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JOHN n. CHBISTTW EDITOB. \ NEW SERIES—VOL. III., NO. mvmm its asm iPsiLa^rm ikiifSiMTfusg assb ssaiaaiL ATHENS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1850. UNIVERSITY Or GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME xvm. NUMBER 8 0jclectci» Ipoctrg. jARpring upon a silver cloud Ur looking ou ibe world Wow, Watching I bo breeze* aa they lxmtd The bad* and bloanoina to and fro, fiho mw the field* with hawthorn* walled; Hu id Spring " New bud* I will create,” Aho ton flower spiritcall? tl. Who on the month of Mnv did wait, A*d bade bar fetch a Hawthorn spray. That ahe might make the bud* of May. •Said Spring, “ The grot* look* green and bright The Hawthorn hedge* too are yi Ark. I'll aprinklo tl a of light, Her ateep hilUid** and h via tad a. , Where woodland* dip into the dale*. Where’er the hawthorn atanda and drew Where the thick-leaved tree* make dark tin I’ll lighteach nook with flower* of May. “ Like pearly dew-drop*, white and round. The shut up bud* shall first appear. And in them be aucb fragrance found S, gath will sing tn Allhough h now, he sti by his praj’ers. nuncJ me now, aml° I! Hereditary Right.—A gentleman the songs of Zion.”—'expatiated on the justice and propriety songs— ' • * *' r ““ 1 * *’*■ luchaa in Eden onlyd When angela hoi elt, And long-haired Eve at mormug kmlt, In Innocence among the flower,; While the whole earth w.a every way. Filled with a perfume a* aweet aa May. “And oftahall group* of children come. Threading their way through shady place*, From many a peaceful English borne. The annahine falling ou thmir faces; Starting with merry voice the thrush, Aa through green lane* they wander singing. To gather the aweet Hawthorn bush Which homeward in the evening bringing. With smiliug faces, they shall sav. There’* nothing half ao aweet aa May! ^ " And many a poet yet unborn Shall link ita name with some aweet lay, And lovers oft at early morn Shall gather blossom* of the May, With eye* bright a* the silver dew*. Which on the rounded May-hud* sleep; And lips whose parted smile diffuse A annahine o’er the watch they keep. Shall open all their white nrr.iy Of pearls, ranged like the buds of May.” Rpring shook the cloud on which she lay. Ami ailvered o’erthe Hawthorn sprav,’ Then ahowered down the buda of May. THE CASTLES WE BUILT IN AIR. There were bniklera strong on the earth of old. To-day there are planners rare; But naver was temple, home, nor hold Ul ol chill he* Thro’ the twilight* heavy wi That found u*in stronger The store was small and the We own’d in those buildir But atately ami fair the fnhri That no gold of earth couli ISS gr rr is&'&ssS? ' ( =lri y e l ! \- V c J ar 8®‘. 1 *^' r ^. eat an ‘* d**’ firmalion of the iruth of the Holy Scrip- I and seven!}) stood up in the meeting lion a chanter in Cenr>*i<! found fh*» r «sr It, 8 ?- an, ? hefore a ? reai "K l—h.remay be mo., favorable Biblenf.be occurred, -T,I,I? great! ItaJ gonet'ry't * P ‘ en0mt, " n "'... fill, si ye, record ibe same event | teresiing stalemem, noticing a large found written and read inan audible I BRAnn^K’* F,rm TnpW a* that spokeni ofAn Holy Writ. There ; number of his former tavern associates,: voice—“ nml she was pitched without «, . , te Wash- were other coincidences also, such, for \ standing in the back part of the house, and within »” He had* nnh mnilv fnr «i 'e proposed to j example as the record of a great slarva-| he called to them and said: “Oh, j into the middle of a tie-rrini imt ^nf !? T r ”'' , ? 5j 'i ,i " n . " hich to " k P^e about the time my friends, yon, who have o otenNoah’ ’ ■ descnp.tnn of P. S Ji;^^^g1-!p;i.m7e:!^^ JOSC,,h *“ prime " f b "i n den S hle J 'Vilhmy foolish 1 ingnn exirnct from a sermon preached! ° — by the Rev. Snmjel Davies in Hanover! Nlnercli Discoveries, county,Virginia,August 17.thirty-! Very late anti highly satisfactory ac- f nine days after Braddock’s defeat:—“As ; counts have, within these few days, i a remarkable instance: of rimic jbeen received from Mr. Laj’ard, in As- j spirit.) I may point out to the public ’ fyria, giving intelligence of new and i 1 hat heroic youth, Colonel Washington, | important discoveries in the Nimroud . whom I cannot but hope Providence has'' mound. He has made fresh and ex- hitherto preferred, in to signal a manner | tensive excavations in parts of the emi- \Jor tome important tcrrice to his country.” , nence not yet explored, and the result t was a remarkable tact that Washing- l ,as been the finding of nothing less on was the only officer on .horseback, | •ban the throne upon which the mon- vho escaped unhurt on that fatal day, j arch, reigning about three hundred in.I he had four bullets through his coat, j years ago,sat in his splendid palace. It md two horses killed under him. is composed of metal and of ivory, the ——- metal being richly wrought, and the ivory beautifully carved. It seems that the throne was separated from the state apartments by means of a large cur tain, the rings by which it was drawn and undrawn having been preserved.— No human remains have come to light, and everything indicates the destruction of the palace by fire. It is said that the throne has been partially fused by the heat. Politics of tljc man. tracted public notice; that the Presi dent told Governor Crawford, although he did not recollect to have been told by Tlic Galphin Claim. i hitn, that the claim had been allowed HOUSE—Mr. Burt from the majori- I by Congress, and was pending before A few Words for Children.—“You ere made to he kind, generous, anil agnnnitimus. If there is a boy in the ■hoo| who has a club-foot, don’t let in know \h-: you ever saw it. If there a boy wit, ragged clothes, don’t talk >out rags wh-.-n he is in hearing. If there is a lame L->y, assign him some part of the game which does not require running. If there is a hungry one give him part of your dinner. If there is a dull one, help hitn to get his lesson. If I here is a bright one, be not evious »f him; for if one boy is proud of his lalents, and another is envious of them. adder And oil! but I hero gather’. To the caaUua we built it No place was left for the bond* For the ' ' ” Ofthia gni It was joy to pause by tl,e pleasant home* That our wsnd’riog at.-p* have raaa’tl. fet weary look* through the woodbine hlu Or the w ' But there 1 And the. ongs, nd no ' talent than IxT.re. If „ boy has injured ytiu, and is sorry for if, forgive him and ask the teacher not to punish him. All the school will show by the ^countenances how much better Horace Mann. Pleasures of Home.—The beneficent ordination of Divine Providence is, that home should form our character. The firs', object of parents should be to make home interesting. It is a bad sign whenever children have to wander from • be parental roof for amusement. Pro vide pleasure for them around their own fireside, and among themselves.— The excellent Leigh Richmond pursued ibis plan, and had a museum in his house, and exerted every nerve to in terest his little flock. A love of home is oneohhegrealest safeguards iri the world to man. Do you ever see men who de light in their own firesides, lolling about in taverns or saloons? Implant this sentiment early in the child; it is a mighty preservative against vice. £j\On. , —WI, UlC JlISlItU Ulll lough his songs are dot often heard °/ an hereditary nobility : , he still lives to benefit the world ■ r 'gbL” said he, in “order to hand down to future ages the virtues of those men ; who have rendered eminent services to . their country, that their posterity should enjoy the honors conferred on them as a reward for such sorviccs ?”—•• By , the same rule,” replied Dr. Franklin, j “ if a man is banished, hung, or itnpris- oned, for his misdeeds, all his posterity j should receive the like punishment!” ty of the Select Committee made a port. He said that upon some of the questions involved under the resolution of the House the Committee were una- ! ble to agree; particularly in regard to the payment of the interest. On the part of the committee he submitted a resolution that the report and the two cral reports or arguments of other the Treasury Department; yeT he did not see, if he had been so informed, how he could have given any other opin ion than he had given; that being at the head of the War Department, and agent of the claimants, did not deprive him of the rights he may have had aa such agent, nor would have justified hitn in having the examination and de- t£l)c fjumoriat. md there Tricks npou Travelers. Three days ago a newly-married cou ple arrived in Paris from Vernon, to pass the honeymoon. On Thursday they had arranged to go to the theatre together, but the wife being indisposed, the husband went alone. During the performance, he went to take a turn on the bonlvard, and, whilst walking quiet ly along, he was violently pushed j preserving warmth, is*vcry remarkable.; off his hat and handin'* it'to the f„i..t-r mnde’an'an^rv'exchm 7!"° ' *V *1 §enera ,! [ u,e ’ J 1 * l * ,e f, . ar J co,ors | * l was a rC! ‘l Florence hat, a splendid r.c I ; ,, S r y cxt,am ’* ,,0, ». l be other, absorb more light and more of the sun’s | article, that shone like black satin— '■ ! S'T 5 1,M, 8 ,rrn ”; j ,h "" " r » brigliler kind, ami, i The old gon.Inman Inok ihe hat, ami rc- T» ifcn 7 pr..pnm.,n to ,l,is -qonlilv, is iheir que.led Ihe bar keeper In send fnr a I » .n im r ini n cameupln linassailanl, power of absorbing heat. A good ab- quart of molasses : “ ibe cbean mrl at and be young ,ni„, would have been sorber is also a gon,I radiator! hence.! six cents a qnart-tb 't’s dte kind n.e grossly dl-trented ,i the appearance of | dark colors are good radinlnrs of heat, I in this experiment,” said he, handing The Beilins Bandy. A young gentleman—with medium i A minister wasTnee called upon to s!d? of elmhe- n a' nU fa a S C ’ M '“o'' 8 i e(recl a reconciliation between a fisher- .• f . - lonable tailors man and his helpmate. Alter using all ,, & 1 . ° .heir customers the arguments in bis power tn convince on accommodating tcW-tha. is, | the offending husband that it was nn- be .nseenre eredtt svstem-eame into! , nan | y c h°as,ise his loving wife, the a hotel to Race street yesterday after- minister concluded: “David, yon ternnnn, and after calling for a glass of, know that your wife is the weaker ves- Mndetra, turned to the company and ; sel: you should have pity on her.”— ofieredtohel with any man present, | “ Cnnfuund her,’ replied the anery hat the slop Susquehanna wool,I not ! fisherman, if she’s the weaker vessel, he successelu ly launched nest Sutur- site should carry the less sail.” day. The “ banter” not being taken : , up. he proposed to wager five dollars A mathematician being asked by a that Dr. Webster would not be hung. Wag, “If. pig weighs two hundred Tins seerned to be a “ stumper,” ton,' pounds, now much will weigh a large for nobody accepted the cnauce. The bog?” replied: “Jump into Ihe scale exquisite glanced nrmtnd contemptuous- ' and I will tell vou immediately.” ly amt remarked : “ I want to in make I ——... 3 whmh^r "V'd'l' 1 !' P>1 ’" 1 . care a J n Coronek’s ’quest Literature.—A shiPiti"’- worth of <Z‘ y " ln S fr<l ™ a Greenfield paper says that the follow- dred . 7 No hV ° hu ,'“ i is a li,cral c,, Py '’ rihe re lurn ofaenr- re “ r-olbtrs. hnw.your time, gentle- | oner’s jury in that village : men; what on you propose?" Sip-1 'totheHonontblotat P ,n S a glass in one corner of the barj Sir your juris cant«r Gree room, sat a plain old gentleman who! fburmun. looked like he might be a Pennsylvanit He put down his glass and ad ! members of the Committee be printed. cwion o! t,,e Secretary of the Treasury j Mr. B. said it was the wish of the I suspended. The President added, that, committee that the report should lie on in bis °P inion * d‘the claim was a just ! the Speaker’s table until it, and the doc- onc u 'i<lcr the law of Congress, it ! aments accompanying be printed, when j *Im» u 1cI have been paid, no-matter who i they would ask that it be taken up for' were l . ,,e P ar ‘ ies »n»c?resieff in it, and ; the purpose of being disposed of or re- j ^ ,al •l ,,s wn * due to the credit and good j ferred. faith of the. Government. I Mr. Brooks, on the question of print- j Tl,e decision of the question of inter j mg. went fully into the history of the cs * 0,1 l ^ ,e c ^ a " UT1 Mr. Walker, the claim, which he said, arose in 1773, un- j ,a,e Secretary «>f the Treasury, was ; der the British Government. 1 urged by Gov. Crawford, and some ol j We regret that we had not an oppor-j his fnewds insisted on it with so much j tunity to copy the report at lull length, earnes,,,eM as induced Mr. Walker to it being sent to the public printer not conclude that Governor Crawford would | tong; after its delivery; but the follow- ! ,)e a member of the present Cabinet.— mg is In i icd the exquisite—“ Well, mister, lot in ihe habit of making bets, but •mg you are anxious about it, I don’t if I gratify you. So I’ll bet you a h of sixes that I can pour a .fx.ua* ..I molasses into vour hat. and The Influence of Color on Heat, j turn it out a solid lump of molasses can- Tbe influence which color exerts over . dv in two /ninutes bv the watch. ipparel, as modifying its power of! “Done!” said the exquisite, mkintr Gov „ V ll»c flower* ..four dr.-wiling life By the home* that we built iu air. Oh ! dark autl loue tunc the bright hearths gr Where our loud and gay heart* met, rnmny have . h inged, andaumr are gone. But we build the blith. Aimrn Imre built in the ^ Ere Egypt raised her t three | hour • Imslin Misfortunes are a kind of disci pline of humanity. -The first part of wisdom con sists in ability to give good counsel; the next is, to take it. If your means suit not with your ends, pursue those ends which suit with your means. •'Truth overcomes falsehood, and the wife, and aha.lo aa laid On the old Chaldean plain Even thus have they framed their tower* of thoi Aa the area came and went. From die flatter boy iu liia Shetland boat. To the Tartar in hi* tent. And aomelhat beyond nor azure any * Therearo realmna for hope and prayer. Have de nied litem but ling'riiic* bv the wav. Then*castle* wc build in air. JtttBccllang. Color of tlie Ocean. The waters of the globe exhibit vari ous hues, which depend upon a variety of circumstances. The ocean absorbs all the prismatic colors except that of uhramarine, which is reflected in every direction. This is its true color in gen eral when seen apart from atmospheric influence, modified by depth; but eve ry gleammf Bjinshine, passing clouds, winds, shoals, and sandbanks, affect its lints. Particular parts of ihe ocean •how peculiar colors. The sea is white in the Gulf of Guinea, and black amid «h«F Maidive Islands. Various purple, *ed and mse-colorcd waters occur in the tn£fcer parts of the Mediterranean, in Ihe Vermillion sen off California, the Red Sea, and in tracts along the coasts of Chili, Brazil, and Australia. Green water appears in connection with Ibe deepest blue in,the Arctic ocean. The appearances rire permanent, and that ships have been partly in blue and partly in geen at the same h® 6. These tints are occasioned by differently colored animnlculae, which .•warm in conntless myriads in the tracts in question. The seme species of nni- malcuJae which color the Red Sea. have been found in other similarly tinted dis trict# of the Ocean. The green of the Arctic seas is produced also by minute animals, which visit iii spring the coast of Holland, and have been encountered in itnmtnsc shoals migrating in ihe At lantic.. In the Antarctic regions. Sir James Ross remarked repeatedly the change of color of ihe sea, from light OCtaaic bluelto a dirty brown, caused by ferruginous animalculoe. The phos phorescence of the oceanr*n magnificent and imposing specmble. when the -^raees scintiloie with bright green sparks or exhibit a long line of fire flashing in a thousand directions, is mainly caused bv minute organic beings, which are phosphorescent while alive ; a property d had been arrested a quarrel at a cafe, broken a looking- glass and table, and that he acconlmg- ■y begged ol her to go to him with mo ney to pay for the damage. Tlie wife, dreadfully alarmed, tied up some bank notes in a pocket-handkerchief, and hastened off in a cab. ihe commission aire taking a place beside her. On ar riving at their destination, the man. to her surprise, suddenly disnppen she was still more astonished . that her pocket-handkerchief and notes had disappeared also. She hurried home again, and there found her hus- hmul. They both related their adven tures, and it appeared that ihe thieves must havediscovcied the wife’s address from a letter in the husband’s pocket- book, which they had managed to steal in the scuffle, though lie had not noticed it at the time.—Galirrnani. ?d, and find ■ „ , , • v'. o iium locituiiics latsenooa, ana tppers to the liar keeper. The suspicion cannot live before perfect vas brought and the old farm- ' frankness. 1 crave and mysterious counte-! , . ■lit into the dandy’s bnt.!. ~^ ca ”y a •«™> l yonr ■ uisitc toolc out 111. wnir-h! ,n "S' ,e “>‘"J"'® tlie reputation of any the un- r de eiffe bad not cnctsed the land, aucnrtlitig'to tlie nature ol iheir ... to take to flight. About an j material, bad or good conductors.— | tnolassi a man, having the appear- j White, on the contrary, reflects the rays > er, will presented of light, and, with them, the lidat, and j nance, tuv „ iu ( ►hi her her thus is a bad absorber and bad radiator ! while the exquisite took" outffis watch j ig of heat. It is, therefore, well adapted to note the lime. Giving the hat two| J th for summer nnd a winter dress, j or three shakes, with a Signor Blitz like! Teach your children well; then the summer season, prohibiting the! adroitness, the experimenter placed the ' l ^ ou S** J’ 0,) leave them little, vou give ssnge of heat from without inwards, j it on the table, and stared into it ns if j ,l,ctn much - and in the winter, in the contrary dircc-j watching the wonderful process of the- When the heart is wo lion. Franklin, many years since,_ plat- solidification. “Time’s up,” said the ‘ derstawling is easily pursued. e« a niim >er of small squares nt van- ! dandy. The old farmer moved the hal, j When passion enters in at the ous colored cloths of the same mate-j “ Well, I do believe it ain’t hardened front gate, Wisdom goes out at the back. hit^l e^r’Zt 'Tl; T I *«' .•*'* ,ie in a ,one expressive ol dis-1 A friend, like a glass, will best 'hat the snow covered by the black appointment—“I missed it some how discover to you your own defect* piece was rhe most, and that beneath or other that time, and I suppose I’ve rv * . . ^ U 1 cls * diite the least, melted. Sir Hum- j lost the bet. Bar keeper, let the gentle-! venr ' kG * l,c ? ea *°“ of lhe pieces of copper, j man have the scars twelve sixes p Car * ,S ,eSl 1,1 ,ts P rM I >er t,nr,e * ind—and charge Them in my bill.*’— i —Secrecy is the key of prudence, ^ • an<l the sauctuar\ r or wisdom. richest who is contented ; phrey Davy i ... (each an inch square, and two thick,) of equal weight—one yellox one red, one green, one blue and m black. On the centre of the under su faces was placed a portion of a mixtui of oil and wax, which became fluid ; seventy-six degrees. The plates wei„. then attached to a hoard painted while. | ! —" ibe segars,” roared the exqui- | s,,e » “ y° u have spoiled my hal that cost I me five dollars and you must pay for i content is the riches of jit. “That wasn’t in the bargain,” If a jewel be genuine, no matter j mildly answered the old gentleman, who says it is counterfeit. | “bur I’ll let you .keep the molasses,! Self-esteem is often punished by . . . , r ,, i' '••! wh,c * 1 13 a more than we agreed.”; universal contempt. and the coloredI of all ihe pieces equal-j Having drained the tenacious fluid from mpn .* arf iv exposed to the direct rays of the sun. j his beaver, as he best could, into a spit- 1 1 , 1 » somc of Chinese Tradition of the Dclngc. The result was, that the cerate on the ! box, the man ol mustaches rushed from ,0,, ° r * ®‘ h * rS ° " chc# * , , . In an address lately delivered in Dub- “lack plate first began to melt, then that! the place, his fury not much abated by , ke other men s sh, p- w recks lin by Dr. Gutzlaff, 'that distinguished on blue, next the green and red. and j the followed his exit. He made his sea ’ fira ™ 3 lo yourself. man, among other things, made the fol- j ly ibe yellow. The square coated complaint at the Police office, bnt as it j Make not the sail loo big for the lowing statement:—Let them now look j ' vi, h white was scarcely affected by the appeared that the experiment was tried.! ve33el » lest you sink it. to the cast of Asia, and there on its beat, though the black hadI completely \v:th his own consent, no damage could * To whom you hetray your sc- shores, washed by the Pacific, they routed* More recently, a sitniiar expe-1 be recovered.—Pennsylvanian. j cret, you give your liberty. ' ancle,„ nation, | riatent wasi made by Stark He cnvvl- ~ i At the gate which suspicion en- •ped the bulbs of a number of ther- t Baru his old Pictnre. iters, love gi r Crawfiiril alluded to it,r occasion, in conversation with the At torney General, ns one in which some ol Ins Georgia friends were concerned, but only to ask him to examine it at his lei sure. He alluded to it three or four limes in conversation with Mr. Meredith before its decision, but only to ask that it might be decided without delay.— Mr. Johnson, Mr. Meredith, and Mr. Whittlesey, testified that Gov.Crawford tlid not by any act or expression make known to them his interest or agency in the claim, nor were they informed of it by any other person whilst it was unde cided, and there is no evidence before the committee to the contrary. The bundle ol papers relating to the claim was sent by the Comptroller to.. A the Secretary of the Treasury, and by him to the .Nuorucy General. Amongst them was the power of attorney, al ready referred to: another from Mil- ledge Galphin to Gov. Crawford dated December 30, 1848; and and one or two letters written by Gov. Crawford to some officer of the Treasury Depart ment in the month of February, 1849. Neither of these papers stipulated any compensation for his services. Judge Joseph Bryan appeared on all occasions as the agent and counselor the claim, and submitted all the arguments in sup port of it. No other person was known to the officers of the Government a* agent or counsel for it. The committee have not been able lo discover any evidence that Governor Crawford ever availed himself of his official position, or of the social rela tions it established between himself and the other members of the Cabinet, to in fluence the favorable determination of - ->uld find Chi.. V( «. which lias retained its customs for . 2000 years, with a strictness and attach- j ammeters in pieces of the same mate- ment that would do honor to belter j r * a *» ^ ul °f different colors, and immprs- tliings. In fact, the Chinese had a “ J tinual history even from the Delude up to the present lime; they had writers in all times and in all circumstances, and they had a language which, in its essen tial parts, hud undergone very little change for the past 2000 years. Was it not a wonder that this nation could exist so long, and could not be subdued by the storms that had swept over the C Inins of Asia? The fearful inroads of arhanans who wasted and overthrew Ihe Roman Empire in the West and in the East, all that the wisdom of the Hin doos had established, did not annihilate or dis|terse his nation (for he called the : Chinese his own nation.) The invaders of Chinn, instead of giving their triumph a national character, were ohlignd in lime lo amalgamate with the Chinese, and thus this nation was preserved in its purity. The Chinese history stated that there was alone time ag'reai de luge, when thr; waters rose to the hea vens, nud that the empire was then con verted into a swamp, which a Ring call ed Shun got drained by means of canals whose mouths o(>cned into the. seas and rivers. The date of this event only _d the whole in boiling water. The thermometer around which the black cloth was wound, was covered with green, then red and last of all, white ; the difference between the black and the .white being twenty-five per cent. This influence of color is antagonized by the uature of the material; and, as it acts superficially, it produces very little change on thick, although consid erable on thin texture, such as gauze. An Aged Couple. A writer in the Boston traveler gives the following remarkable history: I know a man and his wife in the Wes tern part of Worcester county, who have lived together about 78 years.— At the time they were married, the man was 18 and the woman 16 years of age ; so that he is now about 96. They have lived to follow to ihe grave one of their descendants of the fifth generation. The venerable patriarch has been a very active and useful man. He was, until more than sixty years of age, very fond of fun and frolic; and on all pub lic days ho would have around him a delighted crowd, listening to his songs Bara his old Picinre. Ned Grimes wore a sad counte- P . , - , , nance. He tvaa ttske.l what nat the [ it ~ X rCmCm " I Nothing is more noble than fidel ity ; faithfulness and truth are the besi matter, but no satisfactory answer forthcoming. At length a particular . . , e . - , friend obtained the following particulars 'V ; 'allhfulne,. and trull of him : endowments of the mind. “You know,” said Ned, “ I have A great woman not imperious, a been courting Sally W. a long while, ; fair woman not vain, a woman of com- and so we had a great notion of gelling mon talents not jealous; an nccomplish- married. when the darn’d old Colonel iwoman who scorns to shine—are —” j four wonders just great enough to be “ Go on, Ned, don’t be a boy; what! divided among the four quarters of the about the colonel?” ! globe. “ Why you see, Sally said I had bet- j Education.-*-** The aim of ed- j ter ask him, and so I did, as perlite as j ucation should be to leach us rather j I knew how.” ! how to think, than what to think; rather [ Well, what reply did he make ?” to improve our minds, so as to enable i “ Why, he kindey hinted round as if u> to think for ourselves, than to load', I warn’t wanted there, no how?” the memory with the thoughts of other “ Well, Ned, let us know what they men.”—Beattie. were—what the colonel said to disturb Philanthropy.—It is chiefly in your mind so? * the warm bright period of middle life ^ -*i* if S »»» , that we live for orhers ; like the son, !! wc W l * , . J whose morning and evening rays pass Why, he said that if he catched | over ,h,. objects which are illuminated me there again, he’d coxvhide me till by its m \^ ay beams. daim hinf!” ° r,neon . *»ck, Always speak with calmness and | deliberation, especially when they “ — igating Governor Crawford’s I relation and conduct to this claim, the j committee deemed it their duty to re- I quest Gov. Crawford to appear before j them and make such statements as j would enable them to understand his j connection with the claim, as he should jthink proper on his own part. He did appear, and made a statement which he 1 subsequently reduced to writing, and ; also answered inquiries proposed by the committee. From this statement it appears that lie became agent or counsel lor this claim by a power of attorney executed by Mil ledge Galphin, executor of Thomas Galphin, who was the son and executor of George Galphin, the seventh of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. By agreement with the party on the 23d of May, 1S33, he was entitled to receive for his services, without any other charge to his princi pal, one half of the whole claim, or of such part of it as should be realized.— A supplemental agreement by the par ties explanatory of the foregoing, was entered into on the 19th of January, 1S35, by which it was stipulated that the pecuniary advances ami profession al services of Gov. Crawford should he consideration for one half of the nett profits of the claim, and that all ad vances to, or contracts made by him with other persons concerning the claim, should be deducted from the sum to be realized from the claim before its divi sion. Governor Crawford endeavored to obtain payment of the claim by the treaty of New Eehota with the Chero kee Indians, in 1S35. Failing in that, it was presented to the Legislature of Georgia in 1837, and continued to be urged before the Legislature of that State until 1842. Gov. Crawford was a member of that body, avowed his interest in the claim, and urged in debate its payment, but declined lo vote upon it. In May, 184S, he arrived in this city on his way to the Philadelphia convention, and re mained about a day; nnd on his return from Philadelphia he reached this city in the morning and departed for his res idence in Georgia that night. He did not again visit this city until after the passage of the law, and was absent from it when the bill passed the Senate and House of Representatives. In February, 1S49, he again came to this city'. In March following, he enter ed upon the duties of Secretary of War, and from that lime he took no steps to prosecute the claim for interest, until he was urged lo do so by his principal. As his interest was contingent and se condary, he did not think lie could re fuse to have it urged as desired. About the middle of May, eighteen hundred and forty-nine he disclosed to the Presi- Leas one-half under interest dent the condition of the claim, and his ! W. Cra relation to it; that he had been prose- j cuting it before Congress, and elsewhere cotn since 1833; that it had been allowed execute by Congress, was pending before ihe j Treasury Department, and he had a interest in if! He did not slate the chi racier or amount of the claim, the e: tent of his interest in it, or the name of the claimant; nor did kc enter into at of the details of the claim. The Presi dent replied that, in his opinion, none of the pre-existing individual rights of Go vernor Crawford had been curtailed in of Dr. Galphin, his acceptance of office. He employed cash Judge Joseph Bryan to prosecute the In treasury draft, (Nt claim, and promised hitn three thousand j The claim was never the subject of Cabinet deliberation, and it is due to candor and to truth that the committee should express their conviction that nothing has been disclosed by the testi mony to induce them to believe that the Secretary of the Treasury, or the At torney General, was aware, until the claim was adjudicated, that Governor Crawford had any agency in it. There was nothing unusual in the circum stances attending the adjustment or payment of the principal or interest of this claim, nor any departure front the ordinary course of business in the Treasury Department. The report shows that the principal of the clam, $43,-518,99 was paid in March 1849, ami stales how it was dis[K)sedof, arid the following statement is append- Siatemenl of the interest on the Galphin claim. Interest on $13,518,99, for 73 year* 3 months and 12 days $19,1352 89 Less for Joseph Bryan 3,000 00 94,176 44 $91,176 44 4,708 82 $89,476 62 29,822 54 >1 due Ann Milledge, i Of Mrs d, &c the heirs of T. Galphin 59,645 03 ledge's portion as execu- to t.er son and a S ent, (in 250 00 y draft, (So. 6925) 29,572 55 executor, &c., i, 6224) $2^2 55 1,000.00 63,353 90 dollars if lhe claim should he allowed ' and paid. He supervised arid aided in : preparing Mr. Bryan’s arguments in; support of tho claim, but denies that! his interest in it was at any time before Washington City, March 2, 1850. (Signed) G. W. CRAWFORD. Approved: Agent, &c. &c. The statement of facts contained A^wife once Viwed her husband, and. said die, trying lo COaX VOU to put your name or tire back of a note, ” just for form’s WbQ did not dearly tore her own ttccet trill. Sake.” the payment of the claim made known j n t h e report was agreed to, by Messrs, to any officer of the Government who Burt, Breck, Conrad, Gdnnctll, Joseph was charged with its adjustment, by his \\ r . Jackson, and King, of New Jersey; ' authority, or with his consent. and disagreed to, in part, by Mcssrs.- On the 8lh day of May, Governor Disney, Featherston and Job Mann. Crawford addressed a* communication ! The report concludes with the follow- to the committee, informing them that' ing resolutions: he desired to state a conversation of 1. Resolved, That the claim of the i his with the President in March, 1850.; representatives of George Galphin, urns From this statement it appears that, in not a just demand against tho United t the latter conversation, the President i States. , had the impression, from the first con-i 2. Resolved, That the act of Con- jversation, that the claim was beforegress made it tho duly of the Secretary , Congress, although, as to this, his memo- j to pay the principal of said claim, and ry was indistinct, the matter having, it was therefore •* in conformity with passed from his mind uqtil the claim at- law and precedent.”