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LIT Eli .A TRY i'crnpf ranee (^rusafe PENUJELD, GEORGIA. L. LINCOLN VEAZEY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1858. 16^“Do you wish a paper whir'll you can place without fear in the hands of your children? Take the Crusader. We design making it a journal eminently fitted for the family fireside. American Medical Gazette, edited by I). M. Reese, M. !>.. L. L. 1)., No. 10, Union Square, N. Y., is a handsome journal, issued monthly for two dollars a year in advance. The Southern Medical & Surgical Journal is eminently worthy of the patronage of South ern physicians. It is edited by Drs. H. F. <t R. Campbell. Price 53.00 a year. JBSay We would be far happier, perhaps far bet ter, could we believe all we see or hear. The ne cessity of doubt and distrust is one of the ills to which flesh is heir. Mr. Samuel H. Smith, formerly of the Cassville Standard , will shortly issue anew paper in Carters ville, Cass County, Georgia. It will be called the Chartersville Express, and be devoted to Democratic politics, Science, Art, &c. Terms, $2 a-year. IgA. Tie who receives his views and opinions from others, is in the most degrading of all servi tudes. Whatever may be his intellectual abili ties, he can never be consistent, and seldom rea sonable. Yet, how many have voluntarily placed themselves in this condition from a simple ambi tion to ape imaginary greatness! republication of Blackwood’s Maga zine is one of the most readable of American Monthlies. It is republished by L. Scott & Cos., New York, at 53.00 a year. Blackwood and any of the four Reviews may be had for $5.00. Black” wood and all for SIO.OO. New volumes of all these, commence with the present month. Owing to various causes, the Academy in this place, long known as the Preparatory Department of the University, has gone down to a very low eonditition; not hopelessly so, however. A teach er of ability and perseverance could, we think, in year or two, make it one of the best paying schools in our country. It has been so, and we see no good reason why it may not be again. We are pleased to learn that Mr. A.S. Morgan propo ses taking the school for the ensuing term, and hope lie will meet with such encouragement as shall authorize his continuance until it shall be re-established in its wonted respectability. He is a young man of good character, fine talents, and accurate and thorough scholarship. For fur ther information, we refer to his card, which will be found on our first page under the head of New Business. ■! Q I We take the following item of Kansas news from a private letter written by our friend B. F. Brant ly, eldest son of “ Uncle Ben Dear Lincoln : We had a brush,with the abolitionists on last Wednesday, 16th; a company of outlaws, num bering about 65 men, are camped on the Osage about 12 miles from here. The Sheriff attempted to arrest some of them, when he was repelled. He summoned a posse of 40 men, and returned to execute the writs in ; his hands. They refused to be taken. He ordered Dr. Hamilton, a daring fellow from Georgia, to pick ten men and take them. He chose me as one of his men 1 and we started to their fortified house. When within one hundred yards they fired on us; and for five minutes the bullets rained around us, knocking the bark off the trees, and tearing the limbs into fragments. The first ball fired by them, struck my right arm above the wrist, taking the hide off for about three inches. My i horse, a splendid animal, was shot in the thighs, the ball going completely through him. Our men fired a volley at them, hitting one of the outlaws in the belly. This was the only damage done by either party. They left the house and took a stronger position. We will start after them in a few days with a piece of artillery. You cannot fathom your mind. There is a well of thought there which lias no bottom. The move you draw from it, the more clear and plentiful it will be. It is not in Holy Writ alone that a sermon lies in a sentence. We frequently find in hooks of human wisdom a sentence so concise, yet so com prehensive, that a volumo cotdd not express more. Such lines the finger of genius alone can trace. How impressively beautiful to compare the thoughts and emotions of the mind to the vast world of the ocean’s waters. It represents in a style of magnificence the greatness of this heav en-imparted faculty; yet, it is no illusive figure. We know not, nor can we when described, fully comprehend the power that is within us. A boy v- wandering by the sea-shore to collect the shells which the waves had scattered there, might easi ly imagine that its waters could soon be exhaust ed. But when the attempt is made; when untold volumes have been rolled away, the quantity re ’ mains undiminished. Other waters have flowed into to take the place of that which was remov ed, and he finds the task hopelessly vain. Such would be the result were one to attempt an ex haustion of the mind. Jt may be shallow. It may never have flowed into high billows of en thusiasm, and sunk into the chasms of despon* dency. It may never have felt the genial glow which the muse’s inspiration bestows on polished breast. But you cannot exhaust it; for in the very effort you will increase its depth and enlarge its capacities to an incalculable extent. Each desire will produce new aspirations, and every emotion other emotions, until the mind’s identity can scarce be recognised. This truth has an important, practical bearing. expansion follows mental exercise as nat urally as the muscles of the frame become strong ami firm by physical labor. The laws which gov ern the health of the one, will apply equally to other. It is not by a great abundance of food that either the mind or body is strengthened and sustained. One active, vigorous, original thought does far more toward intellectual development A than the perusal of a library. Anew thought brought out by one’s own powers, is a positive achievement which can never be lost or taken away. It adds so much to the soul’s stature, and by its inherent energies, begets others in endless succession. It is a fact which too many forget, that a great •amount of reading is not favorable to intellectu al-improvement. Mental food requires digestion Just as much as that which is taken for the nour ishment of the body. He who reads largely and at random, will sooner or later experience a de rangement of his faculties, which, to all but the ’ most prudent will prove utterly incurable. It is sad to contemplate the many fine intellects, which have been shattered and ruined by this ill-1 adVised, regimen. Minds have thus gone out in i darkness, which, had they been well trained have raised their possessors to the highest positions of usefulness and honor. “ You cannot fathom your mind ;” but rest not j satisfied with this assurance of its depth. Seek to explore it, however remote the hope of discov I ering its bottom may appear. In its secret reces-! ses, which as yet lie unobserved, you may find \ bright gems and costly treasures, which will not j only benefit yourself, but enrich the world. EDUCATION. Perhaps no subject has attracted more atten tion for the last half century than that of educa tion. It has not only been a popular theme for didactic essay, but also one upon which much practical energy has been expended. The best talent of the age has been laid under contribu tion to devise plans whereby the cause might be promoted, elevated and advanced. The scholar and statesman have given it their labors. In our own State a Legislature has not assembled for many years which has not given this subject a large share of their attention; yet, no results have been produced commensurate with all these efforts. There is nothing with respect to which men entertain more erroneous view's, or devise more utopian schemes. To-day, our system of education is less perfect, ami less beneficial in its results than before this jh’eat enthusiasm was awakened. Os the Northern portion of our confederacy this may not be strictly true. There, a system has been originated and almost perfected, which brings a common school education within reach of the poorest, and scarce any one can have an apology for not availing himself of its advantages. Various obstacles, however, oppose the obtain ment of such a plan South. The chief of these is the increasing tendency to divide the land into large plantations, so that we are really as ill situ ated as if the country w r ere ted. Almost every man that can afford it has abandoned his farm, and moved into some vil lage. There, despite a vast superfluity of non sense and humbug, they manage to keep up a tol erably good school. Those, however, who are able neither to live in town or board their chil dren there, are almost totally deprived of any ed ucational advantages. It is very evident that no system could benefit these classes while the man- j ners and customs of our people continue as they j are now. Even a free school could not be estab- , lished in a community where not more than five • or six pupils could attend. If all whose business ( lie in the country would live there, this might be remedied. Another difficulty has been that the enthusi asm on the subject has ran entirely too high. Enthusiasm is not a quality which can be pro ductive of certain good in undertakings of this nature. In a battle or a revolution it is above all things desirable; but when the ways and means of accomplishing a given end are to be decided, it is always dangerous and sometimes fatal. It causes men to aim too high, and to strive for im possibilities. This has been the character of the efforts mde by the friends of education in the South. Thej’ have not limited their ambition to the establishment of a thorough common school system which would enable every one to acquire the rudiments of a plain, English education. Their rage ran for the building up of high schools and colleges. In every community where a few thou sands could be raised for the erection of an impo sing house, they have their Presidents, Professors, extensive curricular of study, and many other ap pendages, all duly announced in flaming circu lars and tastefully gotten up catalogues. The re sult is, that while institutions of these high sound ing pretensions have multiplied until they are almost nuisances, the condition of the lower clas ses is no better than it was fifty years ago. From this arises immediately another great evil under which our system labors. Education has ceased to be chiefly a matter indispensa ble to individual and public weal, but attention is given to it mainly because it is fashionable. This may be clearly seen almost in any part of the South. Two or three of the notabilities of a com munity send their sons to a college, where it may be they acquit themselves with credit and distinc tion. The acquisition of a collegiate education renders them useful members of society. Forth with every man whose pecuniary ability places it in his power, must give his sons the same ad vantages, the question of their intellectual capa city to be benefitted by them being utterly ig nored. Some, are of course, profitedthereby, but many, very many, are hopelessly injured, often ruined. The plow, the anvil and adze are aban doned by those who could use them with skill and efficiency, in order that they may become wretched teaclfers, blundering physicians or briefless lawyers. A college or school of high character upon every hill-top, is very far from being blessings to acoun try. One among their greatest evils is, that they tend to foster that notion of fashionable educa tion which at first produced them. An institu tion of learning without an endowment to render it independent, must be in a great degree controll ed by its patrons. They have, by their moneyed influence, the power of directing all their rules and regulations. Os course, when one of these sovereigns thinks it essential to his standing in society that his sons should “go through” one of them, there will be no difficulty in his passage, if his faro is promptly paid. He is entered, and in due time comes forth properly labelled, “ taught in all the arts and sciences.” If the fond father who has just relieved his purse of a thousand or two for this accomplished education, should ask his young hopeful to calculate the interest on a plain note, he may gain some inkling that he has been humbugged. But he cannot complain of this with any show of justice, as lie has aided in form ing the public opinion which created the necessi ty for deception. There is nothing more absurd than an attempt to give the masses a high degree of mental culti vation. It cannot be done, and if it oould it would derange and finally destroy society. •Edu cation can be available as a matter of practical utility to comparatively few. By far the larger portion of mankind have to gain their livings by occupations to which, if learning is advantageous, it. is by no means essential. But it is not the ten dency of our present school system to make men better farmers, merchants and mechanics by vir tue of their education. Young men learn as one of their first lessons, that all manual labor is un dignified and consequently unbecoming. They look upon the tools of honest industry as badges of disgrace with which it would be a shame to ac knowledge an acquaintance. The i*esult is that while the number of our plain, practical business men of the good old stamp is getting to be lam entably small, the “learned professions” are crowded to overflowing. These are evils in our present educatiqnal sys tem to which error in public opinion has given rise, and which can be remedied only by chang ing the sentiments of the people. These, of them selves, would be sufficient to prevent a plan of ed ucation thorough, practical, and well adapted to the different classes of society, from obtaining at the South. There are, however, other evils for which the educators themselves are in a groat de gree responsible. These we may notice at. some future time, and for the present bring to si close an article which has been already spun to too great a length. Arthur’s Home Magazine for February is before us, and a most splendid number it is. If you wish to place a good periodical in the hands of your wife or daughter, send for Arthur. Price $2.00 a year, 4 copies $5.00. JQT* A little volume entitled “A Manual of Business and Guide to Success ” has been sent to us from the publishing house of Fowler & Wells, New York. It contains a large number of pre cepts, rules and maxims, which young men just beginning life would do well to read and observe. INK-DROPS. “ The chamber where the good man meets his fate. Is privileged beyond ihe common walk Os virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.” “ Howe’er it be, it seems to me ’Tis only noble to be good.” Alexander conquered a world, and died in a tit of drunken revelry; Hannibal shook Rome to her centre, stripped bushels of rings from the fingers of her slaughtered knights—was praised like a God and administered the poisoned chalice to_ his own lips; Ctesar took a thousand cities, killed a million of his enemies, overcome every opponent and was cruelly murdered amid the scenes ol his , triumphs by the hand of him whom he had most j trusted; Napoleon threw princes from their pin nacles of power, made thrones and diadems his playthings, wrapt Europe in a continued flame of war and died a lone exile on a barren rock: Washington liberated a nation and sank peace fully to his final rest, attended by one loud wail of mourning from that nation’s heart. All these achieved greatness and won admiration; but only one was beloved. Each will blot out some ray from the halo of their glory, but will impart to his a more effulgent brightness. His is a fame revered by men and sanctified of Heaven, and can never pass away. What a pure and holy light beams forth from a good name in this sin-darkened world of ours. The breath of calumny may indeed sometimes ob scure its lustre. The carping infidel may strive to destroy a virtue in others which his depraved nature refuses to emulate, lmt these will be blown aside lightly as morning vapors that becloud the sun. Through all the years of lengthened ages its light shines on, silently and steadily, inciting men to deeds of benevolence and love. Who can look on the firmament of history studded with these brilliants and not feel in him aspirations to do something great and good ? Ambition may proud ly point to those who have left their footprints on the rounds of fame imprinted in human gore. Philosophy may name those who scaled the top most towers of thought and looked thence into the great unknown. Religion may call over her calender of sainted devotees who sought Heaven “by making earth a hell.” But none of these can compare in Moral beauty and lasting fame with those whose only pleasure and glory was in being and doing good. There is a power in goodness which force cannot overcome, or hypocrisy counterfeit. The clouds of misfortune may enshroud, the waves of des pondency overflow, and the flames of oppression may envelope it; but it will rise above them all with the purity of light and the brightness of Heaven. In the darkest hour of trouble it can invoke some unseen influence from on high to nerve its flagging energies and soothe its sorrows. It was this that fed Elijah in the wilderness, de fended Daniel in the den of lions and enabled the Hebrew children to walk with the Son of God through the seven-fold heated furnace of tire ty rant's wrath. By it the wisest of heathen sages was nerved when he took the fatal hemlock, which he had won by his devotion to his country, and his reverence for a sublime but mistaken philosophy. It bore up the beloved disciple in the spirit and spread out before him such visions of heavenly glory as mortal eyes had never seen. It lent the Monk of St. Augustine a vigor to deal deadly blows to the mystery of iniquities, sus tained the pious Baxter amid the persecutions and allurements of a dissolute court and enabled the unlearned Bunyan in the gloom of a prison cell to dream “ dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” It inspired Whitfield with a fer vent zeal which enabled him to stir the fires of enthusiasm in breasts where slavish devotion to meaningless forms had long reigned. But whatever energy and power Goodness may here po sess, it is not of the earth, earthly, and , the final consummation of its glory the world will never see. Here it oftenest seeks its walks in the vales of humility, and strives not to lift its head among the mighty magnates before whom nations bow their heads. When, however, all the insubstantial fabrics of time shall have passed away, Goodness shall ascend to its heaven and home and shine in everlasting splendor before the throne of God. It may be said of ladies, as well as of vessels, that if they are well manned, they are very cer- ; tain to be well rigged. Yes, but the misfortune is, they generally con trive to be well rigged, let the other part of their outfit be as it may. Many a poor bark lias gone down beneath the waves of bankruptcy on ac count of this superabundance of rigging. This penchant is one of the last that should lie named in an eulogy on woman. We most cordially invite all who have the dis position and ability to write, to contribute to our col umns. We are assured that there are men and women in Georgia, who, if they would write, might enable us to get up one of the very best Literary Journals in our country. Will you not help us? We do not wish pa pers of great length. Let them be “ short and sweet.” CLIPPED ITEMS. A line may be remembered when a chapter is forgotten, Captain John Dickson died at his residence near Sparta, on Thursday, 24th December, in the 69th year of his age. He was perhaps the largest holder in the State. Several years ago he paid tax on about 35,000 acres of land lying in different parts of the State. Judge of the Cherokee Circuit.— Hon. Leander W. Crook, of Whitfield county, has been elected Judge of the Superior Court of the Cherokee Circuity by a ma jority of between two and three thousand. Mr. Lovick P. Allen, formerly a citizen of Tuskcgce; Ala., committed suicide at Greenville, Butler co., Ala., on Tuesday evening, sth inst., by hanging himself with a handkerchief. Pecuniary embarrassments are as signed as the cause of this melancholy event. Oldest Married Couple Living. —There is now liv ing in Burnside, Pennsylvania, a Mr. Ludwick Snider, 111 years old. His wife Jane is 107 years old. The date of their marriage is not given, but supposing that Ludwick was twenty-one years old at that distant epoch, they have been living together as man and wife ninety two years! v Rousseau was one day showing his Ode to Posterity to Voltaire. “Do you know” said the sage, “lam afraid your ode will never be forwarded to its address.” Suicide. —The Eufaula, Ala., Native, learns, from a passenger who came up the river on the steamer Wave, that Mr. Frank Ely, a prominent citizen of Marianna, Florida, committed suicide a few days ago. The cause of this act of desperation is unknown. It is said that Gen. Concha, Gov. of Cuba, has made over five millions of dollprs within the last five years, as his per eentage from the sale of cargoes of slaves that he allowed to land. Georgia Military Institute. —Gov. Brown has ap pointed the following gentlemen as Trustees of the In stitute for the present year: Hon. David Irvin, of Cobb; Hon. Charles J. McDonald, of Cobh; Hon. David Ardis, of Cobb ; Hon. of Richmond ; Capt. Wm. T. Wofford, of Cass. Never use harsh words towards either friend or foe ; for, as the Arabian proverb says, “ Curses, like young chickens, come home to roost.” All the works, whether good or evil, that any man does, are estimated in Heaven according to the state of mind in which he does them. Precept is instruction written on the sand—the tide rolls over it and it is gone. Example is engraven on the rock, and defies the ravages of time. Could some men hear the eulogies pronounced upon their characters for moral honesty, after their death, how they would shriek and howl as they lay in their cof fins ! Salaries of the Governor and Judges.— The Gov ernor’s is increased by the late law to $4,000, and the Judges of the Supreme Court to $3,500, and the Judges of the Superior Court to $2,500. The salaries will be drawn prospectively. A poor Spaniard had his head cut off for making a present of a pair of stockings to the Queen of Spain. “ Put him to death,” cried the Royal lady, “ how dare he presume to conclude that queens have legs!” CHOICE SELECTIONS, rirt: cLONisr. year. BY OF.O. D PRENTICE. ; Os midnight's’holy hftftr, and silence now Is broiling like a gentle spirit o’er f l fie still ami pulseless world. Hark on the winds The hell’s deep tones are syvelling—’tis the knell Ot the departed year. No funeral train Is, sweeping past—yet on the stream and wood. \\ ith melancholy light the moonbeanis'rest t Like a pale, spotless shroud— theair is stirred As by a mourner’s sigh—and on yon cloud Thai iloats so still and placidly thro’ tlie heavens The Spirits ol the Seasons seem to stand. Young Spring, bright Summer, Antum’s solemn form. | And \V inter with iiis aged locks and breath In mournful cadences lliat route abroad Like the far wind harp's wild and touching wail, A melancholy dirge o'er the dead year, < lone from the earth forever. •” ’Tis a time For memory and-for fears. Within the deep Si ili chambers of the heart, a spectre dim. W itose tones are like the wizzard voice of Time, Heard ironi the tomb of Ages, points its cold And solemn linger to the beautiful And holy visions that have passed away, And left no shadow of their loveliness On the dead waste of Itfe, That spectre lifts Ihe colli in -lid ol hope, and Joy and Love, And, bending mournfully above the pale Sweet forms that slumber there, scatters dead flowers Over what has passed to nothingness. The year .las gone, and with it many a glorious throng Ol happy dreams. Tts mark is on each brow, Tts shadow with each heart. In its swift course It waved its sceptre o’er the beautifnl, Ami they are not. It laid its pallid hand Upon the strong man—and the haughty form Has fallen and the flashing eye is dim. Hlrod the hall of revelry., where thronged 1 oe bright and joyous—and the fearful wail Ol stricken ones is heard, where erst the song And reckless shout resounded. It passed o’er I he battle plain, where sword and spear and shield. Flashed in the light of mid-day—and the strength Os serried hosts is shivered, mid the grass, Green trom the soil of carnage, waves above i lie crushed and mouldering skeleton. It enme And laded like a wreath of mist at eve ; Yet, ere it melted in the viewless air. It heralded its millions to their bourne In the dim lands of dreams. Remorseless Time— fierce Spirit of the Glass and Scythe—what power Can stay him in his silent, course, or melt His stern heart to pity ? On, still on, He presses and forever. The proud bird, The condor of the Andes, that can soar Through the heaven’s unfathomable depths, or brave The fury of the Northern hurricane, And bathe his plumage in the thunder’s home, Furls his brond wings at night-fall, and sinks down To rest upon his mountain crag—but Time Knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, And night's deep darkness has no chain to hind His rushing pinion. Revolutions sweep O’er earth, the troubled visions o’er the breast Os dreaming sorrow—Cities rise and sink Like hubbies on the water —fiery isles Spring blazing front the ocean, and go back To i heir mysterious caverns—mountains rear To heaven their bald and blackened cliffs, and how Their tall heads to the plain—new empires rise. Gathering the strength of hoary centuries, And rush down like the Alpine avalanche, Startling the nations —and the very stars, Yon bright and burning blazonry of God, Glitter awhile in their eternal depths, And like the Pieaid, loveliest of their train. Shoot from their glorious spheres, and pass away, To darkle in their trackless void—yet Time, * ( Time, the tomb-builderyholds his fierce career, Dark, stern, all pitiless, and pauses not Amid the mighty wrecks that strew his path. To sit and muse like other conquerors, Upon the fearful ruin he has wrought. , HOME. “ * * ® “ What so sweet — Ho beautiful on earth, and ah ! so rare As kindred love and family repose.”— • * ■ “ The busy world With all the tumult and the stir of life, Pursues ils wonted course ; on pleasure some, And some on commerce, and ambition bent, And all on happiness; while each one loves One little spot, in which his heart unfolds With nature’s holiest feelings, one sweet spot. And calls it Home : If there is sorrow there It runs thro’ many bosoms, and a smile, Lights up in eyes around a kindred smile; And if disease intrudes, the sufferer finds Rest on the breast beloved.” Pleasure, when it is titan’s chiefpurpo.se, disap points itself; and constant application to it palls the fac ulty of enjoying it, though it leaves the sense of our in abiliiy for that wo wish, with a disrelish for everything else. Early Rising. —l would inscribe on the curtains of your bed, and oil the walls of your chamber : “If you do not rise early, you can make progress in nothing.— If you do not set apart your hours of reading, if you suf fer yourself or any one else to break in upon them, your day will slip through your hands unprofitably, frivolous ly, and unenjoyed by yourself.”— Lord Chatham. Moral Courage. —The journals in various parts of the country just now, tell of numerous cases of young men committing ‘suicide’-‘not being able to get employ ment,’, often leaving behind them “wife and children.” It is difficult to say exactly how much physical courage is required to cut one’s throat or blow one’s brains out —but nothing is hazarded in saying that all such sui cides are the worst sort of moral cowards, and as such, perhaps they are as well out of the world. When the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death—tlie brave live on. Newspapers. Judge Longstreet, whose views on all subjects are practical, and worth treasuring up, thus sets forth the vaitte of a newspaper “Small is the sum that is required to patronize the newspaper, and most amply remunerated is the patron. I care not how humble and unpretending the gazette which he takesit is next to impossible to fill it fifty-two times a year without putting into it something that is worth the subscription price. Every parent whose son is off from home, at school, should supply him with a paper. I still remember what, difference there was be tween-those of my schoolmates who had, and those who had not access to newspapers. Other things being e qual, the first were decidedly superior to the last in de bate and composition at least. The reason is plain, they have command of more facts ! Youth will peruse a newspaper with delight when they will nothing else.” Death of an “Old Tar.” — Thomas Penny died at the Naval Asylum, near Philadelphia, on Monday, aged 81 years. This gallant tar was one of the crew of Com modore Perry’s flagship Lawrence, and fought most nobly on board that vessel until, owing to her disabled condition, it was determined that Commodore Perry should go on hoard the Niagara, when Penny was selec ted as one of the crew of the boat that was to convey his brave commander. The passage was effected amid a storm of round shot and grape, which splintered many of the oars and so shattered the boat that when it reach ed the Niagara it was in a sinking condition. The character of the fight on board the Lawrence, in which this heroic seaman, Penny, acted his part with cool and determined courage, may he gathered from the fact that out of a crew of one hundred and three fit for duty twenty-two were killed and sixty-tlnee wounded ! i ♦ Charity. —Night kissed the young rose, and it bent softly to sleep. Stars shone, and puredewdrops hungup on its bosom, and watched its sweet slumbers. Morn ing came with its dancing breezes, and they whispered to the young rose and it awoke joyous and smiling. — Lightly it danced to and fro in all the loveliness of health and young innocence. Then came the ardent sun-god, sweeping from the east, and smote young rose with its scorching rays, and it fainted. Now the gentle breeze which had been gamboling over the sea, pushing on the homebound hark, sweeping over hill and dale, by the neat cottage and the still brook, turning the old mill, fan ning the brow of childhood —came tripping along on her errand of mercy and love, and when she saw the young rose she hastened to kiss it, and fondly bathed its fore head in cool refreshing showers, and the young rose re vived and looked and smiled in gratitude to the kind breeze ; hut she hurried quickly away, lor she soon perceived that a delicious fragrance had been_ poured on her wings by the grateful rose ; and the kind breeze was glad at heart, and went away singing through she trees. Thus charity, like the breeze, gathers tragrance from the drooping flowers it refreshes, and unconscious ly reaps a reward in the performance of its officeol kind ness, which steals on the heart like rich perfume to bless and to cheer. Mirth should he the embroidery of the conversation, not the web ; and wit the ornament of the mind, not the furniture. It is believed that Hon. Pierre Soule will he elected He inter from Louisiana, in Place of Hon. J. P. Benja min. Thirty-nine shares of Georgia Railroad stock were disposed of ajt administrtaor’ssalein Madison on Tues day last, at front $1)0 to s9o} per share. A difficulty occurred at Sylvanin, on Monday the 4th inst., between Benjamin Herrington and Jerry Frawley. The former cut the latter severely with a bowie-knife so much so, that Mr Frawlsy’s recovery is very doubtful. Cincinnati, according to an estimate of the Gazette, has a population of 244,000 inhabitants, an increase in ten years of over 87,000. The value of manufactures and industry is set down at $80,000,000. An immense store of rich knowledge is afloat in the world, scat tered in paragraphs and odd corners of nearly every monthly, weekly and daily periodical; and which if collected together, culled and property arranged, would form a column of useful information, invaluable Jo the man of science, the professional artist, the mechanic, the farmer, and the house-keeper. 4®“* ‘Joseph, where is Africa V ‘On the map, sir.’ I mean* Joseph on what continent, the Eas tern ov YVestcvn?’ Well the land of Africa is on the Eastern, Continent, but the people all of em are down South. ‘How do the African people live?’ ‘By drawing, —‘ By drawing what, water ? ‘No, sir, by drawing their breath.’ ‘Sit down Joseph.’ FARMER’S COLUMN. COMWERCIAI, Augusta Market, Jan. 21 — J P. M. COTTON.—There was moro Cotton brought in to day in wagons than wc have noticed on the streets'in any one day for some weeks past. The planters evi dently seem satisfied with prices, and are coming for ward with their Cotton. The sales have been about 300 bags, at from 10 to 10} for Middling Fair to Fair. SAVANNAH, .Tan. 20—4 P. M —COTTON.—We have to report hut little enquiry to-day. and buyers more disposed to ask concessions. Holders missing l the ac tive demand prevalent tire last few days, manifest more disposition to sell, and have offered more freely. The few hales which hove changed hands do not indicate any -decline, though prices are evidently a shade easier. The sales foot 183 hales: 20 at 10]; 85’ at 10}; 22 at 105, and oti hales at 10? cents. Augusta Prices Current. WHOLESALE PRICES. BACON.—Hams, pt it, 13 @ 14 Canvassed Hams, ‘0 ft 16 (fa 17 . Shoulders, ft It, 12 (a ]3J Western Sides. p) It, 1J @ if, Clear Sides, Tenni, “ft p, 00 ’ fit 00 Ribbed Sides, ‘f It, 14 @ 1.-, flog Hound, new, ||, iq (, t qq FLOUR.—Country ‘ft 1,1,1 525 fit (i 00 Tennessee ft 1,1,1 f> 02 ■@ 5 <;o City Mills ft bid 575 fa) 750 Etowah “ r t 1,1,1 r, 00 @7 50 Denmend’s j-t 1,1,1 f, 00 @7 50 Extra ‘ft 1,1,1 700 @7 50 GRAIN.—Corn in sack ft hush 55 @ 60 Wheat, white ft hush 1 15 @ 1 20 Bed r > If, 95 (q. 1 05 Cats ft bush (it) @ 70 Rye ‘;r> hush ’7O (a) 75 Reas ft hush 75 (and 85 Corn Meal f hush 65 fa 75 IRON.—S\vedes i ft It, 5} fa; 5? English, Common, ft It, 34 @ “ Refined, ft !L 3? @ LARD.— ‘ft It, 12 fa 14 MOLASSES.—CuIm ft gal 30 @ 35 Q 1 ’ ( “m V ft 50 Sugar House Syrup ft'gal 45 (and. 50 Sy '" p ft h'al 40 @ 50 SUGARS.—N-; Orleans pt p, @ Porto Rico ‘ft 11, 8 ‘ @ 8} Muscovado p, i, („. Refined C It, n (4 U l , Refined B ‘ft It, n @ 12 Refined A pt ft, 11} @ 12} Powdered ‘ r > tt, 12 (a, 12 s-ATm l0 ’ ft U) 12 @ 13 SAL 1. ‘ft sack 1 00 fa 1 00 The American Cotton Planter and Soil of the South, one oftlie neatest and most ably conducted Ag ricultural Journals of which our country can boast,°is always punctual in making its appearance on our table. Ihe last number, which is now before us. contains a number of articles that we would like to notice separ ately if we lmd space. Its price places-it within the reach of every farmer, and certainly there is none whom it would not benefit. The Southern Cultivator gained, the first year of its publication, a reputation which ten years have not in the slightest degree impaired. For the present year, it promises to maintain that high degreo"of excellence which lias marked it during the past. Os these two Journals the South should surely feel proud, and let that pride cherish and sustain them. ('liinctic Sugar Cane. The Morus Mulficaulis, Gama Grass, Chili Clover, Oregon Pea, &c., introduced into the United States, at times, have proved failures, and induced asus picion of everything new in the way of field and gar den produce. The Chinese Sugar Cane met this recep tion twelve months ago. Being, however, widely dis tributed and planted, on a small scale, in most of tbe Southern and Middle States, sufficient evidence to de cide its merits has been accumulated. The summing up of that testimony is unexpectedly favorable 10 its taking rank, as a valuable crop, in all the States south of New York. Allowance must l,c made for the extravagance to l,e found in some of the statements of its utility. Some claim great value for all parts ot it—leaves, stalk, seed and juice. Our own estimate ol the first three, is not very high. The leaves are rather small, situate! far apart, and, on account of the long sheath enveloping the stalk, are not easily gathered. Few planters will take the trouble to save them for fodder. The’ stalk, ifthor oughly crushed by the mill, have not sweetness enough left in them to make brandy, as claimed by some. They do very well, though, for hogs—they chew them greedily. The seed alone, are too rough and astrin gent to make very good food for stock ; for flour, we should think them not at all adapted. But making due abatement for the above, the juice of the Chinese Sugar Cane is certainly very valuable. Fine syrup has been made from it in Georgia, and oth er States, as far North as Ohio. Most of the boiling has been done in a very rude manner, and the syrup has been either burned, or imperfectly freed from the broken fibres and bitter extractive matter of the stalk and leaves. Slower boiling will remedy the former, and the substitution of soda lor lime, as a purifier, may im prove the latter. We. however, need more experience in all the details of boiling; another year will clear up many difficulties. The juice will probably not. yield sugar. We have a few rather conflicting accounts of its granulating. The Northern States have long envied our monopoly of sugar-raising from'the eommon'eane, Jand they have, during the past year, anxiously and thoroughly tested the capabilities of the Chinese cane in this respect. Their very meagre success is a virtual yielding oftlie question. It becomes every planter in Georgia, to devote a few acres to this new plant, during the present year. It is capital food for his stock. If he wishes to make syrup, he may buy a cheap mill and boiler; or one may put up more permanent arrangements, and grind and boil for a neighborhood. The large supply of syrup from this source, will save the money usually expended lor this article, and will materially reduce the prices of sugars and syrups from the common cane. . ERNEST. Wc arc also indebted to our friend “ Ernest ” for the following clipping from the Saturday Evening Past: CLEAR SYRUP FROM SORGHUM. All sorts of experiments have been tried with the Chi nese sugarcane this year. We are all going to become sugar planters, and are now in the apprentice state — learning the best modes ofcultivating thecane andman unfacturing it into molasses. We shall continue to extract the most important facts from the details communicated hv different individuals to the different papers, so that our readers may lie fur nished with an abstract of the most important facts and conclusions brought forward in this interesting stage of the business. Win. Tenney, of Henry county, Ala., gives some ol his experience in raising the c.nne and manufacturing the sugar, in the Cotton Planter and Soil of the South. He planted an acre of pine land, harvested 20 bush els of seed, 1,000 pounds of fodder from the leaves, and 100 gallons of first-rate, pure syrup. He says “ the juice expressed from the stalks isofan opaque green color, occasioned by the presence ot a con siderable quantity of vegetable extract, held in mechani cal mixture in the saccharine juice.” This matter comes from the green rinds and parts of leaves encircling the stalk. “Now, the great difficulty,” says lie, “in making a large yield of syrup, is to get rid oftlie green vegetable extract, and the acids of the juice; for the residue, pare transparent juice, will make transparent syrup. “It is fortunate for us in this process, that phosphoric and sulphuric acids abound in the rind and leaves, and are in dose union with the green vegetable extract oftlie juice, which wc have to get rid of before making good syrup.” “In order to accomplish this,” lie says “I*first added lime to 120 gallons of the juice, and only made 20 gal lons of the syrup, with a greenish tinge. Lime will neutralize the acids, hut the specific gravity ot its com pound with the acids is too great for them to rise and remain on the surface ol the juice to he skimmed off. This failed. Almost everybody will follow this pro cess this year, and fail to make a large yield of clear syrup. _ “ It next occurred to me to try super carbonate of soda, ara purifier and neutralizer. It - proved to he all wc could desire. Having filled a boiler with juice (150 ga llons,) and applying a moderate fire, as soon as gentle boiling commenced, and the first general skimming had been done, I took 2 pounds of the super carbonate of soda by the side oftlie kettle, and mixing one tea-spoonful with half a pint of cold water, poured it into the boiling juice. “ The alkali (soda) rapidly combining with the phos phate and sulphuric acid, abounding in the green vegeta ble extract, the compound foamed high over the surface ofthe juice, but soon subsided into a dark greenishscum floating on the surface. In a few minutes this scum be comes of a thick consistency, and can be removed by perforated ladles or ski.mnois without losing any juice. —— ‘ ” ‘ ‘. This process of pouring into she kettle flLjuice, nt a pint of water with one of soda in soluth must be repeated-e&cry 6or 8 ppd the scu thrown off for 1 to 1} hours if necessary; at least un the 2 pounds of soda lias been skimming process a gentle fire must f>£ and tfj juice must not. ho allowed 1 6 come boihi over llie entire surface. Inn only at two sides at farthest Two to three pounds ol soda are sufficient for 150ga lons of juice, according as it is fully ripe or, pot. Bea in mind that this adding of ‘soda nnd skimming, nuts be continued until all the green coloring vegetable ej tract is thrown out ofthe kettle in the form of scnirt which will bo indicated by the juice now b#£oming of j light transparent color. vYs Sofffi as this is perceived t< be the casd, boil down to the syrup point, and strike of into coolers. U rV “By this process. HiO gallons of good, ripe juice wil make 40 gallons of good syrup, that is-1 gallon to 4oi juice. ‘l'hc reason of this is obvious. By the old pro cess.of lime, as its compounds with the aeids are too heavy to float as scum, a higher point of ebullition is required, when the foqm is ski|pipe3 off wnieTi contains a large portion of the juice. “The pure juice is like ■fcni&lS the pure syrup is like eastor oil in appearance. * * A slight burning of she saccharine par-; tides gives an amber color to the best of syrup.”—Sat urday Evening Post. ‘■ ■ ‘■ n r ■ •- 1 JK®**We subjoin below a continuation of the list of Acts passed by the last General Assembly, 1 lie first por j lion of which appeared in our last issue : 32. To repeal an act to provide for the election or! trustees of Effingham county Academy, and for other! purposes, approved March 4th, 1.856. 33. To compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the 1 county of Murray, . ?■, 31. To consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and j Collector, so far as ic relates to the county of Union, and ] for other purposes theidn mentioned. 35. To legalize the adjournment of Lee Superior ■’ Court. 36. To change and alter she lines between the counties of Worth and Colquitt. 37. F'or the relief of Nancy Morrow of Henry county. 38. To incorporate the Ocmulgee and Altamaha Steam Navigation Company. 39. To incorporate the New Manchester Manufactur- ’ ing Company. 40. To make the elections of Tax Receiver and Col lector of Decatur county biennial, instead of annual, and to double the amount of bond given by them. 41. For the relief of Thomas J. McGaugey of Walton county. ‘ 12. Tr> authorize tie Justices ofthe Inferior Court of Gordon county to levy an extraordinary tax, &,c. 43. To give’ additional powers to the Justices of the Peace for 872d District G. M. 44. To empower the Justices of the Inferior Court or a majority of them, of Wayne comity x to. levy an extra tax for Court-house purposes. 45. For the rdief of Mrs/fclizabeth Thompson of El bert county, and to repeal conflicting laws in her case only. 46. To alter and amend the road laws of this Stale, so far as relates to the counties of Decatur and Lumpkin, and for other purposes. 47. For the relief of Elizabeth Coleman, a colored woman. 48. To incorporate the Hilliard Male Institute in Mon roe county, and to appoint trustees for the same. 49. To compensate she Grand and Pctn Jurors of the several counties therein mentioned, and for other pur poses. 50. To repeal an act to incorporate the Sweet Water Manufacturing Company, hut to continue the corpora lion to collect and pay its debts. 51. To legalize to the inient therein specified the pro bate of the will. - 52. To repeal an act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of she county of Fannin, Telfair, Clinch and Walton to lay off'said counties into School Districts, to appoint trustees for the same, and to provide for the election of Treasurers for each ofthe said Districts and for other purposes therein mentioned. Approved March 6th, 1856. 53. To re-establish the 100f,th District G. M. in the county of Decatur and to legalize the Judicial acts there of. 54. To repeal ihe lien laws, so far as applies to the Steam Saw Mills, at and upon the several mouths of the Altatliaha River. 55. To regulate and define the time of holding the Su perior Courts of several counties of the Cherokee Cir cuit, to authorize the Judge of said Courts to hold two weeks court in Gordon and Catoosa counties and todraw two panels of Jurors to serve in the counties of Gordon and Catoosa. 56. To establish and incorporate a Female College in the city of Marietta, to he called the “ Marietta Female College,” and to confer powers on the same with certain rights, powers and privileges. 57. To alter and change the road laws so far’as[relates to the county of Glynn. 58. To alter and amend the several laws relative to the poor school system so tar as relates to the counties of Gordon and Gilmer. 59. To amend an act to incorporate the Canton Min ing Company of Georgia. Approved Dec. 17th, 1855. 60. To prohibit slaves nnd free persons of color in the town of Warrenton, Warren.county, from keeping eat ing houses and eating tables in said town, and the town of Thoniaston, Upson county. 61. Giving the election ofthe Treasurer of the county of Wayne to the people. * 62. To authorize and require the Justices>of the Infe rior Court of Decatur county to order the payment of the Superintendents, Clerks and those who consolidate the returns of elections of sard county for their services. 63. To allow compensation for transcribing the Nu merical land Books in the Executive Department. 64. To require the Ordinary of Macon county to pay Win. Londed, Silas Stokes and E. ,T. Eason all arreara ges, and for the tuition of poor children in said county. 65. To prevent the killing ol deer at certain periods of the year in the county of Screven. 66. To repeal an act to amend the patrol laws of this State, approved 20th January, 1854, so far as relates to the county of Gwinnett. 67. To compensate witnesses attending Justices’ Courts in the county of Catoosa, and to compensate Jus tices ofthe Peace in said county for certaiii services. 68. To permit the Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts in the county of Lincoln to hold the office and discharge the duties of Justice of the Peace in said coun ty. 69. For the relief of Thomas J. Millet oftlie county of Bibb. ’ 70. For the relief of John Atwell. *7l. For the relief of Andrew T. Rowe oi’ Greene coun ty. 72. To incorporate the Western Baptist Association, and to amend the charter of the Southern Female Col lege of LaGrange. 73. To incorporate the United Hebrew Society ot Ma con, Georgia. 74. To he entitled an act, to amend the 3d section of an act, entitled an act, to repeal ait a£t entitled an act to extend the civil jurisdiction ofthe Justices of the Peace in the city of Savannah, and for oilier purposes. 75. To incorporate the vigilance Hose Company, the Milledgcville Telegraph Company, the Sparta Tele graph Company, the Warrenton Telegraph Company, and to extend certain privileges to Young America Fire Company No. 3.- ■ 76. To amend the charter of the Macon and Bruns wick Railroad Company, and to define more particu larly the powers and privileges of said company, and for other purposes. . , , . . . 77. To reduce the Sheriff Bonds in the copntics ot Towns, Camden and Haralson. 78. To alter and amend an act, entitled an act to pro tect the planters ot Oyster beds and give^exclusive eight to the usufruct of natural beds ot Oysters in ceitain casi s and to prevent the taking of terrapins at cer tain seasons, approved Feb. 18th, 1856. 79. To point out the mode ol paying the lees ot the So licitor General of the Eastern Judicial District in Chat ham county in certain cases and for other purposes. 80. To authorize nnd require tho Justices of the In terior Court of Warren and Burke counties to draw two panels of Jurors from the Jury boxes of said counties, and for other purposes. 81. To authorize tlie Clerk's ol the Superior and Infe rior Courts and Ordinary of Charlton county to keep their offices at their residences if within six miles of the Court-house. 82. To amend an act approved Dec. 17th, 1851, entitled uu act to grant corporate powers and privileges to the Curtright Manufacturing Company. 83. To render certain the compensation of teachers of poor children of the respective counties of this Btate and to secure to poor children the benefits of she poor school funds. 84. For the relief of James E. Williams of the city of Atlanta. 85 For the relief of Lewis Jones; Richard Turner and Solomon Hart of Harris county. ± 86 For ihe relief of Win. L. Gordon oftlie county of Spalding. 87. To authorize the Clerk of the Superior Court of Columbia county to do and perform the duties of the Clerk ofthe Inferior Court of said county of Columbia under certain circumstances. 88. To lay out and form anew countv from the coun ties of Ware and Appling, and to provide fov : the organ ization of the same. 89. To designate the brigade and the division ofthe Georgia Militia to which tnc county of Terrell belongs. 90. To appoint an additional commissioner of the Greene and Pulaski Monument Fund. 91. To authorize Joseph E. Dent and John T. Dent, executors ol tlic last will and testament of William B. W. Dent, deceased, to sell the lands belonging to'the estate of said W. B. W. Dent, deceased, at private sale and to make valid aud legal conveyances for the same. And also to extend the pioxisions-of said act tp Robert M. Gunby of Muscogee county, administrator ofß. T. Bethune, deceased, late of Chattahoochee eounty. 92. To regulate the courts of Ordinary of this State so far as relates to the county of Miller. 93. To authorize the drawing of additional’ panels of Grand and Petit Jurors for the Superior Courts of Dougherty county. 94. To lay out anew county from the counties of Cherokee, Cobh and Forsyth and for other l purposes. 95. For the relief of Peter (foie of Gilmer county. 96. To lay out. and organize anew eounty out of a portion of the county of Warren. 97. To incorporate the American Atlanta Screw Steamship Company. . ■ 98. To authorize Malone Biddell of the county ol Charlton, to peddle, without paying arifix for the same.