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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
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treelee; aWt ;! b*i aHhfo * rs-e. aMI maUeilto enbeerlbers
‘ at U>c(eit>*ib^'ratr t naM(;.
K I> AI! .T ' f watb/tudL »T per annum.
Tei-WuWlTParta. 4 “ “
tkiiis «r aTtkrtisi.ts.
Is WxgelT.-ltevanty-SveMßfa tier eouareflO line* or
*' fur’he first insertion, and fifty twots for each aubae
l«:nt lnaertSou.
AD&1IIA RACES.
flffll nWfe.
f|>ilh .iaausl Hate* over the Lafayette Ctmrtc, aj-ar
1 A i<o>- • G., w.ll t une >0 thes-eorol we.kof JANU
sur t. A.,0 jr.a son* »a r« «a»r, the 10tb, and ctm
,< tTtal-M! tarv.uzbeut 10 w«<-k. w<-tru»; that tto.r per
se t .as «}* ■ vttivd thl* C >urr> at U.e meeting* of le&l anJ
' litre, m l »nne«tc i tt.e good and dvsoruto there ex
;».,» t. »I1 ! </;«-'•* fv/.rut with th.-.r pr.'eoca—the la
it , " ,uA, - -
i k *Bj§ “to !. I tvtrrof tliL lufcsrMtir.g *p’>ri, wtio were not
f* Si nrttent St ehhes of ’he meeting! abave mentimud, we
If the Ml wfsjr bill of fa-eWUlbe an in-lu r-me ut far
them.ajna r-.n’lug tins paper, to exchia, “ « will g>
hr;'■ J t*T~ ihererr twa u»s»ch raees to conje off on Monday,
'*% » the »’). J. naa'y, Ijt »o,’S» a sMe each.
o • •■-'•• ffjaar— fb» l'o-vuxr's e. h. HigUimler, and Wm.
.“ CJ udkitn’* hone (.u.'.prom’fe; ts,'io« a side, $2,600 for
♦ •’i * ;V"Sf>—Ctd H-.ta'ltea names hisch. h. Frank Irwin,
twfrif 4 year, obi, by lun;>« tj Maj.TliM.tl. Bacon name* bis
Rhb b, b- •>’ Dearth!;, (i.rtu-rl/ G.-imb’e,) 4 years old, by
■BP fiuverfeir!'. damColerity, by I.etUtlian.
Hh r e.ilay, into —A Clt fluke, tr 8 year olds, 2 mile
■F beats.'* . 0 tntr .u c, had forfeit, with SSOO at"dud by the
sFCjS-o C ut), provided two or more shall slsrt, to which there
a>e tertn t itrles, vis:
y. 'I Me (ihy* Co. name b. c. by Heston, dam Tran
by ana, by imp. Tranhy.
J ilin Oatnp i -Il names filly, by Imp. Glencoe, dam
eab (til-i d mos Motile,) by Medoc.
Hatn'i 1. Carter uamei b.c. by Kpallon, dam imp. Nanny
Kt-lan.
11:11 * Myers na ncch. f.by E stun, dan Minerva An
demon.
John II ,r.-son,Hen.,names b.c. Grlif Edmondson, by
Child ; Harold, da a Mary Elisabeth, by Andr w.
John Bel her names eh. e. hy Alamode, dambySir
Ol,i.r!es: »!so,uh. f. by Herald,dam Imp.
Wednesday, 1 I'll—Two mile heals for Jockey Club
n r -of Ihri t hundred dollars, (|8«0.)
Ti.urtdny, lain—Thr e mile neats, for Jockey Club
purse of five hundred dollars,(s3uo.)
Krld'y, loth—lfour mile heats, for Jockey Club purse of
elelit. hundred dollars, (»SO0.)
, aino day, aCa t-t dte toy 8 year olds, mile heats, two
hundred dollars (#2 HI) entranoe, half forf.lt, to which
them arc ala entrlos. ...
... . ir. sy, 14th—Mile heats, beet three in Ore, for Jockey
Club purse of two hundred dollars, ($200.)
In . d iiiion to the übo/entsntlonedpurses,after purses
will In-given. Tills will beooeof the most escUlug arid
l.iteres-ing mee’iiiKs that has ever taken place upon tlita
tluic-houored course.
Vi e i,i ration tbo t,lines that will be In attendance, and
take some notice of a few of fortune’s favorites.
Cijit John Belohsr, loug associated with the turf, and
tho Victor trainer of many a haid cuntested race from
Neif Vork to Nes-Orleaus, is here with lied Eye, a gallant
andn-’iieoid horaeoi very great oelebrity, Nina, “the
C . t.looted lias die like Nina,"and twocolts.
Capt. John Harrison, Son, will be there with a full
string; among them will he found Maid of Edgecombe,
Kia-ik Irvin, ttrtff Kdiaundaton, IM* We,ton, with UiliA
Myers’ Boston billy and many other good trumps.
doyih-u A Ohcatham will he on lbs ground with the re
,-i.vir: t u.’id beautiful horse Compromise, recently the vlc
ti, of tu three utile nigtc’i at Nailtvlllc, Teun., with also
two or ihree other favorites.
Mr. N It. Young, Col. Singleton s trainer, with Bill
Bearing, (formeily Gamble) and two three year olds that
may v. Li. - heard from ; tlirutigh the veins of one of which
Hows tin id *o 1 of old Boston and Oapt. Miner; through
111 other, die bio nlofoJ I llertrita l and Industry.
tieat c one, nnuthur veteran of the turf, Oapt. W. A.
Stuart, tv'io will ccr a uly be there with the far-famed and
vtctirious Highlander, who so gu'.lomly cheered the droop,
i k spirits i finany anxious hearts when, In his three mile
r,i*u at Charleetou, lu Erbruary last, he encountered and
boro off the pislin of vlniny from Jeff. Davis.
daiuT J. Darter, of Te»no-.see, is now on the ground
with tares O-dw that are nil promising.
And asi, though not. least, Col, John Campbell,of Ken
tm ky, w!)l be la att ndsuco wl'.h a string of four, John
Dlaui nd at the head.
Alter I- a ling Ute loregoing notices of tho various line
and game animal, which will most assuredly be on the
iint, who trill uot exclaim, “I’m off for the Augusta
it 4CVA.”
Badges, admitting strangers to the gate and stretch,
cart be procured at the Ticket Office.
Jli-wtllU It. D. GLOVE It * 00., Proprietors.
CXTHANY FEMALE ACADEMY,
THOMSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA,
rs til It Trustee, of the above Academy take pleasure In
1. announcing to the idUrmis and public generally, that
tin y ha/e so ■ .rod the .erric■ 5 of Mis, MAItGAitET A.
iIILLSMAN, for the ensuing year. Mlu Hll'smsu’s re
-1", uuißUdatiouo, a, a lady of literary attainments,are In*
* ,-ior tu imne. Mho graduated with first Honor at Madi
son Ecwtle College, at its la t attuual Commencement,
i ■ t, n . . to pre.taro their daughters f,r College,
¥ , advantage t at this Buhaol; not inferior (we are
u t ,vl;e t the iov-' Brice of tintiwi, and board I* c J’i "
Board may le obtained in thu moat resptcbablo families
• la :t-, Immediate vioiuttj of the Academy, and If preferred,
Ir tho isni -fiimlly w.Oi tho teacher. The School will com
menen on the third MONDAY In JANUARY, and will bo
O vidud Intuttvo terms id live months each.
Ter .i» - J tuiiluh wld bo for first class, <7 for second,
♦»; and third clan, stl.
U. l>. STANFORD* Sec. Board.
Near Thomson, Pcs, 24th, 1858. wB—HBB
LNIYKItrtITY OF GEORGIA, I
Aißitsa, Deo. 15,1H88. I
fI'HK TBTITKIM or this Institution, will, on the 13th
I of January nest, elect a PROFESSOR OF MATHE
MATICS and ASTRONOMY, to fflUho vaeanoy ocoaslpned
hy the resignation of I’rt-fessor McCay.
The i’rqfeoeor wid bo retfUlretlto enter upon his duties
w.thout (May. Salary, SI7OO per annum, payab'e quar-
A tad eatit, may address the President, Rev. A. CHURCH,
I) J< , or the sttbseriber. WM. L. MITCHKI.U,
did wdiv Ohairmau Prudential Com.
GREENSLOAO', GA.. FEMALE COLLEGE.
f | HIM next session of this Institution will be opero! on
I tin 2d Monday, the9th JANUARY, 1854, with the
f.Mowing officers, vis :
Rev. J. H. K AX-ON, President.
Prof. J. B. LYMAN.
Miss A. P. HAMILTON.
♦Miss - ——, vacancy to he Riled.
nKPiittMBXT or Ml', 10.
Professor N. B. CLAPP.
Miss A. M. LYMAN,
turuurim.iT or nattviao asu raisriKU.
Mbs E. A,GRATES,
0. H. BALDWIN,
Secretary Board of Trustees.
MW. l>r. fc\ Vowmw will ft:l til! an appointment is made,
tlrmishoro*, V t , Deo., 1858. d22-wt>t
PKNI'IKUI FEMALE SEMINARY.
r !ptlls K*HrcS.«es of t'J# Institution will be resumed on
1 WISDN &S&AY, Ist February. l>6i. under the super
vision of R. T. Asbnry, Mi"# Krelma Macon and Miss Cor
delia riltowe. Kwary cuort will b« matte t»T those connected
with the lurit-uion, to secure V> wm i»ut>U a thorough
aid substantial tvlucatkm. For tne more successful we
ll.Mun’.i*!imont of this utyoct.a rotmur course ol study has
been adopted, embracing in a&tlttna to the elementary
BtudieSjt .e higher branches of Matnematics. the Mental
{Studies and Latin Usinguairt,.
The Musleal and Ornamental tiriunnes will receive the
attention of those whose oast effort* nave proven tlirm
competent and successful Instmesofo, »>ca)t attention,
therefor*.*, to this Institution, which, from U»e co/nptrfitn
#ioeK.w»of t-* eoufsttof st niv—froc* ihe ftriMriein‘6 of its
teacher, ted f;*o.n its pleasant ana retired location, af
fot'!< superior.%»vantage* f M-Femol? ICducatinn.
V fj Filter particulars addresa h. T. ABBURY,
ttitf-wtFl renflchl,f»A.
m vd:son female college.
riAHK Hpricg Tenn of this Institution will open on
1 M JNDAY, S.h J iruary. 1854.
* FAOULTV;
Kcv.!.. L. WITTICII, Fro sklent and Professor Mental
and Moral Philosophy.
Rev. JO*. U. KUUOUS, Profewor Mathematics.
IVM. D. Wlli'-i \MB, Pro r essor languages.
R*tt. GKO. M HV LEU ART, Professor natural Science.
OKU. C TAYLOR, Professor Musa.
M'ss ANNA E. HOBSON, Instructress in Music, Draw*
l Pi? and PpdlMlfcg
Mi ? MARLARt’TK.SHERMAN, In*tructresi In Pre
paratory Department.
For further tuforuiaUcn, addrass any members of ihe
F,i *uUy. HUGH J. OGILBY,
M iiUeoUt Gw , Dec. 2d, 1 S3B. Sec, Board Trustees.
UTiwlawAt
WRiaHTdBORO* MALE AND FEMALE HIGH
SCHOOL.
iTusvees of this Institution take pleasure in in-
I form ing the public, that they have again seemed the
*«-rv.e.* of the piv.<eiit tt.cumbwnU for Die uextyear. No*
ih ng w* more repulsive to our taste, in this our time, when
Cv.icjos more uviT.erousthan oul-deld School llous s
a*! \ j (o be, and the got my ii<*i #'•> Utuffht tv sbvf by clec
tio ;n t. n tic power aluxiit, than this putßng almost every
S.miaary of learning in the aud. In
is too woU kn jwju to the public to need any such artifice
ha ium luvi.ehargv ot the Male Academy l«'re, for the last
tight Jcsm, * vve opo; and then a troop of young men fol
t lomvl hitn mtn to Alabama, and back from Ala
hanw to Georgia again. Ue is now permanently settled
h Io m l-a ittttn vlXkge. As Georgians, and Southe* aers,
. ?iidt»usfoF the honor of Southe’n Education, vre are
proud to believe that tlie extensive favor bestowed upon
him, flow* from hi« own merit.
WALKER, who has cfca r ge of the Ft male Acade
my for thv hut two years, is a young lady of sterling
wor:h,of modest and unobtrusive merit, raked and educa
te! In our own sunny South. Bhe has left father, mother,
on tali the loved cues at home, and come among us, a
atra'iger, to toash. the has been particularly successful,
aa i uas *K«a tbs confidence of all—even the most fastidi-
O’aacknow edge her the best teacher of their daughters
wo ftafttlftr had beid.
Tba 8K hOv* will commence the second Monday in JANU
ARY neat.
Mus e Leasons will be given to any who wish, on a very
fru* totted Piano.
ttotnl. ac,, from 10 to lltprr month,
dll wu> • THE TRUSTEES.
MESON ACADEMY, LEXINGTON, GA.
fTMkB exrreises of this Academy will be resumed on the
A Brat Monday in JANUARY uext. The able and efli
cient teachcts who have had charge of the twpsetire cto-
for several years past will be continued. The
Trustee# de, m it unnecessary to say any thing in commen
dation of this Academy : its character is well established.
Board can be obtained in private families, cratthe
II >tvl, on quit* reasonable terms. There are two sessions,
Spring and Fell, of six and four months duration, respec
lively. A Vacation OT two weeks is given at the close of
the so. au r.
TERMS:
iust Class—Spelling, Reading, Writing and Men
tal Arithmetic, per quarter S4.UO
Second 0 ? ass—Arithmeuc,Geography, English Gram
mar, Reading and Composition 5.00
Third Clas>—Algrbr*, Geometry, MaUiematica, Natu
ral Phil osophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, Evidsuces
Cluitti.itiljr. M, r.u' MoriU SdecctJ 6.00
Fwrnlii Om Aucitn' and Modern S.QO
,or p.»rt.tuJ»r,, *ddr*» UEORGB B. OVLMER,
dlB-w4t Cha'.ncan Board Trustees, Lexington, Gu.
A TKaCHEK WASTED
rpo U*« chirr, of the Bork Mills A<ademj,ta H.n-
A cock count} about half « u betu.en Warrrnton and
Sparta. A nan of cxpwfeoc*. ai d who expect* to follow
teettfn*. and a ,ood ciaattcal wholar, can get emploT
lu'iit at ttte above named place. For particulars, addrem
to. iwi'scriber at Wamnton, Warren county, Ga.
dIS-wdl* WM. W. SIMPSON.
A TEACHES WASTED.
TO Tilth chare, of the Bock Sprint Academy, in
W.lk.s county, U mile* N. W. of Washington, tor the
ear IS&*. For particulars, address the subscriber at Mai
lory.rille, P. 0., Wilke* co., G*. L. U. HILL,
A TEACHES WANTED
IT .4,I*PLI.\U. Oolatcbi* County Academy, who can
\it tunic Weil recommended. AGentiemanwhhafium
whose Wis. wtii take charge of the Female Department,
* otdd he prelkrred. A comfortable House, with a Garden
attached, and Fire wood, will be furnished. Address
NATH’L DALEY,
President of tbs Board.
bakes county band.
rrwm feCUfet i.IBKH ofler. foe sale »2»0 Acre, first
A quahty Oak, Hickory and Pine LAND, in Baker coun
ty! among which ere mveral Improeed and partially im
pri.eu PLANTATION!!, of 7BotsaJtk)
rhrte Lands have kwea selected wan great care, and
©mpr- ,* some ol the most valuable Cotton Lands in the
•mbern Btates.
Ifdeei-sd.aeredit.fi,land!year.wtnbe green, with
Bterest adaed. WM. W.CHEEVER.
Albaoy, Ua., AagustM.lWA
*M" awdAtwhwtf
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1854. PROSPECTUS 1854.
OF THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XII, FOR 1854.
Pr. PANEL LEeT i
AND V Editors.
D. RESPOND, )
TERMS —ONE DOLLAiTa YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Southkbh Cultivator, a monthly Journal,
devoted exclusively to the improvement of South
ern Agriculture, UorticaUnrc, Stock Breetliiig,
Poultry, Bees, General Karin Economy, <fcc. il
lustrated with numerous elegant engravings.
THE TWELFTH YOLUUE, OBEATLY IMfiOYKD, COM-
StENCEi IK JAMUART, ISC4.
The CtrLTivATou is a large octavo of Thirty-two
pages, lorming a volume of 884 pages in the year.
It contains a much greater amount of rending mat
ter than anjr similar publication in the South—
embracing, in addition to tho current agricultural
topics of the day,
Valuable Original Contribution*
from many of the moat inUlliffnl and practical
Planters, Farmers and HortiouKurlsts in every sec
tion of the South and Southwest.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR :
ONE copy, one year, <I.OO
SIX copies, :::::::::: .00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, ; : : ; ; : 20. ,0
ONE HUNDRED copies,: : : : : ; 75.0 b
Tho cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and
in no instance will the paper be sent unless the
money accompanies the order. The Bills of ail
specie-paying Bunks received at par. All money
r.-initled by mail, postage paid, will be at the risk
of the l’nblisber. Addre-i
W ILHAM H. dO.Mih, Augusta, Oa.
FOR SALE.
LAND FOB SALE.
suticriber offer* for lale hi* PLANTATIONS Id
A Wilkinpon county, lying on Turkey creek; one eon-
Uining Three Thousand Acres of o*k and Hickory Land,
*ith a good Grist Mill, Dwelling House, aud all necessary
out-bnlidir.ga. Also, One 1 housand Acres, about four
mtleo above, on the same creek, containing some valuable
Hammock and Swamp Lands, with a good Dwe ling and
all out building* on the premises. Persons wisbmg to
purchase, can get a bargain in either or both of the above
placet, by calling on the subscriber, living one mile from
Cool ftpring, Wilkinson county.
n29-twAwom ANDERSON INGRAM.
LAND FOB SALE
npHK Hl BM klllhll offers for sale Five Hundred
X Acres of Oak and Hickory LAND, situated directly on
the Augussta and Waynesboro Kail Road, one mile from
the latter place, two hundred and ttfty acres of which are
cleared and under fence, the balance timbered land ; em
bracing every variety known to that section of country,
with a srnn'.l creek running the whole width of the tract
that nev«r fails in the driest season. There is also upon
this stream some of the finest meadow land iu this State.
I h >*e withing such » place would do well to cad on the
subscriber at an early period, as he will Bull at a very
reasonable price. Residence two miles from Waynesboro’.
ol» wßn JAMES W. JON Est.
LA AD FOIL pjAl.lv.—The subscriber offers for
Hale 820 Acres of LAN J), lying well, 100 of which TP
are cleared and inclosed. It is in the 18th District and 8U
Section, and divided by the lately established line between
the counties of Gordon and Murray, and within 2% miles
of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. A spring of good
water near the dwelling house. A number of lots can be
added on reasonable terms, forming a large settlement.
For other particulars, apply to the subscriber at Roms,
Oa. Ja3o-wtf J. G. MoDANIEL.
~ FOB SALE.
ALAllGKand convenient BRICE STORE, situated
in the centre of business, in the city of Rome, now
occupied by Robt Batty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up as a Drug Store, without regard to any reasonable ex
pense, and with a little alteration could be converted into
an elegantly arranged Dry Goods Store. The situation for
thesale of Drugs, Dry Goods, or Groceries can hardly be
equalled in the city. Terms easy. Apply to
GEORGE BATTY,M.D.
Rome, April 4th, 1858. apr6-tf _
LAND FOB SALE
1m K M BBCKIIIUI offers for sale, 1400 acres of
LAND in Hancock. This Land lies well; has plenty
of timber; is under good fence, and has fair improve
ments. Persons wishing to buy Lands, are invited to
come and look at it.
Also, 1400 acres in Oar roll county, which lies upon the
Chattahoochee Kiver, and embraces tin Mclntosh Re
serve. Root. H. Sphlhgbh will show this place to any
person who may wish to buy. ELI 11. BAXTER.
Mount Zion, Ga., Junes, 1868. Jel2-wtf
SALK OF BUILDING LOTS IN BRUNSWICK, OA.
BHUNHUIUK CITY, <4A.—Large and peremptory
•aleof BUILDING LOTS in the city of Brunswick,
State of Georgia. The proprietors of the city of Bruns
wick hereby give notice that a sale of Five Hundred eligi
ble Lots will take place, by public auction, at the Ogle
thorpe House, in said city, on Thursday, the 12th day of
JANUARY, 1864, at 12 o’clock, M. The sale will be posi
tive to the highest bidder.
Terms—Oue-third cash, and the remaining two-thirds
in one and two years. Title perfect.
The port and site of Brunswick hold out commercial and
maritime advantages superior to any presented by those
south of Chesapeake Bay. The climate is healthy; the
water pure. Further particulars, with maps, Ac., may be
had at the office of the Company, 90 Broadway, New-York,
or of Mr. John Brooks, agent, Brunswick, Georg’a.
WM. CUAUNOEY, President.
Thomas A. Dexter, Secretary. d9-law4w
VALUABLE LANDS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY FOR
SALK.
T)URBUANT to an order in Chancery, in the case ©1
X Augusta A. Goetchiua and others, vs. ttyuear V. Goet
ohius, Trustee, Ac., the undersigned offer, at private sale,
the following LANDS on Uchee Creek, in Columbia county,
lately owned by Oharlt* T. Beaile. deceased: _
oontatnftg 198 Acres; more or less, and adjoining lands of
Jesse Walton and Turner Otantcn.
—ALSO—
Jill that other Tract, in said County, known as the “Home
Place,” containing 860 acres, more or less, now divided into
two parts of 430 acres each, and bounded by lands of Jesse
Walton, Crawford, Simons, and Ramsay.
If not disposed of at private sale, before Thursday, the
29th day of DECKMBEllnext.said lands will then be offered
at public outcry, on the premises, known as the “Home
Place.” —ALSO—
At the same time and place, will be sold, in lots to suit
purchasers, all the perishable property, Stock, Horses,
Mules, Farming Implements, Ac., on the premises.
Fv.r Terms, apply to either of the undesigned, at Au
gusta, Ga. WM. A. WALTON, Trustee.
n 4 THOS. W. MILLER, Agent,
sar Constit itionaliat copy weekly till day.
COLUMBIA LANDS BOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale Four Hundred and
Tweuty and a Half Acres of LAND, lying in Columbia
county,on the waters of Uchee creek, aljoining Lands o!
Turner Clanton, and other*, with all tire necessary out
buildings on it. U 4 wtr LEONARD B. 81MB.
WILLIAM K. TUTT.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST,
Avgusta,
18 NOW RECEIVING a very .jartre and complete
stock of DRUGS, MEDIOIN Ed. PAIN 18, OILS,G LASS,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, DYE BTUFFri. and FANCY
ARTICLES, which he has selected. in person, with the
greatest care, from the largest Importers and Manufacto
ry s in thisconntry, anil which, for ouantv and cheapness
cannot be excelled. He would resoecMullv invite the at
tention of Merchants, Planters and Phvsicians to his
stock.
All orders will be executed with the utmost neatness
and despatch. aeD7-d*w»f
GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS
SELLING OFF VERY CHEAP.
WM. 11. CRANK, would respectfully cull the atten
tion of the public to his extensive stock of DRY
GOODS, which ho wishes to dispose of before the first of
January next, and which he now offers at greatly reduced
prices. Persons visiting the city to purchase DRY
GOODS, will find it greatly to their interest to examine his
stock. He has not only a very large and varied assortment
of Rich DR ESS GOODS, of the latest styles, but also a great
many BLANKETS, FLANNELS, KERSEYS, Kentucky
JEANS, SATINKTTS, TWEEDS, SHAWLS, CALICOES,
G» NQH AMS, Ble’d and Bro. SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS,
OSNABURGS, Ac., which he is determined to sell. Give
him a call and you will not regret it. ndO-wtjal
ggjjgjT
TO THE OWNERS OF LAND IN CHEROKEE, GA.
fTMIK UNDKIISIUNKD, living near Cedar Town,
X Polk county, Ga., offers his services to examine and
report the value i f LANDS in the Cherokee part of Geor
gia. He will, in person, examine Lands, give full infor
mation ns to value, location, and probability of immediate
sale. Having no connection whatever with Land Specu
lation, he will engage to act as Agent for the sale and pur
chase of LaoUs in any of the Cherokee counties of Geor
gia. For the amount received or paid out, ten per cent
will be charged; and for examining lots in this county,
Four Dollars, and in all other counties, Five Dollars will
be charged.
Rkfkhbscss:
Thos 11. Sparks, W. E. West,
11. F. Wimberly, W. F. Janes,
E. U. Richardson, A. R. Verdery,
G. W. West.
Address, Cedar Town. Polk county, Ga,
d2S wira BORTON CRABB.
CHEEOESE LAND OWNERS, LOOK AT THIS
THK snbsoriber offers his services to persons owning
Lan i in Polk county, and living at a distance, as agent.
Ho wIU carefully examine each lot, and faithfully report
its situation and value, and prevent intrusion and tres
pass upon them tor one year, for live dollars a lot, in ad
vance. lie will also attend to the selliug of Land, for ten
per cent on the amount o! sales; and, for one dollar in
advance, he will Inquire into and report the value ol each
lot of Land. Polk oounty is composed of the follswing dis
Iricts ; in the 4th section, the Ist, 2d and »7th; In the 80
section, part of the loth, the 20th and 21st districts, batis
factory reference given when required.
Address the subscriber at Cedarlown, Polk county, Ga„
enclose the fee and pay postage, and Ids services will be
procured. UlO-w:-m bTEI’HEN A. BORDERS.
TLOWST TLOWS ! FLOWB !
*pHK Southern State*, which have
A so long d*peuded on Pittsburg p sy rir~i*iiT~~"~T
and Cincinnati for a supply of Plows.
Wagons and other Farming Imple flßfeiflßMißk
inerts, can now get all they want, at the AGRICULTU
RAL MANUFACTORY, on Uarket-St. Nashville, Tenn.
We would call the attention of the Planter* and Mer
chants particularly to our very targe stock of PLOWS,con
sisting of a great many of the most approved kinds now in
use, and at as low prices aa theycan be brought here from
other towns. At the same place may be found all kinds of
WAGONS, Railroad CARTS, WHEEL-DAItROWS, Rail
road PLOWS, CULTIVATORS and HARROWS. Those
wishing Plows sent, can order them from me, or from most
of the priudpal dealers in such articles In Nashville, rs
they keep them of our manufacture, and at the same
price*. GEORGE C. ALLEN, President
Agricultural Manufacturing Co., Lower Market-et.,
dB-wst Nashville, Tenn.
FRENCH BURE KILL STONE
CORNER BROAD AND CCMMING-STREETB,
Aoaciis, ua.
THK Sl BaI'BIBKR takes ttea occasion to tnfbrm
his numerous friends and the nuanc generally, that
he has comaienced the above buslneaa under the most fa
vorable auspices, having engaged Use lerriees of an ex
perienced and highly qualified woman, and flatters him
self thit his work will compare with any other manufac
turer in the United State*. He also eon to apprise the
discriminating public, that all ornera with which he may
be tiTored, shall have his personal aMantion. prompt exc
el tion and despatch. A share of dbMK patronage is re
spectfully solicited, PATRICK MCCI K. Proprietor.
eepU-wiy
WANTIHB
AT the Newton Factory, G*..a BMBner and a w aver;
gent.emen of good moral character, and that under
stands their business, none other naan apply. Address
ni-wtf JOHN WEBB. Newton Factory, Ga.
RAX AW AY from the subscriber on the >4th mj,
init., hi* boy Plato. Said boy i* about five feet Jfr*
eight or ten inches high, stout and well made, and' X
very black. He is about 25 years of age, and waste*—-
raised in Charleston. I will give Ten Dollars reward for
his appreheosion and safe delivery to me, or I will take
MOO lor him as he runa. WM. BENTOS,
NOTICE.
LOST, somewhere in Oglethorpe county, ii.ilii i i
a POCKET-BOOK, containing One Hun-If ukiT'a
deed and Sixty Dollars ; which amount was lEaSKa'ii
composed of two SBO bills, one S2O bill, the <■■■■■
balance in small bills—the numbers and Banks not recol
lected—and one silver dollar. Afco a promlseory note
made payable to Robert Howard, by B. B. Waller, tor $lO7,
am«d 2»th November, ISSI. AU persons are forewarned
,J 1 “® tot “W note. A liberal reward wiU be given
tor the delivery of the note and money to the snhecriber.
, . „ ROBERT G. HOWARD.
Lexington, Ga„ Ist Deoembtr, ISM, dI4-ls»
AN OPENING FOB A JOffiCHART
TUB subscriber offers for rent a STORE-HOUSE, in the
most business partof the town of Greensboro'. The
building is two stories high, and has a front of 7fi feet. The
present occupant*, with limited mean*, sell from 16 to
»ls,0i)0 per annum | and, as they design retiring from
business on tht first day of January next, any one suc
ceeding them immediately, will hare the refusal of their
trade, which, with proper management, can, with ease, be
increased to 25 or |BoJtoo. Any wishing further informa
tion, can address C. A. DAVIS,
dl6-wtf Greensboro 1 , Qa.
REMOVAL.
IAtsTKS * RICHMOND have removed to the Store
Id lately occupied by Mosers. Lee, Hubbard A Co, and
three door* above F. Lastback A Co. ov-»2t* a
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
LINES —Br Pin* Bum ami*.
He who loves noise and tumult; he to whom
The tramp of crowds is welcome melody;
s*2® e * r the incessant rise and fall
Os life * great billows make a pleasant sound ;
He who fores what the bmy world oalis action—
For btm there is a rmsll charm in sotitude.
And nothing sweet, Seclusion! in thy cells.
But unto one long wearied with the din,
The roll, the rattle, and tbejar of men
Hurried with occupation,or intent
On schemes of pleasure, fad ng aa they form,
There is a calm contentment and deep peace
In the composure of a quiet home.
Near his own fireside ’txs his joy to sit,
And watch his little children sport and play,
Unconscious of the sorrows of this world,
And never dreaming how their lather’s hair
Grew silvered by the touch of many cares.
That m*n, who finds no solace In such scenes,
May bid adieu to earthly happiness;
For gratified ambiiionand applause
Booth-not the weary hesrt like thatsweet love
That blooms around domestic shrices, and sheds
Its periume through the soft, mild air of home.
From Vts Mammon Eagle A Kiujuirtr.
LITTLE CHILDREN.
Little children, how we love you!
Withy our flow’ry, rainbow dreams :
Breathed by angels up above you,
To us, each lovely virion seems.
Diamond tears, ana miles all golden,
Are the jew eli tint you »rar—
Inthti world 10 grand, and olden,
Ye are the wildtrood Uostomi fair.
Little children ! — r.'.f.n creature.!
Oh ! ytur warbling laughur leeml
Dimpling o’er your tiny features,
Like the gay wind, dualling streatna.
L . - 2fu’ ( ... 7 J.ury
Each one tripe before our eyee j
Making all so bright and airy,
Wi'h their glances cute and wise.
little children I bless you! blew yon!
For your guile.saets, aud glee ;
How sweet to think that we caress you
Little chddren once were wc I
Te darling ones I 1 weep to know
That your smiles and jewel tears—
Your dreams, your trust, your beauty’s glow
Pats away, as c/me the years.
Heads of the World-A. D., 1853.
Tho following are tho names and titles of the
present sovereigns of the world, aud the States
over which they preside:
Alexander, Duko, Anhalt-Bernburg.
Augusts, Duchess, Auhalt-Gothcm.
Leopold, Duke, Anhalt Dessau.
Francis Joseph I, Emperor, Austria.
Frederick, Grand Duke, Baden.
Maximilian 11, King, Bavaria.
Leopold, King, Belgium.
Gen. Man’l Isidoreßclzti, President, Bolivs.
Otitic Ali Bttlll'eden sbu Machoun Mahomed
Jamilil Alain, Bultnn, Borneo.
William Dnko Brunswick,
l’edro 11, Emporor, Brazil.
Valentin A lain a, President. Bnonos Ayres.
Do»t Mahomed, Ameor, C'abool.
Manuel Montt, President, Chili.
Hein Fung, Emperor, China.
Benjamin Virasro, Governor, Corientes.
Juan Raphael Moza, President, Costa Kica.
Guezo, King, Dahomey.
Frederick VII, King, Denmark,
tiautana, President, Dominican Republic.
Gen. Jose Maria Urbina, President, Ecuador.
Abbas Pacha, Viceroy, Egypt.
Just Jose Urqniza, Governor, Entre Rios.
Chas. L. N. Bonarparto, Emperor, France.
Victoria, (Jncen, Groat Britain.
Otlio, King, Grcoce.
Gon. Rafael Carrera, President, Gautomala.
George Frederick, King, Hanover.
Fausliu I, Emperor, Huyti.
Froderiek William, Elector, Hcsso Casse).
Louis 111, Gland Duko, Hesse Darmstadt.
Ferdinand, Landgravo, Hesse Homburg.
William 111, King, Holland or Neth’lands.
Gen. Cabanas, President, Honduras.
Frederick William, Prince, llohetizoPn Heohin’n
Charles Antony, Prince, Hohenzot’n Sigmar’n.
Joseph L. Roberts, President, Liberia.
Aloye Joseph, Prineo, Lichtenstein.
Looplct, Prince, Lippe, Desmoid.
Goorgo William, Prineo, Lippe Bhauonbnrg,
Rsnavalona, Queen, Madagascar.
Frederic Francis, Grand Duke, Meeklenborg
Schwerin.
George V, Grand Duke, Mcekleuberg Strelitz.
Lopez de Santa Anna, President, Mexico.
Francis V, Duke, Modena aud Messena.
Jutnaco, King, Mosquito.
Adolphus, Duko, Nassau.
Jose Maria Obando, President, New Granada.
Fruto Chamotte, Director, Nicaragua.
Augustus, Grand Duke. Oldenburg.
Carlos Antonio, Lopez, President, Paraguay.
Charles Louis, Duke, Paruta.
Nessor ad-Din, Shah, Persia.
Gen. Jose Ru Echonique, President, Peru.
Maria 11, Queen, Portugal.
Frederick William IV, King, Prussia.
Henry XX, Prince, Reusa Eider Lino.
Houry LXII, Prince, lteuas Younger Bine.
Nicholas 1, Emperor, Russia.
Francis Duenna, President, San Salvador.
Kninehsmehu HI, King, Sandwich Islands.
Victor Emanuel, king, Sardinia.
Joseph, Duko, Baxo-Altenbnrg.
Ernest 11, Duke, Saxe Goburg-Gotha. '
Bernard, Duke, Saxe Moinengen-Biid.
GhiG, Frederick, Grid Duke, Saxe Weimar-EUen.
l’\c (tuck Augustus; King, Saxony.
t“L I .ertM , . -* rfipera\ rtuthnxet;-
Gunthor IT, Prince, Scliwartz’g Sonder’n.
Somdet Phra Parametider Muhah Mongkut,
King, Siam.
Pornaro, Queen, Society Islands.
Isabella IX, Queen, Spain.
Pina IX, Pope, State of the Church.
Oscar I, King, Sweden aud Norway.
M. Naetf, President, Swiss Confederation.
Abdul iledjid, Sultan, Turkey.
Leopold 11, Grand Duke, Tuscany.
Ferdinand, King, Two Sicilies.
Franklin Pierce, President, United States.
Don Juan Francisco Jiro, President, Uraguay.
Jose G. Monagas, President, Veuczuola.
George Victor, Prince, Waldeck.
William, King, Wurtemberg.
The “Best" Things.
I fcavo a horror of “host" things, como they in
the shape of shoos, garments, bonnets, or rooms.
1 n such ti harness, my soul peers restlessly out,
asking “if it be I. I’m puzzled to find myself. I
become stiff and formal, and artificial as my sur
roundings.
But of all the boat things, spare mo the indio
tion of a “best room." Out upon a carpet too lino
to tread upon, books 'too dainty to handle, rofas
that but meek your weary limbs, and curtains that
dare not face a ray of sunlight!
Had I a houso, there should be no “ best room”*
in it. No upbolstorer should exorcise comfort, or
children, from my door-sill. Tito freo fresh air
shonld bo welcome to play through it; the bright
glad sunshine to lighten and warm it; whilo fresh
rnantlo flowers should woo ns visits from humming
bird and drowsy bee.
For pictures, I’d look from out my windows,
upon a landscape painted by the Groat Master,
ever fresh, ever varied, and nover marred by en
vious “cross lightsnow, wreathed in morning’s
silvery mist; now, flushed with sunset’s golden
glow; now, sleeping in droamy moonlight.
For statuary, till my house with children—rosy,
dimpled, laughing children ; now, tossing their
sunny ringlets from open brows; now, veiling
their merry eyes in slumberous dream*, ’neath
snow white lids; now, sweetly grave, on bended
knees, witli clasped hands, and lisped words of
holy prayer.
Dial say I’d have nothing bettt Pardon me. Sun
day should be the best day of all the seven—not ush
ered in with ascetic form, or lengthened face, or stiff
and rigid manners. S vet tly upon the still Sabbath
air should float the matin hymn of early child
hood— blending with early sougof birds, aud wafted
upward, with flowers incense, to Him whoso very
mime is love. It should be no day for puzzling the
half developed brain of childhood with gloomy
creed to shake the simple faith that prompts the
innocent lips to say, “ Our Father." It should be
no day to sit upright on still-backed chairs, till the
golden sun shonld set. No; the birds should not
be more wolcomo to warble, the flowers to drink
in the air and sun light, or the trees to toss their
lithe limbs, freo and fetorless. “I’m roeorry that
to morrow is Sunday!” From whence does this sad
lament issue) From under your roof, oh mistaken
but well-meaning Christian parents; from the Ups
of your child, whom you compel to listen to two
or three unintelligible sermons, sand-wiched be
tween Sunday-schools, and finished off at nightfall
bv tedious repetitious of creeds and catechisms,
till sleep releases your weary victim! No wonder
your child thuidirt when the minister tells him
that “Heaven is one eternal Sabbath.” Oh, mis
taken parent! relax the overstrained boor—pretent
the fearful rebound, aud make the Sabbath what
God designed it, not a weariness, bnt the “ beet”
and happiest day of all the seven.— Fanny F*kn
Railroad Penalties in France.— They manage
thesfr things better in France, said the British
tourist, about the middle of the last century, when
ootnplaining of «om« inconvenience or infelicity in
his own laud; and an Amoriean of thisgeneration
might well make the same remark with reference
to the superior police regulations of railroads in
the land of the Gauls. The tribunal of Angou
lernc has fined a railroad engineer 200 francs for
having failed to notics the red flag, the signal to
stop. No accident had resulted from his negli
gence, but it was thought best to make an exam
ple. Another example has been mad* by the cor
rectional tribunal of Poitiers. A collision result
ing from negligence occurred, and two inspectors
of the first class, a signal man and a porter, were
accused of being the direct causes of it. The first
has been sentenced to 1,500 francs £ne and two
years imprisonment, the second to 1,000 francs
fine and one years imprisonment; the two others
to one year and six months imprisonment and to
SOO francs fine each. The managing director of
the line is made civilly responsible'for the fines
and costs. In France railroad accidents are almost
unknown, and no wonder, when they are followed
by *n„h signal penalties.— Bujktlo Commernal
Ai mister.
ABisHor's Palace. —The following is given in a
new work, “Saiadfor the Solitary,” just published
in London, as the epitaph of Samuel Rutter,
Bishop of Soflor and Man, as translated from the
I*tin inscription on his tomb ,
In this house
which I h*ve borro* *d from
my brethren the worms,
lie I,
Faniuel, by Divine permiasion
Bishop of this Island.
Stop, nailer ;
behold and smile at
the Palace of a Bishop !
who died May Sd,
in the year
A Model Itcx.—A Pennsylvania Yankee pub
lishes the following advertisement in the Hoyles
town lnteiligeneer. Weeopy t without change:
To M osey Lenders and Speculators.—l want to
pay mv debts, and aa the only means I can devise
to got money without suing, 1 have resolved to ex
pose at public sale, st the court-house, on Tuesday,
the second week of court, (when there will be a
good tnanv politicians about,) a large number or
unsettled look accounts, and the ltk* number of
notes of various date* aud amounts. Many of tucm
against nice young men who wear good clothos,
drive fast horses,and pay particular attention to
the ladies—and are, of course, A.No. 1. _ home
against men who think they do you a favor if they
buy your goods and never pay for them—they are
No. 2. Some against men who promise to pay to
morrow. They are not quite so good. But a full
and complete printed catalogue of the names, dates
and amounts, will be distributed on the day of salgg
Conditions cash.
R. Thornton.
N. B,—The above accountewiil be open for
settlement until the day of sale.
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt appeared in
a concert at Dresden, on the 261 h nit., tor the first
time for many months. One of her pieces, the
Cradle Song of Tauber, was encored. The critic
of the National Zeitung says that “ her voice has
lost mnch, especially in the middle notes, and is no
onger what it ones was,"
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNKS’WY, JANUARY 4, 1854.
MISCELLANY.
Report or Alonzo Cbarch, D. D.,
President of Franklin College, Unitereity rs Geor
gia, Sea l before the Senatue Academical, Xo
vember 1 Oth, 185*. ’
Fiunkun Collsgk U.YivnwrT Os Gsoneii, 1
November Ist, 1858. f
To the Senatue Acidemicue of the State of Georgia ;
. Gxstlxmic— ln accordance with the require
ments of the charter of the University of Geor
gia, I now make the following report concerning
Franklin College, during the last two years:
A very large"proportion of the young men have
been regular in their attendance npon College
duties, and industriously pursuing their studies;
and I am happy to say that during the present
year, more than thirty of themharc made a public
profession of religion, and united with the differ
ent re'igious denominations. The last report
which was made to your honorable body, stated
that the whole number of students for the year
185 i), was 131, for 1851, 155. Daring the year
1852, there were connected with the Institution
175, and during the present year there have been
182. The largest number in atttendance stauy
one time, daring each of the four precedingyesrs,
has bean 181,144, 151,158. The number of grad
uates in each of the last four classes which have
left this Institution, has been 19, 23, 28, 38. I
mention these numbers to show that the College
has beeu gradually increasing in the number of
students—as rapidly perhaps as could have beeu
reasonably expected, w 'en we consider the num
ber of other colleges in the State, and the patron,
age which from their peculiar organization, they
must b» expected to receive. At the presont time,
probably spo young mea are receiving the ele
ments of a respcdwkfeie and useful collegiate educa
tion in our State.
A comparison with other Stales in this
irri-nc* >•« '--’be i r - MdSfO.f Sis' a-
Maine, with a white popuiatiou exceeding ours,
at the last census by more than 60,000 has not half
the number of students at College which we have.
New Hampshire with a population of more than
three-fifth of our own, baa not more than half the
number. Vermont, with more than three-fifths
of our popuiatiou, has considerably less than half.
Massachusetts, with a whits population of nearly
double ours lias only 7000 to our 500. New York
with a white popuiatiou about six times tho
amount of ours, has loss than double our number
of students at College. I’ennaylvania, with a
white population four and half times larger than
ours, has considerably less than double the number
of young, men at college. Ohio, with a white pop
ulation about four times that of Georgia, lias only
about two fifths more students at College than we
have. An inspector of the Triennial Catalogues
of our Colleges up to 1852, will show, I apprehend
that those who have ie't tho Institution, havo loft
it with mental and moral training, which, if uso
fulucsa in public and private life be the criterion,
will exhibit a favorable comparison with tho most
respectabio Colleges in our country.
1 do not intend by these remarks to intimate
that tho State College is as well endowed as it
Bhould be, or as it must be to retain that
respectable position which it occupies, aud which
I doubt not its founders intended it to take, and
which it is uuqesticnably the interest of the State
that it should occupy. Learning is progressive,
the Seiencos and Arts dependent upon scientific
attainments are progressive, but public Institu
tions, to sustain themselves with usefulness and
credit, must be furnished with increasing means
for imparting knowledge.
The apparatus which, fifty years since, would
have been considered sufficient to illustrate tho
most important principles of science, would now,
but feebly aid the Prolcssor, and fail to satisfy the
ambitious student. A library which, thirty years
since, would have been considered ample, would
now be meagre aud wholly inadequate to the de
mands of the ago.
Witi'e the division of labor among scientific
and lit -ary men calls for a larger number of in
atruetoi s, in our Institutions of learning, it has not
diminished, but rather increased the labor of
each l’rofessor in tho well-officcrcd College. The
man, who a few years since, would havo been con
sidered competent to give all the instruction
necessary in Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry and Geology, would now,
if devoted"to his profession, find ail his time and
talents requisite to give proper instruction in either
of these departments of scionco. Indeed, tho
science of Chemistry might bo most profitably
divided in our common Colleges; and if the State
would establish a Professorship of Chemistry, and
mako it tho duty of tho Professor to dovote tho
time now given to Natural Philosophy to that of
Agricultural Chemistry, it would be I doubt not,
a most useful expenditure, and one whose good
effect would, in a short time, be seen in the im
provements in agrioulturc, as well as in the use
fulness and reputation of the College.
As students multiply, additional buddings, or
improvements in those formerly oreoted, become
necessary. The limitod funds of tho State Col
lege, have thus far not permitted the Trustees to
furnish all the buildings necessary for tiro con
venience of the Institution. The rooms used thus
far. for lecture aud recitation rooms, have for the
most part, beeu necessarily rooms in the College
buildings erected for dormitories. Those rooms,
when the classes were small, wore not as incon
venient as they now arc. They are, however, now
much needed for students, besides being incon
venient for large glasses, often obliging the officers
to divide a class and double the labor, when it
would be more useful to have tho whole class to
gether. I mention theso, and might refer to other
improvements which are desirable, and it would
seem to me very important to the similar Institu
tions Os tho State, that the State College should be
.nlaoad.njteiLft foot* 7 ' o ' of Ire’*’ It
■ i..0*101 lusttfauon or wie tIDM. ”rt
should havo the advantages of any of the best en
dowed Colleges in the country. Placing the State
Collego upon such high grounds, would in effect,
bo placing tho private Colleges upon a similar
foundation; for their friends, who have expended
so much in the establishment of those Colleges,
will not permit them to remain far inferior to any
other in the State.
The library has been selected with great care,
by the Faculty, and now contains between ton and
twelve thousand volumes of the most important
works in the various departments of Science; and
tho Faculty endeavor, annually, from any appro
priation which tho Trustees are able to make, to
procure tho most important works of recent pub
lication.
The Philosophical Apparatus is very valuable,
and supplied with tho best iustruments. Tho Pro
fessor is yearly adding such important new, or
materially unproved, instruments, "as he may think
necessary to render tho whole as complete as any
similar apparatus in the Country.
Tho Cabinot of Minerals is a very respectabio
one, and tho Botanic garden is capable of being
an ornament, and a very useful appendage to tho
Colloge.
A good foundation has thus been laid for a most
valuable and useful literary and scientilio Institu
tionj'not indeed, r University, as was first intended
by its founders, but an Institution in which the
sons of tho State may acquire such an education as
will fit thorn well to’prosecute tho studios of any
profession to which thoy may see propor to dovote
themselves. And any small appropriation which
tho State may hereafter, from time to time, be
called upon to make, in ordor to sustain the Insti
tution, aud to raise itto an equality with tho most
favored in tho Country, will bo unimportant, as
affecting tho public Treasury, whilo of vast im
portance to the gonoral interests of knowledge.
Having boon long connected with this Seminary,
I fool that I should be recreant to a high tnißt if I
did not urge npon the Seuatus Aeadcmicus the
importance of cherishing it, as a moat important
source of good to the whole State. Not that every
young man in the State can bo educated in this, or
any other College—this may not bo possible—it
may not bo desirable. But it undoubtedly is de
eirable, that we should haveamong us Institutions
where some of each class, who desire to receive,
and who are capable of receiving the highest edu
cation, may obtain it. The higher Institutions of
learning aro not simply , or principally, for the
benefit of the more wealthy and mor'o favored
classes. Those classes may bo benofitted by them,
but they aro not absolutely necessary to them.—
But those in the more humble stations of life, who
are destitute of large wealth, must have Institu
tions near them, or their sons must forego the ad
vantages of higher education. An observation of
nearly forty years, with respect to the advantages
of the State College, convinces me that the middle
and lower classes have received far greater advan
tages from it, than the rich. Knowledge is power
—and though mero physical force may occasionally
rise and seize the reins of Government, and at
tempt to control the interests of a nation, it will
be only tho desolation of the tqrnado whose de
structive effects must be repaired by peaceful
wisdom, when the storm is past.
If our republican Institutions be continued, our
people must be educated: the highest advantages
of education must be within the reach of those in
the humbler walks of life, that the aristocracy of
wealth and knowledge become not hereditary.—
Every well educated young man, from the middle
and lower classes, will be the advocate of general
education, his example and influence will be large
ly fait in stimulating the intelligent and virtuous
ot his own class, to aim at higher attainments—to
endeavor to rise to a more prominent and useful
position in society; and it is undoubted y of vital
importance to the interest of a free people, that
every class in society should have among its own
mombers, those who will be able and willing to
protect its rights.
In this Country, the educated among the lower
classes, are the tribunes of tee people, and the
larger number placed in this office, the safer will
be the rights and liberties of those whom they
represent.
With such a government as ours, general educa
tion it necessary to the permanence of its civil and
religious Institutions. Without the higher Semi
naries, we cannot have the lower. For the general
diffusion of useful knowledge, we must have teach
ers, and teachers of various attainments. We
must have books of various kinds and peculiar
adaptations. Ho nation has teen well educated
which has not furnished its own means of educa
tion. Whatcau we expect but failure and disaster
in the education ot our children and youths, if we
must be dependent upon foreigners for our in
structors and for our books, both elementary and
upon general subjects. W r ho does not see at this
time the danger to the interests of our common
country, from the fact that our literature, from the
toy book to the highest treatises upon Mental,
Moral, Political and Ethical Philosophy, is almost
exclusively in the hands of those who, through
ignorance or prejudice, are incapable of producing
works which will not tend to disparage those noble
Institutions, to which we have thus ftr been in
debted foi our national and individual prosperity!
To our biger Institutions, we most look tor our
first-class teachers, if we would have instructors,
who will feel a deep interest in the literary reputa
tion of our State—if we would have teachers, who
will raise up other teachers, for the more unpre
tending. yet net less important primary schools,
which must soon be established throughout the
Slate, if we would study the honor and interest of
the commonwealth.
It is evident that the authors of the charter of
the Unviersity, intended that a system of general
education should be put in operation by the State,
and that the ad vantages of the highest attainments
should be ojsrei to ail, while those of a common
school education, should be rendered perfectly ac
cessible to every child, at such a rate as would
place it within of every parent to secure
them for his otfepnng.
The peculiar situation of the State has thus fax
prevented the designs of those wise and patriotic
men from being fuuy carried oat; bat we are now
in a condition to complete whkt they commenced.
If the State will afford its College the meana which
it can now furnish, at a very inconsiderable expen
diture, it will soon have more than one College
wit Lin its territory, diffusing the blessings of know
ledge and the influence of high moral and religious
training among ail classes of its citizens. For I
repeat what I nave before said, that private Col
leges will not be permitted by their patrons and
friends to remain much inferior to the State Insti
tution. We have many academies and classical
schools in the more populous oounties, supported
by the liberality of the communities in which they
are located, and Institutions of this character will
be established snd supported by the people
wherever they are needed. But Colleges and
Academies are only a part of the great plan of ge
neral education. The highest interests of the State
require that a system ot common school instruction
should be put In operation, which will, afford the
advantages of elementary instruction to all .he
children and youths in every condition. That this
was the design of the frame’ of the first Constitu
tion of the State, may bs • -*i by it. s«th article.
.SeAaoir shall be erected in * % county, and sup
ported by the Stale. _.Sev|dU' Sdad-mA S
small sum shall be paid to i Sy individual who may
think proper to open a School r»i.d to receive poor
children, who may be sent -» p->or ohildran.” Bat
it ia made the duty of the v**ie to ulaUuA xod
support in each county, ScUta'a—Sohoola enough
ntiaonbtedly, end under sue! £ tgnlatious, and for
such times, as to enable our.y >• ftm to secure for
their children »u c*'"«'iop JAA would fit them
for the useful bosinese oft Efe. That we
have not a well digested an - effective plM(,t>f com
mon School instruct ion, ia dM Hleaa owing princi
pally to two causes: Ist. The refeeoded dirßaalty
in adopting any gc-uaral sysapYo thl whole State.
2nd. Want of means. AJ
That theso are diffleultlea * .ch must be over
come in the accomplishment this great national
object, need not be denied. 1 ’it that these diffi -
cutties ought to be overcoth* 1 y such a State as
ours, is also, 1 appreheßd, a troth which cannot be
controverted. Place the this object,
tho inctlculabletenefini wht- ~«t lerultto the
whole State from its ,by the aide
of all the possible irhiefe musit be en
countered, and how insigniiicam wpaT4th«K> dili.
culties appear I
Fow now doubt that the ' » o anted wisely jn
building her (seat work 04 ,4pg vetr.ent, the
Western A Alls title P.aiiroad . fettltsf waa begun
in the face of many »*riuse did .aitiro, and .It Igs,
been carried forward by sneatj’-: with rJfjjiimßja
and rurmuunting with preterit ■ saw notnersma
and formidable obstaclee. ';-i
When the State had resolve* <iat M na- Impjfo. 1
taut to the interest of a targe .hduMgpl iu cfE,
tens to com,’ ,'t L r watem .
of the Missis-ippi, ahe f awWffi V.W for ’he |
employment of a skilful an.
cdaotiytoxomt out the <•«,-. ’in»-.A'-Bd
'■•ebest is* JsU’
Atrd ./lien tie State e . i.:f' traMy
more important object of pr- viding the meana of
education for all her citizens, should ahe not see
also the necessity for u aailful educational engi
neer.
Let her npyropriate for the purpose of aeeurtng
an efficient aid permanent agent of common
Schools, a mouty ot tho funds expended for a rail
road engineer, to locate and t» "superintend the
construction of hor HO miles of railroad. Let
her appropriate f»r less than half which has been
expended to dig down hills—aud to tunnel moun
tains—to bridge rivers, and to erect workshops
and depots for th» completion of this important
work of internal improvement, and wo may have
in a tew years a system of common schools, which
will, in their moral aud ultimate pecuniary results
as far exceed the benefits derived from her rail
road, ts tho greatness and wealth of an intelligent
and powerful nation, exceeds the loeble strength
and meagre resilvcs of a savage tribe.
If the great work of providing a general system
of common School education be o ver accomplished
it must be effected gradually—it must be ctl'ooLod
by money, and by the aid of the best talents of
the State. It iruat doubtless be effected after re
peated trials, and errors aud partial failures. But
what important national object has ever been ac
complished in a short time ? look at all the great
and numerous works of infernal improvement
which now add so much to the wealth and strength
of the Country! How imperfect in their begin
ning—how slow iu their progress—how partial,
for a time in their benefits I The rail read ear
must first run a few miles, and the inhabitants
bordering on its limited tru t will for a time en
joy exclusive advantages. ft) an effective system
of general education cannot w matured and put
at once into operation throighout the length and
breadth of a great .State. Hit be ever enjoyed by
all, it must bo first enjoyed iy a few. It has been
so in all those countries where tho most successful
etfortß have been made.
The sparseness of onr popuLtiou in proportions
of the Stato, need not, I am persuaded, be any in
superable obstacle in effecting this object. Per
versing experiment will remit in success, if rea
sonable meana bo employed. The progress of the
work of general ednoationin other States, andthe
good degree of success which has ever followed
persevering efforts, Bhould urge us to immediate
and vigorous action, as woll as Ensure u» of ulti
mate success.
And tho fact that many of our people are now
uneducated and that thir also is fearfully increas
ing, should arouse and alarm (very patriot The
peculiar character of our Institutions render# it
more important that our citizens should be gene
rally educated than those of) perhaps any other
country. With tho prejudices which exist abroad
against our domestic Institutions, wo cannot well
afford to rear up in our midst a class of citizen#
who, under our presont system of education, must
soon become large in numbers, and may become
fearfully formidable, from tho influence of preju
dices against wealtii and learning.
We cannot in the light of history, hope that a
representative republic can be sustained while a
large portion of those who exercise the elective
franchise are destitute of the very dements of
knowledge. With inch a population, we must
ultimately have tho tyranny of ihe mob, or the ty
ranny of despotism. Oar degraded and oppressed
neighbors of Mexico aud South America are bea
cons which should warn ui of the dangers to
which we are exposed ; and while enlightened
France, with all her wealth and science, and re
finement, is uushio to sustain even a limited
monarchy, while her wisest and most patriotic
citizens, thoso who ardently sigh for a constitu
tional government, find their only security under
the shadow of a despot’s throne, havo we any
safety for those Institutions which must be con
tiniu-d, or destroyed by the votes of a majority of
our citizens. Wo may not with justice ascribe the
repeated failures of France to the failures of her
people—they will bo rest..* riidor any govern
ment, ever jealous re? oeofiiir ‘fhe fifecossary dis
tinctions of civil society anil* ways lj>% toady tool#
of unprincipled ambition ! I |
As to the means for theacc'mplishment of this
great national object, 1 can mi suppose that any
one doubts the ability of tue State of Georgia to
effect it. Wc have ample reaourcos to accomplish
this groat work, without any reasonable burden
npon those who would bo called upon to sustain
it. We have public spirit enough to carry it for
ward to ultimate, and not a remote completion, if
the work were fully and procarly commenced.—
We have perhaps, 100,000 cb ldren and youths,
who ought to bo receiving, during a portion of the
year, instruction in the elcmsits of education. I
say s portion of the year—for could each child
from the age of 6. or even 8 ye ars to that of 16, at
tend a well conducted English School, it would ac
quire an education that w ould fit it for all the com
mon business of life.
Under a well digested and veil organized system
of common Schools, one-hail of the instruction
might be given by females, and at half the expense
now incurred for tho i amc ; and tho public
Schools, whether males or fern tics, might be con
tinued by thoso wishing a larger tuition for thoir
children.
An opinion prevails in onr State that wo cannot
havo Schools, unless they bo continued during the
year. It may tako sometime to change public
sentiment upon this subject. But what is best
adapted to the interests of the citizens at large,
will be understood, aud adopted, when experience
has demonstrated that it can be effected.
It is undoubtedly the interest and wi-h of a large
majority of our citizens that tiicir children should,
when of suitable age, be practioatily educated in
the business of their parents. That a system of
common schools to bo supported by the State dur
ing three months eacli year, can be organized and
sustained, I will not doubt. Ont huudred thousand
children and youths at an average of 4 dollars per
quarter, will require an annualincome of $4 )0,000.
This, at first view, appears to boa large sum, and
many may say it is not possible that it can be
raised by the State. But lot it be remembered
that probably one half of the children in the State
are already receiving instruction at an averagorato
of 4 dollars per quarter. If the o individuals can
bo supplied with instruction by the State, cannot
moans bo devised whereby the;, shall pay to the
State tho same amount which ti.oj now expend for
private Institutions i
1 1 this can bo effected, one-ha sos the annual ex
pense will bo obtained. It can certainly be no
burden to the man who pays $8 per quarter for the
private tuition of twoclnkiren, to pay the same to
tbeState, and receive equal or superior instruction
for the same children.
W e have probably 100,000 voter* in the Stato.
Would it be an unreasonable burden that every
voter iu the State of Georgia should pay one dol
lar per annum to sustain a genera! system of com
mon Schools! We have hardly tho voter to poor,
that he could not do this; and we ought not to
have one so lost to the best interests of the State,
and to the welfare of the humbler classes, as not
to be willing to do it.
An addition to the present tax, sufficient
to raise another 100,000 dollars would be little
more than tho increase which the counties are
now authorized to add for tnj support of poor
Schools 1
Our taxes are, I believe, tho lightest of any State
in the Union. Our wealth is rapidly increasing,
and onr Railroad will soon add a large annual
amount to the Treasury. Let our people see that
provision is being made for the education of all,
without distinction of rich or poor, and thoy will
come up unitedly to the support o( any reasonable
plan for effecting this general and ail important
work. * A. CkBBOh.
The folio wing anecdote—a true one—ie from*
private letter. Itis worthy oi a place in the next
monthly compeud of the sayings of littlo folks, in
the Knickerbocker, in which this department
forms one of the most agreeable of its many at
tractions ;
The other day, Dr. 8 ’s three children, while
playing on tho nursery, dscided to have a Railroad
eteurnon. Bo they all mounted up into the crib
and commenced rocking full speed. After awhile
it was proposed to have an accident, thinking, I
suppose, it would be unfashionable to travel far
without one. Bo they all took hold and tipped the
crib over by main force, and little iiary broke her
arm short off,
Miss B went to see her, and was pitying her
very much with her helpless and bandaged arm,
when Mary said:
“Well! if ever I get well, I'll sue the company
for $3,000 damages! I think that will be enough,
for father says it ain’t any great affair, after all.”
That is the best sarcasm on the present state of
rail roads that I know of.
She is the same little young one, (seven years
old,) who said of her little brother Joe, who is a
great teaze, that she wished oar Heavenly Father
either hadn’t made her or her brother Joe it
didn’t make any difference which.
KxioKßSßocxuirA.—Here are some good things
about bright wilted children, from the December
number of the Knickerbocker:
“A little fellow, wepping moet piteously, was
suddenly interrupted by some amusing occurrence.
He hushed Ins criea for a moment; there was a
ftrcggle between smiles and tears: the train of
thought was broken; ‘Ms,’ said he' resuming his
snuffle, and wishing to have hit cry out, ‘ Ma—
ugh! ugh! ugh! what was I crying about just
now T» J
“I have a youngster who ‘take* after’ hie mother
enough to have always bean, since he gained any
control of his vpicaoalar, a prepense to odd
iegs occasionally. When betw&en three and four
years old, he had beer, reading the story of Jonah
as related in some of his little books. After hi*
perusal of it, as my manner with him was, I ques
tioned him about it, to ..seertain how much of it
he had remembered. His recitation was very ac
curate until the question was proposed! ‘What did
Jonah do after his delivery from the fish!’ ‘Why
Papa,’ said he, ‘I don’t exactly remember: but t
suspect he ‘washed ofFs id then put for Nin»veh'”
“ A bright little girl, four y ears of age, was
riding in the country with her uncle a short time
since, when they saw a peacock ; «Oh ! look'
look’’ said the little girt, ‘see the pretty bird!’
‘ Yes,’ said her unde, but without stopping. ‘But
stop the horse Uncle; I want to look at
him longer' said litftfc Mary. < I ca n ’ t no, >
said he; ‘l’m in a hurry?— Mary hesitated
a moment, then giving her doll which she
held in her hand, a toss to the side of the rood
‘There, Uncle Bb.,’ said she, ‘you get ont and
pick up my baby, while I look at the bird 1 ’
Wasn’t that rather ‘cate’ for a little girl of four
yearn !”
SrXAJtLa Choctaw Spsx.—By the Texas Larger,
from Alexandria wc learn that the steamer Choc
taw has sunk, twelve miles soove Champte. We
have no particular* in ref ere no* to the accident.—
Ritayune. . p
TO A GUILD.
curijr paUMdSr^"^ 1 Chc< *'
What, boots tt who, with sweet caresses,
lost called thae his, or squire or hind i
For thou j n every Wight that passes
Boat no* a friendly playmate find !
1 swift!/ from me ruaninsr
infanta# cctiueCrymii \ iy
And thou must Inugh and wrestle too
-A*** wiUl J w
To make, as inly loTen do, *
Thy after kindnesamoroengagingi
The wilding rose, swaet as thyself
And new-cropped daisies, are thr treaanr. •
I’d gladly part with wot Idly p„!r r tre4mre *
To taste agate thy youthful plwiare!
But yot for all thy me ry look
, V P J F *««*. the time is coming,
tt hen thou shall sit in ch'ericas nook. h
The weary spell or hornbook thumcing !
"**[ : *l* ** ** ! through weal and woo,
J[ hott knowest aot thy future range ;
Life is a motley shifting show, b
Aud thou a thing of hope and change !
from the London Timet, ll,e. 10.
L Condition of Affairs in tbs Ka»t„Progress of
Negotifttina, Ac.
iq-collective note signed at Vieuua by Franoe
ud, Austria, and t’rassia, aud addressed to
" t sv *®* t |je restoration of peace,
j likewise the protocol in which those Powers
i JBPiliS>i:4»Uihw< own complete onion of purpose
■ *b» Aerritoriat-jimita of tho O.to
ftoas. XMcoSSSvdHeUvrww
are correctly informed of its teuor, does no more
than state the earnest desire of the four Powers to
stop the effusion ol blood, and obviate the dangers
of a war which already seriously threatens 'the
security of Europe. For this purpose, and inas
much as Kussia has already given assurances of
her readiness to treat, tho allied courts tender
their good offices; and, as a preliminary stop,
they request to bt informed on what terms tho
Turkish government is prepared to open such a
negotiation. The mode in which the negotiation
might be opened would be by the appointment of
a Turkish and a Knsaiau plenipotentiary to meet in
conference, notalone, but with the representatives
of the four great Powers; and, in the meantime,
the conclusion of an armistice is recommended.
The protocol signed at the same time, and ori
ginally proposed by France, is a document express
ing in more precise and detailed language tho
views and mutual engagements of the four Powers
themselves; and whatever may be the issue of the
fresh overture now made to the belligerent States,
this declaration places in an authentic form the as
surances which Kussia herself has heretofore ms«ie,
and the resolution of tho mediating Powers to in
sist on their fulfilment. Neither of these doon
ments ooutsins anything menacing or overbearing
oithcr to Pussia or to Turkey, and, whilo there is
no misplaced difference to one empire, there is no
attempt to dictate conditions to the other. The
resolution which may bo lakon at Constantinople
and at St. Petersburg lies not absolutely within
tho control of any conference of foreign Powers ;
nor are Turkish or Kussian interests the primary
object of their anxiety. The value of theconfereneo
and of it# moasureg is, that it lias succeeded to au
nnlooked for extent in giving a common form and
united expression to the public intrests of Europe
which th.s dispute lias touched. It will avert a ca
lamity far greater than a Turkish war, if it pre
vents a division between the most civilized nations
on the earth, which might otherwise havo been
drawn into opposite sides in this quarrel, and it
has restored to Austria and Prussia that iudi pen
dens* of action which the emergency required, but
which many of their friends in other countries al
most despaired of so#ing them assume. In this
sense these acts of tho conference are salutary and
they serve to define the basis of a negotiation of
peace or a scheme of more positive intervention.
Should tho means of carrying theso resolution# in
to effect not prove at onoe successful, it seems al
most superfluous to remark that tho great Powers
of Europe, having thus declared their intentions,
are morally bound not to stop short of the mea
sures requisite to fulfil them. But on this point
no distinct public engagements have yet been
adopted.
So stands this affair, then, between tho four
trreat Powers not directly concorned in tho Tufko-
Uuasian quarrel, but who are all equally cancern
ed in the maintenance of territorial rights, and in
tho restoration of r.eaoe; and, so far, thi* result is
•xtiemcly good. But while wo do justice to the
good stnse of this arraugeuiout, wo do not conceal
from ourselves that its positive effect ou the belli
gerents is problematical, and that the confidence
which ha# been expressed in some quarters of its
prompt and docided succes# is without any suffi
cient warrant. The Turks are asked to name the
term# on which they will treat for peace, and the
Kusaians are to be invited to submit their preten
sions to a European conference. Both suggestions
are perfectly reasonable in thomsolves, and might
be grasped at by parliea anxious to terminate a
war. But it must constantly be borne in mind
that the policy of the Divan is not so much to
terminate tho war as to involve France and En
gland in it; and, on the other hand, the position
of Russia at this moment is not such as to reconcile
the Emperor Nicholas to larger humiliations. On
theso grounds, we forcsco considerable difficulty
in bringing to any tangible result at all—oven in
the shape of preliminaries ol peace ; tho scheme
which has originated; with the Four Powers., ai d
■■■i - -we are
guard our readers against tho hasty assumption
that, because a sound principle' of conduct has
been laid down, we can, without greater exertions
and sacrifice!, enforce its recognition. The Turk
ish government may reply to tho question now
addressed to it, that, whatever may be its desire
for peace, it refuses to treat or to name a plenipo
tentiarv as long as Russia holds tho principalities.
That is, in fact, the subatanoo of the last declar
ation of tho Sultan, and it amounts very nearly to
a declaration that, in the present position of affairs,
he will not treat at all. It cannot be denied that
the Porte has a right to use this language, and,
though it has not succeeded in the attempt to ex
pel the Russian army from Wallachia by force of
arms, tho progress of tho Turkish Generals in Asia
may hold out a prospect of so .10 territorial com
pensation for what has beeu lost in Europe. More
over, the Porte looks to tho repoated assurances of
the other powers that the Principalities are to be
restored to the Ottoman Empire. But the Porto
will do well to recollcot that, in order to realise
these assurances, tho other powers must have tho
opportunity of carrying on negotiations by which
thoy hope to carry their point, and that, although
they agree with Turkny in flic resolution to rescue
those provinces from Russian invasion, tho cabi
nets of London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin—and
not the Divan—are to judge in what form and on
what terms they are to lend their assistance. For
the sake of great European interests they arc sup
porting tho rights of Turkey, but the Porto is en
tirely mistaken if it imagines that they will do
exactly tho reverse—that is, that thoy will sacri
fice great European interests merely for the’ sake
ofTurkish pretensions; and, if Turkey requires
and soaks the support of Europe, sho must be pre
pared to take into account thoso general conditions
of policy which regulate our public conduct. The
four leading Powers of Europe havo proffered their
independent und disinterested assistance, but it is
impossible that thoy can place themselves or their
forces in any sort of subjection to tho cabals or
passions of the party happening to sway the Divan
at this moment; and it the Porte be wise, it will
seize an opportunity which so materially strength
ens it# connection with the whole policy of Eu
rope.
In spite of tho assurances of a disposition to
treat which are attributed to Russia, wo cannot
but anticipate oven greater obstacles at St. Peters
burg; but there is this difference between the two
belligerent parties! At Constantinople the inotives
of European policy are confused, remote, aud al
most unintelligible to Turk# defending their own
existence; at St. Petersburg tho influence of Eu
ropean policy aud connexions is tho main instru
ment to bend the Emperor Nicholas to concilia
tion and to peace. lie may doubtless continue to
make war on Turkey, perhaps with better success
than has hitherto befallen his arms, but ho must
sacrifice to that perilous and delusive triumph
everything that has hitherto given solidity to his
power or dignity to his name. We are not insen
sible to the difficulty of a retreat from the position
in which he has placed himself, nor would it lie
politic, though it might be just, to aggravate that
difficulty by harsher language or severer conditions.
In this respect the Vienna documents, though
substantially adverse to Russia, are said to he judi
ciously moderate in their form and tenor. But,
difficult as it may be to recede, the Emperor will
flud it more difficult to advance. lie must ac
knowledge that there are now barriers in his path
which all his power will not intimidate or s ur
mount, and it is possible, though we cannot vi n
ture to say probable, that he will embrace the first
opportunity which occurs for settling this dispute
without a further struggle, in which all Europe
might ere long be engaged.
Gurrceponience of the London Chronicle.
Pzais, Dec. 9.—The Moniteur announces the
agreement (accord) b-jtween the four Powers on
the Eastern qnention. A protocol to thi# effect was
signed at Vienna on the sth inat., in a conference
at which the representatives of France, England,
Austria and Prussia were present. The basis is to
re-establish peace between Russia and the Porte,
on conditions honorable to the two parties; to
maintain tho lerritori»l integrity of the Ottoman
Empire ; and to acknowledge beforehand (comta
ter (Parana) that the present war can, in no
manner lead to modifications in the state of pos
session which time has consecrated in the East.
The ritiNTiß. The night grows late, the streets
are hushed—ibe inodn beams fleck the deserted
pavement—and sleep strews its slumbering pop
pies over the inhabitants of the city. All are at
rest save the printer, who is busy at his case.
Dreams, lovely, as winged cherubs, hover about
the repose of man and maiden ; visions as pnre as
first liilies and beautiful as the matron and the
child—but to the printer all is reality, toil and
weariness.
How nimbly t,ni cheerfully does he adjust the
faithful types,’ as if he took “no note of time”—as
if the duties that are wearing out his life were
more a diversion than a laborious avocation. But
amid their monotonous discharge, believe ns, the
printer thinks of home and sweet rest, and sighs
within himself for the better lot of which others
are possessed. And yet there is no repose tor him,
though the night tramps ">n, and the jocund dawn
will soon appear.
Why do his motions grow less rapid! why
move his fingers in so deliberate and mechanical a
way I Whence is the smile that lingers at bis lip,
like the first sunbeam at the gates of morning ?
There is s gentle presence at his side—an eye,
blue as violets, glancing into his own—an accent,
sweet as music, entrac-ing bis ear, and reaching his
very heart.
It ia but a moment—it is only a revery—it did
not even win him lrom his occupation—it only
caused his hand to falter, not to cease—the printer
awaken* to hit toil again.
Te who receive yonr sunrise favorite, and wan
der, perhaps listlessly, over its page*, remember
that it ia the fruit of toil which was active and
untiring while you were quietly sleeping—that
your convenience end comfort are bought with the
price of weariness.
There is an “ electric chord,” which being
charged with sympathy, will carry the gentle bur
den even to the most distant hearts. Wo bespeak
its agency in behalf of the faithful printer.—Buf
falo Etprui.
We are tiuly gratified to learn that clay,
adapted for the manufacture of porcelain, is abun
dant at Graniteville, in this State, and that in view
of encouraging a new branch of industry, the
Graniteville Company have granted the exclusive
privilege of using the cay on their extensive pio
perty, to the Porcelain Manufacturing Company or
Bennington, Vi., upon the condition that it shall
be worked upon the spot. Thi* condition has, we
understand, been accepted, and operations will be
eominenoeed in the Spring.— Ck. Cour.
Stoat* ar Bo «to* —Waxcxa. —The coast of Mas
sachusetts has been visited by a violent storm.
Many vessels have been wrecked.
Brig Monte Christo ia ashore, with many others.
The City Hall, at Cambridge, Maas., has been
destroyed by fire.
VOL. LXVIII.-NEW SERIES VOL.XVriI.-~NO. i
American Competition with KnglonJ.
Wo extract the following, from a late number
of the London Spectator, which oontains admis
sions of fear that the facts it discloses make entire
ty warrantable:
“A writer to whose compilationa the Times givo*
space and a conspicuous position, has taken more
than one opportunity of enlarging upon a compe
tition with which our merchants are threatened
in India and Aria, on thejpart of American tra
ders- The ships of the united States appear on
the Mekrau coast, as well as at Kutch, Muscat,
and other places, with various articles which they
barter for the produce of these countries—the
American commodities being principally a certain
course eo! ton fabric which they call sheeting, and
dollara. The Amcrjoausappearto enjoy a particu
lar advantage over our traders—that of conducting
their barter individually in ships which are inde
pendent, floating, pushing shops, instead of work
leg by routine through large establishments at
Bombay, and thus they not only save exponso, but
in each particular transaction Bocure tho largest
amount of profit.
“Another advantage tlioy have is expressed by
tlio political agent at Kutch, who says of tho
sheeting, that it ’finds acceptance among the peo
ple of the country, because it lasts longor than the
cloths imported from • Bombay.’ This indicates
tha true force of the cocipotitiou phioh wo have
to dread from tho United States. If Antorica cun
cut us out in India whore we occupy the entire
country with onr government and ooimnereo, the
ridicule and the disgrace oould be greater than
any which the most ariti-oommercial country has
inoarred.
“But thore ksomothing in this superiority of
tissue over the manufactures of England. 'The
comparison is not made for the first time, not onl *
Sheeting. It is reported fcpm <"jU4ut
HSwlSr-r zi. s,Ji' a* r*s«*ib4|*<a» -■<»• stev- ....
i.i - woT.-u ccitdraou v.tniit itouv. momr.
than American rails withih a number of years.—
There may bo exaggeration in this ; but we lmva
had oomplaints of our rails from our own official
and scientific investigators, who have declared the
bud make of our iron to be a frequent sourco of
accident. At the last meeting of the Sheffield cut
lers, the mast r ontler declated that American cut
lers wore cutting thorn out iu knives; knives of
American mako being preferred to ours, because
tho material docs not give way uudor use as thoso
cf Sheffield are somolimes fouud to do. In short,
notwithstanding tho sharp practice and hasty
habits of America, they are in some branches of
trade, earning the repute for sterling stuff and
make which used to bo our own; and if we suffer
them to win that reputation from us altogether,
then, indeed, wo shall have lost more than if India
were annexed to morrow.”
In addition to the competition mentioned above,
in almost every department of industry and skill
American superiority is discoverable in contrast
with English productions. American invention is
occupying positions in all quarters of tho globe,
and forcing its way continually, by the weight of
its own superior worth, iu more extonsive notice,
Tho Crystal Paluco afforded a lino illustration ot
this appreciation of American ingenuity. The
poorest represented in the fair, aubjeot to the
sneers of a prejudiced English press for iyt barren
ness of display in the exhibition, came proudly
from that exhibition crowned with tnedalic honors
and an exalted reputation. And yet all this is
nothing to brag of. It might bo oxpoctod. Our
land is now and progressive. Its business is to
think and dovclop thought, and imhody thought in
action ; and hcnco tho result in our ships and
steamers, and ploughs and reapers. We should
not boast of it any more than we should of our
lakes aud rivers, the White mountains or Niagara.
The genius of progress is working out a problem
through tho bruin and hand of American industry
aud its tendency onward is as inevitable as tho
flow of American rivers.
Wo And iu a lato number of the Journal of
Commerce the following specifications of supe
riority :
1. Naval Akchiteotcre.—ln this, wo are supe
rior in all its branehos, and in evory department,
whether we regard tho hull or tho rigging, sailing
vessels or stoumers, river craft, or ocean going
ships. Not only isthe invoution ofstoameis our
own, but also the world renowned improvement,
the clipper model. Our river steamers are quite
unique, running from twenty to twenty-five miles
an hour; tho wltolo world besides, has nothing at
all like a parrallel. Tho reason for our great suc
cess In navigation, we suppose, is simply because
wo have had our attention turned to it tho longest
—ever since onr earliest colonization.
2. Telegbai'king.—The invention not only bo
longs to ourselves, but our daily practical opera
tions in celerity, correctness, and vast amount, ex
ceed our European rivals.
8. Daguekkkotyping.—At tlio World’s Exhibi
tion in London, it was generally ndmittod that
the American photographic productions wero tho
best.
4. Lock Making.— No good building, in this
country, at least, is finished with European looks.
Our domestic article is far in advance of all othors.
English locks are still imported, but thoy are a
very cheap, trashy affair. Wonoed not refer to
tho celebratod lock contost in London.
5. Ploughs.— Theso are lighter, handier, less
expensive and turn tho soil more evenly and
smoothly, and with smaller power than any in Eu •
rope.
fi. Ueapi.no Machine. —Tho recent eclat of these
renders superfluous any further remark.
7. India Bcbbkb Goods.—With those, in all
their varied forms, wo aro leading the way fur in
advance ; and our workmen aro going to Europo,
both to give instruction, and to carry on largo
establishments.
■ .8. pact M a KINO.- Tkoje ir.a r-ora! alevafior
in tow career ot Connecticut dock* ; they aid in
carrying civilisation not only to the humblest
cabins in our own land, but they aro chooring tho
homes of tens ofthousands everywhere in Europe;
of late we hear they are beginning to bo largely ex
ported to China.
9. Cutlery.— Our table cutlery, pen and pocket
knives, sustain a favorable comparison with their
transatlantic competitors ; but our scissors, and
largo shears, such as are used by tailors for cutting
out garments, are quite superior. No tailor thinks
of using a European article.
10. Axjw.—The superiority of our axes, over
those of foreign make has resulted, we suppose,
from our aptitude in felling the forests. Our fre
quent employment has taught us tho need of a
handy and efficient too).
11. Dentistry.—lt is generally admitted that
American dentists excell all others in forming
beautiful teeth, aud their lilting seems perfect.—
This is fortunate, for it is said that Americans
lose their teeth at an early age. However this may
bo, certain it is that Englishmen lose their hair
and become bald sooner than ourselves.
GOOD-MORNING.
** Oh I am so happy,” altttlegirl said,
As she sprang, like a lark, from her low trundle bed ;
“ ’Tis morning, bright morning: good-morning, papa,
0 give me one kiss for good-morning, mamma;
Only just look at my pretty canary.
Chirping his sweet good morning to Mary.
The sun is peeping straight into my
Good-morning to you, Mister gun, for you rise
Early to wake up my birdie and me,
And make us as happy as happy can be.”
** Happy you may be, my dear little girl,”
And the mother stroked softly a clustering curl;
“ Happy you can be, but think of the One
Who wakened, this morning, both you and the sun.”
The litlle girl turned her bright eyes with a nod,
“Mamma,may I say, ‘ good-morniDg ’ to God?”
** Yes, little darling one, surely you may,
Kneel as j ou kneel every morning to pray.”
Mary knelt solemnly down, with her eyes
Looking up earnestly into the skies;
And two little hands that were folded together,
Softly she laid on the lap of her mother ;
“ Good-morning, dear Father in heaven,” she said,
“ I thank thee for watching my snug little b d ;
For taking good care of me all the dark night,
And waking me up with the beautiful light.
O keep me from naughtiness all the long day,
Dear Saviour who taught little children to pray.”
Another Democratic Platform.
The following resolutions were adopted at tho
meeting of a portion of tho Democratic members
of tho Legislature on Monday night last. Wo put
them upon record for future reference.
It will be seen that tho party is determined to
adhere to President Fierce, right or wrong and that
it takes the side of Dix and the Freesoilers against
Dickinson and the Nationals. In tho estimation
of the meeting, tho President can do no wrong—a
kingly doctrino heretofore limited to monarchical
governments. Os the Administration, it declares
that it ‘‘ views its friends as onr friends , its op
ponents as our opponents.” In other words, the
meeting avows its friendship for the Van Burens,
for Dix, Fowler, and the host of othor turbulent
and traitorous Freesoilers who arc the “ friends”
of the Administration.
Well, be it so. It is a safe rule to judge men by
the company they keep. Os one thing we are sat
isfied—tho Sontli need not, in the hour of danger,
rely upon politicians who onedaydip their pons in
gall to denounce Frcosoilers and Abolitionists, and
the next take these malcontents to their besoms
because they are ‘< friends” of the Administration.
—Savannah Republican.
Resolved, Thatthe principles and sentiments de
clared by the National Democratic Convention of
1852, remain in unimpaired strength as the bond
which ifaws together the Democracy of every sec
tion of onr country in sympathy and union, and
that the Democratic party of Georgia avails itself
of this occasion to reiterate it* cordial acqnioscence
in them.
Resolved., That wo recognize in President Pierce
a long-tried, patriotic and consistent exponent of
these principles andsentimenis—that bis exposition
of them in his Inaugural Address and recent mes
sage to Congress meets with our full concurrence,
and having unabated confidence in his fidelity to
them, we pledge to his administration our cordial
support, and visit) its friends as our friends, its
opponents at our opponents.
Retched, That the Democratic party of Georgia
emphatically avows its construction of the Balti
more Platform of 1852, in reference to the slavery
question, to be a distinct repudiation of the princi
ples of the Wilmot Proviso, in any future organ
ization of territory now in our possession, or here
after to be acquired, and that we canuot recognize
any one as belonging to the Democratic party, who
shall seek to enforce, or shall advocate this princi
pie so repudiated.
Resolved, That while our warmest sympathies
are due to those Northern Democrats who, amhlat
the storm of fanaticism on the slavery question,
which has raged in past years in their section of
the Union, stood firmly on the rights of the South,
we recognize as Democrats all onr fellow citizens
of the North who now stand firmly with us on the
platform of the National Democratic party, and
are therefore pledged to defend the South from
any future assaults upon her institutions.
Resolved, That to the ascendency and integrity
of the National Democratic party, based as it is
upon the principles recognised in its platform, the
people of the South can confidently look, as a
guarantee for the preservation of the reserved
rights of the States, within the Union, and especial
ly of their constitutions! rights with reference to
the institution of slavery.
Manilla Womav.—ln the evening, Spaniards,
English and French, go to the promenades ogle
the beautiful and half-bred woman, wfio» , h
parent robes reveal their figurea- - I '.. ...
distinguishes the female tia ‘ / intelligent
gals 7r Chinese-Tagals) is■*
long golden
pfos L eTmarvelou. luxuriance. They wear upon
a kerchief, transparent like a veil, made
of the nine fibre, finer than cur finest cambric;
the neck is ornamented by a string of large coral
heeds fastened by a gold medalation. A transpa
rent chemisette, of the same stuff as the head
dress, descends ax far as the waist, covering, but
not cancealing, a bosom that has never been im
prisoned in Btays. Below, and two or three inches
from the edge of her chemisette, is attached a vari
ously colored petticoat of very bright hues. Over
this garment a large and costly Bilk sash closely
encircles the figure, and shows its outline from
the waist to the knee. The small and white feel,
always naked, are thrast into embroidered slippers,
which cover but the extremities. Nothing can be
more charming, coquettish, sad fascinating than
this costume, which excites, in tbe highest degree,
the admiration of strangers.
A Snow Storm occurred on Wednesday night In
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston—
at the latter place it was a foot deep, aud the Kail
Koad trains were interrupted in their progress.
The weather in the North in everywhere terribly
cold.
FLAG OF THIS FRKS.
»T o. w. ctTTnut.
Httjuot/ully dedicated to R. W. lathmn, Jfog.
Flag ol the free I Flag of the free t
How glows a ilotiug nation’*soul,
low leap a million bearli to >ee
Thy rainbow iu the sky unroll;
To view thy beaming stars appear
Iu all their morning ilawu es (aiuo,
Or e’en from minstrel lips to hear
The sound of thy endearing name I
Twas not from love of mere domain,
’Twaa not from lust ot cold renown;
Thou wist created lo sustain
The lowly and the troddeu-down—
Ta aoat a mighty refuge here.
From tyrant king aud bigot-fool,
Where power should never Interfere,
Where reason’! voice alone should 1 ule.
Thy lovely folds at first were spread
Beneath a haughty tyrant’s reign,
When our devoted fathers bled •
To break his goading, galling chain;
And many a.O. td and many a flood,
Where now thy light triumphal waves,
Was crimsoned with their tacred blood,
And rendered holy by their grave*.
And we thei ■- chl'dren never yet
Have stained thy fair celestial buo;
No star front thy brotd foidhseset,
No stripe forsook its fluid pfbhie;
But, gleaming like the parent aisles.
Fall many a rising orb appears.
And, glittering Ut thy go' geous dyes,
Onr onward path ot glory cheers.
'Tis true that in our prosperous hour
The factious and the proud hai e strayed)
Forgetting that parental Power
To whom those spotless warriors prayed
But Ue who to this favored laud
Conveyed them o'er the stormy sea,
Hus dear proteotin’r band - -
> .mistedV j*fW ' ■ -if
*\.v i.L 4Y»f.OV«’i eftnuriug Oimili
Our h fal her* bound of yore
In tneir resistlew strength remain;
They’re stamped upon each macly heart,
Whatever diycord’a hand hath done;
Tho’ countless leagues of Ocean part,
We still r»re one! we still are ont!
One in the struggle for mankind,
One in the strife for equal laws—
Or.e, only one, in heart and mind,
For ever one in Freedom’s cause ;
And tyrants m'ght us well eochuin
The billows of the mighty sea,
As for a moment’s spaoe restrain
Our onward march of destiny.
Already from each golden he’ght
That o’er the broad Pacific gleams,
Thy halo of inspiring light
In i*s victorious splendor beams;
And soon, all lightning-lit e, wilt leap
Across those broad and tranquil waves,
And nations startled from their sleep,
Sha’i find they are no longer.
For howsoe’er to power and place
Thescilsh cringe, the timid quail,
Heavenwlll ovenre our Injured race—
The truth ie God’s aud must prevail;
And Freedom’s area circling out,
As billows from the centre roll,
Her foes’ bide.nest power shall route,
And cheer the earth from pole to pole.
Thy dazzling folds shall thus be sent,
And allthy lovely hues be given,
To light each mighty continent
With tiie inspiring glow of heaven;
Till o’er the lat.st despot’s grave,
In all the tight of truth unfurled.
Thy peaceful stars and stripes shall wave
Tiie Mag of the admiring world.
/him the Philadelphia Ledger .
Who is Dost Mohammed I
The intelligence from India that Russia ha*
formedanatliutice willt Dost Mohammed, has all
at once brought iuto notice aname, famous enough
ton years ago, but lately almost forgotten. Tliero
are, doubtless, thousands of our readers, especial
ly the younger ones, wondering who Dost Moham
med ie. We will toll them, for it is a name that
will, probably, livo in history.
Tito country of the AUghans, lying on tiie north
west of British India, is a mountainous roeion in
habited by bold and hardy tribes, whoso blue eyes,
light hair, and marked countenances, show them
to boos the best Caucasian raco. Borne year* ago,
the monarch of Affghanhstan dying, the unoient
kingdom split into fragments, and among those
who profited by the occurrence was Dost Moham
med, a younger brother of a former visior. Tho
British, however, taking the part of Shall Hhujsli,
a former occupant of the throne, who lutd beeu de
posed, marched an army into Afghanistan, Boiz d
Cubit), the capital, and having made a prisoner of
Dost Mohammed, aont him across tho Indus to
their own territories, where they retained him in
a sort of honorable captivity. At tho some time
Shah Shujali was replaced on the throno of Cabul.
These oveuts happened iu 1880 and 1840.
For this intorturenco in tho affairs of Afghanis
tan, tho British had no exouso whatever. It is
true that tho l’orsians were at war with Herat, aud
that tho British feared, if Herat foil, that tiie Per
sians, instigated by Russia, would assail British
India next. It is true also that Dost Mohammed
was believed to fnvor tho Persians’designs on Her
at. But that Dust Mohammed was, at this junc
ture, hostile to the British, lias never boon proved.
Dearly however, did Die British pay for their in
terference. Iu November, 184!, an insurrection
broke out at Cabul against the British, hi the tu
mult Bir Alexander Burues, and several other dis
tinguished officers ioat their lives. Tbit partial
rising was followed by un insurrection over tho
whole kingdom. Tho British, for tho first time in
India, since Lord Olivo began to lay the founda
tions of their power, quailed before the storm.
Sir William McNaghton, the British envoy at Ca-
Dio ravorttijM|»<JL
litife, ftudlir William pledging that^Shu
should abdicate in order to make room for Dos
Mohammed’s return. At it second meeting, be
tweeu Sir William and Akbor, a dissention aris
ing, probably provoked on purposo by ths latter,
Sir William wusshot dead by the Atfghan chief.
Akbor, however, agreed subsequently to carry out
the terms of the treaty.
Now began a retreat, tho horrors of which only
that of Moscow has oqualled in modern times,
Altbor profoesed to osoort 11.0 British army, but
secrotiy instigated, it is believed, tho mountain
tribes to assail them; and consequently the maroli
of the fugitives was a daily sceno of massaore.
Tiie season was cold; tho defiles wore blocked up
with snow; tho troops were onenmbered witli a
largo number of women and children, besides a
vast body of followers. Borne died from oxposure,
and some wero left to perish from sickness on tiie
way-side:but the greater quantity fell by the
swords of the merciless mountaineers. Never but
once in modern times has a more signal vengeance
been visited on invaders. Tho passes wore filled
ulong the wliolo lino of retreat with corpses, that
often were piled in heaps. Almost the only per
sons who escaped were some officors and tneir
wives, who had placed tlicmselvcs under Akbor’s
personal care, a few marches from Cabnl, and who
after months of oaptivity, after torribio privations,
and after long weeks of suspense, moro agonizing
than the worst privations, succeeded, by bribes,
in making their escape nnd reaching the nearest
Britisli foroe—havir.griddon sovoral days is hour
ly peril ofthoir lives.
Tito British moontime, lmd advanced in forca
from their own side of the Indus, and had even
penetrated toCubul; but tho prisoners havingthus
been recovered, and Shah Shuja having boen >s
sassinated, it was rosolvcd to leave the Affghans
to themselves. Accordingly Dost Mohammed,
who hod been retained in captivity all this timo,
and whose participation in tholato events, though
suspected, ceuld no’ bo proved, was set at liberty.
He took possession at once of the throne of Oabni.
Tho Britisli simultaneously abandoned that capi
tal, but not until they hud destroyed its famous
bazaar. It was in November, 1842, that tho last
division ro-crossed tiie Indus, and the Affghan
prince was restored to freedom and escorted to the
frontiers of his kingdom. Just twelve months hsd
elapsed since the insurrection iu Cabul. But in
that single year, a more fatal blow had been struck
at tlio British powor, by destroying tho idea of
British invincibility, than tiie whole ninety procod
ing years had witnessed since tho British arms
first began to make headway in the East.
Doßt Mohammed has no love for the English.
There is little doubt that be secretly caused the
massacre at Cabul, and that ho will, at the first
chance, seek still further vengeance. Iu releasing
him, the British noted from fear more than any
other motive; for they found that they could not
hold Afghanistan, and they thought it would con
oiliato Dost Mohammod to Bet him at liberty. They
have been mistaken, a* they will find, if not now,
then at the first really favorable opportunity.
Tjiaqic Art Ain— Jealov.sy and Keverge.—h. ter
rible and, it may be, fatal tragedy waa enacted this
morning in the bar-room of the Phcenix House, on
St. Charles street, in which a woman was tiie prin
cipal actor, Samuel Conger and his wife, it ap
pears, have been boarding at No. 6 1 Poydras
street, for some time. Tho lady, it is said, haa
boon, for a long time, very jeaiQua of her husband,
and some four years ago, she says, she had good
reason to believe that he had been faithless to the
vow ho had made to her in marriage, and, accord
ingly, sho left him, and went to reside with her
relatives in Philadelphia. A short timo since, an
explanation took placo between them, their former
disagreement was dropped, and they resumed
their marriage relations. Lately, however, the
woman elates that she hua good cause to believe
that her husband's affections had again become
estranged from her, and that he was neglecting her
for another. She was confirmed in this opinion,
by overhearing a conversation which passed be
tween her husband and tho landlady of the house
in which they boarded. Her husband gave the
landlady, a portrait of a lady, whose beauty he was
greatly praising—and which portrait lie requested
the landlady to keep for him, and hide it from his
wife, or tell his wife that it wns a picture of one of
her friends—“for,” said he, “if Susan aeeait, and
knows that it ia mine, she will he vory angry.”
As he made the remark, his wife suddenly appear
ed before him, informed him that sho had heard
ail, and upbraided him with his perfidious oonduot.
High words ensued, and the husband left the
house, nor returned again to tho bed of his wife
that night. This morning sho sallied forth in
search of him ; and, as she paused a atore iu Bt.
Charles Blreet, where deadly weapons are vended,
she purchased s small dagger, and continued her
search, witli the firm reeolve, as she avers, of ta
king his life, inilariler, whenever and wherever
she should meet him. The nnfortunato man was
standing in the bar-room of tho Piiumix, uncon
scious of all danger, when suddenly the *”'*»*.
woman made her appearance at the door, ana,
drawing her dagger, rushed upon W® 1 *• *“ “j"
fnriatod tigress, aud before f°“ ( d „.^° ln p A®'
vented, bad stabbed him in several p,aces in the
breast. Some of the bystanders interfered, and
one or two of them wore considerably injured and
cut, before she could be u rested. The wounded
husband ran for some distance, aud fell, faint from
losa of blood; he was picked up and conveyed to
a place where hi* wounds could be examined and
dressed. The wife was taken to the guard-house,
whore she now awaits an investigation of the
affair before Recorder Winter, bhe expresses
deep regret for having acted in tho manner in
which she did : but stated her deep wrong* had
turned her brain, and she knew not what sho did.
Bhe waa greatly concerned in regard to the fate of
her husband, andappeared anxious to learn wheth
er his wounds were mortal. Bhe is a woman of
very fine personal appearance, and is very intelli
gent and lady like in her address and conversa
tion. We have not vet been able to learn whether
the wounds received by .her husband are mortal.
Conger is a bricklayer, and has been engaged in
woiking at his trade in this city for (some time.—zv.
0. Delta, 23d.
What Kailboad* Do.—On Thursday last, the
estate of James Harmer, deceased, in Cheltenham
township, Montgomery county, was sold by
Ephraim Fenton, trustee. These farms are situa
ted on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, 10 miles
north of the city. The Homestead of 43 acres 80
perohea, brought $2Bl per acre. The property ad
joining, of 48 acres aud 128 perches, brought $237.-
50 per acre. Theotherfarm of62aeros26porches,
with but tolerable improvements, $l5O per acre.
It is believed that four years ago these properties,
with the same improvements, would not have
brought half that sum. — Di>yletUm>n Intelligencer.
Snow.—'There was a slight fall of snow yester
day afternoon, which lasted about three mrnuteJ!
aud stopped as abruptly as it began. Though very
light and brief, it waa yet sufficient to leave no
room for doubt that it was a veritable snow. —da
vunnah Jitpuhtican, Hth inet.
QerrenoUmc* of the .
Light, U. OharoUill oomm.w4«ff <Mfcß»u Jo»}»
d«l Norte, arriv edthh d*?. .»• . «W*
626 passenger* and $1 ,MO, <KK> •flight .
of wind from N. W. from the northw»Td of l*,»*
Hslteras, whioh lasted IS hour*. , v
The North.™ Light -With the .toom
ship Sierra Nevada, Capt. Uwawra, wniensen
Fran«i»ooonth*latinat.,atlS o®lock M., with
*B7 pa»senger* and $1,500,000 on freight, »* Pt.w
Orleeu* end New York, *rri»ed « Sen Jnen del
Sud on the morning ol the 14th ISM.
The transit of the paasengera aud spade across
the transit ocoopied 85 hours. 1 ossengers ell in
good health, there haring been no sick new, nor
death on the entire route. On the 20lli mst., Mrs.
Gary gare birth to a flue boy, weghing 15 pounds,
which was christened John Nioaragua by bathe-
Gallagher, of San Francisoo. The mother and
child were both doing well.
In the Ban Francisco Markets there baa boon no
gonerul improvement in prices, but on the other
hand, a doefne in moat of the leading staples.
Stocks of nearly all article* are so greatly in M
oes.-<, and oonetautly inoreaeing that no benefit etn
be expected (Tom the legitimate requirement* of
the country, until K*»tern ahippor. shall have re
aliaett sufficient of ioea to havo ceased .W*-'
sending on further supplies. Therei***®* *
tary article of morchandlao of whiei* we are cogni
zant tliat could now safely be »*nt to tlik mUut
from Eastern porta. A few, a rory few, mtaaujrtl
supply, and command barely paying rates, bJ.
with regard to these, a inffloiMOjr la on the way tQ
fordall any market for ftirther import*,
o«<
niiii'-uedio,: awty. .
Occasionally an article appear* in one of the
dally papers bearing discursively upon thosubject
but there seems to be no prospect whatever of the
sailing of either the expedition* to aidl'lorce m
hi* design* upon the existing Government of
Ecuador, or of tho other expedition whioh has
been invited to take peacable poases&ion ot a por
tion of tho Peruvian territory. The movement <-t
tho expedition to Sonora alto remains in slate gu\
A great deal of interest has recently boon cxoited
in rcffurdtojthe agricultural ctpaoilics of California.
During the la.t ».aaon, fruits aud vegetables of
every variety hare been produced, rivaling, and m .
many instances excelling, the production* of older ,
Stator. It hss been clearly shown that California /
can nroduoo almoat every thing whlchU grown in l
the Atlantic State.. Ktcently it hae been made to \
appear that tobacoo and eotton can be cultivated
with great aueoees. The former hae boen found
growing wild in the valley of the San Joaquin, and
Major Reading haatueceeded in raising a beautiful
sample of cotton from New Orleans seed, on hia
rancho on the head quarters of the Sacramento.
The introduction of rice aud tea into the State, by
way of experiment, is also contemplated. Rice, it
In believed, will grow luxuriantly ou the swamp .
lands of tho Intonor, and tea, it 1. thought, will
flourish on th* elopes of th* mountain*. Sugar
hue alao beon extracted from the California pine
lr A portlon of the work upon tho San Diego river
has been completed, and the work suspended for
the present. The object is to turn the river, with
tlio view of making it navigable.
The Commissioner* of the Stale have tukon for
mal possession of tho Mission lands of San Lais
Rey, for Seminary purposes.
Kit Carson, at the head of a party crossed tho
Colorado on the 11th of November, bound to New
Mexico. ...
Coal baa been taken out in the vicinity of Loose
Bay, on the coast of Oregon.
Mining accounts from all parts of tho Stato con
tinue favorable. The rises in the different streams,
caused by tho recent rains, have, however, pro
duced a change in the fleldaof operation. In ma
ny places, fluinta, dams, and machinery have been
swept away, occasioning heavy losses, and putting
an immediate tarwinstion to ull operations in the
river beds and along the sides. The miners have
therefore boen compelled to abandon these locali
ties for the winter, and seek other diggings among
tho gulches, which have heretofore boon dry and
not in working order. In tiissa hit he rluubii inton
ed sections the hurvost is just commencing. Tho
numerous water companies have, during the sum
mer, pushed their works into every practicable
quarter ol tho dry diggings, and it in presumed
that thoy will this winter yield a rioh return. In
consequence of the rise in tiro rivers, communica
tions have been greatly facilitated with llio up
river towns, and there is no apprehension felt of a
scarcity of provisions in the mines during tiie win
ter. Tho San Frauoiteo market having been glut
ted with all kinds of provisions, supplies having
beon obtained at low prices.
Several oaaualities have recently occurred iu tlio
mines, caused by Ills caving in of pit*. Several
persons have also fallen into those pits, and been
either injured or killed.
The Demoorsay of California are at tkis,timo en
gaged in a oivil war, somewhat similar in its cha
racter to that waged by tho same party iu New
York. The bon* of eontentlonie the election of
Senator, which one of the factious is urging on to
a consummation at the approaching session of tho
Legislature, a year in advanoe of the regular lime.
Tina hajte is opposed by til* other faction on tho
ground that it is a vi lation of a long-established
custom, and is intended to secure tire election ol a
particular candidate, without an expression of the
popular will. Tile opposition has drawn from tile
Democratio Central Committee an Address, conoh
ed iu violent language, denunciatory of certain
•' |. r'y, ' "V '"•’*}' '
at the late elootion, and are consequently road mit
of tho party, so fur as it is in tho power of those
oom-tituting the Committee to accomplish that
work. These proceedings have produced a liorce
paper warfare.
The line of telegraph diverging from Sacra
mento towards Nevada is nearly completed,
Snow ha* fallen in the mountain*, and tho north
ern part of tlu Stale ha* been visited by frost.
The Indians iu th* North have again beon sub
jected to outrage* and wrongs at the hands ol the
whites. A few days since, two of those unfortuti
ato creaturos were killed by mistake—upon a sub
sequent examination it having been mado to ap
pear that they had not committed the offences at
tributed to them.
A large quantity of lumber is now turned out
from tiie numerous asw mills located In the norlh
orn portions of the State, on the slopes of the
Sierra Nevada.
George W. Hall, convicted of the murder of an
unoffending Chinaman, is sentenced to bo hung at
Nevada, op the loth of December inst.
Cuptain John Parrott, formerly of Massachusetts,
was wautonly stabbed in the nook by an Austriau
named Nicoloa, noar Columbia, in Tuoluinme
comity, on tho IttU of November. The infuria
ted populaoe were about to administer Lynoh Law
to the culprit, but wero finally iuduced to surren
der him up to th* legal authorities. Capt. P. sub
sequently died from hie wound*.
An attempt haa been mado to lire tho city of
Seorumcnto. It however fuilod.
The claim of Col. Fremont to the Ranoho called
Los Mariposa*, tried before tiie U. 8. District
Court, on appeal from tho U. 8. Land Commis
sioners, is now in tho hands of tho Court, the
argument having been concluded *..u llio case
submitted.
Ad vioes from Oregon state that tho immigrant*
who having attempted to cross tho Cascade Moun
tains by tiie new road havo suffered severely.
Gen. Lano is said to bo pledged to a division of
tho territory.
W heat lias boon selling at $1.50 a $2 per bushel.
The Whites and the Indiana havo lmd a battle,
aud it is (eared there will bo another gonerul In
dian war.
Tho Utah Indiana havo been cominittinga series
of doproda iona in tho Southern portion of tho
State.
Tiie Pacific Railroad Exploring Party under Lti
Williamson, left theircampon the Mohave, on the
Bth of Nov., for Gila, intending to move down thu
Mohave, to ita junotion with tiie Colorado. In tho
northern part of tho Stale, a number of meeting*
have been held for the purpose of pushing on tho
exploration of Noble’s Pass, which the Northern
people boiieve to be tho most practicable pas*
through the Sierra for the great Railroad.
A miner wns murdered between Yreka and Hum
bug, said to have had with him $80,001). Suspi
cion rests on a Spaniard named “Irish Charley.”
The Capo Flattery Judiuns have been commit
ting depredations in Washington Territory.
In attempting to arrest an Indian, who had mur
dered a white man near Fort Townseed, a light
took plaoe between tiie settlers and the Indians, in
which one of the former and aeveral of tiie latter
were woundod. Th* enlprit, after tome delay,
weft o&ptuwd.
The cUtei from Ihe Sand with Islands are to tho
sth of November. Up to that date, one hundred
and twelve whaler* iiad arrived at Honolulu, La
hiua and Hilo. Tiie port charges for whalers have
been reduced.
Honolulu is said to bs free from small pox, but
tho diaosts is carrying off many of the natives in
the rural portions of the Islands.
The Government safe at Kauai, containing S2OOO,
was stolen on Die 24th of Gctober.
Hawaiian Missionaries have been despatched to
tho Marquesas Islands, to convert the natives.
In politics acalin anema to have followed U.t '
storm, although ths approaching election ie begin
ning to excite"attention. Free Trade and Annex
ation to th# United State* are warmly advocated
by the Liberal party.
Letters from Honor* have been receivod and
published in the Uoraid, riving glowing descrip
tions of the varied mineral wealth of this Mexican
State. Accompanying ths letters are specimens of
tliest minerals, which ars noticed above, she
silver mine* are represented ae being particularly
rich, and thoy have been heretofore but little
worked. Thie haa been oauaed in a great measure
by the dread entertained of the Apaches. Home
of the aooouute represent the mmee to be even
richer thas those ol California.
The State of Sonora i# represented to be fast
verging upon dismemberment. The inhabitants
ar# roduceu to each. ? Ut»of Wretchedness that it
is believed they would hail with pleasure any irn
liiiirration calculated to produce a change in their
present condition. Such an immigration from
California, it is said, would be hailed with satifao
tion. The Mexican authorities are looking ont
with great jealousy for the arrival of « flliibuster
ing expedition. When the United States trans
port schooner General Patterson entered the har
bor of Guyamas, on her way from the mouth of the
Colorado to Sau Diego, th* greateat commotion
was excited—the authorities feeling sure that she
was the advance guard of tho “ Sonora Expedi
tion.” During her stay she was watched wilti the
greatest vigilance. Tonnage duty was demanded,
butofooursenotpaid; aud an American gentle
man, invited on board by the Captain, waa denied
permission to embark, aud did notget off untilthe
American Consul had interpoaed in auoh a man
ner a* to make himself distinctly understood. It
is said the people of the town took aides with the
Americana, and are anxious for the arrival of the
long-looked-for expedition from California.
Capt. Ls Vega, commanding a Mexican outter,
had been imprisoned ot Guayma* for tolling tho
authorities of the plaoe that they were* “ pack of
swindling scoundrel*.”
Tho Apaches had been committing the most
daring and extensive robbeiits in the neighbor
hood of Guaymss, and a short time since maae an
aiiuuk at midnight upon the city of HermosiUe.
Ojuoim oi Taxis.—Th* taking of a Text seems to
havo originated with Ezra, who, accompanied by
several Levites, in a pubbe congregation of men
and women, ascended a pnlpit, opened the nook
ot the law, and after addressing a prayer to th*
Doity, the people said Amen, “ read in the law of
God distinctly and gave the eonee.” Patriarch*
delivered in public assemblies other prophecies of
moral instructions for the edification of the people.
It was not until after the return of the Jews from
the Babylonish captivity, during which period
they had almoat loat the langu v* »u which the
Peutatei ch waa wrlten, that;« became necessery
to explain aa well as to read the soripturea to them
—a praetice adopted by Firs, and siaoe uulvei sally
followed. In latter times, th e Book of Moses was
t hna read in th* synagogue every Babbath day. To
this onetomth* Bsvieui conformed, and, iu a syna
gogue of Nazareth, read passages trorn th* Prophet
Isaiah; then, closing th* book, returned it to the
priest, aud preached from the text. This custom,
whioh now prevails all over the world, was inter
rupted in th* dark ages, when the ethics of Aristo
tle ware read in mtny churches ou Sunday, instead
of the Holy Scriptures,