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[FOR THE SOUTHER* MUSEUM j
REIIGIOJ.
Religion is the brightest boon,
To mortals ever given ;
A star whose lustre gilds the tomb,
And points the soul to Heaven.
May I this heavenly treasure seeit,
With all my ransom’d powers ;
And prty to God to guide my feet,
And keep my wakeful hours.
And when I gain the priceless pearl,
May I from it ne’er part!
But hold it amid life's busy vshirl,
And clasp it near my heart.
So when the storm of life is o’er,
With all it’s carking care ;
I may reach Heaven’s peaceful shore,
My Saviour’s bliss to sharo.
And as eternity rolls on,
A grateful song I'll raise ;
And callon every shiningone,
To join me in tho praise.
. S.
From the Sew Orleans Crescent.
KM [ORATION—Its Results—Our Duty.
REV. DR. SCOTT'S LECTURE.
The sixth lecture of the course for the
benefit of an Asylum for Indigent Females
was delivered at the Armory Hall Monday
night, by Dr. Scott. His subject was
Emigration, some of its results, and out
duty as American citizens.'’ We would
he glad to present the whole of the
eloquent lecture to our readers, so im
pressed were we with its eloquence, true
philosophy, and accurate views. Not be
ing able to do this, we can only make a
brief review of the principal points.
The lecturer commenced by investiga
ting the origin of nations. This is a sub
ject of the gi atest interest to the philan
thropist and the philosopher. Among the
ancient nations, next to the Hebrews, the
Egyptians and Phoenicians deserve the
most consideration. The Greeks, unwil
ing to acknowledge their indebtedness to
utiverior and wiser people, were vain en
ough to call themselves children of the
Earth. The Athenians denominated them
selves Grasshoppers and to illustrate the
name, were in the habit of wearing golden
grasshoppers in their hair. There have
been many theories of the origin of man
kind, but whatever is contrary to the Rib
lical account leads to irreconcilable absur
dities. Man was originally civilized, not
savage; and there never was a time,during
the existence of the human race, when
there was not a clvtiizeu society upuirtue"
earth.
The first emigrants were Adam and Eve.
The next emigration was after the flood,
when, by the descendants of Noah, Asia,
Africa, Europe, and probably America,
were soon settled. The names of many
of the modern nations can be traced to
ihose of the immediate decendantsof Noah.
Os two races which inhabit America, both
the Europeans and Aborigines, the civil
ized nation of Central America and the
nyore barbarous tribes, the former being
descendants ofShem and the latter of Ham.
Many think that a race, highly enlightened
but long since extinct, once existed upon
the continent. These must have come
from Asia. Tho traditions concerning
the identity of the tuins found in Asia
and America prove this. The proximity
of various pars of the different continents
favors tho theory of the transmigration of
i'uCOS.
America owes her population to emigra
tion—the world owes its cjvilation to it.
Holding to the unity of the human race,
the earth could not have been peopled
without it.
Coming to the United States, we find
that prior to the revolution tho whole num
ber of emigrants landed upon our shores
amounted to 100.000. Now, the yearly
emigration exceeds 300,000. When, then
in our Declaration of Independence, we
declared that all men were equal, we hung
our banner on the outer wall to the whole
world. In view of hundreds of thousands
now pouring upon our shores, no subject
can boos more interes to us. To make
up our nationality, every civilized nation
of the world contributes. This mixed
population in afew become thorough
ly Americanized, attaci.'.od to our institu
tions aud ready to sacrifice iif® >p their de
fence. In our society the different cur
rents of foreign and native mind n?>ngle
together for the genera'ion of new idea." 5 -
In the formation of national character, the
native groups act upon the foreign groups,
and these in turn of emigrant with native
minds will in time produce a compound
which will be like the Corinthian brass,
more precious than the purest gold. The
true philosophy of a na ion’s character is
to be found in its origin. There is no
trait of character, no event in the history
of a nation which cannot be traced to its
origin.
Our ancestors were highly educated,
and left their own country for the attain
ment of civil and religious liberty. Many
of them were well known in Europe f r
their talents and attainments. They came
with all the truth of the philosophy of past
ages reduced to common sense. All the
great discoveries in physical science which
have won immortal fame for their discov
erers are now the common sense of the
people. So social truths will become the
common sense of the American mind.
But to make social truth evident requires
a kind of religious zeal. Luther was the
incarnation of zeal for the freedom of
opinion. Cobdeti is the incarnation of
zeal for freedom of trade ; and cur ances
tors.tii£_jnc«n-uatiou of. zeal for civil .aud
religious liberty.
Emigrants to this country are of three
kinds. Those who come to keep them from
starvation: voluntary laboring emigrants,
and capitalists. Emigration does not al
ways diminish the populalion of t!ie coun
tries from which it takes place. If judi
ciously carried ou it is advantageous to
both countries, for it promotes a more rapid
communication of commercial exchange.
They benefit the mother country, because
by improveing their condition they can
consume more of her products.
From 1810 to 1830, 500,000 immigrants
arrived in this country. They brought
with them 810,000,000 worth of property,
while their annua l productive industry a
mounted to $10,000,000 more. During
the last two years 500,000 have arrived
with 800 000,000 of property ; and their
productive industry is valued at $100,000,-
000.
Emigration from Europe does not im
prove the condition of the poorer classes
there, so that it will not stop in 1849. The
evils of European society are not owing
to over population, but are produced by
bad government and unproductive invest
ments in castles, parks, etc. Nothing
will remove these evils but the application
of a gradual and fixed principle for the
removal of social evils. Freedom of trade
must be secu ed, and every man must en
joy the products of his own industry.
The deep distress existing in Europe is
proved by the vast number who volun aii
ly leave their country. As government
•should exist only for the welfare of the
people, a man has undoubtedly a right to
leave that country whose government does
not promote his happiness. The right to
emigrate is as clear as the right to breathe.
We have no right to prevent emigrants
coming to our shores ; the day has gone
by when governments could force men and
capital from their natural channels. To
wish to exclude them would be unpatriot
ic, uncharitable, and contrary to out prin
ciples. The earth belongs to man, and
from it every one has an inalienable right
to food and raiment. If we are true to
our heritages as American citizens, there
can never be any danger from foreigners
among us.for it would be unnatural to sup
pose they could desire to destroy the in
stitutions which shower such rich blessings
upon them.
The lecture then went on to show that
we should do every tiling to extend ade
quate information to the emigrant concern
ing our country, rate of wages, etc.’ and
gave an explanation o! many reforms de
sirable for the improvement of tho labor
ingclasses.
CALIFORNIA—It* ImUaua, Resource*, JLc.
The following extracts are taken from
works recently published in New York :
“ The Indians of Califorina are gene
rally of small stature, robust appearance,
and not well formed. They wear their
hair short, and it is usually thicker than
that of the savages living noith of them :
they also wear whiskers. The women
wear the maro, and the men go naked.
Tattooing is practiced upon the breast to
some extent. In some instances their ears
are bored, and pieces of bone or wood
worn in the openings.
“ Their arms are the same as those used
by the northern tribes. Their boxvs and
arrows are about three feet in length, and
are made of yew and encased with sinew.
The arrows are pointed with flint, as are
also thoir spears which are very short.
They do not use the tomahawk or scalping
knife.
“ An Indian village or rancheria usually
contains only about five or six wigwams.
These huts are constructed by first dig
ging a round hole in ihe ground, from ten
to twenty feet in width, and three or four
feet in dep h ; over this are placed sticks,
worked together; these are covered over
with grass and reeds ; the whole being
then oveilaid with earth. There is only
one entrance to the hut, and this is so
small as to make it necessary to creep in
order to get admittance. The opening at
the top serves as the chimney. The roofs
are strong enough to sustain the weight of
two or three men, and usually the savages
sit upon i hem. Their tamascals or sweat
houses are built in the same manner, with
the exception that they are larger and
have several entrances. From the great
quantity of muscle-shells and acorns that
lie around their huts, it would appear that
these are their principal food. The huts
are shaded by erecting large branches of
trees near them. Their furniture consist
principally of water proof baskets and
rush mats.
“ At the usual season the Indians take
fish in considerable numbers. '1 heir fish
eries arO made with some degree of skill.
They drive stakes, inclining down the
stream, into the bed, having three aper
tures, conducting to square pens above ;
the natives stand upon a platfoim, con
structed over the entrances to the pens,
where they catch the fish. A fire is some
times kindled upon the platforms for the
purpose of attracting the fish.
“ In the days of the missions the Indi
ans were either by persuasion, force, or
presents, brought into their fold. The
understanding, or rather the rule, was, that
they should become Christians, and for
such a valuable blessing, they were requi
red to give in exchange ten years of labor-
At the expiration of the ten years of ser
vice, they were to receive their liberty,
together with a few head of cattle, and a
small piece of land, they might follow ag
ricultural pursuits. But these were only
given when they could give bonds for their
good conduct. It did not often occur that
security could be given ; and the savages,
habituated, from so long a service, to the
labor of the missions, generally remained
at their old employments. «Their duties j
were varied. Some worked upon the
farm; others took care of the stock ; some
learned and worked at mechanicaleinploy
raents ; and others were hired out to the
service of the whites. Punishment was
administered for bad behavior, and rewards
were given to those who behaved well.
They were prompted, on account of the
inducements offered, to bring into the mis
sions those who would become poselytes.
The pt ies's also dispatched agents, whose
duty it was to recruit the missions, by en
ticing the savages into the fold, for the pur
pose of christianizing and civilizing them.
The priests had caused them to believe
that they were to be participants in the
benefits accruing from the sale of articles
that were taken to the market from the mis
sions. The laborers, who naturally w r ere
opposed to labor, soon became industrious
and active, when they believed that they
would receive in return the proceeds of
their toil. Each of the missions cons itu
ted a distinct community, and had its own
officers. Under the government of the
Spanish padres, the missions appeared
to be conducted under regulations
which, considered with reference to the
pecuniary interests of the priests, were
good. Rut, in 1835, the Supreme Gov
ernment issued orders, annulling the juris
diction of the priests, and giving them
only their religious powers, with a small
compensation ; at the same time sending
to every mission its administradors. The
corruption and wickedness that finally
manifested themselves made the hitherto
profitable labor of the Indians entirely
profitless to them, while it increased the
riches of the administradors. Rut a short
time wrought such a change, that the mis
sions were not able to support even their
poselytes: and the revolution that occur
red in 1536. increased the evi's of these
establishments, by awning loose thousands
of disciples, who were compelled to pro
cure subsistence in the best manner they
could. The government claimed entire |
possessions of the property, and did not
heed the claims of the Indians. Many of
them have allied themselves with the wild
savages, and, smarting under a sense < f
injustice and wrong, they use the experi
ence they ob'ained at the missions for des
troying the.peace, comfort, and even life,
of the white inhabitants. Retaliation was,
of course, adopted by the whites. The
most cruel measures were taken by both
sides to avenge their wreng. The inhabi
tants, when aroused, pursue them with
the greatest eagerness, and have, at such
a time, no regard for sex or condition, the
innocent or the guilty.
“ Under such circumstances, the Indians
and whites lived in a belligerent state.
The savages stole the horses of the whites,
sometimes with the utmost boldness. The
Californians, on the other hand, treated
them like brutes ; and the savages forfeit
ed their lives when caught stealing. In
deed, they were shot down when not vio
lating the laws or disturbing the peace of
the country, as pests to society, and ene
mies to the general welfare of the govern
ment.
“ Their great antipathy is against the
Spaniards. The character of these Indi
ans is not fierce. The wrongs, which they
endured under the rule of wicked priests,
unprincipled administradors, and a cor
-1 upt goverment, having exasperated their
feelings. It is said that they are friendly
to other citizens than the Mexican-Calif a
nians. The knowledge they have obtain
ed from their connection with the missions
would, doubtless, enable them, in a well
directed effort, if it were notfor the Amer
icans and English, to drive the Mexican-
Californians from the coun ry, or, at least,
to confine them to their towns.
“ The largest number of Indians reside
in the Sacramento Valley. The present
population is from eight to nine thousand.
The small pox has been very fatal to the
various tribes, aud at present they are oniy
about half as numerous as before the rav
ages of this disease.”
“ Early one fine morning I left Monte
rey with a companion to conduct me to
Salinas, where we arrived about noon.
Every thing connected with this ride was
delightful, 'i he fresh morning air was
redolent of the sweetest perfumes ever
wafted to the celestial * daughter of the
dawn.’ It was none of your common
place Atlantic atmospheres, but laden with
fragrance; soft and voluptuous, yet not
enervating, but gently bracing. In truth
there was a pervading reality in the sweet
gales which wooed us, seeming to impart
to them intense vitality, and to establish
sympathy if not familiarity with the view
less spirits who ‘ people the sun-beam.
Our way lay through delicious plains, rich
ly enamelled with those exquisite wild
tlowers varying from palest blue to bright
est flame-color, which are produced spon
taneously in all parts of California. Oc
casionally we would go through groves of
oaks verdant as missletoe, and arranged
in clumps with a skill which man might
vainly imitate, through the openings of
which the startled deer darted with light
ning speed as our cavalcade dislodged
them from their leafy coverts. The balmy
air, the perfume of countless flowers, com
bined with scenery now sweetly beautiful,
now grandly bold, gave zest and life to
the conscious enjoyment of the free and
rapid motion of the steeds,which united to
fleetness and spirit perfect obedience to
the rider’s will. I am not aware of any
higher and truer enjoyment of mere phy
sical existence than this kind of travelling
in California, which the world can hardly
match. I have (ravelled in all sorts of
ways, in all sorts of countries ; in the toil
ing diligence of France, and on the broad
pack-saddle of a contrabandista’s mule in
Spain; I have been whisked across the
Pontiue marshes by half wild colts, guided
by shouting postillions;* been jolted half
to death in Syria and Egyjit on the un
steady deck of a ‘ desert ship,’ conducted
Eby Arabs clamorous for ‘bucksheesch
travelled ‘ dawk’ in India, with the ‘ last
new novel’ in a palankeen ; aud once had
the pleasure to back an elephant in the Isl
and of Ceyl .ne. But all these were
vulgar joys compared with the rapturous 1
p'easure of travelling in that part of the
United States of America called Califor
nia. Seated in your firm and chair-like
saddle, your horse heU well in hand, but
not irritaled by the severe and subduing
Spanish bridle; going ou a full gallop,
which is the travelling gait of the country,
the shouting vaquero ( outrider) driving
on the road far ahead a ‘ caballada' of
rushing steeds, and changing your horse
for a fresh one at the slightest symptom of
fatigue, what can be more delightful, more
satisfying, surrounded as you are with
such glorious accessories, breathing the
fullness of life into every sense ? Who
cares for the artificial world across the con
tinent, when he can thus enjoy wild and
uncontrolled independence ? Who cares
for the wealth of Wall street, when, dash
ing over the painted plains aud far sur
veying hills, he may exclaim with Gold
smith—
-1 Creation s heir, the world, the world is mine !’
“ W e arrived early in the evening at the
rancho of Don Francisco Pacheco, having
accomplished, since morning, with perfect
ease, ati equestrian journey, which, on
our side of the continent, wou'd have been
considered a great performance.”
THE RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA.
“ Wheat, oats, corn, rye, and all other
cereal grains grow luxuriantly. In the
more southern parts of the country, the
lruits ot the tropics flourish side by side
xvi h those of the temperate zone.
1 he forests yield a large supply of
imber, not only for the more ordinary
purposes of life, but also for ornamental
uses.
Ihe grape flourishes in unequalled
luxuriance and both in climate and geo
graphical features, California resembles
tiie wine countries of Europe. The sugar
cane grows so readily, that the southern
part of C alifornia will, ere many years
shall elapse, furnish sufficient sugar for the
consumption of the whole territory.
i he pasiurpge attorded by the country
is of the most luxuriant description, and
is capable of sustaining immense numbers
of domestic animals.
Ihe vast herds of cattle and horses
which roam the hills and plains of Cali
fornia, were until recently, and perhaps
are still, the most important source of her
prosperity. When a more industrious and
thrifty race shall take possession of the
vacant lands which now invite these'tler,
the business of rasing cattle, horses, sheep,
and other useful animals, will be immense
ly augmented, and every kind of agricul
tural pursuit -will receive an impetus
which will make California • the exliaust
less granary of the world.’
“ The wild animals of the country will
for many years yield a large supply of
peltries, while the elk, the deer, the hare,
and many minor quadrupeds, will furnish
large supplies of excellent food.
“ The numerous varieiies of the feath
ered tribe will do their part in yielding
food of the most dain'y quality.
“ The sea will supply inexhaurtable
quantities of the most delicious shell fish,
and the pearl oyster will yield a double
treasure.
“ The rivers and lakes will vie with the
ocean in affording supplies of piscatory
food ; and in short, the resources of nature
alone will, for years to come, keep famine
from the doors of the most indigent.
t ne water power <>f the country will
afford every facility to the manufacturer,
and the day will come when the wool, cot
ton, silk. hemp, and flax, of California,
will be woven in her own looms.
“ The mines and mineral deposits will
give employment to thousands of industri
ous men, and when the present feverish
anxiety to dig gold shall subside, the at
tention of the people will be turned to the
other metals which abound in the moun
tains.
“ United •> all these natural advanta
ges, is the unsurpassed beauty and gran
deur of the scenery, which presents an
endless series of aloriouspictures, to cheer
the heart and delight the eye.
“ But 1 count most of all upon the race
of men who will mainly peopleand govern
the county —that Anglo-Saxon race, which,
transplanted to the free soil of America,
has acquired new force, new impulses, new
enterprise; that Anglo-Saxon race, which
seems destined to possess the whole of
the North American Continent which is
adapted to the wan’s of civilized man.”
A learned young lady being asked at a
tea-table if she used sugar, replied, “ I
have a diabolical, invincible repugnance
to sugar, for to my insensible cogitations
upon the subject, the flavorsity of the tea,
renders it vastly obnoxious !”
A mother, admonishing her son, (a lad
of about seven years of age) told him he
should never defer,till to-morrow what he
could do to-day. The little urchin replied.
“ Then, mother let.s eat the remainder of
the plum-pudding to-night.”
ITT An old lady said her husband was very
fond of peaches, and that was his only fault.
Fault, madam ! said one, how can you call that
a fault? VV'hy, because there are different ways
of eating them. My husband takes them in the
form of brandy.
Let no one suppose that by acting a good part
through life he will escape slander There will
be those who hate him for the very qualities that
ought to procure esteem. There are some folks
in the world who are not willing that others
»hou!d he better than themselves.
From the Savannah Republican.
The Condition and Prospects of Georgia.
Within a few years past the State of
Georgia has at one bound placed herself
indisputably in advance of any other South
ern States in manufacturing enterprise and
internal improvement. Georgia is at this
moment celebrated in every section of the
United States for prodigious advancement
in these respects, and her actual command
ing position is the common theme of letter
writers and travellers. We have between
forty and fifty manufactories with from 100
to 5,000 spiudles in each, in operation in
this State, Our yarns and cotton fabrics
find markets in nearly every quarter of the
country from New-York to Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi. Our mines
have been partially explored, and we are
p educing superior Rail-Road iron, cast
ings, marble, lime, at a price so low that
it is used in considerable quantities to re
vive the woru-out lands of the State, and
other articles which we need not 3top to
mention. Coming down on a freight train
from Marietta to Atlanta the other day,
we noticed thefollowing articles of freight,
to wit : corn in sacks, flour in sacks and
in barrels, wheat, iron-castings, domestic
goods and yarns, cotton in bales, lime and
bacon. A diversity of labor goes hand
in hand with this progress. The eternal
fields of cotton, and nothing but cotton, no
longer appear in the up-country, except
to a limeted extent. The cultivation of
that staple in the Northern counties will
comparatively cease in a few years, and
be transferred more and more to the fertile
bottoms of S uth-Western Georgia. The
hill sides in the Cherokee regions and
midle Georgia are nowsmiling with green
crops of wheat and other small grains.
1 here are flouring mills, as the Etowah,
the Lebanon, Columbus, those in Clarke
and elsewhere, where the wheat is pur
chased at a liberal price and converted into
flour, which has some time since found its
way to Atlantic markets, while some has
been exported from this port to Brazil
and other countries. The aricle of North
ern flour is now almost banished from
this market, and it has required scarcely
a year to accomplish the change. One
year the Cen ral Rail-Road conveyed
into the interior 6,000 barrels of Northern
flour. 1 heyearfollovving it brought down
0,000 barrels of Georgia flour, the upward
current being completely turned ; and it
now corries up none, unless it be Georgia
article which travels back again for con
sumption at various points in the lower
section of the State.
1 hese manufactories and rail-roads have
created home markets. They have at the
same time deversified agricultural and all
other pursuits.—They give employment
to the farmer, carpenter, the mason, the
tanner, the founder, the miner, and in short
to almost all who follow the various and
devious ways of human industry. The act
of the last Legislature relative to manufac
turing assciations is on a level with the
most enlightened specimens of legislation
ot this century. —And yet, in surveying
the present order of things we ought not
to forget how recently it has been establish
ed. The act just alluded to was not pas
sed until a considerable amount of capi
tal waiting for investment in manufactories
was driven away to another State, only
a few years have elapsed since the Court
was created for the Correction of Errors,
which has showered so many blessings on
the State. The cause of Education still
receives but a tardy and inadequate sup
port. It is a cause which claims attention
loudly at the hands of our law-givers.
The moral and physical influence of our
Rail Roads in bringing about this new or
der of things, is not sufficiently apprecia
ted, The Tin-Country is now no longer
a sealed book, but a scene which passes
before the traveller like a moving panora
ma. The travel on the State Road has
probably quadrupled since it was opened
to Dalton. It will increase vastly more
when it is completed to the Tennessee
River, and yet more when our communi
cations penetrate to the interior of Ten
nessee. The famine in Ireland gave to
the State Road extraordinary receipts from
freights of provisions and breadstuff's in
October 1847. In October 1818 the freights
were greatly increased, near $2,000, with
out any extraordinary demand, and it has
been estimated that when the Nashville
and Chattanooga Rail Road is completed,
the Georgia Road will require four times
its present locomotive power —a condition
which will probably involve the construc
tion of another track, unless the Tennes
see business be done chiefly in the sum
mer. Our great State work, has already
paid back to the State the cost of its con
struction in the shape of a multitude of
benefits, beyond the power of calculation,
and it is not a daring prophesy to make
that in less than twenty-five years it will
pay all the debts of the State —principle
and interest, and relieve her citizens from
all taxation. The fair and impartial man
agement of such a work should not be
confined to the control of any one man.
At least two Commissioners—one from
the Northern and the other from the
Southern sections of the State—or per
haps three—analagous to the New-York
Canal Commissioners, should be appoin
ted to its guardianship. That such a law
is in an eminent degree necessary, we
shall undertake to prove hereafter.
Thirtv-First Congress —lncluding the
members from Connecticut and N. Hamp
shire, there have been elected to the new
Congress 85 Whigsand 61 Democrats. If
the remaining 86 members should be po
litically the same as before, there would
he a Whig majority in the House of 17.
In the Seriate there will be a Democratic
majority of 8 to 10.
MACON 7 G A .
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1&49
To Correspondents.— “ Religion” is very ac
ceptable. We would, however, remind the au
thor that he has omitted an essential matter ig
newspaper correspondence— vie: giving us bis
name. A hint to the wise, etc.
“Advance" is welcome to our columns. IJjj
theme is an interesting and vital one, and from
the tone ofthe communication in to-day's paper
he can do full justice to it.
“E.” shall appear in our next.
Biscuit. —Persons in the habit of eating will
find it to their interest to give Mr. Payne a call.
The “Biscuit Powders,” for sale by him, are
worthy of a trial. See advertisement.
Holden's Magazinl. —We have received
the April number of this Magazine. As usual
its contents are varied and interesting.
Stockwell’s Panorama.
We are pleased to see that many of our citi
zens have acknowledged the merit of this truly
great painting. Together with the comparative
novelty of the enterprise, it combines so much
truth and accuracy, that a beholder is apt to
fancy himself upon the bosom of the “ Father of
Waters,” and gazing with attentive eye upon the
interesting scenes on either side, which the Ar
tist has so faithfully represented. The nume
rous and reliable recommendations of this Paint
ing which we had seen, prepared us for a rich
treat on visiting it—but the most partial and fiat
tering notices have fallen far short of its merits.
Those who have not yet seen this Painting, will
have an opportunity afforded them this afternoon
and to-night; and we trust that no one will p er .
mit this occasion for profitable instruction to
pass by unimproved. A Western Poetess, Mrs.
Nichols, in a letter to the St Louis Reveille
speaking of this Panorama, says:
“ Among the finest of the views on the Upper
Mississippi, we would instance Rock Island,
with its adjacent town, Galena—the Prairie
scene, with its encampments—Lake Pepin, and
the peaks and bluffs, which stand like hoary
sentinels over the green solitudes of the poor
Indian’s forsaken home Attached to the great
er number of these, are wonderful tales and le
gends, alluded to by Mr. Weston, the exhibitor.
His relation of the story ofthe Maiden's Leap,
with his fine delivery of tho exquisite little Po
em illustrating it, are most worthy of remark.
Os the view of the Falls ofSt. Anthony, there
can he hut one opinion. How often has the wild
huntsman paused in his heated track, to cast a
longing glance at your cooling waves! And
oh ! how often have the golden planets of our
God walked serenely up their heavenly path
way, and gazed upon you, as ye shouted back
the music of the Morning >tars ! How throbbed
the heart of the first white man, as he looked
upon your crested robes, or watched the spark
ling drops that fell like baptismal rain, at his
weary and travel-stained feet!
How glorious, then, that art which can hold
“ the mirror up to nature,’’ and paint the majes
tic works of the Almighty’s hand.”
VV e would again advise all to visit this Painting
to-day, ns it will he sent to Savannah on Mon
day next, where we bespeak for it many visilets.
Bee advertisement in anotlier column.
Be in Earnest.
\Y hat a world of truth, what a universe of in
struction, in this simple sentence ! What a les
son for the young, what an admonition for the
middle-aged, what a priceless treasure for the
old ! It is the soul of knowledge, the capital
of wealth, the key of futurity. Do you seek
to have your name upon the scroll of fame? Be
in earnest. It will enable you to dig down
hills—to fill up valleys—to breast the tide of mis
fortune—to brave the storm of adversity. No
thing can impede your progress when you are
in earnest. Difficulty upon difficulty may ap.
pear before you, like the towering peaks of the
snow-capped mountains—but they will dwindle
to nothingness beneath your tread. The eie.
ments may be dark and lowering around you*
no lone star of hope may twinkle in your sky,
no bright sun of promise may illumine your
pathway, but be in earnest, and the clouds will
disappear, the thunders will cease, and the bril
liant rays of the sunshine will pour upon you
with increasing splendor—be in earnest, and
you may bring profit from misfortune, and cre
ate a firmament of glory from the dark, unfriend
ly heavens.
Are you in search of wealth ? Be in earnest
The man of war may make his fortune in a day,
but in that period he must be in earnest —the
cool retreat must not woo him from the heat of
battle. The man of business may make the
largest gains, yet will he never become rich, un
less he be in earnest. The man of fortune may
receive it from his parents, but he will never
keep it lest he be in earnest. Wealth is made
of farthings—the ocean is composed of rills, * n< *
the earth of grains of dust. And the rivulet i*
in earnest when it ripples down the vale and hill
to mingle in the waters of the sea —the dust ad
heres with earnest zeal to the body of the earth
—so must they that seek the smiles of fortuna
be in earnest when they attempt to heap penny
upon penny, for diligence may sow but earnest
zeal must reap.
Do you seek the reward of future happiness ?
Above all things, be in earnest. You may
make a heaven out of earth—change sorrow to
I joy, and affliction to pleasure—you may live in
time, and prepare for eternity—you may feast
your body upon the goods of earth, and enter
tertain ypur soul with the bliss of heaven. You
may sec the hand of your Creator, above, be
neath, and upon either side of you —the evening
breeze will preach in tones of eloquence, the
morning dew will smile success, the tree, the
shrub, the plant, the flower will fill your heart
with praise ; aud, if you be in earnest, eternal
spring will bloom around and fill your life with
fragrance and hope. Be in earnest.
pWc learn from the Griffin Whig of the 12th
instant, that Moses Formwault, former Mayor of
the city of Atlanta, was reported on Tuesday
evening, as having Small Pox. It is thought t°
be a very mild type.