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ADVICE OF A FATHER TO A DAUGHTER. A young lady in acquiring an education, should strive to cultivate those faculties, and obtain those accomplishments, which the character of the times demand. Hence, you will observe, that the greater advance of re finement, and the improved spirit of the times, demand more exertions in order to go the whole round of the sciences. Once it was sufficient in our country for a young lady to know howto read and write; but these*two acquisitions would not now entitle her to that standing which she would covet. The truth is, all of us, male and female, have double the quantity to learn that our parents had; and when I see the vast amount of necessary knowledge, and a prolific press, I am almost tempted to give up in despair. But experi ence teaches one, that no person is capable of judging of his abilities to obtain a given amount of knowledge till he has made an at tempt. I apprehend every young lady who lays claim toany ambition, will feel desirous of a general acquaintance with the literature of the day. A love of reading of course should be cultivated. A thousand reasons I might suggest for creating a love of books. They pass off evenings agreeably; they beguile the idle hours that every young lady has; they destroy a relish for scandal, by giving nobler purposes to the thoughts; they make home pleasant, and keep young ladies from the street; and often they furnish topics for con versation, comparison of thoughts, reviews of others’ opinions, and materials for further improvement. But I need not stop to bestow a eulogy on books. I should only labor to prove what every body would grant without any proof. There is, however, great danger that a young lady may not read the right kind of books. There is danger of pedantry, of affectation, of elevation above the duties of life, of engrossing too much upon the time due to other occupations ; and, above all, of feed ing the imagination with a sickly food that unfits it for society or domestic enjoyment.— I know not how or why it happens, but nov els are the order of the day. In our public and private libraries they are in great demand. In all eur libraries it will be found that novels are used, worn and thummed, while works of greater value, and oftener of far deeper in terest, arc totally neglected. There is no reason in all this. Novels arc useful in their place; but a well regulated taste will find more fascination in the discovery of some truth heretofore unknown, or more delight in the history of real life, that in any romance. Besides, I question much whether such nour ishment for the mind docs not enfeeble it: I doubt whether the intellect that is fed upon -fiction, has that nerve which will qualify it for any useful purpose ; I doubt whether the imagination is not too much enkindled, so that the consequences are exhibited in an in creased sensibility that deranges the system, and excites the nerves. To® much horror cannot be expressed against that system of education, which allows young ladies to de vote whole nights to the perusal of some new novel ;or which, dur ; ng the day keeps them in an alarming excitement, and leaves their nerves when retired to bed in so much agi tation as to take away all sleep. In our fash ionable boarding schools, it is too often the practice with young ladies to sit a great part of many nights in alarming proximity to some highly heated fire, or to take some favorite novel to their beds, and to read it through there. I have seen beautiful and once intel lectual girls, whose minds were wholly dis ordered by such practices as these. Reason had deserted its throne, and a sickly sensi bility reigned in Its stead. Domestic -*ife, domestic occupations, or historical facts, were too common-place for their attention. They were like the opium eaters, and could not be wrought upon but by extraordinary excite ment. But there is romance in history. There is a charm mingled with profit. Tell me where there is more interest than in the history of Asia, or in the history of Greece and Rome, or in the history of the Crusades, or in the settlement of our own country, or in the wars that have agitated Europe for centuries past ? There is Roman chivalry, patriotism—what ever you wish—of deeper and more stirring interest than the best wrought tale that ever carried ov< r its front the stamp of probabili ty. In sciences there are other motives of equal interest. Every thing is full of inter est ; the air we breaththe earth we trample over, the food we eat, the construction of our bodies, the sea about us, and the sky over ■our heads. A well regulated taste will find enough to read and think of here, without re sorting to artificial stories. I am, however, not so much of a puritan as to condemn all novels ; 1 advise you to read some of them,but to make your selection with great care. Among the superabundant pro ductions of the press, which throws one or more novels into the market every week, it is often very difficult to make a selection. Per haps the better course is to take the advice of some friend, whose superior acquaintance with books gives him the ability to judge of their merits. By adopting such advice, you will save the trouble and expense of much useless reading; and not incumber your mind with matter of no earthly use. Anil reinem- 1 her here, that it is not the quantity you read, I which istc give you instruction, but the man-1 r.cr—a remark which is more applicable to I historical and scientific works than to novels. | Think, think, think, apd do not be the mere j receptacle efoth vs' thoughts, fur it is thought that ennobles the mind, and gives jiowcr to' the reader. Yet have none of that ostentn- j n, and o lrlity of mind, which many so fool-j r.;hlv all" ct, m< rtdy todistingur-h themselves tram oitu r —a distinction which they covet, but which they are unable t>* attain by any ;:r.-eminent i \ocih.nce, and hence they re rt to extraordinary mcan3, the common tesay of a vulgar soul. INCREASE OF THE NUMBERS OF MANKIND. On the imposition that the human race has avow el U i; lblo its numbers four times iri a c ntury, ct cure in each succeeding period of t.vaily.fivrf --ars, as some philosophers have 4 s i that nohing prevented <L r THE MACON ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER. exercise ol this power of increase, the de scendants of Noah and his family would have now increased to the following number ; 1,496,577,676,626,844,588,240,573,263,701 473,812,127,674,924,007,424. The surface of the earth \ contains, of square > 196,003,355 miles ) Mercury, and all the 1 other planets, contain > 46,790,511,000 * about y The sun contains 2,442,900,000,000 2,489,887,174,355 Ilcncc, upon the supposition of such a rate of increase of mankind as has been assumed, the number of human beings now living would be equal to the following number for each square mile upon the surface of the earth, the sun, and all the planets, 61,062,000,000,000 000,090,000,000,000,000,000,000; or, to the following number for each square inch—l 49, 720,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. This last number alone is infinite with relation to human conception. Merely to count it would require an incredible period. Supposing the whole inhabitants now upon the surface of the globe to be one thousand millions, which is believed somewhat to exceed the actual number, and supposing that this multitude, infants and adults, were to be employed in nothing else but counting, that each were to work 365 days in the year, and 10 hours in the day, and to count 100 per minute, it would require, in order to count the number in ques tion, 0,536,500 millions of years. Quarterly Journal of Agriculture. Philip Thicknesse, in one of his publica tions, tells the following anecdote with much pleasantry, and very politely conveys a modest hint to young ladies. When I was a young man, says he, I often visited a distant relation, to whom I and my family had been muds obliged. This gentle man had nine agreeable, nay beautiful daugh ters, who had often entertained me with the slipslop conv< rsation of a rich, but low, un. bred woman, their neighbour, whose hus band being appointed high-sheriff, occasion ed her to talk much to these ladies about the Grand Shcrifl’Dinner she was to give. ‘lam determined (said she) to have no custards, I must have cheese-cakes, and if I have cheese cakes, I must have jellies, if jellies, fruits,’dec. As I usually spent my Christmas at the country- seat of this friend, with his lovely family, there sometimes arose a kind of merri ment, called Christmas gambols, questions and commands, &c. Now these innocent sports led the gentlemen sometimes to salute the young ladies all round—a pleasure in which 1 alone, who perhaps, loved them best, always declined partaking. This shyness in me so unaccountable to them, that they one and all seized an occasion to rally me for pos sessing a maumis hunt, so contrary to the eti quette at that time of the year. I confessed the force of the charge, and fully acknowl edged my guilt, adding, that the only excuse that I could offer was, that if I had custards, I must have cheese-cakes, if cheese-cakes, jel lies, if jellies, fruits, and if—in short, before I had half done with my ifs, they all run away, and left me in the field of battle, and never rallied to make an attack on me again. j.i. — _ - -'1 lj •aum iKKiiAtriia,) To the Editor of the N. Y. Christian Intelligencer. A visit to the condemned criminals, Gibbs and Wansley~-by a Layman. Sir — l have just returned from visiting Gibbs, alias Jeffers, and Wansley,now under the fearful sentence of the law lor the atro cious crimes of piracy and murder, and, by the time your readers will have perused this article, those wretched criminals will have expiated their enormous offences against so ciety by a premature anti ignominious death. I was not led to seek an interview with those unhappy men, with any such view as that of gratifying a morbid curiosity. It was the first time in my life, (not a short one,) that I ever sought or was present on a similar occasion arid surely, to every mind of sensibility, such' a scene cannot hut be painful in the extreme. The reflection that two human beings; in the vigour of health and the meridian or their days—for they have scarcely reached half the period which the Creator has been pleased to assign as the continuance of human life— were in the course of three short days to ter minate their earthly career by the hand of justice—was so painful, that even after I had reached the prison, I hesitated to encounter so distressing an interview. After remaining some time in the keeper’s room, I at length resolved to see them, and was accordingly, first introduced into Wans ley’s cell. This man, 1 had before seen, when on his trial for the crimes with which he was charged—a trial, which excited so in tense an interest in the public mind—and from the issue of which, he is now about to sutler the penalty of the law. On that occa sion, I could not but be struck with his gener al appearance and the symmetry of his well proportioned person—and I particularly ob served his countenance and behavior. His complexion is that of a light mulatto, and the general cast of his features and physiognomy approach but little towards those which dis tinguish the African race. He is about five feet ton inches in height—his well l;nit limbs convey the idea of great per-or.al strength, and I have no hesitation in saying tiiat I have seen but few persons of any color who to niv mind bear a more striking resemblance to the statue of the* Apollo Beividcre, which 1 have seen, and which has been considered as the most perfect model of manly beauty. After spending some time with Wansley, and addressing to him a few observations, such as I deemed suited to his present condi tion, and imploring in his behalf, the God of all grace, in whose hands arc the issues of life and of death, that He would be pleased to cau3e this, his “dark night of affliction to be come the tluwn of a bright morning, yea, the brightt at his eyes have ever seen,’’ I depart ed highly gratified with my visit, and under a feeling of pleasing emotion? arising from a conviction that there was a well founded as surance of hope in this case. After a short interval, 1 was introduced to and immediately left alone with Ginns. Here, in hij cell, whhih* considering the, awful condition of civil death in which he was piaced, I could not help regarding as a living grave—l had for the first time a full view of that guilty, and most extraordinary character Charles Gibbs—-alias J. Jeffers. 1 say, the first time, I had a full view of him, because, although I had before suen him when on his trial, yet on ihat occasion, I had but a momentary and imperfect glance at his countenance. Gibbs , (for by that name, he is now best know n to the public,) is certainly one of the most singular and mysterious beings that ever figured on the theatre of human life. If an estimate be formed of his character, from the account which he himselfhas furnished on his iniquitous career, it would appear to be one of his unmixed evil. Indeed, were that ac count strictly true, his whole life would be a contradiction of the sentiment of the poet— that “Commixed the seeds in ev’ry breast are sown, And mortal,/! end, or angel ne’er was known.” If that account be true, he presents a strik ing personification of all those vicious propen sities and enormous crimes which the apostle enumerates as being charasteristic of the nat ural man and the unregenerate heart, and which he emphatically describe as being earthly, sensual and devlish. It will, however, be asked, is the narrative which lie has drawn up himself and related to others, of his enormously wicked career, a statement of facts entitled to credit? This is a question which cannot now be satisfactorily answered, and probably never will be until the coming of that day when the secrets of all hearts will be disclosed. It is true, that some of the particulars related by Gibbs, such as his having been during the late war on board of the Hornet and the Chesapeake, have been proved not to be true, and he has admitted that part of his statement to he a falsehood. This discrepancy, though it docs not relat® to the most important points in the case, is doubtless calculated, as it has already done, to cast a cloud of suspicion around the whole of his story. To this cause, is in a great measure to be attributed the great diversity of opinion, in relation to the history of Gibbs and the extent of his crimes. The circumstance most difficult to be ac counted for, is this, that if the narrative which this unhappy man has given of his dreadful course, he not true, that he should volunteer to tell of the commission of crimes, which he had not perpetrated. For his piracy and murder on board the Vineyard, he was about to be tried, and knew full well he would be found guilty. Upon what principle that or dinarily governs mankind, even those of the most hardened and obdurate, could he act, by seeking to increase the public horror of his crimes, and their indignation against him, by adding to the list of dreadful deeds he had actually perpetrated, others, which had no existence but in his own murderous imagina tion—surely it might with truth be said of him, “His different acts without their cause appear, ’Tvvas there a crime, it seemed a madness here.” On this subject there are various and con flicting opinions—l have mine ; it is one which 1 formed first seeing Gibbs on his trial, but I do not deem this the proper time to pub lish it to the world. It was mentioned to me by a respectable and intelligent friend, that Gibbs ainongoth er things had stated that he was in possession of facts respecting persons and circumstances the knowledge of which would be important to our government and useful to society.— Some circumstances connected with our in tercourse with the West Indies, had long since come to my knowledge, and which I was led to suppose might in some wav be con nected with those to which he alluded, and this was what principally led me to seek an interview, in the hope that I might elicit something from him on the subject, that might be useful to lhe United States and the world. Accordingly, in due time, and after I had endeavored to prepare his mind for receiving the proposition, I observed to him in sub stance, and as nearly as I can recollect, in the very words I used, as follows:—Gibbs, you are now sensible, and as I understand, you fully and frankly admit that your life has been stained by the commission of great crimes a gainst society, and many violations of the laws of God—l am much gratified to hear you say, that notwithstanding your consciousness of your great and aggravated guilt, you do not despair of your obtaining the pardon and for giveness of your offended Creator—in a very short time you must appear before His awful and righteous tribunal. Now, as you hope for mercy from that God whose laws you have violated by the numerous injuries you have done to your fellow creatures, is it not well worthy your consideration—and I now at this awful period solemnly put it to you—that you should, while yet you have time, make the only reparation now in your power to make, to the community you have so much injured, by furnishing such disclosures respecting those guilty men with Whom you have been associ ated, as may be calculated to prevent in fu ture a repetition of their crimes against so ciety. For how can you, Gibbs, hope for mercy from God—should you still resolve to conceal the names of your criminal compan ions, who in consequence of that conceal ment will no doubt go on to add murder to murder and crime to crime, after you have passed into nn awful eternity. I here stop ped and waited for his reply, strictly observ ing the effect those observations might make on his mind ;uul feelings—and I shall not soon forget his whole appearance and manner at that interesting moment —for I could not but observe the conflicting feelings by which he appeared to be agitated—and which were evinced hy his hurried and fitful glances. After a few moments hesitation, and an evident effort to become calm and collected, he observed, Sir, I have bound myself by the most awful and solemn obligations, and which I have confirmed by an oath on the Bible, that 1 never would disclose the names of mv associates. From this erroneous refuge, be hind which he appeared inclined to entrench himself, l used a variery of arguments, (which my time, and the limits of your journal will not allow me to enumerate,) to remove them, and I hope not altogether without effect—for, although he would not promise, vet, he inti- mated that he might be induced in some way to afford some information on the subject—l then, soon after left him. Of Wansley I think it might with truth be said, that he exhibits the distinguished marks of areal and sincere penitent—of that strange and singularly anomalous character Gibbs, I know not what opinion to form, and there fore shall not express any. K. “ The Herald of a noisy world.” Three Days Later from England. New York, April 25. Yesterday we received by the packet ship Caledonia Capt. Graham, from Liverpool, London papers to March 31st. Liverpool, to April first, Lloyd’s Lists and London Ship* ing to the 39th March, and Liverpool Price Currents to April Ist. the day ate r sailing. The nobility and their dependents in Po dolia had risen en masse in favor of Poland, and had collected a body of cavalry of 15,000 men, which had advanced to Raminion, and joined in with the forces there ; in conse quence of which Gen Kreutz has retreated. ! Dates from Warsaw are to the 15th of March. The Russians were inactive, and intended to await the favourable season. It is stated in a letter, from a Russian officer, of a late date, that the country in the rear of the Russians was laid entirely waste by the Poles, The insurrection in Palonia, it is said, will prove of considerable assistance to the Poles. The Emperor, it is also said, has formed a provis ional government for Poland at Petcrsburgh, while Dicbitsch is Governor General? The troops fighting against the Poles arc described as principally of the Finnish, Tartar and Mus covite races, and the officers stupid and igno rant. France. —The French government were about raising a large sum by loan for the ex igencies of the times, in order to prepare for war, if war should occur. England. —The British Parliament were about to adjourn on the 12th of April. On the 18th it was expected that the second read ing of the Reform Bill would take place. The subject of Reform was frequently brought, in one siiapc or another, before both Houses of Parliament. On the 28tii of March Lord Wharncliff moved in the House of Peers for a return of the population of the various counties, cities,towns & boroughs,in England and'Wales, upon the plan of the census of 1829, This brought on a long and earnest debate, in which the Ministerial Peers took part; and tha Duke of Wellington said. “He did not think the representation of the country could be changed.” A similar debate oc curred in the House of Commons the presen tation of a petition from the University of Cambridge, praying that great care might be used in extending the privilege of voting, so that it should not be placed in the hands of those who had no stake in the nation. Italy —Tke Austrian troops have entered Bologna; but that place, according to an ac count before us, was evacuated by the patriots because they did not wish to expose an un fortified city to an assault. A protest is said to have been sent by France to Austria, against her interference in Italy ; the reply to which was looked for with great interest. It would seem that the pat riots are waiting anxiously for support from the French, w ithout which, we presume noth ing of importance will be done. Spain. —From what little is to be found in our papers in relation to Spain, it appears that the late feeble attempts at revolution have proved abortive. London, March 30.—Yesterday we receiv ed German papers to the 24th instant. The accounts which these papers give of the state ofaffairs in Poland, near the two opposite qualities of good and bad—good, as respects the Poles, inasmuch as a rising in Podolia, these brave people will be enabled to offer an increased show of resistance against their merciless invaders. The nobility and their dependants in Podolia, have, it is said, risen cn masse, and assembled 15,000 cavalry, which force advanced to Rarniniez, the cap ital, and disarmed a Russian regiment of in fantry. Dweinicki, who seems to possess some excellent abilities as a tactician and warrior, will no doubt improve the advanta ges which this accession of strength gives him. The formidable display made by the united force has induced General Kreutz to retreat. The bad accounts to which we al lude, are contained in the intelligence from the frontiers of Russia, w hich state that the Emperor has named Field Marshall Dicbitsch Governor General of Poland, and has appoin ted a Polish Provisional Government, which holds its sittings at St. Petersburgh. These appointments are hailed as omens of the cle mency of the Emperor, and as proof that he docs not intend to incorporate Poland with Russia. This may be so, but they at the same time time show the confidence which his Majesty has in the strength and power of of his own armies,and of the almost utter hope lessness of the Polish cause. The account speaks of the disappointment which has been experienced at the tardiness with which the Imperial justice has as yet been administered to the refractory Poles. What idea the folks upon the frontiers of Russia may have of Im perial justice we know not, but in this quar ter of Europe, the conduct of Russia towards Poland is not a fair sample of it. Frontiers of Poland, March 13.—The situation of Warsaw must appear inexplicable to any one acquainted with the spirit of the inhabitants and the firm character of Gen. Skrzynccki. The removal of the Diet to Micchew a town near the Austrian frontier, will certainly be considered abroad as a sure! presage of the speedy fall of Warsaw : How-! ever, it is precisely the knowledge which the ! Diet has ol the means of defence which the I capital possesses, that has induced the mem bers to resolve on quitting it to go elsewhere and organize the means of resistance. Its j presence, in the palatine of Cracow, which is very populous, will haste n the arming of the j militia. The Diet could in no case expose • itself or ho shut up in a besieged cily, and thus make the fate of all Poland depend on that of the Capital. The Secretary of the Mi li'.stec of the Interor has goiu to Mieci'cw, be fore the Diet. He has already taken mea sures to have 25,000 uniforms made at Cra cow, It is honed that within a fortnight l ' J .- 009 recruits may be collected to that part of the country, who will soon be able to join the army. It is also hoped the population of the country on the left bank of the Vistula will soon partake the enthusiasm of the inhabi tants, and that the Diet will thus be able to prolong its existence, even should Warsaw fall into the hands of the enemy. But it seems to expect that Warsaw will be obstinately de fended—Brussel Papers, March 26. It is affirmed that the Ambassadors of the Foreign Powers assembled yesterday at the residence of the President of the Council with the view of inducing him to suppress the Patriotic Association, which they consid er as inimical to their Royal Masters, end that they assured the President of the Coun cil that war would be inevitable, unless this request were complied with, and the most vi gorous measures adopted for that purpose. It is also said that they expressed their dis satisfaction at the circular issued by the Pres ident of the Council, characterizing it as weak and inefficient—La Revolution. Ex tracts from Warsaw papers of the 15tk. Field-Marshall Diesbitch having, with his own hands, pulled the different orders of me rit gained on the field of battle off the breast of Major Kiiverski, who had been severely wounded and made prisoner, the Major, in cousequence of such an insult, being hurt to the extreme, answered with dignity to the Marshall, “ You may take upon yourself to have us shot, but do not dishonor us, for when a nation declares war upon another, there are no rebels.” The Field Marshall, enraged at such an answer, ordered his Cossacks to take the prisoners into the interior. The Gene ral Gerztenweig having met them, added his insults to the former one ; and his soldiers threw mud and stones at them, and forced them into rooms covered with blood, and where a number of dead and living Russians lay; there they were obliged to pass the night, without any kind of assistance, & after having given them some few dry biscuits, without any distinction to rank, they were driven along on foot, to Minsk. Warsaw, March 14.—After the departure of the corps under command or Gen. Dwer nicki, the Russians made a second entry into the Town of Pulway on the 9th instant. Hu manity is struck wrth the atrocious horrors committed a second time by these Russians upon the unfortunate inhabitants. After ha ving pillaged and completely destroyed Pnl way, they forced away with them several of the inhabitants, on which unfortunate beings, they committed the most violent acts of bar barism ever heard of in the civilized world. Among these unfortunate persons were Gme whowski and Szinidt; and the deputy-con stable, Niestoroweiz, and another the name unknown to the eye-witness. After their suffering the most dreadful punishment, their eyes were pushed out, until death put them out of reach of further torments, which other wise they would have had to have undergone from the hands of those barbarians. London, March 28. — At a late hour this morning we received the Hamburgh Repor ter of Friday last. It gives an extract from the Prussian State Gazette of Thursday, which states that the village of Maluszyn a detach ment of about 1,000 Polish militia-men was attacked by four squadrons of Russian lancers: 200 men, including six officers, were taken prisoners; 300 are described to have been drowned in endavoring to escape across the river, and the remainder to have been killed, or to have perished in the flames! Lublin has again fallen into the hands of the Russians, after having on a former occasion expelled the garrison left there by General Kreutz. The defence of the inhabitants appears to have been gallant in the extreme, and it was not till the dismounted cavalry of the Rus sians had forced the barricades in the streets, that the inhabitants submitted. Yrom the Gazette elc France, March 30. M. Casimir Perrier, President of the Cou coll, announced to day that it was the inten tion of the Minister of France, to apply to the Chamber on the follow ing day for a new T credit of one hundred millions. After the speech of M. Perrier, he returned to his seat, he was surrounded by a large group of Dep uties. Tt is said that M. Manguin, who was amongst the number, asked M. Perrier wheth er it was true that 30,000 men of the Confed eration of the Rhine were now marching against the province cf Luxembourg. The President of the Council, it is aded, remark ed that France was preparing to support, un der all circumstances, her pretensions either in the North or South.” From a Paris paper of Wednesday. It is now beyond doubt that the Austrians entered Bologna on the 20th inst. The Provisional Government and the Ital ian patriots had made up their minds, from the first instant, to retire upon the approach of the enemy, so as not to expose an open city to the horrors ef xvar. All those who could bear arms have retired to the Appenines, the narrow passes of which may easily be made the scene of desperate resistance. It would appear that the entrance of the Aus trians was determined upon in conseqncnce of the attempts of the patriots, who, accor ding to a letter from Vienna, made an attack upon Rome on the 9th, but were repulsed. .It was affirmed vcsteiday that a diplomatic note had been addressed to the Austrian Cab inet, intimatingthat France would not tolerate any longer the occupation of Bologna by- Austrian troops. LONDON. March 20. It is stated that several expresses had been received from Paris, bringing intelligence j that an army of 100,000 men, under the com-! taand of Gen. Girald, had received orders to march against the Austrians. Fifty students of the University of Paris left that city in one day to join the Poles. Pome. —We copy the following passages relating to the commencement of the revolu lionary movements in Romo, from the letter ! oi a young gentleman; published in Baltimore Gazette, under date of February 12th nine o’clock at night. “I am just from a walk along tho Corso, in company with seven or eight -Americans, and have encountered a strong detachment of the troops of the Pope promenading the streets. I'll ere a-c no Austrian troops in this neigh bnurhooJ—that power thr-w about (59,000 ol'J her men into upper jltaly, Genoa, Turin, Mi. lan, Mantua, Verona, Placentia, dm. The use of masks during the Carnival was prohibited, and at the fancy 1 a Is which took the place of masquerades - “the military arc always out,and ready to acton the.slightest in. fringement of order, many of them walked over the floor of the theatre assigned to the dancers. Among the motcly group were the Queen Hortense and suite. To-day the Car nival was to have continued, but Government has decreed otherwise—the preparations be ing made have been stopped. On the evening of the 12th, says postscript several persons wore passing by the square of Antonins Pius, when one of them drew a pic. tol and shot a soldier, on which the troop fired* These citizens were not supported, some were wounded, and others taken and imrnedi. atelv lodged in the Fort St. Angelo. On our return from a walk to day we heard that one of the arrested party was an American artin —we immediately set inquiry on foot, and satisfied themselves it was not so. His Holiness has a proclamation out this evening of a religious tendency to avert in> pending danger. There are about thirty Americans here: among whom are 8 or 10 ladies.” kLEDby d/AiilXDit? a “Just as the twig is bent, the tree ’s inclined .” FROM THE MACON TELEGRAPH. CONVENTION OF TEACHERS. Tho attention of the teachers in Georgia, indeed ol tho public, is again respectfully in \ited to the plan, suggested on the Ist Janua ry last, in the Macon Telegraph, of aconven tien of teachers,to deliberate on the subjects then proposed, in connection with that plan. The inducement to make this invitation i 3 increased by what has since been observed, ot similar associations and their transactions, in some of the leading States of the North; from which much good has resulted, in the extension of useful knowledge on the subject of schools and popular education. The mode proposed, for constituting the body, was con* ceived to be the best, in order to attach to it and its proceedings, an authoritative character. However it may be formed, either by vol. untary attendance, or elective representation, snch a measure would indubitably be follow, ed by a beneficial influence on the cause of education, the personal and professional in terests of teachers, and those of society in our State. It is full time, that something like a uni form system of instruction in the common and academic schools of the State should be adop. ted; and when the best, hy diligent enquiry, is ascertained, established by the sanction of the public voice. The health, and safety of the lives, of the people of Georgia arc secur ed, and the respectability, intelligence and professional skill of its medical faculty made ! certain through the wise institution of a Board of Medical Examinants; the jurispru dence of the State is preserved in purity, Ly j the appointment of upright men as judges, and j the orthodoxy of faith, in various Christian j churches of the State, maintained by the in- j cesSant vigilance of various theological judic-1 atorics, and indeed, in almost every depart-1 ment of the business oflife, a sound condition 9 is preserved by persons appointed to the office, of its guardians; and why not an equal zeal ousness in relation to the preparation of the youthful mind, bv education, for all these fields of action and duties in life? It is be lieved that a convention of teachers to sit an nually, would be more likely to accomplish this object, than the Legislature, if the almost total failure of all the legislative enactments On the subject, be taken as evidence. Time after time successive Legislatures have tink ered on it, yet all their efforts have proved in effectual or abortive. The school funds of the State are ample and liberal enough, but! their application and distribution by disburse! mentunder the provisions of the various actyfl have resulted in waste, because the system t! be supported by them is deficient. It want* uniformity, indentity and compactness. Concerted action on any point will ahvay* produce greater and more certain effect; tha* separated and individual exertion. And i* might be supposed, flint professional dignity* fraternal feeling, pecuniary profit, patriot* devotion to the literary prosperity of the Stat* and above all, a zealous regard for the poii* ical, moral, scientific and religious intell* gcnce and happiness of the rising and fatal* sons and daughters ofGeorgia, would indue* teachers to place themselves in a situation, i* which the best plans of education could bea* certained, communicated, discussed, adopter* and presented to the public, for their spproß bation and practice. Georgia, in repwli* ting the political policies of the Norther* States, surely can have no objection to imp)* tho benefits of their literature, scholastic m* struction arid discipline derived from the 1* borious and experimental researches of r* tional and intclloctur.l philosophy, as the* are found to exist in their primary and hi<* schools, established by legislative authority* and carried into effect by associated bodies >* teachers, under the swporintendance and vi* itation of public functionaries commission!* by the government. In our State, a land* genius and enterprise, the occupation lias, * any period, been scarcely more than a jo* blng business, attended with little success * the advancement of the liberal or median* arts and sciences, or profit to the teaoliot* and enjoying but little public respect. * has been temporarily used as a stepping-sto* for young gentlemen to mount into other p* fessions, as wanting the dignity of a lih< * profession itself, as it ought to be esteem* and reckoned. I The plan was to hold a convention in -I* con on the first. Monday of December nc* Tho hospitality of the place will extend* ifs members comfortable accommodation** and Macon is centra?. Teachers who may* tend or he sent, can suspend the duties ■ their schools during that month, without I' 1 ! It is hoped, that editors favorable f0 1 1 measure, will promote if by a friendly n” tI W in their gazettes. F. D. GUM MIN'-1 Where the sympatitif sof the heart i? 1 * not been encouraged 1o expand, no eulti'* tionof the understanding will have pov. '-t I render the character eminently gr atcrgpl