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(Education.
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COVTNSTON PEMAL*; SEMINARY
Til E PIIKC EP TORI AL careof th above
name 1 Institution, bts been conferred upon
the subscriber, by the Trustees, for the year 1851.
A Urge amount of money has been appropriated
by (he chile .j of Covington, and vtciniiy, fur tbv
erect ion of a r’emale Ccl'egcin this place. A com
modious and splendid edifice will be built, and at!
tbe apartments tastily and conveniently fined out.
It is eonfidendy expected that the exercises of the
Collegiate Jaar?e will commence in January, 1852,
under an able and flicifnt faulty.
The exercises of the Seminary will commence on
the Th rteenth of JANUARY, lc-51. Competent
Arewtants will bo procured iu the various depart
ments.
The special object of this School Is to instruct
young liadies 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 yeirs’ exp-rienco in teaching, the subscriber
flatters h* in self he can offer to his pupils advantages
not surpassed in any School in the State.
Particular attention will be paid to Reading
Spelling, Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar,
History, Composition, Penmanship, <&c., as these
constitute the foundation of a thorough and practical
education.
The coarse of Instruction pursued at this Semina
ry i» liberal—embracing every particular nece.’sary
to improve the mind, form the manners, enlighten
the understanding and prepare the pupil to move
with ease, respectability and usefulness in any circle
ot society or sphere of action.
Much of the happiness of every family depends on
a proper cultivation of the female mind. To accom
plish this object, and in every respect to meet the
wishes of parents and guardians, in relation to their
ytx.thful charge, no pa:os or expense will be s f ared.
The Principal will devote himself exclusively to
the instruction and discipline of the School. He
will eon ider hims ls invested with a discretionary
pare- tai authority; constantly treating the S udems
/ with mildness and moderation, governing them by
applying the more honorable and generous excite
merits to good conduct; but io cases which manifest
de l l berate wickedness and obstinacy of character,
when all advisory measures shall have proved inef
fectual, he will then jro eed to infl cl such punish
ment as may I e deemed necessary to rec'aim the
pupil and sustain the character of the School.
Parents and Guar Hans may be well assured that
their children and wards will be accommoda’ed wiib
board on he most reasonable tei ms, and every at
tention paid to their comfort and convenience.
The price of Tuition is reasonable, and in accord
■nee with the times. The Pupils will be charged
from the time of entering the Jich-iol until the close
of (he terns. All dues must be paid at the close of
each term.
Music, Wax work. Drawing and Painting, will be
taught : y skillful teachers, at reasonable prices.
T*» persons at a distance it may be well to say —the
locality ishenkhy end desirable; the society plea
sant and cultivate
For further informatbn addiess the Principal.
d3l w3m JAMES I. RANDLE, A. B.
Kenesaw Female Seminary.
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL,
for Young Ladies—Marietta, Georgia. Rev.
Tbomas F. Scott, Rector.
The f welfifi Sev«ion wilt commence on MONDAY
FEBRUARY 3, 18S1.
Circulars sent, on application to the Rector,
dl-t *Sn
fjotcls.
WALTON Hu U b 11,
BY
JESSE 11. ARNOLD,
At Monroe, B'allon County Georgia.
feG if
*“***•- WANKLIN HOTEL,
BROAD STREET, Augusta, Ga.,
one sqaare above the Globo Hotel, on the
•ouih side of Broad street,
n fr-wly D. B. RAMSEY, Proprietor.
EAGLE HOTEL,
MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE.
TIIK SUBSCRIBER takes pleasure
in returning bis thanks to his friends and nfi:!*.
the public, fur the very liberal patronage here
tofore extended to him. And having recently «m
proved and extended his buildings so as to afford the
bast accommodations to almost any number of trav
ellers and persons wishing boarding, lie confidently
expects an increase of public favor and patronage.
Building situated on second block south of the
Public Square—one hundred and fitly feel long—
rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He is
•Ise -veil prepared to Like the bet-i cure of horses, dec.
Stable large and secure—careful and attentive ser
vants. In short, the grea’est attention will t.e paid,
and pains taken, to render all comfortable who may
call at the Engle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD.
Madisonville. August 3, l c so. au3 wtf
To Contractors and Builders.
SEALKD PROPOSALS will be recei.ed until
(hs 20>h of February 1b5., for the enction of a
Brick EDIFICE fur the Southern Female College
The plan of the building, and specification*, can be
seen at the Secretary's Office, on anti after the 20th
ol January. By order ol the Board.
J H MURRELL.
Secretary of the Hoard ot Trustees.
Covington. Ga., D-c 27, 1850. d3l>wtFv2o
LIVERY STABLES,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
JJgF&tn HARKALL dt, HARRIS
leave to announce to«.
their friends in Madison and
.Air mZ , „ the travelling Public gene
rally, (bat they have opened the above S I’Atll IS,
and that thqy intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES and HORbES, ascon be found in any
Stables—with careful drivers Citiaetas of Madison'
and strangers visiting Madison, by coining to us wifi
always find ready accommodation, tu go any where
they wi«b on reasonable terms.
Mn.lison lan. 29 1860
SPRINGHILL MACHINE SHOP.
A FBR BUILL ING AND REPAIRING
A hinds ol UOI VON AND WOOL MA
lNEßT—making large SCREWS AND
©EARING, of all kinds—TURNING IRON,
WOOD, dec.,
ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND BATTED,
six tuJeslram Augusta,on the Louisville road, where
the proprietors will be grateful for all orders —orthey
can be left atC. A. &M. H. WILLIAMS'S, Augus
ts —or directed to Richmond Factcry P. O.
»Mk.t HACK 4 DUVAL
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
THE SUBhCRIBKRS are nowre-
MBH ceiving an extensive assortment of Heavy
CcßlnMß sod Fancy GROCERIES, which they
offer iu the Planters, Merchants and Families of Geor
gia, on the most advantageous terms. Their Store
is just above the principal Hotels, snd they solicit
■II purchasers visiting Augusta, to favor them with a
call and examine their stock.
They now offer the following Goods for sale low :
100 bales Gunny BAGGING,
250 coifs j inch Kentucky ROPE,
50hhds. St. Croix, Porto Ricoand N. O. SUGAR
100 bbis. Stuart's crushed, ground and yellow Do.
250 biqp Java, Rio and l.aguira COFFEE,
300 Begs NAILS, Peru brand,
20ions Swedes IRON, assorted Mms,
200 bbl*. Canal FLOUR, of the Hiram Smith
■nd other choice brands,
100 boxe* SpertD, Adamantine and Tallow CAN
DLE*,
10,000SEGARS, of various qualit «•,
100 boxes TOBACCO, of different brands,
3,000 sacks Liverpool SALT, In fine order.
And ail other articles usually ke(< in the largest
Urooory Huusse.
ul-w J. R. & W. M. DOW
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE
VENT WATER WIIKEL.
CAUTION. --Having been inhumed that a cer
tain porsou named REED, is vending a Water
Wheel upon which the water is conducted by means
of • sprit scroll, as upm “ Reubsn Ricfi'a Patent
Csnirv Vent/* we hereby uoc:fy and caution the
publie, that we will prosecute, iu all instance*, for
■ny evasson or infringement upon said patent, both
the maker and party using, and wiil be thnnkiul k»r
any m form al ion reieriing us to paries thus trestwas
teg. GLMIRAr A CM.
Vl '-W- I© Wb.
STRAYED,
FROM the subscriber, near Raysville,
Columbia county, a email bav PON Y, 4 or
5 years old, a natural pacer, and branded wnh the
Utter V, Any information ©f him will be thankfully
y.vsd JaS W. A. L. UOLI.INR.
TO PLANTERS.
ITI would respectfully inform the Planters that
tv we furnish
SMALL GRIST MILLS,
suitable so be at
to Gig
Gears, ol difier
H * cnl < ieA » an< * :n
■ f different patt c*
t at the lowest pri
Sl’ ceß '
These Mi L
t J. have given the
fl highest satiaibe-
■ tnio, andean
compared with
an * raa>
2 North.
'’Please give u>
• call baiace buying c »e«a« ie.
SCHIRMER d WIGAND,
Mill Sicae Ma.a&eturen,
jal3-wtf AthtuKa, Ga.
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SELECTED POETRY.
Prom the Lauiscihe Journal.
Tha fcllawing exquisitely beautiful piece of poe
try, from the pen of Miss L. Virginia Smith, the
auther of our late New Year's Address, was pub
lished more than a year ago in the Memphis Ap
peal. When we first saw it we di J not know by
whem it was written, but we knew and prcdictsd
Gat the writer would win a reputation opal to that
cf any poet tn this nation:
MOTHER, HOME, AND HEAVEN.
ET MIML. VISG'MIA fMITB.
Mother mine 1
Ths earth is cold above U-.eu lung
Fbey laid thee down witirn the silent tomb
With breaking heirts, end smoothed the turf above
Thy dreamless slumber. Glorious summer-time
Was there, to blend her ringing harmonies
Os bird, and breeze, and stream, and waterfall—
As though a w ng ha I swept the harp
l Os universal Nature, till its chonls
Thrilled the soft air with thousand melodics,
A ecanding ant horn to the mghty One,
Whose Lrcatb bad ki-sed Creation into life.
Unheeded on the •‘dull, cold ear of death”
That fairy music trembled, and the words
Os “dust to dust, ’ jarred like a discord strange
Aisng that strain o! rieh, wild harmony,
Aad tdJ its origin was Lutcf earth.
I.'cng weary years have mingled with the Past
Sißte from thy grave they slowly turned away,
As from their hearts the >( irit of deep r
Guhedin inw, broken r-acs, and s r.i Ideringsought
A darkened home, to dwell uo mure wi h thee
<ive in the realaes cf Hope ai.d Memcry.
The earth is cold above thee, and to-day
The wintry aurm waih through the leafless trees
And righa around thy monumental urn
Its requiem. Hut far within tny heart
Chou iMist a brighter being— a» thou vast,
ieyous and young and proudly beaunfui,
d tmemlnnce cannot trace —but as U»ou art
More lovely th&u before a withering blight
Had touched thy cheek’s ycung Liociu or pale dis
ease
Plefided its fading ro?es—ere the weight
Os Itarful Buffering crashed thy tender form ;
I’bsu art before me in the dazzling light,
Os angel beauty, robed iu loveliness —
A soft Etar gleaming through the mist cf life,
A radiant seraph by the throne of God 1
Homo far away I
Lite dew on lily leaves th t gentle tones
Os olden time fall e’er my sleeping spirit.
Remembrance, faithful to her guarded trust,
Is bending o’er mOj and her pencil fair
Traces u|>on my heart the laded times
Os eld familiar scents. It stirs my soul
As waving flame is shaken by the wind
At midnight hour. I hear the solemn dirge
Os Ocean rolling on to meet the shore.
And winds that murmur thro 1 the whispering plact;
Blue are tho skies above me, sc/ily through
I be dim recesses of a linden gruve
The streamlet wanders—and the wild bird's aong
Sweeps by me with a tone of summer hours,
And now a train of glorious images
Ctme brightening up along the shadowy past,
Blent with die music cf departed years ;
A pilgrim train—and o’er a “bridge of sighs”
i hey pass, to bow before the ruined shrine,
Aad broken altar-stone where burned the light
Os pleasant hare# that perished long ago —
And bring again the wreaths of faded joys
I bat aeoauder round a long neglected i/ro
Enshrined ir> memory s t« tcple.
Uy spirit revels, and my heart forgets
In the soft mazj of that bewildering dream
I bat it is bJ a wanderer. Strangers now
Circle aro.nd that glowing hearth where once
A Joyous trio gathered—stranger hand
Will train the intent buds that cluster o’er
Our vine-clad casement —they will thrill to bloom,
And birds and tees will lull them to roposs
At evening's hour with murmured melody,
But the young heart that tremuled to their lay
And laved lb era in its purity, will to
Par, far away—and when in stranger lands
It wanders forth, without one loving eye
To light its wayward path, iui d. earns shall be
Os thee, sweet home, a*soft a whisper falls
l.roely and sweet and fraught with melcdy.
"Blest art the loved l far theirs is a foreshadowing
(JJ Paradise P*
Heaven alovc!
Strang feeling with its deep resistless tide
Os wilderiug visions—hopes of rainbow light,
And wreaths of aspiration like a cloud
L‘s incense sweet eternally ascending
Pleats ever up to thcc I Within this world
Os all things mutable and flee:ing fair,
How pants the soul to drink that living murmur
“Aiwcrcr faithful''— tones t‘ at live and love,
And never change. Vain hope—and verier trust;
1 hose fearful charastcra are s atnpcd upon
All earthly things—and immortality,
That amaranthine signature cf God,
Brets not, lur us, on aught i-cnealh the skies.
Nothing to us is changeless, tare the faith
And hope of Heaven, 'mid the broken g ms
And crushed ruse petals of departed |uys
I.thmaculate—end amid the tainted breath
Os worldly pa-eicn, windsthat sweep around it,
laden with memories cf a reckless past,
Dial with the mystery of future hours.
It rests, an ungei with a folded wing.
There is a soil, dim twilight of the heart,
And glowing memories linger far along
its hushed horizon, with a beauty like
The clouds of evening floating as they sleep.
Mother, ’tie then that imly thoughts of tbco
And koine; end Heaven where thou art reigning now,
Gome stealing onward through the shadowy gloom.
I Lear the waving of their angel wi gs
Across that twilight sky—and seem to list
The cadence of thy low, sweet muvic tone
That perished long My heart is lone
And weary now —undoh that it saould str ivo
i'hua on weal words to pour a stream of fire,
Winging ths flame from lava veins that burst
Prom | asaion'd fount, when it should wait the hour,
The blessed hour when it shall find once more
and Home in Heaven I
Memphis, Jin , 1519. l’ixconMUß.
OUR CHILDREN... -IT WILLIAM D. GALLAGHER.
11 The Reau 1 -if rd and Return Not."
They are stricken, darkly stricken ;
Faint an J fainter grows each breath,
Aad the shadows round them thicken,
Os the doiknets that is Death.
We are with them—bending o’er them—
And the Soul in sorrow vuith,
•Woald that I had pass’d before them,
Tj lbs darkness that is Death.’
They areslsspieg, coldly sleeping,
In the gravo-yc.rd, still and lone,
Where the winds, above them sweeping,
Mvk o a melancholy moan.
Th ckly round ns—darkly o’er us—
is the f-Mit of sorrow thrown;
Ail our heart-beats make the chorus
Us that melancholy mean.
They are waking, brightly waking,
Frcrn the shtmberv of the tomb,
And, enrobed in Light, forsaking
Its impenetrablegloctn.
T*s> sit firing—they have lircu—
And their spiiit-larnts illume,
la ue darkness of Death's prison.
The iinpeu six able glocm.
They are passing, upward passing,
Deate/i beings ot our love,
And their spirit-forma are classing
in the beautiial above ;
There we see them—there we hear them—
Through cur dreams they ever move ;
An < si krg (a be aneir them,
In ths beautiful above.
Thty are gsing, gently gainc,
In their angel robes to stand,
Wxcrs the river cf life is flowing
1 In the far eff distant land,
Wi shall racurn them—we thill miss them
Ficmcur broken little band ;
Hut oar soul shall at ill caress iLem,
• In the far-off silent laud.
They are sieging, sweetly tinging,
Fax bey end the va Isol Ni b ht,
Where the angcLharps are ringing,
And the Pay is ever biighu
We Ma love them—we can greet them —
From this land of dimmer light,
Till tied takes us hence to mest them,
Where the day is ever bngh'.
A CHRISTMAS HYMN.
It was the calm and silent nirfht;
Seven hundred years and fifty-three,
Had Roms been growing op to night,
Ami now was queen of laud and sea.
No sound was fee*rd of cl tailing ware —
Peace brooded e’er the hushed domain;
Apollo, Pallas, dote, end Mars
Held undisturbed their ansient reign,
la the sclemu midu ght,
Centuries ago!
’Twas in the calm and silent night,
The senator of haughty Rome Q
Impatient urged hie chai id’s flight,
From lordly revel rolls g home;
Triumphant arches glesmmg
His breast with thoughts of boundless sway ;
What irek<d the Roman —what aeiel
A l*ltry province far away,
in ihe solemn midnight,
Cbbluhm ago 7
Within that'province far away,
Weut pkxidmg home a weary boor;
A streak of light before him lay,
Fallen through a hall-shut d«>or
Across his path. He passed— for naught
Told what was g> icg on within ;
How keen the stars, ius only thought
The air. bow calm, and csld, and thin,
In ths solemn midnight,
Can srjes ago!
O, strange indiflerence ! low and high
Drowsed ever common joys and cares:
The earth wav still—bet knew not why
The world was listening—unawares
How calm a rasment may precede
One that shall thrill the world forever I
r To that still raoairnl ncue would heed,
» Man's d.>ciu was linked no mors to sever,
in the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago!
it is the calm and solemn night!
A th- usand bells nog out. and throw,
Their joyous peals abroad, and smite
The darkness—charmed and holy now!
The mg bl that erst no shame bad worn,
To it a hafpy name was given ;
i For in that subh lay, new born,
The Pnaeeof earth and heaven,
t !n the solemn midnight,
» Centuries ago.
THE GRAVEYARD AND ITS CONTENTS.
? There lie levelers levs’ed, dans done up in them*
selves,
i There are book* i’ers finally laid cn their shelves,
i Hoc anally theae he upcight polK c aas. [ciana:
l\»-a-dus with the r seats sleep faultless phyei-
Tbere are slave driven quietly whipped under
ground.
There Uok binders, done up in boards are fast bound ;
There the babe tbafsuchm is supplied *i:h abenh
There men without legs getibeir six feet of earth;
There lawyers repo e, each wrapt up in his case,
There seekers of o hee are sure of a place:
There defendant end plaintiff arc equally caet,
Ti.sre shoemakers qeietly stick to their last;
Cbera brokers at length become sileot *1 stocks,
There stage drivers sleep without quitting their box.
Frasers
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From Arthurs Home Gazette.
CONFESSIONS.
OE A HOUSEKEEPER.
BY. MRS. JOHN SMITH.
NO. IL
SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS.
Was there ever a good cook who hadn’t
some prominent fault that completely over
shadowed her professional good qualities? If
my experience is to answer the question, the
reply will be— no.
I had been married several years before 1
was fortunate enough to obtain a conk that
could be trusted to boil a potato, er broil a
steak. I felt as if completely made up when
Margaret served her first dinner. The roas
was just right, and all the vegetables were
cooked and flavored as well as if I had done
it m.self—in fact, a little better. My husband
eat with a relish not often exhibited, and prais
ed almost everything on the table.
For a week, one good meal followed anoth
er iu daily succession. We had hot cakes,
light and fine-flavored, every morning for
breakfast, with Coffee not to bo beaten—and
chops or Meiiks steaming from the gridiron,
that would have gladdened the heart of an epi
cure. D nner was served, during the time,
with a punctuality that was rarely a minute at
fault, while every artie'e of food brought upon
the table, fairly empted the appetite. Light
rolls, rich cakes, or •• Sally Luns,” made with
out suggestion on my part, usually met us at
teatime, in fact, the very delight ul Margaret’s
life appeared to bo in cooking. She was born
fur a cook.
Moreover, strange to say, Margaret was
good-tempered, a most remarkable tiling in a
good cook ; and more remarkable s.ill, was
tidy in her person and cleanly in her work
• She is a treasure,” mi id I to my husband,
one oay, as we passed from the dining room,
afier having partaken of one of her excellent
dinners.
“She’s too good,” replied Mr. Smith—
“ tco good to la»t. There must be some bad
fault about her—good cooks always have bad
faults—and I am looking for its appearance
every day.
“ Don’t talk so, Mr. Smith. There is no
reason in the world why a good cook should
not be as fau.iL*ss ns any ono else.”
Even while 1 said this, certain misgivings
i itruded themselves. My busband went Co
his s ore soon as er.
About three o’clock Margaret presented her
sell, all drucSt d io go out, and said that she was
going to see her sister, but would be. back in
time io get tea.
She came back, as she promised, but, alas
for my good cuok ! The fault appeared. She
was so much intoxicated that, in a templing
to lift the kettle from t.' e fire, she let it fall,
and came near scalding hereoif dreadfully
Oh, dear I I shall never forget the sad t »sap
pointment cf that hoar, flow the pleasant
images of good dinners and comfortable break
fasts and auppe s faded from my vision. The
old trouble was to come back again, for the
faultless cotk had manifested a Gult that vitia
ted, for us, all her goed qualities.
Ontho next day, 1 told Margaret that we
must part, but she begged so hnd to be kept
in her place,and promised good behaviour in
future so earucs ly, that I was prevailed ou to
try her again, it was of no use, however—
iu less than a week she was drunk again, and
I had lo let her go.
After that, for soma months, we had burnt
•teaks, waxy potatoes and dried roa-t beef to
our hearts’ content; while such luxuries ns
muffins, hot cakes and the like, were uol to be
reen on our uninviting table
My next good couk had such a violent lem
per (hail was actually airaid to show my face
in the kttebeu I bure wi b her until pa ienco
was no lunger a virtue, and then s.’.o went.
Biddy, wno took cnarge of my *• kitchen cabi
net.” a year or so afterwards prov d herxelf
a culinary artist of no ordinary merit. But,
alas, Biddy “kept a room;” and so many
strange disappear a rices of bars of soap, bowls
of sugar, prim's of butter etc., took place,
that I was forced to the unwilling conciuan n
that her room was simply a s ore room for the
•urpluesHge of mine. Some proity s ror g
evidences on this point comms to my mind, I
dismissed Biddy, who was particularly lorwaid
tn declaring her honesty although 1 had never
■ceased her ot being wanting in that ines una
ble virtue.
sSoimr us my experience in cooks have been
amusing enough. Or I shoul Ira her say, are
■ musing co ugh to think about : they were
ra her annoying a’, the lioie of their occurrence
One of these experiences I wdl relate. 1 ba f
obtained a “ treasure ” in a new cook, who
was not only good tempered and cleanly, bn
understood her business reasonably well
Kuty was a little ditfsrenl from former incum
hems of her office in thia, that she toak an in
terest in reading, and generally dipped in o the
morning paper before it found ns wav up
stairs. To this, of course I had no objectien
but was rather pleased to see it. Time, how
ever, which proves all things,sh wed my cook
to be rather too literary tn her inclinations 1
often found her reading, when it was but rsas
on-bie for me lo expect that she would be
working; and overdone or burnt dishes occa
sionally marked the degree iu which her mind
was absorbed iu her literary pleasure, w hich
1 discovered in limo, were not ot the highest
order—such books as the “Myatema of Paris’’
furnishing the aliment that fed her imagination
Jane." said my husband tn me one morn
ing, as he was about leaving the house, “ I
believe 1 must invite my old friend Green to
dine with tne to-day. lie will leave the city
10-morrow, and I may not h ive the pleasure of
a social hour with him again for \ea«a. Be
side* 1 want to introduce him to you. We
were intimate as young men, and much at
inched to each other. 1 would like you lo
know him,”
“ Invite him by all meant,” was my reply.
“ 1 will send home a turkey from market,”
said Mr. Smith, as hi* stood holding on to the
open door. “ Tell K tty to cuok it just
Mrs. Green I am told is a ti st rate housekeep
er, and 1 feel like showing you off to the best ad
vantage.”
•• Don’t look for too much,” I replied, smil
ing, •* leat yon be disappointed.”
Mr. Bmi h went away, and I walked back tn
the kitchen door to say a word to K tty. As 1
looked in, the sound of my feel on the floor
caused her to start. Bhe was standing near a
window, and at my appearance, she hurriedly
concealed soinetbiag under her aprou.
“ Kmy,” said L ” we are to have company
iodine with us to-day. Mr. Smith will send
home a turkev, which you must dress and
rook in the best manner- 1 will be down
during the morning to make some lemon
puddings. Be sure to have a good fire in the
range, and see that ail the drafts are clear ’
Kitty promised that every thins ahoald be
right, and I went up flairs. In due limo the ’
tnarke ing csrue home. About eleven o’clock
I repaired to ihe kitchen, and, much to my sur- :
prise, found all in d’sorder.
What in the world have you been doing
all the morning?” said 1 feeling a hide fretted
Kitty excused herself good naturedly. and
commenced bustling about to pu. things to
rights, while 1 gut flour and other articles ne
ceseary for my purpose and went to work at
ray lemon puddings, which were, in due time,
ready for the oven. Giving all necessary di- I
rec lions as to their baking, and charging Kit
ty to be sure to have everything ou the tab.’e
precisely ai our usual nour for dicing. 1 went ;
up into the nursery to look after the children,
and to see about other matters requiring my
attention.
Time passe l ou until to my surprise. I heard
the c.ock strike one. 1 had yet to dress for
dinner.
••1 wonder how- Kitty is ccmingon?”
said Ito myself. •• I hope she will not let the
puddings get a : i dried up.”
But. I fell too much in a hurry to go down
and sauafy myself as io the s ate of affaira in
ibe ki.chen; and took it for grimed that all
was right
A l.ttle while afterwards. 1 perceived an odor
as of somethin? burning.
“ What is iha ? ’ came instinctively from
my lip. “If Kitty has let the puddings burn ! ”
Quick 88 thought I turn&d from my room,
and went gliding down stairs. As I neared
;he kitchen the •meil of burned flour, or
pastry, grew stronger. AU was s lent below;
<nd, I approached in s ienco. On entering
Kitty«domain, Ipercered that lady seated
in front of the with a brown covered
pamphlet novel held close to her face, iu the
pages of which the was completely lost. I
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19. 1851.
never saw any one more entirely absorbed in
h book. No sign of dinner waa any where to
be seen. Upon the range was a kettle of wa
ter boiling over into the fire, and from one of
the ovens poured forth a dark smoke, that told
’oo plainly the ruin of my lemon puddings.
And. to cap all, the turkey, yet guiltless of
fire or dripping pan, was upon the floor, in
possession of a atrange cat, which had come
in through the open window. Bending over
the still entranced cook, I read the title of her
book. It was “The Wandering Jew.”
“ Kitty ! ” I don’t much wonder, now, at
the start whe gave, for I presume there was not
the zephyr’s softness in my voice.
“ Oh, ma’m I ” She caught her brae'h as
her eyes rested upon the cat and the turkey
“Indeed, ma’am!” And then she made a
spring towards puss, who, nimbly eluding her,
passed out by tho way through which she had
come in.
By this time I had jerked open the oven
door, when there camo rushing out a colud of
smoke which instantly filled the room. Aly
puddings were burned to a crisp !
As for the turkey, the cat had eaten off one
side of the breast, and it was no longer fit for
the table.
“Well! this is fine work!’’said I, in an
angry, yet despairing voice. “Fine wark, up
on my word ! ’
“Oh, ma’am!’’ Kitty interrupted me by
saving, “I'll runoff and buy another turkey,
and have it cooked in time. Indeed I wiil,
ma’am ! And I’ll pay for it. It’s ail my
fault! oh dear ! dear me! Now don’t be an
gry, Mrs Smith! I’ll have dinner all ready
in time, and no one will be any the wiser for
this.”
“ In time!” and I raised my finger towards
the kitchen clock, the hands of which marked
the period o’ half pas: one—two o’clock was
our regular dinner hour.
“ Mercy !” ejaculated the frightened cook,
as ehe s ink back upon a chair, I thought it was
only a line pa-t eleven. “I am sure it was
only eleven when I sat down just to read a
page or two while the puddings wero in the
oven ! ”
The truth was, the •* Wanderins Jew,” in
the most exciting portion of wit ch she hap
pened to be, proved 100 much for her imagin
ation. Her mind had taken no note of time,
and two hours passed wi'.h the rapidity of a
few minutes.
“ I don’t exactly comprehend this,” said my
husband, as he sat down with his old friend, to !
dine off’ of broiled steak and potatoes, at half
past two o’clock,
“ L’a ull die fault of ihe ‘ Wandering Jew ?’ ”
I replied, making an effort to drive away, with
a smile, the red signs of mortification that were
in my face.
“ Lho Wanderinff Jew!” returned my bus
band, looking mistified.
“ Yes, tho fault lies with that imaginary per
sonage,” said I, “ s range as it may seem.’
And then I related the mishaps of the morning.
For dessert we had some preserved fruit and
cream and a hearty laagh nv r the hum; pud
dings and dHfigurnd turkey.
Poor Kitty couldn’t survive the mortifica
tion She never smiled agiin iu my house;
and at the close of ihe week removed to anoth
er home.
Church Etiquette.—A gentleman of
Montgomery, Alabama, now in Rome, in a
letter to a friend, mentions the following inci
dent as i'lustrativo of the peculiar and ridic
ulous etiquette still strictly enforced on those
visiting me Vatican, while the Pope is person- 1
ally officiating:
“We had rather a funny adventure last Sun- •
day. We understood hat :he Pope would of
ficiate in the Chapel in the Vatican, and con- 1
eluded to go We also understood that we
must dress entirely in black. So my wife and
Mrs H , (the lady from Nashville,) prepared
for it. Mr H. ul-o dressed entirely in black, i
I had a pair cf mixed pantalootH on, but as it ;
was co!d 1 in en fed to keep my overcoat on.
(a black one,) and thus squeeze in. So after ■
passing through the long eiegan: passages and
scores of soldiers, we reached the ame-room
Tho ladies took off’their bonnets and pm veils
on their heads. We all walked up to too door,
when two soldiers with long spears in’.ercept- |
ed me and told me I could not go in. 1 at ;
once took the hint and retired, and told Mr. 11.
to go in with the ladies lie accordingly
s epped to the door and was also refused. And
on inquir mg what objection they had to him,
it was found that he had a frock iuv.ea I of a ,
dress coat on, and none but the ladies could be
admitted. The idea < f a man’s being kept
ou; ol a Christian church on account of the cut
<>f ihe coat, hud never entered my head be- |
fore coming to Rome. We have been ou the
dome of St. Peter’s I was in tho Bali with
six others at thosame time. Tne Mediterra
nean can be seen for a long distance on the
ue-t. And the snowy mountains on the east,
ftom this position. We were yesterday,
through t ie lately excavated rooms of Nero’s
palace. lamat a loss to know how the arch
es of th sas well as other ruins in Rome have
stood. Almost every one is as perfect as when
it was built. Nearly ail the temples palaces,
baths, «&c., were b tid of brick and covered
with marble. The marb e, however, his b en
taken away centuries since. ( have got a
piece of the mortar (for Mr. Figh,) from the
baths of Carra Calla, where the magnificent
arches of 50 feet are standing aa perfect as
they were eighteen centuries ago ”
The Reptile Room by Night.—The fol
lowing striking a count of the reptile room in
the Zool gical Gardens, Regent’s Park, we
take with seme abridgement, from Bentley’s
London Miscellany:
••About ten o’clock one evening diirng the
last spring, in company with two naturalists of
eminence, we entered that apartment. A
small lantern was our only light, and the faint
idumination of this imparted a ghastly charac- i
ter to the scene before us. The clear plate
glass which faces the cages, was invisible, and
it was diflicu’t to bc.ieve the monsters were in
csifinoment arid the spectators secure. Those
who have only seen the boas, and pythons, the
rattlesnakes and cobns lazily hanging iu fes
toons trum the forks of the trees in the dens,
or sluggishly coiled up, can form no concep
tion ol the appearance and actions of the same
crea'ures at night. The huge boas and py
thons were chasing each other io every direc
i tion. whisking about tne dens with the rapidi
ty of lightning, suinviiuies clinging in huge
coils round t. e branches, and errwining each
other in massive folds, the i separat ng they
would rush over and under the branches, hisa
ing and iaahing their tails in hideous sport
Ever and anon, thirsty with their exertions,
they would approach the pans of water aud
drink eagerly, lipping it with their forked
tongues. As our eyes became accustomed to
the darkness, we perceived objects belter ; and
on the tree, in tho deu of the biggest serpent,
we perceived a pigeon quietly roosting, ap
parently indifferent alike to the turmoil which
i was going oh around, and the vicinity of the
monster whose meal it was >oon to form. In
; mo dou of one of the smaller serpents was u
i little mouse, whose panting sides and fast bea
ting heart showed that i ,at least, disliked its
company. * * During the time we were
looking at the creatures, ail aarta of odd noises
were heard A strange scratching against the
g!ass would be audible—it was the carnivorous
j iizard endeavoring to inform us mat it was a
fast day witn him. entirely contrary to his in
clißation. A sharp hiss would startle us from
mother quarter —ado we stepped back invol
URtaniy as the lantern repealed ihe inflated
■ hood aud threatening action of a cobra. Then
a rattlesnake would take umbrage, and, souu
d;ug an alarm, would mike a stroke against
ihe glass intended for our person. The fixed
gaze from the brilliant eyes of the huge py
ibOBS was mure fantastic than pleasaii;—and
ihe scene, taking it altogether, more exciting
than greeable. Each of the sp ctators involun
tanty stooped to make sure that his trousers
j were well strapped down; as if our nerves
were jes mg. a strange sensation would every
now and then be felt resembling the twining
of a small snake abaut the legs Just before
leaving me house, a great dor beetle, which
nad flown in attracted by the light a ruck with
some force againat our right ear. Startled we
; were tor at me moment our impression was
mat it was some member of the happy family
I around us who hadi tvored u 3 with a mark of
♦ his alien non.”
A returned California dog has made bis ap
paaranca at his old borne ib Bariington, lowa.
He was left ax the mines by his master, but by
■ a?me uieaas has worked his passage back
Like a good ainy ot ihe bipeds, he brought
I noUuag back but bones !
Effects of Love a KD Hafpi ’
nesw on the MmD From Deer
brook. — There needs no othtrproo
that happiness is the most whole
some moral atmosphere; and that
in which the irnmortality o f mar ,
is destined ultimately to thrive,
than the elevation of soul, the
religious aspiration, which attends
tho first assurance, the first sober
certainty of true k>ve. There is
much of this religious aspiration
amidst a’l the warmth of virtiwtif
affections. There m a vivid love
of God in tne child that lays i>
cheek against the cheek of iu mo
(her, and clasps its arms around
her neck. God is thanked (per
haps uncon-ciously) for the bright
ness of h s earth, on summer even
ings, when a brother and sister
who have long been patted pour
out their heart alorcs to each other
and feel their course of thought
brightening as it Dins When he
aged parent hears of the honors hi
children has won, or looks round
upon their innoowt faces ihe glorj
of his decline, his mind revert*
to Him who in- them prescribed
ti e purpose of his life, and bes.ow
ed its grace, But religious as is the
mood of every good affection, none
is so devotional as that of love, cs
pecialiyso called. The soul is then
the very temple .of adoration, of
faith, of holy purity. °f heroism, of
charity. At such a moment the
human creature rhoots up into
the angel ; there is nothing on eahrt
too defiled for i s charity—noth
ing iu hell 4i;.& »MDaliing £o. its he
roism— nothing in heaven too glori
□us for its sympathy. Strengthened,
stisamed, vivified by that most
myseiious power, union wi.h
another spirit, it feels itself well eet forth
on the way of victory over evil, *ent out con
quering and to conquer. There is no other
such crisis in human life. The philosopher may
experience uncontrolling agitation in veri
fying his principle of balancing systems
of worlds, feeling perhaps, as if he actu
ally saw the creative hand in the act of
sending the planets forth on their everlasting
way; but this philosopher, solitary seraph as
he may bo regarded amidst a myriads of men
knows at such a moment no emotions so di
vine as those of the spirit becoming conscious
that it is beloved—be it the peasant girl in the
meadow, or the daughter of rhe sage reposing
in her father’s confidence, or the aruzau beside
his loom, or tho man of letters musing by his
fireside. The warrior about to strike the de
cisive blow’ for the liberties of a nation how
ever impressed with the solemnity of the hour,
is not iu a state of such lofty resolutiou as
those who, by joining hearts, are laying their
joint hands on the whole wide realm of futu
rity for their own. The statesman who, in the
moment of success, feels that an entire class of
social sins and woes are annihilated by hi«
hand, is not conscious of so holy and so inti
mate a thankfulness as they who are aware
tnat their redemption is come in the presence,
of a new and sovereign affection. And the.se
are many—they are in all corners of every
land. The statesman is the leader of a nation,
the warrior is the grace of an age, the philoso
pher is the birth of a thousand years; but the
lover, where is ha not? Wherever parents
look round upon iheir children, there he has
been—wherever children are at play together,
there he will soon be—wherever there are
roofs under which men dwell, wherever there
is an atmosphere vibrating with human voices,
th -re is the lover, and there is his lofty worship
going on, unspeakable, but revealed in the
brightness of the eje, the majesty of the pre
sence, and the high temper of h. di-coune.
Singular instances of Monomania in the
80-ton Lunatic Hospital.—The annual re
port of the Board of Visitors of th* Boston
Luna'ic Hospital has just been published by
the City Authorities. From the accompanying
report of Dr. Charles H. Stedman, the Super
intendant of the Hospital, we copy the follow
ing interesting notice of the decease of several
of the patients in that inatitu ion. The
Superintendent in noting the moitality among
the ir mates, remarks :
“Among those who have died within the
year, there have been several pa'.ien's who
have usually attracted considerable attention
from visitors in coosequence of certain pecu
liarities in the manifestation of their disease.
The Queen of America lives no longer. The
Queen of England, who occupied a room op
posite to hers, will no more ridicule her pre
tensions by saving to her as she often did—
‘How absurd! You know there is no such
personage.’ The old German woman of
eighty five years has died ; she who declared
herself to be the mother cf God, and who made
and governed die world.
“ Tne old man whoye tenderness and care
towa.Ls j <•* epileptic pa-
tient were so remarkable, and who fancied that
salmon were generated in him, and came out
of his wrist—he too has gone.aa also has the
woman with a beard, the presence of which
became the cause of her insane melancholy—
the man, a farmer, who had discovered, as he
imagined, a new compost, by means of which
all the sand of Cap Cod could be made to bud
and blossom as the rose—the old woman who
suffered ihe most agonizing terrors of a dis
euse//conscience, and wiio was almost inces
santly demanding io be taken to execution for
ihe murder of her husband and children—the
woman who was accustomed to declaim so vehe
mently in favor of Madame Dorse mo nt, aud
woman’s rights. These and many more have
left us, and.shaking off iheir happy or unhappy
delusions, we would Lope have entered on
the enjoyment of the realities of a biessed
eternity.”
22 HUMOROUS.
“ Herb’s till ’ye, Jemmy.”—An Irishman
had been sick l<»r a lung lime, aud while in this
?t ite would occasionally cease breathing, and
Lfe be apparently exur.ct for pome lime, when
he v ould again come ,o On ono of these oc
casions, when he had just awoke from his
sleep. Patrick asked him :
“ zXn’ how’ll we know, Jemmy, when you
are dead ; you’re after wakin’ up ivery lime ? ”
“Bring me a glass o’ grog, and say to mp.
hero’s ul ’ye Jemmy, an’ i! I don’t raise up an’
dhrink then bury me.”
Monomania —The fol.owing is a nice bit of
■satire on tho rather too common pretext of
insanity un the part of the defeudant in crimi
nal cases:
“ I’orw, what’s monomany ?” ‘ Why. you
see. D.ck, when a poor fel’er steals, it is called
larceny; but when it’s a rich ’un, the jury says
its monomany. and can’t help it—that’s it.”
Rare —A pious soldier, an economical sai
lor, a rich author, an impartial critic, a moder
ate reformer, a smoker who is not just un the
brink of leaving off a well (ed boarder, a silent
barber, and a successfal gold digger.
Tooth Drawing.—Martin Carey was the
boy sure enough for frolicking, fighting, dan
cing or drinking. But sometimes Martin need
io get so corned that it was to ally impossible
for him to define the exact difference between
a full moon and a new made cheese.
It was on one of these nights on which Mar
lin desired to have a real thundering spree,
that he found his way to the sign of ‘ tho
hen’s tooih and the cat’s feather,” where
around a table sat as merry a «et of devil-may
-1 care boy. as ♦ ver beat an exciseman or thresh
ed the floor of a barn to the tune of “Indeed,
. thin, you shan’t.”
Down sat Martin and on went the spree far
two good hours, but tneir money was run out.
and tha little cock nosed, crabbed faced host
would givo out no more liquor until ‘scores’
were settled. In tins dilemma a happy thought
shone in upon the merry mind of Martin Ct
rey.
“Arrah boys,” said be, “ia it money yees
want ?
‘ Ay, ia it.”
‘•Why thin, ye poor benighted set of crules:
sure it s aisy enough to get all the money re
quired to make us all as drunk as Basahus’
sow.”
“ How. Manin ? come boy, tell how.”
‘ Wbooaht—spake tinderty now,” said Martin
leaning over tho table, “sure you ail knew
ould Docther Strong ?”
“To be sure we do, the bloody old resurrec
tionist !”
“Be aisy now and listen. Just you get a
sack and put me into it body aud bones, and
carry me io Strong’s ; you’ll get ready money
for the body, and leave tha rest to me.”
i No time was last —’.ha bag was got—Martin
was duly bagged, and the boys were not slow,
in convey ing meir funny bunhen to Doctor
Strong's.
i Arriving at the door, they very cautiously
t knocked, and were as cautiously answered by
t Mrs. Strong. The Doctor was from home.
t He was gone to Dub in and would not be
( ; home for a week. The body would not keep,
! { but rather than let them go, she would give
L them half a guinea for it. Toe bargain was
. ‘etll> d, and iha bs, with iu heavy contents
( conveyed to a sma l room at the back of tne
kitcheo. The boys took their leave in haste,
I but waited on the corner to see tha end of the
I spree.
The door being cantiously closed after them
t ' Mrs. Strong, wbs always had lor her perqui
I si'.ea the teeth ofber hu»band’s subjects, which
she sold to the dentists, approached the bag
I with her pincers Martin, qme overcome
with drink and the jolting of the journey, hsd
’ fallen asleep. Mrs. S. untied the bag. Mar
s tin’s mouth was partly epen ; she thought she
s heard breathing, but no—that could not be—it
was only her nervousneas With a desperate
, Effort she thrust the pincers between bisgrind
j, era and gave a tug- Martin leaped up and
1 veiled out. Away ran the horrified Mrs. S.,
t aud away stumbled the bsgged Martin after.
Sue fainted. .Marlin came tu, and getting out
’ us the bag, he soon got out of the house, and
rejoined his merry comrades, and they bad a
, wnd jollification over that well earned half
guinea. Martin swore the Doctor's ouid wo
man gave him the teeth ache, but be managed
i- ! to get glorious io spiie of his teeth.
Doctor Str ng returned from Dublin the
» next day, but on hearing the well spread story
of tooth drawing, he quickly disappeared, witn
t his disconcerted lady, from ths neighbornoud
of Martin Carey and the boys of Kilkenny.
UISCiSbLIMSOI S 14-
TERITHRE AND NEWS.
Husbands anti Wives.—their Errors and
their Duties.
««But happy they, the happiest of their kind,
Whom gentle stars unite, and in one fate
Their heart?, their fortunes, and their beings blend I ”
Marriage is said to be a lottery. It would
*eem so indeed in some cases, the contrasts
ire so extraordinary, and the circumstance so
novel. But so solemn a compact, so sacred
n the eyes of Heaven and tho Law, and so
calculated to affect for “better” or for “worse,”
ot only th«* temporal but the eternal happi
ness of the parties, should not be thought of
ghtly, or determined upon rashly. We fear
hat in too many marriages, wordly conside
rations are permitted to exercise a controlling
nßiier.ce. Hands are united, not hearts
Pecuniary objects, and not harmony of senti
ment constitute the ‘motive power!” Match
es are made with reference to “an establish
aant.” aud not to a life of peace, tranqui ity
»nd happiness The best affections, the high
est sympathies are trifled with, and sacrificed
f not sold, while the glitter of fashion ar,d
he pomp and vaaity of worldly display, con
oeal the breaking heart within. Hence the
frequent divorces—the unhappy home*, the
lonely and debited wives, the dissolute and
reckless husbands. On ’he other hand,
many rush into matrimony who do not duly
consider its responsibi’ities. who take no note
of the future ! Controlled by a rudden fan
cy, influenced by a wild impulse, they hasten
on, and lied “100 lain,” that the* have assum
ed a posiiion to which they are inadequate,
that die struggies and 'rials tho world are
fearful, that mure nerve, and perse
verance are necessary than they can com
ma nd The excitement, too, the delminn
nay have passed away, and they aro surpris
ud to find imperfections in the angel of their
idolatry. They forget that they themselves
ire human, fallible, full of errors and thus
they cannot make proper a lowances for others*
They tec< me petulant and peevish, harsh and
brutal, and the “rosy and sunny home ’ that
was pictured in “the day of dr**ams,” is con
verted into a scene of strife, and anger of
passion and discord. They find themselves
disappointed, aoured. The prospect has
changed, aud instead of discovering the cause
in themselves, instead of pursuing a magnani
mous and man’y course, they turn upon the
“gentle one,” into whose eirs they “ao lately”
poured fond vows and earnest protestations,
□d make her the source of all the bitterness
and vexation. /Mas! for the victim under
each circumstances! How. day after day,
must her fairy dream fade, and the withering
reality of a long life of sorrow loom before
her! How, iu her quiet hours, she must re
member her early home, and the lavish love
that she eojoyod benoath the paternal roof!
At times, too, she may recall a mother’s love
—and teel disposed to unburthea her heart,
and communicate the secrets of her soul to
ihe bsing who watched over her cradle ! And
yet, w’hy disturb, why agonize unnecessarily
—why communicate a sorrow that will only
pain aud wring without the means of afford
ing relief?
But there is another side to this picture.
Theie are gentle ones who forget or neglect
thair duties, and who, by coldness and asperity,
nuke homo a scene of perpetual discord. The
hit Land is welcomed with frowns ! Com
pla Qis are ever uppermost. Nothing’ satis
fies Toil on, by day or by night, and still the
murmur is the same. A peevish, a fretful
spirit seems to have taken possession “of the
belter half,” and after struggling in vain
against such a constantsource of disquiet, the
husband abandons his home iu despair, and
seeks elsewhere for companionship, or at least
for exemption from perpetua : fault finding.
How fearful this mistake on the part of young
wives—how they trifle wiih affection—how
they peril peace of mind! Tho outdoor
world is full of care and anxiety. The strug
gle for the means of subsistence often taxes all
(he energies of body and mind. 'The compe
tition in trade, the rivalry in business, the vi
cissitudesof chance and change, the perils of
misfortune, the treachery of friends ! Alas!
these seldom enrer into the ordinary reflections
of a thoughtless wife, especially if «he be vain,
proud, and devoted to display. Her idols are
false pride, inflated vanity, and a desire to ex
col ; and if her husband do not minister to
every whim of the hour, if he hesitate to com
ply with her demands fur fundi—if he venture
to remonstrate against unnecessary expendi
tures —anger, passion, and invective are by no
means unusual. He may at the moment be
pressed to the earth by some sudden mone
tary exigency may require the exercise of ex
traordinary moral courage to maintain his pj
siuon and suitain bis character—-may need
corisola.ion, encouragment and incentive to
exertion, and instead, find reproaches, angry
ooks and harsh insinuations at home! How
many *7»en i?*en maddened and ruined
under these circumstances! How in some
tnJden moment of oioitemnnt, have thev
abandoned the control of their own fortunes,
and yielded to the dark impulses of despair
Partners in trade are bound by the law of
self in erest, to say nothing of higher and no
bler considerations, to assist and sustain each
other by every honorable means How much
more incumbent, therefore, is such a policy in
partners for lile, and between those who have
united themselves for belter or for worse, —
between man and wife, who have linked them
selves, not only on grounds of affection and
principle, bui to a certain extent have made
their destinies one ! How essential the wis
do tn and the duty of mutual forbearance, mu
tual assistance! How important that each
should strive to contribute to the happiness of
the other —to soome the sorrow, and to share
the joy—to counsel and encourage in a mo
ment of adversity, to restrain and subdue in
the hour of prosperi'y ! The bond of mar
riage, when entered into wisely, thoughtfully,
kind y aud generously, is indued the bond of
affection, of concord and of happiness. But
ihe obliga ion is mutual, and while every Ims
band ol a right mind and a right heart, will
endeavor to provide to toe bes f of his ability
tor the necessities and the comforts of the
being of his choice, the wife should not forge
the smile of welcome at nightfall, the look and
the manner of love that subdued and won
c’he should not so rget the honor, the iniercsis.
th happiness and prosperity “of the he.id of
ihe household,” and the source of all its com
forts I—Philadelphia
Agi Iculliirßl ftcUuol.
Governor Hunt, in his message to the Legis
lature of New York, calls attention to ihe
importance of oatnblishi i»z an Agricultural
Sch ol and Experimental Farm, lie says :
it cannot be doubted that an institution o
the character proposed would promote the
disseinina ton of agricultural knowledge and
elevate the condition of the people. In its
formation I would recommend an additional
department for instruction in the mechanic
arts. I lent’fied in interest, each imparting
strength aud vigor to the other, the agricultu
ral and mechanical classes combined may be
said to constitute the substantial power and
greatness of ihe commenwealth. The free
spnit of our institutions and the incentives to
effort in which this country abounds, are pe
cuiiarly favorable to the development of in
ventive genius aud rapid advances in the use
lul art*. Oar unparalleled progress may be
attributed in no sruaif degree to the successful
skill of our Ariiznns in originating and per
fecting the varied improvements which in
crease the productiveness of labor in most
branches of human industry. Yet from the
nature of their pursuits and the necessity
which subjects theoj to a life of toil, too many
of our youthful mechanics are deprived o’
those means of intellectual improvement w Inch
the State has provided for other profession*.
I'he beneficial effects of an Agricultural and
Mechanical School will not be limited to the
individual who may participate directly in its
privileges. The students grad lating Irom
such an institution, elevated iu character by
moral and intellectual training, and endued
with that knowledge of the natural laws and
practical science which unites manual labor
with the hignest exercise of tha reasoning
faculties, wilt become teachers in their turn,
imparting t> those around them the light ol
(heir pursuits of industry by &n honorable ex
ample of useful cess in their varied occupa
tions. Tne elevation of the laboring classes is
an object worthy of the highest ambition ol
the statesman and the patriot. Under our re
publican system of Government the political
power of the Bta‘e must always reside among
the men of industry and toil, whose virtuous
energy is their best patrimony. The intelli
gence which qualifies them for the duties of
self government, affords the only sure guaran
tee tor the perpetuity of our free insulations.
Medical Use of Salt.—ln many cases of
disordered stomach, a leaspoonful of salt is a
certain cure, In the vto ent internal pain
termed cholic a leaspoonful of salt, dissolved
in a pint us cold water, taken as soon as pos«i
--b a, with a abort nap immediately after, is one
of the must effectual, and speedy remedies
known. The same will relieve a person who
seems almost dead frum receiving a heavy
fall.
In an apoplectic fit, no time should be lost
in Douring down salt water, if sufficient sensi
eility reina-ns to aliaw of swallowing; if rot
the t ead must be sponged w ith cola water until
the sense returns, when the salt will complete
ly restore the patient from the lethargy.
In case of severe bleeding at the lungs, and
when other remedies failed. Dr. Rush found
ihattwo teaspoonluils of salt completely stay
ed the blood
Silvered Gla-s Wark —The Boston
Transcript states that Messrs. Snmner, of
that cry, have recently received from London
a new style of silvered glass ware, which
promises to take precedence of the Bohe
mian aud other fancy glasses. Tne silvering
is indestructible, being coated over with
glass, and is of a brilliancy, that can never
□e tarnished or impaired. Dishes, vases
and pitchers of this ware make a more
brilliant display than the same article of
pure silver, however highly polished. The
advantage, in the greater facility of ke*p
mg the iorrner clean, must be obvious. Tne
metallic radiance of the new ware is beyond
ail that art has yet attained.
The U. 8. Mail steamer Franklin, sailed
from New Yerk.ou Baiurda* for sonthamp
tan and Havre, wna fifty seven passenger*.
Self-Education-**Value of Books*
Show us a young man who commences
early in life to road valuable books, and s'ore
his mind with the thoughts of the choice spirits
of the world in all limo, and we will point yon
to wisdom, honor, and happiness aa his goal.
Ho is sure of one or all ot these conditions
The vain, dressy, flippant beau of seventeen.
w ho regards a knowledge of the dialect of the
Opera and Theatre, the race course and epo. t
mg-club, as essential to the gentleman ; who
looks upon science and solid reading as dull,
dry, and useless—of auch, you may prophecy
an empty pocket, an empty head, a hollow
heart, a disreputable life, and a disgraceful
memory. The reeder of history and of science
is a denizen of ail nations, a contemporary nf all
ages, and a minister at the altar of truth These
solid virtues he may embellish with ihe wreath
of poesy and fine art, and stand up a beautiful
embodiment of all that is noble and refined in
the domain of thought. Knowledge knows
no aristocracy, no royal blood, no imperal
road to her riches and honors. The most ex
al ed minds, through their recorded thoughts,
books, will bend over thecobb'er’e bench, and
comiuunicatu with and enlighten his spirit, nor
frown upon his poverty or despi-e his compa
ny Tho following shows, iu an attractive
manner* tho value of tho good society o!
books.
“The Cambridgb Leather Dresser —For
mnnv years, aud lor many times in a year, I have
( ufl.-ed by the shop of a chi gent, industrious mechanic
whom 1 have of en seen busy at his trade, with bi
urrns bare, buny at work. His industry and stvadi
ne.-s Have been successful, and be has gained a com
potency. But be still remains wisely devoted to hie
trade liming the day you may sec him at his woik
or chatting with Lia neighbors. At night he h e
down in his little parlor, by his quiet fireside, and
enjoys ihe com;any of his riends. And he has the
most .extraordinary coliectiun Q friends that any
man in New England can t?oast of. William H.
Prescott goes out from Boston, and talks with him
about Ferdinand aud Labella. Washington Irving
comes from New York, and tells him about the wars
ot Grenada, and the adventurous voyage of Colum
bus, or the legend of the Sleepy Hollow, cr the lale
of the Broken Heart. George Bancroft sits down
with him, and points out on ihe map of the colonic*
and settlements of America, their circumstances and
fates, and gives the early history of liberty. Jared
Sparks comes down from Gainbridge, and reads to
him the letters of Washington, and makes his heart
glow with (he heroic deeds of that goJltke man for
the cause of his country. Or Alston, the great
painter, steps in aad tells him a story —and nobody
lefts a story so well —or repeats to him lines of poet
ry. Bryant comes, with his sweet wood notes, which
he learned among the green bills of Berkshire. And
Richard H. Dana, father and son, come, the one to
repeat grave, heart stirring poetry, the other to speak
of uis two years before the mast. Or, if this mechanic
is in aspecuiative mood, Professor Hitchcock comes
to talk to him of all the changes that have befallen
the soil of Massachusetts since the flood or before—
or Professor E*py tries to predict a storm. Nor is
his acquaintance to his own country. In
his grave hours, he sends for Sir John Herschel from
across the <_cean, and he comas and discourses elo
quently upon ttie wonders of the vast creation, of all
the worlds that are poured upon our sight by the
glories of a starry night. Nor is it across the stormy
ocean of the blue wave alone that his friends come
to visit him—but across the darker and wider ocean
of time, come the wise and the good, the eloquent
and tho witty, aud sit down by his table, and dis
course with him as long as he wishes to listen
That eloquent blind old man of Scio, with beard
descending to his girdle, still blind, but still eloquent,
sits down with him—and, as he sang almost three
thoua r.d years ago among the Grecian Lies, sings
(he war of Troy, or ihe wanderings of the sage
Ulysses. The poet of the human heart comes from
the banks of the Avon, and the poet of Paradise
from his small garden-house in Westminster—Burns
irom his cottage on the Ayr, and Scott from his dwel
ling by the Tweed; and, at any time these three years
past, may have been seen by his fireside, a man who
ought to have been a hero with schoolboys, for no one
ever felt so (or them —a man whom so many of your
Boston neighbors lately strove in vain to see—Charles
Dickens. In the midst of such friends, our friend
the leather dresser lives a happy and coatentcd life
—not less respected, and far more happy, than if an
uneasy ambition had made him a Representative in
Congress, or a Governor of a State—and the more
respected and happy, that he disdains not to labor in
an honorable calling.
My friends, thia is no fancy sketch. Many who
hear me know i s well as I do. Thomas Dowse, ol
Cambridgeport, and many have seen his choice and
beautiful library. But I suppose there is no one
hero who knows a neighbor of his, who had, in his
early yearn, the same advantages, but he did not im
prove them—who never g&ined this love of reading,
aud who now, in consequence, instead of living thi»
happy and desirable lite, wastes his evenings in low
c xnpany, or taverns, or dozss them away by his own
firo Which of these lives will you live 3 They
are both beiore you.”— George B. Emerson,
at Rome.— Release of political
Prisoners.— The Paris correspondent of the
New York Herald, writing under dato of the
Gth ult., says :
In the Roman dungeons of D’Anzo and
Saint Angelo, are confined thirteen prisoners
whose inexpiable crime consists in having par
ticipated in the lato revolutionary struggle
which had for ’U object to secure to the inhab
itants of the PontifTa dominions the inestima
ble rights of representation, together with
other constituUoQal reforms. They are not
of the class of fanatics or factious dema
gogues who have defiled our nobio cause not
lessin Italy than in Franca, but men of high
character and lofty prii ciples, who in the
good fight for the benefit of their children
and their children’s children—of those who
are to Cirne alter them—hazarded all, and
lost all. Among them are five counts and
ono marquis, of ancient blood, whose lin
eal descent goes back, without break or inter
ruption, to the middle ages. They have been
declared forever incapable of holding proper
ty, of whatsoever description.
For seven long months they have languished
in loathsome dungeons. There they he, herd
mg with the bandi 8, and felons, and brigands;
and day after day the prospect of tho libera
tion, so far from brighter, grows only darker
and more hopeless. There thev lie, those no
ble, noble gentlemen, weary of life, and sick
of this most base world, with no spot or staif;
or blemish on their reputation save ihe sin of
having struck (o’* liberty. The governinen*
will not release them, for the dissemination of
republican sentimeots is fatal toils very eris
tence. Neither can it exile inem, for no coun
try in Europe will harbor such propagandise.
Now what has been done lor them ? Why.
Mr. Chbs, your Minis er, has proposed to the
Papal authorities to send them io California,
huns It engaging to pay ihree thousand dollars
for their expenses in a French ship, which will
leave Bordeaux fur that desiina ion in the
month of February. The cardinals have ac
copied this proposd, agreeing to liberate these
gentlemen nine days print tothedepa tore of
the vessel in question, which affords them just
sufficient time to reach that seaport. Honor
to your Minister aud to the glorious land from
which he comes. His conduct has elicited
deep admiration ; and well it may.
The first and last fatal Duel by Illi-
NniANs —In the year 162 U a duel was fotuht
in Belleville, St Ciair county, between Al
phonso Stewart and William Bennett. Toe
seconds had made it up to be a sb am duel;
Stewart, one of the parties, was supposed to
be in the secret ; but Bennett, his adversan,
believed it to be a reality. It is supposed that
Bennett somewhat suspected a trick, and after
receiving his gun from his second, rolled a
ball into it. At the word fire. Stewart fell
morla ly wounded. Bennett was indicted, tried
aud convicted for murder. A great effort
was mnde to procure him a pardon ; but
Gov. Bond would yield to no entreaties,
and Bennett *uffeied (he extreme penalty of
the law by hanging, iu the presence of a great
multitude of people.
Tins was the firstand the last duel which has
ever been fought in the state by any ot i s
citizens. The hanging of Bennett made duel
ling discreditable and unpopular ; and laid the
foundation ol that abhorrence of ihe practice
which has been felt and expressed by the peo
ple of Illinois.
T’he present Judge Lockwood was then At
torney General of the state, an 1 prosecuted in
inis case ; to his talents and success as a pros
ecutor, the people are indebted for this early
precedent and example, which did raore than
is generally supposed to prevent the practice
of duelling from being introduced into his
state.— Chicago Com Adv.
Varieties.—To injure a man's sight there
is nothing worse than su iden wealth. Let a
wood sawyer draw a ten th usand dollar
prize, and in less than a month he will not
be able to recognise even the man that ‘-used
to go security for him ”
Franklin said: “When I see a honee fur
nished with books and newspapers, I find in
telligent children ; but if there are no papers,
the children are ignorant, if not profligate ”
Formerly, there was a maxim that a young
woman should never be married till she had
spun herself a full set of linen. Hence, all
unmarried women have been called spinsters ;
so appellation they still retain in certain deeds
and la v proceedings, though many of them are
not entitled to it.
A lady of rank, complaining that her hus
band was dead to fashionable amusements, be
replied, ‘Butthen, my dear, you make mealive
to the expense.’
, He whoknows the world, will not be too
bashful, and he who knows himself will never
, be impudent.
If you would know the value of money, go
and try to borrow som**.
Gold is an idol, worshipped in all climates
1 without a single temple, and by all classes
‘ without a single hypocrite.
A landlady in Philadelphia, it is said, makes
, her pies so light that her lodgers can see ;o go
i to bed without a candle, after eating a mode
_ rate piece.
It is reckoned that each individual averages
three hoars’conversation daitv, at the rale of
i a hundred words a minute, or twenty pages oi
j an octavo volume an hour. At this rate. w»-
i talk a volume of four hundred octavo pages
i in a week, and fifty-two volumes a year.
j An Old Horsx —George Yoang, of Grand
j Rapids, states in the "M chiean Farm*r” thai
i he owns a horse which is forty-five years old
» He says be bought the animal in 13*25, and
s that his age was then stated to be fifteen years ;
I mat he drove him in a boggy and rode him it»
- Albany for six year?, and that for (be last nine
teenyears he has been one of a farm team ;
: hat he has still the app-arar.ee of a colt, that in
j 1348 te drove bun 240 miles in four days
About nine’een years ago his teeth became to
uneven that he could not grind hay well, and hi*
j >wner had them filed down, since which “he
has been able lo feed with the youngest hor
see.”
VOL.LXV—NEW SERIES VOL.XV--NO 8.
From the Journal Sf Messenger.
i The Vineville Tragedy.
The citizens of Vineville were aroused about
midnight of Friday last, by the alarm of fire,
in the building occupied by Mrs. Swinlen,
nearly opposite the residence of Mr. Winship.
The wellrope was found to be cut, the bucket
missing, and the duors of the house heavily
barred. Suspicions were soon excited, that
Mrs. Swinden and her four children had per
ished in th** flames. After the building had
fallen in and the fire had somewhat subsided
their remains were discovered. From the
testimony given before tje inquest, and from
other facts since elicited, there can be no doubi
that Mrs Swinden, in a fit of mental derange
ment. murdered her four children by cutting their
throats with a razor, then firtd the house, and
either cut her own throat or voluntarily perished
in the flames! Her oldest child was a smart
active, intelligent boy, about 14 years old
His remains were found near the door, whither
he had, perhaps, fled in his efforts to escape
from the hands of the murderess.
mains of tho other children were found near
die fire place, where perhaps, they had been
laid upon a matrass and covered with books
and other combustible material*. On the
following morning a Coroner’s Inquest was I
held on the bodies The In lowing were the
Jurors Stoorn.— James Van Valkeuburg
Foreman. VV. S. Williford, R. A. Benson,
Amos Benton, O A. J. R Porter, Edward
Peal, H. B Brown, Thomas Dougherty, M.
VI. Mason, Anderson Comer, T. ShiDholser,
James Harris
Evidence.— James Harris, Sworn—This
morning, at 1 o’clock, I visited the place of fire,
having hear 1 the alarm. When I arrived the
house was in fl lines. 1 took a piece of wood
and forced the door, then went lo the partition
door and partly opened it. The flames pre
vented my entering. Tne doors wero all
strongly barred when I arrived. Could no»
distinguish any bodies for the flame. Heard
no sounds of voices in the house. Mrs. Swin
fen and four children lived in tho house. I
believe they were in it when I arrived. Have
frequently heard Mrs. Swindon say, that shp
wished she was dead, she would be better off.
Have also heard her say she would be ihank
lul if the Almighty would take her away—mo
ney was of little use to us here.
Margaret Gamble, Sworn—Was at the
house of Mrs. Swinden last Munday. Had
been there eight days I nursed her. Have
heard her say that sbe and her children were
too good for this world—that it would be better
for one soul lo be destroyed than for her to
raise her four children and have tnetn lost.
Have also heard her aay, that she believed the
Doctors had got her husband’s body, and she
would take caro that they should not get hers.
Have no: heard her complain of wast —knew
of her having some money and the necessary
comforts of life. After 1 left her sie sent her
bny to tell me I need not come back, that she
was not sick —that she only acted so to try
the people. Drs. Green and Thompson at
tended her.
Rev. Mr. Shanklin, Sworn—l have been in
the habit of visi ing Mrs. Swinden and family.
Saw her last, on Tuesday. Have known her
two years Always considered her mind, more
or less, affected. Heard her say, a week or so
since, that it would be better for her and her
children if they were all burned up. Have
frequently heard her make remarks, wishing
that they were all dead. On Tuesday evening
she asked me to forgive her, and to ask the
people all to forgive hor, which I took to be
evidence of mental derangement as I was not
aware that she had done any thing to require
their forgiveness. Have heard her say that
she had ail aho required, and that the ladies bad
been very kind to her. Saw iu the fire-place
of the house, after the fire, a razor, which,
from its position, could not have fallen from
the mantle piece to where I saw it. Saw her
mistake Airs. Scattergood’s child for her own,
on Tuesday.
Thomas Dougherty, Sworn—Mrs. Swinden
was taken sick a few evenings ago. She sent
for me. I visited her. She was in bed, and
complained of a burning about tho heart. I
asked her if she would like to have a Doctor.
At first, she did not want any. I said I would
get any one she wanted. She said a Doctor
had given her husband a dose, which had ta
ken him out of this world, and I might get the
same one tu give her & dose, for she did not
want to live here any longer. She has made
the same expression to me several times since.
Jerdict—“We, the Jury in the above case,
find the following verdict: That the remains
found are those of xMrs. Swinden and her four
children. That the said Mrs. Swinden was
deranged. That she destroyed her childeren
with a razor, and afterward set fire to the
house.” (True copy.)
J W. Benson, Clerk.
A Powerful Microscope.—H ilasert, Op
tical and Astronomical instrument maker in Cin
cinnati, (Ohio ) has just completed a coin
poun 1 microscope which he designs exhibit
ing, in person, at the World’s Fair. The
manufacturer claims that its magnifying pow
er surpasses that of any other instrument ever
made in this or any other country. Its highest
capacity being to magnify any object to six
thousand diameters, which makes a superficial
surface of thirty-six millions We examined
some minute particles ot dust, or secondary
scales, from the wing of a butterfly. These
have been aeon with microscopes—the lines
running parallel with the sides of the dust par
iicles, both longitudinally, downwards, and
transversely. Thia isall that has heretofore been
observed. This microscope, however, *how
that on these longitudinal lines of the dust of
the biiferfly, aud between them, there ar»
arranged a nambei of little scales, similar to
the scales of a fish. Between each pair ol
lines are seen from five to six rows of these
hitle sea es. For instance, a dua’ particle frum
the bick of tho body of a sphinx, measuring
the one-fifth of an inch in length, and oue tw<>
hundredths in breath, discovers one hundred
aud four longitudinal lines. The number ol
scales between each pair ot lines in w dth, is
six—making the number of scales six hundred
and twenty four over the whole width, and the
number of sc ties longitu finally aud down
wards, iwenty-two hundred; which make*
the entire number of wcalesuu the dust parti
cle equal to fourteen thousand millions to the
►qu ire meh.
On another very minu’o particle from the
wing of a tenia, measuring only one five hun
dredths (•fan inch :n leng h, ana one thousandth
of an inch in breadth, (lie number of scales art*
found tu be eightj-four thousand, which wnl
reach the numbar of forty-two thoua nd mil
lions to one square inch.
A very interesting examination was alsn
inado of a minute particle of human blood
which exhibits the (act that the blood is com
posed of minute globules, which roll through
the veins like shot or quick silver. An exami
nation of a drop of stagnant water disclosed
numberless animalcules, which dart aboui
with wonderful rapidity. An examination ol
the common flua shows a striking resemblance
to (he elephant in its conformation. Many
other observations of an equally interesti&g
character were made, which we have not the
space to record.
Geatkmen interested in these matters are
invited to call on Mr. Husert and test the
merits of this poweriul instrnm nt. It is to
be regretted that this gentleman, who has de
voted the best years ol his life in bringing this
microscope to perfection, has not received the
patronage to which he is justly entitled. On
his return from Europe we hope that hia repu
tation may be so far increased that our homa
institutions will favor him instead of the for
eign manufacture, inasmuch as his instrnments
surpass hem in all sf the essentia aof intrinsic
merit.- Cincinnati Gazette.
Porters Self-Loading udn. —Mr. Por
ter, resident at or near Memphis, has construe
ed a most novel and curious fire-arm, called
the “self-loading gun in which the simple
opera ion of “cocking” to shoot, by the assis
tance of valves, or equivalents separates ftom
the magazine attached lo the gun the mate
rials for each load—loads the gun. It is ca
pable of being discharged forty times in s
minute, and e' oots a ball with tremendous
force, and with usual exactness. The editor ol
ihe Hern; his Enquirer, aftercare(ui examina
tion and repealed experiments, is sa'iafied that
nothing which can bear comparison with it in
efficiency has been discovered, and that no
- revolver” of any kind approaches it in des
tructiveness, or in the adaptation of the means
of safety against accident* in their use.
Another Vi&gima Invention.—Mr. Fred
erick A. Whitescarver, o»‘ the county of Bed
ord, has invented an instrument which prom
•sea to be of great value »o Engineers and
Surveyors 1; is called “a self calculating
• ransit,” and is intended to measure area am
dis’ance without the usual measurement by
chain ; and without requiring (he needle, as n
the ordinary compass, except perhaps lor th«
purpese of ob'aiuing the point of departure
inrtrument seems highly recommended bj
scientific and pracical men. and is well wont
he examination of professional Engineers, or
ui persons interested in extensive or accurate
surveys.— B htg. ______
A Beneficent Act.—The Benate oi tht
United States yesterday passed a bill whici
will stand an enduring monument of wiseanc
philanthropic legislation. We refer to th»
uiil appropriating ten millions of acres of th*
public lands (equal to twelve millions fivt
nuudred thousand d&ilars) to be apportioned
among the several Btaies in an equitible ratio
lor the endowment of Hospitals for the Indi
ate the humane and estimable lady (MisaDix)
u whose unwearied exertions in rousing
publicsympathy and influence in aid of het
oer»evoleDischeme, is the country mainly in
iebted for the success which has thus far at
tended mis praiseworthy measure in the Na
tonal Legislature. May the sanction of ths
other Hou e of Congress consummate the act
and render her happiness complete — National
Intelligencer.
Ohio Backing Law.—Tne Senate of Ohio
have had under consideration for some time a
General Free Banking Bill. The basics upon
A'hich the system is formed is the pledge ol
one dollar of State stocks for every dollar o I
□ills for circulation tha backs may issue. Tob
is in addition to the capital stock and mean*
of the tanks forth® redemption of their no.es
Speaking of this measure th® Ohio 3ta.t
Journal says—
The of the passage of ihe free bankin
oi.i will oe to draw <»*<* Ufl ‘° “»• ®» UwM “
our >tock, now scattered abroad over the Union
and over Europe. The anneal payment of
nur interest, amounting to over one million
t of dollars, will then be to our own citizens, or
to those within our own country, thus saving
i, at homo, a large amount that otherwiao would
. go abroad in specie or its equivalent.
POLITICAL.
I ■ - ‘--r--- " II—
! Gov. Quitman’s Proclamation.
, Amobo the most remarkable productions of
i the day, we class the subjoined Address of
Gov. Qoitua.'i, to the people of Missis ippi,
f resigning his office for the purpose of repair
i ing to New Orleans, to s and his trial for an
alleged violation of the neutrality laws ofthe
Union. The Governor seems to be laboring
under a sort of hallucination, and most ridiou
lonely imagines that he is the Slate, and that
his arrest by the United States Marshal is an
ndignily to the sovereign State of Mississippi,
i and a grievance to the good people thereof.
I Indeed, that whatever-affects him individually,
in his privatecapaciiy as a citizen, was, in as
much as he was Governor of the State, a de
gradation of the Slate’s Sovereignty. As a
citizen, he appears to have entertained no
doubt that his du y in the premises was to
yield obedience to the laws, but being Gov
ernor, ergo the Slate, he for a time at least fan
cied that his character of citizen was entirely
extinguished. Hence he seems to have cen
temp'ated resistance to the laws by the organ
ized force of the State. But the contempla
tion of "violent contest” as a sequence of
such a policy, restored him to a lucid interval,
especially ar the power of the General Gov
ernment in its present bands might bo tested,
and ho wisely concluded to obey the Sammons.
Not, however, without a puerile appeal to ex
cue a sections' prejudice, by a positive tnie
siatement of a fact, in asserting that the power
of the General Government "bad been with
held from her citizens seeking to reclaim a fu
gitive slave from Massachusetts.”
No man knew better than Governor Quit
si AM how destitute of truth was this assertion,
for no man knew better than he, that the aid
of the Government had never been invoked
in legal form. While, therefore, the puerile
whining of his Excellency at the extreme ro
lentlesness of the Executioners of the law, in
forcings ‘‘Southern Governor” to yield obe
dience, might be tolerated, there can be no
allowance for such a gross misrepresentation
of a well known fact, in what purports to boa
grave Official Communication.
The extraordinary position heretofore as
sumed by the Governor and his friends, that
because he was Governor, therefore the
Courts should await his pleasure after the ex
piration of his term of office, the disregard es
whieh by the authorities, he intimates, was
not only a breach of courtesy to the Governor
and the State, but a monstrous indignity to her
sovereignty, and a grievance to her people, is
so absurd and ridiculous as to be beneath ridi
cn>e. Verily, the fact of his being Governor,
must have completely turned bis head, and ho
imagines that he is not only the State, but a
sort of Potentate, who is superior to the law*
But we are detaining the reader from the
Proclamation—here it is:
Ta the People of Mississippi.— ln Novem
ber, 1349,1 was elected by your free suffrages,
Governor of this State.' My term of Office
commenced with my inauguration on the lllih
of January, 1350. By the provisions of the
Consiiiuuon, it will expire on the 10th Janua
ry, 1852. In the active discha-ge of its duties,
I am to-day arrested by the United States
Marshal of the Southern District of Mississip
pi, by virtue of process, originating out of
charges exhibited against me in the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Louisiana, for an alleged violation
of the neutrality law of 1818, by beginning,
setting on foot and furnishing tn» means for a
military expedition against the Island of Cub*.
Under these charges, the Marshal is directed
to arrest me, and remove my person to the
city of New Orleans, there to be tried for these
alleged offences.
Unconscious es having, in any respect, vio
lated the laws of the country; ready at all
limes to meet any charge that might be exhib
ited against me, 1 have only been anxious, in
this extraordinary, emergency, to follow the
path of duty. As" a citizen, it was plain and
clear, I must yield to the law, however op
pressive or unjust in my case; but as Chief -
Magistrate of a sovereign State, 1 had alee
in charge her dignity, her honor, and her
sovereignly, which 1 could not permit
to be violated in my person. Resis
tance by the organized force of the 8 ate,
wliilo the Federal Administration is in the hands
of men who appear io seek soma occasion to
test the strength of that Government, would
result in violent contests, much to be dreaded
in the present critical condition of the coun
try.
mi . i cv _• t • •
The whole Sooth, patient aa she ia under
encroachment, might leek with some jealousy
upon the employment of military force to re
more a Southern Governor from the jurisdic
tion of hi* Slate, when it had been withhold
from hercmzens seeking to reclaim a fugitive
slave in Massachusetts.
On ttie other hand, the arrest and forcible re
moval from the State, of her Chief Executive
Magistrate, lor an indefinite period of time,
would not only be a degradation of he' sove
reignty, but must occasion incalculable injury
and Uira-ter to the interests of the State, by
the entire suspension of the Executive func
tions of her government. The Constitution
has not couteispl ted such an event as the
forcible atiducuuu of the Governor. It has
not provided lor the performance of his duties
ny another officer, except in the case of a M
inncy Such vacancy cannot happen while
tnrre is a Governor, though he be a prisoner
to a foreign power. Although he may be ab
sent, and incapable of performing his duties,
he is still Governor, and no o.her person can
execute his office.
It follows, therefore, that in such case, the
State would practically suffer some of the evils
of anarcny. The pardoning power wonld bo
lost. Officers could not be commissioned or
ijualilied; ibe Great Seal of the State could
uot be used: vacancies in office could net be
used; vacancies in office coaid not be filled;
fugitives frornjieuce could not be realaiiued
or surrendered; the public works, the opera
tions of ho Penitentiary, and all repairs of
public building must step for want of legal re
quisitions to defray the expenses lhereof. The
-ale of State lauds, and tne location of recent
grants must be suspended.
The Convention of the people, called at
the last session of tho Legislature, conld net
assemble for want of writs of e'eetion. In
case of death or resignation of the admiiistrative
othcers of the State Government, these un
poriant officers, including the treasury, weald
ue left without the superintendence or care of
any authorised person. In fine, the whole
Government of the State would be in confu
sion and great inconvenience, and perhaps ir
reparable injury flow from such a state of
hmgs. For all these evils there is but one
remedy. That remedy ia my resignation.
1 therefore, fellow-citizsris, now resign the
high trust confided to my hands, with no feel
ing of personal regret, except that I eould net
serve you better ; with no feeling es shame,
for I am innocent of 'he causes which have
induced the necessity of this step. On the
contrary, although personally I fear no inves
.igauou and shun no scrutiny, I have spared
nn efforts con-iateut witfi self-respect to avert
uh result. Ido soon as 1 learned that attempts
would be made, under an act of Congress of
he Inst century, to remove me from this
State, 1 formally offered to the proper anthori
lea of the United dtates, any pledge or secu
rity to appear in New Orleans, and meet the
charges against me, so soou as my term el
tlice should expire: and I remonstrated
against lh» indignity thus about to bo ofls-ed,
not to myself, but to the State, in dragging
away from his duties, her Chief Magistrate.
My proposition was not accepted, and nay
remonstrance not heeded.
li is not for me to complain. You are "he
aggrieved party. My ceurso in this matter
.users the approval of some of tne most patri
otic citizens near me. 1 sincerely hope, as it
was dictated alone by my sense of duty to tho
State, ii may meet ibe approbation of my fol
low-ciuzeris.
In thus parting from my generous constitu
ent*, it woold be proper ,o give them an ac
count of rny stewardship during the short bat
interesting period that 1 nave ac ed as their
public servant, but the official connection bo
iween us has been so summarily aad unex
pectedly severed, that 1 must defer the grateful
ask to a future day.
1 have bat to add that during my short bat
exciting period of service, i have in all things
uriven to be laidtful and true to the righto, the
interests, and the noner of tho State. For this
1 have been abnsed and calumniated by the
enemies of the South. Treachery and faith
essuess would have secured favor and praise
rom the same sources.
Fello w-citizens, I now take my leave of you
with gratitude lor the generous support yen
lave extended to me, and with cheering oonfl
fence that your honor and your interests may
re safely confided io the hands of the faithful
ind able sou of Mississippi, who. as President
of the Senate, succeeds to my place
Fzecafiw C/uimbtr, Jackten, Monday Evening,
February 3,100 -
Jonv A. Qutruav,
InrouTssr Decision —ln a ease brought
nefure the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
rom Delaware county, it was decided last
vcek, .hat io a public sale, where a person is
niployed to “run up the property, and make
ue purchaser pay more than if none but
ite bidders bid fur it, the sale is Iraodalent and
.old, ko far that the purchaser is not obliged
o take the property airuek vff to him.—Psuw
spfMaMß.