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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
WM. C. RICHARDS, EDITOR.
SUjjrns, <Kcorjjia:
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Saturday Moruiuj? Aug. 4, 1840.
COMMENCEMENT WEEK.
Never Ims the Anniversary of Franklin
College been celebrated by a larger throng
than that which has just dispersed in ev
ery direction, but principally towards the
springs and the unequalled mountain re
gion of G eorgia. For days previous to Com
mencement Week, our Town was crowded
with guests, and strangers from the sea
board; and when, at last, the full tide of
the season flowed in, every nook and corner
available for the accomodation of visitors
was put into requisition. Hotels and pri
vate dwellings alike overflowed, until every
one was ready to exclaim, Oh JAM satis!
A brief but succinct account of the vari
ous proceedings of the week may not prove
uninteresting to our readers.
The initiatory service w r as the Annual
Sermon on Sunday morning. This was de
livered by the Itcv. E. P. Rogers, of Au
gusta. Ilis theme was “ The Claims of Chris
tianity upon the Scholar,” deduced from the
simple but momentous text: “ Seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto
you.” It was a sermon of no ordinary de
gree of merit, combining chasteness of dic
tion with richness of thought and illustra
tion. The preacher paid a most eloquent
tribute to the Bible, as the great model of
literary excellence, and the fountain of in
spiration to all that is lofty and pure either
in Poetry or Eloquence. Ilis style of ora
tory is impressive, though somewhat lack
ing in the graces of the art. Seldom have
we heard a discourse in which the thoughts
of the speaker were more happily interwov
en with, or enforced by apposite quotations,
themselves glowing with a fervid eloquence.
On Monday afternoon, the Sophomore
Prize Declamation attracted an unusually
large concourse of auditors at the Chapel.
It is but recently that this has bceome a part
of Commencement Exercises; but we hesi
tate not to say that it is already one of the
most attractive features of the occasion.
The value of oratory to a public man is
inestimable, and we wonder —not that it is
made so prominent a study at our State
University, but that it is anywhere neglec
ted. Few indeed there are
“ Who on the tip of their persuasive tongue
Carry all arguinont and questions deep ;
And replication prompt and reason strong,
To make the weeper smile—the laugher weep.”
T lie number of such will be increased, how
ever, by a general encouragement of elo
quence among the students at our Colleges.
On the occasion alluded to, fifteen young
gentlemen contended in generous rivalry
for two gold medals, to be awarded to those
two of the candidates, who, in the judgment
of a select committee, should most deserve
them.
It affords us pleasure to pay a deserved
compliment to the youthful declaimers, who,
with various degree, exhibited the benefic
ial results of that elaborate training which
they have undergone during the year past.
Most of them did well—some of them did
more. A prominent fault in several of the
declaimers was too much motion. They
should remember that they will not always
have a spacious platform upon which to
speak. While a fixed position is ungrace
ful, a sort of cometary motion is still more
so. Straining of the voice is another fault,
to the charge of which several of tlxe speak
ers were obnoxious. They should remem
ber that modulation, ami not quantity of
voice, fills the ear of the auditory.
The award of the judges was not made
known until the close of the Junior Exliib
tion on Tuesday ; when the first medal was
given to Mr. Francis Ganahl and the sec
ond to Mr. N. L. Barnard. They were pre
sented by the lion. Judge Law, who ad
dressed the young competitors in eloquent
strains that might well serve them both as
ft model for imitation and a stimulant to am
bition.
While wc arc happy to acknowledge the
merits of the successful candidates —a sense
of duty compels us to claim for Mr. William
l’reston Hilliard, of Ala., the palm of supe
riority. His performance was truly admi
rable in every respect.
The Junior Exhibition came off on Tues
day morning, according to the annexed pro
gramme ;
John 1). Barnard, P. K. S., Liberty Cos.,
“ Music hath charms.”
Wm. A. Ruin, 1). S., Eatonton,
Political Promotion.
Charles A. Redd, D. S., Columbus,
*’ Turn aside, young student,” &c.
T. J. 11. Anderson, P. K. 8., Montgomery,
Our Union.
James D. Frederick, I). 8., Macon Cos.,
Robert Emmet.
Homer V. Howard, P. K. 8., Columbus,
Power of Beauty.
It. Q. Mallard, P. K. S., Liberty Cos.,
Prostitution of Genius.
Thos. L. Cooder, D. S., Cass Cos.,
The Orator.
Our space will not allow us to offer a par
ticular criticism of the speeches, even if we
were inclined to the task. The young gen
tlemen acquitted themselves well, and their
performances exhibited much loss dispari
ty than is usual on such occasions. We
were pleased to notice a visible improve
ment in the oratory of the class—redeeming
the promise of their excellence as Sopho
more declaimers. The subjects chosen were
generally treated with much skill and vig
or, and the interest of the exercises was
completely sustained to their close.
Iu the afternoon, the Annual Vddress to
the Alumni was delivered by our townsman.
lenuv Hull, Jr. Esq., a graduate of 1842.
Wc were unexpectedly deprived of the plea-
pill)
; its
ivhid
sure of listening to the speaker, which we
regret the more from the very flattering
manner in w hich it is spoken of by those
who heard it.
As one of the events of Commence ment
Week, wo ought not omit to mention of the
Fair at the Town Hull on Tuesday night.—
It was gotten up by the ladies of the Pres
byterian Church, with the view of increas
ing their funds for the erection of anew
house of worship. It was a very pleasant,
and, we hope, profitable affair. The Ilall
w r as decorated with evergreens and flowers.
The tables were arrayed with skill and
taste, and the fair maidens who presided
over them were radiant with beauty and
smiles. The only drawback to the delight
of the evening, was the crowded state of the
Hall; and this, in view of the benefit result
ing to the object of the Fair, was hardly re
gretted. Our fair townswomen are unsur
passed and unsurpassable in getting up
fairs, suppers, rural fetes, or other festivi
ties.
We have devoted so much space to other
topics, that we must be brief in our notice
of Commencement Day. It was ushered in
by an unclouded dawn, giving promise of a
genuine August day. At an early hour the
Chapel was crowded, and during the whole
morning it was filled as we have never be
fore seen it filled. Georgia was fairly rep
resented in both sexes—distinguished men
and beautiful women. Our sister State of
South Carolina had also numerous repre
sentatives. We noticed many from her
beautiful Palmetto City. Most heartily arc
they welcome at our literary festival, and
may they frequently honor it with their
presence.
The Exercises commenced at 10 o’clock,
and the following members of the Senior
Class delivered Addresses :
Jos. Oanahl, D. 5.,(2d Honor,) Savnnnah,
Salutatory.
G. V 7 Means, P. K. B.,Spartanburg, S. C.,
“ They best succeed who dare.”— [Ossian.
Edgar G. Dawson, D. S., Greencsboro’,
“ Our country’s welfare,” &c. — Reg.
J. R. Church, D. S., [4th Honor,] Athens,
Trifles.
T. J. Nuckolds, P. K. S., Columbus,
Originality.
I. L. Bolton, P. K. S., Gaston, Ala.,
.fErial Architecture.
Simeon Oliver, li. S., DeSoto Cos., Miss.,
Folly of decrying the Age.
Shelton Oliver , D. S., DeSoto Cos., Miss.,
California.
John M. Hill, P. K. S., Wilkes Cos.,
Georgia.
Wm. T. Harris, D. S., Greenville,
Industry indispensable to Excellence.
R. C. ITai.i., D. S., [lst Honor,] Troup Cos.,
Valedictory, to the Trustees, Faculty, &c.
G. W. Norman, D. S., [lst lion.,] Forsyth,
Valedictory to the Audience and Class.
The following young gentleman had parts
assigned to them in the order of the day,
but were excused by the Faculty from var
ious considerations :
Chas. W. Cary. Wm. E. Dubose,
Richard 11. Wood, Bcnj. 11. I’ope,
Win. W. Hill, Franklin A. l’ope,
Geo. W. Riley, M Callaway.
The Salutatory of Mr. Ganahl was very
handsomely pronounced, and the Latinity
of it struck us as remarkably chaste.
Mr. Dawson acquitted himself very cred
itably. Mr. Church failed in delivery—
though his piece was well written. Messrs.
Nuckolls and Bolton are both good speakers.
The latter indulged in some pleasantries, in
the illustration of Aerial Architecture —
alias Building Castles in the Air! The
Messrs. Oliver delivered their addresses in
good style. The speech on California was
dashed with a pleasant humor —of which, we
think, there was less titan usual in tlie per
formances of the occasion.
Mr. Hill gave us a glowing picture of
Georgia, and paid a handsome tribute to
her enterprize. We regret, with the young
speaker, that he could say so little for her
Literary spirit and tastes, and trust that
every successive Anniversary of Franklin
College will hear witness of their increase.
Mr. Harris was not generally heard. His
manner, however, was easy and graceful.
Os the Valediotorians, Mr. Norman bore
the palm. His address suggested analogies
between the Athens of classic Greece ami
the famed Ilyssus, and our own modern
Athens and the Oconee; and although wc
arc compelled to confess that there is less
of truth than poetry in such comparisons,
they arc always flattering and agreeable. —
Mr. Norman offered a beautiful valediction
to his Class, and thus closed the perform
ances of the G raduates.
The Degree of Bachelor of Arts was then
conferred upon thirty-four, and that of
Master of Arts upon thirteen, sons of the
University. After the Degrees were con
ferred, the President delivered his wonted
address to the Graduates, giving them, for
the last time, his grave and affectionate
counsel. Nevor before has so large a Class
graduated from our College; and never, wc
may add, have young men of greater ahility
aud promise, both intellectual and moral,
gone out from the bosom of their Alma
Mater, to play their parts upon the great
theatre of Life. May they remember, that
“ Life is real—life is earnest,
And the grave is not its goal!”
and may every one of them—to adopt still
tho words of the poet—
“ In the world’s broad field of battle—
In tho bivouac of Life —
Be not like dumb, driven cattle:
Bea hero iu tho strife !”
Wc arc proud of the evident advancement
of our State University, and surely no in
telligent Georgian will fail to sympathize
and rejoice with us in this feeling. Bo inti
mately are the best interests of Georgia, in
terwoven with the cause of Education, that
they must decliqc and jicrisli, if the latter
be neglected.
On Thursday morning, the Address be
fore tho Literary Societies was delivered by
tho Rev. John Jones, a piembcr of the
d>. K. His tliemc was the Influence of the
Bible upon Human Society, as exhibited by
a contrast of Pagan and Christian civiliza
tion. It was a well-reasoned, serious and
practical effort —characterized by an evan
gelical spirit, and a deep sense of the sig
nificancy of the times in which wc live.
This was the last public event of the Com
mencement Season The festival is oyer,;
iosiaiie 9 ‘s/issaw ©&aat?ga
and, ns we go to press, the National Fast
recommended by the President, is being ob
served by our citizens in common with the
millions of the American people.
our (Possip Column.
Wm. Gilmore Simms, Esq.
We are enjoying a visit from this distin
guished writer, and hope to introduce him
to some of our unparallelled Mountain
Scenery, that he may gather fresh inspira
tion for his intellectual labors.
e
An Epigram.
[Written during the examination of a Young Lady In
Astronomy.]
You tell us, fair maiden, the Sun is eclipsed,
When tlio Moon’s gloomy shadow falls on it;
That may be the case, but it happens, 1 think,
When 1 get a pcop under your bonnet!
Our Conundrum Machino.
Alas! how many inventions, that were at
first regarded as the ne plus ultra of excel
lence and value, have been buried in obliv
ion, and that, too, after a very brief period
of use and favor! Such a fate had well
nigh befallen our “ conundrum machine,”
which, a twelvemonth ago, we prided our
self upon ns one of the wonders of the age.
It got out of order —was put aside for re
pairs, and would, probably, never have
been thought of again, had we not accident
ally stumbled over it, a day or two since,
while rummaging the store-room in which
it had been deposited. A feeling of com
punction came over us—a sense of injustice
to our own inventive genius—a feeling of
regret that so useful and invaluable a ma
chine was lost to the world—ami under the
influence of such feelings, we set to work,
con amore, to repair the damages. Our ef
forts were signally successful; in less than
two hours, the machine was “ as good as
new,” and we felt a peculiar gratification in
working it awhile for the amusement of our
readers. To account for the varied charac
ter of the specimens produced, we may re
mark that we threw into the machine a box
full of scraps—the accumulation of time. —
Our purpose now is good for a frequent use
of the machine, and if it does not fail of ex
ecution, our readers shall have the benefit--
that is, if they so consider it. But to our
“ Conundrums” :
Why is a window like the tooth-ache ?
Because it is pane- ful.
Why is a man dressing liko one buying
stock ?
Because he is about to in-vest.
Why is Macaulay’s History like a blush ?
Because it is read (red) everywhere.
Why is a good portrait like a bad coin?
Because it is a “ counterfeit presentment.”
Why is the “ Day Star of Truth” liko a
dose of physic ?
Because it is hard to take!
Why is a garden fence like a scolding wo
man?
Because it is always a railing.
Why are trees ill Spring like departing
pilgrims ?
Because they arc leaving.
Why is a sinking ship like a man under
arrest ?
Because it needs to he “ baled” (bailed.)
Why is a straw hat like champagne ?
Because it makes one light-headed.
Why is drunkenness like a wash-bowl ?
Because it is a 6.c-sin (basin).
Why is a volume of poetry like a nosegay ?
Because it is a book, hey ? (bouquet.)
Daguerreotypes.
Wc have examined various specimens of
this Art at the room of Mr. Young, and can
conscientiously pronounce them far superior
to those of most Artists. Our citizens should
give Mr. Young a call.
Matrasses.
Wc call the attention of our citizens to
the advertisement of Mr. J. 11. Price, which
may be found iu another cdumn. Mr. Price
comes among us highly recommended, both
ns a mechanic and as a man, and we hope
he will receive the patronage lie deserves.
More Hews from Afar.
The Paris National has the following la
conic but astounding intelligence : “ Lacite
de Nouvcllc Orleans,endesEtats Unis, arte
submerge ct abaudone.” Where is the Pic
ayune ?
Death of a Child-Angel.
The only son of Horace Greely, editor of
the New York Tribune , died, a few days
since, of the Cholera, lie is described as
having been one of the most singularly
beautiful beings ever seen upon the earth.
The Home Journal thus speaks of his death :
“To those who knew tho child, it seems
more a return to Heaven than a death—so
like wliat we fancy of the body of a celes
tial visitant, were its features and look, its
ways and character. The liair of this an
gelic boy was of a most unusual tint of light
golden, ami of very remarkable fineness;
his eyes were of a porphyry lustre, strange
ly soft, and of a calmness of movement that j
seemed supernatural, and his lips and nos- j
trils were expressive of a delicacy of joy
ousness and a transparency of mental and
bodily condition, which we thought wo lmd
never before seen the like of.
Father Mathew.
The great Apostlo of Temperance, Father
Mathew, is receiving the highest honors
from the people of this country. Wo trust
that the people of Georgia will, during the
approaching Autumn and Winter, liavo an
opportunity of testifying their respect for
this veteran foe of King Alcohol. Ho has
already commenced the wot k of reformation
at the North. In Brooklyn, L. 1., the other
day, one thousand persons took the pledge
from him. His remarks are said to bo very
mild and affectionate.
(Dur Contemporaries.
Sarlain's Union Magazine, for August.
If wc were required to characterize ISar
tain't Magazine by some single expression,
we should probably call it the most elegant
work of the kind in America. Its mechani
cal execution is unrivalled. Its letter-press,
its plate-printing, and its paper, arc all
that Taste could demand. The August num
ber contains a spccimeq of printing in colors
from a scries of wood blocks, and a very
tasteful, beautiful specimen, it is. William
Howitt and “ Silverpen,” [of England,}Mrs. i
Stephens, Longfellow, Mrs. Kirkland, and a
number of ptlier distinguished writers, fur- !
liish the intellectual repast iu this number
—and a yery pleasant “ feast” do they make
of it
Godcy’s Lady’s Book, fui August. Philadelphia.
“ Twenty-four extra pages,” says the ad
vertisement—with illustrations “ too te
dious to mention,” say we, after scanning
the list of them. What is the use of our
commending the Lady's Book, when every
body knows that it cinnot be outdone ?
The Medical Examiner. Philadelphia: Lindsay
& Blakiston.
The July number commences the sixth
volume of the New Series of this excellent
Journal. It is edited by Drs. F. G. Smith
and D. 11. Tucker, and contains a complete
and judicious “ Record of Medical Science.”
Published monthly—o 4 pages Bvo., at $3
per annum.
(Pur Rook (tabic.
[Publishers and Authors who desire to have their
Hooks noticed in this t lazette, are requested to
send copies to the Editor through Stringer &
Townsend, New-York, or Carey it Hart, Phil.
Man Primeval, or the Constitution and Primi
tive Condition of the Hitman Being. By John
Harris, D. D. One vol. 12m0., pp. 19fi. Bos
ton: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. 1849.
One of the prominent characteristics of
the religious literature of the age, is, the
rapid and satisfactory development of the
harmony which subsists between Nature
ami Revealed Religion. The apprehensions
which have burdened and alarmed weak,
though pious, minds, that the Natural Sci
ences, pursued to their legitimate results,
would conflict with the Mosaio record of
Creation, and otherwise invalidate the evi
dences of Christianity, are idle and ground
less. On the contrary, every fresh enquiry
into tho wonderful laws and operations of
Nature, furnish accumulative evidence of
the truth of the Bible, and of the divine or
igin of Christianity.
Among all the recent contributors to Re
ligious Science, none are more valuable than
those of our author. His treatise on the
Pre-Adamite Earth revealed new pages in
the volume of Nature and of Theology’. Its
abundant illustration, its close synthetical
logic, and its comprehensive philosophy, de
lighted and strengthened tho mind of tho
reader. The volume before us is the first of
a sequel-series, in which the principles ad
duced in that initial work, “ will be exhib
ited in their historical development, in re
lation to the individual man, to the family,
to the nation, to the Son of God, to tho
Church which he has founded, to the reve
lation which he has completed, and to the
future prospects of humanity.” Individual
man is the immediate subject of this book—
and in his constitution, or being, the author
endeavors to devclope the laws of tlie Di
vine procedure—first, in the end aimed at —
second, in the method for accomplishing that
end, anti third, in the reasons which induc
ed that method. To these important topics,
Dr. Harris has brought all the energy of his
great mental powers, and the result is a se
ries of splendid demonstrations of the har
mony, dignity and divinity of the laws of
man's existence.
Holidays Abroad, or Europo from the West. —
l*y Mrs. Kirkland In 2 vols. V2mo.—pp 303,
332. New Yolk: Baker & Scribner. 1849.
The author of “ A New Home” and “ For
est Life,” has achieved such a reputation hy
those works, as to give eclat to anything
that may emanate from her agreeable pen.
The volumes before ns arc, however, inde
pendently of all associations of such a na
ture, most attractive and pleasant. Mrs.
Kirkland is a delightful travelling compan
ion—and next to making the tour of Europe
for one’s self, is the pleasure of seeing it
with the eyes of so amiable and intellectual
a proxy. No one can take up these volumes
without becoming interested; and albeit tlie
ground is familiar, by observation or by
reading, one pursues the beaten track ea
gerly, by reason of the fresh flowers that
spring on the way-side, or of the new light
which everywhere falls upon domes and
towers and sculptured halls—those flowers
the sweet upspringings of woman's fancy—
that light, the corruscation of her beautiful
genius.
: A Treatise os Aixjebua, for the use of Schools
! and Colleges. By S. Chase. New York: D.
Appleton & Cos. IS 19.
j This is, in some respects, the best text
book in Algebra witli which wc are acquaint
ed. In addition to elementary examples, it
presents, iu a familiar manner, the expres
sions and operations of the moro advanced
branches of Mathematical Soicnce.
The Pottleton Legacy. By Albert Smith. —
In one vol., pp. 166. Philadelphia: Carey &
Hart.
This is a very amusing hook, to say the
least of it —and very singular were the cir
cumstances attending the disposition of the
Pottleton Legacy, as detailed by our inde
fatigable chronicler, of “ Christopher Tad
pole” memory.
The History of Maria Antoinette of France.
By John S. C Abbott. Ouo vol. IStuo. pp.
322—with beautiful Engravings. New York :
Harper A Brothers.
Not the least interesting of the charming
series of “Abbott’s Histories for the Young,”
is this latest volume—containing the mourn
ful tragedy of the life of Maria Antoinette,
the beautiful but unfortunate Queen of Louis
XIV, of France. It is a sad, sad story, but
every page is fraught with valuable lessons,
and wc can most cordially commend it to
our young readers. The familiar name of
Jacob Abbott is displaced on the title-page,
by that of his brother, John 8. C. Abbott,
but wc do not know that the book loses any
thing of its value or its charm, by reason
of tho different nuthorgliip. The Messrs.
Abbott are doing a good and a great work
for youth, in their pleasing historical la
bors, and we hail the announcement of each
successive volume of the scries with plea
sure. They are “ hooks which are books.”
1 The Cholera. It* Cause, Prevention, and
Cure. By Charles Richardson, M. D. New
York: D. Appleton & Cos.
2. Cholera. Its Nature, Symptoms aud Treat- 1
ment. By losepli Ayre, M. I>. New York i I
Stringer & Townsend.
3. The Cholera. Its Cause, Prevention, and 1
Cure—showing the lnelfic&ey of Drug Treat- 1
moot, and the superiority of tlm Water Cure in
this Disease. By Joel Shpw, M. 1). New
York : Fowler & Wells.
4 Aheunritiv’s Family Physician, or Ready
IVesenber. W ith Suggestions on tho Trent
inont of Cholera By Dr. McCormick, U. S.
A. New York: Stringer & Townsend.
Tile rapid and devastating spread of the
Cholera haa so. much excited tho public
mind, that treatises on the disease and its
cure or prevention, naturally command at
tention. Os the four pamphlets named above,
the first is from tlie pen of a most able phy
sician in Baltimore, who had a largo Chole
ra practice there in 1842. He then used,
with complete success. Calomel, in the worst
stages of collapse, ami contends, upon philo
sophical grounds, that Calomel is the only
efficient remedy.
Dr. Ayer, of London, in his able pamphtet,
also adduces evidence, in theory tint! fact,
of the value of Calomel, ns a remedial agent
in every stage of Cholera, and furnishes
much corroborative testimony. Tlie differ
ence between Drs. Hichardson and Ayer, in
their mode of exhibiting Calomel, is in the
size of the doses—the former administering
from 30 to 60 grains at intervals of an hour,
while the latter prescribes 1 or 2 grain doses
every five minutes. Both these gentlemen
contend that Cholera is tlie cessation of bili
ary secretions, and that Calomel is the only
reliable means of restoring the secretions,
and, of course, arresting the disease.
The claims of Hydropathy as a preventive
and remedial agency in tlie treatment of
Cholera, arc very cdearly exhibited in Dr.
Shew’s little work.
The last-named volume is one of those
popular guide-books to medication, which
require much prudence and judgment in
their use. It, also, recommends Calomel in
cases of Cholera, and gives some useful hints
for tho treatment of such cases, in the ab
scnco of a physician.
Appleton’s New Youk City and Vicinity
Guide. By V/. Williams. With Maps atul
Engravings. New York: I). Appleton & Cos.
This handsome little manual is a perfect
sine qua non to the stranger in Gotham. —
It gives an accurate account of the City and
its environs—its public buildings, churches,
banks, hotels, with their locations ; also, a
I list of tho travel-routes and conveyances—
times of arrival and departure, fares, etc.
It lias a handsome plan of the City, and nu
i merous wood-cuts.
(fffneral intelligence.
Convention of Manufacturers. A pre
liminary meeting of tlio Manufacturers’
Convention of this State, will bo held at
Stone Mountain on tho 15th of August. —
Each organized Company in the State is re
quested to send two or more Delegates. It
is hoped that there will be a large attend
ance. The movement is a very important
one, and should interest every friend of
Georgia and the South.
Cholera in JVete York. A correspondent
of tho Baltimoro Sun, under date of July
27, says : “ Tho Cholera, I regret to inform
you, is fearfully on the increase The board
of health to-day report 205 cases and GO
deaths, for the 24 hours ending at noon.—
There is much alarm on the subject, and
fears are entertained that the worst has not
come.”
A correspondent of the New 4 ork Tribune
states that, in one burial grouud, in the vi
cinity of the city, the interments for the last
i two months had been on an averago more
I than one hundred per day.
j Health of JYew Orleans. By a telegraph
-1 io despatch to the Charleston Courier, dated
! 20th ult., we learn that New Orleans still
continues very healthy, no epidemic pre
i vailing, and the salubrity of the atmosphere
! unsurpassed. The interments for the week
! ending 21st, were only about 70, and the
population is now believed to be larger titan
ever before known in midsummer.
The Cholera at JViagara. The ravages
of tlie Cholera have extended to Niagara
Falls. Several most distressing bereave
ments are reported at that place.
©SIS®:i3JDJL©©Y.
THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR.
Prepared for Richard*’ Weekly Guzette.
Jl’ly 29th.—The English defeat the Dutch
fleet near the Texel. 1053.
“ A braver choico of dauntless spirits
Than now the English bottoms have waft o’er,
Did never float upon tho swelling tide.”
[A’ ing John, Act ii, Scene 1.
July 80th—Earthquake at Rome. 1805.
\ “ Are not you moved, when all tho sway of earth
! Shakes like a thing infirm 1”
[ Julius Casar, Act i, Scene 3.
July 31st—Peace of Nimeguen. 1078.
| “ Thy threatening colors now wind up,
1 Aud tame the savage spirit of wild war.”
[h'ing John, Act v, Seeno 2.
August Ist.—Snvagcdied of starvation in
the streets of London. 1743.
“ Who gives anything to poor Tom 1”
[A7g Lear, Act iii, Scene 4
August 2d.—Glove tax repealed. 1795.
“ Whoever daro to challenge this glovo, 1 have
sworn to take him a box o’ the ear.”
[King Henry V , Act iv, Scene 7.
August 3d.—Hailstones measuring 18
inches 101 l at
“ Arc there no stones in Heaven 1”
[ Othello, Act v, Bocno 2.
August -Ith.—East India docks opened.
1800.
“ Which stand
As Neptune’s park, ribbed and paled in.”
[Ct/mbdinc, Act iii, Scene 1.
U£AT U 3 o
In Athens, on Wednesday evening, Ist Inst ,
Mrs. Lucinda, wife of Robert J. Maynard, aged
25 years and 25 days.
* New York pners will please copy.
A Tribute to the Memory of Mrs. Laura Bil
lin'** Simmons , trko died of Panama fever at
San Francisco, California, April 24.
“ We return no more, and through cave and dell,
Mournfully wanders that wild farewell,
1 Wcrei.urn, we return, we return no more
8o breathe sad voices our spirits o'er.”
From the distant shores of the Pacific, a knell i
is heard, and many a heart is sad. One has early j
been called to the Bilent Land, who was endeared |
lo all who knew her, not only in her New Eng- |
land home, but in this Southern State, where she I
temporally reside 1. While wc looked over the j
w aters, and listened for her sweet messages from j
that foreign land, a Lament for the dead mingled J
with the sighing waves, while they mournfully!
repeat, “We rclurn no more.” Hut above these !
notes of sadness a voice whispers, “ Weep not i
for her.”
Hut wc weop, because that face so ra limit with i
love, will never more beam on us in our earthly
pilgrimage—aud wc weep fir the friends and
household band, who*e and home, rilled of
priceless treasure, are shrowdod in woe —and
for the brother, who now on tli i lone waters,
vainly waits a skier's glad welcome—und for the
husband, and brother, who went with her down
to tlie dark valley, and when angels met her anil
bore her on radiant clouds to Heaven, relumed
desolate to earth. IShe, who with her w alth of
love, would have made that foreign land, a home
to them, is no more.
But wo obey the heavenly mandate, and weep
not fur tier, who, in life’s early morn, gave her
self in covenant to God. and who ever sought to
conform to ilis holy and perfect law. The [low
er of her religious principles was exhibited in
the daily beauty of her life. ” Shutting her eyes
fr'-'l seeing evil”—folding closely nb .111 her pure
aim sensitive heart tlie mantle of Charity—lov
ing and beloved, she fulfilled her eaithly mis
sion.
After Hie death of a beloved brother, which oc
curred a few years since, her character assumed a
higher aspect. She then said, “It will nut do
to trust in anything earthly, our hearts, our
hopes, must be in Heaven.” Sbeseemed rap’dly
to [nit away tho earthly tendencies of her na
ture, —
“ Y’cs 1 earth lias angels, though their forms are
moulded
But of such clay ns fashions all below.
Though harps are wanting, and bright pinions
folded
We know them hy the lore light on tlieir brow.”
With tlie glittering prospect, which recently
loomed before her, she was not dazzled, Earth’s
withering palms and fi l ling riches, could not be
guile a spirit like ber’s. In her heart there was
no room for ambition. Smiling amid her tears,
she followed her husband to that distant land,
where his interests culled him. Her friends patt
ed with It r, as they trusted, only for a short pe
riod—hoping to welcome her again to her early
home. But God, whose thoughts, are not our
thoughts, tins removed her gentle nml affection
ate spirit, from a world whore love is but a sigh ,
to a homo of eternal love and peace. She was
ready to depart—resigned to her Saviour’s will,
and we would not take from her, lior starry erowu
even to bring her again to us.
A cord which bound us to earth is suddenly
riven, hut is not another bright, and beautiful
link woven between us and tho heavenly world!
“I wish I could live with you always,” said our
sweet friend, to her, who pens these lines. But
ah! she could not ho near all the friends, she tru
ly loved, ’till her spirit had escaped from its earth
ly bonds —until time and space, for her, were an
nihilated. But now precious, and holy one, wilt
thou not sometimes hover about ouroarthly path
way , and teach us to follow thee, as far a- thou
I'ollowei’st ( It l ist 1 “ For are they not all minister
ing spirits, sent forth to minister to those who
shall be heirs of Salvation. M. B.
Charleston , July
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