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BENJAMIN G. LIDDON.
T. A. BURKE, EDITOR.
MADISON, OA.:
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1856.
Coaaeiccnent of she Madison Fe
male College.
Our town has been unusually crowded
daring the week with strangers in attend
ance upon the Commencement exercises
of the Madison Female College. Fortu
nately, both for visitorsand residents there
were copious showers of rain on Monday
afternoon and night, and bat little sun
shine daring the week—otherwise the
heat and dust would have been intolera
ble.
The Commencement Sermon was preach
ed on Sunday morning by Rev. J. B.
MoFirrix, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn.,
from Phillippians, 3d chapter and first
clause of the Bth verse: “ Yea doubtles-,
and I count all things but loss for the ex
cellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus,
my Lord.” If we were disposed to at
tempt it, we could not, in the short space
of a newspaper paragraph, do justice to
the ablo maimer in which Dr. McFkkrin
treated the subject of his discourse. lie
is one of the leading ministers of his de
nomination in Tennessee, and his sermon
on this occasion was well calculated to
•ostain his reputation as an able divine.
The examination of classes occupied a
greater portion of Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The very full report made
by the Board of Visitors, which we shall
publish in full next week, renders it un
necessary for us to speak at length oi
the manner in which the classes acquitted
themselves. We will say, however, that
faculty nnd pupils, as well as the friends
and patrons of the school have good
cause to feel proud of the proficiency
shown by the young ladies, almost without
exception.
On Wednesday evening, the annual
Concert, was given by the music pupils,
under the direction of Prof. Txylor and
Miss Simmons. We have nnver seen the
College Chapel so densely packed as it
was on this occasion. Every foot of space
was occupied, and we speak within bounds
when we say that hundreds could not even
get inside of the building. The entertain
ment was a very fine one. The programme
showed good taste, and the performance
most excellent tuition. Winmut desiring
to institute an invidious comparison,
where all acquitted themselves so credit
ably, Wo must be allowed to make parti
eular mention of the singing, both at the
Conoert and during tho exercises ot the
Week, of one of the young ladies who
graduates with honor to herself and the
institution. Her voice is one of great
richness and power, nnd deserves to he
thoroughly and carefully trained.
At tho close of the Concert, the young
ladies of the Senior Class presented a
bible and a handsome gold-headed came to
Prof. Gao. C. Taylor, whose connection
with the college, as teacher of music,
ceases with this Commencement. The
presentation was made by Miss Irene E.
Arnold, in a very neat little speech, to
which Professor Taylor responded appro
priately.
On Thursday morning the Commence
ment exercises occurred in the following
order:
Miss Julia A. Foster, Madison—Salu
tatory ; Miss Melissa N. Early, Morgan
county— Fancy Paint* the World in Falee
Colore; Miss Virginia A. Rees, Madison—
“ Let u« Lire while we Lire;" Miss E.
Clementine Brooker, Athens—Civiliza
tion in ite Higheet Form; Miss Mary E.
Floyd, Madison— "ln vain tceeeelca Heav
en below the Sky; Miss Ellen J. Burney,
Morgan county—
"Oh, 'wad tome power the giftie fie u>,
7b tee ourtele ae Mere tee ue."
Miss Martha R. Lewis, Midway, Ala.—-
Assigned —“ Where efiall fleet be Found f"
Miss Annie R. Blount, Richmoud comity
—A Pitt Age: A poem ; Miss Irene
E. Arnold, Madisor —Objection to Fi
ll tale Colleges; Miss Julia A. Foster,
Madison —A Defence of Female Colleges;
Miss Mary V. Uiulson— I "• Angela Live not
Alone in Heaven ” Valedictory to Trus
tees and Faculty; Miss S. Carrie Orr,
Lawreneevillc—“ The Earth hath Bubbles
at the Oeeanhath ’’ — Valedictory to Class.
The Compositions were all well written,
and, with one or two exceptions, well
read. The audience was a very large one,
and certainly deserves credit for the un
usual good order which prevailed through
out the exercises. The Compositions, we
repeat, were all well written, and we con
ceive that we do no injustice to any utlter
members of the class, in saying that one
of them deserves special notice. We al
lude to the poem read by Miss Blount :
“A Fast Age." It was finely conceived,
well written, and admirably delivered,
and she may justly l>e proud of it.
President Echols' Baccalaureate was
one of the happiest efforts of the kind we
remember ever to have heard, and just
suoli as ought to characterize all like oc
casions.
At four o’clock in the afternoon, Bishop
PItRCB delivered the annual Literary Ad
dress. His subject was Woman’s Mission,
and the importance of her proper and
thorough education. He took high ground
In favor of- female education. He was
proud that Georgia had taken the initi
ative in the matter. The first Female pwl
lege ever established was within her boun
111 mill
daries, and now she numbers more tiiat
any one of her sisters. Woman, in tin
Bishop's opinion, Ims been underrated.
Ho contended that she possessed as high a
degree of intellect as nmn. The fact that
she has not actually grown imbecile under
the miserable policy which has been pur
sued towards her for ages, is proof of this.
The brightest intellects are the result o.‘
close thought and constant application:
how, then, can woman’s mind mature am’
develop itself, if it is not cultivated and
expanded l>y education? It is the fault ot
society that woman has not taken a high
er stand, and she has it in her own power
to remedy the evil, by requiring at the
hands of man a more just appreciation
We should like to be able to report fully
this splendid effort of one of the first
minds in the South. But we have neither
the room nor the ability. We trust it
will be published.
Bishop Pierce’s Address closed the ex
excises of the week. The friends and
patrons of the isntitution have ample
reason to be proud of the wl ole |>erforin
ance. It only needs their fostering care
to render it one of the most flourishing, as
it is certainly one of the best, Female Col
leges in the South.
Nicaragua and General Walker.
Previous to 1831, Nicaragua, with Costa
Rica, Honduras, San Salvador, and tin
five States of Guatainala, formed the Cen
tral American Republic. In 1850, this
confederation was dissolved, and each
Statu became a separate nnd distinct re
public, with a constitution of its own.
The same causes, however, which led to
the dissolution of tho confederacy, have
continued to agitate and keep them in »
state of continual warfare among them
selves, up to this time.
The natural advantages of Nicaragu •
are immense. It possesses one of the
finest climates in the world, and its pro
ductions are varied and valuable. Every
variety of soil nnd growth, calculated to
make it desirable as an agricultural region,
is to be found. It is also rich in minerals,
and its gold and silver mines were at otic
period among tho most lucrative in th.
world. But the constant internal wars
which have agitated it for a quarter of a
century past, arraying tho people against
each other in hostile parties, and in con
flicts of the most ruthless and sanguinary
character, have interrupted every branch
of industry, until she has entirely ceased
to export the rich treasures of her gold
and silver mines, nnd the products of her
indigo, cotton, rice, sugar, coffee and to
bacco fields. Agriculture and mining
have been neglected, until plantations
have gone to ruin, nnd mines have been
so overgrown with tho rank nnd luxurious
vegetation, as to be completely lost; tic
indigo plan a ions have becomo extinct,
ami the people have sunk into the lowest
depths of degradation and wretchednesss.
It would be interesting, if wo liad time,
to say more of the early history and pre
sent condition of Nicaragua, hut our pre
sent object is to speak of the great events
which have characterised her history for
the past two year , and of one of the most
prominent actors in her revolutionary
drama.
The history of Gen. William Walker.
the hero of Nicaragua, is rather more
romantic than that of most men of the
preseut day. Ho is a native of Nashville,
Tennessee, where his father now resides;
his been both a practicing lawyer and
physician; was at one time connected
editorially with the Few Orleans Delta;
got up an expedition against Sonora, which
tailed, and is now commander-in-chief ot
tho forces of Nicaragua, and, de facto ,
President of the Republic. As is often
the case, his wanderings have been the
rosnlt ot a disappointment in a love mat-
ter—his early and first love, a deaf and
dumb girl, having died but a short time
before they were to be married. Our
business, however, is not with General
W alker's private life. We propose sim
ply to glance at the circumstances which
led him to his present home.
In 1854, Don Frutoro Chamorro was
the governor of Nicaragua. He was a
native and citizen of Granada, one of the
principal cities of Nicaragua; was a men
of great energy of and nnqu<s
tionable talent, but with a most violent
and ungovernable temper. Having ob
tained his position by force of arms, he
determined to retain it in the same man
ner, totally regardless of tho esteem or
regard of his countrymen, or their moral
or political advancement. In May, 1854.
ho declared himself President for four
years longer than the term for which he
had been elected. This caused a rebellion
on the part of large masses of the people,
who met at Leon, the principal city of the
Republic, and organised a rebellion, under
Dos Francisco Castillon. Castillos
was a native of Leon, of good family; a man
of liberal and enlightened views, the re
sult of education and intercourse with the
world abroad. He had been for years the
minister to England, and had spent a good
portion of his time in the United States;
was perfectly acquainted with the institu
tions of this country, and admirably fitted
to lead a revolt, which bad for its ol jec:
the moral and political advancement o
his people. The revolutionists styled
themselves Democrats. Castillos was
elected their President, and immediately
took the field with about five hundred
followers. Chamorro sent out a large
body of troops —many of them pressed
into service by the most harsh and rigit
measures—to oppose the Democrats— lbs
own party calling themselves Legitimists.
Castillos had the sympathies of the
masses, aad soon founds his force* gr*<tly
augmented. He held the city of Leon
against the Legitimists, besides defeating
them in numerous engagements, and tak
ing from them the cities of Chinendago,
Realajo, Masaya and Rivas or Nicaragua.
He also drove them into Granada, where
they were besieged for ten months. His
■munition and supplies having been ex
hausted, he raised the siege and retreated
north towards Masaya, where—the Le
gitimists hdving, in the mean time, been
supplied with ammunition by the British
government—there was a bloody engage
ment, terribly destructive to both parties.
AH Southern Nicaragua was now in the
hands of the Legitimists, who were ma
king preparations for anew campaign
against the Democrats, who held posses
sion of the North. At this juncture, when
Great Britain had interposed in favor of
the party which opposed the rights of
the jieople—when he saw the Legitimists
and tyranny about to triumph over the
only hope of his country, Castillos in
voked the aid of General Walker, begging
him to come to the assistance of the De
mocratic party of Nicaragua against its
internal and external foes. Without
making any terms, or asking for reward—
actuated solely by the generous dictates of
his nature—be set sail from San Francisco,
with the small force of fifty-six men, tor
Nicaragua. In the early part of May,
1865, he landed at Raclejo, from whence
lie marched immediately for Leon, to join
Castillon. lie was received with the
most unbounded enthusiasm, and the office
of commander-in-chief tendered to him.
This Walker declined, telling them that
he camo not among them for personal
distinction, but to aid an oppressed people,
to whom and the cause of liberty his
sword and life were dedicated, without
liopo of reward. He was induced, how
ever, to accept the position of General of
Division and Commander of the Forces ot
the North, and was really thenceforward
the head of the army, Castillon devoting
himself to the civil duties of his office as
President of the Democratic party at
Leon.
Soon after Walker’s arrival in Ni-
Jirigua, Chamorro died, and was suc
ceeded by General Corral, as President
and Coinmaudcr-in-Chief ot the Legitimist
party. During the summer of 1855, there
were frequent engagements between the
Legitimists and Democrats, in which the
latter were generally successful, in spite
of the superior numbers and equipments
of the other party.
In August, of tho same year, General
Walker, at tiie earnest request of the
most prominent members of the Demo
cratic party, assumed the entire control ot
the army, under the title of “ Comnmnder
in-Chief of the Democratic Army.” The
army continued to increase steadily, until
in September his force amounted to four
teen hundred troops—twelve hundred
natives and two hundred Americans. The
natives were usually kept in garrison, to
defend important points, while the Ameri
cans were almost constantly in the field.
About this time, the deuth of Castillon
from yellow lever, left Gen. Walker at
the head of the Democratic party. After
vurious engagements with the Legitimist
party, lie succeeded in distracting their
forces, and in the month of October, sur
prised and cuptured tho city of Granada.
Tuis movement threw the entire military
stores of the enemy into his hands, and so
disconcerted them that they soon offered
to negotiate for peace. A treaty was
s gned and sanctioned on the lust of Oe
tober.by tho leaders of the two opposing
parties, nnd the war was ended.
This treaty provided that both parties
should unite uuder one government. Don
Patricio Rivas was made Provisional
President for fourteen months, with
Walkeb as General-in-Chief of the army.
The President was to appoint a Cabinet,
consisting of a Minister of State, a Minister
of War, and a Minister of Public Credit,
who, with himself and General Walker,
were to constitute the government.
Shortly after the ratification of the
treaty, the two parties were formed into
one, and the new government composed
of members of both of tho old parties,
went into power. The President, Dos
Patricio Rivas, was for years Collector
of Customs at San Carlos. He belongs to
an influential family, which lias always
opposed the Democratic party. General
Walker held the same office in 'the De
mocratic party which lie now holds in the
new government —Commander - in-Chief.
Hie Minister ot State, General Xeres, was
General Walker’s predecessor in tho
command of the Democratic army, nnd
General Corral, who was appointed
Minister of War, held the same office in
the Legitimist army. The Minister of
Public Credit, Dos Fermix Ferrer, was
a private and wealthy citizen of Granada,
who took no part in the revolution. This
constituted the first government of the
new republic.
Shortly alter General Corral entered
upon tho duties of his new office, and had
pledged his support to the government, he
was detected in a conspiracy for its over
throw. The evidences against him were
so strong as to satisty his warmest friends
of his guilt. lie was tried and condemned
to be shot, and the sentence of the law
was executed on the Plaza, the day fol
lowing his trial, in presence of the entire
army and people.
It is not necessary that we should speak
o subsequent events connected with this
most extraordinary revolution, for they
are fresh in the minds of most of our
readers. The newspapers have reported
them, from the recognition of the new
government by our Minister, Colonel
rWmtsiSE, through th*ir various battles,
to the last and greatest of them —the bat
tle of Rivas.
' There can be but little doubt that this
revolution has been a most happy thing
. for Nicaragua. Confidence in the govern
ment has been restored; citizens who had
fled tlie country have returned, and already
long neglected farms are being prepared
for cultivation, and all other peaceful pur
suits have received a fresh impulse.
We should like to say something about
the hero of this new revolution, but this
article has already grown longer than we
intended to make it. In spite of the dif
ficulties which surround him, we believe
that General Walker will triumph glo
riously in the end. lie is beyond all
questions a hero, and we predict for him
and the new republic a glorious future. So
let it be.
; ' s■*«»
Emory College,
The following is a list of appointments
at Emory College for the next Com
mencement.
Senior Class.— Rufus W. Smith, Green
county, first honor; John U. Chappell,
Auburn, Ala., do.; James A. Jackson,
Corinth, do. ; James E. Cobb, Tbomas
ton, second honor; George F. Lewis,
Sparta, do.; Reuben W. Carswell, Jeffer
son county; Davis R. Andrews, Stand
fordville; Thomas 11. Dozier, Oglethorpe
county ; Hulbert B. Gaither, Oxford ; D.
A. Henderson, Oxford; Wesley F. King,
Perry; William D. McCurdy, Oak Bow
ery, Ala.; William J. McDaniel, Atlanta;
GeorgeS. Orr, Jackson county; Mathew
11. Talbot, Washington; William 11. Tar
ver, Macon county, Ala.; Wesley F. Tig
ner, Buena Vista; John R. Wimberly,
Twiggs county; Council B. Wooten.
Junior Class. —R. A. Chambers, Co
lumbus; S. K. Cook, Cuiloden; J. U.
Ellison, Chuimonuggee, Ala.; li. 11. Har
ris, Oak Bowery, Ala.; G. A. Harrison,
Oxford; J. C. Hightower, U|>son county ;
G. W. Johnson, Stone Mountain; S. F.
Marshall, Talbot county; A. W. Moore,
Butler county; J. T. Norris, Columbus;
J. T. Payne, Pontotoc, Miss.; T. 11. Red
dick, Webster county ; E. Rmnph, Fort
Valley; J. W. Stansell, Newton county,
T. J. Tate, Tuskegee, Ala.; J.C. Wootten,
Starkville.
Sophomore Declaimers. —A. A’. J. W.
Allen, Midville; E. S. Bass, Macon ; J. F.
Bass, Macon; J. M. Brett, Augusta; 11.
R. Dawson, Columbus; W. A. Florence,
Oxford; W. Irvine, Oxford; L. C. John
son, Jefferson county, Fla.; F. L. Little,
Harris county; S. P. Orr, Jackson co.;
Julius A. Piek, Cedar Town; E. E.
Pound, Putnam county; D. G. Purse,
Savannah ; S. J. Suffbhl, Madison ; J. W.
Simmons, Pike county; W. E. Simmons,
Lawrem eville; S. 11. Starr, Newton co.;
W. A. Turner, Newton county; W. L>.
Tutt, Lincoln county; H. L. Wilson, At
lanta; 8. J. Winn, Lawrenceviilj.
University of Georgia.
The following is a list of appointments
of the University of Georgia:
Senior Class. —Win. M. Chase, Athens (
first honor; John Lamar, Macon, first
honor; James W. Moore Beaufort Dis
trict, S. C., second honor; James M. Hull,
Athens, third honor; L. S. W'ilson, La
Grange, fourth honor.
Speakers,— E. D. Beman, Mount Zion ;
B. H. Crawford, Columbus; J. B. S. Davis,
Ncwnan; Frank M. Green, Barnwell
District, S. C.; Lyman Hall, Fairfield
District, S. C.; William 11. Mattox, Elbert
County; E. D. Newton, Athens; Frank
M. Potts, La Grange : William 11. Sims,
Lexiugton; Win. P. Walton, Columbia
county; Joseph 11. Wilkins, Jefferson
county.
Juniors. —Barnn MoKinne, Jackson
county, Fla., writer from theDeinosthenian
Society; J. P. C. Whitehead, Burke county,
writer from Phi-Kappa Society; S. W T .
Harris, Wetumpka, Ala., speaker from
D. S.; John L. Couper, Glynn county,
B|>enker from P. K. S.
For Soholx.arship. —James F. Park,
Greenville; Abner B. Parrotte, Green
county; James H. Blount, Clinton; Jarrell
Beasley, La Grange; K. A. Quartennan,
Liberty County; A. D. Burns, Chatta
nooga.
Sophomore Prize Declaimers. —Robert
W. Adams, Athens; William Barron,
Jones county; Stephen S. Beasly, La
Grange; John L. Chandler, Mobile, Ala.;
B. B. Pontaine, Columbus; E. P. Hill
Harrison county, Texas; Augustus P.
Hodo, Pickens county, Ala.; J. Robert
North, Newnan; George R. Ragland,
Columbus; Joseph Taylor, Randolph
county; William Taylor, Randolph co.,
John B. Wolfe, Dublin; Frederick Ward,
Stewart county; John M. Welborn,
Columbus.
Hoe’s Press in Londos.— The fol
lowing is from the London Weekly News
paper edited by Douglas Jerrold ;
“ Next week, we tru«t, these pages
will be printed on an engine planned by
American brain, forged by American
arms, mid set up here on English soil by
American hands—most noble specimens
witlml of our American brethren on the
oilier side of the wave. Now, what
need we care for the red tape when we
may bind both sides of the Atlantic to
gether with the tapes of the steam
press 1”
Remember that an impois or p o’u.e
thought, uttered by a parent’s lips, may
operate on the young heart like a care
less spray of water thrown upon polished
steel, staining it with rust which no after
scouring can efface.
Pen-and-ScissoriDgs.
There is an old maid oat West so tough
and wrinkled that they use her forehead
to grate nutmegs on The La Farge
House in New York is estimated to be
worth, building and ground, $360,000, and
the furniture and fixtures SIOO,OOO more.
.... Wilson and Sumner of Massachusetts
were burned in effigy at Orangeburg Court
House, S. C., on Wednesday week.
. ...Lieut, Maury has accepted an invita
tion to deliver a course of lectures before
the Lowell Institute, in this city next
winter The crops in the Western and
Southwestern States are repre-ented by
the papers to be good. Although back
ward, healthy, and looked well The
wheat crop in Cherokee has been harvest
el. The yield is better than wasexpected.
Corn and oats promise to do well
A man in Philadelphia has been sentenced
to six months imprisonment for stealing
an umbrella worth $3 A man in Wis
consin, recently advertising his farm for
sale, winds up his follows: “The surround
ing country is the most beautiful the God
of nature ever made. The scenery is
celestial, divine; also two wagons to sell
and a yoke of steers.”... .The majority
report of the Kansas investigating com
mittee, covers, it is said, 300 pages ot
foolscap Com. Stockton and Mr. Ray
ner were in Raleigh, N. C., last Saturday.
.... A piano forte has recently been man
ufactured in California, being the first
made in the United States west of the
Rocky Mountains The Pope has con
tributed 15000 francs for the relief of the suf
ferers by the inundation in France The
report that Governor Shannon of Kansas
had resigned is untrue. ... Gen. Gadsden
left Washington Monday evening, for
Mexico Mary Burks, of Kalamazoo,
Michigan, has been convicted of the mur
der of her husband, by poison and has
lxjen sentenced to solitary imprisonment
with hard labor, for life A Western
editor, in speaking ofa friend, says, “He
lias his weak points, but telling the truth
is not one of them.” Nice puff, that
Gen. Mora, brother of the President of
Costa Ric , died recently of the cholera,
during the retreat of the Costa Rican
army Louis Napoleon is taking steps
to have the Empress appointed Regent for
her sou A sow, belonging to Mr.
John Gardner, of Oxford, Me., had tiie
audacity to present her owner with
twenty-eight pigs at one birth, one day
last week A California letter in the
Herald says that Gov. Bigler, now in this
country was served with notice by the
last mail not to return to California,
probably by the Vigilance Committee. ...
Indian hostilities continue in Florida.—
On the 15t h June near Fort Frazier, Lieut.
Carlton, Lott Whidden and Win. Parker
were killed and Daniel Carlton, nnd J.
H. Hollingsworth, wounded. On the
16th nit., Robt. F. Paine, and George
Howell were killed, and James Whidden,
Wm. P. Booker and John L. Skipper,
wounded. There were about twenty
Indians killed and several wounded
Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, who sometime
ago presided over the patent office, at
Washington, has nearly 4000 acres
planted in corn this year, on his little
farm in Lafayette, Indiana General
P. Smith is to relieve General Chirk
from his command ot the Department of
the West, and will remove the Head
Quarters from St. Louis to Leavenworth.
... Tho total losses of the American
underwriters, tram Marine disasters,
during the six months ending the 30th
June of the present year, is set down at
$15,890,500 Hon. Frank Granger, ex
Postmaster General, under Harrison, has
declared for Fremont A Southern
editor lias purchased a racehorse at a cost
of $2,000, for the purpose of catching his
runaway subscribers.... Col. Fremont,
while in the United States Senate, voted
against the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia The Russian
government is turning its attention to the
olonization of its American territory. A
large colonization party was being fitted
out at Hamburg by a Russian American
Company The Hon. Wilson Shannon,
theabled and efficient Governor ofKansas,
has tendered his resignation to the Presi
dent Gen. Memucan Hunt, distin
guished as an officer in the Texan Revolu
tion, and the first Minister to the United
Stases from that Republic, died in Hay
wood county, Tennessee, on the 26th nit.
Liberality of Physicians. —lt lias
always been saill th- t physicians would
disparage any remedy, however valuable,
which they did not originate themselves.
This has been disproven by their liberal
curse towards Ur. J. O Ayer’s prepa
rations. They have adopted them into
general use in their practice, which
shows a willingness to countenance arti
cles that have intrinsic merits which de
serve their attention. This does the
learned profession great credit, and ef
fectually contradicts the prevalent er
roneous notion that their opposition to
proprietary remedies is based in their
interest to discard them. We have al
ways had confidence in the honorable
motives of our medical men, and are
glad to find it sustained by the liberal
welcome they accord to such remedies
as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and Cathar
tic Pills, even though they are not or
dered in the books, but are made known
to the people through ,the newspapers.
—New Orleans Delta.
Several communications crowded
out this week, 'will appear in our next.
“That Scoundrel Washing- !
ton.”
It has been reserved to this late day
—to a black member of the Black “Re
publican ” party—to the City of Bos
ton, and to the propagators of a civil :
war to apply this epithet to the immor
tal Washington. One of the most dis
tinguished citizens of Boston lately pre
sided at a public meeting in Faneuil
Hall, and listened tamely to reiterations
of this epithet from the lips of a black
philanthropist, merely remarking to
“ the gentleman” that some allowance
should be made for the antecedents and
education of Washington, and some
thing for the times in which he lived !
Our fellow citizens will scarcely cred
it it, that language such as this was not
only pern i ted, but applauded in Old
Faneuil Hall. And it would be entirely
unworthy of attention if ii had not l»een
com t.-nanced by a politc.il par y which
not only assails us by open war, but is
at this moment organizing its efforts to
obtain the control of the Government.
Some Americans begin to fear that
we are guilty of man-worship in our re
gard for Washington. To such it will
be well for us to cite a few extracts
from the writings of his coti mporarits
and others, the subjects of foreign and
desjiotic Governments.
In ati introduction to the writings of
Washington published a few year- ago
in France, that distinguished prime
minister and statesman, M. Guizot, thus
remarks :
“ Washington had not those brilliant
and extraordinary qualities which strike
the iinagi ation of men at the first
glance. He did uot belong to the class
of men of vivid genius, who panl for an
op|K>rtunity of display, art impelled by
great thought or great passious, and dif
fuse around them the wealth of their
own natures, before any outward occa
sion or necessity calls for its employ
ment. Free from all internal restless
ness, and the promptings and pride of
ambition, Washington did not seek op
portunities to distinguish him-elf, and
tiever aspired to the admiration of tin
world. His spirit so resolute, his heart
so lofty, was profoundly calm an<l mod
est. Capable of rising to a level with
the highest destiny, he might have lived
in ignorance of his real |siwer without
suffering from it, aud have found in the
cultivation of his estates a satisfactory
employment for those energetic faculties
which were to lie proved equal to ’lie
task of commanding armies and found
ing a Government.”
The great Lord Chancellor Erskine
thus addressed Washington on his re
tirement from the Presidency :
“ I have taken the liberty to introduce
your august and immortal name in a
setitonce which is to be found in the
book I send you. I have a large and
valuable acquaintance among the most
valued and exalted classes of men, but
you are the only human being for
whom I ever felt an awful reverence.—
I pray God to grant a long and serene
evening to a life so gloriously devoted
to the universal happiness of the world”
I‘hilli|is, ihe great British orator, ex
pressed himself as follows :
“It matters very lisle what itnmedi
ate s|K>t may be the birth place of such
a man as Washington. No people can
claim, no country can appropriate him
—the lioon of Providence to the human
race. His fame is eternity, and his res
idence creation. Though it was tile de
teat of our arms and the disgrace of our
policy, I almost bless the convulsion in
winch he had his origin. If the heav
ens thundered and the earth rocked, yet
when the storm pa«ed, how pure was
the climate, how bright in the brow of
the firmment was the planet which was
revealed to us! In the production of
Washington it does really ap|iear as it
nature was endeavoring to inpr >ve upon
herself, and that all the virtues of the
ancient world were but so many studies
preparatory to the jiatriotof the new.”
Mr. Allison, the British historian,
thus closes a splendid panegyric on
Washington.
“ A soldier from necessity and [witri
otism rather than from disjiositiiin, he
was the the first to recommend a return
t> pacific, counsels when the ind-pend
ettce of his country was secured, and
bequeathed to his countrymen an ad
dress on leaving the Government, to
which there is no composition of unin
spired wisdom which can bear a compar
ison. He was a fri.-nd to liberty but
not to licentiousness; not to the dreams
of enthusiasts, but to those practical
ideas, ifec., <kc. * * * It is the
highest t.lory of England to have given
birth, even amid trans atlantic wilds, to
such a man.”
But why do we multiply these ex
tracts ? Shame for America that any
native of her soil, black or white, can
live upon it and utter a calumny upon
Washington—much less that a political
party can hope for success nfter coun
tenanting such language as has lately
found shelter aud applause under the
of Old Fatisuil Hall.
Something for the Ladies
We give an article from that valuable
journal of agriculture, the Soil of the
South, upon saving vegetables f OT
ter use that ia worth five years subscrip.
tion to that periodical. The new j n
vention of air tight cans, we are satisfy
might do but for the insane enpidity J
the inventors. Unless the fruit or i> ge .
table was the growth of Paradise, y o|
could not pack enough in any one caj
to pay for its prime cost. But bv tL (
recipe of the “ Soil 1 ' any one may Lave
without stint, good okra soup ah
ter, and if any “ institution" ever i t .
vented by mortal man was more perf w
than good okra soup, we confess we net.
er shared in its blessings.
Save Yocr Vegetables For Wi*.
ter Use. —We have tried various meth
ods of saving vegetables. Salt will
serve them, but uot without extracting
all their juices, so that if they are soak
ed sufficiently to freshen them, they re
semble their originals, about as , nu , b
as the shriveled pickle resembles a fresh
cucumber. Okra may Ire preserved bj
cutting the tender pods into thin slices
just as it should go into soup, and dry
in tire sun until it is perfectly brink,
then [racked away in clean paper bsp
until wanted for use. In a sirup it
not be distinguished from fresh grew
okra. Egg plants may Ire preserved th,
same way ; peal the egg plant and cut
i - in very thin slices, dry in the sun U |, t j
i is perfectly hard then pack away j,
pa|rer bags. When wanted for u*.
s ak them in cold water until they hsr,
swelled to their original proportion,
when they may be either turned into
oysters or cooked as egg plants. Tome
toes may be preserved with all their pe
culiar flavo by scalding them, the ate*-
ing down one half, then spreading tbit
over large dishes, and drying in the rut.
The thin cakes should Ire placed a#». i
where they will keep perfectly dry.—f
When wanted for use, soak andsteti
them the sane as fresh tomatoes.-"
Green corn may Ire first scalded in lot
ing water, (not thoroughly cooked.) thu
cut the grain from the cob, spread a
tin plates and dry in the sun; purl
away where it will he kept perfectly dn <
When wanted for nse, soak in cold n.
ter, and cook in the same water. Bull
ter beans may be gathered just IrefosT
they turn hard; shell them and dry it j
'ire sun. When wanted for us®, sn®;
them in cold water until they haw I
swelled out their full size, and Iroii.-j
Green snaps are very palatable inti*!,
winter,if they are picked when v<>m;
and packed down in salt, just as cucu*
l«ers are put down for pickling. Whs
wanted for use, soak them in cold n
t.-r 48! ouia,changing i he water freqiiit 1 .
ly. These, with what ran be gathers
fresh from the garden all the winn(|
should make jicrpetual spring in ;i*'
kitchen of every good housewife.
A Thriii.,. t Scene.
A sul.inan. e diver from Bulla - h<
| at hurt succeeded in raising the salt- n'i
! die American Express Com pair, wlii.lt
was lost when die steamer Atlantic wj
sunk off Long l'oiiii in 1852. It e
l-e recollected that this steamer whs ill
slalitly sunk by coll dmg widi a 1
hr, and that a large number ol jiasser-j
gers were lost. The diver was protert |
ed by copper armor, and was under *» ■
ter forty minutes, during which time he
had some strange adventures. The up
|ier deck of the steamer lies one liun
dred and sixty feet uuder water, and lit
below where there is any current or iw
tion. Everything, therefore, is exited
as it first went down.
Wlieu the diveraiighted upon t lie deck!
he was saluted by a beautiful lady, win*!
clothing was well arranged, and fro
hair elegantly dressed. As he applet <
ed her, the motion of the water caiwi
an oscillation of the head, as it gracelul:'
(lowing to him. She was standing i-reri,’
widt one hand grasping the rigging.-
Around lay the bodies of several o:her
as if sleeping. Children holding H
■rieuds by their hands, and mothers will!
their babies in their arms were
In the cabin, the fit nil ure was still ui'l|
touched by dec -y, and to all appeatniiwj
had just been arranged by some cweti*
and tasteful hand.
In the office he found the safe,
was euabled to move it with ease, u> |
took it upon deck, where the grappli'A.
irons were fastened on, and the
brought safely to the light. Upono|*»
ing the safe it displayed its contents n V
perfect state of preservation.
was in the safe $5,000 in gold,
in bills of the Government Stock
and a large amount of bills i<ii ll ' i,, f|
banks, amounting in all to aboui %
000. The papers were uninjured, and 1
cept that they smelled very strongMyl
decayed human bodies, as if they
for so many years in a coffin with tl»
owner. Os course all this money g o * .1
to the persons interested in this wirtxkfjS
ful adventure.— Detroit Advertiser.
Pretender to a crown—a |
lady’s bonnet.