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UEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
ngc nurd Annual Course of Lectures in this
[ annicut will commence on Tuesday, the
November next, and continue till the first of
jaisuing March.
:, F. EVE, M. D., Principles and Practice
.-.IN'if. WATSON, M. D., Obstetrics and
.. .. .. if Women and Children,
j H. BUCHANAN, M. D., Surgical and Pa-
• .j! Anatomy and Physiology.
' k. BOW LING, M. D., Institutes and Prac-
fciiJledieine.
. K. WINSTON, M. D., Materia Medica and
kaal Jurisprudence.
3EKT M. PORTER, M. D., General and
Anatomy.
1EN LINDSLEY, M. D., Chemistry
f paannacy.
:: lAli T. BRIGGS, M. D., Demonstrator
P Anatomical rooms will be open for students
. :le first Monday of October.
; A Preliminary course of Lectures will be given
Professors, commencing also on the first
feiiv of October.
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“J. B. LINDSLEY, M. D.. Dean.
fciiville,Tenu., Feb., 1853 29 5t*
Putnam Plantation for Sale.
lnnE under igned offers Ids PLANTATION in
i PTTNAM COUNTY, lying on Little River,
[ . ... above Whitehead's Bridge,and 2£ miles
[■ .i. unis' Depot, on the Eatonton Branch Rail
si.containing 1,100 acres—350 in the woods, 150
bpalitv bottom land, and the balance, average
cuty of'upland. This place contains many ad
... in the way of productiveness of soil—fine
good water—convenience to market. &c.;
-;i lal!v, the very favorable terms on which it
if desired, the place can beconveni-
divided into two or more settlements.
B. F. ADAMS,
i: V IS, 1653. 29 tf.
GORDON SPRINGS
ITTEEE opened for the reception of Yisitors on
n the 20tb June, 1853.
ip First Class Omnibusses will run regularly
NaTuLuv! Hill to the Springs.
GEO. \V. GORDON.
I Walker co.. Ga, July 19,1853 29 5t
pluMe improved Land lor sale in Lowndes.
DHE undersigned has not yet sold his place 4
1 cities from the Brunswick and 1' lorida Railroad
> now building. In this body of land there
! a • - tine hammock and pine land—230
J. It is well watered, healthy and fertile
n be had. Come and view it.
Ryaddress is Sharpe’s Store P. O. Geo.
D. B. GRAHAM.
J:y]9,1-53 29 tf
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We dollar bills, the numbers and banks not re-
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■ . r by Charles Love for $9 00, and one
- '. i y Eliza! th Love, payable to the Subscriber,
.c Note made by Elizabeth Love, Guardian
I. . [‘-ayahleto the Subscriber—the two last
• amounting to one hundred and eighty-one
Oiv Note on S. B. Murphy for twenty-four
dn? some two years; and one Note on Joel
y A. n in March last, for ten dollars.
rd will !..■ given for the delivery of
! • or a part of them, and a cine to the thief.
R. A. LOVE.
19.1653 29 4t
■ Subscriber on tlie 25th of June last,
i ;,sc of Milledgeville, a dark bay
! Bale, four j sars old. She was seen swim-
nee river at Carter’s Ferry. Any m-
■•'•• In r will be thankfully received, and all
Khie expenses paid.
DANIEL BUCKNER.
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for the small sum of five cents.
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5,1853
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NOTICE.
J'yrsons are hereby forewarned from trad-
,. ,; e r tor three certain promissorv notes, payable
■ Rockwell, dated March, 1853, and due on
" ,! f tU times hereinafter specified—one of
rfive hundred dollars, payable at the Sep-
1 1 nu of Laurens Superior Court, 1853, sign-
®y.<elfas Guardian for Edward and JohnG.
_ —one for five hundred dollars, payable at
’ n ierru of said county Superior Court,
‘Sued bv myself individually—and one other
A *Jthe September Term of Laurens county
” fjr Court, 1354, for one thousand dollars, sign-
. mv. ifas Guardian as aforesaid—as the con*
■■' ii for which the before described noteswere
1 ~ failed; and I am determined not to pay
■ 6 unless compelled by law.
AY. R. STEELY,
Ga., June28tli, 1653 27 4t
Jodies amd bridles.
Jl on hand, which will be sold AT COST
; TREANORS & TINSLEY.
2111,1853. 22 tf
'OR SALE.
woman a house servant, and
Apply to J. G. HOVv ARD, or
NCR, at my plantation.
J 26 J 3t
ERIDGE CO, 3
WmiSSIOAi KEttCBASTS,
salt, Georgia.
AY. D. ETHERIDGE,
S. F. GOVE.
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Ect us Ne’er Complain.
When sadness fibs the sorrowing heart,
And bows the aching head,
And we fain would wish we might depart
vwf d *J mb er with the dead :
M hen sickness lays its victim low
L poii a couch of pain,
And sorrow fills our cup of wo—
O, let us ne’er complain.
When fortune blows her hitter blast
And blights our fond desire,
And every prospect seems overcast,
wrv d cherished hopes expire;
NV hen workfiy troubles, cares, and strife
Enthral the sicken’d brain,
And thorns beset the path of life,—
Etill let us ne’er complain.
I or he who rules the universe
In wisdom from above,
AA ill never punish for the worse
The creatures of His love.
But all His ways are just and right,
And all His rules are plain,
Then let as walk in wisdom’s light—
And never more complain.
Correspondence of the New York Observer.
IRE NEDS LETTERS FROM ENGLAND.
England and America; London P. O.;
Panic of England, British Museum, §c.
If I have already intimated that it takes
the conceit out of a conceited Yankee to
see London inside and out, I would not
wish to he understood as Iiaving lost a par
ticle of admiration for the land I have left.
God forbid. P>ut I do find reason cverq’
day to know that we Americans have prided
ourselves on many things in which the
English are far ahead of us, while others,
better and higher themes for self-gratula-
tion and patriotic glory, are those on which
we do not say as much as we might. How
much the nations of the earth might learn
of each other if they would. But they stick
to their own ways of doing things, because
they are their own, preferring to submit to
all the evils of the past, rather than to he
improved by doing as others would teach
them.
In an omnibus this morning, a gentleman
said to me in answer to my inquiry as to
the value of a coin in my hand, “It will be
altogether better when we have a decimal
currency.”
“As we have in America,” I replied.
“Then you are from America,” he con
tinued, “Ah you have much there from
which we might improve if we only would.”
“And I am ready to say the same of
your country,” I replied again. “I meet
with something new every day, that re
minds me of the fact that the daughter may
yet be taught some lessons by her mother.”
“What are some of those tilings,” he
asked me, at once, and I have been asked
the same question several times at dinner
tables and in private.
“To mention but one point,”I said, “your
system of police is far more efficient and
reliable than ours. It works silent but so
powerfully that it seems to be a preventa
tive ratlier than a cure.”
“Thank you,” said the gentleman, “for
your good opinion, but we begin to think
our system is too much like that of the Con
tinent—it is too prying and inquisitorial;
we will not submit to espionage.”
“I despise the spy as much as you do,” I
answered, “but honest men have far less to
fear from espionage than from a system so
loose that the officer of justice is as much to
be dreaded as the thief, and not unfrequent-
ly is one. In our country, the policeman
has no distinctive dress ; and acts as if he
were ashamed to be known as an agent of
the government. So far as my observation
has extended in London, breaches of the
peace are less frequent than they are with
us, while life and property are more secure.
I feel safer here in the most obscure streets
and lanes, than in walking from my office
to mv house in Xew-York. And this sense
of security is inspired by the almost omni
presence of your police, their habitual vigi
lance and apparent intentness upon their
own duties, and the evident deference w ith
•which they are regarded by those whom
they hold in check.”
Here we parted, hut the same subject has
been one of conversation in xai.ous cnclcs,
and of daily observation.
THE LONDO.V POST-OFFICE.
Their Post-Office system is far more
promptly, energetically, and correctly man
aged than in America. The vastly greater
extent of our country renders the trans
mission of letters liable to more delays and
mistakes, but the beauty of their system as
compared with ours is seen in the city de
livery, as well as in tlie country. I have
been surprised at the speedy answer to my
letters sent to distant parts of London, when
I expected as in New-I ork to get my replv
the next day at the earliest. The steamer
arrives at Liverpool in the morning ; the
mails are in London (200 miles from Liver
pool,) the same day ; my letters go to my
bankers, the Barings, are then sent to the
Post Office again, addressed to my lodging,
and delivered to me before night, and often
before I have heard of the arrival of the
steamer. The postage is the same for city
delivery as to any part of the kingdom, one
penny, or two cents of our money.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
I have been making a most interesting
and instructive visit to the Bank of.Eng-
land For admission into tlie interior ot
tins remarkable building, to observe the op
erations of an institution that exerts more
moral and political power than any sover
eign in Europe, you must have an order
from the Governor ot the Bank, and this
was given to me through the Barings, v hose
kindness, especially that of Mr.Stvws.,1
have constantly experienced.
L;i,lW occupies an irregular area of eight
ound : an edifice of no architec-
buildin
acres of gr
tural beauty, with not one window toward
the street, being lighted altogether from
the roof or the enclosed areas. Jic « rd
nary business apartments differ from those
in our banks only in their ex en , .
sand clerks being constantly on xluty,
driven with business at that. Bat _
any adequate idea of what the Bank is, v,
must penetrate its recesses, its vaults and
offices v. here SVC shall see such operations
1 q are not known m V- all street. 1 w as lea,
«£ .outing my card of *
nr irate room, where after the dcla > oi
few moments, a messenger came and con-
terday nereMu ^ store d away.
ofE^laa fZ
uotr a aconi '''V" • ' Ys"at>out fe00,000, or
“:So7aSlynotes : these are put up
m parcels according to their denomination,
boxed up with the date of their reception,
and are kept ten years : at the expiration
of which period they are taken out and
ground up in the mill which I saw running,
and made again into paper. If in the
course of those ten years any dispute in
business, or law suit should arise concern
ing the payment of any note, the Bank can
produce the identical bill. To meet tlie
demand for notes so constantly used up, tlie
Bank lias its own paper makers, its own
printers, its own engravers, all at work un
der the same roof, and it even makes tlie
machinery by which the most of its own
work is done. A complicated but beautiful
operation is a register extending from the
printing offices to the hanking offices, which
makes every sheet of paper which is struck
off from the press, so that the printers can
not manufacture a single sheet of blank
notes that is not recorded in the Bank. On
the same principle of exactness, a shaft is
made to pass from one apartment to another
connecting a clock in sixteen business wings
of the establishment, and regulating them
with such precision that the whole of them
are always pointing to the same second of
time !
In another room was a machine exceed
ingly simple for detecting light gold coins.
A row of them dropped one by one upon
a spring scale : if the piece of gold was of
the standard weight the scale rose to a cer
tain height, and tlie coin slid off upon one
side into a box : if less tban the standard,
it rose a litttle higher, and the coin slid off
upon the other side. I asked the weigher
what was the average number of light coins
that came into his hands, and strangely
enough, he said it was a question he was
not allowed to answer !
Tlie next room I entered was that in
which the notes are deposited, which are
ready for issue. “We have thirty-two mill
ions of pounds sterling in this room,” the
officer remarked to me, “will you take a lit
tle of it ?” I told him it would be vastly
agreeable, and lie banded me a million ster
ling, (five millions of dollars,) which I re
ceived with many thanks for his liberality,
but he insisted on my depositing it with
him again, as it would he hardly safe to
carry so much money into the street. I ve-
ry much fear that I shall never see that
monev again. In the vault beneath the
floor was a Director and the Cashier count
ing the hags of gold which men were pitch
ing down to them, each bag containing a
thousand pounds sterling, just from the mint.
This world of money seemed to realize the
fables of Eastern wealth, and gave me new
and strong impressions of the magnitude of
the business done here, and the extent of
this one Institution of tlie commerce of the
world.
THE OTHER SIDE.
But if the police, the post-office, and
the banking business of England are man
aged with energy, precision and safety, su
perior to ours, I see daily the evidence that
in point of general intelligence and happi
ness, our native American people are far
ahead of the English. Ask a man in tlie
street or at a hotel a question, and in three
cases out of four the answer is, “I don’t
know.” Perhaps each man knowso«e thing,
and knows it strong, hut that is all he does
know. In the lower walks of life, and in
the Avalks of trade which is the same thing
here, a man becomes so far a machine as to
do what is required of him, and to do it well,
but as to extending his range of observa
tion out of that circle, to know and enjoy
what is beyond, he never thinks of it. This
is in large part owing to the limited circu
lation of newspapers. The common mind,
the mind of the masses is not awake. There
is a dullness hanging over them that you
never observe about the Yankee. A few of
tlie weekly papers have an enormous circu
lation, far exceeding any thing in America,
I have been told that two of them issue
more than two hundred thousand each.—
But they are not newsj>apcrs. They are fill
ed with tales and such miscellany as the
least thinking people read. You never
meet hoys in the street crying “’ere’s the
’erald. Times and Tribune, all forsixpence,”
Thousands who do see a daily paper hire it
by the hour. A carrier calls and leaves it
at tlie door for an hour, and then calls again
and takes it to another customer. And so
it goes the rounds until the afternoon, when
it is posted, and sent off into the country,
where it probably performs a similar round.
The high price at which these papers are
issued, renders this practice necessary, but
it is plain that where such a tax on knowl
edge is laid, it is impossible for the masses
to be generally informed of the state of
the world, or to har e minds awake to the
movements of the age. The London Times
costs thirty-one dollars and a little more
for a year, and I believe the other dailies
arc not much below in price.
Tlie religious newspapers arc very limit
ed in their circulation compared witlitrars,
and in fact they have nothing that answers
to our idea of a religious paper. Those
which arc conducted by the religious pub
lic here, as The Record, The Christian
Times, The British Banner, &c., are deep-
lv imbued with the Christian sentiment,
hut are almost exclusively occupied with
political intelligence and discussion; no
page being occupied with Sabbath reading,
perhaps half a column being filled with a
practicle religious article. One of the most
distinguished clergymen in England re
marked to me that he earnestly wished they
had such a paper as the New-York Observ
er. I have no doubt that it would he a cap
ital investment for any enterprising man
to establish such a paper here; and in a
few years its influence might he most pow
erful" and benign. But all this will come
up for remark when I come to speak of the
religious aspect of tilings around me.
Stepping out of the Bank of England I
went into the Royal Exchange, and up to
Lloyd’s Rooms ; where merchants, ship
pers, Ac. congregate, and where the latest
intelligence respecting every ship that floats
is reported, and instantly posted. Lists are
printed every few minutes announcing all
that mails and telegraphs have brought
from foreign and domestic ports, and these
furnish to those interested the earliest and
most reliable intelligence. Here too are
newspapers in every language in which they
are printed, and every stranger may read in
his own tongue what is going on at home.
A curious weather guage is in this room ;
an index turned by the vane on the roof, is
constantly showing in the room below the
direction "of the wind, while a pencil is at
tached to a chart and moved by the same
power, so as to mark the precise course in
which the wind has been blowing lor days :
making a record as distinct as the penciled
course of a ship on the master’s chart at
sea. Studying this map of the winds, an
insurer may make some calculation upon
GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1866,
the progress of a vessel, and shape his busi
ness accordingly.
BRITISH MUSEUM.
What, in London, can equal the value to
students, of the British Museum as a whole?
The library is not free as is the gallery of
sculpturers, but may easily be visited.—
There is nothing to see, however, but
shelves of hooks ranged with great neatness
in a large suit of rooms. As a man walks
through these rooms, and sees some 7 or
S00,000 books, to say nothing of manu
scripts, he does not get a very vivid idea of
literary fame. He is overwhelmed by the
number of those who, in various ages and
nations, have sought distinction by chroni
cling their thoughts. The books cannot
he taken out of the reading rooms indeed,
but any respectable man can have tbc freest
access to them, and so beautifully are all
the books and manuscripts arranged and
catalogued that it is easy to find and con
sult any book in the whole library. The
catalogues are arranged in folio manuscript
volumes on two sides of one of the rooms.—
They are 400 in number. Think of 400
folio volumes of catalogue ! I bad a curi
osity to see if I could find some sermons
and addresses in a pamphlet form, which
had been issued from the American press,
and the productions of men without litera
ry reputation, I found them all. Every
man, however obscure, in some western vil
lage, may have the satisfaction to know
that his 4tli of July oration is safely pre
served in the British Museum, I found
there an old p ,{ ’^ce address which I once
delivered at Amherst College, hut of which
I have now no tangible memorial -in my
possession.
The Imperial Library in Paris is larger
than that of the British Museum, hut it is
not so well catalogued, nor are there so ma
ny conveniences as at London for study.—
There arc tables in the British Museum for
nearly 400 students at a time, and these
are always filled. One can call for as ma
ny books as he pleases, and can have them
preserved for him from day to day. And
there is such admirable decorum observed
by tlie visiters that tlie student is sure of
no interruption. I should like to spend my
days in that fax'ored spot. All the litera
ry treasures of all ages and nations can be
had for nothing, and this without the an
noyance of possessing or preserving or re
moving a private library. And yet I doubt
if a man can study as well in such a place
as he can in his own workshop, surrounded
with his own private tools. Still it is a
great privilege to live in a city where eve
ry body can have access to the most valued
books in tbc world. Irejvjeus.
FOOD.
Q. NThy do we feel lazy and averse to
activity in very hot weather l
A. 1st.—Because muscular activity in
creases the heat of the body, by quickening
the respiration ; and
2nd.—The food we eat in hot weather
(not being greasy J naturally abates our de
sire for bodily activity.
Q. Why are the Esquimaux so passion
ately fond of (rain oil and whale blubber ?
A. Because oil and blubber contain large
quantities of carbon and hydrogen, which
are exceedingly combustible; and as these
people live in climates of intense cold, the
heat of their bodies is increased by the
greasy nature of their food.
Q. Why do we like strong meat and
greasy food when the weather is very cold ?
A. Because strong meat and grease con
tain large portions of carbon and hydrogen ;
which (when burned in the blood) produce
a larger amount of heat than any other
kind of food.
Q. Why do persons cat more food in cold
weather than in liot ?
A. Because the body requires more fuel
in cold weather to keep tip the same amount
of animal heat; and as we put more coals
on a fire on a cold day, to keep our room
warm; so we eat more food on a cold day,
to keep our body warm.
Q. Why do xve like fruits and vegetables
most in hot weather ?
A. Because they contain less hydrogen
and. carbon than meat; and, therefore, pro
duce both less blood, and blood of a less
combustible nature.
Q. Why do xve feel a dislike to strong
meat and greasy food in very hot weather ?
A. Because strong meat and grease con
tain so much carbon and hydrogen, that they
would make us intensely hot; xve, there
fore, instinctively refuse them in hot
weather.
Q. Why do the inhabitants of tropical
countries live chiefly upon rice und fruit ?
A. Because rice and fruit (by digestion)
are mainly converted into water; and (by
cooling the blood) prevent the tropical heat
from feeling so oppressix-e.
Q. Why is the blood of a less combustible
nature, if xve lix'e chiefly upon fruits and
vegetables ?
A. Because fruits and vegetables supply
the blood with a very large amount of wa
ter ; which is not combustible, like the car
bon and hydrogen of strong meat.
(J. How do fruits and vegetables cool the
blood ?
A. 1st.—They diminish the amount of
carbon and hydrogen in the blood, which
arc the chief causes of animal heat; and
2nd.—They supply the blood with a
large amount of water, which exudes thro'
the skin, and leaves the body cool.—From
“Familiar Science," edited by R. E. Peterson.
Remorse.
It will come ! The sting that you thought
plucked from the guilty deed. Conscience
will hold the venom-fang close to the wri
thing heart—and that perhaps in the agony
of the dissolving hour.
It will come! You who have wronged
the innocent—stamped the bleeding heart
under foot of a wanton selfishness—remem
ber that conscience never leaves her rent
u ’githered. For the while you have own
ed, housed, fed, pampered or neglected her,
you must pay with full interest.
And oh ! heaven—such interest! Such
signing at the last grasp with the last red
drop in the heart. Such throes, as the icy
fingers close over tlie pen of wrath that
burns like the living coal.
You may” believe it or not—regard it or
not—hut it will come ! Millions have
spurned the thought, and wrapped in their
gorgeous garments, lolled on chushions of
•ease. But when the sky’ seemed clearest,
die thunder has broken above tlieir hapless
heads, and with shrill cries they have left
the world, in agony.
Randolph of Roanoke cared not for this.
He feasted and was feasted in return. Ge
nius kindled her never-dying flame in the
temple of his intellect. He fought his duels,
laid his plans of vengeance (and revenge was
very sweet to him) won his triumphs on the
stage of public glory—levelled the polish
ed shaft of his wit against all who dared
oppose him, and laughed to scorn the war
nings of those who cared for his soul.
But the hour came. And not with lead
en weight seemed moving tlie fingers of the
old clock upon the shelf. It came—his an
guish of remorse—like the boom of the min
ute gun through the horror of a black sea
tempest, when by’ the light on shore the
perishing are seen as they plunge into their
gloomy graves. No salv ation, though stout
hearts beat within call of a human voice,
and strong hands grasp the useless oar.
Death pressed Iris bony wrist, and as the
wretched man felt his moments grow less,
liow thrilled his shrunken veins with the
coward chill of fear ? Why defied he net j
to the last 1
Ah! conscience never leaves her rent un
gathered—and so you will find it, who
have wronged the innocent, an robbed the
needy.—Olive Branch.
England ami tlie United States.
The following is taken from an article in
the last number of the North British Re
view, entitled, “ Our International Rela
tions.” It gives England’s estimate of
America. It is not as gratifying to the
pride of the latter as xve could wish. We
are sorry to see that our Republican prin
ciples are not held in higher estimation by r
our mother country ; and that xve are so
semi-barbarous in their estimate. But to
the extract.
We alone of all nations are in contact
with all the world : xve alone of the great
European powers are near neighbors, and
political as well as commercial rivals of the
United States. Tn addition to all the
great Continental States, xve have another
power to watch, stronger, more encroach
ing, and more formidable than them all—
of more boundless resources, of more insa
tiable ambition. Our relation with the
United States is peculiar and interesting,
but full of perplexity and uneasiness. The
two nations mutually value and respect j
each other; they’ are bound together by i
the thousand ties of a commerce the most i
vigorous and important in the world ; they
speak the same language, and enjoy, to a |
great extent, the same institutions, and they
find an additional bond of union in the cir
cumstance that they are the only two States
in the world at once free and powerful.
But many circumstances come in to menace
the cordial alliance which these considera
tions should maintain. Our frontiers are
coterminous ; our commercial interests, re
al or apparent, constantly come into collis
ion ; our pretensions clash ; the Americans
are jealous of our power, and covetous of
our possessions; they’ liax’e long cast an
eye of greed on Canada and the West In
dian Islands; they are touchy, boastful,
vain, self-confident, fond of putting forth
the most unlimited and inadmissible claims,
and as prone to take offence at our haugh
tiness as we are to be disgusted with their
insolence. Moreover, owing greatly, xve
believe, to the Irish immigration, the feel
ing of the masses towards this country is
any thing but friendly, and the wisdom, j
moderation, and sense of justice of the gov’- J
eminent may not always be powerful j
enough in such a democratic State to re- j
strain the people from conduct which Eng- j
land would he obliged to resent and oppose, j
Cuba is a certain hone of contention for ]
the (probably not distant) future; and the j
constant talk in which a particular class of
Americans think fit to indulge, of “ absorb
ing Canada and the West Indies, and mo
nopolizing the whole western hemisphere,
tasteless, vulgar and discreditable as it is—
cannot fail to keep up a sort of chronic ir
ritation, which may at any moment assume
a sharper form. All thoughtful and pro
phetic statesmen must look to this quarter
with great anxiety. We have not space
here to dwell upon tlie subject in detail;
but in conclusion, xve will just intimate,
and no more, one circumstance which ren
ders America especially formidable. She
alone unites all the resources of civiliza
tion with many of the tastes, tlie habits,
and the passions of barbarism. She com
bines in an unexampled manner, the com
mercial and the warlike spirit. Her wealth
and trade are already enormous, and are
rapidly increasing ; her resources of every’
kind are absolutely boundless; her mer
chants are the most enterprising, her sailors
the most active, her pioneers the most rest
less and indefatigable in the world, and
her people unite an increasing and almost
morbid energy with the most shrewd, self
ish, long-headed sagacity. While the
Yankees of the Eastern States are aug
menting tlie riches of tlieir countiy by the
zeal with which they urge forward the man
ufacturing and commercial undertakings,
the lialf-civilized settlers of the Western
and South-western portions of the Union—
inured to hardships, trained to arms, prac
tised in danger, as familiar with rifles and
revolvers and bowie knix-es, as with the
plough and the axe, insensible to fatigue,
x iolent in tlieir temper, unscrupulous in
their conduct, reckless and unprincipled in
their aggressix-e tendencies—are the x-ery
men to be always prompt for any enter
prise which promises either plunder or ex
citement. A people at once so indefatiga
ble in the arts of peace, and so ready for
the pleasures of war, may r xvell be looked
upon with uneasiness and distrust. So for
midable a combination of qualities the
xvorld lias not before seen.
A Priesliy Humbug.
Grace Greenwood, xvriting from Rome,
says,—We went last Sunday’, to see the
blessings of beasts—an annual ceremony,
which takes place at the church of San An
tonio Abate. There xvas an immense croxvd
of all descriptions and classes of people ;
among the rest a vast convocation of beg
gars, the crippled and maimed in endless
varieties, xvrecks and remnants, divisions
and subdivisions of men. A priest stood
on the steps of the Church, with a holy wa
ter sprinkler in his hands, and a little
hoy’ at his side, bearing the bencticr. The
animal was trotted up before him; he read
a form of benediction in Latin, shook the
sprinkler at them, and they’ xvere good for
a twelve month. Of course, this is done
for a consideration—as what is not, in the
way of church-parades, privileges and
munities. The first applicants for a bene
diction, afterour arrival, xveretxvo miserable
old cart borscs, xvho looked as though the
blessings of all the fathers of the church
could not keep them on their legs for twen
ty-four hours. I fear the rite was extreme
unction to them ; and y T et the owner doubt
less led them axvay, rejoicing in the faith
that the crows xvere cheated of the poor
skeletons for a year to come. Next came
a drove of donkeys, with their heads and
tails decorated with gay ribands. One of
these committed the ever-to-be reprehend
ed asinine impropriety of braying in the
midst of the ceremony. So absurd, ludi
crous and pompously farcical was this scene
—so stupid, yet consciously ridiculous
seemed the chief actors, that it struck me
tlie benediction might have commenced,
without inappropriateness, with an apstolic,
“ Dearly beloved brethern !”
Schoolcraft, the Critics, and Congress.
Wo find in the last number of tlie North
American Review quite a severe criticism of
the three volumes issued by way of instal
ments of the ponderous xvork of Schoolcraft
on the History, Condition and Prospects of
the Indian Tribes, prepared and published
under the direction of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, by authority of the act of Congress
of 1S47. Certain it is that the Indian Bu
reau hax e printed a magnificent xvork. It
is a monument of typographical luxury’.
The beautifully-cut type, the white, soft
andheax’x' paper, the expensix’e line engra
vings, the numerous colored lithographs
and finely'-executed illustrations on xvocd,
all bear honorable testimony’ to the pro
gress of tlie arts in this country. But xvhen
we examine the text of the volumes, and
scrutinize the matter of which they are
composed, xve can readily heliex c that Ba
ron Humboldt pronounced the work a crude
and xx’orthless compilation, and expressed
surprise that it should be allowed to appear
xvith the sanction and at the expense of the
Government of tlie United States.
The xvriter in the North American, whom
xve suspect to be Mr. Bowen, the editor,
censures with a good deal of justice the
subjects of many of the engrax ings. He
max’ well inquire what useful end is an-
sxvered by multiplying costly engraxrings
of sucli fanciful scenes as those of tlie Land
ing of the Whites in Virginia, in 1584, tlie
Interx iexv of Hendrick Hudson with the In
dians in 1609, the Interview of Massasoit
with tlie Pilgrims in 1620, tlie Defeat of
Vasquez D’Ayllon by tlie Chicoreans in
1518, and DeSoto with his party’ at Tampa
Bax', Florida, in 1539 1 And xvitli reference
to the object of Congress in its appropria
tion for the collection of “such statistics
and materials as may illustrate the history’,
the condition, and the future prospects of
the Indian tribes of the United States,” it
might be asked with equal significance what
connexion could he traced between such
object and engrax’cd x iexvs of the X’alley ot
tlie St. Peter’s, the ruins of old Fort Mack
inaw, Esopus Landing on the Hudson river,
Pittsburg in 1790, and Humboldt Landing,
California.
The following paragraph presents the
critic’s judicial summing up on the contents
of the three massive x olumes :
“ Tlie xvhole xvork forms only a huge repertory, in
which are jumbled together all the materials that
the editor can lay his hands upon—letters from cor
respondents, abstracts ot old books, vocabularies,
statistics, independent essays on general subjects,
any matter to illustrate a fine engraving, &c. A
reference, near or remote, to the North American
Indians is generally perceptible, but not always.
Here, for instance, is an essay three pages long, by
the editor himself, on the ‘ Importance of the Pas
toral State on Races of Men ;’ and it is followed by
one, four pages in length, from the pen of John
Johnston, Esq., on the * Means of Melioration.”
Some notices of the natural caves in the Sotiix coun
try, taken from the posthumous papers of Mr. Nico-
let, precede a diary kept by Lieutenant Whipple
while surveying the southern boundary line of Cal
ifornia. What distinct information respecting the
'History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian
Tribes’ can be gathered from so miscellaneous a se
lection, or collec tion of papers as this, xve leave our
readers to imagine.”
The critic is at a loss to imagine how. it
happens that Congress has appropriated
nearly 830,000 a volume to the production
of this work, when it suffers the explorations
ofNicolet and Fremont, the geological sur
veys of Foster and Whitney, and the an
nual reports of the distinguished head of
the Coast Survey, to appear in dingy
pamphlets, the typography of which would
he a disgrace to a penny newspaper. If
Air. Boxven had eujoy r ed a near x r iew of tlie
proceedings of Congress as long as we hax’e,
he would not he surprised at any such in
consistency. It is of a piece with all their
legislation. Shall men who are fit for
nothing but the obstruction of public busi
ness, waste nineteen-twentieths of tlie ses
sion in idle speeches on subjects of no mo
ment, and crowd all the real business into
the last week ? Every thing is then thrown
into hotch-potch, and wliat is lost, and
what luckily or unluckily finds its way in
to the laws of the land, nobody knows till
the authorized publication of the statutes.
It is not more strange that Congress
should lavish $30,000 a volume on this
work of Schoolcraft's than that they should
squander txvice the amount a volume on the
minute report of their own trivial and insig
nificant party speeches. Yet such is the
case. We suspect that ex'erv volume of
the Congressional Globe costs full as much
as one of these superb books, and Heaven
knows that a more lamentable collection of
trash xvas never put into tx’pe. Wretched,
unmeaning, paltry discussions on interlo
cutory matters, form the staple of this vast
job for Democratic beneficiaries who have
already built up enormous fortunes on Con
gressional patronage. The real merits of
public questions are but seldom touched
upon in debates which are reported in full
for the benefit of the printers—for the pub
lic see and know nothing of them.
Some of the topics in Mr. Boxven’s re-
viexv xve may recur to at a future day.
Meanxvhile xve will only say that the best
way f of curing public evils is to raise the
character of Congress. Send abler and
better men to both Houses, and do not stul
tify twenty millions of people and degrade
popular institutions by electing representa
tives xvho xx ill organize the collectix e xvis-
dom of the country by making Air. Boyd
Speaker of the House, and Air. Houston
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Aleans.— Washington Republic.
I Did Not Give Enough For AIy Bi
ble.—A Bible distributor in Germany cal
led upon a blacksmith and urged him to buy
a Bible. Being ignorant of the value of the
precious volume, he refused to part with his
money to obtain it. It was then offered to
him gratuitously, but he disdained to re
ceive it upon such terms. A compromise
xvas at length effected by his agreeing to
gix’e a fire-shovel for the book. After the
labors of the day were o^er, curiosity
prompted him to look into tho book which
he had purchased ; and as lie read his
heart xvas opened, and the character of God
xvas revealed to him. The depravity of his
nature ; the worth of his soul ; his need
of a Saviour ; the preciousness of Christ,
xvere deeply felt ; he'xvas melted to tears;
and as he wiped from his cheek the falling
drops, he said to himself, “I did not give
SO. 3 0,
enough ft r the Bible!” Early in the morn
ing he went to his shop, finished a pair of
of tongs, went in search of the Bible distrib
utor, and, finding him, said, “ AIv dear sir,
please accept a pair of tongswiththeshovel.
I did not give enough for my Bible.
Commencement Exercises of Wesleyan Female
College, Ilaron, Georgia".
The undersigned, a board of visitors in at
tendance on the Commencement Exercises
of the Wesleyan Female College, just clos
ed, beg leave to report their opinion of those
exercises with such xlews in reference to
the Institution, they may deem proper.
It is with no ordinary feelings of pleas
ure, that we are able to point in triumph to
the steady and onward inarch our noble
State is making in Female Education. In
her public spirit and private enterprise—in
the rapid developement of her agricultural,
manufacturing and mineral wealth,--in her
xast and continuous xvorks of internal im-
i provement, she is pre-eminently recognized
as a model for her sister States—and while
xve liax'e cause of gratulation for those evi
dences of her groxving prosperity, and in
domitable energy, xve have still greater rea
son to be thankful that the march of mind
has kept pace with physical developement,
and more especially under a beneficent Pro-
vidence, that the minds of so vast a number
of her daughters are now being trained to
more extended usefulness in the various
i Seminaries of learning that bless and
adorn our State.
A little more than thirteen years ago, and
a Female College existed, alone, in the
then called exuberant fancy of some dream
ing enthusiast. To-day more than half a
score, xvithin the limits of our State, are
pouring the priceless treasures of intellect
ual and religious improvement into the
minds and hearts of hundreds of youthful
pupils.
When we look around and note this rapid
change and progress made in the subject of
Female Education, xve involuntarily turn,
to her, who was the Pioneer in this noble
enterprise, whose spacious hall, reared in
wisdom, strength and beauty, are yet filled
xvitli young and eager votaries of knowledge.
Notwithstanding the strong and constantly
increasing rivalry of younger Institutions,
xve still feel grateful that the Wesleyan Fe
male College receives a liberal patronage,
and is still fulfilling the hopes of those
friends xvho clung to her in sunshine and in
storm. In this report, we disclaim all dis
paragement of similar institutions, and yet,
we feel justified in saying, that in the ad
vantages here offered of procuring a thor
ough, sound and practical education, in con
nection with physical comfort, and conven
ience of access, this institution stands un
rivalled in our State.
Crowning by its magnificent edifice, an
elevation Jliat commands a view of the city
mapped out below, it presents a landscape to
the lover of nature rarely to he met xvith.
Beyond the spires and steeples that lie be
low its base, avast amphitheatre of wooded
bills girdles tlie horizon, fringing with
their emerald border, of Georgia’s central
jexvel sparkling in the vale below.
Elevated above the Aliasma’s and other
atmospheric impurities that affect the sys
tem, her pupils enjoy almost uninterrupted
health. In this respect, she has been pre
eminently favored. For with an average
number of one hundred and thirty pupils
for the last thirteen years, there have
occurred only three deaths among her
College-inmates, and of these, one when
she became connected with tlie Institution,
xvas in the Late stages of consumption.—
These statistics dissipate to the winds all
rumors and report prejudicial to herliealthv
location. An abundant supply of pure xva-
ter conveyed by pipes to various parts of
the building afford increased facility for
comfort and health.
The Stewards department D under con
trol of Air. R. B. Clayton and ladv, and
from informations received from reliable
sources, the committee have no hesitation in
reporting their duty, faithfully and gener
ously discharged. Tlieir experience and
long connection xvith the department, is an
assurance that every comfort and conven
ience w ill he provided for those xx ho are en
trusted to them.
The residence of tiie President, Profes
sors and their families, in the same building
xvith tlie pupils, enables them to maintain
a more regular discipline and control over
their manners ami conduct, and which is
happily illustrated in the ladylike deport
ment of the students both in and out of the
College.
A mild but firm discipline is maintained,
and the rules and regulations are such as
cannot fail of approval. In addition to the
thorough intellectual training here given—
regular religious instruction is imparted and
all proper means employed to improve the
heart as xvell as the min’d, and many, very
many go forth from its walls, crowning their
other accomplishments with that brightest,
loveliest gem in woman’s character, “Fe
male Piety.”
The examination of pupils that xve at
tended, commenced onAfonday, 11th Julx-,
and lasted txvo days. In every branch on
which an examination was had, the pupils
did honor to themselves and teachers. In the
x-aried branches of natural science, in math
ematics, mental and moral philosophy, they
exhibited by their proficiency, a degree cf
application on their part and a fidelity on
the part oftheir Instructors, that commands
our warmest commendation.
Nor would xve omit those accomplishments
that liax’e afforded ns so much pleasure dur
ing the commencement. The department
of drawing, embroidery, wax work, &c„
specimens of which w ere displayed around
tbc chapel, excited general admiration.—
The beauty and taste displayed in many of
the pieces, reflected honor upon the accom
plished intructress, (Alias Til don.) in this
branch, and credit upon her pupils.
Vie would not pass over lightly this
branch as useless or unnecessary. It is in
it that woman has almost an exclusive swav,
and in these accomplishments she will find
a congeniality of taste and feeling that fits
her in a measure to be the chief ornament
of tlie domestic circle. Here, forgetful of
the cold and precise axioms and postulates
of tbc schoolmen—shebasksin the beauties
that grifw under her pencil, or that are
moulded into budding loveliness in her
hands.
The musical department under the man
agement of Prof. Guttenberger and his ac
complished daughter, added much to the
interest and pleasure of the occasion.
Fully embuedwith tlie spirit and melody
of music, his success in imparting his
knowledge tojiis pupils is universallx’ ac-
knoxvledged/
AVednesday and Thursday were devoted
to the reading of original compositions by