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NUMAKR IS.
The following Is (tom the principal account of
the wealth; and highly respectable house of
Hem*. Vodsfc Bre. of this city, and preseats
wtt «/di *<N MwIt^Ucsm is tile annals of
Yncdicftl bistort:
Hr. H. Gunnell—Dear Sir : Actuated by a
use se ef gratefulness, I submit the following as
aa Instance of the utility of your great medicine.
My child, three yean oM, was suddenly attaok*
ed with a terrible disease, which in less than
six hours prostrated it to total helplessness.—
The Bmbe became so rigid that aotajoiot ceuld
be beat; the fiesh turned black and cold and
^tstitdj deprived of feeling; the eyes fixed,
partially utoeed and altogether blind, following
tots was deafness to all sounds; the spine bo*
tease* contracted and oo curved that when lying
on its buck he bend and heals only touched.—
Indeed, ftraMH presented every appearance
*' * ' * immediately oa the attack, the
i waa called m, and for three
Weeks be labored to restore ft to feeling, but
aB in wain, although it was blistered «-dozen
times and various rnbefecient lhmnents applied.
A eonSuHatian of pfcyticam waa Chew brought
'before the Medical Society, but nothing could
> bad aot already been done,
rthen told me be eeuld doootti-
We then commenced applying your
[freely over the entire length of the
ay imagine : a parewffs joy,
r is few applications, roturntogunrima-
’apparent, and it rapidly recovered with
the exception of she sight, which did not become
perfect for over ^vetb. The child is now
healthy and robuj?** x bfo be. Slve other cases
■Bfttved previously in my
f which died, when there is
[ if your Liniment had been used they
wmddhavn recovered' H G.CLELAXD.
A HARD LUMP ON A HORSE BREAST.—
Ifc. H O ParvelL-—I- have nsed year Ambi
Liniment with gratification ~in sev-entl cases,
- remarkable ef which was si large lump
my home’s breast. It i
ring to he hard gristle. It
l for heariy 1 year, when I applied for
one bottle ef which entirely
it I eaa leomamend it a* the best Lin
Hover need. JOHN CRAWL.
Look amt for Counterfeits !
an cautioned against an othe
, which has lately made its appearr
7. B. FarrelTs Arabian Liniment,
i of all the counterfeits, 1
At of EunOy mmay
wffi buy It in good faith, without the knowl
edge that a counterfeit exists, and they will per
haps eely diseover &?ir error when the spun
tote mixture has wrought its cril elects.
_ The genuine article is iwanafactured only by
Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, arid
wholesale drugget, No. 1? Mam street, Peoria,
xtlinris, to Whom aB applications for Agencies
mast be aifanri Be sure you get it with
the letters H- G. before Pamirs, thus—U. G.
f&S&BLVS-tnd bis signature on the wrap
per, all others are eonnUtsfuta. i
SoW ty Kendrick * Pledger, MelriDe
H. R J. HUMS* Ml Hiekbry
CL Brawn, Cooea P. O.
Brannw A Moyets, SmnnrtBt
Robert Baitey, Wholesale Agent, Rome
and by regularly acthorized-agents throughout
I dreamed in youth'* exhulting bout
Of some Mr Island Hoot*,
Where stormy skies might never lower,
Or Griers dark shadow come;
Bat to my some mystic voice,
As if io Warning given,
Said, "Not on earth canst thou rejoice-^
Thy only home is heaven!"
I wandered o'er creation's face
To seek a priceless gem,
Mora dtar than over wealth might plan*
In monarchal diadem;
But still I-heard that marmoreal tone—
"Oh! ne’er to mortal given,
The goto that thou Wouldst seek, ahm*
Can bo obtained In Heaven."
I sigh to fins a kindred heart,
A living, breathing shrine,
Where I alone might claim a part-**
Might link its hopes with mine;
That Angle voice still whispered clear,
"Oh, not to Earth *tis given—
The heart that thou wouldst lavish hero
Can only rest in Heaven."
A Bucrtrct Extract.—When the summer
of youth ft slowly wasting away to the nightfall
of age. and the shadows of past years grow
deeper, as life wears on to itseloso, it is pleasant
to look through the vista of timo upon the tor-
Authors leave no children!
-Says the Boston Transcript, in an articlo
on some foreign Literary intelligence:—
"It is mentioned as a remarkablo fact, that
the celebrated English authors, as a class, have
no lineal dtcendanU. A writer iu a rocont Bn-
S lish journal mentions that there is an abun*
ance of shoots from great lawyers, great sta
tesman, and great commanders—while of the
great writers, Horn whom iti* said that a coun
try derives its chief renown, the genealogical
extinction is a1( bht universal. In aln ost every
instance, a great name in English literature has
died with the person who made it illustrious.
The heroes of literature are represented in his
tory by their immortal works, so that they will
toot he forgotten.
"In one of Gilfttlan’s recont chapters he
makes the following reforenoe to some of -the
most distinguished English authors:-—
* Shakcspoar’s profession was not author
ship, but the stage. Milton was a scholmaster
and a secretary. Addison, too, was a secretary
of state. Pope was a man of private fortune.
Fielding was a justice. Richardson kept a
shop; so did Godwid. Cowper lived on his pa.
trimony, and on gifts from his relative. Word
sworth waa a stampmaster. Croly is a rector.
John Wilson wm a professor. Shelley was a
K ntleman of fortune, and heir to a baronetcy,
owning is a man of fortune and family.* ”
A Texas Joker-—Some three years ago wo
copied the following sterling bit of fun from the
Texas Morning Star, published at Houston. It
— — „—- ,, . lately fell in onr way again, and we were so
rows and felicities of ourlearlierjows. If wo osto ; tioktod upon reading it once more that wo de-
to shelter and hearts to rejoiefcds, and friends, j termined to start it for a second heat. Wo will
-Price 25 and SB cents, and SiperboUle.
AGENTS WANTED for tfreffy town, village
ari haarietin the United States, in which one
is net already established. Address H. G. Far
rell as above, accompanied Vrfth good reference
r, Ac. -s
whL
And Blind and Sash Factory! 1 | t
STANBISH & BLAKlfi&AN
ofJas. M. Sumter, eontin-
to manufacture all kinds of FUR
SASH aind BLINDS on the
term*, at the old stand on
Mareh27.—ly
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ATLANTA
J&IACHIHE WORKS.
(LATE ATLANTA IRON FOOTSDRY.)
IIS new Company Is now prepar tr
ed to do Work on abort notfee;oT
A heavy and light Castings from _
the latest improved patterns of Iron, Brass
^CtempototfeB,alI«f which Will be warratr
ted. Turning, Boring* end Drilling dose io
order. Also, eerew.cnUing of 10 feet or un
der of any size and thread required. Heavy
aadHgBCfil^^dfMciigkt lhm ar 8teel
** °PAET ICJJ LA EATTBNTION is called to
. - .tor Merchant
of ail the ctsnal nzes. and Bark
on hand. We are also
to build sfrtifcwary Engines upon
l All of which will
Copper and Brass
rork at cash prices
’ JAMES L DUNNING,
john McDonough,
WILLIAM RUSH TON.
* P. 8: All
. tical Mechanics and gi
atfer.tion tp.thR bnsineaa
. ny are prae
their iudivfdna
)att 9. ’66
Ri PL JS Y
ATLANTA, GA.
in China, Crockery, and Glass
kps of all kinds; Oils, Cam*
“ ' * hr the bbL Terms
»9,1855 ly
J MrTOMLlNSON,
, House Sign, Coocb, Paaeenger Cars
, Ornamental and Decorative Painter
> of Gilt Glass Door Plates
Numbers for Public Bouses
White HSU Street
Jan 9,1855 ly,
WISDOM'S
■AILLflE
From Rome to La Fay-
Jiickoiy, Summerville and Tty*
Tuesdays and Fridays at C
. rclumt Wednesdays and Salur-
ig taken the contract
Rome and La-
.11c that he is
vehicles for the
undersigned
his business to
WISDOM
' _ ■’
_ & CO. ROME, GA
.a watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
-lustral Instmmeu^ Walkmg^
«t, Fancy Articles, A 1
IIRING P EATL . »5lj
have been gathered together around our firesides
tben the rough places of our wayfaring will
have been worn and smoothed away, in the
twiligbt*of life, while the sonny spots we have
passed through will grow brighter sad more
beautiful. Happy indeed ara those whose in
tercourse with the world has not changed the
holler feeling, or broken those musical cords of
the bean, whose vibrations ara so melodious,
so tender and touching, in the evening of age!
Correspondence of the American Organ.
KATORALnATiox.—Amidst the many anbjeots
which ara daily, and almost- hourly claiming
the public eye and voice, this, perhaps the most
portentous In its shape, the grandest and most
comprehensive in its results, has received, in
comparison with Its magnitude, little attention.
The contempfoave mind ri font in Wonder that
a question involving the great cardinal princi
ples -of onr institutions, and the very vitality of
the Union itself should have Slumbered so long
and in reckless* defiance have hugged to our
;be«KB thqy whose vow of aUegi&nce was false,
and whose principles were ever averse to our
cherished and venerated laws. That this sapiae-
ness has been the result of an overweening
confidence, and not attributed to« weak and
imbecile age—as a first glance would almost
'lead yen to suppose—is, I think, conclusive,
when we regard the tardy, thongh effectual
measures, which a nation, rising in strength
now demands.
Upon such a platform there can be no half
way measures. The cancer mast be tent oat—
It may mangle, and perhaps mar the symmetry
of the body, destroys its once graceful outline,
and leave the remains of the cicatrix, hat its
virnJance will bare gone, and is tho asylum
thua guarded bj a free and victorious people,
forget In renewed vigor that impotence ever
existed. la former- days; when statesmen
cl rimed tho privilege of free thought and un
checked action; when political chicanery was,
if known, diaeountenanced by honorable men;
when the refined and oeoomplished gentleman
took bis ?eat in our legislative halla with other
thongh to than that he was a hireling, or to make
out $ handsome income, waa content to pros*
titnte bis talents and his good faith to ignoble
causes. -
In these days, Isay, the foreigner was held
in wholesome cheek, and these days were mar
ked, too r by liberality, and distinguished ability.
There was patriotism, too. They who bad
shielded-with the risk of life their altars and
their firesides; carried with them to the coun
cil chamber a stern determination to hold them
untarnished. They who regarded the soil yet
Veeking with the blood of kinsman, companion,
ank frtebd, who bad borne the burden of the
contest, felt privileged to guard their lofty
hopes, by strict and even severe laws, arguing
with comprehensive sagacity that too ranch
severity .mss for bettor than to leave an opening
by which interested and dishonest men would
aVail themselves of. If, then, we regard the
spirit with which onr laws, the frank and liberal
ccnrtesy which, while it invited emigration,
claimed the right of securing itself against those
adventurer* and badly disposed men wbosongbt
In our anion only s less dangerous field for
their nefarious and devilish designs.
If then we regard with the proper respect
the actions’of those venerable and disinterested
men, if We can believe" that a life of devotion
and sacrifice to the cause of liberty rendered
them superior to their kind; if, we can with
reverence abcept the almost inspired pages ban-
ded down to ua, it behooves us to give this sub
ject a careful and timely consideration, to make
it an^ essential ingredient to where we place
political eonfidenee, and to have every man
Who seeks our support proclaim from the house
tops that the children of the soil take precedence
of the foreign convict and felon, N.
Ocb Ows Fireside.—Is thcre a man who
does not loVe hTs own fireside, bis hearthstone,
hie wife, and his old finally Bible ? The fir*
their patterns for Mill Gearing. f«*r Merchant side,. hearthstone, the wife and the Bible,
amt Custom Flouring, and Saw Mill*. Gto bright® n the fire on the hearth; and without
the wife and the Bible, we shonld he miserable,
the most miserable of men! Onr heart teaches
us that the fireside is the most sacred spot on
earth. No rash intruder ern touch it, We
love it so reverently with the old Bible, that we
eonld’do any desperate deed to proteot both!
It is both happily and truly said, that “ The
music of happy, voices encircling onr firesides
sad’ our tables—the smile of greeting—the
sympathy in sorrow—tho nameless little kibd-
nessee that sparkle off from the altar of family
affsetion—the unwearied watrbing of the sick
chamber—and the soft arm ef latest devotion,
wbieb sooth and sustains os, and aids us to
loan securely upon the rod and staff, which ififor
alone can eomfort ns through the shadow ;*all
these are but the responsive blessing to that
love, and care, and gentleness, which we have
shows fn odr households—the natural reward
of atone domestic morality."
True, every word! The smile, and sympathy
and kindness sheer onr hei.rt at the fireside.—
The bHgbt lire in mid*winter, the soft whisper
ings of love in mid-summer, the delicious music
of all things in, NaturS—combine harmoniously
to make our own fireside a happy home.—Ffre-
sideJeur.
Hera Is a beautiful thought of fbat strange
compound of 8eoteb shrewdness, strong com
mon sense, and German mysticism, of, uncom
mon sense—Thomas Carlyle: "When I gase
into the stars, they look down upon me with
pity from their serene tad silent space, like
eyes glistening with tears, orer little iot of
men. ^Thousands of generations.-all as noisy
*s our own, have been swallowed by time, and
thero'remains no record of them any more,
yet Arctoros and Orion, Sirius and the Pleiades
are still shining in their course* clear and youpg
take no small odds that in three months time
it will have been published in half the newipa-
pere in the conntoy :
Aquatic Soexery.—During the hardest of
the atorm the day before yesterday we took a
lounge down to the steamboat landing. While
standing on the brinlwof a deep gully that emp
tied its torrent of water into the bayou, our at
tention was attracted to the bottom of tbegully
where a drunken loafer was stemming the tor
rent and holding, on to a root fast anchored in
the bank. Thepobr fellow, not knowing any
one was near him, was combatting! his fete
man folly, and in calculating bis chances of es
cape, gave ntteranoe to the following :
"Hayut this a orfnl sftivation to be. placed in,
Ifl^ was a steamboat, a rail,, or a woodpile I’d
be better worth fifty cents on the dollar than
I’ll ever be again. Unless Ifqa * gone cose now
there bay n’t any troth in phrenology. I’ve
weighed ail the chances tike a gineral, and only
two that bears in my favor; : the first is a skunk-
hole to erawl into, snd. the second, a special in
terposition of Providence; and the best ebance
of the two is. to slim, if I only had the chance
I’d give the premium for the skunk hole—them’s
my sentiments. If I could be a mink, or a musk
rat, or ■ water snake forabont two months per
haps I would mount the first step t’other side of
the Bio, and flap my wings and crow orer pre
cious life, scientifically preserved. But what’s
the use boldin’ on this root? There hayn’t no
skunk hole in these diggina—the water is get
ting taller about a feet, and if my nose was as
long as infinity it wouldn’t stick out much long-
er.
"Ob, Jerry! Jerry! you’re a gone sucker, and
I guess your inarm don’t know-joa’reout; poor
woman! won’t sbe c>y the glasses oat of ber
spectacles when she bean that dartin’ Jerry
has got the whole of the Bnfferlo Bio for his
coffin? What a pity ’tia some philanthropic, or
member of the bom&n society, never had fore
sight enough to build a house across this gutter,
with a steam engine to keep out the water! If
they had done it in time, they might have had
the honor and gratification of saving the life of
a feller bein j but its all day with you, Jerry!
and a big harbor to cast anchor in. It’s too
bad to go off in this orfnl manner, when they
knows I oilers hated water ever since I was big
enough to know ’twant whisky.”
. Before Jerry got to the conclusion he was
washed into the bayon, within a few feet of a
large flat that had jnst started for the steamboat.
Bis eye caught the prospect of deliverance, and
he changed the burden of his dirge into a thrill
ing cry of "heave to! passenger overboard and
unking with a belt full of specie!—the man who
saves me makes bis fortune •” Jerry was fished
oat by a darkey, And to show his grattitude in
vited Qnashey to “go up to the groggery and
liquor.” ,
The Aspinwall Courier furnished the follow
ing Information relative to the whereabouts of
General Santa Anna:
"Santa Anna and family are safely installed
in and near Cartbragena. Onr readers are aware
that he has a beautiful residence but a few
miles distant from Carthagena. His hacienda
was under good cultivation two years ago, when
hO left it at this call of his partisans in Mexico,
He now returns to private life for the third
time, and we presume the little pueblo of tobac
co must have strong attractions to induce him
to locate his retirement there a second time,
after his exciting and varied career. During
his former residence at Tobago, his style of liv
ing and bis hospitality were liberal even to pro-
fuseness, and his cordial welcome astonishes
many a Sojourner of various nationalities and oj
different religions and political creeds. He
Was the general benefactor of a large neighbor
hood, and gave considerable attention to the
vicinity,”
Scarcity of.Horses nr Europe,—A corns
pondentof the Spirit of the Times, writing from
Paris under date of May 31st., remark son the
state of the London horse market as follows:—
"Ladies’ saddle horse- are not to be had, neith
er are carriage herses, which will surprise you.
In thirteen days ! search I could not find a de
cent pair for Sale at any price. If this war lasts
another year, the Europeans will be importing
horses from America, and it wonid be well worth
the attention of onr farmers and breeders to
raise large horses, fit to draw a heavy carriage,
or carry a heavy man. Good saddle horses for
gentlemen are still to be found by paying for
them; a first rate one stands $300.” A Utica
(N.,Y.) paper states that a gentleman is now in
that city purchasing carriage and saddle horses
for the Paris market— Wool Oroteer.
Ahxual Sessions.—The question of a re
turn to Annual Sessions, wllthe brought to the And npon th Ia subject we find some excellent
consideration of our Senators and Ropresenta- yfews, in an article of tho "Life Illustrated:”—
lives, soon to oonvono at the Capital. So far. ) ,, No ODe wi il dispute tb* assertion, that tho
wo have seen or hiard hut ooo expression of O i,j oc t 0 f education is to prepare pupils for tile
opinion t.pon this subject, and that is decidedly efficient discharge of th# duties of life. The
in favor of the ,en y car " P tt8t » I’firs! question Is, What are tho duties which the
we hnve tried tho - biennial plan, snd _we con- j „j r | 8 0 f an expensive or fashionable school will
j"bo called upon to discharge when they hare
aider, that it has wholly failed to produce tho
benefits which its friends expected. it to yield
at the time it Was adopted. Tho loading argu
ment in its favor was economy in the public
expenses. For one or two sessions, this end
was partially attained, but in the course of a
few years, the objects of legislation had accu
mulated so rapidly, that it became necessary
to protract the session of the Legislature to
twine their usual length, and tho expenses
were run np to nearly tho same amount as when
tho Legislature met annually. Tho interests
of the people of Georgia have been multiplied
to such a vast extent, and beoome to much di
versified in comparison to wbat .thqy once were,
that subjects demanding legislative action, are
rising np every day, and many of these must
inevitably suffer on account of the long term
now intervening between the sessions of the
Legislature. Besides this, it is, in our opinion,
vetry meet and proper, that tho acts of our pub-
Ho functionaries should pass in- review before
the Representatives of the people, once in
twelve months. It is an old. but true maxim,
that “short settlements mnko long friends.”
This is true when applied to individuals, and
equally true when appliod to the people and
their pubtio servants. If it is objected that a
return to annual sessions wqnld involve, the
people in trouble and loss of time, by having
annual elections, then let the members elect
holdover, as at presont, for .two years, but
moot annually, and confine their sessions to a
certain limited time. Congress meets every
year, and Why should not our State* Legiala-
tvre? The same reason, to some extent, ex
ists in the one case os in the other. Our opin
ion is, that the Legislature should meet annu
ally. with the limitation, as to time, above men
tioned. and that the members should be elected
annually. This we conceive to be more, in ac
cordance with the true principles of a Demo
cratic Representative Government, and more
likely to seenre the benefits of snch to the
great glasses of our people.—Empire State
(Griffin.)
Tbe Pursuit of Money*
It has been a long while since ’we have met
with words more finely spoken than these—tnk
en from the North American Review. Will
not the informers who are laboring so assidu.
busly to quench tbe thirst for liquor, do some
thing to check this greediness for gain—the
consequences of which are here , so truthfully
portrayed: „
“ The eager desiro for wealth, the incessant
and Sabbathless pursuit of it has become the
universal passion and occupation. We have
that love of money which is the root of all evil ;
and under the deadly shade of the tree from
that root, the love of knowledge and art, of
trntb, and virtue,* and beauty, Withers and
dies. ‘In prosperity no altars smoke.’ Tbe
curse of Midas is upon us. Our feelings, our
ideas, onr aspirations, are all turned into gold,
and we are starving amid onr barren abun
dance. We worship the material, not the epir
itval; the risible and transient, not tbe invis
ible and eternal. We are practical, not intel
lectual; and our pleasures are of tho senses,
not of the reason, imagination, and taste. We
are smitten with ‘tbe lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eye, and the pride of life.’ We are true
disciples of the ethics of interest and utility,
and-our only morality is cash payment. Truly
has it been said, that ‘ho who maketh haste to
bo rich shall not be innoeent.,’ If intemper*
ato drinking be the degrading vice of one por
tion of our people, intemperate money-making
is tbe besetting sin of another and much larger
portion, and it is dificult to say which is the
more pernicious. One is a vice of the senses,
destroying tbe mind; the other, a delusion of
the mind, and a selfish passion, blasting the
moral sentiments, and palsying tbe higher
powers of the intellect. The poor drunkard
cannot resist the ‘baneful cup,’ which benumbs
bis son!, 'nnmonlding reason’s mintage,’ and
transforming;him.
‘Into the inglorious likeness of a beast;’
and tbe infatuated worshipper of Mammon de
liberately uses his mental facultias for his own
destruction, prefers the ignoble and low to the
pare and high, ahd shuts out ftae light of hea*
yon from bis life.- Successful industry, rapid
gains, rank prosperity, without counteracting
causes to modify their influence, have stimula
ted this passion for wealth to excess, and have
produced already,dn this new country, luxury,
venality corruption, contempt for intellectua
pursuits and pleasures, and sneoring : indiffer
ence to ennobling and elevated sentiment.
Hence the vulgar ostentation of our cities;
hence the general want of literary taste anu
culture: hence the deplorable;frauds of'busi
ness; heneo much of the .baseness of our pol
itics.
Hion Price of Provisions in Europb.—The
Berlin National Zeitung, September, 22d, says:
“Not only grain, meat, oil, and spirits, have
recently risen in price, but there is almost no
description in goods which is not dearer. We
have not known for years a period in which
-the advance in prices has been so universal as
at prerant. Imports, raw materia), and domes
tic fabrics, are all dear. Many different causes
may be alleged at the origin of this dearness ;
one bsiiig the increase of the circulating medi
um. Sinee 1848 the gain-in gold and silver
American Jews.—The San Francisco Sun,
in a very sensible article upon the present con
dition of Jews, closes with the following par
agraph :
“The American Jew is only less proud of his
country than his religion. To say he is a
mere dweller upon the soil because it affords
him tho means of support, is to libel the most
noblo traits of bis character. -The graves of
bis ancestors ore around him. His heaven is
as near to him on tho shores of the Pacific as
npon the sacred Mount of Olives, or within tho
classic walls of Jerusalem. His God is omnip
otent, omnipresent and omniscient. He has
knelt before that awful prosence alike on the
deserts of Arabia and the frosen zones of Si
beria ; and why should he here—where the law
recognizes his religion and his political privi*
leges,* withhold an affection to which ho is im
pelled by every consideration of prosperity to
himself, and future happiness to his children ?
His respect for our laws is shown in the fact
that he seldom violates thorn. His wealth has
gone towards building up rnd enriching our
cities. He cultivates the arts, and goes heart
and soul with our active citizens in every use
ful enterprise. He quarrels but little; heads
a mob—never. You will find him in our courts
of justice, on the bench, at the bar, in the jury
box, but seldom ever arraigned for a heinous
criminal offence. This is tho American Jew.
Let his good qualities be imitated—his bad
onqs should be forgotten.”
taken their places as members of society? Let
ns see. They are tbq children of wealthy pa
rents, an j, in ail probability, thojr will be called
npon to surstain the following relations:—
“ First.— 1 They will be wives. A wife is the
intimato friend and constant life long compan
ion of a man.
“ Seeondly.—They will bo mothers, and, as
snch, the natural guides, instructors, and exem
plars of children.
“Thirdly.—They will be misstresses of
households, In whioh capacity they will he the
directors of tho industry of others, purchasers
of numberless commodities, and guardians ef
tbe health, comfort, and happiness of many
persons.
“Fourthly.—They will be ladies, and, as
such, the leaders of society, the lawgivers of
manners; os such, they ought to he agreeable,
instructive in conversation, accomplished in the
arts of entertainment, self possessed, and supe
rior to fashion and affectation.
“Fifthly.—Thby' will be more likely than
not to experience, at some time in their lives,
a rcrerso of fortune; and then they should be
able to do something for their own subsistence.
“ Finally.—They will have the honor to ho
members of the illustrious Human Family; to
be •worthy of which high rank in the universe
they ought to bo high-minded, honorable and
jnst; incapable of hatred, jealousy and fear;
abounding-in love and charity-to all who share
with them the glory of being human; beauti
ful in their persons and lovely in their lives, .
“These aro some of the relations they will
sustain ; these are some of the duties they will
be called npon to perform. Now tbe groat
question occurs: What is tho education that
will prepare them for these various relations
and duties? The word education literally
means nourishmeta; that which nourishes tbe
mind is knowledge,; and the act of procuring
knowledge gives, the mind the exercise which
is Heedful for its digestion. It is with the
mind as it is with the body; the labor required
to procure food is the exercise which enables
the ■ system to appropriate it. To extol such
studies, therefore, as logic, rhetoric, mental
philosophy, and algebra, because they exercise
the mind, is absurd; they exercise it very lit
tle, and yield scarcely any knowledge for its
nourishment, whereas there are branches of
study which exercise the mind in the most vig
orous manner, and yield an immense and in
exhaustible revenue of instruction. Take, for
example-, the Italian language. The complete
acquisition of that one language would convert
an uneducated mind into an educated one. In
learning the language the pnpil would necess
arily bebotne acquainted with Italian literature,
Italian history, Italian manners and customs;
the whole internal and external life of an im
portant and interesting branch of the human
family would, be gradually revealed to the pu
pil’s mind. Dante would educate her; Tasso
would educate her; all the great minds of It
aly would contribute to ber enlightenment;
and, in gaining an insight into the structure
of a foreign language, she, Would, for the first
time, begin to understand the pecaliaritios of
her own. The same remarks apply to any lan
guage which has a great and healthy literature
They do net apply to tbe.-Frencb language,
which is worth learning only for purposes of
society and travel. The French have not pro
duccd a great work, and they never wtiL
“Science, also, is all invaluable means of
education, The first few books of Euclid ap
plied to astronomy would flood the youthful
soul with light and joy. The natural sciences
can all he made to toil poWerfutiy on the edu
cation of tbe youhg. History and biography
are exhaustless fountains of instruction. And
daughters of ours, if wS had any, should range
at will among the novelists, who are, after all
the only jschoolmaeters now ‘abioad’ in the
world who earn their wages. We couid spare
Oxford, bat not Dickens; Cambridge, bat not
Thackeray.
“Finally^-bttt most important of all—there
is the education of the soul, the heart, tiie mor
al nature; the conquest of self, the supremacy
of principle, thehabitof magnanimity. Words
are of little awtil on this* branch of the subject
Moral excellence is the result of many circum
stances; there is no royal load or beaten track
that leads to it; if, like nuns and monks, we de r
vote ourselves to its exclusive acquisition, it
eludes onr grasp ; it often-exists where nothing
has appeared to.foster its grawth; it is often
wanting where every circumstance seems to
have conspired to produce it; the sons of saints
go astray; tbe Children of sinners become or
naments cf the race. Goodness is catching:
its sole source is the human heart. Teachers
whose own souls are noble can ennoble the
souls of their pupils: every lesson recited be
comes in their hands a lesson in fidelity, hon
esty and truth. Virtue goes out from thorn
continually, and enters into their pupils con
tinually. And, to tell the truth, this is all
tho moral philosophy we are able to believe in ;
and we know no ‘ means of grace’ except Truth
exemplified in tbe conduot of a human being.
‘ See hpw these Christians love one another!’
It was that which touched hearts aud mado con
verts.
“ These are bat imperfect hints. But we be
lieve that girls educatod in the spirit of our
remarks would be likely to become intelligent
and companionable wives, judicious mothers,
agroeable members of society, and noble-mind
ed women.”
Days of my youth, t wish not your recall;
Hairs of my youth,For-content ye should fell;
Eyes of my youth,’ you much evil have seen;
Cheeks of my youth, bathed in tears you have
been;
Thoughts of my youth, you biVS led me astray;
Strength of my youth why lament your decay?
Days of my age, ye will shortly be passed;
Pains of toy age, yet awbil* you can last;
Joys of my age, in true wisdom delight;
Eyes of my age, be religion your light;
Thoughts of my age, dread ye not thVcold sod;
Hopes of my age,-be ye fixeif on yourGon;
JZ&'Tho prettiest trimming for a woman’s
bonnet is a good humored faoe.
“No man can do anything against his will
said q metaphisician.
‘Faith,’ said Pat, ‘I had a brother who went
to Botany Bay against bis own will; faith, he
did.' w >
ff&r Real friends are like- ghosft that beany
poeple talk of,- bat few, ever see-.
One “jolly bow” wrtl turn aft the inhab
itants of a street out of doorft
f&F- Betting is immortal. This Involves an
ethical question—How cah the man who bets
be worse than the one who is not hef-ter?.
There, are. two kinds of men, who
please women—those who love them and those
who detest them.
Money is defined to be a composition for tak
ing stains out of charaeter.
Denmark has a kindly invited ibo United
States to a Congress of the maritime powers, for
tbe purpose of settling the sound’daes.
If you want to know the way to the peniten
tiary, follow the man who believes that the
“world owes him a living;”
The two Declarations.—At a celebration
on the Fourth of July at. Galen, the toast was
given:
The two Declarations.—Tbe Declaration
of Independence, whereby we gained our iiberty,
and tbe Declaration of Love, whereby we lost
it
A Vtife foil of truth innocence and love> is
the prettiest flower a man can wear next to
his heart.
Lncian Minor, Esq., of Louisa county, .Va ;j
has been appointed Professor of Law in Wil
liam and Mary College.
Gems op thought.—There is nothing dfi
earth se beautiful ss tbe household on which
Christian lore forever smiles, and where reti-
gion walks,a counsellor and a friend. No cloud
can darken it, fey its twin stars ate centered in
the scrfil. No storm* can make it tremble, for it
has a heavenly support and a heavenly anchor.
The home cirle surrounded by snch influence,
has ante-past of the joys of a heavenly home. ,
He is bnt half prepared' for the journey of
life who takes not with hihrtbatfriend.who will
forsake him in no emergency, who will divide
bis sorrows, increase bis joys, lift the veil from
his heart, and throw sunshine around the dark
est scenes: * ; * ; -
If yon love-others, they wlH love yon. If
yon speak hlndly they will speak ltjndly to yon.
Love is repaid with love, and hatred with' ha
tred. Would you hear a- sweet and pleasant
eeho, speak pleasantly yourself. '
“Don’t tell me of to-morrow,~
Give me the men wbo^l say,
Then when a good deed's to be done,
Let’s dotbedeed to-day!
We may sommand the preseny
If we act and never wait;
But repentance is the phantom
Of the past that comes too late!"
. Gentility consilt* ttot in birth/ wealth, man
ners or fashion, but in high sense of Bcnoi}
and a determination to do what is right, to tbO
best of onr ability, under all circumstances—^
that .is, “to do justice, to lore mercy, and walk
humbly before God.*" - • '
Epidemic among the Houses.—The New
York Times of Wednesday says; “An epidem
ic of unusual virulence is attacking the horses
of this eity, and iu allLdirections fine plump
animals may be seen lying dead by the way-
side.—Of course the poor .and overworked
beasts. are more, numerous. We understand
that the Knickerbocker Stage Company lost
.forty iu one week." I -* * -
Convention of Jews.—A convention of Jews
met recently in Cleveland to deliberate on tho
following points: : r
1. On the Union of American Israelites.
2. On a plan to organize a regular pernka*
nent Synod or Sanhedrin of Radis. 5
3/ On a plan for religions;and scholastic ed
ucation of Hebrew youth.
4» On any other proposition that may be
brought forward in the conference. ,
JST4 - iO
Texas Sport.—The fofflowing is from the
Austin State Gazette: in
We freqnently hear of fine sport in bear hunt
ing in oorupper valley. . Some panthers, too,'
and leopards aie occasionally killed. But tbd
last best specimen is related by tbe Liberty
Gazette. The editor says in the last number
tbatBehMi Green> of -that county, killed in
twelve consecutive tnordiuga before dinner—
thirteen bears, one panther, one wfld cat, and
seven deer. No wonder that a Texan cab whip
his weight in wild cate. • *
Congress.—We are given fo understand that
tbe election of speaker of the House npon the
assembling ofthe mew Congress on the firat
Monday in Deeembet, wilLtom open the ques
tion of the delegate* from Kansas. Two dele
gates have been elected—Whitfield by the pro-
slavery party, and Reeder by the ani-slavery
squatters of the territory. Both will come on
to.Wafhingtpn, each as the legitimately elected
j, ^ . ... delegate, and it .will be for the House to decide
to the seat,-
TheCammittee of elections will have much to
do with this decision,* and the composition of
that Cotiimitiee WiU depend on the party bias
of.the speaker, who will have to appoint It— ;
Consequently the whole issue between the bel
ligerents npon the Kansas question will be tCs£ *>
ed upon the speaker; and who can predict .thi*
When Is a maniac not a ihahiac?—Ahf.—
When he’s a raven (raving.)
A little girl at school read thus: ‘The widow
lived on a small ‘limbacy’ left her by a relative.’
•What did you call th&t word?’ asked the teach
er ; ‘the word Is 'legacy,’ not ‘limbacy.” !But,
Miss Johnson/ said the-little girl,‘Pa-says I
musts ay limp r .not leg.’
“Ma,” said a young „ _
other day, “what is.emigrating?'
“Emigrating, dear, is a young lady going to
California.” >»:’•'
“What is colonisation; ma?
“Colonization, dear, Is marrying there, and
having a family."
- .‘tMa, E should like to go to California*"
A Drawing-Room TESfMYon can generally I rasuft! Yerily, we have :tiWiproa& ofmiafo*
tell bow popular yon ara with a lady by - the-1 lutionary opening of Congress whatowsrecfofo
length of time she keeps you waiting whilst result may be. Aretha Union men prepared
dressing to rabeire you. for the struggle? With Congress we open the
■ I camDiunfor.X856*and t&c contest for union or
i A Short Lesson on Manners.—Young men- disunion. . Letqotthia momentous foot be for-
shoold not go into plabes of business with, se- gotten.—AT/'Y- Herald.
gaas in their months, puffing smoke over the
shoulders and'into the faces of people, not know
ing whether it is offensive or not. No well-bred
person will go into a strange place, unless it is
dedicated or dedicated, for such purposes cairy-
ing a habit with him that may be offensive to
the occupant.
Florida Cotto£ Chop.—Jhate accounts from ?■
Florida, in relation to the Cotton crop are not-
faVorahle. An intelligent gentleman/ wrifisg;
date , of 0ctobor 2lltb;says: - - *
“Cottoh crops are much, shorter of last yean’
From having, at the 1st cf August, the best
prospects of any for years past, we have now
the worst since) probably, 1S46. Excessive
rains, rust, rot Ac., havo told the tale.
Getting an invitation.
It having been observed that a certain rich
man never invited any one to dine with him
.. T . . r Extraordinary Swimming.—Two of the*'
T". 1 a wager,.said a wag. I get an inn* jailors belonging to the schooner J. T. Grice,-
ta *°”, from him * , . . . , ... which was lying at her anchorage at Powder
" Tha w»irer he.nF accented, he went the I jj orii c0nc i u ded to cross the Bayon a hunting
The wager being accepted, he went the j
next day to the rich man’s house, about the.
time be was to dine, and told his servant that
he mnst speak with his master immediate]j,
for he could save him.a thousand pounds/'
enirl tha nArvn.nl fo lii« inftfltftr.
dncod, to Europe. To this increase of the me
tallic mediums of exehange, we may add the
omission of paper money, and it is natural
enough that an accumulation of the meuns of
the means of purchase should result in an ex
tension of demands and prices. This general
increase in tbe circulating medium and its con
centration in Europe, is especially owing to the
evuee that North America, by over speculation
in tbe importing business, has driven the pre
cious metals from ber own markets to those of
England and the European continent. On ly
of late has trade revived in America to such an
extentas to attract gold and stiver again to it.
M w'hen'the'sEep^erd first Yoted them* froi* To fully effect this, Nor£ America must ic-
the plain of Shinar! What shadows we "are, ?*» ®«f P™«* hew. American exports
which is to balance the state of the money mar
Bountey among N. York Officialr.-'Wc se
lect the following paraph from ourN. Y. corres-
. - , .. - .. popdenco, which eonie to hand loo lfttoforpub-
P „ r0 ' licntlon entire, most of its news having been an
the p.lain ■
and what shadows we pnrsde V‘
Tbe Great Comet of 1850, which was expeo-
ted in 1848/ and on account of whose non-
appearance Sir John . Herscbel put a crape . on
his telescope, M. Bomme, » distinguished Ger
man astrpnoni®** finds not to bp due till 1858.
With immense labor he has gone over all the
intricate calculations, and estimates that the
comet would be retarded to that extent by the
influence of ?he planets. The periods of it*
return have ranged from 289 to 293 years, and
if It shall not return before 4859, its present
ket on the other aids of the ocean, will be made
principally for breadstuff's and provisions, so
that an eqnilibrium in prices will be first mani
fested in these."
The Pin.—In the hand that knows how to
use it, is the most powerful woapon known—
As tbe tongue of the absent, how oheering!—
When tbe golden tints of virtue guides it how
beautiful! When self-respeot gives it new
vigor, bow pleasing! When honor directs it
how respeoted I When w.it sharpens it how fa-
w - „„„ tal! Wbon scurrility wields it how contoinpti-
witi bo longer by mna years than eyer -TU tlje wpspon of tho soul !”
1 imi'A-T 4>Sr MJ-. It V * *' fL-ta,
tiepatod by the mails: Ono of tho Sunday pa
pers — tho Atlas—whoso editor (Herrick) is
among tho Atedernmn .indicted tho other day
for mnlleasance iu office, isexhaut*tjng the voca
bulary ofharil namds against Mayor Wood.--
Herrick is publishing a .erics of articles entitled
“Records of Rascality,” in which our Chief
Magistrate is.held upas a forger, nswindler, a
liar and a thief! what on “airth” aro wo com
ing to?
Sr.NRTon Toombs.—Wo see it stated that Sen
ator Toombs, bus accepted tbe invitation of ths
Boston Committee on Slavery >Lctures to lec
ture in that city. He will deliver his address on
the ; 24th .of January, and has selected for his
thomo, “Tiie consistency of African slavery
with tho constitution of tho United States and
republican institutions, and the effeot! of tho
American Revolution upon tho Afrioan race.”
A keen Retort.
Some timo ago, Lewis Tappan, tho well
known abolitonist, had the assurance toaddross
a letter to Gen. John H. Cooke, of Virginia,
urging him and his son-in-law to emancipate
one thousand slaves, whom Tappan alleges
these gentlemen hold in bondage. This letter
was published in the New York Tribune, .and
copied into many other papers. To this
impudent letter Mr. Philip St, George Cooke
replies in the Whig of Monday. His reply is
brief, but it is a crushes After quotiug Tap-
pan’s letter he says:
“Now, sir, as it is well understood—at least
in tho community in, which I live—that I am
the person alluded to by you, under the desig
nation of the ‘8ok*in-luw’ of Gen. Cocke, I shall
take the liberty of expressing to you, through
n ohunnol equally public, the contempt J fool
for tbo Pharisaical, canting, ungontlemnnly
tone and tonorof your whole letter, and of say
ing, sir, further to you, that when you, together
with your whole fraternity of abolitionists,
shall have clothed, housed, fed and other wise
cared for, and improved ‘one thousand’ of the
wretched free negroes in your own midst or
shall lmvo dono the same thing ‘one thousand’
of the white slaves and paupers among the tons
of thousands who are allowed to experience ev
ery winter in your great cities alt tbe miseries
of uu utter physical and moral destitution, and
when you shall have placed your ‘ono thousand’
free negroes or white paupers in circumstances
of as much physical comfort social and moral
improvement, ns nre now enjoyed by Gen.
Cocko’s slaves and my Own. yon, Bir, will havo
given to the world a better proof of your own
‘consistency’ than you enq ever hope to do, al
though you should spend a long life of importi-
nont and canting intermeddling with the affairs
of Southern gentlemen.
“I remain, sir, with due sespeot,.
“Philip St. Geo. Cocke.”
Sir,” said the servant to bis master, “there’s
a man at the door, in“a great hurry, who says
he cau save you a thousand pounds?”
Out came ths master.
What is that sir? Can you save me & thous
and pounds.”
“Yes, sir, I can.”
“Won’t you walk in?”
“Thank yon, no, sir. I see yon are at din
ner, I will go to mine and call again.’
Oh pray, sir, come in and take dinner with
me,”
“I shall be troublesome."
“Not at all ”
The invitation Was accepted.
As soon as dinner, was over, and the’ family
retired, the conversation was resumed:
“Weil sir,” said the old man,” “now to your
business. Pray let me know at once how it is
that yon can rave me a thousand pounds.'*
“Why, sir,"said the other, I have jnst heard
that yon have a daughter to dispose of in mar-
rlage.
“I have sir.
“ And you intend to portion her with ten
thousand pounds.’'
“Ido sir”
“Well, then, sir, if yon will let me have hef
I will most gladly take her at nino thousand.”
The master of the house rose up in an awful
passion and kicked him out of the house—-as he
richly desorved.
One o* the Penaltibs of Politeness.—A I
and fishing excursion. They went over to Sand
Point in a small boat, left her on the beach to
take n bunt, and while they were ont the wind
freshened up and their boat blew off. When
they returned ahd saw the boat some distanco
out, one of them eoaoluded- to SWim,after it, he
failed to overtake it,, and finding toe sea tod
high for him to attempt togrt back, swam on.
and actually made the shore ta Stepens’s Bayou
a distance of 10 miles from where he started,
and on tbe opposite side of the Bay- Who’ll
brag on swimming the Helespoint after this?—
Indianola ( Texas) Buletin.
An Ag ed Congregation.—Rev. Dr, Emerson
Of Salem, now iu the fifty-first year of his pas
torate, recently preached to the aged, from the
text—‘Wbeu I am old and gray headed, O God,
fororke me not.’ The venerablo Doctor, wii?
claimed the right to address his aged friends
with propriety, stated the remarkable feet, that
ib his congregation there wero yet living
eighty persons who were upwards of seventy
years of age.
The Rothschilds acordiog to their own esti
mate, possess $700,000,000 in personal property',
exclusive of real estate, seignories, mines, Ac,
which amount to at least half &s much more,
making the enormous sum of over one thousand
Million dollars, of an amount mnch larger than
the entire valuation of New York City
A rencoutiter took place dn the Iffth insLV
near Watefhofo’, Colleton District, in wbioa
Job Benton was instantly killed by Pibokney
White, the weapon used beiflg a gun..loaded
with buekshot. White hits been committed to
A Quaker on hearing a man curso a particular
piece of road, went up to him and said “Friend’
I am under obligations to tboo What thou hast
done I would have dono, but what my religion
forbids it. Don’t lot my conscience, however,
bridlejthoo. Give thy indignation wings, and
suffer not the prejudices of others to paialyzo
gentleman recently handed a lady out of the I j a n to await his trial. White’s Mothe- and two
cars at Buffalo. He was a total stranger to her, sisters have, also, been arrested—One of the
and simply offered ber his hand as an act of po- sisters a little girl, as witness, the others are
liteness. It turned out that she was running accessories. The £nuse of the crime is alleged
away from her husband at the time, bad a large to have been slander of White on bis mother
quantity of goods and ohattlos with hor. The I by Benton. White voluntarily snrrendred bim r
unfortunate stranger, being taken for her friend 8e lf to the sheriff immediately after having
was arrested at tbe ears and sent tojail with | comuitsod the deed.—Charleston Courisr,
her. He bad some difficulty in establishing
that 'his politeness should not bo taxed to at Some of. the Effects of the . Fetes.—It
much greater extent. appears that all is not gloom and daftness; 'some
Four Good HABm.-There were four habits of those that all who were fortaneato enongn to
wire and good man earnestly recommended escape the ravages of the epidemic are hont on
STffi counsel*, and also by his own example, poking suhlanaiy happiness, despite the ordeal
and which he considered essentially necessary f hlc \ h ‘ w0 P°srad. We aro cra
ter the management of temporal concerns; these ?ibly informed that the nnpta.Is were celebra-
aro Punttuality, Accuracy, Steadiness, and Des- ‘ed a few days ago between a widow and wido-
patch. Without the first of tbeao, time is waa- wor—‘tlmhusband ot tho for mor having died
ted; without the second, mistakes toe raosk the%>t«fe of the.fetter da-
hurtful to our own credit and interest and that cflased five weeks prefri
of others may be ooinmited, with out the fourth, J9 lk
opportunities of great advantage ore lost Which
t is impossible to reach. never donbt the gravity of human nature, for
Naturalized Citizens.—Tho Now York Ex- he forms his judgemeht from a profound know-
press says since the 18th of Jadiiary last, 4,537 ledge of his own heart So clear nnd emphatic
aliens have received tboir final papers ofnatq- has been the eyidenes upon this subject, given
ralhration, from she Superior Court in that city, by the holy ones of earth, that we may justly
and 4,613 in the Courtof Common Fleas, making eonclude that progress in piety is marked nnd
the whole number in both courts, 8;550. Do: measured by the degree in WKioh the corruption
ring the past weok, an atorago of about lOOper of the heart iscogfiized and hatod.—\J. R. Keii-
day have received their, certificates from the | drich.
Quick worhi-Hof-
, Foreign Calculations of the Dissoluton
of the Union.—A London correspondent of
the National Intelligencer states that the ex- !
peotation is general in . England and Europe
that there will bo a grand blow up in tho next
under her protection. r*
-to til viz ma*. -- • vi - : -- 4—» - is »-. /l-tf £,<-? .. i
Court of Common Pleas, and 40 or 50 from the
Superior Court. Yesterday, the whole nunitber
in both courts was 145. At this rate, tho num
ber yet to beoome voters before election, will
be 1,450, or a total of 10,000 from first of Jadu-
I
Chodse ever the plainest road it always answers
best. For the same reason, choose over to do*
and try what is the ndnst just and the ranstdif :
OO I *«w, w. „ WM,. ect/ This conduct will save a thousand blushetr
ary to first of November, of the present'year, of and a thousand straggles, and will deliver you
exactly one thopsand per month, or twelve from the secret torments which are the never
thousand per year* & | failing attendants of dissolution-
■s. bzt ttetc-^ v