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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN: THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN SAM’L IS. CSSAFTON ««wr printer. IK RMS For paper in advance $ 1 u not paid hi advance, <$2 Rising Generali on. ()tae 'of the most distinguishing charac- of the presept age is the rapid dis appearance of boys and girls. History qs- us that m farmer times there were regular gradations of humanity, and that it required at least twenty-ana years to de- velope the child into the map. We are un able to account for the phenomenon, but the tact is evident that the race ofso-call- ed children is rapidly disappearing. The happy jgnorance and sweet simplicity of childhood is now altogether confined to the nursery. This is more particularly the case m the city. In the country, yon will still meet an occasional child who is worthy of the title. Butin the city, where inhabi tants are numbered by thousands boys and girls are n Q longer to be found. The voune gentleman of ten years of age is now as a- cute and knowing in matters of trade, as ivas his father at twenty. Arrived at fif teen. ‘the city gent’ sports a cane, smokes cigars, patronizes the theatre, and flirts reg ularly with ‘young ladies’ of twelve and thirteen, who are just ‘coming out.’ At thw age too, h e begins to talk politics and adds to his conversation the charms of the most emphatic profanity. He becomes ex ceedingly sensitive upon the point of his personal honor, cultivates champagne and cards, attends political meetings in compa ny with a huge walking-stick, with which tie is accustomed to call out the popular speakers and is vociferous in his approba tion of what he considers a good hit; The '“immense applause” with which the news- paper reports of public speeches are garn ished, is generally produced by the heavy canes and shrill throats of the “young sov ereigns’’of the country, They rarely fail to be present on all pleasure excursions on nver or on land, and when viands or wines are to be demolished are the first in the charge and the last in the retreat. It is decidedly pleasant to stand hy and witness them dringing to the prosperity of the Na tion and the health of the President, while their seniors are kept in the back ground, ohewing “the cud" of sweet and bitter fancies, and looking npon the festive scene rather like mourners at a funeral than attendants upon a banquet, The age we live in has been called the Age of Progress, and we would not be sur prised if conaventions was called at an ear ly day to deliberate upon the practicability of extending to young gentlemen of fifteen the right of suffrage, and eligibility to all offices, not even excepting the Governorship and the Presidency. There will he but one step further to be taken, and that will be to exclude all men over thirty, from the elec toral franchise and from eligibility to polit ical station. We cannot just now perceive any necessity fora law to place fathers and mothers under the control and direction of their children. It is obvious that general custom has already established that state of things. . Nevertheless, we cannot but sigh for the times when boys were boys; when they did not sport large canes and smoke larger cigars : when tho light of innocence beam- ed from theireyes, and docility and a trac table spirit marked their behavior. That is a pleasant pictur,e which historv gives us of feeling and manners, when children rose up at the entrance of the aged, surrendered their seats and refused to occupy them til their seniors were TUESDAY MARCH 30, 1852, The Union party of this county, meet at this place, cn Tuesday next, BSP Our friends in Wilkinson county are notified that Mr, F. W. Johnson will be at Irwinton, durit g Court week, and will receive and receipt for all amounts due this office. We are thankful to our numerous patrons in Wilkinson for past favors and the pane tual payment of their bills, which we hope to merit in a continued intercoprse, Superior Court.—This body adjourned yesterday afternoon, having disposed of most of the business of the term, Unless litigation improves considerably it will not require more than one week to dispose of the business hereafter, The criminal docket, we are sorry to no tice, is beginingto be thoroughly crowded The Grand Jury of September made a sweeping presentment of all offenders upon whom they could lav their hands, the Jurv of the late term has not been far behind them ; and now the criminal docket is about the heaviest belonging to the Court-^we are glad, however, that there are no capital offences among them. Temperance Lecture.—Dr. Cooper of Hancock, lectured at this place on Sunday night, on the subject of Temperance.-, We had not the pleasure of hearing much of the lecture, hut are informed by those who did, that the Doctor fully sustained his re putation, and clearly demonstrated that in temperance was the greatest curse “under the cerulean vaulted Star Spangled sunlit heavens”—that by its enticements and al lurements, the will of the stoutest was soon captured, subjugated and enslaved, &c. The Doctor had a fine opportunity the past week, of gathering material for a dis course of that sort. The “awful examples” were numerous, but-we are inclined to be lieve, from the portion of the lecture that we heard, that he needs no such external aid, in debating the subject, His mind’is well stored with its truths and statistics and he has a faculty of speech and an abund anee of words which but lew men of bis age possess. un- WI ■ - accommodated. Wiieresuch a practice prevailed, we may well imagine the existence of other agreea- b e. customs similar to it; for the virtues, like the stars, loye to be found in constella tions. The youth of that age possessed the greatest guide to good and the best shield from evil—an amiable docility. They respectedjage as well as respected themselves What a world of vice anc anx iety would be prevented at the present day, if youth possessed more reverence for station ana age, and could be persuaded to believe that their elders were capable of giving them instruction. No progress can be expected from one who imagines that he has already gone through the whole round of learning, and that there remain no more acquisitions to be made. Such!a case is not more encouraging than it would be to attempt to teach Georgrapby to a native of China-a bigoted, narrow-mind ed mandarin, who firmly believes that his own country comprehends the universe. , We would not be understood as argu ing against a proper self-respect. That is certainly ^most commendable. But there ® v be such a thing, particularly among youths, as too much self-respect. There is a want among them, too often, of a rever ence for parents, for age and station ; and this unaraiable trait is constantly-becoming more and more apparent. This feature in the character of youth partakes even of in gratitude, the most unatural of the com- mou vices. It is not only a censurabl e, but generally, a viry silly thing, for a child to attect superiority over a parent. It may so happjb that-the child may be better ed ucated, but does it not owe the very educa oon, upon which it prides itself, to the ef- fi#rts and perhaps the.privations of its par ents. It would certain ly be strange if they T? 8 ** thankiul this superior amount of intelligence rather than thankless and ungrateful. The scientific attainments of the child may be large, but the experi- .ence of the parent can only be gained by a life of trial and vicissitude. .The child may knowledge, but wisdom is better than knowledge. Knowledge cas be obtained - fona iUooks, but wisdom only by experi- iti fanes And ceremonies of politeness may he dispensed with in a rneasur , in the rdaxattgNgg au<I intimates of one's own fireside, but kiud attentions never. Unpublished Writings,-—We noticed at this place the past week, Capt. John Dickson, of Hancock, who proposes to give to the public, a criticism upon some of the acts of thfe late Legislature. We did not have an opportunity of reading !the whole production, but have understood that it was well spoken of by those who examined it. It will probably be published soon when we shall have an opportunity of giv ing a more enlarged ^notice of it. The Captain is a prolific writer. It has only been a few months since, that he produced quite a lengthy essay upon government in general and parties in particular. Bank Defalcation.—A despatch from New York to the Savannah News, states that there were rumors in that city from Boston, of a great defalcation in the Suf folk Bank. The book-keeper had escaped to Europe in the Asia. The Teller had been arrested, and an investigation was in pro gress. The book-keeper and Teller were the suspected parties. The Chloroform Case.—A Washing ton letter in the Charleston Courier thus states the case: “The Select Committee of the House, to which was referred the pe titions of Drs. Morton and Jackson, desir ing compensation for the discovery and ap plication of Chloroform, as a inedieal a- gent, have come to the conclusion that Dr. Morton is entitled to the merit of having first applied the principle, A majority of the committee have agreed to a bill grant ing him a hundred thousand dollars, as a public reward, and as a compensation for the use of his discovery in the medical ser vice of the Army and Navy. Dr. Chas. T Jackson, it is admitted, was the first dis coverer of the principle, and communicated it to Dr. Morton, who successfully applied 5t * « Land Warrants.— Congress having passed the bill making land warrants under the act of September* 1850, assignable, they are now quoted in New York at $128 a $135 t inactive and in limited demand. The bill will reduee their price by bringing them freely into market. A Heavy Gale. On Wednesday we were visited through this section with as heavy a gale as we have ever experienced, the wind rising between 0 and 10 o’clock in the morning and con tinuing through the day. Wherever the woods happened to be qn fire there has been a considerable destruction of fencing, we learn that the fire was in almost every di-' reption, apd but few has escaped some loss who find fire out on their premises, tfie greatest sufferer we have heard of in this county wps Mr. Armstrong, who fiad about tweuty-five hundred panels of fence burned. Id Wilkinson it is said to have been equally if nqt more destructive. Mr. John Galla? more of that county not only lost the en tire fencing of his plantation but fijs dwelling and other houses, California and Slavery.—The fugL tive Slave Law which has passed the Cali fornia Assembly, provides that slaves brought into the State prioi to the adop tion of the State Convention shall be liable to the provisions of the Congressional fu gitive slave law, [It enables owners in California to bring back their slaves to the States where slave ry exists. The bill passed by a large ma jority, the debate on it indicating anyfching else tfiun abolition*feeling.j In the California Assembly, Feb. IQ, Mr. Peachy presented a memorialjfrom a number of farmers or planters of South Carolina and Florida, asking the privilege to bring tfieir families and colored domes tics into this State, and that they may be protected in {their 'property. The memo rial was referred to.a Committee on Feder al Relations, A bill fins also been introduced^ into the Legislature to cal Fa Convention to revise the constitution, the object being to divide the State and set apart tfie southern por tion for a slave State, AST The Washington corespondent of tfie “Baltimore Sun,’* says that Clays letter in the Express, has produced considerable uneasiness in political cirfiles, and eclipses for the time every thing else. It is looked upon as the last will and political testament of the great statesman and patriot Henry Clay, Mr. Cfiastain and tlie Union Parly. In another column- of this paper will be seen a letter from Mr. Chastain to the.Edi- tor of the Cassville Standard, urging > the propriety of sending delegates from the Un ion party to the Baltimore Convention which he conceives is the only place for them, as he has no doubt but that this con vention will endorse the finality of the com promise, and that the policy of the Union party is, to go wherever their principles lead them ; but in no event does he seem to think that they are likely to lead them into the Philadelphia Convention, and but little probability of ever being led by them into a National Union Convention. Upon the whole we should take it, that the Col. intends to get into the Baltimore Conven tion, on the finality sensa tion if possible, but by all pieans to get in, if principles will lead there, well and good, but if they are not likely to do it, walk in and they wifi follow as a matter of course. Every Union Press iq the State of the Democratic stamp, go it strong for Baltimore, while every Union Whig Press is bitterly opposed to it. The Journal & Messenger complains of the up- feiruess of the Athens Banner, in pushipg- this matter on the party, while it says, not a single Whig Press has ever ventured to advance the claims of the Philadelphia Convention. Like the fellow who was dis cussing the water mellon subject in a de bating society, the Journal considers it dod derned oagenerus. Letter from Mr. Chastain. Difficulty in the Cabinet.—A tele graphic despatch to ithe Savannah Republi can, dated at Washington the 26th inst., says : “A difficulty occurred in the Cabi net on Tuesday, between Mr. Hall and Mr Corwin. The President decided in favor of Hall and desires Corwin’s resignation. We find the following letter from Mr. Chastain in the Cassville Standard, to the editor of which it was addressed Washington, D. C., March 10. MafJ. W.BurJce; Dear Sir;—I have recently received numerous letters from* a- rious friend? in Georgia in relation to my views upon the prospects of tfie Union par ty of our State; and though I do not sup pose that any recommendations of mine can have much influence, where there are so icqny who are far more entitled to be heard and followed; still, in respectfully replying to these inquiries, I feel it to be my duty to make a candid and explicit statement of tfie couree, which I, as one of its humble members, think the Union Par ty of Georgia ought to pursue. My past political position in the State has been, as all my friends know, in the ranks of the Democratic party. I have never swerved in my devotion to its principles, and my unwavering determination to do all in my power for their ascendency. I have ever believed that party to be sounder upon the great issues which are ao pecu liarly important to the tranquility' of the States of the South, than the other party in the country. I have not been igno rant of the fact, however, that a small por tion of the Nortbetn Democracy, has yield ed to the fanaticism of the age, and depar ted from the true doctrines of their party. With them I have no fellowship, and for them no toleration. Their ultra and anti- constitutional views, are repudiated by the Democratic party of the country; and there fore standing ip so contemptible a minority as that which they now occupy, we may rest assured that they can never become re spectable in our ranks. We have nothing to fear from their hostility; of this, the coun try will soon be convinced. It is estab lished by the record that the compromise measures were sustained by Northern Dem- •ocratic votes, and I am prepared to say that at the present session of Congress, further action will be taken, which wlU in dicate very clearly that the dssposition of the Northern Democracy towards these measures, is not only favorable, but highly of Maine—The New j satisfactory. Such being the condition 01 the Demo cratic party, based upon the true republi can principles, those which were maintain- Depopulation York Herald says, since-the passage'of the liquor blue law down in Maine, we under stand that the depopulation of that State ed by Madison, Jefferson and Jackson, World’s Fair in New York.—A char ter has been obtained from the New York Legislature, incorporating accompany for an exhibition of the industry of all nations. The arrangements are said to be pushing on towards completion. The Clay Medal.—The donors of the Gold medal to Henry Clay, have ordered another to be struck off exactly equal and similar to the one lost. They have declin ed the gentlemanly offer of Mr. Butler, who desired this to be done at his private pense. of the U. S War De the Red that is going on very rapidlv. Every energetic! rejoice that the Union party of Georgia is business man is trying‘to get out of it and* resolved to co-operate with it in the Balti- 3 DAnnAntiAn r |’h of OAI1PCO TO t llA An I XT go to California, or any where, where it is lawful to take a we’drap. New Army and Navy Uniform.—The Washington Telegraph states that the ad option of the new array uniform, will be en forced on the fourth of July next, and that the new Navy uniform which was adopted on the 8th of this month, will be enforced about the same time. Maine Liquor Law.—About one hun dred and twenty Clergymen of the City of Philadelphia have signed a petition to the Pennsylvania Legislature, asking for the enaotment of the Maine Liquor Law in that State. Capt. R. B. Marcy, Army has been ordered by the partment with his company to River, for the purpose of exploring hitherto almost unknown region. E. Welch Jr. Democrat, has been declared legally elected Treasurer of the State of New York instead of Cook, Whig, who now holds the office. Mr. Clay’s health is said to be A number of Senators and Repre sentatives are confined to their lodgings by indisposition. Mr. Stephens returned home the past week and reports'Mr. Toombs con valescent. ESP Kossuth and suit arrived at Vicks' burg on the 22d inst., on their way to New Orleans. Kossuth and Madame Kossuth paid a visit to Gov. Foote, where they- were to remain two days. The Fugitive- Slave Law in'Wiscon- sin.—Reports have been presented in both branches of the Wisconsin legislature, in structing the Congresmen from that State, to vote fora repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. Thirty years ago a Mr. James Am ory purchased a tract of land situated be tween the Sixty-third and Seventy- third streets, New York,[containing about sixty- three acres. For this tract he paid $4,400. Within the past month this property has been sold at auction, having Jjeen divided into nearly 1,000 lots, and the “purchase money amounts[to a trifle^ovei $800,000. Thus the original investment has doubled every sixty days for the past thirty years. iCSF'The Hod. E. W. Chastain will accept our thanks for a copy of his speech on the position of the Union party of Georgia. jC3T Mr. Truex, druggist of Oswego, ad vertises four cases of genuine “Sea Ser pent Oil,” brought in by Capt Seaburv, of the whale ship Monongahala ! Good for coughs, colds, &c. and sold at the moder ate price of $4 a bottle. Whales.—The Charleston Courier of the 24th ^nst. says: “A gentleman at tached to the steamer Gordon, which arriv ed yesterday from Savannah, informs us that he saw several whales between Stono Breakers and the Bar. They appeared to be tame, and it is thought might be captu red without much difficulty. A Large Corn Field.-—The Hon. Hen ry S. Ellsworth, the former Commissioner of Patents, has the largest corn fields in the world. He resides in Indiana and culti vated there last year, 12000 acres of corn. He ought to have corn for sale. # The Marshall House in Savannah, itris said has been’ leased to a gentleman from* Augusta, and will be opened for visitors earlA in Mav. The Compromise.—The Hon. Jos. W. Jackson of this State, asked leave to intro duce the following resolution in the House on the 22d. Some objections being made Mr. J. moved to suspend the rules and pen ding the motion the House adjourned. Resolved, That we recogniz^the bind ing efficacy of the compromise oLJhe Con stitution, and we believe it to bape inten tion ofjthe people gen rally, as whereby de clare it to be ours individually, to abide such compromises, and to sustain the laws necessary to carry them out—the provis ion for the delivery of fugitive slaves, and the act of the last Congress for that purpose included—and that we deprecate all furth er agitation of the questions growing out of that provision of questions embraced in the acts of the last Congress known as the Compromise, and of questions generally connected with the institution of slavery, as unnecessary, useless, and dangerous. Coming from a Southern Rights Demo crat, it is hailed as a gratifying evidence of a determination on the part of the Democ racy, to co-opemte in the coming campaign. Public meeting. At a meeting of the Democratic and States Rights party ofScriven county, held at Bums Mills on the 20th day of March, on motion Alexander Kemp, Esq., was cho sen Chairman, and Win. J. Maner, Esq., appointed Secretary. On motion, Resolved, that this meeting now appoint Delegates to consist of four gentleman, to assemble at the State convention to be held in Milledgeville on the 31st inst. Resolved, that Major Willis Young, Hon George Oliver, E. B. Gross, Esq., and J. B. Hayne, Esq., be and they are hereby ap pointed said delegates. Resolved, that 4 majority of said dele gates are required to appoint substitutes, if it should be necessary to do so. * *• On motion the meeting adjourned. ALEXANDER KEMP, Chair. W. J. Maner, Secretery. A man with a red face, and lookinw rather shabby, called at a house in the coun try on Sunday, and asked fora drink of cider. The good lady of the house refused, telling him that she would not. He urged telling her that she had better, for some had entertained angels unawares. “Yes,’’said she, ‘I know that, but angels don.t go about drinking cider on Sundayi” more Convention. That course is the only really practical one which they can pursue under existing circumstances. That con vention will be c omposed of men of very different opinions—men from the South ; equally ultra aod dangerous in their views whilst the larger and purer portion of the Democracy will be there to construct such a platform of true and sound principles on which their action is to be based as will sat isfy the mosL conservative men in the laud ? With these men we must unite in their pa triotic efforts, in order to make a triumph ant vindication of our past history which is the surest foundation for our future suc cess. By remaining aloof from the Democratic councils we can gain nothing, and lose ev erything. Such a course would only be followed by sectional strife and disgraceful defeat. It is therefore highly important that we should be represented in the Balti more Convention—first, because the past action of the Democratic party offers the greatest encouragement to our Uniou with it. It will be remembered that in the for mation of the Constitutional Uuiou party of Georgia it was distinctly and authorita tively announced that we should uuite with any party that would carry out our princi ples, and that if neither of the great parties would do so, our only course was to form a party that should sustain them. Now I appeal to the Congressional re cords to show the uniform action of the Democratic party, on the great issues which are so important to us, and I might also say, that it has been conceded by some of the ablest Whig leaders in Georgia that the Democracy do offer the greatest induce mentstoour union with them. Another very strong reason in favor of this policy is, that we can unite with our friends from every State in the Union, in engrafting tfie principles of the compro raise upon the Democratic platform, and in placing in nomination for the office of Chief Magistrate, a candidate, in whom we can have full confidence for his past course, and present position. If success shall fol low our efforts, we can feel a just pride that having once saved the country from disso lution and civil war we shall have bgqn in strumental in burying all agitations in a permanent oblivion, and restoring to our beloved land the blessings of peace, union and harmony. The formation of a National Union Party as has been suggested, I am convinc ed is at the present time impossible and Utopian. Outside of at most three South ern States, this proposition would meet with no eucouragement whatever. Other States have passed through no such struor gles as have been witnessed in ours. Whilst we have thrown aside all party connexions, and abandoned the ancient Whig and Dem ocratic measures and divisions, all our sis ter States, with but a few exceptions, have been comparatively calm. They cannot therefore, be expected to regard a National Union party, in the same light in which it is regarded by many distinguished men in Georgia. They feel no crying necessity for casting loose the shackles by which they have been so long united to their different parties, and all that they can be expected to do, is to engraft the sound principles of the compromise upon the platform of their own party. Our Union party standing isolated and separate from another organization, would soon become purely sectional in its character, its weakness would make it al most contemptible in the public estimation of other States. not but be highly dangerbus to the exis tence of.the Government. Tue first great patriot of America with that matchless foresight which almost reseinbled inspira tion itself, left to his beloved country., .the valuable legacy of his paternal advice— never to organize a sectional or geograph ical -party, as Ke.. regarded that as but the prelimioary step to the dissolution and de struction of our Government. TSt usToI- low this wtse advice, and in.the same spirit which another great statesman has invoked let us contribute with all our hearts to pre serve our “Liberty and Union—now and forever—one inseparable.? If we were to remain separate from any organization, would we not be doing that which we have so often condemned, in the secession ists of onr own and two or three of our sister States ? It is well known that the great object of the Nashville Con ven tion and the party which supported its measures, was to create a sectional spirit— a spirit hostile to the Union, and to de mand alterations of the Constitution which could never be obtained. How can’ we then, propose to place ourselves in that po- ttion which we have so violently denoun ced in our opponent ? But I hope that no such visionary course will be pursued, and that all of us will unite with the Democra cy of the country, if they shall nmUo the sacred principles which we cherish, the fun damental doctrines of their future party ac tion . This is the great issue of the present time; on it the approaching Presidential campaign will be conducted, and upon its recognitiou they will stand or fall, who re ject or adopt it. My views are before yon—though not expressed in the dear and forcible manner which 1 would have preferred. I am, how ever, honest and sincere in believing tbo Democratic party the only one With which, we can or ought to unite, and as it is the only one that I can hope to see occupying the principles to which I have alluded At least, let us stand by our principles and fe - low them wherever they may carry us by them we will triumph or perish. When our State Convention shall assem ble to adopt some course of policy*, 1 hope- that a spirit othaannony and good feelings may govern its. deliberations. Chur pany as it now is, has nothing to fear sbroad, if we can,prcserve among ourselves uuanmity of sentiment and action. I am. respectfully youxsw ELIJAH VV. CHASTAIN. By Telegraph for Savannah Republic a*- New York market. A ew- York, March 26.—Cottoik—1,800 bales, s d to-day. Middling Upland. 8; Orleans 8 LA Rice— iOO casks sold, at 3.25 to 3.75. Charleston, March, 26—1. tttP. Jffi.. Received in Savannah, March 2&—6,10 P. M. The Earopa ha.- arrived wiih LiverpooLdata® to 13th inst. Cotton has declined, an. i-8d.„ mo.-jily on the lower grades and.niiddliiigqu&l. i.ie : Fair Orleans.5 5-8; Middling 5 L-ti;paiir Upland 5 14; Middling 4 7-8. Sales of the 56^ 0 JO bales. SpcVtt .tors took 17,000—expor ters, 4,000. Western Caaal Flour 21; Ohio* 22 shillings; Yellow Coen, 29s. 6 pence; VV Lite, 32. Consols closed at 97 5-8. Charleston, March 26—7.30 P. M. Additional feu Eukopa—English News.. No steamer arrived at Liverpool Since the Patijic. Hie Kaffir war has been finished by the unconditional submission of tha Kaffirs. Parliament re-assembled on the 12th. i be Trade question was broached in the House. Lord f Lyndbur-t denounced the efforts of the Corn law league to com.— j ql a dissolution of Parliament. The op'po- shfon, headed by Lord J. Russell, are re solved to vote supplies for three months only, and then force Parliament to dissolve. France.—A decree has been published declaring a prescribed oath of fidelity to tins Constitution and the President indispensa ble, and auy person refusing is to forfeit hi* seat iu the assembly. It is believed Cavajg- nac will enter a protest against the aciioii of the President, .uid ihou retire. The ex clusive control of education is hereafter to> be exercised by church and state. Chairs of the Professors abolished. The arming of Paris is progressing. More political prisoi.- ers have been sent to C: y *nne. It ig( be lieved that Napoleon will assume the title of Emperor on the opening of the Cham bers on the 29 th. Markets, &c,—Liverpool——The depress ion on Wheat and Flour Lai been followed by a speculative enquiry. Frices unchang ed since Pacific sailed, with an advancing tendency. Decine on cotton 1-8,. ati.d in some cases 1-4. Provisions scarce and ad vancing. Rice 18 to 18s. 9d. Fourth of July Oration.— The follow ing is an extract from an oration on the glorious Eourth of July: “Fellow Citizens; shouts of victory come up from the neighboring marshes; the cry of Fredom deafens the voice of nature, and all nature sings aloud for joy. “On this glorious occasion, I have not words to express the sentiments of my mind, when I think of the great doings ot our posteriors—how they licked the British when my father warn’t bornd and my moth er warn’t courted yet, and the country was freed from British slavery by the glori ous arras of Thomas Jeflerson apd Gen Jack- son. On this day I call upon you to gird on your swords and beat your spears into plough-shares* and cry aloud and spare not ”On this day let the cannon roar aloud* let the flags be wafted on high, let the gleaming of your swords flash in the rays of the midnight sunbeams* let the trumpet send forth its blasting strains* and let the gentleman who borrowed my umbrelly bring it back as soon as possible.” -— —^ An Amkard Dance,—Forwad, and hit your partner in the bread-baaket;dos-a-dOs turn to the right* and kick your partner 00 the shin; chassez nil; promenade .to the 1 eft, accidentally knock down two attendants carrying Refreshments and end by overtnr- ning a set containing sixteeftlof thd : elitd/bf I deprecatesection divisions, as they can- the company*