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T II E COU K L E 11,
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Idxira-<t front Mr. Chandler's Address.'
I laving attempted, alter illustrating the
capabilities of the female mind, to demon
strate the importance of its improvement,
1 will in conclusion of my remarks, exhi
bit to your consideration a lew data, that
will tend to show the necessity of adop
ting in our country, and particularly in
our state, an enlightened and systematic
course of female education. There are in
the LJ. States 2.000,000 of mothers
spread over its surfice. mingling with its
societies, and rearing up the future defen
ders ofour liberty, and supporters of our
instiutions—and i t this number, what
proportion is qualified to fashion and
directa mind, “ formed in the finest mould,
and wrought for immmtaii.y? ’ flow
many of them are now engaged, in giving
their children the mlvantnges of a prepa
ratory education? How many in our State,
where the light of education is so gene
rally diffused, are affording the young
A id inquisiiiv'' mind, the full and lasting
•benefits of inductive instruction? Had 1
the means ol ascertaining with certainty
’ the exact number, the bare statemint of
the fact, would produce a revulsion offeel-
I' ingihrough thus e niighti ned assembly,and
i would force upon the mind of scepticism
itself, a conviction of the necessity of atten
ding to the intellectual improvement of the
female sex.
Again—there are in die United States,
5,000,000 of females, and in Georg ia 145
000—and of this number, how many have
contributed to the elegant literature ot the
day—the rich poetry of the age—the be
witching fictions that amuse—and theso
-ler dissertations that instruct? A Sig
ruriiey and a Sedgwick have sent from
their glowing minds, the bright scintilla
tions of an “etherial fire;” and a few oth
er gifted spirits have struck their harps of
poesy, and sung its quiet tunes to the
“eternal stars,” which lights the heavens
of literature with its sparkling radiation,
and attracts the eyes of the world by its
dazzling brilliancy. We have seen a me
teor flash its light, and pass in blazing glo
ry through the world—but seldom has the
blight orb of sr.it nee, burst with its splen
dors from the sky, arid cast upon the fe
male mind its glittering beams. Our
country has produced but few distinguish
ed females, who have presumed to dis
pute the dominion of authorship, with the
aspiring minds of the other sex. Why is
this the case? Why have not the pages of
ctir Literature, been enriched with the
names of a Carter and a Smith, a Moore
and a fjarbauld, a Dacier and a D’Arblay,
a de Stael and a liemans, an Edgeworth
••• and a Radcliffe? We have the materials
’ * in rich abundance. Diamonds lie buried
in our intellect ixl mines. They shine
through the rubbish and neglect of ages.
Polish them by the hand ol culture, and
they will sparkle in the coronet of fame,
and glitter in the crown of immortality.
Asafurther illustration of the necessity
of an enlightened system of Female Edu-
cation, 1 would state that the number of j
1* emales in the United States, between the
age of 15 and 20 years, may safely be es-j
timated at and in the State of
Georgia at 15,001. They are in the!
bloom of youth an! loveliness of beamy.
They mingle in our socn ty, contribute to
m.r social enjoyments, and spread the i
w.tcheiy of their charms over youthful:
■feeling and matured reflection. And of!
number—so captivating by their per-'
' sonal attractions, and winning by their
native delicacy of sentiment—how many;
have enjoyed the privilege of conversing i
with the mighty dead of other days ; of
hcldmgcommtinion with the master-spirits
of Grecian and Homan fame; of walking!
w.th* J hi!osophy in its brilliant discoveries
or keeping pace with science in its pro
gressive improvement? Hew many of
them have enjoyed the in estimable benefits
of an. enlightened education? Are they
familiar with general and natural Histo
ry—with Chemistry, Georm try, and prac I
tical M ithematics—with Chronology,‘and
Belles-Letters, arid Rhetoric? How ma-1
ny of them have never heard of Ne wton’s
I’rincipia or Bancon’s Organum? And
how few of them, understand the philoso
phy of the hum?.', mind and the laws of'
its operations—the science ot theology and
rhe sublimity of its truths? These ques
tions come home to our feelings and inter
ests, and comd satisfactory answers be j
obtained, they n . G awaken the public
mmd to the cot . niton of the most im
portant subject tnat has ever engaged its
attention.
Ag.iit—Therearein the United States
at least 2,000,000, of Females, under the
age of 15 years—and in the State of Geor
gia, not less than 75,(100, what proportion
of this in number, embracing die promise
and beauty of the land, is reaping the fruits
of instruction, or enjoying the pleasures
of knowledge? Upon many of their minds
tke first ray of science has never shot its
sacred light—and the lew who seek the
consolations of intellectual instruction, re
pair to temples erected for other worship
pers, and kneel before altars consecrated
by a stranger’s blessing. ] n our country
there are 61 colleges, containing e.xt< n
itive philosophical and chemical npparal-
us, valuable cabinets of minerals, and li
braries that embrace more than 300,000
volumes —and to the disgrace ol the na
tion be it spoken! not one is dedicated to
the cause of female education. No ap
paratus explains the principles of her stu
dies— no libraries throw their collected
light upon her neglected mind. She has
no sanctuary m which to place her shrine.'
—no altar where she. can kneel, and with
saint-like devotion, " make of her prayers
one sweet sacrilice.'' Child ofpromise*
the day ol thy liberation draweth uigli-
Know ledge has raised her eyes to Hea
ven, and sent to its glittering throne, her
prayer of faith in thy behalf. On its pow
er 1 rely—in its efficacy 1 trust. In the
performance ot it duties, it fears no dan*
ger, spares no expense, omits no exertion.
“ Its seat is the bosom of God. its voice the
harmony of the world. All things in
heaven and earth, doit homage, the very
least t.s feeling its care, and the greatest
as not exempt from its power. Moth an
gels and men, of what condition soever,
though each in difit rent soit and manner,
yet all with uniform consent, admiring it
as the parent of peace and happiness.’'
These facts collected from a great va
riety that are at hand, demonstrate the
tiue cause why the most interesting por
tion ofour population is yet in compara
tive ignorance ami obscurity. Give the
female, the same advantages of instruction
with the male ; afford her the same op
portunities for improvement, and she
will struggle with the boldest mind, for
the mastery in science and in fitters, and
outstrip in the proud race of distinction,
many ot the fa voted objects of parental
solicitude and legislative bounty. Shall
not these advant iges fie afforded her?
The spirit of the age, which seems by the
übiquity ofits presence and the greatness
of its power, to pervade every country,
animate every bosom, and prosper every
cause, is destined soon 1 trust, to shed its
blessings upon the female mind. In this
great work of moral and intellectual illu
mination, will Georgia remain in ictive?
She has been forced at las:, to strike her
inarch in the broad way of internal im
provement, and after pursuing foryuirs
the vacillating policy of a timid legisla
tion, has caught on the verge of ruin, the
pervading spirit of her sister States, and
consented before her destruction was seal
ed, to the greatness of a noble undertak
ing. Animated by the expectation of fu
ture improvements, she begins to reap in
anticipation the fruits of her liberality and
enterprise—and looking beyond the scenes
of surrounding desolation, sees in imagi
nation her cities flourishing, her lands
improving, her population incrca.-ing’
and her Institutions multiplying. To re
alize in the fulness of their glory these
bright anticipations, the Female mind
must be enlightened, and the humble in
vocations which the votaries of Science
are sending tu the Heaven of their love,
must be answered by the responsive bene
dictions of a free and happy people. In
view of its future triumph, who will step
forth the champion of an injured cause?
Who will dare, nobly dare to introduce in
our State, an enlightened system of Fe
male Education? Is there no one pre
sent, who honors the tears of beauty am!
prizes the smiles ol virtue? Is there
here, no friend of Female worth—no ad
mirer of Female greatness? If there be.
on this day sacred to the cause of Litera
ture, in this Temple consecrated to the
serticesof Science, the assembled Beauty
and Virtue of the la;id, make this one ap
peal to the heart, that will be enshrined
m their affections, and to the mind, that
willbe remembered in their devotions!
Shall it be in vain? Let the liberality of
the age reply-let the Spiiitof Georgians
determine!
Ye Rulers of the Land—Legislators
of the Country—Friends of Literature,
and Patrons ot Science—to you I appeal.
I come in the name ofyour Daughters—
I plead at the request of your Wives I
ask for the benefit or your Sons. Shall it
too be in vain? By the blissing of God
it shall not. I see already the smile of
promise; I near the voice of encourage
ment. The vista of futurity begins to
biighten. Ihe day-star ot hope is on
high—the light of learning streak's the
skies—and soon the sun of Science, will
pour his dazzling splendors upon the Fe
male Mind. “V is ions of bliss! with eve
ry btealh of fieu'.' O, I speed an ejacula
tion, that the time may hasten, when your
reality shall be no longer the ground of
votive supplication, but the theme ofgrate
lill acknowledgements ; when the i horal
gr iil timns of the liberated myriads of
the. i r wovli', )•! symphony, sweeter
than the music oft-a Gens.’ shall hail
your Country, J .•••Gc.wt.vZ iis the loveli
est Daughter of I'reedom!"— and your
Georgians! as the fairest otfsp’riiig
of Christum hope, and Female Education
THE WEDDING.
A NEW ENGLAND STORY.
'■ I wed thee in the battle’s eye
Amid the mail and stalwart throng;
And answer to thy banner cry.
As it had been a lover’s song.”
It uas a clear moonlight of ?u
--tunm. in 1721: and the old garrison house
of the vailiint Captain WheelriMit the
terror of all the Indians within twenty
miles of the town of Wells, was bridiaut
ly illuminated for the wedding ofthe vet
eran’s daughter, to a young and mHlant
ranger, belonging to the band of Captain
II trnion. The house w.ts c rowded with
guests, principally military men ; for at
that period every man w-s a soldier, and
i very woman, if she coiio. not merit that
appel ''’-ion. was at least worthy of being'
a soldier’s wife.
it was a grand time—that weddino ’
thm o was an abundance of maple s; ,.^ r
ami pumpkin pies, and all the so uv'ia
dies within thirty miles had assembled tr
partake of the festivities () f;he uccasma.
1 he dance went nimbly dawn the rod.:
'.'l, and every emu mvoi.-.l desirous of !
adding something to the general expres-
> sion of meriimeni and joy.
l it there were watchful eyes' and anx
ious hearts, amidst that joyous assembly,
i At every sound without—the sudden bark
iofa dog, or the creaking of the large old
trees in the Autumn wind, a thrill like
i that of electricity passed through al! the re
vellers. .More than once, had the hands
of the rangers instinctively fastened on
. their rifles', w hich leaned ready for in
j slant execution in every corner of the
■ building. Il was known to all that the
East rn savages were in motion; that the
I implacable hate of the red man was brood
ing liite a thundercloud over the encroach
ing advance of the English. The inhab
itants* of Wells had not indeed suffered
i recently from the attacks of then - subtile
i enemy ; but they felt no security from the
j vengeance of foes, who were unappeasa
i bit* in their resentment; and whose tran
i slum forbearance, like the crouch of the
'panther, or ihe coil of the rattlesnake,
might be only the preparation for a sud
; den and deadly blow.
But the wedding went on witl out any
■ interruption. The beautiful Emily Wheel-
I right, stood up with her young lover be
; fore the venerated clergyman. She was
a fine specimen of natural beauty; her
dark hair fell carelessly and richly upon
•her neck ; her full cheek glowed with the
i freshness of health ; and the free waist
. and uneoufined form, gave to her motions
i elasticity and a gracefulness, to which the
I modern victim of fashion is an entire
I stranger. And the bridegroom, in the
(strength and vigor of his youth, with bis
Isnnbur. t countenance ami manly propor
i lions, presented a striking contrast to the
; fashionable exqlu.sile of modern days.
The rites were concluded ; and Charles
• Il inwell had just imprinted on the blush-
I ing cheek of his bride, the ceremonial kiss,
j when a terrific, cry from without rang
it 'Tough every nook of the mansion. All
I sprang on their feet at the heartfelt alarm.
I he next instant the report of rifles came
sharply on their ears.
1 To arms ! —The Indians are upon us?’
shouted Captain Wheel t ight, snatching
his musket from the hooks by which it
was suspended.
There was a sudden rush towards the
ql< or. The moon shone fill upon the
I vild scenery around, but there w< re no
i visible tr iees of an enemy. At length,
I a solitary figure made its appearance at a
; remote corner ofthe building.
“ Help! for God’s Sake!” said a well
known voice, “ I am wounded—the bloo
dy red skins are abroad.”
The wounded man staggered slowly to
wards the half bewildered group. At
that' instant a rifle-flash gleamed from the
; nearest thicket. The aim was a fatal
one, for its unfortunate object, who had
nearly reached his comrades, sprang sud
denly and convulsive! v from the earth and
fell dead at their feet. '[’he exulting
whoopofao invisible foe was drowned in
the report of the muskets of the white
men, which were now directed at every
i bush and ihickt t.
I “'Jo your horses, men!” exciiirrnd
i Captain Hanm u, as the dusky forms be
' came visible, at a distance which was be-
I yond tlie certain aim of his rangers.
I ‘..'harles Han well turned anxiously to his
| bride:—-she was deadly p.aie—she did
i not join in the te..rs and cries of those
j around her—b't she sat still and white
; isa statue. "Do not be alarmed,” said
! Charles, affectionately pressing her hand.
; " The savayes will nut molest us after one
I vigorous attack from our rifles: and there
;is little danger to be apprehended. Be
|(|iiivt, we shall return immediately.”
I 1 lie spirit of her father was strong
j within the heart of Emily. ‘Go, Charles/
j she said, "and may God preserve you!”
I A party had already mounted, anil the
tramp of hoofs was ringing without.
'Charles sprang to bis saddle; and in a
i moment the band to which he Delonged
! disappeared in the shadows ofthe sur
: rounding woodlands. Captain Wheel
! t ight undertook’ to garrison his dwellin”-,
! with the remainder of the company.
i It would be impossible to describe the
, iti.Mtly with winch tin 1 wedding guests
, listened to every sound .Viiich came from
i the direction the rangers had taken- The
tiamplmg of their horses gradually died
'away; then the sound of tire arms was
: heard ; and ever and anon, the shrill and
| terrible war cry of the savages, rose fettr
i fully on the wind.
i ae heavy tread oi the horses soon an
nounced toe return of the adventurers.
i i h< v wheeled into the rude iuclosure:
an i the next moment Hurm>n confronted
the agitated assembly. “ The vile heath
en 1 fie muttered between his clenched
teeth—and turning to the bride, who sat
trembling with nxiety, fie said aloud
‘ r -our husband is among the n issinu!
• ias been a horrid night s work! and
threw hitrise l !into a chair, apparently ex
hausted by his exertions.
’ Is lie dead / ejaculated Emily Han
, wed, springing up and grasping- convul
sively the hand oi the soldier. "Tell me
Captain Harmon, as you hope for mercy,
tell me, is he dead ?”
\ our husband is a prisoner,” said
Harmon, “but fought desperately before
he yielded. He was overpowered with
numbers; and we were unable to effect
his rest . i’here was a fearful skirm
ish ; for the Indians were twice our num
ber. They have lost many of their bra
vest warriors, and some of my own little
troop are now lying cold and stark be
neath tile moonlight.”
And you have- left your comrade to
perish,by the foul tortures of his ene
mies! said Emily llauwell, her tone of
entreaty changing to that of indignation
y" Io die by the fire and the scourge, j
without so much as a wound received in 1
his deleiu e ! Would to heaven that the
powers of man were mine !”
one trembled i u every limb, and her
team ell fast. The countenance of Har
mon worked for a moment with resent
menl. but he <?-. .igi.iic the feeling-, and'
turning to his companions, he avowed his !
resolution of pursuing the retreating foe,
mid attempting once more the rescue of
their piisoner. *1 he parly immediately
acquiesced :— several new recruits volun
teered their services, and in a few mo
ments a second sally was made from the ’
mansion.
It bouts not now to relate the particu
lars of the rescue; suflice, it to say, that
the foe was overtaken —and that m the
struggle which ensued, the prisoner was
liberated. The party immediately re
turned to the house of the veteran \V heel
right. His daughter met then at the
door; and after one long embrace of her
husband, she clasped with heartfelt grati
tude, the rough and war-worn hand of
Harmon; and from that moment he was
regarded as a brother by Charles Han
well and his bride.
From the Essex Register.
LATEST FROM PARA
Capt. Appleton oftheschr. W in. Penn,
who arrived on Tuesday evening from
Para, has favored us with the following
copy of a letter from John Macausland,
I Esq. Commander of his B. M. brig Crui
zer, to Edmund Conygharn, Esq. of Lan
caster, Penn, giving an account of the re
i cent revolutions and massacres at that
■ place:
Heroin lion at Para—Capture of the Ci
ty—a.ail Defeat o/ the Brazilian Squad
-1 ron.
' On the 1 4th of August last, at 10 A. M.
Ithe first attack was made on the city of
' Para, by a miscellaneous multitude of the
I most savage and ferocious people of color,
mullattos, and Indians, amounting to a
! bout 4900 men, armed with muskets, axes,
; knives, bows and arrows, &c. The force
i assembled to resist this formidable array,
i was unfortunately very inadequate for the
defence of ihe city. The conflict continued
with varying success-, on either the part of
the beseiged or of the invaders, until the
former, weakened and disheartened by se
vere losses, amounting to about half their
original nurnbi r, including many excel
lent officers and brave soldiers, were com
pelled to retreat on board the ships ofthe
squadron before the city. Tiiis sangui
i nary contest terminated after nine days
> hard fighting, by the total defeat of the
j Braziilian forces and flight of the Govern
or, who lost his son and aid-de-camp,
killed in the early part of the action, as
he was engaged courageously animating
his men to repulse the savage horde that
beleagued this unfortunate and ill-fated
city,
As the enemy were cut down by hun
dreds in the streets, by the steady fire of
the soldiers flanked by the guns of the
Brazilian squadron, assisted by a Portu
guese corvette and H. M. sloop Race
horse, commanded by Sir Everard Home,
the places of the killed and wounded
were, instantly filled by successive bodies
[of savages and lianditii, p airing in from
the country, thirsting only for the blood
of the whiles, and indiscriminate plunder.
In their brutal excesses they spared neith-
I er age nor sex; a great many citizens fled
for refuge to the Cathedral--this, howev
er, was no sanctuary against the insur
gents, who got possession of it. They
iraggid their unhappy victims from the
! altar, and murdered them in the streets
without remorse.
11 is Excelli ncy the Governor or Pres
ident of the Province, at length effected
his retreat on board the Carnpista, bear
ing the flag of the admiral, under the
command of our gallant countryman,
Commodore Taylor, who was Naval
Commander of the expedition destined to
protect Para.
On Sunday 23d August, the whole ci
ty was abandoned by the remaining loyal
ists, and such ofthe white population as
were wretched survivors of a most horii
Ide and fiendlike massacre. Thousands
fl d to the ships and boats upon the river.
1 he sliij s and vessels of war were cruwd
led with the wounded and helpless refu
i gees, most of whom escaped without a
I change of linen, or property of any kind,
, whilst the revolutionary banner, crimson
ed with human blood, was displayed opt n
the towers and palaces of Para.
A notable ruffian and convicted niur-
I dercr, named Edomardo Noquiera Ange
line, was installed as President of this re
public of traitois, whom tho .Almighty,
' in Elis inscrutable dispensations, has per
s mitted for a time to triumph over order,
' humanity and religion.
i Thus this fine Province, washed by
i the magnificent stream of the Amazon,
land rich in all the valuable productions
; of the earth, blessed with a salubrious
land delightful climate, and a soil incom
i parably feitile, when converted to useful
1 purposes, from its natural condition—
'his noble append.ige ofthe crown of Bra
zil, must fall, it is fe tred, into the hands
: of a ferocious body of thieves and murder
■ ers, whose sole occupation and delight is
vengeance in thought, word, and act, a-
I gainst the whites, until they completely
■extirpate them, ami convert this beautiful
! country into a second Hayti, under the
I dominion of a race of men deformed by
.' every species of moral depravity.
Allcivilized nations ought to take thea
i larm, andcontributetowards the reduction
! of this line Province, and to the salvation
1 of its hitherto unprotected, yet christianiz
! ed inhabitants, from the savage gripe of
I the present revolutionary faction.
These cruel oppessors and rebels will
hold possession of the city and control the
Province, unless the supreme authorities
of Brazil send a force of several thousand
men to recapture and fortify trie city, and
by decisive and prompt measures, bring
back the insurrectionary party to their al
legiance.
'The British merchants escaped with
their lives on board the corvette Race
horse Sir Everard Home, the Comman- '
der, made every exertion to save what he
could of their property, and succeeded in
loading several merchant vessels with the I
residue at it. AH the respectable mer- 1
chants wisely determined to leave the
place with the wreck of their shattered for
tunes, and seek security for their wares
and merchand.ze at Maranham or else
where in Brazil; better adapted for their
commercial pursuits, than the hitherto
distracted and defenceless city of Para.
On Sunday 6th Sep’. 11- M. sloop Race- j
here moved down" the river, accompanied I
by all the British and foreign merchant;
vessels to the anchorage ofthe bay of St. j
Anthony, preparatory io their final depar- .
lure from the River Amazon. Two of
the foreigners are Americans bound to
the United States, with property saved
from the plunder of the city. One is call
ed the William Perm, of Salem, going
direct to that port: the other is called ihe
i Amethyst, a regular Para trader.
The'masier ofthe William Penn un
i dertook the pilotage ofall the English ves
' seis through the dangerous navigation of
i the Amazon. All came safe out of the ri
ver on Monday the 14th September.
J (SIIN M AC A C SLA N D.
FROM THE DRAGOONS.
The detachment, under command of
I Colonel Dodge, has returned to the regi
; mental head quarters, Fort Leavenworth,
i in good l.eallli.
The companies under command of
I Major Mason, reached their quarters near
• Fort Gibson, on the sth ult. after an ab
jsenceoffour months. The officersand
mt n are in good health ; the horses were
thin, but not more so than might be ex
pected after their exposure in the prairies'
Ito the sun and flies.— Artny and Nary
‘ Chronicle.
Cxtracl of a letter from Major It B Ma
! son, of the. Dragoons, to a gentleman
I t:i Washington, dated 6th Septcm-
I bc.r, 1835.
“ We live on buffalo meat principally.
I killed some fete, as I did also hear, deer,
and turkeys; but caught no wild horses.
“ The sports of the chase I enjoyed, you
may know ; and assure you often wished
for you to witness the immense number of
buffaloes that were often in full view of
the camp, from within a few hundred
yards to almost as far as the eye could
teach.
“ I saw one of our Osage hunters ride
up at full speed alongside of a large buffa
lo cow, and kill her with a single arrow.
It was shot entirely through her; it went
m on the right and passed out on the left
side, and was lost in the prairie, breaking
a rib in its passage.
‘‘l saw another of the Usages kill a
large cow with a single arrow. He shot
it into her, upto within a few inches (say
two or three) of the feathered end; he
caught hold of it, pulled i» out, and shot it
into her again, when she immediately
tell. This of course was at full speed.
These feats I witnessed with my own
eyes.”
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The packet shipSuly, Capt. Forbes ar
rived yesterday morning from Havre.
We have received by her Parts journals
to the Ist and Havre to the 2d ultimo.
From these and private sources we have
collectedthe following intelligence:
The laws imposing additional restraints
on the press, introduced by the King’s
Ministers immediately after the attempt o i
his life, have passed tile. Chamber of De
puties by a majority of 290. They have
already been presented to the Chamber of
Peers where they will no doubt also be a
dopted. The utmost indignation is ex
pressed by the opposition, and even by
moderate journals, at the rigorous provis
ions of these laws. It is customary, that
when a law has passed the Chamber, the
President of that body presents it to the
King, but tn the present instance the cele
brated Mr. Dupin, President ofthe Cham
ber, declined performing the unplesant
task, and it devolved on the Vice Presi
dent, M Martin.
The assassin Fieschi is recovered from
his wounds. He persists in asserting that!
no one but himselfconceived and executed '
the attack on Louis Phillippe. Having,
made no disclosures when li'S life was in
imminentdangvrfrom his wounds, itisnot
probable he will now make any.
Paris is represented to be in a state of
gloomy tranquility, and the individuals
condemned at the proces Monslre, have'
left the capital fortheir different places of:
imprisonment. The French Funds wear;
an improving appearance.
Not a syllable is said in relation to our
indemnity treaty—at the first blush, this
; is naturally calculated to excite surprise
i and perhaps alarm. It must however be
borne in mind that it is not more than 16
days before the dates of these accounts,
i that the last letter from Mr. Livingston to
I the Trench Ministerand the adoption of
: its language here by the President, had
I becom-. 1 publicly known in France. That
in this interval, the attention of the French
■ government has been exclusively directed
1 to the attempt on the King’s life and to car
rying out the measures proposed in rela
tion to thetrial byjury for politicaloflences,
i and the laws on the public press. It is
not astonishing, that whilst measures in
volving the very- existence of the govern
ment of Louis Phiilippe—at least in the
opinion of his ministers—were in agitation, i
their attention should have been exclu- '
sively directed to them, and that the for-!
eign relations of the country should have,
been deemed of minor importance. The;
apparent indifference ofFrance at thisjunc
ture, to the question of indemnity to this
country, we do not therefore think ought
to give rise to any apprehensions as to the ‘
final course of that government. There!
is still time for its efficient action before
the inerting of Congress.— Cour. &. Eaq.
How to make the. Winter pass quick.-
Give a note to the Bank for ninety days,
and Spring will come as soon us you are
prepared for it.
AUGUSTA,
31 O N I> AY , OCTO BK R 19-
Our table to-day contains the polls from
1 roup. It comes down upon us like a whole
mitialion--near 709 majority. It is a perfect
H rbeisham. What a pity it is on the wrong
side! Sl> ley is to-day 2,-lij'J ahead of his com
petitor, and Ilolsey 1,93-3 ahead of Wilde, the
hindmost and foremost omcaeh ticket. Judging
tiom ihe last congressional election returns,
Schley’s majority is near its maximum, while
our congressional ticket will receive an increas
ed majority of 2 to 300.
It willbe seen on reference to the article
liom the Mobile Hcgister, that a grand jury of
Alabama has found a bill against the Editor of
the Emancipator, and it is said the Governor
will demand the culprit r.s a '"fugitive " from
justice. We agree entirely with the retnarjes
ol the Editor of the Register on this subject. We
first objected to this course, we believe, of any
Southern Editor, and reflection has made us
still less friendly to it. It is not the remedy.
W e have said we had frost, and frost repeat
edly; but who would suppose from the tempe
rature ofthe last three days, that any thing but
the Comet could have had influence over oii’r
atmosphcielately. On Friday, we wrote incur
office uuiioutour coat, ami our paragraphs were
all as cool as cucumbers. On Saturday, we
pul on our summer coat and wanted an umbrel
la. Both nights the muscp.iiioes were particu
larly active, as if determined to make up for
lost time, and Sunday was an April day in its
warmth and sunshine—in nearly every thing
but its showers. To-day wc have had both sun
shine and showers.
A friend dined with us on Friday last, who
at that hour on the preceding Friday, was on
Brooklyn Heights, opposite New York, and did
not leave New York till 4 o’clock on next day.
Trips of this kind are so frequent now, as to be
scarcely worth mentioning. Some ofour friends
have even left New York on Saturday evening,
and taken tea in Augusta the succeeding Wed
nesday. Rail Roads and Steam Boats annihi
late space. The friend, who announces a con
templated Rai] Road from New Orleans across
the Rocky Mountains, with a mark of admira
tion, if he lives 29 or 30 years, may cease to
wonder. Our country has received the impetus,
and internal improvement must “ go ahead.”
MEDICAL COLLEGE.
The following is the order in which the Pro
fessors will deliver their Introductory Lectures
in the Medical College. Dr. Cunningham de
livered his lecture to-day, on the History of
Medical Science from its infancy to its present
state of improvement, with his usual discrimi
nation and good sense. To-morrow Dr. Ant. -
ny; Wednesday' Dr. Ford; Thursday Dr. Jos.
A. Eve; Friday Dr. Dugas, and on Saturday
Dr. Paul F. Eve.
The Comet lias been very conspicuous in-the
western heavens for a few evenings past. In
the fust part of the night, it may be seen a little
south of west, at an angle of about 30 degrees.
Ils tail is plainly visible, like a faint cone of
light, running upward in a line,last night, per
pendicular to the horizon.
It is alleged that the Convention which was
to have met on the loth tilt, will decl tre Texas
independent of Mexico.
A most destructive tire has recently occurred
in the town of Huntsville, Ala. Twenty tene
ments were burnt; including the Huntsville Inn,
and the entire loss to her citizens is estimated
at not less than one hundred thousand dollars.
The greiit contemplated Hotel nt Philadel
phia, on the site ofthe old jail, corner of Wal
nut and Sixth streets, is to be built bv a compa
ny, and it is to rival, we suppose, the Astyr
granite palace. It is to be 200 by 100 feel and
it will cost about $350,000.
Missionary to Africa. — The ship Indiana;
Capt. Wood, which sailed from this port on the
30;h Tunc last, for the Colony ot Liberia, says
the Savannah Georgian, with the Rev. John
B. Bakton of this city, as Mis ionary to that
country, ami sixty-three coloured persons (from
this city, Augusta, and Bryan county,) is emi
grants to the Colony, arrived at Liberia about
the middle of August last.
The Anti-masons of Massachusetts have nom
inated William Foster of Boston, as their can
didate for Lieut. Governor.
Mr. Foster is “an tv owed Van Buren man.”
A letter from an eitvmr ofthe U. S. ship On
arm, to his friend ia Charleston, dated Rio,
August 18th, says;—“,We are ordered to sail
immediately for St. Thomas, on the Coist df
Africa, to get the money from the Governor,
who was bribed by the Spanish Pirates, recent
ly hung at Boston.”
George W. Simmers, Esq. was, on Saturday
last, duly elected Colonel of the 10th Regiment
j Georgia Militia, to fill the vacancy occasioned
I by the death of Col. R. W. MeKeen.
I The Cineinatti Post stales that Mr. Clayton,
i the western aeronaut, is constructing a ballqpn
which is designed to carry from twenty to thir-
I ty persons.
The locomotive dispatched to give informa
tion of the recent robbery, on the Boston and
Providence rail road, reached Providence from
the former city in si.r/y-scren minutes. The dis
tance is forty-two miles.
Extract of a letter J roma Clergyman of Savannah
now in .\ew Y ork. to a friend in that city.
1 he abolition question is the all absorbing
one, whereever you go; its advocates however,
are fast diminishing, both in numbers and influ
ence. It has now become quite impossible for
their tana’.leal leaders to get a hearing, even in
the smallest country villages. I have never yet
met with an advocate for immediate abolition
who was not totally ignorant of the real con
dition of the slaves of the South; and when I
have corrected their views and impressions in
regard to them, they have expressed perfect as
tonishment at the notions which they had im
bibed, from the representation of those to whom
they had been in the habit of listening. We
have, 1 apprehend, little or nothing to fear from
thorn. They do not, lam confident, number
one to a thousand of the inhabitants of the
North.”