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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
UXII.V AND TBI-WKKRI.V,
Are alao publnhwi at thit offlee, an I mailed to robecriberr
at *.he foDowiDK raua, namely:
mar Pzr«z, if rent by mail, *1 P** - annum.
Tm WreXLT Caere *
fEK II > OF *D¥BRT!»I««.
~ ,Vgan.r.—Seventy-lire cent* per at ( uare(lo line, or
.„ (or the am inaertioo, and »sty cent* for each wbae
luent Insertion. ,
DR. CHAMPION'S ANTI-BILIOUS, ANTI-DTS
PEPTIC, PURIFYING, CATUABTIC PILLS,
\\TA HItA.VTKD purely vegetable. Price2Bcent* per
W i,.,x. Dr. Champion 1 * Vegetable Ague PIIU, iScentr
*" There well known reliable Medicine, can be had genuine
of the only authorlxed Ageota in Aogurta. _
HAVILAND. ' WLtY A CO.,
WM. K. KITCHEN, and
D. B. PLUMB A CO.
N. B.—The public are cautioned Ugainrt buying eUe
where, aa there are epurioua imitatione of both the Anti-
Bilious, and Ague and Fever Pills in mAA MUJ|y
raar9wßm» Agent for Georgia and Couth Carolina.
NOTICE.
Want HD, at Newton Factory, Ga., an experienced
WEAVER to lake charge of the Weaving Depart*
merit. *M..rW« YOUNG LADIIS, to operate
in said department. Experienced hands would be pre
fcrr.-l. The place is healthy, and good Board can be had
on very m-derate term.. For addrea.
President of the Newton Manufacturing Co.
Newbio Factory, Oa., Feb. 22d, 1858. f«b2A-wtf
20 DOLLARS BEWABD.
K\\ \ WAY from the subscriber, near Hawkins-
Ville, (in., on the 25th November last, my Ne-UP
irro hoy PAUL. He Is about 25 years old, 5 feet, t r n
or In be bet high, weighs about 17(1 or 175 lbs.,—no.Wl,
particular marks about him recollected, except a very high
projective forehead, and black. He is probably making
Ills war to a free State when last seen. He was travelling
with some unknown Irishman. The above reward will be
paid for such information that I may get him.
A NEW INVENTION-THE BAT EXTERMINA
TOR.
(k\ the receipt of fifty cents, the subscriber will mall to
) an, aildr'K, plain directions for making a mechanical
apparatus for tic i biiptete extermination of KATB and
MICE, on any one person's premises, in a very short time
after being put In operation. The Exterminator Is quite siin
pi" ill Its construction, and any person can make one in lees
time than an hour. All House keepers, (Farmers particu
larly) who wish to save five or ten, or more dollars a year,
will do well to secure these illrectiona. No letter taken
from the offlee unless postage is paid.
Address F. DAVID ROOT,
apr27-wßt Blalrsvtlle, 8. C.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
rp||K 'IIIHKIIH have re-
1 eeived, and intend keeping on
hand a supply of article* in the above
line, consisting of KAN MIL LB, MflfeHflHKflHHfc
CORN SHELLERS. STRAW GUTTERS,
HUUSoIL, bliiK HILL and other PLOUGHS, all of the
most approved make.
They are alio daily looking for an additional supply of
Tin and Roofing PLATES. Alio, of NUTS and WASHERS,
amorted sites. RONES, GILBERT A BONES.
apr27 - wGt
THE PECTORA) ELIXIR
In IIA f O W >1 and prescribed by many of the
inoxt eminent physicians in the South.
For affections of the Throat and Lungs, it has no equal,
as hundreds of testimonials in our possession will prove.
w Being very pleasant to the taste, it is peculiarly adapt
ed to the use of children, for which class of disease, partic
ularly Croup, it is especially recommended.
It may be had In Augusta of
BARRETT A CARTER,
WM. K. KITCHEN,
W. H. A J. TURPIN,
PHILIP A. MOIBE,
marlS-dAw WM. H. TUTT.
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
* FACTORY.
' |MI K subscriber, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore
1 extended to the late firm of Sciiiruxr A WtoaxD, would
respectfully inform hi. friend, and the public, that he contin
nr. to execute order, for hla well known Warranted French
UUltlt MILL STONES,of every deilrablealae, at thaloweat
price and aliorteat notice. He aiao furniahea
EHOPUB ami COLOGNE STONES,
SMUT MACHINES, of varioua pattern#,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the beat brand,
CEMENT, for Mill use.
And every other article necessary in a Mill.
Also, for Planters, amall GRIST MILLS to attach la Gin
Gears.
All orders promptly attended to.
WM. R. SCHIRMER,
lain wtf Surviving partner of Sohirmer A Wigaud.
SI,OOO REWARD.
Dll. lII'NTKII'S celebrated SPECIFIC, for theeure
of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and AnalagousOom
pluiuts of the Organs of Generation.
Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com
plaint, IhiH Is the most certain.
pir* It makes a speedy and purmanont oure without re
striction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application
to business.
\W It is perfectly harmless. Gallons of It might be
taken without Injuring the patient.
Iff It is put up in bottles, with full directions aocom
nnylng It, so that persons can euro themselves without re
ip'tlng to physicians or others for advice.
One bottle is enough to perform acertaln oure. Price 11.
; y/“ I' la approved and recommended by the Royal
allege of Physicians and Burgeons of London and has
elr certificate enclosed.
ZW~ It Is sold by appointment In Augusta, Ga., by
PHILIP A. MOIBE,
der the new Augusta Hotel, and by W. H. AJ. TURPIN.
Orders from the country promptly attended to. Je9
SIOOO REWARD.
'pilli MIOVK ItICW A lilt will be paid to any one
1 who will produce u preparation superior to
I)R. FRANCK’S SPECIFIC,
For tlie euro of Oouorrhceu, Gleet, Syphilis, Strictures and
all diseases of the Kldnles and Bladder. It is preferable
to all others, because,
Ist. It contains no mineral, whatever.
9ml. It is purely vegetable,
Hi). It requires no change of diet.
4th. Itivee no had odor on the breath,
hth. It Is pleasant to take.
titli. It tma full directions, thereby obviating the neces
tlLy of consulting a Physician,
nil. It generally cures In four or five days,
fitli. It does not Injure the stomach.
9th. It promotes healthy digestion.
10th. It Is a general purifier of the blood.
This Specific is prepared by the most able Physician Id
Loudon, anil sold by WM. U. TUTT,
feb9«-\vtf Bole Agent In Augusta.
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM.
PANY’SIRON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
M ANld Vril'llK, In superior style, Horlaontal and
Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all slsee; Steam
BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS;
•ugar MILLS; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (Including lloxie'scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) En
gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and BrassOABTINGB, of all
kinds, Ac., Ao.
All orders filled with despatch.
ap9i GINDRAT A 00.
FRANCK'S SPECIFIC,
VRKPAHaD BT
ROBERT FRANCK, M. D„
LOUDON.
IN a certain, speedy and permanent cure tor CERTAIN
DISEASES. It is sold by WM. H. TUTT,
uiarS Sole Agent, Augusta.
TO PLANTERS.
WK are now daily rcoelrlng, at our Old Stand, In addi
tion to our preseut Stock, a large assortment, se
lected expressly for Planters’ uee, comprising—
St. Croix, P. R., Muscovado, and N. 0. SUGARS;
Crushed, Powdered, Loaf aud ClarUed Do.;
Rio, Java and Lagulra Coffee;
Green, Hyson and Black TEAS;
SALT, in sacks and Bulk;
PEPPER, SPICE and GINGER;
TREACLE, SYRUP and MOLASSES;
BRANDIES, WINES and CORDIALS;
Domestic LIQUORS, of all qualities;
IRON, NAILS, STEEL, AXES and Wagon AXLES;
BELLOWS, ANVILS, VICKS and Screw PLATES;
Trace, Tongue, Stay, Lock and Halter 0HAIN8;
Hollow WARE and SAD-IRONS;
BAGGING, ROPE and TWINE;
SADDLES, BRIDLES and WHIPS;
BLANKETS, KERSEYS, SHOES and HATS;
llan. 'sand Sole LEATHER, K and Calf SKINS ;
Lamp and Tanner's OIL;
SOAPS, CANDLES and STARCH;
TOBACCO and BKGARS;
And many other articles too numerous tomention, whic
will be sold upon as good terms as any house In the city.
■94-wly BUFORD, BEALL A CO.
PIANO FORTES MUSIC, AC.
CIIAKLKB 4'ATLI.\ & CJO., near
the United States Hotel, August*. Ga., 4-g, .
only authorised Agents for Chick
•ring's celebrated \/ « | \f U
IKON FRAMED PIANO FORTES,
Also, for those made by Nunn A Clark, and Adam Stod
dard.
The superiority and wide spread celebrity of these In
trumonts render any special reference to them unnecessa
ry. The universal satisfaction that they have given in this
market, for more than 15years, is good evidence of their
nrability.
Their stock is always large and full, comprising every
variety and style of 6, 6# 6 \ and T octave PIANOS,
which they will sell at the lowest factory prices, (varying
rom i'2 '0 to $500,) and warrant them sound and perfect in
very respect.
Their stock of MUSIC is large, and they receive fresh
applies every week of all new publications, as soon as they
are issued.
All orders for Pianos, Music, Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Ac
ordeou!»,Ac., Ac., will receive prompt and careful aucti
on, and will be warranted to please in every respect.
MELODEONS.
They have also a complete assortment of Prince A Co.'s
MELODEONS. The Key Board is precisely the same as the
Piano or Organ ; and the tone closely resembles that of
he Elute stop of the Organ, and is sufficiently loud for
mall Churches. They vary in price from SSO to SIOO.
JEWELRY.
CHARLES CATLIN keeps for sale at the same place, a
arge Stock of fine WATCHES, JEWELRY and SILVER
WARE, to which he invites tne attention of the pnblic.
mh2> __
P. BRENNER,
PIANO MANUFACTURER,*,
(Jollity Range, Broad Augusta, Go,,
18 ready to execute all orders for PI-
A NOS of all descriptions, which he war
rv.its t > be equal in tone, quality and du
rability to any that are brought from the i* * I 1/ s
North. The following is one of various testimonials, which
have been kindly given to P. B. by gentlemen in this city.
Having bought a Piano of Mr. P. Brenner last year,
which was of his own make, 1 take great pleasure in testify
ng my perfect approbation of it in every respect. It is very
rich in tone, easy of touch, elegantly made and keeps in
lunc most admit ably. From what I have set nos Mr. Bren
ner's Pianos, I have no hesitation in recommending them
for their quality, to all who may b« in want of a
flue and durable instrument. J. B. Hait.
Augusta September 15,1858.
Further reference*: Rev. Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Setae, Mr. H.
B. Fraaer,B. Bignon, Mr. Wm. R. dchirmer and others.
Pianos, Organs and other musical instruments toned and
skillfully repaired, at the shortest notice.
P. BRENNER,
!6-ly Broad-st, above McKenni-st.
T PIANO FOBTEB.
HK subscribers would respectfully call
the attention of their friends and the
public, to their assortment of Rosewood and
Mahogany PI ANO FORTES, from the well *■ W ■
known and justly celebrated Manufactoriesof Bacon A Raven,
A. U. Gale A Co., and Dubois A Seabury, New York, which
are warranted in every respect, to be at least fully equal to
any instruments manufactured in this country or Europe.
The subscribers would also state than the instruments now
on hand are *f the latest patterns and fashion, and fresh from
the manufacturers. For sale at very low prices for cash or
city acceptances, at GEO. A. OATES A 00.*8
«ylB Kano, Book and Music Depot, Broad-st.
W. H. ft J. TURPIN.
SUCCESSORS TO W. H. TCRP®
OFFER TO PHYSICIANS, Planters, Mer- n
chants, and the public at large, a choice and
XE well assorted stock of DRUGS AXD MEDI
- CINES, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glass Ok
and Putty, Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms,
Bpirits Turpentine, Ac., Ac.
We purchase our goods for cash, and are prepared to sell
on the most advantageous terms. Merchants will And it to
their interest to look at our prices. All articles warranted
to be what is represented. Give os a call and satisfy your
selves. its
CLOTHS, of warranted quality, furntehe
D and put up in bolts to order.
Mill Stone Plaster, prepared for backing Millßtones, cheap
nd of the best quality, for sals by
KIHU
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BOOK BIND KR Y.
rHK I'ROPHIKIOR „f theCHRONICLE k BENTI
NEL would respectfully notify his friends and thepub
|ic,that he has added to his establishments complete
BOOK BINDERY,
and having secured the services of an efficient and compe
teM workman, *• P re P» r ed to execute all orders for BIND
INGin the best style, and at short notice. Havincaleoa
mostapproved
RULING MACHINE,
all orders for BILL HEADS, BLANK BOOKB Ac will be
Ruled to any given pattern, with neatness and despatch
Hefiattera lumaelf, therefore, that he will be able to«e
eute every variety of work in a moat satisfactory manner
JOB PRINTING.
PRINTING department of the CHRONICLE A
SENTINEL Offlee is now complete in all ite parts havinx
been recently re fitted with a most extensive supply and
great rariety of New Type, of the latest styles and mo.
approved patterns. The Proprietor would therefore re
spectfully invite the orders of his friends and thennblie
feeling assured that his facilities, and the superior skill and’
taste of his workmen in that department, willenablehlm to
executeevery variety of JOB PRINTING in astyleequal
to any establishment In the South, and at mostsatisfactorv
P rice «- mh2o
ITONE MOUNTAIN TEMPERANCE HOUSE
THK aX BSt RIHKR takes this method of notify
ing the public, that he is prepared to entertain Blit
those who may call upon him daring their virtu to thi"
mantle section of the country, renowned tar the salubrity
of the aUnuaphere, and the purity of water
N S t"?? T? P V‘ ,h » u •» spared to render visitor,
comfortable daring their stay. L DEAN
majrl&-w3mo
W J*J D P er * nce Banner will pleaoe copy three months
and *end their account to me. l. x> #
INFORMATION WANTED.
M B ; KDWAKD J COX has left ths neighborhood
of Woodbury, in Meriwether county, Ga., about the
first of January last,for Griffin to seU his Cotton. He was
seen in Atlanta on the next day, since which time he bat
not been heard firom. He hat left hit wife and four chil
dren with me without support, and I at-.ould thankfully re
ceive any information respecting him.
_Mayl7-w4t BKNJ. POWELL.
WHEAT THRASHERS.
THK I'IVDKHMIUftKD would particularly call the at
tention es Wheat Growers to hit unproved THRASH
r.nB, the most substantial machine of the kind in use and
one preferred by those who have used them to any other.
They can be had at my ehop, t miles from Augusta on the
tauisvllle road, or at Messrs. Bones and Brown's, and
Messrs. Moore, Broad street, Augusta, or at Messrs. Hill,
Hamburg, 8. C.—at which places may also be had my
Iron Well BUCKETS. I will also build GINS to order, or
repair in the best manner at the shortest notice. All or
ders left at my shop, or directed to the Richmond Factory
P. O. will he promptly attended to.
mayl-wla* SOLOMON BARNET.
ICE! ICE!! ICE ITT
THK Ki.I.IH STREET ICE COMPANY have re
ceived the greater part of their supplies of ICE for ihe
season, and now offer it for sale: first selling from the Jack
ton Street Ice House by retail, at 8X cents per pound, or
by the $6 worth tickets at 8 cents, at which prices not less
than 2 pounds will be sold at a time.
At wholesale to Hotels, Bar Rooms, Soda Fountains and
ether large consumers by the 820 of tickets at 2 cents, for
which not lets than 60 pounds will be delivered at a time.
Terms cash, on delivery.
All ordersfrom the country, directed to A. Deis, Agent
Ellis Street Ice Company, Auguata, will receive prompt at
tention. Packages and Blankets furnished at the custom
ary prices, and the Ice carefully packed, to be sent by Rail
road, If desired.
$36”" The House will be opened from sunrise to sunset,
and on the Sabbath, from 7 until 10 o’clock, A. M., and
from 12 o’clock until 2 PM. Tickets may be purchased
from the Agent, Mr. A.Dhas, at the Ice House.
aprlO dfiAwtJyl
G1 KOHUIA, RICH MON COUNTY.-SUPERIOR
f COURT.
Uknjamih F. Hakkis, Administra
tor of Polly Harms, deceased. _ ,
v , Cross Bill in
William R. MoLaws, Trustee, Ac. Richmond 8u P- Court,
and Jamks H. Harris.
The Court having,at the last term, passed an order to
perfect service on James H. Harris, one of the Defendants
by publication, and such publication not having been
made: It is on motion of complainant’s solicitor, order
that said Rule be extended, and that the said James H.
Harris appearand answer the complainant’s Bill, on or
before the first day of the next term, or said Bill will be
taken pro confesso against him; and it is further ordered
that a copy of this Rule be published once a week for four
months in one of the Public Gaxettes of this city, or served
personally on the Defendant.
A true Extract from the Minutes of the Superior Court.
January Term, 1858.
Feb. 15,1858. OSWELL E. CASIIIK, Clerk.
CARDS, CARDS.
COTTON, WOOL, Jim-Crow and Horse Cards of the
above celebrated 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 is warranted In every respect. Our inferior cards, the
common “ Whltemore” etamp, are of the usually well known
quality.
Sold by the Hardware houies In aUthecltles,and country
Merchants, and tothe trade by
. . „ JOS. B. SARGENT,
“ yl ° Wly H CUffStreet.New York.
CARRIAGES.
WE HAVE ON HAND, and are receiving a good
assortment of CARRIAGES; ROCKAWAYS- BA
ROUCHES; BUGGIES, and Light CARRYALLS. Also,
Hack and Road WAGONS, together with an assortment of
HARNEBB; BUGGY; UMBRELLAS; WHIPS; TRUNKS;
CARPET BAGS; VALICES, CHILDRENS’ CABS and
WAGONS; CARRIAGE BOLTS, by the package or single
one; all of which will be sold on reasonable terms, at the
store formerly occupied by the late U. 8. UoiDLkV.
I# REPAIRING done at short notice.
Augusta, April 7,1858. WYMAN k DARROW.
aprß-wly
TO COTTON PLANTERS
HAVING secured the services of Mr. G. T. OGLESBY
as the superintendent,together with other experienced
mechanics, I have established a large COTTON GIN FAC
TORY, at the Shoals of Ogeechee, tla., where 1 am pre
pared to make and furnish the Planter with the best arti
cle in the way of a COTTON GIN now produced in this
country.
Mr. OahKeßY's time, devoted exclusively in the shop, and
seenig to the putting up of every Gin under his special di
rection, and attaching all the improvements which he (Mr.
Oolxsbt,) has gotten up within the last two years, I am
satisfied I can supersede any made heretofore, in quantity,
quality and durability.
All old Gins, (when sent to the shop,) will be repaired,
and all the Improvements attached if desired, at a reason
ble charge.
The new Gins will be delivered at the Planters’ nearest
depot, or at their residence if desired, free of charge.
Prompt attention paid to all communications addressed
to me at the above office.
THOMAS J. CHEELY.
SHOALS OF OGEECHEE, GA., I
Mahcb 5, 1658. f
TO MV OLD PATRONS ABD FRIENDS.
As there has been some complaint of my Gins, made du
ring the last two years; an explanation to you in relation
to this matter is due Mr. Cbkkly.
I have been absent a great portion of this time, on a
visit to tho North, experimenting and getting up a new
Gin, as well as improving, the original Saw Gin, together
with suitable machinery for this business, to its highest
perfection, as will be acknowledged by all who have used
them, both in durability and quality ofCotton.
I shall now devote ray individual attention in the shop,
and see that every part of each Gin is put up in the neat
est possible manner: in short, I shall make the original
itglssby Gin, which has been so celebrated for its durabil
ity and fine Cotton, having taken the premium in this State
as well as that of South Carolina in every instance except
one, and then it was said by foreign dealers that my Cot
ton was of a superior quality. In conclusion, my late im
provements added to my former Gins, cannot fail to give
entire satifactlon. I will alter any old Gin (not too much
worn) to do better work than it eTer did before.
Yours, moat respectfully, G. T. OGLESBY,
mar 8
TUB COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under
the name of KINNEBREW A GAINES has been this
day dissolved by mutual consent. GAINES A 00. will
continue the business at their old stand, at Indian Hill,
and will settle all demands against the former firm.
JASPER KINNEBREW,
GEORGE GAINES.
Indian Hill,Geo., May ISth, ISM. may24-w«*
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
THIS INSTITUTION went into operation in 1851.
At their session of 1851-’2, the Legislature incorpo
rated it as a College; by requisition on the general gov
ernment, furnished it with arms, both for Infantry and Ar
tillery ; and provided for the education of a certain num
ber of State Cadets. The Legislature also directed a Board
of Visitors to be appointed, of whom the Governor is ex
officio President, whose daties are to inspect the Institute,
attend ita examinations, and report on its condition to the
Legislature; and, in conjunction with a committee of the
Board of Tnuteea, to establish and declare proper regula
tions for its government. These regulations have been
published. The course of studies, methods of teaching,
and the discipline which they prescribe are, as nearly as
possible, those of the United States Military Academy.—
Aay person interested may obtain a copy of them by ap
plying to the Superinlendent.
The next Academic year will commence on MONDAY,
June 10th, and all who desire to enter should be present on
that day. mar 26 wtlJulO
PLANETTB DYSPEPTIC BITTERS.
Testimony from a Practising Physician.
CHETHAM, April 2nd, ISSS.
DEAR SIR : —Having my attention called by afriend
to the article of PLANETT’S BITTERS, I was in
duced to try its effects upon a patient, who had been suf
fering for some time with Dyspepsia, attended with a very
impaired appetite,—great difficulty of digestion, and ex
treme cosUveneas. 1 gave him of these Bitters a small
dose after each of his meals, which seemed to impart relief.
I found they corrected the acidity of the stomach, —in-
creased its action, and augmented the tone so much so,
that it gave me great confidence in the preparation, and I
have directed the gentleman to continue its use, anticipa
ting for him a speedy recovery.
(Signed) A. L. BANARD, M. D.
Planett’s Bitters are sold by WM. H. TUTT,
aprS-dAw only Agent in Augusta.
PARHAM’S NEW HOTEL,
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
At. D. HOGAN, Proprietor.
fTSUB SUBSCRIBER begs leave to inform his Htk
A friends and the travelling public that the above El
establishment is now open for the reception of visitors”
is located In the centre of Business, commanding a beauti
ful view of the River audsurrounding country,
Th. interior of the House has been constructed with a
strict new to the comfort of its patrons-affordinr impor
tant conveniences rarely met with in country Hotels
As the chief object of the Proprietor will be to giregene
m *”?* ** “* ured no exertion
on his part will be wanting to make their stav with him
worthy of their patronage. 1
There will be an Omnibus in waiting on the .rriv.l
the Rail Road to »d Steam Boats, a'nd a S
man to take care of Baggage. M. D HOGAN
Chattanooga, May, M, 1852. m,29 dU
PHILIP A. MOIBB,
DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTS. OILS
YM DYE STUPES, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- TW
, ES, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES im
* INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac. ’
No. IJS Broad Street, under the Augusta Hotel
Haa now os hand a very large Stock of the above article!
which are cJered for sale at very low prices, and on accom
modating terms.
%W~ Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are
nvited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere
jalfi-w
D- B- PLUMB* CO.
a ARB constantly receiving freah and pore a
dU Medicines, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, MHM
1H Toilet Articles Ac., at their establishment \]ff
(■ between C. S. Hotel and Post Office corner. IB
Medicines carefully dispensed at all hoars, by calling at Mr
Barnet’, corner Green and Mclntonsh streta n2S
THE undersigned would call the
attention of Merchants and
Planters to the extensive stock of <im\
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. AHMBi
which they keep in connection with HARDWARE and
CUTLERY. Their stock of PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTI
VATORS, Cora BHKLLKRS, Straw CUTTERS, Grain CRA
DLEB, Pan MILLS, FANNERS, BOILERS, and all ankles
In the AgricnlctUtnral line, it not equalled in the State.
They are prepared to order at the shorten notice the best
kinds or HORSE POWERS, THRESHERS, Smut MA
CHINES, or any articles in their line of business. They
are also AgenU for the Boston Belting Company, and have
now on hand India-Rubber Steam Packing HOSE and Ma
chine BELTING. CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
oSI-wly
WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac.
CHARLES CATLIN Invites the attention of «
his friends and the public, to his large and F7fi
well selected stock of fine WATCHES, JEWELRY, dCjt
SUver FORKS and SPOONS, PLATED CASTORS, CAN
DLESTICKS, and a great variety of Rich Fancy Goods,
which he will sell on the most favorable terms. He baa In
hia employ one of the boat Watch maker! in this country,
who wUI attend to the repairing of FINE WATCHES
promptly and in the very best manner. He has also a prac
tical Jeweler, who will make or repair all descriptions of
Jewelry. Engravings of aU kinds neatly executed. mhM
NEW ORLEANS and Sugar House MOLASSES.
26 bbls. New Orleans ••
26 “ No. 1 New York SYRUP.
10 “ Hnvermyer A Meller’s Extra. For sale lew
by febS HAND, WILLIAMS A 00.
IL CLOTH ON ( have got a
very fine article sent to me for sale, and I intend to
MU it. Thott who Mil flrtt will get a decided bargain.
BtlfU WM. K. PRITCHARD.
WEEKLY
CIOB & SENTINEL
MISCELLANY.
SABBATH.
How still the morning of the hallowed day!
Mute is the voice of rural labor, bush’d
The ploughboy's whistle and the milkmaid’s song,
The scythe lies glittering in the dewey wreath
Os tedded grass, mingled with fading flowers.
That vestermorn bloom’d waring in the breeze;
The faintest sound attract the ear—the hum
Os early bee, he trickling of the dew,
The distant bleating, midway up the hill.
Calmness seems thron'd on yon unmoving hill,
To him who wanders o’er the upland leas
The blackbird’s note comes mellow from the dale,
And sweeter from the sky the gladsome lark
Warbles his heaven-tun ’ed song; the killing brook
Murmurs more gently down the deep-sunk glen;
While from yon lowly roof, whose curling smoke
O'ermounts the mist, is heard, at intervals,
The voice of psalms, the simple song of praise, .
With dove-tike wings peace o’er yon Tillage broods;
The disking mill-wheel rests; the anvil’s din
Has ceased : —mil, all around is quietness. [Grahams.
LIKE THE EVERGREEN SO SHALL OUR FRIENDSHIP
BE.
Some liken their love to the beautiful rose,
And some to the violet sweet in the shade;
But the Flower Queen dies when the Summer day goes,
And the blue eye shuts up when the Spring blossoms
fade?
So we’ll choose for our emblem a sturdier thing,
We will go to the mountain and worship its tree;
Theo a health to the Cedar—the Evergreen King,
lake ’sat Evergreen so shall our friendship be.
The perfume it carries is deeply concealed,
Not a breath of rich scent will its branches impart;
But how lasting and pure is the odor revealed.
In the inmost and deepest recess of its heart!
It groweth in might and it liveth right long;
And the longer It liveth the nobler the tree;
Then a health to the Cedar—the true and the strong,
Like the Evergreen so shall our Friendship be!
It remainetli unseared in the deluge of light,
When the flood if the sun tide is pouring around;
And as firmly and bravely it meeteth the night, [ed;
With the storm torrent laden, and thunder cloud crown-
And so (hall ail changes that Fortune can bring
Find our spirits unaltered and staunch as the tree ;
Then a health to the Cedar—the Evergreen King,
Like that Evergreen so shall our Friendship be!
From the Literary Mestenger.
Patrick Henry.
Whose thunder shook the Philip of the seas.”
[Bykov.
Everything connected with the name of this ex
traordinary man is deeply interesting to Virginians
and it is greatly to be deplored that we have such
scanty means of knowing the early training which
developed the powers of eloquence that have ren
dered their possessor world-ronowned.
I have not Mr. Wirt’a life on Henry by me, and
therefore cannot conveniently refer to it, but my
strong impression is that his oarly education is
spoken ot as having been neglected. It probably
was, for tho opportunities of learning wero not
abundant in the Colony when Mr. Henry was a
boy. But, admitting this to be go, our admiration
of him will be increased by the perusal of the pa
per below, since it is obvious, tliat in spite of early
disadvantages, he had formed for himseif a style
as purely English ns it is nervous and polished.
Through tne kindness of a friend I have had an
opportunity of seeing a large portion of the origi
nal letter, from which the extract referred to is
taken verbatim. It was written, as I understand,
in the confidence of private friendship, to a gen
tleman in misfortune, and the intention of the il
lustrious writer is sacredly observed even to the
present day. The lettor bears date “Richmond,
June 2d, 1793.”
* * * * “Looking forward into life and to
those prospects which seem to be commensurate
with your talents, nativo and acquired, yoa may
justly ostcem those incidents fortunate whioh com
pel an exertion of mental power—maturity of which
is rurely seen growing out of uninterrupted tran
quility ; adversity toughens manhood — and the char
acteristic of the good or the great man is not that he
has been exempted from the evils of life, but that he
has surmounted them.
1 muy i e wrong, but it strikes mo that it will bo
difficult to find in the best English prose writers, a
passage ol greaterpowor or beauty than that which
1 have markod in italics. G.
How the Old Fogy Did Him.— An amusing sto
ry is told of two lawyors in Southern Now-York,
who often met in bar-room diacussiona, as well as
the graver battles of tho court room. One of them
is a shrewd, rough-tongued old chap, without
much legal learning or goneral information, but
with some wit, a good deal of assurance, and a
happy knack at getting out of u “tight place” by a
coup d'etat. The other, a young mar., something
of a dandy, and rather pedantic, hut a good scholar
and a smart debater. On one occasion, these par
ties, (whom for convenience we shall call the “ old
fogy” and the “ young fogy,”)were havingaaharp
debate at the village inn, before a large and admi
ring Circle of auditors. The question was one of
some magnitude, aud having a historical cast the
young fogy was altogether “too many" for his ad
versary; and having fairly headed him by running
him into deoper water than the old fogy could
safely wade in, lie “ swung off” in an eloquent pe
rogation, in which he cited a host of historical an
thorities to clench the triumphant argument. The
listeners, who always looked to the old fogy as the
bottor man, and didn’t like his adversary, were
astonished, and their champion for a moment
looked nonplussed. “ Look at the ancient repub
lics,” continued the glowing orator, “goto Athens,
go to Rome—”
“ Go to h—ll," growled the old fogy, with a look
of acorn, finishing his opponent’s oracular seu
tcuco in u manner so absurd and incongruous that
even he lelt vanquished in the loud laugh which
proclaimed the old fogy’s triumph.— Boston Post.
lloos and Whiskky.—The Cineiunati Atlas has
the following paragraph:
The largest distillery in the United States is at
New Richmond, Ohio, on the river, about twenty
milos above Cincinnati Thcro aro two distilleries
in the town. At the largerthoro are now made 125
barrels of whiskey per day; at the other 80—that is,
New Richmond furnishes the world 205 barrels of
whiskey every day, or about 70,000 barrels per an
num. In the larger distillery there are now 9000
ogs; iu the other 7000. These hogs are changed
three times a year, which makes 27,000 from one,
and 21,000170 m the other, or 48,006 hogs from New
Richmond annually. At certain seasons of the
year, from tho character of their food, orfromoth
orcausos, epidemics prevail among the hogs. Last
winter over 3000 died. 11l the last two years about
12,000 hogs have died at the two distilleries.—
These hogs are not a dead loss; their carcasses
are rendered into lard oil. The business of the
manufactory, at which this “saving process” goes
on, amounted the last six months to over $5,000. —
Last vear 450 barrels ot lard were made from the
hogs that died in the pons.
In the larger distillery there arc now in store
about 100,000 bushels of grain. It is a spot as in
viting to great rats as ever was California or Aus
tralia to gold-loving men. The trade between Cin
cinnati and New Richmond supports a steamer,
which makes daily trips down and back. The
freight is mainly hogs and whiskey. But a con
siderable business is done, also, in flour, of which,
at the two distilleries, there are gronnd every day,
about 100'barrels.
The Government of Nova Scotia is decidedly
opposed to repudiation, as appears by the follow
ing incident, related in the nowspapers:
“ A gentleman of Philadelphia, under date of
February 22d, addressed a letter to the Lieutenant
Governor of Nova Scotia, enclosing to him an anti
quated issue of the Province of Nova Scotia for
forty Bhillings which it borrowed of John Callbeck
on the 10th of April, 1764, bearing six per cent,
interest, and having three years’ interest thereon
paid, numbered 250, and signed by B. Green, Jr.
The iettor asked information of the Lieutenant
Governor whether this ancient document was of
any value. On the sth instant the Philadelphia
gentleman rocoived un answer to hiß letter from
the Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, inform
ing him that the cash for his ‘antiquated issue’
stood to his credit in the office of the Receiver
General; that lie could draw for the same at his
convenience; that Nova Scotia had always sus
tained her credit; and that he (the Secretary)
hoped that the example might not be without ita
influence ia Pennsylvania.”
Fact vs. Telegraph. —Tho telegraph has spread
far und wide a story originating from the least
Sossible foundation, that a dreadful railroad aoci
ent was recently but just escaped on the Maine
railroad. In the New York papers of Tuesday
evening it is spoken of as another Norwalk affair.
Tlie simple fact is that a small bridge in East
Kingston, several miles fiom Salmon Falls, was
discovered to be on fire, but put out without a
single bucket of water, and that at no time was the
train in the least danger. When the public mind
is so painfully alive to the subject of the perils of
travel, we caunot too carefully avoid agitating it
by false and unfounded rumors. —Boston Atlas.
“Do you believe in mesmerism ?” we asked o
Mrs. Partington, as she dropped along side of us
yesterday morning, like a jolly old seventy four.—
“Believe' what 1” said she, sitting down in the
other chair. The question involved an answer
from us of some fifteen minutes length, running
through the whole memerism, clairvoyance, and
psychological phenomena, like a kntiting needle
running through a ball of yarn. “Oh yes,” said
the, “I believe all of that, and I know a ease in
pint to prove it. When Miss Jeems had her silver
plated spoons extracted—that was her mother’s
aforo her, and she sot a sight by ’em—she come
away to Boston to see a miserymiser, I b’leve you
call it. Well, he told her jest where her spoons
was, and who stole ’em, and all about it, and the
color of his hair, and all that. Well, she gin him
a dollar, and when she got home she went right
where the spoons, was, and could’nt find a thing
about ’em. No, no, that isn’t the story nuther,
’tis about Sally Sprague and her beau. You see”
At this instant the door opened and compa
ny came in, and Mrs. Partington pleading an ex
cuse that she wanted to tend one of the “advesa
rv meetings” subsided like a wave upon the
shore. —Boston Post.
Trying Onr’s Temper.— During the recent trip
of the Eclipse from New Orleans, (says the Louis
ville Journal) a young gentleman, who had just
got married, got on board at Memphis to engage
passage for himself and wife, but, before he could
get ashore again, the boat had shoved off, and he
found himselfgoing up the Mississippi at the rate
of 20 miles per hour, his lady-love standing it the
w bart and witnessing the distressing sight. In
vain did he appeal to the captain to land him, de
picting his own situation and sufferings as well as
those of “ the wife he left behind nim ” in the
most feeling terms. At Paducah, the Eclipse took
a boat in tow laden with wood. On it he escaped
and intended to hail the firststeamer for Memphis.
From his condition when he left the Eclipse, the
passeugers were of opinion that he could not sur
vive the shock forty-eight hours longer.—A’. O.
Pie.
A Man in Dissube.—Last summer a (reputed)
female was going the rounds, instructing ladies in
the art of cutting dresses. <fcc., hailing from the
North, we believe. We understand that this per
son recently died in one of the upper counties,
when the discovery was made that the cutter of la
dies’ garments was a man in disguise—one who
had donned the petticoats for some unexplained
reason, and passed for a female until after death
Fredericksburg Herald.
Ccriositiis.— The chair in which the sun sets.
A garment for the naked eye.
The hammer which broke up the meeting.
Buckle to fasten a laughing stock.
The animal that drew the inference.
Eggs from a nest of thieves.
A bucket of water from “ All’s Well.”
A gentleman seeing some cows in a field grazing
said be did not wonder “ that the grass aid not
get high, as it waa coic'd down.” Again, seeing a
cellar nearly finished, he remarked, “It was an
exoellent foundation for a story."
Moses Shepard, a rich Quaker bachelor, living
in Baltimore, has donated SBOO,OOO, to build an
lnaane Hospital in Baltimore.
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1853.
Frequency of Boitbqookoo.
Within the field of oar research, daring s period
of fifteen months, commencing with Jan., 1852,
and ending with March, 1853, (four hundred and
fifty five consecutive days,) we have recorded
earthquakes that have been active on one hnn
dred and seventeen of these days, on each of
which the place and places where the earthqnakes
were felt, are particularly stated, and the day of
the month also. In addition to these thus par
ticularly specified, we have recorded many earth
quakes during the same fifteen months, the pla
ces where they were felt are stated, but the day
of the month could not be ascertained frcm the
Eublisbed accounts ; and others also, in oonsidera
le numbers, where neither the day of the month
nor the month of the year is mentioned, but
which were within the said fifteen months.—
The following list is copied from our record
book:
1852.
Jan. 1. Shock of Earthbuake at Brad fort, Vt., at
8 A. M.
7. Shock of Earthquake at Sea, Lat. 45 deg. N.,
Long. 126 deg. W. at 8 A. M.
8. Shock of. n Earthquake at Sea, Lat. 42 deg.
25’, Long. 126 deg. 50’ at 2.80 A. M.
10. Shock of Earthquake at New Bedford,
Mass., and Providence and Warwick, K. 1., at 640
AM.
17. Shock of Earthquake at Belize, Honduras, at
7A. M., conliuued a full minute, some say two
minutes.
17. Shock of Earthquake at Galveston, Texas, at
about 7 A. M.
23. Shock of Earthquake at Holly Springs Miss.;
Memphis, Term., at 2P. M.; at St. Louis, Mis
souri ; Lawrenceburg Ky., at same hour ; and at
Boliver at 2}* P. M.
24. Several shocks of Earthquake at Memphis,
Tenn., also in India, at upper Scinde, Cutehie,
and over Goozerat.
26. Slight shock of Earthquake at Louisville,
Kentucky; also in the Gironde, Bordeaux, Li
bourne, La Sanve, and Gradignjau France : on
the side of Quinconces it was very severe ; alight
at La Rochelle, at 2.15 A. M.
27. Earthquake in the kingdom of the two Sicil
lies.
Feb. 16. Shock of Earthquake in Cedi oounty,
Md.; also at Palermo, Sicily, motion undulatory
from North to South, lasted three seconds.
Marcli 12. Shock of Earthquake at Greenwood,
La., the ground opened the width of a man’s
finger.
18, Shock of an Earthquake at Guanajuato,
Mexico.
17. Shock of an Earthquake at St. Thomas,
W.I.
20. Smart shock of Fartbquake at and all over
Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, (Canary Islands) at 5 A. M.
March 31. Earthquake throughout the North
west Province of India in the night.
April 8. Shock of Earthquake a few minutes
before 6 A. M., at Clifton, Cotham and Kings
down, (Bristol,) England : also at Wells and
Cheddar, Oxbridge and many other places in So
mesetshire and adjoining counties; also felt at
the Hotwells, Penfold and other places near Bris
tol—Urßt shock about 8 A, M., the more severe
shock at 6 A. M.
4. Shock of Earthquake at the Dardanelles at
noon: it extended to Galliopoli on the opposite
side of the Hellespont.
17. Shock of Earthquake at Cape Haytien, St.
Domingo, West Indies.
12. Sliock of Earthquake at San Diego, Califor
nia, at midnight.
14. Shock of Earthquake at Georgetown, British
Guinia ; also at the islands of St. Vincent and Gre
nada, S. A. Severe shock, at Hawaii Sandwich
Islands.
16. Shock of an Earthquake at St. Michaels,
Azores, in the night; many lives lost and houses
destroyed.
17. Severe shock of Earthquake on the banks
of the Loire France, accompanied with thunder.
29. Severe shock of Earthquake at Raleigh, N.
C., at 12 45 P. M.; two shockß at Washington
City, slight shock at Baltimore and Frederick,
Mel., Brooklyn, L.1., four shocks at the U. S. Ar
senal, near Philadelphia, Pa., at 1 P. M.; also at
Lynchburg and Stanton, Va., and Greensborough,
N. C. A smart shock felt in the valley of the
Cumberland (Tenn.) Mountains.
Mav 8. Slight shock of Earthquake at Abing
don, Va., from N.E. to S. W. atBA. M.
6. Shock of an Earthquake at the Island of My
tilene at 2 A. M.
10. Shock of an Earthquake at Apalachicola,
Florida,
11. Severe Bhock of Earthquake at Apalachicola,
Florida.
13. Two smart shocks of Earthquake at Curacoa
at a few minutes past 6 A. M.
26. Earthquake commenced in the city of
Chung-Wci, Province of Skookingah, China and
was repeated many times during a space of fifteen
days. Upwards of 800 persons killed and 400
seriously hurt, und several thousand houses de
stroyed. Offices, granaries, prisons, and ramparts
thrown down.
June 19. Shocks of Earthquakes at Payerne,
(Canton of Friburg,) and Berne, Switzerland, about
8 P. M.
30. Shock of Earthquake at Claremont, N. H.,
and Windsor, Vt.
July 7. Great Earthquake shock at Kiugston,
Falmouth, Montego Bay, and throughout the
whole Island of Jamaica, W. 1., at 7.80 A. M.; also
a slighter shock at 5.12 P. M., undulations from
North to South , Shock at sea, seventy miles
west of Jamaica, at 7.20 A. M.
13. Shock of Earthquake along the coast of Ita
ly and at Genoa; also at Spezzia.
25. Shock of Earthquake at Fed Kirche in the
Tyrol; also at Bregnez, Zurich, Aargau, St. Gal
its and Apenzell, Switzerland.
80. Violent shock of Earthqake at Liudan, (Ba
varia) Germany.
Aug. 1. Shock of Earthquake at Groton, Con
necticut.
2, “ “ “ “ “ Bathurst, New
Brunswick, it made an inch wide fissure in the
walls of the Court House, also felt, throughout
Gloucester County, N. 8., about 11 P. M.
Violent shocks of Earthquake in the Bengal
Presidency about 4}* P- M.
11. Shakes at Deerfield, N. H., in the night.
15. Shock of Earthquake at Walkhampton, Eng
land, at 7.80 A. M.
18. Shock of Earthquake at Port au Prince, and
Gonaives, St. Domingo.
19. Shock of Earthquake at New Madrid, Ar
kansas. Two heavy sliocks at Port au Prince—
one at 8 and 1 at 4 A. M.
20. Five distinct Earthquakes at St. Jago de
Cuba; the first at 8.40 A. M.;aud the shock con
tinued three days: the heaviest about 3.30 A. M.
The city nearly destroyed; 20 lives lost, and
$2,000,000 property. Several shocks at Saltadora;
three shocks at Falmouth and Montego Bay, Ja
maica, the first at 8.88 A. M., the third at 9 A. M.:
severe shock at Kingston, Jamaica, between 8 and
9 A. M., from N. to S.
21. Shock of Earthquake at Falmouth and Mon
tegoßay, Jamaica, at 8.40 A. M., two shocks felt
previous. Shocks continued at St. Jago de Cuba.
22. Shocks of Earthquake at Jago de Cuba con
tinued.
24. Violent Earthquake shock at Erolzheim,
near Biberach in the morning.
25. Shock of Earthquake at Aiken, S. C., and
Augusta, Ga., between two and 8 A. M.
Five smart shocks of Earthquake about sun
set. at Ramazen and adjacent villages, in Turkey
and Greece ; about 20 persons killed and many
hurt, &c.
28. Two shocks of Earthquake at Hayti, W. I.
shock at Gonaives, St. Domingo, end at St. Jago
de Cuba.
29. Shock of an Earthquake at St. Jago, de
Cuba.
Sept. 5. Shock of an Earthquake at St. Jago de
Cuba.
8. Shock of an earthquake at Smyrna, Asia.
16. Severe earthquake, nearly destroying the
city of Manilla, Philippine Islands, at 6 P. M.;
the oscillations were from North to South, rapid
and violent; the pendulum described an arc or 81
degrees, the shocks were repeated at Bh. 10m, at
9h. at lOh. 15h. and llh. P. M.
17. Shock of Earthquake, at 4A. M., and tremb
lings through the day at the Phillippme Islands.
They were repeated at frequent intervals till the
80th.
18. Slight Shock of Earthquake at Abingdon,
Va., about 8. A.M.
18. Earthquake shock at the Antiles, W. I.
21. Shock of Earthquake at Erie, Pa., at 11 A
M.
Oct. 2. Strong shock of Earthquake at Valparai
so, in the afternoon.
7. Shock of Earthquake at Valparaiso.
10 do do at Clinton, 6a., at 7 P.
M. Shocks at Manilla, Phillipine Islands.
11. Shocks of Earthquake in Ga, at 8. P. M.,
and about midnight. Shocks at the Phillipine
Islands. Earthquake shock at the Antiles W. I.
12. Shock of Earthquake in Georgia, at 4 A. M.
Shocks at the Phillipine Islands.
18. Shock of Earthquake at sea, about 12 miles
from the Equator, in long. 19 deg. W.
14. Small snock of Earthquake at Cadiz Spain.
15. Two violent shocks of Earthquake in the
Neutral country, north of Hungary, (Austria) in
the night—most felt at Sasson and Stepanns.
16. Shocks of Earthquake in Styrie and Sagor.
Austria.
17. Shock at same place.
17. Earthquake shock at the Antiles, W.I. >
22. Shock of Earthquake at Clinton, Ga., at mid
night ; and at St. Lucia.
26. Earthquake at Axhoda Guerreo Mexico.
28. Severe shock of an Earthquake at Malaga,
in the evening, lasted 3 minutes.
80. Severe shock of an Earthquake at Malaga,
Spain.
Nov. 2. Shock of Earthquake at Richmond Pe
tersburgh and Scottsville, Va., at 6.85 P. M.
6. Shock of Earthquake at Santiago de Cuba, in
the night. „ . „
8. Two shocks of Earthquake at Beggio, Sicily,
in the morning. , „
9. Shock of Earthquake at Liverpool, Eng., and
suburbs, including Manchester 81 miles distant—
its greatest force was along the river and particu
larly at Bootle—at 4.80 A. M.; also over a large
portion of Ireland.
10. Earthquake shocks and Seaquakes at Am-
of Earthquake at Banda Neiro and
other Islands of the E. 1., at 7.40 A. M., at 8 A. M.
a Seaquake.
17.fShock of Earthquake at Lima, S. A.
197 shock of Earthquake at Valparaiso, 8. A.
28. Shock of Earthquake in California, accom
panied with thunder and lightning and the burst
ing of a Lake, a little before midnight
24. Shock of Earthquake at Lake Merced, Cal.,
and the waters partially discharged through a frae
tore supposed to be caused by tfie Earthquake.
25. Severe shock of Earthquake at Port au
Prince in the night.
26. Shocks of Earthquake at St. Jago de Cuba,
at 3.25 A. iL, at 4, at 7 A. M., at 2.25 P. P, fol
lowed by cholera, small-pox and fever. Shock at
Jamaica; severe shock at Port au Prince. Earth
and seaquakes at Ceram and Amboyna about 8.80
A. M.; about Teruate and Cacbnan at BA. M.
27. Smart shock of Earthquake at Salem, Mass.,
about IIP. M.; at Exeter, N. H., shaking houses
and chimneys: an explosion snd roar heard at
Kewburyport, Mass., and along the valley of the
Merrimac, at 11.45 P. M.; at Beverly, Woburn,
Groton and Wenbam, Maas ,and Danvers, Ames
bury, Topsfield, Hamilton, Ipswich and Porta
month ; at Lima, 8. A.: also at sea, at 7A. M.
29. Earthquake at San Diego, Cal.: Fort Yuma,
Cal., at 12.20, followed by more than a dozen
shocks in the course of sdsy or two; stCsmpo
Yuba on the Gila, Cal., at 12 P. M., and during the
rest of the day and evening more than a dozen
slight shocks were felt. Also on the Colorado
river, Mexico; a vessel on the sea at one time be
ing high and dry; the earth thrown op and banka
thrown down.
Dec. 4. Earthquake at Acapuloo, S. A., the first
shock about 10.20 P. M.
5. Shock of Earthquake every hour or so at
Acapuloo, S. A. Shock about 11 P. M. at Campo
Yuma, on the Gila, Cal.
Dec. 6. Shocks of Earthquake every hour or so
at Acapuloo, 6. A
7. Ditto.
8. Ditto.
9. Ditto.
10. Two alight shocks of Earthquake at Kinga
ton, Jamaica, in A. M.
15. Shock of Earthquake at Carlton, Orleans
N. Y. f st 4 P. M.
16. Shock of Earthquake at Shanghai, China, in
the evening, equally violent as the shock of Au
gust, 1846.
18. Shock of Earthquake at Aoepuloo.
20. do. do. at Batavia and Buiten
wog, Krawing, Magelang, Bantam, Baoyamaat,
Tagal and Pekalongan, and in the Lampoug Dis
trict.
21. Heavy shock of Earthquake at Batavia,
Java, E I. Shock at sea, lat. 48 deg. S., long. 105
deg. 15 min. E., lasted for two minutes.
26. Shock of Earthquake at Los Angelos, Cal.
28. Two alight shocks of Earthquake at Hol
guin, (Cuba.)
1853. Jan. 5. Violent Earthquake at Fox and
Bayonne, in the Pyrenees; a few hours after a
snow storm covered the whole country with snow.
7. Three shocks of Earthquake at Conception,
Chili, accompanied by lond noises and suffocating
hftit
8. Shock of an Earthquake at Milledgeville, Ga.,
at 8.40 P. M.
11. Slight shocks of Earthquake at Santiago,
Cuba.
12. Two shocks of Earthquake at Fagal, Azores,
in the night; one quite heavy.
15. Two violent shocks of Earthquake in the
Parishes of Ardbra and Vadersvik, Sweden, ac
companied by violent thunder shocks. They were
also felt at Jentisoe and Delebo, Sweden.
21. Slight shocks of Earthquake at St. Kitts,
W.I.
25. Slight shock of Earthquake at St. Jago de
Cuba.
26. Slight shocks ditto.
29. Shock of Earthquake at Santa Barbara.
SO. Ditto Woodstock, Va.
Feb. 1. Slight shock of Earthquake at St. Jago
de Cuba.
9. Two shocks of Earthquake at the city of Gau
temala.
10. Severe Bhock of Earthquake at Belize, Hon
duras.
March 12. Shock of Earthquake at Watertown,
Jefferson county, N. Y., and vioinity, at 2.10 A.
M.—at Lowville, Lewis county, attended by a
loud explosion—at Copenhugan and Martinsburg,
Lewis county, N. Y„ at 2.30 A. M.
18. Shock of an Earthquake at St. Catherine’s
and Niagara at SA. M.; four shocks at Grimsby,
Jordan, Thorald, the Falls, Queenstou ; tlso Fort
Mississangua, all Canada; at Lewiston, Niagara
oounty, about 5 A. M.
16. Shock of an Earthquake on Salt Plains, at
Iquique, Peru. S. A.
27. Slight shock of Earthquake at Brecon,
Wales, a- 11}* P. M.
IN THS FOLLOWING MEMORANDA OF EAKTHQUAGKS
THE DAY OF THE MONTH IS NOT STATED.
1852. —Jan Mountain Bunk in Tennessee.
“ Shocks of Earthquake for ten days at
Messsina.
1852.—Schocka of Earthquake occasionally in
the vicinity of Melfi, Rapolla, Bazile and Rioneers.
March. Shock of Earthquake at Honduras.
Aug. Shock of Earthquake at Cornwall and De
von, England.
Aug. Shock of Earthquake at Port au Prince,
17th or 19th.
Aug. A dreadful Earthquake at Erjcrourn—Boo
buildings thrown down and 17 lives lost
Sept. 16. Shocks of Earthquake at Philippine
Islands to Oct. 18.
Nov. 16. Shock ofEarthquake at Banda, Neiro,
and other Islands of E. I. to Doc. 22.
20. A series of 82 shocks of Earthquake com
menced in the Southern part of California.
Dec. 4 to 20. Shocks Earthquake at Acapulco, S.
A., (some hundred or so.)
Nov. 26. Occasional shocks of Earthquake at St.
Jago de Cuba, to Dec. 17th.
Dec. 12. Previous to this date sundry slight
shocks of Earthquake in the State of Querrero,
Mexico.
20. Previous to this date about 20 shocks of
Earthquake atFayal, Azores.
THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDA, NEITHER THE DAT OF
THK MONTH NOR THE MONTH OF THE
YEAR IS STATED.
1852—Heavy shocks of Earthquake at Messina,
which so alarmed the inhabitants as to cause hun
dreds to sleep in the open air.
Shock of Earthquake at Trinidad, Cuba.
Shock of Earthquake continued at Naples.
Severe shock of Earthquake at Honduras.
Chapel on the mountain of Lobt, in Silesia,
sunk with a report like thunder; several livos
lost.
1852. Shock of Earthquake in Somersetshire, in
England.
' 1852. Shock of Earthquake at Santingo de Cuba.
1852. Bhock of Earthquake at Los Angelos,
California.
1852. Shook of Earthquake in South Wales.
1852. Shock of Earthquake at Hamilton.
1852. Several shocks of Earthquake throughout
the Island of Jamaica.
1852. Three shocks of an Earthquake at Anntato
Bay.
1852. Shock of Earthquake at Valparaiso, Chili.
1852. Shock of Earthquake at Malaga.
1852. Shock of Earthquake on the Desert, North
Pacific coast.
1852. Two shocks of Earthquake at St. Lneia.
The field of our research embraces but a small
portion of the globe. Large districts of our earth
are uninhabited, and of the inhabited districts
there are many where there are no intelligent
minds to obßerveand make record of the phenome
na, and others where there are no newspapers to
convey intelligence.'
Earthquakes produce changes in the atmosphere
that rests upon the earth, and exert an influence
upon it to a greater and wider extent than persons
who are not in the habit of observing the pheno
mena in connection with atmospheric changes
have generally supposed.
In connection with the Earthquake memoranda,
and the memoranda of Volcanic Eruptions, Auro
ras, Aerolites, Meteore, Lightning, Thunder, Hail,
Snow, Wind, Rain, and Drought, we make and
record quadrouple hourly thermometrical observa
tions, both North and South, by which we are
enabled to determine within sixty minutes when
a change of temperature takes place, and the di
direction or quarter from which the change comes.
With this quadruple hourly record of teuipera
tnre, and the dates, <fec., of Earthquakes, all upon
tho same page, wo have the means of comparison
and are thus enabled to determine by a vast num
ber of observations carefully made and recorded,
the effect which Earthquakes exert upon the at
mosphere at our place of observation, which is but
fifty-five feet above the level of the ocean.
The conclusions wc have arrived at from these
observations, made without any interruption for a
series of years, is that all the great and sudden
changes of the temperature of the atmosphere aro
produced by the earth, and these changes affect
,boae who breath it both physically and mentally
to a greater or lesser extent.
Earthquakes are felt over extensive surfaces at
the same time as will be seen by the dates and
places mentioned above. The great Erthquake
which on the Ist of Nov., 1755, destroyed sixty
thousand persons at Lisbon, in six minutes, was
felt in the tour continents of the globe. The Earth
quake central at New Madrid, on the 16th of iJec.,
1811, was felt throughout the United States east
of 64 degrees W. long., and was the more severe
of any that have been experienced in the U. S.
within the last hundred years. Earthquakes no
tho western coast of tho American continent
are sometimes felt two thousand miles along the
coast. The shocks at Washington city on the
29th of April, 1852, were felt over a surface
measuring over five hundred miles in length. The
fearfnl earthquakes in New Zealand in Oct., Nov.,
and Dec., 1848, which were attended by volcanic
eruptions, were felt at the opposite side of the
globe, and so extensively as to throw up immenso
rocks from the bottom of the ocean. At that time
the Auroras at the two poles united, and a bright
band encircled the earth. E. Mebiam.
May, 1853.
A PETITION TO TlME.—babet uoaHVALA.
Touch us gently, Time!
Let us glide adown thy stream
Gently—as we sometimes glide
Through a quiet dream!
Bumble voyagers are we,
Husband, wife, and children three—
One is lost—an angel, fled
To the azure overhead!
Touch us gently. Time!
We’ve not prond nor soaring wiDRa;
Oca ambition, oca content,
Lies in simple things,
Humbje voyagers are we,
O’er Life’s dim unsounded sea,
Seeking only some calm clime—
Touch us gzktlt, gently Time!
Ltabllltiy of Telegraph Companies.
“ We give,” says the Cleveland, Ohio, Herald,
of the 28th ult., “ the following abstract of a cause
tried in the Courtof Common Pleas of this county,
as a matter of general interest to the business
community and telegraph companies in particiA-
Bowen & McNamee vs. Lake Erie Telegraph
Company—before Hon. S. Starkweather, Judge,
May Term, 1858.
This was an action bronght by the plaintiffs to
recover of the defendent damages sustained by
reason of a mistake in the transmission of a tele
graphic despatch sent over the line of the defen
dents, from Monroe, Michigan, to Buffalo, N. Y.,
November 25th, 1850. The despatch was as fol
lows :
“ Send oue handsome eight dollar blue and or
ange, and 24 red and green, three 250, Bay State.
Fin former orders with best high colors you can.”
Bidwell & Co., Adrian, Michigan.
To Bowen & McNamee, New York.
The proof was that the despatch when it reached
New York, read “ one hundred,” instead of “ one
handsome,” and the mistake complained of occur
red in some office upon the defenaents 1 line. That
the plaintiffs, after having had the despatch re
peated, (how far back did not appear) and receiv
ing it a second time, “one hundred,” shipped to
Bidwell & Co., “ one hundred eight dollar blue
and organge Bay State” shawls; that the shawls
were returned, and reached New York after the
shawl season had closed, by reason of which they
were depreciated in value.
The plaintiffs claimed to recover charges for
freight and the depreciation in value.
The defendants denied the commission of the
error, and claimed that the despatch was so ob
scure as to be inappreciable, and not therefore the
subject matter of damages, even if error had been
made ; that telegraph companies were not held to
the same accountability as common carriers, and
that such errors as the one complained of might
occur without gross negligence.
The cause was argued to the jury by William
Slade, Jr., Esq., for the plaintiffs, and John A.
Foot, Esq., for defendant.
His Honor, Judge Stark weather, charged in sub
stance, that telegraph companies holding them
selves out to transmit despatches correctly, were
under obligation to do so, unless prevented by
causes over which they had no control: that the
defendant was bound to send the message in
question correctly, and that if it failed in this du
ty, whereby damage had occurred to the plaintiffs
the plain tiffe must recover. That if the message
was originally so obscure as to be inappreciable,
that then the error complained ot could not have
increased its obscurity, and the plaintiffs could not
reoover; but if it was sufficiently plain to be un
derstood by business men and those possessing
ordinarv capacity, that it was appreciable, and if
changed to the injury of the plaintiffs, the proper
subject matter was for damages.
fidl these questions were for the jury upon the
evidence of the case.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffh for
one hundred and eighteen dollars.
Is rr Ignobance oa Ikfudexcb I—The Washing
ton Union says“ It seems to be yet unknown in
certain quarters that the public treasury is under
the protection of a Democratic Administration.”
What can be more ridiculous, absurd, or disgust
ing than such stuff ? The implication of the U nion
is that the public money is only safe when the
Democrats are in power. And, too, in the face of
the fact, patent, notorious, known to every body,
unlesut may be the editon of the Government or
gan, tHR more of the people’s money was em bea
ded and made away with by Democratic office
holders, from 1831 to 1841, than the aggregate of
all the other losses incurred by the Government
from the adoption of the Constitution down to the
close of Mr. Fillmore’s administration. The Union
presumes strangely upon the ignorance of its read
ers, or it has forgotten the history of the model
Democratic Administration of Jackson and Van
Boren.— Eyfolo Commercial Adt.
The WH*A»C*or.—ln all this section of coun
try, the wheat crop is not only better than it has
been for years, but is indeed a prolific and uncom -
mon yield. We have not heard a single complaint
this season of either rust or flies. The greater por
tion of the crop, too, is now matured, and ready
for the ntpm.—laGrangt Reporter,
Prom the Southern Ladies’ Book hr Jane.
HENRY CLAY.
BT GKO&GK D. nUBXTIC*.
With voice and mein of stern control
He stood among the great and proud,
And words of Are bunt from his soul
Like lightnings from the tempest-cloud :
His high and deathless themes were crowned
With glory of his genius born,
And gloom and ruin darkly frowned
Where fell his bolts of wrath and scorn.
But he is gone, the free, the bold,
The champion of hit country’s right,
His burning eye U dim and cold.
And mute his voice of conscious might.
Oh no, not mute—his stirring call
Can startle tyrants on their thrones.
And on the hearts of nations fail
More awful than his living tones.
The impulse that his spirit gave
To human thonght’s wild, stormy sea,
Will heave and thrill through every wave
Os that great deep eternally ;
And the all-circling atmosphere,
With which is blent his breath of flame.
Will sound, with cadence deep and clear,
In storm and calm, his voice and name.
His words that like a bogle-blast
Erst tang along the Grecian shore,
And o’er the hoary Andes passed,
Will still ring on forevermore.
Great Liberty will catch the sounds,
And start to newer, brighter life.
And summon from Earth’s utmost bounds
Her children to the glorious strife.
Unnumbered pilgrims o’er the wave,
In the far ages yet to be.
Will come to kneel beside his grave
And hail him prophet of the free.
Tis holier ground, that lowly bed
In which his mouldering form is laid,
Than fields where Liberty has bled
Beside her broken battle-blade.
Who now, in danger’s fearful hour,
When all around is wild and dark,
Shall guard with voice, and arm of power,
Our freedom’s consecrated ark.
With stricken hearts, Oh God, to Thee,
Beneath whose feet the stars are dust,
We bow, and ask that Thou wilt be
Through every ill our stay and trust
from the N. O. Picayune.
International Arbitration*.
• The Peace Society in England which embraces
some very distinguished and enlightened men,
seem to be very much in earnest itt its efforts to
discourage warsand to cultivate all possible means
of adjusting controversies between nations with
out resort to arms. It is a very laudable and bene
fieieut aim, although we must confess that we
cannot sec that they have made much progress
or that in the present, however improved, temper
of tlie world, they are likely to bring about by
their exertions any remarkable change in this re
spect.
The London papers furnish us with an account
of late conference invited by a deputation from
this society with Lord Clarendon, the British Se
cretary of Foreign Affairs. The motive assigned
for tho interview was, that as Lord Clarendon had
recently announced the pendency of negotiation
with the United Sates for a treaty on the several
questions now in dispute, it was thought a suita
ble occasion to urge upon him the importance of
incorporating into that treaty a general provision
fer the reference of all questions which may arise
between the two Governments hereafter to the
arbitration of an impartial third power.
Lord Clarendon was incredulous ub to the effect
of this system in the prevention of wars; but pro -
tnised to give it some attention, and appeared to
think it could do no harm as a manifestation of
the desire of the contracting parties to pteserve
amicable relations and their willingness to try
othor means than wars for the settlement of con
troversies, as long as possible. The idea is amiable
and philanthropic, but wo are convinced that
many yours mnst elapse and human nature have
advanced many degrees in civilization and Chris
tianity, before it can be worked out into an ef
fective system.
The practice of submitting international ques
tions to tho arbitration ot impartial third powers
has grown up of late years spontaneously, and
some intricate subjects have been thereby disposed
of. The United States have particularly favored
it, and have incorporated it in some treaties which
it bus negotiated j that is, they have agreed to ad
mit certain specified questions to an umpire.—
They have never yet consented to place beyond
their own control, by any general agreement, the
decision of questions of any magnitude, affecting
their interests or their honor. If, as in tho cuse
of the northeastern boundary question, they did
agree to au arbitration, affecting great territorial
rights, and through them high points of sovereign
ty, the issue of that reference furnishes no oncou
raging precedent for u renewal of the experiment,
but rather discloses the inefficiency of such agree
ments to bind nations against their own convic
tions. We had a treaty with England for a refer
ence to u third party of this question, the magni
tude and difficnly of which were not appreciated
when the treaty was made. The umpire made his
award, bnt it did not settle the dispute. On the
contrary, it protracted and complicated it. It was
rejected ; and if war had grown out ofthe dispute
it would have been evident that this principle of
übitratiou was a complete failure ; and - that war
did not follow is not at all owing to the treaty
agreement to arbitrate. The dispute was settled
by direct negotiation, us though no third party
had ever been called upon.
It will he so in nine cases out of ten, nay ninety
nine out ot a hundred, whenever the differences
to be adjusted are serious, und national feelings
are excited so aB to create the danger of collision
between the parties themselveß. Whenever on
the abstract theory the interposition of a party
really impartial should bo potent in restoring mo
deration and calming the passions, just then the
temper of both is most jealous of foreign interfer
ence, disposed to be suspicious of undue influence
and most impatient ofthe appearance of constraint.
Besides, there ure sounder reasons appealing to
judgment and proper pride, which will always rise
up against the surrender to another nation ofthe
decision of any question involving points of na
tional dignity and. territory. No general agreement
for arbitration would ever be permitted so to con
strain the action of any government in matters
which it might deem vital, in respect either to its
territory or its power; and the license which po
pular governments, from their nuture, take in at
taching importance, someti ties exaggerated to
questions that are really inferior, would make
Bach general provisions ineffective. After all,
every question would be submitted or not, and
every decision accepted or not, according to the
estimate of its importance attached by the parties
disputant. The system would therefore fast become
in effect a voluntary practice of roference, each
cuse depending upon its own particular facts. In
ferior matters, which of no national consequence
may be so referred und decided finally ; bnt it is
not difficult to foresee that arbitrations between na
tions would be of little effect to prevent war on
any questton which the oontendiug governments
may think worthy ot such unappeaT, or on which
Bnchan appeal may be demanded by national feel
ing.
Mr. Cobdeu and his friends, therefore, appear to
us to be over sanguine in anticipating any exten
sive or practical alliance by treaties among nations
which shall materially influence the cessation of
wars among them. The growing sentiment of
the age is daily more and more against war in the
abstract, yet the popular passion for glory and
conquest is still high, the instincts of national
pride and national love of dominion are very
strong, und the diversities, real and supposed, of
national interests, the conflicts of systems, and the
absolute necessities of self-defence are so imperi
ous, that the millennial day when all questions of
dispute are to be settled by austere and infallible
congresses, or by perfect and impartial umpires,
with tho consent and to the porfect satisfaction of
all parties, is far away in the fnture, which no
prophetic eye can penetrate. But we may see
propitious omens that the nations are growing
more and more indisposed to go to war upon tri
fling occasions, or upon any than grand occasions;
that they arc willing to call in mntaal counsel to
determine, if possible, upon general principles,
and for the general good, knotty points, which
might else entail bloody and useless wars and
that the more enlightened, and liberal are willing,
frequently, to enter into engagements for the peace
fu I arbitration of particular questions, of which
the magnitude is insufficient to bo permitted to
disturb international relations.
These things will perhaps ripen in the course of
time into a system under circumstances which
give some hope that it will be effective, and prove
a bond of union among many similar nations.—
But in our day, we fear neither the people nor the
Government of the United States are ready for
even a siugio treaty with any power by which
they shall agree to submit all future questions to
an umpire, and to abide by his decision be it what
it may. They may agree to submit particular ques
tions, or to refer constructions of part* of particu
lar treaties to the abitration of a disinterested third
party; but wc are not altogether sure whether an
adverse decision in some of these cases would be
very patiently received.
A New Propelling Poweb. —lt is the distinct
character of our age that the moat untiring efforts
of men in the civilized world arc directed towards
the enlargement of the knowledge of surrounding
nature, including that of our own mortal coil, and
to subjugate her eternal forces to the command
ing will of transcient beings. The energies of the
mind of the ancients being limited to very little
knowledge of physical nature, were so much the
more directed towards the investigation of the
qualities of the immortal part of man, and to the
profound ancient thinkers man himself was the
greatest of all wonders.
We greatly differ from the ancients in this re
spect, as also in that, that nothing is so small in onr
sublunary world as to be excluded from the closest
observation and the most persevering investiga
tions of scientific men.
It is the province of the press to let nothing es
cape unnoticed. Whatever may be worthy of de
velopment, and whatever concerns useful inven
tion, the press offers to public consideration. By
this means it has been shown how the toys of
former times have been converted into useful con
trivances through the assistance of new discove
ries. We therefore think it proper to mention that
a patent has been lately secured here, and as we
understand in Europe also, by Mr. L. K. Breisach,
of New York, for invented machinety to produce
and then to use unUer-pouer for propelling veetele.
We do not know to what extent this invention
is already perfected, but, supposing from the pa
tent that it is within the reacn of possibility, we
should be glad to see it brought within the sphere
of practice; and although it may be doubted even
by the inventor himself that this new propelling
power will ever supersede steam, it may neverthe
less be that there is ample scope for its application
under circumstances where steam or the propel
ling power of the wind can be used.to less advan
tage.—x Val. Intel
Women and Flow ebb.— The editor of the Louis
ville Journal has a very readable article under tbie
h;ad, from which we cut the cloeing paragraph.
It is full of the true poetry of natural and refined
sentiments:
“ Blei sings on the heads of those who send flowe
ry presents to those whose energies have been de
solated by disease! Flowers impart not only fra
grance and beauty to one’s sick room, but they ab
solutely light up the gloom that hangs around it
likes dark curtain, und causes cheerfulness to take
the place of heaviness and oppression of heart.
Often has our soul felt exceedingly grateful to these
dear women who have considered our low estate,
and sent flowers, fresh, tragant and besntifnl, to
cheer our invalidism. Could we strew their path
way through life with flowers, how eagerly would
our hand perform the task! Had flowers no other
office than to minister to the pleasures of the sick,
thatofitaell would be reason sufficient why they
should be cultivated. But when we remember
that they are not only an ever pleasant joy to the
eye, but are also true and genial teachers of moral
truth and excellence, as well as tender prompters
to the highest as well as the most refined senti
ments, we can perceive of how great importance it
is that the hand and heart of woman’s power is in
her loveliness, and she ought to do everything to
encourage it. Her loveliness has broken the bond
age in which many a sinful man was hound, and
which had resisted persuasion and force through
many a year. Let her increase her power by add
ing to her loveliness, and this she will not foil to
do if she gives heart up to a love of ‘ the beautiful
poetry ofearth.’”
It is stated that several of the German govern
ments are about sending agents to America to
collect information regarding the doings in our
country of the emigrants from theirs,
■f&k’terOM'ah. - '/fir
Correspondence of the Aen York Evening Post.
The Civil War at Buenoa Ayres.
Bcenos Atbks, March 4, 1858.
The siege of the city has beeu continued with
unabated rigor, and of course the longer it is con
tinued the worse our State becomes. A general
spirit of emigration has seized upon tho English
population of the city; their attention is strongly
directed towards Australia. Iu our judgment ft
would be wise for every Englishman and Ameri
can who depends upon his labor for hia bread, to
leave the country at once. There is no inducement
to stay. If the present difficulties were settled to
morrow, there is no probability of stability in any
government that may succeed, at any rate for years
to come. In such a state of things tho mechanic
can have but little prospect of prosperity. Seve
ral of our American merchants also aro turning
their faces homewards.
There is much suffering from want alroady in
the city. Market supplies are out off from the
country, and food is scarce and dear. The poor
must soon be reduced to the extremity of destitu
tion, and families hitherto in comfortable circum
stances, aro rapidly approaching beggary. A mo
ment's thought wfll make this evident. Bread is
nearly five cents per pound; beef twenty cents,
ham forty, butter filly, and potatoes seven cents
per pound; ooal to cook with sixteen dollars per
lon. With such prices as these for articles of ne
cessity, and work not to be had by the working-*
man, suffering must ensue. Fortunately the en
trenchments of the Government party do not in
clude the suburbs of tho city, where the majority
of the poor live; this gives them a better oppor
tunity to get food, for vegetables and beef are
comparatively abundant and cheap beyond the-in
side lines.
The warfare is carried on principally by the
pioket guards and foraging parties. The skir
mishes generally take place early in the morniDg.
At such times the houses and persons of those
who live near the lines are in great peril. More or
less of the contending parties are killed daily. The
number is not known—no report is published.—
The estimated average is from six to ton persons
each day. Judging from the emblems of mourn
ing, one would suppose there was scarcely a family
in the city which had not been bereaved. It wears
a funeral pall.
All wars everywhere are cruel, butthey are espe
cially bo in this country. It has been the occupa
tion of its people for the last forty years, and they
have reached a refinement in cruelty which would
put a savage to the blush. Many of the methods
of torture and execution are too horrible to relate.
Such a mode ol warfare must have the worst
effect upou the human mind, not only demoraliz
ing brutalizing it. And this terrible influence
is brought to bear upon the minds of the youth of
the oountry. This is the worst feature of the war.
Mere boys are under arms. They are met in our
streets, of iourteen years and under, booted and
spurred, belt around them securing a knife, bay
onet and pistols, and musket slung across thoir
shoulders. It is easy to foresee what a sad effect
this must produce. Tho rising generation must
become worse than the preooding. Added to this
it is civil war —brother against brother, father
against son. How many heart-rending occurren
ces must have taken placo during this unnatural
war! One instance has come to my knowledge of
a lather shot by his own son! They belonged to
the opposing parties, and were both placed upon
guard to wateli eacli others movements, unknown
of course to each other, when the son with fatal
aim took the lather’s life; when informed of
the nature of the bloody deed, he became frantic
with grief.
What part Gen. Urquiza will ultimately take in
reference to the difficulties io this provinco is un
certain. Whether be will come in person at tho
head of an army to suppress the rebellion and re
establish his authority, is at present extremely
doubtful. When the revolution of the 11th of
September took place, by whioh his authority in
this province was renounced, ho declared his re
solution to retire entirely, and leave it to govern
itself. But after the revolution of the 6th of De
comber, when the besiegers sent in thoir adhe
sion to nim, and professed that they had taken up
armß to restore ms authority, soliciting his appro
val, he granted it. He recognised Col. Lagos as
commander-in-chief, and furnished him with men
and means to carry on the war, promising to come
in person to the scene of conflict.
On the 22d of Januaiy last, tho National Con
gress adopted a preamble and rosolutiona aetting
forth the necessity, and authorizing him to com
mand the resources of the confederation and come
and quell the rebellion. But, instead of so doing,
he scut a commission, oomposed of two members
of the Congross and hia Secretary of Foreign Ro
lations, to submit conditions of reconciliation.
Commissioners on the part of this Governmont
have also been appointed, and a conference held.
A suspension of hostilities has boon agreed upon,
not to be commenced again without forty-eight
hoars’ notice, and in the moantimo negotiations
are to be carried on. Tho suspension goes into ef
fect this morning. It is rumored that the com
missioners on the part of Gen. Urquiza have come
prepared to offer the most favorable terms. Very
many are sanguine that a settlement will be effects
ed. A few days will determine. If not Bottled
now, the general opinion ia that tho siege will be
prolonged until the province is desolated.
A New Mode of Firing Artillery. —Tho pres
ent is emphatically the age of invention, and par
ticularly in the praotical application of usefni dis
coveries in all the arts and scionces.
Col. Talcot, of the ordnance corps, in his reply
to the inquiries propounded by the Secrotary of
War, in the year 1844, for information to be placed
before the Committeo of Claims in Congress, hav
ing under consideration the remuneration to bo
awarded to Joshua Shaw, Esq., for his invention
and application of the peroussion cap and wafer
primer to the artillery service, remarks: “The
superiority of that method over every other here
tofore used is so decided thut it cannot bo dis-
Seused with at this or any future time, unless iu
eed the research and ingenuity of man shall
disoover some new agent which shall be found as
superior in the discharge of fire-arms to tho per
cussion lock as that is to the fliut lock.”
We aro glad to learn that this desideratum lias
been achieved by the persovering efforts of the
same inventive genius, possessing decided advan
tages over his former invention. This new
method of discharging artillery is, we understand
a simple but very ingenious discovery, combining
several requisites not heretofore obtained, namely,
Ist, a primer truly water-proof, one that will bear
submerging for hours without injury to its force
or effect; fid, a guard which protects the primer
from being exploded until the signal is given;
and, 3d, it furnishes the means for extracting a
spike, whenever such a misfortune may befall the
piece, with ease and certainty in one minute, and
that without exploding the gun or incurring tho
slightest injury. Besides these very great advan
tages over all the modes in use of firing guns, we
learn that it possesses the peculiar advantage of
accomplishing it with or without a lock, the
destruction of which frequently disables a gun in
active service.
This invention has been submitted to tho in
spection and experiments of one of the most dis
tinguished officers of our navy, who has given his
unqualified testimony to its merits.
By this ingenious discovery, composed of <hroo
simple members, we understand that three great
objects have been gained, and what might bo sup
posed would require a complicated apparatus of
many members is here accomplished by so simple
a construction as to remind us ot Columbus and
his egg, whioh no ono before dreamed of, yet so
simple that when seen every one is surprised that
he should not have thought of it himself. The
inventor is about to take out a patent for it, and
when that shall be properly secured we may
recur to the subject for farther notice.— National
JnUUigtncer.
England and the United States. —Mr. Walsh,
in his Paris letter of the 2nd nit., to the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce, expresses his gratification
and the general gratification felt by Americans a
brnad at the appointment of Mr. Buchanan as
Minister to England. He then writes as follows on
another topic:
I used to distrust the British Government and
people, and thought that it was with them the
United States would ultimately have to engage in
a strife mortal to one or the other. My present
impressions are widely different. Dispositions
ana views are not the same in Groat Britain. The
universal sense of a vast enlargement and irresis
tible advances of Amarican power; the indefinite
extension and multiplication of mutual interests:
the more frequent, various and intimate personal
intercourse; the religious, literary and scientific
intercommunion; the effects and facilities of steam
navigation; American importance with the’world at
large; the new sympathies and ties resulting from
the prodigious emigration, and the progress of the
democratic element, spirit, influence and tenden
cies in the British political and social Bystem—
these and other salient changes, have begotten
general good will, a rule of conciliation, a general
earnestness for the perpetuity of relations and feel
ings such as become cognate races and institu
tions, and a common acknowledgment of the pre
oepts and ends of Christianity. We may subjoin
the agency of a succession of Ministers Plenipo
tentiary like Mr. M’Lane, Mr. Bush, Mr. Everett,
Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. Ingersoll,
who could ingraciate themselves and their coun
try with all parties and classes, and by their spe
cific individual merits, the singleness and recti
tude of their official conduct, and the cordiality of
their amicable professions and urbane manners.
Mr. Buchanan being of the Bame school of gentle
men and diplomatists with a liberal and expansive
eatriotism, will render similar and equal service.
lr. Everett, in his very able and comprehensive
survey, before the Senate, of the Central American
question, as the Nicaragua dispute may be styled,
has continued his salutary work by his direct tes
timony to the “cardinal principle of the policy of
the British Government—a mutually beneficial,
peaceful intercourse with the United States,” and
to the fact that there is not a country in Europe
where the name and character of an American
citizen is not a direct passport to every good office
that a stranger can desire, and nowhere more than
in England.
Well Don* Savannah.— lt is with no ordinary
pleaaure that we record the prompt and efficient
action of our citizens yesterday, on the question of
building a railroad in a Soutn-westwardly direc
tion from this city towards Tallahassee and Pensa
oola. We consider it now beyond all cavil, a
“fixed fact,” that we are to have a direct railroad
connection with the rich cotton counties of South
ern Georgia and Middle Florida. Ofthe advanta
ges of this road to Savannah and the sections of
country it will penetrate, we will not now specu
late. The liberal subscription of g 1,000,000, au
thorized by our citizens yesterday, to be subscribed
by Council, together with the private subscriptions
transferred from the Albany and Savannah list, in
many cases, largely increased, as well as the spirit
of our people enlisted in this great enterprize, all
go to prove that the benefits and advantages like
ly to accrue to our commerce and add to our
wealth, from this source, have been duly consider
ed and properly appreciated.
It will be seen that the meeting appointed two
delegates to attend the Florida Railroad Conven
tioh, to be held at Tallahassee on the 6th. Going
to that Convention, as our delegates are, with the
substantial evidence furnished by our proceedings
to-day to back them, as to our earnestness in the
work, we have no doubt that the citizens of Flori
da %ill properly value their mission, and that in
view of the importance of this great enterprise to
them as well as ourselves, arrangements will be
consummated which will secure their hearty co
operation.
Much may be said, and said truly, of the
advantages which Savannah possesses over any
other place on the Atlantic, accessible to middle
Florida as an outlet for her, but we forbear, lest,
after what we have heretofore said, our friends
should think us vain. These advantages will
not be overlooked by our able delegation to the
Tallahassee Convention, and in such faithful
hands, we are content to leave the claims of this
enterprise, to be illustrated and en-forced upon
the consideration of the people of Florida.—
Savannah Itepubtioan 1 tl inat.
We learn by a letter from Floyd, that Dr. Lewis,
a consistent and worthy Southern Rights Demo
crat, will run for Congress from that District,
Independent of Convention nomination. The
writer thinks he will have several opponents, also,
that there will be many candidates for Judgeship
in the Cherokee Circuit but thinks Judge Trippe
will most likely succeed, if be runs for that office.
[Southern JiMordar.
VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.-NO. 23.
SPARE MY HEART FROM GROWING OLD.
Old time, I aak a boon of thae—
Thou’st stripped my hearth of many a friend,
Ta'en half my joya and all my flee —
Be just for once to make amend;
And, since thx hand muat leave lta trace.
Tarn locka to grey, tarn blood to oold—
Do what thoa wilt with form and face,
Bat spare my heart from growing old.
I know thou’st taken from many a mind
Its dearest wealth, lta cholceatatore,
And only lingering left behind
O'er wise experience bitter lore.
Tis sad to mark the mind'a decay,
Feel wit grew dim and memory old—
Take these, old time, take all away,
But spare my heart from growing aid.
Give me to live with friendship ttill,
And hope and love till life be o’er—
Let be th. first the final chill
That bids the bosom bound no more.
That so when I am passed away,
And in m; grave Ue slumbering cold,
With fond remembrance frienda may lay
“ His heart, hia heart grew never old!”
From the Savannah Courier, 2nd hist.
Railroad Festival!—Change of Programme!
Savannas, Jane 1, 7 P. M.
Tho train from Columbus having been detained
by an aooident (having run off the track at Butler)
will not arrive at Savannah until two o’clock to
morrow morning, in oonseqnenoe of whioh a
change in tho programme of reception has been
rendered necessary. The committee at ita meet
ing tins evening have appointed:
Ist. Tho General Committee will moet at the
Railroad Depot at half past one o’clock, when tho
addresses will be delivered, aud a salute fired by
Chatham Artillery. The Military Companies of
the city will also assomble at tho Depot.
2d. There will be a torch-light proceaaion from
the depot to Monument Square, under the direc
tion of a committee. The citizens generally are
invited to join in the proceaaion.
2d. The route of the prosession will be down
South Broad-Btroet to Bull-street, and thenoe to
Monument Square.
4th. The Excursion down the river will loavo the
wharf at 10 o’clock on Thursday morning.
sth. The display of fire-works in Chippewa
Square will take place on Friday evening at half
past nine o’clock.
6th. The Ball and Supper on Thursday night,
and the Procession and Dinner on Friday, will
take place os previously announced, viz:
On Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, the Gen
eral Committee will assemble the Guests in Monu
ment square, and escort them to be embarked on
board the steamers Welaks and Gordon, for an
excursion to Fort Pulaski and Tybee, under the
direction of the Committee assigned to that duty.
A Collation will bo provided on board.
The Ball and Supper will bo given atthe new
Buildings, at tho Railroad Depot on Thursday
night.
On Friday tho Dinner will be served in the
same buildiug. Tho Guests will assemble in
Monument aquaro, at half-past three o’ciook,
P. M., and march in Procession from thenoe, es
corted by tho General Committee, and accom
panied by n Band of Music. Tho Dinner will be
served at 4 o’clock.
The Hon. J.M. Berrien will act as President,
and tho following gentlemen as Vioe-Prosidents:
Dr. Richard Wayne, Hon. Wui. Law, Hon.
James M. Wayne, Richard R. Cuyler, Eaq., Col.
W. Thorno Williams, Hon. R. M. Charleton, Gen.
J. W. Rabun, Col. Joseph W. Jackson.
The Committee of Arrangements will wear
Badges of White Ribbon, and the Guests Blue;
the Marshals, scarfs of White Bilk.
The Goneral Committee will assemble again in
Monument Square, on Thursday morning 9
o’clock, and on Friday afternoon, at 8 o’clock.
The Hallroad Jubilee—Arrival of the Guests.
Tho Express train left Columbus yesterday
morning at the appointed hour with about 250
gucHts. All went smoothly until they arrived at
the now town of Butler, filly miles from the point
of departure whon in consequence of the misplace
ment of a switch the engine was thrown from the
track and the train delayed over throe hours. No
one, however wus injured in the slightest degree,
nor was any serioua damago dono to tho engine or
cars.
At half past tliroo, tho purty urrivod at Macon,
where they wore handsomely entertained by the
liberal-hearted, gonerous citizons of that place.—
As the train was by the acoident thrown out of its
regular eohodule time, Mr. Wadley very prudent
ly determined to abundon the idea of running it
through us an Express. He therefore dispatched'
the guests under tho schoduie of the regular night
train, and telegraphed the Committee of Arrange
ments accordingly.
When tho disputoh reached this city, it found
tho military, some four hundred strong, already
assembling ut their several parade grounds, and
the Committee in session. The former with that
spirit and promptness, whioh have always cha
racterized them, at once resolved to place them
selves at the control of tho latter, whenever and
wherever their services might bo demanded.
Tho committee, alter some deliberation adopted
the “tiianye of programme," whioh will be found
elsewhere.
At halt past 4 o’clock, P. M., the train departed
from Mucon having received an accession of some
thiity or forty citizens from that plaoe. At Gor
don deputations from Milledgeville, Eutonton dec.,
joined the company.
The Guests urrived at Griffin’s at II P. M.,
where they partook of a most sumptuous repast,
prepared with much care, taste, and expense, by
Mr. G. and hiH excellent indefatigable lady.—
Though intendod to be partaken of as a dinner at
2 P. M., we are informed by the guests, that it was
one of the most varied and inviting feasts whioh
it was ever their good fortuua to enjoy.
Atl o’clock, A. M., “the drums called tho sol
diers to duty,” and they promptly repaired to tho
depot where they were joined by the General Com
mittee, and an immonßo concourse of citizens.—
Tho arrival of the train at A. M., was announced
by the firing of rockets and a grand salute of
81 guns by the Chatham Artillery.
The guests were welcomed to Savannah, by the
Hon. John McPherson Berrien, in tho following
appropriate and eloquent address:
judoe berrien’s address.
My Friends—The very pleasant task of greet
ing your advont to our city, heightened by a re
lief of the painful anxiety which has been felt for
your personal safety, lias been assigned to me—
and with a vivid recollection of the generous hos
pitality which welcomed us on our recent visit to
Columbus, and of that, too, which cheered us on
oui; return, as we paused for a moment at our sis
ter city of Macon, no one can more highly appre
ciate this privilege.
In the name then, and in behalf of the citizens
ofSavannah I welcome you to this ancient city
of Oglethorpe—to the home of your coadjutors in
the glorious enterprise, whoso happy consumma
tion we havo assembled to commemorate.
That home is endeared to us, by a thousand re
collections. Our fathers dwelled here. They have
rested from their labors—but you see before you,
some of the descendants of the early settlers of
this nucleus of the colony of Georgia—and yet
more of thoso, whoso ancestors endured the priva
tions incident to a residence here in the infancy of
the State.
You are standing within bow-shot of the spot,
where one hundred and twenty years since, a Binall
and feeble band of Britons first landed on these
Bhores in quest of a home—where the patriotic
Oglethorpe, a soldier, statesman, and philanthro
pist, held high converse withTomochichi, and the
Miccoes, and leading warriors of the contigioua
Indian tribes, seeking the acquisition of territory
by peaceful means, and where in tracing the lines
of Savannah, he laid the foundations of our noble
•State. Above us, at a short distance, a body of
Saltsburgers, driven by religious persecution from
their native land, were afterwards posted—and
Southward, on the banks of the Altamaha, a band
of gallant Higlandera, forming the advance guard
of the Colony stood ready to breast the first shock
of Spanish aggression.
Such was the humble origin of the Colony which
in our day has acquired the proud title of “The
Empire State of the South,” and thus the birth of
our city was coeval with it. Its scanty inhabitants
shared largely in the peiilsof onr revolutionary
conflict—moistening with their blood the soil
which they defended. We shall pass presently
the monument erected to the memory of the illus
trious I’olander, whe fell gallantly doing battle In
their cause.
I turn to matters more immediately connected
with the occasion of our assemblage.
With all tho advantages of her position, on the
banks of this noble river, which affords at once an
outlet to the ocean, and communication by steam
boat navigation with various portions of the State,
Savannah was for a scries of years, comparatively
isolated. The “slow coaches” which you have
wisely discarded and the still slower road wagons,
afforded our friends in many parts of the interior,
the only means of transportation to Savannah, for
themselves or their produce. But the spirit of the
age, impatient ofsuch restraints, at length roused
us to exertion, and you have now “broken the last
link of thechain which bound us" to them, and as
perated you from us. Our fcllow-citizqna of Ce
fumbus will now enjoy the fruits of their glorious
enterprise. At your hospitable bidding, we jour
neyed with the sun, from the shores of tbe Atlan
tic to the banks of the gently flowing stream
which washes the base of your beautiful city—and
but for the casualty which delayed your progress,
you would even in shorter time, have spanned the
whole breadth of our noble State, from its West
ern to its Eastern border, in coming to us.
This is not the moment to speak in detail of tbe
magnificent prospect thus opened to our view.—
Indeed, my friendß, the most vivid imagination
would be powerless to delineate it. The broad At
lantic has now become your own great highway to
tbe markets of tbe world. To us,it has opened a
valuable portion of our own State. To you and us
it gives access to the rich productions of our sister
States, lying south and west of us. This great
thorougiifare is now complete. Columbus guards
its western, and Savannah its eastern portals,
while at an intermediate position on the line.—
Macon enjoys the full benefit of the eastern and
western transit. They are no longer now three
cities, separated by distance, tedious and painful
to overcome, but rather one great city, of which
Savannah constitutes the eastern, Macon the cen
tral and Columbus the western ward.
General Bernard, a distinguished Engineer in
the service of the United Stateß, while engaged in
reconnoitering our Atlantic border with a view to
the establishment of a line of defence, many years,
since, expressed tho opinion that Georgia occu
pied, commercially, tie same relative position to
the States lying south aud west of us, as did New
York to thoseStatcs whose produce fonnd its way
to a foreign market through her great sea-port.—
We are going to prove the accuracy of that opin
ion ; but if Gen. Bernard were with us now, he
would look far beyond the limits which then
bounded his vision. He would extend his view to
that great Ocean, which now constitutes tbe wes
tern boundary ot the United States, claiming ac
cess for us to its exhaustless treasures—for our own
and the efforts of our sister States, will put us in
connection with the great Pacific Railway whatever
may be the point of its departure.
Even in this progressive age, it is difficult to re
alize the rapidity of our progress. But a few brief
years have flitted by—a small part of that “inexo
rable” term, which we endeavored, in our reoent
interview at Columbus, to render somewhat more
yielding, has passed away, since I rode in the first
rail car, moved by horse power, on tbe Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad—and yet more reoently, in a
hand car impelled by negroes on the first ten miles
of the road between Charleston and Hamburg—and
note, the map of our railroads is almost co-exten
sive with that of the Union.
Let us then rejoice, and be thankful. To the
living actors in these noble enterprises, let us ren
der the meed of praise which is justly their due—
let us treasure in ousmemories a grateful recollec
tion of those who have passed away. Above all,
let us thankfully acknowledge our gratitude to that
Almighty Being, who has crowned our effort*
with success, and strong in the assuranoe of His
protection, let us press onward to the accomplish
ment of the great enterprises which yet await us.
Once more, my friends, in behalf of those I have
the honor to represent, I bid you weloome, one
and all, to our city, to our homes, and to onr
hearts.
To this address, Col. Seabon Jones responded
in a speech appropriate in sentiment, and felici
tous in illustration. As it was not written out we
cannot give it this morning, but are promised a
copy for our next issue. .
The delay in the arrival of the care was occasion
ed by causes beyond tbe ooatrol of those in chirp,
and whioh will be fully explained In to-morrow a
Courier.
One thing la certain, our friends from Columbus
have had, at least the assuranoe that tho poop e
of Savannah intended to give them a cordial wel
come. We trust that they may fare sumptuously
and that we may have an opportunity of convinc
ing them that Savannah hospitality is no mere
idle show—but a heartfelt, cordial appreciation of
the generous, noble feelings, manifested during
the reoont visit of our citizens to the banka of the
Chattahoochee.
The presence of almost our entire population,
and of hundreds of our oldest and most respecta
ble oitizens at the Depot during the whole of last
night, was a eight unparalleled in the history of
Savannah. It was, emphatically, tho resurrection
of old Fogvism, and the strongest evidence, that
Savannah has aroused herself with ail the vigor
and power of a youthful giant.
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
From a Discourse of the Rev. Dr. Scott, Deli
ered Sabbath Morning, 17th Instant.
Christianity, my brethren, is tho great thought
of God. It snould, therefore, be the great couoern
of man. It is, inde :d, the great world-fsot of tho
human race, and it is destined to become the great
thought of the universe. Great truths lie every
where in the field of history, of nature, and of
Providonoe, waiting for patient and persistent ap
plication. to make them omorge, enlighten and
bless. The Old Testament was a prophetical car
toon of the future, whioh tho events of the Gospel
dispensation havo filled up. In tho life and death
of Christ was solved the profound mystery of
Heaven, and the great problem of life. For four
thousand years the world had summoned its
thought and energies, and exhausted its wisdom
on tho single question, “How shall man be just
with God!” Tbo smoke of tho first sltar-flre
kindled on the unpeopled earth, as it curled slow
ly heavenward was burdened with this question.
From the borders of the deserted Edon—from the
mountain of Ararat—from tho Bethel of Abralmm
and from the tents of Jacob had tho sacratteial
Same gone up towards Heaven, with the same
solemn questioning. The priests of Aaron had
stood before the altar, and struggled for ages with
the same mighty problem. At last tho appointed
hour oomes. The angel choir announces to tho
shepherds of Bethlehem, aud tho Btarin the East
revoals to the Magi the advent of the long expect
ed Messiah. Altars aud saorafices, man’s painful
questionings, as to how he might come before tho
Most High God—all his fears and hopes, and joys
concentrated on the great deliverer. Earth’s Re
deemer has come to proclaim peace between God
and man. All tho circumstances, therefore, con
nected with, and preparatory to the groat Revolu
tion of our race, that began with tho coming of
Christ, are deeply interesting to us. Tho last dis
course was on the visit of the Wise Men from thd
East to Bethlehem, and their hoinago to tho new
born king. Let us look now at somo of tho re
sults of this visit.
And first at t» the Wise Men themselves.
“ And being warned of God in a dream that
they should not return to Herod, they departed
into their own country another way." Matlh.
11:18. They rejoiood with exoooding groat joy
when they found tho Saviour King. Tlioy paid
him suoh adoration, and mado such offerings to
him as they were accustomed to make to a man,
to whom they believed was to bo immortal, and
was to become a king and a god—gold, frank-in
couso and myrrh. They seem not to havo enter
tained any suspicions of Horod’s cruel designs. It
was their honest purpose to return to him with
tidings of suocobs. But there was one who know
all the dark sohemes of Herod’s guilty heart, and
he would not allow thoso humble, adoring Gentiles
to be made the agents of executing Herod's hellish
purposes. If thoy were from Arabia or Persia,
probably from tho latter, then it was not in their
way home to pass through Jerusalem. Their
course was east from Bethlehem. And soon did
thoy pass the frontiers, and escape from tho juris
diction of this tyrant. What joyful tidingß did
they oarry back to their own oouutry ! And how
powerfully may their visit have contributed to the
conversion of thoir countrymen, when the Gospel
was afterwards preached amongst them !
Setotuily.— Another consequence of the visit of
these Wise Men to Betbloliom, was the flight of the
Holy Family to Egypt. Their inquiries aroused
the cruel jealousy of Herod. But while Herod is
anxiously awaiting the return of the wiso men,
God informs Joseph ofhis murderous design, and
oommsnds him to retire spoodily into Egypt.—
“And when they were departed, behold the angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying
Arise, and take the young ohildand his mother by
night, and depart into Egypt.”—vs. 18-15.
What I must the Redeemer of the world flee
from the wrath of Herod! Will He not crush
this tyrant? No not yot. Herod has not yet
filled up the measure of hiß iniquity. The time
for his destruction has not yot come. Besides, it
was not the Saviour’s rule to work miracles for
himself. He sympathized with tho miseries of
others. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief: but never did he work a miracle to
save himself from thOßegriefsandagonies of which
his life was fhll. He was persecuted from his-cran
die to his oross. Though He was rich, yet for our
sake* He became poor. Though the ministration
of angels and the glory of heaven belonged to him,
yet how frill of toil and sorrow, even unto duatli,
was his whole life, and all for our sakos. In his
tender infanoy he iB hurried away from his homo,
to spend the first days of his life us an exile in a
heathen land, while, for his sake, the pluce of his
birth was deluged with the blood of infunts torn
from their mothers’arms ! Oh! it wus a sad mes
sage Joseph received from tho ungol for tho bless,
ed Mary. Think of it, ye mothers of this glorious
land; and think of it, with gratitndo to God, ev -
ery day of your lives, that you live in the laud of
constitutional liberty. How would it alurm you,
if you had beoome joyful mothers, While sojourn
ing in some despotic oountry, say on u visit to tho
Holy Land, and in the quiet villugo of Bethlohcm,
to be told at midnight that the government Was
sending out secret emisaries to murder your sweet
babes, that were nestling so close to your bosom ?
How differently were the persons introduced in
this narrative, engaged on this night at tho flight!
The wise men have gone home, rejoicing another
way. Herod, perhaps on his bed, but sloeploss as
a fiend, broods over his murderous design, in the
darkness and secrecy of the night. - At last, his
slan5 lan is adopted. The murderous decree is issued.
oseph and Mary are as yot ignorant of what is bo
fore them. Their frugal repaßt is over. The eve
ning sacrifice is offered up. They are in quiot re
pose. But the Angel of the Lord appears to Jo
seph, and tells him to arise and flee this night into
Egypt. Being convinced the warning was from
God, and that the life of the child was carod for
by Heaven they.immediately obeyed. If thoy had
been residing at Nazareth, Syria would have been
the place of refuge, as it would have been nearer
than Egypt, and, like Egypt, beyond Herod’s ju
risdiction. But from Bethlencm, Egypt was the
nearest asylum.
Egypt, after its conquest by Alexander the
Great, became the abodo of many Jews, especially
Alexandria. There they built synagogues, and
had their own worship. There they translated
thoir own Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. Thoy
maintained, also constant intercourse d'h thoir
countryman in Judea. Egypt had ever boea the
asylum of the Jews. Thither Abraham vent when
famine obliged him to leave Canaan. Then, Jo
seph rose to the highest honors, and prepared a
Slaoe for his brethren and their posterity. Thero
le Children of Israel remainod, until they were
prepared for the conquest of Canaan, which had
been promised to Abraham. And thither, also,
the Jews often retired from persecution in their
own land. Thither, likewise, was the Son of God
sent, bv the persecution of Herod, and thero re
mained till the death of that tyrant: and in all
this was fulfilled the Scriptures, which cannot
be broken.
But was there no hesitation—was their no doubt
—no misgiving in their hearts. Methinks I see
Joseph engaged in hurried preparations for his re
moval to a foreign land. The ass is at last saddled
and st the door. And Mary, supported by Joseph
and clasping the wonderful child to her bosom,
and with a heart fixed and trusting in the Lord,
takes her departure for Egypt. Do I hear any
murmuring? Do I hear her say, “And was it for
this, tho Angel said ; Hail Mary thou art highly
favored of women !* Was it for this I said ‘From
henceforth all generations shall oall me blessod !
Littlo did I expect to feel so soon the sharp edge
of the sword, pious old Simeon spoke of. Littlo
did I think 1 was so soon bo hunted from my •
house and my child pursued by the sword of a
murderer?” No, my brethren, imagination hears
no such sorrowful complaints. Faith taught hor
far different thoughts. She was happy to know,
that her steps were directed of God. She knew
that He could make Egypt a Paradise. But He
bron and Beershebor were on their way down to
Egypt. Nodoubtas Joseph walkedalong with bis
staff, leading the ass, he thought of the sojourn
ings of Isaac, Jacob, and Abraham, on these very
pasture lands of “the hill country of Judea.” And
then his thoughts ran before him to Egypt; and
he thought of Moses, and repeated the great na
tional pealm—the seventy-eight, £nd now they
are in the desert; and probably to uvoid pursuit,
and gratify their feelings of reverence for their
Great Lawgiver, they take Sinai, the mount of
Moses and of God, in their way to Egypt. And
at last they arrive, and remain there until the
death of Herod—ver. 15.
Let us learn, Ist. The duty of obedience, sim
ple ready, implicit obedience. Whether all dreams
as the old proverb, says, are from God or not,
the dreams of the wise men and of Joseph were,
and,accordingly they obeyed. The Wise Men
were released from their direct or implied promise
to return to Herod, by the command of God to re
turn another way. Joseph instantly arose and
fled with the young child and his mother. He
oomplains not of the time nor the place to which
he must go. He says nothing of tho perils and
length of the journey through the desert. Faith
gave wings to his obedience and vanquished his
fears, and supplied him more fully than all the
treasures of Arabian princess could have done.—
We cannot be too cheerful, prompt, and whole
hearted In obeying divine commands. Though
Joeeph obeys God, he does it in such away as to
avoid all unneceseanr danger. He is prudent as
well as obedient. It is wicked to expect God to'
work miraoles for ns to do what we can do for
ourselves. God’s rulo is to help those who help
themselves.
2d. Let us learn that happiness does not con
sist in external loca ities, but in obedience to the
will of God. Joseph is obliged to fly into Egypt,
the land of oppression and of bitter bondage. But
God sends us to the places which we deem least
likely to do us good, we shsll find them the best
for us. God’s presence makes Egypt both safe
and delightful. His blessings maketh rich and ad
death no sorrow. His favor is sweeter Shan life
and stronger than death.
The Atonement.
Never was there any hour sinoe the creation of
all things, noreverwill bo to the last conflagration,
wherein the holy God so remarkably displayed his
justice and hisgraec, as that hour that saw our
Lord Jesus Christ hanging upon the oross, forsa
ken ofhis Father and expiring. What a dreadful
glory was given to vindictive justioe, when tho
great and terrible God made the soul of his own
Bona painful sacrifice for sin! What an amazing
instance of grace, that he should redeem such
worthless sinners as weare from the vengeance,by
exposing his beloved Sou to it 1 When I view the
severity or the compassion of that hour, my
thoughts are lost in astonishment: it is not for
me, it is not for Paul or Apollos; it is not for the
tongue of men er angels, to say whioh was great
est, the compassion or the severity. Humble ado
ration becomes us best.
Into a tumbler, three parts filled with water>
drop two or three small lumps of pliosphuret o
lime; a decomposition wilt take plac , and pi.os
pburetted hydrogen gas be produced, bubbles o
which will rise lo the surface, when they inmiedi
ately take fire and explode, terminating in beuuti '-
ful ringlets of smoke. This Is the sntnc kiim o 1
gas which is generated at the bottom of el allow
pools of stagnant water, in boggy and mat shy
places, aud in graveyards. It becomes ignited by
contact with the air, aud is called igjito tutu us. or
Will o’the-Wlsp. ’
The best thing for love iB sickness. If any of
your friends are troubled with this complaint,
don’t therefore persuade them to seek consolation
in good advice or arsenic, but induoe them to eat
raw cabbage till they get the oholic. As Dr. Wing
very justly observes, no man can go crazy about a
pitoe of calico as longaahia stomach ia diraiytd ,