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For tbe Georgia Telegraph.
Mr. Clisbv :
Dear "Sir.—The dirge of Adonis, a favorite
of the goddess Venus, is, in the Greek Lan
guage, one of tho finest pieces of elegiac writ
ing extant. I have attempted to translate a
portion of it into English. If you deem it
suitable to your columns, please insert it in the
Telegraph. Tbe inimitable original—whose
spirit I have sought to preserve, in a small
degree, in an English dress—is from the pen
of the refined and tender Bion, an Asiatic
Greek. * Very Respectfully Yours.
J. R. Dasforth.
Adonis I with tears lament,
And all the Loves their sorrows vent.
Adonis on tbe mountaiu wild
Reclines,—his snowy thigh defiled
With dust, and red with streaming gore.
Shed by the tusk of savage boar.
The dark blood gurgles o'er his lior.bs,
Iu death his dull eye, misty, swims ;
And fades the rose on his pale cheek;
And loudly bursts sad Venus’s shriek.
Soon as, extended on the plain.
Her beautiful Adonis slain
The goddess’ gentle eye beheld.
By mingled grief and lore impelled.
She thither flew; with nimble feet.
“ Adonis, ah! thy Venus greet
Yet once again,” she wildly said.
“ Ah, raise, dev youth, thy drooping head !
In this unheaving, gory breast.
By faithfal Cytherea * pressed.
Shall warm affection glow no more !
Is love's bright dream so evly o’er T”
She ceases not her kiss, her sigh.
Though, on cold lips, her kisses die.
our institutions), it would have been best for us.—
But now if we can rule in the Union, let us remain.
By the word rule, he did not mean the securing high
office to Southern men The achievement of success
in elections is insignificant in comparison with the
establishment of those great principles of free gov
ernment on which the South has fixed its stamp—
those true and just principles which should govern
the world. The United States now stands in the first
rank of nations. To obtain this position out of the
Union, the South would require many years.
Mr. Hammond then took up Senator Seward’s re
mark, that the battle of tbe sections was fought and
won in 1850. He admitted that a battle had been fought
between the sections and lost to the South. There
our own internal resources and the achievement of] tress looked, we thought, sadly around at the
“I her hand on rt.ol.igl,.
Georgia and Sonth Carolina, he felt assured, that as
the green tops of Carolinian hills gave greeting to the
border shores of Georgia, and m the bold Savannah
grasped each State iu friendly salute, so Georgians
and Carolinians will be ever affiliated.
SUrKEMG COURT FOR THK CORRECTION OF ERRORS,
i'll H. Lumpkin. Judge—Term expires 1863. Charles J. McDonald, Judge—Term expires 1861.
nrv L. Henning, Judge— “ “ 1639. B. Y. Martin, Reporter. R. E. Martin, Clerk.
fi’ Ihr/nrl—Cum posed of the Eastern and Middle JudicialCircuiU, at Savannah, on tho second Monday
»rv. and the second Monday in June in each year. itreond District— Composed of the Macon, South-
<-u and Chattahoochee" Judicial Circuits, at Slacon, on tbe 4th Monday in January, and 3d Monday in
ia each year. Third District—Composed of the Flint, Coweta. Blue Ridge and Cherokee Judical Cir-
«t Atlanta, on the ith Monday in March and 2d Monday in August in each year. Fourth Distnct—Com
•;Ji>fthe Western nnd Northern Judicial Circuits at Athens on the 4th Monday in May aud 4th Monday
•'"v.-mb.-r in each year. Fifth District— Composed ofThe Ocmnlgce and Southern Judicial Circuits, at
. -’-ville, on the id Monday in May and November in each year.
• I’-itaula circuit is attached to sla Supremo Court District; Brunswick to the 1st; Tallapoosa to the 3d
The President’s Ksnsas Appoint-
MENTS.
‘he President, as we learn from our 'NVash-
'-’ft'ii despatches, published yesterday, has
rred the appointment of Associate Judge
; Supreme Court in Kansas—vacated by
? resignation of Judge Cato—on Mr. Rush
“ tc, of Lecnmpton. If anythinghad been
: l!e f‘prove tho desire of the President to
. justice impartially administered in that
• •nio.y, this selection is calculated to sup-
ihat want. Mr. Elmore was one of the
v’ttes to the convention that framed the
capion constitution; and though be was
U'stgtsf. if not the only, slaveholder in the
ij^wy—having a seat in that convention—
; *»* distinguished in it as much for his mod-
fii tnucas and conservatism of the rights
"s people hh he was for bis great ability,
' c 1 rasted with his colleagues. He was a
r ■ He for the Presidency ofthe convention,
V. jsition to Jack Calhoun, undTgot the
>r u 't of all sober, sensible and moderate
'■*f*tes, who, however, were in a considera-
*5 '“Hiority there. As Chairman of the Com-
4 'f e on Credentials he reported in favor
,\ i '“ admission of delegates from the two
which had not been iucluded in Sec-
^ Stanton’s apportionment, but which had
‘tidZ-'e** K 5no through the regular forms of
L. t ,on and sent their representatives to
r. ; ? ,I ! p,ou; ni *d it will be recollected that tho
o, 3 admit these men to their seats was
toj, ? ’“ e avguments used against the Le-
li.L 0llco . Ut *'t u tion. Finally .he was with the
Of ( f V ot *he convention which voted in fav-
■L i* rul1 submission of the constitution to
»u JBa Me citizens of the Territory, and
th '«ly opposed to the course taken by
of ju *PP (, ' n tment of such a man to the office
Hi,, Judge of the Supreme Court, tak-
ane «t*ou with that of Mr. Denver as
fetpj,. or ’”**h the dismissal 9t Calhoun from
urve J’ or General, nnd the appoint-
Xt*Yurt v ofCtlonel Burnet, of tbe
' oluntecrs, ought to be a sufficient
o* the desire of Mr. Buchanan to
allow the people of Kansas no just cause to
find fault with his admistration.—N. T. Her
ald.
The “Red Ska” Green.—Blue, I have cal
led the sea—yet not strictly so, save in the far
distance. It is neither a red nor a blue sea;
but emphatically green—yes, green, of the
most brilliant kind I ever saw. This is pro
duced by the immense tracts of shallow water,
with yellow sand beneath, which always gives
this green to the sea, even in the absence of
verdure on the shore or of seaweeds beneath.
The blue of the sky and the yellow of the sands,
meeting and intermingling in the water, from
the green ofthe sea; the water being the me
dium in which the mixture or fusing of the
colors takes place.—The Deserts of Sinai. By
H. Bonar, D. D.
A Hen Story.—'The editor of tbe Haverhill
Banner tells the following story of one of his
hens : “Our rose bushes having been infes
ted with rose bugs, we called an old yellow
hen, who was very tame, and shook the bush
es for her benefit. This was twice repeated,
and the other day we saw her reaching up to
get the bugs which were on the leaves. But
finding them out of her reach, she vcry dclib-
erally took the bush in her bill, shook it with
all her strength and then picked up the rose
bugs that fell in large numbers.”
Manufactures at the South.—The ex
tent to which manufactures have been intro
duced at the South is not generally apprecia
ted. In Georgia, alone, there arc more than
sixty cotton factories, while in other States,
particularly Alabamaand Louisiana, such fac
tories are being continually erected. I he
southern manufacturer will, perhaps, not be
able to compete with tbe East in the manufac
ture of prints and the finer fabrics of cotton
goods, nor will it be to his interest to attempt
it. But in heavy goods, yarns. &c-, in wh ch
the material consumed is the chief value, he
ought to be able to rise above all formidable
competition.
** Oh, stay, Adonis, loved Adonis, stay!
On life's I,leak shore, ah, linger—linger yot.
Thy Venus—oh, to hideous decay
Thy graceful form, by odious n orms beset,
How esn aha yield ? All desolate and faint,
Around thy suowy neck, my nerveless arms
I feebly fling, and gasp my mournful plaint,
And gaze upon thy swiftly fading charms.
My lips to thine thus icy cold, I press,
And sady mnse thy lone aud weary flight,
To melancholy halls, where no caress •
Of love sbnll cheer tby long and gloomy night.
Thou stern end euvage Kingof dismal hell
All, why was Cytherca goddess-born.
Incapable to die, and doomed to dwell
From my Adonis, far—bereaved, forlorn?
Ah, dreadful Proserpine, to thee descend
All noble things, ail precious things and fair.
And thou, thriced loved Adonis, thou must spend
Thy youth, in sad. eternal exile there.”
Ah Cytherea, pour tbe swelling tear.
Thy fair Adonis dead—his winning voice
No more upon the lonely hills, thine ear
Shall catch, thy heart beneath his smile rejoice.
* A name for Venus.
July 27th, 1838.
Senator Ilainsuond’s Beech Island
SPEECH.
We copy from the Charleston Mercury of
the 2Gth ult., the following synopsis of Sena
tor Hammond’s Beech Island Speech. The
high position which Gov. Hammond is destin
ed to fill in the politics, not of South Carolina
alone, but of the country at large, gives a pe
culiar interest to this his first public demon
stration and deliberate exposition of his opin
ions since he entered his senatorial career. We
are glad to see it is a hopeful, courageous,
manly, and Union Speech,'so far as the pres
ent policy of South Carolina and the South is
concerned. While it admits dauger and the
necessity of constant watchfulness and prep
aration, it is full of hope for the successful
maintainance of our rights under the Federal
Constitution and in the Union established by
our patriotic sires.
Senator Hammond then came forward, in themidat
of enthusiastic chesting, aud addressed tbe nssem
blage for the space of an hour. Ho alluded to the
grateful pleasure it gave him to be in the midst of
bis friends. Among them he hnd spent nearly the
whole of his manhood. He had lived as their co-
Iaborer in the obscure fields of agriculture, and was
yet ardentlv attached to their company and to the
absorbing toils of the field. It wus known that,
when called by the voices of many in tho State to
leAve his peaceful avocation of agriculture, he was
loth to relinquish bis labors; in fact, be had almost
an aversion to being taken from the haudlea of the
plough, as it were, and placed by his beloved State
in the august conncil of the confederacy of this vast
nation—a council in tbo keeping of whose wisdom
and power was all the honor and safety of our coun
try : a council composed of the elite ofthe land's in
telligence, and equal to that of any other country in
the world. Taken somewhat unprepared, on this
occasion, while fueling the arduous duties and labors
of tbe last six months, and returning home to enjoy
rural quiet, he was not forgetful of tbe esteem of his
friends and the complimentary allusions to his sorvi-
ces. These he would accept aa the evidence of good
will on their pait, rather than any great merit on his
He would frankly say he was no orator. Orators arc-
not, like poets, born; they are made by practice
and bo was not skilled in the consummate art. For
twenty years be had been devoted to agriculture,
and agriculture aud oratory were not in the same line
of pursuit. He would, therefore, make but a plain
speech, giving an account of his stewardship and the
results of his observations.
When be went to tlio federal Congress six months
ago, he found the admission of Kansas, under the
Lecomptnn Constitution, the all-absorbing and ex-
citing subject before the representatives of the peo
ple aud the government. To him tho whole theory
and schema of squatter sovereignty was a matter of
disgust. The Kansas-Nebraska bill was a delusion
and deception from the beginning. He felt satisfied
that on tbit basis the South would never unite. The
President piead and tried to do bis best. North and
Sonth; but it was evident that it was nsubject fraught
with trouble. He (Mr. H.) was ever opposed to this
Kansas-Nebraska bill; aud if there was a single
good feature iu it, it waa that it allowed the people,
free from interference, to frame principles for them
selves after their own fashion. It was a snare to
those at the South. It was rotten with fraud, and
those who made it fiiuched from its consequences.
Its only effect was to add another State to the Union;
His hearers knew that Kansas, so far aa Congress
can admit it, w^s now admitted, will the Lecompton
Constitution, aud without the Green proviso. Mr.
H. reviewing briefly the admission of Kansas, under
the Conference bill, questioned if Congress can call a
State Convention, and considered it a dangerous pre
cedent. He alluded to his own position and that of
Mr. Bonham, the Representative of Edgefield. He
found no fault with the honorable gentleman. Mr.
Bonham may have been right, andhu may have been
wrong. If Mr. Bonham erred,his error wasenthe aatc
side. He was worthy of all confidence, since he acted
from the honesty ot his convictions, and such a man
should be honored and cherished by his constituents.
Mr. Hammond then alluded to other topics before
Congress during the session. He voted for the in
crease of the Army and Navy. He had heard a num
her of sophomore speerhes against increasing these
arms ofthe national defence. They were worthy of
college students, rather than grave Senators of tbe
uation. He apprehended little dauger from a stand
ing army: and, ms to tho extravagance of these
measures, he replied to Senatorslhat if the expenses
of the departments bad been examined, they would
be found double that of the army. The navy ahould
be increased, because the South was utterly indefea
sible in its present condition. la the port of Char
leston there was but one naval ateamer of light
draught. The Southern coast needed for it* protec
tion a uumcrojs fleet of small vessels. The fact is,
our navy was now what it was forty-five years ago,
and is in a sad and disgraceful condition.
Senator Hammond said he would now address him
self to tbegreatquestion of therelations ofthe North
and South. He would speak as he tliongbt, and it
would give him pleasure lor his hearer* to take what
he said in the spirit in which it was uttered. In his
opinion there were many gronnda for apprehension at
tae South; but there were also strong reasons for
hope and confidence. Whatever relatious might
From the London Family Herald.
Iffy First I.csson.
Addy Panderson—yes, that was the name of
miuviiB »uu iu ouulu. , %** schoolmistress. She was one of the
wag, however, another greater battle fought and won. stittest, nicest, and m03t thoroughly pnm old
This threw tbe farthing candle-light of the New York I maids that ever took care* of other people’s
5 »VT P e XoTk - childrcn - She taught in a iittle red school
or meant that at the North they had a majority 4•>„ .
and finally succeeded in drawing a sectional line— l ou 1 e " . Vr _ ‘ rl ‘^ s Oak, about half a mile at
that they were united in Congress and were nineteen ' “ e yack ot I' all’s Hill. I like to be particu-
free to fifteen slave States (were it not for the gal- lar in the geography, though I had never open-
D £?- W,re w V aigh ' have fid twenty to e d an atlas in my life when Miss Punderson «oquen
fourteen). Tins was the result of the puvsical or I „„ • . f . , , , , Loughs,
numerical battle and victory. Oar battle and tri- re cei\ed me into her alphabet class,
ttmpb wag a moral one, in stemming and checking _ -»■ see her now, sitting so very upright in her
the false and abused philanthropy of the civilized high backed chair—solemnly opening the blue
,T? rl L 0n , Af / iC x- !& vory ’ He dld uo t h A ed ’ thc . n ; paper covers of our primers, and calling me by
this bo 11st of s Northern supremacy. Yet he would T _ j • 0 1-r* j
say to the people of the South, be prepared ; for if °ame.--l see the sharp pointed scissors lifted
the North, in order to subserve her purposes of am- from the chain at her side. I hear the rap
bitioD or fanaticism,should attempt to reorganize fed-1 of her thimble against the leather covers of
SS SiETSfe? “ >
and thereby get thegovernment into their own hand*, I P ln ff that OUseful little courtesy and blushing
then thepeopleof theSnuthinustdissolvetheUnion, under those solemn grey eyes, as she points
\Ve must dissolve the Union if they effect any one down the long row of Roman capitals and tells
j* 1:; w-*
the North could. Even if at the next Presidential brown cotton dress ; her hair wag parted plain-
election the North should, by combination, elect an ly» and done up in a French twist behind ;
Abolitionist, he did not tbiuk that on that issue tbe their was a good deal of gray in that Black hair,
same kind, he thought they would. nne crinkles; but her voice was low and
Senator Hammond alluded to the fact that the j weet; she was stiff, but not cross, and the lit-
Northwestem States were not so much, to be view- tie girls loved her in a degree, though she did
ass 1 .“r.L.'b.”" «•"> ii ““
lost by one vote; and, if the Union were dissolved, I sea { ns *° sew -
it might still be a slave State. The North cannot I Myfirstschoolmistresscamefromsomeneigh-
nnite permanently, while the South can The North | boring to wn. She was neither Episcopalian
backed chair and sunk slowly to her knees.
The children stood up, as usual. I looked at
Mary Bell; she was trembling a little ; the
color came and went on her face. My heart
beat quick, I felt a glow on my cheek, soft and
fervent stirring at my heart. We both rose hand
in hand walked through tho scholars up to that
high-backed chair, and knelt softly down by the
mistress. She gave a little start, opened her
eyes, and instantly they filled with tears; her
lips trembled, and then came a burst of thanks
giving to God for having answered her prayer.
She laid her hand first upon one head, and
then upon the other. She called down bless
ing upon us, she poured forth her whole soul
eloquently, as she had doue under the hemlock
never yet had an important office moro than one I nnP p r< ,«i,. t,.., ,, i: ff i„
term. He therefore feared nothing now. Yet he j ? but wore the nicest little
would say to the people of the South, there may he Aletnoaist bonnet, made of stiver-gray satin,
danger yet; staud to your arms, mark time, and be without a bow or bit of lace—a Quaker bonnet
ready, under any circumstances of terms, to act cut short. Then she had a dainty silk shawl,
cs&r ssmsisrzssisnst f? »•» d ?™;-, «»*,«-• *'-»/■
nets fixed like the brave Palmetto at Ch*pultepec, j lier handkerchief folded when she went topray-
be ready, but do not charge too quick. er meeting.
The North is by no moans wholly to blame for the The school house stood upon the bank of a
KSSS&JSSSS!a.TS?SK£;: :»■“
ories originated hero, and many others the South was s ° overshadowed by young hemlocks
adopted. With the effects of these we have long that you could only hear the singing of the wa-
striven. The victory i.-, our,. Wo should now suf 1 tors as they stole by the widows. Some forty
for tho clouds of dost and error to pass off, and then | r . , , - , ,,
march boldly on. We have achieved a great mor-1 ‘^ftfniMdovt lay between tl.e windows and
al power, and should use it. In looking back at the hank, and a noble pear tree, full of golden
errors built up by the South herself, it may be seen fruit, flung its shadow over the school-house,
that she has been thirty years engaged in pulling as we got our le ssons.—Those great bell pears
down the work of her own hands uurimr the prece- % ° K .
ding thirty. Our proper position is to meet the is- ' vel ® cruelly trimtahzing as they grew and rip-
sue we have raised. Slavery is no sin. The slave ened amid the green leaves ! but when they
is iu his normal condition—the right man in the right came rushing down from the boughs, and fell
place. Thiswe have taught the world, and it is a great in the directly under us, so plump and
blessing. The notion ot equality w a gross absurdi-1 „_u- ® 1/ , . , » { r
ty, everywhere contradicted by nature. In nature | ^ really” too much for human na
lio’twomcnareformedalike-ndtwothingsareequal. ture.
God has made it so. It was tbe poet’s idea of bar- I But Miss Panderson was strict; she read
monythesphencal; yet, theglohcs are all irropj the golden rule everyday, and kneeling at
lar. This is the great moral battle the South has> i? K A u J J • t.
fought and won. France and England, after along her high-backed chair, prayed diligently night
aud expensive reflection, perceive the rectitude and and morning, while we stood mutely around,
justice of our position. Look at the condition of Indeed her control was so perfect that we hard-
Exeter Hall, the rendezvou* of fanatics, that has venture d to look at the pears when they feU
governed London in its mock philanthropy—that , ., , .. J . 3 ,
has ruled Great Britain in its crude speculative phi* I idea of touching them never entered ou
losophy—from whence has issued all the edicts of I hearts,
trouble to us—whence sprung tho question of the j But one thing trqpbled us very much ; just
right «f search o^ American^hips as the fruit grew ripest, Miss Punderson began
I have heard many prayers since, but never
one that entered the depths of my memory like
that.
The next day Mary Bell and I followed the
mistress down to tho mill stream, for wo felt
guilty till she knew all. But she persisted that
God himself had led us to the bank. No matter
though Dan Haines appeared to have done it.
Wicked instruments were often used to work
out good.—God had answered her prayer, and
it was enough. She only hoped we would not
be ashamed of having knelt by our lonely
school-mistress.
Ashamed J For tho first time in our lives
we threw our arms round Abby Punderson’s
neck and kissed he. - . Poor soul! she hardly
knew how to take it, those withered lips had
been so loDg unused to kisses that they began
to tremble as ours touched them. -We were
very young, and could not comprehend why
she hid her face between those stiff hands and
wept so piteously.
From tea Federal Union.
Coinsnenccincnt atOglcthorpe Uui-
VERSITY. H
On Monday evening the lBlh inst., the largest and
most brilliant audience which lias every assembled
in tho same place, on n sironlar occasion,.filled every
nook and corner of the spacious and beautiful cha
pel, to witness the exercises of a portion of the Soph
omore Class, in Declamation. Oat of a clnss num
bering twenty-three only twelve entered tho arena.
The following was the 1’rogr.imir.o:
SOPHOMORE FltUE DECLAMATION.
El DA qn MERUIT.
Order of Kxrrcise..
Prayer.—Music:
R. W. Flournoy—Union of Church and State.
J. P. Fort—Lite ty and Union.
Music.
J. E. Fulton—Eulogy on Daniel Webster.
Thomas Hardeman— Party Spirit.
Music.
J. Q. W. Kendrick—Virginia and Massachusetts.
J. It. King—Henry Clay on the Expunging Reso
lution.
Music.
A. P. Miller—Reign , f Terror.
P. K. Norwood—!.. M. Keitt, of S. 0., on the Di
plomatic and Consular Bill.
Music.
William Redd—’76.
J. T. Roberts—Speech of Robert Emmet.
Music. 1#
W. R. Slaughter—Character of Patriotic Triumph.
J. Q. Spencer—Mahomed the Second.
Music—Bent-diction—Music.
There was no difficulty in deciding upon which of
youthful gladiators tile palm of excellence ahould be
bestowed; Sir. A. Porteus Miller of Charleston, S.
C., ran far ahead of his competilo s Ondg*H«i.t!y won
the First Prize. His manner, gesture, enunciation,
voice, were all admirable ; and if he does net some
day subdue multitudes by Ilia Oratory, the fault will
be his own—nature has done much f.>r him—indi
vidual effort must harmonize and apply the materi
al.
eventuate betwetn the North aud South, they woald
he in the end consistent wUh the rights and security
f this section Under the present aspect ot affairs
e South would have to remaiu in the Union, lie
would rather see tho game played out between the
North and South, tha i - e the Union brought to an
ud . if «-e bad dissolved tue Union and had engag
cd in a bru.-h with some people (which must occur
setting up for ourselves ana awfullly establishing
tors and in uio uuu Ul Mexico, xuia jaxeiex xx»m i . _ . , , l. -, , . , . ..
was at italast gasp, and had brought England to a- take her dinner basket, and cross into the
pologize to us. Mr. Hammond then instanced the meadow at the back of the school-house, where
change of sentiment in England, and Mr. Bright’s she would disappear down the hemlock bank
apeeeh in the English House of Commons. Tha P«o. ttnd ot „„ mc tia,c 0 during tlm emlre Hour or
pie of Great Britain were coming to their senses, and J
a great power was launching against the fanaticism I noon.
of Exeter Hall. He then spoke of Great Britain One day I was startled at my lesson by a
and tho Coolie trade—of the F’rench Louis Napolz- splendid pear that came rushing from the top-
on and his Afrcanlapprentico system- characterizing , nogt bought of the tree, and rolled down to-
both as the result ola correct conception ofthe prop-
er sphere of these laborers, accompanied by a sick- ward 0 tne mill-S.rearil. Dau Haines, who was
!y shrinking from the avowal of the name. Who sitting on the second class bench close by me.
ever heard of the Coolie or apprentice returning whispered from behind his spelling book “that
home atteryeara of serfdom—who would expect to ..-nnlrl ho nfl-er fhnr none nhonf
hear it? He next referred to the absurdity of Libo- the “*. atre f, s ' vouK1 De alter that pear about
ria and its colonization scheme. It had to he sup-1 noon time.
ported by the United states, and, it is said, there is Mary Bell, a little girl, in my class, looked
a tax imposed on all those who philan’hropically suddenly up and nondded her head. We had
send out negroes from this country. We now learn f , :. „i| thq f w i,„ tho mistress
that many of these -sons of freedom” aro bought at Iouna t!Mt ' 7as why the mistress
Liberia by Louis Napoleon at twenty dollars per crossed the bank every noon. fahe was fond
head. This caps the climax of Exeter Hall philan- of pears, and wanted them all to herself-
thropy. And so in the Northern Slates of the Un- „ ree dy 0 ld thing!—We began to feel very
lun, the supporteis of this crusade of abolition will __j ;n „„
soon be reduced to a corporal's guard of a few old lU-naed; not one of ns would have
maids and fanatics. Many of these misguided peo- thought it. What right had she to the pears ;
pie he respected for their honesty, and furthat alone. They did not belong to her no more than us.
There were many others, however, in fact a majori- j n fact. Mary Bell’s father who owned the
»“• “ d “w* !.»>'* d
discretion, would carry them into office. It was, gables, just in sight, was the only person who
therefore, a question of sectional power, rather than I had a claim ou that tree or its fruit,
fanaticism. In the State of New lork he knew there When the recess came, we were upon the
, 4- «> ,hd “r?
conid be relied on—while at the Sonth there were dinner-basket, and getting over tho fence, went
a great number whose fidelity was only lip-service, towards the hemlock bank. Once she Stooped
He knew Northern men who had voted to sustain the I a g if to tio her shoe.
ZZSZSXtZZi&lSiSi&SSSt ■’ s “- 7 h °—« “•
These men gave us strength in the u«tiooai councils, I knees peepiog through the rail fence* “^he s
and he desired their fellowship. ^Distinctions were making believe to tie her shoe, but she is only
drawn between ‘-National’' and ‘‘States ’Rights De- pi c ki n g U p a|pear! Let’s jump over and see
mocracy. At this period there was no usne before f, •» * . . . ‘
the country or State, and he did not appreciate their mean old tiling eat it. Dan climbed the
sigmficaocy. He would not have South Carolina fence as he spoke, and we followed, a little
tied to the organization of tiiis party or any other frightened, but resolvedto find out the truth,
party that did not act with the party of truth and I) a u went before, treading very softly and
right. He believed that if the good men of the 1,,* » -al 0 j r\ j i_
Nirth offered aid we should accept it, not cut our- looking everywhere in the grass. Once he
selves off from their sympathy and support. ’>Ve of stopped, made a dart at a tuft of clover, and up
the South are on a mine, and should ho vigilant.— I again.—I caught a glimpse of something yel-
But we must have the true and good men of the j ; the hand he was pushing with consider-
North to sustain ns. He would not beud south Car- , , , ^ . ,, r . . P. , . .
olioa to any faction “for better or worse.” The I able hurry and trouble into his pocket, that
Sontli should be one. We should be united and ob- swelled out enormously after. But Dan look-
servant—awake to our rights, and mindful how, on cd straigbt-foward into the hemlocks and be-
the recent Kansas question, from out of our own t0 whistle, which frightened us half out of
midst, we were used V) e should be firm and har-1 h . , ’ ,, . ° . , .
roonioue. All the opposition measures ofwhieh the I our wl ts, and we threatened to run back again
South has complained in the last thirty years, she I unless he stopped.
herself inaugurated. Washington and Jefferson, I Dan grew cross at this, and went back in
United States originated with theSouth. The South onc hand. Maiy Lell and I would ha\e gone
under some of our leading men, was god-father of back too, I think, but at that moment we heard
the tariff. And it was the same with tho internal I a voice from the hemlock bank
improvements. Then, if tho South had done these p „ u , v i,; Bn „ rpd vrow Roll • “lot’s
things and undone them, has she not the power, if c ° m *• vvtaiaperecl .Uai j Hell, let s
s-tiil united, to control ? Hence he had hope for see if she has really got it.
the power and position ofthe South in the Union. We crept for word very softlyi and looked
A substantial Issue should not induce us to secede j over into the stream* It had a dry pebbly
ma”nffigin\h7u^ shore, broken with a few moss covered stones,
our own, we should keep the Alter native steadily not I all deep shadow—for the hemlocks overhung
only In our view, but in view of the whole country: the spot like a tent. Upon one of these stones
We should not for a moment allow our people to be sa £ q U j* schoolmistress singing* Her voice
lulled by hopes of preserving the Union into apathy I _ r „i °
or the belief that to accomplish or secure strength I was 80 “ a I 1 ^ c l ear » an( l jomec
would not require all their talent, all their energy, I murmurs ofthe stream, solemn and sweet,
all their watchfulness, all their courage, and a per- The old maid sung her little hymn, and,
feet state ol union and preparation to take decisive casting a timid glauce up and down, to be sure
measures ou the shortest notice. that she was in solitude, knelt down by the
SSS’K gSM&SUS; —y ■>•». -H* I» d te MX be-
ifestdestinyshouldworkoutitsownresults. He wish-j gan to pray.
ed the country to have nothing to do with Mexico or The mistress was alone with her God; she
South America. Mr. Calhoun was right in denounc- ]lad ou j„ very s i mp i e language in which to toll
ing tbe Mexican war. Its results have proved lnjun . . , J
ous.AndtheopeningofCaliforniarouteshascreateilan him her wants, but its earnestness brougut
unprecedented expense to the country aud is thecause tears into our eyes.
of more corruption, deceit and profligacy than has Poorsoul! she had been grieving all the time
ever been known before,both fr.and out of Congress. that n0 oue 0 f t h e scholars ever knelt by her
If wewAot any Pacific route, let us have it by taking .. . i u .
—seizing—Tehuantepec or Fanam.i,withthe right of sld G at prayer. ..he besought God vith such
way. Progress w*b his policy, but he was not in meek earnestness to touch our hearts, and
favor of rAsh or spasmodic action. We ought in all bring us humbly to his feet, kneeling, as she
things to act calmly and boldly: take our position, Jid f blessing, or in thankfulness. She
stand to ourarms and mark time,waiting on the mo ve- ” ' .. A'. , .
meets of our enemies. The South ahould keep her told Him, as if lie had been her on!} father,
powder dry. For whatever be the hope, there are I how good and bright and precious we were,
twenty free States'against fourteen slave States, and Iackiii" nothing but his holy grace. She so
it cannot be disguised that there is danger. humbled herself and pleaded for us that Mary
On broaching the subject of the re-opemng of the , T r
slave trade, Mr. Hammond said that, in the Union, ReH and I crept awa) from the bank, crying
it was out of the question— an impracticable and vis- softly, and ashamed to look each Other in the
ary project; and that to revive it out of the Union, | f aC e.
Dan Haines was sitting in a crook of the
fence, eating something very greedily; but
we avoidedhim, and went into the school-house
quite heart broken at our naught iness. After a
ttlo the mistress came in, looking serene and
thoughtful, as if she had been comforted by
Sugar—Theory ofHigli Prices.
The high prices which have rilled for sugar
in the last few years have developed some sin
gular circumstances in relation to production.
It seems to have been the case, judging from
the results in the countries of largest con
sumption—United States, Great Britain, and
France—that the usual influence of high pri
ces in diminishing consumption, has not been
felt in sugar, since the consumption has been
rather increased than otherwise. Thus 1852'
was the low year to jugar. New Orleans, (in
New York averaging"then $4,84, and Havana
brown $5.75.) Prices continued to rise, with
some fluctuations, all over the world, until in
1857 New Orleans sugar in New York was
$9.04, and Havana $9.69. These prices in
dicate the rise all over the world, nevertheless,
the consumption of cane sugar in the three coun
tries named was in 1852, 807,000, and in 1857
it was 802,000. Thus, at prices nearly doub
led, the consumption was greater, apparently,
though an immense fall has since taken place,
involving much loss and heavy failure in the
trade all over the world. The value of the
sugar consumed iu the three countries in 1852,
was $77,000,000 and in 1857 $160,000,000.
This fact is at variance with the theory that
high prices diminish consumption. They do
so no doubt in some degree, but the mere ad
vance in the figures for the sale of an article
does not really constitute a high price—the
real price consists in the relative ability ofthe
buyers. In a time of activity of trade aud
impr(yr«4 goucrnl bnolllCM, ttlC til)Hit}’ of Uli
consumers to purchase necessaries and com
forts is greater, and they do so if the price is
higher than it formerly was. In the case of
sugar, which is always an accompaniment to
other articles, the demand for it depends upon
those other articles. The Island of Cuba is
the largest consuming country in the world,
because its natural and spontaneous supply of
fruit is immense, and sugar added to these for
preserves becomes an important item of food.
So in the Northern United States, the supply of
fruits, peaches, strawberries &c., of which it
is tbe custom of every family to preserve quan
titles every year—When these arc abundant
and cheap, the price of the sugar is far less an
object than when they are scarce and dear.
Thus a basket of peaches weighs about 50 lbs.,
which will be reduced to 20 lbs. when ready
for the sugar, which is used pound for pound.
In some years a basket of peachgs can be had
for 50c.; in others $5 are given. If sugar is
Jjc. and peaches are 50e, the 20 lbs. of pre
serves will cost 60c. for the former and $1
for the latter. At the higher prices for the
peaches the cost will be $5 for tlie fruit and
$1 for the sugar, but when the fruit is dear
the sugar is obviously likely to be cheap, and
tho reverse. It follows that the condition of
the fruit crop has an important relation to the
consumption of sugar, whatever may bo its
srice. The. use of coffee or tea, hi greater or
ess quantities, has also a great influence, and
not a less important oue is the use of that ar
ticle in drinks of wine or spirits, all of which
are affected by other causes than the price of
sugar. It follows that the extended use of any
and all of these articles throughout Europe | these exercises owing to the i*rg« spaue occupied
aud America makes rapid demands upon the >>y other impertout matter. To l.e candid, w* most
supply of sugar. In Germany, in particular.
As one of the Judges on the occasion, wo inu.-t,
say, that the contest l’er the second prize was spiri
ted and most difficult to decide. There wete Flour
noy, King, Hardeman, Roberts and Kendrick—all
good speakers, and all deserving some special mark
of distinction—but all could no; he accommodated.
The Committee decided that. Messrs. Fldornoy of
Ga., and Slaughter of Ain., should divide the honor
of the second orize. This aivard we are pleased to
say, gave entire satisfaction to tho committee, and
was doubtless right and proper.
Tuesday—Junior Exhibition.
At an early hour the chapel was filled with the
beauty, fashion and intelligence of Miilcdguville,
Midway and vicinity, to witness the exercises set
apart tor this day. The folbniag was the Program
me of the exhibition :
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
Prayer by the President,—Music.
Dowse Bradwel!—Marion.—Music.
J. D. Brown—Worth ot Liberty.—Music.
Edw’d At. Green— Oliver Cromwell.—Music.
W. A. Wilson—American Scholar.—Music
Geo. W, Ladsuu—“Vis consilii exnors mole ruit
sua.”—Music
J. G. Lane—Christianity • ssential to National
Prosperity.—Music.
B. C. Lanier—The Press.—Music.
T. F. Nowell—Ambition.—Alu.-ic.
W. C. Dawson Seymour—“No rose wilbout a
thorn.”—Music.
VVm. \V. Spencer—Powtr of Association—Music.
W. P. Johnson—Fanaticism.
Music—Benediction—Music.
Most ofthe pieces were well written and well de
livered, and, taken as a whole, tha exercises were
very creditable to the class. Our young friend La
nier gave “The Press” some hard rubs; but when he
gets a little older, he will find that gsrerf Reforma
tions, such as he proposed, are no 1 ., accomplished in
a day, or a year ; and that they do not often receive
their first impulse from the virgin efforts of Col
lege boys. The speeches of Messrs. Lane and
Newell were highly credible. The last speaker, W.
P. Johnson, held the audience rpeil bound for ten
or fifteen minutes,by the power of his elequeueejind
•*»» ana Terniitv of thought which shone nnd
glittered in every line of h>»o^a—,.
Commecmeal Stay.
Old Sol, whose rays had been getting moro pointed
and penetrative for several day*,now gathered them
all together, and poured them down upon tho earth
on Wednesday last, as if lie never expected to shine
again. But Sol, nor dust, uur anything, could keep
back tli3 crowd that annually fills tbe chapel at Ogle
thorpe cn Commencement Day. Theson shone, tho
dust crept lazily and heavily np—vehicles ofevery de
scription rattled furiously along: beauty spreadher-
se!f and sbirt collars caved: fuss and feathers tcravats
and crinoline-were tho order of tho Dry. The chapel
groaned under tho afilictioL of this heavy l-esponi-
bihty. Never have we teen a large or more brilliant
assemblage ot mi des: maids and gallant gentlemen,
gathered under the wings of our Fair Mother. Out
of a class of twenty-seven only ten appeared. The
following was the
Order of Exercise*.
Prayer—Music.
C. B. Adams, (excused,)—Treachery.—Music.
A. P. Calhoun—Fame.—Music.
A. Crosby, (excused)—The Dissolution of tha U-
nimi.— Music.
■ino. E. Dniii.se—Jerusalem.—Music.
Then. John Hunter—Harmony of Truth—Mue:c.
A. Wayne Flemming—Light.—Music.
VV. A. Little—The Almighty Dollar—Music.
D. M. McCiore—Truth.—Music.
1L S. Orme—National Airs.—Music.
caieOToxay, (excused,)—College Life.—Music.
JL J. Winn—Woman's Rights.—Music,
D. S. Betlmno—Valedictory to the Trusters and
Faculty, (First Ho:.or )—Mu.-ic.
Jss. H: Nail—Va'eriiotory to the Graduating Class,
(first Honor.)—Music.
Degrees Conferred—Music.
iteerss f-.r iiHtf sn hour.
Address to the Sophomore Deciaimers and Dtiivo
ry of Prizes by Hon. i£. A. Niebc-t.
Mu.-ic.
Address to the Thalian and Phi Delta Societies, by
Hon. Iiira;:! Warner.
Benediction—Marie.
We are compelled to cui short our account of
in Central America or elsewhere, was somewhat im
politic. - Why should we increase tho sizeof our
territory at the South? Who would put Slaves
in Kansas ? And who would put them in any doubt
ful position? Yet we lost Kansas because we bad
none to put there. The wont of slaves D felt.
We were now strugling to keep Texas against the
inroads ofNorthfcru emigrants. ‘ Why should we
foe Central America or Mexico? Mexico was a dead some good friend,
corpse (Dating on the sea in a state of decompose Mary Beil and I were still and serious all the
afternoon. Once or twice I saw her beautiful
But of what use would aho be to ns with her six mil- blue eyes looking at me wisttully oser her
lions of wild Indians to civilize, and her imperious, spelling book, but we knew that it was wron,
treacherous, Spanish race ? We want none of these t0 whisper, and for the world would not have
vast regions now. If it is our inamtestdosliny to have , „
them, maifest destiny will bring th« proper time, disobeyed the mistress then.
We should address ourselvea to the development of J At last the classes were all heard, inemis-
where until very recently the use of sugar was
hardly known among the masses of the peo
ple, the custom was, instead of putting sugar
in the drinks, to hold a piece of hard candy
in the mouth when drinking. With the im
proved condition of the people, this habit
changes to the American custom. The use of
sour salads aud sauces in Germany in some
degree supplied the want of sweets, aud the
custom is changing. The whole consumption
is, therefore, rapidly outrunning the supply of
cane sugar, of which the production is every
where closely restricted by the want of labor
In all sugar raising countries the cry goes up
for labor. • The British West Indies have been
confessedly ruined for the want of it. The de
mand for it in Cuba has fed the sla7e trade in
spite of all efforts to restrain it. A rise in the
value of a hhd. of sugar is always au extra
premium for a hand. The Brazils have al
most abandoned sugar raising for want of hands.
The Mauritius and Reuuiou lost large quan
tities of cane last year, because there were no
hands to harvest. In Louisiana the effect of
the same cause is self evident. The use of
beet root sugar is not amenable to the same
difficulties. It is as good a paying crop as the
farmer can have, and is not restricted for want
of labor. Sorghum will not produce sugar
profitably, but it will distill to greater profit
than beet root, leaving that article free for su
gar making. Chemistry is, however, busy
with a new effort at transmutation, with much
promise of success. The famous chemist, M.
Braconnet, of Nancy, has succeeded by the
help of sulphuric acid iu transmuting certain
woods, straw, hemp aud flax into sugar, pound
for pound, but not of a quality that will gran
ulate. There is every hope from wlia.t has
been done that science may yet enable a house
keeper to fill his sugar bowl from his old straw
beds, and convert the baskets in which fruit
has been kept into sugar to preserve them.—
U. iS'. Economist.
‘When I gaze into tue stars, they look down
upon mo with pity from their serene and silent
spaces, like eyes glistening with tears over the
ittle lot of man. Thousands of generations-,
11 noisy as our own, have been swallowed up
by Time, and thsre remains no record of them
any more. Yet Arcturus and Orion, Syrius
and Pleiades, are still shining in their courses,
clear aud young as when the shepherd first no
ted them iu the Plain of Shinar! * What shad
ows we are, and what shadows we pursue! ! ”
Carlyle.
coufess that in our opinion the orations of tho grad
uating Class were not equal, with a few exceptions,
either in composition or deliverv, to those of the
Juaioi’sthe day befi-re. “The Almighty Dollar elic
ited repeated uud loud applause from Young Amer
ica in the Galleries, and shower of boqutto from
young ladies near the stage. Our young friend Lit
tle was particularly severe on newspapers for puf
fing quack medicines—he must have been a sulhrcr
from some nostrum—perhaps a Vermifuge] After
the Valedictory and the conferring of oegree*. there
was a recess of half an hour. This over, the weari
ed audience were regaled with a tri-at from Judge
Nisbet in the shape of a short addre-s to the So
phomore Prize Deciaimers, on the subject of Ora-
tort. The eloquence of the speaker was not liko
the mountain cataract or the thundering uvalapche,
but liko the smooth and placid Rhine. We hope to
have the pleasure of reproducing this neat and taste
ful address in our columns.
After the Prizes were delivered to the successful
deciaimers, the Orator ofthe Day, Judge Warner,
arose aud addressed the audience. Although the pa
tience of the bouse had been sorely tried by the
great length of the proceeding exercises; and not
withstanding it was after 3 o’clock when he began,
a large portion ofthe immense audience remained to
hear him. The address abounded in wholesome and
practical hints to young men tor their future gui
dance iu life. Tile «ddies3 was indeed an able one;
such as the public might have confidently expected
from the author; and as it will, doubtless, appear be
fore the public in a shape to be read and known of
all. we refrain from further comment upon it.
The assemblage oa this <h:y_ was unusually large.
Hundreds could not get ’within the chapel, but re
tired to some shady retreat near by to spend the hours ,
as best they could. In closing this hastily propar- ”
ed and imperfect sketch, we wiil only add a word in
behalf of the Miliedgeviile Brass Bund. Composed
of young men from our tow :: we know them and
their merits well; they deserve what they wiU re
ceive, wherever they go, kindness and encourage
ment from the public.
The Charleston Courier announces that a
process has been discovered by which cotton
can be compressed into a solid form, harder
than wood, impervious to the elements, fire
proof and water-proof, and capable cf use for
building purposes, at about ouc-third of the
cost of brick. This process is tbe invention of
a South Carolinian named Legarc.
Quick Traveling and ILoiv Pares.
Tho spirit of honorable rivalry in offering in
ducements to travellers seems to be on the in
crease. VVe are now advised that the up
per route on the railroad running from Colum
bia, S. C., to Weld >u, N. C-. has reduced iis
rates of fare from Augusta to Weid m to iwelve
dollars and fifty cents; and w e aro forth
assured that the time is ns sh irt in :
Weldon as by the route through \\ ilium,
So far as the outside public are concei
they wish prosperity to all quick i.ncf
trains, where low rates aro charged for p
age.