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- —“A poet’s hand and prophet’s fire,
“Striu-k th o wild warblings of his lyre.
T cm the Lady's Magazine.
DREAMS—A FRAGMENT.
(), never tell me dreams are vain,
The coinage of an idle brain ;
I call them angel’s whisperings :
And those soil radiant shapes that fly.
Like bright clouds o’er a summer sky,
The fluttoringof their plumy wings,
Sparkling with lustre caught from heaven,
Aod only to our vision given
'When the gross scenes of earth withdrawn,
The spirit may be breathed upon
lly holy ones, and thus set free
To revel in the purity,
That ever would to us reveal
Such glories, did not sin’s dark cloud
Before our waking vision steal,
In guise of Death!— tne grave—the shroud—
These interpose ere heaven is ours,
We dread ike thorns and turn us from the flow
ers,
"But dreams can bring heaven’s scenes so near,
That in the light will disappear
Each awful phantasy —we stand
As twere within the spirit’sland,
And feel the consciousness of power
To triumph in the gloomiest hour,
T olive —the same in sleep, in death —
Xife is not made by this weak breath,
This cognisance of outward things j
Life is the bounding pulse that springs,
And thrills beneath the thoughts that roll
Jn floods of radiance o’er the soul
When yielding to its holiest feelings,
It mingles with the deep revealings
That w hisper Immortality—
And dreams arc of these thoughts a paTt,
They play like moonbeams round the heart,
Till even sleep’s sealed eye may see
There is a world of glory o’er us,
A way of light and life before us.
CORNELIA.
From the Intell’gencer.
THE PRAIRIE.
Sweet spot of earthl where pristine beauties
sbine —
Thou fairKlysian of this sunny clime—
To mo hy shade ablest retreat hath given,
As calm, as any r found on this side Heaven —,
Where sacred pleasures in the bosom rise,
Which nature with her liberal hand supplies
Trom fountains uncorrupted—lucid streams,
Forever flowing thro’ inspiring scenes;
Where light and shade in softest colors blond,
The heightning power ofbeauty to extend,
Where harmony and grace together meet,
Jn simple elegance of form complete—
Opening new sources of untasted bliss,
Found iii the calm, delightful shades liko this ;
Where every breezy some sweet emotiou wakes,
lake heavenly numbers on the spirit breaks, 1
Where the soft air is redolent with praise,
And light-w inged zephyrs on their pinions raise
The sv.eet perfume—exhaled from plant and
flower, . •
Growing luxuriant here in every bower.
Altho’ uo Thames, no Avon rolls along—
No genyus gifted with immortal song,
T r-iytg thy praiye—and celebrate thy fame
With classic taste—that magic of a name,
\\ hichpenelrates beyond the passing hour,
And charms the soul with more than mortal
power—
With never lading hopes nmvreathcd in light,
Which genius twines to shine forever bright,
And bloom with freshness thro’ unnumbered
years
When earthly greatness from us disappears.
Yet even here, may future Bards arise,
To sing the mildness of thy sunny skies,
tune the lyre. Where now the w ild deer
roves
Thro’ flowery meads, and unfrequented groves,
Cx>-> s ihe green twig, and nips the tender flow
ers,
Olin’ifhg with lewy gems in morning hours,
?.i .be lined Minstrel’s soft inspiring sound,
these vvild haunts with higher joys
abound.
Aud where this deep, this awful stillness reigns
(Unbroken now, save when tlie dove complains
Reft of her mate in dying accents tells,
The agony with which her bosom swells;
May ether notes arise, to soothe the mind,
lly intellectual taste, and joys Tefined;
Such as have never blest this solitude,
Or dared amid its lonely wilds intrude.
Yes, high imaginings,
May sweep across the lyre’s responsive strings
Awaken sounds, which never yet have rung,
Thro’grove or vale—or dropped from mortal
tongue;
And bid new raptures in the bosom rise,
To swell tlie grateful song of Paradise.
Sweet spot of earth! language cannot express,
Oik- half thy rural charms of loveliness.
For 1 have seen thee, in thy vernal bloom,
\Y hen first emerging from a win try tomb,
With ail thy flowery train, empurpled wide,
Flowing in graceful forms, on every side—
While the fresh, the roseate breath of spring,
“oem to inspire iff w life in every thing;
When milil Aurora, blushing in the east,
•Bid uJUrealion on her beauties feast,
Darted a wishful glance, a potent ray,
O’er the bright landscape at thedavvn of day,
Reflected rainbow hues, of varied light,
in every dew drop glittering in the sight.
While the sweet Zephyr with enraptured kiss,
‘Snatched the rich nectar of the honeyed bliss,
J'jroia flagrant flower—-as passed li.e spring
away
Lett tf scanner's Joy.
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But here, the season tf men.iur heat,
Has lost its terror i:i this cool retreat,
Where plenty reigns*—with simple pleasures
blest,
Detached from pride—by no false forms cp
juust,
Where the heart free, partakes the "kindly fare, i
Which liberal souls, and liberal hands prepare, j
Unconscious of the world’s deceitful claims,
Which keep mankind in bondage, and in chains-
Sweet spot of earth ! thou art to ifx> most dear,
Tor thy young flowers have drank the grateful
tear
Of sacred sympathy—from the warm heart
O’erflowing w ith that bliss, thy charms impart.
Which soothe the spirit, like an Angel’s smile,
The lonely hours of solitude beguile—
hur from the bu^ r crow ds of noise and strife,
With which the jarring world is always rife.
Soon shall I bid thy peaceful shade farewell,
On which my raptured eyes no more shall
dwell—
No more shall I’beneath these towering trees,
"Where graceful waves the long moss in the
bretze,
Delighted rove—to silent walks-repair,
And taste the freshness of thy balmy air—
Or gaze with rapture ou the Queen of iiiglff,
Rolling sublime, amid yon isles of light.
Altho’ no stream of Helicon arise—
No proud Parnassus meets the-wishful eves!
Yet cvpii here, mild beauties peaceful reign,
Diffuses joy o’er every verdant plain,
And gives a firiislied touch to every scene,
\\ ilich spaiklcs ’neath the sun’s iiradicnt
beam,
That-makes the hatp with mournful cadence
swell,
As o’er its chords now sweeps the sound—
farewe[l. SIGMA.
The rewards of a faithful ministry in this
life are richer than the honors of earth
What magistrate or ruler can so ingratiate
himself into the affection and true esteem of
good men as the minister of Jesus can?—
Who would .send for a monarch on his death
bed, or think of gathering comfort in his last
hours from the glitter of earthly diadems?
In nature's most trying hour, the soul owns
the dignity and importance-of the ministerial
office. None, then, excepting those whose
consciences are scared with the flames of
their coming doom, will scorn the messenger
of grace, “the legate of the skies.”
But, alasl-chould inen, holding the high
commission of heaven to stand between the
living and the dead, prove unfaithful to their
trust, what language shall measure the depth
of their guilt! Pollock thus traces the doom
of the unfaithful minister:
The office of a minister of Christ is one of
more than earthly importance. Said an em
inent minister of the city of New-York the
last Sabbath, “1 look down upon the station of
kings, only give me the evidence that 1 am
truly sent oftiod, and am the honoured in
strument of saving souls.” Said Christ, “be
that would be great among you, lot. him be
come the -servant of all.” Moral greatness
is connected with the ministerial office, when
its duties are faithfully and successfully per
formed ; but small must be the respect which
a minister can claim in this untitled country
e.r officio ; his own labors for the cause of
Christ must recommend him to the “praise of
the churches.”
Life is a fountain fed by a thousand streams
that perishes if one be dried. It is a sih'cr
cord twisted with a thousand strings that
parts asunder if one be broken. Frail and
thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innu
merable dangers which make it much more
strange that they escape so long than that
they almost all perish suddenly at last. We
are encompassed with accidents ever ready
lo crush-the mouldering tenement that we in
habit. The seeds of disease are planted in
our constitution by the hand of nature. The
earth and the atmosphere, whence we draw
our life, are impregnated with death—health
is made to operate its own destruction—the
food that nourishes the body contains the ele
ments of its dec av—the soul that animates it
by a vivifying fire tends to tfear it out bv its
action —death lurks in ambush about all our
paths.
Notwithstanding this truth is so pal
pable, and confirmed by daily examples be
fore our eves, how little do we lay it to heart?
We see our friends and neighbors perishing
around us, but how seldom does it occur to
our thoughts that our knell, perhaps, shall
give the next fruitless warning to the world.
From the Athenian, .
EDUCATION.
“A soul w ithout reflection like a pile,
\V ithout inhabitant, to ruin runs.”
How few of the millions of mankind are
willing to think for themselves, yea, how
few are wiling -to examine the written
thoughts of others ! To carry on a connect,
ed train of thou. ’it, is too much for most men ;
they cannot endure to make that mental ef
fort, necessary to arrive at important conclu
sions upon any of the great subjects of life;
they are disposed to take upon trust, or dis
miss entirely, what they cannot fully compre
hend without close investigation. 'lienee we
may account for the different schools into
which tiic afleient philosophy* divided it
self. A man of art original turn of mind,
and capable of thinking for himself, arising
| now and then, would push Ins thoughts and
investigations into a channel different from
his predecessors, and thus establish anew
school. Such were Socrates and Aristotle.
A herd of unthinking beings, without catch
ing the spirit of their masters, rushed after
them and celebrated thefr praises, calling
tin m philosopher? and their thoughts philoso
phy; so that in (he course of time, men of
opposite characters have been philosophers,
and every thing, however insignificant, has
been dignified with the name of philosophy.
Upon this same principle of disinclination to
close investigation, we may account for the
origin of sects ami parties. Who is the lead
er of a party, or the le ad of a sect? Is lie
one who marches proiirinnmcrsonn as a cap
tain in front ot his
\V ho then is he ? He is the thinker, the one
who relieves bis partisans from the trouble of
thinking, by thinking for them. Thuj we
soe the origin of quarrels, broils, bloodshed.;
two of these thinkers, those lcadcrr>, pushing
on in their reasoning career, presently’ crop's
each other's path, and though they may have
polit:n;ss to pas# without blows, their follow
ers seldom will.
Now, liow comes it that men arc thus pas
sive, thus prone to be led by the nose ? The
answer has already been given; they are too
indolent to think ; they would rather take a
matter upon trust than investigate it with
that patience which we must carry with us
whenever wc go in search of truth. The -rem
edy for this natural indolence, and the only
remedy, is education. The course of educa
tion usual in the colleges ami high schools
of this country, forces the mind to examine,,
to underiand, and to appropriate the ideas
presented to it. Where this is not the case,
the course must be in a great measure aban
doned. Now the mind, by being thus tor a
long time directed iti a certain course, feels,
from its very nature, a propensity to push its
inquiries beyond the jioint at which its ex
traneous helps stopped ; just as a ball will
keep rolling long after the propelling cause
has ceased to act. What, then, is this, but
an inclination produced by education to throw
aside its usual helps and to think for itself !
That every man should think for himself on
every subject, is impossible, both on account
of his limited powers, and also on account of
the vast field of human knowledge. All we
wish is, that e.very man should so accustom
hintself to close thinking, to critical investi
gation, that ho can, at pleasure, silt the
thoughts ofothers, separate truth from false
hood, and be beyond the reach of all false ar
gumentation. But the misfortune is, that
most men do not, and in truth cannot think
for themselves on any important subject.—
The reason of this, as has already been hin
ted, is the want of education.
BALDWIN.
Grini/&. —It is painful to observe tlie mista
ken notions so generally prevalent respecting
the nature and characteristics of genius. Ac
cidental and adventitious traits are constantly
confounded with fixed peculiarities, and we at
last bring ourselves to look on a great author
as being doomed to endure bodily and men
tal anguish, by way of atonement tothccom
nioti herd, for his lofty intellectual endow
ments. and as a predestined condition for tin
successful display of talents. This is a dis
torted wiew of the human nature; it is not a
necessity-imposed on us by an aHwise Provi
dence, who, in man “sufficient to have stood,
though free to fall,” certainly never intended
they, in whom the high capacious powers of
mind are most conspicuous, should most read
ily fall below the even line rtf correct judg
ment, and of cheerful feelings. The fact is,
that we deify genius, and administer to it all
manner of abominations ; we make it drunk
with its success: and then inconsistently
Wonder at its vagaries and the tricks which it
plays before high heaven. What though
Tasso was treated as a maniac, and Dante
driven trom his country,•and left a prey to the
darker passions of hatred anti revenge against
a rival faction, we find that the Mantuan hard
passed his days in quietness and peace, cn
joying the favor of Augustus, and the regards
of his brother poets; and that Ariosto, who
sang of knightly deeds, and lady’s love, was,
for the most part, animated and content. —
living, with the exception of some passing
clouds, in the sunshine of court .favor, and
still more amid an ardent admiration of his!
genius on the part of the people, including '
even the peasant and robber. In our own day
we have had .an opportunity of seeing the con* j
trasted character and livesof Scott and Byron 1
both endowed with lofty genius and varied
feelings. Though we deplore the aberrations
from right, and the misfortunes of the latter,
we cannot, in a spirit of true philosophy, re
gard them, as some would persuade us to do,
in the light of concomitants, so much - as the
accidents of genius—accidents which have
appeared in other men, not thus distinguish
ed, but in whom perversities of disposition,
and disregard of worldly prudence, and be it
said, without cant, of common morality, have
brought on themselves the like misfortunes
and iinhariu l life of Scott shows
us, that adherence ttxall the usages of socie
ty, a discharge of the routine of business,
and indulgence in the purest domestic affec
tions, have not interfered with the most prod
igal display of ‘Versatile genius, and the most
prolific labors of the pen. Imagination in
liim has not been deadened or oppressed, by
the realities of life. Scott’s life is then a
condemnation of that, of Byron.— E. Post.
From the Bonner of the Constitution.
AN ARTICLE FOR THE LADIES.
The last Bannei of the Constitution
its female readers with a pleasant essay on
certain matters connected with political e
conomv, which come particularly under their
observation. The Banner seems to consider
the fair sex too intelligent not to be able to
understand, and too wise not to be interested
in subjects which affect their, or their hus
bands purses: and it is perhaps of opinion,
(not far from the truth) that if the ladies can
be but once secured ou the side of free trade,
the Lords of creation will come over to that
side as a matter of course. This it must be
owned, is a fine stroke of policy, and we on
ly wonder that the ingenious and indefatiga
ble editor of the Banner, who is continually
casting about every way for prosclylcs(land
proclaiming the tenets office trade in season
and out of season, should not have turned his
thoughts to “heaven’s last best gift” before.
What he says now, however, tho’ late, is, we
trust, not too late, ami as it is exceedingly
well said, we shall do what we can to aid the
good cause bv copying the following portion
of his article for the perusal of our lady rea
ders :
Every house-keeper knows the comfort, in
summer time, of having a cool covering on
the floor—such, for instance, as a China straw
matting. Such an article is not merely an ar
ticle of luxury; it even promotes economy, by
saving the labor of frequent scrubbing; and
every one can perceive, that with a neat Cov
ering on the floor, the room can be furnished
to look well with less expense than when
there is none. We leave this to the judg
ment of any lady, and if she decides m our
favor, wo will ask Lm-r attention to a few rc-
j marks ou the beauties of the American Sys-!
I teni.
M e will suppose that on the first of June
i she took up the carpets from her parlours,
| chambers and entry, with the intention of;
.purchasing China matting, to put down fur
the summer* On going to the differ nt shops
i she finds to her amazement, that there is
1 none to be had of tijo first quality, (w hicli we ;
i understand to be the fact now in l’hiladcl-1
1 phia,) and that for the inferior qualities they
| a,sk 62£ cents a yard, for the yard and a half
j wide. She inquires the cause of this of her
i husband, when lie comes home to dinner, and
’ he tells her that this scarcity and high prices
arc owing to the Protecting System, as some
! people coll it. She then very naturally asks
whether there is any Cirina mattingmanufac-.
tnred iu this country, which requires that the
j manufacturer should oblige house keepers to
pay as much for covering two rooms as they
j ought to pay for covering three ? The hus
band answers no. “Why, then,”asks the la
! dy, “should there be a high tax upon China
{ mattings ?” The husband is puzzled toan-
I sw’crthis, and he promises to inquire into it
the next time lie goesetrt. He is not long iri J
I getting a key to the scheme o (protecting the
ladies against cheap floor-cloths, and for their
j benefit we will lay it before them.
By the Tariff of 1821, oil cloths and Clii
; na matting were both subject to a duty of So‘
per centum on the first cost. It seems that a
few persons in the United States had under
taken the patriotic enterprise of supplying
their fellow-citizens with oil-cloths at double )
the price they eofft in other countries, but had-j
found out that they could not accomplish this j
without law to impose a penalty upon every j
! person who should be so unpatriotic as to use !
; an English, or German oil cloth. They also
found out that if the penalty upon the use of I
foreign oil cloth should be very high, people !
would be driven to the use of China matting; j
and, in older to prevent this, it was cunning
ly devised that another penalty should be iin
posed upon any housekeeper who should dare
not use this article. The matter was laid be
i fore Congress in 1828, and the request of the
| patent floor cloth manufacturers—viz: that
twelve millions of people shot/ld he taxed to
support one, two or three unprofitable estab
lishments—appearing to that enlightened bo
dy, to be so very reasonable, it was readily
acceded 10. A penalty of 50 cents per square
yard upon oil clotji, anti of lacents per square
yard upon China matting, was imposed.
I Now 15 cents per square yard upon China
I matting, is equal to 23 £ cents per running
1 yard ; and, consequently, if it were not for
tax, the price would be but 40 cents per yard.
The Banner concluded by recommending
1o the ladies to form a Mite Society, for the !
purpose of raising a fund for the support ofj
the oil floorcloth makers, which it is pretty |
plainly shown can be -dorre at a much
cheaper rate than by paying such extensive j
duties on English oilcloth and India matting.
Sh occo Springs.
WARREN COUNTY, N. CAROLINA.
N the first day of June next, the Buildings of
this Establishment will be prepared for the
reception of-Visitors. The Houses are large and
numerous, sufficiently so, to accommodate an as
semblage of two or three hundred persons coni-,
fortahiy.
She subscriber is flattered with the expectation,
♦hat the conveniences and improvements which i
have been added to ihis Establishment, in all!
those matters which essentially concern the j
health, comfort, and amusement of its visitors, )
will render it the ensuing season, more attractive j
than ever. The private apartments will afford j
ample retirement to invalids, families, and others {
who prefer it. They are so arranged, as to com-!
bine every convenience and accommodation, suit
ed to the largest or smallest assembly, male and
female. Arrangements are also made, with the
•particular design of accomodating large families,
by affording them large, spacious cabins, near to
or remote as they may select from the centre build
ing, with double ami single rooms, where they
can be at all times, perfectly secure in the enjoy
ment of quiet retirement.
The Subscriber pledges herself to devote her
chief exertions to the accommodation of private
families, & will spare no means to render visitors
! happy and agreeable, by providing every thing
| that may contribute to their health, by carefully
! guarding against annoyances of every description.
The Public Halls are abundantly spacious to
j receive ail who may desire company.
No Public Balls will he given at Shocco during
the season, but those who delight in Music and
Dancing can partake of them without its disturb
ing or annoying, in the slightest degree, the rest
of the Boarders.
Fcvv Watering Places present more rational
objects of attraction than'Shocco. Located in the
most healthy, rich and populous part of ths coun
try, in the midst of a polished society, it affords
in its Springs and climate many advantages, and
gives it ascendancy over all the Mineral Water
ing places to the South.. It is believed that the
water never failed in its senative effects upon
persons afflicted with Dyspepsia, Billious dis
eases and general debility, where they have per
servered in its use.
An arrangement will be made to have Divina
Worship performed at the Spring on the Sabbath
day, when such visitors as may choose, can attend
preaching without inconvenience. I
My terms for Hoard, &c. will be the same as
ast year, viz. $1 per day for each grown person ;
$22,50 per month, or $6 per week ; Children and
Servants half price. For Horses sls per month,
or CO cents per day.
ANN JOHNSON.
May 12, IS3I. 9
TJ S a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Bibb
tL county, at the ensuing election.
May 10 lO'-tf
OFFERS himself as a Candidate for the She
rifulity of Bibb County, at the ensuing elec
tion. He pledges himself to his friends that he is
induced to do so more front an earnest desire to
receive the emoluments arising from the office
than from the reason assigned by most candi
dates, (to wit) the importunity of friends.
YOUNG JOHNSTON.
June 1, 18ffl. 14—ide
11. 11. Howard*
\\fFi are authorised to say, is a Candidate for
v v the Sheriffalty of Bibli couuty, at the ensu
1 ingehrciion.
April 20
George Vi gal.
i 11/ r! are authorized to say is a Candidate for
I v? Receiver of Tax Returns, at the ensuing
I election, July Iff, 1831. 25-1/
v- *
* I mic e.
q Y School will open again *lll Macon n Mon-
Jay next. 1 have a grateful sense of the
pai.rouce received, ami hone it will becouiieced.
F. D. CUMMINS.
July 14, 1831. 25—2\v
The .iw?t*ncan Fanner,
Edited 'iy Gideon />. Smith , ‘
Is niiVisbed in B.ihimcrc, Md. by Irvikf Hitch
cock & Cos. (Successors of J. S. Skinner.) in
weekly numbers of eight quarto pages, at Five
Dollars per annum.
r|IHE purpose of this periodical is to be a me
1. ffimn through a great number of the most en
lightened and scientific 'practical cultivators of the
soil, residing hi evorv section of the United States,
to communicate the results ofshi ir cx; .ienoe to
each other, and to the public, and receive similar
benefits from the best theoretical and practical
writers of foreign countries, on every subject con
nected with husbandry in the broadest sense of
the term.
Letters addressed to either the Editor orqmb
lishers, ordering the paper, (not less than -one
year) or making inquiry concerning it with a
view to subscribing, v ill he thankfully received
and promptly answered, and a number of the work
sent to the enquirer as a specimen.
N. B. A few, (and only a very few) complete
sets of the work. fr> m its commencement in IMO,
no 13 vols. half bound and lettered, may he had
trem the publishers for $5 per vol. The subscrip
tion price will also be,pnid by them for-either of
the volumes, 3,7, or f, delivered in good -saleable
order at the office.
May 25 13
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Medical College.
WORTHIXTOS.
!>Y, and with the consent of the Reformed
3 Medical Society, of the United States, the
new Reformed Medical Institution has been loca
ted in Worthington, an interesting and flourishing
town on the Whetstone River, 8 miles north of
Columbus, on the Northern Turnpike. This site
has been -chosen because it presents the greatest '
advantages to facilitate the researches of the Bo
tanical student; the country around it abounding
with every variety of medical plants; and the sit
uation-being the most healthy and delightful in
the Western country —and because the occupancy
oftlte uiil. ground
of every variety of soil fir an extensive botanical
gardc-n,has Keen presented to us by the board of
trustees of Worthington College.
There will be attached to the institution, a Dis
pensary for analyzing and preparing Vegetable
Medicines; and an Infirmary, where persons from
the neighborhood, or a distance laboring under
fevers, consumptions, dispepsa, liver complaints,
gravel, ulcers, fistulas, cancers 1 Ac. Ac. will be
successfully treated, without bleeding, mercury or
the knife , and from which the student will acquire
a correct knowledge of the mature, operation and
superior efficacy of vegetable agents in removing
disease.
The necessity for an Institution of this kind in
the west, to be under the direction of the compe
tent Professors is strikingly evident. It is an insti
tution that is designed to concentrate,and dissem
inate all the knowledge of Drs. of Medicine and
empyrics, sages; &: savages that will demonstrate
to tlie student and the sick that vegatables alone
afford tlie only rational, safe and effectual means
of removing diseases without impairing the con
stitution, or endangering life or limb. The pre
sent system of practice which treats diseases erf
every form with metalic minerals, the lancet or
knife is dangerous as the lamentable facts
which everyday presents too fully illustrate. Nor
is this truth more clearly exhibited than the fact
that vegetable substances alone, are void of dan
ger, and powerfully efficient when administered;
a reference to tlie success of our New York In
firmary and the success of ignorant botanical
physicians, proves this fluff..
The College and Infirmary will be opened the
first week in December, where stiyients from all
parts may enter and complete their Medical Ed
ucations, and where persons laboring under every
species of disease shall receive prompt and faith
ful attention.
The course of study to be pursued and which
will be taught aaccording to the OLD end RE
FORMED systems y Lectures, Recitations,
Examinations tnd suitable text books is. Ist A
natomy and Phisiology. 2d. Old and Reformed
Surgery 3d, Theory aud Practice of Medicine.
4th. The old and hnjrroved system of Midwifery,
with the diseases ol'women and children. sth.
Materia and Medics, with practical and general
Botany. 6th. Medical and Botanical Chemistry
and Parmacy* 7th. Stated Lectures on collater
al Science—Moral and Mental Philosophy—
Phrenology—Medical Jurisprudence—Compara
tive Anatomy—Medical History, Ac.
By attending this Institution, the student will
acqure a correct knowledge of present practice
of Physicians—a knowledge of the use and abuse
of minerals, the Lancet. Obsterical Forceps and
the knife,and a knowledge of tlie new and im
proved system that supercedes their use, with
tenfold more safety and success. There will he
no specified time to complete a course of study;
whenever the student is qualified he may gradu
ate and receive a Diploma—some will pass in one
year, others w ill require more.
Requisitions Jor Jtdmimon .
1. A certificate of good moral charcter.
2. Good English education.
Thrift*.—The price of qualifying a person to
practice, including a Diploma, and access to all
the advantages ofthe institution will be $l5O in
advance, or $75 in advance, and SIOO at the close
of his students. Every advantage given, and some
allowance made to those in indigent circum
stances, Board will be had at $1 per week, and
books at the Western city prices.
Every student on entering Worthington Col.
lege will become an honorary member of the re
f jmed Medical Society of the United States from
whom he will receive a diploma, and annual Re
port of all the doings and discoveries of its differ
ent members, and be entitled to all its constitu
tional privileges and benefits.
Those wishing further information will please
address aletter (postpaid) to Col. G. 11. Griswold
or the undersigned, and it shall receive prompt
Mention.
Students and others had better beware of the
slanders ofthe present physicians’ who know no.
more about our institution, than they do about
Botanical medicine.
J. J SIEELE, President.
Worthington. O. Oct. 1831.
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tificate entitling the bearer to tuition gratis, or an
! equivalent to that sum ($150) in medicine, advice
or attendance from us or any members of our so
ciety. Those publishing it 26 times, to half that
compensation.
May 6, 1831. q
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