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ATHENS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1849.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UORARV
VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 36
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jE*Mg^ima «oy. been nt i*i»r»:
nieB
And merry games we )i
A tew came trembling down Li* eye,
tlu*t like a drop of dew.
We took him to the mill, Uotlicr,
Where falling water* made
A rainbow o’er the rill, Mother,
As golden sun-rays played;
but when we slioutod at the «eue,
And ltailcd the dew blue sky,
lie stood quite *til4 upon the 1
BliatPu.
And breathed a long, kmgfiigh.
We a*ked him why he wept, Mother,
Whene’er wo found tlie spots, .
Where periwinkles crept, Mother,
O’er wild forget-me-nots. .
44 Ah me r he said, while tear* ran down
As last a* summer’s showers,
** It 'u because I caunot see
The sunshine aud the flower*." -
e i. that poor, and sighHoss boy, Mother,
Uaa taught me I am blest,
r lean look with joy, Mother,
On all I love the best; ’
Aud wl»en I see the dancing stream, .
And daisies red and white,
III kneel upon the meadow sod,
And thank my God for sight.
From Frasier’s Magazine.
Hone Sickness.—From Ibe German.
TImiu ask'st me why my heart is sad,
Why pensive thus I roam,
When all around are blithe and glad t
My spirit Junes for home.
Tw true, tho birds pour forth their songs,
Tis true this earthi*fair;
But. in my Father’s mansion bloom
Flowers that no’er decay. •
Those fairy Moroni* will not grow,
Save in their place of.birth;
They fade, they wither here, below—
They were not made for cwth.
Where is that mansion t For above.
Tho snn, tlie »tar*, tl»e skies;
In realms of endless light and love,
My Father’s mansion lies.
Then ask not why my heart is sad,
Why pensive thus I roam,
While all nniund are blithe and glad t
My spirit pines for homo. ■
Uuuiornns Irltrtinns.
From the Richmond Republican. -
Original Letter of Gcu. Washington.
Annexed is ibe letter of Gen. Washing
ton to his wife, to which we referred the
other day, and which was found among
the papers of the late Hon. Hugh Nel
son. The reader will observe that it
begins abruptly. The first part of the
letter, including the date, &c., is gone;
but it is evident, from the remainder,
that it mast have been written at Cam
bridge in the beginning of the Revolt!
tionary struggle. The reader cannot
but be struck with thecslm *cl£posses-
sion, the conscientious adherence to do
ty, the caution and discretion so charac
teristic of Gen. Washington, which are
strikingly prominent in this letter.—
It.is also made evident, by this docu
ment, if there was do other proof, that
Gen. Washington entered the Revolu
tionary struggle from no motives
of personal ambition. It indeed appears
that he had not The most remote idea
that the contest would assume a serious
shape, much less that he was to be
made an inslrumcnlof establishing the
independence of the greatest Republic
the; world has ever known, and of in
fluencing the political institutions of all
Christendom.
There is an allusion in this letter to
difficulties between Northern and South
ern officers, which will amuse our read-
It would seem that the impul
sive character of the South, then, as
since, often threw the advantage into
the Cooler hands of our Northern asso
ciates.
We may ndd, that a cony of the letter , M moruue,
ha.l been placed in the bands of Hon. have to ask of , hem wliat ; in sound
Wm. Rives, who .mended u> present .11 i icy , (ir olher motives haJ becn wa £.
w lh ? \ irgima Historicnl Sociciy.— i„„\ ,h„„ „„„h, i„ l.»».
That genllcman is now, however, ab-
unlikely means, be the unworthy instru
ment of preserving political security and
happiness to them, as well as to our
selves. Pity this cannot be accom
plished without fixing on me the sad
name, Rebel. I love my King, you
know I do: a soldier, a good man, can
not but love . him. How particularly
hard, then,.is oar fortune, to be deemed
traitors to so good a King! But I am
not without hope that even he will yet
see cause to do me justice; posterity I
am sure will. Meanwhile, I comfort
myself with the reflection that this has
been the fate .of the best and bravest
men, even of lb© Barons who. obtainad
Magna Charta," whilst the dispute was
depending. This, however, anxiously
as I wish for it, it is not mine to com
mand. I see my duty, that of standing
up for the Liberties of my Country, and
whatever difficulties and discourage
ments lie in my way, I dare not shrink
from it, and I rely on that Being, who
has not left us the choice of duties, that
whilst 1 conscientiously discharge mine,
I shall not finally lose iny reward. If I
really am not a bad man, I shall not
long be so set down.
Assure yourself, 1 will pay all possi
ble attention to your recommendations.
But, happy as I am in an opportunity
of obliging you, even in the smallest
things, take it not amiss that I use the
freedom with you to whisper in your
ear, to be sparing of them. You know
how I am circumstanced : hardly the
promotion of a subaltern is left to me,
and free and independent as I am, I re
solve to remain so; I owe the Congress
no obligations for personal favors done
myself; nor will I run in debt to them
for favors to others. I am mortified to
po-
Tbe Literary Dinner.
• Aa lately a page on fine ham was repeating,
. Jo*t aa iiungrv men only can dine,
lie eadaiimNl u» a friend, who *ftt alono and fasting,
• What a dinner of learning is mine T
'A dinner of learning!’—with wonder ho cried,—
And laughed—for he thought him mistaken;
* Why, what i* it else V the sage gravely replied,
•When I'm making »wk extracts from Bacon f
The Frenchman Overboard.
We heard a goPilAjffijy the olher day,
of n Frenchman, who came very near
committing involuntary suicide, by
drowning himself in the Ohio. That
classic stream has lately becn very low,
there only being sufficient water to per
mit the passage of very small-sized
boats. On one of these a Frenchman,
just arrived from La Belle France, and
consequently ignorant of manners and
customs on Western steamboats, had
taken passage from Pittsburgh lo Ncw
Orleans. Tho water was very low, the-
stream very contracted, and the bars
very Irequcnt. Every few miles the
Wit would get hard aground on r one of
these impediments, while its passen
gers would be annoyed by the sight of
More fortunate pedestrians wadingfrom
>|gjilucky to Ohio,. or rice versa. - One
day the" Goal, as usual, stuck!on a bar,
where she seemed likely to be a perma
nent fixture until the next spring .freshet
should float her off. After many expe
dients had been tried in vain to move
her from her position, the.pilot said to
the passengers who were on the hurri-
canedfcck—“ Now, gentlemen, nil run
forward at once, and l think she’ll go
over just as easy as falling off a Irig.”—
Accordingly, all started off as if they
were running for a wager, and our
Frenchman, without exactly knowing
, but having nn indistinct notion
that something was wrong, not only fol
lowed their example, but soon outstrip-
thc.TcsU'Just at this moment some
' tnaticioufe individual called out “ Jump!
jump!” which words the Frenchman
happened to understand. So, - instead
df slopping where-thc others, did, to the
astonishment, ol everybody , lie threw
himself headlong into the river. A
yawl wnsimmedialely lowered, aud the
. AprVFrcnehman was' rescued from his
-jJIrilous position, without having sustain
ed ainy injury except a thorough wel
ding and a good fright. As soon as he
Could speak, lie said, with nn expres-
‘ *ion of auger, which, taken in connec
tion with Tiis words, was rather ludi-
sent at a foreign post. We have been
authorised to publish the letter, and
shall also comply with pleasure with
Mr. Nelson’s request to place the manu
script in the hands of the,Virginia His
torical Society:
• • • • u to sow jh e additional
pply of hemp and flax seed, which
Mr. Mifflin has procured'for me in Phi
ladelphia, and which I hope will be with
you before this letter. For obvious rea
sons, you will not sow it on the island,
nor by the water side. But_I hope you
will have a good account of. your crop
on the Ohio. If Bridgey continues re
fractory aud riotous, though 1 know you
can ill spare him, let him by all means
be ser.t ofF, as I hope Jack Custis’s boy
Joe already ^ is, for his sauciness at
Cambridge.
” My attention is this moment called
ofF to the discovery of a most wild and
daring plot. It is impossible, as yet,
to devclope the mystery in which it eith
er is or is supposed to he involved.—
Thus much, only can I find out for
certainty: that it will be a fine field tor
a war oflics on both sides. No doubt it
will make a good deal of noise in the
countnr, and there are some who think
it useful to have the minds of the peo
ple kept constantly on the fret by ru
mors of this sort. For my part, I, who
am said lo.be the object principally aim
ed at jn it, find myself perfectly at my
and I have mentioned il to you on
ly from an apprehension that* hearing it
from others, you might imagine I was
in the midst of danger that I know not
of,
“ The perpetual solicitude of yotfr
poor heart, about me, is certainly high
ly flattering to me; yet I should bo hap
py to be able to quiet your fears. Why
do you complain of my reserve? or
how could you imagine that I distrust
either your prudence or fidelity ? I have
the highest opinion of them . both. But
why shonld I teaze you with tedious de
tails of schemes and views which are
perpetually varying, and which there
fore might not improbably mislead,
where I meant to.inform you? Suffice
it that I say, what L have often before
told you, that, as far as 1 have the con-
trol of them, .all our preparations for
war aim only at peace. Neither do I,
nt : this moment, see the least likelihood
of there being any considerable military
operations this season, and if not in this
season, certainly in no other. It is im
possible to suppose lhat in the leisure
and quiet of winter quarters, men will
not have the virtue to listen to the dic
tates of plain common sense and sober
reason. The only true interests of both
jwrlies is reconciliation, nor can there be
ing) they ought to have granted me
unasked. I cannot describe to you
the inconvenience this army, suffers* for
want of this consequence being given to
its Commander-in-Chief. But, as these
ight be increased, were my peculiar
situation in this respect generally known,
I forbear, only enjoining your cautious
silence on this head. In a regular army,
our Virginia young men would certain
ly in general make the best officers;—
hut I regret that they have not now put
in my power justly to pay them this
compliemnt. They dislike their North
ern allies, and this dislike is the source of
infinite mischiefs and vexations to me.
In the many disputes and quarrels of
this sort which we have had, one thing
has particularly struck me: My coun
trymen are not inferior in understand
ing, and are certainly superior in that
distinguished spirit and high sense of
honor which should form the character
of an officer. Yet, somehow or other,
it forever happens lhat, in every alter
cation, they are proved to be in the
wrong, and they expect of me attentions
and partialities which it is not in my
power to show them.
“Let me rely that your answer to
this will be dated in Philadelphia. If I
am not busily engaged, (which I hope
may not be the case,) perhaps I may
find ways and means to pay a visit of a
day or two; but this 1 rather hint as
what I wish, than what I dare bid you
expect. If you still think the fragments
of the set of greys I bought of Lord
Bottetourt' unequal to the journey, let
Lund Washington sell them, singly, or
otherwise, as he can to the best advan
tage, and purchase a new set of bays.
I could, as you desire get them here,
and perhaps on belter terms; hut I have
a notion, whether well or ill-founded I
know not, that they never answer well
Virginia. I beg to be affectionately re
membered to all our friends and rela
tions, and that you will continue to be
lieve me to be
Your most faithful and lender hus
band, G. WJ
Newton rose to the heavens by the steps
of geometry, and said, at the close of his
career, that it was only in the habit of
patient thinking he was conscious of dif
fering from other men.
Il ia generally thought .that men are
signalized more by talent than by in
dustry ; it is felt to be a vulgarizing of
genius to attribute it to anything but di
rect inspiration from heaven ; they over
look the steady and persevering devo
tion of mind "on one subject. There are
higher and lower walks in Scholarship ;
but the highest is the. walk .of labor.—
We are often led into a'•ciliary opin
ion, by looUngat tftc.magi4|h(£rot *he
object in its finished stale—-suth aslhe
Principia of Newton, and the pyramids
of Egypt—without reflecting on the
gradual, continuous, yea, almost creep
ing progress, by which they grew into
objects of the greatest magnificence in
the literary and physical world.
In the one case, indeed, wc may
fancy the chisel which wrought each
successive stone, but'in the olher wc
cannot trace the process by which the
philosopher was raised from one land
ing place to another, till he soared to
his towering elevation; it seems as if the
work was produced at the bidding of a
magician. But Newton has left as.a
legacy the assurance, that he did not
attain his elevation by dint of heaven-
born inspiration, out of the reach ,of
many, but by-dint of a homely virtue
within the reach of all.—Dr. Chalmers.
Printers aud Printing.
J. T. Buckingham, Esq., in his series
of reminiscences, in course of publica
tion in the Boston Courier, speaks of
the importance of the printer to the au
thor, as follows:
Many who condescend to illuminate
the dark world with the fire of their ge-
, through the columns of the news
paper, little think of the lot of the
printer, who, almost suffocated by
the smoke of a lamp, sits up till
midnight to correct hi3 false gram
mar, bad orthography, and worse punc
tuation. I have seen the arguments of
lawyers, in high repute as scholars, sent
to the printer in their own'handwriting,
many words—and especially technical
and foreign terms—abbreviated, words
misspelled, and few or no points, and
those tew, if there were any, entirely
out of place. I have^seen Ybe ser mons
of eminent “ divines” sentlfl^lhe press
without points or capitale-to* designate
the divisiou of sentences: sermons,
which, if published with- the imperfec
tions of the mauuscript, would disgrace
the printer’s devil if he were the author.
Suppose they had been so printed.—
The printer would have been treated
with scorn and contempt as an illiterate
blockhead—as a- fellow better fitted
to be a • woodsawyer than a sprinter.
Nobody would have believed that such
gross and palpable faults were owing
to the ignorance or carelessness of the
author. And no one but the practical
printer knows how many hours a com
positor, and after hi in a proof-reader, is
compelled to spend in reducing to a
readable condition manuscripts that the
writers themselves would be puzzled to
read.
' Where they Learn It.
“ I don’t see where ray children
learn such things,” is one of the com
mon phrases in a mother’s vocabulary.
A little incident,' which wc happened
lobe an eyewitness lo, tnay perhaps
bel p to solve the. enigma.' We smiled
a little at the time, but wc have thought
a good deal of it since, and we lrusimol
without profit.
“ Bob,” screamed out a little bright
eyed girl, somewhat under six years-: of
age, to a youngster who was seated on
a curbstone, making hasty pudding of
ibe thud in the gutter; “ Bob, yon good-
for-nothing little scamp you, conic right
111-teal
be a cleare point in the world than that I into the house this minute,
both sides must be losers by' war, in a man !you till the skin comes oft.’
-***' -■■?**• ucr which even peace cannot soon com-[ “ Why, Angelina, Angelina, dear,
“Vat you mean by sav«Jump, pen sate for. We must at last agree and ! what, do you mean—where did you
jump ?’ You tell me to*jump and your 1,0 friends; for wc cannot live without 1 learn such talk ?” exclaimed her moth-
| 1mn i, oa . no blow an at all I ect one I »hcm, and they will not without us; and cr, in a wondering lone, as she stood on
SS3!” i * bystander might well be puzzled to the steps, couriesying to a Trienc}.
° J find out \vhy. as good terms cannot be] Angelina looked up very innocently,
* impromptu. ‘ ] given and taken now, as when we shall j and answered, “ Why, mother, you
* riJJressul iv a J'rin.' A* fa Ixgistatmc of Cannecticuu have well nigh ruined each other by the see wc arc playing, and he is my little
r. r. ;.u r, fmnotl, ’ mutual madness of cutting one anoth-. boy, and 1 am scolding him, just as you
I 'lu'.b in So! u”! you ‘cr’s throats. For a IF these reasons, did me this morning, that’s all.”
il.. i..iii* which cannot hut be as obvious to tlie ***
i'a.L 1.' r wwinw, -English Oonmrssioncrs and ours, ns • Talent and Industry.
IVliat you .coxyixt-i-<VT aa ay.", ’ » , . , - - I
* 3 . 1 they arc to roe, I am at a loss to unag-j
Wisdom is the habitual skill or faculty ine’how anything can arise to
Tbe Trouble of Queen Victoria.
Among the overwhelming troubles
which have surrounded the watchful
Queen of England since her accession
to the throne, the following remarkable
one is related in an English paper. 11
she commenced her reign with such,
what must be her anxiety now :
During the second year of her Sov-
reignty, and while yet a maiden, she
was one day skipping the rope as a re
laxation from the pressure ofoflicial du
ties, Lord,Melbourne, the Premier, was
superintending the royal amusement.
She suddenly - stopped .and turning to
him with a thoughtful ' look, (the cares
of State no doubt clouding her brow*)
said, “ My lord, what arc these corn
laws ?” Said the courtly Premier in re
ply, “ Pleaseyour’Majesty, they arc the
laws lhat regulate the consumption of
the staff of life io your Mwesty’s domin
ions.” “ Indeed,” rejffinew ibe Qneen,
“ have any of the Staff officers of ray.
Life Guard got ihe consumption ?—
■Poor fellows!” Her Majesty then
sumed the skipping of the rope.
Anecdote of Franklin.
DocloF-Franklin and T (said Jeffer
son) were some time together in Paris*,
and we dined one day. in mixed com
pany of distinguished French, and.
American,characters. The Abbe Ray-
nal and Franklin bad much conversa
tion; amongst other things, the French
philosopher observed, that in America
all.things degenerated, and he made
many learned and profound observa
tions to show this effect of llie climate
on people, although recently from an
European stock.. Franklm listened with
his usual patience and attention, and,
after the Abbe had finished, pleasantly
who boast-
Fall of RIanna.
The following letter appears in the
Gardener’s Chronicle, (England) and is
dated Erzeroom, July 2,1849:—Two
months ago a report was current in Er-
zeroom that a miraculous fall of an edi
ble substance had occurred nearByazid,
but as the simplest facts are often great
ly distorted and exaggerated, in this
country, and the most unblushing false
hoods circulated, in connexion with
anything of unusual occurrence, the
European residents here were not in
clined to listen credulously to the ac
counts of this * wonderful fall of bread
from heaven.* ,Thg_ report,- however,,
instead of being soon (br^tten, gained
daily more ground; specimens of the
substance were brought hither, and
travellers from Byazid bore testimony
to the fact of several showers of these
lichens having, taken place. Finding
that there was some foundation for this
phenomenon, I thought that the matter
was deserving of investigation, and
that you would be interested in knowing
it. I therefore applied to Dr. Heinig,
the sanitary physician at Byazid, (the
only European residing ihere,) to furnish
me with information, which I elicited by
means of a scries of questions. It is
the result of these inquiries which I now
have the pleasure of submitting to your
notice. About the 18th or 19th of April
last, at a period when there had been
for a whole fortnight very rainy wealh-
with stiong winds from the S. E.
and E. S; E. the attention of the shep
herds and villagers frequenting the
country near Byazid was attracted by
the ,sudden appearance, in several
locations, of a species of lichen scatter
ed in considerable quantities over certain
-tracts, measuring from five to ten miles
each in circumference. Dr. Heinig de
scribes two of these spots as follows :
One is situated three miles east ol By
azid, behind a range of rocky moun
tains stretching from the North grad
ually towards the Southeast. The olh
er is five miles to the South of Byazid,
near a similar range of rocks, running
in the above named direction. It is
remarkable lhat uoone bad ever before
observed these lichens in the neighbor
hood, not even the shepherds, who of
ten pasture their flocks on the crags and
in almost inaccessible places; and Dr.
Heinig, who has been on Mount Ara
rat (which is clo§e to Byazid),.and who
appears to have a taste for rambling
over mountains, says he has never met
with any.
What seems to confirm the assertion
that these products were not known
previous to their unaccountable appear
ance is, that last year the crops were
greatly injured by locusts, and a fam
ine threatened; and had the substance
been known to exist anywhere in the
vicinity, it would most assuredly have
been eagerly sought after and collected
last autumn, when the price of wheat
had risen to more than double its usual
value. A similar phenomenon is said
to have occurred at Byazid some years
ago, when it is probate that the edible
qualities of these lichens became known
to the natives, unless, showers took
place previous to that period, which I
have not been able to ascertain. Sup
pose the lichens lo have been blown off
some adjoining inaccessible places, and
in such great quantities, too, how is tbe
rarity of the occurrence accountedTbr?
and liow is it lhat they covered such
large tracts of country ?
No proof has been adduced of any
.e having seen the fungi fall; but as
the first intelligence was brought by
villagers, who, early one morning, ob
served the lichens strewed over a tract
of ground where they had not observed
any the evening before, il is probable
that the showers must have taken place
in the night. In some locations, the
one or the other kind of lichen alone
was found; in others, the two species
mixed. On the 19lh of June, another
quantity of lichen was discovered
as the spot was a well-frequented one,
il seems likely that the fall had occur
red only a few days previously. From
all accounts, the quantities collected
have beenyery great. Dr. Heinig says
that a person could collect at the rate
t of of 1J pounds.iu an hour, which con-
j sidering the lightness of the-product, is
a tolerable quantity. The substance is
ground up with wheat and made into
bread, or eaten simply in its raw, na
tural.slate.
€l|tftntt Itjislntnn.
[Condensed for the Southern Whig.]
IN SENATE.—Friday, Nov. 30.
The bill to authorize the Central
Railroad and Banking Company of
Georgia, the Macon and Western Rail
road Company to unite their respective
Railroads at or near the city of Macon
in one common depot, and to grant to
the said companies land for said pur
pose on the public reserve, was taken
up and referred to a special committee,
consist in« of Messrs. Napier, Purse, Bai
ley, Chisholm and Byrd* T
DILLS RBPORXS#. -
Mr. Woods: To elect the Principal
Keeperof the Penitentiary and the Chief
Engineer of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad by the Legislature, and to fix
the salaries of the same.
Mr. J. R. Smith : To incorporate the
Grand Division of the Sons of Temper
ance of the Stale of Georgia.
The bill to regulate the vending of
nostrums, secret preparations or medi
cal compounds in this State, was taken
up, and amended, read the third time,
and on the question being put, “shall
this bill now pass,” the yeas were 14,
nays 21.
On motion of Mr. Murphy, the reso
lution authorizing the Governor to have
certain public documents arranged and
placed on proper shelves for the
r The formation and steady pursuit of
veniencVof tbe public, was taken’up some particular plan of life, bus justly
By Mr. Cochran : To repeal an act
passed on ihe 22d Dec., 1843, authoriz
ing the Governor to sell tho Western
and Atlantic- Railroad for a sum not
less than one milliou of dollars.
BILLS PASSED. -
To incorporate the Grand Lodge of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
for the Stale of Georgia.
To relieve the Judges of the Inferior
Courts and Clerks thereof front Jury
duty.
To change the time of holding thoSu-
premc Court at the places therein nam
ed. [The sessious of the Court as
changed by this bill require tKal for tho
first Judicial District, composed of tho
Eastern and Southern Circuits, it shall
hereafter be held at Savannah at tho
times now fixed by law. The second
Judicial District, composed of tho
Southwestern and Chattahoochee Cir
cuits, to be hereafter held " at tho
city of Columbus at the times now fix
ed by law. The Spring term for tho
5th District is required to be held in
Greensboro on the first Monday in May,
and the Fall term of said Court lo Uo
held in Milledgeville on tho first Mon
day in November, each year.
aiaijsiiit (Pathrrings.
and agreed to—also
The resolution from the House pro
viding for the reference to the standing
committees of the two houses on the Slate
of the Republic all resolutions, memo
rials and other papers on the subject
of slavery, was taken up and agreed to.
Saturday, Dec. 1.
Mr. Worrill, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, to whom the several bills
had been referred, reported unfavora
bly lo the passage of the bill to cure de
fects in existing deeds and deeds here
after to be made by Sheriffs, Executors,
&c.—also, against ike bill lo abolish im
prisonment for debt in certain cases—
also, against the bill to repeal
making property subject to execution
after the same has been transferred.
Mr. Worrill, from the same commit
tee, reported in favor of the passage of
the bill “ to authorize parties to com
pel discoveries at common law”—also,
in favor of the bill “ tq alter and amend
the first paragraph of the 7th section of
the 1st article of the Constitution of this
Slate.”
The bill to authorize the settlement
of criminal prosecutions in certain cases,
and to regulate more particularly the
duties of Attorneys and Solicilors-
General, and lo fix their liabilities, was
taken up, considered and passed.
vin ami looked in—expecting,as he .
to see one of the family with whom he
lore is to be expected from labouri- house; he therefore proposed, that the '\ Us a< - ( l l,a ' nlc ^ > ^ ut ^
inetiiocrily l\L from ibe erratic Europeans siroul.l go.'lo Ur side of ,l,e n.zo who was wnh.n, he-drew up and
room, and the Americans to the other,
opinion existed, it was the custom of
deliberative assemblies to divide the
Assault by a Lady.
A singular trial is progressing before
the county court of Baltimore, being that
of Mrs. Julia Levin, wife of the Hon.
Lewis, Levin, member of Congress from
the second 'Congressional district of
Pebnsylvauia, charged with a violent as
sault upon a young man named Fite, the
son of a wcalihy merchant. The assault
was committed on a public road leading*
from the city.. Young File, riding : ~
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
F RID AY j Nov. 30.
Mr. McDougald moved to reconsider
so much of the journal of Wednesday
as relates lo the rejection of a bill lo lay
out and organise a new county from the
counties of Cass and Murray, which,
prevailed, and on motion of Mr. Shack
elford, ordered to lay on the table, sub
ject to the call of the mover.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr. Shackelford : To facilitate the
introduction of stone coal into the iron
region of Georgia by Railroad.
Also—Asking for the printing of 5,000
copies of the Thanksgiving discourse of
the Rev. Dr. Talmage.
Mr. Howard : To regulate the tax on
sales at auction.
Mr. Brandon: To amend the 4th sec
tion of an act lo provide for the educa
tion of the poor.
Mr. Phillips from the select commit
tee : To organize a volunteer company
ofMounted Infantry in the county of
Habersham to be attached to the 44th
Regiment, G. M.
Also—To repeal all laws and parts
of laws incorporating the town of
Clarksville in the county of Habersham.
Mr.Riley: To incorporate the Dah-
lonega and Mariielta Turnpike and
Plank-road Company.
Mr. Tally : To repeal an act making
properly snbject to execution, after the
same has been transferred—referred to
the Judiciary'Committee.
Mr. Walker: To prohibit the resi
dence of free persons of color and of
slaves under certain circumstances
therein stated, in the Stale of Georgi
to provide for their removal or sale, and
to appropriate money for the same-—
150 copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Pringle: To amend an act ap
proved Dec. 17,tb, 1847, entitled an act
to authorize parties to - compel discov
eries at common law—referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
^Ir.Mintz : To cure defects in exist
ing deeds or deeds hereafter to be made
by Sheriffs, Coroners, Executors, Ad
ministrators, or Guardians in this Stale,
which have been duly proven and re-
been considered as one of the most per
manent sources of happiness.
When you have anything to do, go
ahead and do it. A mar. who has tho
option of two roads, either of which will
take him lo his journey’s end, must not
stand loo long in considering which IQ
take.
He who sedulously listens, pointedly
asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers,
and ceases when he has no more to say
to the point, is the fittest for busincs,
and is sure to suceeed.
He who betrays another’s secret, be
cause he has quarrelled with him, was
never worthy of the sacred name of
friend. A breach of kindness on one
side, will not justify a breach of trust on
the olher. ■■■■ ■■■->■
Pour water hastily into a vessel
with a small neck, little enters; pour
gradually, and by small quantities, ami
the vessel is filled.
Such is the simile employed by Quin
tilian to show the folly of teaching chil
dren too much at a time.
True Wisdom.—Learning is not wis
dom ; we may master all the lore of anti
quity—be conversant with all the writ
ings, sayings, and actions of the migthy
dead—we may fathom the sciences, read
the heavens, understand their laws and
revolutions—dive into the mysteries and
explain.lhe phenomena of earth and
air; if we are not able to weigh our
own actions and requirements with the
actions of others in the balances of
even-handed, impartial justice, and re
pine not at the verdict—if the. clear,
pure light of charity and forbearance
has not cleared the mists of prejudice
from our understanding—if we have
not yet obtained the perfect knowledge
and perfect government of ourselves,
and strictly and faithfully maintained '
the secret spring of our minds, the foun
dation of our actions—if we have . not
yet learned that *' love: is the fulfilling
of the law”—we are not wise—we aro
as yet only on the threshold of knowl-
Genius.—He is not the greatest man,
who, with giant intellect,can startle tho
multitude as with sudden thunder. Tho
impression left behind is not agreeable
and lasting. He who would stir up
the soul must have a culm, sympathiz
ing heart. It is this which vibrates
through the human heart, leaps in tho
warm pulses, and urges us to the deeds
of mercy. The man whose sympathies
are with common humanity—whoso
heart is moved with pure benevolence—
breathes thoughts that, will . never die.
Like the silent dews they descend in
the bosom to cheer, to bless and to save.
The breath of true life is thus felt in the
heart. Such a writer blends genius
with humanity, and is destined to sway
the multitude and urge them on to deeds
of mercy and unending glory. ,
remarked, that where a difference of buggy, passed the carriage of Mrs. Lo- corded, or which may' hereafter be made
allowed the carriage to pass again.—
mediately taking his
an insult, ordered her foot-
and duly proved and recorded—refer
red to the Committee on tho Judiciary.
Saturday, Dec. I.
RILLS REPORTED AND READ FIRST TIME.
. By Mr. Jos. E. Brown : To repeal
the. 3d section of an act approved 29th
Dec., 1847, to authorize the Central
itmiU) uuu tuc aim;iu.uiia
that the question might be fairly taken. i ' lr5 - L,ev ; n .
cn! wtre smnunen! full ofnfc.hcaUlt and *" ? eiz ? ma "> ! Railroad and Banking Company, and
* cvew event, <Mie only excepted—1 mean | cd that becnttld throw offa hundred: vigor, : hiui. n °T^ castTis^rtill progre«ing!^ C ^ | panyjm^either ofthcmTlofonw a ^dne-
The t™, p w „„, to.he IWtcG.a dish^hrable peace Rather• than | verses whde stand, ng ontone leg; tin, meagre and dworCsn. The Doctor, - - , [inner t he Central Railroad and Macon
ili a vear L.-us aHMNiiR'tl to mnro tbanilr that, let mc r though it be with the loss not to -such a source a* Inis we are in- ; with a smile, cast his eye aion B .tie j 1
|*iame,'s,oi>t.; Whm townM-MuMfe If e» : «y thing Vise I bold dear, contin.[debled for good pqetfjr. Demosthenes ; Unis, and Raynfl candid^ ackoowledg-! Hon. George M. Dallas, late Vjce President of the
last tuojiiJi, ’ u* thiiborriblk trade, “
1 and Western Railroad in or near the
Early Rising.—Happy the man who
an early riser. Every morning day
comes lo him with a virgin’s love, full of
bloom, and purity, and freshness. The
youth of nature is contagious, lijce the
gladness of a happy child. I doubt if
any man can be- called “ old” so" long
as he is an early riser and an early
tealker. And, oh youth!—take my
word for it—youth in dressing gown and
slippers, dwadling over breakfast at
noon, is a very decrepit, ghastly imago
of that youth which sees the sun blush .
over the mountains,'and the dews
parkle upon blo§soming hedge-rows.—
Buluxr. ; . —
Love-of Nature.—He who has a
love for nature can never be alone. In
the shells lie picks tip on the shore—in
the leaf fading at his feel—in the grain
ofsandand morning dew.he sees enough
to employ his mind for hours. Such a
mind is never idle. He studies the
works of his Maker, which be sees all
around him, and finds pleasure of which
the de votee of sin and folly can form no