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ded they pass suchttraoin; reading the'
Bible ; inculcate a devotion for Biblical
Literature ; make the hearing (f sermons
entirely .secondary to the' reading bf the
word of Cod. Here, mil be the most
efficient and lasting: remedy—totho
magnitude and^ .certainty of ;which all
Who fihvo been the first to run do\Vn
the country , banks in timesTof distress
and need 4 From whence came -the
largest draughts on the rail road bank
and forced^ her tvr,ice to sibpend I^W ho
is the greatre< 1 tor < f he’exchanges
of the state, and fixes the. discounts on
all the : ^:banK;.paper jn
the state, and thnsfilcheafrom the pock
ets of those who ‘trade with her front 2
to 50 per cent, on their motley ? 1’ or
the solution of all these .questions,'the
eyes of Georgia are turned to the city
of- Augusta.'' To. her tender-mercies
are attributable; much of the difficulties
which the Georgia Rail Road and Bank
ing Company have experienced, and
much of the embarrassment of :tlie pre
sent times. She first flatters, then cheats;
find then chokes her customers., Like
the wily serpent, she .first chjirnis aiul
enchains,.then swallows.her. vietftn. -.
In view then of all that has beeu said,
(and much might be added to the cata
logue,) I appeal to tho godd pcople^of
' Georgia ’ to consider, their condition ds
Connected with, ‘the ’Weston* \ and At-
iveiings anil
/of the stupe!
VV ASHl.WlO.’i, JUUp t
The debate in the senate on the Treas
ury .report was resumed yesterday, and
Mr. Wright, who had the floor, concluded
hisqremarks, and was followed, in ^ tWo
senses, byMr:'Woodbury,; whose speech
was very/hearlyare capitulation of Mr.- ,
Wright’s arguments and assumptions.
Both 1 these gentlemen seembd to be
nSorohnStfous to : cavil at details and to ;
ferret*. out comparatively unimportant
errors, that to meet, and controvert the ’
proofTof a large aggregate deficit pre
sented/by. tba/report, There was evi- .
dently a disposition on-the .part of Mes
srs. .Wright and Woodbury to confuse
and mystify its straight-forward state-
meot8> * - ■ :
>. Mr. Evans; replied,vand exposed and
commented on the doublings and wind
ings, of'Mr. Wood bury, ilfchis attempts
to shirk the*.responsibility of leaving the
tfoasurybairkrOptHvitb great power and
effect. - Heelearly showed tha taking
the’ expenditures oftheyear at 20 mill
ions, which Mr. Woodbury admitted to
be reasonable, they . w.ould exceed .the
whole receipts about six millions, even
thoughnonew- appropriations should bo
made. The Senate adjourned over till
Monday: • %
In * thepSouse of. R., Mr Adams en-
de avore37b show that tho reconsidera-
. tion-oftlicrules had virtually dissolved tho
l * old . committees, and that new ones
;duc them, but that ther
liuTin yea|s* immediately
duais among tl»em_ uijcc
KEsra 1 i,
Tu a cl.il. thru ' - c': - o', r tl.a wiM H-a
iWj^wyinsny a pnipd i cp!tif has bten !o3t, — 7 " 01
rushing m;.d!y on
TBnIwiluny 5 'dash e <1 do wh the nig^rd Ptrep .
It surveys tho high peak from which it fell. *'
Ambifion wjhscted; WiVomler at the past 1 1
■HpgPblr*], a »|iarli «f Deity, •-
To the'young v, for ofb , coming.
In. theyeiyhfijdajs^;.
vV I i 1 ' r
For power;-or grasps aig..lil with greediness •
.?V, f
Sta »;;tVr
^gaiott tho^rttlowUrtmrt.aod orphan Vw&il ; - r; 1
Al 0** even for Ao-cruaV yi. ]
D; niird them by h < utre r he art!-:: sac??.. [gold, ,
IwlBiftl pf.wey&hicbcomes by ;
it* ftwodoit-arid eoughi batty basest acnilS. ‘
T^re , J?WAt«rnablojniik'; tke'Eharp’sotmd A. '
O' Itw Voii-J J’n'.-r Iiifc:' ;I:c m ,
[BS* we'dirHaH.wrdm^iiiftfin^ serpent • _ . * ;
That mspiren. ter »-tr •. \vUUo. k.ttht\\c ("aim
Amhition wears, in rtarch ofjnanarch’8 power, • 1
.Wo £ind;j|lb n^neikior the u*erer..%. . -.r ■>
<hkt unlhrbnM j^jciter,
.Whoi higbestailim:;; ;l,t. ■/host ‘
Of angeb-irfti'r. graiped hi Omnipotence, v *
Battwildered^cbo-fight, Ground its high throne*
FeUhBgkted.to peidiliylisdism^fgulf;
-TheW"glitters in.tiejgens 'dtadtun f’ / •/
i NbspWklirf^S* ’arorsbeh r*dientbrightness,‘ : 1
As holy amh;:i m in rj-.-'t of fame ; - ;
And purer air than wraps earth’s ielflsli soik |
; : Fob the SfivfhernlVhig.;
‘' RIr. Editor t In your last paper you.
anticipated an article to come to you.
on . tho habit , of church-disturbance
-—and- if ' I may meet your- *appro-
batioti", I a vai l- my eel f of -' tite oppor
tunity to furnish one, from motives not
of vanity, as ‘‘ more capable,” but be-
cause X^jsh^qn this patter and a .kin
dred subject-.to.be he^rd.. We. cannot
i by.confining,ourselves to the.elucidation
■ .ofth.e'simple oflence, only’advance any
remedy efficient—we must take a cblla-
tfiral case incidental to thoTmisdemcnn-.
, er, but preceding it as the incentive:
and what, sir, is this incentive 1 Why
that tlie act of compelling students to at
tend church regularly itself -germinates
a' discontent that breeds tlie "mischief
cotnplainod of by “ A Lover of Order?’
I take, sir/a philosophic view of every
tlting^T-and as I. am always' pliilosophi-
zing from, a.seUled habit of long study—?
‘ yon .will admit my remarks however a-
sideTrbm the precoficeived notions of
> tho public they.may appear.'
’ ; " Ai " say^student8 aref compelled"
’ by the Faculty of the University, to at
tend church and to listen to even ver-
. bose.and. tedious sermons, t the middle
» and end of Winch they see through from
l the beginning, "and of-course the mind
- having grappled, tb* subject oT'discourse
* ^ 7 aiton-
illcd Upun.bi
l^r'S’thn t<itm
kf.-. ... COM>IUl«CATED. ; . SSKK
A FEW REMARKS ON THE POL'-
. TOY- AND .EFFECTS OF "-THE
.WESTERN AND ATLANTIC
•".RAIL R£)Ap.
Continued from our last.
‘ The sneers and mockeries of the mul
titude^ the cupidity and opposition of
many of the stockholders over which ii
passed ; the envy and oppositioh'^iFotli-
or corporations; and the embarrassed
condition of the country, w efe all-array
ed against it. ' And over; all have the
company triumphed, and'constructed tt
ate# Ju iS
. iih in the next L«fi»!rta
«>u Monday the Sm Jdl
l»l« then: shf^tliT’be ^
dance. .
I j money is at /u per cent, discount in uo-
31 lttmb6ar^^Tfew».r
■ i wkoocixVo R*'ii’Kom1 l »ni linking Com-
.1 pany of Georgia, are requested to.call
Hat tho bank imniediMeiy, and. pay off
tj the liands of attorney^ for colleclipir. '
e Ti l *t It is proper to add that the .assets
.T’uf tho.batik are believed ; by the direc-
fully adequate to pay the debts
r Ju ^ tll !: ,wnk .:. an ? tb s course .Ji^ adop^l
liilion of this di.sliuginshpd
but nil wlio 1 m«*b HCQtp
»:ib!y struck by t|ie''faithfttli^alia(eat^b;
of the artist. fls'Hmfi'f'CIayinsdul j
the picture, we^iw
meUifluoiis accents of hi< ^v« nc^
pour forth " ilmughpi,tl:at^.l<^q|dMi dtp
words that hurn?^ -AVc* have*beo»ifc- f
vored by the artistrwUli the^"|)dAisalW^
a letter "iii relation'loops'
the Hon. W. C.; Preston. Though tlie
style of Col. Preston’s oratory differs
much (twin that ofF^V.^Jay, no iOno can
he 'X5 a belter judgo of the likeness, for
1 or he has watched \ ivery change of his
features and altitude for many years?
Dear tur :—T have just had the pica-
su.e of receiving yqar'lettbk from Au-
giMts, nod the p«rrtra]t-oF Mr? Clay hhvf
graces my «lrawin^’roSm,—r^behove if
is the only iusiance in tholiistory of art"
and cl«Kjuenco tlmtTlJif!poreorfal-’maiU
ncr <#-uu
preserved, ; H<3re t Mr. CJny’s 'app^gx-
u nco w 1 tile ^poaking .is' accuratcly
rose ii t ed.^so'rou^r fr>, jhgt*i|ir rrPfj-dy
Act. Cashier.”
xtin CoHeffe cU lf^iney; at Prlacetoni ■
We have been favoured with a cata-
•lo^urfifof the officers and students of thfs
College for 1840 and 18411 The"list’
embraces 226 pupils, vizr Seniors, 72 j
Tuniors, 48 ;" Sophomores, 90 ; Fresh
men, J 0. Wo notice that twenty of tho
twenty-six States are represented in this
encieni institution, viz:- . ■
New Jersey,* • 53JPennsylvania;31:
^ew^York. - 28/Virginiai ^ " “~i7
Maryland, -MfliN: Carolina,: 12'
S*;Caroliea,- >■ 11} Alabama,-’ 11
DistofColnmbia lllLonisiana, ** -8
-Georgia,.* - 6 Kentucky, _• * G
Mississippi^ ^ 3lClicrokuo Nation, 3
THo ren^ainder are front the States of
VertnoiiL- Massachusetts,. Connecticut,
Delaware,’ , .Tonnessee, Ohio, the East
Indies and ptreeco. '
belialf of the bank. Talking, much
ado about nothing, occupied the time •
ill 10 P. M., when the justice, fairiy
deafened by the, vociferations of counsel!
abrnptly.adjourned the coin t as lie could
foresee;mi end of argument till twelve
o’clock.. We-understand tho case.-was.
settTe^fiy ^atiriend. of thq bank, not by
tie bank; on Monday. Such an attempt
on.the part.of the bank-to hinder the
course of justice, can derthe; institution
ho good. ^KhT)\v5^ tbegreat?benefits
which libs' and will rdsulttd this commu
nity from that\>ank and believing ip its
perfect solvency, and "willingness to pay-
all its demands in due time, we have
hivyays spojteo of. it favourably, and we
say noW to its bill holders, you are per-
-feetly . safe, the money is gtadiially" but
beyom| its present terminus.* 'It is ho
ped therefore that allwbo feebinterest-
ed for the goodof,thd stockholders and
am, sorry to say, from; repeated; acts of
hostility to the interests of the company
and’the state> wo are under no obliga
tion.’ .
- "From the great dissatisfaction which
is known to. exist.tbroughout the length
aiid breadth v of "agricultural Georgia,'
now that fiober reflection has dissipated
the,mists of, delusion, it is hoped, that af
ter wo have been instructed by. the se-
verity of affliction as well^as by suK
rounding examples, \ve will make a urnjV
ted effort to escape"thi3^ vortex'of de-
,8trucHpn T intq wliicluve are. plunging-—.'
that wo will no longer war against na
ture and the wisdom- of experience tin
building bridges at acost of $70,000,
and excavating mountains of rock near
an hundred feet deep at a" cost of near
$50,00b per mile, -to unite states togeth
er Which Goil lath put asunder. . v
J^Vhile some, prompted, from.selfish
motives until their imaginations are
wrought, inti* a ‘ feverish*. excitement,
suppose: thaf tl^ose depressions in the
mountains'Werc designed by' the Crea
tor to bo traversed byr rail toads or ca
nals. a niore sober'judgment will’de
cide, that had this have been tho original
design,, a still deeper depression x \rould
jiave been made, andthat God, in toercy-.
ness.
know how Cict^or^pBl
prescutc-d their.persons.an<1
hunils !!
Afterrctuiing tliis extract,
who are able, will “ gi.acOi
ing rooms withMiis most lx
hubs of the Amcricor^Siare^
the whole subject was laid on the table
tby.a vote.^of 130 to .60* * ^ ; ■ ,■ v .
; , Mr. Adams pesenfed a drawer full of
petitions, nearly all of which, being or
the : subject H of^ abolition, were not of :
course receivable; among the number,
ho\vover, Wasoun praying the expulsion ^
of John .Q. Adams fronj. the House of
Represeniatives. -The question oi -ros,^,
.ceptianjn regaiyl. to this last petition
was laid on tfi^tapfe.
: Mr.-Banrard. ofyour State; present
ed- a plan of a United States Bank, which
was laid on- the m!Bw5%*yV'. - *
, -The HjpusO then'adjqurned.
'wil^itasu^deni^dd, Re presefitedihtbej?'
they, feel added to the copapulsi
dence,-an. iD^Jipressible, desire for re?
v e mbe r,l840, said that fit is impossible,
and peyli*pa intonaisjentwith the'*pnn>
ciplcs of ;
tnent to undertake to j>roiectitie c!fizcn
from the consequences of imp^ence
ot miscalculation^fL relianceof this sort '
would beget a dependence destructive
ofiudividual euterprize, engender aud \
creation of one, oriauotlier sort. Hence
they .thithhr carry) concealed - books of
Romance or Miscellany—make
to his creatures, would have, spared,them
the, toil of many years,and the . expense
of rSillions of money, to be drawn ? -frinn
their hard earnings,
Romance or Miscellany—make a smart
pedai nojse—infect with their gay 'de-
meanor and. careless -inattention, admi
ring. young iadie^Who. feel themselves
destined for the adoring .addresses of
only?students.- The‘^result of course
yourself and corf'&spondent- has shown. 1
But What'is the remedy, t ‘ : -
tt is hard to progpsb'^with’ success a
lemedy for any.kind of mortal sin. In
qbgain his dues^jlong before aho law
would award it to him. *|f you wish to
suo the^bank, remernber you ate throw
ing yourself-into the hands of lawyers,
with a strong roonoy power to;.support
them, [aqd they will throw.. the case,'
Where you will not see-the-etid of it till
your, pocket aches. You had better"
bear the ills you have, than fly to others
re so easily taken'out
i capacity of the mind
The Loco Foco, papers,*" give notice
latin the event of the presentdominant
ty-chartering a,National^Bank ; the
(50 Foco party, should it ever regain'
foster , a spirit
'• hud ind^8tri$h
'welfare of . f Soc
and a- rigid oc
. tho expo uditut
. ihelowest esti
re ,, il8 . Itoxfilc to OU
Habits of industry
,y tlrat would forbid
most in vain'in a' newspaper, by silent
admonition, to correct it. Remember
many of the offenders are but little .oyer
the agb of ju ve niles--and, that class of
persons do not always sufficiently well,in
their heyday oflife,reflectupon thecrimi-
nality of jesting in the Holy; Sanctuary V
at least they cannot conceive the ; mo
mentous importance and awful indispen-
Bibility. ofa quiet worship. Devotion
and meditation must first, before we
can- advise; be inspired into their hearts.
JVe may read a thousand - homilies, re
plete iciih lhe s^&undesi adm&nvtionsy but
all fly away as stulllc, 'except where a
fedingjbr genuine;fl^tion'^asbech pre-
' : / FROM EUROPE. . . "
..The .Colnmbia "steamship arrived at
Boston on /Wednesday ©Vening.at • half
past 10 o’clock. Shebringsfiles'ofLon-
don p&pers'to June, 4th—rParis to June
2d—and l/iverpbbrtb" v Jtnie 4th inclii* ,
stve. v? ‘
Fhe also brings dates' from Bombay
of the 3o ot May—just Six weeks back;
jtwley.ot]
right**!
of the 3q ot May—^ust sii weeks back;
and Csjftton .to the 1st;of Apxp, only
77 days since. ; - •*-*-
The-qverland mail of Bombay,' May 2.
,reached;London on the.. evening of the
2d of June.
. * The principal feature’in/tho ndwp is.
that the. ivar . has again broken, out in.
China, because the Emperorwould not
ratify-the treaty-. The British h'^ve cap
tured Canton, and theforts on the river;,
without tbe loss of a single'ihan. 1 Tlid
trade.is open to Canton, Vhe owners^ of
vesselsrerning t?11 risks. Canton ?was
taken on the 2-5th,qf February; on the.
same-day Chusan ayas given up to the
O.liinuco —TTlr.lt Ammiorinuflll ITncknn
iy have .any
ingeringin ^
all /deference 'ahd^prQfbund respect for i
the Faculty of our' College’s,) I may be J
permitted lt> allege, cOmpulsimi is'inof- i
ficient: it may make hypocrites in those j
desirous to please, and open unbelievers ;
in; the bolder ; and in fact does apd 1
will continue and increase the inadver- .’
tent disturbances of public vyorship. j
The real efficiency of any remedy, is ;
iosbit undefiled \
Loshan
has been disgraced and .Betft ,tor''Pekin
in irons.^’ Tho Chineesb lost 400 men/
*?" An American gentleman from Canton
says .the city is doomed 'to: the flames.
There are 200,000. Chinese starving in
the neighborhood-Jor want ot. employ
ment*-^ho. are as ready -to sack. the
place as the sailors are. ~
, “May the holy choir of Holy Virgins
who.for the honor of Christ have despis
ed the things of this world, damn him
*of tne woridto everlasfing ages^hoar
fore they wiirreibb
ly.listen
bwein
^•(ttrThe-remarkable short space, of 1
time -hi which the nows' from China *
was brought to this country is unpre^ ‘
cedented. , The* telegraphic advices ]
from the East Indies; overlaud, reached !
JLopdqn on.thc 30th of May—the mait *
baying arrived at Marseilles in 30 days 1
sued wherever he be
>use opin' the 1 stable
, MJa Well known as the
weekly this side of the
Mk.vnay-be seen -%t our
from Bombay—tho -.shortest - time : in .
which the distance-waseVer accomplish
ed. . The mail reached London tho 3d
June, containing jetters,'papers and de-
oh\y forty see day:
Boston, a degree'
diWe. f* , ^ -■
over twelve days
from Liverpool to