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THE KIN G O F F IIANC li .
f _ * BV THE REV. J. S. C. ABBOTT.
While Louis Philippe, under the name
-*of Corny, was engaged as a teacher of ihe
village school in an obscure valley in Swit
zerland, his enemies were making vigor
ous search for him throughout Europe.
At length, alarmed by the eagerness of
D » »'
hL foes, ho resoiv d to ernhaik for Arne-,
iba, the asylum alike for kings and beg
gars. Wt i that design he went to Ham
burg, but being disappointed in some j
lands, he was unable to pay the expense |
of his passage. There was no safety for
him in any portion of the south of Europe.
As the only retreat for him, he set out on
foot, in friendliness and poverty, to travel
the dreary regions of Denmark, Sweden,
Norway and Lapland, eating the black
crusts and sleeping in the huts of sem
harbarians, with all the powers of revol
utionary France, like bloodhounds, bay
ing on his track. Ami thus he actually
pushed on through the ice and storms of
tko.-e dismal solitudes, until he arrived at
a point five degrees nearer the pole Ilian
any other French traveler had ever
reached.
At length his mother succeeded in get
ting* letlerto him with some funds, and
he immediately embaiked for this conn
try.—Forty-nine years ago, in October,
1796, the youthful Duke of Orleans land
ed upon one of our wharves of Philadel
phia a friendless and almost penniless |
exile. He remained in this country and
the West Indies about four vears. While
here, he traveled extensively throughout
the Slates of the Union, occasionally
receiving remittances fiom Europe, and
at times in utter destitution. While in
this country he spent some tune in Boston,
boarding at the Old Province House, near
ly opposite the Old South Church. His
finances were so low, while in America,
that he often supported himself by teach
ing classes in French. It is said that to
the present dav he speaks with gratitude
of the sympathy and kindness received
Irorn gentlemen in Boston and New York
in those days of adversity; and upon the
walls of his palace may be seen suspend
ed a painting of the Swiss school house,
where he swayed the sceptre of authority
over his miniature realms.
From this country Louis Philippe went
to England, and there joined the survi
ving members of the royal family; their
sense of political difference being lost in
their common misfortunes. For, though
\.< uis Pilippe was by birth a Bourbon, j
anda foe of the usurpation of Napoleon. 1
he always advocated republican iuaiitu- 1
lions.
One day the king o f Sicily came into
the apartment where his w ife and daugh
ter were sitting, with a letter in his hand, ;
informing him of the wanderings of this
unfortunate prince. Becoming deeply in- j
terested in his perilous and strange adven
tures, he proposed inviting him to his
C"urt. Ihe ladies of course, acceded to a
proposal in which the claims of real he
nevolence were invested with the resist
less zest of the most chivalrous romance-
In a short time, consequently, Louis was
deposing in the palace of the Sicilian kinrT.
In the romance of real life, as w-ell as
>n that of imagination, there must always
be a wedding. It was so in this case. It
so happened that the Princess Amelia,
young, beautiful, and amiable, soon
found the sympathy with which she re
garded her father’s illustrious guest,
deepened into a stronger and moie tended
emotion, and with the cordial approval
of her parents, she \ ielded to the solicita
tions of Louis Pi i ippe to at c *pl the
Duchess? of Orleans, with the necessary
contingencies. Although Louis Philippe ’
was a friendless exib-, driven from his ;
patrimonial estates, ihe Princess Amelia
had the good sense to appreciate the Intel- i
lectual endowments, and the moral puri
tv with which his character u as elevated
and adorned.
The lapse of months witnessed the Si
cilian court illumined and rejoicing over
their espousals; rare espousals in the
court ot a prince where the mercenary
banterings o! ambition were unthonght of
and youthful and congenial hearts were
wedded in instinctive sympathy and love.
J bus the storms of past adversity were
uni bought of f as the tempestuous waters
of his life were lulled into a short and
happy calm.
Soon after this event, Napoleon was de
feated by the Allied Powers, and virtual
ly imprisoned on the Island of Elba.—
The Bourbons re ascended the throne of
Prance. The confiscated estates of Louis !
Philippe were restored to him; and with ‘
joy unutterable he. led his happy bride
whom in poverty he had wooed and wed
iled, to his native land, to share with him
bis princely estate and exalted honors. in
ihe uniform of a Lieutenant General of
P ranee, and at the head of ihe nobility of
the realm, lie again entered the regal
palace where his infancy wasmnttired.
Halls of grandeur were again spread
around him; boundless wealth was emp
tied into his lap; the peerage of Europe
felt honored by ins hospital't es, and kings
and queens were guests in his princely
ail ions.
He was thus living, in the enjoyment
of the most perfect domestic tranquility,
rejoicing iu the hope that the daik days
ot Ins stormy life were terminated forever
whet? suddenly the heavens gathered new
blackness—another tempest came career
ing on with resistless fury, and he was
r * 9
driven from his regal mansion, from Paris,
from France, and again found himself in
poverty and in exile. Napoleon aban
doning his Lilliputian realms in Riba,
landed on the coast, marching in almost
miraculous triumph to Paris; and his
enemies were scattered before him like
the herded seep when the lion leaps into
their enclosure.
The battle of Waterloo replaced the
Bourbons on the throne of France, and
again restored Louis Philippe to his es
tale. Once more he returned from exile
at home—from poverty to the Palais Roy
al. Tired of revolutions, and weary of
pari ies, he now sought repose. Decli
ning all connection with political move
| menls he devoted himself to the improve
-1 ment of his extensive possessions. His
hospitable mansion became the resort of
distinguished men of all nations and par
ties and especially nn asylum for he
j victim of political oppression. Such was
| the condition of the Duke of Orleans
| when another moral earthquake shook
France to its centre, and this time, instead
of overwhelming Louis in ruin, elevated
him to llie highest pinnacle ot tank and
power.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.]
New York, Nov. 24.
The extension of the Magnetic Tele- ;
graph South is a question of great im
portance, and whether it shall be so ex- >
tended or not will be decided soon. Those j
who are interested in the rapid transmis
sion of intelligence from the great coin- I
mercial cities of the North to the South- i
em marts, will he called upon to aid in |
extending this great enterprise to New i
Oileans. A contract has been made in 1
this city for building the line from Wash- |
i ington to New .Orleans, going through j
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, &c. The 1
right to build has been obtained of the pa- i
tentees, and nothing remains but to get
the slock taken up. A gentleman will
leave this city soon on this mission, and I
trust your monied men will he ready to
take hold liberally ot this work. The
usefulness of the method of communicat
ing 1 etween distant points needs no elu
cidation. To merchants especially, and
commercial men of all pursuits, who can !
by it communicate instantly with their |
agents,it is invaluable. Asa question of
1 profit alone there is every inducement to
take hold of. All the line at present es
tablished, which were properly pul up
and have worked steadily, the profits have
been large, not less than twenty-five per
cent, dividends having been earned. The
stock of the line between this city and
Buffalo cannot be bought below one hun
dred and ts n, if even for that. One of the
patentees having immediate use for mo
ney, sold SSOOO of his stock at par to the
President of the Company. No Tele
graph Stock can be bought below par.—
Another line is to be built from Philadel
pbia west, to pass through Cincinnati,
i Louisville, Nashville. &c., &c., so to
; New. Or lea ns. Still another line has been
contracted for to reach from Buffalo to \
| Chicago and Milwaukee. We shall soon ;
1 be encircled in a zone of these lightning
messengers, and New'.Orleans and Bos
| ton and Milwaukie be likethree friends
shaking hands. The compensation to the
patentees for the right to use Morse’s pa
tent has always been half the Stock; that
is a line which costs $30,000 to build is.
sue stock for S6O 000, one half of which
belongs to the patentees. Prof. Morse at
present ow ns 9 16 of the patent. You will
perceive that should the result of these
lines be what is at present promised, the j
Professor is at present in a fairway to re- I
ceive the reward ot bis life long labors in !
the cause of Science and Art.
Talleyrand. — We clip the following ,
from one of our exchanges, and will add,
that when Talleyrand look the oath of
allegience to the Bourbons, he observed,
“ It is the thirteenth —it is the last.”
He was in the United Statesduring the 1
period ot the French Revolution, end i
made his preparatory declaration for he
coming a citizen, and his oa'h before the
’ Mayor of Philadelphia, with his signa
lure affixed, is now hanging in a small
\ * o
; frame in the Museum of that city.
! Cist’s (Cincinnati) Advertiser gives a
few incidents connected with the history I
of this singular man :
11 is standing motto, as well as a favor
ite maxim, was “ Dormir erril/r which
is hut feebly rendeied in English, “To
sleep with the eyes open.” His deiini
lions were, many of them, equally char
acleristic. “ Speech,” said Talleyrand,
was given to man to conceal bis thoughts.
When Napoleon marched Lis army to
Spain, the diplomatist shrugged his shoul
ders anil said, “ h is worse than a crime;
it is a blunder.” When the invasion of
Russia took place, and he was asked his
opinion of it : “ It is the beginning of the
end, was his pathetic reply.
Hatk ! ’ exclaimed Talleyrand, du
j ring the Revolution of the three clays,
! “ the tocsin sounds! We triumph!”—
‘ “ We —mho ?” exclaimed one of his
friends. “ Hist ! ’ said the diplomatist,
“ 1 will tell you so morrow.”
1 know not, however, anything which
sets in its true light the versatile and
shameless character of the following an
ecdote, fold by Mr. Van Buren himself, i
at the Saratoga Springs:
Just after the rejection of his nomina.
(ion as Minister to England, by the Sen
ate, Mr. Van Buren called on Talley,
rand, to lake leave. The Prince had al
ways been in (be habit of communicating (
with him through an interpreter, in the
person of bis beautiful niece, and never
allowed his visitor ;o suppose that he
i could speak a word of English. On the
present occasion, however, the interpreter
was absent. Talleyrand sent for her in
every direction but she could not be found.
fie seemed much annoyed, and Mr. Van
Boren no! being able to speak French,
also fell the embarrassment of the dilem
ma. At length, after all attempts to find
the interpretei had proved fruitless, Tal
leyrand shrugged his shoulders, and with
a smile remarked, “ Well don : t go ; we
will talk in English”—and immediately,
to the astonishment of his hearer, he be
gan to converse in that language, with
perfect fluency and correctness.
[From the Mobile Register.]
Borne curiosity lihs been expressed to us
to see the tables to winch vve referred the
oilier day, whereby the day of the week lor
any given day in any year, can be calculated
in a few minutes. \Ve have accordingly
made them out as follows :
TABLE I.
(Jan.)
! Feb (Feb.) Jan. Ap. Sept.
March Aug. May Ucl. July L'ec. June
! Nov.
I 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 II ]2 13 in
15 16 J7 18 19 ‘2O 21
1 22 *23 24 25 26 27 28
I 29 30 31
, January and February are repeated. They
are to be taken in the columns, where first
placed, lor ordinary years, and in the col
umns with brackets, in leap years.
TABLE 11.
1846 Sun 1853 Tu 1860 Thu 1867 Frid.
1847 Mon 1851 Wed 18(31 Fri 1868 Sun.
1848 Wed 1855 Thu 1862 Sat 1869 Mon
| 1849 Thu 1856 Sat 1863 Sun 1870 Tues
j 1850 Fri 1857 Su.v 1864 Tu 1871 Wed
j 1851 Sal 1858 Mon. 1865 Wed 1872 Frid.
1862 Mon 1859 Tu 1866 Thu 1873 Salu
The first of these tables gives the succes
| sion of the days of the month throughout
• the year, upon which the day of the week
falls, which is opposite to that year in the
i second table,
; The second table gives the succession of
the davs ol llie week upon which any given
i day ot the year will fall, for each year in a
i cycle of 28 years. By preserving (he same
j order of days as in this tabie, the columns
; can be extended indefinitely forward as back
! ward, with one variation only, whenever
■ the series passes over the even hundred in a
| century.
The use of this table to find the day of
i the week for any day of the year is as fol
lows :
It is desired to find on what dav of the
week the loth September, 1871, will fall ;
Opposite to the year 1871 (table 2d) is the
letter \V for Wednesday. Under the month
of September in table 1, we find that the
13th {September will be Wednesday—the
! loth therefore will be Friday.
To-day is Friday, 27(h of November, To
; compare this with the tables—opposite 1846
(table 2nd) will be found the word Sunday.
In table No. 1, it will be seen that the 29th
is Sunday. Therefore the 26fh is Friday.
In leap years, the insertion of one day
would derange the regular weekly recur
rence of the dates for the same day of the
week, because January and February are j
day behind the rest of the months. This is j
j corrected by taking the figures of April for
I January, and August tor February—because
' in leaf) years these months correspond in the 1
j recurrence of the weekdays with each other, i
I and with the rest of the table as printed.— ;
J’bus, if it be required to know on what day |
ot the week the 4th of March will fall in j
j 1852, we find Monday as the registering day
ol that year. In the Ist table, we look un- \
i dor the head of (January) April and July,
instead of January and October in the regu
lar columns. We find that the sth of Janu
; will be Monday, and accordingly the 4th will
be Sunday.
Our taule is made out for a cycle of the
sun of twenty-eight years, but it is a per
petually recurring cycle (with the exception
already spoken of.) It will serve lor any j
I years within the century perfectly. It is !
only necessary to find what year in the table
we give makes a cycle of 28 years with the !
year in the question—and the same calcnla
| lion suffices for both. Thus, it is desired to
know upon what day of the week the 4th
! March (Hi in 1801, the day o( the inagura
tion of Mr. Jefferson. Two complete cvcles
i ol 28 years would make 56 years. This
! added to 1801 would produce 1857, and all
| the days of the mouth in 1801 will corres
! pond to the same days of the week as ii, 1857.
In 1857 the registering day is {Sunday, by
the 2nd table; and by the Ist table the Sun- i
days in March 1857 will be Ist and Brh.
The fourth of March in 1801 and 1857 is |
therefore Wednesday.
The same method will answer for any day
i in the future within the century. For ex
j ample. On what day of the week wdl the
1 fourth of July fall in 1899. One cycle of 28
subslracted leaves 1871 as the corresponding
year. The registering day of 1871 is Wed
nesday. The Ist Wednesday in July bvthe
oilier table will be the 6th—the 4th of July
1899, will therefore be on Tuesday.
By these rules it will also be discovered
that the “interesting fact” of which so many i
newspapers have been speaking lately—that
the 4th of March cannot come on {Sunday for
a very long lime, on any inauguration dav,
is no fact at all. The 4th ol March 1821,
1849 and 1877, all inauguration in this
century, fall on {Sunday—and there are in
the same period six other years on which the
4th March is a Sunday.
If it required, however, so go beyond the
century, the table requires a correction, from
the fact that there are no leap years in the
calendar for 1800 or 1900, although 179 G and
1896 are leap years. This interval occurs
three times in every four centuries, wherein
there is but one leap year in eight years.—
The tables will give a correct result if the
day of the week is brought forward one day,
whenever the date required is farther back
than 1800. Thus, if tfie 4th of March, 1789,
| the day of the first inauguration, be required,
i from 1789 is exactly three cycles of 28 years
to 1873, which is in the table. The regis
tering day for 1873 is Saturday. The Sa
turdays in March are by the other table Ist
I and Bth, and the 4lh of March is Tuesday in
1873. But, in consequence of the loss of
one day in the year 1800, the days of the
I week to correspond with this cycle must be
advanced one day on all compulations that
include that year—so that the 4th March
1789 was Wednesday.
lowa Election. —As no additional news
have been received, which might in any
way vary the result, as staled in our last
I we postpone the publication of the returns
until the official vote shall have been re
ceived. 'The result, as then staled, is a
certain democratic ma jority in the Legis
lature, of four on joint ballot, andlhe elec-
I lion of the whole democratic Stale ticket,
bv an average majority of about 600.
i Joica City Reporter, Nov. 14.
[From the Savannah Georgian, Nov. 28.1
j TO OUR UP COUNTRY FRIENDS.
We have been called on frequently, of
| late, by several of o«f citizens, who have
| received letters from the interior, to enquire
j the value in this market of sundry small ar
! tides, the producers of which were anxious
to know their market value in Savannah.—
We have taken some little trouble to ascer
tain their respective values, and in answer to
all enquiries, we would call the attention of
] those desirious of trying the Savannah mar
j ket, to the following remark-;
There are a hundred little items produced
I by our tanners in the interior, which never
| find their way into our Prices Current, the
! production of their farms in a small way,
which, taken separately, amount to but little,
j but when brought so market pay a very hand
i some profit—and it is to such articles our
present remarks refer. For instance, lake
; the article of Feathers, which every careful
housewife takes care of. It is true, on a
! small farm, perhaps only one or two hags
! may be saved during the year, but if care be
, taken in their se’ection, these leathers will
bring from 30 to 40 cents a pound in our inar
| ket, and find ready purchasers. 'Fake a
neighborhood,and the collection may sum up
20 to 30 bags,—these sent to market and
sold, would make something of an item.—
divide the sales, and each good housewife
| would find herself in possession of sufficient
; to purchase a handsome dress, and all for
I her bag of feathers.
Another Item.—Dried Apples and Peaches
can be found on almost every farm in the
| interior. It, is true but few ever cure more
than will supply their own wants. But, for
I these articles the production of which could
be increased almost to any extent, there is
always a good demand and ready sale in this
marker, at prices ranging from $1 to $1,50
per bushel for Apples, and $1,50 a $2 per
bushel fur dried Peaches. Now that onr far
mers have an easy communication to mar
ket, if they will only pay good attention to
their orchards, they will find them more val
uable than their cotton fields, and instead of
onr Northern friends reaping all the benefits
of farm labor, our own farmers will share
them, and eventually monopolize our markets
themselves, thus reaping hundreds and thou
sands of dollars from sources, from which,
heretofore, they have realized nothing.
Another Item.—While Beans are produc
ed in abundance in the interior of this State,
Tennessee arid Alabama, it is true the con
sumption of this article is not great in our
city, hut it is yearly increasing, and all we
consume is brought from the North, for
which our merchants pay from $1,50 to
$1,75 per bushel, and retail out to our citi
zens at $2,50 a $2,75. Here is another item,
which, though small in itself, tends to swell
up a sirn<lar list which would supply small
change every year to onr farmers.
Another Bern.—Chestnuts can be gathered
in almost any quantity in the .-ante region of
country, the only labor required, being that
of picking np and forwarding them to market.
This is another small item that escapes the
attention ot onr farmers, but with which we
| are supplied from the North aud West, and
I when we inform them that they will readily
| bring in this market from $1,25 to $1.75 per
I bushel, according to the care taken in selecf
j ing them, we feel assured that it will not be
| long ere our market w ill be bountifully sup
i plied from the interior.
Beeswax is another item, which like those
i mentioned above, is the production of almost
i every farm. It is collected in small quanti
ties, n is true, but as the old Scotch adage
runs—‘many mik es make a muckle”—so
with Beeswax. Enough can be collected
in a neighborhood to make it an object to
send to market, and if a little attention is
paid so its culture, the producer will find,
that after extracting all the honey, the re
fuse, if carefully handled, will readily bring
him twenty-five cents per lb. in this market.
The above are a few of a numberof articles to
j which our farmers pay but little attention,
I and were it not for their frugal wives, we
would see hut little of them. Bui the little
that finds its way to market, pays handsome
profits, and all can be increased tenfold, in
production, with but little extra trouble and
less expense. As regards the staple articles,
such as corn, fionr, cheese and butter, our
farmers have an open and inviting market
before them. Something like 200,000 bushels
of corn areanmialiy consumed in this city and
surrounding country, all ol which is brought
from abroad, and paid for in cash, and at
good prices. Were we supplied from the in
terior, we could aftord to pay better prices,
I for in return vve would pay the greater por
! tion in goods and keep our money at home.
Os flour vve have had a fair specimen from
the interior, and ail that has been forwarded
to this market has found ready purchasers at
prices paid for Baltimore and Philadelphia,
(which at the present time is s6£ a per
barrel,) and when the milling is brought to
the same perfection as at tne North, we look
| for it to take the place of (.'anal Flour, and
i eventually drive ail other descriptions from
| the market.
The Stale Volunteers. —We learn verbally,
that the Columbia Company, which was in
process ol forming, has been abandoned, but
that another was promptly commenced, the
Iniendanl of Columbia, W. B. Stanley,
iLq. heading the list. We have little doubt
that their ranks will soon be filled.
The Town Council of Columbia have pa
triotically come forward, and placed the sunt
of Two Thousand Dollars in the hands of
the Iniendanl, to be expended, if necessary
in the outfit of the Vo unteers from that
place.
The example thus set will, we trust, in
duce our city authorities to lake measures
to provide quarters, and necessaries lor the
support of the gallant fellows in Charleston
who are now ready to be mustered into ser
vice, but in the mean lime they should re
ceive the means ot support, without a draft
on their own private purses, when they are
literally now in the service of their country.
Upwards ot eighty men have signed the
roll, and more are adding their names, and
vve sincerely hope that they will forthwith
be concentrated at some point where they
can be drilled and prepared for the arduous
but honorable duties which they have so
promptly assumed. There should be no cold
ness, no apathy exhibited. Every thing
should be done with promptness and energy,
and substantial evidence given to these gal
lant fellows—many of whom have made great
personal sacrifices—that their motives are
appreciated, and that they are to go forth
and to meet the enemies of their country
with the heartfelt good wishes and blessings
of their fellow-citizens.
It will be seen that one of onr citizens has
liberally come forward and placed the hand
i some sum ot two hundred dollars in the ha nds
of Capl, Blanding, for the use of the Vol
unteers. and we know of other contributions
1 from private individuals,
We understand that orders have been re
ceived to charter eight vessels, for the trans
* portalion of troops, and that two fine ships
! have been already taken up. The probability
' i is that the Norih-Carulina Regiment will de
part from this port.
5 The Wilmington Chronicle of Thursday,
states that the arms tor the North and South
Carolina Regiments of volunteers had reach
\ ed that place in the steamer Wm. 13. Meares,
* from Fayetteville. The provisions are also
ion the way.— Charleston Courier.
' AUGUSTA, GEO.
» __
, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 2, 1816.
&T No Ala.fi last evening north of Charleston.
, O’We copy from the Journal of Com
[ merce ol the 25th n!t. an important commu
nication from its Washington correspondent.
That correspondent has always shown him
; j self well informed of public matters about
which he has ventured to make assertions.
We cannot doubt the correctness of his stafe
-1 i mentfi, and hope that a deace, honorable and
satisfactory to both nations may soon be de
clared. We must express our surprise that
any correspondent of a paper should have
had access to such important documents.—
it not surreptitiously obtained, I here must
have been wanton dereliction from duty on
the part of some one in the State Depart
ment, or on the part of tlie Mexican
> Agent in thus allowing publicity in this
j informal and unauthorized manner to be
given to diplomatic papers.
The Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, and of other papers also,
speak of these negotiations as matters ot no
toriety at Washington city, and indulge in
speculations as to the probable result,
O’ \\ e copy in our paper to-day, an article
1 from the Georgian, intended for the upper
, counties of the State, trading with Savannah.
It will apply to the up-country trading with
! this city, and we commend it to our readers
! in that section.
The suggestions are very valuable, and vve
j hope they will not be without their influence.
O" We take pleasure in calling atten
tion to the card of Mr. R. S. Jackson,
I l
'l'eacher of Music. Mr. J. is an estimable
man and a good musician. He taught music
j in Milledgev ille lor several years with suc
cess, and won the approbation of that com
munity in his profession.
IT We have received from Mr. C. E,
Grenville, a copy of a very popular little vol
ume, “Our Army on the Rio Grande,” from
i the pen of that very popular writer, T. B.
Thorpe, who was an eye witness of the scenes
he describes. Being a faithful and authen
tic narration of some of the most thrilling |
scenes of the Mexican war, and being full of
minute details of the operations of onr army,
the work must prove deeply interesting to all
; readers.
We have received also a copy of the same
work from Mr. Thomas Richards, to whose
advertisement in this day’s paper, of this and
other Book-, we beg leave to refer our read- i
ers.
IT Dr. Roberts, who stands charged he
j fore Hancock Superior Court with the late
extensive robbery of Win. Walls, of that |
j county, escaped from jail at Sparta, last
i Sunday night, but was soon re-taken. 114 s
ankle was sprained in the attempt to escape.
The door of the jail was left open by a
small boy, by whom his supper was sent.
This defendant is also charged with the
j robbery of Mr. Biilingsiea, in Harris county, j
and was captured at Fort Gaines, at the
sane time that his supposed accomplice, i
j John Jacobs, was killed in the attempt to
escape from Uis captors.
CHRIST HEALING Til E SICK.
In order that our citizens may understand
the estimation in which this celebrated paint
ing is held by our northern friends, vve ex
°
tract the following notices, believing at the j
same time that no lover of art in Augusta ;
will permit it to be removed without seeing
it for themselves.
The following is a part of a long notice
of a Washington correspondent of the New
Y'ork Journal of Commerce:
1 “It is equal in all respects to the one presented
hy West to the Hospital at Fhiladelpliia, and in |
1 point of coloring is said to surpass it. it was pur-
I chased for ala>n t $15,000, covers 200 square feel {
j of canvass, and embraces sixty-one characters,
| the size of life. President Polk and lady, v\ ii h j
| crowds of the elite of Washington, who seldom
| visit public places, paid a high tribute to the mcm
| orv of tlie American Artist, hy visiting it and
■ contemplating it with mncli interest. The lec
j lures descriptive ol the characters are unusually
1 interesting.
Christ Healing (he Sick. —This picture has been
i exhibited in Washington for near two weeks. Un
; Monday night last the crowd to see it was very j
great. The visitors, among whom was President i
Polk and lady, crowded into the body of the large
I Baptist Church on Tenth street, until no more |
seats were to be found, then a number of per
sons resorted to the large gallery, where, with
the most marked attention, the whole congregation ,
sat for upwards of an hour listening to the lucid j
remarks and interesting description of Dr. Mor
ris, who lias the noble work in charge. No one j
of taste or sentiment will allow this painting to be j
removed without paying it one visit at least. —
Wash. Nat. hit.
West's Fainting—Christ Healing the Sick. — \
We are not surprised at the crowds of people who
go to witness this splendid painting. Yesterday,
! during the afternoon and evening, the large hall j
was filled to overflowing. The work bears the !
closest investigation. The veins of the h-.ruis, and i
the anatomical developments of a nt.mber of the
characters are truly astonishing. The description ;
of the whole scene, hy Dr. Morris, is very inter- !
esting and instructive, and cannot fail of itself to |
satisfy for the small price of its admission, twenty
five cents. —Baltimore American.
The following notice from a Charleston
paper, brings the thing nearer home :
Christ Healing the Sick. —ls any more evidence
of the merits of this extraordinary work of art hail
been necessary,it was furnished us yesterday by
the beauty aud fashion, as well as the aged and
infirm that thronged the Church during the whole
day. Carriage after carriage, a whole block's
length, would have informed the passer-by of the
large groups that were unwilling to lose the last
opportunity of viewing West’s great picture.
The exhibition is now open during the day
and evening at the Unitarian Church, where !
il will remain some days.
• | O"VVe attended last evening, the Concert
• ' of Miss Leslie, and were much pleased with
5 j the varied entertainments. It is called, we
i suppose from a spirit of gallantry, Aliss Les~
; tie’s Concert, as there is but one lady in the
, i party, and she, of course, is most prominent.
1 But her musical skill and taste formed hut a
’’j moderate portion of the entire entertainment.
] ( The Banjo, by Mr. FI titer, and the Tambou
rine, bv Mr. Smith, were the leading cards.
' The lady sings rather sweetly and is, withall,
a beautiful woman, which, of course, greatly
enhanced the charm.
We were pleased with her ballads, and
would have been more than satisfied had her
contributions to the entertainment been con
fined to that department. The musical exfa
cies of the Tamborine, and ihe comicalities
of the Banjo, contributed by the ruder sex,
were well executed and accorded pro
perly enough with our notions of negro ex
; travaganzH. But the transfonnaltuii of a
I beautiful young lady info a “.-able Angc
lique ’ is not an agreeable met* morph is is.—
We cannot sympathise with L hiopian no
tions of loveliness by feeling any impulses of
a pleasing nature at such a spectacle. We
have ever considered lrave?>tie and broad
farce the peculiar province of men. Senti
ment, and gentle playfulness of humour, aie
more appropriately deliniated by lemalcs.
! But though Goldsmith has drawn a
j tug picture of a woman who conid “stoop to
conquer,” yet we think that the fair song-
I stress should not attempt a character which
| she fails to act, and scarcely looks, even in
, the assumed complexion. It marred the en
| joy me tit. of more than one to think that “the
; dainty texture of that pearly skin” which, •
like that of Juba in the Hunchback, might
be “worth a coronet,” should be thus soiled.
It seems like a desecration of a sacred tiling,
of that which is often called “a link between
angels and men,” thus to caricature a lace of
j feminine loveliness.
We hope our remarks will be taken as
they are made, in “a spirit void of offence,"’
and as intended to indicate simply the opin
ion, that fbe.-e female travesties will not se
cure permanent popularity.
In conclusion, we hope every body will
go to-night and criticise for themselves.
No one can fail to he amused, and even the
finest musical taste will hear some strains
: which will thrill pleasantly upon the ear.
(Df’The Chronicle indulges in half a column
nr more of the veriest balderdash upon the
subject of the “The forthcoming President’s
j Message, 5 and sagely informs the public
that while looking “will* much interest to the
developernents of policy which it will con
tain, alone from considerations of solicitude
for the public good, we cannot feel the lea.-t
anxiety to learn them from any considera
tions of a political character, referable to M r.
| Polk himself.” The long and the short of
this is, as afterwards amplified, that the
Chronicle is relieved from apprehension of
i the re-election of Mr. Polk. It is painful to
think how much anxiety the Chronicle has
J suffered on this point, and we are pleased to
learn of his happy relief. Did not the Chroni
j cle know teat the President vvus elected
on the one term principle, and only ac
cepted the nomination of the Democratic
| Convention upon the distinct condition that
j he would under no circumstances consent to
run fur a second term. This is another lit
tle piece of political information to he added
to several other small favors of the kind, re-
I cently contributed by ns, which we beg leave
to offer to the Chronicle,
j 'Plie Chronicle has shown so short a me
mory as to incidents of party history of its
j own party, that we are not surprised at its
obliviousness ol lads in the history of the
Democrats.
[communicated j
E\ IG M\ .
Beneath the Heavens a creature once did dwell,
As sacred writers uncontesied fell;
Within this world its vital breath it drew.
Vet never sin, nor moral evil knew :
i It never shall be raised from the dead.
Moral tbe day of judgment rear its head;
It never shall in Heaven’s kingdom dwell,
Mor yet be doomed to suffer pains of Hell;
And yet in it, a soul there was, which must
Endure the pains of Hell or reign among the just.
[From (he N. Y. Journal of Commerce, Nor. 25. J
LIMITED STATES AND MEXICO.
We have seen purls of a cor.e.-pondence
j which has recently taken place between ;.n
! Agent of Die Mexican government, in litis
country ami Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of
Stale, and also between the same Agent ami
the Mexican government. The object of the
Agetit, it seems, is in his own language, “to
cause one Republic to give way to the other.
| and to establish a Irieudly understanding in
I both on mutual concession.” The folio w
■ ing is an extract from one of Ins coinmuni-
I cations to Mr. Bnchanau:
* * * * “ The question is now intri
cate; it is, however, to be met—and settled.
• The sooner the be.ter ”
* * * “The Mexican Junta: it is not
improbable, indeed, but that vou may receive
a proposition. * * “In August and Sep
-1 tember I had the honor to urge in strong lan
-1 gnage, the enieriaming you r overt tire fur ne
gotiating a peace on terms on which the two
governments may reasonably agree to, with
I honor to both. An honorable peat e,[ lor
Mexico j you are pledged to assent to, by the
tenor of your late despatch to the Mexican
i Minister of Foreign Relations.”
* * * “My letters urging the enter
.. J 0
taming your overture, must have arrived at
| tbe Mexican capitol subsequently to the re
ception of it by the Mexican government: I
i think you have failed to view, in a true light,
the reply sent. That which you regard as a
‘rebuff” from the rulers of Mexico, appears to
me to have been the surest, bes-t and only
j method to give their sentiments the only ef
ficient value. It might have seemed pre
sumption for rulers to attempt action it un
supported by. or not based upon tbe suffrages
of a free people. Tbe heads of the Mexican
nation, desirous to regenerate the Republic,
commenced bv acknowledging the people the
rulers of Mexico. 'The Reace, when eslab
lioficd, will thus be baaed upon the wisbe*