartments ofthe build
ing each one tiro place. I inmediately on
the west side of the Laboratory are erect -
ed two buildings, so constructed as to
accommodate four families; these are in
-1 ten-led as houses for the Faculty to live
in, each building is 45 feet in front by St*
lectin depth, und are 45 feet apart. !?;,>-
tuopn, nnd immediately resting on the
two Faculty houses, is erected a hall of
one, to serve the purpose of a recitation
room. The buildings for the Professors
are 3 stories in height, and each family
will have (> large and airy apartments,
besides kitchen behind, ami other out
buildings. The foregoing building ore
nil that arc on the northern line ofthe
square. The west side is occupied with
one Donatory or College, three stories in
height. This building is of n plain, but
durable style of architecture; it is J)S feet
in length from north to south, by 57 feet
in breadth, having 36 rooms, calculated
to contain 4)5 students. The building is
divided into 12 compartments of 3 rooms
caeii, being one silting room in front, with
a fire place, and two bed rooms behind.
Each of the compartments can accom
modate 4 students, makingin all 48 for the
building. There arc cellars constructed
under the building for the purpose of
containing fuel. On the cast side, fac
ing this Dormitory is situated another of
equal dimensions of accommodations—
ilie two Dormitories being capable of
lodging 86 students. The Hotel of (ho in
stitution is a handsome two story building
wiitiSapartments on the ground floor, one
of which is a hall 55 feet in length by 22 feet
in breadth, paved with brick This am
ple apartment is intended as a dining
room for the students, of whom it can
entertain upwards of 100. The two oth
er rooms below, are behind this one, and
arc intended as places of deposite for de
serts, culinary utensils, and for other con
veniences. The kitchen is conveniently
situated, and well constructed for its pur
pose. The Hotel is situated on thq,wcst
side, about 80 yards back from the iiiu
of the square, rendering it more retired
and agreeable for its purpose of a board
ing house. The foregoing are all the
buildings which are finished, and which
will be at present required.
The principal building of the Universi
ty, anil one o( the first in the Southern
Stales, is the Rolando; this building is
three stories, in height, is circular, as its
name imports, is surmounted by a dome
and it has a colonade of 24 columns sur
rounding it; it is divided into two com
partments, one below and one above;
the lower one is intended fur a com
mencement hall, and the upper room is
for a library. This building is not all
completed within, the carpenter work
alone of the commencement room bcin"-
finished. The plan also admits ofa spire
in front, which has not yet been com
menced. The Hotundo has, with great
taste mid propriety, been placed in the
centre ofthe area, nnd when completed
it will u,it only adorn the institution, but
it will odd honour to its architect, nnd
to the nrtizans employed in its construc
tion. This elegant building, not being
wanted for some time, the Chairman of
the Building Committee iias not thought
it necessary to hasten its completion
with the rapidity lie has done the other
edifices, hut as those parts ofthe plan
of the building which are yet to do, w ill
not occupy time of any length, the Rotun
do will be flnisljcd long previous to its be
ing required. ••
Thus the Building Committee of the
University have, for the present, draw n
near to a conclusion of their labors; and
(lie choice of so healthy and agreeable
a situation—the taste and elegant plan of
the buildings— their strength, evuvenj.
nee and durability—with (he g rci t I
iiomyol money which has bee, l
ed throughout, do honor to the mimi ‘ e I
those connected with their erecti.m . ■
indicate a cheering and I
hope, that under the fostering career I
wise and beneftcient government this“ I
stitution, brought forward under s„T ■
auspices, will go on to prosper—be «h I
pride and honor of this young and 1,.,, 0 I
py commonwealth—and continue I
home and literature—of science, ami I
In the foregoing remarks we have m I
tempted to describe the number s . . I
and locality of the buildings of om- p ■ ■
versity; but we may add, for the inf '!' I
•nation of our citizens at a distance tbit I
the present erections form only n pan f I
the original plan drawn out by the arth; I
tect, and by which the Board of Trip* I
lees mean to guide themselves in future I
improvements. This plan admits of two I
additional buildings for Professors 0 n I
the east side of the Laboratory, und one I
Hotel on the same side, being uniform I
both in a style and dist une, with h ; m j. I
iur buildings to the west above descrih* I
ed. To the south also ofthe present Don I
mitoiics, it is contemplated at a future I
period to erect four or more additional I
ones on the cast and west sides, of U iu- I
form appearance with those already pm I
up; and next the high road, on the sou- I
iheni line, which is at present open, may I
be erected buildings to correspond with I
those on the north line; which erections I
will be necessary in the event of a niedi . 9
cal department being founded at (he 1,. 9
niversity. Thus a uniform plan will he 9
constantly attended to, and every new I
building as, it is got up, will fit its place I
according to the original idea ofthe arclii- I
tect. We may hero also add. that the I
northern division of land on which the in- I
stitution is situated, being nt least 40 I
acres in extent, advantage has been taken I
of this ample space to lay it out in walks, I
the sides of w Inch will he planted with I
trees, and also with beds of flowers and I
shrubbery, at proper distances. This in- I
tention will bo carried into execution in a I
few months. We need make no remark I
upon the property of this undertaking.— I
It will adorn the university, and flower I
gardens and walks w ith* shady trees, I]
will he truly delightful in this climate. I
The completion of the whole desig.i of I
the erections of (his institution may not I
occur in our day, but we would express |
our opinion ofthe simplicity, the justness
of the science of plans nnd unhesitating
ly award our tribute of admiration for
the efforts of taste and genius w hich has
executed them.
The following are (he departments of
learning proposed to be taught in the L'»
niversity, viz:
Ist. Ancient Languages, including the
higher grade of the Latin nnd Greek
Languages; Ancient and Modern histo
ry; Geography, Ancient und Modern,
with the use of the Globes.
2d. Mnlheniatics and Natural Philoso
phy, including the higher branches of
Numerical Arithmetic. Algebra, Trigo
nometry, plane and spherical, Geometry,
Mensuration, Conic Sections, Fluxions,
Differentials, Mechanics, Statics, Hy
drostatics, Accoustics, Optics and As
tronomy'.
3d. Natural History, including I*o!a
--. ny Zoology, Mineralogy; Chemistry and
Geology, with the application ofChcmis
try to the arts and agriculture.
4lh. Moral Philosophy, including men
tal science generally, Belies Lotties, Lo<
gieaml lietl.oric.
lu (he above departments of learning
additional Professors may be expected to
be added, as the University increases in
Students.
AMICUS VBiIITATIS.
• &C.
From the Edgefield Carolinian.
Blown, all it*, Guthrie, alias Mott, so n%
ttirions in this part ofthe country for tho
numerousness and audacity of his horse,
thefts, w as found a lunatic by n*g!ilar in
quisition at the last term of the Court in
Abbeville, and was despatched, by order
ofthe Court, under proper guard, to tlio
Lunatic Asylum in Columbia. The prin
cipal facts upon which this finding was
predicated; us appeared by the testimony
ofthe gaoler and attending physicians,
to some extent confirmed by the actual
inspection ofthe jury, were as follows:
The prisoner, for several months, had
preserved the same rccumhant posture, ■
net evon changing it for the discharge ol
the filthiest offices of nal. ic, tearing off
all clothes that w ere put upon him, never
speaking a word, with eyes rolled hack
and fixed on vacancy, abstaining from
food for many days at a time, and never
eating except w hen he was fed like a
child. These facts are sufficient to ex
onerate all concerned in the finding from
any manner of blame, and if they led to
a fal-e conclusion, show the* indomitable
resolution of Brown to preserve liislil'o
at every other sacrifice. It seems, how
ever, that at the time Brow n had reached
Columbia, he had recovered his loquaci- ’
ty, his appetite, his sanity, and in sonic
degree his good appearance. They re.
fused to receive him at the Asylum—tho
guard suffered him to escape—some ofthe
good'peoplc of Columbia contributed moo.
ney for his relief—he remained a day or
two in tiic town, then took his departure,
nnd at the same time, two horses unac
countably disappeared.
We detail there circumstances just ns
we have heard thorn, although wo lioj*e
there may he some mistakes in the mat
ter.—ls the narration be true, wc think,
the Regents of the Asylum have placed
a strange construction on the Act of As
sembly in refusing to admit a subject re
gularly found lunatic, whose admission
was ordered by the Court—that the guard
acted wit!* the most culpable negligence
—and that the people of Columbia are
very inchscriiuinuting in their charities.
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HUSBANDRY.
Os the interior arts nf life, those yviiicli
relate to the culture ofthe earth are the most
excellent and useful. They are, in fiiet*
a branch of philosophy, and are capable
of unlimited improvements from a known
edge ofthe Jaws of nature respecting tho
mineral, vegetable ami.'animal king
doms. The business of husbandly also
serves to remind a person of his depen
dence upon Providence, and his gains
have no connexion with any person’s loss. t
It is the common interest of the commu
nity to wjsh him well, because, in pro
portion to its success, every member dl
it enjoys greater plenty