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School Systems.
UY JOSlAli 11 O L U li O O K .
No established operations in Iiuiiinn society J
make so small returns for outlays "n time, money,
and iffort, as school systems, The reason is
plain. They place the water-wheel over the
stream, requiring the water to be beat upon the
wheel before it moves with the slight inconveni?ni>o
fn tliA teacher that when he stoics beating,
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the wheel stops moving. The simple fact is,
that school systems do violence to the unchangeable
and glorious laws of our Creator, rendering
penalties in some form inevitable. Abortion, or
fruitless effort, is a common penalty of disobedience
to the divine law in the training of young
muscle, mind and soul. Rowdyism is another,
and at this time in this country a severe and a
threatening penalty. It is a fixed and almost
universal law of our Creator, that strength is the
result of exercise, not only in muscle, mind, and
soul, but even in the vegetable creation. An
oak, buffeted by the storms of a hundred winters,
is a stronger, more durable oak than one
sheltered from winds, rains and snows.
It is a self-evident truth, that for "training up
children in the way they should go," all the faculties
with which their Creator has endowed them
so bountifully and so wisely must be brought into
exercise, and exercised in connexion with each
other, directing the whole of this combined exercise
to the high and holy purpose of their creation.
The harmonious exercise of all the human
faculties, applied to the divine purposes of
human existence, is so plainly implied in training
up children in the way they should go as not to
permit a doubt in the mind of any rational being, j
It is equally evident that school systems prevent
this freneral and harmonious exercise of mus- j
cle, mind and soul, and that their very partial,
meager exercise is not directed, at best very poorly
directed, to the exalted purposes of human existence.
A little five-year-old girl, on being asked
what she did at school, replied promptly, correctly
and graphically, "I say A and 13, and sit
on a bench." Those doubting the positions
above taken may explain in their own way how
a "sitting-on-a-bcnch" system can train vigorously
and harmoniously the greatly varied human
faculties, and especially apply those faculties to
the purposes of their creation. Knowing, producing,
reciprocating, arc the three great purposes
of human existence. To know, to produce, and
to reciprocate are desires deeply implanted in the
_ human soul. The gratification of these desires
"is human happiness. It is hence a simple truth
that institutions expressly designed for the formation
of character, and a preparation for future
vocations, should aim especially to provide for
the harmonious exercise of all the faculties, directing
all to the purposes of our existence;
knowing, producing, and reciprocating.
As words are the signs of ideas, not ideas
themselves, and books the instruments, not the.
fountains of knowledge, mere book lessons do not
and cannot gratify that desire of knowing so ardent
in every young mind. As words, the signs
of ideas, are acouired only by their connexion
with the ideas they represent, attempts at learning
words by mere repetition must also prove
abortive; they do prove abortive. They are worse
than abortive; they do lasting and irreparable
injury to the inherent character of mind?blunt
its desire of knowing.
Producing, still more than knowing, if possible,
is prevented by school systems. What can
be produced by muscle, however powerful and
eager for action, while the principal virtue of that
muscle is to "keep still"?barely permitting the
active young being possessing it to look at a
book?not for knowledge, but the signs of knowledge,
and those signs not learnt, from the absence
of the ideas connected with them.
Thanks be to public sentiment, to common
sense, and to humanity, that such inroads are already
made upon this anti-knowing, anti-prod ucing
system as to ensure an entire and radical
change, by making it botli knowing and producing.
Black boards have very extensively taken
the place of books, changing the "sitting on-abeneh"
system into muscular producing exercises,
alike to the relief, the entertainment, and the instruction
of the pupil Drawing, another producing
exorcise, in many schools is not only permitted
but provided for every pupil the first day
he euders the school. Connected with drawing
mnltiplied objects of nature and art, collections
of natural history come in very opportunely.?
In some piaces every school and every family is
provided by the hands of their members with
specimens of nature and art. To an extent which
few are aware of, pupils can prepare their own
instruments of instruction, gratifying in the highest
degree the desire both of knowing and pro
ducing?knowing by producing.
The desire of reciprocating, early and strongly
manifesting itself as deeply planted in the human
soul, is both prevented and crushed by school
systems. An anti-producing system inustalmost,
of course, be non-reciprocating, as it furnishes
nothing to reciprocate in. This principle of exclusiveness,
hitherto a prominent feature in
schools, with that of atiti-prdducing, is rapidly
yielding to the more politic and more noble principle
of reciprocation. Indeed, enlightened, generous
reciprocation exhibited in a "world's fair,"
"fairs" all over the world, and in great multitudes
of nameless forms, is perhaps the strongest, certainly
the most dignified and elevated, feature of
the present age. .No fairs which have been or
can be instituted are so richly fraught with pleasure,
knowledge, production, or reciprocation as
"scholar's fairs." They are now in extensive operation,
and at no distant day mu-t form a prominent
part, and probably the soul, of school systems.
These, when connected through the entire
country, all concentrating at our national j
metropolis, will enable each of the bundled thou I
sand American schools, also of the six millions of
tamuics, to neip ana no neijx-u uy an tnc ivsi.
The Rabun Gap Railroad.?On Saturday
evening last wo had a brief interview with Mr.
(Jorrv, who had ju-t returned from a tour of reconnoisanee
through that portion of Tennessee
extending from tliis place to the North Carolina
line, in which it is proposed to locate tin- Rabun
Gap Railroad. lie reports the route as extending
through a valuable section of country, and offering
few impediments to a speedy and permanent
construction ot the road. I le also eon tiniih
the announcement made in our paper of Thursday
that Stump House Mountain had pn.<-*ed
at a maximum grade of 5H feet to tlio mile.
Mr. i Vrv will organize immediately a cap., ..f
etvineor1 f>r the purpose of making nn iustru
mental su:\\-y a.-, far a - the North Carolina lino.
Theproposed route Laves North Carolina in the
Valley of the Little Tennessee ami follows tliat
river to its junction with the main river, pursues
the most direct course to this jioiiit.
These facts give a new aspect tb the Ilabtin
Cap enterprise, ami inspire us with the fullest
eolifiileiiee in its early completion. South Carolina
is resolved upon making the connection with
the X. \Y. by this route, and will build her portion
of the road. The old Kip Van Winkle State
will arouse from the lethargy that litis so lo\g
crippled her energies, and will build her portion
of the road; ami can we doubt as to Tennessee!
Our Legislature lias .already contributed nearly
one half of the amount required. Nashville capital
will now reciprocate the aid rendered by
Charleston in building the X. and C. Li. II. and
thus the means is provided and the work wili ?0
on. This done, iiini Chatnuooga is, indeed the
focal centre of a vast system of connecting roads.
Chutaw.nju Ado.
Arrival of (lie Africa.
The steamship Africa, from Liverpool, with
dales to the 23d of October, lias arrived.
The Cotton market had been very active at
Liverpool for the week, tiie sales reaching 95,000
hales.
England.?The preparations for the funeral
ceremonies of the Duke of Wellington continue
on the most extensive scale.
Lord Derby has been installed as Chancellor
of the Oxford University.
Fijaxce.?The accounts from Paris state the
most interesting topic of discussion in political
circles to be the succession of Louis Napoleon.
All, however, that is rumored or affirmed upon
the subject is mere conjecture.
An Imperial Guard of 10,000 men will, it is
said, be formed from select battalions of the army
soon after the Imperial election.
M. Morlot, Arch-Bishop of Tours, and late
Bishop of Orionns. has been elevated to the dignity
of Cardinal.
The French Naval force in the Levant is for
the future to be composed entirely of steam vessel?.
It is generally believed that the coronation of
Louis Napoleon will not take place before ilav,
1S53.
Prince Lucien Murat is again spoken of as the
future Viceroy.
The Chronicle says it is reported that the
Turkish Envoy in Paris has been recalled, and
that the excessive demands made by France upon
Turkey have caused the Porte to resort to Russian
influence for aid.
The Ministers now employ the term "Excellence''
in their ollicial communications with each
other.
The four and a half per cents closed at GO of.
G5c., and the three per cents at 81 f. 40c.
The convocation of the Senate for the 4th of
November excites little or no interest.
The I 'ays newspaper will shortly change its
title to that of "Journal de rKtnpiic."
Medals are being hawked about bearing the
effigies of the President as "Napoleon III Emperor
of the French."
The custom returns for September amount to
11,3S],8S3 francs, b ing an increase of 512,805
francs over the same month in 1851.
There have been rumors lately current in Paris
of an alleged approaching reduction in the
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cial measures of importance.
Liveki'ool, Octoiieu 23.?Cotton lias boon
more active, with considerable .sabs to the home
trade and a large speculative demand. 'I lie market
closed at stiller rates. Sales of the three
days 30,000 bales, of which speculators took 11.000
l>:il'-s. The ([notations arc Fair < hlo.v.is 3d.;
Middling, 0d.; Fair Uplands, 0 l-4d.; Middling,
5 7-8d.; Fair Mobile, 0 1-ld.; Middling, 5 7-S a
Gd.; Orleans, below middling, 4 1-4 a 5 1 -4d.;
Upland, below Middling, 4 1-4 a 5 l-4d. The
sales of the week were marly 95,000 bales, of
which speculators took 40,000 and exporters 3,100
bales. The.stock at Liverpool was 440,000
bales, of which 270,000 were American. Imports
of the week 16,350 bales.
The Memphis Express gives an ac -omit of a
most extraordinary and fatal feud existing in Cerad
county (Ky.) between two powerful families ?
the Ilills and the Evans', and their adherents.
At a recent investigation, it appears that the
quarrel dates as far back as ! -22, and never was
feud more bloodily or more unsparingly followed
tip in the worst days of barronial England or
Scotish clanship, than has been this twenty two
prominent, and otherwise, highly respectable
families, in our own age and country. At a recent
examination, three of the Hills were tried,
and two of them ordered for committal. Five,
however of the Evans' were in jail, and it would
not d?? to confine thein together, lest more bloodshed
would follow. Wliilo the subject was under
debate, the Hills escaped, and the Evans'
inadca desperate but inetfeetual attempt to break
out of prison. A reward is offered for the apprehension
of the Hills.
How Ill'SSIA AND 1'HL'SSI A IJkc AK1) THE EkKNCII
Emrike.? 1 he restoration of the empire by Louis
Napoleon is now discussed by the l'russian journals
with less freedom than a few weeks ago,
when the anti-1'.oiiaparti-ni of the Kiviiz Zeituting
had not drawn upon it the reprehension
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Count Ilat/.fold the Prus-ian minister to the
French government, who in now in Berlin, is
about to return immediately to his post, ninl the
inference is drawn thal5Pru->sin will hold herself
entirely aloof lioni the important events which
arc now pending or in progress at 1'aris. The
departure of Count Kisselelf for St. Petersburg
is regarded as significant of the Czar's intention
to concur with Prussia in its abstention from the
interior affairs of France.
Washington, Nov. T?Cenoral Scott allributes
his defeat, firstly to tin* defection of Mr.
\\"eh<tef, and secondly to lies lukewannncss of
Mr. Fillmore and his friends.
(ieneral Scott has not been awav from the city
as reported, l.ut attends the meetings of the
Military Board everyday.
The Whigs hero acknowledge themselves thoroughly
b.-al- M, bill not e.\a>|>erate(| or di>j.iri|ed
as after tin- defeat of Mr. < lav.
A -ji' .-C I ii lie ra'ie ! in- !: 11a!; >n b t en
lofl to-lligll! it tie Ii' VVS i.- ;i!l ii,.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
FRIDAY i:vi:\IXG XOVERBER 12, 1852.
TI-IO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Our Co Lion Market
Continues brisk. but prices are a shade lower. Prii
ees range from 8 to 0 eta. *
Charleston quotations, 9 1-2 to 10.
More Potatoes.
We have received from Mr. II II. "Wells, of Sumter
District, a Sweet Potatoo, which weighed when dug
Nine and a half pounds. Woaro now prepared to
give our brethren of the quill a dinner, which would
not be small potatoes.
i Truth,
Wherever found is worthy of thought. There is
scarce1.v a person with whom wc converse in the every
clay detail of business life, from whom we may not
learn some useful thought, or gather truth. Are wo
iu return doing our part toward the furtherance of
truth? Are we doing any good to those around us?
If r.ot, it is time we were trying to do so. We are not
to judge of our own actions; we arc not .sufficiently
I disinterested to he impartial in this matter, or to be
' competent judges. How very nppioprinte the injunc1
tion, "Judge not least ye be judged." Whilst we may
I not bo conscious that we arc doing anything, or rather
have not the evidence before our eyes, wo may be
nevertheless exercising a powerful influence over the
minds of others for weal or woe.
Nothing is more potent than the force of example,
be it for good or evil. That which we may regard of
small consequence to ourselves, or others, may in time
involve the destiny of many, and even down through
the countless ages of eternity. Think of it my listless
friend?who is wont in thy far-seeing judgment, to
pronounce upon us as a prosy croaker?think of it for
a moment?Is thy example calculated to do good, or
evil ?
Wo are ver\ thankful that the judgment of men?erring
beings such as we are?is not final, and that so
far as our future life, or good, is concerned, will infiu,
cnce it very little. The condition of man might in-'
! deed bo pitiable, if his destiny hereafter lay in the
power of his fellow-man. Our best motives and actions
nro too often impugned, and wilfully misunderstood
and misrepresented; and frequently in such a way as
to leave us no means of redress. This is a strange
world of ours, any how, and every day devclopes new
phases of its singularity. Unfortunately "all men
think all men mortal but themselves," and here lies the
one great universal error of mankind?an error as common
as the most familiar object. The very man who
breathed that thought, or wrote the line?the very
compositor who placed the type?the editor who revised
the book?the writer tww?the reader since Iho
thought was penned?all make exceptions of themselves.
and claim greater infinitude, each in his own
peculiar case, than is tlic right of mortals?at last?at
best, but?
" Poor pensioners upon the bounties of an hour."
Sensible Paragraph.
In the International Magazine, a work which, bye the
bye, wo are very sorry is cxtiiut, we frequently meet
with some good scraps and ideas, as well as capital articles.
We have one before us in a sketch called "A Country
Gentleman At Home " "Catiline will s uuctinies be
found complaining of sedition; most offenders have
some lingering sense remaining of original right and
wrong; not enough to keep them straight, but enough
to blame others lor the sen-sanm oompMies. rsui 10
try tlic question correctly, wo should examine tlio
worldly, not iu their judgments of one another, but in
their judgments of the religions ami see how much
liberality they show them.
"We should watch the hatred of virtue and purity,
and the envy of fair fame, developing themselves in
every form of slander and detraction.'from the sly
inuendo to the open falsehood. All merely fashionable
society has a necessary tendency to he scandalous;
fashionable people must talk a great deal without any
definite purpose, and personal topics are always tho
readiest at hand for small talk, in a momentary dearth
of others?this one's dress and appearance?that one's
style of living?who is attentive to whom?and soon;
so that besides the gossip which springs from deliberate
wickedness, there is a great deal that is the result of
of mere thoughtlessness of vacuity."
Life.
How true has it been said of life, that it is "as a vapour
that nppeareth for a little while and vanishetli
away"?and verily how true, "in the midst of life wo
are in death."
"It is not all of life to live,
Nor all of death to die."
We find iu tho Palmetto State Banner, the following
chaste and beautiful thoughts upon this subject:
"Life is beautifully compared to a fountain led by a
thousand streams, that perish if one be dried. It is a
silver cord, twisted with a thousand strings, that par^
asunder if one he broken. Frail and thoughtless mortals
are surrounded by innumerable dangers, which
make it mole strange that they escape so long, than
' that ilirv .-iIiumxi all nerish suddenly at last. Wo are
I encompassed wiili accidents every day to crush the
: mouldering tciicim ids we iulinhit. The seeds of disj
ease arc planted in our constitutions by nature. Tho
l earth and atnios|'here whence we draw the breath of
life are impregnated with death ; health is made to operate
its own destruction; the food that nourishes containing
the elements of decay; tho soul that animates
it by vivifying first, tends to wear it out hy its own action;
death lurks in ambush along the paths. Xot'
withstanding tins is the truth so palpably continued by
tlio daily example before our eyes, how little do we lay
it at. heart! AV<.? see our Irioiids and licij^litiors among
lis, but bow seldom does it ocelli' to our thoughts that
our kneil shall perhaps give the next fruitless warning
to the world!'1
A Professed Satirist,
"Well said by one. to be "one of the worst things
thai can befall a man, for the benefit lie confers on otli'
ers is very problematical, mid the evil be inflicts on
I himself positive and inevitable."
Xet unlike -'>iir> oilier tilings we have heard ul, as
lor instniiee, :i friend Hiiirjrest.S that the advocacy of tile
oeeasionhl exeniso of Iho "I.'X w?i rr, ij,ta" is a ilair
!<eroi:s iloctrine, li?r ii niaii eannot tell how soon lickle
I'-rliuie iniylil :in:iijrn Mm lieliire (Vi i<f Just in'. '"Lynch."
Sonl.-e i>. eiieoiira^o ami adeem the professed satirist,
we -a-'i .i?K. eoiR'aiitlv of tiilliinjf an case
i y:. a ".mi < ! hi- wil.
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C'oiiitmiiitivc JScci'iiit* of CoUon. (
The subjoined statement exhibits the relative !1
receipts of Charleston and Savannah for the <
years 1851 and 1852. The statement shows n I
very decided increase in the receipts ofSavannah,
and an equally decided decrease in those ofji
Charleston. It will not do for the Charleston j 1
papers to say that this ditto re nee is owing to the .
comparatively hcalthfuhioss of the two cities.? i
They have already demonstrated, at lo;ist, to J
their own satisfaction, that we have had more
mortality here than they have had ! The real 1
cause, we presume, may be found in the iuvalu- I
able services of "Galen," and the very reliable
statistics which so promptly and regularly np- i
peart d in the Charleston papers! (Jur neigh- 1
borssec:n to have forgotten the old saying, that 1
"curses, like chickens, come home to roost."
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'Uplands, 46,-131 32,-170. 13.064 ]
| Sea Islands, 783 539 243
{Savannah? 1951. 1852. Increase,
j Uplands, 23,003 40,576 17,573
Sea Islands, 399 630 231
The above is taken from the Savannah Courier.
Its Editor must he hard pressed for favorable
comparisons with Charleston, when he is
compelled to select a period in which our communications
with the interior were almost total
ly interrupted by tl.c injury to our railroads resulting
from the late disastrous freshet. These
injuries are now repaired, and we shall be curious
to observe whether any future comparisons
will be made of the receipts by the two cities.
But as throwing some light upon the probable
future, let us look at the past. For the year
ending Sept. 30, 1831, the receipts of cotton (
At Charleston were 492,S38 bales. ]
At Savannah " 351,518 44
A difference of 141,320 44 {
in favor of Charleston. Of our receipts no iess
than eighteen thousand seven hundred and forty |
hales came from Savannah. Wc have not heard
of a single bale going from Charleston to that j (
I cily. This is of itself a sufficient indication of ,
the relative superiority of the two markets.
The fact is that our better prices, our improved (
mode of doing busiuess, and the greater facilities (
of making purchases, will always give Charles- >
ton a decided superiority over Savannah as a j
Cotton Market. And we always look with plea- j
sure upon her large receipts, a-?, like other interior
towns, she is one of the sources to which we ,
must look for the necessary suppfies for our mar- ;
ket.? Charleston Mercury.
Nkw-Op.leans, Nov. G.
The U. S. Mail steamship Crescent City, Capt.
Davenport, arrived at Havana from New York
0:1 the 2d i:i>t.. At the entrance to the harbor
she was boarded by the Captain of the Purl,
who, having been informed that Purser Smith
was on board, refused tc allow a pilot to carry
her in; whereupon Capt. Davenport went in
without a pilot and anchored. Consul Sharkey
th<-n came on board and held a conference with
Capt. Davenport.
Subsequently, however, the Captain General
allowed the mails and pa*sengci^jk> be landed,
but notified Capt. Davenport, tlifcnn future 110
communication would be permitted with Havana
^ t 1 n .
as long as l'urs'jr smttiiwasoti ooaru. uaptam
Davenport I hereupon wrote a le tter to the Captain
General deriving that Smith was the author
of the offensive articles, ami raiding that Uajit.
Porter had already formally denied the same
charge. The Captain General then gave permission
to all the officers to land, with the exception
of Smith ?but they all declined.
Uailuoad Ikox.?The recent rise of all kinds
of railroad iron in England, and, consequently,
in the United States, will bring an influence to
bear upon Congress in favor of the entire repeal
of the duty upon that article, which will probably
l>c irresistible. The passage of the bill, at
the ch.se of the last session, extending to the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, ia this
State a credit of five years on the duties payable
upon their rails, is the initiatory stop toward
the consummation of this policy.
The protective interest, however, will oppose
this application for relief I'rotn burthens which,
as ihoy will allege with plausibility, b:ar equally
' upon all. It will be one of the most important
questions of the session.?South Carolinian.
Rank ok ciiaiilfstox, S. C.?At a meeting
of the Hoard, hold Monday morning, the following
gentlemen were c!cct?*d Directors. A. G.
Ui.io Ivor Rovce. G. A. Trctthelm. W. II. Gilli
land, J. S. Bowie, T. L. Wragg, J. K. Sass, Henry
Gourdiu, L. M. Wiley, Win. Bull l'ringlo,
.Alex. Robertson,Chas. T. Lowndes, W. C. Courtney.
At a meeting of the Board, held yesterday
afternoon, A. G. Rose, esq., was unanimously reelected
President.? Charleston M? retry.
'J'hk Goi.o Diggings of Australia.? Australia
advices have leached England by the overland
mail. From Sydney they reach to the 20th
Julv, being four weeks later than those previously
received. From l'ort Philip they are to the
17lh of July. In each case they fully confirm
the recent statements regarding the yield of gold
in New South Wales and Victoria. As regards
the Mount Alexander Mines, in the latter colony,
I it appears that the escort for the week ending
I the July w;is expected to bring 100,000
ounces, leaving 40,000 ounces in the Commissioners
lent to ho brought on the next occasion.
From the iiilluencc of those supplies the price
had fallen to GOs.or 02s. per ounce, although the J
miners being now rich, were generally indispos- ,
oil to pii -s sales. It was estimated that there ,
was at least . 1,000,000 of unemployed money
in the hands of laborers. At the various mining
localities of Now South Wales the result contin
ueil to l?o increasingly satisfactory, altlioii<rli the
reports from the sister colony caused everything
like ordinary success to l?e treated with indiflfcr- '
i once. Several parties connected with the com- '
panics formed in London had arrived at Sydney, 1
! ami had proceeded to the Hatliurst district. 1
The markets were cleared of most kinds of '
' provisions as fast as arrivals took place. Wheat '
was 8s. (!d. per l.mshel, Hour 23/. per ton, and '
hay <?/. l?or ton. (Jold at Sidney was higher '
than at Port Philip, the quotation being C4s. for :
the 'J'uron gold, and 05s. for that of Mount Alexi
and' r. Tic l'ort Philip accounts olWho prosI
p.cl- of tiie wool crop are very unfavorable, and '
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corroborate l!i<* r<tn::\rk.-? in a l"tf/-r ijubteJ a few
I ,vs luck. 4'Whole flocks," it i; -ai l, "will bo
l.ivci: t ' the f>r slaughter, an ! the
!!(;' ' am! the fat. will ta burnt."
' On many stnti'-ns nr-xt season no attempt to
hear sI;C-".*|* will be niad"I.i tact it so*, ms that
labor of any kind was almost wholly uiij-.rr.curaLii'.-.
Anion* other curious circumstances connects!
w ith the state of the .markets, it is mon?nr!ift
xv a a
LiUIK'l.S I i I'll. tii? J ' ivv* v? wkwiw ??v 4v?.iw7/?m?v ?. *?..r
?!J0 a thousand, and it was believed that both
bricks and c?als would be profitably imported u
from England.
The editor of one of the local papcrs states that
it only rc'jiiiros proper machinery to work the ^
[uartz, in order to develop the surpassing; richness
of this portion of the Australian go!J fields,
j he total shipments of gold to the 26th July had
been ?l,So9,745, reckoned at the price of Cos.
peroz. Gold was selling at 63s. Gd. to Cos., nil
the exchanges against gold was 12 nor cent, discount.
The Legislative Council was occupied
with the New Duties IJilh .
The h-tteis from Adelaide, South Australia,
no to the 26th of June, but they furnish little
news of importance. A jierson had claimed the
reward of ?1,000 for the discovery of a gold field
it Urotighton. about 110 miles distant, but an ,
'Xpedition to the spothailprqv/iL.hi? rt-itrvnnnt ~
to be a fabrication. The Adelaide market was
mlirely drained of goods, and many articles
etched higher nominal prices than at Port Phil*
p, owing to the forced circulation of the gold
assayed in the colony. ^ gyp^
Female Education. j
Georgia is proudly called the empire State of
die South. This distinguished appellation she
lias merited ou several accounts. And on none ,t
more deservedly than on account of her rapid
ulvancein educational enterprise. Thegreatncss
a State may he more safely assured in pro- ..m
portion, as the evidence of it is found m the individual
and voluntary creation of her noble acts.
We leave out of our cause of congratulation, all
jf Georgia's noble doings in rail-roads, politics,
md manufactories, and confine our remarks entirely
to the one great subject of education.
Georgia has four male colleges; one of State
creation, three of voluntary contributions. : These
Colleges have iiuder their care about four i""j
liuudred young men from several States, butchiefly
of her own sons.
Our object is, however, to cali the public mind
to the proud fact, that there is not a sister State
in the South?if there is in the Union?with so
many chartered female colleges and Collegiate
institutions. I wili not assert it, but for the pre- sent
it is my belief, that what now teal's the
distinguished name of the Wesleyau Female ?
College, was the first institution in this great 1
country, ever erected for the dispensation of female
learning, with the powers and privileges of
a chartered college. Many persons now living
can remember well how visionary and romantic \
the scheme was held to be by many. While
others professed to look upon the necessity for ...
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JMUCCUUU WI'IUUII [Ji ITLLV iu tiiu nuuit; imiiu
i!i' v would now upon the notion of educated i:
house servants. And with many there was a '
more censurable ideal bar in the way; that was,
that the female mind was incapable of taking in
any thing like a collegiate scliolarslrip.
The noble project, however, found in Gcor- ?
gia's aspiring sons and daughters, a generous
multitude who enabled its primary friends to carry
it into successful experiment. And so brilliant
and decided has been its developments iu the \
mental culture of. Georgia's lovely daughters,
with not a few from adjoining States, that we
may fearlessly claim for it the enviable honor of *"*
having sent out the impulse which has given
being to some dozen colleges and collegiate institutes
within the State. Noble offsprings,copying
well the maternal plan, and running a brilliant y1?
race with us for a distributive share of that honor |t
which evidently awaits our State?which is, that
by the time she can boast of more miles of railroad
within her territory than any Slate of her
area, she will be able to make a still prouder .
boa-t which will he that she can show more well,
educated ladies, educated too at homo, by her
own sons and daughters, than anv of her sisters.
Of this evorv Southern patriot may, and ought
to rejoice. Thirtv-fivo years ago when I was *4.
commencing the education of my children, and
for years after that, I never knew but two teachers
of a high order whose birth place was South .
of Now York. One of them from Virginia, and
the other from North Carolina, but now Georgia
can appeal to scores, as the illustrious epis- .
ties of her own cherished institutions. Other
states can join us in this pleas'ng exultation.
1.5ut (Georgia is decidedly in the front rank. And
so let us keep.?Southern Christum Advocate.
I >Knr or Texas.?It is stated that Mr. Gouge
author of a work upon banking, is employed in
preparing a statement of the debt of Texas upon
data supplied from the public authorities of that
State. The creditors of Texas will make a vigo- 1
rious effort during the coming session to induce
Congress to assume and pay their demands; and
it will bo found highly important to possess full .*
information upon all the obligations of the Stale
for which our government, can be held responsible.
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A Chinese Newspaper.?In Fekin, a newsii'inni'
iif ovtmot'iliiiarv size is published weekly
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on silk. It is said to have been started more
than a thousand years ago?somewhat earlier
llian the one under the patronage of the " Good
Queen Hess." An anecdote is related to the
effect that, in 1S27, a public officer caused some
false intelligence to be inserted in this newspaper,
for wlii< li he was put to death. Several numbers
the paper are preserved in the Royal LiI
miry at Paris. Thcv arc each ten and a" <iuarLor
yards long. ^
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A short time ago, a young man, clerk in a *
louse in San Francisco, having ?5,000 to spare,
!ent it to China and invested it in rice. lie sold
lie cargo (to arrive) at 22 cents per pound, and
Made tiie handsome sum of ?37,000 by his ope
ation. The purchaser was a Chinaman ; it so
happened that the cargo arrived the very day af,or
it was purchased. TheChinaman made?05,300
on his bargain. The large sum qL?1 02,000
lias therefore, been cleared on an in^ptinent of
55,000. m 'S
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A frc<> public library and museum were opened
at Liverpool on the 18th ult.
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