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Prom the Knickerbocker far April, .
A lime or iinex:iiiii>led prosperity.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
(concluded from first page o f last paper.)
On tlic first of June, the Regent issued
n decree, permitting persons to have us
much money ns they pleused in their pos
session. Few, however, were in u stole
to benefit hy this permission. There wits
n run upon the hank, hut n royal ordi
nance iiiiiinnediutely suspended payment
until further orders. To relieve the pub
lic mind, u city slock was created of
twenty five millions, bearing nn interest
of two nod n half per cent, for which
hank notes were taken in exchange. The
hank notes thus withdrawn from circula
tion, were publicly burnt before the Ho
tel deVille. The public, however, had
lost confidence in every thing and every
body, and suspected fraud, and collusion
in lliose who pretended to bum the bills.
A general confusion now took place in
the financial world. Families who had
lived in opulence, found themselves sud
denly reduced to indigence. Schemers
who hnd been revelling in the delusion,
of princely fortunes, found their estates
vanishing into thill air. Those who had
any properly remaining, sought to secure
it against reverses. Cautious persons
found there was no sufely for properly in
the country where the coin was continu
ally shifting in value, and where a despo
tism was exercised over public securities,
and ev en over thd private purses of indi
viduals. They bejfoh to send their ef
fects into other coiiiitrii-AMffcii lo! on the
20tli of June, a royal mrct commanded
Them to bring hack their effects, under
penalty of forfeiting twice their value;
and forbade them, under like penally,
from investing their money in foreign
stocks. This was soon followed hy an
other decree forbidding any one to re
tain precious stnin'4 in Ill's possession, nr
to sell them to foreigners; nil must he de
posited in the hank, ink exchange for de
preciating paper!
Execrations were pow poured out, on
nil sides, against J,aw, and menaces of
vengeance. What a contrast, in a short
time, to the venal inceiisc that was offered
tip to him! •►‘This pjsrsoo,” writes the
Regent’s mother, ‘‘who wformerly
worshipped as m god, is now <not sure of
his life. It is astonishing How greatly
terrified lie is. lie is as a dead man; lie
i3 pale as a sheet, and it is said he can
never get over it. .My son is not dismay
ed, though he is threatened on hll sides,
and is very much
rois.” *
About the middle of July, flic last
grand attempt was made liy Law and the
Regent, to keep up (/he system and pro
vide for the immense emission of paper.
A decree was fabricated giving the India
Company tlie entire monopoly of com
merce, on condition that it would, iif the*
course of a year, reimburse six hundred
million of livres of its lulls, ut the rale of
fifty millions per mouth.
On llie I7tli, this decree was sent to
parliament to he registered, li at once
raised a storm of opposition in their as
sembly; and a vehement discussion look
place. While that was going on, u dis
astrous scheme was passing out of doors.
The calamitous effects of the svstem
had reacheh the humblest concerns of liu
niiin life. Provisions had risen to nn
enormous price; paper money was refused
ut all the shops; the people had not u licrc
wilhal to buy. bread. It h.ad'heeu found
nlisnl'ilely indispensable to relax a liule
from the suspension of specie payments,
nail in allow small sums to he scantilv
exchanged for popper. The doors of llie
hank iiuil the neighboring street were inu
mediately thronged with a famishing mul
titude, seeking cash for hank notes often
livres. iso great was the press aiujfstrug
gle, that several persons were .-dOfel anj
crushed to death. The innhcamed three
of the bodies to the court yard <U the
I’alais Royal. Some cijfd for flip ‘Re
gent to cihne forth, niid9’ hold the effect
of his system; others deinaiideil the death
of law, the imposin', who had brought
this misery and rjilu upon the nation.
The momentVus critical: the popular
fury was ragiugfli a tempest, when Le
Rhine, the Shfcrelary of Slate, stepped
forth, lie had previously sent for the
and now only sought Uvnntlu
time. Singling mil six or seven stout lul
luv**r who seemed to lie 1 iTT
llie mob: “Mv good fejhivvs,” said he,
calmly, “carry away llfiise Jntffics and
place them in mum'cTtiirch, mid tin n
back quickly to me for your pay.”
They inunediSfl'ly obeyed: a kind of fu
neral procession was formed; the arrival
of troops-dispersed tliofe who bud linger
ed behind; nod l’ffris was probably %uvcd
from an insurrection.
A (unit ten o’clock in the morning,
nil being quiet, Law ventured to go in bis
carriage to llie Palais Royal. He~wns
saluted with cries and curses, as lie pass
ed tilting the streets; anil lie reached the
Palais Royal in u terrible fright. The
Regent moused himself with bis fears,
but retained him with him, and sent off’
Ins carriage, which was assailed hv the
limb, pelted with stones, and the glasses
shivered. The news of this outrage was
communicated to parliament in the midst
ofn furious discussion of the decree for
the commercial monopoly. The first
president, who had been absent for a
short time, rc-fntered,anil communicated
the tidings in a whimsical couplet.
“Messieurs Messieurs! bonne nnuvelle!
Leraiinsso do Law est rcihiitern carrclle! -
“Gemlcmen, Gentlemen! good news!
Tlio carriage of Law is shivcicd to atoms!” j
The members sprang up with joy:!
“And Euw !” exclaimed they, “has been
torn to pieces?” The president was ig- -
norant of the result of the tumult; w here- ]
upon the debate was cut short, the rnent- 1
hers hurrying to learn the particulars.
Such was the levity with which public af- I
lairs were treated, at this dissolute uml
disastrous period.
On the following day there was mi or
dinance from the king prohibiting all
popular assemblages; and troops were
stationed at various points, and in all
public places. The regiment of guards
were ordered to bold itself in readiness;
and the niusquotcers tube at their hotels,
with their horses ready saddled. A num
ber of small offices were opened, where
people might cash small notes, though
with great delay and difficulty. An edict
was also issued, declaring that whoever
should refuse to take bank notes in the
conrse of trude, should forfeit double the
amount!
The continued nnd vehement opposi
tion of parliament to the whole delusive
system of finnnee, bad been a constant
source of annoy mice to the Regent; but
this obstinate rejection of bis last grand ,
experiment of a commercial monopoly,
was not lobe tolerated. He determined to !
punish that intractable body. Tile Abbe j
Dubois and Law suggested a simple
! mode; it was to suppress the parliament
! altogether, being as they observed, so far
j from useful, that it was a constant im
j pediment to the ill It rc li of public affairs.
The R. gent was half inclined to listen to
their advice; lint upon calmer considera
tion, mid the advice of friends, lie adopt
ed a more moderate course. On the 20ili
of July, early in the morning, all the
doors of the parliament house were ta
ken possession of hy troops. —Others were
sent to surround the house of first
! president, and others to the houses of the
various members, who vvenM|fJ at first in
great alarm, until an the kit
was pul into their hands, Ufrendeflljeni
! selves at I’ontoise, in lire course
davs, to which place y9rlininc.nl was limits
suddenly and nrliilrimly transferred)*
The despotic act, says Voltatrugfwmild
1 at any other time have caused an insur
rection; but one-half I ’aririimifc
won* occupied i>> tlieir the other
| half hy tlieir fancied winch were
; soon to vanish. The |jn>si<lent and mem
bers of parliament acquiesced in the maii
date without a murmur; they even went
as A on a party of pleasure, and made
j to lend a joyous life in
> their exile. The niusqneteers, who held
possession of the vacated parliament
house, a gray corps of fashionable ynun
fellows, amused themselves with inakiuir
songs and pasquinade?*, at the expense of
j tlte exiled legislators; nnd at length, to
pass away time, formed themselves into
a mock parliament; elect tlieir presidents;
Ivinifs, ministers, nnd advocates; took their
seats in due form; arraigned a cat at the
bar, in place of the Sirur Law, and af
ter giving it a *‘fair trial,” condemned it
!<> he banned. In this mariner, public af
fairs nnd public institutions were lightly
‘rtSftncd to jet.
As to the e xiled parliament, it lived,
jjpiily and luxuriously at Poutoise. at tin
public expense; for the Regent had fur
nished funds, ns usual, wills a lavish,
hand. The first president had the mnn
sion of the Duke de Bouillon put at his
disposal, nil ready I’urnidled, w itjh a vast
and delightful garden off the bonders of a
river. There he house to nil
*\\£ members of pai Ijiment! Sev-ra! ta-
Afi’S were spread every duji, nil t'ornished
fc\uriou>ly ainl^ph.inlidlv; the most ex
ijJiisite u itiTs nnd liquors, the hoieest
fruits and refreshments id allkinds doun
| de'dy A >uml>er>ilsinall cliari l s for one
and twoamrses were always ut hand, Ibr
Julies q.nd old gcnlh men as wished
to tjulu* an 4ffi iiiit nftft* dinner, and card
tables lor such as elioose to
ffttnuse themselves in that way until sup
per. r i'lie sister and the dauyfer of the
presidiMit did tin honors Jpt lie house,
■J\i\ he himself presided an air
*reat ease, and
i drive from l*ai is of the amuse
ments and f<*sti.Aiies of tlif* place. Bu
-1 si ness was oironly sighted; nothino was
i thought The Reent
and his government wwe at, ami
j made the subject of pleasau
-1 tries; while tin* enormous expenses in
! cur red hy this itlle and lavish course of
life niohtt than doubled the liherol sums
provided. This was the way in which
the parliament resented their exile.
During this time tin* svstem was gtt
tiffg mure and more involved. ‘1 lie stock
exchange had some lime previously been
removed to the Place Yendome,; hut the
tumult and noise becoming intolerable to
the residence o! that polite quarter, nnd
especially to the chancellor, whose hotel
was there, the Prince and Princess
Cany nan, <leep gamblers in 1M issis
f-ippi stock, offered the extensive garden
of tlieir Hotel de Snissons as a rallying
place for the
The offer was nccept.'d. /itmnfirr iff
barracks were imruediatt ■TO i.t.-d in tlm
i garden, ns offices for tlie slock brokers,
and no order was obtiiinrd from the Re
gent, under the | reteXl of pnliec reeula
| lions, that no liorgniii should be valid,
! unless concluded in these barracks. The
| rent ot them immediately iinmiinted to a
| hiinilred livres a month for each, ami tin
; whole yielded tlieso nohle proprietors the
ignoble revenue of a half a million of
j livres.
The mania for gain, however, was now
!at nn end. A universal panic succeeded,
j “Satire quipeut” was the watch word,
j Kvery one was anxious to exchange Hi iI -
j ing paper for something of intrinsic and
; perrnanet value. Since money was not
] to be bad, jewels, precious stones, plate,
! percclaiii, Irin.kcls ol gold and silver, all
commanded any price in paper. Land
was bought at (iffy years’ purchase, and j
the esteemed himself happy ulm could j
get iteven at this price. Monopolies now
became the rage among the noble liol- !
! ders of paper. The Duke de la Force
’ bought up nearly all the tallow, grease
and soup;—others the coffee and spices;
otliers bay and oats—Foreign exchanges
were almost impracticable. The debts of
Dutch nn:l English merchants were paid
in this fictitious money, all the coin of the
realm having disappeared. All the rela
tions of dsbtor and creditor was confoun
ded. With ono thousand crowns, one
might pry a debt of eighteen tliousulid
livres!
The Regent’s mother, who once exal
ted in Mix affluence of bank paper, now
wrote in n very different tone: “I have
often wished,” said she in her letters,
“that these bank notes were in the depths
of the infernal regions. They have given
my son more trouble than relief. Nobody
m France lias a penny— * * • My
son was once popular, but, since the ar
rival of this cursed Law, lie is bated more
and more. Not a week passes without
my receiving letters filled with frightful
; threats, and speaking of him ns a tyrant.
I have just received one threatening him
! with |x:isint. When I showed it lo him
: lie did nothing but laugh.”
In the mean time Law
by. the increasing troubles, nnd terrified
at tlm tempest be bad eyised. Ilf? was
was until man of real courage; nnd fear
ful Ibr bis personal safety, ffcifti popular
to n. pit-or the despair of flmned individ
uals, lie again took refuge in the palace
of the regent. The usual, amu
sed liirnself with Iju Terrors, and turned
: every- new disasti s-iuto a jest, hut lie, too,
negnu to think dt his own security.
I I schemes of Law, lie bail,,
no dontvt,Tyncnluted to curry tliroiigJLlijs
term with ease and spteu-
to enrich himself, bis connec
liißv. iiirJlliis favorites; and bad hoped
catastrophe of the system would
not take place until after the expiration
i of the regency.
He now saw bis mistake; that it was
. impossible much longer lo prevent an cx
pl ision; and lie determined at once to get
Law out of the way, and then to charge
him with the whole tissue of delusions of
this paper alcbyuiy. lie accordingly
took Occasion ot the recall of parliament
in December, I T'-10, to suggest to Law
the policy ol his avoiding an encounter
with that hostile nod exasperated body.
Law needed no urging In the measure.
LLcJinly desire was tu escape from Paris
and is tempestuous populace.
Two days before the return of parlia
ment be took bis sodden nod secret de
parture. lie travelled in a chaise bear
ing tin 1 arms of the Regent, and was es
j coi led by a kind of safeguard of servants,
jin the duke’s livery. His first place of
i refuge was an estate of the Regent’s
S about six leagues from Paris, from
whence he pushed forward to Rruxelles.
As soon as Law was fairly nut of the
Way, the Duke ot Orleans summoned n
council of the regency, nnd informed
them .that they were assembled to deliber
ate on the state of the finances, and the
affairs of the India Company. Accor
dingly, La llmissaye, Comptroller Gene
ral, rendered a perfectly clear statement,
j by which it appeared that there were
; batik bills in circulation to the amount of
two milliards seven hundred millions of
lures, without any evidence that thL
\ enormous sum bad been emitted in virtue
of any ordinance fioni the general us
! scinhiy of the India Company, which
j alone bad the right to authorize such
e .nissions.
’ The council was astonished at the dis-
I closure, and looked to the Regent for
explanation. Pushed to the extreme,
|Whc Regent avowed that Law bad emitted
,Anils to the amount of twelve hundred
liiillioiis beyond what bail been fixed by
Mhriiuiianees, and in contradiction to ex
| press prohibitions; that the thing being
‘lone, he, the Regent, had legalized nr
| rather covered the transaction, hy de
crees ordering such emissions, which de
crees he had antedated.
A stormy scene ensured between the
Regent nnd the Duke de Rourbr.n, little
! t■ the credit ol either, both having been
; deeply implicated in the cabalistic opera-
I lion, ol the system. In fact the several
| members of the council had been among
do- most venal “beneficiaries” of the
scheme, and had interests at stake which
j they were anxious to secure.—From all
tls- circumstances ot the ease, 1 am in
j dined to think that others were more to
i blame than Law for the disastrous effects
of his financial projects. His hank, had
it been confined to its origionol regula
tions, might have.gone on prosperously,
and have been of great benefit to the na
’ion. It was ai> institution fitted for u
Tree comifry; lull uiilortunutelv it wnsstib
ject to the control of a despotic govern
ment, that could at its pleasure alter the
value of the specie within its vaults,-and
, compel tin- most extravagant expansions
[of its paper circulation. The vital prin
! eiple of the hank is security in the regu
larity rd its operations, and the immediate
; coincriihdiiy rd its paper into coin, noil
i what confidence could be reposed in mi
institution, or its paper promises, wlieii
the sovereign could at any moment cen
tuple rhose promises in tiie market, and
M-ize upon all the money in the hank?
I lie compulsory measures used, likewise,
. In force h ink notes into uiirrencv, against
dte judgment of the public, inis fatal
I ‘* the system; for credit must Jk free
1 and uncontrolled as the eonim#ti air.
i Tlm Regent was the evil spirit of the
at stem, that forced Law onto : n cxpnn
; sion of his paper currency far beyond
a bat lie had ever dreamed of. lit; it was
j that in a manner compelled
I projector to devise nil kinds of collateral
I companies and monopolies, by which to
: raise funds to meet the constantly and
’ enormously increasing emissions of sfcnres
and notes. Law tvrs hut like a poor con
iuror, in the hands of a potent spirit that
, oe uad evoked, and that obliges him to
’ £° 0,1 desperately nnd ruinously with Ids ‘<
conjurations. He only thought nt the
outset to raise the wind but the Regent j
compelled him to raise the whirlwind:
The investigation of the nft’airs of the
Company by the council, resulted lo noth
ing beneficial to the public. The prinCTs
and nobles who bad enricbened them
selves by all kinds of juggles nnd extor
tions, escaped unpunished, and retained
the greater part of tlieir spoils. Many of
the “suddenly rich,” who Imd risen from
obscurity to a giddy height of imaginary
prosperity, and bad indulged in all kinds
of vulgar and ridictiltiiis excesses, awoke
as out ofn dream; in tlieir original pov
erty, now made more filling and humili
ating by tlieir transient e!evn io.i.
The weight of the evil however; fell on
more valuable classes of society; honest
tradesmen nqd artisans, who had been
seduced a way from the safe pursuits of
industry, to the specious clin uccs of specu
lation. „ Thousands of meritorious fami
lies, rffco, once opulent, bad been reduced
to >m!igetice by too great confidence in
ODvernmcnt. Tiiere was a general de
rangement in the finances, that long ex
erted a baneful influence over the nation
al prosperity; but the most disastrous ef
fects of the system were upon the mnr
alsnuil manners of the nation. The faith
of engagements, the sanctity of promises
in the affairs of business, were at an eiWy
i Eveiy expedient to grasp prcsenkjjrofif
j or to evade present tolera
ted. While such dephumble laxity ofi
j principle was grafted in the busy classes,
tlio chiv<Jrys#r France bad soiled their
and honor nnd glory, so long
ols of Gallic nubility, bad been turn- ,
, bled to the earth, and trampled neilie dirt
; of the stock market.
: As to Law, the originator of the system,
j he appears eventually to have profitted
but HHlc by bis schemes, “He was a
quack,” shy# Voltaire, “to whom t!iS state
was given to Tie*cured, biff who poisoned
it with bis drugs, Ttnd who poisoned liiui
! self.” The effects, be left
in France, were sold ut ainll
the proceeds dissipated. IliWnftthd cs-
I lie
] with mnWarely enough to maintain llyjl*
self, bis wife, and daughter with decency.
The chief reliqae of bis immense fortune
was a great diamond, which lie tyas often
obliged to pawn. He was in England
1 1721, and was presented to George jht*f
| First. He returned shorty after
| continent; shifting about from place to
place, nnd died in Venice in 1720. His
wife mid daughter, accustomed to live
with the prodigality of princesses, could
not conform tlieir altered fortunes, but
dissipated the scanty menus left to them,
and sank into abject poverty. “I saw jiis
wife,” says Voltaire, at Rruxelles, ns
much humiliated as she had ticcn haugh
ty and triumphant at I’nris.” An elder
brother of Law remained in France, nnd
was protected by the Duchess of lluor
bon. II is nsseiulants have acquitted
themselves honorably in various public
employments; and one cf them is the
.Marquis Lnnriston, some time Lieuten
ant General nnd peer ol France.
.. „
OF TIIE
S oulliern T ranscript.
To be Published in the Tumi of Decatur ,
De Kalb County, Georgia.
IN issuing proposals fm the publication of
a paper underthe above title, we are en
couraged to the undertaking by the enrnes:
solicitations of our friends, and in compliance
with the obvious aud imperative demands of
die citizens of ibis seeiion of the Stale. Ii is
irue, tlicie are several news papers already
in successful operation in the Western Coun
lies of Georgia, ya it is coafidemlj believed
| that tlieir piwndaiiou, po
i litical iiiflutmw-tfnd imporiuiiJe, require a
! slid further increase in of tlieir
newspaper publications.
\\ e therefore present the SOFTIIERN
TR A NSC RIPT as a candidate for public
patronage, and trust that by a strict adherence
to those principles upon which rest I lie inde
pendence and happiness of the people, to
’ meet with that favor aud support from our
! friends which we shall always endeavor lo
j merit. Wnh respect to our political course,
I ii may perhaps be necessary to declare that
! the measures of the present Administration
meet with oar approval; and that we regard
the proposed Independent Treasury, as the
j only system of finance by which ihe people
j can ever ellecuraie a permanent and uniform
currency. It shall, therefore, receive out
I cordial support. We give our decided prefer
ence to ihe present incumbent, MARTIN
\ AN 111 KEN, for a re-election to the I’resi
-1 denlial chair, reposing the utmost confidence
in hie exalted paliioli .ii, firmness, w isdom,
anu uncompromising integrity. Relieving a
Fnited States Rank to be unconstitutional and
dangerous, we shall oppose the charter of
such an institution “without fear, favot or af
fection.” We believe that a thorough reform,
so essential to its integrity and the public
good, is required in llie present banking sys
tem. A protective Tariff’, Internal Improve
ments by the General Government,and every
measure calculated to give a lalitudinous con
strut lien to tlie Federal Constitution, will ev
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SOUTHERN
fcOITKD BY
P. C. I'KX'DI.EI OX & G. F. PIERCE.
To the I.adies of Georgia , and of the South
generally, the following plan is most respect
fully submitted. It is hoped that it r till
receive their serious attention, and meet
their approbation, since it is for thtlt
tspeciul benefit that the pro- _
jected. ,j*
PROSPECTUS: *
IN submitting the following’plan, \\ c would
first call the attention of the Ladies, and
flfflrnliosc who feel interested (nnd who are
‘iTioso that do not ?) in tiie welfare and im
provement ofthe Female ssx, to the present
condition of the Southern Press. Nearly all
i the publications which.issue from it are en
gaged in political discussions, and (heir co
lumns leetn with accusations, dejuals, abuse,
and every oilier form of wordy virfare—car
ried on in language, frequently unfit for “eats
prdite,” and seldom sailed to lire delicacy and
gentleness which belongsso pemdiarly to the
Female character. f
Ofthe few literary papers published South
of there is not ivsk exclusive
ly dedicated to the LADIES! YVe have felt
! this as a want which ought lo be supplied;
and we propose to malte an effort lo do so,
that our endeavors will be crowned
ivvith Success, if we cap only secure ihe bear- .
ty co-oporatiun of those lor whose welfare we
aie'about to labor—Trip. I.adiks of tub -
South. And wcexpect, further, that every
.intelligent mind among the other sex, will
View with approbation, and aid in sustaining
a.w enterprise designed to improve the minds
ifhose cheering smiles and
sootliitfc life would be'dreary
and lliisla+r desert. %
t We wish, lo the Ladies a
j"neld.for the exorcise own talents,ynd
for ihp development of the resources ofaflcir
minds.’ The lists of a 111 for sonic few
y(Jrs past, have frequently cr%Ketblbecomes
eUFcmalcs whose glorious success shed
.•m,additional radiance on the name df •Wq- v *,
Mix The “lords of creation” have been’
I'oß'ed taarknowlcdge ilia.the Female mind
is.yy no mcansv dtlicieot in capacity a'nd
intcKcctunl endowments—whilst, at ibesnine
time, it is possessed of superior delicacy and
tact.—Loiff was Woman’s mind held in
tbraMym, long were her powers underrated,
I and I'niYd tft remain inactive or urrexercised
| by the’force of conventional arrangements;
but 1 1 (A chains are broken, and her liberty
lias be*n proclaimed. The article of Mos-
I Icm laitll that “Women have no souls, - ’ no
j longer riDijins among ns. I.et llie Ladies
now nsseaf tlieir own privileges, ami we of-
I fer them, in our proposed work, a medium
| lor tiie expuesjum jifTlieir own views and sen
! time-nts, ontjinl that appertains, in any dc
j grep, to !! 1 wcU.l ;c and improvement of
tlieir sex.
! In offering,tlic plan of a SOUTHERN
LADIES, HOOK, we do not intend that it
i shall be prociiXdy similar lo a work of like
| name, ntthe\*rih. We leave toour Norili
| cm eoiem pictorial representations of
| fashion and ifit-ss, for the embellishment of
the person: it ours to provide a garb of
I purity, elegance, refinement and grace, fm
the adornment of the mind. All that may
contribute lo form the heart, invigorate the
mind, purify the affections, and refine the
manners, shall be oty especial care, that our
work may be a useful.aid lo the voting, and
lair, and beautiful, in preparing rhemselves
lor the discharge of the nohle and arduous
dini-s which devolve on,Woman, in her va
ried capacity of Daughter, Wife and Mother.
And wc repeat that in the accomplishment of
ilns high enlerpise, we confidently expect
die aid and support ofthe enlightened and
judicious of bo'.h sexes. Arrangements Ibr
regular aid will be made with several Ladies,
w hose productions have already gained them
high fame in the literary world—and several
gentlemen of distinguished attajjgrmefits have
! already been secured as contributors, from
whom scientific tracts, wfih holes, anil ob
servations on the Arts may be expected.—
; This department of the work will receive
marked attention. In short, nothing will he
omitted w hich may tc-inl lo give to the pub
lication such character as will render il wor
thy the attention ofthe learned, and of those
lowborn it is especially dedicated— the La
dies ofthe South and It’cst. It only remains
to obtain the requisite number of subscriber*
—say two thousand—and if the Ladies will
smile iipdn, and aid our efforts, that number
will not long i o wanting. t iben, nige
tlieir Fathers, Husbands, Brothers & Friends,
and it is soon done.
0?* The work w ill eoniain sixty-four roy
al octavo pages, stitched in a neat colored co
ver, and will appear monthly. Terms: The
Dollars per annum, payable on the delivery of
the first number.
07“ l> is highly important to stale that alt
the subscribers names which may lie obtain- *
ed, should be forwarded by the Ist of Decern
her next. Agents will please bear ibis- ih l
mind.
C7* The following are some ofthe contri
; butors to the work :
j A. Church. D.D. I’r'dt.Frank. Col. Athens,
j Prof. J. P. Waddei.i,, “ * “ “
Hon. A. R. Lo.NfiSTRF.ET, lVdt Emory Col.-
Dr. A. Means, Prof. Phys • Science, “ “
I Rev. I. A. Few, Ex-President “ “
Rev. G. 11. Round, Principal of the Georgia,
Conference Manual Labor School.
Rev. Jesse Mercer, Washington, Ga
bov. W. 11. Stokes, “
lion. G. Andrews, “ •*
Col. J. H. Lumpkin, Lexington, “
Rev. E. L. YVitt ten, Madison, “
Hon. R. M. Charlton, Savannah, “
A. 11. Chappell, Macon, •
lion. E. A. Nisbet, “
07“ YVe shall lie happy to exchange with
all those Southern and Soulhwestprn'pnncrsi.
■ who will publish our Prospectus.