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VOLUME IX.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A SYRIAN LEGEND.
Koja, the sou of a shipwiig'.r of i’cyroul, he- j
cum-* the hero of story simply from the excessive |
constancy of his attachment ’ •l-’-.igh- !
ter of a Matonite merchant. X ■ K. I
what nation Koja belonged. ’>■• > pi .‘o sure of
the epoch of his existence. But ns lu-iiiitains;
in a in st.• atmosphere seem fur off a* soon as,
you recede a little from them, so in the Hast, j
“where history sheds no stca'dy light on the past j
popular personages who have only ju.-t died are |
often removed to an indefinite distance hack in j
time. This point however is of no moment. — j
Men who become famous from the mere display j
of the affections are always near neighbours. We ■
feel tor Petrarch, whose house has left ho ruins |
at Vaueluse, just as if he were living in t in. next j
street More so, perhaps - ', because time flow ing
over his story, has washed away everything hut i
the sparkling gold. So is it with Koja. There |
were men who hated and persecuted him in “li > ;
life; hut. they are gone and all now join in la-:
nieiitingTtliloitg separation from Lisa.
The meeting of the two lovers was acddcutal. j
One morning. Lisa, who began to find the wo- j.
men's apartment, to which she had (teen con-j
fined during, her father’s altsence at I tamaseus,
somewhat dreary, asked Margota, her aunt, to j
lake her forth, that she might wander on the |
holders of the sea. The good old indy wnswefi •
nigh struck dumb by the request. “All the saints
bless thee I” cried she; “has a Marid (evil spirit)
been whispering in thy ear? Why, here atn 1,
at this'respectable age. I have lived all niy life
long !\[ liny tout, r.ii ’ ::?tcr once h.ve I desired
to go down to the water’s edge.” Upon this
Lisa laughed, and told her mint the sto-.y of
the dove who lived with the tortoise, and who
one day expressed a desire to go ami eat
diives on a hill that was almost out of
sight. Tlic tortoise objected, and made a
long speech to show the impropriety <>fj
such a step ; but the dove Hashed round and
round in the suulight, and replied, “My triend,
you mean to say that you have no wings.” So,
off she (lew.
Margota understood from this that her charge
would steal out aloue, or with one of the slave
girls,to satisfy her wish ; and with many grumb
ling* began to get Heady, first putting on a veil as
thick as a towel, then an ample gowu of yellow
silk, and then a black cloak like a domino. Af
terwards she wanted to take all off again to don j
her yellow boots in greater comfort; but Lisa. |
who had disguised herself iu five minutes, would j
not allow such delay, and calling to Zarifeh, the j
slave girl, went down into the court. Margota
followed grumbling at her wilftilness ; and so
they went forth into the narrow streets, and pro
ceeded iu the direction of the sea.
Instead of goitigdown to the port, always full
‘ of noisy Greek and Arab sailors, they look a cir
cuitous direction, and readied the waters edge
about a mile outside the town. “It is a beauti
ful evening,” said Lisa “Very cold,” quoth
Margota, shivering; and indeed a sea breeze was
blowing gently in their faces, tuid making their
silk garments flutW as it passed. The water,
however, faroot, seemed as placid as the blue
heavens above; whilst near at hand studl waves
or rather .ripples, came creeping up the sandy
bench n few inches, and then retreating to return
•gain with a rustling sound. Lisa took off her
•hoM—aha had no stocking*—and ran out to try
and eat eh what seemed to her floating diamonds
—etac-Mk that •cmpoWng themselves newthe
surface, now aefnadtft&now contracting,
’ god ever Imping oat of reach of her hand.
Thus they wmmmt'MfiM Jliflfci tijfMlfr*
to A ledge of rock that ilftiMrifeliid hjßfofel fast
into the sea. By thefts ;V -*'*£■?■*
nned a little and ajjfc
looking texily
at tho wa, Which withvmily enlarged circum
ference, was just poising itself near the cloudless
horizon—* ftuteofftttva t& and tight
The time seemed long, and. Margota at test
said to Zarifeh, “Byti&ti* weak.-and Ido not
dewy Lien on the vjgagf Tbaiilirte girl-turned
m her sharp eyes in thht direction, and ronmng
from her apathy oried: “She is net there!” So,
■ raa fovwartiwhHe MnfgoUb *hoee boots
wore fell nfemd, fcMtwd sUlf. TANARUS& hlaek
ffirl arrived soon, and
ded her tree from the sun arid lodked Movail
"Where is the child TANARUS” cried MargoU. ‘'Oot’oo
Mre •sn,’’ vmn the aipfr M
’ ■: * “ . ■ ■. :
wmtanL.im.jj wells mihAli rliiß/ictHSr
rfaoaißf wuu loiOii Qinihuiu vuo buhitoh
fit iht roek, MfiU l| (fi! dlljiOT grffom*
] small sail, and thought she distinguished two]
persons in t. “Ha!” exclaimed Zarifeh, with a
meaning smile, “Lisa has a bontsman friend, and
he is taking her away. See how the sail swells
and bends. But she is not afraid. Site stands !
tip clapping her hands; her veil is fluttering;
and the stranger is worshiping her face.”
Margota could see nothing of all this; but be
gan wringing her hands, for she knew how tcr-
J rible would be the anger of the father when he
j heard of what had taken place. The matter,
■ however, was not so serious as she and Zerifeh,
j had at first feared. Lisa, on going out along the
| rocks, had seen a boat floating near the other
j side, with'a young man seated in it. In the
East when once tlie formal rules of propri-1
ety are disregarded, nature shows itself!
in its utmost simplicity. Withoftt mean- 1
ing any harm, Lisa called out, “O.young boats-1
man ! ibis is the first time 1 have seen the sea ; 1
; and I long to ride foroue half-hour ou it bosoms. I
j Take me with thee.”
Koja—for it was he—looked up listlessly.—
j He had been sailing about all day, ’endeavour
ing to divert his thoughts from themes which
j trouble youth, and when the wind had fallen,
i had suffered his boat to-float, where it listed just j
i giving now and then a sweep with the oar, more
from habit, than design. Thus ho found him-’
seif in that place; and was brought face to face
with Lisa. He complied mechanically with her
request, wondering who this maiden might he
who was thus out by herself, against all the cus
toms of the country. His fancy suggested that
it might he a spirit. She stepped lightly on |
hoard when the boat floated up to a projecting j
ledge ; and when the iit'.ly mast was shipped,
• amfshc lirgantn tiT'i tllelhmy craft glide away j
j from shore, everything was forgotten hut the de- i
| light of the moment Margota. and Zarifeh, and !
Iter father's displeasure-revturthing was forgot- I
! ten but the delight of thus passing along like a I
shadow over the- purple waters in the light of the I
; setting sun. Perhaps, too, company so new to!
j her, a handsome youth, who gazed upon her j
with a bewildered look of admiration, and who I
j seemed silently to entreat her not to notice that
j the breeze had unveiled her, and that she, whom
| no strange man ever beheld, was pouring love !
j into his heart — perhaps this was the chief cause
| <>f forgetfulness. - Love at first sight is common
in the East—where Ix'iuity can rarley he marked
; for a longer space of time than a fitTling star takes
jto shoot, across one quarter of the heavens. Be
! fore the shrill erv of Zarifeh came from the shore,
i Koja loved Lisa, and Lisa loved Koja, and the
l destiny of the one became indissolubly united
with that of the other.
i When Zarifeh called out in the strange wail
ling voice common to her people, Lisa said to
] her lover. “We must return ; and we must part.
i’Hris is the flower time of our lives ; afterwards |
j will come the withering sun of adversity.” Koja i
; took her hand and placed in it a ring, and said, ‘
I “If we must part, keep this token. We rnnv I
; never meet again; but it will be a means of
communion. If good fortune is with me, it will
retain its brightness ;if evil, it will dim. If I
cease to love and the grave opens for me, it will
liecome black.” Lisa wept at. the thought of
! Iter lover’s death, and took the ring. They ex
changed no more words; and presently after
wards the young girl leaped from the boat up
on tbc extreme point of the rock and listened
to the approach of her guardians. She did not
reply to them, for her eyes and her mind were
following Koja. who was sailing on towards the
open sea—suit. out. towards the place where the
1 siiu had gone down —moving to and fro like a
shadow-, for light was gradually fading, the sail
growing gradually.dimmer and dimmer until
the eye confounded it sometimes with the great
white birds that were coming landward, flying
low and wearily along the waters. At length
it faded altogether, because night began to come
rapidly on; then Lisa said : “l came down to
the sea-side with a soul; now it is gone. This
is only the form of Lisa. My soul is floating over
the waters. Let us go home; the wind is chill,
j and life’s heart has departed from ine.”
j “ Woe I woe I” murmured Margota. “ The
I master of that boat was a magician; and he
! Until cast a spell upon the girl. What have I
| done !” _
So they returned to the house; and Lisa re--
maiued day after day lamenting the loss of her
j soul; She knew that love, such as hers, was
: destined in this world to bring unhappiness to
those who suffered it. marriages among her
people are not bused upon affection. A husband
is chosen by the father, and the daughter is not
j even asked if she can hope for happiness with
. him. There was no chance that Kja would he
selected ; for she knew he wiis of a different race,
a race who worship|>ed God iu a different man*
i ner, made bows and prostrations in the Church
according to auother ritual, kissed the palm of
the priest's hand instead of the tips of his fingers,
and was alt“gethcr, therefore, au alien and an
’ enemy. She also knew that the merchant, her
father, had quarrelled with the father of Koja for
i the possession of a ship, so that there was a feud
i between them. The idea of struggling against
, law and custom never occurred to her; and she’
sat down inAhe chamber, which had appeared in
l the morning sobright and cheerful, to nurse the
; j yeuug tore that bad beet) born, as sadly, as if
tflfctffm** Was already open to receive it.
- Hitherto led by in* father'* great
s love which he had conceived would prove pokon
to him: and he resolved at once to dissipate
t bis energies in adventure: Nothonghtof rela
t lions orfriends troubled him; and the narrator
I <joe* not take tho trouble to form iijuttfflcatioft.
r Passion is always selfish; and ail purisorvo
, manners in the Eaet identify themselves with
s AoiS Who yiekna it, andncTer dream thatjiuy
c other duties have'a claim. Away sailed Koja
* until lie saw a ship with many *aU* moving slow;
• ly loiM|'!te!<he'|lioodkl)t. He hailed it, aod
i went board, and yqyaged with it to the Gra
t <m pjtends, and then to the Freak eouutries,
*• Bgjrpt. /•?*’
“Prete all tillage| k*l4 Iket flat whkk li|**4."-P*CL.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1854.
| him, and sent to him flowers which they had
perftuned with their sighs; hut he listened to
none, and when they remonstrated with him by
messengers he departed from that city and went
to another. His heart was wholly occupied with
Lisa, whom it seemed impossible he should meet
again.
The young girl was equally constant, and
spent the chief part of her time in watching the
ring which Koja had given her, to know wheth
er it retained its brightness. Sometimes it dull
ed a little; and as she wa* unwilling to believe
in misfortunes, she reproached herself with want
; of care, and took soft linncti and rubbed it; hut
it changed not by her efforts, obeying (he de-
I parted one. This ring is not supposed to have
; been originally endowed with any miraculous
1 powers, but derived Its marvellous quality siin
j ply from the intensity witli which Koja had
wished for a means of communion with his belov
ed one.
j When the merchant returned from Damascus
his first talk was of a husband for Liza ; but the 1
young girl, knowing there was but one means
of escape, feigned madness, and went about the
house with flowers and straw in her hair, sing
ling wildly. Margota and Karifeh knew the
; cause of this, but they dared not reveal it; and
so the merchant grieved and Liza remained a
maiden, pitied by the whole city. Koja was for
gotten, except by his father, who set up a ceno
taph for him, and mourned over it for a whole
day once a year —the anniversary of the day on
which the youth had disappeared, floating away
I in his bout towards the setting sun.
j Time passed on ; and Lisa was no longer a
! young girl, but a fall grown woiqan, atill lienuti-1
!TuL; yd no longer sought iu marriage. She re
i maitied in her father’s house; while her sisters,
: who were mere children when the meeting with
Koja took place, all found husbands,, and soon
! brought pretty babies for her to admire and
| nurse. One night, after seven years had gone
i to the past, the merchant happening to he sleep
less, herd a voice raised in lamentation. So, lie
! got up and went in its direction, and found that
j it proceeded from his eldest daughter’s room.—
; lie listened, and herd her saying : “Oh Koja I
I and art thou near the gates of death I lias this
! sorrow overtaken, me ? Is my bridegroom about
to he taken awav ?” The old man marvelled at
these words, ami quietly raising the curtain that
closed the room, beheld Lisa sitting on the car
pet with a lamp beside her, holding a ring in the
bright light, and shedding tears. “What is the
sorrow of my daughter}” said he, gently. She
looked up, without any expression of alarm or
surprise, and replied : “Tho last hour is ap
proaching, and 1 know not where he is or what
are the means of protection.” Then she showed
the ring, which had lost all its brightness, and
seemed as if made of old copper. The merchant
! understood thatshc had nourished some secret
1 affection, and repented that he had not sought to
j learn the reason of her madness. lie was not
| very aged—his passions were less strong than
of yore —his ambition weaker—his prejudices al
most worn away ; and therefore, w hen Lisa told
her story, he sympathised with her, and said:
“Perchance the young man may yet live, for the
ring is not yet black ; and there is no limit to
the power and mercy of God.” As he spoke,
the gold assumed a still darker hue ; and Lisa
shrieked and fell senseless on the carpet.
Now it happened that at this time Koja was
returning with a caravan across the desert that
separated Arabia from Syria. The simoom blew,
and obliterated all signs of the track. The cara
van wandered—water failed—death Iwgan its
work. Kojo,’though hardened by much travel,
suffered the extreme of thirst. Making a last
eflbrt, he left tho caravan, and wandered away
through the sand. Weakness came over him—
he sank down, and there seemed no means of es
cape. He thought of Lisa ; aud as lie felt death
coining on, prayed to be united to her in heaven.
Then he lost all memory and consciousness; and
the ring darkened almost to an ebony-colour.—
Death had indeed just stretched its hand overhim
when a troop of maidens from an encampment
near at hand, which had been concoaled by a
hill, came by, on their way to search for some
camels that had strayed. One of them saw the
dying man and revived him at first by pressing
her moist lips to his. Then she called to one of
her companions who had a gourd, and sprinkled
his face with water. Afterwards she made him
drink. Then they took him up as if he had l>cen
a child, and carried him to the tents, where he
was tended all night by the women, while the
men wont out to save the remnants of the cara
van. It is needless to add that, before morning,
the ring had almost resumed its brightness, and
that the heart of Lisa was glad again.
A fresh peril awaited Kja. The Bedouin girl
who had saved him, loved him, and with rude
simplicity, claimed from him, first, the sacrifice
of his faith; and then, when he had told his
Story of. his long-abiding passion, she could not
understand that engrossing kind of attachment,
urged her youth, ht attractions, her wealth, hat
services, and even uttered, threats. Koja remain
ed unmoved ; and at last Fatmeh said, “I will
go with vou to that distant city, leaving my hi
ther, and my fnendi. mkfatty jpontry. and team
if ‘!<erebe absent for
i - she"was 4 1H|K|y
and perTapeW
■Hooped that death might, have made tM
%vj clear for, heraelC Wonderful adventures
bappeoed to thsm oa the road. But at length
Bey rout was reached, and Koja and Fatmeh
► stood I'efore tbdgitc of tbo Msfisiow in whicli
Lisa lived' 1 : botbdisgulaed as beggars. They ask
ed for shelter, asd it was granted, lisa won
dered at the marvellous brightness of the ring;
it shone mors like a dismsPtj than like a piece
could conceal him from her ; tuphtag forward
■ she MMMLMittd covsred it with team
i had rtinsnnteniriLittd irm mtlttftt heard it
fleoudftfcmfbSKhe awHtelmJmtefee £■
Huge of the constant lovers, —that Koja should
join the Maronite communion. •He easily ac
quiesced, having, no doubt, learned wisdom front
travel. So, after a long period of suffering came
a longer period of joy.
Were men less divided into sects and classes,
there might have been no materials for this
legend. We must take tho world ns it is, how
ever. n.df our miseries are of ouf own making;
and some of tho finest qualities of humani
ty are expended in overcoming obstacles to hap
piness, which nature has not created.—House
hold Words.
A Bed Bug Story.
The editor of the Grand Hirer Eagle gives the
following as the experience of a friend stopping
at the Kalamazoo House :
You see, I went to bed pretty all-fired used
up after a hull day on the old road before the
plank was laid, calkalatiii’ on a good snooze.— j
Waal, just as the shivers began to ease off, I kin- j
j der bit sutliin’ Irvin’ to pull oil’ my shirt and (
diggin’their feet into the small of my hack to!
get a good hold. Wiggled and twisted ami!
doubled and puckered—all no use—kept a goin’ it j
like all sin. Bitnehy got up aud struck a light j
to look round a spell—found about a peck of
bed bogs scattered around and more droppiu’ off!
my shirt and runnin’ down my legs every min-1
it. Swept off a place on the floor, shook out a
quilt lay down and kivered up in it for a nap.—
No use —mounted right on to me, like a passe I
of rats on a meal tub—dug a hole in the kiverlid,
and crawled through, ami give me fits for tryin’
to hide,. Got up again, went down stairs and
i got tho slush bucket from the wagon.- Brought
it up aud made a circle of tar on the floor—lay
down on the floor inside, ami felt comfortable
that time anyhow. Left the light huntin’ and
watched’em. ‘Seen them get t < >get her and have
a eampmeetin’ ‘bout it, and then they went off
in a squad with an old grey headed ne one at
the top, right up the wall, out on the ceiling, till
they got to the right spot, then dropped right
plump into my face. Fact by thunder! Well,
I swept ’em up agin, and made a circle of tar on
the ccilin too. Thought l had ’em foul that time:
but I swan to man, if they didn’t pull straws out
of the bed, and build a bridge over it I’ Seeing
an incredible expression on our visage,he clinch
ed the story thus :—‘lts so whether you believe
it or not, and some of ’em walked across on stills.
Bed bugs are curious critters and no mistake ;
’specially the Kalamazoo kind.’
.*
A Goose Rtorv.— At the mill of Tubbcra
keena, near Clonmel, Ireland, while in the
possession of the late Mrs. Newhold, there was
a goose which by some accident, was left solitary,
without mate or offspring, gander or gosling.
Now it happened, as is common, that the mil
ler's wife set a number af Duck’s eggs under a
lien, which in due course were incubated, and
of course, the ducklings, as soon as they came
forth, ran with natural instinct to the water, and
the hen was in a sad pucker, her maternity urg
ing her to follow the brood, and her selfishness
disposing her to stop on dry land. In the mean
while up sailed the goose and with noisy gabble,
which certainly (being interpreted) meant, leave
them to my care, she swam up and down with
the ducklings; and when they were tired of
their aquatic excursion, she consigned them to
the care of tho hen. The next morning down
came the ducklings to the pond, and there stood
the hen in her great flustration. On this oeca
sion we are not at all sure that the goose invi
ted the hen, observing her inatcrhal trouble, but
it is a fact that she being near the shore, the
hen jumped on her back, and there sat, the
ducklings swimming, and the goose and hen af
ter them, up and down the pond. And this
was not a solitary event. Day by day the hen
was seen on board tho gooee, attending the
ducklings up and down in perfect contenteducss
and good humor, numbers of people coming to
witness the circumstances, which continued un
til the ducklings coming to the days of discre
tion, required no longer the joint guardianship
of goose and hen.— Our Drawer.
Married Men.—So good was he that I now
take the opportunity of making a confession
which! have often had upon my lips but have
hesitated to make from the fear of drawing up
on myself the hatred of every married woman.
But iiow I will run the risk—so now for it—
sometime or other people must unburden their
hearts. I confess, then, that I never find and
never have found a man more loveable and more
captivating than when he is a married man. A
man is never so handsome and never so
perfect in my eyes, as when he is .mar
ried, and when he is a husband and a
father of a family, supporting la his mealy arms,
wife and children, ana Ala whole domestic cir
cle, which, on bis entraaepiuto the married state
closes around him, aad constitutes part f his
home and world, lie i not merely enobfed by
his position but he is actually faMMUf l*-
then he appears to ms as the croup.# ff
an 1- is “nty such S UHU Sf tbfc rf# h. dufej
germwtn me, and wi#’‘pM| f §B': W%
fall in love. But then pMP pMn * J@£j
Mos.n and nil Rump sun dtllaig fcl|
be si ful, and t®J
ierit a warred MftN .
Ilcannot {WVayHH|HP(Hso, Wm )t can
||pt be hope: of appcaa-
IW those vdte against me, is in my
tfsarc lovo effects me so
tfcsj*ipl*tion of no happiness
as that between idarrisd
people! unsaing to myself because it
seems to me that 1, living unmarried, or mate
4m, have with that happiness 1 title to do. /But
it is so end always way so. Mtu Bremer. _
Mas. PiWmreTOf o* *** W*v—“So the
Russians aris going te prosecute the war agin
Tupkey,” said as abe read that
fact to the paper. Ml bsStor prosecute the
ones that uattetite war, and.tben they’d just fait
it. The BmperWyioholm demrmtbsncm
eeaoe of sllioodfpeOpte, sod if the wonapu cd
only have iiteiUmdaug'U?fajm, -t
would soontesMshim cry
man says.*
does ietaty-u|ifte<|.
W***
LOCAL—EDUCATION.
Report of the Board of Visitors of Griffin Fe
male College to tho Trustees.
The Board of Visitors selected and chosen lb
perform the pleasing but delicate duty cf super
intending the Examination of the Voting Lid:
pupils of the Griffin Female College, f>r tin ,
First Term of the Collegiate course of i85•?.’
have discharged tho duties pertaining to tin;
appointment to the test of their ability.
In their course of examination they have en
deavored to follow the wishes of the intelligent
and learned gentlemen at the head of the Col
lege. to avoid all unnecessary display, and give
their attention altogether to the solid require
ments of tlie pupil—to inquire minutely and
critically into the proficiency the members of
| the class have made iu the pursuit of their stu
dies, leaving the adventitious tinsel <f display
j to float by for what it is worth.
\Ye might spread out this report > an iin
j moderate length, and say much of g e, beauty
j and accomplishment, for there wa- ii ample
■ field; hut with these things we have id nolh
j ing to do, further than they affected tho acquire
j incuts and learning us tho pupils before us. —
j Scenic effect was no part of our aim or object.
In the examination of the Senior graduating
class, truth has been particularly our desire, and
for this purpose we have been cautious, thorough
and deliberate in our investigations, taking four
days in the examination of this class aloud. In
deed some of your Board were not heretofore
entirely satisfied that the delicate and sensitive
organs of the female mind had all the grasp,
force, tenacity rmd -rigor of the Tnora TObUst in
tellect of the masculine gender, and conceived
this a most fitting opportunity to tisjt so impor
tant a question ; which, they are happy to snv.
they hare-solved, with entire satisiactaaig not
only to conviction, but to actual demonstration.
The members of this class, at least, if there be
any lack, are exceptions.
It, may tie as well to premise here, that the
young ladies were not examined by rote in any
of their studies. The hook was opened hupliaz
ard, at the beginning, inidlc or conclusion,T and
yet they were always prepared and ready with
a correct answer. If it was in a. few instances
otherwise, it arose from a misapprehension of the
question, and not from a want of knowledge of
the study.
It may.also be stated that this examination
partook rather of a private than a public charac
ter, very few visitors, other tlmn the Board be- j
ing present. This course was pursued at the
suggestion of the learned Professors, Messrs.
Morrow and Stanley, as being more favdrahlo to
nn undivided attention and thorough exntnina
tion of the pupils, in which opinion tho Board
of Visitors fully concurred.
■’ This class consisted of Miss Mary C. Caldwell,
Miss Martha A. Johnson, Miss Lizzie A. Stark,
Miss Emma H. Lawson, Miss Fanny C. Gordon,
and Miss Lizzie A. Williamson; the latter, from
thickness, not being present at the examination.
The examination coinm<need Monday, June
19th, in tho following studies and order:
Gbammar. —The young ladies were well in
structed in this very useful study. Every part
of speech and every lesson in syntax, was as
ready, clear and perspicuous in the minds of the
students, as if they had been tho study of yester
day, although the young ladies had paid no at
tention to this study for many months previous
ly, showing that the acquisition was not for an
hour or a day, but for a life time.
Botany. —This ornamental as well as useful
science had been well studied and thoroughly
committed, affording to your Committee the
pleasurable assurance that the ornamental no
less than the useful has a just and appropriate
appreciation in the institution.
Phtsioloot.—“The proper study of mankind
is man.” These appropriate line* of the poet
were fully exemplified in the ease and efficiency
■with which the examination in this study was
gone through. If there was any gradation, il
was from good to better, in the superior perform
ance of the dass in their exemplification of the
principles of this science.
Thus dosed the first day’s examination—hon
orable alike to teachers and pupils, and a feast
of pleasure to the Board.
It should be stated that none of the foregoing
studies had engaged the particular attention of
the dass for many months previous, not even to
review them.
The second day was occupied in the examina
tion of the class in Natural Philosophy, Chemis
try and Arithmetic. In aH these studio* the
clam evinced a like proficiency. _ JTkepleaSUreof
the Board of Visitors Ma nr*A enhanced in-tfei
departroent of di iiUklrj, by a number of ex|Wl
rimentsand dAMapßaidns by means of the ej-
Defemt aa4Jto*lKl apparatus belonging to the
apparatus h all new, with the
istwt hnprofoments, and it said to bo among
ths beat in the State of Georgia.
Fhegfe fee third day Moral Philosophy and Math-
I ■briii imp/ 1 - - r: —■■ Thu
iiT^iSfe? 1 reaßt ’ ■ ,,,j t
icat^radnratMt
border the great first and
wrong, ware anaiixed,
w i t h an intolleetaal discrimination and acumen
that would do no disoredit to the sacred desk ot
the lecture romp. It is bat justice to the class,
to say, that their readiness, clearness and.*fell
comprehension of tbess moroentous relatteps are
seldom equalled even in tlieologicaflostituuons.
Yoar Committee coukUdwell with pleasure toon
this study, did the HmUaaf this repoij permit it,
bat we most pass oa. V. r
—The science of Mathematics the touchstone
of intellectual strength. RwaahandWwhhftH
I*e gram and earn which marked tka dm s m
passing through the other
th* trrau.'ob (dike aWatm oftoffe mtoMgj
#\otdk& m BoUry, ana
* .j, ijijm • iruttr- iikirrr)
j J r -- V
> v confirmed the previews wowgMpjMp
• ; ’ard, of their dose, deep and f ip,. ‘1
H r- vonr
‘■'ii-- -.1 ’gaiion*. iN.erhofit of -Ht#~yti£rC ■
■ ad.ii’ * v..;-.; -vard. and the pafflr of ’
\\ ten ali did v’wdl, wfi.diinM*r t
did not siakoa
••IwNf i nrrini)|T)>
r, or it. - IVulty, Id
atioti it i* n"< lo !>’ dumed that A shitde dhMIF
fcrenV%, uimdly a very slight oi***
ally perceptible, ike beam at merit pmpot&tafg
ring ligktlv in favor, ‘~* rs trot Rtf thin
other, as the different sciences pnaaed in
but these slight vibrations appeared to pMcniVCl
ntlier from taste than from any real -ditbMNO ‘
in mind to comprehend and nrfiarslnad what
was before them. There wns also at thaw 4 \
-light apparent disparity growing oat f MtMl
temperament. It was an observable and strik
ing fact of this class, that each niwh|g‘i
was ns dearly and distinctly marked and Uk
vidualized as her face. From qm tka anagninn
feeling of confidence elicited a preaafi MilMrijr
response; while another from eicmribaaamftdr
itv, h.-hated when she knew sb was gmattf
through mere apprehension that rim tirfj ioa
sibly answ-r amiss. One was cool, ds£a|a
and cautious, another sanguine sasrgstie irf
prompt. One gnv. her answers hi her OW9 laß*
gunge! another was more diapaaed to fcUmth*
language of the book; and thus, tbrougboot tba
entire examination, theMndulomof tMmtiMjft J
ed oscillations, but no determined attraction to
favor of any one of the class. In this beaatiftri
g&rd’-Tf of menial Vweels, your Committaa ttnH
not determine where to settle. These remarks
might be extended but they are already aaft*
ei-i'tly long to show how exceedingly difficult
if not imju :, it would have been for yoar Com
miti-u to have determined in favor of Wkflf
member of the dass.
In conclusion, on this part of the detim OMO „
mitted to your Board. After this searchingnad
thorough examination of the graduating
your Board of Visitors have come to tht jfcnuv -
pleasant and satisfactory rtsuk that the mag
ladies composing this class are felly aad aoUO
rably entitled to the of adtplo*
We congratulate the young ttpau tMf
honorable preferment; we congratulate tfcejto
retiN and trustees, and above aH,ve moat mr
’Lilly congratulate the dtixens of Griffith Wttlf
J the wliole Stale, iu Ihe posscssioo of a iMtka
tion of !•a ning embracing auoh prolMtoto
ail • a’ and -n.’i large cwpacitka fur W
Mowi” f • and • :d i e’luestion
You * leg leave to ptMtofer
the ureson clvc .I.eir repajft hereafter.
Tfos. J. Ti. Star*. ‘■#-
jt<-.v. KruMoyta,
RBV. T. J. ToRUMUtiB,.-
Hkv. L. J. Davis*,
Maj. F. I). Cummins, ••
Col. W. R. Puilups,
Col. A. A. Gacldxvo,
Col. W. L. Gordou,
U. B. OoLxaer, Ea.
G. J. Guajr, Ean. .
J 0- A. Alford, lea.
I)b. J. N. SiuMOxe, ,: ■
William Cun.
Hoard af ViaidaML
July Ist, 18114.
.. —m*” •
Tiik Tkkwtoiual GovaxaoKS.—lt is eartprt-
I v rumored and credited thajttbegentJanHi epe
pointed Governor of Kansas, is from Psnmylrfci
nia—A. H. lieeder—and that the snpomtotjaf
Nebraska is from Kentucky —Gun. Win. O. Mfe
ler. Both are sound natiopal ‘ democrats, and
perfectly unexceptionable ou the sectional <pm
tious now agitating the public mind, b mat
dUtinctly announced on U.o fafie of lh bIM gtof
ing lerritoii.il goveruimiau to Kaiues and JW
b.aska, that it was uot the iuteutiou oi’Congremto
legislate slavery into ok, out of the Territories* !•
strict accordance with the spirit of the law, thf
[’resident has divided the at>pointmsnto between
the North and the South, ltM|
where the chaneea of mtrodaoiag slimy MR
greatest, a northern governor, and to In
br.xska a southern governor. The wiadom df
this disuibutian w> II be readily eanmdad whan
all the cirntxnataoeea art properly 9mtUlmtko§i
Washington Union.
We agree that the appointment
ern man to the Nebraska’ territory wlMjgsigM
lxly has tlie least idea that ilitol wKim jmi
of a Northern man to the 0 ;
sas where tlie South is
wrror.lance WitkyPreshtotoWieree’* hdeepif
tion of the biPHHmnk leffcprek* JK
•lid not suppose the ergea went! tokpMNB
ly avow it, and we do object to its srMtt
justice. Do Southern men
the abovcan^lggpggl
cry. we are glad to see that the
democratic
’ has smitten it ?—■ ‘
a gay las* of the oeantryfwhXad
cd of bringing things to
one dr v when she alons -****_' at AMk’
in.* 'v!v :n f > uts tee*.’ PW®
nigh-;
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