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Jfanulufisitor PUBLISHED BT 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.