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Camp of Instruction. ' Tho excellent plan of a camp of instruetiur for thu yo?!!i of Sovuh Cfaroliria, conceived b\ Governoi* ^Magrath, as an expansion of om military academies, will, wa liar? BO doubt, work to complete satisfaction and the beVl result*; always providing that the Board of Visitors" bo eontinncd a close body^ compact, rind with full responsibility thrown*?poa them. If d.-i..agogucs-shal!.got into the board, ita work will be UiWhievoUS. About sevcu hundred youth?, betwgen sixteen* a?d seventeen, have already readied the camp at Spartanbnrg. IT ve they will receive such an education as wi'j lons??t will: the moan? and exigencies of the c ?nistryl It will be wirje'still farther to enlarge 11.ir? plan, so as to include .boya of fifteen and t ven fourteen,' where they are found to bo well developed in growth mid ?f the adequate mu 'eic. There is-really very little difference, at those ?gea, b'twcea the boy of fourteen and stx leon, and the inore expnusive this plan of edu i itiu?i :? made, the greater.' the benefit ^nnd lile?sing, nt ??I? to the pupils mid tlie county. . U ii nov.- sotn.e tw.nty five years, when, at the !?sseniblii?g of the Agricultural Coi&cut^on ol r .0 bute nt. Columbia, XivW. Giuaorc Simms bul'iiiitlcd, io-that body and to the.public, ? pian for crpersodiug all the free school?, out bf thc towns end cities, by farming schools?--on* of these being centrally placed in each District, find confided lo teachers of agriculture, as well tu of? the ordinary branches of education. He recommended that a tract of land be secured in each District, of about 4,000 acres, simple houses put upon it, the necessary farming im ?dement?, and that the boys*be trained in all agricultural branches-so many hours to lubor ir*, trhe fieldsman cl so many hours to the school 10am. Thia plan ?3 now carried, ^out, on a ?mall scale, at tho Marine School, established near Orangeburg"and it ia reported to be qu'b? successful. Thc old free school system is ab..< ? lately worthless, jijejj|k.in towns where the population is luflB B?Urgti to maintain th? school. For t*?VP^S^^;est of a plan which shall blend phyavlswHpvr w?th mental inst ruc? tion, wo shall need,'however, some"'moro tho rough philosophical Investigation, o? the schein than, we shall ever rind in ordinary legislation. The Legislature had bettor confida tho subject to a oommission. & COATZ-V -PRRSEST.-The chief of Hie Parir braacli ?f the lt"tlisuliilJs bankin;- house ha lately presented the little daughter ol Princ M?llemich, Au.-irian Ambassador at Paris', wi:? s doll, which I-? jint ns ?Hrt*c as the child, nnd ha* furnished thia- gift wi?fli iv piH'tioely trout ?\en>t ??o i h i tn* was wantiuir, M)<I the mo.-i 4'?.-.ily ia--?'s ?if IVins aad''-^lenciiii were to b found in >V!H?I?- pit-ens.''"Ai?tniii? "Ofjfcer rh'rtnrs. tliet*.- a . .? int'UTione 1 twelve dozen handert?hi<-f C*eli wiutfii h'.is .1 value of'l?lOfi, anil a nra!; lue- . ii-,! at lo,tu?0 frHiitr*. ltiothsc*tiild wit pr=?'11 j m ikr the Austrians pay for this pr?? Sen? " . , . j ni? Co S, 3d S*-gt. d. T. .. -.. ? .y >>. -ii tu .* e .ii.;e a.t i hr . i . . I i.i >iC.-'< Mi n! ..i" - . i O' gc . Jj.:! wi . ?S? ele fgv? p ?fePORTS OP PR^SS. ASSOCIATION. Enteredaccording to Act of Co)tfrrc*s.i>t lin Year 18*.*, 6.V -S. 7#ra^ieie, i? the Met??% Office of t fte Dist rici Court of thc Conf?tate States far jt the Northern District of Georgia - A . i i , ._ i. V'-'-Xr^V..' ii.?. ?nrf*.V.. ' . ' The Firet Movement jTo wa rda IE3 3E3 ^ ?-E3 2 SHERMAN PROPOSES M ABM?STICE. GcjfiacsBO&o, N.C;, ;?priHi2.;**Gen. Sherrfiarr* order to lus troops anootrsttis a g?ncral-lrace. pending tho r&tifionrtlon. e>f ?n ?greemtfiit be *i t?eea] G en. Johnston, liiin?erf'and.o^lier officials of high rank, which, hfe's'ay^ will gi Ve'peace to the.whole country; (rora the PotOmao to th* Rio Grande. ' j -i- -???io, ? - . KANSAS CITIES. - Leavenworth -is thc large*:' city iij Kansas, and has at l?ast.;lf>.<lOO inhnbraj antei I Wyan Jot has about, 8,000<people; Kan sas City .about 6,000, mid it is a point of o tir for Hi? Santa Fe trade. 'Lawrence'has nbou 4,n?0 ihiliabitants. Tho'par?'harnt hu? bee> rebuilt with handsome souses.., This city i likely to have thc trade of Southern Kans .s The populations of Ihcse towna, altogether, i at IcaiLjO.OOO. - ; J ( " Nature bas built us for a particular sphort has given us more of talent for that thai any other. She bas madc^tbe same di ff-' euee in bead soil as iii' earth fcoil. Encl will produce something pjjsuliar to itself, i allowed. . Mjj son, said ao,affectionate mother t. hor scjn, who resided at a distance, and e.\ pected, in a short time, tobe married, are getting thin. Ves, mother, lie replie-: t anj;jwhen I come next, I think you ma see my*rib. Th^ dove was; tba firRt"uewqv?p<>r carrie: 'when'one morning it went out and fe te i ed a leaf for Noah. Ft contained a pun i?THplJ ur. tba we it';.er, n?l'ffyio? isbn Hi. t*ie heavy rain stem had subsided. Ju^ice is tb- great but simple princip' and nba whole secret of success, in government; .ts absolutely necess?iv lo ii" 'raining cf nu infant as*to the cn,i r- of mighty nation. I School TS< tic 3. "T^HE MISSES HENRY, Irwin-/'had nevei a. roars* experience". in ? t>.anhiBg'i prope '.?H-nsiig ii DAY SCHU0L for young ???li.-.*, ? MONDAY, 1st Muy. nt theil reid den ve < Stark's Hi!!, Hast end of Gercni.-. s'tr?'et; ??: '<irh(:it'n siluro of the pu bli? pal rouage; M FOUTM \N is also desirous of obtaining a f .I lisie-1 chid Hrs. For ternis, ie., apply ?ii f.b?? lt. feren cen-Rev l\ J. ?-ihand. Rev. " Wii."*"t!j. 'iii, Rd v.J. L. Reynolds, U. !>.. and'lion. T. ^Goodwyn Mayor. April 18 tuj" F. E?G 2NE DUREEC, *Aactien and Cor*?piss'on Merchai Offict A*?tv:l'ly Street. lt> tuttis ?'lain and H'm inyt-on S:mli, \,V* ILL L.'iv?* prompt attention (nth* aale ?. * Unite* ot TR KAL F.->T.\TK STO? K vr. '? . ... ' nJJ ?<..'?" i. anillo.- .d'. Pt-.R'ON, .'. Y. SfRUGlIANDUti* or IV.OIil't - v?t. ?ale <>r auction. A rd 17 1 Th? Frog* and their Kings-A Fable. j\. waa an Adams, the last of ?ho Logs, By Jujpit^S ?.>nt, to rule overitbe frog*; Thef Ipop.p'd off and on. the insensible thing. And, d'-ss tisfieJ, nsTi'd oT the trod a hew king. ? \ .Jackson VHS sent ,them, a long stndjmrstork. Who made, midst Hie grumblers' and croaker*, wild work. Some he' gobbled Up whole; some ho piere'd . . ''with bis beak, Regardless of writhing and wriggle and shriek! A clamar went np for a ehange, ami it came; l?ut the cry of thc discontents e'. Ul was thc sume. At- length a new ovil the thunderer Sends, And Liatiolu. I'I blutcher; tfiio catalogue ends, j <Yhoi* hosts disappear, bn? his thaw is not fill'd, m>e*pond is now silent-.-tlie clamors are still'd; ' C>s the silence of terror, of .death aud* despair, \nd the voice of,the Toad now alone is heard there. And Sec-, where his Ward, the sleek reptile, close keeps At the ear of the Apr, when he wakes, when he sleeps. ' iv day, urges him on to the war; and by night, >e!u les hini with drea ?.9, that the morn puts t-flight. , -'orfroafruovr read mon, and a ?toral you'll find- , I A birth wrapping fable, taught time out of mind. Tis that mail's only choice-il choico ho has any- - j I i the rod of the one, or the rula of the many {i'hat from freedom, the. highest condition of man, "o slavery, the lowest, the.?pace is a sptro. \ Mi! tcaeji, sundy teach, thou Secessia, thy youth, Hill ta? straight oath to follow; of honor and truth; * ' / .vi 'i '-, ?luxury, *a'iun, and the passion for pelf,, I ^rol for solf government, learn how to govern ono's self. '.'his science o'er nil other sciences place, tad know that the first, in the world's vulgar ralee, . hall hereafter be last; aud the voice of tue wfs* . \ lore bead* than thc rabble's 'or muUitade'a crjios. J ? it thji led and their./t-a?Vr alike to the 5-J, . *.! ta'aje, now dismiss, though it seem quit* Ulti-ivil. ; I' i s advisers depart, and no longer ein "wink on ii-- blenders and crimes, and no new ones now IA. ii- on heir parques lo his fiat boat fast drilling lo sen, * , ".'ten:, negro black demons watch and watt for 1 heir prey; LM through tempests and cloud storms, ; " e??iilgci.? afar, i e ?- \ ! asc-iids thy victorious star; to.! :|ie "a..a? of tho morning, " with anthems ! njblinie, .ud j.jy, hail .he fairest and laut birth"of tima. j S KN EX. a AUCTItr^ SALES. ' Sy 1. T. Levin. ?JOSEPH HAMSUN, SALESMAN. H .L he sold, Till ( .onday) MORNING, 24rh i.i.??.j oppo.-iti: L?r. Geiger's office, at IA . ?'c.i(ek, Tlie following articles of FURNITURE: T:ibr*9, Ciiairs, D>defe?dg, Bu leans, Bed arid e.ldiilf, Mattresses, Kitchen Utensil!?, Crook? i andlu variety of other ai ticks, t. .militions cash. April 24 2* ?nliimto 1 ??'li?les received until hom id'sale. Lost, *N'Friday last, a eru-dl GOLD R";O00B[, / which .thc finder will be lilA-m I - ? ?var'5*? i^?y leaving it at this otho*. A|,i .% 1*