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Jfaniilnfisttor PtRLISRED Bt BENJAMIN G. LIDDON. T. A, BURKE, EDITOR. Madison, ga.-. SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1856. . - ■■■■ ■■■ Oar Weekly Chat, With Reader* and Correspondents. June is an important and busy month ■with farmers. Summer is upon us now, in earnest, and cro]>e, with good seasons, are growing rapidly both above and below the ground. But attention and care are as necessary to success in the vegetable as in the animal world. In this immediate vi cinity, and, in fact, throughout the country, rains have been plenteous of late, and crops aro in a fine, healthy condition. Many farmers lay by their corn towards the close of this month and cotton ought to be pretty well advanced. Much may also be done in flower gardens, in the morning before the sun has become oppressive, or in the evening when it has lost much of its fervor. An old writer (1828) gives some good advice to those having the care of dumb brutes at this season of the jeib. “ If you keep dogs, let them have free ac cess to water, and, if practicable, take them out occasionally in the fields, and let them go in swimming whenever there is an opportunity. If you keep birds, do not, ns is too commonly practiced, expose them in their cages in the hot snn: it is a cruel and fatal mistake. Birds uncon fincd seek the shelter in sultry weather.— If you do expose them out of doors, cover the top of the cage with a piece of carpet, or, which is better, a green sod, or abund ance of leaves. Those who have the care of horses should bo especially attentive, duringsultry weather, to give them water, or to moisten their months. We have often been shocked to seo some of the la boring horses, in sultry and dusty weather, foaming at the mouth, nnd laboring under symptoms of the intolerable torments of thirst.” The oditors of the New York Ex press “rocently heard quite an interesting debate excited in regard to n quotation used ovory day an hundred times, and yet as to the correctness of which, no two or four or flvo well known literary gentle men ot (hot city or New Orleans could agroe, and the authorship of which not one of them could give. The debate com menced by one gentleman's using the quo tation ns "Small bv degrees and beautifully lets.'* to which Literatus No. 2 excepted, assert ing that the original rend, "let! by degrees nnd benutifully fine." Unablo to agree, they determined to hunt it tip and settle the point. But a now difficulty presented itself—the author ■could not be found. Various authorities were consulted, without success, and the original disputants “agreed to lay’ a wager on the result and depend upon chance to ■wet them right. Meanwhile one of the parties went to New Orleans, nnd not Jong since transmitted to his friend an old number of Punch, in which, under a broad caricature, was the legend, ■“Small by degrees and beautifully few.” Literatus No. 2, who had nearly forgot ten the matter, refused to acknowledge Fnnch as authority, insisting upon it that tho Charivari had thus used the quotation ns a capital joko. Inquiries were institu ted anew, and tho [metical editors of the Home Journal were appealed to; but no reply appearing in that paper, a private embassy was undertaken to the sanctum, when the popular gentlemen frankly ad mitted that they could not recall the au thor nor did they know the proper quota tion. They had an idea, however, that it should be— “ Small by degrees nnd beautifully fine." When the Home Journal men had thus started still anew reading, Literati were ■not wanting who insisted that none of the supposed quotations were correct. One advanced strong reasons to prove that— “/bn by degrees nnd beautifully email." was most likely to be the real original line; while another was certain that it was— _ "fine by degrees snd beautifully le»«" The matter was finally refered to the editors ot the Express, who declare them solves unable to decide, nnd call upon their readers to give them the name of the poet and chapter, page and line, where it may be read in the original author. This we are unable to do, but wo have found the quotation in an old volume of Hone'* Tear Root, published in 1826, where we dare say it is correctly rendered. No due, whatever, is given to the author's name. The verso reads tbits— " No longer shall the boddicc, sptlv Isecd From the full bosom to the slender waist, That air of harmony and shape express. Fine by degrees and beautifully Ues.” An Editor’s life has its snnsliine as well as shade, and sueh a sunbeam as lias Just come into our office in the shape of a lot of superb Apricots, does n’t often enter .on Editor’s 6anctnm. We are indebted, for this Jirst present of fruit tiiis season, to < nr fair friend, Miss Lizzie Si-eed, who will please accept our thanks. The late Jionr at which it is received and a oonse quant want of room, prevent our saying snore. The Annnal Catalogue of the Mad ison Female College is on onr table. From St we learr. tl«if the institution is in a flourishing condition—the total number of pupils h;i» one hundred and tieentp-serer. in iiiiii visit Since its organization ib 1850, seventy nine young ladies hate gtaduated, and the Senior Class of tha present year numbers seventeen; The College has an able and efficient faculty and is well supplied with apparatus, pianos And everything else ne cessary in schools of this character. The Commencement occurs in July—the next one beginning on Sunday, 6th proximo. We have also been favored with a copy of the last Catalogue of Emory Col lege, Oxford, Geo. The number of stu dents, at present in attendance, is 134 in the College and 51 in the preparatory school. The College has graduated 234 yonng men, of which number, 42 are min isters, 63 teachers and 17 have died. The faculty is an able one, nnd is made up en tirely, we believe, of Georgians. Rev. JAMEfI R. Thomas is the President. Next Commencement Wednesday after third Monday in July. “Who Wrote the Waverly Novelst” Two or three years ago somebody in England published a pamphlet, the object of which was to prove that Shakespeare's [days were not written by himself, but were the productions of various persons, ami were written for Shakespeare, who was nothing more than the manager of a theatre! Os course this effort to prove the immortal Bard of Avon a miserable pretender, a veritable literary jackdaw, shining in borrowed plumage, was a sig nal failure. Parrallel with the fancy discovery above mentioned, and worthy of a [dace along side of it, is one which lias lately been made by a Mr. Fitzpatrick, ot London, who lias astonishod the literary world with a pamphlet in which lie attempts to estab lish the fact that Sir Walter Scott was not tho writer of the Waverly Novels! lie seeks to show that, at least, considerable portions of them were written by Mr. Thomas Scott, a brother of Sir Waitor, nnd his wife. This brother waa a surgeon in tho British Army, and was stationed for some years prior to his death in Can ada. Mr. Fitzpatrick seems to tiiink that Sir Walter, alone, could not have accom plished what the world has attributed to him. “Some of these master pcices of fictitious uarrative,” ho says, “appeared in such rapid succession that the mere ninnuul labor of transcribing oould not possibly liavo been accomplished by any ordinary writer in tho time. Sir Walter must have had friendly assistance; but be was not a man likely to have revealed any secret calculated to lower hi* literary pres tige. The whole secret, if any, died thir ty-three years ago, far away in the planta tions of Canada." lie cites the following letter from Sir Walter to his brother as a proof of the correctness of his opinion. The letter is to be found in Lockhart's Life of Scott: “Send me a novel, intermixing yonr exuberant and natural humor with any in cidents and descriptions of scenery you may see, particularly with characters and traits of manners. I will give it all the cobbling that is necessary, and if you do but exert yourself i have not the least doubt it will bo worth 500/.; and to en courage you, you may, when you send the manuscript, draw on mo for 100/. at fifty days’sight; so that your labors will, at any rate, not be quite thrown away. You have more fun and descriptive talent than most people; and all that you want, i. e. the mere practice of composition, I can supply, or the devil’s in it. Keep this a dead secret, and look nothing when Wa verly is spoken of. If you aro not Sir John Falstaft', you aro as good a man as he, and may, therefore, face Colville of the Dale. + * * Mind that your MS. attends the draft. lam perfectly serious and con fident that in two or three months you might clear the cobs. I beg my compli ments to the hero who is afraid of Jeffrey's scalping knife." Mr. Fitzpatrick says in his pamphlet that Mrs. Thomas Scott was a woman of talent, “ with a mind well stored with wit, anecdote nnd useful information.” He quotes a passage from a letter of a Guern sey gentleman, a cousin of Mrs. Scott: “ Her knowledge of the legendary loro of her native province of Callaway is said, by those who had the pleasure of lier ac quaintance, to hnvo been very groat. It was generally tl ought in her family that she had supplied many of the anecdotes and traits of character which Sir Walter Scott worked up in his Scotch novels.— Much of the scenery described in ‘Guy Manncring’ appears to have been sketched from localities in the immediate vicinity, of Mrs. Scott’s birthplace, a remarkable cavern, the cave of Kirkclaugh, for exam ple, being pointed ont to tourists as Dick Hatternick's cave. It is asserted (for the fact, of course, I cannot vouch,) that Sir Walter Scott never was in that part of the country. If this be the case, the minute description of places answering so closely to real localities, is, to say the least, a very remarkable coincidence." This Mrs. Scott was, from all accounts, a woman of fino literary taste, nnd her husband was doubtless entitled to the high compliment paid him by bis brother, but neither one of them, according to the wri ter’s own admisssion, ever intimated that they bad rendered Sir Walter any assis tance. It is true that many names are found among the characters in liis novels identical with those of officers of the reg iment to which Doot. Scott was attached. One of these is particularly mentioned.— Lieutenant Dalgetty, who figures in the Legend of Montrose, and betrays a won derful love for liis horse. Here is another quotation from the pamphlet: In those days,’ said Colonel W 1 a regiment was ot>e family, and offi- cere were really brother officers.’ Colo nel W used to be constantly in and out of the house, and bo scarcely ever en tered without finding Mrs. Scott at her desk, with a heap of MSS. before her. What was the destination of these writings he knows not. “Both Mr. and Mrs. Scott abounded in anecdote. Colonel W ’s recollections state that it was not until after Tom Scott’s death at Quebec, and when there no longer existed any doubt in the literary world concerning the supposed author ot the Wavcrly novels, that he bad any sus picion of Tom Scott and bis wife having had any hand in them. He and some other officers then called to mind his hav ing said ono evening, after having drank pretty freely, addressing some of them, ‘Ah, you’ll be astonished to find your selves some day or other in print.’ Tbos. Scott was a bon tit ant. Dalgetty was a gay, lively fellow, but rather an indiffer ent soldier. Among the many communi cations from Walter Scott, which were continually arriving, were remittances of money, though not to a large amount. — Colonel W ’s impression is, that nei ther Thomas Scott nor his wife wrote any of tho novels; but that they assisted their brother considerably in supplying anec dotes, traits of character, &c.” It is not necessary that wo should ad duce any evidenco to provo the absurdity of this writer’s position. The literary world will be slow to believe any sncli nonsense. It is not unlikely that Sir Wal ter Scott made use of much material fur nished him in a crude state by his brother and wife, who bad opportunities to gather many facts and incidents which, under bis skillful hand, grew into form and beauty. That lie was a man of most extraordinary industry, endowed with a wonderful fac ulty of rapid composition, all his biogra phers agree. Between the third day after his bankruptcy and the fifteenth, he wrote an entire volume of “Woodstock"—and he believed that “for a bet lie could have written a volume in ten days.” “Tie composed,” says ono writer, “ witli great facility, and was so borne or carried along that his brain resembled a high pressure engine, the steam of which was perpetually up overy timo he entered his study or lifted a pen.” Later in liis life lie dictated to an amanuensis, ono of whom says, “ lie paced the apartment more like a rapt seer than an ordinary mortal, while composing the celebrated dialogue between the Templar and Rebecca” in Ivanhoe. In reference to tho work which lie nrged his brother to write, Sir Walter said ho did not believe ho ever wrote a line of it. “lean oasily conceive," he adds, “that there may have been circumstances which gave a color to the general report of my brother being interested in thess works; and in particular that, it might derive strength from my having occasion to re mit to hitn, in consoquenee of certain fam ily transactions, somo considerable sums of money about that period. To it is to be added, that if any person chanced to evince particular curiosity on such a sub ject, my brother was likely enough to di vert himself w ith practising on their crod- j ulity.” It is well known that. Wavcrly was first published anonymously and tho author kept his name a secret for sometime.— While tho question of its authorship was exciting great attention in England a Mr. Uorbert wroto a series of powerful papers, proving by analogical reasoning that the poems published by Sir Walter Scott and the novel of Waverly were written by one and the same person! Our object in writing this editorial is not to prove that Sir Walter Scott did write the Waverly novels. No proof of such a fact is necessary. We merely give the substance of tho pamphlet and some facts gleaned from other sources because we think it may interest onr readers. College Commencements. It will be seen, by reference to an ad vertisement in another column, that the Commencement of the Madison Female College occurs on Thursday, July 10th-- tlic exercises of the week beginning with a sermon on Sunday, the 6th. Wesleyan Female College holds its Com mencement on tho 16th and 17th of July. Commencement Sermon by Bishop An drew on Sunday the 13th. Tho Literary Address will be delivered by Hon. E. A. Nisbet. Oglethorpe University holds its Com mencement on the 22tul of July. Emory College holds its Commencment on the 23d of July; Mercer University on the last Wednesday in July nnd the State University on the first Wednesday in Au gust. The Southern Masonic Female College Commencement occurs on Tuesday, June 24th and that of the Cassville Female Col lege on Wednesday, July 17th. University of Georgia. Tho following gntlemen have been ap pointed a Board of Visitors, to attend the examination of tho Classes in the Univer sity of Georgia, on Tuesday the 24th inst.: Hon. Joel Crawford, of Early; James Gardner, Esq., of Richmond; J. W. Dodd, Esq., of Floyd; B. H. Overby, Esq., of Fulton; W. B. Hodgson, Esq., of Chatham; D. A. Vason, Esq., of Dougherty; W. F. Plane, Esq., of Muscogee; W. L. Mitchell, Esq., of Clarke; Wins. Rutherford, Esq., of Clarke; Henry Hull, Esq, of Clarke; Alex. M. Speer, Esq., of Bibb; Rev. Geo. F. Pierce, of Hancock; Rev. Francis Bow man, of Greene; Rev. Dr. Nathan Hoyt, of Clarke; James. P. Simmons, Esq., of Gwinnett; Dr. E. J. McGehee, of Hous ton; Dr. J. R. Branham, Esq., of Putusm. New York Fashions. One of our New York exchanges, in a j long article on “ Fashionable Gossip," j gives its readers a glance at the prevailing fashions in that city. Hoops, it says, did ! not subside with the occasion that sugges ted their revival. On the contrary they have expanded to such a degree that the circle marked upon the pavement by the dress of a fasbionable woman is six feet in diameter. Bonnets continue to recede down the back, and are as small as ever; except that the part called the “cape” is made exceedingly large and square, so as to indorse or fence in a considerable portion of the back. The trimmings, however, form the most wonderful part of the head gear. The editor avows that he has seen waxen imitations of the following produc tions of the earth used for trimming bon nets tiiis season: apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, oranges, lemons, pomegran ates, nectarines, currants, cranberries, rns berries, gooseberries, strawberries, black berries, encumbers, tomatoes, melons, rye, wheat, oats, clover and rice. Grasses of various kinds, common weeds, snn-flowers, buttercups, dandelions, and many more of the coarsest door-yard plants arc also pro moted to the same unexpected elevation. A dress is not considered complete without a parasol to match. A lady must, there fore, maintain as many parasols as she has dresses—which, considering that the par asols now in vogue are heavily fringed and cost five dollars, must come rather expen sive. The invisible embroidery mania continues to rage, though not, perhaps, quite to the degree of former years.— Diamonds (California and other) glisten on most fingers and bosoms. Black bends are profusely used for ornamenting man tillas, dresses, bonnets and everything, and yellow gloves are much in vogne. The fashionable watches, now-a-days, are ei ther of the limiting pattern, or of great size, similar to those ponderous creations in whiclqour great-grandfathers took de light. In one respect, however, tho fash ionable world has improved. It is no lon ger “the thing” to go to church oxtreme ly dressed. The editor looked all over Dr. Bellows' chnrcli—a very fashionable one —the other evening, and could seo but very few conspicuous toilettes—not four in a congregation of a thousand people. Local Items. Local news is scarce tiiis week. No thing has occurred since onr last issue to disturb the usual quiet of the town. From bills posted about the streets, we lenrn that the Democrats of Morgan will hold a meeting on Friday next, for the purpose of nominating delegates to the fourth of July Convention at Milledgeville. Young America spends most of its lei sure timo, now, in studying tho Circus bills, which aro conspiciously posted up at the most public places. Rains, for a week past, have been fre quent, and crops aro doing well in all parts of the county, so far as wo have learned. Pen-itndoScissurings. The Enquirer object* to Columbus being retained as the fighting ground for duelists from Alabama, nnd proposes that it simll hereafter be considered the Gretna Green for lovers. Sparkling Cstuwba is more highly appreciated than tho villainous compounds of powder and lead A de structive fire occurred at Opelika, Ala., on the 4th inst., destroying the Hotel and other buildings adjacent Bearded wo men have been known in every age; one was seen at the Court of Czar Peter I, in 1724, witli a beard of immense length.— Margaret, Governess of the Netherlands, has a heavy beard The youngest mem ber of the present Congress is the Hon. William Cnmback, being only 26 years of age Miss Charlotte Cushman is en gaged to appear in New Orleans next win ter The Dnhlonegft Signal says that a solid lump of gold, weighing 823 dwts, was taken recently from the mine of Win. B. Kennan, near that [dace The Wash ington Star says that all reports published about Mr. Sumner’s serious or alarming condition, being threatened with erysipe las, and having consultations with physi cians, are all “bosh.” ...P. T. Baruum has declined all pecuniary favors in tho way of public benefits, lie is determined to “weed liis own row.” Col Rich ardson, at present a member of Congress, lias accepted the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois Although there have been many medicinal prepara tions brought before the public since the first introduction ot Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, and largo amounts expended in their introduction, the Pain Killer lms continued to steadily advance in the esti mation of the world, as the best family medicine ever introduced Hon. Law rence M. Keitt, of S. C., is to address the Literary Societies of the Virginia Military Institute, on the 3d of July. ...It is pro posed to supply tho city of Providence, R. 1., with water from Ten Mile river, in Seekonk, at a cost of $1,000,000 The American party in the Southern District us Arkans .s has nominated Col. Absolom Fowler for Congress Gen. Sam Hous ton arrived at his home in Texas, on the 24th May, in very bad health Col. Robt. Wilson, one of the * heroes of Texas, who has filled many public positions in Texas, died on the 20th ult The Prus sian army is to be reduced to 114,402 men, from 227, 212, its strength for the war footing A young lady being told that her lover was killed, exclaimed—“Oh, that splendid gold watch of his!—give me that—give me something to remember him by!” Senator Trumbull, with a view of restoration of peace in Kansas; has prepared a bill annexing that territory to Nebraska * Ex-President Van Pu-on was recently thrown from his horse, and received a severe wound on his head, but not dangerous Col. F. H. Smith, of Virginia, lias been chosen President of the Board of Examiners at West Point The SpriDg trade in Mexican horses has been very brisk. Over 10,000 have passed Goliad, Texas..... Charleston, S. C., was fixed upon as the place for the next meet ing of the National Convention in 1860. ... .The Spirit of the Times says that the famous racer “Fashion” is not dead The Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston, Mass., celebrated their 218th an niversary in that city, on Monday last. The Oxygenated Bitters are highly recommended for Dysjiepsia by persons whose names give the most satisfactory evidence of astonishing cures by using this medicine. It will certainly relieve the worst cases A California farmer ex presses the opinion that hereafter coffee will be grown in that State for their own consumption, and also for exportation His Excellency Herschel V. Johnson will deliver the Anniversary Oration before the Literary Societies of Oglethorpe Uni versity on Commencement day, July 23d. ....The American party of Louisville have presented George D. Prentice with u service of silver consisting of a pitcher, six goblets and a salver Mr. Buchanan is by trade a printer, the first one of tho craft who has been nominated for the highest office in tiie gift of the people, al though many of them have become fa mous in other ways The American party of Florida have nominated D. S. Wulker, for Governor, and James M. Ba ker, for Congress Col. Allen’s Ken tucky regiment for Nicaragua disbanded after reachiug New Orleans, for want of funds The Treasury Department has paid to the creditors of the late Republic of Texas, under the act of Congress, $4,688,- 036,58 Since the first of May the steamers from New York lor Europe have taken out no less than 2,470 passengers. .... A. P. Dearing has been unanimously elected Cashier ot the Bank of Athens. .... The Savannah Journal of Saturday announces the death of the Hon. Mordecai Sheftall, Sr., in the seventy-third year of his age. He had been a member of the Bar fifty-seven years A recent arrival from Ilayti, represents that the insurrec tion which has created so much trouble has been finally suppressed. For the Family Visitor. Dream Land. Surrounded by a thousand beautiful creations which buttle the poet’s pen to de scribe or the artist's pencil to delineate, man still dreams half liis existence away in the shadowy realms of fancy. And in deed it is a lovely country with its peren nial bloom, its cloudless snnsliine, and eternal spring time. It is a region fairer than this, with waters of more crystal clearness, vallies and meadows of mellow er green, tho songs of its birds of more ravishing sweetness, flowers of brighter hue nnd richer perfume, and skies of moro etberial blue. Did you ever wander in dream land when a child? llow smooth and flowery were the paths you trod! Did they lead by the green hillside where the sunbeams lingered, by the little rippling brook that wound through the still shady vale, or up the mountain cliff where the wild flowers hung? An Eden paradise surrounded you, and. beautiful visions delighted your eye. On the light green turf, when moonlight drew her silvery veil over the sky, you watched the fairy bands as they danced to and fro like shadows playing beneath the trees, and followed their retreating forms as they vanished like tho last shades of night before the blush of dawn. From a gloomy elevation, half hid in the mists, the castle of “Blue Beard” looked frown ingly upon you; the little “Red Riding Hood” with a muffled face tripped lightly by, and in the still lone woods, far from the dwelling of man, the “Lost Children,” their little feet tired with their long wan derings, laid themselves down to sleep, tho angels hovering over them, whispering bright things in their dreams; at night the glittering stars shone out above like bea con lights, guiding them to their happy home far away beyond tho skies, and the pale moon waned, the shadows of night dissolved, but sleep, a long qniet sleep, scaled the eyelids of the lost ones, and the little birds that hid in the tree-tops when noise of gentle footsteps passed, gathered the green leaves and strewed them for a covering over tho lonely sleepers. Such are the visions of dream land which child hood forms. Youth ranges beyond the enchanted re gions of tho Genii, and the broad domains and towering castles of the giants. The merry laugh of the mocking satyr, and the light-footed fawn dies away in the dis tance, and even the thunders of Jupiter and the divine strains of Orpheus are awhile forgotten, as Olympus and Tempe fade imperceptibly from view. Now in a sea-shell chariot, led by the sporting dol phins, you dive to the blue sea’s depths and explorooldOceau’s caverns. Neptune, surrounded by the monarchs of the deep, himself mightiest of all, attends yon at bis palace borne, reared ot the costliest pearls and coral. And Triton, with sound of trumpet, conducts yon back again to solid earth. Amidst dim shades of night and gloom you pass by Pluto’s drear abode —but oh! how changed the landscape when from the realms where darkness sits Elysian fields salute your eye.— Leading to these are the paths which saints have trod, and straightest of them all the narrow one which Bunyan’s pilgrim passed in journeying to the city of Zion. Here was the wilderness through which God. led his people with a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, while farther beyond lies the promised land, with its waving palms and vineyards, a land “flowing with milk and honey.” Almost boundless in its extent, there is no spot hallowed by pro phets altar or tomb, or where the fires of persecution in later times have lit the fu neral pile of the martyr, but that some where in dream land, there is a monument to mark the spot. Whilst, towering pre eminently above them all, are the everlast ing hills which speak of great deeds past, which tell that God has been there. On that mountain, God had stood midst the thick clouds and rolling thunders, with the ascending smoke and flashing light nings, and while the trumpet sounded louder and louder and the mountain shook and trembled, had spoken and sealed by his commands man’s future judgement.— And there are the mounts of transfigura tion and Calvary, unchanged from what they were eighteen and a half centuries ago; where still stands the cross with the bleeding sacrifice for Jesus, the saviour of the world! You pause before that picture of divine love, and gradually the light which shone about the crucified Redeemer, steals through the prison windows of your soul, at first dim ly making the darkness within more black •and appalling, but slowly increasing in brightness until your whole soul seems bathed in a flood of heavenly light more glorious than the noonday sun. It is the new light which shone over the hills of Judea, that has visited the islands of the deep and spread unto the ends of the earth. Behold in dream land the moral world as it was; follow it through its many changes, to the present time, and picture it as it will be at some future day, when all men shall bow before the same God and sing the praises of their common Saviour. In that vast sweep of thought and fancy, oh! what a field is passed over! We may glance, with “birds eye view” over the rise, the progress and decline of nations; we may study the lives of great men who have been but to mingle in the chaos of things forgotten; rebuild the fabric of so ciety and recreate in each mortal the feel ings, the emotions, the hopes and fears which animated them—here is something more thnn eveu fancy cun do and dream land becomes limited in its boundaries. And we have our bright anticipations too; our dreams of the future painted over with rainbow hopes. Rut we arc not the same beings in dream land that we are in this grosser earth. Our very pleasures are of a purer nature, and what would le among the pleasure seeking world a strange anomaly, virtue abounds, whilst all the desires of the heart are satisfied.— There is a time to dream of childLood's delights, of youthful joys and hopes, and of manhood's love, ambition and pursuits; but there is a time at all timet, from the cradle to the grave, to dream of that bet ter portion reserved for the just in heaven. That is the Christian’s brightest dream : it is a fountain of sweet waters, springing up and watering his soul amidst all the desert wastes of life; when cares oppress, when temptations assail or afflictions sadden, let him look beyond this earthly prospect, aud in fancy behold the heavenly Zion with its walls of jasper, its gates of pearl mid “streets of shining gold.” Rowed before the throne of the Lamb with the blood Washed throng, and joining in the hallelujahs of praise which constantly as cend, ho secs himself redeemed and saved; no stain upon his spotless robe, the palm of victory in his hand, and a crown of never failing glory encircling his brow. This is but a dream land view of heaven; a faint conception of its glories, expressed in language fainter still, hut it is the brightest picture upon which human vis ion may gaze, and until the veil of mortal ity is removed from our eyes, let us paint its images upon our souls. Georgia. JEAXNIE. The Vote fob Vice-President.— On re-assembling, Friday morning, the Convention immediately proceeded to vote for Vice-President. The first ballot resulted as follows : J. C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, 55 ; General Quitman, of Miss , 50; Lynn Boyd, of Kentucky, 33 ; Fitzpatrick, of Ala., 11; A V. Brown, 29 ; Herschel V. Johnson, of Ga, 31 ; Rusk, of Tex as, 2 ; Polk, of Teun., 5 ; Secretary Dob bin, 13. On the 2d ballet, Hon. J. C. Brccken lidge, of Kentucky, received the unani mous vote of tbe Convention ; and was declared tl.e nominee for Vice President. The Convention adjourned until the afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. At 2 o’clock the Convention re-assem bled. A resolution pledging all the consti tutional powers of tbe Government to the construction of a Railßoad to tbe Pacific was adopted—ayes 205, nays 85. Kansas Emigrants Returned.—Al pheus Baker and L. F. Johnson, of Eu faula, Ala., who accompanied Major Bu ford’s company to Kansas, have recently returned, bringing very favorable politi cal news from that territory, and the most flattering accounts of the soil, cli mate and agricultural resources of the country. They have thus speedily re turned to their former home for the pur pose of raising means and men to aid tbe cause of Kansas. We bid them God speed. —Griffin Empire State, The Saturday Evening Aa our readers generally are aware this journal has an extensive bircolatioil in tbe Southern States, and is a favorit* weekly visitor to many Southern familie, For many years it commended itself tbe support of our people by its con servatism and its freedom from offensive and hostile sentiments. Os l ßle ( iow . ever, its character and tone bare under gone a change, and, on several oee*sk> n , r its hostility to this section of country has been evinced in exceptionable srti cles, both editorial and selected. The Post has seen fit to enter the arena of politics, and has given evidence of it, sympathy with that factious band of Northern agitators who have so long been disturbing the peace of the Union. Its Abolition proclivities and anti South ern views have before been brought to the notice of its Southern patrons, an<f they have very properly been urged to discard it as unworthy of their confi dence. Wo now give additional evi dence of its uuworthiness, so far least, as Southern support is concerned- And as the Post has admitted a loss of' ten thousand subscribers from the South —one-half of the whole number in consequence of its course (adverse to us) in tbe well known Passmore William son ease ; so we trust it will lose the re maining one-half on account of the comments it has seen fit to make on the recent spirited conduct of our Repre sentative and champion. It is in allusion to this affair that the Post uses the most objectionable lan guage —virtually approving the speech of Senator Sumner, and warmly con demning the act of his castigation.— The attack is called a “ shameful out rage." The editors say “ they should be recreant to their duty were they to re frain from stamping with the seal of shame the recent attempted assassina tion—of Senator Sumner, of Massa chuseits, by Preston S. Brooks, a mem ber of the House of Hepresentatives from South Carolina." As to the as sault in question, they express the opin ion that “it was made in the most das tardly manner, and with the premedita ted intention of silencing forever an en emy whose brilliant intellect and elo quent tongue made him an object of pe culiar hatred and fear." VI ith respect to Senator Sumner's in sulting speech, it lias not a word of con demnation. Nay, it presents for its readers liberal extracts therefrom, and begs them to remember that tbe person alities used by him, “of the brilliant in tellect and eloquent tongue,” were only in reply to personalities. And, finallv, since, as the Poet asserts, “no scuff has beiu considered too severe aud opprdbei oils to fling at Mr. Sumner and his Free soil col! i agues," it does not wonder that "even a gentle and scholarly nature should at last be roused into fierce pas sion and recrimination." Now, we do not object to the Fust’s expressing its opinions on any subject whatever. Every one is justly entitled to his opin on, and we would not hate, in our country, a bridled press. Rut we do feel in duty bound to protest against such a paper deriving patronage from the South. Shall we nerve tlio arm upraised to strike ns? Should not considerations of pride, as well as of pa triulism, lead every Southern subscriber to withdraw bis support from a paper in no way identified with him, and which neither respects his principles no upholds his rights ? It is time, fellow-citizens of the South, it is time for us sternly to rebuke every assault, and firmly to re pel every insult ofteted us, come in what ever form they may. This is our duty, no less than the instinct of true man hood. V\ e have not willingly entered into this gieat quarrel, but, being in, let us bear it, that the opposcr may bewaro of us.— South Carolinian. Frauds ox the Government.—Sus picion lias existed at Washington City that fraudulent claims for bounty land and pensions were in process of manu facture in Columbia county, Ga.; and S. G. Dodge was despatched by the de partment to inquire into the matter.— Evidence was soon obtained of the most unblushing frauds and forgeries, and warrants were issued for the arrest of Dr. Henry A. Ramsey and Richard W. Jones, of Columbia county, who were arrested and taken to Savannah for ex amination before Judge Henry. A bond of $5,000 was given for liis attendance during the examination by Dr. Ramsey. Jones was lodged in jail. On Wednes day night, 28th ult., Dr. Ramsey ab sconded, forfeiting his bail. Fitzgerald Tasistro, an eighteen hun dred dollar clerk in the State Depart ment, at Washington, has been removed for writing an abusive letter to the Bal timore Republican about foreign Minis ters, and sending copies under the De partment seal to Ministers. Col. Preston S. Brooks served gallant ly in the Mexican war, where he had a brother killed.