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Cititfs mifr Smiind, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY UVEXINU* JULY 30, 1853. FOR GOVERNOR: UERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. i FOR CONGRESS: Ist. DISTRICT JAMES L. SEWARD. lid. DISTRICT A. H. A OLQUITT. Hid. DISTRICT DAVID J. BAILEY. IVtfi. DISTRICT W. B W. DENT. Vth. DISTRICT F. W. CHASTAIN. The Consistency ot Whig opposition to Pierce’s Administration. I the last Journal tj- Messenger, we find the fol lowing paragraph : ‘•The only issue which the Union party of Georgia I makes with the Administration, is upon the policy of its appointments of Free Soilers and Abolitionists to of- j (ices of honor, of prof and of trust.” The issue is a good one if it could be established. The South can give its confidence to no Administra tion which warms these reptiles in its bosom. We have recently exp sed the falsity of the charge in our columns, and do not propose to recur to the subject now. We have another purpose in view in this article. It is to expose the hypocraey of the Conservative Whigs who makes the charge : to draw them from be hind the sheep’s skins which cover their deformities ; to show to the public that they not only sustained it party whose chief made Free Soil and Abolition ap pointments, but actually voted for men for the highest office in the gift of the people, who proclaimed from every house top that they were themselves Free Soilers ; and co operated with a party until it teas defeated , which, according to the oft-repeated declarations of its J chiefs, was the original author of Freesoilism; and j from which the Barnburners of New York stole this | odious sentiment. We know what we say, and pledge ourselves to es- I tablish our position. Ner will we quote some mise- j ruble party sheet or party man ; we will prove our as j surtions by the great leader of the Whig party; the candidate of the Journal dp Messenger for President. Let then Daniel Webster take the stand ; What say : you Mr. Webster? We rest our case upon his tes timony. In a speech delivered by him in 1848, he uses this remarkable language: “A party has arisen among us, calling itself the Free Soil party. The assumption of such a name by this party reminds me of a joke made by Swift, or some other hu morist, on a person who had made not a very tasteful use of a Latin phrase— Dulce e.t natale solum. Fine words: 1 wonder where he stole ’em. “Really the exclusive appropriation of the name of Free Soil by this party, was a very bold proceeding.— They hare certainly stolen the sentiment from the Whigs; it was a clear ease of petit larceny. Are these men better lovers of liberty than we are ? No ! We are as good liberty men and anti-slavery men as they profess to be themselves. “But what is the history of this so called Free Soil par ty ? Why, just tins. Some years ago a schism broke out in the Democratic party of New York. This widen - ed by degrees, and at length Mr. Van Buren put himself at the head of the smaller portion. When Silas Wright was nominated a second time for Governor of New York, the two parties had become very hostile to each other, and assumed the rival names of Hunkers and Barn bur- ; tiers, which appellation they continue to bear to this day. It appears therefrom, that the schism in the Democratic , party is of rather long s'anding. There was an actual outbreak years ago among them, and all this before any ; other question of Free Soil r so in that quarter, and be- i fore the Wilmot Proviso or any opposition to slavery as a party principle. Down to the period of the annexation of Texas, all the Democratic party followed the party doe • trines, and went for the annexation, slavery ext nsion and all. The opposition to this measure proceeded in the first instance solely from the Whigs. I say, the Whigs alone, for it is notorious that nobody else, either in the East, West, North or South, raised a finger against it. If such an effort was made, it was so inconsiderable that it attracted no notice till, by the efforts of the Whigs, i the people were roused to a sense of their daHger, and a feeling of opposition to the extension of slave power.— j Then, and not till then, the Barnburners seized upon this branch of Whig doctrine and attached it to their poli- j ey, merely to give them a certain predominancy over their j rivals. “Orignally, therefore, the Barnburners had no more to do with the doctrine of Free Soil than with the question of masonry or anti-masonr . They only adopted it to ! secure an advantage over the Hunkers. But, having appropriated this jus: sentiment, though, still retaining j all the rest of the thirtymine articles of the Locofoeo I creed, they now call upon the Whigs of Massachusetts I to enl'st under them !—I had almost said to be subsidized by them, only to give them the ascendency in New York politics! For one, I propose to do no such thing. I do not like the service. “I repeat, that this Buffalo platform, this collect of the Barburners, contains no new thing that is good ; it has nothing item which the Whigs of the Middle and Nor thern States might not adopt. But is going too far for that party to ask the Whigs of Massachusetts to carry that matter into their State election.” “We well know, gentlemen, that the Buffalo platform j contains nothing in relation to this matter which does not meet the approbation, and the unqualified appro bation, of the Whigs of the Northern States.’' 1 Here isthe proof; itis irretragible; it is from the mouth j of the candidate of the Editor of the Journal <j- Messen ger. He says the sentiment of Free Soil was “certainly stolen from the Whigs;” that “no body East,West, North or South, raised a finger against the extension of the slave j power, till by the efforts of the Whigs, the people were , roused to a sense of their danger, and a feeling of op position to the extension of slavery j” that the Barn burners then, but not till then, upon this branch of Whig doctrine and attached it to their policy, mere ly to give them a certain predominacy over their ri vals.” According to Mr. Webster, the Barnburners never were Free Soilets ; they only pretended to be in order to achieve a party triumph, by gulling the Whigs into their support. Furthermore, it is proven by Mr. Webster, that the Buflalo or Abolition Platform, “con tains nothing in relation to this matter, (slavery,) which does not meet the approbation, and the unqualified ap probation of the Whigs of the Northern States.” With this rotten Abolition Whig party, the Jour- j val Messenger continued to act until last year, and then deserted it to aid in the election of this same Free Soiler, Daniel Webster to the Presidency. Now Mr. j Webster says, the Northern Whig party was a Free | Soil party, therefore, all Northern W higs were Free j Solers: and consequently,every office from the North ap pointed to office during Mr. Fillmures term of 1 years was a Free Soiler. Yet, the Journal <s• Messenger gave his Administration a eordial support, and never found out j that there whs danger to the South in these appoint- 1 ments until Mr. Pierce by accident, or mistake, or in- j advertance, appointed some of the Barnburners to little j local ofriui s. Nor is the Journal Messenger alone in this inconsistency. Mr. Jenkins, the paragou can didate of the Conservative Whig party for Governor of Georgia, allowed his name to be run on the ticket with W ebstse for President, and Vice President ; and thus gives the highest evidence that he had no appre- j bensions from a Free Soiler, even though he were Presi- j dent of the United States. We therefore, arraign the Conservative Whig party of Georgia before the country as insincere and hypo critical in its new born zeal for the South, and charge it with giving a cordial support to a Free Soil Adminis tration as long as it was in power, and of then trying to elect another in the person of Daniel Webster. We furthermore charge it with insincerity and hypoe : risy in it3 factious opposition to President Pierce and his Administration —a man who stood beside John C. Calhoun in his brave defense of Southern Rights —who has surrounded himself with the chivalry ot the South, and conferred almost every important office in his gift upon Southern men. We therefore call upofi every Southern patriot to ) rally around his Administration ; to sustain the nominees of his party for State offices, and thus show to the world that we can appreciate our friends and discover the tricks of our enemies. j Universal Suffrage—The Algerine Law—ll. V. Johnson’s Address. We have not placed much stress upon Mr. Jenkins’ j vote for the “Algerine Law,” by which the poor I men of Augusta were in part disfranchised ; because we regarded the dostrine of Universal Suffrage as so firmly fixed in the love and reverence of the American | people that it was impossible to uproot it. But as some j persons—eld Fc !es—are bold enough, even at this j day, to justify th'3 indefensible and un-American vote j of the candidate of the Conservative party for Gover- I nor, we feel bound, from time to time, to hold up •> the people the grounds upon which the doctrine of Universal Suffrage is defended. We therefore re ; publish with great pleasure an extract from a speech delivered by Hbrschrl V. Johnson, the Democratic can didate for Governor, before the Alumni Society, of Franklin College, in August 1842, a little prior to Mr. i Jenkins’ famous vote for the Algerine Law.— Our readers will see that the Democratic candidate j grounds his defence of Universal Suffrage upon the j great fundamental principle of American freedom, to i wit: that man is capable of self government ; and being | capable, he is entitled to the exercise of the elective j franchise. This principle is admitted very generally in the Uni- ‘ ted States, but the policy is doubted b}’ many Whigs, |in respect to our foreign population. The candidate of ! the Democracy meets this issue like a true Democrat, • i and with an overwhelming argument. He says truly, i | that “the right of suffrage brings every citizen into a species of co-partnership alliance, with the whole po- ; : litical mass ; gives him an interest in the concern, ! whereby his affections will cluster with idolatrous do -1 votion around the Government of his choice, and | prompt him freely to pour out his blood as a libaiion upon j its altars.” He illustrates this position by a very happy reference to a passage oflrish history, which the gal- ■ hint sons of the Emeral Isle will read with interest; and unless we have greatly mistaken their true char acter, will treasure in their hearts, and on the day of election, deposit their votes for a man who cherishes so j watm a love for their native land, and so deep a sym- : path} for the noble men who have labored so long for ! delivery from the thraldom of British tyranny. Let i every voter read this speech of .Judge Johnson. It j ’ shows him to be a man deeply imbued not only with the great cardinal principles of American freedom, but i alive to the wants of the poorest citizen, whose equal j right to vote with the proudest and richest aristocrat i in the Union, he so nobly and successfully defends. The more we see of our candidate, the more we ad ; mire him. He is a Roman in the firmness of his prin ciples, a Christian and a true Democrat in his opin ions, principles and feelings. We are proud of-him,and hope, before the election comes on, that he will visit this section of the State, and give our people an opportuni ty of seeing and hearing him. We have other produc tions of his pen which we will in good time give to our readers. We intend that the people shall know him before the election, and then we will laugh to scorn the slanders of Ins enemies. Second Congressional District in Alabama. Much interest is felt on this side of the river in the contest in the adjoining District in Alabama. Capt. Abercrombie’s friends tremble in their shoes in view of the prospect before them ; while Mr. Clopton’s friends are buoyant with hope of success. The result of the election is very doubtful. We think the follow’-. ! ing estimate is not far from the truth : Abercrombie’s Majorities. Clopton’s Majorities. Russel, 250 Barbour, 350 Henry, Covington, - 100 Montgomery, 50 Coffee, 50 Pike, 100 Dale, 50 550 650 Abercrombie may get 300 in Russel and 150 in Cov ington. He can hardly increase the vote we give him in Ilenry and Coffee. Clopton may .arry Barbour by 400, Pike by 150, and Dale by 100, and may lose Montgomery and Macon. It will thus be seen that the ejection is a very close ; one, and that success will depend upon the exertions of ! the friends of the candidates on the day of election. We hope our friends in the District will send us the | returns of the election as early as possible. New York Politicians. A resolution endorsing the Fugitive slave law lately ! passed the popular branch of the New Y"ork Legisla ture, by a vote of 40 to 23 ; among tiie ayes were 42 | Democrats and 4 Whigs. We have do great confi ; denee in the soundness of New Fork politicians of ei | tiler party ; but the vote in this case, we believe, may be taken as a test of the comparative soundness of the two parties in that State —42 to 4, or more than ten to one in favor of the Democracy. Steamer Alabama Sunk* I We regret to learn that this noble Steamer has recently sunk at the Eufaula wharf in six feet water. The seams ! are supposed to have opened under the scorching rays of a Southern sun, and admitted water into her hold. There was a guard on board at the time, but the vessel went down so gradually that he was not aware of it. Tiie steamer ; was principally owned we believe by McCall & Johnson, i of Eufaula, and was built last year at Pittsburg. _ Degrees. —The University of Alabama has conferred : the degree of Doctor of Laws, upon Judge John A. i Campbell, and that of Divinity, upon Rev. Henrt Tal i BERD. ! _ ‘ C'ol. Gadsden, of South Carolina, American Minis 1 ter to Mexico, left Charleston on Saturday, iust., to cuter upon the duties of his mission. Union Springs. —A meeting has been called in Montgomery, Ala., to consider the project of a Railroad from that city to Union Springs. Judge Johnson on Universal Suffrage. “Another characteristic of American institutions, is, that they are decidedly popular and have their basis in public opinion. The relationship ot the Federal and State Governments is so adjusted, that the existence of both depends upon popular sup port. All power emanates from and resides in the people. Hence, the obvious nccesity for the Gov ernment to pursue such a course ot policy, as Lo impress every citizen with the identity between his own and his country’s interest. Each must feel that he can promote his own only by promo ting the public good. These propositions grow out of the very structure ot our Republic ; and they are too axiomatic to require demonstration. And they naturally suggest the importance of a strict ad herence to our Constitution, by cur rulers, and the cultivation of an ardent attachment (o the Union of the States by all : a sentiment impressively en forced by all the prominent incidents of our T v st history. Every man ought to feel, that to the ex tent of his influence, he is morally and politically 1 responsible for the result of our great experimei jat self Government. Such a feeling would lead to i reflection, caution and prudence : to examination I into the extent, bearing and obligations of duty, i “But bow are such sentiments and feffngs to be I inculcated ? It cannot be accomplished in any ! other manner, so efficient and directly, as by an j unrestricted exercise of the \ dive franchise, a right | which most of the States ! ve granted, subject to | such conditions ai.d qualifications as are deemed j necessary for sc’ rotection. This brings every man directly in co mict with his moral and politi cal obligations, and furnishes him with a tangible standard by which he may measure the exte.it o’ his high responsibilities. And if the moral sense be enlighten O J, and the judgment informed, the patriot can have none other than solemn reflections, in casting his vole It is an act which must tell ; for ‘weal or woe’ upon the destinies of his coun- I fry, which may operate upon the interests of unborn S millions, and decide questions which involve the i hopes and happiness of the world, i “And besides, the right of universal suffrage brings every ci'’zen into a species of copartnership | alliance with the whole political mass associated for j purposes of Go.srnmenfc. To use a business ex ; pression, it ‘gives h; nan interest in flie concern,’ | and inspires him with a consciousness of his own I import ice. Let him have s voice in the elevation |of those who are to enact the laws by which he is 1 to bo governed, and the title to his homestead is to 1 be regulated, and the lowliest Yeoman, while he toils lor his daily bread , and the sweat of industry i drips from lus rnaniy btow, is happy in the thought, | that he is a freeman. His affections cluster with ; idolatrous devotion around the Government of his i choice, and if necessary for its defence, he will free | ly pour out his blood as a libation upon its al : tars. A man animated with the spirit of liberty, cannot love a Government which makes him a slave and holds him as a mere machine in its operations, bound to render obedience to laws which he has no voice in enacting. He either sinks into the lethargy of a barely animated mass of organized matter, rou sed to fury, by the convulsions of desperation, he ! is willing to perish in the wreck of his country’s overthrow.* “Jt is universally admitted, that the products of agriculture for the basis of every other branch of industry. And therefore any act of government | which will tend to diminish its profits must jbe injurious to the country. Hence the necessity ! for security of title to property, and equal distribu | tion of the burdens of government. What can be | imagined, more fatal to the interest of agriculture, I than such n course of legislation as would endau- I ger landed assurances? Or disturb the tenure of ; any species of property, or render one branch of ! industry tributary to anotherJ Would it not cer i tatniy lead to populat complaint and dissatisfaction ; : and if persisted in, to estrangement of feeling ! from the government ? Would it not cut oft the ’ hope of accumulation ‘! The incentives to im j provement, and the stimulus to activity and enter I prise ] In his history of the colonies, Hazzard ; mentions an inst nee of one of the t olonists, who, ! in writing to a relative in England, congratulates | the settlers that they are free- h o Ide rs and that no rent day disturbs them now. From which we infer that the colon sts had already began to fee! the pride of being lords of the soil which they tilled. Already had it quickened the lion spirit of freedom, and kindled the fires which finally melted off the chain I of British oppressor,and consumed like chaff the | mercenary tax gatherers of a selfish aid grasping j parliament. | “The applicability of these observations might be ! exemplified by reference to the events of our own | times. We might trace it in the popular convul • sions of Rhode Jshmd. in the movement of wild | and relentless fan: tieism, in the levelling fooleries ■j of agrarianism, and in the loud and extensive cla ! mor for productive duties. But for prudential eon | siderations, I will turn from these topics and offer an illustration from a page of Ir;eh history. I nev er think of Ireland, hut the thought suggests a com pliment to her generous hospitality, her fervid pa triotism, and her glowing genius. From the time of the invasion of Henry 11. in the year 1159, to 1793, a gloomy period of more than 600 years, Cath olic Ireland groined und'-r the proscriptive policy , of England, which denied her people the exercise of the elective franchise. And even then, their haughty mi-tres deigned to pass an act, which al lowed lem to \ e only ! or members of parlia | meat and corporations, without taking the oath of j allegiance and supremacy. In 179 J a general ro ! beilion arose, which scarcely remitted in its fury, t ;n I 1829. Then, and not till then, did the clamor for ’ reform become sufficiently imperative, to force the j parliament of England to pass the act of Catholic ; emancipation. “Then, and not till then, were Catholics permitted to sit in both houses ofthe national legislature, and i hold all civil and military offices under the crown.— Again, in 1170, Henry 11. by the exercise of the most arbitrary power, divided nearly the whole of j Ireland between ten men, whose names are odious | ly interwoven with the incidents of her subsequent i history, f This act of umnixed oppression, dives- I ted the inhabitants of a title interest in the soil, and J gave nse to the present despicable system of absen : tecisrn, which for seven hundred years has bowed i their spirits, and entailed upon them the most abject j poverty and wretc eduess. It has rendered their j industry and labor tributary to English pride and : extravagance. Heartless and selfish absentees, j fatten and pamper and luxuriate upon the hard earn i ings of Hibernia’s oppressed and toil worn sons of * In thinking and speaking about the elective franchise, ; wc are prone to become excited on the proposition of uni versal equality, and to view it as a matter of abstract right. This is all well enough ; for it is compatible with the funda mental maxim of our government, that a man is capable of self'government. And it is upan this ground mainly, that the doctrine of universal suffrage has prevailed in the United States. But to my mind the moral influence which ; accompanies and springs out of the exercise of the right is by far a stronger argument in its favor than any reasoning that could be based upon the abstract principle which it I involves. It is the very be=t mode to make a man a good citizen ; because it gives him a direct intere-t in the affairs ot the government. It involves him in its destiny, whether favorable or unfavorable, lienee the obligation’s of duty, the extent ot his influence and the result of his actions are all brought to bear upon his judgment and moral sense It is the surest method of fixing his ailections upon the Govern- j ment. He will love this, because it treats him with the re- j speet of a tree man, and invests him with the dignity of a : counsellor, whose voice is to be consulted in every act of , Government. ‘ j t Viz. Earl Strongbow, Fitzstephen, Cogan, Bruce, Do ! Lacy, Ds Courcy, De Burke. Claire, Grandison a-ud Le * Poir. j penury, But, if permitted to have exercised the elective franchise, could the Irish people have been thus stripped of the title lo the inch of laud which they cultivated, and which yielded them to their ; dady bread T Could they have been thus bound iu i the iron fetters of poverty, dependence and ignor j ance ? Would they manifest their present diaattec : tion to their national government ? Who can read the story of their wrongs, and not be roused to sen i timenfs of indignation 1 Britain may boast rs her colossal fabric of monarchy—of her freedom and her power -of hei wisdom and her virtue ; aye, and she may send over her emissaries to enlighten us upon the principles of human rights and of phil anthropy, but heaven knows there is a wide tie id for her commiseration at home. And the cries of oopiessrd Ireland, stamp with the signet of hypo crisy, all her sickly demonstrations of solicitude for humanity and justice. But, thank God ! the day of retribution is at hand. The thunder of O’Con nel’s voice ffias awoke tiie lion of liberty from his bed of chains : the period comes ap ce, when this restless, impatient and goaded kingdom of the i British empire, will vindicate its rights and redress I its wrongs. Now if there be anything in tlio ’ aspect of our present affairs, which reminds us ot | the value of the elective franchise and of security j of title to property, anything which whispers the i necessity of equality in the burdens of government, ; let. us be admonished bv the history of other times and other men.” [FOR THE TIMES’ AND SENTINEL.] Emory College. Messrs. Editors : The commencement exercises of this i Institution have just clo. id. It would be great presuinp j tion to attempt to sketch with the p m, a picture which hx.es : so much of its vividness and its interest, by a separation i from its associations. I shall not therefore take upon my ! self more than a simple recital of the prominent events of the occasion. ! At 11 o’clock of Sunday morning, Bishop Gapers preach ed a sermon, appropriate to the occ s ; on, to a very large | and interested audience, in the new Chapel. At the clo; 3’ of this .irvice, this large and beautiful building was dedi -1 catcd by the Bishop to Almighty God. The occa !on was j solemn and imprersive. At 3 o’clock, Dr. L. Pierce followed in a , unon char acterize iby great ability and unction. He is indeed a great, man, with mi intellect standing up in all its majesty and clearness, against the wear and tear of well nigh three ! score yeais and ten. On Monday the Board of Trustees met for the transac j tion ot the business connected with the interests ofthe Col lege. Profecsor Means tendered his resignation ofthe chair ot natural sciences. This was a source of mutual regret to | the Doctor and the Board of Tiustees. His private interest demanded the change, and the Board, however reluctant, I were left no other alternative but to accept. But Emory j seems to have been the child of Providence. Just when | the darkness and the gloom were spreading over her pros \ pccts, from the lo- sos Prof. Means, a worthy and very j competent succer a or was found, in the person of Professor j Darby. This latter gentleman was elected, and the Board ! are permitted to say, accepts the appointment. Professor Darby has a wide spread reputation for general scholaiship, | and ability in imparting instruction, but nis strong forte and j inclinations arc ior the natural sciences. At night, on Monday, we were entertained by fifteen i prize deelaimers from the Sophomore class. They all d'd I well. The Judges awarded the first premium to Thomas j H. Muse, of Midway, S. C., and the second to John Ry ; lander, of Macon, Ga. i On Tuesday morning, thirteen of the Junior class deliv i ered original speeches. There was much ability indicated i by this exhibition, and the parents and friends were very ; justly proud of this debut ot their sons on the rostrum. A j great treat may be looked for from this class, at the next I Commencement. In the afternoon, President Pierce made an address in ; behalf of the pecuniary interests of the College, growing I out of expenditures in the erection of the large new College building. It is needless to say anything more about this speec h than to exhibit its ‘ uits. In response, twenty three hundred dollars were deposited, subject to the Presi dent’s order. This was doing nobly; would that all the Methodists of Georgia could have been there, to have i heard for themselves, and . ea what this noble enterpi id | is doing for the church and the country ; then the cry of | want of means and poverty of endowment would have j been heard no more. ’lt is to be regretted, that the church as a whole, do not acquaint themselves more generally with the merits of this j Institution. It has struggled through embarrassmer. ts the j most extraordinary, and in its crippled state failed to im i part all the benefits which could have been desired. Many | have stood aloof waiting to e~e it die, but the seed were ! sown in lailh, and have been watered and nourished by the j tears and prayers of a lew good and self-sacrificing friends, ! until it now stands forth redeemed from its embarrassments: | stiil poor, but confident of success. It can never die, -while i Cod is its friend. Withhold not therefore your means or ! your patronage any longer. BiAt night, Henry R Harris, Esq., the Aitimni orator, made j an address. Emory was proud to own him as a specimen |ol her work. It was a good speech, and delivered with much grace and ease. W ‘dne day was Commencement day. At 9 o’clock, the Seniors commenced speaking. ‘ The composition and declamation reflected credit upon the : young gentlemen and the faculty. The class was uniform | ly good, as an evidence of which, half of them received ; honors,and probably all an d them. The prizes to the j ; Sophomores were then delivered by Prof. Smith, preceded ; by an eloquent speech ou oratory. The Baccalaureate by i the President was necessarily short, but appropriate and j able, and if these young gentlemen are true to themselves, i they will never cease to remember its instructions, or fail to i be guided by its counsels. Degrees were then conferred, j and the young men sent forth to play theft part in the great j drama ot life. How well or how successfully they may do i it, will depend upon themselves. But the big gun is yet to be tft'ed. Four o’clock, the large Chapei is filled to its utmost capacity, when Col. Toombs is introduced to the audience as the selected orator of the j two hterary societies. Rather anew theatre lor our Geor- ! ; giq Senator. The Colonel is however at perfect ease ; de lighted as he had been from day to day with ail that was ! transpiring, lie seemed to feel as if he was in “his fathei’s home,” and moved off with bft accustomed eloquence, j greatly to the delight and edification ol his large and intel ligent audience. Here tiie programme of arrangements ended, arid a vast crowd which nad shared tire hospitali ties ot th s delightful rural village, and been entertained W! th the feasts of reason <br four days, dispen. id to their homes again, favorably impressed by the evidences every where exhibited, that the heart and the head are alike edu cated here—hat moral and religious . entiments pervade the community and the institution, giving the best guaran tee of protection to those who may be placed under their fosteiing cure. Below you have a programme of the exer cises of the junior and senior classes. WYNN TON. JUNIOR EXHIBITION. S. D. Clements, Moral Courage. J. W. Solomons, Popular Enlightenment. G. L. Johnson, “ ’Tis vain to seek in man for more than ! man.” J. II Drake, There is nothing Beautiful or Sweat, or | Grand, in Life or Nature, but in their Mysteries. J. M. Chambers, Truth crushed to earth will use again. John Turner, Southern People should Pa; onize South ern lirtitutions. Win. L. C. Hunnieutt, A Christian is the Highest Style of Men. t John Patilio, Nothing in Nature, much less Conscious Being, was e'er created lor Itself alone. James F. Harley, Fanaticism.’ James M. Page, The Human Mind Prone to Supersti tion. James G. Shockley, Equo Ne Credite. Charles A. McDaniel. Utility. Wm. A. Tignor, (sick) Excused. SENIOR EXHIBITION. Jolm W. Rush, (2d Honor,) Salutatory—lndependence of Ihought. Wm. H. Gaither, Napoleon. John F. Ellison, The Power of the Pulpit. Robert M. McNair, Human Happiness is founded up on Wisdom and Virtue. Oiin S. Means, The Literature of America. J. R. Mason, Josephine. John S. Bigby, (2d Honor.) ” Truth, ever lovely since time began, Ihe foe ot I yrants and the friend of Man.” Irby G. Hudson, America, her Destiny. ‘p- ‘V,Glass, (2d Honor,) Acquisition of Territory. D. ‘..Seay, (Ist Honor.) Every man the architect of his own Fortune. John S. McLaughlin, (Ist Honor.) Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids, Her Monuments shall last when Egypt’s fall. T. G. Scott, (Ist Honor.) ihe t-.arly Jesuits, examples of teji-denial and perseverance. Valedictory to the Facul ty, Trustees and Audience. John W. Glenn, (Ist Honor.) I'iie mind that takes an eagle aim W iil find an eagle’s wing. Valedictory to the President auu class. An address to the Sophomore prize deelaimer*, by Prof. L. M. Smith. Baccalaureate address, Rev. G. F. Pierce. An address at (o’clock to the Literary Societies, by Hon R. Toombs. Report of the Board of Visitors of the Masonic Fo m g College, Lumpkin, Ga. The Board of visiting examiners of this j tM tion knowing, well that reports of this kftd U often received by the public as being nterelv > fe tory of the Institution which they reproi t mere compliments to the Teachers and | uftils” u :°f ! to premise their remarks by savin* that tht-v h>" 1 | made out this report as tiuthful, cJsiuieiestedrne? laud with a view to the good of the public whoni j they represent in the capacity of examiners• ~E j ’ that they have no interest in making good theWor ; other than correctly informing the people of M ,i | die and Lower Georgia, in regard to the claim. ,*>• ; this Institution, and while they do so, they uv, ! the fact borne in mind that some members of th c I Board arc connected with and personally interested ! in the success of Schools of a kindred eharacu-, | which the fact of itself, is a sufficient safeguard | against too high a coloring. The exercises of the first annual Examination ! commenced on Tuesday, the 12th inst., and couth,, ued until the close of the succeeding day. r f| )e classes v.ere examined about nn hour each*and that not on such parts as the Teachers chose to select but in such places as the Board of examiners pointed out ; the questions in nearly every instance were answered with much readiness and correctness and | a3 we were pleased to observe, often in the pupil’s | own language, when the language ofthe text book J could not be recalled : thus clearly showing that i the principle involved was thoiouglv comprehended True, some few questions were missed by the das . ses. but this of itself, is an argument in favor of i both teachers and pupils, as it shows that the latter I had a good general know leege of the studies thr ,udi | which they had gone, and that they were not es i pecially pieparedfor the occasion on any particular i part. i The classes in Astronomy and Natural Philoso- I phy under the instruction ol the President, acquitted ’ themselves remarkably well, and they showed that | [tains had been taken to impress upon their minds i a knowledge of those laws and principles which ! they can turn to good practical results in after life. Mr. Stevens, lire President and Professor <>f Natural ; Science, is a man of many year’s experience in the ! business of teaching, he understands well how to ! discipline his young pupils, and has the faculty of imparting to h s scholars a practical knowledge of what they study. The classes in Rhetoric and Mathematics under the superintendence of Puff. James A. Bass, de serve a great deal ot credit for the manner in which they answered the questions and worked problems proposed at. the suggestion of the Board. Mr. Bass is a graduate of Emory College, Ox ford: lie is a gentleman of fine talents and acquire ments, and one who feels deeply interested in the welfare of those committed to his care ; he is Pro fesscr of Mathematics and Ancient Languages, but I as we very much regret, has no class in the latter i department. We think that a knowledge ol the ; Languages is to young lady of fully as much, if j not more importance than the higher branches of Mathematics. j iurs. Bass, assisted by Mrs. Fiyer, has charge of j the Music department and her classes have succeed | ed admirably well, considering the si ort time they ! have been under her cate. Ihe young ladies’ per- I formances were received with marked applause, and i never have we seen a elass that fingered more | gracefully or that kept belter time Mrs. Bass is | also teacher of Embroidery, and the specimens ex ; hibited on the occasion, we have never seen excel ! led in point of either taste or execution. Most heartily ; do we congratulate the Trustees in their selection i of Mr. and Mrs. Bass, we consider them valuable ! acquisitions to the Institution. Mrs. Fryer has charge ofthe department ofMo : deni Languages; her class in French, stood an e.x ----: cellent examination, reflecting great credit on them- I selves and the ability and at tent-on of their Teach er. We are sor*y to find Mrs. Fryer’s class in i French so small, and hope that the patrons of the i school will avail themselves of this favorableop ’ por'unity*to give their daughters a good knowledge and correct pronunciation of this beautiful lan guage. Miss Mary Gay, has charge of the Preparatory depirtment she is a young lad;, mj eveiy way well : qualified fi r thc duties of so resp nsiblea station.— It is here the foundation is laid on which thesuper- Is rueture is to he buiit, and we are well assured that under her care it will be well and properly done. Her da**s in tending read well indeed, which of itself, is no mean or common accomplishment, and iter classes iu Grammar, Geogiaphy and Arithme tic, are making fine progress. On the first night we were entertained with the reading of some excellent Compo itior,.s and a dia logue or chit-chat,by the scholars on their various studies, which was interesting to the and fence,fas well as profitable to them ; and in conclusion, an eloquent, and beautiful address by Puff. Bass, On Wednesday night we were given a splendid Concert, by the pupils and Ddy teachers. The exercises throughout were interspersed wit excellent Music by Mrs, Bass and Fryer, and we are sure that their superior performances together with the fine singing of the latter, will not soon be forgotten by the large assemblages, heard, entranced This excellent and commo l ious college edifice, and the valuable teachers employed, reflects great cred it m’ the Masonic ljvtentity and the intelligent citi- zens of the surrounding country, by whose liberal donations it has been built and by whose generous patronage it is supported. i he Board of Visitors feel no hesitancy in saving that in point at Teachers and local advantages, this Institution will compare favoiably with any in low er Georg a, and those wishing to give their dan*ni ters and wards an education thorough and moral, yet freed from sectarian bias, in an inteliigent|and healthful community, they heartily recommend it as worthy of their confidence and support. C. W. THOMAS, Wm. COLEMAN, J. J. TRIGGS. JAMES CLARKE, sen. L. 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