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LDL. „ . , Teachers Socie' A( a meeting <»i ths 1 , dC ___ Bl lv held , y „! me Siam of t * i„ Savannah be X Z7b ’nd’. Xi«.e ■» ”■ Zlon.he e.pedieney of mirodocmg RX "hrongh lho S.a.e, The c.»m...e. Jis follows* "Tour committee, believing lho organ, iz.-ion of County Lyceum, the Stet and mon efficient measure to seco.o the joe of this Society, and to ad.anco the cause of education through the State, pro «-»-•<-*! W anted to prepare-a.arc. >ar g.™ . the form of a poastitution.annexed; and that t e » or ’ in this Slate be req leited io publish That all the teachers, and other members ot this society, be ' e T’e 9t ® d <“ use their influence to accomplish this ob iect, in their respective counties; and to induce their friends t > make similar ex ertions in oilier counties. “3d. That cabinets of Natural His ~ tory are important objects of County Ly ceums,and well culcu'ated to promote the general cause of education. It is there fore recommended that measures he speedily taken to introduce them into ly ceums, schools, and other literary institu tions.” -li The above report was unanimously ad opted, and the undersigned were appoint ed a committee to carry the resolutions ipio eflec». .... -j hi complying with the dunes assigned them, l e c lpvuitltee present the follow i.ng circular, to which they invite the at tention of the friend* ot educatinn through the Stat**. • The objects and plan of a Coumy Lyceum will be seen in the an nexed'form cf a Constitution. The fol lowing are some of the advantages which have and are anticipated from the proposed institutions. . - Ist. Raising the qualifications oj teachers, and consequently the character of ' the schools under their charge. —Monthly, quarteriy, or semi-annual meetings <>! the teacheiS pother fnendsof educati »n, for the pm pose of- aiding each other in their responsible and dignified profession, is a prominent object <»f County Lyceums-. At these meetings,favourable opportunity is given for teachers to become acq iamt ed wi'to each othrn’s modes and improve ments in teaching; and to learn the . pro gress and improvements of education in Other parts of the world. With improvements in modes of teach ing, a new interest is excited, and new et- 1 forts are called forth among teachersjand the co-operation of parents for the ad vancement oi the great c .use, in which . ■ tnev, no less than teachers,are interested, is seemed. In this way, Couoty Ly ceums, in many pans oi our country, have already done much to raise the char acter and extend the usefulness of schools and to diffuse useful knowledge among uli classes of the community. • 2d. The establishment and patronage of Lyceum Seminaries, or Manual La ■ bar Schools. N- subject relating to the genet al, and highest interests ot our- na tion,’has more completely sec-med public feeling, and public confidence, than the principle of self education and self-sup port, as the foundation oi literary institu tions. Any one, who will examine <he subject, will probably be satisfied, that there is no medium or agency, by which manual labor and self supporting schools can be successfully established,in all sec. lions, and for all classes ol our Republic, as by counties lor the general advance men- ut educati n. The friends of edu cation in a y one, even the smallest, of the eleven hundred coun ies in our Union, must surely be able to sustain an institu tion, whose fundamental principle is self support. And where can the example be set, with gieaier propriety, or with better prospect ol success, than in Georgia? , 3d. The Introduction of a System of Circuit Teaching, through the medi um of weekly, semi-weekly, or semi’ monthly schools, to be under the charge of well qualified and experimental teach ers While such a system possesses great power and many advantages,as applied to any por ion ol our country, in new and thinly settled sections.it is eminently ap. propriate,dc even indispeusible,f»rgiving every child the first rudiments of an edu. cation. Besides bringing within the pale of instruction, many more children,it will give to all who are insiructed, 'he advan tages of more highly qualified teachers, than can possibly be supported in daily schools. A sys.ero of circuit teaching, or of weekly schools, wo rid h4d a m st intimate and interesting connection with the Lyceum Seminaries just mentioned; as the. would furnish teachers, and other facilities for carrying them nn, wherever such seminaries are, er may be establish ed * * 1 4. hi Cabinets of Natural History. • and'of the Useful Arts. Specimens of the works. .»f..ji Creator, and ot the pro duciious of art, are a source of such rich end high enjoyment, to ©very rational mind; and are attended with so many ad tag"B, of practical, moral, and religion.'. character, us to remove all doubts «.f their importance in lyceums, schools,and farm ies. And It is truly gratifying to observe •he rapid, and even unparalleled progress this subject is making, as a dopartmen of education, and in every section ot ««’ country. By the agency of County Lv ceums, it is believed that tins wor c ira tional, as, well as «f individual irfljresL can be forwarded with greater rapid it v& success,than by any other measme which is. or can be devised. It therefore pre seats owe strong reason for the general <s• immediate organit uion of sufih societies throughout out country. bi hi Itinerating Libraries. Io Scot land and some other pa is of Europe, li brarie# are collected, divided in separate portions and distributed into several par ishes, or districts, and 6uce in six weeks, or three months, or other periods, thei areagain collected, and again distribued, so as to give all concerned the advantage of several new libraries in the course <•! a yeai: and that at a very trifling ex pense: What prevents such a plan being carried into effect by the agency of Coun ty Lyceums, in all the counties of our Union! 6h. Coun'y Maps. The numerous and important advantages derived from accurrate state maps, and in some instan ces from maps of counties and towns fur nish sufficient proof that a more complete system an 4 supply of these useful and ef ficient instruments of knowledge, is a measure of great importance in the cau.e of universal education. And it must, be evident to every one, that if County Ly ceums were established throughout this, or any other Stale, they might furnish such maps of a mo.t perfect charts, ter, and in full supply. The foregoing, with numerous ther ad vantages, which have resulted or are an ticipated fiom the operation of Coun'y Lyceums, lead to a confident belie! that the int oduction of them into the eleven hundred counties of the United States, is better calculated to cirend the bless ings of education to every child, and ev ery citizen of the American Republic, than any other measure which can be pro posed. And wbenjhis measure is carefully and candidly examined, it is believed ihat it will be found to be entirely feasible; and in counties whpre tlu population is small and scattered, that something of the kind is indispensable for giving ev’ry ch Id the sligh est opportunity for jnteHocju.ll and tnorai improvement. Under these considerations, the com mittee submit the preposed measures to the friends of education in this Stpie, with great confidence, of tfieir approbation, and with strong hopes.that it will secure their efforts-kod general co-operation for carrying it inyt effect. W\Vl.j H, WILLIAMS,) T. B. SLADE, ? Committee; W. BAIRD. ) Savannah, December 18, 1833. CONSTITUTION. An. 1. This Association shall be c'J, led «■ • —C'iun y L\ ceam. An: 2<The object of this Lyceum shall be the advancement, of education, •.hrpugh the medium us schools and the Lyceum System in 'his County, and. to co opera e with similar societies in this and other Slates throughout the U iion. Art. 3, Any person may be a member of the Lyceum by paying two dollars tm ually. A life membership shall be twen ty dollar*- Art. 4. The officers of ihe Lyceum shall eil President, one nr more Vice .Presidents, a Treasuer, Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, five Curators, and one or more Delegates to attend the meetings of the State Society of Teach ers, or of the National Lyceum. Art. 5. The Curators shall be ihe Ex ecutive Commi'iee and general agents of the Lyceum, the other officers shall per form the duties usually implied in then severalofficers. Art. 6. The Lvceum shall hold month' ly or quarterly meetings at such times and places as may be appointed. At the one which may be selected as the annual meeting, ihe ufficeis of the Society shall be elected. Art. 7. Tho Lyceum shall take meas ures to procure a Cabinet of Naturnal History, and an itinerating or Circulating Library; employ an agent; paiionise cir cuit Teachers, or Lyceum professors, to give Lecturesand other kinds oi instruc tion, to aid in collecting cabinets; and so cn-operate with all the Teachers in the County. Art. 8. The Lyceu u may adopt sue! regulations and by-laws as shall be neces sary for the management and use of the cabinet,for holding meetings,or otherwise for iheir interest Art. 9. This censti'uiion may be al tered or amended by vote of two thirds present at any regular meeting. From the (Ftankfort) Commonwealth. Wines, — Our citizens, relieved from the pressure of pecuniary embarrassments, are devoting some of their leisure hours to the cultivation of a taste for those things which indicate refinment. This is particularly apparent in tho luxuries of ihe table. The .emperancs society has put old John Barleycorn under tho ban of the empire as not fit for genteel company. As a solace for the departure of that old friend, who carried us safely through two wars, and would not have deserted us in » third, we are permitted to indulge in the comforts of a foieign luxury. Wines are now ail the rage. Champaign a bounds as plentifully as cider, and ihe ci der, not willing to be thus ousted, fre quently slips into Champagn bottles ‘died in the wool,’ and is heartily swallowed as such. Oceofthe evils attendant on wine driokieg, is. that every one must profess an acquaintance with ihe whole family of of wines, and in this attempt to appoar familliar with cobijty, most mistakes are sommimes taade* To re lieve some of our friends w<>o would-pass toi connoiseurs, wt have given, on on* last page, a chapter on wines. We wou 1 merely add, that we in Kentucky ough 10 take wine upon trust, add drink 1 without asking any question, for we kn'»« |u <f as much about the different as we do about tho croocks and turns » : a Chinese tea box. The Tea Party —Sixty years since this day, the Indian party thiew the 342 chests ol British tea into the harbor.— This was on board one ship and iw« brig near Griffin’s wharf, (now Liverpool, say.- the Atlas,) and was all then in port, the fourth vessel sent out with the same arti cle having been wrecked “By act 01 God,” (as the News Letter says) with 58 chests, “or the back of Cape Cod. The Atlas proposes the erection of a Mono me nt, which is a good notion. 1 errs, however, in saying thai a toion meeting was held the same day, in 1' an uuil Hulk The Meeting was called on Tuesday the 14th, by notification address ed to the public, and was composed oi people from 20 miles roundabout. They ait/ in the Old South, Mr. Savage ot Weston, Chairman, and adjourned to the l6th,to give iMr. Rotch, one of the ship owners, lime 10 take his own vessel out of the harbor, which he finally rotused to do. The Indian party passed the O d South Door, and gave a joud whoop, which was answered by some from the gallaiies within, but order was restored immediately, and ill© meettiug did not ad-, journ till the tea was mostly thrown oyer, 1 which occupied three hours. It was do e so quietly that the other goods ou board du vessel sustained no injury ; and a pad. lock of one of the captains having been broken, a new one Wis sent in its stead. Two persons deteced in trying to appro priate tea to their own use, weie severe ly handled by the populace, who assem bled in great numbers. A large meeting was held in New York on the same day, the 16tb, at which Very spirited resolu tions were adopted in reference to /he tea. All our neighboring towns were deep ly excited. In Lexington, everv ounce of tea was collected and burnt in uncommon bonfire. [Boston Journal, Dec, 10. AMUSING ANECDOTE OF KE kN, By r. C, Grattan, Esq. He had never, I behove, yet disap pointed a L >nd >ti audience, but on one occasion. The circumstances of ihis one he often related to mo, IJe had gone to dine somewhere about ten miles from town, with some old friends of his early day«, players, of course, fully imendiiig to be at rhe theatre in time, f"r the eve niog’s jjeiformanco.. But temptation and the bottle were too strong C»r him ; he outstayed bis time, got dr-ink, ami all re collection of Shakspcare, Shylock,. Diu ry Line, and the duties they en ai ed on him, His friends, fi ighteoed at the in discretion they had caused, desp.i’ched K”in k s servant, with his empty chariot, and a wdl-framed story, thai tho h >rse> had been frightened near the village wlierU Kean had dined, at a flock ofgeese by the road side; that the carriage was up • set, and the unfortunate tfagedian’s shoul der dislocated. The story was repeated from the stage by tho manager; and the rising indignation of the audience [who had suffered ihe intertairtmenti to be com menced by the farce] was instantly calm ed down into commiseration and regret. Too nrilnving morning Kean was shocked and bewildered at discovering the truth of his situation —But how mus h s embarr s n e it have been ncre is<?d on learning hat several gen ie<nm had alrca dy arrived from town to make anxious in quires for him! He jumned out of bed, and, to his infinite affright, he saw a mongst the carriages those of Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Whitebread, aud others f his leading friends, whose regard for him brought them to see his situation in per son. Luckily for him. his old associates, the actors, had, with great presence of mind aud practised effrontery, carried on the deception of the previous night. The village apothecary lent himself to it, and. with a grave countenance, confirmed the report and Kean himself was obliged to become a party, nolens volens. in the hoax His chamber was accordingly darkened, his face whitened, and his arm bandaged. A few of the most distinguish ed inq irers were admitted to his bed side no one discovered the cheat; and to crown it completely, he appeared, in at) incre dible short time, on the boards of O ! d Drury again, the public being carefully informed that his respect and gratitude towards them urged him to risk the exer tion, notwithstanding his imperfect con valescence, and go throueh 'he arduous par's of Richard, Macb>;\b, and Othello, on i‘ rce successive nigh s, vith his arm in a sling! India Rubber.— There is a manufac tory of India Rubber, Leather, Cloth, <fcc. in Roxbury, Massachusetts which employs about «O! hundred persons.— Some years since, an American Chemist discovered a method of dissolving India Robber and reducing it to a paste, which being spread with a brush over the sur face of cloth, and dried, rendered the cloth water proof. He obtained a patent □nd sold it to the Roxbury Company, and is now in their employment, They manufacture beds and pillows without sewing, which a man may almost carry in the crown of his hat, and at night blow them up to any s’ze and sleep on them. They make gas pipes, engine hose, gar ments of every description without stitch es or seatns, 4*c. These garments pro tect the pe r son from rain and storm as completely as if o ade of iron. They al s> make many garments of cloth, and then cover them with a coat of India Rubber. The coating can be applied from the thinness of paper to any required thick ness. Ab< ut 40 girl? are employed in spwjng thp garment? and applying the lubber. The cloth made entirely of rub ber is said never t<> crack, and of its du . bility there seems to be no end. 1 it>' C -mpany cannot half supply the demand, a>d their share-, which cost 100 dollar e .ch, are now consideied worth from 300 t 400 dollars. From Ru-’Bel's Work, No. XEL of the Faritily Lib-ary. ABYSSINIAN ZOOLOGY. TRAIT'S Ob' IHE HYENA. Hyenas generally inhabit caverns and other rocky places, from whence they is sue under cover the night to prowl for fond. They are gregarious, not so much from any social principle, as from agree dtness of disposition and a gluttonous in stinct, which induce many to assemble even over a scanty and insufficient piey. They are said to devour the bodies which hey find in cemeteries, and to disinter such as are hastily or imperfectly intiu r;- ed. There seem’, indeed, t»» be a pecu. liar gloominess and malignity of disposi tion in the aspect of the Hyena, and i's manners in a state of captivity are savage nd .intractable. Like every other ani a . however, it is perfectly capable of bi >g tamed. A contradictory feature has been observed in its natural instincts. About MoUijt Lib.nus, Syria, the noitii of Asia, and the vicinity of Algiers, the Hyepas, according to Bruce, live mostly upon large succulent bulbous roots, es pecially those of the fritillaria, and he informs us ‘hat he has known large patches of the fieMs turned up by them, in search for onions and other plants. He adds that these were chosen with such care, that after having been peeled, if any small decayed spot became perceptible, • hey were left upon the ground. In Abyssinia, however, and many oth er coun'fies, their habits are certainly decidedly carnivo ous; yet the same courage or fierceness, which an animal diet usually produces, dues not obvious, ly manifest itself in this species. In Bar. barv, according to Bruce, the Moors in tho* day rime seize the Hyena by the ears and drag him alorjg, without bis resell ting that ignominious, treatment, otheiwise than by (attempting to draw himself back; and the hunters, when his cave is large enough to gitfe them entrance, take a t'*rch iu their hands and advance straight towards him, pretending at the same time to fascinate him by a senseless jargon.— The creature is astounded by the noise and glire, and allowing a blanket to be thrown ovor him, is thus dragged out.— Bruce locked up a goat, a kid and a iamb all day with a Barbary hyena which had fasted, and ho found the intended victims in the evening alive and uninjured. Ho repeated the experiment, however, on anoth r occasion, during ihe night, wirhsi young a«s, a goat, and a f ix, and next morning he was astonished t » find the wh deus them, not only killed, but ac tually devoured, with the exception of some of ihe ass’s bones ! ANECDOTE TOLD BY BRUCE. Mmy a lime in thv night, when the king had kept me late in the palace, and it was nnt my duty to lie there, in going icross the square from the king’s house, -jot many hundred yards distant, I have been apprehensive they would bite me in the leg. They grunted in great numbers around me, though I was surrounded with several armed men wh<* s-eldb<n passed a nighl without wounding or slaughtering some of them. One night in Maitsha, being very intent on ob servation, he,ard something pass be hind me towards the bed, but upon looking round could perceive nothing. Having finished what I Was then abou went out of my tent, tesolved dirccdy to return, which I immediately did, when I perceived large blue eyes glaring at me in ihe dark. I called ujion my servant with a light, and there was the hyena standing nigh the head of the bed, wi'h two or three large bunches of cand'cs in his mouth. To have fired at him 1 was in danger of breaking my quadrant or other furnitute and he seemed, by keep ing the candle? steadily in his mooih, to wish for no other prey at that time. A* his mouth was full, and he had no claws to tear with, I was not afraid of him, bm wi<h a pike, stuck him near the heart a* I could judge, li was not till then h“ howed any sign of fierceness; hut upon feelinc the wound, he let drop the can dles, and endeavored to run op the shaft of the spear to arrive at me; so that, in self-defence, I was obliged to draw a pis tol from my girdle and shoot him; and nearly at the same time cleft his scull wiih a bail!e r axe. HIPPOPOTAMUS HUNTING. ifr. Salt and his party stationed them selves on a high overhanging rock, which commanded one of the favorite pools, Sp thev had not remained long before a a hippopotamus rose to the surface, a' n distance of not more than 20 yards. He came up at first V'-ry confidently, raising his enormous bead ou’ of the water, and snorting violently. At 'he same instant their guns ere discharged, 'he contents of which appeared to strike dirccdy on its forehead; on which i turned its head with an angry scowl,and making a sudden plunge sank to the bottom, wi'h a pecu liar noise between a grunt and a roar. They for some minutes entertained san guine hope that he waskilled, und m<>- men'ariiy expected to see his body ascend to the surface. But it soon appeared that a hippopotamus is not so easily slain; for he rose again, em long, cl >se the same snot, apd apparently not much con cerned at what had happened, though somewhat . more cau i >us than before. They again discharged their pieces, but with as little effuci as formerly; and al though some of the party continued firing at every one that made his appear ance, they were bv no means certain tha< they produced ihe slightest impression upon any of them. This they attributed to their having used Leaden balls, which are too soft to enter his almost impene trable scull. Ii appears from what they witnessed that tbs hippopotamus c input remain more than five or six minutes under wa e -- I the m.st interesting pans ot the amusement was to wiiness'the perfect ease with which these animals quietly drop down to the bmionr; for the water hiring exceedingly clear, they could see hem so low an 20 feet below the surface. Rhinoceros Hunting. —The eyes oi a rhinoceros are exoem< ly smal': and bis neck is stiff and ilis head cumbrous, he seldom turns round s > as to see any thing that is not directly before him. T<* *bi nccording to Bruce, he owes his death, as he never escapes if there is as much plain ground as to enable a horse to get in ad vance. His pride and fury then induce him to lay aside all thoughts of escaping but by victory, //e s ands lor a moment at bayjheo star iog forward, he suddenly charges tire hoise,after the manner ol the wild boar,which animal he greatly re*em bles in his mode of action, But the horse easily avoids his ponderous onset, by iurnitig short aside.and this is the fatal iijstant; for a linked man armed wi h a sharp s'word, drops from behind the prin c pai hunter, and unperceived by the rhi. uoceros, who is seeking to wreak his ven geante oa his enemy,he inflicts a tremen dous blow across the tendon of the heel, which renders him incapable of either flight or resistance. In speaking of the large allowance of vegetable manor necessuy to support th s enormous living mass,we b >uld tike into consideration the vast quantity of watei which it consumes. No country, accor ding to Bruce, but such as that of the Sliangallaga, deluged with six months rain, full of large and deep basics, hewn out by nature in the living rock, which are shaded by dark woods from evapora tioDj oc-ame watered by extensive rivers which never fall low or to a state of dry nes*, can supply the vast draughts ot its enororous maw As an article ot food he is himself much esteemed br the Shan galla ; and the soles of his feet, which are soft, like those of a camel, and of a gris ly substance, are poculiaaly delicate. The rest of the body resembles that of the hog, bill it is coaser, and is pervaded by a smell of musk. . RHE MOUNTAIN VULTURE. On the highest summit of the mountain Larnalmou, while the traveller’s servants were refreshing themselves, after the fat igue ascent, and enjoying the pleasures < t a delightful climate, and a good dinner <4' boiled goal’s flesh, a lammergeyer su<L deuly made his appearance among them. A great shout, or raihei cry of distress, attracted B oce’s attention, wh •, while walk ng towards the bird, saw it deliber ately put its foot into the pan, which con taitid a-huge piece of meat prepared so boiling. Finding the temperature some what higher than it was act!Homed to. among the pure gushing springs of tha romantic region, it suddenly withdrew it* lout, but immediately afterwards settled upon tw-> large pieces which lay upon a wooden platter, into which it ihrusi its claws, and carried them off. It disap. peared over >he edge of “s;eep Tarpeiati rock,” down which criminals were thrown, and whose remains had probably fit st in. d'jced the bird to select that spot as a place of sojourn. The traveller, in ex pectation of another visit, immediately loaded his rifle, and it was not long before itio gigantic bird re-appeaied. Ai when a vultu e on linaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds, Dislodging trom a region scarce of prey, To gorge the flesh of iambs or yearling kids On hills where flicks are ted, flies to’ards the springs Os Ganges or Htdrspes, Indian streams; But in his way tights on the barren plains Os Seriana, where Chi. eses drive With sails and wind their cany wagons light ; so landed the lammergeyer within ten yards of the savory mess, but al»o within an equal distance of Bruce’s practised rifle. He instantly sent h s ball ihroug’.i his body, and the ponderous biid sank down upon the grass with scarcely a flut ter of ils outspread wings. SERPENTS. There are not many serpents in Up per Abyssinia, and few remarkable ani mals of that class even in the lower coun ties; if we except a species of Boa, com monly so called, which at’ains to the length of twenty feet. It feeds upon an telopes and ihe deer kind, which it swal low% entire. . its favorite places of re sort are by the sides of grassy pools of stagnant rivers, where it lies in ambus cade, ready to encircle in its horrid folds whatever quadruped approaches. A remarkable and noted serpent of these parts, is the Cerastes, or homed vi per. It bides itself all day in h des in the sand, where it lives in little chambers similar and contigious to those of the jer boa. Bruce kept a pair of them in a glass jar for two years, without any food; hey did not appear to sleep even in win ter, cast their skins during tha last day of April. This poisonous reptile is very food oi heat; for however warm it might be during the day, whenever Bruce made a fiie at night it seldom happened that fewer than Haifa dozen were found burnt to death by apptoachiag too close to ihe embers. It seems there are crock odiles also in Abyssinia, of a greenish co lor and enormous size. The natives are so exceedingly afraid of them, that in the ffottest weather ihey dare noi bathe where tliey are seen, and will not even wash iheir hands at the water’s edge, without a companion with them to throw stones a; the crocodiles. Paper from Corn Husks.-The famous Cobbett states that he has received fiom a paper manu facturer at Guilford. (Eng ) fifty sheets of pa per made from the husks of corn which he had only sent off to be manufactured the week be fore. Certainly the suggestion is wor>h the exp ri inent, and we should be glad to see some of our American paper manufacturers try it. Good wrapping paper is now made from common straw; an i when when we recollect the firmness i xiure and complexion of corn busks, we ate not ruiprised that no ingenious own should have thought of it as a material from which to manu facture paper. In the increasing and accumu lating demand for printing paper, occasioned by the wants of the press, it is certainly desirable that some cheaper substitute may be found than rags, from which it Is now made.— Troy Press. AUGUSTA. ■ 1" WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, <«■» -z«j-r. w RVi S If any of our (r ends can fuM * us Numbers of ihe Courier of the f-iM < iug dates of the past year,they will oM u*; April 5 and 22; May 13 and 22. They have been borrowed I < not returned.. •‘We have seen a paragiapli taken fro^B : & Southern paper, and which is now self to death as fast as it car, stating that a ■|3| tleinan lately deceas' d in Carolina, had pennitted his subscription to he behind, and ? asthn same could be said of so few men, it ■ worth recording on his tomb stone. Vei ily,w«H amen to this That man stands n. xt to him I returned a borrowed umbrella! What praise can there be, than lo have your prin^HZ say.—'‘you always paid me.” How clear, ■ roust be the man’s conscience who reads a p.-|H he knows he has paid for. With what satisfaction do*. 3 he unfold the damp sheet ! feels, under no obligation, that the printer isH solutely beholden to him This is the very ing which we wonld have our sU .scribers rience—that we are in debt to them fora paper—not that they are in debt tous. NM ihink not. gentle readers, you that have follotß us thus far—that there is any hint in this—■ any. It is too plain for a hint—ii is a dowuriH appeal—but whether to vour pity or your peM ets, we shall wait an answer by the ieturn In entering upon a new year, we hope cH Readers have all formed at least as many resolutions as ourselves. It is an time to look back to the past ai d fo' ward t tM futu <■, Ihe part can only be recalled by meat We can only live our lives over again leaving . IFbadhabusan f at q iiring newgoodonß Whi e we forgive our enemies, let us love oH friends with more disinterested devotion. Whß we cautiously live within our incomes, iet us forget the children of want—let our hearts aH hands be always open to the calls of afflictioiß and while we sternly guard the institutions H our Country, let us not lose all charily for thoß who think their m asures better than (rurs L us cultiva'e our understandings and purify oi hearts. Our moral nature must be adorned 1) virtuous habits—otherwise ourynental brillianc will only serve to heighten the'darkness of mo al depravity and aggravate the guilt. In shot let us all do as well as we know how, and we ca not ask for any more happy state of societj We have the same round of life to run as ou predecessors—of ambition, joy, and sorrow-. let it be one of increased virtue, and not leav the world worse than we found it. “ Man, come and look upon the faded leaf, Impressive emblem of thine own decay. How like the sad and pallid cheek of grief, It falls to earth, and pines and fades away! There is a moral in this dead rrpose Os blighfed Di Cure—such is man’s career— H sspiing hath all the freshness of the rost* Fair Inughs the morn of his awakening year Gemm’d by the happy smile, the joyous tenr.t And wouldst thou know how fares his wintry hour ? Oh, (oak around ! behold the eatth nppear Divested of each shrub and scented flower, ' That once adorned her summer bower. So hath it been t—again, so shall it be Withthef nd schemes of this ui certain sphere, Till Time shall end iu vast Eternity, An*l cease to roll around the varied year ; The morning dreams of hope—th<- pensive tear The smile of j >y —and Valor’s waving plume. The wreiyb of Love, to Y-mth and Beauty dear, Shall still tne destiny man illume, Until he makes his home within the Tomb.’* We hive had a week’s almost cons(ai.it rain. Our river is v ry high an<l the rain continues without much prospect qf a speedy cessation. The Mails have all been delayed and deranged by the Gather and its consequences. At the time of writing t’llj, 12 o’clock, the Nofiherd mail has just arrived, and, we are sorry to say, brought us no'lrng in the shape of news, A Boston and Philadelphia paper is th« amount of our exchange Illi, morutep. an.l they out of date . The Philadelphia pap.r speaks of haul lime| ther-.—Wo hope they have got better ere this. Our exchange pipers contain little besi les the President's Message, which continues to reach us fiom the extremes of this great Confederacy., the reports of the Secretnriis, Mr. Dunne’s der fence Mr. McDuffie’s speech on the Dep'.siiS Qiestion, sfc., all of which nre so interminably long as to be excluded from so decent sized a s Courier. O i M >n I <y last, the Jury deci ting cases be.-, lore the inferior Court o.' this county, $23 per in in, i > fees. A pretty work ! Major Lee, who was nominated by the Presi dent as Consul General to the Baibary Powers, but rejected by the Senate, is employed at Paris in writing a Life of Napoleon. L*. Randolph was unconditi.nially discharg ed from arrest, on the 21st tnst. by ihe concur ring opinions of Chief Justice Marshall and Judge Bart our. The ffill before the Legislature of rulioe, to establish a Bank on the funds of the State, similar to the one in 3out h Curolina, ha? been indefinitely postponed by the House of Commons —73 to 54 A Philadelphia paper states that the Varioloid and Smail Pox are at present quite prevalent in that city Mr. Richard A. Buckner, Junr. advertises for sale, on the 16th inst. Four Br.o >D Mares, at Macon, and requests that Editors friendly to the production of good horses in our State, *■ would give his advertisement an insertion in their papersand take the probable bent fit it may do the public" far their rewa-d. Suppose Mr Buckner were to give us, and those other Edit ors, a mare a piece, to save our walking after such debt>ns the one he proposes we should make, would not the public be as likely to be equally benefited? If he will not, can he not give us a’ least a coll? We will prove our wil lingness to receive one by naming the four mares offered for sale; Alice G>ay, Julia Howe, Arab Maid, and Lucy Brandon. They are all of fine blood; out we claim the colt of Julia Howe. — we like the name. New York Steam Banket*—We from’ a tetter received by the Agent on Saturday, from New York, that the owners *be Steam Pack ets, David Brown and WiMiam Gibbon*, have determined on commencing running them regu larly, starting alteri>a*dy> every Saturday, from each port, about t*e fust of March next. In the mean t me, H>e boiler of the D. B. is to be enlarged, to yive her more speed, and she is in other respects to be put'in complete order. The astonishing performances of this bopt in the Ute violent gale, seems to have increased publie. confidence in this mode of conveyance, and a confident expectation is entertained, that insu rance may be effected on them, on at least as favorable terms as on any other vessels -Charles ton Courier. A letter from New York, dated 2Ht ult. “ Our Stocks are still more depressed to the local Banks alone maintain their ground. Stocks have fallen ruinously. Bills drawn at the South on the best houses here, are off red at*** 1 £ per cent, discount per month. From this de pressed state of our finances, it would not besqr- * prising should Cotton go even b low last prices,”—lt.
