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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1851)
g r Ir Fr H B wJP H M II 11 H t I 4 fl /■ li 11 [4 I I O d tel If b BY WILLIAM S. JONES. Sxrms, THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL Is Published every Wednesday, at two dollars per annum IN ADVANCE. CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS seeding us Ten ollars, SIX copies of the Paper will be sent for one year, thus furnishing the Paper at the rate of SIX COPIES FOR TEN DOLLARS. <*r a free copy to all who may procure us five sub bribers, and forward us the money. XHB CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, Are also published at this office, and mailed to sub * c ribers at the following rates, viz.; Daily Papbb, if sent by mail* •• *37 per annum. Tri-Wbbkly Papbr 4 “ “ TERMS OF ADVERTISING. In Wuilt. —Seventy-five cents per square (12 nes or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty cent °r etch subsequent insertion. hotels. ROWLAND SPRINGS MTHE Subscriber? beg leave to inforrr their friends and the public, that they have leased the above well known place of re •ort, Mini that they intend keeping them during the summer season in a style superior to any watering -place in the up-country. The House will be -; en and ready for the reception of visitors by the first of JUNE next. LAN'IFJ & USHER. N. B ThJrc wUI be a line of Hacks at the Depot at Carters rille, at all times, to convey Passengers to the Springs, both from up and down Trains of Rail Rood. apll-3m L. & U. EAGLE AND FHCENIX HOTEL. Auguita, Georgia. eTHE SUBSCRIBER having leased theabove named HOTEL for a term of years respectfully -elicits the patronage of the citizen* of Augusta, and the travelling community. His best efforts will 1 e diree’ed towards making the Eagle and Phenix Hot-I a pleasant home for regular Boar ders, aud a comfortable resting place for travellers. mh7-dlmtw?m JOHN RICKMAN. GRANITE VILLE HOTEL. THIS ADMIRABLY located HOUSE having recently undergone extensive repairs aud improvements, is now open for the accommoda tion of Hie public. For salub'ity of climate, beauty and variety ofs- eoery, and a balmy and healthful this establishment offers attractions un • ] jailed in (he Southern country, either for the in valid from the North, or as a summer retreat for the citizens of the South, to whom the daily Communi cat on by Rail Road, the fl urishing Manufactory nearby, and the opportunity for bathing, fishing, and hunting, must prove gieat advantages. The proprietor,a native of Charleston, will spare ni effort to accom nodate those who may favor him wi t. tneir patronage. Graniteville is in sight of t er ail Road. An Omnibus will always be in w. i i at the arrival of the curs, and every atten ti t wII ba paid to baggage. An accommodation t. .i i ins to and from Hamburg daily. .v ALTON HOUSE, JESSE H. ARNOLD, * IPalton Count]/ Georgia. fe6 ts t.KLIN HOTEL, t . A- STREET, Augusta, Ga., tuifi. nil q ’ .0 1. .’re the Globe Hotel, on the South side J. -ad stlee,. n 0-wly D. B. RAMSEY, Proprietor. EAGLE HOTEL, MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE. rpilE SUBSCRIBER take, pleasure X in returning bis thanks to bis friends and the publie, for the very liberal patronage here- -®'—“ tofore extended to him. And basing recently im proved and extended bis buildings so as to afford the best accommodations to almost any number of trav ellers and persons wishing boarding, he confidently expects an increase of public favor and patronage. Building situated on second block south of the Public Square-one hundred and fifty feet long rooms regularly laid off and well furnished. He is also well prepared to lake the best care of horses, &c. Stable large and secure—careful and attentive ser vants. In short, the greatest attention will be paid, and pains taken, to render all comfortable who may call at the Eagle Hotel. JOSEPH R. RUDD. Madisonville, August 3, 1350. au3 wti LIVERY STABLES, ! UADISON, GEORGIA. < HARRALL A. HARRIS beg leave to announce to their friends in Madison and .NSf , .SY I the travelling Public gene- M zl* rally, that they have opened the above S FABLES, and that they intend to keep as fine CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and HOK-SES, ascon be found in any Stable/-—with carefal drivers Citizens of Mad : »oi? and strangers visiting Madison, by coming to ’.s will ‘ always find ready accommodation, to go any where ' they wish on reasonable terms. 1 Madison. lan. 29 1950 I WANTED, A .JOURNEYMAN CARRIAGE MA- 1 KE.t, one that can do fine work, and who is of steady habits. None other need apply. <*>«od wa ges will be given. JAMES L. DYER. Payet eville, Georgia. mh!B w 4 SURGICAL INSTITUTE DKS. H. F. A R. CAMPBELL have estab lished an INFIRMARY in Augusta, for the treatment of Surgical and ( hronic Diseases. They respectfully call the aitentiou of the Profession, and the public to their institution. Necesrary Surgical operations will be performed by Dr. Hkfry Camp bell; all other treatment will be rendered by them jointly. Pa’ients sent from the country will receive every necessary attention during their sojourn in our city. nl2-w'f SPRINGHILL MACHINE SHOP. A FOR BUILL (NG AND REPAIRING < Aall kinds of CO! VON AND WOOL MA making large SCREWS AND GEARING, of all kinds—TURNING IRON, WOOD, Ac., ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND BATTED, six a des from Augusta,on the Louisville road,where the proprietors will be grateful for allorden —orthey can beleftatC. A. dr M. H. WILLIAMS'S, Augus ta —ordirectedto Richmond Pacicry P. O. d2O-tf HACK A DUVAL TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. K 5 RANA WAY from the subscriber, on the Al morning of the 2m hos March, my Negro Man •bout 48 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 iucDvs high, and weighs about 160 pounds. Ben is ot a black comp*exion, and has a down-cast look. He limps a little in walking, causa I by a hurt he received some years apo He is a blac smith by trade. He carried off with him a blue Jeans frock coat and checked inen pants, and a high crowned fur hat. As he can write, be will no doubt forge h mself a free pass, as he did so some few years ago, when he was runaway. I will give the above reward if he is taken up and delivered to me, 4 mi es north west of Greensboro, Greene county, or pul in any safe jail so that 1 can get bun. JOHN BRANCH. Greene county, Ga., April 7. apll-wßt RANAWAY FROM the subscriber on the night of the Al 31 instant, mv Negro man NED, about 21 or years old, black complection, low and chunky, weighs about 160 or 165 pounds ; there is a scar on his left cheek and left wrist, and some sears or sera ches on the back of his neck at the edge of bis ha r r. I bought saiil Negro in Hamburg, S. C , from Hugh <»’Neal A Co. I will give ten doEars reward for his apprehension so 1 can get him. ENOCH BELL. Elberton, Ga. ap9 w I brought IcT jail' >S IX CRVWFORDVILLE, Taliafer- Al ro cuun'y, Ga., a Negro Boy who calls him -X-l. self SIP, and says he belongs to one Henry Reau, of Putnam county, Ga. He is about eighteen years old, and yellow complexion, and has a down look when spoken te. The owner will come for ward. prove property, pay expenses and take him out of jail. W M. Al EXANDER, Jailor. Crawfordville, April 2. 1851. w 3 S2O REWARD. Jiff RANAWAY from the subscribers, on the 4a 25th day of December, 1850, a Negro man named NELSON. Nelson is ab ut 5 feet 10 inches high ; light coo plection ; about 33 years oil ; speaks slow ano very low. The above reward will be given lot his delivery to the subscribers, or for lodging him in any jail so that they may et posses sion othun. T. H. A E. H. BLOUNT Waynesboro 1 Burke County. ja!o-w3m ———— BROUGHT TO JAIL, a Negro Boy, who calls himself SAM, and says he belongs man by the name of John Thomas, of New Ortaene. He is of a dark color, and has a scar above one of bis eyes; he is about six teet high, and weighs about one hundred and seventy-five pounds, asd appears to be a very intelligent boy and says he has been runaway about six months. The owner wiU please come forward, pay all and take him away. P. H. CAMPBELL, Jailor. Median. Morgan co., June 15, 1850. je2o-tf RANAWAY <FROM the subscriber, on the morning of the 17th of May, ray Negro Mau THOMAS, about 30 years of age, ut a brown complex ion, speaks quick when spoken to, and rather lispe. Said m*n »• about 5 feet 8 inches high, well built; and when he left here bad on a blue striped rack coat, and * velvet cao. He will doubtless en leaver to make his way to Virginia, as be was purchased in that state by John M. Cureton A Co., and raid to me in tvreeusborv, the 15th of last March. A libe ral reward will be given for the delivery, or for his being lodged in jail so that I get him. O. P. DANIEL. Greensboro, Ga., May 19, 1850. myl9-tf GEORGIA. TALIAFERRO COUN IY To the Clerk of the Inferior Court of said county : H-nry T. Philips, of said county, tolls before me aa eecray, taken up upon h s own free held is said coeatv, in the 17 2nd District. G. M., a bright bey HoßM*\ with a blaze free, lell hind feet white, has the spavin, medium size and supposed to be seven years old. Appraised by W Uliana C. Wright and WiU (am H. Wdder to be worth thirty •vedo lars, March 25th, 1851. a ®- v "joatore this 3d day of April, 1851. AcocarVb W. Fly nt, J P. At ne extract from tbe eetrey this April 7, mt. »F» QCIXEA ONF.AL. Clerk TiLIARKRRo CODS I'Y, GKO. -CEEk ~"«k Hill, of ,b« 602.1 Fharw, G M '*.*•>'* L Fe.ce* in non for Mid eouaty, an ra'.ray HORSf-'. .bcul • i orae.eayear.oM, a«>rMl, W tl , a bUre .Umi! *'* .2" kirt. Appraiaad by MhAi P.rkereon an i Ifonol A. Wi|. WIBI lo’htrtv five AoPara M G 'L‘s2r , T r '^ ) ' hat>a ,nd <*«<•! -.nature, this Ma reh 26*6. ISSI. Micas.h L. Jesss j e A UM ulna fracs lha Eauar Hook, Marek 27th JJtl, 'GUINEA O’Ji UAL, Clar VBIKLT CHRONICLE AXDSENTINEL ' ■ SELECTED POETfiY. I From the Louiivilte Journal. Mr. Percival. since writing these beautifu' lines, n has, W*: have reason to believe, hear! the divine e Jenny in Nashville. We shall see if his Postlindiaa I will surpass his Antelindian : ANTEI.INDIAN.—by o. b. pbroivai. A sense unwakened in my heart is dwelling, Dormant, yet full oflife and restless longing — A nameless longing, ail my spirit filling, t And for an unknown bliss impatient calling. A bliss unknown 1 and yet, its name aufficeth To fill my soul with dreams of heavenly rapture ; > To plume for upward flight the wings of fancy, Which bear me on thro’ realma cf radiant gloiy, T.ll, listening at the jear'y gate of Heaven. My ravished eardiinks in the song of seraphs. That bliss unknown is Jenny’s voice angelic : That sense un wakened is the power to feel it. > Enchantress of all lands I melodious Siren. Whose voice to Heaven the mortal race entices ! Circe of son g I whose sparkling cup o’erflowtng I*, an for ms the brutish soul into an angel I The one desire, my spirit all pervading, The one with which my longing heart o’erburthens— My ene resistless passion is to hear thee ! I a drink the notes of that be w itching music, fill reels each sense in sweet intoxication ; To feel my spirit upward—upward mounting, Horne on the waves of melody seraphic, Till, swooning in that boundless sea of pleasure, ft sinks again on some entrancing cadence. Which, falling earthward with a gentle motion, Low dies away, and leaves the soul in rapture I This is the by fancy war r ' v painted Before that area* •r V S -P jpt -kened; r ' ’ ietb. jjy so. V i*e«uklet iungiug, Vet knowing not for uat tis vaguely pining— So pines the cage- cm bird for forest murmurs ; So pines the win '!•«• for the buoyant ether; So pines the cIC- tered maid for love’s sweet music ; So pines the biin i-born for the light of heaven. Gallatin, 'Jinn., March 2Q. 1851. ASTON RIDGE SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES. 2- hours from Philadelphia, via Ch ster. Rev. B. S. Huntington, a. m., Prin and Chaplain. ffiTUIE next Sessfcn of this Institution commences 1 on the FIRST WEDNESDAY in MAY.— T*• ms, from S2VO toSKX) per annum. The Litera ti and Religious Instruction, the retirement and usalthfulness of the lo .a'ion, the facilities tor French conversation in the family, and the limitation of 25 pupils to 5 experienced a id successful teachers, af ford a combination of advantages, such as tew simi lar Institutions can present. ‘•Beti te faithful instructions from well qualified Preceptors, the pupils w II enjoy ths inestimable ad vantages of a reared, refined ai d affectionate home in one of the most beautiful positions ia the State.”— Bishop Potter. Reference in Augusta —Wra K Kitchen, Esq., of whom Circulars ujay be obtained. Address Rev. B. S Humtinoton, Village Green P. 0., Del. co., Penn. ap!7-w2m INTERESTING TO COTTON PLAN TERS SR. PARKHURST’S Patent Cotton Seed • CLEANING MACHING constructed with out Saws or Ribs. 'I be Inventor of this Machine now has the plea sure of answering the niiiceroa' inquiries from Cot ton Planteis, respecting the performances and results of this Gin. It has been fully tested by cleanin'the entire crop of a large planter near Columbia, F. C , (a certificate from whom isappended.) enhancing the va lue of the Cotten one and a halt to two cents per lb. over that cleaned by any Saw Gin. This advanced price more than pays for a Machine in cne year’s average crop, the cost of it being only $250 It turns out equally as much or mere, than any S-iw Gin ; is more simple and durcble, perfectly safe to the ginner, inasmuch as he cannot cut himself; and the gnat danger of fire, by friction, in other Ma chines, is entirely obviated. Arrangements are completed, to build these Ma chines in Augusta, for the State of Georgia; and Cotton Planters desiring them, are respectfully re quested to send their orders to the subscriber. One of the Gius may be seen in operation at my c team Mill. W. H. GOODRICH. Augusta, April. 1851. ap!9 Copy of a certificate from Col. Wade Han-pton, dated at Millwood, Nov. 4, 1850. Mr. Paikburst has been, for soma weeks at iny plantation, adapting his Cotton Gin, originally in tended for long Cotton, to short staple The experi ment has been • utirely successful. He has one Gin in operation, which will prepare four bales, of three hundred and fifty pounds each, per day, and the quality of the cotton L far be’ter than I have ever seen. By this process of cleaning cotton, the staple is uniniured, while ail the motes and false seeds are almost ent rely separated from the lint. I deem this discovery of vart importance to the country, and I earnes iy hope that Mr Parkhurst may be rewarded for it. «p‘9 wlv W. Hampton. WM H. UNDERWOOD & J. W. H. UN DI R WOOD, WILL PRACTICE LAW in (he Counties of thr> Cher' Lee Circuit, (eacctM They will both personally attend nil the Courts. J. W. H. Undkhwood will attend the Courts of Jack son and Hsb’Tsham countiew of the Western Circuit. Ho’h will atttend the sessions of the Supreme Court it Cassville and Gainesville. All business entrusted tethem will be promptly and faithfully attended to. Office next door to Hooper dr Mitchell, *• Buena Vista House,” Rome, Ga., at which place one or both will always be found, except absent on profes onal business. ja26-w3ni SI,OOO REWARD DR. HUNTER'S celebrated SPECIFIC, for •he cure of Gonorrhea, >tricturea, Gleet and Analagous Compla*nts ot the O g«us ot Generation jJrOt all remedies >et discovered for the above complaint, ibis is the most certain j“ It makes a speedy and permanent cure with out reetr etion tn diet, drink, exposure, cr change of app'icition to business. fjr Lis parlcctly harmless. Gallons of it might be taken without injuring the patient. g;*/- it is put up in bottles, with lull directions ac companying it, so that poisons can cure themselves without resorting to physicians or others for advice. <’ne boule is generally enough to perform a cure. Price SI. lltI It is approved and ricomtnended by the Roy al College of Phvticians an I Surgeons of London, and has their certificate enclosed. It is Fold by appointment in New York by Robert Ellct dr Son, and in Augusta, Ga., at No. 195, MetciH’s Range, Broad street ap!6 r JUST RECEIVED at the AG R ICULTURAL WARE- * Augusta, a lot of Uhuice PLOUGHS, consisting of Double Mould Board, Hi! Side, Subsoil, Eagle Self-sharpening, and one and two Hors Ploughs, ol all descriptions. Also,Cylindrical Churns, Corn Shetlers,Corn Planters,StrawCutters Grain Cradles, Road Scrapers, Manure Forks, «rucks, Ac., Ac. nhl9-w CARMICHAFI & BEAN. WATCHES. CLOCKS A JEWELRY. WOODSTOCK & WHITLOCK, Silversmiths, jewellers, &c., .wo doors above the U. S. Hotel, and opposite the Bank of Augusta, have on hand, and are constantly ’•eceiving, a fine araort- ft"* M ment ot WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW- QiteJ* F.LRY, Silver anti Plated Ware, Fancy Goods, Guard and Fob Chains, Breast Pins, Ac.. Ac. Their stock is entirely new, and will be sold cheap for cash. f*rW. G. Woodstock will give his strict at tention to RE P AIRIN G W ATU HES and CL( >CKS, having served a regular apprenticeship in one ot the largest manufactories in Loudon, and front his long experience, he feels assured of giving perfect satis faction to ail who may enirmt their work to him. jalß-wly GRANITE! GRANITE!! J 8. FRKB.HAN wishes to inform the pub- • lie at large that he fas, lor the three years, opened a QUARRY, of Granite Stone, that stands unrivalled i«i the States for durability and color, for merly occupied by E. Atkinson A Co., within two and a half miles of Covington, near the Yellow river, and half a mile from the Georgia Railroad. He has entered into arrangements with a man whose practical knowledge from his youth has ren dered him qualified in all the various branches of Stone-cutting. All kinds of house work. heulSiones, Tomb Stones, Monumen s, plain and ornamental work of every description, will be promptly attend ed to, by order, on reasonable terms, and rxecuted with accuracy and dispatch—hoping to merit a part ot the public patronage. J. S. FREEMAN, J. E. DOYLE. Covington, Ga. ap3-w3m DISSOLUTION THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore ex isting between Caitsr A Chastain, at Fair Mount, Gordon county, Ga., is This Day dissolved by mutual consent. The business of the concern will hereafter be found in the hands of Wtu. E. Car ter for settlement and collection. CARTER & CHASTAIN. Fair Mount, Gord >nco., April 3, ’sl. np!3 wlm GROCERIES, GROCERIES. ■ev THE SUBSCRIBERS are now re- an extensive assortment of Heavy IHiHL an I Fancy GROCERIES, which they oiler to the Planters, Merchants and Families of Geor gia, on the most advantageous terms. Their Store is just above the principal Hotels, and they solicit ail purchasers visiting Augusta, to favor them with a call and examine their stuck. Tney now offer lb<‘ following Goods for sale low : 100 bales Gunny BAGGING. 250 coils i inch Kentucky ROPE, 50bhds. >c. Croix, Porto Rieoand N. O. SUGAR • 100 bbls. Stuart’s crushed, ground and yellow Do. 250 bags ?ava, Rio and l.agnira COFFEE, 300 kegs NAILS, Peru brand, • 20 tons Swedes 1 RUN, assorted sizes, [ 200 bbls. Canal FLOUR, of the Hiram Smith and other choice brands, 100 boxes Sperm, Adamantine and Tallow CAN » DL.ES, 50,000 SEGA RS, of various qualit es, * ItX) boxes TOBACCO, of different brands, 3.000 sacks Liverpool SALT, In fine order. And ail other articles usually kept ia the largeal Grocery Houses. •1-w J. R. A W. M. DOW 1 SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF GRO ‘ CERIEs. THE UNDERSIGNED are now receiving their stock ot GROCERIES, embracing every k article tn choir tine (liq»>or« excepted) which they ’ offer for rale oo aceommodat’nf terms Now is store, and receiving by each successive arrival of steamers: 50 bbU. Hiram Sm th superfine FLOUR, , 25 Extra Do., 25 “ Stuan's Clarified SUGAR, §0 «» Crushed Do., 10 hhds. C-boise N. Orleans Do., JO •* tair do. Du-. 50 bbls. N. Oriesns MOI ASSES, 10 bhds. Cuba Dx. 5 ** Stuart's Sugarboose SA RUP, Black, Green and Imperial TEAS, Java and Rio COFFEE, i 500 ceih» prime Keetnekv Rc’PE. 150 baiss Gunny HAGGI ' G. i 250 hampers real l. wh POTATOES. I RUSSELL A WHITEHEAD. H. P. RvsesLL, Cmaakm mh23-IwA w 3l IMIBCELI.ANEOIJB II- L TEltlTl’RE ISD SEWS. . From the Cotumbut Timtt. • Common School Education. We surrender a large part of our space to day, I® the communication of the Rev. Mr s, Scott, and the correspondence of the Judges e of the Supreme Court of Georgia, on the u deeply interesting subject at the head of this arucu. Mr. Sect, recently settled in our city with a pastoral charge, lias devoted much of h:s thoughts and time to the effort of awakening the public mind of Georgia, to the sadly neglected < uty of educating ’he children of the Stale In the whole of human effort, we know of no field more worthy of » the ambition of a good man, who desir< s to be useful to his country, tnan ti nt of striving to provide for a general aud efficient sys’etn of common school education, li is pleasing to obeerve that his efforts have already stimu lated enquiry into the deficiencies of the law j and the wants of the people in this connection [ and that the men high in station in the State, i have promptly come forward to approve and applaud the enterprise, and to tender (heir hearty co-operation in the great and patriotic work We hope the letters of the Supreme Court Judges will be carefully read by our readeis, end generally circulated by our brethren of the Press. Here is a good work, in which all may unite ; and where, barving the hatchet of political differences, the cham pions of adverse party creeds, may lock their shields, in the noble enterprise of ddfu-ing the blessings of education throughout our com* non country. . ;Bp er » a and sectarian jealous.os, as in some other countries, obstruct the way. We may provide for the improvement of the moral, social and physical condition of the people, through their intelligence; without encountering the struggles of religious bodies for supremacy in education, which in Europe have retarded seeula* education, ever since the reformation. In England, vast revenues have been raised and expended on education, nd yet through the strifes and jealousies of (he Establishment, the Romish Church and Dis entirig denominations, struggling for con trol. an English writer confesses that next to nothing has been done One half of the whole adult population of the whole Uni ed Kingdom, cannot read or write One half of the famale adult population and one third of the adult male population of England and Wales, cannot, according to official returns, sign their names to a marriage certificate Our own statistics, though showing results not so despairing as these, do exhibit an amount of deficiency in the ruditnen's of knowledge, as discreditable to our country as it is dangerous to the permanency of Repub lican Institutions. If there is ever excu-e or wisdom in departing from the rulo which warns against ” governing too much,” it is in the direction of duty on the part of a gov ernment —especially a free Government—of providing for the education of its people. There is profound truth and philosophy in the following extract: * It is often said that knowledge is power ; but the lull meaning of the term is but little weigh ed Knowledge is vir’ue; knowledge is wealth; knowledge is freedom ; knowledge is happiness What is it that produces the hab its of intemperance and gr jes vices in which large masses indulge but the want of that moral and intellectual cultivation which leaves man a mere animal, with ut the taste or the capacity for higher enjoyments than animal indulgences, and without any true perception of the connexion of his own intere-u with the interest of his fellow beings ? What is the primary caiine of poverty but ignorance of those illimitable resources of nature which are always open to the skillful, the industrious, and the enterprising, or if not open, closed only through errors of ignorant legislation? What has always led to the triumphs of abso lutism, but the subserviency of the multitude to the designs of ambition—that blindness to the tendency of passing events through which nations become willing, at he bidding of a popular leader, or a military chieftain, to forge tools for their own subjugation F hisid e to attempt to build up liberty if we h ve to con fide it to th -se who h ive not been taught to prize it, and by whom we know its institutions, however perfect, will neither be respected nor preserved. The only true lever by which the condition o! the masses can effectually be raised, is edu cation—and we feline it ns the early training of the moral and miellecu J faculties of hose pursiii's which are best fined to promote the individual at d common welfare Keritw Jun This is addressed by a Brition to the Brit iah r T’k- .........• » .i. American people, whose institution-* have no oilier solid bases than popular intelligence and virtue. The movement in this State is now just l egun. We rejoice mat it is made. It is one, that we have often wondered, has not engaged the earnest attention of some patriotic heart in the Legislature of our S ale; and Hr seve ral years, we have been revolving in our own mind, by what means our humble efforts con Id e u*ed to invite public attention to it. The immedii e object is to assemble a conven tion of en'ightened citizens, at Marietta, on the 4th of July, to deliberate on, devise ar.d re commend t»» the next Le;;ndaiore aom good and efficient plan for its adoption We hope every county will be represented in »hat con vention ; and that the penpie, in their October elections will make known their wishes to tneir Legislative candidates; and that they may go ins ructed to avend early anil effec ivrly to the great duty of providing common school education for the children ol Georgia Common School Eilneallou. Mr. Editok:—l have received a Liter from each of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State, respecting our proposed Common School Convention. These I hand you for publication, believing they will exert an im ‘ portant influence in calling public attention more earnestly to his great question. It is gratifying, indeed, t> find the wi?e an 4 good of eur State so entirely agreed on this subject. And lam glad to see the proposition ' boldly advanced, as in one of the subjoined letters, that education, to the extent contem plated by common schoo «, ta of every citizen of the Stale. Tnis is the true ground; and I trust the people will see that this right be secured. But as I suppo e, (he main diflicnlty lies in adopting some practicable plan of carrying on the work of popular education There are ' some intrinsic difficulties, which nothing but mature wisdom and patient perseverance can overcome. But the work is possible, and those who rightly estimate its importance must , come to it with a devotion which no difficulties can deer Such a spirit will be rewarded wnh ’ success in the end. New as a right beginning is half the battle. • I propose that the friends cf this cause meet in • convention for the purpose of comparing, de ‘ I be'i’ing discussing and adopting such a sys- • tern as may be saiely recommended to the State, and adop’ei by the Legislature. Let every county be wisely represented. April 16, *ISSI. Thos. F. Scott. Grkknvillk, 10:h April, 1651. , Dkar Sir : I have ihe pleasure to acknowl -1 edge the receipt of your letter < f die sth tnst., inviting me to attend a convention of dele- ’ gates, lor the purpose of deliberating upon the subject of common school education in this Stale, to he held at Marietta, on ihe Sth July next. I regret that my official engagements I will prevent me from meeting with you on an occasion of such vital interest to the people ol 1 Georgia. Whie thousands have been ex pended by the State for the purpose of educa- I ling the poor and destitute of her oitizena; t yet. it is ’o be feared, that lor the want oi some practicable system for i.e disbursement and ap plication, very hide good, comparatively speak ing, has resulted from the expenditure. What untold benefits will result to the people of our State from a well devised system ot common school education ? Whoever shall accomplish r so desirable an object, will b« justly regarded, j as one of the greatest benefactors of his State, n Compared with this great and paramount ne ce*Bity, the political struggles of the day which seem teeng-ige so much of the time and at tention of our fellow-cuizens, are quite insigni “ ficant. Ail are agreed, that the xreat natural internal resources of ibe State ought to be developed, ’ with as little delay as possible. To do this. ? science, skill and capital are indisp usable • How is capital to be invited to be employed • in the development of the resources us the i t S ate ? a By having the men with the necessary edu cation. skih aad enterprise, to manage and di- • reel it. The sons of the wealthier classes of society may have the necessary intelligence, but they will lack the great stimulant to enter- • prise, ste*h neceesity 1: is the praciical me et attic in all the various branches of the me chanic arts, which the great interests of the State so much demand, not merely prvfeesunel a men. Among what ch?s ot our population then are we to look for the men to elevate our '• Siate, to that high an I proud post'ion which her ua’ural advantagesso eiaiuently entitle her to occupy ? What class of children is to be the great nurserv from which the State is to derive ner 6 most efficient agents m promoting her prosper ity ? It is undoubtedly that class who, born - wi hout fortune and family mil jence are com l- pelted to rely upon iher own individual re sources and energy to ob’.aiu a livelihood and ig position in society, whaee facu les arequick y ened. who-e energy and enterprise are stimu- I lated by that necessity alone which will prompt meh co laborious and vigorous action in all the t: various pursuits of life Born with at leastequal natural ability, how important this class should receive the b 4 ns fits of a common school education, not only for their own temporal and spiritual welfare, but for the welfare of the Sure? But how shall this great object be accomplished, is still the inquirv ? I w ill venture to Biggest that a gen era! traveling superintendent sbouid be ap pointed by me State, upon whom the whole responsibility devolve of disbursing the funds appr ipnated b*' the State, and require him to report annually U ibe Governor a de tailed etatement of bis operations, accompa med by Ute accessary voucher* 1 * ■» dxe boiiDeee es tbe superintendent to visa per YUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30. IHSI. sornilly each district in every county in (hi ■ Sta’e and employ teachers, where (hero ar< no schools convenient. lam aware that ii of the counties much difficulty exists owing to the sparseness of tho population - Perhaps this difficulty could be obviated tt some ex ent by introducing the itinerating sys te;n. Lst the teacher remain in one neighbor f.ood say three months, and then remove to an other, so as to afford all the primary element! of an education. The great object is to gait: d the end with fs liberal a hand as circum “ stances wi I permit, and time will eneablc 3 i: to take root and produce tho desired r fruit. I have thus, my dear sir, hurried* t ly given to you my very imperfect views i:i relation to this all important q .esiion f; in ac-ordance with your request as chairman of ihe committee appoin e«1 to call the con J- vention upon the subject of co » mon school education, and the only regret which I feel ia J that 1 have n-tl been able ? o '>fl>ryoti something ’ more practical, in furtherance of the very ‘ honorable and meritorious cau*e in which you ’ and vour associates are engaged 1 beg you to accept iho assurance of my regird and friendship, while 1 remain most respectfully, your ob’t. aerv’t. • Hiram Warner. . Rev. Thoa. F. Scott, Columbus. Athens, April 10th, 185! ' Dear Sir:— Your favor is duly received in viting me to attend a Convention of Dele gates to be held at Marietta the ensuing sum mer, for the purpose of deliberating upon the interests of common school education in Georgia. The enterprise meets my unqualified appro bation—and should my health and official en gagements permit, it will afford tne great pleasure to unite th tj-fa. friends of th . o!e cihfge— tn oeviaing some practicable sys tem for the diffusion of education among the entire population of onr State. The value of popular education cannot be over-rated. It is the life-blood of Republican Government—the corner stone of our nation al fabric. The purity and perpetuity of our civil and religious institutions depend uoon it Our patriot and Christian sires regarded it as vital to the public prosperity; aud one of their ear iest dehb raiive acts was to make HUitable provisions “to foster seminaries of learning.” Give all the people aright education and the rains may descend—the fl >ods come, and the winds blow—but the Temple of our libar y will stand firm and unshaken. I say right ediica’io 1, for 1 hold tha" all education is ra li cally defective, which fails to enthone coh scieoue an! enlist the moral saase on the side of outy. Mental cultivation may serve to soften and refine the manners, regulate the so cial intercourse and elevate man from a savage to a highly civilised condition. But the records of the living and the dead concur in pronouncing that it is insufficient to extin gii sh or control the elements <»f evil in his fallen and depraved nature —E hication to make man whit he should be, must minister to his immortally. Twenty thousand per sous were employed at one time in France in proclaiming tnatchris iauity and republicans n could no co-exisL The result proved as the experiment will do, as olien as it is repealed, that they cannot live and prosper apart. God has joined them together. Let not vain man undertake to divorce them. It was the benevolent desire of George the Third of England—that every child in the kingdom should have a bible, and be taught to read it. What American citizen should be reared with a lower grade of instruction than this ? And yet, the late census discloses the fearful fact, that ia this highly favored country there are hundreds of thousands ©f voters who are unable to read. Let every friend of freedom then gird him self to the task of educating more extensive'y and more perfectly, the whole penpie of the State And be not weary in well doing, until the mighty work is done. Let the rich and ibe poor be brought together in the same schonfo, and grow up with the feeling, tha r they are /<ff/ow-citizen« of ihe same common- Wealth—joint heirs of the same heavenly hope and precious promises. N • wonder the poor school plan has proved a failure. No svsietn of education should ho t<derated, which in fringes upon the sell-respect of any class of ii e community. E/ery child should be en titled to ciaim educa’ioti 39 a birth-r ght, and not as ao alms. And ihe S a’e a kind nor sing mother is b >imd to bes ow it upon all, wno sustain the filial relation—ol whatever creed or condition. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Jos. Henrv Lumpkin. Rev. Taos. F. Scott Macon, Geo , April 7, 1851. D r arSi-:— Your letter of tho 7ih hh was received tea'.erday The prooosed con ypß’ion to re held at Manet tain July next, to dHVISe 101118 pfttcnunu t- nj0.K..,, ... », school educa'iou for the S ate, meets my hearty approval. Every sensible man greatly need a goad svsiem of common schools. Aside from re d piety, it is about the only thing our people do 111 fact need. We abound 111 all the eletnonts of a great and hap py commonwealth. Our advancing intellec lual aud physical wealth ho got to be almost a proverb among our confederates. But our Statesmen and Pnilanthropists ought to reflect, that beyond a given point, our resources can not be developed without common education, by which I mean the education of all the peo pie. They must he instructed, e'.se in a few years we sh ill have a taiued the maximum p intof commercial, social and mono ary im provement. Education in th** masses is the he-t guarantee of wise and safe government, of wholesome laws, of order, right and jus tice. his the greatest of al- the preventives of crime and ihe most economicil dsf nee against it. It has been truly said that “educa tion is the chief defence of nations.” Th s is philosophically and experimentally tru°. The best way for tho Stale to reduce taxation, to increase tho taxable property of a 8 ate aud to buildup the mechanic arts, and to in troduce the fine arts, will be to educate the people. And if it be, as it clearly is. one of the trusts of Government to make nwn in dividually happy, I should like to know how the trust can be better executed than by ena bling every man and woman in the State 10 read and write, and thereby, to think. No man is a worse farmer, m» cnanic, tradesman or day laborer, because he has the rest ur :e« of reading and reflection, but better on that account and far happier. Now all these pro positions are themes tor elaboration. 1 hav not tune, al hough I have inclination for the work, my otfic al duties tasking me to the ut most. It is well known that all the provision ihe Stale now make* for common education, amounts to just nothing at all. Education has made rapid advances ir Georgia within the last twelve years. V* ry little thanka however 10 the Slate for it, except iu so far as she has su-tained the University. The business ol common education with peculiar reais less obligations, devolves upon tte State. That is her chief educational fi-ld. I cannot be lieve that the State is indiff rent to this great subject. The difficulties with the ure are, I apprehend, two. First, the unwilling ness oi members to tax their constituents »o rase the necessary funds. Second, the pre paration and presentation of" a satisfactory pian; a plan that affords a good promise ot working well. You. my dear sir, are moving in the nghi direction to obvi i e these difficul ties. By stirring the question judic ously among the people; by discussions, conven tions and general and f oca! organizations you will in a few years, bring tbe people th-m selves to move in the matter and to demand common schools, as a popular right. When they dJ that, the Legislature will no longer hesitate to vole iho necessary means, and thus . the fir*t obsiacle is removed. A suitable plan. adapted as is mu-t be to our free institutions— to our mixed and in some localities sparse pop ula’ion and at the same time adjusted to the prospective greatness of Georgia, is, I confess, ' a desideratum of exceeding great difficulty Yet wh<» so capable of devising such apian, as intelligent, educated citizens, convened J from time to time, to consult about and delibe rate upon it ‘ Although difficult, it is far from being im practicable Only let a few of the right sort of ’ meu lay hold »fit in earnes., and the thing is done. If you by the convention you pro pose, can present to the Legit attire such a 1 system, you remove the second difficilty. 1c is an object worthy the ambition of the great est among us. and certainly commends itself . to ihe earnest support of the best. I know not that I will be able to meet with the friends us this enterprise at their convention in July I will be there if possible It shall have, however, my humble support and co-operation, it is a vast interest for our J great and much loved State, and every county in it, outfit al once to appoint delegates to that • convention. Respectfully your friend. E A. Nisbet. 1 Rev T. F. Scott. Colnmbua. Ga. Latest from Rio De Janerio.—The brig Eleanor a» Bai im -re on Saturday sailed from • de Jenerto on the 4 h March. The sieamsnip: - Independence and Sea Bird, from New York I and Monumental city, from Bal imore. had 1 arrived a: Rio on their way to the Pacific r The follow iug letter from our corrrsponden 1 furnis.ies ihe latest markets r Riu de J iNURo, March 4 1851. —Coffee Suppl.es of Coffee have been very liberal, bu I the demand has Deen equal to tne supply, anc r no slock of any account has been suffered t€ - accumu ate The receipts from iba country n will no doubt con mue good ?or several month: • yet, but there mu s’ be a gradual diminution a: we approach the close of the season. Price: ‘I have been well sustained, no withstanding les: • encoaragmg advices from Europe; and wt - look for no decl.ne, but rather an advancing 't market, unless tne consuming marked shad a e sum* a more favorable aspect. Local influ ; ence? favor an advancing ; market any otne r j tendency must be imported f r o n w thotr. Wi a I quote superiors 3|500 a 336(H); mixed 10l r 3J450 a 35300; good first 3|3dU a 354u0. it I II I Washington. Aprii 20. .Varvu Ccurt-Mar e tial.— The Naval Court Martial recenlv a«sem 1 bl ad *ere for ihe trial of Lieu:. Fabias Stanley i- for chaUeng ng his superior officer, has lougi ea singular verdict On the first count, “tha e Stanley fals iy sta’ed na had coalienged Caps e Johns o"—guilty ; second count “8 an<ej 3 actaaHy challenged Capt Johnson 7 ’—-guilty a- I'ne Secretary oi thr Navy perceiving tne Insc a. of the finding, haa rem&ndea bac r- dit LpuiL From the Mr. Gliddon’a 3> This discourse —which, itUVovehy of facts n ’ and logical method of the most [0 ! curious of those hitherto deliwad—professed g . to elucidate the civilization bleated by the r . ■ ante Abrahamic sculptures of Egypt : an B . | empire exhumed by Lep«»u* w’m B. C. 2200 tg to B. C. 3500. By eßta.bl»sninf-ih to positive ex n istence of this civilization, ukhictive reason may attain a glimpse of th® to the 1 0 pyiamids, when Egyptian hunaitfiity was, so to j spe -k, at its primary school- -Ag l_ Creative Providence ha*J ybbcealed from , t each individual man alike hi4«»yig*n and his 11 end. When we arrive at njw&ood we can n only trace back our own e»V r l- by the help of ! memory, ro a certain per Os* of childhood. ( j Every personal event thatoecujrod before that , time, must be accepted on Dk<d,_from the re , presentations of others* A J Rations are but y aggregations of individuate, Jt follows that j their origines must to tho ever re main unknown. All that th J < can f hope for is to reach, by inveatiga t lion*’, some earlier period of humanity you’.h ful history than we moderns have yet attained. What memory is to the individual man, history is to mankind in general* At what age, then, of humanity do the Egyptian* —the oldest mon umental people —precent thqnseives on the . painted sculptures in the toiabs opened by Lepsius, dated as far back; a$ ;i ' ? '3s,h century . B C.f , The plates of the great Prussian work { (which were produced) themselves answer this question At the very i-l’est period of which we possess any records, 'he Egyptian is already a civilised man Th® P-tbfs exhibited t were as coov ncing as theY^-JBij^atounding ; Mr. <’ ‘s xs .r ' 58^^"' ed to establish chai (teoelopnuint \u Egyptian as . in all other nationalities, is the nniverxal law. Th? following are a few items ol this discourse, } which occupied nearly two hours in delivery. ‘ We speak always of the pyramidal sculptures, ranging backwards from the 22d to the 35th century B C*:) The portraits in these tombs of the earliest ( pyramids (numbers of which were shown) are p Caucasian in if not in lineage. , There is nothing negro about them. L may be doubted, indeed, if the Egyptians knew of the existence of negro races, which are not I now, and never were, nearer to Egypt than rhe l 15 h degree of north latitude, before the 12th dynasty, when King O< rtasen, about 2300 : years B C . conquered Upper Nubia. After this fixed point, specimens of Nigritian popu lations, exclusively as foreigners, captives, and slaves, abound n Pharaonic sculptures. In the p ramidal period the Egyptians had already domesticated such animals as are capa ble of domestication, a- d as then existed with in their zoological region—such as cait'e, goats, sheep, d igs, asses, geese, &c. Th st y had not the barn door fowl, but they tamed the ibis. Mr. G id.ion pointed to several mummies of these birds which he had in a case— millions of which exist in ®omt! of the tombs. The ibis is no longer met within Egypt; it has receded into Upper Nubia. In lieu of fowls, unknown probably in Africa before the Persians B. C. 525 the Egyptians domesticated vast numbers of geese and ducks. in all Pharaonic ages, auddown to the Mo hammedan invasion, A D 641, he peoole of Egypt cultivated (he lotus, the papyrus the persea—plant® now no ! n nger m t with in the lower provinces of the Nile They had no horses before the days of Abraham, and no camels at any time until the Persian conquest, B. C 525 None of the«e animals are io be found among the primordial sculptures. Their use was derived from Arabia and Mesopotamia, where they seem to have been common at very early ages. The horse was introduced from Asia, cer tainly between the 12ffi and 18th dynasties— probably by the Ilyksos invaders; to repel whose cavalry the Egyptians invented the cha riot—a vehicle not met wi h in the antecedent pyramidal rciilptures, though abounding on those of the 18<h and cf every later dynasty subsequent to B C 1800. The first archoological appearance nf the camel in Africa is on the monuments of Merr'e, of a date n »t earlier than (he 21 century B C This Asia ic animal—necessari'y familiar to .Abraham—is referred o. however, in hiero glyphical records,(according to the highest au ihority, Mr. Birch,)as existing in Arabia as ear ly ai the 15lh century B C. The Persians, in th6th century B C., doubtless brought it with them to Egypt; but this invaluable ‘ship of the desert” was not disseminated over ihe northern and eastern parts of the African con tinent until the Mohammedan conquests —that is, later ihtnA. D 641. Here the lecturer digressed upon camels and dromedaries, with critical e'ueidations—producing the beautiful plates of Prisxe, Botta, Flandin, and Layard, to show ihe existence now of the same species . and vappttes of the Arabian tingle bumped t „,,j eanael. and oF »h« two-hutrped have been scattered from Tirnbuctoo to China at our modern age. M r. G>iddon pointed out upon the sculptures of the old empire, back to 5300 years ago, the hyena the wolf, ihe j ickal, the fox, and dogs of almost every breed known in our day— the greyhound, the bloodhound, the house dog, Ac —arguing from the fact of such monumen tal existence the unalterable perpetuation of spec es—" primordial organic type-”—quoting the triumphant refutation made by Dr. Murton, president ot the Academy of Science® at Phila delphia, of the fallacious z iologica. theories of Dr. B-chman, o f Charleston, South Carolina. Piiilological development in human speech came next in order. The parallelisms among different na ions, and the philosophical results, were at once extraordinary and copious; but we must be content with a mere digest. After alluding to tho manner in which our own language had increa-ed in words, and il iustraftng in a method scientific because sim ple and natural, our Anglo Saxon linguistic developments from the days of A’fired to those of N< Webster. Mr G. applied the st me principle to the hnHiiages of ihe Nile, which furni-h the philologist wnh lexicons for about 4000 years at all epochs. The Cop’ic Egyp tnn, in the sth century after Christ, had an alphabet of 31 letters—24 Greek and 7 De motic. The Demotic or popular writing was invpnted about B. C. 7UO The Egyptians, 1000 v ears before this die—i. e , before ibe 18'.hdynasty, ihe age of Moses—had only the Hit ratio (or priestly ) writing and hieroglyph ics. The Hieratic, which is the current hand writing of Egyptian papync literature, came into use before the 12ib dynas y, B. C. 2200; but the hieroglyphic system was already in ( perfection in lbe*3d dynasty, B C 3500. At that day however, the unsophisticated Egyp ’ tian had but 15 vocal art cuiations. expressed by 12 consonants and 3 vowels; from which it appear® that in 4000 ysars from the 3d dv , nasty,down to afer the Christian era, the l Egpy t ans hid developed their language from , 15 ariiculations to 31 phonetic sounds, each t progressive epoch being faithfully stamped upon the monuments. From a monosyllabic , tongueof perhaps 500 linguistical roots, ihe ' old Egyptian speech was enlarged, dynasty by dynas y, with increasing civilization, until, j after the Christian era, tho Coptic becomes polysyllabic, betraying proofs all along of its monosyllabic origin Air G. connected these f facta with the traditionary relici of Greek, , Ph®nician, Hebrew, and other Semitic na* ’ ions, all of whom trace their alphabet to but 15 or 16 primitive letters. Mr. G then traced upon a black board the , hieroglyphic signa for ihe jeribe’s palet e and the papyrus scroll as found upon the menu the 3d and 4 h dynurie®, exp aming j that pen, ink, paper, and books were therefore r familiar to the Egyptians 1500 years prior to s Abraham by showing these symbols on L?p sms’s plates At the time, referring to the table of alphaoe-s published in his Hand book, he maintained that there is extant no purely alphabetical writing, divested of inter mixed symboheal, figurativeMgn®. prior to the Bth century B. C. ‘lt is (he said) to Egyyt that we owe the blessings that have followed in th® train of A. B. C, D.” _ Numerals and decimal notation were hen taken up. The lecturer explained how 3500 years B C. the Egy piians possessed already cyphers for units uns, huidred-, thousands. f myriads, handreds of thousands, millions &c., mdefini ely. The builderl of the pyramids a also had a practical knowledge of fracti mi; [t so uat Mr. G. seems justified in ridiculing ? the common opinion that wo are indebted to lj- either Greeks, Hindoos, or Arabs for the dis v co very of decimal numeration He showed 3 the e number* from zero so millions on Lep r sius’s pla’.es—drawing .heffl also on h:s black board for the gratification ot his auditorv. rt Having disposed of the three Rs, (“reading, r riling, and nibmetic,”) hs next took up the v ancient divisions of time The Egyptians poa ses»ed notations for time from fractional sigr.e below the 6Uth part oi a minute lo hours ot GO minutes ; and tha’ they had po«?e-»ed these subdivisions is evident fro® the earliest mono men a’ chronicles—tha’ is to say, 3500 years g B. C. Their existence may be traced no' only n through the entire pyram dica! period, (1500 >g years, ending 2200 B- C. ) but downward, throughout every Pharaonic epocl), to u e days d of th** Roman Emperors DaCius and Pescen* e, nius Niger, who reigned n the 3J century of 3 « the Christian era. and are bo last royal names -ecorded in hieroglypbics. These primeval Egyptians diviied the day into 12 boors ot it darkness an! 12 nf light, and had besides an I{ j e:. u uuctia‘dav of 24 boors. A decade was 10 o days, ( heir week.) Uol’.ke th» more recent v Hebrews, the Egyptians never had a -acred /th is day. Three weeks of W days ma'e tneir 43 ! month of 30 days. Four months (120 days) 1 made ibeir reason, and three seas_«ns their i \?ar 0f360 days—in accordance with Nilotic re phenomena an I climatology —pre«orved by g tne Egyptian Fellahs to this day. The hiern s- giypbicai signs tor these divisions exist to this j. nour un the stones of the pyramids ol the 3i Br dynasty at Daamor—fixed by Leprnua in me e 35 h century B C. They had vanoua kinds of year-: a moon year of 354 days; a solar year oi 360 days, with the epag mena. or 5 day s’ m terca ation—ca ed in hieroglyph cs “ the 5 days r- over the year'■—making the civil yttar of 365 n- days. They had, moreover, a fixed sidereal iv yea r —regulated by the heliacal rising of Sinus, id or Ute Dog-S ar—of 365 j days, by which they at obtained a °f tb ree years of 365 •t. days, an i one year o! 365 days, corresponding •y to our Btssexu eor leap year* y- We moderns suppose “ Leap year have been invented b« Juliw C®*ar, 46 B. C. ; ck al.hougn history teite us d>®- be obtained it from Egypuaa priest wio coaid Havu ?h wn H on hi* country'* uncirn; tCilip Hire?, da ing 3400 years before After men tinning many different cycles of various com binations of these year J , Mr. G. closed hi* lec ture with die remark, that the Groat So;hic leriodof 14G0 years 365| days was introduced into the Egvptinn calender between the years 3282 and 3285 B. C., in tho reign of Num dhoopho. builder of the great pyram’d. 5144 years ago, some 13 centuries before Abraham came io Egy pt. This is a very meager account of the extraor dinary facts that ■• ere disinterred by the Prus sian mission in 1842 condensed into this lee Hire. They were all published in Lepsius’e works; but through Mr. Glddon alone is it that our public has come to know anything o: them. To write the history of primitive nations, and to leave out these wonderful rev elations, seems to us, as Mr. Gliddon remark ed, very much like acting the play of Hamlet, “ the part of Hamlet being left out by panic ular request.” Birth Place of Washington, A few days sin n e wo clipped from one of our exchanges the statement, which originally appeared in the Boston Transcript, cl timing England as the birth place of Washington with a view to contradict it, but by some means it got into the hands of the composit' r, and was published without the intended cor rection. That such a story should gain such general circulation through the press of the country, is remarkable, and shows how many paragraphs are reproduced through the news paper press without a moment's reflection their contents. In this instance, how ever we do not regret it, as it has prompted the Richmond Times tn the preparation of the following very interesting sketch of the na tivity and family of the “Father of his Coun try,” which should be raad and treasured by every man, woman and child in the land: *' The following extraordinary statement is rapidly travelling the round of newspapers in 'he United States, and was copied (inadver tently, we must presume) in the Richmond Whig: ” Was Washington born in Englandl-THc Bosion Transcript j übliehe* an extract from a letter dated fsleworth, Middlesex, England, February 25tb, 1851, written by a Mr. Gso. Field, and addressed to Geo. Harvey, Etq,, Winthrop House, Boston Mr. Field has in his possession an original portrait ol Washington's mother, which he wishes to pre sent to our Government. Mr. Field is seventy-five years old, and a gentleman in every way to be re tted on. He raises the question of Washington’s native land by the following paragraph : “ It happened when I was a boy, that being in the neighborhood of Cookh.tin, ’with an uncle of mine, be pointed out a pretty country cot tage in which the parents of Gen. Washington re sided, and from which they removed to America. Our road led to a green or common, where there resided a Mrs. Ann Merer, whose maiden name was, I believe, Taylor, who there showed me the portrait of Mrs. Washington, and other rcliques of the family, given to her when they quitted the place for America, to whiih country tier aunt and mother, she told me, “U-ok their son (Geo. Washington) in her arms.’ I believe 1 use her own expression.” Mr. Field subsequently purchased this portrait, and says he has shown it to numberless persons, and that he was induced to address a letter to Judge Washington, at Mount Vernon in ofluring to restore the pi lure, but did not receive an answer* Nothing has occurred, within our recollec tion, which reflects less credit upon the man ner of conducing public journals in this country than the general publication of this worse than ridiculous story. We are equally surprised and mortified to find that it has even gamed admission to the columns of a promi rient po itical paper issued in the city which bears the name of the man whose fame is the most valuab e posseiston of the nanon. No historical fact is batter established or more capable of proof, than that George Washington was born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, on the 22d of February, 1732 (new style.) and it is astonishing that American journiiiats should be so wanting in patriotic pride, as to circulate an idle annua lained assertion that he was a naive of Eng land. Every American, and especially every Virginian might be expected to rept-l the statement indignantly, as an ofTeuce to his in telligence. But inasmuch as a question is said to be raised by this English story, as to Washington’s native land, it maybe well to set it 'o rest. in Sparks’invaluable work 3 the Life and Wnitngs of W’a hington, a full account is given of General Washington’s family, with a continuous unbroken genedogy, from the be ginning of the siiteenth century. Amongst other inter sting materials, the appendix to the l-t vjlume contains a paper drawn up ny lien. Wavhit g'on himself, during his Presi dency. at the request of Sir Isaac Heard, then G ter K ug-et-Anns in London, whose curit oxity httd let! him to iuve»»igateFtho pedigree of Geo. Washington’* reply is Gated, “Philadel phia. 2d May, 1792.” and. in it, wi.h charac tertstic republican frankness, be tells the Gar ter King : “This is a subject to which. I con fess, I have paid very tittle a tention My time has been so much occupied in the busy and active scenes of life, from an early period of it. that but a small portion could have been dev'ted to researches of this nature, even if my inclination should have prompted to the inquiry.” The letter of Gen. Washington covers i a paper containing full particulars re-pecting that branch of the Washington family which emigrated to Virginia It is sufii tent for our present purpose, to quote from this document the following extracts: “In the year IG';7, or thereabout*, and dining the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell, John and Law rence Washington, brothers, emigrated from the North of England,* and settled at Bridge’s Creek, jn die Poiotuac river, in the county of Westtnore land Bui from whom they descended the subscri ber is possessed of no document to ascertain. “ Jam Washington was employed as general against the Indians m Maryland, and, a< a reward for his services, was made a Colonel, and the pariah wherein lie lived was called after him. He married Anne Pope, and lelt issue two sons, Lawrence and John, and one daughter, Anne, who married Majoj Francis Wright. The time of bis death the sub scriber is not able to ascertain ; but it appears that tic was interred in a vault that b'd been erected at Bridge’s Creek. “Lawrence Washington, bis eldest son, married Mildred W roer, daughtercf Col. Augustine War ner, ol Gloucester county, by whom fie had two sons, John sn 1 A igusiine. and one daughter, named Mildred. He died in 1 b 97, and was interred in the family vault at Bridge's Creek. ♦ • • “ Augustine, son of Lawrence and Mildred Washington, married June Eutier the daughter of Caleb Boiler of Westmoreland, April 20 h 1715. by whom be had three sone, Butler (who died young,) Lawrence anl Augu&tine, an 1 one daughter, Jane, who died when a child. Jane, wife of Augustine, died N vember 24th, 1728, and was buried in the fa niiy vault, at Bridge’s Qieek. “ Augustins then marred Mary Ball, March the 6th, 1730, by whom tie had issue Georgs [the writ er, j born Pet ruary 11’h, (od style.) 1732; Betty, born June 20U>, 1733 ; Samuel, born November 16rti, 1734 ; John Augustine, born January 13th, 1735; <'tiarles, May Ist, 1733; mid Mildred, June 21st, 1739. who thed October 28th, 1710 Augus tine departed ibis life, Apr I 12th, 1743, aged 40 years, and was interred at Bridge’s (’reek, in ths vault of hie ancestors “ George, eldest son of Augustine Washington, by (hesecond marriage, was born in Westmoreland County, ana married January 6;h, 1759, Martha (Just s widow of Daniel Park Gattis, aud a daugh ter cf J ohn Dandridge, both of New Kent county ; has no issue.” From this statement, prepared by General Washington himself, it appears that he was born “in Westmoreland county.” tn 1732. that he was great grands on of J bn Washington, who emigrated to Virginia and settled at Bridge’s Creek, in Westmoreland, aboir xepdn ly five years before that tune, and mat his fa ther, grand father and great-grand-la'.her all resided in Westmoreland and were all buried in the family vault at Bridge's Creek Os course, the statement of this Mr. Field, of Middlesex, England, that he, when a boy, saw an old woman, who had seen Gen Washing ton’s parents when they lived at a pretty cot tage in Berkshire, is without a shadow of foun dation. Whilst upon this topic, it may be well to give a connected account of the Washington family, in England, from the earliest period of bvh'ch there is any record concerning it, down to John Washington, the great-grandfather of Gen Washington. Mr Sparks investigated the subject with great care, daring a visit to England, and expresses confidently the opin ion that the faintly descended from a gentle man. whose original name was William ui Htrtburn, but who assumed the name of Wash ington (or Wess',ng’on, as it was then written) from a manor so called in Durham county, ot which he was proprietor. Thu manor wa h«id in me male line for some 130 years, until about the ye«r MOO. when it went into o her hands. Henry Washington, a member of the family, gained dis’inetion in 1646 by his galiant defence of the city of Worcester against the Parliament forces, and Mr Sparks thinks it ceraiii that he was the nephew of John and Liwrence Washington, who erm gra ed to America. The following extract from the historian s memoir of the Washing ton family, presents a continuous genealogy, in the direct line, from the first person certain ly known to be an ancestor of Geu. Washing ton : “Toe ancestors of Gen Washington are traced in a direct line to Whitfield and W arton in the coun ty of Lancaster. • • B-ksr gives a pedigree of the family tn Lm aster county lor three generations. At what time the emigration of some ot the mem bers U the South took place is uncertain. Theear- I best notice we hive on the subject is in 1532, when i I awrence Washington son ot John V'asaington, of Wartoa, was Mayor of Northampton. H s mother was a daughter or Ro‘»er KUton, of W arton. and sister to Sir Thoma-* K Ison, aiderman of London. /■Yom M£s (Lite Uie genealogy is unbroken. Up n the surre der of the monasteries in 1533, the manor , of Sulgrave, near Norths i p’rnn, which belonged to the Priory of St. An irew, wi- given up to the cro*n; i and the next year this manor and other lands in the v;cinity, were granted to Lawrence "ash'Hgloa. “The death of this Lawrence Washington, ac cording to Baker, occurred on the 19 h of Feoruary. ' 1584. Tne manor of Salgrave descended to his ' eldest sen, Pcoert. ?t was long h-id in the family, and tbeace der.ved rhe name of H 'askingbon’s .Ma t nor. The first Lawrence Washiug:oa us Sulgrave hid eleven children, Car sons aud seven daughters. > His eldest son, Ro ert, was twice married, and had - sixteen children, ten sone and six daughters, l.aw- • .Vj‘« {by A/ - . Spa-ks.)— Tais trail ion prooa- * bly oro-e trxn the circum-vance that Juba • tun owned an estate at Sauth Cave, iu tbe East Ki t ding of ue comity of York, waere no resided be i er, M euae to Aaorica. Fence, the eldest son of Robert Washington, had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters. The eldest son wa.-i Sir William Washington, of Packington who married the half sister of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, as stated above, and wa-the father (as is supposed) of Sir Henry Wash ington, the defender of Worcester. The second and fourth of these sons were John and Lawrence Wash ington, who emig ated to Virginia about the year 1657. They were great-grandsons of the first Law rence Washington of Sulgrave; and John was the great grandlather of General Washington. These particulars may be seen more at large in Baker’s pedigree of the family inserted hereafter.” From this narrative it appears that General Washington’s ancestors, before 1532, had their I -rnily seat in Lancaster county, and from that year until the emigration to Virginia, in North amptonshire. John, his great-grandfather, however, is known to hare lived in the county of York before he left England. Baker's pedi gree, referred to in the above extract, gives a very complete genealogy, from which we col lect the names of the male ancestors in lhe di rect line, as follows: John Washington, of Whitfield, co. Lane. Rouert “ ” Wartcn, “ John u •* “ “ Lawrence 11 *• Northampton, (grantee of Sul- grave, 1533-9.) Robert “ “ Sulgrave, Northampton. Lawrence “ *• “ “ John “ South Cave, York, (emigrated to America. I awrence “ “ Bridge’s Creek, Va. Augustine” “ Washington Parish, Westmore- land. George lt lt Mount Vernon. It will be observed that no member of tho family, in the direct line, resided in Berkshire. Professor Page’s Expirimuntal Trip.— Owing to the announcement that on Saturday, Professor Page’s Electro Magnetic Locomo tive would have a preliminary trial on the Rail road, a large number of persons including many of scientific attainments, were in atten dance, near the station-house, manifesting a I marked interest in the success of the experi ment. A report that an accident had occurred excited apprehensions to lhe minds of many that there was to be either a postponement or a failure. However, this state of feeling was somewhat relieved by the appearance of Pro fessor Page himself on the platform of his car, who informed the spectators that two of the cells in the middle of the battery which he was about to employ had exploded—an occurrence he said, which had not r efore taken place in the course of his two years' experiments ; but that in order that the company which had assem bled might not be disappointed, the locomotive would nevertheless shortly move. Like the sun which at that moment emerged from a dark rain cloud, this brief announcement brightened the countenances of all who heard it, and, much to their satisfaction, in the cour e of five minutes the car came forth from its shed, moved steadily, and wended its way on the rails for several hundred yards; then paus ed and backed to another track, and again moved forward in the direction of Baltim tre We had no means of ascertaining its speed, but should judge that it was at the rate of about five or six miles per hour, wnich, for an expe rimental trip, with a crippled battery, wasdoiug remarkably well, we think Indeed, we have hardly a d -übt, from what Professor Page has already accomplished, that he will ere long at tain the successful application of electro mag netic power to vessels and railway trains now propelled by steam. It was a novel spectacle to witness a car smoothly aud quietly emerging from its place of shelter, wi h none of its machinery visible, and travelling over the rails without the usual accompaniments of the puffing steam, the glowing furnace, the dense volume of black smeke, and lhe clashing of heavy enginery, and only occasionally emitting a bright flish under the car—the miniature lightning of this wonuerful invention. Having gone out some distance on the road, the locomotive then returned as noiselessly as it went, when it was safely housed. Whatever doubts may be entertained as to Professor Page’s ultimate success, it should be re men. bered that.his present efforts have al ready compassed much more than those ex pended iu the first experiments with steam as a motive power, durin? an equal period of time.— Washington Republic. The Hillotypk Discovert in Dacuer reut¥PES -Tne last number of the Daguerruau Journal primed in New Yarlc, contains another communication from Mr. Hill, relative to bis discovery of producing a variety of tints ol colors in the same plate. The editor iu pre facing (he letter says the views of land cape by this process are unequalled : the flower garden with ail its variety of blooming flowers can ba inioria'ed with a degree es oxactce-s aud brilliancy which bo imag na ion can cam prebend. It will prcbibly be six mo*ith befoie the discovery is ready fur the public. Mr. Hill, io order to show that he can produce more, ita* VkflaitV; t *oßV v th lebouiing mao, with a sunburnt face, very red cheeks and lips, blue eyes, auburn hair, the cravat red and b’ue; all the ab >ve colors arc developed with truthfulness A collection of • mall paints, red yellow, blue, and combi nslioue of these forming seven shades of red. as many of yellow, three of b'ue. five of xreen. three tints of purple, making in all twenty eight hoes, all of which he has on his plate to the veiy tint, except the chroma yellow, a color which he has the most ditlic ilty with, but which he thinks he can overcame. Tne discovery it itehoeld turn out as stated, is a very interest ing and important one. We are assured, by a gentleman of this ci y, who has seen the spe cimens, that the discovery .e genuine and that the colors taken have the same force and bril liancy as is exhibited in nature. Ha say* noth ing can exceed ths beauty and perfection ol these colored impressions. Earthquake at Macri And Rhodes.—Ac counts from Malta announce a succession of esrthquakts whicn have been felt as well at Malta, a town of Naiolia, in Asiatic Turkey, ns at Samsoon. a seaport in the Biack Sea, within the same province, and at the Island of* Rhodas, situate at lhe entrance of lhe Gulf of Macri, attended at the first mentioned place and its immediate vicinity with great destruc lien of life end property The first shock was felt on the 28th of February, borween five and hal -past five P. M when at Rhodes; lhe up per part of the casde, which is at the entrance es the town, fell with an awful crash, over whelming the offices of the Austrian Loyd’s Steam Navigation Company, whilst lhe Tower of Arrays Kilo, which commands lhe entrance of th j harbor, and several O’her pans of the fortifications sustained great injury, as did likewise mitjy dwelling-houses, eomie of which were shaken to their foundations ob lhe rock ; others cracked throughout. The oscillations were from west to east blighter shocks suc ceeded almost daily up to the 7ih of March At Macri, on the mrn land, and immetiate neighborhood, tbe consequences have been most disastrous and heartrending The whole of the houses, dwellings, and steres lately erec ted in lhe town have been levelled to the ground; fissures have I een formed in tbe streets, from which bituminous vapors exude continually almost suffocating the inhabitants; many springs have dried up, whilst in arid lo ca'tties new ones have gushed out, changing the whole features of the earth’s surface. The town of which contained sis teen hundred houses, has not one left standing anl no leas than six hundred human bei* g« are reckoned to be under lhe ruins, which number would have been awfully augmented had the shock been a f ter nightfall, when the inhab tants retire to their homes after the ia- Ibors of the day. Tne village of Chiorge ha* nearly met with the same fate, the uppur part ot a huge moun tain having fa'h n into and blocked up the . small port of Ekengtk, overwhelming all the dwellings round about i s base. Ano her vil lage, more inland, his be n buried from the fal’, in opposite directions, of tw t hills, be tween which it was situated. The »urv ivo r s at Macri, alarmed by the re peated shocks, which were still occuriing for five days after, though of a much siighier na lure, had fled for safety on board small craf.s and fi-hing-boa a, carrying with them what property they could from time to time dig 1 out from benea h the rums of the storehouses, 1 most of which has been removed to tiimi, I Rhode*, and other islands. ' At Samsoon a smart shock wa* felt on lhe 25th of February, but it caused nadamage. Oar reader? will remerr her that (he fam- us colossus 1 of Rhodes, which in its day was reckoned one of the seven wonders of the world, was thrown > down by an eirhqTake 234 years before Christ and fifty years aner its »*.r»*r*ion, being of the enormous weight of 713 600 lbs To some ■ such event is rio doub'a-.s > attributable the ex tensive magn fluent rums of many cities wmen exis: tn Lvcia and ;he Valley of the Xinthus, 1 of which Macri is lhe port and from whence the British Museum imported the iu'eresiifig • works of art whicn adorn i s saloons, discover ’ ed or more properly speak ng, recovered by Mr Feliowes, some leu years ago. 1 Since the foregoing was inivpe we have ■ s.enfetters fr>m Trebizond, another city of • Asiatic Turkey, tne ancient Trapesns, down ■ to the shol M sch. which make mention of ■ 'wo smart shocks of eirtnqnaka having t.een experienced thereat. 8 ove pipes got detached i from the walls of lhe house*, doors flaw open aud many old tenements threatened to fa I f about the ears of tne inmates, but no accidents • of consequ snee resuhel. Earthquakes are of very rare occurrence at th.a seaport. — ’ English Paper. r A Rare Snuff Box —Toe Alla California j has the following description of an article re cetjly manafact .red at San Francisco, lobe ?. exhibited at tne World’s Fair: r A Cuioji y Bor th Seeing.— Dec of the m st 0 perfect specimens of mechanical ingenuity we ; have ever seen, wai shown to us yesterday at e tbe s ore of Messrs. Woodworth Morris, and we doubt very much if in the wno e cata logue of productions intended for the coming exnibi ion, at the World’s Fair, in Leaduu, , there will be anything so exquisitely beautiful. It t? a *nuff-box, made ol solid gold, se: with largrt pearls, and covered with the richest en e amehug, containing a diminat.ve Canary-bird i. aboa. tbe sme of a bea, which aops out from d the lid oi the box on touching a spring. After 2. fluttering ns wings and clearing its throat, the i ule creature favors you with a song, the notes of wnich are wirbled for h so clearly and na j. turally, that yon nan scarcely allow yourself to believe that you are not Usteomg tea real living bird. VUL.LXV—NEW SERIES VOL.XV--NO. 18. THE INN-KEEPER’S WIFE: A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION. BY J* B COBB. In Prince Edward county, Virginia, within a short distance of the Court House, and a few miles only from Hampden Sy ney College, stands a venerable edifice, known to this day as Moore’s old Ordinary, or, in Virginia parlance, Or'nary. Anterior to the War of ihe Revolu tion, and during the whole of that eventful straggle, it had been a favored resort of Ihe travellers, and of the soldiers passing to or from tho scene of ac'ion. Dunn/the war, (he proprietor of this an cient establishment was Major Joseph Moore, an Englishman by birth, but known through out the struggle for independence, as an un wavering and active Whig, though holding no office in the army, or under Congress. In times of dismay and general misgiving, when the Old Dominion was crowded with hostile trojps, and the wearied, half-famished troops of Greene and Lafayette were everywheredriven before their victorious arms, this old gentle man took heart of grace by greeting daily with his morning cup a miserably painted picture of General Washington, which adorned his par lor man?el, and encouraged his desponding neighbors by examples of daring and ceaseless activity in serving the good causa. He had provoked, to an irreparable extent, the ven geance of the British and Hessian officers, not o-’ly by adroitly eludin' their most cautious searches, but by his zeal in forwarding provi sions of food and clothing to the suffering troops of his adopted country. From the be ginning, he had calculated the price of his ad hsH Oti to the colonial auihorities, and bravely resolved to meet tha of his patriotic de cision by the sacrifice of all he owned, if such became necessary. Whilst his pursuer® were in the neighborhood, he was often forced to take to the woods with his negroes and stock, where he would live for days and weeks in a large cave, the existence of which was known to none but staunch friends. When it is told that, during these ever-recur ring absences, the young wife of this deter mined Whig resolutely kept by her troubled board, steadily discharging her duties as mistress and landlady, it will easily be conjectured that she could have been none but an extraordinary woman, such as, in those days, stamped an un dying influence on their neglected and under rated sex The writer of inis sketch recall® at this period with peculiar pleasure, not unmix ed with some pride many a tale of the heroic fortitude and Spartan courage which distin guished his venerable ancestress, and charmed many an hour of his youthful days. She was emphatically a woman of ths Revolution. Unlike her husband, whn was originally a ship builder, she was well-born, and inherited an ample fortune. Io the earlier years of mar riage she had to endure tne reflection, not a l.tde mortifying to her pride, of being thought wedded to a man rather beneath her station and pretensions. But, after the war out, and lauda.ions were showered on her hus band for his indomitable exertions, both by his neighbors and by officers of the army, who had experienced the benefit of nis aid, all po npouv clamor was silenced, and his station was c«>n sidered suited to any family. Pope’s famous couplet was never more strikingly illustrated than by his history:— “Honor and worth from no condition rise; Act well your part; there all the honor lies.” The year 1781 was prolific in important events tor American Independence, and Vir ginia was all anxiety. On one aid’ she was held in terror by the aughiy and ruthless Hes sians under Sir Henry Clinton, expecting hourly invation and devastaion; whilst on the other, the fierce veterans of Cornwallis and the “invincible legion” of Tarleton, threat ened to crush all withm their reach. Greene’s army, that heroic column which had sough through all obstacles, and suffered and bled in utter despair of all relief; which had defied the discipline of British regulars the pangs of famine, the fury of the element-, the piti ess severi'y of tbe seasons, naked and half armed, and had triumphed over al!; this army, holly pursued by Cornwallis, was in the neighborhood. In the very sight, and un dsr the guns of their incensed enemy, they had crossed the Dm, and the whole country rang with shouts of exultation at tbe brilliant feat. The sturdy Whig population of the sur rounding counties poured out en masse, to re lieve their wants in loud, clothing, and accou trements. The expiring spark of patriotism was rekindled, aud < he torch of freedom and of the revolution burned with new vigor. As may be supposed, these circumstances and their results, so well calculated to counter vail the recent repression, which was vainly thought the prelude to universal dismay and submission, greatly exaspera.ed the British leaders, and they wreaked vengeance in ways utterly repugnant to all rules of civilized war fare, and degrading to humanity. Houses spoiled, and provisions and property destroyed without discrimination and wnhotv mercy. Parties were sent to scour the country, who scrupled not to murder or imprison the men, and to insult the women it was a time for the daughters of America to summon all their fortitude; lor husbands, father® and brothers, unprepared to provide for or protect them un der ihe rapid assaults and sudden ousels of the Bru sh cavalry, were forced, without choice or remedy, to leave them to what meagre coartesy and forbearance their sex or their situation could extract from their fierce inva ders. Nor did woman’s fortitude and courage fail or flinch in these appalling e nergencies ..... —. rr -- n - Now it happened that, on a cold night in the year above-named, whilst our family at the Ordinary were quietly seated around the cheer ful fireside, engaged doubtless in recounting the stirring news developed at each day’a close, a negro who had been on the lookout entered, breatlfe?’and trembling, wi'h the unwelcome and ever terrifying announcement that “the red coats under Tarleton, were in the neigh borhood, and might ride up at any moment.” All was instantly alarm and confusion The wife refused sleep in such suspense, and bracing herself against the depressing effects of unnecessary fear, actively abetted her hus band in his preparations for flight. In a short time all was ready and filed with melancholy presages, the husband and wife bade a silent adieu, each resolved to encounter with firmness their respective duties end difficulties. Not a living thing which could lay claim to the name of property was left on the premises, if we ex ' cept an old negro and his wife who volunteer ed to remain with their mistress. But the pro visions which had been stored away for the American troops and for the accommodation I of such travellers as might venture abroad in these limes of gloom and terror, were left ex posed; und the spacious cellar was filled with 1 barrels of peach brandy distilled at home, and carefully reserved for the same purposes. To< save a portion of these was now the most anx -1 ions object with Mrs. Moore—to save all was 1 eit be*’.* nut of the question. In view of her slender resources, she in stantly resolved to eave the crit s and gran -1 aries to fare as they might, acid directed her whole thoughts and means to the preser a’ion of her stores in the cellar. Sne at once ca'cu lated th'it the whole iroop would be breakfas ted at her expense, *md this she resolved to offer with cheerfulness. Unprovided with means of transportation, it could harlly be supposed that cavalry would or could car y away more than would answer temporarily. 1 being so far 100 from the mam body of the 1 army. To pievent the destruction of what 1 was left was therefore, the important ques -1 tion. She was sure that 'ha liquor could not escape, and in daily expectation that Colonel Washington would be pa-sing (who was at -1 temptt: gto check the rapa-ny of the enemy.) Mie vm most anxious to preserve fu 1 racons ! for his weary and patriotic hand. Leaving her children to the care of the faith fulnegreas, she desended, candle in hand, ac compau.ei Ky her servant, to the cellar be nea-h. Within ths was an apa tment back divided by a thick wall, and to which no lignt was admitted Here was always stored the brandy, wh ch, >bus secured, wa< left to mel low and to purify. Her excellent Reuse at 1 once suggested -hat this secluded Mrenghold, [ together with the pleasant and Captivating fffluvia which exuded from its every crack - or crevice, would be most sure to attract, and > probably distract the attention of the rob bers who were shortly expected. Applying 5 th 1 key to the iron faced door, which looked as thou j*h it might resist the strongest efforts • if stormod. she directed the astonished servant 5 tn roll out a number of the choice barrels 1 There she s’rewed in d:ff-rent par s of the 1 op*m room, inking core to conceal them parti ; adv by cureless!/ [blowing over them pieces of 5 hoops and staves, or rn Idewed straw, m such manner as to crei e the impression that th-y 1 were no hing more than heaps of useles< rub bish. After the s.me fashion she also adroitly ! di-guised several : arrels of pork and Hour, ’ to guard against contingencies. This, so Mm pie in every particular. was a remarkable in ' 3 ance of self possession m a matron not much exceeding the asfe of twenty fi»e, and so peril ‘ ou<ly situa ed. Having done all she could do, 1 and again locking the door, she put the key 1 in he ba-ket and re en ered her chamber. Her children were quietly bleeping on their 1 pallet, and anxious, bu resolved, she ’ay down undressed by their side, not to sleep, ‘ but to await the even: as became a wife, a • mother, and a woman of America. CHAPTER 11. True to his accustomed activity, by early dawn on the day fo.lowing. Tarleton hid bro ken up his bivouac, and before he sun inount i ed over the surrounding hills, wa on his march for the Ordinary. A dense fog covered the i who e space around, and his approach was known only from the rumbling echo of hoofs t as the squidron galloped over the frozen i ground. Foremost came a corp ra! with bis t advanced guard, to make known the orders of his imperious acd fierce commander Early • as was the hour, Mrs. Moore had prepared her I plan of action, and, as the officer entered, uu , masked and unannounced, was sitting tefore • a huge log fire which b azed in the parlor cor- J ner, calmly engaged with her knitting as though peril and insult were not near. On hie 1 entrance, she rose, but offered no salute onn- • vitation, and the rough soldier awagiierefto *■ the fire, where, standing with his back to ii- 6 cheerful blaze, a skirt of hie coat hanging fr->«» • each arm, he thus accosted the matron m the k* rude and discourteous style sj cotntaun at ma. > time with the British troops. I ‘Well madam, wnere is the infernal o.d rebel who keeps uns house 1 Aaswsr me Quick, for ; I by j ’ 4 111 ,n humor lor daiuty muuihm* and silly scenes.’ ' • ‘ What mean you, .irf* answered Mrs. Moore, who by the by, was blessed with a full I .hare of temper when excited, a. well a, apirit to maintain it. ‘I am not in the habit of haar- R ing or replying to such beastly language.’ v - You a.k what I mean,’ .aid lhe corporal. "I will toll you that 1 mean your hu.band. or 8 whatever you are to the rebellious traitor, '• whoso name hang, on yonder sign. If we ean ■ lai hands on him, I'll try and raise his head by I the aide of his name, and ask of you no further 8 aid than the loan of a strong bed-co rd.’ And, r pointing to the beam on 'he s'gn post, he made a significant motion wt’h hie band about his - neclt, which left no doubt as to tbe allusion. < Chia insult, so stinging and so unprr voked, - drew an involuntary tear to the eye of tbe - helpless woman, but, wisely subduing any ap ’ pearance of the kind in such company, she 1 turned her back on lhe ruffian, and walked iu -1 to her chamber. ’ At this moment, the full, mellow sound of a f awakened the echoes of hill and dale, and > tha whole troop appeared io sight at tbe bead -of tbe latte. Tne rising sun had dispelled in 1 part the thick mist of the morning, and from a f window of her room the lady could cateh tlimpaea of their shining armor as they rapidly ’ advanced. Presen ly they galloped full into 9 the yard,and the corporal walked out to moat 1 them. A towering, atal wart officer, clad in the sp’en [ did form of a British dragoon, diamounted 9 from his charger, and, after exchanging a word with the corporal, advanced towards the door ' way, making the oaken floor of the long galle ' ry in front ring with the clang of his irou-hael ed cavalry boots. The huge roan ateed, tha ' ton* brown hair, and the frightful marks of smeli-pnx whicb disfigured hie otherwise come* 1 ly face, told at once who this officer was, and * agreeably to the plan she bad formed, Mrs. > Moore, having a little girl by the hand, and an infant boy in her arms, met him promptly at 1 the hall door. 1 * Colonel Tarleton, I presume,' she said, with a graceful curtseey. ‘At your service, madam,’ was the prompt reply of that celebrated officer. And, as he ! touched the rim ol his dragoon cap, he re.pon* 1 ded to the offer of the lady by seating himself 1 with somewhat of lite same lamdiarity which had distinguished his sub-officer before the parlor ' fire. Fierce and unrelenting, though always ’ roughly courteous, tbe British commander was nevertheless struck with the calm dignity, tho stately manner, and somewhat aristocratic de* ineanor of bis landlady, and could not recon -1 cile her appearance with tho generally received ' notions of an inn keeper’s wife. “Pon honor, madam,’ said he, ‘I must say ‘ you have there two likely, nice little folks,’ ' and. offering his hand to the little girl, who readily took it, he at the same time slightly ca -1 .eased the boy in the mother’s arms. With 1 staring eye and trembling lip, ths inlant pertly 1 struck the hand which he extended, aud hid its nead in the folds of the mother's shawl. ■ On, ho,’ laughed Tarleton, * route of the old leaven, I see. The nd is too strong for 1 his little 6'ita eyes, I suppose; hey, madam 1' ' winking knowingly at the mother. ‘By the way, madam, does the father of thia fiery little 9 rebel si wavs leave you to do the honors of his 1 tavern 1 His faith is tolerably strong consider ing yourage and comeliness. Come, my good madam, tell me, have you locked him in lhe closet, hid him iu the cuddy, or stuffed him un it der the bed ? He has served his mob Congress, aud his rebel leaders well enough to receive a some attention at my hands ’ * I sui happy to say. sir,' returned the lady, l ‘that my husband is beyond your reach, and I i decline for him lhe attentions you speak of. » As to whether I have placed him where you . suggest, I presume you will soon find when a you commence your usual round of forcing locks, tearing open beds, and burning houses.' I * For George, madam, a proper answer i from a rebel’s wife to an officer in his majesty's service!' said Tarleton, with a mixture of ha ( mor and mock severity es tone. ‘And what I if I should do you all you have stid, how can a these daring and obstinate rebels complain i who put his majesty to such trouble 1 Make yourself easy, my good hostess, but I have , now no time to parley or play at cross-questions l with a spirited dame. Work is before me, t and work is always first with those under my . older*.' At thin instant the corporal again entered, and lifting his cap, aporoached to where his i officer and lhe tadv were sitting. At lhe sight f of tier insulter Mrs Moire could not repress a slight exclamation She etaried oack, whilst s the fire of injured feeling and outraged delica- - cy burns d : ner lustrous eyes, and suffused r with a deep crimson hue the cheeks just now 1 psllid almost from the reflection in whose li dread presence she stood All these were not s unobserved by the quick glance of Tarleton, who, hey ond doubt, had toll his chivalry awak- ■ ened bj| lhe manner and spir.t of the woman d 9 Pray,"what is the matter, madam T he ask r. ed. ‘ And what causes you such feeling at o the sight of my officer?’ t, Unabashed and nerved by the full flow of r resentment which lurks in woman’s bosom r when smarting beneath the ranking of insult i, and outrage, Mrs. Moore recounted with feol- - mit emphasis, lhe gross language and lhe of f ftinsive allusion wh ch had aroused and ambit a tered her feelings as a wife and a mother. As a she proceeded, lhe rigid frown which contraot r ed the brow of Tarleton, and the fury which sparkled from his fierce glance told that wo a man had found a protector, and sent a cold shudder to the heart of .he brutal offender. When asked if he admitted the fact, the trooper could not articulate, so firmly had fear t .. and conscious guilt clencued hie teeth; and when, in the rage of passion, and with the full sway of a B itish commanding officer, Tarle ton strode forward and struck him, the soldier cowered and shrank beneath the blow like a slave. Tms was not all. Tarleton csusea him to unclasp his wwordbelt, and then, breaking the weapon before his face, ordered him to the rear under arrest. These facts, being substantially true, serve to relieve in some measure the udium which is generally heaped on the name and memory of this distinguished though cruel Briton. Oa this occasion he certainly behaved as a gallant and high-souled officer, jealous of the reputa tion of his service, though his harsh and sum mary cnaa.isetnent of the offender in the pre sence es a lady, a scene so unsuited to female softness and delicacy, showed in a strong view that impulsive and tierce disposition so charac teristic of the man. This being done, Tarleton resumed hia na tural humor, and proceeded with his inquiries, i as though nothing of an unusual character bad happened. And indeed, such scenes in the , British army, which in the French or Ameri* i can service would have aroused a hurricane of resentment among the junior officers and pri . vales, were by no means uncommon, and ao i count in part for the ruffian dispositions of the soldiery when unchecked by rigid discipline. “Now, ma'am,” said Tarleton, “since it . seems 1 shall not now have the pleasure of con r ducting your husband as a prisoner of war to i mv commanding officer, I must trouble you to . breakfast my squad with a portion es those daimy supplies which doubtless your good , man has left to be distributed to the rebel army, , who know so much belter how to run than 5 how to fight.” f “Do they indeed!” said the matron, era boldene I to satire, perhaps, by the conscious* » ness of being in a gentleman’s power, and not , in that of a rrffian, as he had be or represented. •* Duubiless we poor Americans have been J duped by false rumors; but a few weeks since I we had news that his majesty*• troops fully . equalled them in the first, whilst our poor sol- > diers proved tueir knowledge of the last quite , co tho satidfacu oa ut Cornwaiiis and hu* offi cers. ” *‘Ah,yoii allude to that ridiculous, helter skelter affair a’ your Cowpeos,” answered Tarleion, no way confused. “ Well, madam, I did my pari, as you doubtless hea-d, uud his lordship nope« soon to get this mob enclosed in p nSßOtnoibing more substantial than where we I-mil bad them.” • Report mys,’ retorted the lady, now cruel in turn, ‘that we have an officer in the Ame rican ranks who does not much dread close quarters id battle, even ’hough he finds himself lace to face with a very redoubted adversary.* ‘ Zounds, madam, you tempt me to anger by sncn a ridiculous tirade/ an wered be, some what moved though not out of humor. *lf ever I can get sight of this namesake of your ohl rebel chief. 1 will leave on him a mark by which he can beast to some effect of an en counter.’ •In that case/ again said the lady, archly f smiling, ‘ you and trn, from what we hear, will ! be then faily at quite, for It w said he has al ready balanced ilia s( ore.’ foe Utter part of this conversation is given on te»nmuny not considered a.logether reiia* O:e iu our courts ol judicature, if the report, which has since received the baneuon ol h story, be true, that Tarieluu had lost his fingers in a baud to baud figm with Colonel VVaaiiing on, it is fairly presumable that the rumor then rife. Ou thia occasion, be was gloved and booted, as already remarked, and me wound, it ever inti cted, was do; us course visible. CHAPTXU nt. The troop dismounted and arranged to cook and eat their breaKlast m the open yard, Tarle ton and a few of n s higher officers only par taking the.r meai in the nail under the in vita* non and superintendence of their inexplicable hostess. VVtii at engaged tn discussing, with great apparent pleasure, the substantial repast i spread out before mem, it la sai that Tarletoa, with a species of blunt politeness pec a lar to i nnn, asked “if be could get a cup ol tea ” • A cup of tea!” answered Mrs. Moore. i “Colonel Tarieion surely forgets mat he io < breakfasting with me wife of an Atnericaa pa- I triot. la these times, too, w« nsve uo means of trsnsporimg huner me ,n ?“ r ■ arucle jou wi.n «e h.ve bad in thoononiry > P" goi)d hu(nor<J(l MUjr> vouu- Olfice« a. >»hl® i.ugned, oulngbt, de- ’ ' | e ’f.e presence of ibeir commander, whose ’ cru.ie and severe notions of ioyal.y and disci , pane wer.e utide!stood to be generally averse .o me least la* i y as regarded the course of his or me acuuu es hts goveriimeat. A.ter gravely rebuking them on this occa»iou, ne rep ted to me lady of the house in hu usual tune, half earnest, half humorous, I “Well, my dear madam,” said he, “I only r wiati tkoee savages kad maintauiod their die-
