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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1852)
BY WILLIAM S. JONES. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL ■ ’ THE WEEKLY la Published every M ednosdny AT TWO DOLL AUS PE& AYSCH is advance. TO CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS tending na Ten DoUsm, SIX c-ipl-softhe Paper will beient tor one year, thw fur- Dishing the Paper at the rat* of MX < <H‘IIX FOR TEX DOLLARS, • r a free copy to *ll who may procure ua fit? autiecriben, and orward ua the money. CHRONICLE fc SENTINEL DAILY AXBTUI-W LiIRLY, Are alio published at thla office, and mailed to subscriber* at thefoßinrinKratea, namely: Din-r Pafsd, if aentby ma 3, V per annoni. Tsi-Wkselv Pirta,....’.. 4 “ “ TERttS 0 V AOVEBTIBIIC. Is Weekly.—Seventy-five ctn»* \*r »quare (10 lines or ess) for the flmt insertion, an-1 fifty cent* (or eadi *ubse uent Insertion. GROVE MOUNT ACADEMY. rpillS \i U)KMV is located so Borke county, on the 1 Middle (irouml Bond fa-tweri Aujputa and Waynes boro’-, ~n »i* under the c!. >» :■• < f Mr. J. K. 'i..-. The Tnt U'-s jar !, a* soon a* (V-c U a CLu** reqfflr!ing ft, order s|/h> Iworth of Klii!o«o|>hii.-al and Chemical Ap nar.aui for the u«e< f tint Academy. The next Term will open on MONDAY, the oth of AU GUST next, and el-.wi-h an examination, on TIfUItS DAY, th 2*l of DKCKMDKIt following. Tuition for the TL-rtn fin. MOSKS V. GRK r.S, ) KLMiA A. AI.I.KN, VTrustees. Jy2l*w4 EDMUND PAbMKK, \ UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. UEJ>I( AL DKI'AIiTMENT. rpilF! SECOND ANNUAL COUKHK OP LECTURES 1 In this Department will c.-iiunence on th« fir. t Mo.xdav or Novf'UMK next, and continue tilt the Jiratof the ensuing March . PAUL Y. EVE, M. I)., Principle and Practice of Sur gery. JOHN M. WATSON, M. D., o»«trtrfc* and the Discuses of Women and Children. A. 11. BUCHANAN, M. I)., Huretcal fihd Pathological Anatomy and Physiology. W. K. BOWLING, M. !)., Institutes and Practice of Mwl- Icine. C. K. WfNtiTUN, M. D , Materia Medic a and Med ical Jurisprudence. ROBERT M. PORTEK, M. I) M Gen eral and Special Anatomy. J. BERRIEN LINDKLKY, M. |)., Chcim.ilry and Pharmacy. WILLIAM T. BKiGGtf, M. D., Demonstratornf Anatomy. Tip- Anatomical Rooms will he opened for Students on the first Monday of October. The Student* wiil have access to the Htute Hospital. A full PrsUv iftttrg Ao/rse of Lectures wiil he given by the Professors, commenting al-.o on the first ftouday of October. y«e of each Professor, slfl. Matriculation ticket, $5; DlrwHog ticket, $10; (infOuation foe, $29. Good hoard ran We obtained in the city at from $2,50 to $8 per week. Further information may he obtained by ad dressing the Dean. J. B. I AND BLEY, M. T)., Du*sr. NashViHe, Term., June, Ih.VJ. Jy 1-wit GKOUGM NIUTAttY ISHTITITK, ftARIETTA, GEORGIA. Tin: TillIID HKHKiO.N this Institution commences* on the 7th .»f JUNE, 19112. Tile Institution Is organised upon the usual plan of four Collegiate Classes. The following is a synopsis of the Course of Studies of each Clam: rowan (xaml Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, English Grammar, Geog raphy, Composition and Declamation. French. THIRD CI- C .H. Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying, Descriptive Ge ometry and Us application*, Analytical Ueometrjr, French Drawing, Composition, Rhetoric, History. uKcnsit a.\m. Differential and Integral Calculus, Natural and Experi mental Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, Drawing, Evi dence* of Christianity, Mural and Mental Philosophy, rik.sr CLAW. Natural History, Mineralogy, Geology and Physiology, Political Economy, Law of Nations, Civil and Military En gineering, and Civil Architecture, Infantry Tactics, Science and Practice <»f Artillery. No Cadet will he admitted who is less than fourteen, or more than twenty-five years of age ; «>r who is afflicted with any disease or intirmity which would render him unfit fur military duty. The Cadet* will be occupied about one hour and a hall each day in military exercises; but at sucJt Ilmen an not to interfere with their regular stmllrs. , The Course of Instruction, regulations and discipline of , the Institution have been published in pamphlet form and , will he forwarded to any pm son desiring more minute in formation, by their addressing the Superintendent, MaJ. A. V. lIBUMBY. TCRMfI: Each Cadet, ns soon as he is admitted, and before he Is permitted to Join his Class, in the recital ion rooms, must j pay over to the Burwrintendent the sum of SIOO, fur which ( a receipt shall he given him in full for tuition, hoard, wash ing, fuel, lights, field music, and all other contingent ex- ( penned, for onk HEseiDN ov Five months, and for each sue ceedtag session, SIOO in advance. t Tuition alone (for resident Cadets) per session, payable in advance $25 Contingent Expen.*•«■ $2 | Cadets from a distance must provide their bedding and room furniture. The «• article* can bu purchased in Stori ette upon reasonable terms. liy order of the Board of Trustees. DAVID IRWIN, Jft2d-wGrn Pi • .!d<>nt l»< :ird Trii-de**ii. 1 GORDON SPRINGS A Hi: NOW OI’K.V lor the reception of visitors. First elas*Omnibus* will he run regularly from Tunnel llili to the bpi fng*. O. W GORDON. June, ISVJ. «*2O-wkn» tar* Constitutionalist, flmrlcntor. Mercury, Columbus Enquirer, Bavannith Republican, Jouri a A Messenger (Ma con), Christian Index and Southern Christian Advocate, will ••'■l'.v 2 no.nth*, and send lull t.» Ch W.O. 1 DISSOLUTION. riMIIS Copartnership of ADAMS, HOPKINS A CO., of I Augusta, and F. T. WILLIS A CO., of Savannah,ls Tills Day UlsFolvod by limitation. The business will be set tled up by L. Hopkins and F. T. Wili.h, and the name of the firm may !»;• used by either of the Copartners in liqui dation. Their olDce is kept ns heretofore, at the Ware house occupied by L. Hopkins, who continue* business on hi* own account in the city of Augusta. J. M. ADAMS* fDuplicate, j LAMBETH HOPKINS, July 1, 1n52. Jyft wlm F. T. WILLIS. TO PLANTKRS. TlfK «L U8(’RID»:il would respectfully Inform Phiut ers, that he furnishes • SMALL GRIST MILLS, Suitable to be attached to Gin Gears, of different siscs, and of different patterns at the lowest pried*. , These Mill* have given the highest satisfaction, and can be compared with any from the North. Please give us a call before buying elsewhere. \VM. It. SQUIRMER. Burr Mill Stone Manufacturer, Augusta, On. jafi-l.v IW~ 41 IT n 8 Mi U K 8 1 GDAItC .j&J (M J/clntosh street, tiro floors from Georgia Railroad Boak. JTHT ftlt(/KIVKD, per steamer Africa, the largest and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer ed In this city, comprising every variety, from Ixmdou and Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash. Double and Single Barrelled all sires and prices. A tine assortment of Single ami Double Barrelled GUNS or boys. R1 fIKS and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel Rifle and the other Shot, a tine article for hunting deer and Turkics. . • Colts’, Allen's, and other REVOLVERS; also Sirglebar rclleii, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrel*. Common Pistol*, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester y Riobard’*, ('ox’s water proof, Walker’* aud G. D. French, •ml Military Cars. A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot 15ELT8, and Gains BAGS, or the finest Patterns. Al*i', Wash Umls, Drinking Flasks ami Cups, Nipple Wrenives, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, tine large bunting Horns, and everything in the Sporting line. living a practical Gun Maker myself, and having these guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons buying will g*t h much better articles than is sold at the Hard ware stores, and »t equally low prices, and all warrant ed to shoot welt. Powder and Bhot, Wholesale And Retail, all varieties, f;, U.—RIFLES ma«lc to order, and all kinds of llepair ng and re-atoeking GUNK, done in the best manner ami warranted. oHMy K. H. ROGERS. REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA TER WHEEL. CAUTION.— Having been informed that a certain per son named Klkp, is vending a Water Wheel u]>on which the water is conducted by means of n spirial scroll, as upon Reuben Rich’s “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notUF and caution the public, that so will prosecute, in all in stances for any evasion or infringement upon said patent, both the maker and party using, and will be thankful for ju»v information referring u* to parties Urns trespassiug. 3 GIN DRAT & GO. Montgomery, Ala., June 11, l*fa>. JeH-tf THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM • PAN Y S IRON WORKS, MONTfr .'MERY, ALABAMA. Mi wipAriT HU, in superior style, Horisontal and Unriuht ENGINES, of all sixes; Steam BOILKIW Cast Iron WATER WHEELS; Sugar MILLS* Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie ty. imctuding lloxic's feet for isiw Mills 0 Fn gine and lUnd LATHES; Iron and Draw CASTINGS, of all kinds, Ac., Ac. All order* tilled with despatch. GINDRAT A CO. a grTcultural IMPUt- m iv MENT’S.—The undersigned arc t»ow receiving from the mauufactur er.« at the North, ami will keep con- *■■»*»* i ptantly on hand a large assortment of the best auu.u i-- j TURAL IMPLEMENTS to be had in New \ork or Kew ( England, or this city, and adapted tosJouthern Husbandry, , w„,U the, wiU low tor * BKAN . j Augusta, Georgia. } iMPnaTAKT IO KILL OWXEKS AND MAIfU FACTURKR?. rnrtr.illrd Impr*>i went in lT«/s*r ! THE SI HSI'HIIIHHS are sole aguntsfor making and vending the best M ater Wheel in the world, known as YandcwtttcraMater Whevl. We chailengo the World to produce its equal. It has but recently been Introduced to the public, and found to be far in advance of all other wheels both in power and ccouomy in waior, every drop be ing effective, and none wasted. This Wheel is not v\ the least iitVw*. » by back water. As we prefer them being placed below tall water in every instance, consequently we | git every inch of head*, they being entirely of cast iron, simple oT construction, are not liable to get out of order, and are more durable than any wheel now iu use. Me ija\e riveutly put one in oi*eration for George Schley, Rsq., at hi* Belvule cotton factory. t»> whom wc w ould give tW. f c nee. See eertuicate annexed. AU orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with 4-UenUoa by addressing the subscriber*. J AGGER, TRKADWKLL * PERRY. Albany, New York. ; Gr to their Agent, J. J. Ktaun, Augusta. [cmmnoATt.] Are.v»TA, Ga., March 24,1551. Jarsyer, Treadwell A Perry—Geotlcmen : —I have the j gratification of informing you that your Yandewater Wheel was succt srfully put iu operation at »uy factory last week, j and It worked to perfection. It* simplicity, durability, »nd i unif'rmitv of speed, are recommendations Mon*; but above all. its highest enewuium is the small quantity of wat«r it j take? as compared with other wheels. I have been using j one of Reuben Rich** Centre ' cut Wheels, of three feet • and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge openiug* measuring 4To l nch»*s. i displaced that and put { n one of yours of «U Ret diameter, With discharge open- 1 nga measuring 270 iiKhes, and your wheel run the aune amount machinery that the Rich M heel had driven, and here was a difference in favor of yours of eight inches in he depth iff water iu the tad race. I feel no hesitation ecommendingyour wheel to all manuJactuicra and mill i *rm i>, believing it is the greatest wheel of Uje age. « wh ng you success iu the featrodnetoa of so vaUuihto an ua *33Ky r,_ IMPORTANT TO MANCFACTDRERS. rplIK MWCBIBEIW »« prepared to Hipplj ail CUTTUX AND WOOI.KN MACHINERY, of* superior nualitv, SHAFTING .nil MII.L (U-AUINO, with tuipr ved Coupliutf and Pulleys, Setf-OiUn* Hm*»™ whi.-t. leMuire oilin* only .*e* in three nomths ;. f a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods, rom One to Eighteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capa ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute. They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively MUe abor; au,t all Manufacturers, before purcliasing their {aa binery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity, where they can see the Machinery with all the latest im provements, iu full aud successful operation; or they can be referred to Factories in almu*t every Stato &>uth and West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers. ALFRED JENKS A BON, Feb. 1952. fclS-ly Bridesburg, near Philadelphia. N. B. Plans of Factories, with the focati<wi of Machinery, he simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed, (tirnished free of charge. wly AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU FACTORY. THB subscriber, thankful for the kind heretofore extended to the late firm of mxurmeb A Wmaxd, would respectfully inform Ub Wends and the public, that he contin ues to execute orders for hw well known Warranted French BURR MILL ATONES, c 4 every desirable m*c, at the lowest price and sfiorlesi notice. He also furnishes ISO PUS and COLOGNE STONES, • SMUT MACHINES, of various pattern, BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand, CEMENT, for Mill use. And erery other artido necessKxy *P * Mill. Also, for Planters, small GtU>T MILLS to attach to Gin tjear* • AU order, promptly to. FM. R. BCHIKMER, w it gurrivip| partner of Solurm«r A Wigand. Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel. 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852. OF THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR VOLUME X, FOR 1852. I)r. DiMEL LEF,, 0. ItEIIXOYD, Editor. | Amwta-nt Editor. TE2JIS.-OKE DOLLAP. A TEAE XX ACVAXCZ. Tiit Somtiß.-«CtrLTiVAT</Ri» issued every month, and is exclusively davotod to Agriculture, Horti c :'t-.ire, X'ioriculture, Domeaticand Farm Economy, 'i 'arc and liushaiidry, the Breeding and Bahtin? of Domestic AnimaU, i'oultnr and Bees, and ti.e general routine of Southern limiting and Farming. The new volume for lSog. will lie issued on a ro j al octavo sheet of Z‘i pares, with NEW TV I'E, Elf. t i'AI'EK, AND BEAUTIFELI JJ.UBTBATIONSI It will contain a mnch greater amoni.t of matter than heretofore—will dSaenee a greater var 'y of f., i », an twill be in every respect tub bkstAori ci'i.Ti'KAii’Aeiat in tue f cm! and equal to any in the Union! Friends of Southern Agrieulture!! As the Cultivator wae the Knurr journal established I in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted I lo tiio intere.-ts of the I'lrmter; and as it lots ever been au earnest aud consistent advocate es those utcrc-ts. wc conAdnntly iioj o tliat, having fostered and sustained it tint, far,your cordial aud generous support will still be continued. I'LAvrEsw, Fakmers,Gaiu>k.nkr“, Fruit Growers, Sts i: Baisi.hs, Nnt-utvm.N, uud all connected in a ; . way with the cultivation of the soil, will find the SocmhjtjiCi LTivAToR replete with new end velr.n b!e information; aud richly worth ten time, the riding sum at which it is afforded. TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR ONE copy, one ' t .ir, : f ; : : : : -f 1,00 siXcopms, 5.0( TWELVE copies, :::::::: 10.00 TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: FIFTY copies, : : : :::::: 37,50 ONE HUNDREDcopiea, : : : : : : 75.« ALWAYS IX ADVANCE. JIT" Gentlemen wiio obtain subscriptions, will plea e forward them as early as poasiblc. All bills of specie p aviso Banks received at par aiid all money sent by mail will be at our risne. W. 6. JONES, Publisher. Aaffnata, Ga., January 1, 1852. KEW YORK ADVERTISEMENTS. HOE'S CAST STEEL CIECULAE AND LOXG SAWS. rpilK subacriber* manufacture, from the beat cast eteel, I CIRCULAR SAM'S, from two inches to five feet diame ter. These saw* are carefully hardened and tempered, and arc ground and finished by machinery designed expressly for the purpose, ajid i re therefore much buj t rior In truth and uniformity of Mirlafce to those ground in the tL*ual munner. They require less set, less |>«Wer to drive them, anti are not so liable to become heated, and produce a saving of timber. They also manufacture CVt .‘•■etj} MILL PiT and CROSF CUT BAWS, and BILLKT M KBfsof superior quality, all « f which they have for sale at their Ware Rooms, Nos. 20 ami 111 Gobi Street,or they may be obtained of the principal Hard ware Merchants iu the United ft tales. «. HOE A CO., Printing Press, Machine Ami Haw Makers, 29 and 81 Gold Street. The following extract is from a rei*ort made by a committee of scientific and practical gentlemen, appointed by the Ameri can Institute: “ Your committee are of unanimous opinion, that In the ap parrtua Invented by Mr. R. M. Hoe, for grinding saws, be has displayed great ingenuity and tact in the adaptation of machinery to the production of results in the manufacture of saws, which may with propriety be denominated the lie plus ultra of the art.” Publishers of newspapers who will insert this advertisement three timer-*, with this note, and forward us a pa per containing the same, will be paid in printing materials, by purcliasing four times the amount of their bill for the advertisement. Jy'jG wCm OIL CLOTHS. A IaBRO A IIOYT, Nos. 72 and 74 John street, New fork, Manufacturers aud Dealers in Oil Cloths, exclusive ly. At their Factories are turned out (under a patent pro cess,) FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Which for beauty of design and elegance of finish, surpass any thing of the kind hitherto produced in this country or in Kurojie, and for which they obtained the prize medal at the World’s Fair. At their Ware-rooms in New York, can be found a large and complete assortment of Heavy Medium, and thin Floor Oil Cloths, from 27 inches to 42 feet wide; also Table, Fur niture, and Carriage Oil Cloths. New York. dl6 FANCY GOODS. \mun, Dlf’KSOft A (Formerly BAJLEY, V \ WARD, A CO.) at thb old STAND, No. 41 M AIDES Lane, Ni-:w York, ImjHirters of French, German, and English Fan cy Goods, Brushes, Combs, Fans, Jewelry, Porto Monnah'S, Work and Dressing Cases, Writing Desks, Violins, Aceorde ons, Perfumery, .Stationery, Ac., Ac. t notice that our firm is Ward, Dicksos ft Co., and our number 41. n 27 6m CARDS, CARDB. /COTTON, \\OOI 4 , Jim-Crow ami Horse Cards of the \ ) above celebrate*l stamps, are of unequalled quality, and wherever Introduced take the place of all others. They are manufactured on our new improved machinery, and each pair ia warranted in every respect. Our inferior cards, the common 44 Whitemore ” stamp, are of the usually well known quality. bold by the Hardware houses in a'l the cities, and country Merchants, and to the trade by the Manufacturers. JOS. B. SARGENT, mylO wly* 24 Cliff Street, New York. SAVANNAH ADVERTISEMENTS BA.UUX HOYT & CO., CDISMISSION MERCHANTS & DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, II fOULD ivlvlse their numerous friends that they keep YY constantly itt their W arehouse—sign of th** BIG PLOW, No. 6 WhiUtker Street, Savannah, all kinds of Aori cri.Ti.RAL Implements. Also, Lime, Uaie, Cement and Plaster. They have now In btore, 1,200 barrel* LIME, 1,000 do CEMENT, ROO do. Culdne*! PLASTER. All thu above at and Retail, at reduced prices. n 27 SASH, BLINDS, DOORS. S ALE at No. C Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga. 1 Glazed Sash, Blinds and Doors, suitable for outside and side work, by i,. - SAM’L. HOYT A ro. BALTIMORE ADVERTISEMENT. 200.000 JtW^KMb?* SHOULDERS; 7 5,000 Small Family HAMS; *2OO bids. LARD. For snle by the undersigned, who keeps constantly on hand a large Stock of PROVISIONS. Parties sending orders, nyiy rely on getting them filled at as low rails, ns if buy ing in person. GEORGE A THOMAS CASSURN. J 16 44 Sooth Btrect, BtltiiftW, Mi. BOSTON ADVERTISEMENT. COITON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY, AND STEAM SAW MILLS AND ENGINES. I promptly execute all orders for Cotton and Woolen MACHINERYbf all kinds, and will contract for whole mills from the water wheel or steam engine to the finishing ma chine. Steam Saw Mills for gangs or single saws. Ma chinists’ Tobls of every description. Locomotives and Freight Cars. Machinery of all kinds on hand, either fin ished or in progress, so that orders can be filled at short notice. Terms are very low. Persons contracting for Milts will be lurnished with drawings for arranging the Mills, withoutsWurffe. GORDON McCAY, Agent. np24-wly TWENTY-FATS CENTS REWARD. TIIK pub ic arc hereby notified, that on the 17th day of July, Inst., a man who calls himself J. AV. BELL, run away from the Johnson House, in this city, without settling his bill for board; and also borrow ed a line Colt’s Revolving Pistol, which lie carried off with him. The said Bel! weighs ufann 160 pounds, talks a great deal, very profane, has down-east Yankee brogue, largo ugly mouth, one large left front tooth out, has a supernumerary, or tusk on the right, btaek hair, (little gray front,) black eyes, fair skin, beard little inclined to be red, shout 6 feet It) inches high ; wore oIV a black frock coat, black pants, black satin vest, and black fur hat. Bell profess s •! to Ik* a Book-binder by trade, and said he was from Montgomery, Ala. Any information respecting the said SCOUNDREL, will be thankfully re ceived by the undersigned. All newspapers friendly to this, w ill please hand liim around, and oblige E. H. GILLESPIE, J. D. WELLS, j.v2B-wi Atlanta, Ga. SI,OOO REWARD.' DU. HUNTER’* celebrated SPECIFIC, for the cure of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Aiiolagoux Com plaint* of the Organs of Generation. Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com* plaiut, this is the most certain. £«■* It makes a speedy and permanent cure without re strictiou to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application to business. Iti# perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be taken without injuring the patient. fcS?"** It is put up in bottles, with full directions accom panying it, so that persons can cure themselves without re sorting to physicians or others for advice. One bottle is enough to perform a certain cure. Price sl. U#" It is Approved and recommended by the Rsyal College of Physicians and Surgeon* of London aud has their certificate enclosed. It is sold by appointment in Augusta, Ga., by PHILIP A. MOISE, Under the new Augusta Hotel, and by W. H. A J. TURPIN. Orders from the country promptly attended to. je*2 GLENDINNING A CO S M.VRHLE WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia, AVhera we have on hand and will continue to keep a large stock o i both Italian and American Marble, for Monuments, Toombs, Head Stone*, Ac., to which we rea peetfcUy caff the attention of those wanting work in our iue. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no tice, in as good style and as low as work of the same quality can be famished for from any establishment in the United State*. Plans and prices will be sent those who cannot coil and examine for themselves. p. g.—Orders from the country executed with neatness and despatch. d 27 INTERESTING" TO COTTON PLANTERS, o R. PARK HURST'S Patent Cottonseed CLEAN- O# ING MACHlNE,constructed without Saws or Ribs. The Inventor of this Machine now has the pleasure of an swering the numerous inquiries from Cotton Planters, res pecting the performances and results of this Gin. It has been frilly tested by cleaning the entire crop of a large planter near Columbia, S. C., (a certificate fr om whom is appended,) enhancing the value of the Cotton one and a half to two cents per lb. over that cleaned by any £aw Gin. This advanced price more than pays for a Machine in one year's average crop, the cost of it being only $250. It turns out equally as much or more, than any Saw Gin ; is more simple and durable, perfectly safe to the ginner, inasmuch as he cannot cut himself; and the great danger of fire, by friction, in other Machines is entirely obviated. Arrangements are completed, to build these Machines in Augusta, for the State of Georgia ; and Cotton Planters desiring them, are respectfully requested to send their or ders to the subscriber. One of the Gins may be seen in operation at my Steam MilL AV. H. GOODRICH. * Augusta, April, 1851. »pA& Copy of a certificate from Col. Wade Hampton, dated at Millwood, Nov. 4,1550. Mr. Parkhurst has been, for some weeks, at my plantation adapting his Gotten Gin, originally intended for Long Cot ton. to short staple. The experiment has been entirely suc cessful. He has one Gin in operation, which nil prepare ; four bales of three hundred and fifty pounds each, per day, | and the quality of the cotton i* far heUer than JMM ] erer ee*n. By this process of cleaning cotton, the staple is uninjured, wh'Jc all the motes and false seeds are almost entirely tci-ar&led from the lint. 1 deem this discovery of va«t importance to the country, and I earnestly hepe that l Mr. Parkhurst may be rewarded for it. aul9-wly W. Hixtto* serif e. DU. HRXBY B.ICOX having transferred his interest > the ttra c f D. B. PLUMB 1 CO., to Dr. I. P. ! i’-t-’ IN, the umlereigned will cootie.ae the DRUG EUSI NKSS at the same stand and under the same firm name, , anu »iU close up the business of the old firm. D. B. PLUMB, . U GARVIN. Augusta, January 81st, ISM. fel OEGCERLES, GHOCEKEES. THE subscribers continue to carrv on the Wholesale sml Retail Grocery Business, at their Old Stand, just above the Globe Hotel, in the city of Augusta, and they beg to infrrtn the public that they are roar receiving their Full Supply of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which they will sell on the most reasonable terms. —THEY NOW OFFER FOR SALE -100 bales 46 inch Gunny Cloth, 500 corls hails inch Bale Rrpe, 50 hbds. N. Orleans and Muscovado Sugar* 100 bbis. Stuart’s Crushed and Granulated do 800 bags prime Rio aud Laguira Coffee, 45 chests and half chests Tea, 60 hh.U. Cuba Molasses, 100 bbis. Hiram Sadia and Baltimore Pouf, 100 boxes Sperm, Ada., and Tallow CandJrrs, #OO kegs Cut Nails, all sites, 75 boxes Tobacco of various ou«!!t;«a, |5 660 lbs. Hams Sides and Shoulders, 1,600 sacks UterporiSalt. Spice*. Pickle*. Preserve* Segura, and all articles usually ■ kept in the best Grocery House*. Strict attention given to country order*. ! aolS-w J* B AW. W. DOW. BOI.TINtiT uFrTIb. of warranted quality, tarnished and jut op in boils to order. I Mill Slone Plaster, prepared lor backing Mfil Stems, cheap ; and of the beat quality, tar sale b L JU« wtf AWP«me, ia WEEKLY CHRONICLE & MjjL MISCELLANY, HTK BEAUTIFUL SOUTH, nr l. riKci.MA smith. “Know’ll thou the iand” where the Summer is queen. And her royal profusion enriches the scene, Till earth i* enrobed in her emerald dyes, And legal emblazonry glows on the skies;— Where the rignet of loveliness ever has shone, And the bpirit of Beauty established her throne* JLirt heard of a clime where the eare-haunted bosom, I - -rotbed by the spell*of the balui-brea*hingblossom; \Y h* rc th free rpirit mirrors the height of the n ountaln, of the f-rent,the of the fountrin. And loses its shadows of grief and of gloom, In tropical Tallies all Hunt with bloom* Ur st sought over crannny savannas, the wood With its arches Titan tic, and *till solitude. Where bland airs are curling the emerald billows Os far-waving fofitge, and under the willows The fawn nestles down ’mid the feathery fern, And the wild lily holds up Iter delicate urn * Hast joined in the melody -weeping along With a waring of plumage, a gushing of song, Where the bob-o-link warbles, the oriole sings, And the mocking-bird’s mogriz il gleefully rings. Where the stately nngnolia the woodland j»eifumes. And the parroquet Suiters his rich tinted plumes ? Hurt looked on the MU-sde the south-wind has kissed. With bold breath up-lifting iu veiling of mist; — Or s'lft-shadowed vDtas lit up by the gleams, Os glittering sunshine, and far-lhubing -dreams, Whose sweet waters tn«*!t on the coraiine shore, Like murmurs of love from the lips we adore V I>Y;st dream of an F ieri whose bright, flowing waters, Find rivals as graceful and pure in it 3 daughters,— Os a lip’s living coral—a cheek where the rose Sheds its soft dimpled freshne- , and dewy repose,— Os an eye oriental where witeb'-y sleep* Fkuhrintd in its kindling and passionate deeps* Can’at tell of her sons, ever chainlc-* ar.«l free As their proud rivers seeking the blue-rolling sea, By frost never festered: —whose spirit of fire Flash forth the quick impulse of love, or of ire. As noble,*s knightly, as brave, as in years Long past were their father’*, the bold Cavaliers ! Oh ! swift a.s a bird to its bowery nest. The glad spirit Hies from a world of unrest, To the sheltering hearts, all sglour like the prime Os summer, abroad in their glorious clime, — And with pride wc proclai it, wherever we roam, 4, 1 too am a Southron, —the South is my home !*’ Fre.m the Eagle A Enquirer. A LITTLE THOUGHT. DT L. VIRGINIA gMITIT. Where the sweet waters met Gracefully sweeping, Lay the white violet Peacefully sleeping, And a star-thadow fell Silvery gleaming, Nift on the snowy bell Blissfully dreaming. Up from the ocean’s lone • Ftorni-haunted dwelling, Came a deep thunder-tone Mournfully swelling. Through the air-solitude Cloud-banners waving, Marshalled the tempests rude Angrily raving. • Morn o’er the billows shone, Playfully roving, Where has the tlow’ret flown Lovely and loving ? ** Far down the chilly tide Broken and faded, Wanders the 44 fairy’s pride” Lorn, and degraded. Thus on the stream of years Youtii, is a blossom, Hour, like the star appears Bright on its bosom. Agk is the coming cloud Faltering never, Borrow the tempest-crowd * Blighting it ever! Address to Mrs. Clay. The following address from the young men of Cincinnati is to be presented tq Mrs. Clay: To the afflicted Widow and others of the bereaved family of Mr. Clay. The Almighty Ruler of tiie Universe governs all* created things by immutable laws. Hence, God’s gifts cannot be permanent, 44 but the Lord giveth and the Lord tnketli away.” Jehovah, in lii* iu linite goodness, created a man. That man he gave unto the world aa the champion of univer.-al lib erty ; unto the American Union and the people of this glorious Republic as u defender of its consti tutional rights, and protector of their civil and re ligious liberties; and unto a devoted family, an aifectiouate husband, a fond parent and zealous guardian; and although an admiring world, an idolizing nation, and those who bore tiie tenderest and most endearing relationship toward the de parted, could it avail, would have said to the enemy of mankind, 4 * Spare him ! sever not the vital cord that binds to us a beacon light, a national safeguard and beloved relationyet the fiat proceeded from heaven, the laws of nature and omnipotence were obeyed, and Henry Clay fell beneath the sword of time. lie has passed from the scene of his terres tial trials aud triumphs to one of celestial ease, un ending peace aud infinite glory. While we arc tauifht that God grants boons and revokes them at His will, wc arc shown that He wounds to heal, and lacerates to restore to soundness. lie has implanted in our bosoms a holy feeling of gratitude and reverence that enables ua to say, yet• 44 blessed be the name of the Lord.” Let the bereaved family and aifectiouate consort of Mr. Cluy remember that in the midst of their bereave ment and affliction they can find consolation and hope. They can derive consolation from the fact that not only do* the intimate friends of the de ceased share their grief and pungent agony at his death, but the prayers of a nation, of almost every soul beneath the firmament of intelligent Christen dom, are united with theirs iu behalf of the calm, peaceful and unbroken rest for the spirit of him who lias departed. They can find hope in the promises of the great God whoso dispensations are inscrutable, for the Etornal One has provided means whereby the father and child, the husband and wife, the brother and sister, shall be united hereafter iu the regions of paradisian blissfulness ami bands of inseparable union. Yes, Clay Ims gone to join the throng of illustri ous sages, immortal patriots and venerated men who surroijnd the throne of Jehovah, and unite in paying unceasing devotion to Him who has given to a world, to a nation, and to a host of friends, and taken from them, the lamented dead—whose name and fame will continue to be hand ed down from generation to genera An, until the dawn of eternity. Peace be to his soul, consolation to his widow, and perpetuity to the memory of Ilenry Clay ! 11. Ci.ay Pate, j AY. C. Thorp, / Committee. JamesP. Pond, ) The Teachings of a Great Lesson. — The Louisville Journal makes the following forcible observations in regard to the detraction with which our public men are but too commonly as sailed in their lifetime : 44 It is true that Henry Clay’s death has disarm ed his political foes, but bis glorious life should have disarmed them. There were in his life a thousand deeds that should have called forth from them as American citizens, admiration, reverence, applause and gratitude,but thire was little else in his death than the calm and peaceful return of dust to dust. u Formore than a quarter of a century Mr. Clay was the most fiercely abused man and the most in cessantly abused man that ever lived in this coun try. No other ten, twenty, or fifty men were so much abused as lie. Throughout nearly the life time of a generation, numberless charges, for which, they if hud been true, he would ha\c deserv ed to be lnintcd out from all human society, were brought against him, aud daily reiterated against him by the whole banded press and by almost the whoie banded masses of one of the great political parties of this country. And now all the charges so ferociously asserted and so obstinately perse vered in, charges which nearly broke the heart of their illustrious victim, mighty as that heart was in its energy ami its power of resistance to wrong, arc retracted by those who uttered them, and are succeeded by the loudest and most enthu siastic praises that ever vainly fell upon the “dull, cold ear of death.” “These things have their lesson. They should teach old assailants of Henry Clay to be careful how they denounce the great living benefactors of their country. These very men are now engaged in pursuing Gen. AY infield Scott as if he were a public enemy, entitled to no more forbearance than a traitor, a pirate or a wild beast. General AY in field Scott is an old man, and he, in th© course of a tew years, will die as Henry Clay has died, and then, ns in the case of Ilenry Clay, the assail ants of his living fume will nnite with the rest of the people of the United States in giving tears aud blessings to his memory, and warmly and enthusiastically proclaim him what he is, a pure, upright, noble and most devoted pa triot, who has consecrated his life to his country, and done incomparably more than any other man on the stage of existence for the promotion of that country’s glory. “Oh, arc there not thousands and tens of thou sands and hundreds of thousands of honest dem ocrats, who will vindicate the living Scott against his infuriated traducers, instead of waiting to have *the late remorse of love* awakened within their bosoms by the closing of the grave over all of him that is mortal ?” The Knickerbocker on Drummers. —The New York Knickerbocker thus hits off the professional mercantile drummers of New York : “During the ‘dull season,’ Mr.Brussface Doolit tle, uniting business with pleasure, make* » touer through the thickly settled portions of the neigh boring; Slates, where country merchants most abound, and returns a wiser, and in mercantile parlance, a ‘better man. In these perigrina tions he necessarily becomes partially acquainted with a (frost number of men, to whom he warmly proffers his services as cAiptron, when they come to town: and. that he may not seem wanting hi hospitality, and the better to enable bitn to recog nize them again, he keeps a diary, descriptive of persons and eveuts worthy of notice whieh ooine uuder his observation. In this wise is his journal White, Whiteviile; New York ; red hair one eve, green spectacles, long legged, worth ten thousand ; eloae buyer, and great antipathy to ‘drummers.’ Promised to take him to see Jenny H'john Walworth, same place : tall, lame in both legs ’ fond of toddv; pretty wife ; keeps a stnd horse ; cousidered 'doubtful. Rich grandfather ; good if the old man will endorse for liim ; but old man's <•/«*<•’ ‘John Christian, Allentown, Sxiehigan : a very hard Christian, but an excellent Jehu. Owns five thousand acresAt' wild land, which keeps liim poor • will do weell if he sells his land; not more honest than the law allows ; will probably ‘scU’ tbc New Yorkers eventually. Promised to take bim to a trot,' ” iNOKNtors Machine. —A paging machine, iu vent od bv J & W. McAdams, of Boston, is a most in genious contrivance, and by its means enables blank book manutaetnres to furnish account books paged throughout, without the tedious process of printing the fiurcs by hand. The machine con fain, a set of figures, from 1 to 144, worsting on an endless chain moving oil rollers. At the top of the cases containing the chain is a set of inking rollers, one of which applies mk to Uie numbers at every movement of the treddle by which. the apparatus is revolved, and at the same time brings together two hammers which press the pages against the types, aud make two impressions at one movement of the treddle. The numbers are east and m elted to small plates tonning the end less chain. A second case accompanies the mi chine containing tiie numbers from .44 to l,ow. so that books of the moat bulky description can be paired with equal facility. The cost of pagm£ by iiand used to oe twelve and a half cents per hundred, but with the aid of this machine it can be done at one-fourth the expense, and of course much more neatly and accurately. The machine should be seen to' be appreciated.— Pico?"**. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4. 1852. | Trade with tiie Amazon.—National Observatory. Washington, June T, 1852. ! Dear Sir :—I am in receipt of your letter of 2Sth j May, inviting me, by direction of the “Merctrn | tile Library Association of Charleston,” to deliver a public lecture or address before their body at such time during the next fall or winter as shall best suit me. I am not master of my own time; but should my official engagement permit, 1 am always and at any time, at the service of the Fellows of "the Mer cantile Library Association. You appear to intimate, by alluding to what yon are plea.ed to term my “labors in the cause of Southern trade and commerce,” tliut the Associa tion, “composed mostly of young men,” would be most pleased tliat 1 should select that lor my sub ject. The cause of Southern trade aud commerce is very near my heart, and in opening the way for them. 1 wa,,t the help of young men, of men who have the energy and spirit of young blood in bine veins to animate them. A petition is now before Congress praying for the establishment of a line of mail steamers from Norfolk or Charleston to the city of Para, at the mouth of the Amazon. This line will bring Charleston within ten days sail of that magnificent river basin. From Para there is a line of Brazilian mail steamers twice a month to Bio. It touches at the various interme diate ports of Brazil, and by the new schedule its steaming time is to be reduced to ten days, and its trips increased to three times u month. ’ Joining on to this at Kio, there is another line to Montivideo at the mouth of the Bio de la Plata. This line also touches at the ports intermediate, be tween that Kiver aud Bio. The valley of the La Plata is nearly as large as the valley of the Missis sippi; it is more fertile. Hosas, wiiose policy w ith regard to its commerce was Japanese, has just been driven away, and the Ministers Pleiiqioteiituiry of Brazil. France, En gland and the United States, ore said to be there now, “r on their tvay there, t ' treat for the open ing of the navigation of the Bio de la Plata and Us tributaries, upou fair and equal terms to all the world. It has never before been opened to commerce, except recently, for six months, when the English and French blockading squadrons suddenly forced it open. Two fleets of merchantmen, numbering some seventy-five vessels each, were convoyed up the river and its tributaries, and without precon certed arrangements between merchants and plan ters, those fleet* found produce enough on the banks to exchange fur sixteen millions of dollars’ worth of merchandise.* The importance of navigable rivers to commerce is estimated according to the extent und fertility of the country that seeks through such rivers an out let to market. And so, too, as to the cities at tho months of ull rivers; wc are are iu the habit of es timating tiie commercial resources of such cities by tho extent of buck country by whieh they are supported, uud winch depends upon them lor a market, or an outlet to market. Let us, therefore, compare the extent of country drained by the Mississippi, the La Plata, the Ama zon and other navigable American rivers .hat emp ty into the Atlantic, with the extent of hack coun try drained by the navigable rivers of Europe and Asia that empty into the commercial parts of the ocean. Extent of back country drained by tbe navigable rivers of Europe that empty into tiie Atlantic, Equare miles 632,940 “ “ “ “ Mediterranean 6T5.430 “ “ Asia “ Indian Ocean 1,661,760 “ “ “ “ .Pacific 1,767,230 “ North America that empty into Atlantic 314,31)0 , America into Gulf of Mexico and Caribean Sea.. .1,241.440 Amazon and Its confluents 2,048,480 Other Brazilian rivers 443,090 La Plata 856,40 rt Total Europe 1,211,370 “ Asiatic 3,429,040 “ America 4,854,770 Thus you observe that the navigable rivers of America which empty into the Atlantic Ocean, drain a baek country larger, more fertile, and capa ble of a greater variety of agricultural production, than all the navigable river basins of Europe and Asia put together. z\nd that the proposed line of steamers to tho Amazon will bring, not only Charleston, but every seaport town of the Atlantic coast within twenty-five or thirty days of the most remote outlet of any of these American river ba sins. Suppose the navigation of the La Plata be—and no doubt it will he—made free. We are about six ty days off from it uuder canvass. England, by mcans of her line of steamers from Southampton to Kio, is about thirty-five, aud our channel for correspondence and intelligence is through Eng land. England has, and until wo set up this Ama zonian line in opposition to her, will continue to have from ten days to two weeks the start of us in meeting every demand that may arise in the La Plata markets She has already tho same advan tage in tho markets of Rio and Brazil. Now Kio and the mouth of the La Plata are about five hun dred miles nearer by steam to Charleston and Nor folk than to Liverpool. From Charleston or Norfolk, via the Amazon, touching at Porto Bico, would not be more than one day’s steaming out ofthe direct route to Kio. This line would bring tho mouth of tho Amazon within ten days, Bio, within twenty, and Buenos Ayres nnd Montevedio, at tho mouth of the La Plate within twenty-five steaming days of Norfolk and Charleston, and indeed of tho whole Atlantic seaboard. . • Ourcommcree with these countries, with tho La Plata shut up, is about sixteen millions the year. And this schedule would give ns the advantage over the English of some days, if not of weeks, in those markets. The enterprizo »f tho South is socking to display itself in the workshopas well as in the field and on tho ocean. The South want* a market for coarse cottons. There is no market in the world for coarse cottons like the intcrtropical regions of South America—like the valley of the La Plata, with its three or fonr millions—the valley of the Amazon and Brazil, with their seven millions of people. And as for the capacities of tho valley of the Amazon, for this and other species of merchan dize from the South, when those capacities shall be stimulated and developed by settlement, agri culture and commerce, there is no end to them ; they are boundless. This Amazonian line of steamers will place the whole South within ten days of tho Amazon—it will draw via Norfolk or Charleston, or whatever city be its terminus, much of the business, the corrrespondenco and tho travel that now go on from South America. Bio and the La Plata, to En gland. Now, gentleman, here a “chance for the South,” afield for your enterprize. Go into it nnd with your talents and your industry, lend a hand now to wake up the country and Congress to the importance of it. Tho fall or winter is too late; now is the time to move in the matter—to discuss aud to agitate.— Circumstances are propitious. 1 can’t let this sub ject sleep ’till the fall, to be wakened up in a lec ture. Let ns be up and doing now; and then in the fall or winter, as it shall best suit the conven ience of the gentleman ofthe Mercantile Library Association, we will, my duties permitting, have a talk about the matter. Respectfully Ac., M. F. Mavrt, Lieut. IT. S. Navy. Wm. Blanding Esq., Corrrespouding Secretary of Mercantile Library Association, Charleston. •Vide Statistical anil Geogriphal of Montgomery Martyn. A Gloomy Prospect.—Mr. Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Evening Journal, as ardent a lover of freedom as our republic ever produced, holds tiie following language with respect to tiie European continent: It is sadly true, that tho whole continent of Eu rope is in “ a condition of profound repose.” The despots have retracted all or nearly all, that luul been extorted from them. Martial law, or law scarcely less rigorous, pervades the continent.— Freedom is “crushed to earth," and in most places even the hopes of freedom have perished. Three rears ago the European people held their destiny iu their own hands. The Etni>eror of Aus tria and the Kings of Prussia, Bolguim, Saxony, Sardinia, Naples,.Ac., Ac., unable to resist, offer ed terms to their subjects. The people compro mised with their rulers. Constitutions were giv en. To save their crowns they promised to sur round their thrones wilh popular institutions. All this was to gain time. When tiie popular voice was hushed, and the people returned to their oc cupations. their rulers augmented their armies, and with the aid of Russia, recovered their power, nnd now their rule is more grinding than ever.— In Naples there is a despotism as unrelenting and cruel as any that existed in the darkest ages. In Austria tiie masses toil, not for themselves, but to support an expensive court and an overwhelming army. In Belgium and Sardinia alone have Kir.g> kept faith with the people. Everywhere else they were perfidious. But there is no probability of any “ immediate revolution” in Europe. Despots have it all their own way. The sad failure of republicanism in France gave despotism advantages which it is im proving. Mendicant Dog.—“l was travelling,” sayß M. Blaze, “in a diligincc. At the place where we changed horses 1 saw a good looking poodle dog, (chiai canirht.) which came to the coach door, and sat upon its two hind legs, with the air of one beg ing for something. ‘Give him a sow,* said the. pos tillion to me, ‘and yon will see what. ho will do with it.’ I threw to "him the coin, he picked it up, ran to tiie baker's, and brought back a piece ot bread, which he ate. This dog had belonged to a poor blind man. lately dead: he had no master,and begged alms on his own account."’ SrßSTrrrrE for Quinine. —Anew vegetable salt, the sulphate of bebeerine, is proposed by Dr. 11. S. Patterson, of the Pennsylvania Medical College, as a substitute for quinine, it is obtained from the bebeeru, or green heart of British Guiana, a tree of considerable size, and extremely abundant. The bark yields the alkaloid largely, but is particularly abundant in the nut. A decoction ofthe bitter is the ordinary remedy for intermittent lever in De merara. The process es extracting the aetiYe prin ciple is not more expensive than that for procur ing quinia. If, therefore, the new medicine proves efficacious as quinine, an economical substiute will be in reach of all. What Wmisery is Good l or.—The Lynchburg (Ya.) Express states that two sons of the late Ilez ekiah Fuqua, of Bedford tnear Liberty in that State,) together with a little negro boy, a few days since, were severely bitten by a snake : The lads went out hunting, and having started a rabbit ran him into a hollow log, when one of the boys put his hand in to haul him out. Very soon he felt something bite, or as he thought the scratch ofthe bare. His brother tried it with a like sensation, so he declined repeating the opera tion. Then little Cuff (brave as Ca'sar) tries it with like success. In a few moments the hands of tl.e parties commenced swelling at an alarming rate, when medical aid was immediately procured. Tiie Physician dosed them well with liquor un til the patients became prety well intoxicated, and after recovering from the effects of the medicine the swelling subsided, and we are happy to hear the trio are entirely convalescent. Tbe log wa» j split open, and to the surprise of affi a huge copper 1 head snake exhibited himself in allDiis native fe rocity. Ditch Possessions in SrßixAM.—The Frank further Journal, of thi 4lh, says: “It is rumored that the Dutch Government has addressed to all the Government* of Germany a note which lias been laid before the Germanic Diet. In the note in question, the Cabinet of the Hague invites the German Governments to favor as much as possible the colonization of the Dutch possessions in Suri nam, the Dutch Government being inclined, it says, to give every possible facility to Germans de sirous of settling there.” Fkoosk* of Mormontsm.—Eider Curtis E. Bol ton, writing from Paris, under date of June 14th, speaks nnwt encouragingly of his sneces*. He is now holding public meetings, and in the last three weeks had baptized fifteen persons. Elder William Willis writes from Calcutta, May 2d, that since last Christmas Day his Indian breth ren had increased from six to one hundred and fif ty, and “if we,” says lie, “were to include child ren. we could show more than three hundred Indian Saints of all sizes, colors and languages— not to sav a word about dress aud undress." The statistic-, of the Mormons in India at that date were three elders, eight priests, nine teachers, eight dea ' con*, Hid one hncdrfd tod twea«f-tw» ascraWc*. iOUR PICTURE GALLERY. PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. [THE DANISM AITIIOR.j Were it not for Hamlet tho Dane, tho little an tiquated Kingdom of Denmark would hardly be known to the world ot every day men. See what literature ha* done for a kingdom, to make it known to the world by one fictitious character! Hereafter Denmark will be better known a* Hie birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, whose father was a poor shoemaker, and whose mother was a simple beggar girl. Which of the Kings of Denmark has done so much for it as this, or which of the great warriors or statesmen ot that little kingd mi lias made it renowned and talked about, as thi* poor person Ileus Christian has done ! He ha* fought no battles, made no laws, killed nobody, but only written a few little songs, and some simple stories for children, and yet ho has made himself famous by these trifles, and his country better known. The thought of it must muke linns very happy. Wc have given in anoth er part of the Magazine a portrait' of this feeble little groat man, and now we will give the render some idea of who ho is and what be was, whieh we shall borrow from his own autobiography, which has been translated into English by Mary llowitt. We have rarely read a book so full of pleasant and profitable reading ns this. See how simply and like a Christian, as he is by nature as well as name, liana writes : “ My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident. If, when 1 was a boy, uud went forth into the world poor and friendless, a good fairy lmd met me and said ‘Choose now thy own course through life, und the object for which thou wilt strive, and then, according to tho development of thy uiind, and as reason require?, 1 will guide and defend thee to its attainment,’ my fate could not, even then, have been directed more liaptiilv, more prudently, or better. The history of iny life will say to the world what it says to me —There is a loving God, who directs all tilings for the best. “Mv native land, Denmark, is a poetical land, full of popular traditions, old songs, and an event ful history, which has become bound up with that of Sweden and Nor < av. Tho Danish islands arc possessed of beautitul beech woods, and corn and clover fields : they resemble gardens on a great scale. Upon one of these green islands, Kunen, stands Odense, tho place of my birth. Odense is called after tho pagan god Odin, wno, ns tradition states, lived here : this place is the capital of the province, nnd lies twenty-two Danish miles from Copenhagen. “ In tho year 1805 there lived hero, in a small mean room, a young married couple, who were extremely attached to each other; tic was a shoe maker, scarcely twenty-two years old, a mat: of a richly gifted mid truly poetical mind. His wife, a few years older than himself, was ignorant of life and of the world, but possessed a heart full of love. The young man had himself made hisshoo mtiking bench, and the bedstead with which he began housekeeping ; this bedstead lie bad made out of tbe wooden frame which had borne only a short time before the coffin of tho deceased Count Trampe, as lie lay in stato, and the remnants of the black cloth on the wood work kept tho fact still in remembrance. “ Instead of a noble corpse, surrounded by crape nnd wax-lights, here lav, on the second or April, 1905, a living and weeping child—that m ils myself, Hans Christian Andersen. During the first day of my existence my father is said to have sate by the bed and read aloud in Holbcrg, but I cried ail the time. ‘Wilt thou go to sleep, or listen quietly !’ it is reported that my father asked in joke ; but 1 still cried on ; nnd even in the church, when I was taken to bo baptized, 1 cried so loudly that tho preacher, who was a passionate man, said, ‘The young one screams like a cat!’ which words my mother never forgot. A poor emigrant, Gomar, who stood us godfather, consoled her in the mean time by saying that tho louder 1 cried as a child, all the more beautifully should I sing when l grew older. “ Our little room, which wns almost filled with tho shoemaker’s bench, tho bed, and my crib, was tho abode of my childhood; the walls, however, were covered with pictures, and over tin work bench was a cupboard containing booksand songs; tho little kitchen was full of shining plates ana metal pans, and by means of a ladder it was possi ble to go out oil tbe roof, where, in the gutters be tween and the neighbor's honse, there stood a great chest filled with soil, my mother’s sole garden, und where she grew her vegetables. In my story of THK CHILD’S FOOTSTEPS. ST MRS. E. R. STANS. I. There is a sound most musical and sweet, A sound that ever bringeth joy to me, And thoughts of innocence for angeis meet, And warmest love in all its purity : ’Tis the light bounding step, all gay and fleet, Os happy childhood, with its tiny feet. ii. No noisless gliding, a* on sin intent, Nor slow and measured entrance at the door; Each footsep, with a music eloquent, Sounds clear on winding stairs or polished floor; And ere the little dimpled face appears, The quick, sweet bound hath charmed away my caret, in. Whether in satin slipper delicate, Or in Us native freedom springing by; If in proud palace halls its petted fate, Or in the lonely home of poverty ; Alike its buoyant gladness charms the ear, And bringeth thoughts of heavenly beauty near; ir. I wondor not, if, in His lowly guise, Surrounded by the hardened and the rile, A sudden splendor lit the Paviock’s eyes, And His lips parted with a holy smile: When, with their upward, sunny gaze, drew nigh The little fearless forms of infancy. Ah, blessed little ones 1 Their rosy charm* Leaned on His bosom, ail unpaied by fear ; Nerenely resting is liis mighty anil Who framed the glory of each starry sphere; No thoughts of sinful years for (Asm uprose, No grief or shame to mar their sweet repose. YI. Then let His lowly followers not disdain To guard such flower-like beauty t r their Lord, Nor deem the moments wasted, while they train Fair infant minds obedient to his Word. Nay, rather let us, as their bloom we view, Seek our own innocent pleasure to renew. As Eloqfent Eclooicm.—Anson Burlingame delivered an oration at New London, on the sth inst., which is spoken of in the highest terms. In it he made the following beautiful allusion to Cal houn, Clay and \Ycbstcr. “Mr. Webster is the only survivor of that il lustrious trio of statesmen, ‘Who shook the nations through their lips, and blaz’d Till vanquished Senates trembled as they praised.’ One sleeps this beautiful day in the sweet shade of the magnolia’s blossom, his great heart is still, and queuehed is the light of hi* glorious eye for ever. Another and fit companion of the great South Carolinian fell but yesterday on the field of his fame, nr.d now, cold and dead, is borne on his bier through a weeping nation, baek to the gener ous soil of old Kentucky, there to sleep the sleep that knows no waking. The orator, the chivalric gentleman and noble friend, is beyond tbe reach of malice or of praise : never again shall he rouse tis with his bugle blasts, or melt us into tenderness hy the touching melody of his voice. And he, of the imperial intellect. ‘With the Athenian’* glowing ityle and Tlnly’s Fire,’ wanders compassioniess and alone, by tbe deep sea he loves so well, gazing, with his great eyes, into that undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller returns.’ 0, long may he live— and may the refreshing breezes tan his brow and brine baek the roses of health to his fading cheeks. 1 refer thus to those great Americans, not to conciliate their friends—not as a partisan ; no, no, let the bugles of party this day sound a truce; but in obedience to the Emotions that Flart, When memory play* an oid tune upon the heart.’ I could not better illustrate the glory of our insti tutions than by reference to these great men, their noblest offspring.” The Association of the Alciini of Harvard College. —The festival of thi* learned association, yesterday, at Cambridge, was a most brilliant affair. There were present distinguished men from vari ous parts ot the Union, who came once more to view the scenes of their youtii, and to enjoy the festivities and pleasures of the occasion. The ora tion. whieh was delivered in the morning, in the first Church, by Hon. R. C. Wintlirop, was a per formance es gieat merit—d.,-; laying a treasure of learning and thought. Its theme was the power of public opinion and the duties of educated men. The orator, in a most felicitous manner, contrasted the past with the present in relation to thi* matter. He occupied nearly two hours in the delivery of his address. The dinner was spread beneath a great tent on the college green. The Hon. Edward Everett pre sided, and his “ welcome to the Ainmni” was a speech of surpassing beauty and elegance- It ww* worthv of his reputation as an orator, a scholar and a man of taste, and was received as it should be, with hearty plaudits. After a toast to the “memo ry of Harvard, and another complimentary to Pre sident Sparks, who was necessarily absent, ex-Pre sident Quincy made a speech in response to a toast. Other addresses were made by Chief Justice Shaw, Hon. B. C. Winthrop, Kev. Dr. Taomwell. Presi dent of Columbia College, South Carolina, Kev. Dr. Fuller, of Baltimore, Mr. Preston, (brotherof Hon. W. C. Preston,) of Sooth Carolina, and Hon. Jas. Savage* of Boston. The speeches were all lofty aud patriotic in sentiment. During the festivities at the dinner table, a poem w: * recited by Hon. G. S. Hillard. —Boston Courier, 23d intt. Imroktation of Wine into England.— lt is shown by a parliamentary paper jeat issued, that in the month ending on the sth njt., there were onlv 594,187 gallons of wine imported, whereas in the corresponding period of 18-71, there were 1,- 182,801 gallons imported, the Snow Queen that garden still blooms. “ l was the only child, and was extremely spoil ed, but I coiitiuuuliy heard from my mother how very much happier 1 was than she luul been and t hat 1 was brought up likea nobleman's child. She, os a child, had been driven out by her parents to beg, and once when she was not able to do it, she lmd sat for a whole dav under a bridge and wept. I have drawn her character in two different aspects, in old Dominica, in the Improvisntore, and in the mother of Christian, in Only a Fiddler. “MV lather gratified mo in ull my wishes. 1 possessed his whole heart ho lived ibr me. On Sunday, he made me prospective glasses theatres, and pictures that could be changed ; he read to mo from Holburg’s plays and the Arabian T»lcb ; it was only in snch moments as these that 1 can re member to have seen liim really cheerful, for believ er felt himself happy in his life und as a handicrafts man. His parents hud been country peoplcingood circumstances, but upon whom many misfortunes bad fallen; tbe cattle had died; tbe farm honse had burned down and lastly the husband had lost ins reason. On this the wife had removed with him to Odense, and there put her son whose mind wus full of intelligence, anprentiee to a shoe maker ; it could not be otherwise, although it was his unieut wise to be able to attend tho Grammar School, where lie might have learned Latin. A few well to-do citizens had atone timi spoke of this, of club bing together a sufficient sum to pay for his board and education, and thus giving him a start in life but it never went beyond words. My poor father saw his dearest wish unfilled ; und he never lost the remembrance of it. I recollect that once, as u child, I saw tears in his eyes, as it was when a youth from the Grammar School came to our house lobe measured for a new pair of boots, und show ed us his books and told us what he had learned. “That was the path upon whieh fought to have gone 1” said my father, kissed mo passionately, arid was silent tho whole evening. “lie very seldom associated with his cquuls.— lie went out into the woods on Sundays, when lie took me with him; ho did not talk much when lie was out, but would sit silently, sunk in deep thought, whilst 1 ran about and "strung strawber ries on a straw, or bound garlands, j)nly twice in the year, and and that in tho month of May, when the woods were arrayed in their earliest green, did my mother go with ns, and then she wore a cotton gown, which slio put on only on theso occasions, and when she partook of the Lord's supper, and which as long ns I can remem ber, nuts her holiday gown. She always took homo with her from tho wood a great many fresh beech boughs, which were then planted behind the pol ished stone. Later in the year sprigs ofSt. John’s wert were stuck into tho clunks of the beams, and we considered their growth us omens whether our lives would be long or short. Green branches and pictures ornamented our little room, which my mother always kept neat and clean ; she took great pride in always having tho bed linen and tiie curtains very white. “ The mother of my father cainc daily to our house, were it only for a moment, in order to see her little grandson. 1 was her joy and her delight. Slio was aquiet aud most amiable'old woman, with mild blucevcs anda line figure, which life hud se verely tricil. From having been the wife of a countryman in easy circumstances she had now fallen into great poverty, and dwelt with her tceblo minded husband in a litle houso, which was tho lust, poor remains of their property. I never saw her shed a tear. But it made ull ‘the deeper impression upon mo when she quietly sighed, und told mo about her own mother’s mother, how slio had been a rich, liable lady iu tho city of (.’asscl, aud that she had married a ‘comedy-player,’ that was as she expressed it, and run away from pa rents and homo, for all which her posterity had now to do penance. 1 never can recollect that I heard her mention the family name of lier grand mother : but her own maiden name was Nommes scn. She was employed to take care of tho garden belonging to a lunatic asylum, and every Sunday evening she brought up some (lowers, which they gave her permission to take homo with her. These flowers, adorned my mother’s cupboard ; but sti 1 they were mine, and to me it wa» allowed to put them in tho glass of water. Ilow great was this pleasure 1 She brought them all to ino ; slio loved me with her whole boul. I know it aud I under stood it.” I Maine Liquor Law.— The Maine liquor law went into operation in Rhode Island last Monday. From the Providence Journal ofSaturday it would seem, that the provident people of that good city were putting their houses iu order for the great chunge about to come over them. Soys the Jour nal : “The Maine law goes into operation on Monday. After that date it is illegal to manufacture intoxica ting drinks, or to sell them except for medicinal ana mechanical purposes through tho agent ap pointed by the city. Alcohol may be manufactur ed for exportation, or for sale through the city agent. “With tho provident temper which has always characterized our people, they huyo been making gradual and pretty ample preparations for tho event, which in the eye of some of them, is to ‘shut the gates of mercy ou mankind.’ “As near ns one may judge from the activity dis played in our liquor stores, and by the unusual quantity of deuujons, bottles and mysterious pack ages going through the streets in all directions, we should say that the city is in a stato of prepar ation to stand a siege for at least a year. “Very different opinions have been formed of this law ; but all good citizens will join in tho dis position to give it a fair trial, to yield to it proper obedience, and to render proper aid to the author ities iu the difficult and delicate duties which it imposes upon them. If the law shall succeed in putting down tho tippling shops which infest the city it will prove such a blessing that its strin gent provisions and arbitrary penalties will be overlooked, aud few will cail for its repeal. If, on tiie other hand, it shall fail of that objeot, some other mode of relief must be adopted, and some new mode of regulating the traffic.” Cuba.—By the last arrival from Cuba, we re ceived a small printed sheet, entitled “La Vozdel Pueblo, Organ de lndepcncia.” It is full of revo lutionary sentiments, and we are told that in spite ot all the efforts of the government and police copies of it arc scattered everywhere in town and country, find their way to the public offices, and even to the private residence of the Captain-Gen eral. The government has offered a reward of ?3,000 for the apprehension of any one connected with the printing or circulation of'this sheet, (two numbers of which have been issued) but without sucocss. This shows that there is either a remark able tact ou the part of tbe publishers and their azeuts in conducting their business, or else that there is a prevalent sentiment in the hearts of the people adverse to the betrayal of the parties im plicated. If the latter supposition be correct, the end i» not yet.—A’. T. Jour, es oom. The New York Times contains a statement of the various accident* that have occurred during the last twelve months from the explosion ofcamphine, spirit ga», <fee., which sum up a* follows:—Four teen persons arc recorded as having died from their burns. Sixty-two burned—most of them very badly; many of them have probably died. Nearly all ofthe accidents recorded have occurred in New York and Brooklyn. No doubt there were many more which escaped being noticed. Advance in Nemlpaper Printing.—Just thirty seven years ago, the proprietor of the London Times inserted in his paper a triumphant notice of ita first impression by steam. “The reader of this paragraph,” he said, “now holds in his hand one of the many thousand copies of the Times newspaper which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus. * * * No less than eleven hundred sheets were impressed in one hour.” Eleven hundred in an hoar! Prodigious! At this rate, and with its present circulation, the Times would take just thirty-live hours to print.— With the machinery now in use, 12,000 copies an hour arc possible; 10,000 are actually produced within that time. Truly wc are the spoiled child ren of progress, the very Sybarites of speed.— The Italian voluptuary murmured at a crnmpled rose leaf; we complain if the European news of yesterday is not punctually upon our breakfast table. • The New Congress Lxbrarv.— The proposed arrangement of the new library at the national eapitol, is Upon a plan worthv the nation and the age. It embraces, a* we learn from Norton s Literarv Gazette, a suite »f five rooms, extending in tho agirrcirate thr e hundred and two feet. There will be two stories of alcoves, the second one receding three feet from the first, so aa to ad mit of a gailerv with but little projection, and above the second story of alcoves will lie a third story, with book cases against the wal.s. The whole interior is to be of iron, and fire-proof, so as to avoid the possibility of another calamitous fire, and to to be finished in a style of great archi tectural beauty. The shelves will be of porcelain. Tbc cxpeoHj will amount to $« 2,000, and the li brarris calcnlated, when finished, to acoommo date'oO.OOO volumes. Ten thousand dollar* have been appropriated, and the book. purcha*ed to take their rsace in the new library; and valuable additions wUi be n*de to the library from time to time. Railroad Connection between Cleyelad and Wheeling.—The announcement i* made by the Cleveland Herald that sufficient subscriptions have been secured to insure the immediate completion of the extension ofthe railroad from Wellsville to Wheeling, whereby the latter city will be put in direct connection with Cleveland and Lake Erie. The work is to be put under contract_ during the coming month. The completion of thi* link is an important one for Baltimore, and will afford anoth er avennne by whieh trade and travel will be at tracted ' to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Wheeling. from Harper t A«w M'miMy Magazine for August. HENRY CLAY. Personal Anecdotes. Incidents, Etc. We have just returned from the Park and City Hall, and from witnessing the long procession, “melancholy,slow,” that accompanied the remains of the “Great Commoner” nnd great statesman, Henry Clay, to their temporary resting place iu tho Governor’s Boom. It was not tho weeping flags at half-mast throughout the city; not tho tolling of the bells, the solemn booming of the minute guns, nor the plaintive strains of funeral music, which brought tho tears to the eyes of thousands, ns tho mournful cavalcade passed ou. For hero were the lifeless limbs, the dimmed eye, the hushed voice, that- never should move, nor sparkle, nor resound in eloquent tones again! The last timo we had seen Ilenrv Clay was, standing in an open barouche, on the vory spiot where his hearse now paused, in front of the City Hal . lie was addressing then a vast concourse of hi* fellow citizens, who had assembled to do him honor; und never shall we torget the exquisite grace of liis gestures, the melodious tones ot his matchless voice, and tho interior look of his eves— as it ho wore rather spoken from than speaking. It was an occasion not to bo forgotten. it is proposed, in the present article, to afford the reader some opportunity of judging of the character and manner of Mr. Clay, both as an orator and a man, and of his general habits, from a tew characteristic anecdotos and incidents, whieh have bean well authenticated heretofore, or are now for tho first time communicated to the writer. Biography, in Mr. Clay’sense, ha* already occupied much of tho space of all our public jonrnalsdkvc shall, therefore, omit particulars which are Bow more or less familiar to the general reader. it was the remark es a distinguished Senator, that Mr. Clay’s eloqucneo was absolutely intangi ble to delineation; that tho most labored und thrilling description could not embrace it; and that, to bo understood, it must be seen nud felt. During his long public life ho enchanted millions, and no one could tell how ho did it. lie was an orator hy nature. His eagle eye burned with true patriotic ardor, or flashed indignation and defi ance upon his foes, or was suffused with tear* of commiseratiou or of pity; and it was hecauso ie felt that he made others reel. “The clear concep tion, tho high purpose, tho firm resolve, tuo dauntless spirit, speaking ou the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every fenturo, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his ob ject”—this was tho eloquence of Ilenry Clay ; or rather, to pursuo tho definition, “it was something greuter and higher than eloquence ; it wns action —noble, sublime, God-like.” While the coffin containing all that remained of the great orator of Nature wns being carried up the steps of the City Hall, a by-stnndcr romurked in hearing of the writer : . Well, wo shall nover look upon his like again. What an orator ho was 1 1 heard him speak but ouee, yet that onco I shall always remember. It wasa good many years ago, now. Itwas in tho im mense car-house, or depot, at Syracuse. The crowd was immense ; and" every cyo was turned toward the platform from whieh ho was to speak, as if the whole crowd were but one expectant face. Presently he arose—tall, erect os a statue; loolt od familiarly around upon the audionee, as if he were in an assembly of personal friends (as in truth ho was) and began. He cotnmoneed amidst the most breathless silouec ; and ns ho warmed up with his subject, there was not a look of his eye, not a movement of his loug, graceful right arm, not a swaying of his body, that was not full of grnco and effect. Such a voice I nover heard. It was wonderful.* Onco ho took out his snuffbox, nnd, after taking a pinch of snuff, and returning the box to his pock et, he illustrated a point which ho was making by an anecdote : “While I was abroad,” said he, “laboring to ar range the terms of the Treaty of Ghent, there ap peared a report of the negotiations, or letters rela tive thereto'; and several quotations from my re marks or letters, touching certain stipulations in tho treaty, reached Kentucky, and were rend by my constituents. “Among them, was an odd old fellow, who wont by tho nickname of 'Ohl Sandunky,' und ho was read ing one of these letters, one eveuing, at n near re sort, to a small collection of tho neighbors. As ho read on, he came acrqes tho sentence, ‘This must be deemed a tine qua non.' ” What’s a tine qua non V said n half-dozen by standers. 0 “ ‘ Old Sandusky’ wns a little bothered at first, but his good sense and natural shrewdness was fully equal to a ‘mastery of tho Latin.’ “ ‘ Sine—qua—non F said ‘Old Sandusky,’ re peating the question very slowly; ‘why, Sine Qua Aon is three islands in PussninaqiioiMy Bay, and Harry Cluy is tho last man to givo them up 1 No Sine Qua Aon, no treaty,’ he says; and he'll stick to it 1’ ” You should have seen the'laughing eye, the change in the speaker’s voice and manlier, said the narrator, to understand the electric effect the story had upon tho audience. Previous to Mr. Clay’s entrance upon public life in the service of ids country, and while he was yet young in the practice of the law, in Kontucy, the following striking incident is related of liim: Two Gormans, father and son, wore indicted for murder, aud were tried for the crime. Mr. (flay was employed to detend them. Tho act of killing was proved hy evidence so clear and strong, that it was considered not only a ease of murder, but an exceedingly aggravated one. The trial lasted five days, at the close of which he addressed the jury in the most impassioned and eloquent manner ;'and they were so moved by his pathetic appoals, tliat they rendored a verdict of manslaughter only. Af ter another hard day’s struggle, ho succeeded in obtaining an arrest of judgment, by which his clients, in whose ease he thought there was uu ab sence of all “malice prepenso,” were set at liberty. They expressed tlioir gratitude in the warmest terms to tlioir deliverer, in which they were joined by an old ill-favored female, the wife of one and the mother of the other, who adopted a different mode, however, of tendering her thanks, whieh was by throwing her arms round Mr. Olay’s neck, anil repeatedly kissing him, in tho presence of a crowd ed court-room! Mr. Clay respected her feelings too much to ro pulso her; but he was often afterward heard to say, that it was “the longest and strongest em brace lie over encountered in his professiouul prac tice 1” In civil suits, at this period, Mr. Olay gained al most equal celebrity, and especially in tho settle ment of land claims, at that time an important Mo ment in Western litigation. It is related of him, at this stage of his career, that being engaged in a case which involved immense interests, he associa ted with him a prominent lawyer to whom he in trusted its management, as urgent business de manded his absence from court. Two days were occupied in discussing the legal points that were to govern the instructions of the.court to the jury, on every one of which his colleague wns frustrated. Mr. Olay returned, however, before a decision was rendered, and without acquainting himself with the nature of the testimouy, or ascertaining tbo man ner in which tho discussion had been conducted, after conferring a few moments with his associate, ho pepared and presented in a few words tho form in which he wished tho instructions to bo given, accompanying it with bis reasons, which were so convincing that the suit was terminated in his favor in less than one hour after he ro-ontered the court room. Titus early, and in a career merely professional, did Honry Clay commence his sway over the minds of deliberative men. . Tho subjoined incident, connected with Mr. Clay’s style of “stump-speaking” is relutod in “Mallory’s Life” of our Illustrious subject. It il lustrates his taet and ingenuity in seizing and turn ing to good account trivial circumstances: Mr. Clay had been speaking for some time, when a company of riflemen, who had been performing military exercise, attracted by his attitude, conclu ded to “go and hear what the fellow had to say, as they termed it, and accordingly drew near. They listened with respectful attention, and evidently with deep interest, until be closed, when one of their number, a man of about fifty years of age, who had seen much back-wood’s service stood lean ing on his rifle, regarding the young speaker with a fixed and sagacious look. He was apparently the Nimrod of the company, for he exhibited overy characteristic of a “migh'tv hunter.” Ho had buckskin breeches, and hunting shirt, coon-skin cap, hlaek bushy beard, anil a visage of tho color and texture of his bullet-pouch. At his belt hung the knifb and hatchet, and the huge, indispensable power-horn across n breast bare and brown ns the bills ho traversed in liis fo rays, yet it covered a brave and noble heart. He beckoned with his hand to Mr. Clay to ap proach him. Mr. Clay immediately oomplied, “Young man,” said ho, “you want to goto the Legislature, I see.” “ Why yes,” replied Mr. Clay; “yes I should like to go, since nty friends liave put me up as a candidate before the people. I don’t wish tube defeated, of course ; few peoplo do,” “Are you a good shot, young man V' asked tbe hunter. “I consider myself as good as any in the county.” “Thon you shall go : but you 'must give us a specimen of your skill; wo must see yon shoot.” “I never shoot any rifle bat my own, aud that is at home,” said the yonng orator. “No matter," quickly responded the hunter, here’s Old Beet ; sno never failed yet in the hands of a marksman. She has put a "bullet through mauy a squirrel’s head at a hundred yards, and day light througli many a red-skin twice that dis tance. If you can shoot any gun, young mau, you can shoot ‘Old Bess.’ " “Very well, then,” replied Mr. Clay, “put up yonrinark ! put up you mark ?” Tho target was placed at about the distance of eighty yards, when, with all the coolnesand steadi ness of an old experienced marksman, he drew “old Bess” to his shoulder, nnd fired. Tho bullet pierced tho target near the centre. “Oh, that’s aobance shot!” a chance shot!” ex claimed several of his political opponents ; “he might shoot all day, and not hit the mark again. Let him try it over ! let him try it over I” “No, no,” retorted Mr. Clay, heat that, and then I will!” As no one seemed disposed to make the attempt, it was considered that he had given satisfactory proof of being, a* he said, “the best shot in the county:” and this unimportant incident gained him the vote of every hunter and marksman in the assembly, which was composed principally of that class of persons, as well as the support at tho same throughout the county. Mr. Clay was fre quently heard to say : “I had nover before fired a rifle, "and have not since!” It was in turning little things like these to ac count, that Mr. Clay, in the earlier period of his career, waa so remarkable. Two other instances in this kind, although not now may be appropri ately mentioned in this oonueotion. In 1905 an attempt was made to obtain the remo val of the capital from Frankfort, Kentucky. Mr. Clay, in a speech delivered at the time, reverted to the physical appearance of the place, us furnishing an argument in favor of the proposed removal. Frankfort is walled in on all sides by towering, rocky precipices, and in its general conformation,, is not unlike a great pit. “It presents,” said Mr." Clay, in his remarks upon the subject, “the model of an inverted hat. Frankfort is the body of the hat, and the lands adjacent are the brim. To change the figure, it is Nature’s great penitcutiarv; £nd if the members would know the bodily sedition of the prisoners, let them look at those poor creatures in the gallery.” As he said this, he directed the attention of tho members ofthe Legislature to some half dozen einnciated, spectreLlike specimens of humanity, who happened to be moping about there, looking as if they had just stolen a inarch from the grave yard. On observing the eyes of the House thus turned toward them, and aware of their ill favored aspect, they screened themselves with such ridiculous precipitancy behind tbo pillars aud railing, as to cause the most violent laughter.— This well-directed bit was successful; and the •A gmtlemsn, alter hearing one of Mr. Clay’s magnifi cent performances in the Senate, thus describe* him: “ Every muscle of the orator’* he* was at work. His whole bodr seemed agitated, as if each p.irt was instinct with a separate life ; and his small white hand, with it* blue reins apparently distended almost to bursting, moved gvaeefuSj, but with all the energy of rapid and vehement gesture. The appearance of the speaker seemed that of a pure intellect wrought up to ita mightiest energies, and brightly rhining through the thin and transparent veil of Seek that toveated It." It ia much to be lamented that no painting exists of the departed statesman that really doea him justice. What a treasure to the country, and to the Fiends of the “(treat Commoner,” would be a portrait, at this time, from the (aithtal and glowing pencil of »ur pre eminent artist, Elliott 1 But Ills new "to« Ist*." VOL. LXVI.---NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.--NO. 31. House guvo thoijr votes in favor of the measure. The second instance is doubtless more familiar to the reader; but having “spoken of guns,” it may not be amiss to quote it here: During an exeited political canvass, Mr. Clay mot an old hunter, who had previously been his devo ted friend, but who now opposed him, on the ground of the “ compensation bill.” “ Huvo you a gooa rifle, my frionil i” asked Mr. Clay. “ Yes,” said the liuntor. “ Docs it over fiasti iu the pull i” continued Mr. Clay. “ It never did but once in the world,” said the hunter, exultingly. “ Well, what did you do with it! You did’nt throw it away, did you!" “No; I picked "the flint, tried it again, and brought down tho game.” “Have leva r ‘flashed,’” continued Mr. Clay, “except on tho ‘compensation bill “ No, 1 can’t say tliut yon ever did.” “ Well, will you throw me awuv i” said Mr. Clay. “ No, no 1” responded the huntsman, touched on tho right point, “no I'll pick the flint, and try you again!" And ever afterward ho wns the *nwavcri..g friend ot Mr. Clay. From tbo same authority we doriveanotlicrelco lion anecdote, which Mr. Clay was wont to men tion to his friends. In a political canvass in Ken tucky, Mr. Clay and Mr. rope, a one armed man, were candidates for tho sumo office. An Irish barber, residiug at Lexington, hud always given Mr. Cluy his vote, and ou all occasions, ,wliau bo was a candidate for office, electioneered warmly for him. Ho was “ Irish all over,” aud was frequent ly in “scrapes,” from which Mr. Clay generally succeeded m rescuing him. Somebody, just be fore the election took place, “came the evil eye” over him; for when asked who ho was going to vote for, ho replied, “ 1 mane to voto for tho man wlm can’t put more nor one hand into the treasu ry 1” . A tow days after tho election, tho barber met Mr. Clay in Lexington, and approaching him, be gan to cry, saying that no had wronged him, and repented liis ingratitude. “Mv wile,” said he, “ got round mo, blubbering, mid tould me that 1 wns too had, to desert, like a base spalpeen, me onld frind. ‘Niver’s the time,’ says slio, ‘when you got in jail or in any bad fix, niver'e the time lie did’nt come and 1 1 oip you out. Och 1 bud luck to yo for not giving him your vote!’” Mr. Clay nover failed to gain lus vote afterward. An anecdote is related of Mr. Clay, aptly illus trating his ability to encounter opposition, in what ever manner presented. A Senator from Connec ticut had endeavored to inspire tho younger mem bers of the Senate with a respect for him, nearly allied to awe; and to this end was accustomed to use toward them harsh and haughty language, but especially to make an ostentatious display of his attainments, and liis supposed snporior knowl edge ofthe subject under discussion. Mr. Clay could ill brook liis insolent looks nnd language, and haughty, overbearing manner, and took occa sion in his speech to hit them off', which ho did by quoting Peter Pindar’s Magpie, “Thus have I seen a magpie in the street, A chattering bird we often meet, A bird of curiosity well known, With head awry, And cunning eye, Peep knowingly into a marrow bone!” “It would be difficult,” says the biographer who relates this circumstance, “to suy which wns the greater, the merriment whieh this sally caused, or the chagrin ofthe satirised Senator. -A striking instance ofthe simplicity ns well as humanity of Mr. Clay’s character 1s given in the following authentic anecdote of him, while a mom ber of the llouso of Representatives: “ Almost every body in Washington City will remember an old lie-goat, which formerly inhab ited a livery stnblo on Pennsylvania Avenue. This animal was tho most independent citizen of tiie metropolis. Ho belonged to no party, although ho frequently gave pedestrians ‘ striking’ proofs of his adhesion to tho ‘leveling’ principle; for whenever a person stopped anywhere in tho vi cinity, ‘Billy’ was sure to ‘ muito at him,’ horns und ull. Tno boys took delight in irritating him, und frequently so annoyed him that he would ‘butt’against lamp-posts and treosto their great amusement. “ Ono day, Ilenry Clay was passing along tho avenue, and seeing tho boys intent on worrying lliliy into a fever, stopped, and with characteristic humanity expostulated with them upon their cru elty. Tne boys listened in silent awe to tbo olo quentnppeal oftho ‘Luminary of tho West,’ but it was all Cherokee to Billy, who—tbe ungrateful scamp I —aroso majestically on liis hind legs, and made a desperate p tinge at his friend and advo cate. Mr. Clay, however, proved too much for bis horned adversary. He seized both horns of tho dilemma, and then cume the ‘ tug of war.’ Tho struggle was long and doubtful. “ ‘Ha 1’ exclaimed the statesman, ‘l’ve got yon fast, you old rascal! I’ll teach you bettor man ners than to attack your friends! But boys,’ he continued, ' what shall 1 do now V “ ‘ Why, trip up bis feet, Mr. Clay.’ Mr. Clay did as lie was told, and after manv severe efforts, brought Billy down on bis side. Here ho looked at the boys imploringly, seeming to say, ‘ I never was in such a fix a* this before 1’ “The combatants were now nenrly exhausted; but tiie goat bad tho advantage, for ho wns gaining breath all the while the statesman wns losing it. “ ‘ Boys!’ exclaimed Mr. Clay, puffing and blowing, ‘ this is rather an awkward business. — Wlint ntn I to do next f' “ ‘ Why, don’t you know?’ said n littio fellow, making lus own preparations to run, as he spoke : ‘ all yott’vo eot to do is to let go, and run like blazes !’ Tho hint wa* taken at once, much to tho atn nsemont ofthe boys who had beer, ‘lectured.’” Tiie collisions between Mr. Clay and Randolph, in Congress and out of it, are well known to tho public. The following circumstance, however, ha* seldom been quoted. When tin! Missouri Com promise question was before Congress, and tho fury of the contending parties hud broken down almost every barrios of order and decency, Mr. Randolph, much excited, approaching Mr. Cluy, said ; “Mr. Spenker, I wish you would leave the House. I will follow you to Kentucky, or auy where elso In the world.” Mr. Clay regarded hint with ono of his most searching looks for an instant; nnd then repliod, in an tinder tone : “Mr. Randolph, your proposition is nn exceed ingly serious one, and demands most serious con sideration. Be kind enough to call nt iqy room to-morrow morning, nnd wo will deliberate over it together.!’ Mr. Randolph callod punctually at tho moment; they tulked long upon the much agitated snhject, without coming to any agreement, and Mr. Ran dolph arose to leave. “M r. Randolph,” said Mr. Clay, as the former was about stepping from tho house, “with your permission, I will ombraco the present occasion to observe, that your lnngimgoand deportment on tho floor of tho House, it has oocurred to mo, were rather indecorous aud uneentlemnnly, on several occasions, and very annoying, indeed, to mo ; for being in tiie chair, 1 had no opportunity of ro plying.” Wlitlo admitting that this might, perhaps, bo so, Mr. Randolph excused it, on the ground of Mr. Clay’s inattention to his remarks, and asking for n pinch of snuff while ho was addressing him, &c., &c. Mr. Clay, in reply, said : “Oh, you arooertuinly mistukon, Mr. Randolph, if you think Ido not listen to you. 1 frequently turn away my head, it is true, and ask for a pineti of snutf; still, I hear everything you say, al though I may seem to hear nothing; aud retentive as I know your momory to bo, 1 wifi wager thut I can repeat as many of your speeches, as you your self can 1” “Woll,” answered Randolph, “I don’t know but 1 am mistaken ; and suppose wo drop the mat ter, shake hands, and become good friend* again ?” “Agreed,” said Mr. Clay, extending his hand wiiich was cordially grasped by Mr. Randolph. During the same session’, and some time before this interview, Mr. Randolph accosted Mr. Cluy with a look and manner much agitated, and ex hibited to him a letter, cotiohed m very abusive terms, threatening to cowhide him, &c.; and asked Mr. Clay’s advice as to the course lie should pur sue in relation to it. “What caused the writer to send you suoh nn insulting epistle, Mr. Randolph ?” ashed Mr. Olay. “Why, I suppose,” said Ruudolph, “itwas in consequence of what I said to him the other day.” “ What did you say !” “Why, air, I was standing in the vestibule of the house, when the writer came up and introduced to mu a gentleman who accompuuicd him; aud I asked him wlint right lie had to introduce that mau to mo, and told him thut the man had just ns good a right to introduce him to me; whereat he was very indignant, said l bad treated him seandulous ly, und turning on his heel, went away, I think that must hats made him write the letter.” “Don’t you think ho was a VUtU out of hie head, to talk iu that way ?” asked Mr. Clay. “Why, I’ve been thinking about that,” said Ran dolph : “I Aaiasotne doubts respecting his sanity.” “Well, that tieing the ease, would it not be tho wisest oourse not to bring the matter before the House! I will direct the »ergcant‘ut-arms to Keep a sharp look-out for the man, aud to cause him to be arrested should he attempt any thing improp er.” Mr. Randolph noquiesced in this opinion, and nothing more wns ever heard of tho subject. Anothor incident,, touching Mr. Clay and Mr. Randolph, will be road with interest: At ono time Mr. Randolph, iu a strain of most scorching irony, had indulged iu somo personal taunt towards Mr. Clay, commiserating bis igno rance and limited education, to whom Mr. Clay thus replied: “Sir, the gentleman from Virginia was pleased to say, that in one point ut least ho coincided with me—in an humble estimate of my philologi cal acquirements. Sir, I know my deficiencies. I wa* born to no proud patrimonial estate from my father. I inherited only infancy, ignora»ce anil indigence. I feel my defecta; but, so far as my situation in early life is concerned, I may without presumption say, they are more my mis fortune than my fault. But, however I may de plore my inability to furnish to the gentleman a better specimen of powers of verbal criticiam, I will venture to say ray regret is not greater than the disappointment of this committoe, as to the strength of lit* argument.” The particulars of the duel between Mr. Ran dolph and Mr. Clay may be unknown to some of our readers. The eoentric descendant of Pocahon tas appeared on the ground in a huge morning gown. Tbia garment constituted such avast cir cumference that the “locality of the swarthy Sena tor,” was at least a matter of very vogue conjecture. Tho parties exchanged shots, and* tbe ball of Mr. Clay bit tbe centre of the viable object, but Mr. Randolph waa not there. The the latter had fired in the uir, and immediately after tho exchange of shots he walkeu up to Mr. (liny, parted tho folds of his gown, pointed to the hoi* where tho bullet of tho former had pieroed his coat, and, in the shril lest tones of his pieroing voice, exclaimed, “Mr. Clay, you owe Inc a coat—you owe me a coat!” to which Mr. Clay replied iu a voice of slow and soinlemn emphasis, at the *omo time pointing di rectly at Mr. Randolph’s heart, “Mr. Randolph, I thank God that I am no deeper in you debt!” The annexed rejoinder aptly illustrates Mr Clay’s readiness at repartee: At the time of the passage of the tariff-bill, as the house was about adjourning, a friend cf the bill observed to Mr. Clay, “We nave done pretty wcl today.” “Very well, indeed,” rejoined Mr. Clay— "very well; wo madoagood stand, consider ing wo lost both oar feet;" alluding to Mr. Foote of New York, and Mr. Foot of fAmnecticnt, both having opposed the bill, although it was confident ly expected, a short time previous, that both would aupport it. After the nomination of General Taylor as a can didate for the Presidency, made by the Whig Con vention at Philuielphia, in June, 1848, many of tbe friends of Sfr. Clay wore greatly dissatisfied, not to say exasperated, by what they deemed an abandonment of principle, and nnfairoess in the proceedings of that body: meetings were held iu this city, at which delegates from the northern and westorn part* of tbie btate and from the State of New Jersey attended, and various arrangements, preliminary to placing Mr. Clav again in nomina tion for that office, wete made, and perfected. These steps were not coaccolod, and many of the friends of General Taylor were so uncharitable as to avow their belief that this dissatisfaction Vas fostered and encouraged by Mr. Clay himself. The following extract from a letter written to a friend in tbie city,* one who had from the beginning op •NlehoUs Dean, Esq., President •! ths Cretan ' i--, iMrd, a llf«-l*ng friend of Mr. Clay, .» pueed the movement, will exhibit Mr. Clay • sentiments on that subject: “Ashusd 16th October, 1666. *‘Mt Bex* Sir—l duly received your obliging |y_‘* r “ sth instant, and 1 have jierueed It with the greeted ** " “The vlved picture which you have drawn of the enthuel aetlc attachment, the unbounded confidence, and tire devotion of my warm-hearted frlenda In the y New York, has filled me with the HvoUest emotloiu of gran “there was but one more proof wanting of their g»odn»**. to complete and perpetuate my great obligations Ulhem, and that they have kindly given, In deference to “jF lous Wishes; It was, not to Insist upon the use of my name as a candidate for the Presidency, after the promulgation or my desire to the contrary." ’ In another letter, to the samo party, wr^{ en weeka earlier, occurs the following touching pas sage, indicating his Benseof tlio oppressive loneli ness, with which he wnu then aOTTOonaea. Re ferring to the (Mint departure of his son James on his niiasion to I’ortugal, accompanied by me family, lie says : * “If they had, as 1 hope, a prosperous voyage, they will have arrived at Liverpool about the same day that I yearn ed home. My separaUon from them, probably for a lengto of time, the uncertainty of life rendering It not unlikely that 1 may never see them again, and the deep and affectionate Interest 1 take In their welfare and happiness, haa been ex tremely painfitl. “I find myself now, toward the close of my life, In on* respect, In it condition similar to that with which I began It. Mrs. Cloy end I commenced It alone; and after having bad eleven children, of whom four only remain, our youngest son Is the sole white person residing with us." Wcare indebted totho same obliging gentleman * from whom wo derive the foregoing, for the follow in® gnyphio description of a visit pKid to Mr. Cluv in ilia aick chamber at W indtington : “On Monday, the tirnt of March Inat, at about one o’clock, at the National Hotel, Washington, having aent in ray name, Mr. Clay kindly admitted mo to hie room. I found it darkened by heavy closed curtains, and the sufferer seated in an eaay chair at the remote end, near a moderate con] nre. 1 approached him rapidly, and, taking Ilia extend ed soft hand and attenuated Angers, said, My dear sir, I um most honored and grutifled by this privi lege of being ngiiin permitted to renew to you, personally, the expression of my unabated attach ment unci rovorence.’ , , “But, my dear sir,” he playfully answered, ‘you have u very cold hand to convey these senti ments to an invalid such aa 1 am. Come, draw up a chair, und sit near ino ; I am compelled to use my veioe but little, and very care'ully.’ “Doingas ho desired, I expressed my deep re gret that ho was still confined to a sick room, and added, that I hoped the return of spring, and (he early recurrence of warmer weather would miti gate’his most urgent symptoms, and enable him again to visit the Senato chamber. “Sir,” said he, “these are the kind wishos or a friend, but that hope docs not commend Itself to my judgment. You may remember tliut last year I Visited the Havana, In the expectation that it* remarkably gonial anil mild climate would benefll mo—but i found no relief; thence to New Or leans, a favorite rosort of mine, with no better re sult. Feveu became impatient for the return of autumn, thinking that possibly its clear bracing atmosphere at Ashland might lessen aav distress ing cough; but sir, the Huvana, Now Orleans, and Ashland luivo all failed to bring to mo any percep tible benefit.’ _ "May 1 ask, my donr sir, what part of the twen ty lour hours nre yon moat comfortable I” “ • Fortunately, sir, very fortmiatoly— l should add, mercifully —during tne night. Then, I am singularly placid and composed t I tun very wake ful, and during the earlier part of it my thought* tako a wido range, but 1 lie most tranquilly, with out any sensation of weariness, or nervous excite ment, and toward day fall into a quiet and undis turbed sloop ; tills continues to s late hour in the morning, when I rise and breakfast about ten o’clonk. Subsequently my cough for an hour or two, is very exhausting. After one o clock, and during the ovening, I am tolerably free of it, and during tliiß period, I see ft few of tny oloee person al friends. And thus pusses tlie twenty-four “‘ I wits grieved to loom, through the publio prints, that Mrs. Clay has been ill; may I hop* that she is better!’ , T “‘Shelias been sick; Indeed, at one time, I was much alarmed at her situation; bnt I thank God,* (with deep emotion,) * alio le quite recover “ ‘ I almost exported the gratification of meet ing your son Janies and hi* wife here.’ “ 1 No, sir; you may remembor that I once told you that ho had nmdc u very fortnnnte investment Sn the suburbs of fit. Louis. This property lias be como valuable, and requires liis attention and management t iio has removed thither with hi* family. It’s a long way otT, and 1 would not haro them make a winter journey here; beside, 1 have every comfort and attention that n sick man can require. My apartments, as you perceive, are far removed from tlio noiss mid bustle of the house; ami 1 am surrounded by warmand anxious friends, over seeking to anticipate my wishes.* “ During this brief conversation—in whioh we wero quite alone—Mr, Clay had several paroxysm* of coughing. Onoe he rose and walked across th* room to a spittoon. Tlio most careful use of hi* voico seemed greatly and eoiißtantly to irritate hi* lunge. I could not prolong the interview, though thoroughly impressed with the belie f, since mourn fully verified, tliftt it would be the lost. “ I rose, took my leave, invoking God’a blessing on him j and, as in the presence of Royalty, bow od myself out of the room haokwurd. “ Oil rising from his seal, as above remarked, ho stood as oreet aud commanding os ever; and while sitting in close proximity to him, his burning eye fixed intently upon mo, it seemed ns if rays of light wero emitted from oneli. This phenomenon is not Unusual in consumptive patients, the extra ordinary brilliancy oftlio eye being often remark ed : but in Mr. Clay’s cuse it was so intense as to make mo almost nervous, partaking as it didofthe supernatural. ■•I have thus given you the arrangement, aim very nearly the preoise words,* of this my list in terview with ouo oftlio greatest men of tut age.— It was altogether a sceuo to be remembered--* siqk room, with tlio thoughts of ft nation daily di reotud to itl It is fall of of pathos, and approach es the sublime.” The day previous to the call and conversation above described, tlio editor es tlio JCnielerhotker Magazine saw Mr. Clay in the street at Washing ton, und thus mentions the fact in the “ Gossip of his April number: “ Bussing ths National Ho tel at two o’clock, on this bright and cloudless warm Sunday, wo saw a tall figure, clad in a bluo coat, attended only by a ludy and child, enter a carriage before the door. Once seen, *t was a face never to bo forgotten. It waa Ilenry Clay. That eagle-eye was not dimmed, although the great statesman’s force was abated. W» raised our hat and bowed our reverence and admiration. Our salutation was gracefully returned, and the oor- Mago was driven away. “ As we walked on, to keep an engagement to dine, we thought of the late words of that eminent patriot: ‘ If tlio days of my usefulness, as I have too much reason to fear, bo indeed passed, I de sire not to linger an impotont spectator of the otV scanued field ofiifo. I have never looked upon old age, deprived of the faculty of enjoyment, of intellectual perceptions and energies, with any sympathy; and for such 1 think the day of fata cannot arrive too soon.’ One can hardly clioosa but drop a tear over such a remark from such a man.” •Thus “broken with the storms of stats,” and scathed with many a fiery conflict, Henry Cloy gradually descended toward the tomb. “During this period,” says one of his Kentucky colleagues, “ho conversed much and choerfufiy with his friends, and took great interest in public affairs.— While lie did not expert a restoration to health, ho cherished the liopo that the mild season of spring would bring him strength enough to re turn to Ashland, that he might die in tne bosom of liis fimiily. But, alss! spring, that brings lift* to sll nature, brought no life nor hope to mm.— After the month of March, his vital power* rapidly wasted, and for weeks ho lay patiently awaiting the stroko of death. The approach of tne destroy- , or bod no terror for him. No clouds overhung hi* future, lie met his end with composure, »nd hi* pathway to the grave wss lightened by the immor tal hope* which spring from the Christian fsith.— Not long bofors his death, buying just returned from Keutucky, I bore to him a token of affection from his excellent with. Never can 1 forget hi* appearance, hia manner or his word*. After speak ing of liis family and his country, he changed th* conversation to Ms own fortune, and, looking on me with liis fine eyes undimmed, and Ms vsiea full of it original oompass and melody, he said: ‘I am not afraid to die, sir; I liuve hope, iaith, and some confidence: Ido sot think any man ean be entirely certain in rogard to Ms future state, but I have nn abiding trust iu tho merit* and mediation of our Saviour. ’ ” “On the evening previous to his departure,” writ&a liis excellent pastor and faithful attendant, Butler, “sitting sn hour in silence by his siflpl could not but realize—when I beard him in the slight wanderings of Ms mind, to ot her dsys and other socnes, murmuring the words, ‘My mother, mother, mother!’ and saying, ‘My dear wife I’ aa if she were present. 1 could not but realize then, aud rejoiced to think, bow near was the blessed re union of his weary heart with the loved dead, and tlio living who must soon follow him to his rest, whose spirit* even then seemed to vieit and to cheer his memory and hi* hope.” Mr. Clay’* countenance immediately after d**th looked like au antique cast. Hia features seemed to be perfectly classiest; and the repose of ail the muscles gave the lifeless body a quiet majesty, sel dom reached by living human being, ifis last re quest was that Ilia body might be buried, not in Washington, but in hia own family vault iu hia beloved Kentucky, by the side of his relations ftnd friends. Muy lie rest in peaco in hia honored gravel • They were reduc'd te writing Immediately afterward. SWEDISH MOTHER’S HYMN. Mary Howitt, (aent’e Mary Howltt, a< the li sometimes called,) has translated from a favorite Swedish author, the following beautiful hymn, sung by a mother to her children just before the parting “good night There eitteth a dove so white and fair, All on the lily spray, And she llsltneth how to Jesus Christ The little children pray. Lightly she spreads her friendly wings, And to Heaven’s gate hath aped, And unto the Father In Heaven > he bears The prayers which the chUdren have said. And back »hc comes from Heaven’s gate, And brings—thut dove so mild— From the Fattier In Heaven who heart her speak. A blessing on every child. Then children lift up a pious praytr, It hsars whatever you say, That heavenly dove to white and fair, All on the lily spray. The Will and the Wat.— l learned grammar when 1 waa a private soldier, oa the pny of* six pence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard bed, was my peat to study in; my knapsack was my bookcase, and a bit of board lying in mv lap was my writing table. I had no money to pur chase candle or oil; in winter, it wss rarely that I could got any light hut that of the fire, and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen orpieoeof paper, I was compelled to forego some portiou of food, though In a stale of half-starvation. I had not a moment of time that I could call my own ; and I had to read and write amid the talking, laughing, singing, whistling and bawling of at least half ascore of the most thoughtless men—and that, too, in the hours of their freedom from all control. And I say, if 1, under these circumstan ces, could encounter and overcome ths task, j« there— can there be, in the whole world, a youth who can find sn excuse for the non-performance. milium GoiitM. Rom* years ago a servant girl who bad robbed her mistress, a miliner in London, was transported to Sydney fora term of years. Since the discovery of the Bathurst plains, the female convict, has writ ten to her former mistress that the colony was a good placo; that os she now kept, her carriage she was happy to return tho amount which aha bad stolen with interest; that ahe earnestly reccom tnended her to come out ftnjJ get up hhop . , nd that in that caso she wo- jld be happy to extend *r patronage to a lady whom .bifoa ao an esteem. ° Hih :/AB» College Library.—lt appear* ii? number of volumes in the library of uar '"..d College, including the theological, law, IP .«dical, and society's libraries, is #2,000. There are *6,000 unbound books and pamphlets. Thera have been added during the year 161# volumes, exclusive of #,056 pamphlets. Os these, 676 vol ttmea and 1,66# pamphlets war* special donation*,
