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COVINGTON FEMAL SEMINARY
THE PIIECEP rORIAL care of th above
name ! Institution, has been conferred upon
the subscriber, by the Trustees, It the year ISSI.
A large amount of mon-y has t-een appropriated
by tho citizens of Covington, and vicinity, for the
erection of a Female College m this place. A cr.m
modious and splendid edifice wid be built/and all
the apartments tastily and conveniently fitted out.
It is confidently expected that the exercises of the
CoHegiate Jourse will commence »» January, 1852,
under an aWe and tfficitrnt famity.
The exercises of the Seminar? will commence on
the Th rteenth of JANUARY, 1851. Competent
Assistants will be procured in the various depart
ments.
The special object of this School is to instruct
young Ladies in the rudiments, as well as in the
more advanced stages of a good education. Follow
ing the most approved systems of instruction, with
nine years’ exp rience in teaching, the subscriber
flatters h : mself he can oiler to his pupils advantages
not surpassed in any School in the Stale.
Particular attention will be paid to Reading.
Spelling, Aril/imeltc, Geography, Grammar,
History, Composition, Penmanship, <&c., as these
constitute the Ibundaanu of a thorough and practical
education.
The course of Instruction pursued at this Semina
ry is liberal—embracing every particular necessary
to improve the mind, form the manners, enlighten
the understanding and prepare the pupil to move
with e ise, respectability and usefulness in any circle
of society or sphere of action.
Much of the happine.-sol every family depends on
a proper cultivation of the female mind. To accom
pl s i this object, and in every respect to meet the
wishes of parents and guardians, in rehtion to their
yo .ihful charge, no pains or expense will be s, a red.
The Principal will devote himself exclusively to
the instruction and discipline of the School. He
will con ider hims If invested with a discretionary
pare tai authority; constantly treating the S udents
with mildness and moderation, governing them by
applying the more honorable and generous excite
ments to good conduct; but in cases which manifest
de’'berate wickedness and obstinacy of character,
when all advisory measures sb til have proved inef
fectual, he will then pro ced to i«-fl ct such punish
ment as may I e deemed necessary to reclaim the
pupil and sustain the cha racer ol the School.
Parents and Guar lians may be well assured that
their children and wards wi’.l be accommoda'ed with
board on he most reasonable terms, and every at
tention paid to their comfort and convenience.
The price of Tuition is reasonable, and in accord
ance with the time*. The Pupils will be charged
from the time of entering the School until the close
of the term. All dues must be paid at the c*ose of
each term.
Music, Wax-work, Drawing and Painting, will be
taught by skillful teachers, at reasonable prices.
To persons at a distance it may be well to say—the
locality is healthy and desirable ; tne society plea
sant and cultivated.
• For further information address the Principal.
d3l w3m JAMES I. RANDLy, A. B.
Kenesaw Female Seminary.
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL,
for Young Ladies Marietta, Georgia. Rev.
Thomas F. Sc<»tt, Rector.
The Twelfth Session will commence on MONDAY
FEBRUARY 3,18 U.
Circulars sent, on application to the Rector,
d l 4 w ■> n
Qotcis.
PRANKLIN nuTEU
tfyjp BROAD BTRKKT, Augusta Ga.,
JuflL one square above the Globe Hotel, on the
SouUi side of Broad street.
n 0-w|y D IL RAMSEY, Proprietor.
LOuK HERE.
WAYNESBORO HOTEL.
Waynesboro, • Georgia.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his
agat'* ber-viur Proprietor •>*
and that he is about to make such alterations and ad
ditions as he is confident will enable him to enter
tain all of his old friends, and such new ne-* as may
favor him with a call, in the most comfortable and
satisfactory manner. It is his intention to spare
neither expense nor pains to render his Hou.-e de
servedly popular; he therefore hopes fora liberal
sin re of public patronage.
jalO-lt M.tDI 3<MI Mr'WKTY
EAGLE HOTEL,
MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE.
fIIHE SUBSCRIBb'II takes pleasure
JL in returning his thanks to his friend* and
the public, lor the very liberal patronage here- ’*■ ’**'
lofore extended to him. And having recently im
proved and extended bis buildings so ns to alford the
b*st accommodation'* to alosost tiny number of trav
ellers and persons wishing boarding, he confidently
expects an increase of public favor and patronage.
Building situated on second bl ok south of the
Public Square one hundred and filly feet long—
rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He is
also well prepared to take the bestcare of horses, &c.
Stable large and secure—careful and attentive ser
vants. in short, the gna’est attention will he paid,
and pains taken, to render all c«Hnf>r<nble who may
call at the Eagle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD.
Muili'Oiivih au‘3 wtl
To Contrictors and Builders.
SEALED PROPOSAL'* will be received until
tlie2o<h of February lbsl, tor the erection of a
Brick EBIFICE for the S-’Uthexn Female Cobege.
The plan of the building, and specifications, can be
seen at the Secret »ry’s Office, on and after the 20th
of January. By order of the B'ard.
J H MURRELL.
Secretary of ite Roardot Trustees.
Covington, Gs., Dec. 27, 1650. d3l-wtPe2o
id
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE v
VENT WATER WHEEL d
CAUTION. --Having been itiloimed that a cer
tain person named HEEL), ia vending a Water
Wheel upon which the waler is conducted by means
of a spiral scroll, as upon “Reuben Rich’s Patent a
Centre Vent,” we hereby notify and caution the b
public, that we will prosecute, in all instances, for (
any evasion or infringement upon said patent, both t<
the maker and party using, and will be thankful for a
any information referring us tu parties thus trespass- c
jnS. GIMWAT dr «•.
Xlonteotnery, Ala., June 11, Ib5V.
swtl <1 a
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NOTICE c
TOST OR XUPLUKD, Tweoty-Eigbt c
Hundred Dollars, all tn «<ne hundred D'Hur a
Nates, made payable to JOHN W. GREEN, or c
bearer, dated some time in September, 1850. Signed t
by A. S. GKOtn*. (his X mark ) All persons are
hereby forewarned o< trading for said Notes, and the L
maker, A. S. Cross, in forewarned not to pay said a
Notts to other peison except myself. t
JOHN W GREEN. 6
Said Notes all on demand Ute first day nt January
next. n‘J4-w»! J. W- G j
~ LIVERY STABLES, <
MADISON, GEORGIA.
WtffrP HARRALL &. HARRIS ‘
beg leave to announce to
their friends in Madison and •
■ W x£r _ the travelling Public gene- \F Zs"
rally, that they have opened the above S I AHI ES,
and that they intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES and HORSES, ascan be found in any
Stables— with careful drivers Cilixcns of Madieoir
and strangers visiting Madison, by coining to us will
always find ready accommodation, to go any where
they wieh on reasonable terms.
Madison, Jen. JU IMO
SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP.
A FOR BUILL ING AND REPAIRING
kinds ofCOl CON AND WOOL MA-
HINER Y inak.ng Urge SCREW SAND
GEARING, of all kimfo-TURNING IRON,
WOOD, &e.,
ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND RATTED,
six n de*from Augusta,on the Louisville road, where
the proprietors will be grateful for allorders —orthey
eaa belef- atC. A & M. H. WILLIAMS’S, Augus
to—or directed to Richmond Paste* v P. ().
HAUdN’VAL
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
zer-3 THE SUBSCRIBERS are now re
ceivinsi an extensive axMriment of Heavy
Hlinl Fancy GROCERIES, which they
odvr to the Planters, Merchants and Families of Geor
gia, on the most advantageous terms. T en Stere
is just above the principal Ho<els. and they solicit
all purchasers visiting Augusta, tv favor them with a
oil and exaunae their stock.
Ttoy now offer th tUlowing Goode for sale low ;
100 bales Gunny BAGGING.
250 coils t inch Kentucky ROPE,
50hhds. S<. Croix, Porta Rico aud N O. SUGAR
100 b<>h. rushed. gr> kJ and yellow Do.
250 Java. Ri> -.nd I aguira COFFEE,
300Reg* NAILS. Pent bran I,
20 tone Swedes IRON, assorted sia*s.
200 bul.% Canal Flo >UR. of the Hiram Smith
aud other cbotee brands,
100 boxes Spenu, Adaman..ae and Tallow CAN
DLES
50 000 SEG A RS, of v m'ou* qufoit ee.
100 boxes TOBACCO, of different brands,
3 (XX) racks Liverpool SALT. In tine erder.
And ail other articles usually kept in the largest
Grocery House*.
•1-W J. R. &W.M. DOW
NOTICE.
r 3HK owners of lots of I on J six 581, 646, 651,
*. 647. 650. 722. »»<i 578 and 643. in the 2d
Dtarittood 4 h eeeu.vi of oo.in.lly Cttoerker. ean
6 d eporeho.ee bv are at Codar Town.
dSJ-wtS THUS. McMICKEN.
DxSSCUUTION.
T HK C'twrnersh pu H: V SStflN 4 ES
— KIGHT. bv< two diwolvej bv -o.
M*. The entire j. the haode <■>
- r. HBMMauou, aud be so auth rxed to use
ueoame oftbe 1 m m nettling ifo* business of the
T^- rtn ’ , JOH> T HENDERSON.
Cevtugtoa, Oat. 2b. IScd. <t22-w4
miscellany.
JJoctrg.
Prom the Louisville Journal,
THE LYRE OF TIME.
MIDNIGHT, FIRST JANUARY, 1851.
God has crushed
Another chord from out die mighty harp
Os sounding ages—and its dying wail
Is stealing on the midni jit, fanner far
Than Echo s self, the shadow of a s >und.
Tho birth of Time was music when the stars,
God’s high orcbe. tia pealed *bc overture
To young Creation’s drama —ami ihe hour
When “Tune shall be no more,” will die away
’Mid trumpct-lhiindere marshaling in ho.-ts
From every realm, the armies of the Lord I
i‘he silver chord is I x>scd. The purling year
With al' its wild and fitful melody,
I's mingled harmony of joy and woe
And constant eln rusci continual change,
Is bushed forever; while the Lyre of Time,
Now strung anew by the Omni|>ot* nt.
Awaits his breath to swell the symphony
Hig.t flaming o’er the Future’s folded p-igo.
Old shattered harp-string! crushed to silence now
Thy many-braided music—cold and sff’l
Thine ever-pealinj anthem ! Rapture swelled
Awhile thy rich bird-carol —sorrow sighed
Hale, boar : ely howling, blended With ihe lute
Os Love’s low murmur, a it .wept from thee
I ike dew on lily le:-.flets. Heie the gu-h
Os festal freedom mingled in the strain
Os holy adoration, and the wail
Os dying dirgas crept along t.ie chime
Os cli< ral bridal fells ; a boding tone
Met panting passion’s roiling rhap Ady—
And barrowing voices from the shrieking shades
Smote sharply ou ihe pealing j te n proud
Os haughty victory. ’Mid them all arose
The frantic yell cl Dissolution dire
And Freedom tremb<?d in her .mounts hi hoH—
He- banner wavered on its-craggy height :
Her eagle faltered on his pinion boid,
And screamed with terror thro’ the rushing night—
Until the fearful chant swept wildly on,
And died above the grave of Washington 1
God has made
A wilderness of worlds ; His will end strong
Creative Spirit shook ten thousand worlds,
1 ike golden dew drops from his waving wing,
To roll io beauty thro’ abysmal space,
And chant the chorus of His love divine.
He wade the “ Milky way ” to span the sky,
A pearly bow of promise, every drop,
That sparkles there, asinging, shining world!
He woke the music of the Northern Harp—
The wild weird chiming of the Pleiades—
And bade the arches of a Southern sphere
Reverberate their hallelujahs high.
When proud Orion rears his created brow
An I bares his burning fdchion thro’ the night—
Or red Arcturus with I is foot ol flame,
Give chase eternal to the monsters grim
That circle round the Pole ; the e, like a fierce
And maddened glory, streams the comet-star —
A laurel victor, sweeping through the blue
Triumphal arch of Heaven, with crimson flags
Os Borealis fl rating o’er him. From
The swife-winged meteor on his barb of flame,
Careering down the cloudy paths of air,
I o some faint fire-mist, darkling on the
Oi blank infinitude, the blended hymn
Is universal Love!
The mighty One,
Who sweeps the lyre of Ages, and commands
The piaises of ten thousand singing worlds,
Creates the stars of Union, and attunes
The iofry harp of Liberty. Shall we—
Proud children of the storied brave—the free,
Behold our t anner, blazoned by the breath
Ot glory, sullied by a slave ?—our stars
‘ 'f Union tossing wildiy to and ro
Upon the wave of faction, at, they were
Hut shining shadows, not e ernai orbs
Forever circling iLioukli the boundless heaven
Os everlasting Or shall we
Heir dissolution’ 1 sounded, and forbear
To brand the traitor-heart that dared forget
The bond for which our fathers fought and bled?
Cursed be the traitor 1 doubly, trebly doomed—
The pit of Discord for her victim yawns.
Then, back recoiling, shudders to receive
His heart, a fouler and a fiercer hell!
God save the Union ! give the dawning year
Tii.s proud baptismal anthem—let its lust
Dissolving sigli be —Union undissolved.
New Slates, with starry emblems, one by one,
Come stealing through the Future’s twi.ightdim,
Like orbs of evening from its dusky sky,
To take their place at las’, with those that tread
Their high unwearied and unvarying round,
Before the golden gates, and battlements
Os paradise. The harp of libtrty
Shiil sound amain, till l>eaih himself expire,
Till God has ma e us free, immortally,
And Time is dust upon hie broken lyre.
Thrice raptured moment I if all blest like thee
Ar** heaven’s bright centuries, how brief wilt be
Ils countless ages of e'ernily !
CASI IN THY MITE.
The annexed star.zas are to > trnod *o he kept on
the other side of the Alhntic.— South Presbyterian
He who gives little from his store,
If little be his means,
Aslie* who gtv'eWeri time/ the inore,
If teu lim s more he gains.
He may be useful here, who would,
And walk within a z >ne of light ;
There is a treasury of good—
Cast in thy mite.
Thcu may’st not have one piece of gold
To bless tho po»<r man’s palm ;
But angels will with joy behold,
If thou bast words which can be told
Hie troubled heart to calm ;
For kind words are as honeyed streams,
And he the walker of the sod
Who gives them to his brother, seems
A messenger from God.
Tbeic are abuses deep nnd loud,
Hoarse voices shrieking “Bread /”
And there are noble spirits bow’d,
And forms that flu among the crow’d
Like phantom* f.ntn the dead.
Crush but one atom of abuse,
Slav but a partiide ot sin,
Ami God will sanctify the use
Os ail thy powers therein.
And if thy brmlier weaker be,
If folly mark his path ;
And if thrt thou be tolly ftee,
If knowledge clingeth unto thee,
Give not contempt nor wrath ;
But from the garner of thy worth,
And from thv store of truth and light,
To serve thy brother’s wants on earth,
Cast in thy mite.
WISTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD
CHERRY
TAc Great Remedy for
('IONSUMTION, and the beat medicine known
7 to man for Asthma of every stage, Liver Com
plaints, Bronchitis, Influenza, Coughs, Colds, Bleed
ing of the Lungs, Shortness of Breath, Pains and
Weakness in the Side, Breast, &c., and all other
diseases of the
PULMONARY ORGANS.
From the Boston Post.
Dr. s. W. Fowle, 138 Washington street, has an
article entitled as above, which we believe is the
beat preparation hitherto discovered for the cure of
Colds and other consumptive complaints Having
tested this medicine, we can speak with confidence
uato its salutary effects in removing colds and other
complaints incident io this reason ot the year.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wherever fins medicine is introduced, it at once
attains tha f high reputation which it so richly de
serves. What can stop its stle, when on every hand
can be witnessed its wonderful cures. The worst
cabes of Asthma, recent but dangerous coughs, and
ako, those that are of long standing, bronchitis, and
consumption m its early stages, are always cured by
this remarkable medicine.
Be not de:eived by impostors—the public should
be careful to get the genuine article, as the imitations
and counterfeits being put up by those who kuow no
thing of medicine, or of the diseases of the human
system, are entirely unsafe and dangerous.
None genuine unless signed I Butts on the wrap
per.
The genuine Dr. Wistar’s BALSAM of WILD
CHERRY is now for sale by duly appointed agents,
and all restwciable dealers in medicine, in all large
cities and all important towns throughout the United
Steles, Canadas and Btiush Provinces.
If gen ine, signed 1. BUTTS. Principal office at
138 Wvshington rre?l, Boston, Mass. SETH W.
FOWLE, Geneml Agent for the United Stales and
British Ameiican Provinces, and for sale by Drug
gists and Agents every where. nl
GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA,
PREPARED BY
J. DENNIS, M. AUGUSTA, GA,
IN QUART BOTTLES.
AK ARTICLE
- °f g ,e " l u * c
Soui h for all diseases
g&it i' of the Li vkr and dis-
- jk geases a ising fiom an
impure stale oi the
"j Blood.
I * The Georgia Sar-
i 3 sapart Ila is of the
jJLv> kl pure fresh South rn
t R roots, carefully se-
lected by the jiropri-
etor, and prepared
with the greatest care. Dr. Dbnsis has been at
greet pains to prepare the article to meet the wai ts
ei Physicians ami Families tn the South, k is
made as pure as poswble, that these who use it may
use Saisa anlla indeed, and not be imposed upon
bv using the article in name and not in sutwtanee
Those who ha«-c used Nortbera preparations, and
now use Georgia, have found the former to con
tain a large quantity of molaiQes, sweetened water,
or coloring matter, and the Georgia to contain the
“Sarsaparilla” itself.
The increasing demand for the article proves that
the Sou'hern pe pie rightly value preparations made
ia the South, for diseases in the South, and prefer
sjooj S -sapar lla made al home to worthless made
abroad.
O’’ c SI per Bottle—b bottles for 55.
For sale ia Augus aby Wm H. Tutt. D. F.
Plumb Jt C«. ,P, A. Moise, and W. H. & J Turpin
Orders conuiaing the money shall receive prompt
attention by the Proprietor. ja9
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
A N ACT granting • .io:y Lands to all peracus,
ML or to the widows or m oor children of all per
mhis who per termed military service for the United
States in the war es 1512. or any of th«* Indian war*
s>nce 1790, and to the cotnmism ned officers engaged
in the Mrviee of the Uirted State*, in the fore war
with Mexico. Ims recenciv been passed by Ccßtfrses.
The undersigned, having formed vn asrociation
with Attorneys resident at Wasbintfton City, pos
sesses peculiar advantages for prosecuting succrostul
lv. and with despatch/aII claims for Bounty lands
arising under the act roferred tn. and offers his servi
ces to alt who mav be entitled to the benefit of this
act. in securing, wttn the least cost aud delay, a»l
c.la;-r« of this character s/amrt the Be: era! Govera-
ROBERT & WOODING.
>d - w 3in A toraey a: Law. A ppi mg. Geo.
SWKEDISH LEE HES —A supply
1 of the be<t LEECHES lately received and for
-foe by y-16-dJt* PHILiP A. MOISE s Druggwt
OUR PICTURE GALLERY.
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THE DESERTED HUSBAND.
From Arthur's Home Gazette.
RULING_A WIFE.
A PICTURE., FROM REATj
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
As a lover, Henry Line wan the kindest,
most devoted self sacrificing person imagina
ble. He appeared, really, to have no will of
his own. so entire was his deference to his
beautiful Amanda. Yet, fo* ail this, he had no
very high opinion of her as an intelligent be
ing She was lovely—she was gentle—she
was good. And these qualities, combined with
personal grace and beauty, drew him in ad
miration to her side, and filled him with the
desire to possess her as his own.
As a hu-band, Henry Lane, was adilTerent
being. His relation had changed and bis ex
terior changed correspondingly. Amanda was
his wife ; and as such, she must be, in a certain
sense, under him. It was his judgment that
must govern in al matters; for her judgment, 1
in the affairs of life, was held in light estima :
tion. Moreover, as a man it was his province
to control and direct, and her duty to look to
him for guidance.
Yet, lor all this, if the truth must be told,
the conclusions of Amanda's mind were, in or
dinary afftirs, even more correct than her hus
band’s judgment; for he was governed a great
deal by impulses and first impressions, instead .
of by the reason of which he was so proud,
while she came naturally into Ihe woman’s
quick perceptions of right and propriety.
This being the case, it may readily be seen that
there was a broad ground work for unhap
piness in the married state. Amanda could
not sink into a mere cypher. She could not i
give up her will entirely to the guidance of 1
another, and cease to act from her own
volitions.
Il took only a few months to make the
young wife feel that her position was to be one
of great trial. She was of a mild and gentle
character ; more inclined to suffer than resist.
But. her judgment was clear, and she saw the
right or wrong of any act almost instinc ively.
Love did not make her blind to every hing in
her husband He had faults and unpleasant
peculiarities, and she saw them plainly, and
often desired to correct them. But one trial
of this kind sufficed to keep her silent He
was offended, and showed his state of mind so
plainly th it she re-olved never to stand in that
relation to him again.
As time progressed, the passivenese of
Amanda encouraged in Lane his natural love
of ruling. His household was his kingdom
and there his will must be the law. In his
mind arose the conceit that, in everything, his
judgment w •* superior to that of his w fe ;
even in the smaller mat ers of household econ
omy, he let this bi seen. His teste, too, was
more correct and applied itself to guiding and
directing her into a proper state of dressing.
He decided about the harmony of colors, and
thechoice of patterns. She could not buy even
a ribbon withoutthere being some fault found
with it, as not possessing the elements of bean
ty in just arrangements. In company, you
would often hear him say :
“ Oh, my wife has no taste. She would
dress like a fright if I did not watch her all the
time.”
Though outwardly passive, or concurrent,
.item were *aid. AjmiuU £u< -h**
severely, according to the character of the
company in which she happened at the time to
be. * But, her self-satisfied husband saw noth
ing of this. And not even when some one,
more plainly spoken than others, would reply
to such a remark :
•• She did not dress like a fright before you
were married ”
Did he perceive his presumption and his
errors.
But, passivnneee under such a relation does
not always permanently remain. It was ac
companied, from the first, by a sense of o; -
predion and injustice : though love kept the
feeling subdued. The desire to ruling in any
position, gains strength by activity. The more
the young wife yielded, the more did the hus
band a-sume, un il. at length, Amanda felt that
she had no will of tier own, so to speak. '1 he
conviction of this, when u formed itself in her
mind, half mvolunarily brought with it an in
stinctive feeling of resistance. Here was the
forming point of antagonism Tne beginning
of the s ate of unhappiness, foreshadowed from
the first. Had Amanda asserted her right to
think and act for her-elf in the early days of
her married life, the jar of discord would have
been light It now promised to be most alHict
ing in its charic er.
The first activity of Amanda’s newly form
ing state, showed itself in the doing of certain
things to which she was inclined, notwithstand
ing tiie expression of her husband’s disappro
val. Accustomed to the mos» perfect cuinpli
ance, Mr- Lane was disturbed by this.
“ Oh dear .’ What a horrid looking thing ’ ”
•aid he, one day, as he discovered a new dress
pattern which his wife had just purchased, ly
ing on a chair. Where in the world did that
come from ? ”
*• I bought it this morning,”replied Amanda
Take it back, or throw it into die fire,”
w as the husband's rude response.
I think it neat,” said Amanda smiling.
“ Neat ? It’s awful ! But you’ve no taste.
I wish you’d let me buy your dresses.”
The wife made no answer to this- Line
said a good deal more abo.it it, to all of which
Amanda opposed but little. However, her
mind was made up to one thing, and that was
to take it to the maniuamakers. The next
Lane saw of the dress was on hie wife.
“ Oh mercy .’ ” he exclaimed, holding up
his hand, “ I thought you had burnt it. Why
did vjj»i have it made up T ”
“ liike it,” quietly answered Mrs. Lane.
“ You like anything.”
1 h&vn’t much taste, I know,” said Aman
da. “ but such as it is it is pleasant to gratify it
sometimes.”
Something in the way this remark was made
disturbed the self satisfaction, which was a
leading feature m Mr. Lane’s slate of mind;
he, however answered—
“ 1 wish you would be governed by ma in
matters of this kind ; you know my taste is
superior to yours. l)j take off that dress and
throw it in the fire.”
Amanda did not reply to thu, fur it exci ed
feelings and produced ihoughts that she hid uo
w:»h to tnii ifest. But she did not comply w iih
her husband's wishes. She liked the dress,
and meant to wear it, and she did wear it, not
withstanding her husband's repeated condem
nation of her taste
At this time they had one child : a babe less
<hnn a year old. From the first. Lane had en
croached upon the mother’s province. This
had ben felt more sensibly than anything else
by his wife ; for it dis urbed the harmonious
nativity of the natural law. winch gives to a
mother the perception of what is best for her
infant. Sull, she had been so m the habit of
yielding to the force of his will that she gave
way to his interference here in numberless in
stances though she as often felt that he was
wrong as right. Conceit of his own in'el'i
gence blinded him to the intelligence of others.
Os this Amanda became more and more satis
fied every day. At first, vhe had passively ad
milted that he knew best. But her own com
mon sense and clear perceptions soon rrpudi
aed this idea. While ht< lure of predotr.i
nance affected only heme if. she cun d bear it
with great patience; hut. when it was exer
cised day afier day. and week af’er week, in
matters pertaining to her babe, she grew rest
less under the oppression.
After the decided position tsken in regard
to her dress Amanda's mind acquired sJreng' >
in a new direction. A sine e gratification ot
her own will, attained in opposition to the will
of her husband, stirred a latent desire for re
peated gratifications ; and it was not long be
fore Line di-covered this fact, an I wondered
at the change which had 'ak»»n p ace iu ni«
wife’s temper. She no longer acq ii’ sced in
every suggestion, nor yielded when lie opposed
argumen* to an assumed position. The pleas
ure of thinking and acting lor herself, had
been restored ; and the dehght appertaining to
it* indulgence was no more tn be suppre-y.? i
Her husband's reaction on thi« state, put her
in greater freedom ; for it made more dixunct y
mantles the quality eftirsruhn* affection, anti
awoke in her unnd a mure determined spirit ot
resistance.
Up to this time even in the most trifling
roarers of domestic and social life. Lane’s will
had been the law This was to be so no
longer. A new will had come into acxisity ;
and that wi‘l a woman’s wiil. Passive, it had
been for a long time under a pressure that par
till love and a v ielding temper permute : to re
main But. i s inward life was unimpaired ;
and w hen its tn'Hion became earnest, it wa*
stronger and enduring. The tffjrt made by
Lane to subdue these motions the moment he
perceived them, only gave them a stronger
impnfoe. The hand laid upon her neart to
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2-2,
quiet its pulsations, only made it beat with a
quicker effort while it communicated its distur
bance to his own.
The causes leading to the result we are to
describe, have been folly eq<”»gb set, forth.
Tat steadily progressed uLii thfe hrisbahd
and wife were in positions of direct antagon
ism Lane could not give up his love of con
trolling every thing around him, and his wife,
fairly aroused to opposition, followed the
promptings of her own will, in matters where
right was clearly on her side, wi h a quiet per
severance that always succeeded. Os course,
they wer3 often made unhappy, yet enough
forbearance exis’ed on both sides to prevent an
open rupture—at least, for a time. That,
however, came at least, and was the more
violent from the long accumulation of re
active forces. The particulars of this rup
ture, we need not give. It arose in a dispute
about the child when she was two years old.
As usual, Line had attempted to set aside the
judgment of his wife, in something pertaining
| to the child, ns inferior to it is own, and she
j had not submitted. Warm words ensued, in
; which he said a good deal about a wife’s know
-1 ing her place and keeping it.
‘ I am not your slave ! ” said Amanda, in
dignantly. The cutting word of her hus-
I band throwing her off tier guard.
“ You are rny wife,” he calmly and half ■
contemptuously replied; “and a> such, are ,
bound to submit yoursell to your husband.’’
To tnv husband’s intelligence, nut to his
mere will,” answered Amanda, less warmly,
but n ore resolutely than at first.
“ Yes, to his will! ” said Lane growing
blind from anger.
“That 1 have done long enough,” returned
the wife. “ But the time is past now. By
your in'eliigence. when 1 see in it superior
light to what exists in my own, 1 will be guid
ed, but, by yourwi'l—never!”
The onward moving current ofyears, which,
fur some lime, had been chafing amid obstruc
tions, now meta sudden barrier, and flowed over
in a raging torrent. A sharp retort met ihis firm
declaration of Amanda, stinging her into an
ger, and producing a state of recrimination.
While in this state, she spoke plainly of his as
sumption of autnoriiy over her from the first; '
of her passiveness for a time, of being finally |
aroused to opposition.
And now,” she added, in conclusion, “ 1
am content to be your wife and equal, but will
be no longer your passive an 1 obedient -lave.”
“Your duty is to obey. You can occupy
no other position as my wife,” returned the
blind and excited husband.
“ Then we must part.”
“Be il so.” And as he said this. Lane turn
ed hurriedly away and ief. ihe hoti-e.
Fixed as a szatue, for a long time, sat the
stunned and wretched wife As the cur
rent of (hough's again flowed on, the word- of
her husband presented themselves in even a
mure offensive light than when they wereMlrst
uttered, indignant pride took tho uppermost
place in her mind.
“ He will not treat me as a wife *nd eq ial.” j
she said, “and 1 will no longer be his slave ”
In anger Lane turned from his wife ; and.
for hours after parting wi.h her. this t.nger I
burned wi h cu all-con.-iitnin ■ flame. F r !
him to yield was out of i’:e q iesdon. Hi- J
manly pride would never cons tn to this tfiie i
must fall back into her true pusi ion. He did i
not return home as usual, a: duiiier time ; but !
ah . nied l.qin.-eif in .order IQ give her lane for !
he wituld abandon < t-t f’’ og‘'i ir ‘'
mght, imagining his wii< in a s'.ate of
and distiessin.: anxiety, and feeling some coin
misoralion for her on that account, Mr Lane
went back io nis dwelling. As lie stepped
within the door, a feeling of desertion and
loneliness came over him An unusual silence
seemed to pervade the house. He sat down in
the parlor for some minutes; but hearing no
movement in the chambers above, nor catching
even a murmur of his child’s voice, a sound
lor w liich his ears were longing, he ascended
the sta rs, b: t found no <-ne there. As he i
turned to go down again he met a servant.
“ Where is Mrs. Lane ? '* he ask<’d.
“ 1 don’t know,” was answered. “ She went
out tms morn ng and has not returned. ’
“ Where is Mary I
“ She took M .ry wi h her.”
“ Didn’t she say where she was going ? ”
“ No, sir.”
Mr. Lane asked no more questions, but
went back into the room from which he hid
just emerge , and silling down, covered his |
face with his hands and endeavored to collect
bis thoughts.
“ Has she deserted me?” he asked of him
self iu an audible htiskey whimper.
His heart grew faint iu the pause that fol
lowed. As the idea of desertion became more |
and more distinct, Mr. Lane commenced j
searching about in order to *ee whether his
wife had not iell some communication for him.
in which her purpose was declared. Butw||b
found none. She had de parted without leav
tngasign. The night tmt fol owed, was a
sleep ess one to Line. His mind was agitated
by many conflicting emotions. For hours, on
the next day, he remained at home, iu the ex
pection of seeing or hearing from Amanda.
But no word came. Where had she gone?
T bat was tbe next question, if he must go in
search of her, in wnat direction should he turn
his steps ? She had no relations in the city,
ami with those who resided ala distance, she
had cultivated no intimacy.
The whole day was passed in a state of
irresolution. To make the fact known, was
toexp.se a family di flic ill y that concerned
i only himself and wife ; and give room for idle
! gossip aud gross detraction. Bad as the case
was. the public would make it appear a great
deal worse than the reality. In the hope of
avoiding this, he concealed the sad affair for
the entire day, looking, in each recurring hour,
for the return of his repentant wife. But, he
looked in vain. Night came gloomily d>wn,
aud she was still absent.
He was sitting, about eight o’clock in the ’
evening undetermined yet what to do, when a 1
gentleman with whom he was but slightly ao
quainted, named Edmondson, called at the
door and asked to see him. On being shown
in, the latter, with some embarrassment in his
manner said,
“ 1 have called to inform you, that Mrs. Lane
has been at my house since yeemrday.”
“ At your house! ”
“Yes. She came there yesterday morn
ing and since that time my wife has been
doing her best Io induce her to return home.
But. so far, stie has nut been able to make the
smallest impression. Not wishing to become a
parly to the matter, I have called to see you on
the subject. I regret, exceedingly, that any
misunderstanding has occurred, and do not in
tend that eiiher myself or fam ly shall take
sides in so painful an affair. Ad that I can
do, however, to heal the difficulty, shall be
dene cheerfully.”
*• What does she sav f ” asked Lane, when
he had composed himself.
‘•She makes no specific complaint.”
“ What does she propose doing ? ”
*• Sne avows her m ention of living sepa
rate from you. and supporting herself and
child by her own efforts.”
This declaration aroused a feeling of indig
' nant pride in the hustand’s mind. “I:is my
I cnild as welt as hers ” said he. •• Sne may de
sert me. if she will; but she cannot expect me
: to give up my cnild. To that 1 will never
submit.”
•• My dear sir,*’ said Mr. Edmondson, “do
not permit your mind to chafe, aogrily. over
t is unhappy matter. Tint wi’l not
heal, the breach in affairs of thi- kind, par
don me iur the remark, there are always fault*
on b*?:h sides; and the duty of each is to put
’ away his or her own sta e of anger and au
tigomsm and seek to reconci’e the other, ra
ther than to compel sub:n>si<>n. As a min,
you have the advantage ot a stronger and foear
|er jtidgm^n 7 —exerewe it as a man. Feeling
and impulse of.eti rule in a woman « mind,
from he very nature of her mental conforwa-
I non; and we should remember »ni« when we
pass judgment on her ac ions. There i-i often
more honor in yiet .ing a pom: han in con
tending for it io the end iu the face ot f real
rue-1 di-as er. L-h me the*’ urge you o seek
■ a re oucdia.ion. while there is ye opportunity,
and permit the veil of oblivion ?•» •ad. wnile it
may, over ibis painful evert. As ye: the fact
has uot passed from the knowledge of toy self
and wife. Heal the bteaen. and the secret re
mains wher® it is ’’
If she will return. I wiil receive her. and
forgive and forget alt. Will you say this to
her from me ?”
* Why not go tu her a. once ? See her face
to ficw. This is the best and surest wav.”
* No,” said Lane, coldly. “ She has left me
her own choice ; =md. now. she must re-
’tiri 1 give ner no cause for the rash act.
Enough for me. that I am willing to forgive
and forget all this. Bill, lam not the man to
humble myself a: the feet of a capricious wo
rn n. It is not in me.”
“ Mr Lane, you are wrong!” said the vis
ter, in a decided tone. “All wrong. Do yo
L believe that your wife would have fled from
you without a real cause ?”
“ No. Bat dii only in her imagina-
tion.”
' her ' ’neg/-.her of this.
| U is the satne to ft£r. whether ’he
[ cause be real or imaginary She believes it
real, and feels all its effects as real. Show her
I that it is imaginary, and all is healed.”
Line shook his head.
“ I I ave never humbled myself before a man,
much less a woman,” eaid he.
This remark exhibited to Mr. Edmondson
the whole ground-work of the difficulty. Lane
regarded a woman as inferior to a man, and
had f r her, in consequence, a latent feeling ol
contempt. He could understand, now, why
his wife had left him ; for he saw, clearly, that,
with such an estimation of woman, he would
attempt to degrade her from her true position;
and, if she an ind. pendent spir t, ren
der her lite well nigh insupportable. Earnest
ly did he seek :o convince Lane of his error;
but to no good effect z\s soon as all djubt
wa» removed from the mind of the latter, in
regard to where his wifejhad gone, and touch
ing the spirit a hich governed her in her sepa
ration from him, his natural pride and selt-es
teem—self respect, he called it—came back
into full activity. No, he would never hum
ble himself to a woman ! That was the tin
alterable state of his mind. If Amanda would
return, and assume her old place and her old
relation, he would forget and forgive all. This
( far he would go and no farther. She had left
of her own free will, and that must bring he'
back.
“ You can say all this to her in any way you
please ; but I u ill not seek her and enter into
an humble supplication for her return. I have
too much self-respect— and am too much of u
man—for that. If she finds the struggle to do
so, hard and humiliating, she will be the more
careful how she places herself again in such a
position. The lesson will hist her a life time.”
“ You are wrong; depend upon it, yon are
wrong!” urged Mi Edmondson. “There
must be yielding and conciliation on both
sides.”
“1 can do no more than I have said. I’as
. Five I have been from the first, and passive I
j will remain. As for our child 1 wish you to
j say to her, that I shall not consent to a separa
[ ti»n. It i- my child as much as hers; more
over, as father, my responsibility is greatest,
and I am to? ha man to dele; a e my duties to
another. Possession of thechil 1, if driven to
that ex reiniiy, 1 will obtain through aid of the
law. This 1 desire lhatsheshall distinctly under
stand. 1 make no threat. Ido no wish her
to view the declaration in that light. I affirm
only the truth, that she may clearly understand
all the consequences likely to flow from her
ill advised s ep.”
The more Mr. Edmondson sought to con
vince Mr. Lane of h:s error, the more deter
minedly did he cling to it; and he retired at
last under the and conviction that the unhap
py couple had seen but the beginning of truu
-1 files.
Alone with his own thoughts, ar» hour had
not elapsed before Mr Lane half-repeuted ol
his conduct in taking so unyielding a position.
A conviction forced itself upon Ids mind that
he bad gone too far and was seeking too much ;
a: d i n vx’ hud he had not quite so exact
ing in his deciara.ions to Mr. Edmond-on.
But, having made them his false pride of con
sistency prompted him jo adhere to what be
had said.
ill Mlllilll S.
A Capacious Throat — ‘Scmething Spicy."
—The Cincinnati Star relates the following
an<.cdute of a young gentleman of the south,
who expended a largo fortune—money, lands,
negroes, every thing, in a course of intempe
rance aud profligacy.
lie bad just paid a last year’s grog bill o'
§BOO. One day he was walking in the street
very leisurely, when seeing “ physician on the
opposite side, he called out to him to come
over
• o,‘ctor,” satd he, “I wish you’d just take
1. ... le ar. rra V ilam .A f
a look into my throat.
“I don’t discover anything, str,” said the
doctor.
“You don’t!” said he, “why that's strange ;
will you be j >st kind enough, sir, to give
another look ? ’
“Really, sir,” said the doctor, after a second
look. I don’t see anything.”
“No! why doctor there is a farm, ten thou
sand dollars, and twenty negroes gone down
I my throat!”
.... —_
A landlord rt centiy called out to a tem
perance man— ‘ Why you are looking yellow
with your abstinence ” “Yea ” eaid the man
putting his hand into his pecket, and pulling
out some eagles, and my pocket is looking
yellow loo.”
An Incident of the Eighth. —On the plat
form in Lafayette square, siys the N O Ores
cent, before the oration commenced, an aged
negro who served in the battle of New Or
leans approached Gen Lacoste in the most
respectful manner, and exhibited a portion ot
th-* ornament-: of an E-.jhsli officer s unilu’m.
‘ rhis,” sa’d the veteran, *1 took from Ine
body of a dead Englishman on the batik.field
of Chalmette. Your father commanded me
and I want you but just to put your hand up
on it, that I may say ’hat a son ot my old and
much beloved commander had touched it. ’
Gen. Lacoste. with emotions tie could not
conceal* gratified the wish of the veteran, and
the old fellow, with joy in his countenance,
carefully wrapped up his trophy aud placed it
in his bosom.
A Horse Story—i’he follow ing story is
i vouched to ns by first rate atrhoriiy a* fart. .A
i valuable horse of the Cannchan breed, belong
ing to Josephus Baldwin, E-q.. on one of the
slippery days last week, had much difficulty in
maintaining his standing in society, owing to
the smoothness of his-hoes, and came to some
little bodily harm in consequence. When he
was unharnessed, the teemster left him to his
head, not doubting that he would go directly
to the stable as he alwys did. Instead of do
ing so however, he passed by the stable, and
went directly to the blacksmith shop of Vincent
Woodward, where he had been shod some
months before. He was found there patient
iv “ waiting his turn,” with several horses
a«< evf ry will bred horse doe*. Wnat was that,
if it was not reason T— 'Nashua Telegraph.
Kt-ses.—The Albany Knickerbocker con
tains tne following item of intelligence in res
pect to the tulips market al Troy, N. York :
Tne ladies of Troy have introduced a new
feature at their fairs, from which they realize a
much handsomer sum than from lotteries, v z;
that of selling their confectionart to gentle
men. young and old. All the best booking
! girls we ir placards.’ Kisses one shilling each-*”
i some charging “a quarter of ade liar,” and
■ others s x cents, tecording to the beauty of
' those in the market. Gentlemen are expected
i to go in according to the weight of their
■ purses, and one of the newspapers of that
i village says t..at one rn«>-liped bright eyed
gi i realized six:v-two dollars in a single night,
aud another party nine dollars and a half. One
gendeman purchased eleven dollars’ worth of
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Letters ffxn our S-atesuaans’ hands
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East and Wt st ns praises ring,
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put up in ‘-I**, to order.
MILLSTONE BLASTER, prepared for backing
M- and of best qjaiity foi sale oy
* ; iS-w’f ’ >CHIRMER de WIGAND.
JOES. HOES. —3 casks of Scovdi’s Piani-
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I >J9 fcf "‘ e bV HAND, WILLIAMS & CO.
’ BOUNTY land.
HRHE UNDE RSIG?IED notifies all those
3 u . IO m3V be interested in the Bounty Land
\ct wliica has recently becoma a Law of Congress,
’ tint he bu coure.-ted hiiowif w«b • :-•<
‘ in Washington City, r' r the pup..-e of prxec i:tB«
' c;.i:ns a.aicst the U.'»etnm. nt All (and
i a, , v - s ~ o f SUC h soldiers i who have served in the
5 last w’r w: h Great Britain, iu Florida, or any of the
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L.nd Address E. H POTTLE,
} Au*y at Law, arrenion, Ga.
iMismmom m-
TEKtTIIRE MB NEWS.
Jot the Chronicle. Sentinel.
Paine’s
■ Mr. Editor:—l perceive, frum your pape
i of this morning, that Paine’s so inuc’i contest
i ed discovery, up jii tho report of Mr Colion
seems to rest upon more > y evidei.ee
for though Mr. C. it presents so nrncl
apparent m ■•’ery aUtl eontradic inn, that li>
cannot venture mi opinion a?i to she result
c aimed, yet t i doubt the ftCts as sUJed, is k
doubt the ev dunce of his se: fcs.
This absurd j o i ion is < no by fio mean!
per.ul ar to M<. Ci Lon—because I e. ike u-i 8
oiher m-n wfij hav no: l.tb--re i furan opin
ion of their ow n, :oe nnwi lin-j to : iv* conn*
lenance to ihat which they c.»nci ive to be con
riry to the opinion of iho<c. the tru h ol
whicji public op i»i n ;i,;s s lurti )u-d; th fi,. h
to doubt trmh, is to doubt the evidence ot
tie flenses. 'l’ ,!y ii<ere h f . fiing < ’ iimi din
Mr. Pline’s discovery, a- seen and reported by
Mr. Colton, but tvh.*? j-; aecordanct
with thcjrtc/s of Cm mi t; v ; n d .''hough Mr.
Paine has/ispl sy e d a great genii’-' in combin
ing these facts to attain a s ‘cific result, 1
'houlu Lave thoiuht that eight years’ a
qtiaintnnce with Chemietrv, would have ena
bled Mr. Colton readily to have occupnd the
same ground retrospectively, when he saw the
3 results and its modus opera idi.
Now permit me to direct ihe attemioru no
. only at a»r. Qoha:;. but ail levels i.r;iti s end
scientific to tb« following slm
, pie well attested fee's, which are feohliar io uH
, chemists: • ,
lu ths decotnpofe.uun of water by Magnutw
electric and galvanic influence, oxygen ta di?-
charged at one electrode, and hydrogen at the
other, and if there is a material difference in
the site of the electrodes, a material change in
the result ensues Water, if made the recep
tacle of the connecting chain of an electric
circuit, plays the part of a circuit though the
vessel is insulated which, it. From
these facts, it is easy to perceive that the post
live conductor, (the liberator of oxygen) pass
ing through water, becomes neutralized in
action, though it at the same time, to the
other conductor, plays the part of a circuit,
ai d allows an enhanced liberation of hydrogen
without any regard to an improved hefice.—
The catalytic property said to be imparted to
tbe hydrogen, by contact with spirits of tur
pentine, is perfectly analogous to simple a- d
familiar facts. We take a Magner, and by
simple contact impart m.-gne ism to a thou
sand others, without in the slightest degree
impairing tbe original, and m the case of Mr.
Paine’s Light nothing but the prop *rties of the
turpentine are imparled to th? hydrogen, by
contact. So that al er all the hubbub about
Paine’s humbug, it is very likely to turn t ut a
mighty result, from rhe simple combination o<
principles long known and understood ; end
might long since have hushed opposition and
ridicule, if it could not have overcome preju
dice and skepticism, if men would but have
thought, and investigated from fee.s, not pre
judice.
Augusta, Jan. 15,1851.
Sound Advice*
Under the caption of “ Dangers Ahead," the
Journal Messenger administers the following
very sensible advice to Southern men, gener
ally, and to Georgia planters 'specially :
“The planters of Georgia should be espe
cially cautious at ihe present crisis. The high
prices of cotton and provisions have occasion
ed a corresponding advance in negroes. The
country is Ho ded wish ihe latter, nnd the
temptation to purchase them up- ri credit is
greater 'han it has been since 1836. We I.ave
no doubt that thousands will find themselves
unable to rt st st the tempting offers made t •
them; and that cimseq lenliy, in a few years,
we will have another monetary revulsion fol
lowed by the same scenes of bankruptcy and
distress witnessed twelve years ajo.
No aue man will purchase negroes upon a
credit ar present prices and expect to pay for
mem without a sacrifice. The influx o’ ne
groes into trie cottori Stale.®, the present win
ter, alone w il cans • a very great ir.crease in
the nxc crop This fact, added to the wtl;
kno.'n practice of the planters, of plantinr
lugely upon high prices, will run up the next
crop, if the season prove good to a very large
one,
Surely it will require no grra* power of in
tell* ct to comprehend lhe tflec' of this state ol
things upon the pi ice of cotton. It. must sink I
to Fix or seven cents per pound Am! with
cotton at meh prices, who can ifl< rd to pay
8* 1 ,UUU ’u B>l ‘4- 0 i. »• n gro men and it
upon :he hivt? nienl I We throw out thece
suggestions fi r b -nelit tn’ our asrieuhnrai
sible prudence on ti.c ; i?l «»i bu?n lb planters
and 'h<- esjutaiis’s cf ihe South. The ’ait: r
will, of course, loan Ui» ir mem y if they cuj
get proper secuiity ; because they are .ilinoe*
certain of getting back d’ rr»!e as much pro
perty as can be purcha.-ed w:;h any given sum
at the present lune. Even they, however,
will not be permanently bum filed b . a revul
sion—a> their rit-k Iro n the plea of usury, a* H
other causes, will, in most cis s. counterbal
ance their profits, it would be infinitely bi tn i
:f every man would resolve nor to p»irch.is
a siiigie negro except for c and at c is'.i
rales.”
Cardinal Wiseman is now in his 49 h yew.
having been born on the “3 oi August, 1302
He is descended from «n Irish family, long '
settled in Spain. At an early age he was »
brought to England, and sent lor his education *
to Sr Cuthbert's Catholic College, at Ushtrm 1
near Durham. At the ago of eighte n he '
published in Latin a wnk on the Oriental
languages, and he bore off the gold medal al
every competition of the colleges <>l Rome. (
The Cardinal went to England after lie had '
reached manhood in 1835, and in the Winter *
of that year delivered a series of lectures on
the Sundays io Advent. From the moment of
his arrival he attracted attention, and soon i
became a conspicuous author and w riter on ’
the side of the Catholics. In Lent, ]s3*i, he I
vindicated, tn a course of lec ures —dv.iv. rid |
at St. Mary’s, Moorfields—the doc rilles of | ■
the Roman Catholic Church; and gave so I <
much satisfaction to his co-religionists that I
they presented him with a gold mt dal. strut k |
by Mr. Scipio Clint to expre.-s their esteem •
and gratitude, and commemorate the event. I
He was afterwards appointed president of Si.
Mary’s College, Oecott, and contributed by i
bis caching. ami his wrilin ■ m rv rnrieh to
the spread of Roumu • . nin i
England.
He was a contributor to the Dublin Review,
and the author of some controversiuuul
pamphlets. The Cardinal’s second visit to
Rome led to further preferment. H was
made Pro-Vicar Apostolic of the Lttndon dis
trict, in place of Dr. Griffiths, dvet used On
the death of Dr. Walsh, in 1849, he became
Vicar-Apostolic of the Loudon district. To
him the Roman Catholic body acknowledges
i self indebted for the completion and dedica
tion of the cathedral in St’. George’s Fields.
His success in negotiating the re-establishment
of the Roman hierarchy gratified his holiness.
In a consistory held on the 30 h of Sept, tuber,
Nicholas Wiseman was elected to the dignity
of cardinal, by the title of Saint Prudentia,
and was appointed archbishop i f Westmins
ter. Under the Pope, he is the head o' the
Roman Catholic Church in England, and a
Prince of the Church of Rome. As a cardi
nal, he has sworn temporal as well as spiritual
allegiance to the Pope. Cardinal W iseman is
the seventh English cardinal—if he can be
called English, having been born in Spain,
and passed the greater part ot his life in Rome
since the Reformation. The other six w< re
Pole. Allen, Howard, York <a son of the pre
tender. who was never in England.) W’eld,
□nd Acton, member of an English family,
long settled in Naples
LIBRSRf OF THM PRESIDENTIAL MANSION.—
At the last session of Coogiess an appropria
tion of two thousand dollars was made tor the
purpose of commencing a library for the use of
the President. It seems strange that this was
not thought of fifty years sooner; for the need
of it has often teen felt as a gteit inconven
ience. Under the instructions ol the President.
C Lvnman. E-q , Um librarian of toe War
Department, has purchased and arranged a
handsome -nd judicious selection of nine iuin
dred volumes, comprising a»v, history, science
and literature A gentleman better adapted
than Mr L for the skilful performance of this
. duty could not have been found, a- i« acknow
(edged by a.l who nave witnessed tLe result o»
Lis labors.
' The rxi?ter;ce d'dupLca e co-jh so' nepvu
lic documents of the (iovernmen- in the War
Department was a forurae discovery. tor
until Mr. I aumaa announced the foe to ihr-
Secretary of War, w!,o immediately pre?ei ed
them to the President, it was scarce y hoped
that thev could be obtati ed.
The nucleus ol a ster’ing 1 brary Las thus
been formed, ana an annual appropriation
no d< übther.ce o’th be -ade for its in
crease- — Washington Republic.
Writing and Glass among the Rsmass.
, i —The learned S a»«ger long ago asserted bis
' belief, that the R man* m .-t have had a airstvc
. handwriting. of w hich, however, no proof Ins
ever been found unfo compira’oely a recent
date. But within a tew years, the Austrians
in improving the channel of the Danube, came
■ upon the towing-path cut by the river mine
■ time o’ Trajan, and there in a cavern found the
original Daybohsof the Ronan overseer of
- lhe work, viz: boards of wood, with hinges
each set enclosing two or four and con
? taining tne names of the quarry men and wages,
i due to each ; all written in a running hand
identically like that of modern times, except
n that the clerk seems to have b en but an ord;-
r - nary penman. Another learned wr'ter. un-
J like Scaiiger, wrote qerte a work, t.> prove tnat
e he Romans were not acq a i.te with the use
e of <RaM far windews, and doubles-- demon
c < rated it io his own talijiactiou ; when h> ?
- v w i hin l:.e ye?r. glass windows, precisely like
our own. nave been discovered tn Pompeii
2,L iZS/
Voting Machine. —We find in the
“ ingioii News of Saturday llie following des :
criplion of a newly invented machine for
taking quickly' and accurately the voles of any
_ larg? deliberative assembly. Tho adaption of ;
some such plan by Congress would save a :
large amount of money, besides preventing .
much confusion raid disorder.
r Our readers will recollect that we published
. a few weeks since a notice of a * voting ma- ;
ch;*, c,” la.civ introduced into the National
Assembly al Pari® whereby the votes of ‘he
» niembeis of numerous legislative body
i could be a.'Ceriaiuod with accuracy in s few
minutes. We also referred to ihe existing
necessity of a conirivance which would ac
comp’i-h a similar purpose in our own hails
of Congress, and iu ail legislative bodies
wherein much lime is uselessly consumed in
recording votes upon important questions.
We have great pleasure in being able to an
nounce that a complete, an i yet most simple
invention, for tho pu -pose oi registering votes,
has been designed by Mr. Geo. VV. Yerby of
this city. This ingenious machine vili s on
be pa’enied, and (he attennon of Cangnss
: cased to'he subj et. There is no doubt that ,
Air Yerdy’ij voting machine will accurately ;
record the vices of every member of the (
ilun-e of Representatives in five seconds, and
the whole routine of making the nec» s-ary
-ummiiig up of the ballot,-»iid announcing the
result may he accomplished in less than u-ji
uumiles. Tui- i ?oce s occupies, by the me
thod now in use, between thirty and fifty imn-
U'ea ala co&t io the people of the United
riiaiesof not 1 ss than per at num in
both houses of Congress.
Mr. Yerby'.s mat hine is so simple in its con
trivance and mechanism, that it is impossible
to work it out of order, and if that should be
the case, the cause can be instantly ascertained,
aud as speedily removed. The great, accumu
lation of tusiness in our National Legislature
(increasing every day with the grow th of oijr
county) Tenders suri an invention as wc have
■ A- ’ --1 j W . f
Fday. Some Dian mu.'d assuredly Le^ontrivad
I by which public business can be dispatched
with greater facility and rapidity than at pre
sent; and we think the adoption of iMr. Yer
hy s machine by the Houses of Congress, an
important move towards that object. The
present system of voting is (at the least) semi
barbarous, tedious, and outrageously expen
sive.
Discoveries of the last half Cemtdrt
There has been no period since the commtnce
ment of the world in which so many important
discoveries, tending to the benefit of mankind,
were made as in the last half century. Some
oi the most wonderful results ofhuman intellect
have been witnessed in tbe last fifty years.
Some of the grandest conceptions of genius
have been perfected. It is remarkable how
the mind of the world has run into scientific
investigation, and what achievements it has
effecied in that short period. Before the year
1800 there was not a single steamboat in exis
tence, and the application of steam to machine
ry was unknown. Fulton launched the first
steamboat in 1807. Now there are three thou
sand steamboats traversing the waters of Amer
ica, and the lime saved in travel is equal to se
venty per cent. The rivers of every country
in the world, nearly, are traversed by steam
boats. In 1860 there was not a single railroad
in the world. In the U. S. alone there are now
8,797 miles of railroad, costing $286,000,000
to build, and about 22,000 miles of railroad in
England and Ame»ica. The locomotive will
now travel in as many hours, a distance which
in 1800 reqired as many days to accomplish.
In 1800 it look weeks to convey intelligence
between Philadelphia and New Orleans; now
it can be accomplished in minutes through
...t ..u —u- l . i.i i ■. r
electric telegraph, which only had its begin
ning in 1813 Vokaism wa< discovered in
March, 1800. Tne electro magnet in 1821
Electrotyping was discovered only a few years
ago. Hoe’s printing press capable of print
ing 10,000 copies an hour, is a veiy recent dis
covery, but of a most important character.
Gas light was unknown in 1800; now every
city and town of <ny pretence are lighted
with it, and we have the announcement of a
still greater discovery by which light, heat, and
motive power may be al! produced from wa
ter, with scarcely any cost. Daguerre com
municated to the world his beautiful invention
in 1839. Gun cotton and chloroform are dis
coveries but a lew years old. Astronomy
has added n number of new planets to the solar
system. Agr cultural chemistry has enlarged
the domain of knowledge in that important
branch of scieirific research aud micnartics
have increased the facilities for production, and
the means ol accomplishing an amount of la
bor which far transcends the ability of united
manual effort to accomplish.
The triumphs achieved in this last branch of
d.scovery arid invention are enough to mark
the last !i di century as that which has most
contributed to augment personal comforts,
enlarge the enjoyments, and add to the bless
logs of man. \V:nt will the next half ceutu
ry accomplish ? Ue may look tor still greater
discoveries ; for the intellect of man is awake,
exploring every mine of knowledge and
st-archiDg for useful informatiori in every de
1 HK C<ftJ4->«>«« auuki *
correspondent. al‘uding to the deaths by choi
era says that trie names of many of the vic
im< are not published. One undertaker bu
ried in a singi»* diy five persons whose names
could not b>- a?c» rtnined. Men arrive from the
mil es, or from sea strangers to almost every
one. Boarding in restaurants, and paying for
each time, arid for their night in
advance, tiny have no necessity to regis
:>ir their names and hundreds of these men
hive died within a few weeks utterly mi
known in the community.
Shading the Eyes.—-Some people cover
their eyes with green or other shades when
any dung is the matter with them. This is
wrong It is now ascertained by the best oc
culi- s that shades injure the fight instead of
sir* ugthening it, from their creating neat and
inflamm iu >n in the parts effec ed. If tbe eye
be injured, and light insupportable the best
way is to lie a cool linen handkerchief over it.
We heard it s ated as a curious fact when the
Engfish army returned from Egypt, those sol
diers were least affected with ophthalmia, who
had worn no fronts to their hats.— Philadelphia
Saturday Fzprcss.
Dry Feet.—We will give our readers a
recipe fur making boots water proof, which is
worth more than our subscription price to any
person who will try it. Moisture generally
peutra’es the soles of boots—the upper leather
is not eari y wet, and is easily dried. To ren
der the sole impervious to water, order your
bootmaker to cut pieces of canvass in the
proper shape, dip them in melted pitch or tar,
and lay them upon the inner solus before put
ting on the outer soles of the boots. This sim
ple process will insure dry feet without making
ihe boot clumsy. We have tried the experi
ment, and would advise ail whose soles are
afflicted with cold or dampness, to do the
same.
A Curious Clock.—An ingenious towns
man of Dudley is engaged in constructing a
very curious clock, which is intended for the
great Exhibition of 1651, its chief peculiarity
being the length of time it runs without wind
ing The clock occupies, in standing, only
eight superficial inches; the motive power
is only 26 lbs, and yet the machinery is so nice
ly adjusted that it will take 426 days to run
down. Consequently the second-hand will
make 613 440 revolutions, and the balance 147,-
225,600 vibrations in the above time.
From Lake Superior—The Green Bay
Advocate, speaking of the mining operations
on Lake Superior, says that in or er to over
come the difficulty of cutting the copper into
moveable masses, a gigantic furnace is now
being constructed to melt them and cast them
in such pieces as may be handled. The plan
is thought to be feasible, and, if successful,
promises to lessen very much the expense of
mining The vestiges of apparently very an
cient mining r perations continue to be met
with, and in greater numbers and extent than
any previous y discovered.
The age of traces is supposed to be at
least two iboo-and years, but it eir connection
wah a particular race has not been ascertain
ed. There are indications, however, that the
copper was carried off from the mines byway
of bt Mary river and the Lakes. The exca
vations found are in some cases, such ascou’d
only have been (fleeted by years of labor, and
they have very a-uefc facilitated the miners as
well as pointed them to the best locations It
is said that a road from Green Bay to the most
southerly point of Keewenaw would be less
.han wo hundred m ’■« in length, and shorten
the present sou e al leas: one hundred Hides.
Explosion—This morning an eiplosion
took place at ‘he blacksmith shop of Richard
Atkinson, No. 52 West s‘reet. The workmen
were employed in repairing a large anchor
s'o'k, he bail being made of hollow cast iron,
when it exploded with tremendous force send
r g portions of the ba I through the fl »of to
he roof of the building and into the street.
Several persons passing the shop at the time
were severe y cut, and -nine' f the workmen,
hut nune seriousiv. The explosion is suppo
sed o i.t.ve t>feenc-.us-d by water having been
fr> zee m ire bad, which generated an explo
re when hea’td. ihe report of the ex
p.... o fl was heard at a c rsiderable distance
Ot e piece of iron .-truck the capta n of aves
«e! lying at a wtart in the vicinity, in tne
upper piri of his face; another passed through
'i.e ha; o! ; as*er by.—AT. F- C</wt. Adv.
ins/.
Ci/oroform. according to sta ement* recent
ly ; t-1 be ore the French Academy of Science,
; 15 found tube an of marvellous vir
ue. preventing an.m'd decomposition as er
d-aih. or promp’iy checking it if already com
menced. But it? use and value, it would ap
pear, co not stop here. The French Govern
i merit havingcfiered a prize o! 40 0 francs for
he discovery of a substitute for Quinine in
the ’rei’ment of fevers, Prof. Delioux, of
Rochefort, recommends chloroform a- a pow
i erful soccedaneum. Periodic fevers are com
t mon at Rochefort, and he treated numerous
- ca- - i<« fiu-pi'.al there wi h -uch regularity
• oi :cc--s ifo-.L he feel? wnrran’ed in recom
- , r Quinine. He
e- ive i: in doses of from 9to 39 grains, accord
i- mg to foe severity of sy <np to ms. mixed with
’ -■ rup and water. It was administered be ore
e I me access of fever, and its use continued for
i several days.— Balt. Amar,
VOL.LXV—NEW SERIES VOL.XV--NO 4-
New IWethodof Engraving.—At a recent
meeting of the Sheffield Literary and Philoso
phical Society, Dr. Branson read a paper de
scribing this process. His mode of operation
is to place a frond of fern, algee, or similar flat
! vegetable form on a thick piece of glass or
polished marble ; then taking and softening a
, piece of gutta percha, of proper size, and pfec
ing on the I afand preying it carefully down,
it will receive a sharp and accurate impression
from the plant. The gutta percha retained
level, and allowed to harden by cooling, is then
handed to a brass caster, who re-produces it in
metal from his moulding vase. This, it will
be obvious, is the most delicate and difficult
part of the proces , and one which, a few years
ago, would not we suspect, have been execu
ted in Sh» ffiuld.
As it is. Dr. Branson has had many brass
plates thus produced from sand casiing. which
only required a little surface-dreFrifig'io yield,
at once, under the c >pper-jda.e primiiu press,
most beautiful as wed as taitaful hnpre«sions of
the >riginai leaves; indeed, many of the ex
hibited specimens of ferns, print* d m green
< olor, and slightly embossed, as they must
i needs be by tbe priming were buuh peif* ct
! fee—mi.les of ihe natural Dat'.ern, ihat they
i might easily be taken for it. Besides these
mutie/g, the doctor exhibited a large vari* ty of
patterns of embossed leather, which had been
produced by asomewhat analogous operation.
As, however, this latter invention is not so
much fur copying designs as tor creating them
and, at the same tune, save all the expense of
die-cutting, the fullowing is the course pur
sued :
The operator takes a piece of common hard
- white soap of the required size and surface,
and upon that executes any design, whether of
j the depth and boldness of ordinary embossing,
, or in the delicate lines of an etching; in ei
ther case, the work is executed with the great
i eat ease. From this toaiMUiodcl or engraving
an impression is taken in gutfa percha; from
> A that a secondary one, which, on being caet in
be u*ed for p>
embossing * Tme ordinary way Tfie reader ]
stated that his main difficulty was in getting
the last gutta percha cast to separate from the
mould of the same substance into which it was
pressed. He had found, however, that by
powdering both the surfaces with common
bronze dust, before taking the impression, they
did not adhere.— Sheffield Times.
Population of Hungary and Transylva-
NiA.— The Oesterreichische Correspondence
contains a mass of interesting statistical infop
maiion concerning Hungary and Transylvania
tram which we take that part which concerns
the population. According to a census of 1848
Hungary con.ained 11,000,000 inhabitants ; but
this was an exaggeration. The population of
Hungary, without the voivodina. is 8,014 405
souls. Os this number 5 4t)o 000 are Catholics
1,000,000 noii-uoited, 6(f) 000 united followers
oi the Gretk Cnurch, 700,000 Lutherans, and
1,300,000 belong to the Helvetic confession.
The number of Jews is not given. The pop
ula'ion of the military frontiers is 1 226.408
persons, mere than half of whom are of tue
male sex. There are 517,545 Catholics, 593.-
603 non united, 52,743 umted Greeks, and
about 40,000 Protestants. There are but 537
Jews in the frontier districts. The number of
inhabitants of Transylvania is 2,182,700 There
are 211,400 Roman catholics ; 725.700 non
united, and 605,000 united members of the
Greek Church, 578,700 Lutherans aud Cal
vinists. 44 600 Utn arians and 7,000 Jews.
The official authorities have omitted to inform
us in what proportions the different races
are.
The streng h and distribution of the British
army is as follow P :~For Great Britain, 37,843.
for Ireland, 24 005 Europe and Mediterranean,
7,915, Asia, 30,467. Africa, 3 703; America,
New South Wales, New Zealand, Van Die
man’s Lind. Mauritius. Bermuda and West
Indies, 19,835, total. 123 768, According to
the United Service Gazelle, this total oi 123.-
768 men, includes the cavalry, infantry, artille
ry, engineers and sappers and miners Be
sides the above, there are in the United King
dom 30 000 enrolled pensioners. 8 000 dock
yard men. 13 441 yeomanry and 4,700 militia
(Channel Islands.)
The present strength of the army in Ireland,
is 25,100 men.
The use of Chloroform.—The Journal of
Medicine con ains au able paper on the use of
Chloroform in cases of Midwifery and other
diseases. It is founded on the observation of
Drs. Barnes and Sacks, who give a tabular
analysis of twenty seven causes in which
Chloroform was administered. Chloroform,
it is said, has a depressing effect, —that if taken
early it retards labor, and if taken late, it re
quires a dangerous excess of its use. It is
also declared to exert a poisonous effect upon
the spinal and gangleouic system, and at tbe
sime time upon the brain. We make the
following extract from the views of Dr.
Barnes*—AT. F. Express.
“ It has been erron-jniisly concluded that Chloro
form simply narcotizes .the brain, or lather, induces
a deep sleep, during wtiic * stale there co npiete
not affect die sj inal marrow or the s) rnpatheiic '-y--
rem. A 6?ric’analysis of the nervous system aided
by experi - ent and observation, wilt show the fal
hey of these conclusions.
“in p.-trio!ii i»n a in sii'gery, in physiology as in
pathology, the physical shock of nervous excitation,
ot injury cannot be esc ipe.l from. In parturition as
in surgery, the emotional shock of nervous excitaiioo,
or i jury, may be avoided. In surjery, this may
be an invaluable boon. Is itsoin p iriariiion? Ilia
more than doubtful, ihe emoti mai influences, both
those excite*! by the sensation of pain, and those in
dependent of pain, are of immense importance in
this complicated function. Tne volrutary power,
too, is often of the highest utility. In woman, at
leas’ the brain should be allowed to retain its inte
grity, to exert its beneficial controlling influence over
her own conduct, as well as its salutary aid in at
. taining a safe delivery.”
Liberal Proposition.—The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, in his
letter of the 15th, thus notices Mr. Walker’s
proposition to dispose of the public lands:
Mr. Walker made his great Fourierite speech, in
reply to Gov. Felch, on the subject of the public
lanl®. Mr. W. wants to give them away to every
man, woman and child, and to all the emigrants from
Europe. This is the biggest bid yet ; but I should
not be surprised to see s* tnebody come down up* n
. Mr. Walker with an amendment, to pay each emi
grant’s passage to New York, or to appropriate the
use of the United States Navy gratuitously to the
emigrant trade, with a further provision that each
emigrant, cn being good enough to locate ou the land
’ of his choice, shall receive aco -r, a calf, and a dozen
r chickens: for it would be cruel to innite him hither
5 and then suffer him to starve in the wilderness.
Official —The Secretary o’ ihe Navv has
officially announced that die Frigate St Law
r re nee will leave Brooklyn for Loudon on the
first of February.
' Judgement against a Defaulter. — Justic
' Nelson of tlia United States Supreme Court
has pronounced the opinion of the Court in
the ca«e of the Uni’ed States vs. Hoyt,
late collector of New York. The deciaion
1 folly sustained the previous decision of the
5 Circuit Court in favor of the United Slates.
which gave judgment against Hoyt for over
$200,000. The ca-e was argued by Mr
Crittenden for the Government, and Mersrs.
Evans and Walker for th* Defendant. Mr.
Ilovt was appointed by Mr. Van Buren and
was a defaulter under hi? administration.
Steamboat Losses. —The St Louis Repub
lican gives a list of steamboat accidents on the
Western waters during the year 1850. from
which it appears that the number of boats to
tally lost was 52, of which 33 were sunk. 14
burned and 6 destroyed by explosion The
number of accidents is 117 Number of killed
neatly 700, and of wounded probably half that
number. The amount of cipital destroyed by
these acciden s would no doubt exceed one
million and a half of dollars.
The Weather at Fkancokia, (N. H).—
A letter from Franconia states that the month
of December, 1850, has been the coldest De
cember experienced ihere for some year*.
Snow has Mien to the depth of two and a half
feet, and from ihe22d to 25f0, the roads were
impas*ab’e. On -be morning of Dec. 31sl. the
temperature, b* the mercury thermometer
was 32 degrees so-low zero, and 26 degrees
below by the spirit thermometer.
Th? merchants of Phil idelp ia have sue
ceeded in rawing $41,000 to the capital stock
of the steam ship company. This will secure
the commencement of a steam ship at that
par-, to be pnt upon the line.
Secession.—The Senafo of North Carolina,
has rejected bv a vote of 31 to 16, a Resolution
declaring tna* a State has a right to secede
from tnu Union, in contradistinction to the
right of revolution.
WATCHES. CLOCKS & JEWELRY
WOODSTOCK Az WHITLOCK,
SIL. VKRSMITHS, JKWELLKRS, *c.,
WO du ‘-Tf above the U. S. Hotel, arid
oppo&ife (be Bank of Augusta, have on hand,
and are c<>ro ao.iy ’•eceivintf, a fine aw-rt- J'*-* A
mpnr -.i WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW
ELRY. Silver and Hated Ware, Fancy Guo.Jp,
. j Guard and F -b C'iains, Breast Pins, &C./&C.
Their sio.k is entirely new, and w ill be soid cheap
forcufo.
XW. G. Woo dstock will nive his strict a»-
len i -nt. REPAIRL\G WATCHFSandCIX.'CK-,
having served a regular ap..renticeship in one of 1 1 c
large*! rnanufa-lories in Loudon, and from his long
rx,- rieuce, he feels as? ired of giv nj |>erfer’ sat t
' fac'i’Hi t■ ad who may entrust their wrxtol. m.
1 jalß wly
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rnj, Pleurisy, Pain in the Side, Liver Cum*
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r use ‘ THE PECTORAL ELIXIR,” and they wii
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. ant remedy for all Pulmonary Affections. Per Croup
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i • _
! milE MOTHERS’ RECOMPENSE.—Anc-
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Seq-tel to Home Influence, has be-’n receiv- d, at
9 GEO. A OATES & C<>.’S
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! site State Bxnk. ?a 17
e FRESH GARDEN SEED.
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GARUiCy SEED, rve- nr -htto tbi- mar
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: CONGRESS.
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“ PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS,
r Carrttpond'WH nfthr.
* WSENATE .Jah 13
Mr. Cooper presented three memorial* from
i the State of Pennsylvania, asking the repeal
I <>f the fugitive slave law of last session. Mr.
i C. said it was a rule with him to present all
j petitions sent to him. which were respecTul.
I Bui he believed the petitioners asked that,
t wh ch the great body of the people of his
i Sta’e de.-ired that Congress would not do.
- i’he people of Pennsylvania approved the
settlement of the slavery questions, made at
j the last session, and desired to stand by them,
t and to carry them out in good faith. They
were opposed to further a 'tation or distur
bant ol that settlement. They wanted p-*ace
and harmony,. The petitions were referred
to the Committee on th> Judiciary.
He also presented memorials against the ex
tension of the area of slavery, and a large
nu b» rin favor o' a modification of the tariff
of 1846
Toe Chair laid before the Senate the annu
al report of the War Department, wiih a
statement of the number of persons employed
by that Department.
Mr. Underwood endeavored. Int without
success, to get up the joint resolution from the
House authorizing the assignment of Land
Warrants under the recent set of Congress.
Pi e Senate then took up the bill ° to cede
the public lands of the United Slates to the
Stales respectively in which they are situated,
on condition ’hat the said Slates shall sever
ally grant and convey said lands to actual set*
tiers only in limited quantities for cost of sur
vey and transfer merely.” '
Mr. Felch addressed the Senate in opposition '
to the bill, and had not concluded when the
Senate adjourned.
; HOUSE.
Mr. Bayfy, from Virginia, chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means, reminded the
House that there remains only forty-two work*
ing days, and that unless certain appropriation
bills be made the special order of the day for
to-morrow, and the following days until dis
posed of, the appropriation bills generally
would be crowded into the last days of the
session.
A motion to suspend the rules, for the pur
pose of introducing a bill to return the dities
on goods destroyed by fire in New York in
1845, was negatived.
Mr. Bayley then moved that the appropria
tion bills already referred to be the special or
der. which was negatived on a division, of 89
to 88
It was moved by Mr. Stephens, of Georgia,
that the rules of the House be suspended to
enable him to introduce a resolution for allow
ing Mr. Whitney. the use of the Hall of Rep
resentatives on Saturday evening next, to al
low him to explain h's great railroad scheme.
There was evidently a large majority, but the
ayes and noes being called for, there appeared
in favor of adopting the rule 129, against it 54.
The previous question was then ordered
and the resolution was carried, as also was a
motion to lay it on the table, to prevent future
discussion on the subject.
The resolution to refuse the committee of
Commerce to report as to the propriety of so
reducing the value of the silver coin of the
country as to prevent its exportation, was
agreed to by a large majority.
Mr. McLanahan moved to suspend the rules
to enable him to introduce a resolution de
claring that it would be inexpedient and im
proper to repeal the act passed last session of
Congress, for the return of fugitive slaves and
others to the service of their masters.
The ayes and nays were ordered, when there
appeared 123 for the suspension of the rules
and 84 against it. There not being two thirds
of the House in favor of tne suspension of
the rules the motion was lost.
'1 he then went into committee of the
whole on the State of the Union, and took up
the che«p postage bill.
Mr Pa t er, of Ohio, having the floor, was
abou to close the dehate, when Mr. Duer, of
New York, called his attention to the manner
in which the circulation of five and fen cent
pieces is affected, owing to their indivisibility
for purposes of business; the difficulty atten
ding which he contended wool i be increased
by the proposed reduced r te of postage.
Mr. Potter then addressed the House, taking
a compreheiHivo view of the whole question,
and congratulated membera that, while the op
position to the measure came from S*ales
where the revenue does not meet the expenses
of transporting the mails, yet the discussion
had been left, for 'he most part, to members
coming from States in which there was a sur
plus.
He reviewed the effect which had resulted
from the reduction of postage ; since which
tie revenue of the Post Oliice Department had
increased ; which before was diminishing He
controverted the assertion that the transmission
11 fI h e mih llirno - —rptfli n
- ~eff’;li< while a large amount is derived in this
./ ’ n p n..newspapers, it is not
Mr. Petter was proceeding
when Mr. Staunton., of Tennessee, moved
that the committee rise; which was carried,
and the House adjourned till to-morrow.
In Senate Jam. 14.
The Chair laid before ti e Senate a cimmu
nicmou from the Executive Committee of the
Industrial Exhibition to be held in London io
June, 1851. staling what has been done to ena
ble citizens of the United State to exhibit arti
cles at the same, and a-king that provision may
be made for agents to represent the interests of
[ the U. 8. at the Fair. Referred to the Com
. mittee on Commerce.
r Mr Hamlin presented the petition of The
. mas Ritchie, Esq , the public printer asking the
abrogation of the contract for printing, and an
advance of funds.
i Mr. Underwood,moved and the joint resolu
j tion authorising the assignment of military
and warrants was, after debate, taken up and
s made the specie) order for Friday next
The Senate proceeded with the considera
i tion of the hi ’I to cede the public lands to the
s States on certain conditions, &c.
f Mr. Fdch concluded his speech in oppesi
‘ tion to the bill.
1 M r. VValker commenced a reply, and in sup
port of the bill, but had not progressed far
5 when he yielded tiie floor and Senate adjourn
d ed.
' HOUSE.
i
4 The House resolved itself into a Comm t’ee
r of the Whole, on the bill for reducing the rate
of Postage.
The Clerk read the first section of the bill,
g imposing three cents on letters not exceeding
- half an ounce, when pre-paid, and five cents
b when not pre paid, and *he amendment to the
amendment, which was before the committee.
Before the question of either of these propo
t sitions was taken, it was moved that the pos
, tags on letters of the description alluded
to when carried a distance lews than 500
’ miles be two cents, ©ver 500 miles, ar d less
3 than 1,000, three cents, over 1,000 and not ex
ceeding 2 000 miles, five cents, and beyond
thot <> ». lU*i Zi A ... L. •r. I. ....... 1 .. •
that distance, ten cents, which was lost.
The question was then taken on the amend
ment to the amendment, which was nega.ived,
as was the amendment of the member from
Ohio.
Mr. Duer,of New York, moved an amend
ment to the effect that after the first of Janu
ary, 1852, the rate be two and a haif cents,
when a suit foie currency might be provided,
‘ the rate in foe mean time io be three cents.
‘ A sort of running debate here took place,
interspersed with innurnerab’e amendments,
' which occasionally elicited discussion. Among
. them was one carried, providing that no post
office or mail route be discontinued, or post'
-nailers deprived of their commissions, owirc
to the insufficiency of the revenue of the po' ;
office department to sustain and pay the saw
. which wai carried.
] Mr. Parker, of Virginia, then moved
postage of letters when carried within 300
. miles be three cents, beyond 300 miles five
t cents, and when sent to or received from Cali-
I ornia and Oregon, ten cents—negatived.
a An amendment, imposing letter postage on
all circular? and other printed matter, was
a then prooosed and carried.
Mr Brown, of Indiana, moved that a uni
form rate of postage of five cents be esiablish
< ed, and on drop letters two cents; that no post
uffice or mail service be discontinued; that the
t Postmaster General establish requsite i ffices
when required wnere they do not now exist,
and that the compensation of no postmaster be
discontinued in consequence of a decrease in
n ihe revenue.
e Mr. Strong, of Pensylvania, proposed three
e cents as an amendment, which he supported by
able and rnoM conclusive arguments, showing
* that only one-fifih of the number of letters
now sent are fen cent letters, and that the
proposition before the committee would net
add to the circulation of what are at present
five cent letters ; while it would require ’hat
the ten cent letters be increased an hundred
per cent, to make up the deficiency. He con
tended that if cheap postage is to snceeed. it
wiij be by the introduction of a uniform rate
of three cents.
The queauon was then taken upon Mr.
Strong’s amendment, and carried 88 to b 4 ;
and the original mot on as amended was sub
eqoen ly agreed »o.
It c as then moved to ad I a proviso, render
. ■ g ail unpaid letters liable to a postage of
ive c* nt-, which was lo'*, there being 71 in
i ivor of the motion and 74 -*gainst it.
The teli'-rs not beta* s-’tisfird with their re
p r , he H use wa* aeatu counted, when
■ nerc appea fed to be 83 in the affirmative and
69 in the negative.
Tbe Committee then rose and the House
adjourned.
SENATE Jam. 15.
Mr. Clav presented three petitions from citi
zena of Indiana, praying Congressional aid in
the colonization of free negroes-
He also pre-ented a memorial, numerously
; ind most respectably s gned by
Rhode l-!and, praying the establishment of a
■ sre of s>am»-rs or of Mailing packets between
the United States and the coast of Africa.
He alluded to the *lave trade, and the failure
o suppress it ♦ flee ually by mean- of the joint
-quad<ons of Great Brita n France and the
Utliied S atea, on the coast o! Africa. He
pointed o <t the immense ot th* siava
rade carried on in Brazil, and t > the fact that
the tr.de was carried tn mainly in American