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PORT GIRSO\, CLilK»li.\E COUNTY, MISS., OCTOBER 5, 184».

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ni Hilary Institute.

Ml SS1SS1PPI Ml LI TAR Y

ni Hilary Institute.

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uRL> OF VISITORS.—The Adjutant

S - 4 ral, t°at'0ier with five tit persons, to

W ' 1 'V appointed by t!»e Executive, to at

•ninations at least once in the year,

1011U 1

i ex »:

(

t0 iftW.

.•ii fj TV.—Incorporated with all the pow

T jmd rights exercised by the Trus

* Faculty of any other College,

i.. Johnson,G eneral Superintendent.

s, Joint Superintendent, and

T

• llnoiueerie.g and ot Natural History,

(t. 11. Johnson, Professor of Natural

al Philosophy.

es. Pro

Prot

and

.. W. A 1 s>i

\ Ki.L, a. m., rroie&sor o: An

' Y'.",., J Modern Languages.

Plaine, a. b., Adjunct Professor of

or of Mathematics.

(i

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I.

M., Fro!)

sor of Ethics

; FT j A.

J It

g..;'es l.cttr

Z Ravies

il. Y. U. Nevus,

r.-q . Prolessor o! Law.

v. m., Principal of the

rr. Teacher in the Academy.

( >t.C. K.

w \y. ti.M NT, Adjutant ot the Institute.

i,l ;i t West Point. [Educated at the

Institute.

-Eine

Mii.'arv

Two hmrire

,5 re«

a:f it

a;,a

,! and thirty-five Cadets, from 15

have entered this Institution

:■ d, in ps-17. It is entirely

! or domination of any sect

liitical or religious. Economy

ntion of a cheap uniform, for

, is rigidly enforced. Every

to select a College guardian,

is brought or received, must

no debt must he contracted

t of such guardian. An In

r the science of the West

i of Polytechnic Institutes,

S:ate

organ i

was

■'a '>.

:ir -v. cither 1"

ad

immer

■ ; .Vf

rojMi

i: 111

oui a.i hi

ni';; w

aiiü

o?

'll -F

mill,

rature of out best < 'olleges,

and superadding

Lingua

a- ;rit* im-ccm

schools of l.a>v and Engineering, near

ijzcs the long-felt desideratum of a Uni

v able tn meet the wants of Western pro

v.liere all may select a

mit their time, means, and

a Univer.-rv

i: study

Je.-tiii:

tl.e l'r dosser of Law, is known

s Courts as a practitioner of great

l! leani ng, long experience, and

minent qualifications,

and discipline of the

and the convenient observation of the

liciai proceedings, offer unusual in

to those who are earnest to achieve

Mr. Davies

the variuin

;iiv. va

vJ fkarader.

ills

- e wii.'leseme exerc

i i-titut

■paieiiLs

Miction as sound I . r.vy

CIVIL ENGINEERING

d practically taught in

'.'Western Military Institute—the Professor,

!Y. Morgan, being one of the tuest skillfu and

fjperienced Engineers in the United States.—

.Yi tue instruments connected with tiiat depart

ure J at considerable cost.

Will be ihu

have been :

id .)> the best quality

IV Superintendent takes the liberty ofstat

tl.it i,c is now offered per month for

tent assistant Engineers, tine of his for

mer pupils receives at this time, SriödU per an

i.uin, as principal Engineer of a rail road now

nisJer construction in Kentucky—whilst others

; trie fame class are receiving, in different parts

tl.e United States, ÇriÜOO, îÿiôÛO, or tslriOÜ a

-•-•sr.a« asr-Ltant Engineer-,

x i- rapidly approaching when there

great demand for

prepared tor that vocation, at the Western Miii

w hiMi'iite.

.VI»!

Hie tim

".i ! be a

as have been

sac

Nothing is hazarded in saving

' al they will readily command jjilriUO or$15ü6

Every man of observation must

gantio enterprise already proposed

"'■i g-ve birth to hundreds of otiicas, tributary to

Tm. The rapid advancement of our whole

-•untrv. and the

annum,

tiiat the

eagerness .of our people for

exploring the hidden resources ol the new States

v!y acquired territory, will give ani

; c scope for ages to come, to the skill and

v'.terpri-e of the Engineer, the Geologist, the

Mineralogist, the Surveyor and the Architect.

men who Lave an aptitude for the Matli

vLVk'ai and Physical sciences, will have a wide

Did opened to them for engaging in an honora

l 'e, a healthful, and lucrative pursuit, for which

' °y may be thoroughly and practically qualified

•a_ a >li<>rt time, and at small expense, at the

•to'.crn Military Institute.

tiie m

Yum

TERMS:

1 * 1 ;e Ai-aJemv,

It) the Col '

$30 per annum.

4Ü "

ege,

KT.Mll

ami use of Arms and

: 3

A.Tl.il

For Fuel

Boarding can be had in

'Tin two to tw

K-n in Barracks, it i» designed to furnish

LLiiuiisat a uni'brm rate. Sludents from a

-tance \v : ! ! be required to board at the Insta

te have no communication with the

■meats.

o '

private families, at

and a half dollars a week.—

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an

■'•yn, except as allowed by written permits.

1't.e nex

September, and continue ten months.

31, 1849.

ion will commence on the first

Au

2-1 in

•■finale Collegiate Institute,

r . GEORGETOWN, AT,

V F JOHNSON

• Principal lias been teaching twenty years,

'•«interruptedly, having occupied important Pro

e >5irsliips in several Colleges in Virginia, (his

native State.) and Kentucky.

. e I'emale Collegiate Institute was organi

f in 1838, and lias enjoyed, without any fluc

tations. an unusual share of public favor, aver

aping, fur the ten years past, about 100 pupils.

It is furnished with a tine Philosophical and

hemieal Apparatus, a Select Library, etc., and

[ Stores unusual facilities to Students of M usic,

i rench Spanish, and the like. It is entirely free

; r, , !n a 'l sectarian bias—the pupils being permit

■ to attend any place ol worship prescribed by

heir parents, and tiie teachers belonging to four

«five different denominations.

• o prevent competition in Dress, Clothing of

a hiiLi.rm style and quality lias been prescribed,

'■'« jewelry of every description prohibited.

<. ,cor getn\vn is accessible by daily Stages and

•^eanibiiats, f r , )m Louisville and Cincinnati. It

16 1 thdes from Frankfort, and is admitted to be

0116 (| f the healthiest locations on the globe.

, A. M., Principal.—The

p . TERMS:

er session, for Board and Tuition,

(, or Mimic,

for French

§80 00

25 00

10 00

, etc., etc..,

U'Pre are many Female Seminaries in the

es b in which the expenses of a pupil may be

.10 or §20 per session less than the above; but

^ very f ew 0 r t| iese> it pj confidently asserted,

K" the fare be found so good—the capital in

'' : - e d so large—and the reputation of the Teach

so distinguished. Aug 31, 1849-2-4m

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Administrator's Notice.

\01 ICE is hereby giv

g'ist Term, A. D. 1849, of the Honor

Z Frobate Court of Claiborne county,

f Ptters of administration on tho estate of

woline M. Curry, deceased, were grant

f J to the undersigned.

All persons indebted to said estata are

. ere f°re hereby notified to make immedi

; o payment to the undersigned, and those

•taring claims against the same, are like

'•se notified to present them, dulyauthen

'-Med, within the time prescribed by law,

ihey will be forever barred.

W. S. WILSON, Adm'r.

August 31, 1819. 1 -6t

that at the Au

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SS1SS1PPI Ml LI TAR Y

riFIC AND LITERARY

SCIE A

-'ear Raymond Ilinds County.

rrUIK plan and discipline of the School, also I

the text books ami uniform worn by the I

Cadets, are the same as that adopted at the Uni

ted States Military Academy at West Point.

The Faculty has been orgonized, and consists

of fCoL C. II. Goldsborocgh. Superintendent

and President of the Board, Professor ot Civil !

and Military Engineering and General tactics. !

John \ eknon, a. m., Professor of Mathematics

and Natural Philosophy. n „

G. W. Gibbons, a. b., Professor of the Ancient ,' K

Languages and English l iterature. i \ ,lc

A. 11 annum. Professor of Moral and Mental i £ Ild

Philosophy, and Principal of the Preparatory {' I ar

Department Her

A. D'Asbrasp, Professor of the French Lan

guage and Drawing. . Llcs

.

In

•j Educated at West Point.

0 , . ... , . , But

he Students, on entering, will be required And

to bring with them one trunk, one clothes bag. j The

six s orts, three pair drawers, six pair socks, two Arc

b.ark storks, two pair high-quartered shoes, one j The

tin tumb.i-r, «ne tooth brush, small tooth comb, llis

hair and blacking brushes, and blacking-all to The

be marked with the name in full or initials. And

1 he session wid commence on the 1st Sep- .

tomber, 1819. ; An

EXPENSES.

A

The expenses of a Cadet, including board, i The

tuition, furnishing uniform cioti.es, caps, books, j Just

stationery, use of arms, fuel, lights, washing.' Light

mending, &x., for five months, (one session.) To

will be - ..... §120 j And

These articles are fixed to a fair and equita- ! To

ble limit, with no extra charges at. all, and are

the same as those of the Alabama Military In

stitute.

But

!! j The School is now open for tho reception fi*'

of Students, of from 10 to "1 years of age. l|vr

The expenses of opening the institute being God

very great, and faking individually on the Su

;

! And

perintemient, payment lor first se

required in advance.

Visiters.— The Governor of the State; Hon 1 ™.

W A Lake, N D Coleman, Esq.. Vicksburg; E ; J,"

11 Stone, Esq., Hinds county; T J Wharton, * 4

Esq . Raymond; Col Win Smith, Clinton; Maj I ^

J B Peyton. Raymond; Col Legrand, Ilinds co.; !

Il T Archer. Es<i., Fort Gibson; Dr D M Dan- |

rev. Raymond; E 11 Coleman, Madison; R M

Gaines, Esq , Natchez; Rev 7. Butler. Fort Gib- |

son; Gen J M Du die Id, Jackson; Gen F Henry. 1

Madison; Gen C M Frire, Jackson; Gen T J '

Holmes, E Mason, Esq., Vicksburg; Hon J M ;

Taylor, Clinton; Maj Gt-o Work, Ilinds; Dr T J '

Catchings, Bolton's; B 11 Beauchamp, Esq., j

Utica; A II Green, Esq.. Newtown; J A Scott. |

Washington county; il W Vick, Vicksburg; E I

Montgomery, Madison county; U Ilinds, Jeffer- j

son county; Gibeon Gibson, Warren county. |

ion will be

1

COURSE OF STUDIES.

Preparatory Dcpartmmt .—Latin Grammar.

(Ambon's.) Latin Reader, C.'a'sur, (Anlhoii's,) j

Virgi', (Authnn's) four books, Greek Grammar j

and Reader, Saliu.-t, Geography, (Mitchell's,) j

and use of the globes; History, (Willson s.) 1

English Grammar, (Bullion's.) Arithmetic and I

Elementary Algebra, (Davies'.) Composition,!

Elocution, and Tactics, as applied to Drilling,!

Reading and Writing perfectly.

Fourth Class —

cero's Orations, Greek Reader, Xenophon's An-1

abasis, Bourdon's

Grammar and C'iisrh

ing, (Geometrical

Surveying and Geometry, Astronomy, History. !

Composition, Elocution, and Tactics, a» applied j

to the school of the soldier.

Third Class— Sophomore.— Juvenal, Horace, ;

Majora, 1st and rid vol, the application of Alge- j

bra to Geometry, Trigonometry, Natural Philo- ;

sophv, rid part of Drawing, (landscape in pen- !

t il, a-c.,) French and Spanish Languages, As- j

tronomv. Rollin'« History of English Literature, i

Modern and Ancient History, the use of the i

small Sword and Tactics, as applied to the du- :

ties of commissioned and non-commissioned of- j

Freshman. —Livy, Virgil, Ci- j

corn, Levizac's French j

XII, first part of Draw- ;

A !.

' i

ami Topographical.) Davie»

l,C !Second Class—Junior .—Cicero de OlTiciis,

Tacitus, Euripides, Horace, Descriptive Gcoin- i

etrv, Davies' Shades and Shadows niai i'erspec

live Analytical Geometry, Mora! anil Mental !

Philosophy, Geology, Chemistry, 3d part Draw- tfle

ing, (human figure.) French and Spanish Lan- :

g uages, use of Ordnance and broad Sword, and j

l aetics, as app.Ld to the duties m the Lata ion j ta

lommiiu. , p. . i of

lurst Class — Senior .— Moral cv Menta, i m-,

losopl.y, Belles Lettres, Military and Civil Engi-.

neerinfj, the attack, approach, am! defence of to

for itled places, General Drawing, Different In

tegral Calculi, General History of the United j f

.States, Ancient Geography, Political Economy ,

o! Nations, and the Genera! Militär} a

and f

Science, as instructed at West Point.

UI1AS. B. GOLDSBOROUGH, .

Superintendent M. M. I.

of

ori-oin

August 24,1819.

Land For Sale.

Land For Sale.

HE undersigned will spll, at private

sale, G00 or 800 acres oi the tract of

land, in Jefferson county, known as the

"Prospect Hill" tract. 'I hrec hundred a

eics of the land offered for sale is cleared

and under fence. A few buildings are on ;

the tract, also an excellent spring of water, i

The location is exceedingly healthy, and is

about 7 or 8 miles from Fort Gibson. i

For further, particulars the undersigned

refers persons desiring to purchase, to Col.

R. Parkinson, of Port Gibson, or George

Torrey, Esq., of Jefferson county.

ISAAC R. WAVE.

Sept 21,1849. 4-.t j

Fayette ITatchtower copy to 1st Nov.,

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and charge advertiser.

j

Lumber! Lumber!!

RE subscriber has just landed at Port j

Gibson, a large supply of Lumber,

consisting of Scantling, VVeathcrboarding, j

1$, U and 2 ' ncb l da »fc-—Persons wish-{

ing to purchase Lumber, will please call

Mr. James Smith, who is my authorized

agent. All orders for Lumber, of any de

scription, left with Mr. S., or sent to the j

mill, will be promptly attended to.

L. DISHAROON,

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July 13, 1849.

Ranger's JSotice.

AS taken up as estrays, by J. Hundly, ;

on the Graddick plantation, two steers,

to wit: one is of brown color, with a crop

and half crop in each ear, branded A H on

right hip, and about 9 years old. The other

is of a red color, under half crop in the

right ear, crop and half crop in the left ear,

about 9 years old, no marks or brands per

ceivable. Also—A sorrel filly, about 3

old, about 12 hands high, no marks

w

years

brands perceivable.

The owner or owners

;ribed strays will comply with the law and

take them away, or they will be sold ac

cordingly. W F EISELY, Ranger.

Sept 21, 1849.

or

of the above de

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i \ ,lc . d . u, T led " aves , i;l Pf e t,n 'j 10 st ™» d >

i £ Ild ri PP ,u £ *»•« the diamond sand:

{' I ar out tho '' lld £ ,dl 0,1 the " ave

Her snowy bosom stoops to lave,

breeze, and alî the s

. Llcs lu!ld in s "oet tranquility!

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POETRY.

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THE SEA---In Calm and Storm.

BY A. B. MEEK.

In sunny cove and crescent dell,

ea

But now away, the waves are stirred,

And shrieking, darts the wiid sea bird,

j The snow-cans on the billows' verge

Arc tossed iu furv } )V the sur . re _ 3

j The storm is up,'and o'er the deep

llis angrv I)inio , w rushing sweep,

The breakers crash along the shore,

And echo back the thunder's roar!

.

; An hour agone, upon the sea,

A gallant ship swung merrily—

i The morning breeze, in odors sweet,

j Just dallied with her canvass sheet;

Light hearts leaned o'er her pictured side,

To watch the cleft waves round her glide,

j And song and laugh rose on the breeze,

! To bless the sabbath of the

seas!

But now the storm!—the mighty storm!

Bursts'round that vessel's fragile form!

fi*' r shivering spars are snapp'd in twain,

l|vr hulk drives madly o'er the main—>

God help her crew—-their gurgling cry

Beals faintly through the thundering skv!

; She's dashed ftpon the craggy shore,

! And sinks amid the breakers' roar!

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; J," hns th °. f Vj llc bn b rh, I Uhie sea!

* 4 he home ol liign hearts bold and lree.

I ^ mUi8 *" u ' r ZZ'- '' ke U bn , de ,'.,

! ". rec A 1 t:dl s!l JI' s p^-lul glide;

| at las,lt ' d to lur - v b >' i "■•«storm,

Ip mountain waves her breast deform!

| proudest strength quails at her nod

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The Golden Bowl is Broken.

BY. A. B. MEEK.

The golden bow l is broken,

That held love's rosy wine;

The last fond words are spoken,

That bailed thee once as mine;

We're fated now to sever,

Yet, on the land or sea,

By day or night, forever,

My heart will kneel to thee!

Though the golden bowl be broken,

My heart w ill kneel to thee!

The silver chord is silent,

That thrilled beneath thy hand:

As in some desert island.

Amid my hopes ! stand!

But yet, where'er 1 wander,

Thy beauty I shall see,

And as the past I ponder,

My heart will kneel to thee!

Though the silver chord be silent,

My heart will kneel to thee!

Oil! each imperfect token

Is vain my love to tell:

Though the golden bowl be broken,

And the silver chord as well;

Fond memory will cherish

The dreams so dear to me,

And, till each pulse shall perish,

Mv heart will kneel to thee!

Though the golden bowl be broken,

Mv heart will kneel to thee.

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tfle best coffee in the market; wash it very

: clean, and toast it the color ol a golden brown,

j nit no t a deep shade by any means. _

j ta j. e ^ w Jjftes of three eggs to each pound

i of coffee, mhf very carefully with the coffee

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while it is warm, and immediately transfer

to earthen, vessels, tying them over with

bladders to render them air-tight. Take

j f rom these vessels sufficient coffee for one

, nia ' K j nt r on j v al a time; grind it; place it in

a fine muslin bag; suspend it about midway

the pot; turn on the boiling water, put on

7b Make Good Coffee.—b irst procure

Then

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cover to prevent the escape of steafn. Ly

tliis mode the coffee will be very strong,

but it is best to reduce it by the addition

of boiling hot milk, when it will form a

most delicious, as well as nutricious bever

diflerent, indeed, from that which

a g e> ver y

j ®p ro( l uce ff by boiling the ground coffer in

vvatcr _ Anc ) t 0 be convinced of the fact

t j iat py t b e above method, which is simply

j n fi( S ion, all the virtues of the coffee may

; p c 0 btained, it is only necessary to take the

i ( ] rt .g S feft j n the bag, and boil them in water

p or a considerable time; the result will lea

i black, bitter, nauseous, feverish, woody ex

,tract, without a trace of the fine flavor of cof

p ce> an( j answered to the name by which it

j ny," namely,

'F] ie making of tea is by infusion, not de

! coclion . Who ever thinks of boiling tea?

s known on its first introduction into use,

according to the account published in the

i eighth volume of the "Ilarleian Miscella

the devil's black broth!"

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The following aneedete of female devo

j tionand Christian inhumanity, is related in

Soon after

j the Pennsylvania Inqnirer.

the commencement of the campaign, a

j Hungarian officer was taken prisoner, tried

hy a court martial, and condemned to be

executed at the expiration of twenty-four

hours. He was betrothed to a young lady,

the flower of her sex in beauty, and every

j thing else that constitutes female excel

fence. She made her way to his cell; she

prevailed upon him to exchange clothes

with her, to pass the sentries and escape.

: He succeeded, and reached his camp in

j safety."

Thus far we have a beautiful in

of that devotion which abides in

; stance ,.

the female heart towards the ooject of her

attachment. But niark tne sequel. "At

the period allotted .or the execution of the

officer, he was missing, and m Ins stead

was a beautiful and dev oted betrothed,

Did her heroism did her romantic con

duct soften the heart of the Austrian Gen

eral Haynau? No; a file of soldiers was

ordered out; she was tied to a stake; and

were bandaged, and she was

her eyes

brutally and inhumanly shot!" War, even

in its mildest form, exhibits "man's inhu

manity to man," but when exhibited in

such a form as this, it makes the soul thrill

with horror.

Nash. Ban.

[From the Jackson Southron.]

Father Mathew's Visit South.

! and

! ed

Mr. Editor: The abolitionists of Mas

sachusetts lately attempted to get Father ! Wl11

Mathew to attend one of their meeting^ ! * n

which he had the good sense and good

taste to positively refuse to do. In order | S

to spite him for this, and prejudice him in 1 * ors

the South, these fanatics forthwith re-pub- i std

lished a letter addressed, several years

ago, by O'Connell, and signed by Father of

Mathew and 70,000 other Irishmen, to I

their countrymen in the United States, i cal

urging their co-operation with the aboli

tionists! This foolish and impertinent

missive, of course, instead of attaining the | * n

object designed, only excited ridicule and : and

contempt at the time; and I am happy to! ^

see by the following, that Father Mathew ; a

has lived loii£ enough to become heartily I

ashamed of it himself. Instead, however, I

of desiring to see the great Temperance I v

Reformer "kept away from the South, as !

suggested by the Mississippian, would it on

not be better policy, Mr. Editor, to encour-1 and

a (r e him to come; so that he mi (r ht stc and ■

judge for himself, with his sterling <r 0 od ■ * n

sense, how much letter the slaves °of the !

South are cared for, and provided with the i ur

substantial comforts and necessaries of life ' ba(

than the "toiling millions"" of Europe? ;

The apology for his lending the influence 1

of bis name tothat impertinent and ill-con- hïct

sidered appeal, may be found, j« part, in

his total ignoiance of the subject of which

it treated; and the contrite spirit evinced .

in his interview with the abolition organs,

as faithfullv reported in the annexed letter I 0,1

signed by 'Win. L. Garrison, may Le con-1 g

At all Î '

sidered as an indirect atonement,

events, lie is u gentleman of too much good !

sensé not to unlearn the crude prejudices '

of his early education, when he shall see, j

with his own eyes, how foolish and unfoim- j

ded they were. It would be a great pity, | he

indeed, that his usefulness should be limit- j

led to any section of our Union by quoting j at

against him one foolish (and, it appears, he

repented of) act, in the crowded incidents j

of a life devoted to the noblest purposes of j

humanity—the reclamation of his fellow- j

men from the worst habit and greatest evil ;

which have ever afflicted the human race, as

Hoping, in justice to a great philanthropist, !

vou will publish the enclosed in the

"Southron," 1 remain your friend.

a temperance man.

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FATHER MATHEW ON ABOLITIONISM,

Un 1 nday monimg, July dî, Dr. 11. I.

Howaitchaml myselt went to the Adams ;

Housc, m order to obtain an introduction

to Father Mathew, and to be sure that the

interview between father mathew and

THE BOSTON ABOLITIONISTS.

, .

participate in the celebration of that great

and glorious event, the entire abolition ofj

British West India slavery, failed not to !

letter of the committee, inviting him to

be put into Ids hands. Fortunately we !

found him disengaged, and were intro- j

duced to each other bv our esteemed friend, >

William A. White, ôfWatertown. What j

transpired during the interview, (which |

was a very brief one, as we felt unwil-j

ling to trespass upon his time, and as ;

we immediately perceived that the object

of our visit was not particularly agreeable [

to him,) was substantially as follows: j

.

Iun.mg to me, Father Mathew sa.d: |

"Mr. Garrison, your name is very fanit-j

•> smiling, "lam >

ne what notorious, though not as } et j

very popular. He then added: °JJ j

have some very wärm friends in Cork. ,

l told him I "as aware ol the fact, and ■

also that in Dubltii and many other paits

of Ireland, there were many w ao deep y

simpathized wit.i the anti-slavery move

ment tn this countiy. After expressing

the strong desire 1 had felt to see him du

ring my last visit to Ireland, and my great

disappointment in not being able to visit

Cork, I said: "In addition to the pleasure

of taking you by the hand and welcoming

you to America we have come to extend

to you, m behalf of the Massachusetts An

ti-Ela\ery Society,an invitation tobe pres

ent at the celebration of toe anmversaty

of Bntish West India emancipation, at

W orcester, on I nday next. Ileie is a

letter co itainingan invitation in an official i

shape, which you are requested to reau at,

your leisure, and answer as you may j

think duty requires. Taking the letter,

with some agitation and embarrassment of

manner, he said, gesticulating in somewhat

deprecative manner, as though an indecent

or unworthy proposition had been made

to him —"I have as much as I can do to

liar to me." " Y

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save men from the slavery of intemperance,

without attempting the overthrow> of any

other kind of slavery. Besides, it would

not he proper for me to commit myself on

a question like this, under present circum

stances. I am a Catholic priest; but being

here to promote the cause of temperance,

I should not be justified in turning aside

from my mission, for the purpose of sub

serving the cause of Catholicism. "True,

you would not," I replied, "for in the ca

pacity you would occupy very narrow

ground, and be acting for a sectarian object.

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But I do not perceive any r analogy in the

euse supposed to the one presented to you.

1 he cause of liberty and emancipation, j

like that of temperance, covers the whole j

ground of humanity, and is as broad as the !

whole earth; and, therefore, you may as

freely advocate the one as the other.,' "O," i

said he, "I am not in favor of slavery, I

should never think ofadvocating it—though

I don't know as we can say that there is

any specific injunction against it in the S

Scriptures." "Oh!" said I, interrupted i

hun, and placing my hand on my heart, "the j

injunction is here—inside of every human j

being." "Catholic priests are not in favor !

of slavery," he replied. "Do you intend

visiting the Slave States?" 1* inquired;

and on receiving an affirmative answer, I

s f,i \ 4 rf ieM r u fr fm J

at the South, Catholic priests and Catho

lie laymen, who are slave-holders and

slave-buyers." In order that there should

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be no room for misconception, I distinctly

said to him, "The abolitionists have no wish ;

or design to divert you, from the great

mission which you have come to America |

to prosecute; on the contrary, they feel a ;

deep and lively interests in that mission,

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it

and desire that your efforts may be crown

ed with abundant success. But they

trust that while y°« are in the country, you

Wl11 occasionly find an opportunity, both

n public and private, to admonish your

countrymen to be true to liberty, and to

S IVC no countenance to slavery or its abet

ors ' f° r there is a great need of such coun

std * as tbe y are giving the weight of their

religious and political influence to the side

of slavc P ower - The y hold the key of the

Wave's dungeons, as the ballance of pohti

cal P ower » in their hands. Moreover, the

anniversary of British \Y est India eman

cipation was deemed by

n "'hich you would feel a special interest,

and nii ? ht participate with great propriety,

^ e bave not forgotten that, seven years

a g°. an address was sent from Ireland,

signed by Daniel 0 Connell, Iheobold

Mathew and seventy thousand others, in- j

v °king the Irishmen and Irishwomen in ;

America to join with the abolitionists, as the j

on b' tnIC and consistent friends of liberty, |

and we feel, therefore, that we are not

therefore intrusive, hut rather warranted,

* n asking you to renew an appeal so im

portant, and to which they have given little

ur »«> heed." "O," said he, as if the act

ba( l b>n " since passed from his memory ol

into oblivion, "I do now recollect that'l

' ttn address; and I also rcccl- ~

hïct that, at that time, it subjected me to a j

^ood deal of odium." This was said as w

he had winced under it —under odium

easf b U American traffickers in human

Jhsh! Of what, then should he be proud l'

0,1 earth? Such odium he should have

g loricd >'b as ll >e evidence of his fidelity to

'- be cause down-trodden humanity.

us an event

Finding nothing was to be gained In

protracting the interview, and feeling

deeply saddened by the result, we took

our leave, again expressing the hope that

he would attentively read the letter we

had just put into his hands, and answer it

at his earliest convenience. To that letter

he has nut had the courtesy to make any

reply.

I have endeavored to state what was

said at this interview by Father Mathew

and myself with as much verbal accuracy

as possible, and believe that 1 have not

only given the substance, but nearly the

exact words of the conversation between

us. What gave me special surprise, and

inflicted the deepest wound upon iny spirit,

was the apparent lack of all sympathy for

the slavc—of all interest in the anti-sla

very movement. Y ot a syllable fell from

his lips expressive of pleasure that the

American slave has his faithful and devo

f C j nc l VO cates—or of joy at the emanci

palion of eight hundred thousand bond

men in the British isles! It is with great

sorrow of heart that I lay these facts before

America, Ireland, and the world,

WM. LLOYD GARRISON.

l >' n tb - ; s proceeding, the Albany Eve

ldn g^ Journal remarks:

" b a ' tber Mathew came to this country on

al) erraIld uf lb e truest Philanthropy. Ilis

benevolent labors are required in every

P art rd tb< -' ^ nion. All classes ol citizens

ai Y dee plv interested in the success of his

mission. And to ensure that success—to

o' ve lbc fullest eflect to lus efforts—it is

essential that his voice should he raised

singly, in behalf of Temperance. No other

f , uosticn can be safe! minglcd with the

great and sa!utary reform 0 f which Father

> Mathew is the Apostle. Conscious of the

j j m p nr t auce 0 f avo iding all "entangling al

j liances," Father Mathew himself has steer

, cd c j t , ar of the currents and eddies, the

■ roc ] cs alld the shoals upon which his Cause

might receive damage. And good men,

everywhere, have lent their aid in exempt

j n g him from embarrassment and collision,

there is a class of men in and about

.. Messrs< Uoyd Garrison, Wendell Phil

lips> F . J ar kson, &c., are not willing that

t },i s Reformer should he left at liberty to

jjff use Hie blessings of Temperance all

ovcr the Union. They as Abolitionists,

j nv j tc( j p a t] le r Mathew to attend an Eman

i c jp a t; on Celebration. This invitation, as

none knew better than themselves, could

j

Boston who mix bitter ingredients with all

descriptions of medicine—who, if they es

pouse a good cause, do it in so had a spirit

as to render the cause odious and them

selves hateful.

not be accepted without setting one-half of

the States of the Union against the benevo

lent mission of the Apostle of Temperance.

Father Mathew wisely hesitated. The

fanatics called upon him and urged an ac

ceptance which he felt constrained to de

cline. And then, in a spirit utterly at war

with all their professions, they republish

a circular signed several years ago by Fath

er Mathew, in common with seventy thou

sand Irishmen, opposed to Slavery'. This

publication, if it accomplishes the malig

nant object of those who reproduce it, strikes

a fatal blow to Father Mathew's usefulness

throughout the Southern States. And this

atrocious—this infernal outrage, is perpe

trated by the professed friends of Temper

i ance!

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Georgia Baptists. —Through thekind

ness of some friends, we are placed in pos

session of the "Minutes of the Twenty

j eighth Anniversary of the Georgia Baptist

j Convention, held at Athens, Ga., on the

! 18th, 19th, 21st and 22d of May, 1849."

it contains the report of the different com

i niittees, etc., etc., together witha Summa

ry Report of the Associations, Churches,

number of Members in Georgia, which we

give below:

S

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j Baptised last y

! Gain of Convention Associations

Gain to Convention

Loss of Anti-Mason Associations

^ a ! n -^® socd:ltion . s

SïïîïîSîKS 5

Number of Ordained Ministers

Number of Licentiates '

Number of Associations

Number of Churches in Georgia

Number of Church members

56

1105

67,068

5732

ear

3187

5239

322

1183

4159

583

292

By comparing this report with that of

j agt year, we see that the denomination is

; on the incr ease in this Stat e.—Griffin {Ga)

Whig.

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; CF'Gen. Taylor returned to Washing

ton on the 8th September.

A Game of Euchre.

One will meet, in the south-western

country, with some odd characteis as can

be produced in the four quarters of the

globe. To note their peculiarities and

study their characters, would be as unend

ing an occupation as was that of he who

sought the philosopher's stone.

I have often been amused, and not un

frequently been instructed, by these notings

of human character, as developed among

our rougher men of the backwoods. And

it is no waste of time, I opine, this study of

singularities in people who are emphati

cally peculiar in themselves; for rough and

uncouth as they may be, beneath the

homespun shirt beats many a heart whose

pulsations are warmer and quicker than

the bosoms of others, more tenderly reared,

have ever known. Cut to my story,

It was a sweet, balmy morning in April

last, that I took passage on the "C, ncordia" |

for one of the up river landings. As is

the case on most of our packets, the com

pany was a pleasant one—sociable, and

tolerably well acquainted. It was uodifi»

cult matter, therefore, to 'insinuate' a social

game of Euchre by way of relieving the

monotony of the trip. A tall, hardy son

ol the woods, roughly clad, and with his

rifle hard by in a corner had been sitting

~ pnr b\. with a liull-f tsconsoiate, half-deci

ded look, during most of the game, aim

w - as finally invited, when a v acant seat oc

curred, to "take a hand,

"If you mean that game," was the re

l' J V, "1 tell you no, sirs.

I he reply was given in so emphatic a

manner and with such fervor of feeling,

that all felt a curiosity to know the canes

of his antipathy to this favorite game of

our country.

He was interrogated, therefore, to this

end and effect.

"Well, you see, gentlemen," he replied,

"I was first raised in Old Kaintuck, and

the only game we ever played there was

Old Sledge. Now the Jack was'some' in

that. You see father and me came down

the lower Mississip on a trading trip, and

brought a most almighty fine horse along

with us. 1 thought a heap of that boss,

gentlemen, I did! Well, father got a play

ing with some fellers one night, and I got

sleepy and went to roost. About midnight

I heard father come into the room a cuss

in to hisself mightily. Says I "Old man,

what's the fuss?"

"Well," says he, drawing a powerful

breath,'I've lost the boss, Bill, a playin'

them dein cards.

"A playin' cards'." says I, for I knew

he was a team—"an' who beats you at

Old Sledge," says he, a sorter drawing

up his dignity—"it was another sorter

game from that. They call it Yuker, 1

rather reckon, for the Jack—yes, the Jack

tuck the Ace like a d — n! That's what

got me, and that's what lost the boss, Bill!

"Gentlemen, I don't play Yuker, myself

I don't, gentie-mcn/"

And with this ebulition he stalked away,

but the scene is as vividly before me as at

the time of its occurrence.—Y. York Sprit

of the Times.

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From the Vicksburg Whig, Sept. 22d.

Destructive Fire.

Between 2 and 3 o'clock on yesterday morn

ing, the alarm of fire aroused our citizens to

contend with one of the largest conflagrations

with which our city lias ever been visited. The

flame was first discovered in a frame building,

on the corner of Washington and Green streets,

occupied by Mr. S. C. Field as a grocery store

and dwelling. Very soon the whole east side

of the square on Washington street, between

Grove and China, was wrapped in flames, and

is now. in common with about half a square

on each of the latter streets, and several build

ings on the west side of Washington street,

reduced to heaps of smouldering ruins,

we are not compelled to chronicle a larger de

struction is owing partly to the great exertions

of our citizens and Fire Companies, and part

ly to the recent removal of the wooden front

of the old Washington Hotel, by Mr. Samuel

i.uin, who intends to erect a substantial brick

in its place. A large proportion of the build

ings consumed were not very valuable, being

old and much dilapidated; and while we regret

w hatever loss their owners and tenants might

have sustained, we cannot but remark that the

city will be soon benefitted by shapelier build

ings in their stead.

One of the chief losses by this fire is the

large and fine building belonging to the Messrs.

Genella, and filled with a large assortment of

china, crockery and hardware. It seems al

most a miracle that the adjoining Drug store

belonging to Mr. O. O. Woodman w as saved;

but we are well assured that it was done by

some of the hardest working that ever was

seen at a fire.

There is a little mystery and some suspicion

about the origin of the fire, but we do not feel

authorized to give publication to the rumors

with which the streets are rife.

More than twenty buildings were burned.

The following from an extra Sentinel is as com

plete a list of the sufferers as we can give at

the time we write:

J. & A. Genella'crockery, china and variety

store—furniture, &e.

Wm. M. Moore, family grocery.

Samuel Lura, wooden tenement and large

lot of lumber.

S. B. Harwood, magistrate's office.

James Gwin, family grocery.

A. Hart, coffee-house.

Samuel Garvin, dwelling.

S. C. Field, family grocery.

Mr. McLean's boarding-house.

Thomas Sheppard, carriage shop, house fur

niture.

Mrs. MeGehee, milliner shop.

Mr. Kittell, tailor shop. •

Mr. Steele, confectionary,

-cabinet shop.

J. B. Hedrick, paint shop.

Miazzi, confectionary and fruit store.

Henry Lee, barber shop.

H. J. Helmer, clothing store.

Louis I'erani, coffee-house.

Lawrence Genella's coffee-house, (large buil

ding formerly known as Southern Hotel.)

M. Haughton, saddler.

T. Hannegan, tailor.

Miss Phoebe Byrant, dwelling.

-Gunsmith shop.

A. Gamble, marble store.

Many saved most of their goods and furni

ture in a damaged state.

We cannot give any correct idea of the real

loss, as we find it almost impossible to ascer

tain correctly the amount of insurance.

That

As the sweetest rose grows upon the

sharpest prickle, so the hardest labors bring

forth the sweetest profit.

J. Heuderbert.

The appointment of this individual as Con

sul to Lyons, has furnished a fruitful theme for

small fry Loeofoco editors to dilate upon, and

has also given rise to much useless palaver on

the streets. Though ourself somewhat sur

prised at his appointment, we have never here

tofore alluded to it in the columns of our pa

per, deferring such notice until some satisfac

tory explanation of the matter was obtained.

Believing that the following article from the

National Intelligencer finally disposes of the

matter, we copy it:

The opposition prints have, for some weeks

past, made themselves quite merry at the ex

pense of the Administration for the appoint

ment to an insignificant office of a Mr. Hecde

bert, a naturalized citizen residing in Missis

sippi. The point of the joke is, that Mr. H. had

been the keeper of a restaurât or refectory, or

some such tiling, for the sustentation and re

freshment of the good people among whom he

dwelt in the South: which said calling—seeing

that Mr. II. is a Frenchman, am out? whom the

culinary art is of the highest rank—was not

very surprising or very criminal, even in a

country in which, according to a saying of the

famous orator of Roanoke, though Providence

finds meat, the devil finds the cooks. However,

the worthy Gaul, becoming smitten with a

natural desire to revisit his native land, after

an absence of some twenty years* and being

poor withal, applied to the Government for

some minor employment—such as bearer of

despatches, or small consulate—to enable him

to effect his amiable object. Through the in

tervention of feiends he succeeded, and receiv

ed from the President the small post of Con

sul at Lyons, the emoluments of which, ac

cording to the last official report were less than

a hundred dollars the year. As soon as his

appointment was announced, the opposition

press, with that true Democratic instinct which

measures a man's merit by the quality of his

vocation, opened upon the Administration and

poor Monsieur Heudebert full cry; in fact, if

the President had appointed any defaulting

subtreasurer, with half a million of public

plunder in his coffers, the clamor of these vir

tuous republicans could hardly have been

louder.

We are thus particular for the information of

our readers, who have not before seen any no

tice of the matter in this paper; and we beg

them to believe that we should not have deem

ed it worthy of notice at all but for the reque t

of a friend in the South, who, seeing all tl.e

Loeofoco papers swelling with indignation at *"

the appointment of the humble Restaurateur,

writes us a pressing request that we should

ascertain who the persons are who recommend

ed the appointment, and publish their names.

In compliance with this request, and moved

somewhat by a little curiosity of our own, we

called a day or two ago at the Deparlment of

State, and were very obligingly shown the

commendations filed by Mr. Heudebert in sup

port of his application. Giving more weight

than it. seems they deserved, to the wounded

sensibilities of our Loeofoco cotemporaries,

we confess to some little surprise ourselves at

the appointment of our French fellow-citizen;

but it was nothing to what we felt on opening

the bundle of testimonials which avouched to

the Government the personal merits and de

serving character of the much-abused but wor

thy publican. We really doubt whether the

claims of anv individual for office under this

Government were ever supported bv so impo

sing an array of names, both in number and

respectability, as was fris application of Mon

sieur Heudebert. The recommendations con

sist in part of earnest individual letters from

gentlemen of the first distinction, in several

States, and of both parties—the most promi

nent Democrats as well as leading Whigs. As

for publishing the names, our friend must ex

cuse us; they are too numerous even if we felt

at liberty to do so. He must take our word

for what we state. We only wonder that with

such a host of such backers the worthy French

man let the President off with any thing less .

than a foreign mission; that he did so, must be

ascribed entirely to his modesty.

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Satistics of the Philadelphia Printing

Business.—The following interesting infor

mation in relation to the "art preservative

of all arts" was embraced in a report from

the business Committee of the Franklin

Typographical association of this city sub

mitted at the meeting on Saturday evening.

The report included the number of compos

itors, pressmen, apprentices, and minors

employed in setting type in the daily and

weekly newspaper offices and the hook and

job offices at the present time. The daily

papers, comprising the N. American, Pub

lic Ledger,Inquirer, Evening Bulletin,Dai

ly News, Sun, Pennsylvanian, and Spirit

of the Times, and the German daily papers

Philadelphia Democrat and Free Press—

employ 140 journeymen compositors, 14

pressmen, 12 apprentices, and 4 minors,

making a total of 170 persons. The week

ly newspapers, consisting of the Post,

Courier, Gazette, Christian Chronicle, Po

lice Gazette, Sunday Dispatch, Sunday

Globe, City Item, Scott's Weekly Paper,

Pledge and Standard, Quaker City, Com

mercial List, Episcopal Recorder, Chris

tian Observer and the Episcopal Register,

(semi-weekly,) employ 07 compositors, 5

pressmen, 7 apprentices, and 10 minors,

making a total of GO persons. This list

docs not include the Dollar Newspaper aud

the weeklys published at the offices of the

dailies, and other papers of the same class

printed at the book and job offices. These

offices are 54 in number, and employ 245

compositors, 9Ü pressmen, 52 apprentices,

and 81 minors, making a total of 4GS per

sons. The job offices number 29, employ

ing 24 compositors, (whoalso work at press.)

4 pressmen, 7 apprentces, and 5 minors,

making a total of 54 persons. The whole

number of offices is 99, employing 436 com

positors, 113 pressmen, G9 apprentices, and

100 minors who settype, making a total of

728 persons. As the present, however, is

a full season, and the book offices have not

the usual amount of work, the number of

journeymen compositors is much less than

the average. It is estimated that about 150

of this class are unimployed.

Philadelphia Ledger.

Appropriate Epitaph.—A lady who

had died in Sandusky City, and was laid

out by her friends, was found the night

following standing at the cupboard eating

cucumber pickels. Whereupon the Louis

ville News says:

They left her "a laying" in white,

Prepared for the grave'» quiet slumbers;

But they found her the very same night

A layin' pickled in cucumbers.

CP"Thc rij-er Nile, in a known course of

1250 miles, receives no tributary streams.