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ISY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHRONICLE ft SENTINEL.
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CHRONICLE &. SENTINEL
DAILY AMI TUI-WBKKI.Y.
ire aleoptMifhc! a'.tluao'i ce. am sallco to lubscriber*
it tbefoUomojrator.naiaetT:
Uau.T Pareß,ifK9t»/ ua1L....... $T per annum.
TERMS OF ADVERTISIIffi.
!■ Watru.7.—Seventy-five seat* i,er aauaredO line* or
«) (orthe flrit laaertioo, and WlTMOt* for eaob eobae
l«er,t tnaortlon.
REMOVAL AND CHANCE.
WiJKSHK ASI> ATIKAOTIVK STOCK.
MORRIS L. HALLOWELL & 00.,
PHILADELPHIA,
TJ WIMr IIP. HOVKD into their iplendtf'new Ware*
Jtj huuss,ent. me*-* No. 147,Market, and No. 91, North
F mrib- .treet, ars opening far the fcpring trade an assort*
B U ‘ BILK AND FANCY GOOOB,
that f >r extent and variety will surpass any stock ever of
f•» .5 if: ;*?t market. Entering ioto then ucv store which
Is *> >»K> OJ A UY LAUiflat itT AfcflWriCA, frith a busi
ness ->i unusual amount already established, and intend
lug largely to increase it, especially with those who buy
K.»R CA-m,
arid believing that the fairest system in jobbing goods is
to have UN/KO.tVI Pf 1-L*.‘.hey will bn compelled to
ki! a :ch sr..aiujr prufis than can possibly be affo ded
wh :rn hr v credits -re given-
U' 'l •« ir C4Kj aid Hiiomt Cr.twT system the neces
sity hr 'i.arging Urge profits, does not exist, and by sell
ing their food >.ta
Very ► mall Advance on lhf> Foreign float,
they ru •an to make it the INTEREST of every Judge of
goods, to buy apou the fallowing
TERMS:
0 ‘.Mil BUYERS will ice i. ve a discount of SIX per cent,
If the o.on y be paid iu par fuuds, within ten days from
date of bill.
(Jo-; .n-. ',t money will only be taken at its market value
on the day it is received.
To »ii rchanls of undoubted standing a c redit of 81X
MON i Hh will be give.i if desired.
Where mon *y in rwmiited in advance of maturity a dis
count at the ra.e of TWELVE i’KR CENT per annum will
be allowed.
They ante from merchants visiting the Eastern citirs, the
f-ivor o' ru exa:ul atlon of their stock, being satisfied that
they will be con /in*:* •] that it in not for their interest to
pay the large probU that are
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
to those who give ton' credits.
M. L. Hallowkll, Jawßi Taiynaia, J. L. HAXAOWIM*
A. w. i -ti n . T. W. i:ws*k.r, E. K. UoroHiM«ov.
LXMESIL3K BRINGS FEMALK HIG« SCHOOL
U'ARTANSUIUi DIHTitICT, 1-554.
Pnriilly of liistruciion.
Ui-v.T. uum ID. D , Principal, ami Instructor in Men
tal mi.d Mtrl wirni'H, History aud English Utcralure.
R« /. C RTIB, i’riucipal, and Instructor in Natural
Science.
M *. K. A CURTI *, Hupsrintcndentof Domestic and Social
Duties.
Profc hor L.G. BLAISDELL, Instructor in Music, Vocal
and instrumental.
Prof* r\. !. >TTA,* (of the University of Turin,) In*
Hi (or in Dalian and the Ancient Languages.
Prof -■*» 0. ( -A UK K, Iri.-xtructor in Mathematics.
M « LMtlf . A i pant buperimendent of Domestic
t|j und rocuil Duties.
Mibn L. TK v N >;v, Instrnctres* in English Branches.
Mi.m OA'.'IIAR’NK CRITTENDEN, Instructress in Geo
graphy and IDsiory.
M.-< A WII4S N, lu .tructress in Drawing, Writing and
Mu-dc.
MlsnM .iLvrtMlLLY,lnntructress in Vocal and Instru
n*'*ntai Mu Ic.
•/ignor Potta, a relative of the celebrated Historian of
that name, is a su • ;ior scholar and very accomplished
pentl in-in. ilc | üblslod at Turin, in lbdl, an elegant
Bvo. volame, in the most classic D lisa on the religious
iect» and state of education in Germ any.
Tsuuh,
/V; Tmit of Half a lVar, pay able in A'lva vc#.
iMrtiru OTios—T*!r glidi Drpurtruent $23.00
iiOAUh, indudi g Was! ing, Fuel and Lights 00.00
The above include a complete course of English educa
tion (for <75 the term,) which all the pupils are expected
to take. The following are optional, and may be taken
or not (in w: ole or In part) as may seem desirable.
Music—Pla o or llui j», Including Vocal Music $25 00
Guitar or II *rp, including Vocal Music 2d 00
Use Os the Piano 2 50
Use of the ll.trp 5 00
Fnwni 20 00
Italian 20 00
Drawing aud Parting 20 00
No charges beside the above will be made in connection
with t:.«s School, except fur nooks and Stationary actually
used.
The ensuing Term be- las on Wednesday, February 15,
1854; hut any young Lady arriving a formight after (he
term has begun, is charged from the fortnight of her arri
Messrs. OUKTIH, ou entering upon the Seventeenth t
Term, (the ninth year) of their Hcho I, would tender their
ackuowlcdgmeuts of the great and general kindnes of the <
public, particularly of the State of Hou!h Carolina ; and i
their deep cense of grati ude to those family connections c
whieh h*vecontinued with them from the commencement
of their under iking. In the education of near 400 young (
La Ilea, now filling a variety of useful and honorable ata- a
lions in every part i f the State aud neighborhood, what j
they have meant, in the termeof their original prospcctuß,
by a “ Female High Hchojl." off.r Dg “ every branch of a
anpevlwr Vmr iuD V-daettMou,” will be apparent to pa
rent* and guardiansdligosed t> examine their pretenaiona.
Hut they would, at the present juncture, submit some t
of the characteristic! of thrir Establishment to those to
whom it may not be pn wel! known. r
flil U AND CLIMATIC.—The premises are in the bosom „
of hills on \ tract of about 800 acres of land, in the lime* r
«t >ne icThm of t’c State ; having a principal four-story g
brick budding of 271 ;eet troutage, and 40 feet wide, with j,
a campuu behind laid iu blue and Hanked by two c
corresponding frame homes of a story and a half, and K
sever ii doable ft amedcabius. F.nbhed in I*4o, by an ,
opu etitcompany, as a watering place, no expense was £,
spared in le ulv.ring them commodious for that purpose.
In ihe neighborhood arc various interesting sites ami ob
ject?, to which the pupils make occasional excu hod*.
The Itollroiuls row approach within 28 miles, and in a
short time, it is expected will reach within 13 milts of the
spot. A commodious Hotel lias been established within a
few hundred yards. The excelleuceof the climate is at
totted l»> the fact of the heaUh of the pupils.
HETIUHIMENr —lhe principals were chiefly induced to -
purchase the»e premises ty the picturesque retirement £
they afford* “ The calm retreat and silent shade.” They r
had be n long convinced th »t the neighborhood of no con*
shh rnt'io t. waor vlllagecmuld give Ihtm an equal oppor- jj
tuniti for the uninterrupted aud healthy pursuit of their lt
vocation. The Young Ladies have daily exercise, unob
tru h'd upon by strangers or too frequent visitors; and
form \ cheerful large family, strictly » c voted to its own
pursuits.
ACCOMMODATIONS.—-The intelligent parent or guar- j
diati, who has visit e I the establishments devoted to female .
education, North ><r South,is requested to visit Limestone
on the p actie 1 q'i*a ion, whether any thus devoted havo #
super ,if equal Hi vimnodations ? A noble school room,
80 i,v 10, onvcniei.t recitation and music rooois: a labo- e ,
ra‘oiy . a imin um of mineralogic I and other objects of
natural history; a library an I literary society mom; a v
chapel under the principal roof—(so that all its ser rices
can be.p onde i without exposure to bad weather)—are
atnon ; these accommodations. 1
KKSIH.I <INCO . MNt'K') ANOIMPROVED HEALTH. 1
—The health of the pupils has been uninterrupted for li
ei lit vi' irs. r - .ere haw bem, in fact, by the kindness of M
l*r>‘Vi.lei:« • noil MV. among them, and no cases of serious p
#ic»' j. ine physir an’sac ount for the whole school, i
hu rt r rae d, daufrig tint period, $35 per annum.— tl
LaH v< vr u v is only fltf. Young Ladies arriving in a
la .j'lii.l ,u 1 call .listed state of health return home with 8
Wtdl «• tob'.Ulk d constitutions. * a
KXI*KNHITUR The Principalshavo labored to ©b
t.i u the i fIV u'hers In every department, and have suf- r
for i d no iu onvenieucc of ooi?a> ion al changes or increased
. i , iem In t‘c pursuit Os this great
oty vt 'lhcvmigii peak of connections, North, South
and Europ' .:!, which have been placed in requisition to I
a Mr pi s‘i It r effor! ?, they ctn only say, will be un- .
faltering ntld pont Th y aspire to having the School .
rich in fnflaeiicc, literary arid moral, rather than to enrich
themselves, or to acoompUsh any personal or sectarian
object. “
MOKAL \Nl> TRAINING.—As at present J
adv :eda tl convinced, the conductors of this School will
!n> i on their *v<y of K. < ping strictly tothos?in*truoiicns,
rno' til a’ l rd.;. i 'u ? . which involve no denominational or
jj.'etarian pecullan; a. Their pupils are taught the entire
literatim- of. ,«■ Hi> . ; the . vgraphy,Chronology, Natu
ral dec > Nno * histo-.ns and Peculiarities, and all £
the gi«'it prtncip «i of interpretation involved in a fair L
ami ; .ivr g un c ipaading of the Sacred Volume. No S
moral <. r religious prr cipleis regarded as of light impor
tance at lum one. Acceptable members of all the lead- *
Ing denominations of the State have been found annually t
tou i th n.elvo , frctli from tins establishment, with *
thocU.r ie iof their -orn intelligent pre erence. Honestly p
sectarian seboola must quit ties ground. The Teachers
m.tsi be o the se-'i preferre l—which involves the supposi
tion that ea *h sect i ontamt the best Teachers in each de-
P irtuu iv. ; a suppesitiun contrary to the facts of this case, *|
Heh dasnie a; titu toteach,and certainly scholastic emi- f
neuce arofar m-ne divided, 'tessra. Curtis have l>een
idling to obt tin them when ver with’u the pale of the com
no v. hM.vatioii the,. pr« ser ted themselves, and find no ne- *
cesdty m thi paih vither for compromising their owu
\ic xv t;’, or c.4siiug a shadow of disrespect on those of other 1
Ohrb latia. !
tae «*f the principals will be found at the Mills 1
Ho:.c t'h.vr . a,v nW. ‘u siay, i-th February, (to take
•he hail-cad c .-s f.-r Columbia on the 9th,) anJ at the
Amenc.-m Hotel, Co'umbia,on ihe9tb, i.t# take the cars
for Yoikvillc on the 10th.) f4-«4
TO XHjE LUKLBEJiING AND MILLING INTE-
v * UK subscribers would rcspyctfolly Inform all interest*
JL e.l in the Mining besir.ess that haTii'ghadexi»en
enct in the Machine and Mill-Wright badness, they are
to execute MILL-HIHLUING of every descrip
tion, oy contract or otherwise,
Circu’ar dxw MILLS constructed on the most simple
pUns, a .d capable of being operate l by one hand, will be
furnNUed to onler on the m '.-t reasonable terms.
;• vt’A *1 ENGINES, WATER WHKKU*, SHAFTING
and lU: \RlNw,t pother with ail kinds of IRON WORK
for Mill-, will be furnished and put in operation by the
subscribers at short notice.
Wuers addressed M the subscribers at Augusta, Ga.,
will receive prompt attention.
jas wsm RICHARDSON A HaRLAN.
LOUISVILLE FEMALE EIOH SCHOOL.
T-r i> »u -cnber. I:ive open>-J» £<Ajolin tht viltage of
J LouisviU., when- tbcjr will be j-rfp»rt6 lo giro In
•tractloa to I.udif., in th. following brwixchMi ..
the following rotes of tuition :
l.t O-.oss—Ktemen-.:iry tirnncheM-er quitter. $S W
•Jl Cn<*--'Utk*'m»tics,N»tnr*lScieneet,«c.. o 00
fkl Ol.s»—Ungnngei, Drawing ud tuibroide-
i'.nv.u i ; Ojmli.ti-sre respeetfliUj invited to rtU
u] iitht ,nb.:ribrn, *i their «cli«ol-Eoom in the Court-
Houte.ernt Mr. Bust.cX « residence, nnd examine the fit
eilities offered.
Kefereu :es—L. B. Bostick, A. R. Wrisbt, E. W. Cars
w.: . 11. DICIUNSPN,
■. Mr -. 0 M. I’tCKINSOS.
535 KF.WARD.
EASAWAY from the subscriber, last Spring,
r.n NKtr. VAN, came i Bonny,or Bonaparte y®
ahoi.-.fA or t years od; black,stout built, weighs
.1 .. t Tvt *s, about ft feet, 7or S inches high, .YY
turns fi. his to., very much in waiting; hois very artful
and will l e ltar .to detect. 1 will give the above reward
to anv person who wUHodge him in a safe jail, so that 1
get him. JOHXMcPADBL
dB-srtf Augusta, Ga.
PIANO FOBTSB.
fTMtK suSscrbers would rcspi.tfullj
1 ttieir frieirda .Ld the
tuV-c,: 11,. In. ■ rt.ecnt of Rooewood and
I. car s1! .NO r ~r.Tt from the Will V ■ B U «
knownv.dju- iy oet.bra*., I Manufactoriesof Bacon A Raven,
A. tl. dale A Co., aud Dubors A ScaUiry, New York, which
ire. trr ia; » m every r.-iHarl, to be at teaat full, equal to
»ny natransruts manutsoturod in this country or Europe.
The aubsoriber. -eoru.d state than the loatmmenta now
so hand are . f toe .atest tuiuern. and fa»hion,audfreahfrom
the mat r'acturers. lor sale fit very tow price* for cash or
litvac eptiuccs, at OKO. A. OATEb A CO *8
ciy 18 Piano. Book aud M -.ate Depot, Broad-st.
WILLIAM H~rUTT.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DREGGIST,
Arscsta. ~
IE ROXY KKOiIXIRti a ver* Harare and complete
au s «.f DREGS. MEDICINES. BAINTS,OILS,GLASS,
PKI'.yI'MKRY, BRCoIIKS, DYE BTIT». and FANCY
ARTICLES, r. hicb lie ha* seteewa. in oerson, with the
greatest car,-, from the Unrest I moor tar* and Manufaeto
rl -s in this country, and which, tor ossiitv tod cheapness
c&nuot be excelled'. He would reaD«cttullv invite the et
teni. -n of Merchant#, Planters and Phvsicwuis U his
slock.
All orders will be executed with the utmost neatness
and despatch. jsea7-4Awtf^
GoAGE ORANGK PLANTS FOR HEDGING,
THE bl fl-rlttllKH will offer for sale, during th.
Fair of Ihe “Southern Central Agricultural Society,
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND OfiAGE ORANGE PLANTS,
of frore one to two years* growth, suitable lor setting out
the coming Fall. They may be set one foot apart In the
hedge-row, and wi si make an impenetrable and permanent
hed»’e, with proper care, in 3or 4 years. PasspMeU.de
■sriblog the method < f trimming and training the plants,
tarnished to all purchasers. Those desirous of engaging
gopply in advance, will add:ess D. REDMOND,
iuftl-tf Augusta, Ga.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1854. PROSPECTUS 1854.
OF THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUME XII, FOR 1854
Dr. DA3IEL LEE, 1
AND r EdITOM.
D. REDMOAD, )
TERMS.—ONE rOLLAR*A YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Socthehs CdltivaTOß, a monthly Journal,
devoted cxdnaively to the improvement of South
ern Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock Breeding,
Poultry, General Farm Economy, <fcc. Il
lualruted with numerous elegant engravings.
THE TWELFTH VOLUME, GREATLY IMPROVED, COM
MENCE, I.N JARLAHT, 1454.
The Coltivatou is a large octavo oTThirty-two
pages, forming a volume of 8:4 page* 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 most inieU ijf.ru and practical
Planters, Farmersand Horticulturists in every sec
tion of the South and Southwest.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR .’
ONE copy, one year, ::::::: *I.OO
SIX copies, :::::::::: .00
TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: 20., 0
ONE HUNDRED copies,: : : : : : 75.0 c
The cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and
in no instance will the paper be sent unless the
money accompanies the order. The Bill# ol all
specie-paying Banks received at par. All money
remitted by mail, postage paid, will be at the risk
of the Publisher. Address
WILLIAM 8. JO.VKB, Angara, U».
FOR SALK.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR BALE.
Wfthl, UK WOLD, in Warren county, on MONDAY,
the 6th day of M ARCH next, at Hardaway k Kay's
Steam Mill, on the Georg a Railroad, two n.fics from
Thompson Depot, the following property, vit:
One Steam Circular haw Mill, Grist Mill; Carpenters’,
Engineers' and Ml l R*glits’Tools; One Log Wagon and
Harness; One Carry Log ; One Horse Cart: Two sets of
email Railroad Trucks ; One Mill House ; Forty or Fifty
Thousand Drier.a ; One yoke of Oxen ; Fight likely Mules ;
fiix yuULg and likely Negro Fellows, trained tjthe mill,
one of them a fair Engineer and a good Sawyer, two of
them good Wagoners,the oth«.r two good hands about the
mill, Ac. Also, Lumber, by the lot, and many other things
too tedious to mention.
Any of the above property can be treated for privately
any tune between this and the day of sale, by calling on
either or both of the Company at the mill.
The terms of the salt will be : all sums of Ten Dollars,
and under, Cash ; over Ten Debars,credit until the 25th
day of December next, with notes and approved security,
fell wit HARDAWAY k RAY.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE
IN SWEET WATER VALLEY, EAST TENNESSEE.
1 A/Wfc Af'IlKH of LAND, whereon I now reside, ad
-1 " joining Sweetwater Depot,on the East Tennes
see an o Georgia Vailroad, in Monroe county, E. Tenn , is
offered for sale. The farm inn a good ita eof cultivation
and is in good tlx for a crop this year. Has on it a com
fortable, but not fine Dwelling House, uod out houses, good
Darn audStables, a beautiful Apple Orchard—grafts of
the best fruit of the country—and many other fruit trees,
and manv never failing springs of pure, sweet water. It
is capable of bpi nr divided into two very good, well watered,
well timbered and convenient farms.
An early purchaser can have the privilege or raising a
crop the present year, and can be supplied with stock,
grain,tools, Ac.,and some likely Negroes; as these will
be for sale when the place is sold. J. T. LENOIK.
ja2B-w4rn _
LAND F 0& SALE.
TIIK subscriber offers for sale his PLANTATIONS in
Wilkinson county, lying on Turkey creek; one con
taining Three Thousand Acres of Oak aud Hickory Land,
with u good Grist Mill, Dwelling House, aud all necessary
out-buildings. Also, One Thousand Acres, about four
miles above, on the same creek, containing some valuable
Hammock and Swamp Lands, with a good Dwe ling and
ail out buildings on the premises. Persons wishing to
purchase, can get a bargaiu in either or both of the above
placet!, by calling on the subscriber, living one mile from
Cool ripring, Wilkinson county.
n29-tw*wßm ANDERSON INGRAM.
LAND FOR bAI4S*-~The subscriber offers for
Sale 820 Acres of LAN I), lying wed, 100 of which Tl*
arecieared and inclosed. It is in the 18th District and 8d
flection, and divided by the lately established line between
the counties of Gordon and Murray, and within 2# miles
of the Western aud Atlantic Rail Road. A spring of good
water near the dwelling house. A number of lots can be
added on reasonable terms, forming a large settlement.
Forother particulars, apply to the subscriber at Rome,
Ga. jaßo-wtf J. C. MoPANIEL.
FOR SALE
Al.AllUKand convenient BRICK STORE, situated
in the centre of business, in the city of Roms, now
occupied by Robt Batty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up as a Drug Store, without regard to any reasonable ex
pense, and with a little alteration could be converted into
an elegantly arranged Dry Goods Store. The situation for
thesaleof Drugs, Dry Goods, or Groceries can hardly be
equalled in the city. Term. MD
Rome, April 4th, 1858. »prt-tf
LAND FOB BALK.
-pliK gIJBiMItUBKU offers for sale, 1400 acrea of
X LAND in Hancock. This Land lie. well; has plenty
of timber; is under fence, and has fair improve
ments. Persons wishing to buy Lands, are invited to
come and look at it.
Also, 1400 acres in Carroll county, which lies upon the
Ohattahoorhco River, and embraces the Mclntosh Re
serve. ItOHT. 11. BrarNOßa will show this place to any
person who may wish to buy. ELI H. BAXTER.
Mount Zion, Ga., June 6, Jel2-wtf
NOTICE.
TO THE OWNERS OF LAND IN CHEROKEE, GA.
THK I MIKIIHUiMiD, living near Cedar Town,
Polk county, Ga., offers his services to examine and
ret-ort the value of LANDS in the Cherokee part of Geor
gia. He will, in person, examine Lands, give full Infor
mation as to value, location, and probability of immediate
sale. Having no connection whatever with Land Specu
lation, ho will engage to act as Agent for the sale and pur
-hasc of Lands In any of the Cherokee counties of Geor
gia. For the amount received or paid out, ten per cent
will be charged; and for examining lots in this county.
Four Dollars, anti in all other counties, Five Dollars will
bo charged.
Rkssekncks;
Thos H. Sparks, W. E. West,
H. F. Wimberly, XV. F. Janes,
E. U. Richardson, A. R. Verdery,
G. W. West.
Address, Cedar Town, Polk county, Ga.
d»8-w2m BURTON CRABB.
CHEKOKEE LAND OWNERS, LOOK AT THIS.
THK itibecrlher offeri his services to persons owning
Lanl In folk county, amt living ataitiftance,as agent.
He will carefully examine each lot, and faithfully report
its situation and value, and prevent intrusion and tres
pass upon them for one year, for five dollars a lot, in ad
vance. lie will alao attend to the sellingof Land, for ten
p-r centon the amount ol sales; and, for one dollar in
advance, he will Inquire into and report the value of each
lot of Land Polk county is compose lof the following dis
tricts : in the 4th section, the Ist, 2d and 17th; in the 8d
section, part of the ISth, the2oth and2lstdistricts. batis
factory reference given when required.
Address the subscriber at Cedartown, Polk county, Ga,,
enclose tile fee and pay postage, and his services will be
procured. d2O-wßm STEPHEN A. BORDERS.
OLXNDINNING CO’S
MAHBI.R XYOHKh, Broad street, Augusta,Georgia
Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a
large stock of both Italian and American Marble, for
Monuinonts.Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res
pectfully call the attention of those wanting work in our
tne. We are uow prepared to fill all orders at short no
tice, in as good style and its tow as work of thes&mc.qualitj
an be furnished for from anyestahlishment IntheUnltei
States Plans and prices will be sentthose who cannotca
andexamne for themselvea.
P. B.—Orders from the country executed with neatnes
nd despatch. d 27
FOR SALE
-18011 OFFIiU for sale my entire River PLANTA
TION, 28 or 80 miles south of Columbus, Ga., iu Bar
bour county, Ala., lying on iho Chattahoochee river, con
taining 2400 Acres; some 1200 acres in a fine state of cul
tivation and sood repair. A good water Gin and Ferry
across the Chattahoochee river. The above wifi be for
sale at any time until sold and possession siven. Terms to
suit purchaser*. Jaßl-tf MATHEW AX EKETTE.
WOODLAND FEMALE BEMINABY,
CEDAR TOWN, GA.
JM. WOOD,Principal; JOHN D. COLLINS, Dr.
• W. B. CRAWFORD, Associate Professors; Miss
LEANA NEWTON, Primary Department; Trot. J. R.
SEALS, Principal of Music Department.
The Snritg Session, for 1854, will commence the 2nd
Monday in January, and close the 2nd Wednesday in July.
The Fall Session will commence the Ist Wednesday in
August, and close the llh Wednesday iu November. For
particulars applyto J. M. WOOD,Principal.
d9S-tMhl
PRODUCE DEPOT IN ATLANTA.
THE GREATEST DISTRIBUTING FIRM IN GEORGIA.
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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
From the Home Journal,
A Beautiful Poem.
The following sweet and touching lines on the
“ Death of the Robin,” are from the gifted pen of
our fair correspondent, Mrs. Emeline S. Smith.
They will find manv admirers among the lady
reader- of the Home Journal. They are here pub
lished for the first time.
From his sweet banquet/mld the perfumed clover,
A robin soared and sung;
Never the voice of happy bird or lover.
Such peals of gladness rung.
Lone echo, loitering by the distant hill aide,
Or hiding in the glen,
Caught up, with thirsting lip, the tide of sweetness,
Then bade it flow again.
The summer air was flooded with the moaic ;
Winds held their breath to hear;
And biushing wild floweta hung their head.*, enamoured,
To list that “joyance clear.”
Just theD, from neighboring covert and rudely ringing,
Broke forth a discordant sound;
And wily fowler, from the ambush springing,
Gated eagerly around.
Still upward through the air that yet was thrilling
To his melodious lay,
One instant longer, on a trembling pinion,
The robin cleared his way,
But, ah, the death shot rankled in his bosom—
His life of song was o’er!
Back, back to earth from out his heavenward pathway,
lie fell to rise no more.
A sudden silence chilled the heart of Nature-
Leaf, blossom, bird and bee.
Seemed each, in startled hush, to mourn the passing
Os that sweet minstrelsy.
And echo, breathless, in her secret dwelling,
Like love lorn maid in vain
W'aited and listened long to eatch the accents
She ne’er would hear again.
Ob, bird I sweet poat of the summer woodlands!
How like thy lay to those
Os tuneful bards, whose songs, begun in gladness,
Have oft the saddest close.
Thus, many a strain of human love and rapture,
Poured from a fond, full heart,
Hath been, in one wild moment, hushed forever
By sorrow's fatal dart.
Wreck of the Ship Tayleur—Four Hundred Lives
Lout.
Tho Liverpool Daily Times brings detailed ac
counts of the wreck of the Ship Tayleur on the
coast of Ireland accompanied by tho loss of more
than four hundred lives, of whom more than two
hundred were women and children :
The Taylour watt a vessel of great size, said to
meaanre between 2-rt'O and 8000 tons, carrying, be
sides s great quantity of property that can bo bet
tor spared, nearly 700 passengers, and about fifty of
a crew. She left Liverpool ior Melbourne on Fri
day, and rail ashore at Lambuy Island, within a
few lnilos of Dublin Ilay, at 12 o’clock on Saturday
night, when the frightful sacrafice of life woh made.
Lumbay is a Bmall island, but a few miles front
Dublin, and still nearer to the rocky islet, “Ire
land’s Eye.”
One of the first cabin passengers, Mr. W. Jones,
of London, has given the following statement of
the melancholy occurrence:
“The Tayleur eailed from Liverpool at five
minutes to twelve on Thursday forenoon, with
passengers and crew amounting in all to about *JSO
souls, including children. For several hours they
had a fair wind, and about 8 o’clock that evening
they wore off Holyhead. Ashort time after however,
it came to blow strong, and the wind was right
sguinat them, so that next morning they again found
themselves close to Holyhead. During the whole of
Friday and Friday night they struggled with an
adverse wind, and od Saturday morning they wore
endeavoring to make the north channel, not being
ableto steer to the south.’ Heard on board, and
bus no doubt of the fact, that several hours before
the vessel struck the helmsman informed the caD
tain that he aaw land; but tho course of the ship
was altered. About a q. arttr before twelve on
Saturday the passongers were able to discern the
land, tho woathcr being at tho time thick and hazy.
The laud must have been then very close to them,
for they ran upon the rocks just under the cliff', as
near as he could say at about half-past twelve.
Tho scene then was of the most frightful charac
ter, all the passengers being on board, and scream
ing and crowding together in the most heart-rend
ing manner. It was his opinion, and the general
feeling on board all along, that the ship was hard
ly manned for tho voyago, having a crow consist
ing partly of Chinese and Lascars, who could
neither spoak nor understand English, and, as he
thought, were inadequate to work the ship. The
vessel, owing to a vain attempt to keep off the
land, when H was too late, wont broadside upon
tho rocks, and immediately after tho stern began
to sink. So close were they to the rocks that a
black sailor at ouce jumped ou shhre, and five or
Bix of the men immediately after followed his ex
ample. A rope was then got from the ship to tho
shore, and made fast, and the third mate managed
to put a plank from the ship to tho rocks, so close
wore they ; aud by these moans, and these means
alone—the Bingle rope and tho plank—were many
lives subsequently saved. Tho people callod out
to the captain to lowor tho boats, but he said
“What use <” and accordingly no boats wore
lowored ; and the crew as well as the rest of the
peop.o, appeared utterly paralysed, and unable to
do anything tosavo life. Tho people crowded to
gether to the head of the vessel, which was high
out of the water when the stern wont down ; but
the waves continued to wash over them, and each
wuvo carried away some of the unfortunate pas
sengers.
The sea was so boisterous among tho rocks that
he does not think any of thoee who fell into the
water wero saved ; and in about 40 minutea after
the vossel struck tho whole of tho wreck went
down, leaving the mast over water, and all who
wore then dinging to the wreck perished, with the
exception of one man who got into the rigging and
remained thoro until tho next morning (Sunday,)
when he was got off by tho coast guards. The
reason nobody else sought refuge iu the rigging
was, that all wore endeavoring to get near tho rope
and the plank, whioh could save very fowatatimo.
Thero wero about 200 women, at a rough guesß,
and perhaps 50 children on board, and all of those
with the exception of two women aud ono child,
perished. In faot, all the weak and helploss were
lost, and nobody who was not able to make an
effort for bimsolf was saved. He saw tho second
muto perish, and also the doctor, the lattor having
ntado gallant efforts to save his wife and child, both
of whom wero lost, only for which he might have
saved himself. His child was at some distance
from him, aud in endeavoring to roach it, he lost
his own lifo. No assistance in saving life could bo
rendered from the land, tho only persons there
being the coast-guard men, who knew nothing of
the affair until they were told of it by tbo black
sailor, and as all was over then, they could of courso
do nothing. They remained by tho wreck until
about threo o’clock, when it was too late to attempt
to cross to the main laud by the coast-guards’ boat,
and the first communication to the main land was
not sent off until about six tho next morning. Dur
ing the night they suffered a great deul from the
wet and cold.”
The Crystal Pilue.
Tho Directors of the Crystal l’alace publish in
the New York papers a statement of its affairs.
Th# low price at which tho stock is selling is ac
counted tor in tho faot that the Company is in debt
for #125,000, Notwithstanding' tho liberal outlay of
capita' in advancing tho enterprise. The expenses
have been pretty nearly as large as the rocoints and
the latter are found to be no mean item. The fol
lowing will show tho condition of the company in
brief:
Capital paid in $459,000
Receipts, 889,708
Total, $575,708
Construction and Fixtures,. .#684,880
Expenses, 868,828-1,008,708
Deficit represented by debts #125,000
Tho debt, is secured by a mortgage on the build
ing. The property of tho Association consists of
tho leaso to January, 1857, of Reservoir Square,
und the I’alaco thereon, the loase of two other lots
adjoining, to March, 1854, at an annual rent of
#I,OOO, and two brick buildings thereon which cost
about #IO,OOO, Kiss’ statute of the Amazon, which
cost #IO,OOO, and a mineralogical collection, besides
stoves, counters, shafting, &c. Tho Directors say,
in commenting upon this exhibit of the financial
oondition of the Association, that—
“ It is apparent, from the foregoing statement,
that the disappointment in regard to the financial
results of the enterprise is due mainly to tho fact
of tho building not being completed at the time
for which it was intended, viz: Ist of May, 1858.”
Tho receipts were : In July (14 days,) #19,000;
in August, #46,000; in September, #75,000: in
October, #IBO,OOO, and in Nov., #82,000. The
largest receipts were on the 18th of Oct., #6,291.
Tho prosont weekly expenses are #2,140 or #305
per day. In regard to the future, tho Directors are
very confident of success, if the importance of the
object is properly regarded by our people. As an
Industrial Exhibition they regard the result of the
enterprise as far beyond anything that could have
been expected. The Report concludes by announc
ing tho determination of tho Directors to make
the Exhibition permanent, provided the stock
holder* consent, and regard the enterprise as cer
tain to produce favorable financial results, under
its present greatly roducod scale of expenditure.
Fba Rocoo. —Murray’s “Handbook for South
Italy’’ contains some curious stories respecting
Fra Rocco, the celebrated Dominican preacher and
tho spiritual Joe Miller of Naples. On one occa
sion, it is related, he preached on the mole a peni
tential sermon; and introduced so many illustra
tions of terror that he soon brought his hearers to
their knees. While they were thus showing every
sign of contrition, he cried out, “Now, all of you
who sincerely repent of your'sins hold up yonr
hands.’’ Every man in the vast multitude imme
diately raised both hands. Holy Archangel Mich
ael,” exclaimed Rooco, “thou with thine adaman
tine sword standee: at the right hand of the
judgment seat of God, hew me off every hand
which baa been raised hypocritically.” In an in
stant every hand dropi-ed, and Rocco, of course,
poured forth a fresh torrent ot eloquent invective
against their sins and their deceit. He had a great
dislike to tobacco, and when once preaching in a
crowd of Spanish sailors, he astounded them by
telling them that there were no Spanish saints in
heaven. A few, he said, had been admitted, but
they smoked so many cigars that they made the
Hofy Virgin sick, and St. Peter set his wits to work
to get them out. At length he proclaimed that a
bun light was to be held outside, the gate of Para
dise. 'Thereupon every Spanish saint, without
exception, ran off to see the fight, and St. Peter
immediately closed the gate, and took care never
to admit another Spaniard.
Flexible Powdeh.— The Japanese do not bury
their dead in coffins, bat place them in a tub, two
feet and a half diameter at the top, and two feet at
the bottom. The flexibility of the usually rigid
dead ia produced by putting a powder, called Do
sia, into the ears, month and nostrils of the corpse.
The following is related by an eye-witness:
An experiment took place in the month of Octo
ber, 17S8, when the cold was very severe. A
voung Dutchman having died in our factory, at
Dcsima, I directed the physiean to cause the body
to be washed, and left all night exposed to the air,
on a table placed near an open window, in order
that it might become completely stiff. Nextmorn
ing, several Japanese, some of the factory, and my
self, went to examine the corpso, which was as hard
as a pieoe of wood. One of the interpreters, named
Zenby, drew from his pocket a tautoci, or pocket
book, and took out an oblong paper, filled with a
coarse powder, resembling sand. This was the fa
mous aotia powder. He put a pinch into the ears,
another pinch into the nostrils, and a third mto
the mouth, and presently,whether from the effect
of this drug/or some trick which|l could not detect,
the arms, which had before been crossed over the
breast, dropped of themselves, and in lees than
twenty minutes by the watch the body had re
covered all its flexibility.
Dr. Francis says that from the way people have
taken to the growing of tat cattle, one would think
that the cultivation of tallow was the chief end of
man. Go to Boston, be obeerves, and oat of every
dozen men yon meet, ten will be talking ox, while
the other two will be divided between the merits
of Ralph Waldo Emerson and “the imported
chickens’* that Messrs. Crackle and Feathers have
just brought from Shanghai.
AUGUSTA, GA-, WEDNEfJAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1854.
MISCELLANY.
The Let* Turned* in Ohio.
Several dajs ago we had an account by telegram h
of a violent tornado in the vicinity of Mount Ver
non, Ohio, on the 20th ult. The Cleveland Plain
dealer gives the following account of the ravages
of the tempest:
The hurricane broke out not far from 3 P. M.,
and was preceded by a light rain, which had fallen
a I day, accompanied by wind and cold. For a
short space, before theßtonn made its appearance,
the weather is said to have grown rapidly warm,
and the wind to have lulled.
The tornado first manifested itself in the west
ern part of Miller township, about eight miles
west of sooth from Mount Vernon. It seemed to
spring into fall life and passion at once, like Pallas,
all armed, from the brain of Jove. No serious
traces were seen ofits work until it blew down the
stable and unroofed the house of Jonn Sobiuson,
residing in the west end of Miller township. The
course of the storm at this time, was east by
northeast, which course it preserved till the close.
The tornado passed over a field or two, tearing
up fences, flinging the rails like straws for hun
dreds of yards, and dashed against a double log
cabin occupied by John B. Turner. Mr. Turner,
hearing the noise, had just opened a door to look
ont, when the fall force of the blast came against
his house. Mrs. Turnersnd two children, who were
standing near a huge fire-place, wore literally swept
into it, but fortunately escaped with a slight burn
ing, a broken arm, and some bruises.
The storm neat struck the house of Wainwright
Baxter, which it unroofed. An eye witness says
the roof went straight np in the air, whirling
about and about till he lost sight of it. No frag
ments of it can be found. The adjacent house of
ChesterCoiman, in Brandon, was next attacked.
It was razed to the ground.
Dr. Wheutpn’a house was the next in course. It
was a one-and a hulf story building, in cottage
style. It was levelled with the dast. A large bam
owned by Dr. WJieaton shared tb* - uetate. Dr.
Wheaton, hearing the ippVonbu offlie storm,
rushed out of the house. He had one arm bro
ken. The house was not only bl >wn to pieces,
but almost entirely blown away. Boards belong
ing to it were picked up the next day four miles
from the scene. The next victim to the tempest
was the old brick Union Church. It was stretched
along the ground.
The school house near by was next attacked.
Thirty-nine children wero In it at the lime, but by
some strange good luck only one was seriously in
jarod. He will probably recover. Several other
children were slightly thumped and scratched.
The injuries were caused by timbers falling from
the roof. The entire building was not blown
down. Tbo new Presbyterian Church in Brandon
was unroofed and part of the edifice blown in.
Two or throe old log cabins near by fell before the
blast. The tavern of Wm. Patterson was singular
ly treated by the storm fiend. It was turned about
a foot from its former position. Otherwise the
bnilding was not injured, outside or inside. It is
atwo-story frame. A wagon and blacksmith’s shop
was next prostrated. A large brick house and barn
at the north end of Brandon was blown down.
The two-story brick house and barn belonging to
Mr. Squires were blown down. Such was the
force of tlie blast that a cooking stove in Mr.
Squiros’s house was errriod several rods.
The tempest here entered a piece of woods, half
a mile long, and cut a swath a quarter of a mile
wide from one cud to the other. It looks as though
some giant had gone through the forest with a
stickle. A'most every treo is blown down fiat
upon the ground. The few which remain stand
ing are stripped of the boughs and branches, and
their trunks are twisted until they look like whip
cords. The appearance of the prostrate woods is
very curious. In the centre of the storm track the
trees arc laid alongside of each other in parallel
lines, with almost geometrical regularity. As you
go out towards the edge on either side, the trees
gradually diverge Irom the parallel, till at last they
lay quite at right angles to the central track, some
having fallen in a northerly direction, and others
in a southerly direction, heads and points together.
Most of the oaks are from one and a half to two
foot in diameter. The width of the track is just
about the same whore the hurricane left the woods
as whore it entered. It is a little singular that, along
tho very edges of its destroying path, the trees
are not at all injured, scarcely tho most delicate
twigs being broken off.
Emerging from the woods the tempest next
struck a long honse belonging to James H. Fletch
er and tenanted by a widow, Mrß. Young. It was
blown down. Jacob Sister’s bouso and barn ad
jacent wero also flattened. Mr. Slater and wife
wero only slightly hurt. A cow standing in tho
yard was lifted high in the air and blown several
rods. Site toll witii great violence, and died in
consequence of her injuries.
Tho storm here eutored a pieco of woods half a
milo wide. The rosults and standing phenomena
were similar to those already described. The barn
of Harrison Smootz, next in its path, was un
roofed, and Mrs. Barker’s house was considerably
damaged. The tempest hore crossed thoNowart
raiirond trnck, literally covering it with nils, and
posts, and trees, which it prostrated and carried
along in its awful course. The two-story brick
houso of John Schnelby was then blown down.
The storm passed through a piece of oak woods,
about one-fourtli of a mile wide, with the usual re
sult. Two houses built of hewn logs were des
troyed on the Newark road. A mile of oak woods
was next ont through, the track still being about a
quarter of a mile wide. Tho Barn of Mr. Gorsuch
was blown down. The adjaoent house of Mr.
Smith was much injured, and stable blown down.
The tornado then swept terribly on beyond the
Martiusburg road. It entered the woods and is
known to have gono on as far as G»m6ler, passing
the village a’ ont a mile to the south. Gambler is
the seat of the college by that name, and it is situa
ted about ten miles from Miller township, where
the tornado first burst into life.
No language can do justice to the fearful mag
nificence of the tornado as it stalked wrathfnlly
ovor the land. The frightened spectators can
only say it was “ awful” “ horrible.” It seems to
have worn tho appearance of a mighty black pil
lar, reaching from earth to heaven, eradiated by
blinding flashes of lightning, and acoompanied in
its devastating march by tho music of a hundred
cannon.
The timo occupied by the passage of the tornado
ovor any one spot is variously represented at from
two to five minuta. That so tew human lives wero
lost is trnly marvellous. The inmates of he uses
generally escaped by going into tho cellar or get
ting under the beds.
During the storm the rain fell in great abun
dance in Mount Vernon, washing away the streets
in some places.
A Dinner Party in High Lite. —A German who
accompanied the American £xpedition to Japan,
has written an account) of his voyage, which is now
in course of publication in the Augsburg Gazette,
and enters more into details than any other narra
tive we lave soon. Tho following passage relates
to a dinner, which wa3 givon by the Regent of
the Loo-Choo Islands, to tho officers of tho Ameri
can Squadron:
“The hall, in which the feast was to be given,
had been prepared at a few feet from the gates of
the town. The arms had been stacked and tho
cannons muzzled. The crew received extraordi
nary rations of greg, whilst the officers repaired
to theplaco assigned for the feast. The hall was
divided into three apartments, of which the one
in the middle contained four tables for the emi
nent personages. These tahlos groaned under the
weight of a remarkable quantity of small plates,
filled with all kinds of eatables, quite encouraging
to tho appetite and of most delicious taste, but
which were altogether too delicate for the maws of
a hungry mariner. Tea was served in exceeding
ly small cups, which servants were always on hand
to All; there was neither sugar nor milk in it but
out of regard for us, they had provided some
sugar candy. These wero nothing but the prelim
inaries of the feaßt. The ropast properly so called
consisted of twelve kinds of soup, which we were
assured were in Japan considered to be a Koyal
repast. It is tho custom there to have feasts con
sisting of three, four or nine sups or services, of
twelve soups was the ne plus ultra of tho consider
ation they could show a stranger.
“Tho food was putin small plates of the eizo of
a saucer, and consisted of different kinds of meat,
fish, vegetables and fried eggs; only think there
was a plate filled with the greatest delicacy of all—
dog’s meat. Do not believo for a moment that the
animals which are used for this purpose in the Ja
panese kitchen resemble in any respect European
quadrupeds of the same namo. They are delicate
little puppies ! fattened for this purpose from the
most tender ago ; and I frankly confess, I have
never eaten more agreeable or more succulent meat;
the most fastidious epicure would have no fault to
find with it.
“With the tea, they served ns with Jachy, a
drink made of rice, and of a most delicious taste ;
but again without sugar. They poured it out of a
pot placed on the table, and it was given to us in
littlo Lilliputian cups, of the size of a thimble, made
of China, which obliged us to get them filled up
several times. This drink was not at all intoxica
ting, and I confess, for my part, I drank fifteen
cups 01 it, without feeling the slightest effect. It
is quite remarkable, that all the meats are served
up in very small quantics, but they are handed
around so often that in the end one is satisfied.
“To eat these luxuries, they had chop Hicks on
the table, a kind of sharp-pointed ebony stick,
such as the Chinese use, which they hold be
tween the thumb and the third finger, and which
they move about at pleasure, f performed my
part very well for my first attempt; yet to eat the
soup, or rather the different kinds of soups, they
managed to make up for European awkwardness,
by giving us spoons made of China, whilst they
used the chop-sticks with great dexterity. Apart
from these rather singular customs, in point of
manners and refinement, there was nothing to
complain of. Like all Oriental rations, the peculi
arity of their tastes may at first strike us, as rather
out of the way : but we soon got accustomed to
them, and I believe, the American officers who
accepted of their hospitality had no reason to
regret the reception they met with. We returned
to the ships, highly delighted with the civilities of
these grandees of "Japan; and although they gave
us dog's meat to eat, ro one said he had an appe
tite for any other delicacy! Every one teemed
tattisfied." — S. Y. Jour. Com.
Italian Industrt. —In handiness and manage
ment, in labor saving contrivances, in the adapta
tion of means to ends, in economy of time and
labor, these people are lamentably, ludicrously
deficient. The philosopher who defined man to
be a tool-making animal did not make his observa
tion upon the Alban or Sabine hills. Every im
plement and instrument which comes to help the
hand of men is of the rudest and most primitive
kind. Their ploughs and carts would be taken by
a Yankee farmer to be the fossil remains of an
antediluvian age. It is the same with domestic
furniture and household utensils.
Each generation receives what is handed down
from fits predecessor, and in its turn transmits
it to his successors, without question and without
improvement. No man ever thinks of contriving
a labor saving expedient, or of opening a Bhort cut
to any desired object.
Flax is spun upon the primitive distaff, and wo
ven by a clumsy hand-loom, very much as in the
days of the chaste Lucretia; and water is toilsomely
l rought home from the spring, in copper vessels
upon the beads of women. Graceful as is the ap
pearance of these moving caryatides, and sugges
tive as the sight of classical and oriental associa
tions, one wculd gladly forego it if these poor
women could be relieved by the aid of a pump or
a leaden pipe.
The habit or laying aside a portion of their
earnings as a provision against a rainy day, is not
common among these careless people; and where
there are no savings banks, there is hide induce
ment to a peasant, who is not so fortunate as to
own a piece of land, to take the trouble, and run
the risk of investing his small savings. They are
fond of dressing gaily, and their holiday costume,
which, however, lasts a lifetime or even longer, is
.often qnite expensive, and adorned with orna
ments of gold and silver, of homely workmanship,
but always of the finest quality.— Millard't Six
Months in Italy.
The number of deaths in the city of New York
during the week ending on Saturday last was 496.
Smallpox has become the most prevalent and fatal
disease in the list. It carried off fifty-seven
victims during the week," while consumption,
which has hitherto been the most prevalent dis
ease, killed only fifty-five. There were also two
1 deaths from varioloid.
Hemarka of Mr. Pottle of Warren,
On a motion to qootpotu indefinitely tho JiiUsfyr tho
Imm and Sate of the Vvtom <£ Atlantic Sail
road.
I have sat patiently waiting for the moves of the
two bills now under cjo*i%ration. The one pro
posing a sale, and the oths* a lease of the Western
and Atlantic Kailroad, to JKfect them according
to the viewe of honorable gentlemen, and have
voted uniformly for all amendments designed to
promote their harmony anttebßslatency, and have
not sought to attack either, l*- amendments to cripple
or defeat them; and now,«far, as they are presented,
asking a favorable considwtion of this House, I
am ready to vote to lay both upon the table for the
balance of the Session. T« the sugument it is in
sisted that the voice of the people demands the
disposal of this Koad at t’us Session 1 I do not
so understand it; there are several modes by
which the will of the peop.j can be ascertained, if
we arc to look for the opinions of the people in
the columns of the newkp .pers of the State, we
find no such evidence, foe a majority of them, I
believe, are opposed toadisposal; the people have
not spoken through their w and Juries demanding
a disposal, nor has their Vt.ee been heard in this
Hall from your deak by memorials; in the absence,
then, of this proof, I tako it that such is not the
fact. I propose then to consider both proposi
tions, and shall ask the in tulgence of the House,
while I attempt to offer some reasons to mv own
mind conclusive, and, Sir, before I proceed, I must
be allowed to Bay that I esteem it a great misfor
tune to find myself diffarijig with a large majori
ty of my political friends Wpon the policy of these
measures, and this diffqirnce, I must co-fess,
causes in my own breast same distrust, for there
are among them gentleman for whose opinions I
entertain the profound** qr.-spect, bat if these con
victions require a temptmry separation, it must
be done, for I owe to may plate a higher allegiance
than my party.
The argument* of honorable gentlemen in sup
port of these measures are - ounaod upon assump
tions and not upon fact-, f' r l herein consists the
fallacy of their conoiu. They assume, that
because j)*. pretits realized from th“
road, theriore none e, -,i»iHb». ’ TBS’is -'ii&nf'f -
non tequila —if the argument be sound, it would
apply with equal force to every other scheme of
intorual improvements within this State and other
States. l'ho Georgia Kailroad. for example,
would long since have been abandoned, if its
friends had held to this fallacy; in its early histo
ry, it too had its embarrassments—for several yoars
it failed to reimburse its stockholders—and even
now, notwithstanding its prosperity, its dividends
have not paid the entire loss of interest upon the
eapitol invested by tbe original Stockholders ; the
time was when its scrip was selling at a redaction
of sixty-five oents on tne dollar, and not until seven
or more years alter its completion, did it yield
dividends to stockholders ; but under wise and
judicious management, and assisted by increase in
commeice and travel, it has recovered from its
former embarrassments, and its present revenues
are beyond tbe calculations of its most sanguine
friends. Such also, has been the financial history
of the Central Kailroad. The fact then, that up to
this time,—only about three years since tho com
pletion of this gigantic enterprise—it has yielded
no revenue, is no test of its capacity to produce
revenue to the people of the State; on the contra
ry, sir, it will afford a striking argument in its
favor, when we consider that its business during ,
tho last fiscal year has fully met a large amount of
expenditures necessarily incident to it, and not one
dollar of appropriation is demanded at this session.
Again, it is argued that in other States where
Railroads have been built by State capital, loss has '
been the consequence. So likewise havo private
enterprises failed in other States; all depends up- '
on tho route, tho trade and travel to be brought,
and the management of its varied interests. That
a State is competent to make some Kailroad enter- .
prises profitable, has been amply demonstrated by
- former and prospective businoss of this road
itself; and this brings me to the consideration of
tho only question involved in the argument, and i
thatis, Will the Koad pay, or will it not pay t If it
can be shown that profits will aceruo by its reten- j
lion, and profits adequate to pay tho interest on
the outlay and more, then it will be unwise to dis- .
pose of it by either bill; but if it can be shown ,
that it promises no revenue, then it is oar duty to
dispose of it either by sale or lease—the former of
which, in my own judgment, is lees objectionable.
That being the question to be considered, I shall ,
address myself to it, and invite this Houso to a
careful analysis of the facte and figures which I
propose to submit. The only reliable data upon ,
which to make this calculation, is the report of the
Into efficient Superintendent of the Western and '
Atlantic Kailroad, and from that I propose to show !
that the former business of the road, its present
condition and future prospects, show boyond all
doubt, that this great State enterprise is yet des
tined to yield large profits into the Treasury of the
State, for tho purpose of alleviating tho burdens of i
taxation, and furnishing a fond for tho odneation
of the children of our common State.
I concede that {torn September 80th, 1853, to
September 80th, 1855, the income of the Road will
be absorbed by expenditures necessary to be made
for the completion of buildings in progress and
under contract, and other expeut os, including con
tingencies to meet prior claims, which expendi
tures amount to the Bum ot $408,488 02; .this,
then, trill absorb the income of the two years end
ing 80th September, 1865. From September 80th,
1855, te Sept., 1856, the profits of the Road, accor
ding to his estimate, will be $416,800, and the ex
penses $227,850. Snowing at the end of that fiscal
year a nett bulance of profit of $188,950. At the
close of the next fiscal year, to wit: 1857, the nett
profit is shown to be $196,470; at the cloee of the
third fiscal year, there will be a return to the Trea
sury of the sum of $470,000, or an inorcaso of
$274,000, over the earnings of the former year, and
a profit of a fraction over »}{ percent, upon the
capital invested, esunatiug «i»r<r<ivsUOv,vOO. At
the end of the next year in suoceseion, a nett pro
fit of $500,000, according to the estimates, will be
received. By continuing these calculations, not
according to the ratio of increase, which would be
legitimate, but supposing it to oontiuue as at the
end of 1859, namely,,.ssoo,ooo, at the end of 17
years, the aggregate iiett profits of the Road will
amount to $8,500,000, or an average nett profit per
annum of $447,368, including the two years which
yielded no profit, or in othor words, nearly an av
erage of 9 per cent, par annum upon the capital
invested; in order to show the difference betwoen
this result and what the incomo would be if loased,
wo have, Sir, these figures—income if retained
seventeen years, $8,500,000; if loased upon the
termß proposed in the bill (wbioh can never bo
obtained under the amended at the expi
ration of said time $4,250,000, leaving a balance
against the lease, and in favor of the State of $4,-
250,000, thus doubling the amount raised by lease,
and nearly double the amount of the, present
indebtedness of the State. Should the Road be
sold, the entire Road, as the bill as amended pro
vides, the annual income from sale, supposing wo
can obtain $4,500,000 for it, at 6 per cent., would
only yield $270,000. I make the calculation at 6
f>cr cent., because it is proposed in the bill to col
ect payment in installments, and those payments
to be made in State bonds. Adopt then, Sir, ei
ther the one or theotherof thesetwo propositions.
Sell the Road or leoso it, and you fall far short of
realizing that income from it, as you would if re
tained, pf these estimates be correct, the State then,
and not foreign or northern capitalists, will reap
the profits. I have said, Sir, that these results
would follow, if these estimates were correct, and
why are they not sot Gentlemen must either
adopt the conclusions which I have drawn from
those estimates, or presume that the Superintend
ant erred in making them. To an experienced
and scientific officer, tlieso calculations of annual
expenditures and profits are susceptible ot approx -
im te exactness; but, Sir, it is clear from the facts
themselves, as well as the future prospects of the
Road, that these calculations are correct. By look
ing at the various Roads now In process of con
struction, and those for whom charters are grant
ed, it will be seen that the Superintendent is for
tified in his positions. Soon will the whistle of
the locomotive be heard upon the banks of the
Tonuessee, as it boars produce and travel from the
capital of that great and growing State as the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad extends its
iron arms into the rich valleys of that State, and
bears upon its traok the products of its fields, and
ore from its mines, this Road will receive it, and
bear it on its onward march to some ocoan port.
The Road recently chartered by the General As
sembly now in session extending from somo point
on the State Road, probably at Calhoun to the Cop
per Mines in Gilmer, and tend much to promote
its business and add much to its incomo. So also
when the chain of Railroad extending from Mem
phis to Rome is completed, the commerce of the
mighty West will be brougnt upon this Road, to
gether with the vast amount of travel from our
Northern cities to Texas and California. That this
will be one of tho chief thoroughfares of travel,
there cuu be no doubt, unless unwise legislation
in our State makes an intersection of this Road at
Dalton or Kingold, and divert its travel to the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad to Knoxville and
Richmond. Va., thence to the principal oities of the
North. I ask, gentlemen, to wait for the comple
tion of these Railroads, which the capital and en
ergy of the country will soon construct, and let
the experiment he fairly tried, and if, after all theso
tributaries shall have been made, it our hopes and
calculations are all dissipated, then, and not till
then, let the State pass the Road into private hands.
But it a profit is to be realized, such as I have en
deavored to show from the report of the Superin
tendent, let it be enjoyed by the people—th 6 whole
people. The present s juli of hope ; the clonds
which once gathers f > i t its ,! •' nets have pass
ed away, and web jg t .awnings of a
brighter day—tha>. i talc to whom
this Road belongs, ■. i'l the strongest
affections; there ar» --<i erintercet in its
prosperity, and a zeal i . i • r itas Georgians—
the poor man who pay t t.s jell tax feels the same
pride in this work, is the property holder with
his cattle upon a tho:. ■nd hills. Lot not the ex
pectations of the peor * be disappointed—let it be
preserved In tho har •of theS'ato to be the jewel
in her crown, when i e present generation shall
have passed away.
‘Old Bcll’s Cos ebt ” said Mrs. Partington,
glancing up from her knitting as she read the an
nouncement of the grand concert on Saturday
evening, and she smiled as the ridiculous fancy
ran through her mind, like a grasshopper in a
stubble field, of an old bull giving a concert. ‘And
yet it isn’t very wonderful,’ continued she, ‘for I
remember a cat and a canary that lived together,
and one or t’other of ’em used to sing beautifully.
But I wonder what he plays on.' lie suggested
that he played on one of his horns, which seemed
to be reasonable. ‘I am glad he is going to give
hie concert, because when I went down to hear a
great artisan play on a violence, as they called
it, though I found out afterwards it was nothing
but a fiddle, they were going to charge a dollar,
till I told ’em I was one of the connections of the
Post, and they let me in. I can’t think what ma
lic an old ball can make. I’m sure. It must be
very uproarious, I should think, and better fitted
fur overturns than for past ureal music.’ She clo
sed her critiqu* with a pinch of snuff, and got on
to her wires again like a telegraphic despatch and
went ahead, while Ike amused himself by scratch
ing his name, with a board nail, in magnificent Ro
man capitals, upon the newly painted panel of the
kitchen door. —Boston Post.
Ic* Bbidok at Nugaua Falls. —The EochesteT
American, describing the Ice bridge which now
exists across Niagara river just below the American
Fall, at the foot of the ferry staircase, says:
“It ia formed of cakes of ice heaped up together
in every possible shape, and rises some twenty feet
above tie water. It » already need as a highway
for foot passengers between the United States and
Canada. In front of the American Fall the ice ia
piled up in huge masses, and banks in every fantas
tic form, presenting in the son-light the moat mag
nificent appearanoe. Luna Island is one vast pa!-
• ace of ioe, and all the banks of Goat Island are
1 sheeted with the froxen spray. The Canada aide
1 and Table Rock, are loaded with ioe, and it ia from
i thi^point that tbeaplsndid crystal panorama of the
1 American side offers its glaring and sparkling
front.”
c Poisoxid CaukT.—A Brownsville (Pa.) paper
says: On New Year’s eve, Mr. Wm. Donley, of this
county, purchased some of those new toys, manu
i factored of candy, as » present for his children.—
The Utile fellows ate heartily of them on Sunday.
1 and we regret to say, twoot them were in the cola
l embrace of death before the dev passed by, and
, others of the family were very sick from its effects.
- We have heard that another has died since ; but
o did not ascertain whethar it was Mr. Donley’s or
tbs child of soother family.
Autobiography al aw Actress.
- Mrs.Mowstt, in her “Autobiography of an Ao
( tres *>” »lively acoount of her debut :
■ .Y of my w “ It was in the
i ntb 1845. 1 had three weeks only for
preparation. Incessant study, training—discipline
i °‘ 8 * lnd which the actor student alone can
1 JPPteciate— were indispensable to perfect success.
1 •* < i r 'T m e lessons, to gain firmness ot position
1 °. f h “ b - I “sed dumb bells to over
come the constitutional weakness of my arms and
ev«™ e f 9rClS6d “V voiee faring four hours
everyday, to increase its power. I - ore a volu
minoas tram for as mauy hours daily, to learn the
gra°ef u| management of queenly or classic robes.—
Jne day before my debut, it was necessary that I
should rehearse with tho company. I found this
a severer ordeal than performing before the public.
■• “ere is always a half malicious curiosity amongst
actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice.
lhey invariably experience strong inclination to
prophecy failure. No wonder; for they kuow
Dost the nice subtleties of their own art—tho un
expected barriers that start np between the neo
pnjte and his goal.
Only those actors who arc engaged in the scene
rehearsed, are permitted to occupy the stage. The
play was the Lady of Lyons, Mrs. Vernon, as Mad
ame Deschappelles, and I as Pauline, took our scats
to open the first scone. The actors crowded around
the wings, eager to pass judgment on tho trembling
debutante. The stage manager seated at liis table,
scanned her with cold and scrutinizing eyes. The
pale promplerlaid his book upon his knee, that ho
might state at her more deliberately. Even tho
sleepy little call boy, regardless of the summons in
his hand, put on the sapient look and attitude of a
critic.
‘lf I could but Bhut out all these eyes,’ I said to
myself. But, turn whatever way I would, they
met; hemmed me in on all sides—girdled me with
free* ng influences.
After we had taken our seats there was a mo
ment of awful silence. It was broken by Mr.
Barry's dignified (be was alarmingly dignified)
.‘•commenoa if you pleaae.” Mrs. Vernon,epdke
cne Irst hues of the piay, I reptitd. I VAsffw -ianr
why, but the sound of my own voice, distinct and
untremnlons, re assured me. Tbo Rubicon was
passed. I thought no more of the surrounding
eyes, so full of “speculation”—of the covert itl
wiabes—of the secret condemnations. I gave my
self up to the part, and acted with all the abandon
and intensity of which I was capable.
During the rehearsal of tho third aot, I was
startled by a sudden burst of applause. It came
from a crowd of actors at the sideseenes—aii invol
untary and most unusual tribute. To say that it
produced uo effect upon me would be affectation.
For a moment my equanimity was pleasurably de
stroyed. I had tasted the firstdrop in the honeyed
cup of success.
“Go on, if you please—go on," said Mrs. Barry,
noticing the pause—and 1 went on.
The play continued and ended without further
interruption. When I was over, the company
gathered around me with tokens of undisguised
interest. From many lips 1 received the delight
ful assurance that, if I was not frightoned at night
I should achieve a great triumph.
“I shall not be frightened,’’ 1 answered confi
dently.
“Not bo frightened !" reiterated Mr. Skerret (at
that time the low comedian of the l’ark Theatre,)
“don’t lay any such flattering unction to your
soul. When night comes, yon will be frightened
half out of your senses—you don’t know what
stage fright is /’’
“I have a talisman to keep off stage fright—the
motive that brings mo on the stage.”
“Weshall see!” was his incredulous answer.
None but actors can thoroughly comprehend the
meaning of the appalling words “stage fright”—
the night mare or tho profession—a sensation of
icy terror to which no langnago can give adequate
utterance. I have seen veteran actors who had
studied some now character until every syllable of
theauthorsoemod indellibly written on their brains
—who had rehearsed their parts with theinoßt tel
ling enthusiasm—who gleriod in tlie prospect of
making a “hit”—at last, when night came, and
thoy stood before tlie loot lights to ombody tho
ideal creation for the first time, I have seen them
seized with a sadden tremor—their utterance
choked—their eyes rolling about, or fixed ou va
cancy—their limbs shaking and every faculty para
lyzed.
1 was not initiated into the horrors of “stage
fright” on the first night of my performance. But
the dramatic inoubuo visited mo in its woret form
on an equally important occasion. Nor was tho
attack tho sole one in my professional life. By
what magic the domsn can be exercised, remains
an undiscovered mystery.
Tho morning of my debut was passed with my
sisters. Scarcely au allusion was made to the try
ing events which must tako place that evenmg.—
Tlie rich apparel, spread out upon thu bod, re
ceived its finishing touches at hands, and
was consecrated by a few silent tears. Guo of my
sisters only, Julia, tho youngest, had courage to
ho present when that attire wao worn.
My costume was choßon by Mrs. Vornon, almost
the first actress with whom I became Acquainted,
a lady highly respected and beloved in tlie profes
sion. Her name and that of her relatives have
done honor to the stage for along series ,ot years.
As we drove to the theatre last night, the car
riage passed my father’s honse. There was a
group at the window watching for us. Handker
chiefs waved as long as we were in sight.
I cannot help wandering what sort of a place tho
world in general imagine the “star dreßsing-room”
to be. In the days of my nascieoce 1 presumed
that it was a Bort of a boudoir, prettily a id comfor
tably furnished, to which the princesses of tbe
stage retired to take their luxurious ease. But O,
the difference! The “star dressing-rooui” is
usually a small olosot-iike apartment, with o few
strips of well-worn baize or carpet on the floor. —
A rude wooden shelf runs along one eido of the
wail, and serves as a dressing-table. A dingy
looking-glass, a couple of superannuated chairs, a
ricketty wash stand, these are, generally speaking,
tho richest luxuries of the locality. Bach was the
“star dressing-room” to which I was introduced at
the Park Theatre. Mr. Mowatt’s request obtained
lor mo a lillipqtian sofa, so particularly hard that
it was at ouco recognized as a—theatrical ‘ proper
ty”—a thing of sham dosiguod for the deception
of an audience. I believe even tlie demand for this
delusive accessory to comfort was considered very
unreasonable.
I was just dressed when there came a slight tap
upon the door, accompanied by the words, “Pau
line, youare called.”
1 opened the door. Tho call boy stood without
—the inseparable long strip of paper between his
fingers. 1 inquired who ho wanted.
“Yon, ma’am; you are oalled.”
“ What a singular piece of familiarity 1” I
thought to myself. “It is I whom he is addressing
as ‘Pauline !” I did not think it was customary to
call the performers by the names of the characters
they assumed.
“Called for what ?’’ I inquired; in a manner that
was intended to impress the daring offender with a
sense of the respect due to me.
“For what /” he retorted, prolonging the what
with an indescribubiy humorous emphasis, and
thrusting his tongue against his cheek, “why, for
the stage to be sure. That’s the what !”
“Oh 1” was ail I could say; and the little urchin
ran down stairs, smothering his laughter. Its
echo, however, leached up from tho green-room,
where, after making his “call,” he had probably re
lated my unsophisticated inquiry.
At that moment Mr. Mowatt came to conduct
mo to the stage. Mrs. Vernon, who played my
mother, was already seated at a small table in Ma
tlarae Deschapellos’ drawing room. 1 took my
place on a sofa opposite to her, holding in my hand
a magnificent boquet, Claude’s supposod offering
to Paulino.
After a few whispered words of encouragement,
Mr. iiowatt left me, to witness the performance
from the front of the house. Somebody spread my
Pauline scarf on the chair beside me. Somebody
else arranged the folds of my train symmetrically.
Somebody’s fingers gathered iuto their place a few
stray curls. Tho stage manager gave the order of
“clear the stage, ladies und gentlemen,” and I
heard sound the little bell for the raising of the
curtain.
Until that moment I do not think a pulse in my
frame had quickened its besting. But then 1 was
seized with a stifling sensation, as though 1 were
choking. 1 could only gasp out, “Not yet—l can
not !’’
Os course, there was general eofusion. Manag
ers, actors, prompters, all rushed on tho stage;
some offered water, some scent bottles, some ma
ned me. Everybody seemed prepared to witness
a fainting fit, or an attack of bisterics, or some
thing edually ridiculous. I was arguing with my
self against the absurdity of this ungovernable
emotion—this hnmiliating exhibition; and making
a desperate endeavor to regain my self-possession,
when Mr. Skerelt thrust his comic face over some
body’s shoulder. He looked at me with an ex
pression of quizzical exultation, and exclaimed—
‘,Didn’t I tell you so ! Where’s all the courage,
eh ?”
Tho words recalled my boast of the morning ; or
rather, they recalled the recollections upon which
that boast was founded. My composure returned
as rapidly as it had departed. I laughed at my
own weakness.
“Are you getting better ?” kindly inquired the
stage manager.
‘ ‘Let the curtain rise 1” was the satisfactory an
swer.
Mr. Barry clapped his hands, a signal for the
stage to be vacated, —the crowd at once disappear
ed. Madame Deschapelles and Pauline sat alone,
as before. The tinkling bell of warning rang, and
the curtain slowly ascended, disclosing first the
foot lights, then the ocean of heads beyond them
in the pit, then the brilliant array of ladies in the
boxes, tier after tier, and finally the thronged gal
leries. I found those foot lights an invaluable aid
to the necessary allusion. They formed a dazzling
barrier, that separated the spectator from the ideal
world in which the actor dwelt. Their glare pre
vented the eye from being distracted by objects
without the precincts of that luminous semicircle,
They were a friendly protection, a warm comfort,
and idealizing auxiliary.
The debutante was greeted warmly. This was
but a matter-of-couare compliment paid by a New
York audience to the daughter ot a well known
•itizen.
“Bow! bow 1” whispered a voice from behind
the scenes. And I obediently bent my head.
“Bow to your right 1" said the voice, between
the intervals of applause. I bowed to the right.
“Bow to the left!” I bowed to the left.
“Bow again'.” I bowed again and again while
the noisy welcome lasted.
The play commenced, and, with the first words
I uttered I concentrated my thoughts, and tried to
forget that I had any existence save that of the
scornful lady of Lyons. When we rose from our
steats and approached the foot lights, Mrs. Ver
non gave my band a reassuring pressure. It was a
kindness scarcely needed, I bad lost all sensation
of alarm. The play progressed as smoothly as it
had commenced. In tho third act, where Pauline
first discovers the treachery of Claude, the powers
of an actress begin to be tested. Every point told
and was rewarded with an inspiring burst of ap
plause. The audience had determined to blow
into a flame the faintest Bpark of meri'.
In the fourth act, I became greatly exhausted
with the unusual excitement and exertion. There
seemed a probability that I would not have physi
cal strength to enable me to finish the performance.
Mrs. Vernon has often laughingly reminded me
bow she shook and pinched me when I was lying,
to ail appearance tenderly clasped in her arms.
She maintains that, by these means, she constantly
roused me to consciousness. lam her debtor for
the friendly pinches and opportune shakes.
In the fifth act, Pauline’s emotions are aJlof calm
and abject grief—the faint, hopeless stragglings of
a broken heart. My very weariness aided the per
sonation. The pallor of excessive fatigue, the worn
out look, tottering walk, und feeble voice suited
Pauline’s deep despair. The audience attributed
to an actor’s consummate skill that which was
merely a painful and accidental reality. The play
ended, the curtain fell. It would be impossible to
describe my sensations of relief as I watched that
welcome screen of coarse green baize slowly onrol
ling itself and dropping between the audience and
the stage. Then came the call before the enrtam
—the crossing the stage in front of the footlights.
Mr. C led me ont. The whole house rose, even
the ladies, a compliment seldom paid, I think it
rained floVers : for bouquets, wreaths of silver,
and wreaths of laurel fell in showers around ns.
Cheer followed cheer, as they were gathered up
and laid in my arms. The hats of gentlemen and
handkerchiefs of ladies waved qn every side. I
oourteeied my thanks and the welcomed green
certain once more ehnt out the brilliant assem
blage. Then came the deeper, truer sense of
thankfulness. The trial was over ; the debutante
had stood the test; she had net mistaken the
coarse which had been clearly pointed ont as the
oiio for which she was destined.
From the few Orleans Picayune.
The Turf.
Tits Most Brilliant Sfobtiso Evsnt or the
Age.—As great curiosity has been excited, and
many inqniries have been made, both hero and
elsewhere, in relation to “The Great Post State
Stake,” which will be run for in this city, over the
Metame Course, on the Hist day of April next, wo
“ Bve thought to interest our sporting readers
throughout the oonntry with a short description
of the origin, terms, present prospects, and proba
ble brilliant results connected with it.
This race will, without doubt, be the greatest
sporting event which has ever taken placo in this
country, and it has probably never been oxeeeded
ID n ?‘}B m * ude by any single race throughout tbe
world. Strange as it may appear to some minds,
mankind from tbe earliest ages havo always viewed
with great favor all magnificent displays in which
large amounts of money, mind, skill, strength,
danger or experience were neoessarily involved.
In proof of this we might instance the Olympic
Games of Greooe, the Gladiators of Borne, the
Chariot races, the Tournaments, tho Bull Fights,
strength? \ ha i? Bl l> the doeds 0 f bravery, skill and
the nmrfrf hibited in thousands of instances amid
Wh* P s p d oir <mm»tanoes of bloody wars.
ruoolloct the excitement caused
gh A t tho world by the °°uteat between the
yacht America and her English rivals 1 Who
lnd t li«n! Bße^\ h ® gr ®o matchos between Eclipse
and Henry, between Boston and Fashion, or bo
tween Wagner and Grey Eagle, can ever forget the
circumstances attending these great f porting
events? In the State and national pride enlisted,
in the amount of money at stake, m the number
of horses, both in preparation and that will run
in the ruco, and in the probable camber of spocta
tors who will bo present, this anxiously looked for
race will eclipse all others that have preceded it in
this oountry.
Tbeprojt ot of thb “ State Stake” originated with
sevOiaf lUaftjir. tactic,- of C.p
country, who chanced to meet in this city, aud
touched knees under the same mahogany,” during
a past racing season. Each was very “sweet” on
the merits of the ruoe horses in different parts of
the oountry, and in his preference for favorite
strains of pedigrees in blooded animals. “The
Great State Stake," for $20,000, play or pay, with
four States represented, was the result.
The following are the conditions of the Stake
and the subscribers:
State Post Stake— For all ages. Four mile
heats. Five thousand dollars subscription, p. p.
Three or more States subscribing to make a race.
Each horse starting to receive SI,OOO out of the
stakes, provided he is not distanced, and the
winner to receive the remainder. One horse only
to start for any State. To close on the Ist Janua
ry, 1854. The race to bo run over the Metairie
Course, New Orleans, according to the rules ot
said course, on tho Saturday previous to tho April
race week of 1854. Each State subscribing to bo
represented by the signatures of three responsible
gentlemen, residents of said State, a majority of
whom shall name the horse to start. Tho stakes
to be deposited with the President of tho Now
Orloans Metairie Jockey Club two days previous to
the race.
Subscribers for the State of Louisiana—
T. J. Wells, D. F.Kenner. J.Hiddleston.
Subscribers for Alabama—
L. E. Smith, 8. M. Hiller, J. S. Hunter.
Subscribers for Kentucky—
Wills Viley. Jaraes K. Duke, James B.Clay.
Subscribers for Mississippi—
P. B. Starke, John 0. Inge, John Linton.
As the horses which will run will not be certain
ly known until the day of the race, wo can now
only guess whioh will have the honor of represent
ing a sovereign State. There are now in training,
indifferent parts of the country, nearly one hun
dred race horses, which ore expected to be preßont
during the April race moetingin this city, and many
of them arc aspirants to run in tho groat stake.
Among these we may mention Highlander, who
has been purchased by Judge Hunter, of Alabama,
for $10,000; Nina, Charmer, Dick Doty, Compro
mise, Arrow, Loxingto i, Renb, Berry, Louis d’ Or,
Blonde, Lecomte and Wild Irishman.
Probably a million of dollars will bo wagered on
the different points and ou tho grand result of this
race. Already largo sums have been la : d oil dif
ferent favorites, and on the election of other horses
as candidates to represent a State. A bet has boon
offered in this eity of SIO,OOO that if tho traok and
woather are favorable on the day of tho race, the
time made will be faster than ever before made in
tho world. From the character and reputation of
the horses in preparation, we think that the bet is
a sale cne. Aside from this groat stake, thoro will
be many other stakos and purses contested for at
our spring meeting. About $50,000 in cash will
be put up during t e meeting, for prizes, thus af
fording sport in variety and profusion, besides
giving horses of all grades an opportunity of add
ing laurels to their reputation and money to the
pockets of their owners.
The seleotion of tho place and the timo for this
brilliant event has been rnoßt happy. The weath
er is sure to be delightful in thiß climate in April;
tlie pressing business of the season will be mostly
ovor : the crops and produce will have been dis
posed of; while the general prosperity of the
country will enable people to gratify their inclina
tion by participating in the universal excitement
and display of the occasion.
This city is peculiarly woll situated for the scene
of this sportive festival. The ease with which it
can be Touched from every point of tho compass,
in these days of steam, being unequalled ; while
nature has made it so particularly the focus and
outlet of the great Mississippi valley.
The selection of the Metairio Course bb the the
atre of this grand spectacle is also a favorable token
ofsaccess. Tho Course, in its accommodations,
appointments, situation, and quality of track for
time, is far superior to that of any other in the
country. It has cost the proprietors over $50,000
while more than $20,000 has been expended in im
proving and beautifying it, in order to render it
worthy of the splendid occasion. Tho Motairie
Jockey Club has long been established, and is
oomposod of a large number of our most respect
able, wealthy and intelligent fellow-citizens; wnose
characters for honor and uprightness are as pro
verbial as their acuteness in and fondnoss for man
ly contests of generous rivalry. All who come will
be welcomed and may rely on meeting with “ a fair
field and no favor."
Aside from the attractions to he presented by
this event to the mere lover of sport throughout
the country, this race will be tho means of collect
ing together in our Crescent City an assemblage of
beauty, chivalry, wealth and distinguished charac
ters, which for gayety, brilliancy and attractive
ness, has never been equalled by any sporting
event of the ago.
WHERE MAY REST BE FOUND f
Tell me, ye winged winds,
That round my pathway roar,
Do you not kDow some spot
Where mortals weep no more f
Borne l ine and pleasant dell,
Some valley in the West,
Where, free from toil and pain,
The weary soul may rest ?
The loud winds softened in a whisper low.
And sighed for pity, as they answered—“No 1"
Tell me, thou mighty deep.
Where billows round me play,
Know'st thou some favored spot,
Some island far away,
Where wretched man may And,
The bliss for which he sighs r
Where sorrow never lives.
And friend! hip never dies f
The loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow.
Stopped for awhile, and answered —“No 1“
Ami thou, sereuett moon,
That with such holy face,
Dost look upon the earth
Asleep in night’s embrace—
Tell me, in all thy rounds,
Hast thou not seen some spot,
Where miserable man
Might find a happier lot f
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe,
And a voice Bweet, but sad, responded—“No 1”
Tell me, my secret soul,
0 1 tell me, Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place
From sorrow, sin and death f
Is there no happy spot
Where mortals may be blessed,
Where grief may find u balm,
And weariness a rest f
Faith, Hope and Love, best boons to mortals given,
Waved their bright wings and whispered—“l’es /
in Ueamenr'
SHrpwRECKBOF 1858.—Seldom has a year fur
nished as melancholy statistics of calamities by sea
as that which has recently closed.
Many of the vessels lost are steamships; and
though the San Francisco, from the recency of the
disaster, excites lively regret at present, thore are
many others, almost forgotten, yet which have oc
curred within twelve months, that have also claim
ed their share of victims and tragic incidents.
The number of steamships lost either on the
open ocean, or upon breakers, or destroyed by fire,
is 21; of which 16 are American, 8 English, 1 Rus
sian, and 1 Hollandish.
The American steamships destroyed wore tho
Independence, the Tennessee, the S.B. Lewis, the
Albatross, the Ocean Wave, the Cherokee, the
Ajax (tow boat), the Windtield Scott, the Hum
boldt, the San Franciseo, and the Pearl.
The English steamers were the Highflyer, the
Duke of Sutherland, and the Marshall. The Rus
sian steamer was named the Seniklste; the name
of the Hollander is not known to ns.
One steamship foundered at sea, with all on
board, the Marshall, from Hull, (Eng.) bound to
Hamburgh, which was supposed to have capsized
through striking a ledge at midnight. Witn her
perished one hundred andfilty souls.
The wreck of seven other steamships was at
tended with the loss of a portion ot passengers and
crew, viz: The Independence, lost 129; the Duke
of Sutherland, 6; the Ocean Wave, 28; the Mon
umental City, 32 ; the Holland steamer, 102 ; the
San Francisco, 150; and with the Pearl, 18. The
entire number of lives involved in the losb of
these steamers, is 615.
Public sympathy is generally more warmly eli
cited for the loss of steamers, than for other mari
time catastrophes, destroying sailing vessels. The
majority of casualties, however, have occur! ed
among the latter; and the wrecking of some of
them has aacrifieed more than twice the number of
victims that were taken from the San Francisco.
The total number of three masted vessels wbioh
have been lost during the year is 89 ; and the au
thenticated less of life thereupon attendant, reach
ed 1,120. Among the most lamentable of these, was
the fata of the Nestor, in which 840 persons were
drowned ; the Lady Evelyn, 264; the Annie Jane,
300; and the Staffordshire, 140.
In addition, 24 barques, 12 brigs, and 21 schoon
ers, have disappeared during the year, and with
them lives amountingin number to 164; and of
fishing vessels, (smacks, <fce.,) 20, with 25 lives,
and much valuable cargo.
In recapitulating the list, we find that the entire
numbe* of ships lost during the year past, inclu
dingsteamers,and sailers, reacheslSO; and with
their loss we have to deplore the death of 1,942
persons.— Courier det Elate Unit.
Abstesiiocs Piet.—Many cases of illness, both
in adults and children, may be cured by abstinence
from all lood. Headaches, disordered stomachs,
and manv other attacks are often caused by viola
ting the' rules of health, and, in consequence,
some parts of the system are overloaded, or some
of are clogged. Omitting one, two or
three mea.s as the case may be, gives the systems
chance to rest, and allows the clogged organs to
dispose of their burdens. The practice of giving
drugs to dear out the stomach, though it mav af
ford the needed temporary relief, always weakens
the system, while abstinence secures the good re
sult without doing aDy injury.
Said a young gentleman to a distinguished medi
cal practloneer, in Philadelphia, “Doctor, what do
you do for youßeif when you have a tarn of head
ache, or other slight attack ?”
“Go without my dinner,” was the reply.
“And if that does not enre yon, what then T”
“Go without my Bnpper.”
“Bnt if that doea not cure you, what then I”
“Go without my breakfast. We physicians sel
dom take medicines ourselves, or use them in our
families, for we know that abstinence is better, but
we cannot make our patients believe it.”
Many cases of slight indisposition are cured by
a change of diet. Thai, if a person suffers from
constipation; has a headsohe, slight attacks off®*
ver dispepeia, the cause may often be removed by
eating rye-mush and molasses, baked apple®, and
other finite, —Domutia Receipt Book.
VOL. LXVIII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVIII.—NO. 8.
THE POET.
The poet’s heart encompasses the world,
And throb, great future. Into fancied life,
lie know, all past, and a. a cloud o’er moon,
Passe, the present, stealing all its light.
And floats up farther heavens unknown to us,
Where other moons make night to other worlds,
And othersuns, like fiery, burnished bits,
P.ein in their charging satellites as steeds.
He think, vast futures, which, if born aright,
Shall hold his image, as the son his sire's.
He flies through tuture as a seed through storm,
That calls to rise a cedar. Ay! he hew.
Out of that mine of mist, tomorrow,
Iteep-echoing temples for his soul’s repose, f
And roams through them to-day: as flhakspeare looted
The gusty currents of his Boreal soul
Through the tone-fashioning valleys of his brain,
Which sprangsuch sounds two centuries ago,
That have not ended yet: so that no ear
Can know the echo from the voice itself.
Where shall its gathering echo end t Oh, where I
If ’.Will not live this third rate world eut,
This minor fragment of the Godhead’s work.
And float it fall of song and sense along
Tire turbulent and greedy sea of Time-
Hash It to chaos as a sacrifice,
And harmopize the crash of crumbllngworlds. J. S.
A GEM.—try fas.nv kkubi.b bdtlsr.
“Better trust all, and be deceived 1
And weep that trust, and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart, that if believe I
Had blessed one's life with true believing.
“Oh, this mocking world, too (hat
The doubting fiend o'ertakcs our youth I
Better becheated to the last,
Than lose the blessed hope of truth.’’
.The Georgia Legislature -Its Bins of Omission
and Commission.
That sapient and patriotic body, the Legislature
of Georgia, promises to adjourn hooh—a promise
whoso fulfilment wo shall rate astho best sot of tho
session. It may well bo doubted if any previons
one lias been more barren of benefit to tho State,
or moro superlatively ridioulous, than the Beamon
on its last legs. The General Assembly has not
earned its “salt,’’ much less its per diem; and the
. little good it baa accomplished, is of the negative,
not the positive kind. We have hoard of »a Eifc
gii fviv **r -- 1* 1 **Jto*f- that ££ ofeld ilMp
nr arer a precipico wilhoutvaaithg .rvcT, Siiifr
other whip iu the kingdom. Bnch must be tW
boast of our Representatives at MilJedgoville: for,
beyond tottering on the brink of half a dozen dis
astrous schemes, and causing every thinking man
to tremble, lost their hardihood should have its re
ward, they have done almost nothing of interest.
They liavo robbed tho gallows of its due, thus do
ing a littlo tinker’s work on tho scales of justice,
which had already boon adjusted by wisoran'd truer
hands. They have tampered witli tho tax-law, and
then dropped it like hot iron. They have shame
fully cut up tho State by tho creation of new ooun
ties, ad infinitum. They have wasted time, and
the people’s money iu atioh child’s play as chang
ing the name of Mary Dolly Doxy Ann Lewis, to
Mary Dolly Doxy Ann Sapp. And they have spent
fifteen thousand dollars, moro or less, in choking
off Cobb and McDonald, tickling the vanity of a
low other aspirants for Senatorial honors, and final
ly providing Iverson with u snug placo for bulf-a
dozen years ensuing.
Sooner than again witness such a farco as lias
been playing at Milltdgoville since the first of No
vember last, wo would prefer no legislation at all
for ten yoars to come. Wo bolievo Tionestly that
the State could move on as rapidly aud as prosper
ously without, as with the aid, ot such a set of
Representatives as have been dabbling in legisla
tive business at tho capitol siueo November last.
Os course wo do not embrace iu this remurk ull of
the members of the General Assembly. Weknow
that there are in either House, several gentlemen
who would do honor to any Legislative body. IJu
fortunately, however, they havo become much oc
cupied in taking care of tho others, in provouting
hasty and ruinous legislation, they have had tirno
for little olse. They liuve been the “brakes’’ upon
the legislative ear, but for whose restraint wo
should ero this havo had a dozen disastrous smash
es. W hat we have to say, therefore, is not for the
benefit of Ihe honorabloexcepiionsat Miilodgovillo.
But wo pass over many of the sins of omission
and commission for which tho “ assembled wis
dom” will havo toanswor, haviugouly time to-day
to hold them to account for their ehamefnl, their
criminal neglect to do something for tho onlighton
luontofthe poor children wlioare now
growing up in iguormee within the limits of our
Stuto. The necessity of an appropriation iu aid of
tho education of tiie poor ot Georgia was well
known years before tho assemblage of the present
legislature. The subject was brought prominent
ly before tho attention ot that body by Gov. Cobb
in his last messngo, and again urged upon thoir
consideration by the public. Yet the Legislature
is on the eve of adjourning without dovotlng ono
cent to u oauso, in whoso success a state finds her
highest development, her surestßiifoty, hor loftiest
pride aud greatest honor.
What is tho oxcuso for this oulnablo negleot of
duty 1 Is ittheStalo’s poverty? Nonsense. Tho
“assembled wisdom” did not think of lliis when
they were deluging both houses with State Aid
bills—when they were wasting the Stato’B money
in tho election of a U. 8. Senator—when thoy were
paying court to Dolly Doxv Ann—whou they woro
plotting now tax laws, whoso inevitable result
would have been to havo rondorod uncertain and
irregular the revenues of tho State—when they
were wasting tirno, and replenishing thoir own
pockets in usolcbs and trivial legislation—when
thoy woro reconsidering at A. M. tho work ofP.
M. Doubtless they would have reconsidered their
reconsiderations, lmd parliamentary law allowod it.
What theuis the oxcuso? Why are not the poor
enabled to read and write ? Does tho legislature
care nothing for the poor ? This cannot be. The
poor are great hobbies with politicians and dema
gogues, and candidates. Many a pigmy has hues
lilted into his seat in legislative halls, upon the
shoulders of the poor. Many n dwarf has beon
raised to somethingliko position, by running fbr it
as Cio “l’oor Man’s Candidate,” or the “Poor
Mail’s Friend." Even tho bravest of offioe-seek
ers, (at the hands of tho people) dare not despise
tho poor man’s t tote. They take a groat interest iu
the poor before and on election day. They are
mighty civil and polite to Poverty ot the Polls,
touching hat to it, shaking hands witli it, mayhap
socially tipping glass with it. Thoy have hearts
full of sympathy for I’ovorty, aud heads full of
flno schemes for bettering its condition. But this
is beforo and on Election day.
Why are not the poor of Georgia enabled to
rood and write? Is it the want of u ooinmon
school system ? Bahl There are systoms in abun
dance in Now England, in Ohio, in Virginia, and
other States—systems in theory and in practice.
Are none of them good enough for Georgia? If
any system is wanting, it is a system of improved
representation. A system under whose influence
Representatives may bo had, whoso whole souls
are not engrossed with petty sehemos for the ad
vancement of party—moil whoso vision spans the
future of a great and growing commonwealth, and
whose hearts prompt them to speed her onward,
rather than with folded arms, and faltering step,
to lag pitifully behind, and even detain her.
When the poor children of Georgia will get their
rights we know not. Again, as often before, they
are indefinitely withheld. Many a hoy on the
verge of manhood will tlius be deprived of his last
opportunity forgetting knowledge, which is better
than riches; and for aught wo know, the very
children now in arms, will live and die children,
in so far as mental improvement and growth ore
concerned.
Yet tho coao is not so desperate os it seems. —
Though we despise most hoartily, tho every day
cant about Iho poor, and poor men, and thy hack
nied appeal which is mado to them, to arm in their
own defence, and stand by their rights, yet this iB
a matter which if they will, they can remedy. We
oall upon them to remember at the next election
that they have children to whom the State owes a
debt. Let them be wary who represent thorn ot
Milledgovillo, and careful to hove mou there,
pledged to do their duly, and who will have time,
ability and disposition to place within tho hands of
every poor child in Gcorgiu, a hornbook, and tho
Bible.
But there is too much indifference on this all
important subject outside of tho Legislature. As
a people, we care too little for the blessing of edu
cation, and too much for those improvements which
promise speedier fruit, than wo expect from sowing
the seeds of knowledge. ’Tis a great pity that it
is so. Canals, railroads, factories, foundries and
steamboats, are all desirable—highly so. But they
may be over-estimated. Tho smoke from school
house chimnies is not, less a mark of a State’s ad
vancement, than the soot from her factories. The
mandate of tho Georgia schoolmaster, bidding
ignorance, and bigotry, and imbecility aud crime,
to clear the wuy for knowledge, and power, and
virtue, is not a less grateful Bound to tho ear of a
true patriot, than the Bcrcam of tho locomotive
bidding mountains to open beforo it, and rivers to
pause as it leaps them. And so long as there is a
poor child in Georgia, to whom “Roadin’, Ritin’
and Kithmolick,” are mysteries heard of bnt not
understood, just so loog will we prefer tho buzz ol
tho schoolroom chanting its “A, B, C’s,” to the
wlii 1 of spindles chanting Homo Industry and
Southern Independence. Schools first and Manu
factures afterwards, would be our order of progress
iiad we our will.—-Vaa. Jiepublican.
Tns So-called Gentleman. —Gentlemen are be
como so common nowadays, that tho simple, plain
Saxon word, man, confer* by far the greater dis
tinction. The term, gentleman, formerly meant a
man of education, delicacy, and refinement—now,
it is applied to persons, who boast the possession of
none of theso qualities. A little money, with the
assistance of the tailor, the hatter, and the shoe
maker, and you can manufacture as many modern
gentleman in a uay as it would take Nature to rake
op in a year, of the genuine stamp. The baso of
a gentlemen’s character is generosity. No selfish
man can claim the title. I'olitoness consists in
sucriflcea of self fer the pleasure and convenience
of others, and although the selfish man may feel
constrained by the usages of society to make an
occasional sacrifice, the act must bedofleient in that
grace and delicacy which would mark it were it
the result of a warm and generous impulse. We
meet men every day who will perform tho ordina
ry civilities of life, so far as mere forms are concern
ed, with all the ease of a dancing-master, but the
low breeding of the animal will display itself by
not having a good and considerate heart—the true
pouice of a" refinement—to bestow the finishing
grace.
Never was there a term so much abused as that
of gentleman. We hear it applied every day to
the lowest vagabonds and vilest wretches brought
to our criminal courts and police offices. A wit
ness, in an English court of justice, stated, in his
evidence, that a certain man was very respectable,
lie was asked what he meant by respectable. He
replied that the person alluded to kept a horse and
gig. So whith the gentleman. Ask eight out of
every ten people, and they will define a gentleman
to be a man who dresses well, dines at Victors,
and pays bis washerwoman. .....
Two men quarrel, call each other out for the in
noeent purpose of measuring each other; and this
is called, in polite society, giving the satisfaction
of gentlemen —the revenge of fools or fiends would
be a better term to designate the folly.
We liko the roply amazingly a tjentleman once
made to a blustering fellow who had told him he
was no gentleman. “Are you a gentleman !” ask
ed the former. “Yes, 1 am.” “Then,” cooly
remarked the other, “I arn very glad I am not.”—
It. O. Della.
Found Dead. —On Thursday morning last, Ja
cob L. Abrahams, one of the first citizens of this
place, was found dead in his houso a few miles
from town. For several y ears the deceased baa
been aubject to a melancholy abberation of mind,
and lived a very secluded life, absenting himself
from the comforts of home and &n»ily. He J
alone, refusing of his Guardian, even the
necessaries of life, and died , 0 r Bn
administer to his wants, g, “
estate, as we understand, worth He was
one*ti*me the wealth
Z.in this section of country. The deceased was
near 60 years of age.— Aewnan Ban.
Time is a great antedote for grief. In less than
a month after Muggles said his heart was so “bro
ken” for the loss of his wife that he could never
look up again, he was reading Don Juan to aballet
dancer, with a balloon skirt.
Cube tor Glanders.—lt ia said that the leaves
of the plant called monk’s -hood 0 r wolfsbane
given in small doses of two drachms, gradually in
creased for about twelve days has been discovered
to be an effectual remody for the hithorto inoura*
bit disease of glanders in bones.
A« Agreeable Sketch—Japan and Loo ( boo—By
n , Bayard Taylor.
m.nS.Tf T a ? lor delivered the first of a second
menihe™ °“ r Friday evening before the
!???', i®"* ° f ‘J 10 New lork Mercantile Library As
and fiM* a , ?. r *® m An dieuoe. Subjeot—Japan
follows*? Mr. Taylor spoke in substance us
XZZX*?**?'* ,or information
Japan three years since, the answer
hot «® e | n ’u ' V ° knOW * othin ß “ bOUt it;"
if ia aU< i that o° k, ’° W < l" itC n,UOh about
„® 3 w ® “ ne * ®f «ny Eastern nation half a century
ago. A nnoared aescrintions cannot exhaust tho
resources of a country, ter no two persons hoc with
the same feelings. This must be my plea for talk
ing on a subject on which I can oominuuioate no
now tacts. I moroly give the exporionoo of one
who has been a traveller in tho country.
In Loo Choo, myfacilltios for acquiring informa
tion were greater than in Japan. Withrogardto
tho people, they are moro original and intellectual
than is generally supposed. They diff'or material
ly from tho Chinese. Though both bolong to tho
groat Mongolian family, thoro arc wide differonoca
between them ; and first, their languages are dis
similar. It is true that tho Chinese written charac
ter is in common use in Japan, but In no intona
tion and accent the languages havo no similarity.
No language is se disagiooable, with its oontinuod
run of consonants, as the Chinese. The Japan
language is the very reverse. In their physical
conformation also, there is a great difiorenoo be
tween the inhabtants ot the two countries. The
Chinese faoe looksliko slump of yollowclay. their
bodies are coarse and ungraceful, though atlilotic.
The complexion of the Japanose is a dark olive—
their eyes are darker, and their foreheads broader
than the Chinese. Their oonutonanoca ere agreea
ble and refiootive, and their motions nharaotorised
by an unstudied graoe. They are always calm and
dignified—seldom betraying surprißO. Our own
hardy seamen often found it difficult work to keep
paoe with J apanese boatmen. It is a singular lact
that their boats are built very tnuoh alter the
fashion of our yaoht America. They seem to have
buildi® UtlVo ' 83 Wed 88 * m * tat,lv ® genius for ship-
T’U* former ore modwl
but withal, given to umiry ; the latter », « wmTilie
ana enorgofcic. In China you are opprocused with
the feeling of univoisal stagnation. Nothing pro
gresses. Iho montal energy of the poople seenu
to be hopelocs for improvement. The great moss
of the people maintain tho piofonndest apathy,
even in the midst of the present revolution. On
the other hand, the curiosity of tho Japanese)
is measureless. Tho inhabitants of this country
are thoroughly posted up in all that goes on in
the world, and to rooeive this intelligence is tho
roason of their friendship with tho Dutch. .On
the occasion of Commodore Berry's landing, a
large number of Jupanoso oftieerH came and exu
mined our woapons, &o.,with tho greatest curiosi
ty. This thirst tor information is a hopeful trait.
It shows what progress we might expect from tho
raoe if its orushiug government woro removed. I
will mention one more difference between tho Chi
nese and Japatioso. The former havo not the
slightest idea of melody, while the taste of the lat
tor for music was plainly shown when our band
began to play. A oriais is undoubtedly hanging
over both these countries. The revolution in
China will throw open that empire to foreign
commerce.
The American expedition to Japan is the enter
ing wedge, aud tho crovico already niado will bo
come wider and wider. Tho system now carried
on by that government is a system of espionage,
which it is difficult to imagine how any people enn
havo borne. In Loo Choo, a dependency of Ja
pan, we had bettor opponunities for observation,
hormor travellers clothed the island with their own
poetic imagination, but Com. l’erry has torn off'the
cloak which concealed the defoimiliesot its inhab
itants. Its government is a vice royalty. On ao
count of its defenceless position, tho Loo Chooans
protend that they bolong to Ohiua; but the simi
larity between their language and that of ti e Ja
panese, is sufficient to give this dentul. Tho inte
rior of the island is tortile, and resembles much
the accounts given by Dutch travellers of tho sou
thern part. W o only succoodod iu exploring about
half the island. The northern pan is wild and
uninhabited. We took with us a small boat’s cu
sigti, and carried it into the centre of the capital
town, and around tho wall of the Viceroy’s costlo.
After passing through the town, we struck across
towards the othor shore of tho island. The lovely
villugos with which the country!, dotted,were de
serted utour approach, and so well did Ihc peoplo
conceal themsefves, that wo could not discover
where thoy had gouo. Thus, although I entered
many homos, I could find nommutus, and wus un
able to make myself master of the domestic habits
of tho people.
The law peoplo I did seo betrayed the most anx
ious terror on my approach. Tho whole island is
the most beautiful that can be imagined. The
southern part is one vast garden. Its tomporntnra
is hot, but that of the hills is alwayß cool and re
freshing. The people ever sonmod kindly dis
posed towards mo aud nothing but tlicir intense
dread of the government, prevented thoir boing
friondly to us. The exclusive policy of Japan is
no doubt in opposition to the will of its Inhabitants.
We always found the people ready to meet us half
way. During our residence on the Island of Loo
Choo, I fancied that I could rocoguizo a strong
tooling of sympathy growing towurds us from the
inhabitants and a proportionate dislike from tho
government. I have noticed that thero is a strik
ing rosomblanoo between Porn—as it was undor
tho dynasty ot tho Incas—and Japan. The vice
roys of each country governed the people by a ton
uro preoisuly similar. Sooiety in Porn wus divided
into castes, whioh were hereditary, as in Jupun.
In their aocial and domestic habits and In their lit
erature, there isa great similarity botweeu tho two
nations.
In the fall of Porn wo may seo a forshadowing of
tho fall of Japan. I leave it to olhors to decide
whether Japan has not a right to shut herself out
from the rest of the world if she chooses. Destiny
does not stay to consider this. Let her only yield
afoot of grout'd for ono Anglo-Saxon man to
stand upon and the days of her despotism are over.
The physical power of Japan bus boon greatly
overrated. On onr arrival thoro wo found no do
fonce that we could not havo destroyed in a low
hours. Although not wanting bravery, they am
so little disciplined that our small bond of tlireo
hundred and fifty Americans against five thousand
Japanese would not havo Icared tho result. Tho
reason why tho ports of Japan havo not been
opened bofore this to the world has been the mis
taken policy of those who have carried on the ne
gotiations. The policy of tho Japan government lias
pointed out the counter policy which should be
adopted in this respect. (Mr. Taylor hero re
viewed briefly tne manner in which several expe
ditions had attempted to negotiate with tho Japan
ese government, alluding ospociully to tho visit ot
Commodore Biddle in 1848, and its successful ter
mination.)
Commodore Perry, as the resnlt has proved,
adopted tho only true polioy. Whou his bouts
were ord red away, he returned for uimwer tl.ut
he would only speak to an envoy from tho Em
peror. Whilo he was waiting for a reply lie took
occasion to examine the soundings of the buy. in
direct violation of tho laws of the country, and
justified himself on tho ground that ho wus looking
for a sale harbor for the squadron in tho evont of
u storm. With the delivery of tho President’s let
ter closod tho first ebapior ol this expedition. Tho
squadron then returned to China, to give tho i.iu
poror time to decide on bis answer. It is not for
us to predict what that answer will be, but I can
say ttiat the Bight of our tremendous war steamers
has given tho Japanese some idea of the extent
of science. In three months from this tho expedi
tion will return, and the rosult will be known.
From tho friondly disposition already manifested
by tho Japanose for Amerioaus, and lroin that en
lightenment which they are fast acquiring, a
favorable result may be looked for at no very dis
tant day.
The lecturer concluded with a few remarks on
tho progress of American commerce and enterprise
in the Eust. He said the statistics ot our trade
with China, iu the last few years, exhibited rapid
increaso. Cotton and load are the important arti
cles ofimport; and in the event of our friendly
relations being established with Japan, wo may
expect thoro also a ready market. Dnring my stay
in China, I could not holp remarking u growing
jealousy entertained by tho Englishman there for
the Americans. This ison accotintof our increas
ing influence in the conntry. One of tho India
journals lately advocated tho annexation of Peru,
bocause Auiorican influence predominated in Siam 1
In order to seoure the predominance of our com
merce in the East, a railroad to the Pacific must be
mado. When this is done, then shall tho divided
energies of our nation be united, and liar commer
cial greatness built up forever.—A’. T. Jltruld.
Ovxn TRXDiNe.— I Thero are are two things which
may be properly called over trading, in a young
beginner; and by both which tradesmen are often
overthrown.
1. Trading beyond their stock.
2. Giving too largo credit.
A tradesman ought to consider and measure
well tho extent of bis own strength; his stock of
money, and credit is properly his beginning ; for
credit is a stock as well as money. lie that (alios
too much credit, is really in us much danger oh he
(bat given too much credit; and tho danger lien
particularly in this, if the tradesman overbuys
himself, that is, buys faator than heoan sell, buy
ing upon credit, the payment porhaps become due
too Boon for him ; the goods not being sold, bo
must answer tho bills upon the streugth of his
proper stock—that is pay for them out of his own
cash ; if that should not hold out, he is obliged to
put off liis bills after they are due, or suffer the
importinenco of boing dunned by tho creditor,
and perhaps by servauts and apprentices, and that
with the usual indecencies ot such kind of people.
This impairs his credit, and if ho comes to deal
with the same merchant, or ciother, or other
tradesmen again, he is treated like one that is but
an indifferent paymaster; and though thoy may
give him credit as before, yet depending that if
e bargains for six months, ho will take eight or
nine in the payment, they consider it iu tho price,
and use him accordingly; and this impairs his
gain, s othatloss of credit is indoed loss of money,
and this weakens him both ways. m
Women in Pahaouav.— The author of “Sketches
in I‘arsguay,” gives ub this fragrant morsel: “Kv
ery lady smokes in Paraguay, and every femalo
above thirteen years of age chews. 1 am wrong.
They do not chew, but out tobacco in their mouths,
keep it there constantly, except when eating, and
instead of chewing it, roll it about with their
tongue and suck it. Only imagine yourself about
to salute the red lips of a magnificent little Hebe,
arrayed in satin and flashing in diamonds—she
putyou back with one delicate hand, while the
fair taper huger of the othor, put forth from her
mouth a brownii h black roll of tob coo, quito two
inches long, looking liko a monster grub, and de
positing the savory lozenge on the nm of your
sombrero, puts up her taee, and is ready for your
salute. 1 have sometimes seen an over delicate
“ Btvav w ith u shudder of loathing
under such circumstances, and got the epithet of
salvaco (the savage) applied to him by the offend
edbeauty, for his sensitive squeamishness. How
ever gets used to this in Paraguay, where
vou iro, perforce of custom, obliged to kiss every
Lfv vou are introduced to, and one-half you
meet are really tempting enough to render you
reckless of the consequences, and you would sip
the dews of the proffered lip in the face of a to
bacco battery, even the doable distilled ‘honey
dew’ of old Virgin’s.”
Steamship Gkohoia. —The purser of the steam
ship Georgia, which recently put into Norlolk,
gives the following account of the disaster to the
vessel:
On the evening of the Bth, 850 miles East, South
East of Cape Hatteraß, the Georgia encountered a
terrific hurricane Horn the S. E. At 4o’oloek A.
M., on the 9th shipped a heavy sea, which tore
away the entire forecastle of the ship, cutting her
down to her main deck for thirty feet from tha
stem. After clearing away the wreck, bore np for
Norfolk. The engines worked admirably, keep
ing the ship free of wator, although it poured into
her through an aperture thirty feel wide by nine
feet high. Three of the crew were seriously in
jured during the gale, passengers all well.
i.otters from passengers, published in the Now
York papers, state that the disaster whioh jeopar
dized the lives of her passengers and sent the ves
sel Into Norfolk for repairs, was entirely owing to
her nnseaworthy oonditlou. They say tbattbeaoa
which tore away thirty feet of her bow, leavirg
only the stem standing, waa not an extraordinarily
heavy one.