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A Now Itontc lo China. I The Hon.Tiio*. B. King introduced a re port into the last Congress, in which he urged Kic propriety of constructing a Rail Road across country from Memphis, Tennessee, to Slonterey, in California. The immense trade China could be brought to this point by means <»f steamsl;i[ s, thus reducing the time ot trans portation between China and the United States, 3nd between China and England, more than ifixty days! The distance from Memphis to Monterey is 1,500 miles, and from Monterey to Shanghai is 7,500 miles, being 0,000 miles from Memphis to Shanghai, in China. It occurred |o us, several years ago, while publishing a pa per in Savannah, that this was the most practi cable route. But the fact that the proposed *cstern terminus was then the property of the Plexican Government, and there being no pros pect of its over becoming United States territo ry induced us to propose the route from Mein- Bhisto Astoria, in Oregon. The latter is note, bv the conquest of this territory, superseded by f|he Monterey route. We see no valid reason -Av iy this Road should not be built. A Com pany lias a charter to construct a Branch from the State Road to Memphis, via Rome, to which latter point it is now in operation within four miles, and the completion of the Great Western Road will find an outlet, direct, to the Atlantic, a distance of 700 miles, mure, than four hundred miles of which are already finished! ■The subject is becoming daily of more interest, ■ and we shall endeavor to keep our readers ad vised of the progress which it makes towards a practical result. ■ According to Lieut. Maury, says the Augusta Chronicle, it is 5,000 miles nearer fioin New ■Orleans to Shar.ghtE in China lo ascend the Mis sissippi to Memphis, thence by the proposed railway to Monterey, and by what is called “the arcat circle,” than riu the Gulf, Panama and the Sandwich islands, to the same port. The ad vantage is equal to a saving of 10,000 miles ot travel in a single trip out and hack- The ad' Vantage over the route by the Isthmus of Te iliimntepec is a saving of 4,000 miles in a similar Operation. The scheme of constructing a canal across from the Gulf to the Pacific at that point, |lias received its quietus from Lieut. M., whatev er fate may attend his own project. It w ill cost nit least twice as much as a railroad from Metn- Bphis to Monterey, (a distance of 1500 miles,) and not he worth one-tenth as much to the peo ple of the United States, if it he at all practica ble. Asa point of departure for China, Mem ■*phis presents to the citizens of the Southern, HNortliern, Eastern and,Western portions of the Bullion, great and almost equal advantages. All ! the Atlantic citizens from Bangor, in Maine, to pSavannah, in Georgia, ran easily reach Stein phis over the South Carolina, Georgia and Tcn- Unossee railroads, by means ot steamer running Wrom their respective ports to Charleston and PlSuvannnh. Western New A nrk is only 200 miles by the navigable waters of Luke Erie and I!ie Pennsylvania canal to Beaver, o.t the Ohio; W estorn Pennsylvania starting from 1 ittslmrg ; Western Virginia stalling from W heeling, and all the other States bounding on the waters of the Ohio and .Mississippi, obviously can reach Memphis bv cheap steam navigation. The Slates of Michigan and Wisconsin can use the large Illinois canal and steam for a similar pur pose. By looking on a map it will be seen that Memphis is a lit:lo North of 35 deg. North lati tude, and Monterey in California North of 3<j degrees. This secures mildness of climate the year round ; and if there he any country worth Immigrating to this side of the Pacific, it will he found within 150 miles of this line across the continent. In his letter to the lion. T B. King. j|ie distinguished Chairman of the Committee on Naval affairs, Lieut. Maury thus speaks of tile harbor of Monterey, and of several lines of Steamers soon to he established : IB“Tliharbor of Monterey is said to resemble the beau tij ul Bay of Naples. It has water and capacity for the combined navies and ships of the world. Merely as sheets of water, howev er, both San Diego and San Francisco are, in tile eyes of the sailor, still more beautiful ; blit San Diego is on tho verge of a sterile country, while San Francisco is further out of the wav of the great circle route than either of the other two. My enterprising friend, Wheelwright, has a monthly line of steamers from Valparaiso, touching at the‘intormedios,’ Callao and Guay aquil, to Panama. Under your bill of the Inst session, and by the energy of the Navy Depart ment in giving it effect, Aspimvnli A Cos. of New York, have the contract for another monl li ly line of steamers from Panama to the mouth of the Columbia river. This line, no doubt, will connect at Panama with Wheelwright’s, and with one or more lines on this side to Chn gfes. The steamers of Aspin wall’s brie are to •.Ibiicli at Monterey ; and Monterey is, therefore, tic port for the American terminus of the China Jttie. It is in latitude 36 deg. 38 min North, *#)d is one-third of the distance, and directly on the wayside from Panama to Chinn ; and from by the great circle to Japan is not njpar so far ns it is from Panama, by the compasss, to tho Sandwich Islands. The latter is 4,500 Kilos, the formet 3,700. H There is no stopping place, no land, between and the Sandwich Islands; and in the Wesent stage of steam navigation, no steamer t»i) carry fuel for 4,506 miles at a stretch, and P«v owners. between Monterey and Shanghai, Nid immediately on the way-side, are the Fox or IjHpoiitian Islands, where the Monterey tine can ifs depot of coal. It is just about the dis •"fboth from Monterey to Shanghai to those islands, that it is from Liverpool to Halifax, wieretheCunnrH line has its depot; though Hr° ' nn ' , * ro, n New York to Liverpool, Havre Hts Bremen, have proved that 3,000 miles are Pfnu 0 ' On< ,l "- of steamers. 1 he great circle is the route for steamers, both t Ways ; and supposing the vessels upon the pro ■osed .me to he equal in speed to the “Great M estern, in her palmy days, and why should they not be superior ?-they will make the pas #ge to and fro between Shanghai and Monterey it, ~b days, including the stoppage of a day for paling at the Fox Islands.” ■ Allowing a train to travel at the rate of twen ty miles an hour from Monterey to Memphis, the Mstance would he run in three days; so that -Inna silks and teas would lie delivered in the Valley of the Mississippi from the place of pro duction, in thirty days. By Btoam j,, sixteßn W s more, they could be delivered in Liverpool. ■“f Dr ' C0,,0n is ®*hi hi tin g~an~ electrified track, in Newark, New Jersey, upon which an ■ 8 ' no and car arc driven with grout rapidity. AMERICAN STATISTICS. In Deßow's Commercial Review, for July, are a number of interesting tables, from which we select the following. These table*, as the editor assures us, f«-ys the Journal & Messen ger,) have been prepared with great care, and from the most authentic data. They will be found valuable both for comparison and refer ence. 1 The number of Soldiers furnished by the American Slates during tbe Revolution, and the population of each State in the years 1780 and 1847. 2 Principal battles of tho Revolution, their several dates, commandcrs-in-chicf, and losses on each side. 3 Amount of Continental money issued to support the war, and the estimated cost in spe cie. 4 States admitted into the Union since the organization of the Federal Government in 1780, the date of admission and the population at first census thereafter, and in 1847. 5 Area of the several States, population to each square mile, and the number of enrolled militia in the Union, estimated to 1847. 1. REVOLUTIONARY STATES. Soldiers, rop. 1700. Pop. 1847 New Hampshire, 12,407 141,890 300,000 Mass., (>& .Maine,) 67,997 475,257 1,450,000 Rhode Island, 5,908 GO,IIO 130,000 Connecticut, 31,950 238,141 330,000 New York, 17,781 340,120 2,780,000 New Jersey, 10,726 184,130 416,000 Pennsylvania, 25,678 434,373 2,125,000 Delaware, 2,386 59,098 80,000 Maryland, 12,912 319,728 475,000 Virginia, 26,573 748,308 1,27 1,000 North Carolina, 7,263 393,751 765,000 South Carolina, 7,417 249,073 605,000 Georgia, 2,589 88,548 800,000 Total, 231,971 3,820,959 11,546,00 2. BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION. When and where fought Am. Com.loss. Hr. Com loss Lexington, Ap’l 19, 1775, 84 245 Bunker Hill, J'e 17 5, Warren, 453 Howe 1054 Flatbusli, Aug 12, ’6, Putnam,2ooo Howe, 400 \Vbile Plains, 0ct.28, ’6, Wash’ll 300 Howe, 300 Trenton, Dec. 25, ’6, Wash'll, 9 Halil, 1000 Princeton, Jan 3, ’7, Wash’ll, 100 Match'd 400 Bennington, Aug 16, '7, Stark, 100 Baum, 600 Bran'ine,Sept. 11, '7, Wash'll, 1200 Howe, 500 "Saratoga, Oct. 17, ’7, Gates, 350 Burgo’e, 600 .Monmouth, J'e 25, ’B, Wash'll, 230 Clinton,4oo R. Island, Aug. 29, 'B, Sullivan, 211 Pigot 269 Briar Cr’k, ftl’cli 30, ’9, Ash, 800 Prevost, 16 Stony Point, July 15, ’9, Wayne, 100 Job’ll 600 Camden, Aug. 16,’81, Gates, 720 Cornw’s 375 Cowpens, Jan. Ji7, TANARUS, Morgan, 72Tarlton, 800 Guilford, Mch 15, ’I, Greene, 400 Cornw’s 523 But. Sp’gs, Sept. B,’l, Greene, 555Sew’l jOOO The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, closed the war; prisoners 7,073. *5752 Bri ish taken prisoners. 3. CONTINENTAL MONEY. Amount issued in 1775, $2,000,000 “ “ 17~7, 20,000,000 “ “ in all to July, 17779, 358,000,000 The whole expenses of the war, estimated in specie, amounts to $135,193-703. 4. STATES ADMITTED SINCE 1789. Date, lit Census. Pop. 1347. Vermont, 1791 154,465 302,000 Kentucky, 1792 220,955 855,000 Tennessee, 1793 105,602 958,000 Ohio, 1802 230.769 1,850,000 Louisiana, 1815 153,407 470,000 Indiana, 1815 148,178 960,000 Missi sippi, 1316 75,448 600,000 Illinois, 1818 55,211 785,000 Alabama, 1819 127,901 GOO,OOO Maine, 1820 298,335 600,000 Missouri, 1821 140,445 600,000 Arkansas, 1834 97,574 152,000 Michigan, 1836 212,267 370,000 Texas, 1845 *140,000 140,000 Florida, 1845 75,000 75,000 lowa, 1840 130,000 130,009 Wisconsin, 1848 212,000 215,000 *For 1846, the estimate is from tlie Report on Patents; total 20,746,000. 5. AREA,AND MILITIA OF THE STATES. Sq. .Miles. Pop. Sq M. Militia. Maine, 32,400 15 47,342 New Hampshire, 9,500 30 34,471 Vermont, 9,700 30 28,538 Massachusetts, 7,800 95 92,215 Rhode Island, 1,251 87 15,955 Connecticut, 4,789 65 48,470 New York, 46,220 52 191,079 New Jersey, 7,948 47 40,170 Pennsylvania, 46,215 37 266,957. Delaware, 2,068 39 10,222 Maryland, 10,755 44 48,864 \ Virginia, 65,700 19 121,988 North Carolina, 51,632 15 65,218 j South Carolina, 31,565 19 53,566 Georgia, 61,683 11 59,312 Alabama, 44,084 11 46,332 Mississippi, 49,346 8 38,084 Louisiana, 47,413 7 15,808 Arkansas, 54,617 2 4,028 Tennessee, 41,752 20 75,252 Kentucky, 40,023 20 81,276 Ohio, ' 40,500 38 190,258 Michigan, 60,537 2 12,788 Indiana, 35,626 19 55,912 Illinois, 56,506 9 86,234 Missouri, 70,050 5 62,699 Florida, 56,336 1 2,217 Texas, 173 786 1 lowa, 173,786 1 i Wisconsin, 92,930 2 10,223 1 Total. 1,262,842 1,821,093 The Presidential Election— The elec tion held throughout tho Union on the 7th of November, for Electors for President and Vice President, resulted in the choice of Gen. Zach. ary Taylor, of Louisi .ua, arid Hon. Millard Fillmore, of New York. Gen. Taylor’s ma- j jority is 46 Electoral votes. The following arc the States with the political complexion of their j Electoral Colleges : Cass and Duller. Maine, 0 New Hampshire, (j Virginia, 17 Ohio, *<23 Indiana, 1 - Illinois, i) Missouri, 7 , Arkansas, 3 j Alabama, 3 Michigan, 8 Texas, 5 Wisconsin, 4 South Carolina, 8 Mississippi, (> lowa, 4 127 Taylor and Fillmore. M assach ii setts, 12 Rhode Island, 4 Connecticut, 6 Vermont, 6 New York, 36 Pennsylvania, 26 Delaware, 3 Maryland, 8 Kentucky, 12 North Carolina, II Tennessee, 13 Georgia, JO Florida, 1 3 Louisiana, 6 New Jersey, 7 163 Important Decision. —We learn from the New \ ork Journal of Commerce, that a suit has recently been decided before Judge Nelson, of the United States Circuit Court at Albany, N.Y. involving a large amount of money and a very important principle. In 1844, tiie firm of Owen, Smith &. Cos., of Cleveland, Ohio, a prominent commercial house in the Northwest, issued a warehouse receipt For about three thousand three hundred barrels of pork, sold by them to Mc- Queen it McKay, a firm in Detroit. On this receipt Suydani, Sage &. Cos., of New York, ad- I vnneed $19,500, the receipt being endorsed over 1 to them. | McQueen & McKay paid for the pork hv cer tain bills on James Hoyland, in New York. These were dishonored ; and tho venders in sisted that they had been led to take the drafts through fraud, and further that there was a dis j tinct parol agreement that the pork should rc ! main in their hands until the hills matured and I were paid. They also claimed a lien for pur chase money as venders. The result was a verdict for Messrs. Suydani, Sage & Cos., the plaintiffs, for $25,723 70, the amount of the advance and interest. The action was that of trover, the defendants refusing to deliver the pork lo Suydam, Sage & Go., and special hail hud been given for all the defendants. In the cotirseofthe trial the following points were decided : That the endorsement and delivery ofa ware* house receipt constitute a valid transfer of the property specified in it. That the vender of personal property, by giv ing a warehouse .receipt for it, assumes the char acter and liabilities ofa bailee, and can claim no rights as vender inconsistent with his obliga tions as bailee. That a warehouse receipt implies a contract, and cannot he varied or contradicted by parol, and that a person advancing money on such re ceipt is to be deemed, pro tanto, a purchaser. That fraud in obtaining it cannot affect the rights of a purchaser, unless lie had notice of the fraud. Advertising. —ln these days of Railroads and Magnetic Telegraphs, no man can expect to suc ceed in business, says an exchange paper, who does not advertise liberally in tho newspapers. The mass of customers are getting every day in to the habit, when they want any thing in the market, of looking in the papers to sec who keeps it for sale. Sagacious men are beginning to un derstand this matter and to act accordingly. It has been remarked that where one man looks at the merchant’s sign, a hundred men read his I advertisement. ; (□* The Democratic I'arty of the City of Sa vannah, lias nominated Dr. Richard Wayne for Mayor, at the election on Monday next. Hr The \\ bigs of Savannah have nominated Dr. H. K Burroughs, the present incumbent, for re-election to ilia office of Mayor, on Mon day next. New Inventions. —Mr. David Ishani, a tna chinist of Hartford, Conn., has recently invented a process by which cast iron can ho converted, almost instantly, and with Imt slight expense and labor, into steel. Twenty minutes only are necessary to convert a ton of ifon into steel of the host quality, a process ordinarily requiiing from six to ten dajs. 'J lie inventor has been offered $12,000 for the patent light for the State ot Pennsylvania alone. Articles manufactured from steel thus prepared have been proved it is said and f'uunJ equal to the best English steel. It this invention is really what it purports to he, ilwiil destroy one great branch of English labor and add much to the wealth of this country. A machine for manufacturing ice has recently been invented in Ohio, which is vouched for by some of the Cincinnati papers. Individual own ership in all the mines in Mexico would not in sure greater wealth than the patents to these in ventions. This mav he considered as “blowing hot and cold” to some purpose, by the proprie tors. SonA Coffee. —lt is said that the flavor of coffee may be very much improved by adding forty or fifty grain's of carbonate of soda to each pound ot roasted coffee. In addition to improv ing the flavor, the soda makes the coffee more wholesome, as it neutralizes the acid contained in the infusion. 05? Flannel is becoming so popular for under dresses in Southern as well as Northern climates that the production of it is increasing very rapid ly. Good substantial flannel, yard w de, can be bought at twenty five cents a yard. It is cheap er at this price than goods made of cotton or flax as it will wear twice as long as either. The English physicians have recommended the con stant use of flannel for under-dresses as one of the best preservatives of uniform good health, and they urge its use particularly at this time on the approach of tlie cholera. Gen. Arista This officer, after holding the office of Minister of War long enough to get his three years' back pay, has resigned and returned to Monterey. The Genc-al'.s return to New Leon may revive the old feeling of separating the Northern provinces from Mexico, as he was once very friendly to the plan. [1 j' 1 1 is stated that within the last seven years no less than 854,000 persons have emigrated from Great Britain, being nearly one-thirtieth of the whole number of the population. Two thousand six hundred and ninety passen gers from foreign ports arrived at New York in one day recently : 375 came from Ireland, 316 from Germany, and 1,999 from England. Since the second of April, 148,477 immigrants have ar rived at New York alone from the European continent and Great Britain. (□’Chloroform has recently been administer ed to a lady afllictcd with hydrophobia, at Cam. den,N. J., with such eminent success by Dr. Jackson, that strong hopes arc entertained that she will recover. The spasms were overcome by the chloroform. Bleaching, Coloring, and I’reserving Wood. —The .Mining Journal describes some beautiful specimcnsof wood, prepared under the patented process of a French gentleman of tile name of Renard Perrin, which must open a wide field in the construction of useful and ornamental fancy cabinet work,and the internal architecture ofour houses, public buildings, &c. All our commonest woods, such as pine, beech, larch, elm,oak, Ac., have imparted to them an entire new character, both in color and the disposition of tho grain, or curl, which, from the wood, af ter the operation, being susceptible of a high polish, is brought out in the greatest richness and beauty. Bomespecimeus of tables, panels, Ac., madefrom this prepared wood,are exceed ingly rich, surpassing any of the more expensive woods in their natural state, and which will, doubtless, come into most extensive application. We are not aware of the material employed to have this effect on the wood, which, although patented, the proprietors keep a profound secret. The manipulation is ofa simple nature, consist ing in causing an exhaustion of the contents if the cellular tissue of the timber, and while so exhausted, injecting a solution of the material into the pores. The opeiation is performed on I green, or fresh cut timber, and the whole tree is I operated upon at oneo, which becomes so thoroughly saturated with the preparation that on cutting any portion of it the same altered ap pearance in tile grain presents itself, and the wood, wo are informed, is very soon fit fir use which otherwise would require many month’s seasoning. Wood thus prepared is rendered proof against dry rot, decay and the ravages o* insects ; and thus, in addition to its great beauty, this wood may he brought economically into use for the common purposes of building, or other uses to v iiicli timbci is generally applied. The c ostofthc machine is about JEI2, and it can he used in the fields or on the shores of rivers, and does not require very experienced hands. s 33 s The Cholera has arrived in London, by the same course it took in 1832, when it passed over to Paris, and from thence to this country, by way of Canada. (□’Counterfeit dimes, made of yew ter, are in calculation in Boston. The Heart. —A modern writer thus beauti fully treats of that “harp of a thousand strings,” the human heart : “Whatan odJ thing experience is! now turn ing over so rapidly the hook of life, now writing so much on a single leaf. We hearoftlie head turning gray in a single night—the same change passes over the heart. Affection is the tyrant of a woman, and only bids her to the banquet to suspend a cutting sword over her head, which a wo and, a look, may call down to inflict the wound that strikes to the death,or heals hut with a scar. Could we fling back the veil which nature and society alike draw over her feelings, how much of sorrow—unexpected because unexpressed— will be found ! how many a young and beating heart would show disappoitr ment graven on the inmost core ! what a history of vain hopes, gpn tle endeavors, and anxieties and mortifications, laid bare ! There is one phrase continually oc curring in conversation—“O, a woman never marries the man to whom she was first attached.” How often--how lightly is this said ! how little thought given to the world of suffering it in volves ! Checked by circumstances—abandon ed from necessity, the early .attachment may de part with the early enthusiasm which youth brings, but leaves not ” iLF Someone has truly observed, says mi ex change, that “No man is ever satisfied with an other man’s reading a newspaper to him ; hut the moment it is laid down, he takes it and reads it over again.” It is a pity that this human in stinct does not go a little farther, and make the reading of other people's papers equally null and void. Most people consider the subscription to a newspaper a needless expense, and give it more out of charity to the publisher, than with the belief that it does them any good. Still evervbody is indebted, more or less, to them fertile news of tho day. Every tradesman con. siders his trade and its proceeds exclusively his own, yet the printer and the editor have to la. bor for a large class of pi ople for nothing, and find themselves. From the Athens Danner. Tlxe Ivy anil tHe Oak, A tall oak stood on the mountain side In the might of its lordly power, And soft airs round it playi and, And the tempest dark did lower ; Y'et alike the breeze, nor the angry blast Had power to hurt the tree, It but tossed its arms as the storm went by lu its glorious Diu,esly. Blushing and lovely flowers there grew, In beautiful array ; But a graceful vine its tendrils flung, Around, as itseeracd in play ; And the stout oak looked on tho ivy then As it grew in beauty near, Perchance said the oak,it may lovotodwcll With me who am lonely here. Let it cling to me when the torrent wild Sweeps by on its fearful path ; Let it cling to me when the tempest drear Is abroad in power and wrath ; But a zephyr woo’d the fair young vino On a bright and sunny morn, And its pretty tendrils the ivy shook, As it luoded on tha oak with scorn. At length there camenn evil hour, An hour of wo and fear ; The storm was on its vengeful path, And the mountain surge swept near; The oak stood up in its own prouil strength, As the wave rushed madly by, But alas, for tho pretty ivy vine, Alone it hud passed away. To the Unardtuni of Female Education. BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY. “The mind of tho present age acting on the mind of the next,” as it has been happily de fined by a living writer, is an object of concern to every being endowed with intellect, or inte rested either through love or hope, in another generation. Nor has the importance of education in the abstract, been alone conceded. Practical re searches r or its improvement, have signalized our age and incorporated themselves with its vigor ous and advancingspirit. Our most gifted minds have teiled to devise methods for the instruc tion of tho humblest grades of community, and to make useful knowledge the guest of the com mon people. In this elevation of the intellectual standard, our sex have been permitted freely to participate. No Moslem interdict continues to exclude them from the temple ot knowledge, and no illusion of chivalry exalts them to an airy height, above life’s duties, and its substantial joys. • \Ve are grateful for our heightened privileges. Vie. hope that those who have bestowed them, will be no losers by their liberality. Still wo believe that un increase of benefits may be made profitable both togiverand receiver. We solicit them in the name of the blooming and the beau tiful—those rose-buds in the wreath of our country’s hope. It is desirable that tin ir education should he diffused over a wider space of time, and one less encumbered by extraneous objects, and that tho deptli of its foundation should be more correctly proportioned to the imposing aspect and redun dant ornament of its superstructure. Is it not important that the sex to whom nature Ims en trusted the moulding of the whole mass of mind in its formation, should be acquainted with the structure and developments of mind?—that they wiio are to nurture the future rulers of a prosper ous people should be able to demonstrate from the broad annal of history, the value of just laws, and the duty of subordination—the blessings which they inherit, and the danger of their abuse? Is it not requisite, that they on whose bosom the infant heart must be cherished, should he vigi lant to watch its earliest pulsations of good or evil ?—that they who arc commissioned to light the lamp of the soul, should know how to feed it I with pure oil?—that they in whose hand is the welfare of beings never to die, should he fitted ■ to perforin the work, and cum the plaudit of Heaven ! That the vocation of females is to teach, lias been laid down us a position which it is impos sible to controvert. In seminaries, academics ! and schools, they possess peculiar facilities for coming in contact with the unfolding and un formed mind. It is true, that only a small por> tion are engaged in tile departments of public and systematic instruction. Yet the hearing of recitations, and the routine of scholastic disci pline are but parts of education. It is in the domestic sphere, in her own native province, that woman is inevitably a teacher. There she modifies by her example, her dependants, her companions, every dweller under her own roof. Is not the infant in the cradle her pupil ? Does not her smile give the earliest lesson to its soul ? Does she not enshrine her own image in the sanctuary of the young child’s mind, so firmly that no revulsion can displace, nor idolatry sup plant it ? Does she not guide the daughter, un til, placing her hand in that of her husband, she reaches that pedestal, from whence, in her turn, she imparts to others the stump and coloring which she has herselfreceived ? Alight she not, even upon her song, engrave what they shall take unchanged through all the temptations of time, to the bar of the last judg ment? Does not the influence of woman rest upon every member of her household, like the dew upon the tendet herb, or the suubeam si lently educating the tender flower? or as the shower, and the sleepless stream, cheer and in vigorate the proudest tree of the forest ? Admitting then, that whether she wills it or not, whether sho ever knows it or not, she is still a teacher—and perceiving that the mind in its most plastic state is yielded to her tutelage, it becomes a most momentous inquiry, what she shall he qualified to teach. Will she not of ne cessity impart what she most prizes, and best understands ? Has she not power to impress her own lineaments on the next generation ? If wisdom and utility have been the objects of her choice, society will surely reap tho benefit. It folly and self-indulgence are her prevailing char acteristics, posterity are in danger of inheriting the likeness. This influence is most visible and operative in a republic. The intelligence and virtue of its every citizen have a heightened relative value. Its safety may ho interwoven with the destiny of those whose birthplace is in obscurity. The springs ofils vitality are liable to be tom li ed, or the chords of its harmony to be troubled, by the rudest hands. Teachers under such a form of government, should He held in the highest honor. They aie the allies of legislators. They have agency in the prevention ot crime. They aid in regulating the atmosphere, whose incessant action and pres sure causes the life-blood to circulate, ami then return pure and healthful to the heart of the na tion. Os what unspeakable importance, then, is her education, who gives lessons before any other instructor—who preoccupies tho unwritten page of being—who produces impressions which only ! death can obliterate—and mingles with the era idle dream what shall be hereafter revealed in the light of maturcr life. Well may statesmen i and philosophers debate how she. may he best ed- I ucatcd who is to educate a I mankind. The ancient republics overlooked the value of that sex whose strength is in the heart. Greece, so susceptible to the principle of beauty, so skill ! ed in wielding all tho elements of grace, failed 1 in appreciating their excellence, whom these had most exquisitely adorned. If, in the brief season ofyouthful charm, she waS constrained to admire woman ns the acanthus leafoflier own Corinthian capital, she did not discover that, like that very column, she was capable of adding stability to the proud temple of freedom. Bhe would not bo convinced that so feeble a hand might have aided to consolidate tho fabric which philosophy embellished and luxury overthrew. Rome, notwithstanding her primeval rudeness, seems more correctly than polished Greece, to have estimated the “weaker vessel.” Here and there, upon the storm-driven billows of her his tory, some solitary form towers upward in ma jesty, and the mother of the Gracchi still stands forth in strong relief amid imagery over which time has no power. But still wherever the brute force of the warrior is counted godlike, woman is appreciated only ns she approximates to stern er natures : as in that mysterious image which troubled the sleep of Assy iid’s king—tlie foot of clay derived consistence from the iron, which held it in combination. In our own republic, man, invested by his •Maker with the right to reign, lias conceded to her, who was for ages in vassalage, equality of intercourse, participation in knowledge, domin ion over his dearest and fondest hopes. He is content to“bear the burden and heat of the day,” that she may dwell in ease and affluence. Yet from the very felicity of her lot, dangers are gen erated. She is tempted to be satisfied with su perficial attainments, or to indulge in that indo lence which corrodes intellect, and merges the high sense of responsibility in its alluring and fatal slumbers. These tendencies should be neutralized by a thorough and laborious education. Sloth and luxury must have no place in her vocabulary. Her youth should be surrounded by every mo tive to application, and her maturity dignified by the hallowed office of rearing the immortal mind. While her partner toils for his stormy portion of that power or glory, from which it is her privilege to be sheltered, let her feel that in tho recesses of domestic privacy she still renders a noble service to the government that protects her, by sowingseeds of purity and peace in the hearts of those who shall hereafter claim its honors or control its destinies. Her place is amid the quiet shades, to watch the little fountain ere it has breathed a murmur. But the fountain will break forth into a rill, and the swollen rivulet rush towards the sea ; and who can he so well able to guide them iu right channels, as she who heard the first ripple, and saw them emerge like timid strangers from their source, and had kingly power over those infant | infant waters, in the name of Him who caused I them to flow. And now, Guardians of Edncation, whether | parents, preceptors, or legislators— you who have so generously lavished on woman the means of knowledge—complete your bounty, by urging licr lo gather its’treasures with a tireless hand. Demand oflier as a debt, the highest excellence j which she is capable of attaining. Fnmmon her ’ to abandon selfish motives and inglorious ease, j Incite her to those virtues which promote the . permanence and health of nations. Make her accountable for the character of the next gone- I ration. Give her her solemn charge, in tho presence of men and angels. Gird her with the whole armor of education atid of piety—and see if she he not faithful to her children, to her country, and lo her God. [ Corrected. If'eekly, for the Southern Museum.] j N AI LS— Wrought, 19 a 20 I Cut,4d to 20d 5a 54 , OILS— j Sperm. $1 a Fall stran’d,7s a 1 Linseed,Am.Bs a 1 Tanner’s, 50 a 60 OSNA BURGS— Per yard, 7 a 9 I PEPPER— Black, 10 a 124 RAISINS— Malaga,box, 2 a 24 Do half do 1 a 14 Do qr. do 87 a 'I RICE, lb. 4 a 44 ! SUGAR— Muscovado,6 a 8 St. Croix, 8 a 10 llavnna,w. 84 a 94 Havana, b. 7 a 8 N. Orleans,6 a 8 Loaf, 104 a 12. J Lump, none. SALT— Liverp’l,s'k,l4» 14 Turks Isl’d, b. $1 SEGARS— Spanish, M .20 a 30 American, 5 a 10 SHOT— All sizes, flkl4 a 1| SOAP— Ain.yellow, 5 a 6 TALLOW, 9 a 10 TEAS- Souchong,so a 75 Hyson, 75 a Gunpowder,7s a 14 TOBACCO— Manufnc’d,s a 12 Cavendish,3o a 50 TWINE, 20 a 25 Seine, 18 a 20 SPIRITS— Brandy, C. $3 a 4 Domes.do. 62 a 75 Gin, Hol’d. 14 a 24 Do. Am. 40 a 50 Rum, Jam. 2 a 24 N.England,3B a 40 Whiskey, 25 a 28 Western, 31 a 33 Baltimtre,3s a 37 P. Brandy,6o a75 WINKS— Madeira, $2 a 24 Teneriffe, 14 a 2 Malaga, 60 a75 Champaign,d. 0a 00 Tort, 14 a 24 BACON— Hog round, 7 a 8 Hams, lb. 8 a 9 Shoulders, 5 a 6 Sides, 5 a 6 BAGGING— Dundee, ]7 alB Hemp, 17 a 18 Gunny, 18 a 20 BALE ROPE,IO all BREAD— Crackers, 8a 10 BUTTER— Goshen, 22 a25 Country, 15 a2O CANDLES— Sperm, lb., 35 a 36 Tallow, 124 al7 CHEESE— Goshen, 9 a 10 COFFEE— Cuba, none, 8 a 9 Rio, 74 a 84 Java, 11 a 124 COTTON, ili. 4 a CORDAGE— Manilla, 12 als FISH— Mackerel,No I,lla 12 No. 2. 8 a 9 No. 3, 64 a 7 Codfish, lb 6 a 8 FLOUR— Canal, hhl 74 a 8 Country, 1b.3.J a 3| FEATHERS,3O a35 GLASS— Window, 4g a54 GRAIN— Corn, bush. 35 a 40 Wheat, none, Oats, 30 a 35 Pens, 50 a 75 GUNPOWDER— Keg, 6 a 7 IRON— Swedes,cast 44 n 5 English, bar 4 a 44 American, 44 a 5 Hoop, 7 a 8 Sheet, 8 a 10 Nail Rods, 7 a 8 LARD. 64 a 7 LEAD— Pig and bar, 6 a 7 LIME— Stone, bbl, 24 a 2| Cherokee, l.j a l| LUMBER,M 10 a 124 MOLASSES— N. Orleans,3s a4O Hav. sweet,27 a2B MACON MARKET, DEC. 2, 1848. COTTON—Tho receipts are to a fair extent and the market at present rather dull, both par ties awaiting the receipt of the news per Bri tannia, which was to have sailed from Liverpool on the 18th ult. The favorable accounts by the Acadia caused a slight advance here, and sales were effected in some instances at 5.-J a 54 cents ; hut prices within the last few days have declin ed from 4to |c. We quote as extremes, to-day, 4 a 5Jc. —principal sales 4| a 5 cents. CORN—3S a 40 cents per bushel. MEAL—4Oc. per bushel. BEEF—3 a 4 cents per pound. EGGS—IS a 18 cents per dozen. PORK—34 a 4 cents per lb. POTATOES—Sweet 25c. per bushel. Irish do. $1 a 14 do. PEAS—SO a 62e. per bushel. FOWLS—IS a 20c. each. HIDES—7 a Bc. per lb. FODDER—62 a 74c. per hundred pounds. TALLOW—B a 10c. per lb. To Rent, m a A comfortable Dwelling House, with ]■ four upright Rooms, cellar, &c. on a T-iLluron lot with a well iu the yard. Pos session given immediately. For terms apply at this office. dec 2 1 —ts NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS!! sit BANCROFT'S, Cotton Avenue- SELLING OFF, at and under New York Cost. Dec 2 1-ts New Cook and Job Prinliijg Office, CORNER ON IVALNUT AND FIFTH STREETS, MACON, GEORGIA. TIN HE uudorsigned, Proprietor of The South* -L lrm Museum, respectfully informs the Public, that he has an extensive assortment ot New and beautiful PRINTING TYPE, and is prepared to execute all orders in the Printing lino, with neatness and despatch, and upon the most favaruble terms —such as— ROOKS, CARDS, CIRCULARS, HANDBILLS, SHOW-BILLS, BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, LABELS, fyc. YVM. B. HARRISON. M vcon, Dec. 1, 1848. Gunsmithingr* rjIHE Subscriber having purchased theenlirn JL interest of Mr. E. S. ROGERS, in the above business, is prepared to carry it on, on his own account,at the old Stand on Cotton Avenue. Double and Single Barreled Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Powder, Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps, Powder, Shot, Lead, b,'C.,for sale. All Work done with neatness and despatch, and warranted. Terms Cash. THOMAS M EDEN. dec 2 1-ts Tin Manufactory. HF. undersigned respectfully informs the citizens of Macon and its vicinity, that ho is prepared to execute all orders in the TIN MANUFACTURING LINK, with neatness and despatch. His Shop fronts on Second Street opposite the Marine & Fire Insurance Bank. lie offers for sale a Set of Tinner’s Tools. THOMAS K. JONES. dec 2 I—ts