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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHRONICLE « SENTINEL,
j-sa ui d^csao
THE WEEKLY
In Pchlt.hed ocn VV.ine.d.y
AT TWO DOLLUi PER ASIIUB
t:< ADVf.rm
TO Cl,Tim nr rending tt« Ten Doßara,
IIX o»nt»» oftho Tipor mi mmo*. «r one rear, tboifor
•UM«g *♦,« p4f,»T at ihe ml- r,
HIX 4IOPIIM roll 'IKK DOLLARS,
*r a free enpy to nil who roar woevn n» ftee tobacribera’
and forward ua the moorer.
CHRONICLE &. SENTINEL
DAILY AND TBI-IVKEKLY.
Are »l«e published a'. Uili nice.aaa maned to labecriben
at ti«*folio»i'g retea, namere:
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Tai-Waaaxv Parts * “ “
TERJH op mKkTisne.
1* Wmeter.—Beventy-flve ceo» nor aonareflO Unit or
) lor the tnt Ineertlon. end Mtv mu for eeoh inbie
|iesl '■neert'on.
wm h. Ttrrr,
WIIOt-KSALK AND KKTAIi. OP-UCKUBT,
O/i/mrik t>n AvguHa Hold,
OFPKItI for # tie,»' eitretnely low price.,
Bo'ilba.i'OX' AMI;
MO dot. Mmoo'i !’■!,ACHING;
JO'ieroM KATOHEB:
10,«"0lbt- WUiTU LKADj
Loetl gill*. Lump 011,;
6.10 14 l.iawed OIL;
2,(x«l Ibf. tprom rAI.Td; ,
00 Sa ms Pearl »TAIiCHj
jbp vtculTlff/ pAIN-KILb&B;
* * •HSr’*
Jaw “ * nune htonSi .*
l&O “ Gum OAMfUOR;
•;A filjQ ftwirtod VA&IIraB(
10 batkotß Olive OIL;
6 M;U. GLUE; 1
fp* j.ir# SNUFF;
. iftsrrosr, SNUFF, in bottle*; (
* •' 2 “ Pdiiii I* RUSH tit. «
A!«® aMotUuvn*.of I’ure OiIKMIOALB, Surglchl IN- J
BTR(i vt KJCTi*, FMU UMEKY. COMBS, POMADES, Toilet i
BOT. LKjj Flavoring KXJIIACTB, Ao., Ac. i
To *H of w.iiuU we would respectfully invite th« attention i
ofpurchnera. dl dlw.wlm l
BETHANY FEMALE ACADEMY
THOMSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA.
rxMlti fru-teoi of tlie above Aiade ny tabs pleaiare la
L aaaounolva to the patrons en<l public generally, that
they lia "! aetorctl the i.er vic.i ul Mi.s MaKOXUKT A.
HILLSMaU, lor the ennuiriK year. Mia Hil'.inao’. re-
Os natn Utloia, a* a lady ol hteiary altdamem., are in
f rlor .0 none Hhe graduate! with first Honor at Modi*
•on (»i’! CoU-i'e, at it. last annuil Ootomwicernont.
Pireott w •biu* to pro taro their iluu„b‘.crs fir College,
can have advantage* at thlo School, not Inferior (we are
auorei w) i- i ttf low price of tuition and hoard i< o.nsld
•red) to any 111 the State, a» Mils Ulllootan li prepared to
to ,• h all the branch a o. thu Kuglish langutge, and the
Cl Hoard muy to obtained In the most respectable families
In the till* diatn viclt.lty of the Academy,and If preferred,
In th • taraefamily w.th the teacher. The H diool will com
me i c no the ’.bird MONDAY In JANUAKY, aud will be
divided nit itwo ter mu of live months each.
Term* of tuition will he for first claw, (7 ; for iccond,
IV. and third clau, til.
* ’ D. P. STANFORD, Boc. Board.
Near Thomson, Dec. 2118,1858 wß—d?H
UNIVKit-I IV OF GEOKOIA, I
AiiHtaa, Dec. It, 1->CB. f
Till: TIHJSTKIfS of thia lint tut'oti, wdl, on the Idih
ol January next, cket a PROFt-SsOR OF MATHE
MATICS and ASTRONOMY, to blithe vacaucy occasion! d
by t w rtslgualio j of l'r le-.anr McOay.
Thu Professor will In required to enter upon hij dull*.
Without delay. Salary, *tTO« per annum, payable quar
teilr’.
Anpl rants may H<l«!rc4« the President, Rev. A. CHURCH,
D. D , -rih') MuDMcriber. WM. L, MITCHELL,
02J wJiw Chairman Prudential Com.
GUEENB2OKO’, GA„ FEMALE COLLEGE-
Till* next ..-anion ofthia luatltotlon will be opened on
th Sd Monday, the Vth JANUARY, 1854, with the
following ol!cer», vis: _
Rev. J. S K. AX-ON, President.
Prof. J.l). LYMAN.
MUa A. P. HAMILTON.
♦Mil. , vacancy to he filled.
nepxKTMKNT or homo.
Protestor N. H. OLAPP.
Mias A. M. LYMAN.
oai'AnTUaxT or khawixo akd pxixtiko.
Mi.-a K. A.GRAVES.
C. It. BALDWIN,
Secretary Board ofTru.tees.
♦Rev. Dr. F. Bowius will fill thov. canny In the Faculty,
unt l such vacancy can he ra iefactoilly filled. .
Orceaahoroh Ga., Deo., 1838. d92-w6t
PENFIELD FEMALE REMEN ABY.
'TTHK Exercises of thia Institution will tic resumed on
A WEDNESDAY, Ist Fehruarv.HM. under the super
Vi llon of ft. f. As jury, Mi. ii Evelina uaeou arid Miss Cor-
Jt'i v Slowu. Every effort will bo to son ov those connected
With th » Institution, to seourst t» men nunit a thorough
a. I suheiantl tl eduoation. For tne more succeesful ac
complishment of this object, a reotnar course ot ttudyhas
bsij'l adopted, Ciubraclnv In adifilua to the elementary
studies, the higher branches of MaWmatics, the Mental
Bta lies aud Latin Language.
The Musical and Ornamental Brejtjhes will receive the
a'.t. ntlnn of thorn whoso nail efforts nave proven them
compe oakandsuccessful Instrnctosa, tteoall attention,
therefore, to this Institution, which, from the compre/um
s4c«w»» of ,i i course or studv—trem tne esruenenve of Us
teacher, and from Its pls isant ana retired location, af
ford .superior u .'vantages for Female Education.
For further particulars address K. T. ASBURY,
nld-wtFl «nnfield,Oa,
m MADISON FEMALE COLLEGE
jK~n .. f will men on
A AtONDai, i>Uia»uo.uy,HCl. --.-v-w,
FACULTY:
Rev. L. L. WITTIOU, President and Frofenor Mental
and Moral Philosophy.
Rev. JO.I. It. Ei.H.US, Professor Mathematics.
WM. D. WILLIAMS, Professor languages.
Rev. GEO. M. EVERHART, Professor Natural Science.
GKO. (J. TAYLOR, Professor Music.
MmsANNA N. ROIiSON, Instructress in Music, Draw
ing aud ' aiming ,
Miss MARGARET K. SHERMAN, Initructress in Pre
paratory Peiiartment.
For hirther Infiirinatlon, address any members of tho
Fsonltr. HUGH J. OGILBY,
M idison, Ga., Dec. 2d,1838. Sco. Board Trustees.
dTltsHwdt
WOiaHX3BORO’ male and female HIGH r
buuooL.
TUB Trustees of this Institution take pleasure In in- J
formiriq the public, that they have again secured the J
•ervlo »*of the pr«HtmUocucob ntafor the next year. No- »
thing is wore repulsive t<> our taste, in this our time, *hen
OoillgM morenunterouithan old-field School H )us* s
use 1 to be, and the young hin t ia taught to shoot by dec
tro*ma«natlcpower alinait, than this pulling almost every
H miliary of learning In the and. In fact, Mr. RICHARDS
" Is too well ku >wn to the public to nea t any such artifice- ■$
he has had charge ol the Ma’e Academy here, for the last J
el iht ytars. s ive one; and then a troop of young men fol- p
lowed him from Georgia to Alabama, aud back from Ala- J
baata to Georgia again. He is now permanently settled „
hare m his u tUvo village. As Goorgiaos. aud Southerners, J
solicitous for the honor of Southern education, we are p
jroud to hekieve that the txuusivo favor bestowed upon l(
him, flows from h a own merit, «,
Mis* WALKSU, who has cha r ge of the Female Acade
my for the U«t two years, Is a young lady of sterling %
worHi, of tuodeat and unobtrusive merit, rabed and educa
te Ila our own sunny South. hue has left father, mother, G
an l all the loved othm at home, and comi among ur, a
stranger, to tciih, rhe his be?:i particularly successful,
and has «rou tin confidence of all—even the most fastldt
otu ackuosr edge bertha best teacher of their daughters q
we have ev«rr ba l lies e. j
I*lie School will commence the second Monday in JANU- p
ARY next. . G
Mara L» ssons will be given to any who wish, on a very gl
flue toua i ihauo. ol
do ird. Ac., irv m 10 to sl2 per month. rc
dU-wtjj THK TJUTBTKEB. j
G
IHESON ACADEMY, LEXINGTON, GA. o
TUB ii\ r •!»,•» of this Academy will be resumed on the hi
first Monday In JANUARY next. The able And etfi
ciont teaohtrs n-hoh ive had charge of the respective de*
part uiont i for several years past will be continued. The
T. us. j, a deem It unnecessary to say any thing in commen
dation of this A cade .n y ; its character is well established. J
Matt d can b.i obtain'd m private families, cratthe ”
Hotel, on quite reasonable terms, l here are two sessions,
Bpring amt Fall, or six and to ir months duration, reapco- “
lively. A vacation ol two weeks is given at the close of
the former.
TERMS: l!
First Class—Spelling, Readlt g, Writing and Men- ®
ta Arithmetic, per quarter #4.00
Be - j id Ours—Arithmetic,Geography, English Gram- .
mar, Rea U g and Composition b.OO
Third la-s— Geometry, Mathematics, Natu
ral Toil wo itiy. Aitrouoiuy. Chemistry, Evidences
Curl tUnity, Mental and Moral Sciences 6.00
Fourth Class —Lanauagt s, Attcicn and Modem 8.00
For particula*s, address OIOHOK R. CHLMER.
dl' wt Cha r nan Hoard Trustees Lexington, Ga.
A TEdCHEB WANTED j
TO take charve of the Rock Mills Academy, lu Han- ,
cock County, about half wav between Warrenton and
Bparia A man oi experience, and who expects to follow ,
tvaeftinx, and a good classical scholar, can get employ- j
cuiut at Uu above named place. For particulars, address
the subscriber a: Watrentou. Warren county, (la.
UlB-w4i* WM. W. 81MP80N. j
jTmACHER WANTED. i
ffß TAKE of Ums Rtck SqiriDff Acadrray, in I
I Wilkes rouatFi If ra'.lesN. W. of Washington, far the i
e.a ISM F,>rp rtk-ul.rs, aiUrcssthe subscriber ,t Mil I
lor,.Tills, l*. 0., WiUtl co , Or. L. M. HILL,
d.c-wlni '
I
A TEACHER WASTED
AT .Vl-l’l.lMi. Columbia Couuty Academy, who can ,
c r,;o we‘l i-occ,in;ueuded. A Gentlemen with o fxmi-
L , Winnie Wile will ffckc eh irge of lho Female Uep.nment, (
i>e preferred. A oou fuvwme liotiee, w»h a Warden
attached, and Fire wood, will be fumL-heii. Ad.lret,
’ NATH’L BALKY,
nSi w it PreeiJent of the Boot,
BASER CODHTY LAND.
THK *>l'Rdl'KtßKH offers for ,»leS2AOO Acres first
o»»!iw Oik, Hickory »nd P.oe LAND, 1c lUker coun
ts. . m jnewht,-b»re 6e»Ter*limpro*ea and partUlly im
proTc t PLANTATION?, of ISO to JUKKI Acres e«h.
These Unde bare been selected w tn ureat cut, and
•mpnes tome of the meet T.losbS. Cotton Unde in the
- eoihernffutee. ...
If ife»lred,»credit oft,* »nd»ye*rswmbe «tTen,with
nteresi added. IFlt. W.CHKEVLB.
Atbouy, tJ».,Aaguatßo.lSS*. .
.nd .wdltwAwif
D. B- FLDUBA CO.
_ AHKconstenUy receiving freeh Mid pure n
HH Medicines, Chemicals, Choice Perfbmery, ffM
VW Toilet Artkies Ac..';U their establishment Vjg
aSL between lh S. Hole land Post Office corner. *»
Me.Uolnesearefttliydispcneed at all hours, bjcallinffat Mi
Barnes',comer Green and Mclntonshstrets nSS
$25 REWARD.
RANAW AY ft nathe subscriber, last Spring,
rnv NKORO Man, named Bonu,, or Bonaparte,
about Ssor CO years old; black, stout built, weighs'-Jl
•'.■out ITO pounds, about 5 feet, 7or S inches high, aM,
turns out his lots very much In waling; he It Tery artful,
and will be hard to detect. 1 will give the aboTe reward
to aey person who will lodge Mm in a safe jail, so that I
get! t. JOHN McDADE,
dH-W'.f Augusta, 6a.
1,000.’ KKADICAToB, 1,000.
excellent preparation for the cur« of Rheuma
.1. i*m >ud o her 1-cal Tains, Ac, prepared by J. E.
M ARcD AIL, i$ for tale by H«viUi d, Risley A BJ.
Clarks a Ci. t W. h. *J. Turpto, T>. P. Flumb A Co.
N. H One vhnua uul refetencca can be given in this city
inpr of <>r its *uper*.rity over any other remedy now in
use. H>* n't be wiihont it.
:-inr:hall’a Rlntwortn and Tetter WASH, al*o for sale
by 'V. U, A J TURPIN, HAVILAND, RISLEY A CO.,
M CJ.AKKE A_CO.,D.P .PLUMB A CO. nlSwly
PIANO FORTES.
THK eubscrlbert would reepectfnily call .
the attention of their friends and the
labile, to their assortment of Rosewood and
Mnhoyar.y PIANO FORTEB, from the wau\l 3 i \J U
k no w u and j nstiy celebrated ilanatoctoriet of Baoon A Raven,
A. H. dale A Co., and Dubois A Seabary, New York, which
ire warranted in every respect, to be at least fully equal to
any instruments manufactured in this country or Europe.
The subscribers would also state than the instruments now
on hand are *f the latest patterns and fashion, and fresh from
the manufacturers. For sale at very low prices for cosh or
Tty acceptances, at OEO A OATEJ? A CO/8
PF IB Fiono, Brtok and Mueie Depot, Broad-st.
W. H. k J. TURPIN.
HCOCKBK 'Hb tO», B. TVaM*.
n OFFKK CO PHYSICIANS,PIanters. Mer- /%
flKi chants, and the public at large, a choice and flKl
YM well assorted stock of DRUOB AND mkdi- Xm
OL ClSi», 011.8, PAINTS,DYESTUFFS, Glass Ok
nd Putty, Brushes ol every description, Straw Brooms
pirltsTurpcnt-ne, Ac., Ac.
We purchase our goods for cash, and are prepared to sell
B the most advantageous terms. Merchants will find it to
heir Interest to )«jok at our prices. All articles warranted
•be what is represented. Give us a call and satisfy yonr
i V—■ rts
pOAI, COAL.—3OO tons Egg else Red Ash COAL, for
\J sake by 026 JOHN 0. CARMICHAEL
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1854. PBOSPECTCS 1854.
Os THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XII, FOR 3834
»r. DAIIEL LEeTT
and > Ewrom.
D. RED.TIO.ID, i
■ TEEMS—ONE DOLLAEA TEAfi IN ADVANCE
The Socthebs Cci-tivator, a monthly Journal,
devoted delusively to the improvement of South
-1 ern Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock Breeding,
Poultry, Been, General Farm Economy, die. Il
iuatrated with numerous elegant engravings.
THE TWELFTH VOtCSK, GBEATLY IMPBOVED, OoM
nrcu IS /ANCABT, 1854.
The Ccltivatob is a large octavo of Thirty-two
pages, tunning a volume of 384 pages in the year.
It contains a much greater amount of reading mat
ter than any similar publication in the South—
embracing, in addition to the current agricultural
topics ot the day,
Valuable Original Contributions
from many of the meat intelligent and practical
Planters, Farmers and Horticulturists in every sec
tion of the South and Southwest.
TERMS OP THE CULTIVATOR I
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: <I.OO
SIX copies, ;.00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, 20..'0
ONE BUNDLED copies,; : ; : ; ; 75.01
The cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and
in no instance will the paper be sent unless the
money accompanies the ordor. The Bills of all
specie-paying Banks received at par. All money
remitted by mail, postage paid, will be at the risk
of the Publisher. Address
WILLIAM 0. JO.VKB, Augusta, Ga.
' FOR SALE. : .
LAND FOR SALE.
THU subscriber offers for tale his PLANTATIONS in
Wilkinson county, lying on Turkey creek ; one con
fining Three Thousand Acres of Oak and Hickory Land,
with a good Oriat Mill, Dwelling House, and all necessary
out-buildings. A'sj, One Thousand Acres, about four
miles above, on the same creek, containing some valuable
Hammock and hw&mp Lands, with a good Dwe ling and
ali out buildings on the premises. Persons wishing to
purchase, can get a bargain in either or both of the above
places, by calling on the subscriber, living one mile from
Cool bpring, Wilkinson county.
nk9-iwAwßm ANDERgON INGRAM.
LAND FOB SALE
TUB SUBHCRWKH offers for sale Five Hundred
Acres or Oak aud Hickory LAND, situated directly on
the Augussta and Waynesboro Rail Road, one mile from
the latter place, two hundred and fifty acres of which are
cleared aud under fence, the balance timbered land ; em
bracing every variety known to that section of country,
with a small creek running the wnole width at the tract
thatncvir fails in the driest season. There is also upon
this stream some of the finest meadow laud in this State,
ib'ise withiug such a place would do well to cad on the
subscriber at au early period, as he will sell at a very
reasonable price. Residence two miles from Waynesboro'.
ol» wSm _ JAMES W. JONES.
LAND Foil :>AI.K.—The subscriber offers for RA
Sale 820 Acres of LAND, lying well, 100 of which "
are cleared and Inclosed. It is In the 18th District and ad
Section, and divided by thelaUlyestablished linebetween
the counties of Gordon and Murray, and within 2# miles
of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. A spring of good
water near th* dwelling house. A number oflots can be
added on reasonable terms, forming a large settlement.
For other particulars, apply to the snbccrlbcr at Rome,
Ga. JaSO-wtf J. U. MODANLEL.
FOB SALE. “
A LABOR and convenient BRICK STORE, situated
In the centre of business, in the city of Roms, now
occupied by Hobt Batty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up at 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. Thesituation for
the sale of Drugs, Dry Goods, or Groceries can hardly be
equalled in the city. Terms easy. Apply to
UEOKGE BATTY, M.D.
Rome, April 4th, 1858. aprfi-tf
LAND FOB SALE.
TUB gUBSCIUBEU offers for sale, 1400 acres of
LAND in Hancock. This Laud Hen well; haa plenty
of timber; is under good fence, and has fair improve
ments. Persons wishing to buy Lands, are invited to
come aud look at it.
Also, 140 u acres In Carroll county, which lies upon the
Chattahoochee River, and embraces the Mclntosh Re
serve. Rout. 11. Seuigoaa will show this place to any
person who may wish to buy. ELI H. BAXTER.
Mount Zion, Ga., June 8,1553. Jel2-wtf
SALE OF BUILDING LOTS IN BBUNSWICK, GA
BItU.VbU l( Ii CITY, (JA.—Large and peremptory
sale of BUILDING LOTd 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, 1854, at 12 o’clock, M. The sale will be posi
tive to the highest bidder.
Terms—One-third cash, and the remaining two-thirds
in ouo and two years. Title perfect.
The port aud site of Brunswick hold out commercial and
maritime advantages superior to aDy presented by those
south of Chesapeake Bay. The climate is healthy; the
water pure. Further particulars, wit): maps, Ac., may be
had at the office of the Company, 90 Broadway, Nctr-York,
or of Mr. John Brooks, agent, Brunswick, Georg a.
WM. CHAUNCEY, President.
Thomas A. Dexter, Secretary. d9-law4w
VALUABLE LANDS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY FOB
SALE.
PURSUANT loan order In Chancery, In the case of
Augusta A. Goetchius and others, vs. Kynear V. Goet
ohius, 1 rustee, Ac., the undersigned offer, at private sale,
the following LANDS on Uchee Creek, in Columbia county,
lately owned by Charles T. Bealle,deceased;
All that TrAct, in said county, kno'.rn as “ Low.vifie,”
containing 498 acres, more or less, and adjoining lands of
Jesse Walton and Turner Olauton.
-ALBO
- part* of 4>JO acres each, and bounded by lands of Jesse
Walton, Crawford, Simons, and Hamsay.
If not disposed of at private sale, before Thursday, the
29th day of DECEMBER next, 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, Stook, Horses,
Mules, Farming Implements, Ac., on the premises.
Fur Terras, apply to either of the undersigned, at Au
gusta, Ga. WM. A. WALTON, Trustee.
»4 TUOS. W. MILLER, Agent,
tar Constitutionalist copy weekly till day.
COLUMBIA LAUDS 808 BALK.
TIIK subscriber offers for sale Four Hundred and
Twenty and a Half Acres of LAND, lying in Columbia
county, on the waters of Uchee creek, adjoining Lands of
Turner Clanton, and other®, with all the necessary out
buildings on it. dl wtf LEONARD B. 81MS.
WILLIAM H. IUTT.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST,
Augusta, m
IB WOW KKCKIVINM a very jtree and complete
stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS. OILS,GLASS,
fKRFUMERY, BRUSHES, DYE STUFFS, and FANCY
RTICLEB, which he has solectea* in person, with the
greatest care, from the largest 1 moaners and Manufacto
ry s in thiacountry, and wnieh. tor aoai'.tv and cheapness
cannot be excelled. He would reipeetTuilv invite the at
tention of Merchants, Planters and Physicians to his
stock.
Allorders will be executed with the utmost neatness
and despatch. aen'f-d&wtf
GBSAT BARGAINS IN DBY GOODS
SELLING OFF VERY CHEAP.
WM. Kl. CttANK, woul 1 respectfully call the atten
tion of the public to his extensive stock of DRY
GOODS, which he wishes to dispose of before the flretof
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 DKKSB GOODS, of the 1 iteststylcs, but also a great
many BLANKETS, FLANNELS, KERSEYS, Kentucky
JEANS, BATINETTS, TWEEDS, SHAWLS, CALICOES,
Bro. SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS,
OSNABUUGS, Ac., which he is determined to sell. Give
him a call and you will not regret it. nBO-wtjal
TO THE OWNERS OF LAND IN CHEROKEE, GA.
TIIK LNDI UHHJNLI), living near Oed&r Town.
Polk county, Ga., offers his services to examine and
report the value of LANDS in the Cherokee part of Geor
gia. He wlll,lnpvr«OD 1 examin. Land., give fall inror
mntlen ns to value, location, and probability of immediate
•ale. Having no connection whatever with Land Specu
lation, be will engage to act a. Agent for the .ale and par
cha.e of Land. In any of the Cherokee countie, of Geor
gia. For the amount received or paid out, ten per cent
will be charged; and for examining lots In this county.
Four Dollan, and In all other counties, Five Dollar, will
he charged.
Rxfx&xxcxx:
Tho. H. Sparks, W. K. Weit,
11. F. Wimberly, W. F. Janes,
E. U. Richardson, A. R. Yerdery,
G. W. TVe.t.
Address, Cedar Town. Polk connty.Ga.
d9S-w9m BURTON ORABB.
CHEROKEE LAND OWNERS, LOOK AT THIS
TIIK subscriber offers his services to persons owning
Lan iin Polk county, and living at a di? tance, as agent. .
He will caretolly examine each lot, and faithfully report
its situation and value, and prevent intrusion and tres- *
pass upon them tor one year, for five dollars a lot, in ad
vance. He will also attend to the selling of Land, for ten I
per cent on the amount ol tales; and, for one dollar in i
advance, he will inquire into and report tbe value of each i
lot of Land Polk county is compore lof the following dis
Diets : in the 4th sect on, the lst,Bd ami »7th; In the 8J
section, part of the 18th, the 20th and 21st districts, hatis
factory reference given when required.
Address the subscriber at Cedartown, Polk county, Ga„ ,
enclose the fee and pay postage, and his services will be
procured. dflO-wßm STEPHEN A. BORDERS.
PLOWB! FLOWS! PLOWS!
rIE Southern States, which have
so long depended on Pittsburg
and Cincinnati for a supply of Pious, \
Wagous and other Forming impie-fIHBBHBMHMM
ments, can now get all they want, at the AGRICULTU
RAL MANUFACTORY, on Market-St , Nashville, Tenn.
We would call the attention of the Planters and Mer
chants particularly to our very large stock of PLOWS, con
sisting of a great many of the most approved kinds now in
use, and at as low prices at theycan be brought here from
other towns. At the same place may be found all kinds of
WAGONS, Railroad CARTS, WHEEL BARROWS, Rail
road PLOWS, CULTIVATORS and HARROWS. Those
wishing Plows sent, can order them from me, or from most
of the principal dealers in such articles in Nashville, ?s
they keep them of our manufacture, and at the same
prices. GEORGE C. ALLEN, President
Agricultural Manufacturing Co., Lower Market-st.,
dS-wM Nashville, Tenn.
FRENCH BURE MILL STOKE MANUFACTORY,
OOBNKK BROAD AND GUMMING-STREETS,
Acacsit, Hi,
-pHK SVBgCUIBKK ukei tiua occMion to Inlbrm
JL his numerous friends and tbe axikue generally, that
he hes commenced the tbove boslneee under the most fe
rornble auspices, hiving engaged the services of en ex
perienced end highly qualified workmen., end Setters him
self that hit work will oompere w-an env other manufac
turer in the United Suites. He euo mars to apprise the
discriminating public, that ell ordsk, with which he may
be fkvored, theU have hie personal attention, prompt exe
cution and despatch. A ahare ol nnmc natron age ia re
ipectfully solicited. PATRICK MoCUE. Proprietor,
eepll-wly
WANTIBH
AT the Newton Factory, Qa.. a B»«ner and a W-aTer;
gentlemen of good moral character, and that under
stand, their business, none other need anoLT. Address
nS-wtf JOHN WEBB. Rwwton Factory. 6a.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 14th
inrt., his boy Plato. Said boy is about five feet W
eight or ten inches high, stout and well made,
very blvck. He is about fifi years of age, and was .wr.
raised in Charleston. I will give Ten Dollars reward for
his apprehension and safe delivery to me, or I will take
»JOfor him as he runs. WM. BENTON,
dls-wSt* Bertelia, Ga.
NOTICE.
LOST, somewhere In Oglethorpe county, 1 .mmmm
a POCKET-BOOK, containing One Hun
dredand Sixty Dollars; which amount wasltgi
composed of two SSO bills, one S2O bill, theMBMHH
balance in small bills—the nusfbers and Banks not recol
lected—and one silver dollar. Also a promissory note
made payable to Robert Howard, by B. B. Waller, for $lO7,
dated Mth November, 18S1. Ail persons ere forewarned
Jon trading for said note. A liberal reward will be given
•or the delivery of the note and money to the subscriber.
. , ROBERT 6. HOWARD.
Lexington, 6a., Ist December, ISSB. dl-t-lm
AH OPENING TOR A MERCHANT.
rrtHß subscriber offers for rent a STORE-HOUSE, in the
A-. “ o, ‘ h®"’“ew partoflhe town of Greensboro’. The
building is two stories hish, and has a front of 7« feet. The
P re **°J occupants, with UmitcO means, sell from 16 to
th,y **** from
business on the first day of January next, any one sne
ce ding them immediately, will have the refui.l or their
1 trade, which, with proper management, can, with ease, be
, increased to S 5 or SBO,OOO. Any wishing farther informa
‘ tion, can address C. A. DA Via,
I dlfi-wtf Greensboro l ,6a.
REMOVAL.
ESTBB A RICHMOND have removed to the Store
lately oocnpied by Messrs. Lee, Hnhbard A Co., and
three doors above F. Lambeck A Co, ufi-wfim
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
From Via AVtr-Y ork Journal of Commerce.
THE OCEAN-AT PLYMOUTH ROCK.
Inscribed to John Brown . Esq,
IT WILLIAM loss WALLACB.
(From an unpublished Poem )
Fiiends of the Free! how oft thy waves have made
A mighty pathway to some far eff strand
Where fetters clanked not, and the virgin glade
Gave sreet, wi'd welcome to the wandering band
That found the forests of a houseless land
Less erne! than their Country-men whose hearth
Indignant flashed beneath a tyrant’s hand.
Till they outgrew the clime that gave them birth,
And o’er the billows flew in search of chainlets earth.
A thousand harps have sung thy dark blue deeps,
A thousand souls have from thy stalely rhyme
Learned their first worship ; how the spirit leaps
Before thy letren-is syllabled ere Time
Walked the Abjss, thou saw’st the veil sublime
Drawn frem His face, and like a sudden morn
God flame on chaos : then thy tenderer chime
Throbbed down the darkness now nc more forlorn.
But jubilant with the stars in one dread moment born.
Unchanging Fea! not mine to sing that thou
Wear’rt on thy wasteless deep the Victor’s crest,
White the Earth alters : she but decks her brow
With fresher wreaths, and winds around her breast
Alternate splendor—yearning to be prest
Id nncloyed arms by thee her mighty mate;
These are her inspirations, and contest;
With deathless love thou meetest her in state
By many a mountain shrine and Isle’s enchanted gate.
Nor mine the voice to sing thee as the foe
To man who fain would charm thy gulfs with Art;
That glorious mission glittered long ago
By Heaven unch-tllenged, and the mighty mart
Blew choral trumpets: wbo shall ever part
Then mingling Nations and the married Man ?
What though some mystery iu thy great wild heart
May strew Armadas on thy heaving plain—
*Tls but a moment’s spasm, and thou d st smile again!
The years roll on, and less tod less thy wave
TT, lightning cohere $£ iM&ftS f**
The mountain trembles at his awful nod ;
He stamps his foot upon the wondering ciod
New Edens b'ossom; and shalt thou ajone
Scowl at his sceptre ? even as the sod
Thou shalt obey,despite thy stormiest t me,
The glorious Titan he, and thou hid boundless throne.
Yes, awful Sea! I knew thy bursting tide,
Yet held its surges subject as the rill;
Amid the storm, the glory and the pride,
Though wast magnificent, but vassal still—
I was your master, and you felt my will
Trampling to awe the billow; yet the goal
Shone star-like through the cloudy strife, and ill;
What was thy passion, thy tremendous roll,
Matched with the grandeur of a Human Soul ?
Yet art thou terrible- a name—a power—
Arched by the stars, exulting with the must—
Times for thy comrades—lslands for thy dower.
Despite thecloud, the earthquake, and the blast,
Ik sic'e thee towering beautiful and vast.
Under the worlds—when they no more shall be,
Thy floods the same, .hail roll and thuuder pas*;
Then spread, spread on, thou never fading Sea,
The bun above like God, and ih ct , ternity!
Newspaper, and Cheap Postage.
Among the things that particularly surprised tho
faootious Bunn, while in this country, was tho
strong newspaper taste of Brother Jonathan. “ A
newspaper in America," says tlio droll dog alluded
to, “is tho most serious of all daily considerations.
A newspaper constitutes tho very broatli of Jona
than’s nostrils; it is tho guide or his opinion, the
furtherance of all his views—and its influence,
. therefore, over him is incredible. There are
, nearly throe thousand papers ol one description or
another in the United States, which circulate, ac
cording to authoritative statistics, upwards of lour
hundred and twenty millions of copies per annum!
Kvory hotel aud coif jo-house, down to tho lowest
cabaret , in town or country, takes in one or two.
They are sold at all corners of the atreets, hawked
from door to door—displayed upon public stalls—
paraded through every railway station directly the
ears stop—cried about on tho decks of every
stoamer, and trumpeted forth from pillar to post.
Stroll through tho streets and you will see the
urchin who sells them often detain his customer
until he lias finished his column. (Jo into the
markots ; the butcher cuts open his paper before
he cuts up his pork; the fishmonger digests ‘the
leading article’ before ho troubles himself about
selling any other article; and the green grocer
looks through tho market pages befote ho thinks
of regulating his own prices.”
Titis, like most of Sir. Alfred Bunn’s pictures of
America, is somewhat highly colored, but in its
main features, it may be taken as a literally oerreet
portrait. Some intended caricatures, by tho way,
ure the best portraits—the famous one of John
Wilkes, with that awful squint, for example.
Bunn, however, doos not touch tho philosophy
of what seems to him only an enigma. It is tho
olieapnoss of nowspapers that makes them bo pop
uiar, in comparison with thoso of tho old world.
The same cause operates to tho immense diffusion
of ehoap editions of expensive Knglish works in
thia country. A late traveler in Kuropo adverts
to the vast difference in the number of readers of
books in thiseountry and in Britain, and ttributos
this to tho high price and necessarily limited edi
tions in the Totter. He soys truly, that tho new
works forwarded to tho nobility may bo seen
months after their publication, with uncut leaves
on tho library tables, l’ootry is far less read j
Tennyson and tho Brownings have n hundred
Atnorican to one English admirer; and until
Dickons established “Household Words,” but few
periodicals reached the masses in which reliable
information was diffused at a price and with the
graces of stylo requisite for its general usolulness.
The essays of Carlyle, Maoauly, DeQuiuccjy, and
other valuable eontnbutors British periodical
literature, were first collected on tho American
sido oi tho water.
No wondor that the popular and proliflo authors
Ol Uu day look- with a longing- vyo.nqjoJ-tl;c v •
mouse profit which are yearly accruing to Ameri
can booksellers by the free and unrestricted re
publication of British books in tho United States.
Some of our publishers are honest onough to pay
something for the advance shoots of works in press
in England, but wo soar it is only when they are
approhenßive thatsomo of their brethren will get
ahead of them in sneh generosity .—Picayune.
To tlie People of the United State*.
Tho San Diego Herald, of tho 8d nit., publishes
tho following address of President Walker, dated
November 80:
In doclaring tho Ilepublio of Lower California,
Free, Sovereign and Independent, I deem it pro
per to givo the people of tho Uuitod States the
reasons for tho stop I have taken.
It is due to the nationality which has most
jealousy gunrdod the independence of the Ameri
can States, to declare why auotlior representative
is created on the immodiato confines of the Union.
Tho Mexican Government has for a long time
fuiled to perform its duties to tho province of
Lower California. Cut off, as the territory was,
by tho treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,from all direct
communication with tlio rest of Mexico, the
oentral authorities havo manifested little or no in
terest in the affairs of the California peuinsular.
Tlio gjographical position of tho provinces is
such as to make it certainly separato and distinct
iu its interost from the othor portion of the Mexi
can Republic. But tho moral and social ties which
bound it to Mexico have been even weaker and
more deplorable than tho physical.
llouco, to developo tho resources of Lowor CVi
foruia, and to effect a proper social organization
therein, it was necessary to make it independent.
Tlie mineral and pastoral wealtli of Lower Cali
fornia is naturally very great; but to properly do
velopo it, there must be good government ana sure
protection to labor and property.
Mexico is unable to furnish these requisites for
tlie growth and prosperity of tho peninsular.
Tho Territory, under Mexican rule, would for
over remain wild, half savage and uncultivated,
covored with an indolent and half civilized people
desirous of keeping all foreigners from entering
tho limits of the State.
When the people of a territory failalmostentire
ly to develop the resources that naturo has placed
at their command, tlio intorest of civilization re
quires others to go in and possess the land.
They cannot nor should they be allowed to play
the “ Dog in the Manger,” and keep others from
possessing what they have failed to occupy and
appropriate.
Mexico has not performed any of the ordinary
duties of government towards the people of Low
er California.
Sho has establisLcd no sure and ready means of
communication for the people among tliem or the i
roet of the world, nor lias she ever undertaken to i
protect them from tho wandering robbers who in- i
fest the territory.
Thus abandouing tho poninsular and leaving it
as it was “ a waif on the waters,” Mexico cannot
complain if others take it and make it valuable.
Ou such consideration have I and my compa
nions in arms acted in tho course we have pur
sued.
And for tho success of onr enterprise we put our
trust in Him §rho controls the destinies of nations
and guides them in the ways of improvement and
progress.
(Signed) VTst. Walker
President of Lower California.
Colton Seed Oil—a new Source of Wealth to
the South. —An establishment for the manufacture
of Cotton Sad Oil has been started at New Orleans
by Messrs. Wilbur & Co. it is proclaimed as an
undeniable fact, that tho enormous sum of more
than $38,000,000 are annually lost to tiio cotton
planteis and those who will'be employed in the
manufacture of tha essential articles, oil, soaps,
Ac., which results from the waste of the heretofore
rofnse cotton seed, provided the cotton crop
amounts to 8,000,000 of bales.
From an article in the New Orleans Delta we
learn that this oil can be applied to many useful
purposes; and the Baltimore Daily Times' predicts
that it will soon become a eource of large revenue
to the South. From these papers we learn that the
soap made from cotton oil, is, in all respects, equal
to any, whether imported or ofdomestic production,
it makes good lather, softens the skin, and is good
to shave with. As a dietic it is said to be equal to
the far-famed olive oil of Italy. Eaten with salad ■
orrico, it has to all intents slid purposes, tbe same |
flavor and taste as are given by the best produc
tions of Plaignol, Avigdor, or Sue. It burns as
well as the best sperm or lard oil, and a very su
perior article of candles can be manufactured from
it. Such are the flattering accounts before us of
specimens already manufactured.
It is farther stated that at the thirty-fourth
annual exhibition of the American Institute
held at New York last October, a silver
medal was awarded to Mr. Wilbur, on ac
count of the cotton oil. Also at the Crystal
Palace in New York, this cotton oil was used up
on some of the racst valuable and highly finished
steam engines there exhibited ; and for the pur
poses for which it was employed it far surpassed
all other oils ever tried, particularly for its not
gumming or drying. Similar opinions have been
expressed by competent engineers of railroads.
It sells readily for one dollar per gallon at New
Orleans, and would command one dollar twenty
five or more at New York.— yathrille Whig.
Sad Case or Insanitt. —A letter from Boston
furnishes the follow, ngitem. which is said to refer
to the daughter of the Hon. Rufus Choate:
“I learn that a very sad caseot iusaniiyccouried
in this city but a short time since, and from a sin
gular cause. The person deprived of reason is a
young lady of great promise, of a very active and
extraordinary mind, the youngest daughter of the
most distinguished member of tho butfo bar.
She attended church not many Sundays ago at the
Trinity in this city, and listened attentively to a
sermon on the subject of hell I Ti e influence of
the discourse so operated upon her mind as to
produce insanity of such a type as to require the
use of a straight jacket and confinement m tne
Hospital at Worcester. The parents are in the
deepest sorrow in consequence of this sad event
It was thought by her medical attendants, some
days since that she would recover."
Arago, the great astronomer, left among hia
manuscripts his celebrated leetureson astronomy,
revised and reuast to serve as a treatise on that
| science: also his inedited paragrphs, in which he
! included all the science ofthe era of each of his
■ subjects. These remains constitute nearly the
i whole fbrti ne of his children. A surreptitious
• and very defective edition of his lectures was prin
ted several years ago. The Academy of Sciences
have appointed a distinguished committee to ex
amine tha claims of the candidates to Argo's post
, of Perpetual Secretary, and to present a list in the
j order of their estimate of merits. The whole body
are deeply earnest tn the choice.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1854.
MISCELLANY.
J. | From the Baltimore American.
J Tbe fetnithMnimn Institute.—A Myitery.
= The stranger wbo visits oar National Metropo
lis, will sea in the centre of a smaii prairie, an
object not uclike those Bnaallic delations which
oocnr amongst the canons and buttes of New
Mexico, or those grotesque ice jergs which north
ern navigators tell ns look like so many Gothic or
Arabesque castles in rain?. These speculations
will be somewhat distnrbed by a suspicion that
tbe “lone pile ” in question is a partly used brick
kiln, which has, during the past season, contribu
ted to the rapid growth of the city. Upon inquiry
it will be learned that this mysterious structure
has l een duly consecrated as tho mausoleum of
tbe Smithsonian bequost. If the pertinacious
stranger would desire to ascertain what is going
on within this building, he will find, in the imitv
tion sphynxes which decorate the piazas ; in the
glass eases and brazen instruments of pueamsiies
and hydrostatics, which may be invested through
the key hoies; in the ioity, echoing, and unfinish
ed hails, some oi which he will traverse in the
most melo-dramatic manner on a foot bridge, and
with a band rail, a mysterious intimation, that the
arcana of this temple are neither to be seen,
except on State occasions, nor to be comprehended
except by the scientific few who possess “ more
attention and contiguous thought than can be ex
pected from a promiscuous audience.” If, being
a Northern man, he has a birth-right to ask ques
tions, or being a Wostern man, he is “bound to
know ” moie about this silent, and apparently
abandoned fabric, and should, in desperation, re
sort to the last report of its Secretary, ho may rise
from tbe perusal of that report with as distinct an
idea of tho systems of operations pursued within
the building, as he has before had of its arciiilec
tora! design. The disappointed inquirer wi l have
learned this tradition An Englishman confided
a large amount of money to the United States in
trn-t for the “diffusion of knowledge nmongst
men.” The fund was first invested in tbe State
bonds of Arkansas, and afterwards in the convou
man Institute. He asks wnat resents, woHny 01
tho people who accepted this trust, have sprang
from those investments 1 and the report of those
who administer it replies in a conglomerate of very
indifferent English, and very hard terms of science
NOTHING.
It seems that there has been already some
question of the manner in which the fund accept
ed by tho United States should bo applied. The
Secretary contends that the Institute can best
“ diffuse knowledge amongst men” by reviewing
the wliola domain of scientific discovery, ana
publishing, as if in a serial magazine, all that is
proper to bo known. This, according to the Sec
rctary, is the diffusion of knowledge contemplated
by the donor, the testamentary fund having been
pretty well diffused in the curiosities of architec
ture to which wc have referred. Although Mr.
Secretary Henry grows quite warm at the idoa that
the wisdom of the present administration should
bo questioned, yet, as tho Smithsonian fund is a
public property, in tho efficient application of
which oil are interested, wo will express the opin
ion that tho system advocated by the Secretary
does not carry out, in tbe most efficient manner,
the purposes for which it Ims been bestowed. It
is proper to say that wo rely, for the demonstra
tion of this proposition, chiefly upon the report
of the Secretary—putting aside for tho moment
the impresßivo testimony to the samo purport,
borne by the buttresses, spires, turrets, crypts,
transepts, and other expensive and improper oddi
ties of a structure in no respect modern, useful
or American, and utterly incongruous with tho
purposes for which it was designed. But koeping
in mind the comprehensive system of diffusion
contemplated by tho Secretary’, wo will examino ,
first, how far tho organization of tho Institute is ,
fitted for the execution of the trust.
The President of the Institute is tho President j
of ilia United States. Wo have had bnt one citi- ,
holding that honorable position who has pretended j
to scientific or philosophical acquirements. We
have hud but two who are to be regarded as tolcra j
bio literary authority. The duties of tho Execn • i
tive must always put it out of his power, as the J
previous pursuits of n politician will generally put ,
it bayond his capacity, to supervise the pantho- ,
logical system recommended by the Secretary.— .
The Kegonts—nsusually known in this Republic
as “Visitors”—reside chiefly in different and dis
tant States. They are generally members of the
Federal Legislature; and whilst many of thorn t
aro eminently distinguished in political scionco, .
wo doubt whether one of the present list could de
liver a decant lecture upon any ono discovery of ;
modern Boieuce. It is r.ot their business. Upon 1
looking then to ascertain who are the offioors to ,
carry out tiiis universal supervision of the vast ,
and expanding realm of scientific discovery, we
find the literary garrison of this castle to be com- i
manded Vy the Secretary, Professor Henry, and
his men at arms, consisting of the Librarian and ,
the keeper of the Museum, who aro thrust into
uniform, with tho very hen rrahlo, though rather .
indefinite commissions of “Assistant Saeretary,” v
and “Goucrnl Assistant.” When we subsequent
ly study tlie report of their operations, wo aro ‘
unavoidably reminded of that old jest, in which *
one party is doing nothing in particular, and an- ?
other is helping him. Now, when wo come to ,
strike from tho official organization tho political *
incumbents—transitory, irresponsible, and ineffl- ?
cio'it, as all must know them to be—and find that *
this forlorn hope of science consists of tho gallant P
manof the museum, with him who dusts the books
and keeps tho oatslogms, and the general aud ,
supplementary assistant, are to be lea by tho So- ?
eretary upon the desporato adventure of exploring '
tho whole field of scientific discovery, wa are con- |
vincod ttiat the temerity which would undertake >
such an object, cannot bo allied to tbe practical j
capacity to porceive its extent’ or to carry its pur- ,
poses into effect. j
Tho sphere of duty which the Secretary mue* r
all that is kuown of astronomy, geology, geogra- ,
phy, botany, philology, &c. lie is, in one word, a p
professor of panthology. Nor is tho system con- t
Sued to general and comprehensive speculations g
upon these subjects, either of which has employed t
tho iifo of an Arago, a Buckland, a Cuvier, or an f
Agassiz, but it is necessary to superintend the most e
minute details that analytio investigation may t
suggest. In addition,thoSecretary ischargcd with
administering the finances, and discourses about
“funding a surplus in tbe public treasury” with,
as much fluency as upon tho structure of the t
Dncotah language. It may be said, byway of foot v
note, that, tho Professor has run up against Mr. t
Kives, of tho Globe, upou tho subject of finance. I
110 has failed to convince that sturdy and sagacious c
individual, that the fund has been apportioned v
according to the fiscal statement of the philosophi 1
cal Secretary, who, wo may add lias in bis money v
article, contributed tho word “mistakenly” to the
popular orthography, thereby showing the pbilo- s
logical acumen of the Institute. o
Tho statement of ail these duties shows that the *
Professor has out out for himsolf and staff an ex- s
tent and variety of dntios which none but a Crich- “
ton, or a Brougham, or a Humboldt, or perhaps a 8
Humbug—would undertake. Tho idea that those
gentlemen can discriminate amongst the contribu- ?
tions to seictico—that they can select and publish c
the most commendable, and that the imprimature ‘
of the fiscal and philosophical Secretary, the keeper *
of tho curiosities, and tho keeper of the catalogue is t
to bo accepted by all learned and well organized
Universities of the world as an annual exposition 8
of tho progress of trno science, and of tho know- 1
lodgo proper to bo diffused among men—is pro- t
postercus Docauso it is physically impossible. We I
have no mannorof acquaintance with either of tho *
officers to whom wo have last referred. We do not t
doubt they are severally oompetont to investigate i
any one of tho seienees, but certainly not all of 8
them.
Lest, however, it may bo said that we have *
indulged in wholesale condemnation of a subject t
which we have not examined, we will submit all
tho acquisitions to tho domain of Science which t
have been contributed by the Smithsonian Institute *
daring tho last year, as they have been derived '
from the roport itself i—
-1. Astronomy. —it has aided in researches after *
the true oi bit of Neptune—a work appropriate to '
the Observatory. It has furnished instruments to \
tho Chilian Expedition, which advance has and iB *
to be repaid by the American and Chilian Govern- ,
ments.
2. Geography.— lt has published annual lists of
tho lunar oceultation ot tho principal stars; formul
ary tables for barometical heights; aud topograph
ical statements of the Mississippi Valley. The first
are referable rather to astronomy than geography,
and the last must have been contribute.; by others
since the Institute has fitted out uo scientific ex
plorations of the Mississippi Valley.
8. Meteorol-gy, —Theeontributionstothisscience
consist of a corps of voluntary observers, to whom
are furnished “ hundreds of thermometers, baro
meters and pyrometers.” This we presume con- ,
sists of rich planters who walk their porches and
look at the mercury, retirod sea captains, keepers
of light-houses, and other gentlemen of elegant
leisure and scientific inclinations. The other con
tributions are a complication of the reports of the
State meteorologists, which was wo presume duly
published by tbe authorities which required them.
4. Geology. —lt has explored some of the “ Bad
Lands,” and is printing a memoir on the fossil and
archaeological remains of tho upper Missouri. It is
also studying the natural history of microscopic
insects.
5. Botany. —lt publishes the remarks of certain
gentlemen attached to tho Mexican Boundary
Commissions.
Besides these it seems to hive investigated radi
ieelly tho Daootah language. It recommends the
investigation of American sea-weeds, and expands
Into a physiological memoir of that “ very common
bat highly interesting animal,” the bullfrog, with
a zest which puts Spallanzani, and the taffeta
breeches with which he clothed the eame inter
esting animal, entirely in the shade. Besides this
incongruous, hollow, and worthless recapitulation
of achievements; this skipping from the greatest
to the most insignificant, from stars to sea-weeds,
from the Megslonyx to the insect invisible to the
naked eye, tne Professor has favored the legal
world with a dissertation upon the true testamen
tary policy to be pursued by all persons dying in
uncertainty as to what they shall do with their
property. He states tbata veryjudicious decendent
left a legacy to his wife, and the “ bulk of his
property valued at $75,000 to his daughter, achild
six years old, on tho condition that at the death of
this daughte- without issue the property should
come to the Smithsonian Institution.” Now wi.l
the leader look at the structure of this sentence.
It will be seen that unless* at the death of the
daughter the property shall come to the Institu
tion, it will be impossible for the widow to re
ceive her legacy or the daughter the estate. The
statement of the Professor having, according to
every rule of grammatical and legal construction,
made the perlormance of the conditions precedent
to the vesting of the particular bequests. The
testator's assurance that he “ knows no benevo
lent Institution more useful and appropriate than
the Smithsonian,” is excepted from the general
contempt for uneducated opinion, and published
as a solemn testimonial of tho superiority of the
Professor’s system. We are not however prepared
to say that the whole will may be set aside for con
taining so insane an opinion." We do not believe,
that the Professor rejoices so much in the hope
] that the Institute may profit by this mortuary bc
| nevoleuce, as beoause the testator has set so ad
: mirahle an example of a discreet disposition of his
worldly effects. The hope of such windfalls
should, we are told, inspire the Directory of the
Institute with renewed zeal to chronicle the move
ments of the stars and bullfrogs; bot the prudent
Professor is eareful, however, to guard the Insti
tute against the incumberance of excessive dona
tions. “ For example, were a library of 100,000
volumes offered, it would”—he thinks “ be un
wise to accept it, unless accompanied with the
funds for the erection of proper buildings to
keep it in. We should think if such a library
were not worth honseroom it would be better to
box and store it until somebody else should die
and leave a legacy to build a library. The Pro
ftssor, elsewhere, however, does not seem to con
sider an extensive library indispensable to the
success of the system.
A new system of accounts is spoken o c , the lead
ing peculiarity of which, oonsists in “giving a
check to Corcoran and Kiggs,” a due knowledge of
whose judicious advice is “diffused amongst man
kind” in the most graceful manner. Besides this,
there Is an essay upon the account enrrent, and up
on the iueomplete condition of the building; aud
the report concludes with an expostulation against
the public for their intrusion upon men of letters
beoause of “ the loss of time and effective life to
which all we exposed who occupy a position of no-
toriety at Washington.” Th-aieaooncludingcon
tribution to biological scienoa and the Professor's
budget is closed. > . ;
We do not know that we ca ido better than to
say ina few words, that the e-' bit of the present
svstem under which the Smitmocian Institute is
a'lministcred has proved a totid firiJure. It is an
arrogant attempt to do every th’Jtg; it is a lament
able wa-te of a valuable fund in doing nothing.
It is an attempt to constitute■'» Boyal Academy,
with a defective organization, and resources aito
getber contemptible. We do not hesitate to enrol
ourselvesarac Last those wbc .have not in tbe
opinions of Professor Henry, ‘‘duly considered the
will of Smithson, or who faiilo appreciate the
importance of the present p-«o —and to express
the belief « Bit them—“ that a targe portion of the
income should be devoted to the diffusion of a
knowledge of some popular branch or branches of
popular knowledge ”’ and we' kink it only requires
a few more chaffy and pretent offs reports to con
vince the people that at the base of the monument
of Washington thero should be founded a Free Col
lege for the instruction of American youth, and that
such an institution, seeuriiig ine improvement
of our people in the depart#Jt]sita-<>f civil progress
as West Point has provided lor their instruction
in Mi Jitary alienee will co-operate with that admi
rable institution in fitting At iiicans for the arte of
peace or of war—will form a is»t appropriate ped
iment to the patriotic strnctu ts which rises near it,
and will give a practical application to tbe rather
general direction of Mr. Smithsieh, that his dona
tion was to ba applied to the diffusion of knowl
edge amongst men. We be attention of
Congre&s will be given to tin
THE MOTHER'S 4siCOEY«
No mother will read this * *ohing poem without
a moistening ot the eyelids. Yg# find it in a Scotch
paper of recent dale:
Put ia the drawer—my heart bear namalr
Row up the paper wi’ my
I k-n. I ken, but it renews in;- ■**£s—
ken I sudna' tauch my liumkYoSaea.;,
But when the past comes crow la* fcfcro* brain £
I ciiana let her biu o’ thing - * ' * ■
Then thochta like lightuin’minds me coheir death,
An* for a while I scarce can draw my breath.
I dream'd a dream before she took her bed,
An* oh! waes me. its been ower tkoly read ;
An’ whan the cock began to craw st night;
I bodit aye that something waana’ debt;
An’ whan the window shook frae head to fit,
I thocht my very heart lap ass the bit.
Nae mair fra hint the door I’ll see her keek,
Nae mair to mine she’ll la 7 her dimpled cheek!
An’ never mair me roun’ the neck she’ll tak\
Ncr dook her bonnie headie in my lap! 1
Weelahe was likit by ilk neebor wean.
An 5 unco blyt. c they keepit my heartlistane; <
The derty anes the'd pleasure sae au d farran—
Wad let them see the “man that broke the barn,”
Wad mak’ doo’s dooki’s wi’ her fingers sraa’;
An’ raise a lauch that w id delight them a’:
Syne let them see, upon the auld kist head,”
Hoo “Robic Salmon selt his ginger bread; 1
Wad cock her head and gie sick pawkie looks— i
Her tongue gaed as it wad clippit cloots, i
But when my wee drap tea I set agaun,
My wee bit lassie sune was at my hau’;
A drappie i’ the saucer aye she got,
An’ syne contentit at my fit she sat;
But aoo when I sit doon I scarce break broad,
I scarce can lift the saucer to m.v head.
Ah ! never mair at nippit cakes I’ll growl,
Nor catch her fingers i’ the sugar bowl!
1 ken, 1 k u n s'le’s in a war* uoo,
Amang the flowers that death c m never poo. {
I ken, oh! weel I ken, we’re born to part,
But if I didna greet I’d break my heirt!
Tns following extract is from a new work by
H.T. Tcckehman, just issued by RxDriELD, New
York:
The Dead in St. Giles’s Ch jrch.— Two minutes
scarcely elapsed after I rang Uo sexton’s bell at St.
Giles’s Church, Crippiegate, before that poreonage
usheroi- me urbanely into the aisle. The roof of
the building is modern, bnt the dark carvings on
pulpit and choir indicate an age of two centuries.
I stood ut tho altar wliero Cromwell and Ben
Johnson were married; marked tho pavement
beneath which Fox, the author of tho “Book of
Martyrs,” is buried; and read the inscription on
tlie Lucy vault—a family satirized in tho character
of Shallow, and which incarnates for everlasting
ridicule the sapient J ustieo who would have proved
Shakspcare a doer-stealer, I examined tho quaint
old tomb of tho historian Sfeede; and, from a
window, looked upon a fragment of a Roman
wall—the greatest antiquity oi London, hard by
tho venerable Crippiegate. Ovtr against a pew, a
familiar bast marks the spot bonaath which aro the
mortal remains of Milton; and his epitaph is grand
in itssimplioity—“Tha author of Farad,se Lost.”
Ho and his father before him weia intendants of
this church. How sublime to the imagination is
this otherwise not remarkable temple, where that
beautiful head was bowed in prayer! I recalled
his image as it lay in youthful beauty, one summer
afternoon, on the greensward, under tbe classio
tree.s of the college lawn, when a fair lady bung
entranced above tho sleeper, and loft a scroll in
his nerveless hand. I saw him in his prime, con
versing with Galileo, and looking forth, with all a
poet’s rapture, upon Val d’Aruo from the wooded
summit of Fiesole. I beheld him when (time had
silvered his flowing hair, with Bightless orbs up
lifted, as his fingers ran over tho organ keys, and
tho calm of devotion softened the lines of care and
grief in that majestic countenance. The picture
ho beqnoathcd of Eden, fragrant and dewy as
creation’s morning, the forlorn glory of Satan, and
tho soßmn cadence of the verse that embalmed, in
perpetual mnsio, tho story of “man’s first disobe
dience," came vividly back upon my heart beside
his sepulchre. Stern Cromwell’s rugged visage
grow mild as his marriage response woke again
from tho silence of years, and blithely sounded the
footsteps of rare old Ben, as ho walked again with
his beloved, in my vision, np that solitary nave.
What a obanged aspect bears tho world since
Roger Williams talked with Milton of the pros
pocts of religiouajiberty in Anveri-if, and the ratter
pmaaotifla. .fioTT: - —,a p, .
with all the triumphs o.icfSrice, the revelations of
the bard have lost not a ray of their.spiritual beau
ty; his “high argument” remains iD all its ori
ginal significance; his mighty song wakes the soul
to day aa when first its eternal symphony burst
forth; his intact career, unwavering faith,and
sustained elevation, reproach the sordid, and win
tho brave forever.
“Tali" to thePckfose.— ln some comments on
the resolutions of a meeting in Now York, which
while it condemned the moasures of the adminis
tration in appointing freesoilors, complimented
Mr. Pierce as patriotic as well as innocent—in fact
considering him a nonentity, and non-responsible,
who has been fooled and gamoned by the abler
heads of his cabinet, the Sun, (independent) says
with much force. -
“Now, why will sensible men so stultify them
selves? They gain nothing by it. Nobody is misled
or doceived. The merest tyro in politics knows
that Franklin Pierce is lioart and soul with the
softs; that he ia a Van Buren man and always whs
a Van Baron man. National Democrats “may re
solve and resolvo,” he remains the same. Wo
hate to see such dia'ngemcusness among moil that
we respect and who have a good cause to stand
upon. Wo hate to see able and patriotic mon
“crocking tho pregnant liiuges of tho knee” to a
President of the United States who is decapitating
their friends and trampling on thoir principles.
Aud we are not alone in this feeling. Many
staunch Union men of al! parties sympatised with
the adamantines and would have even voted their
ticket, had they pursued a manly course. But this
Eitiful truckling to an officer whom all know to
avo been nnfaithful to hi* pledges, is doing much
to alienate them and to forfeit their support. Aud
if thoro fulsome adulations of Gen. Pierce are per
severed in, tlie independent supporters of the
national ticket, who could have been numbered
by thousands in this city, will have dwindled down
to hundreds.”
Tho idea, or protended idea of many, who, while
they denounce the alliance aud affinities of tho
administration with the freesoilers, exculpate Mr.
Pierce, os having nothing to do with the matter—
in fact, making nim a nobody, a mere senseless,
and useless “ King Log” in his administration, is
not very complimentary to his ability, patriotism
or integrity. lie is in every respect responsible for
bis cabinot— they arc his agents, and are not re
cognised aa carrying out any views but his own.
Thero is no denying the fact that Mr. Pierce’s
sympathies are with the “ softs,” the Van Bnren
freesoil faction of New York. At ail events, he
proclaims them, and recognises them as a part,
and no unimportant port, of the great democratic
parly, aud as tali, entitled to the patronage of the
Union which they seek to destroy.
Mr. Pierce always was a strong personal and
political partizan of Van Buren, and there is little
reason to suppo® 6 lllit he has departed from his
first love.— Ala. Jou
■Wat. Chamber’s View or the United State*.—
Tho vonerable Edinburgh publisher and »nthor,
William Chamber?, Esq., who has recently made a
brief tour in tho Northern and Eastern State*, has,
on the eve of his return to Europe, published a Ic
ier, in which he says:
“1 leave the United States with much regret. I
carry with rao the conviction that a great and
splendid future is before them. Coutiary to the
opinion of most travellers from England, 1 seo here
a young but rapid'y growing nation, offering an
example to the oldest communities in Europe. It
is far from my wish to flatter; bat wliat do I not
feel vast delight in seeing! lam overcome with
the stupendous proportions and capacity of the
country —its far-strentehing fields for human sub
sistence and happiness. Os the American people,
so little understood, and often misrepresented, 1
candidly own that their remarkable love of order,
their energy and perseverance, their love of inde
pendence, their self-respect of even the humblest
classes among tbern, their striking sobriety, their
admirable ednoational system, their many excel
lent libraries and universal fondness for reading ;
their press, free from fisoal exactions; their flour
ishing religions institutions, nntampered by civil
polity; thicr economically and spiritedly got np
railways,now pushed half way to the Pacific; the
neatness of their dwellings; their wonderful, and
to an Englishman alarming, progress in the mech
anical arts: the marvellous growth of their cities,
and, I will add, their civility to strangers—l say all
this gives me unqualified pleasure. And when I
contrast their cities, Iree from pauperism and vice
in its most loathsome forms, with what meets the
eye in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other
largieeities in Biiuin, I feel that travellers from the
old country have really little reason to speak
divdainfullly of America, or to exaggerate faults
which at most are only partial and of ne sort of
account.
“Such being my impressions, it will be my duty
•o re present jin my own poor way at home, things
as they deserve to oe spoken of. Norshall I fail to
speak of thejad vantages tobe derived by an emigra
tion of the laboring classes generally to this coun
try—fleeing, as they will do, from a perishing and
unimprovable condition at home, to a eta'e of oom
fort and boundless prospects of well-doing.
Senatob Phelps, or Vermont.—The telegraph
reports that this gentleman has taken his seat in
the Senate, and that neither the president nor the
secretary of that body will undertake to omit call
ing his name upon the roll. The circumstances
under which the Senator retains his seat are novel.
He was appointed by Governor Fairbanks, to fill
the vacancy ooeasior.ed by the death of Senator
Upham, his commission reading “ to serve nntil
U e action of the Legislature” of Vermont. That
body havcg failed to elect a Senator, Mr. Phelps
claims that the seat is still his. The constitution
provides that “if vacation, happen by resignation
or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature
of anv State, the Executive thereof may make tem
porary appointments until the next meeting of the
Legislature, which efcaUibn fill nek vacantia.”
It is a nice point.
Homocide.— We understand that a man by the
name of Henderson, was killed by Mr. McKee in
Hancock county on Saturday tne 24th nit. It
seems that they had been at a dram shop in the
neighborhood, drinking during the day, and had
probably been quarrelling and attempting to fight,
bat no serious affray occurred. Mcßea went home,
Henderson with two or three others came to his
house, the quarrel was renewed, a fight enaned in
whieh Henderson was stabbed two or three times
in the breast, of which he died in a short while. This
is about the drift of the occurrence as given to us,
we do not pretend to know the particulars of the
affair, nor who was the more culpable party. We
suspect it all originated in a drunken frolic, when
the bad puaiona were aroused by worse liquor.—
SandtraviUt Georgian.
| From the Charleston Courier.
Later from She Bahama lilanO—Great Harlc toe
, Lcm of the hchr. Irani., Ac.
; By the arrival .1 this port, on Monday, of the
, British schooner Arctic, Capt. Lightburn, irora
i Nassau, N. P., wc are in receipt of advices from
that port to the 21et ult.
Aviolent hurricane prevailed during the Utter
portion of the month of November on the entire
coast, and we regret to ieam that among the ves
sels lost was tbe schr. Urania, Capt. Hender.-on,
which aailed from thia port on the 19th of Novem
ber for Newport, Florida, with a cargo conai.-tii.g
moetly government stores, which were to have
been landed at Tampa Bay. The Urania was one of
the vessels belonging to the new line of packets
between this port and Newport, Florida, and .»
totally lost on the 22d of November, at Cherokee
Sound, Abaco.
The barque Dudley, Capt. Grey, of and from
this port, having left on the IS'.h of November lor
Havre with Cotton aud Rice, put into Nassau on
the 29th of November to refit, as she had experi
enced heavy gales, stovo water casks, lost sails,
&c. She sailed for her port of destination on the
17th of December.
The brig Janes, Capt. Benson, of London, fron
Honduras for the former port, with a Cargo ot Ma
hogany, Cocoa nuts and logwood, was totally
wrecked off Nassau on tho 2Stn of November. Tire
Captain and crew were saved. On the 14th of De
oember net a veslage of her was to be seen st high
water. per cent, were awarded on the cargo,
and 50 per cent, on the materials.
The schr. Ira Brewster, Capt. Williams, of and
from Wilmington, N. C., for Havana with a cargo
of lumber, was wrecked on Stranger’s Key, Almco,
on the 11th of November. Tho cargo was sold at
Gteen Turtle Cay.
The Spanish Brigantine Joven Sanoha, Cap'aiu
Francisco Alvarez, from Havana bound to San
tander, Spain, with a cargo of sugar, cigars, &3.,
put into Nassau on tho 29th of November tore
pair damages, having experienced a heavy gale on
the 24th of that month, in which she lost beats
chains and anchors, eamphouse, sails, <fce.
fctfe schooner Brilliant, Captain Culrner, fell in
WtltirtmcbmariAm Brigantine Gustavu*, Captain
Alobridge from Port an Prince, bound to Boston, '
with a cargo of Logwood, leaking badly aud crew
quite exhausted from pumping; the Captain and
one of the men had died. Capt. Calmer put part
of his crew on board to assist in pumping and
bringing her to Nassau, where she arrived on tho
4th or Dec.
Tire British barque Water Lilly, Capt. Canny, 1
from Jamaica for London with a cargo of sug r
and pimento, was totally lost at Wood Cay, Grand J
Bahama, on the Uth of November. A part of the
cargo had koen brought to Nassau.
The brig Eagle, of Boston, from Gonaivos for 1
Boston, with a cargo of logwood and coffoe, put 1
into Nassau on tiro 16th ot December, having ex- '
perienced severe wealhor, in which she sprang <
foremast, lost part of sails, stove bulwarks, sprung '
a leak, and had to th-ow overboard part of cargo j
to get at the water, in consoquonce of the pumps
being choked. There were about three tcct of (
water in her hold. Sits lost all her fresh water rud '
damaged her provisions.
At Inagua tho hurricane prevailed from tho 11th J
to the 21st November, aud on the latter day :iio '
barque Prospect and the brig* Ann Elixabcth and '
Henry Woods were totally lost, The schooner
Adeona was knocked to piocea, aud out of ten sail (
of vessels lying off Mathew Town, not one was c
saved. Pcoplo who had lived at Inagua for the 1
last forty sevon years nevor recollected anything *
like the weather experienced on that occasion. At *
Exumaseveral of the dreghing vessels belonging J
to the island had been driven ashore land n.ucn ‘
injured; many oi the houses were blown do-.vn.
and tho coming grain crops completely destroyed. c
Great distress existed. c
The accounts from Rum C»y aro most distress
ing. All the snlt has been destroyed, and thero
are no provisions to be had, tho inhabitants being
almost in r state of starvation. Relief, however,
has doubtless long since been afforded from N is
sau.
The hurricane, according to diagrams drawn by
Lieut. Hoygate, R. E., was first experienced in the
island of St. Domingo, and, travelling with a rota
ry motion over luagua, Turks Island, Rum C«y,
Long Island, passed a little to tho north of New
Providence, and ended at Grand Bahama.
The Am. schooner Azof, belonging to Province
town, Muss., from Jacquemel, llayti, bound to
Boston with a cargo of logwood and coffee, struck
on tho roof off Castlo Inland, on the morning
of the 10th of December, ia equally, dark weather.
Tho cargo aud materials were mostly saved. (The
Captaiu and crew arrived at Nassau on the 20th of
Decamber. The vessel was not wholly iu«ured.
Ono of tho packet steamers running between
Havana and Baiacoa, having on board an assorted
cargo of goods and liquors, $160,000, and f.rfy
passengers, struck on the southeast point of Wat
tliug’s Island, on the evening of the 28d of No
vember. By aid of Mr. Farquharson and other in
habitants, the whole of tbe passengers and cargo
wore savod. After getting all ashore, Mr. Farqu
ixarson tried to persuade tho Captain to go to Nas
sau, which tie objected to do, bnt chartered an
American brig lying at Rum Cay to take tho pas
sengers and effects to Cuba. They loft on tho 4lh
of December with the principal part of tho cargo
and the whole of tho money, contraryto the ex
pressed wish and orders of the salvors.
The French brig L'Ocean, Captain Henry, from
Havana, bound to Marseilles, was totally lost on
Memory Rock, west ond Grand Bahama, on tlie
9th inst. Tho captain and tho whole of tlie crew
arrived at Nassau on the 17th of Decombcr. The
cargo was a total loss.
The barque Sione, Capt. Fairbanks, from Bos
ton for Havana, put into Nassau ou tho 18th of
December, in oonsequonce of Capt. Fairbanks
being dsugeroualy ill with typhus fever. Ou the
21st of December thero was but little hope enter
tained of his recovery.
Incendiarism lias become of frequent occurrence
apionsrtho Wi-idward Meed*. Not long since ilin.
city or sit. Ju*™, Antigua, was twice attempted to
be fired. - And recently another attempt had been
made on Roadtown, Tortola, in Grenada. Two
estates have very lately suffered aeverely from these
diabolical acts.
The Nassau Guardian contains agovcrnmsnt
notice to tho effect that the Turks Islanders tiad
paid the £3OOO with interest; the proportion of
the public debt shotted to them on their separation
from that Colony.
The Nassau Royal Gazette says that the House
of Assembly will meet for the despatch of business
on the 10th of this month.
The Balance op Trade.— I The N. Y. Courier, in
opposition to the view taken by the Secretary of
the Treasury, that the balance oftradeforthc last
yoar had been in favor of this country, undertakes
to demonstrate that the actual balanoe was against
this country , by no less a sum than $66,690,000.
The Conner's statement is, Dr: To imports,
entered at a value of $267,900,000; to which add
10 per cent, for under valuations, and for profits
on foreign account, $26,790,000; and internet on
$800,01)0,000 of American securities held nbrosd,
at an average of 6 % per cent., $20,000,000, with
exchango thereon at 10 per cent., $2,000,000; total,
$816,690,000. Cr: By exports, $ '30,490,000; pro
fits, freights, &■>., $20,000,000. Total, $250,40),-
000, givinga balance as above stated. We believe
that this estimate is far nearer tho truth than lint
of the Secretary.— Bouton Adv.
Cm ckerino’s Piano Forte Establishment. —We
learn that Mr. Chickering’s affairs are left in such
a statothat it will require very little time to el-se
them up, and that it is theiutenlion of the family
to continue tbo bu-inossas heretofore. Mr. Tlios.
E. Chiekering ishimself a most accomplished and
ingenious mechanic, who is every way qualified to
assume a position which the loss of hi's lather im
poses upon him. He will be assisted by his bro
thers, Messrs. Francis and George Chiekering, and
with the aid of Mr. Btopheu Clapp, for many years
the foreman, Mr. H.H. Child, the clerk wc an
ticipate for them many years of prosperity. The
new building on Tremont Road will be speedily
finished.— Boston Evening Gazette.
A Blessed Mabttb.— The history of martyrdom
contains no mora touching story than that given in
the following paragraph from the Madison, Indi
ana, Daily Argue, of December 1. It cannot bo
read without tears and a swelling heart. The facts
are said to have been established by judicial inves
tigation, and were related by the presiding judgo:
A beautiful, fair-haired, blue eyed boy, about
nine years of age, was taken from the orphan
Asylum in Milwaukee, and adopted by a rospu ta
ble farmer of Marquette, a professor of religion,
and a member of the Baptist persuasion. A girl, a
little older than the boy, was also adopted into the
same family. Soon after these children were
installed into their new home, the boy discovered
criminal conduct on the part of his new mother,
which he mentioned to the little girl, and it thereby
came to the ears of the woman ; she indignantly
denied tliestory, to the satisfaction ofher husband,
and insistod that the boy should bo whipped until
ho confessed the falsehood. The man—poor, weak
bigot—impelled by a sense of religions duty, pro
ceeded to the task assigned him, by procuring a
bundle of rods, stripping the chiid naked and
suspending him by a cord to tho rafters of the
house, and whipping him at intervals for ovor t wo
hours, till the b ood ran through the floor, mai iug
a pool upon the flour below; stopping only to rest
and interrogate the boy, and getting no other rep'y,
than “Pa, I told the truth—l cannot tell ahe
the woman all the time urging him to “do bis du
ty.” The poor little hero, at length released from
his torture, threw his arms around the neck of his
tormentor, kissed him, and said, “Pa, I am so
cold,” and died. It appeared in evidenoe upon
the trial of tiffs man and woman for murder, that
the child did tell the truth, and suffered death by
slow torture rather than tell a lia. The age of
heroism and martyrdom will not have passed till
mothers cease to instil holy precepts into the minds
of their offspring. The man and woman who
murdered this angel-child are now in the peniten
tiary at Waupun, to which they were sentenced
for ten years.
Hist to Railway Conductors. —Professor Silli
man, in his la's valuable and interesting book of
travels in Earope, referring to the rales of railway
travelling in Germany, says:
“We were surprised at the great length of the
railroad trains, and at tbe deluge of people that
poured out of the cars at the different stations.
Tho conductors are muoh more attentive than
with us in giving notice of the length of time that
they will stop. Instantly as the cars come to a state
of rest they make proclamation—“three minutes 1"
‘five minutes!’ ‘ten minutes 1’ or whatever time is
allowed, and they are punctual in starting.”
If this plan were adopted in the railways of
this country; it would be a great improvement.
A traveller by railroad never knows hew long the
train is to stop at any station, unless by intuition
—and even if he is so fortunate as to catch the
conductor, or any other employee, and asks tbe
question, it is ten to one if he receives other than a
gruff and unsatisfactory answer. This thirg
should be reformed altogether.
Comiulsobt Vaccination.— The proportion of
deaths from email-pox in London is three times,
aud in Glasgow six timee, what it is in Brussels,
Berlin, or Copenhagen. Os each one thousand per
sons who die in England and Wales, twenty-two
die of small pox; oi each one thousand persons
who die in Ireland forty-nino die of small pox;
while of each one thousand persons who die in
Lombardy two only die of smali-pox. The pro
portionate mortality, then, from small pox in Eng
land and Wales is eleven times and in Ireland
twenty-four tiroes greater than it is in Lombardy.
Whence comes this difference! In England those
who please take their children to be vsccinated; in
Lombardy vaccination is compulsory. The pro
portionate mortality in England and Wales is
three timee greater than what it is in any oountry
in which the inhabitants are compelled by law to
have their children vaccinated. These are great
foots. In our metropolis one thousand persons die
annually of small-pox ; if vaocinaiion were com
pulsory, it is indisputable that the number of
deaths from this disease in London would be re
duced to two hundred or three hundred per an
num. From six hundred to eight hundred persons
thns die yearly in the metropolis alone, whose
lives maybe saved by an act of Parliament.—
Medical Tima and Gaytte.
Bodies Recovered.—We have been informed by
Capt. Fease, of the C. 8. Revenue Cutter Jefferson
Davis, that five of the seamen of the Hamilton,
who perished with Captain Rudolph and hia offi
cers, were recovered last week, two of them on
Kiawah Island and three between Kiawah and
South Edisto. They have been decently interred
at the high water mark where found.— CKarlaton
Standard.
From the Boston Courier, January 1.
i Tha Storm.
We should lack time, room and correct informs
o tion if we should attempt to give detailsof the ex
perionoee of all the different Railroad companies,
j which have roads running out of Boston, whose
lines have been blocked, and whose trains have
r been detained by the late severe snow storm,
j The roads running East have also experienced
. the effects of the Btorm. No trains from Portland
have arrived in Boston since Wednesday evening.
The first train for Portland on Thursday left at 8
- o’clock, arrived at Salem abont half pest 11, and at
j Portsmouth at abont 6in the afternoon. In oon
f sequence of the lino not working to Portland, It
> is not known what time it reached there, if at ail.
, The firet train from Portland loft at about the
: usual honron Wednesday, and last evening it had
got up to Newbury port, with 5 engines and a large
snow plough ahead, where it would remain until
this (Saturday) morning, when it was to start at
daylight for Boston, the superintendent, Mr. Kins
man, having telegraphed to Mr. Prescott, the Con
ductor, to that effect. The train which left for
Portland at a quarter past 8, on Friday afternoon,
with several engines, got as far as Kittredgo’s
Crossing on North Beverly, and was obliged to re
turn to Salem, cot being able to got through the
immense bank of snow. The train would romaiu
at Salem until Mr. Prescott’s train had reached
thero from NewburyporL That westerly traok be
tween this city and Salem, had, at one time, threo
trains completely blocked up, but we understand
they were dug out yesterday, by a large foroe of
workmen. The other track was got clear early
yesterday, and was used by the up and down trains
to Salem.
At 1 o’clock. P. M., yesterday, the mails from
New York arrived at the postofflee, whioh wore
due by the evening train of Thursday and tho
midnight mail of the same night.
At Lynn, the engines and plough were thrown
from the track by the immense body of snow, and
the train was detained at that place two hours.
Additional force of two more engines, and another
plough was obtained by sending a messenger to
Salem—and the train came up, drawn by five an
ginas. Some of the passeugers procured a slejgh in
’ Lyitn, and arrived m Boston some time before tho
train. Passengers who left SaTbtii on Thursday at
ono o’clock were detained on the route all night,
at a deep out in North Cheisoa, and were taken np
and brought to Boston yesterday noon.
On the Boston and Maine route we understand
that no train East of Haverhill had arrived np to a
late hour last evening.
On the Worcester road all trains, of course, were
completely disarranged by tho heavy piles of snow.
Tho train from Now York, duo at half past-four on
Wednesday afternoon, and the ono duo at mid
night, did not arrive up to Worcester until yester
day noon. A train started from hero at half-past
two, anothor at half-past five, and another at six
o’clock yesterday afternoon—tho three trains hav
ing thirteen locomotives in all—but up to nine
o’clock last evening neither train had got np to
Worcester abont an hour lator than usual, and was
there detained in oonsoqnonce of tlioro being no
engine to bring them on, all being out on tho road.
As Boon as motive powor arrived at Worcester tho
train would be dospatohod at ouce. Two trains
from and to Nowtcn, and tho same number from
and to Brooklyn, auceocdcd in making their trips.
The trains whioh loft Rouse’s Point on Wednes
day came through with but comparatively little
detention. Thoy met no snow of oonecquenco
until they reached Wost Andovor, Now Hamp
shire, bnt their progress whs not impeded urnil
they roached this side of Manchester. They found
tho groatest obstruction between Lowell, and
Boston,
Brig Times, Phinney, from Charleston, with
cotton, anchored among Cohasset Rocks, at two
o’clock on Thursday afternoon, and cat away her
mists to prevent her drifting ashore. Yosterday
afternoon, thestoamer John Taylor, Captain Stow,
went to her assistance, and after aiding her to get
her anchors, lowed her to tho city. c
Cantajn Slow reports a bark ashore on tho «
westermost point of Cohasret harbor. She ap- n
neared to have dragged her anchors, as sho was d
lying stern on to the beach. He also saw a brig H
and atop sailschooner ashore on Scitnato Beach, j,
and another sohooncr a«horo near the Rockland t
House. lie could seo nothing of the vessels, sup
posed ships, reportod by tho outer station. v
Tho brig Ohootaw, of Gardiner, Capt, Duell,
from Golieston for Boston, laden with cotton aud s
hides,drifted from hor anchorage in Light Hcnso r
Channel, and after cutting away her masts, went d
ashore on Hull beaoh. Crew Bavcd.
The brig Water Witch, Captain Simpson, from
Savannah, of and for Boston, with a cargo of hard
piue limber, was driven ashore at high tido, on
Toddy Rocks, where she hiked, and lost part of
keel and rudder. As the tide ebbed, tho crew got
safely ashore.
The sohooner Galota, of Brookhaven, Captain
Norton, from Baltimore for Boston, coal ludon, is
ashore high np on Stony bench. Crow saved.
The officers and orews of the above vessels, are
at the bouse of Mr. M. B. Towars, wreck master,
where every attention is bestowed which their
situation demands. Soveral of the sailors were
frost bitten from too long exposure to the cold, but
are now all doing well.
The citizens of Hull were actively engaged, all
day yesterday, notw.thstanding tho soverity of the
storm, in attending to tho wauls of tho sufferers.
Schooner John G. Faxon, Captain Parsons, from
Georgetown, S. C., of and for Boston, w nt ashore
on Long Boaob, between Strawberry Hill nnd
White Head. She is laden with,hard pine lumber,
and has bilged. The crew aro supposed to be at
White Head House.
The vessels, os they lay on the beach, are heavily
iced up.
The brig Monte Cristo, Captain Wass, whioh
sailed from Boston on Wednesday for St. Mary’s,
went ashore on Pedriok’s Island (luring the storm,
where she remained.
The schooner Whirlwind, of New York, Capt.
Neal, from Baltimore, ia ashore on Man-of-war
Bir, near Lcvcll’u Island, and has bilged. Shohi?
a cargo of 185 tonß of coal consigned to Newell,
Sturdivant & Co., of Boston.
Tlie Atlantic steamer, from Portland, about
whose safety some Absurd rumors had boon raised,
arrivod at noon yesterday, having pnt into Cape
Ann, during the storm. The steamer Ooean, from
Frankfort, has arrived, having pnt into Portland.
Wo have had nothing from Providence or New
Bsdford since Wednosday evening. Ofeourse tlie
Taunton branch and the Providence roads have
not fared any better.
A despatch from Providence of the 30th, says
tho storm has been very severe in that vicinity.
They had roceivod no mail from Boston or New
York for two days, the Boston and Stonington
roads being blocked np with snow, and trains were
endeavoring to force their way through.
A despatch from Philadelphia of the afternoon
of the 29th, says:
The snow storm which occurred last night lias
detained the various trains, and tho one which left
New York at 7 this morning, nnd duo at half past
10, has not yet arrived.
From present appearances, there appears to bo
increase rather than a diminution of tho miseries
entailed upon us by the storm which began on
Wednesday. As wo write this—l 2 o'clock at
niglit—tho snow is descending copiously and the
clouds indicate a continuance of tbe storm.
Boston, Jan. 1, 1854.
The following additional reports have como to
hand : The bark Ida, from Philadelphia, is ashore
on Sandy Neck, bilged. Tbe Ida had on board tho
crew of schooner Linnet, of Rockland, ashore on
Block Island. Tho schoonor Emma C., supposod
from New York, is also ashore on Sandy Nock.
Tho schooner Commodore Kearney, supposed
from New York, is ashore, and bilgod.
Sohooner Willow, from Philadelphia, is ashore
on Dennis Beach, high and dry.
Bark Nashua is anchored in Chatham Harbor*
with ail her masts cut away.
Sohooner Ellon Herbert, from Philadelphia, is
ashore off Chatham, and bilged.
Bark Fanny Buck, from New Orleans, with a
cargo of cotton, hemp and molasses, is ashore at
Race Point.
Bark Elizabeth, Stout, from Mat&nzau, went
ashoro at Yarmouth on Wednesday night. Capt.
8. and wife got ashore in tho morning, but the
latter died in his arms on the beach. The child was
lashed to the rigging, where he was frozen to
death. Crew saved.
Bark Sylvester, Snow, from Cuba, is ashore,
high and dry.
The schr. Mail, from New York for Providence,
is ashore at Race Point. Three men downed; one
saved.
Tho sehr. E. Bray, of Yarmouth, lost hei mate
and steward.
The schr. Water Witch, from Florida, ashore,
lost her mate and one t eaman.
The sehr. Wolcott, from New York, anchored
(where not stated) with masts cut away.
The brig Wra.M. Rogers, Skinner, is ashore
near Race Point, and it is supposed will boa total
loss. The cargo will be partially saved. Capt.
Skinuer reports that he saw a schooner, name un
known, go to pieces; crew all lost.
Schr. Boston, Capt. Laybold, from Halifax, is
ashore, (where, not stated.) Passengers, 22 in
number, all saved.
Brig Lily, from St. Mary’s, Ga., is ashore, (where
not stated,) high and dry.
Boero.v, Saturday, Dec. 81, 1858.—Tho bark Ma
ryland, from Baltimore, is ashore inside the Glades
with five feet of water in her hold, and foremast
out away.
Schr. Mary E. Pierce from Wilmington, N.C.,ie
high up on Bcita.de Beach, but may bo got off af
ter discharging.
A ship, name unknown, is ashore on the Cliff.
Assistance has gone to hor.
Capt. Smith, of the Mery E. Pierce, statee that
ho came round Cape Cod with about 75 sail, and
thinks most of them have gone ashore.
Five schooners and one brig additional to those
named are ashore near Duxbury.
The bark Leory from New Orleans, anchored off
Plymouth light on Thursday morning aud has to
cut away her masts. The vessel remains sound.
Her captain came up to the city and chartered a
steamer to tow her up.
The brig Clio, from Savannah on the sth inst. is
ashore off Soituate, a complete wreck. The crew
wes saved.
Providence, Dec 81.—We have received the fol
lowing despatch of marine disasters from Newport.
The brig R. B. Clark, ofLubec, from Eastport
for New York, with lumber, went ashore near Fort
Adams.
v-®rtg Elixabeth, from Providence for Wilmington
N. C., in ballast, is asboro on the Breakwater.
Damage unknown.
The storm has been very severe in this vicinity.
We have received no mail from Boston or New
i ork for two days. The Boston and Stonington
roads are blocked np with snow, and the trains
are endeavoring to force their way through. By a
dispatch from Newport we have accounts of no
less than ten brigs and schooners being ashore,
among them the following: Sehr. Arctic, Moulton,
from Baltimore, of and for Newburyport, with oak
P.l* D .,’ drtfietd aahore in the inner barbor. Scbr.
flotilla, for Barnstable from Baltimore, in ballast,
parted her chains and went ashore in Brenton's
Cove. Brig Elizabeth, from Providence for Wil
mington, N. C., in ballast, is ashore on the break
water—damage unknown.
Baltimore, Jan. 4.—Tbe cargo of the ship Staf
fordshire, which was wrecked oa her passage from
Liverpool for Boston, on the 80th ult., off Cape
Sable, was insured lor SIOO,OOO in New York and
Boston. It is stated that she had 800 passengers
on board, 130 of whom were picked np and landed
at Shelburne.
Tbe brig* Nanoy Plsisted and Moses, arrived at
New York on Tuesday from Charleston, and the
ship Southport from Savannah.
The brig Wetnmka arrived from Savannah at
New York on Wednesday, and the schooner D. B.
Warner, and ship Sullivan, from Charleston. The
latter had experienced heavy weather, and had lost
her sails, and been otherwise damaged. The
schooner Lonisme, had cleared at New York for
Charleston.
The ship Camden, from Charleston, arrived at
New York on Wednesday, with the crew taken
from the wrsck of the sloop Samuel Dayton, of N.
\ ork.
The barque Mary, Capt. A. Chase, cleared at
Philadelphia on Monday for Charleston.
The schr. Monterey, Capt. London, cleared at
Philadelphiaon Monday for Charleston.
Theschr. D. H, Baldwin, Capt. Frisbie, cleared
at Baltimore on Tuesday for Charleston.
The storm on the 29tn ult. was the heaviest ever
experienced. The barque Midas, from New Or
leans, is abandoned. The schooner Ellen Sawyer,
from Wilmington, is ashore, and will boa total
loss. The schooner Philadelphia, of Jacksonville,
from Savannah, is ashore at Plymouth. 6be has
bilged. There Uno inaursnee on her.
VOL, lxviii.-new SERIES VOL. XVIII.--NO. 2,
Th« sohr. Morelii, from Boston, for Virginia,
was wrecked oft Nowport, R. 1., aud »Uon Board
. perished.
Cape Cod is strewed with wrecks. Twenty lives
, were known to be lost.
s vr T,iere haa ® ,3 ° been a terrible gale at Halifax.
6 Many vessels havo been sank in the harbor, and
the damage is estimated at £20,000.
1—
1 Ohio Vintage.
j Ve give the following from tbe Cinolnnat
t Columbian, of the S2d, contributed by Mr. E
- BuohanaD, a practical vine-growor :
t Within a circle of twenty miles arouud Cinoln -
• nati, about 1,200 acros are planted with the vine,
i some 800 acres of which were in bearing this year,
1 and produced on an avorage 400 gallons to the
I acre, an aggregate of 820,000 gallons of wine,
f Some of the best vineyards yielded 600 to 800
6 gallons to the acre, but others iu localities where
the “ rot ” prevailed did not average over 150
; gallons per aero. Tho season was considered very
favorable, and tho crop unusually large.
1 IwTho new wine sells at |1 to sl.lO for the best,
1 75 to 90 cents lor second quality, and 40 to 50
cents per gallon for inferior. The average yield
for a series of years may bo safely estimated at
200 to 250 gallons to the acre, from the vineyards
in this vicinity.
Prodnot of a few of the vineyards the present
year:
Sebostin Hints 6)4 sores. 5,800
T. H. Yoatman 7)4 “ 5,600
H. Duhme :16' “ 10,000
Jacob Mumet 1)4 « 1,224
R. H. Hodges 1«• 800 '
R. Buchanan. 6 “ 4,286
Estimated number of acros in vineyard enlture
in the Ohio Valloy :
Ciueinnati and vicinity 1,200
Ripley •* 110
Maysville, Ky., “ 50
Louisville, Ky., “ 80
Vovay, Ind., “ 20
Charleston, Ind., “ 180
Intermediate places 110
I,‘uni
Mississippi Valley :
Bt. Louis, Mo., and vicinity 40
Hermann, “ 450
Be'lsville, 111,, “ 20
Other places 60
660
WINK CKLLAKfI OT CINCINNATI AND VICTOJir.
Sparkling trinet.
Bottled in 1858, and estimated for 1854 :
1858. 1854.
Cellars. Bottles. Bottles.
H. Longwortb 8 181,000 200,000
G. and P. Bogon 2 88,000 80.00O 1
M. Work 1 10,000 80,000
McCoukey and Morsell... 1 26,000
Uorucau&Sou 1 5,000
Total 8 231,000 230,000
Still Wines.
1858, 1854.
Bottles. Bottles.
Lonworth & Zimtnormuu.... 75,000 80,000
O. and P. Bogen 10,000 20,000
MeOonkoy and Morsell
L. Ranposa
T. U. Yentman
Cornoau and Sou
11. 11. Southgate
J. 1). Park...
And otliorß supposed 120,000
Total 205,000
What is not bottled is sold by the cask in this
city and elsewhere, generally within a year or two
after it is made, at from $1 to $1.50 per gallon. So
great is the demand for these wines, that it is
difficult to find any old wiuo for sale. Tho con
sumption keops pace with tho production, and
insteadofthe increased cultivation reducing prices,
they are rather on tho advance.
TINEYABD CULTURE, STATISTICS, POSITION AND «OIL,
A warm liill sido, r ridgo, or nuy undulating
surface, is preferred to a flat one, and a dry ealco
rons loam, rather than a rich soil. Good under
drainage Isessontial.
Planting , <Ce. —The ground is trenched with the
spado two feet deep, or worked deeply with a
subsoil plough. Cost of spading, SSO to $l5O per
aero; ot ploughing, much less.
Tiie vineyard it planted in April, with cuttings,
(cost $20.50 per 1,000) or with roots one year old,
(cost $25 per 1,000,) usually threo feet apart by six
teet in the rows; 2,420 vines to the acre.
Culture.— The first year alter planting, in March,
the vino is cut down to n single eyo, or bud, the
second year to two, and a stake six or seven feet
long, driven down by each vine; the third year a
small crop may bo expoctod, and the fourth year a
good ono. The ground is kept oloan with the iron
plough, or cultivator, the vineßtiod up close to the
stakes, and superfluous shootß romoved. After
the fourth year the bow and spur systems is
adopted.
The vine beara no fruit on the wood of the pre
ceding years’ growth; two shoots are always
trained for bearing the ensuing year. Ono oflheso
is out down in the spring to six or ten joints, and
bent in tho form ol a bow, and fastened to the
stakes with a willow tie. Th.it is to boar tho Iri’it.
Tho other is cut back to two joints, as a spur, to
produce bearing wood for the next year, and also a
few bunohes of grapes. Summer pruning and
hoeing requires prompt and judicious attention.
A bushel of grapes in bunches will weigh about
forty-five pounds, and the average yield of juice
is threo and ono-half gallons to tho bushel,
Tho wholo cost of a vineyard, up to the fourth
year, will range from *2ootftssfifl per acta,,
The Catawba is our great wine grape. Scarcely
any other variety is now planted hero. It is a na
tivo of North Carolina, was introduced into notice
by Major Adlum, at Washington City, and by
Mr. Longworth, in the west, thirty-threo yoars
ago. Os this grape wo make two kinds of wino,
the sparkling and the still, or dry wino. Tho first
resombles Champagne, and to make it requires
very deep, well arched stone cellars, large casks
of 1,000 to 5,000 gallons—the supervision of an
experienced wine cooper from Europe—and a large
outlay of capital. The efTcrvesonco in this vino is
caused by arresting tho second fermentation, and
sweetening with syrup of rock-candy, ft takes a
year to ripen, and tho usual breakage is about ton
per oent. Tho price is sl2 per dozen.
Tho still wines are generally tho pure juice of
the grape, without any admixture. Tho bottling
requires but littlo art, and tho wino will keep
sound in any good, common oollur. Tho cost is
$5 to $8 per dozen, according to quality.
There is a lesson, and a good one, in tho follow
ing lines. Wo eonld wish that our readers might
hoar them sung in the admirable voice and manner
of the friend f rom whom wo derive them :
“ Let ua apeak of» re an aa we find him,
Ami cenaure alone what, wc see ;
And should a man blame, let’s remind him
That from faults we are none of us free.
If the veil from tho heart could be torn,
And the mind could he read os the brow,
There are many we’d pais by with scorn,
Whom we're loading with high honors now.
“ Let ua apeak of a man as we find him,
And hied not whut others may say;
If he's frail, then a kind word would hind him,
Wf ere coldness would turn him away :
For the heart must be barren, indeed,
Where no bud of repentance can bloom :
Then pause, ere you cenaure with speed :
On a frown or a smile hangs his doom.”
The New York Free Academy.
From the Catalogue of tho Now York Froo Acad
emy for 1858, we learu that there are twenty-two
instructors (fourteen professors and eight tutors)
and three hundred anu sixty three students in that
institution. The branches of education taught,
extending through the five classes of the academy,
embrace English Languago and Literaiuro, the
Classics, French, Spanish and Gorman, Mathema
tics, Natural Philosophy, Civil Engineering,
Chemistry and Physic, Writtingand Belles Lettres,
Moral, Intellectual and Political Philosophy, Na
tural History, Astronomy, Physiology and Hygiene,
Descriptive Geometry, Industrial Drawing and tho
Principles o' the Fine Arts. This is a very com
prehensive course of study, which, there is every
reason to believe, is thoroughly carried out in all
its details. The o are a few institutions in the
world which offer such advantages, as are extended
gratuitously by the Free Aoademy to the sons of
our citizzns of every class.
The occupation of tho parents of various pupils
are given in tho catalogue, and every profession,
trado and occupation seems repr- eenled. Wo can
hardly understand the purpose of this, unless it ho
to make a domestic show of what may be consi
dered by some foolish people the lower grades of
life in close alliance with tho higher. This has an
ad c-iptandum air, and implies the recognition of
those class distinctions winch our respeot for the
dignity of labor, whatever may bo its necessary
divisions, forbids ns to acknowledge.
The merchants head this classification with the
large number of sixty-seven, the carttnon follow
next with forty-eight, then tho carpenters with
forty-four, tho lawyers with thirty-two, the dorks
with thirty-one, the physicians twenty-five, the
grocers twenty-four, the masons, piano-forte
makers and clergymen, each with fifteen, and the
rest varying from this number down to a single
one.
In addition to the regular course of study
lectures upon the various branches of learning
and science are set down as a part ot the curri
culum.
There is a library belonging to the institution,
containing three thousand volumes and eight
thousand text books for tho students. In tlie de
partments of Natural Philosophy, Mathematics,
Natural History and Chemistry, there are all the
requisites for facilitating the study of these
sciences, afforded by full apparatus, well supplied
collections, and convenient laboratories. Moreover,
every motive and occasion for the enjoyment of
the refining influences and the Btudy of tho fine
arts, are supplied by a largo collection of casts
from the Elgin Marbles, gonerously bestowed by
our fellow-citizen Charles M. Leupp, and vaiious
specimens in plaster of the best figures and busts
from the antique.— New York Evening Pott.
Kossuth ooino to CoNsTANTrNori.it.— Mr. San
ders, the America n Consul at London, in a letter
to the N. Y. Herald says:
Kossuth has at last been invited to Constanti
nople by the I’crte. He goes, I believe, m the
steamer of next week. Several thousand Hungar
ian deserters from tho Austrian army of observe
lion are already at Widdin. A few weeks more
will find all tho republican leaders in Europe in
timer i'acha’s camp. Thoy will prove to be power
ful allies to the Turks, causing by thoir presence
increased desertion from the Russian and Aus
trian armies, composed largely as they are of
Poles, Hungarians, and Italians.
We think that the statement that Kossuth goes
to Constantinople at the invitation of the Porte
may well be doubted. Tho Sultan could not in
vjte him without offence to Austria, whom it ia
her policy to keep neutral in the present war.—
Baltimore American.
Fibx.—Our oitixens were alarmed on yeaterday
morning, a few minutes after five o’clock, by tho
pealing of the fire bell. It was found that the fire
was in the dwelling house of F. A. Trade well,
Esq., the bedding on a bedstead in an unoccupied
room having been act tire to. As this is now
the third effort, wo believe, to flro Mr. Tradewcll’s
house, we consider it the duty of Mr. Tradewell
and the town council to have the matter thorough
ly investigated.— Columbia Carolinian.
Attempt to Escape.— On Tuesday night last, a
bold attempt was made by several of tho convicts in
the Penitentiary to effect their crape. The ring
leaders were John Smith and Wells of Morgan
county, and the notorious Dr. Roberts. Smith suo
oeeded in getting out of the cell building; the
others, some four or five in number, only suc
ceeded in getting out of their cells into the pss
sage. It was fortunate the plot was discovered in
time, as it is believed quite a number were con
cerned in this daring attempt to break prison,
though theoella of only four of the prisoners were
found unlocked. There are now Hd convicts in
tha Penitentiary, and the utmost vigilance should
be exercised, or some of them will be found mis
sing. It las gratifying fact, that no oonvict has
escaped under the efficient administration of Maj.
Zachry,— MiUtdgtviUe fttcoder, id,
- e.e -rrMßTannKUtaan
In »i»t W Bailie*.
the Turkhd tho naval ba,tl ° bet ween
Os the writers remarked th”® 1 . 8 "“f Sinope, ono
fought ainoe the battle of wi t ’* WR * tho ff reates*
Os the reader The attention
quirea, What of Navartoo ?“ la ,“ 0 J S' ■
gazetteers aa follow*: oeionbad In the
flawrino, a tonified town on th«
coast of the More a, with a lams ha?hs
Min deatroyed the Turco Egyp 7 .
Je B ,mh New Yo?r B A°V he d ° f Navarb >° «>'
NTvemboTof thityir said? 11 ° f tbe 131,1
“The battle was fought at anchor, and was ne
cessarily bloody and dostrukivo. The uumercial
superiority of tho Turkish force was imiLenHO, but
tho result has boon, we aro pioud to sav tho
destruction of tho wltolo Turkish force? ThJ fol
lowing is a aynopsin of the fo>eos:
English rri *4 aU ”- C T t "’‘- E 'r P, '*°- T ?^
French 1 > o u t
Busaium 4 4 0 o ‘
Allies 10 10 "o "I ' H
Turk. S J« it j? ll
“Fonr of the [Turkish] frigates wore in faot alx
ty-four-gun ships, and there woro forty transport*
moored behiud the line of battlo. The following
is n statement of the fate of tho enemy’s fleet;
One Turkish line of-battle ship burnt; two driven
on shore, wrecks; ono double frigate sunk; one
on shore, a wrock; two burnt; fifteen lrigates
burnt or sunk; thrcoon shore, wreebs ; one on
shore, masts standing; flftoen oorvettes burnt and
sunk; four on shore, wrecked; nine brigs burnt
and sunk; ono on shore, masts standing; six fito*
ships destroyed, and three transports. Os tho
sixty-six vessels of war, only eight are left afloat;
the most porfoct victory over achieved.”
There was no existing war between the Turk#
and tho Combined Powers. There was an lutes
tine war between thaGrvOcs and Turks, tire latter'
pcipetrMiK* g'-at .crnchfe. An ghnistloo’he? ' '
been agreed upon,ant liralifm Pacha had viola- *>
tod it by attacks upon tho Greoks of tho Mores.
A London paper of 15th November, 1827, had tho
following statement:
“The Vice Admiral (Codrington) with the com
bined squadrons—tho French and Russian Admi
rals having placed thomaelves under his orders—
stood in for Nuvariuo, and found tho Turkish and
Egyptian fleet* lying there, being moored in a
crescent apparently ready for action. Having
passed the batteries, Sir Edward Codringtou dis
patched the Dartmouth ahead for the purpose of
sending aooraiminicntion to Ibrahim or UiuTiirki-h
Admiral, warning him of tho consequences of Ida
proceedings by bringing down upon him tho ven
geance of tho allied squadrons. Tho Dartmouth
boat was fired upon, and Liout. Filzroy, Riid the
whole boats orow were killed. This wa- the signal
for attack. The British Admiral proudly led, in
tho Asia, and placing her between tho Turkish and
Egyptian Admirals, opened a tremendous (lie up
on tho former. The Egyptian Admiral having
sent a message declaring he would not fire n gun,
Mr. Mitchell, Sir Edward Codrlngton’s interpret
er, was ser.t on board, but lie was basely shot, end
tho Admiral then fired on the Egyptian Admiral.
“ The notion became gonorul on both sides, and
was continued with great fury for four hours,
when it terminated by tho complolo destruction of
tho whole Turkish and Egyptian fleets, eousisting
of four sail of tho lino, fifteen IVigutos, fifteen
eorvettes, niuo brigs, thieefire ships, and numer
ous transports, dee. Tho stiips wlnoh had osenped
tho fury of lie attack wore run on shore by tho
Turks themselves and destroyed.
‘‘This glorious achievement lias not been per
form! d withonta tremendous loss ot human lito.
The Turkish Admiral lied six hundred and fifty
men killod, and the loss of tho other vessels was
in proportion.
“The loss of the allies was great. Among tiie
English slain wore Copt. Waiter Bathurst, 1 1 Ilia
Majesty’s ship Genoa, Liout. Filzroy, Mr. Smith,
the muster of the Asia, and many ether gallant
officers and men, making a total loss in the British
squadron of twenty ottieers, twenty-one petty
olllocrs, end two hundred and eighteen men killed
and wiunded. The French Admiral Do Kigney
signalized himself by nn act of chivalrous gallantry;
not having been able to get his own flag-ship satis
factorily into action, lie changed liia flag to a
frigate, in wliioh he most gallantly rush, el upon
the enemy, hut his loss wus very great, exceeding
one hundred.
“It is said that llie Turkish crews, in many in
stances, exhibited great desperation, jumping
overboard rather than rurrendcr,’’
The statement of the Turkish Secretary to the
Capitana Boy, in the Port of Navariuo, the next
day, did not differ materially as to the extent of
tho forco and loss. There were 85,000 Egyptian
troops in the Moroa, 4,000 of whom came with the
above ships, the lobs ia admitted to hove been very
heavy.
The Paris Constitnlonnel of that poriod suid:
“Tne Turkish Government novor collected on u
single point a more imposing naval force. They
reckoned 128 transports, 4 ships-of-the-iine, 4
frigates of 60 guns each, 14 frigates of 40 guns, 82
corvettes, and 87 fire-ships—total 224.”
It scorns from French accounts that “ Ibrahim
Pacha" was not at Navariuo, at the time of thebnt
tle, but had been engaged for a fortnight in the,
luterior of the Mores, chasing the Christians into
thi mountains, attending the execution of somo
priests, whom lie had crucified on somo olive trees,
making holocausts of poor peasantry, or packages
of young girls and infants, to send into Egypt, arid
lying tho country wasto by fire ardsword, rooting
up tho olives, vines, fig trees, &e.
How different the state of affairs then and now l
Then a barbarian was desolating the Moi ca, and
England and France comfiii ed with ltnssiu to put
u stop to the d/esuful en.cli.c i j... . - •
Greeks. Now a Sultan of great humanity seems to
bo in power, and the Greeks appear satisfied with
the manner in which be exorcises his authority.
Instead of the British and Fronoh Admira's join
ing with the Buesian, they are now watching his
movements, and a strong probability exists that
they will have a bloody cneountor with him iu de
fence of tho very Turks whom, twonty-six years
ago, thoy milled in crushing. Tho policy now
seems to bo to “presorve the integrity of tho Ot
toman Empire” and to “prevont Kussia from ex
tending its already colossal powor.” All the while
tbo Emperor is strengthening his positions.
Tms Cincinnati Tunnel —About 1,700 feet of the
rock is now perforated, of which 600 foct excava
ted down to grndo. In ono part of tho lodgo the
stone, which is principally slate, is hard end flinty
in the tunnel, but when conveyed to tho light air,
crumbles to pieces. As tho tunnel progrotacs a
temporary roof of heavy plank is erected, which
however, is romovod as the arching is completed.
Tho contractors have had as many as twolvo hun
dred hands in thoir employ at ono time—one half
working in tho day time and tho remainder at
night. The cost of powder (or blasting averages
$1,200 per month. The process of blasting Is iib
follows: a hole is drilled somo seven feet into the
rock, and charged heavily with powder. A alow
match ia used to set Arc to it. When-tho charge
is icady the laborers collect together behind a
Icdgo of rooks, and tho match is Blurted, At first
therois a dumb noise,and then a loud rear,usofa
heavy artillery. Tim pieces fly in various direc
tions, and the tunnel i» fl'led with tho fresh air
sent down through a largo liosn, by a windmill,
or the workmen would suffocate. Whilo the pie
coa are being removed by one gang of men,anoth
or sot aro drilling for another blast. As soon ns
the tunnel is completed tho ahalts will bo walled
up, so as to eorvo as ventilators. Tho contractors
aro confident that their work will bo roady for the
cars in the spring of 1856.
Edward Everett.—W e liavo noticod for some
timothe gradual formation of opinion all over tho
nation, in regard to this distinguished gentleman.
It is something to refresh us in those degenerate
limes, to know that such a man as Everett is an
object of national regard. The corruption of
party cannot have undeimiriod the virtue and in
telligence of the people, when such virtues and
such intellectuality *s are possessed by Mr. Eve
rett, find Bn almost universal devotion. He is
“national” in the broadest, fnl’ost, and most re
publican sense ot that term. Ho is tbo friend of
the people—tho lover ot civil and religious libeity
—the advooate of peaoo—•tho stern oppnsor of
European assumption—the promoter of industry,
and the representative of a conservative progress
which must command the approbation of all, and
has in it the true elements of ear national great
ness.
Public sentiment, like a mighty tide, is setting
in towards him. From the bills of Maine—from
the vast interior of tho continent—from the snnny
Boulh—from the far West—from tho Paciflo coast,
tho vnico of the nation, which cannot bo made
inaudible, comes loud in praise end confidence. *
There arc groat issues ahead—great results await
ing tho touoli of time—new destinies for this
young Republic. Calhoun is gono—Clay and
Webster are gone. Everott, tho bosom friend of
one, and the companion of tho others, s'ands to
day, tho living representative of their varied
qualities, beautifully blended in bis model charac
ter. As a man, patriot, and republican, Edward
Everett has a hold upon the hearts of his country
men, whioh even purty animosities cannot destroy.
His future is full of significance. We mean more
than we my.—T/h Colton Plant.
HirxnxiNiD to Have His Halarv.— We once
heard that a minister of tho Worpol, who “hold
forth” in ono of tho most popular churches In this
city, when about to bid his congregation an invol
untary adieu, insisted, before leaving, on having a
mortgago on the church building (or the balance
of his salary, somo SBOO or so; but tbo following
speoimen or clerical independence,and lack of con
fidence in the honesty of his A'o k, “takes down”
anything that wo have yet seen in that line.
Rev. E. Taylor preached his fttrewell sermon In
the Congregational Church in Randolph, -Viiiss,
' last Holiday afternoon, to a crowded house. In the
course of it, he remarked that tiiero was about a
hundred dollars due him yet, and he intended to
collect it. Some supposed that mi .listers must be
content to take their pay just when pari.dionors
saw fit to give it, and that it would bo entirely oat
of character lor them to sue, undor any oiroum
stamen. But he hold “ the luboror was worthy of
his hire,” and begged to remind those indebted to
him that he should remain here until the Ist of
January,and they could settle with him previous
to that, time, if they pleased. All who did not,
would find their accounts, aftorthat date, in the
hands of Ale*. Sheldon, Esq.— Alton Courier.
Monet Stolxn and Found.— Somo 8 or 10 day*
ago, Mr. Wylie, of Apalachicola, had his carpet bog,
containing near $20,000, stolen from him at our
wharf by a negro man who assumed the character
of a drayrnan. Wo are pleased to loam that the
greater part of the money has been recovered.
The boy is said to belong to Wm. Hargroves, of
Ala. At any rate, he lived too fast and attracted
attention to himself by his extravagance, was ap
prehended, confessed the theft and returned all
the money except abonl S6OO, which he had squan
dered about town. Now here is a clear enso of
violation of tho laws which prohibit the trading
with slaves, and the strongest proof of tho polioy
of tho law. As long as temptations are held out
to tho bluck population to commit theft by irre
sponsible and base men, they will steal. We hope
the violaters of tho laws in this iustance, will be
arrested and bound over to answer for their con
duct before a jury of the country. Wo have not
been able to procure their names.— Col. Unite.
London Omnibuses. —The omuibuses now run
ning, number about 8,000, at a cost of £IOO per
omnibus, making £800,000; each has. ten horses,
the value of these is £900,000. It has been calcu
lated that the number of persons who annually
ride in these con veyanecs amounts to tbteo hundred
millions, sn amount equal to one third the pro
portion of tho world. Eleven thousand men are
employed, and working a capital of £1.000,000,
with an annual expenditure of £1,700,000, anil
paying to the icveuan a doty of £4oo,noe. The
drivers and conductors have to wcik very hard ;
they have no time to themselves, but 80 minutes
are allowed for dinner. When they proposed to
strike for higher wagoe, they were compelled to
hold their meeting after 18 o’ciook etnlgm.
An iMMCNex AoeREeeTB. —The total estimated
value of all the property that earns to the Hudson
river by the New York Canal dneing 18' 8, reaches
the immense eggregste of over $71,000,000.