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MiscellancouS. EDUCATION. E.-tracts from a Lecture on Education. Delivered before the Lyreum of Ports mouth. Va., by Theophilus Fisk. The wants .,f society in the United States are of a pecu!iair cirwacter. The youth of our count ry etter itto the active business of life at a much earlier age thatn in almost any other: it is, therefore, in dispensable that their faculties should he developed and strengthenel at the earliest season practicable, It is anqtural for man. as soon aq sono as his natani-l wants are .satisfied, to seek for wisdo:m and knowl edge. Our political welfare, the well being of the masses of which socifty is composed. so materially and essentially depends upon the universal ditfusion of* intelligence, that it would seem to be the first dtty of Govern:nent, inideed the only test of true Government, to encourage age a general system of education. Knowi edge is the only true conservative princi pie of this Government. We have so many examples before us in the world, of an ignorant people becoming the abject slavesof superstition and tyranny, it would seem to he the paramount duty of every American citizen to put in requistion eve ry possible means that can ::-nd to elevate, universallv, the intellectual and moral character'of our people. I have no fears whatever resnecing a government of the people, provided they are well informed; but I consider a despilt ism of'ignorance the most appaliag ihat could disgrace the earth. No reasonable apprehenzion ever need be entertained of the suhve-rsima of our liber ties and privileges, provided the great body of the people can he enliahtened by a proper system of instruction Our Government was the first successful effort to establish rational freedom upon the face of the earth. No other spot upon I the habitable globe now remains where a second effort could be made (should ours fail.) with the least hope of success. But our obligations end not here. We have roused the nations of Etarope with our won derful improvements in the science of selt'- I government. And is this all-is our duty done, thatnine out of ten of us take as little pains ia improving our minds. - as if wiqdom grew upon republicaus, upon Americans, like fruit upon the trees; or as if we were wise by mutinet-, like the beasts and birds?" Is it well for us "to boast of our kill in steering the vessel of state scross the sea ot self-government, when we will not study the navigation of our own little bark along the .arrow streams of common life !" Is it not hing that be tween one and 1 v.o millions of free white children in the United State.are growinig up in ignorance and conseqluent crime ?- I We make provision for the necessities of the poor, so far as food and raiment is concerned; iut is it a ditty -to satify the hunger of the body, and leave the mind to starve ?" Doi we on: know that -noust of the criminals of our country, are tihose who are destitute of useful knowledge ? Cohlthoun, the efficiet investigator of the police of London, ohserves: In my opinion. there is too little exertion used in preventing the propagation and growth of critnes, and too tmutch exertion used iu punishing them when the) arrive at ma turitv." Another forcible w riter remarks: "To suffer the lower orders of the penple t to be ill-educatel, and then to punish them a for crimes which have originated in had f hahite, has oo much the appearance of' creating delinquents. for the purpose of putting them to death." As has beena well observed, the question for the state to settle is, whtethaer it will paUy a mtoderate I sumn for thte instruction of its citizengs, or a far greater a~nonut in money, and suffer inag, antI blood, potvertty anad crime;t wheth er it will dry tap the sources of' wretched-i ness an t vice, or whether it will wait fori the accumtul~ttintt torrenats to whicht thtey give rise twhether it will inacre-ase the duties of the jutdge, ahe sheriff, anad 'he cxecutiomner, for secaarm~g the p)ublic safe-a ty, rather than encourage the schoolmnas ter; whether it wilh unseal 'the fountains, of knowledge; or leatve the ignorant, the depressed, to thae paralysing~ influnence of ' the atncultivated, sluggish', and nar~arow-i minded, anal allow vice anid error to with er, blast atal dlest.iy, aad thae intellect toat stagnsate into despaitr. In this camaim ry the mas< of thre people are the ruilers taf the latnd-thaey select the law-makers .nnd a he law-executors ; they 1 have the dir-ci ita andl ct-rol of athose in stittions on which "life, Iherty, andt thee pursuit of happine." e'tih-ly dlepend.-- I Should they- not the furnished, unaiversally, with thte knoawledge necessar'y to guider them: in theirt resp.msible dataes ? T1ham there are headls atnd hearts itt our' lnde perishing for lack oaf knowledge, will ntotr he denied. WVhy, thetn, this unpardontablee indolentce-thais inexcesable slta Itiless, b upon a question of such paaramroutnt ian- r portance ? I 'h~e imipassibtle ramplatrts mto i our liberties and la-ee instittmion~s, antst heb comtaposed of intelligent heads and sautnda hearts. Outr punaoaly. in peace or watr, must be the heaving hosoms and vigaaraus arma of enlithtene~d afd vir-tuous fr'eemren. (i Shall wve not, then, affoard to all, especially s to the ignotranat, the~ por, the dlestitutte, a the means utt our' coemmtand--the onaly means, perhaps. by which the~v can ae- I quire knoiwledge? Whoa tare the firs.t to be bentefitted l' The childrena of fiarmearaa,i mechanics, and ma nuf acatu retrs. WATheret do we look, and where maust we look, for the tmoral tand physical p'awer of the na-f tion ? Tao the agricultael antd mn -chani- a cal interests--to thes handierahismnen of the I land- Unsoundnes:, here wall he fatal. It is rottenness at the heart. Is knaowledge power ? Dates our power-, dotour litaerta,:s, do all we honld. dependl tpotn the reiulof our fellow men. whether ihar will be left to a the guidance of eanlighted reason tar un tempered ignorane AAnd da we need I argument to econvincee us taf the imperative necesity of proiinag mean s for teachaitgi the igoarant and deisittate, that we may therebv eive permanence amai staility tat our Govertnent. anad our Reptablie with new an.l indlissoalble botnds ? How shalli we jastify it to ourselves, or a0 the worid, if wes leave uanemployved the means in ourt' power, of placing the goaver'nment of thee people under' the ctantrol of wisioma and rea~on ! . * * * * 4 e C'hildtren of both serea have rCoo little I exercise. ana by far too little amusement whether at school or at home. They an not allowed to romp and bring all th muscles into active exertion-oh, no! tha is vulgar. The young ladies must si moping in the parlour for hours, hardl: dlaring to speak above their breath, o walk more that a yard at any one time. No wonder that we hear of diseases of thi 4pine, of early deaths and prematur graveswheni muscular exercise is sacrificee at the shrime of Ialse fashion, empty c cotpli--hments. and useless learniug. Health destroyed and the temper spoiled comprises, itt a great many' instances, th beginning and the ending of a mnoderi rashionable education. The Greeks and Romans spared n< pains to give health, vigor, and activity 1 the body, %while they cultivate.I the mind rhey had iheir gymnasia and pdstra chools for bodily exercise. They wer thug prepared to serve their country it peace, in war, in the cabinet or the teate Seld, with the hardy vigonr of the veteran iud the wisdon of the sage. The motte ts- sana in corpore sano -" a soud mine n a sound body"-was with them a in jua non-it was laid down as a fundamen al principle, that a healthy organiztttioi is the!ba-4iseof all enjoyment: and that thi regulation of the vegetative functions wa the first and most important point in edu eatiou. The great Spartan lawgiver uni red in his system, hard bodily exercise wil ret ial application : this gave the Spaiat Vouth theiriron hardihood, their constanc and resolution. Th- Persian system, too :onsi-ted of " plain and frugal diet. colt itant muscular exercise, which laid a foun farion of strong health as would enable hem t- undergo hardships and fatiguo t( a inod old age." We hear nothing abou ickiv sensibility, low spirits, gloom, the ffects of a diseased body upon an en eebiled mind. How melancholy is th everse in these degenerate days. W ave dispensed with bodily tiaiuing. Ou olleges are dedicated to the genius of lux try, indolence, and refinement. The mint s cared for-hut the morals and the healt ire neglected to an alarming extent. We ire becominga generation of effeminat >ook-worm..; delicate dwarfs, utterly un it fo manly employment.Are not these de bets most obvious &startling-so much s, is to admit of no apology and no defence The term ofeducatiou compreheuds ant neludes all that relates to health, temper lisposition, intellect and morals. What ver is essential to either, will be foutnd it outribute to the others. The people o his country require a system of educatiou which will give to every member of thi ast communit) of freemen such an a nount of knowledge, as will enable hiu o discharge his duty as a citizen and t nan-to maintain the public liberty a ione, and the interest of the nation abroad Sducatiou, in its broadest sense, has beet mnderstood to mean the complete and har nonious developernent of all the iniellec ual and moral powers of our nature ; ait hiseducation negins at the hour of ou irth-it commences with the momout we irstsee the light. Providence has confi led the beginning of the work to the moth r's watchfulness, :he mothers failhfulness nd unweari-d love. It is her rAk tt nould the infantile mind-it is in her pow r to say, to a great extent, what shall b ts character in afterlife. It is her exam dIe, her countenance, her totes ot voice hat give the charactergloom or cheerful ess, harshness or kiudness. It is fin. be say in this tender season of susceptioii y, when, like the melted wax, the hearto; he child is ready to receive any impres ion, whether vicious and selfish propensi is, a peevish and violent temper, shai ce contracted, and sulfered to expandh which, in after life, will lead to nmsery. irolligacy, and crime. " It is from im >ressions whiich the chikd receives wvnile it us mnothers's arms, and thte direction wvhach a given to his thougbis, his disposition td his feelings, wvhile a pratrier by hel ide, more than from any thing else, thal he future character derives its qualitie: nd its hues."-How all-important then hat she should be enlightened, educated vel-informed, to whom is conmmitted the riceless trust of educating a family reemen ! And yet how few of our seam. aries furnish such a course ofinstructim s will render her compeaent to dischargi ese responsible duties! How mnan) inish their education, as it is called, anc re yet utterly ignoanint of that knowledge rich is 5'o inidispenasable to the (are of ousehold-how many etnter uponi the 'It. ies ofa ma~rried life, uniprepaired hior its ares, unqualified for its heavy responsi ilitiesm. How. few are prepared, while a chool, to become the adviser, counsellor ompanion, of mani; to enliven his hours o are, an cheer him in prosperiay, and te omfort himt int adversity. These are wo ran',, duties-and these duties she dis harges with utnshrinmking faimhfultness ut they are not tatight her at anmy Anr an school within the compass of me nowledge. She learns to perform them y her native quickness of apprehension nd by the example of others. Are not 'en, our systems of education deplorahl) efitct in all that ennohles, exalts, puri es, and expatnds the human mind ? Ane hall we still r~o oin in the oldi beaten path n niquated censtom, like the henst in am mill In a contn ry like ours where he poores oy mnay be elevated to the highest otfre i the gift of the people. where our moant o, that "intelligencee is the life of Liber v," it would not seem to require any an :ument to show the necessity that exist or untiring activity and zeal in piromottiniI iniversal educatioin, that intelligence ma)j eep pace with our crowing population ha!- we may brig to every bo~om the hiax ries of a well enitivated mind. We pimlh eurselves upon atn egntaliay of rights an< mrvileaes; let there also he sotne degice cC equality in the mneanis of nequiring use l instruction. Let worth andi talents be rought to Iight-let the tmental eye be nealed, the intellectual energies de. eloped. until true kntowledge ahall covel he earth, as the watters cover the sea. The Philadlelphia Herald, ef the .5th mstant., says :-A MISS. ntovel, by Pro. '.-sor Nout,' (one of the wrecked in the -otme,) which found its way ashore, the nly portion ,,f the Professors electse whic? vere saved-has been placed in the hand. C Mr. Ingraham, by whom it is forthw~itl a be publhislhed, with the memoir of the aaned author." The subjoined additional particulars of t the recent fire at Aiken, we copy from the S n Charl-ston Mercury: "AtKF.s. S. C., Oct. 14, 1839- d Moise, Esq. "Dear Sir.-- embrace this opportunity to intl'rm you, that this morning otir little town was visited by fire, and in the short space of two hours. every connercial g house in the place was a heap of ashes. a The fire originated in my own premises, If and consumed my whole stock of goods, (tbough small at present,) say $6000-no 5 insurance; thence it proceeded to the store i of Steedmnan & Merrit, and burnt their store, dwelling, and all the out buildings, r (1 believe they are covered tearly by insur- I ance.) Thence to our little Market House, which was nearly completed ; and thence to the lot of' Lewis Jones, sen., and burnt all the out buildings, but the dwelling was saved-not insured; thence to i lie store of E. Durbeck, very little saved. but insured; E thence to Wise &Durheck's confectionary, S all lost; thence to Jones, Meetze, & Bouknight's store, loss $8000, insurance , $6000; thence to Jas. Mosely & Co.'s, ,) saved nearly all their goods, but no insur ance on their house; thence to Jas.Tupper o & Co.'s, loss $3000, no insurance; thence ,t to H, Catada, house burnt, but very few I goods in store; thence to McKee & Poag. 1 (1 can't form a very correct idea what their si losses are, but will suppose them at 84000,) not insured ; thence to Schwarize e & Toney's, loss 32000, no insurance; and , several other houses burnt, which were un- h occupied. This is a mtere sketch of what I I conceived to be the result of aboit two h hours, say from 9 to 11 o'clock, A.M. We 6 have had an entire drought of 5 or 6 s, weeks, and could not get water to suppress I the flames. We conceive ourselves fortu- c nate that our stocks or goods were so small. , I lost nothing myself except my goods. The money of the Batik all saved. Ex cume the hasty manner in which I have t tried to explain this awr'ful catastrophe. Your obedient servant, 1 " LEWIS JONES." a P.S. I presume business will ao on as f t usual, as Ihere are plenty of vacant houes in the place. L. J." e From the Auguasta Constitutionatst, Oct. 10. HEAL'I H OF AUGUSTA. a If we cannot say to our absent friends, that the fever has nhated in the city-our t1 list this morning gives the gratifying intel- t ligence that the number of deaths are di- I minishing, more. however, from the want orsubjects, than from any favorable ch*oage tl in our atmosphere since our last notice. We are still without rain.and until we have enough to cover the bottom of our river, (which. for the most part. is now dry.) it will not be prudent for our absent friends to return to ;he city. As soon as we get a I heavy rain. we look for a change in the A weather, (which still continues warm,) ac- p co;apanied with a black frost. e In our last, we reported the deaths of c 195 persons by fever, since the first death It occurred otn the 18th of August-ince o that time we have to report the follow . ing :- i Residents.-*Patrick McGovern. *ira ti Lee, Master John Sindersine, Miss Mary o Elbert. (6 years old), Henry O'Neal, Miss s Frances King, Charles Hart. Robert Lyon, s, Mrs. Mary Da ucett, loses Datcett, John a Nelson (son of Mitchell), Joseph Collins. ii Georgia.-W. C. Grimes. Germany.-James Collins. Ireland.-Mrs. Anti Burns. t And five negroes. to Died out of the city. ti -- e From the Advertiser. f: .310ma:, Oct. 1. C Health of the Cit.y.-WVe hadl indulged ti thte hope that by this day, the first of Oc- ' toher, we shotiul be able to anoutice to our. distant friends, a perceptible abatemient of ~ the dreatdftul epidlettic,ns hich for the last six y weeks has raged with such awfttl severity in our city. But it is our uoipleasant dtuty still to repeat the paitnful declaratiotn, that I there is tn improvement in the health of the citv. The number of cases, as wvell i as of deaths have still decreaseddttring the h past week, tbut this is obligted to he thte f case. withtout an increase of subjects. It i is the opituion of those who b~tve the best h means fttr itnfortation, that in proportiotn It to the populatio t now liable to disease, ihe a new cases nod the deaths, are as titmer- c itts as at any periotd this season. A large a port on of ruur pop)ulationl have recovered i. ?ro. at tacks of greater or less severity, and h with exercise ofrcommon prtudence are no~t e co~n~idered subject to a reattack. We un- to derstaud that there have heeti several Fcases during the past week, extremely t tmaligntant in their character. We, there- s; ftore feelit our duty to solemnly warn those ta whot are absent, not to think of returning v. to the city, until we shall have had a t thorough frost. s Sitice the first appearance of the epide- Ii mic amoun us, which was early itn the n rnonth of Augutst, the numbter ofdeaths has heeni five hundred and thirty ! !-thre hundred and eighty three of which, have been in the tnntnth of September! On the ' 1wo fir..t days of the month, there were. F 32 dethts ; ont tlbe succeeding week, 127 ; the ttext, week, 100 ; the next, 80; and the last week, entding lost night, 54. Such is the miourutful 'ecord.. NEW OtL.5ns, Oct. 2. Health of Baton Rouge.-An utnusual otntiler of deaths~ in this place during the past week haus excited apprehtetnsion with regard to the prevailetice of an epidettic. Trhe Gazette of last Satualay remarks, that the weather certainly uns heeti very Iunfavourable to health-cold nights anti y I nmoings have succeeded htot and sultry tays, w hich have been excessively oppres sive. in soime of the cases which htave occur red the past week, the patients bore strong s symptotms of yellow fever, as wve have been assured by the attenilitng physician%. ~ still we cantnot believe that any thing in the shape of an epidemtic is prevailing. Bayou Sara.-The Louisiana .Journal, of the 27th ult., States as a reason why the I paper did not appear on its regular day :- I. -"Somet of us are sii-k, and tmany of our tt best citizens are death, and others dying. b It is uiseless to disguise the fact ; the towtn 'I on it has become worse. If the Journal iould not appear next-week, our patrons eed not be surprised. We have to attend > the sick, and pay the last tribute to the end." From the Free Trader. NATCHVZ, Sept 27. The sexton's report for the 24th inst.. ives J9deaths; of which 12 are reported 3 having died of yellow fever, 4 of other iseases, and 3 diseases not reported. The sexton, for the 24 hours ending at o'clock. Wednesday evening, the 25th ist., reports 7 interments. The number of intermnents within the vnty-fotur hours ending at 5 o'clock, M., yesterday, were 4. THE DROUGHT. Knoxville, Tenn.-Extract of a letter om a highly respectable gentleman to the dAitors of the Charleston Mercury, dated ept. 26, 1839: - Knoxville is perfectly healthy, though n our water courses there is considerable ckness. - Crops were never so abundant. I am 3ly a small farmer, and yet on the plan Ltion I live on, with four constant hands, will crib 3.000 bushels of corn. and have acked up more than 1,000 dozen oats, be de wheat, rye, potatoes, and hay its pro i)rtion. The reflection is painful, that -ith a like abundance scattered every -here over East Tennessee, nothing can e sold, nothing converted into money. 'he Kentucky drovers are driving their ogs over here, and fattening them on our elds, or a great deal of our grain would :arcely pay us for gathering. Soonser or iter we must meet the demand of foreign immerce in your senports. or the gi anary F Tennessee become a deserted waste." Greenville, S. C.-From the Moun tineer. of the 4th iistant : "On Wednesday morning last the earth !as covered with a white frost, the first of ny consequence that-we have had this Ill. - The unprecedented drought under -hich this section of the country has labor ri during the last t welve or fifteen months, ill continues, without the least appLear uce of rain. The water-courses and irings, are in many instances, entirely ried up; and those that are not, are lower inn they have been within the recollec on of the oldest inhabitant. Reedy |.iser can be crossed by footmen, between ie falls and the bridge, without wetting te soles of their shecs." Abbeville, S. C.-Extract of a letter to ie Editor of the Greenville Mountaineer, ated September 28: " The cottoit crop in this section has een greatly injured by the drought. bout six weeks ago the prospect was as romisitig as we could possibly have wish I it ; but I am now of opinion that the rop will fall considerably short of that ot ist year. A short crop and a short price ill make many a light purse ; but while e have to lament over the deficiency of ie cotton crop, our hearts are cheered by ie fact that we shall have an abundance f corn, and to spare. Our oldest citizens y, that thay do not recollect ever to have en the water courses as low as they are re at this time. Many springs are fail tg, and large streams fast drying up." Columbia. S. C.-The Telescope, of le 5th instant, says : " Some idea may be formed of the re arkably low condition of the waters in is neighborhood-the efflect of the sever it drought -we have ever seen-from the ect that a few days ago we walk I across the Congaree River, oppostte e town, stepping from rock to rock, ihout wetting the soles of our shoes. 'he river-or rather the channel where used to be-is at this spot about 500 ards wide." The Augusta Constitutionalist. of the 9th inst ant, says: SWater Privileges.-We understand nt the ' Fonnder antd Proprietor of Ham 'rg' has had that part of the Savannah iver under the bridge, and adjoining the amhutrgh shore, inow bare,) surveyed : e has erected around it a fence, one rail igh, had it ploughed, and has sown it ith turnip seed ! (Wonder when they mae up, if they won't turn out water elons ?) WVe know not what htis object , but it may be soiething deep- --or. per aps, he may wish to see the day when he in behold whether his turnips have comte p. anid say, with truth, that in 1839. he lanted so mitch ground in the river ini riips. lB this as it may, should the Weculating mnania for town lots again come p. and a plat: of this elevation in the ri er be exhibited for sale, we c'an assutrs ie public that they will find the gruond me feet tunder water, and int all prob'abi ty, if they live one hunodred years. will ever see the same spot dry again." Georain: Election.-The Augusta Con itu tion alist,gives the following returns for ~ictmond County : For Governor: McDonald,37 Dongherty, 449 Senator: *A. ,J. Miller, 621 Represetatives : *Glascock, 454 *.etnkins, 477 *Crawford, 466 Rhodes, 400 Ratification. 655; No Ratification, 103. * Elected. Those in italics, are Van urea. NKw-YOax, Oct. 4. Money liarket.-An iucreasinig pres re is evident in all the miney circles. :t the Stock Exchange this morning sales ere not large, bitt prices showed a decline otm the rates of yesterday. United States* ank declined 1-2 per cent ; Delaware and Ldson 1-2 per cent ; Rarlem Rail Road 1-2 11er cenit. A fter the hoard but very tile was done. Money becomes still ore scarce and difficult to he procured. nited Stares Bank post notes hearinig in. rest, and having six months to run, hiavo een offered at 2 per cent per month. In s position it is no wonder that failures re incrasing in number andi mount PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 5. Immensr Destruction of Property.--Last niglht and this morning, Philadelphia was visited with one of the most destructive fires that has occured in this city for years. The alarm was given at half past eleven o'clock; in the effect that Mr. Prescott's large provision stores, on bouth wharves, between Market and Chesnut streets, were on fire; and within ten or fifteen minutes, the building was a mass of flaute, frorm the ground floor to the roof. The wind was high, and varying from North East, and thus bore the flames and flakes tromi the shipping in the Delaware. within n few yards of thescene of coofna gration. The adjoining store of Mr. John Harding, Jr., beginning to ignite, a rumour was circulated that it contained several kegs of gunpowder. We were glad to learn, however, that within a few minutes afler the flames threatened thehuilding, these dangerous things, were removed to a place of safety. The adjoining stores in the same block, all three story brick build ing*, were soon on fire-and the ware houses of MessrsStroup, Prescotm.Harding. and (we believe) Cheeseborough. burnt with incredible fury-and were all either much injured, or reduced to heaps of ruins. The showers of sparks. which fell on the shingle roofs ofscores of houses in the vi - einity, threatened'the whole neighborhood with danger and destruction. But the fire men exerted thetmstlves with the most be comning and manly spirit. SECOND EDITION Two o'clock, A. M. TaEPLAMES STILL RAGING.-The con flagration has increased. Up to this time, from thirty-two to thirty-five buildings have cii he: been destroyed or are now burning. They embrace three stores of the building occupied by Grant & Stone; nine houses on the east side of Waler st., twelve on the west, six on t h? east side of Front st., and four or five on the west. Several roolf have caught in the vicinity, and we regret to state that there is now no prospect of a steedy extingtishmaent of the flames. The firemen are duiny all that men can do, but they are greatly exhausted. Many fami lies are turned into the street, or taken in by neighbors. Several walls have fallen, and it is rumonured that lives have been lost. We have just heard that a fireman, in attemping to save sotne books, was burnt severelv, that his life is despaired of. His came is B. Timmins, aid he is a member of the Hope Hose Company. Three o'clock. The fre has crossed Chesnut at., and several buildings on the South side are in flames. TEN MINUTEs LATER.-The fsaines on the weht side of Front st.. are subdued. The wind more northerly. OCTOBn 5. P. M. Various estimates have been made of the loss sustained by the fire which com menced last evening, and which is now happily got under. The most of these have been extremely exaggerated. The acttal loss, as comptited by practised oh servers, will tint exceed tirree hundred and iffty thousand dollars; of which amount two hundred and fifty thousand is covered by insurance in Philadelphia and else where. I.t is proper to place this state ment on the true ground, that no erroneous apprehensions may he entertained. WASHINGTON, Ga., Oct. 3. Vurder.-The dead lbody of Mr. John Hunton, was found on Saturday last, con - cealed in the woods, three miles front this place, and 150 y artds from the road. PThe skull was brokent in, apparently with an axe. Some ptlanks of a w'aeon, on wvhich were blood and brain, were found nenr tbe body, as also were a wagon's tracks, in which the corpse had evidently been con veyed to the spott. The murdered man left this village in company with his suot, on Friday evening last, and when last seen alive, was net abottt one hundred yards from the epot where the wagon turtned out of thue road. A'coroner'e inquest was held, at which many circutmstatnces (that public opinion may not be made uip -on the matter, wve deemt it improper to detail here.) wvent to fix this shlocking critme upon the son. The coroner's jury accordingly found a verdict of wilful mutrder aganttt the son, who has been arrested, and is now in jail in this lplacs. We underst andl the lad is nthout 1.5 years of age, although ntoone at fret ghmtoe could sup~pose him to be tmore than ten or twelve.--N tos. Medical C'ollege of Georgia.-We are reqnested to state, in answer to the inqui ries addressed to this city on the subiject, that the lector-es in this institution will commence otn the seconid Monday of No vember tnext. The trustees are now en gaged in filling the vacancy occasioned by the lamented death of Dr. Atntony, and of which dute notice will be published.-Aug. Coanstitutionalist, Oct 10. .Southern Botanico-Mrdical College. We utndersiand (says the Augusta. Con stitutionalikt) :he Board of~ Trustees of the Southern Botanico-Medical College, at thieir meetitng on the 1st itnstant. located this institution at Forsyth, Monroe co~unty'. One gentleman, Mr. A. Brooks, of that place, gave the College a donation of $600. andi building lots worth $53,000. The Board have elected the 1Rev. Dr.Wmn. H Fonerden. of this city, President of the in stitution The Doctor will enter up an the. duties of his professorship on the 1st of December next. TALLAHassEE, Oct. 2 Indian Depredations -On Friday tihe 27th utl. a party of Itndians attacked the house of Mr. Bunch on the Wakulla, mur dered Mrs. Bunch and one child and burtned the hotise ; also fired on, and woutnded badly, Mlrs.Whitaker tneighbor to Mr. Btunch. A detachment ol the 'Minute tnen.' started ont Monday mnonring in pur suit of the idians ; ehe sad news not hay itng reached town until Sutnday night at 11 o'clock from the circumstances of Mr. Bunch li. ing distant from any settlemet. Personality.--A Western editor doubts the honesty ofthose of his subscribers, who hav unt npnaid him their snhscrintions. . EDGELiELD C. H. TnUaSDAY. OCTost.a 17. 1839. To outt PATRONS. As the Court of Common Pleas till soo be in session. at this place, we must remin our patrons that they will then enjoy VERY FAVORABLE OPPORTUNITY of poyin us their dues in person, or of r miting the= by their friends. The year is rapidly drawing to a close, and OUR OWN DEBTS must soon be paid. We, therefore, earn. estly request our friends to liquidate with out delay, such accounts as stand open ex our books against theni. On the 10th instant, the thermometer, at this place, stood at 80; on the 11b, at 81; on the 12th at 81. For some days afterwards. the weather was of Summer temperature. The following is a reply to a letter writ. ten by the Editor, to the Postmaster, at Hamburg, S. C.: " Hambdrg, S. C., Oct. 12, 1839. " Dear Sir: " In answer to your letter of the 11th instant, I herewith, give you a statement of deaths, % hich have occurred in and near Hamburg, from the Ist of September last, up to the present time ; together with the number of cases which have prevailed during said period. In presenting you thisstatement, I believe that I am correct from all the information I could procure, beside with the assistance of one of the Board of Health. DISEASE. WHERE PRo. 2 Prevailing fever. Hamburg, S. C. 2 Ditto. Vicinity of ditto. I Ditto. Hamburg, S. C. 2 Ch.inf.& worms Ditto, 2 1 Prevailing fever. Augusta. Ga. I Infla ofthe brain. Ditto. i 1 Dropsy. Geogia. I Old age. Augusta, Ga. 12 t1 In addition to the above list of deaths hereunto presented, I do not think our list of siek will amount to more than 15 cases, all of wvhieb have recovered, and are in a fair way to do well. In making up the bill of mortality. I have been particular to include all the deaths of citizens of this place, which have occurred in the country. These are some four or five. Yours respectfully, "JOHN W. YARSOROUGH." . In the last South Carolinian, John P. Richardson,jun., is announced as a candi date for Congress, for the Congressional District, of Lancaster, Chesterfield, Ker. shaw, and Sumter. Education.-In another column of our paper, will be found some extracts fmm a " Lecture on Education, by Theophilus Fisk." Many of the remarks ofthe writer ore just, and merit a deep and careful con sideration. The subject of which he treats must ever be one of great interest, and pri mary importance. Unfortunately, it has been too much neglected by our politi cians, and ment in authority. The ednea Iiotn of the people, has not been sufficiently attended to by the State Governments. e Very little has been done for the promotion of this great object. Schemes for the mere increase of national wealth. and the ad vancement of national glory, as it is called, have taro long ocetnpied the public mind. If the energies of the giant intellects, which have been so long employed in the promo tion of tmere internal improvement in our a count ry, anilin utopian plans of wvealth of countless number, had been bought even partially to hear in favor of the great cause of the education of the people, what mighty results would not have followedI What a diflerent aspect would our country have exhibited at the present moment ? Ignorance would not, as now, have stalked abroad throughout our land, but would htave retreated into the inaccessible wilds ofoutr distant fi-outiers. Schools and Col leges woultd have becn established in every District, and in every neighborhood, throughont the States. The stream of Knowledge woculd have Ronsed freely, and boldly, thtoughour the vast extent of our land, andi all would have come up and drunk of its healing waters. The educa tioin of the people imperatively demands the attention ofour rulers. They wtdinot thtey cannot longer neglect it. They* must be up, and doing-they must labor strenuotusly in this nmighty cause, and glory will be theirs. We hope yet to see the day arrive, when Education will diffuse its benign light far abroad, and Knowledge will be brought within the reach of the poorest and the humblest in the land. Charleston.-The .whole number of deaths during the week, ending on the 6th of October, was 21; of these. 8 were by stranger's fever, 2 by country fever, and 2 bv fever.. A Whig paper says:-" During the late gale on the coast of North Carolina, the schooner Martin Van Huren was blown ashtore on Cape Henry !" Lotok out. say the Ad ..inisi~ration pa pers, for a speedy and terrible explosion of i alantn st amboat l-Inn'y Cla.. -