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' i. - V . ... - ' a .rv,A -.-4j lt-ti -..'. N.-.- V. , '. ' . V , " V - V.'..---nJh t ,. '. . .-' . AiIe reonwit of an 01.01111 fricXl whd bo- ; CJ.-li 'Jtyi!.'- v-ili. 'w'lhiwing , t , ex tract -Irani arta 1.1 rt. s- v i ... catxu kVvwitjx, delivered ft tho oi1tb annual mcting of JheTMcdieal Shcafy of.'lbi ft .Nor'tU 4Sun . " ' olina, HeM fct Edition JirLv pH iwCV'Wt bm ' a'ui the pUwura'cf ltr..SjJioll acquaintance; but, J'jda.ing.'t' tlif'e'fHerrlw by "thaprint !A VI k ' ' iliroou't and iaoocloii of ritofossiona. arele- pitrtSd. Those who have been aakirdy iut.tram)tt.J in placing them ia tbia unfortunate condition, who huve, with great eclat, crowned tli 'A, with tho highest honor of a medical ool-lcgo,-iuTo tha very first to nsglecj theoj, and to encct atiheai in (aeir pitiable condition.,--Such ydung men,- while tod lato iq discovering their' error, A tlioir hearts cem-ere "their rw MuA' for their'- niUforiiM.A" Taeiinow:"' as all kopwthftl it is tlio ainlnttvft utrugglea of com ,ltf hi m lta,Jl lLi "to irtibla to'VUL j fKtiiioii--thf luvt uf'tawf, rnonVy and numbvra" lub wluvl fHi7 of the jjuwii whom ne niu! i41at iu thtw nmttityui oouU est 1'ft i and w Lnjit t!ia( he ninv crittr- ljr eeooi-d iti rlraiwiiijhft Augean tf nicduaJ chorMtanry of iba vcrmm on !m b bo lian i-bom.'a to wuka t Tho a.'Ootrjtlilii'd physician ia MiMJiiugto tho pomiiiauitT in witch JVjvidcuoo baa cast his lot aa - hato rvan ' gratofullj to uknowlcde : but Biinorali bJisj regeuLla rcuiodioa arw eilgoJ tovll in (biihauJa f tba aninittatodj and it cjoocnia tli'o iuUi wu jof huoianit tlittt all inch iboulu bv clot nlv frowu d down. Hut hen ia tha cxt:ict Lt tb reader juJv fur Jtimavlf, auj fcij'.wbom he frill tru-tt . ; -t .f ., ,"''' Tbg iiBcrfctpreliuii(uaYjr cilucntion t( prac tuui.ua to rJureifurd tho olaini if .bviiuoniyr acicilcc, In the.uothej which aetUAtu f huiat in tlw.se nitittpr. Jtyl tt cwlk'ia reply that they operate 00 tho iuipr;K-t libUjiih! furuiilnd them by the' pro fvaaioii', that it u ar'uh tho profiion tha reform auuKt (owiiieiivo. -'J'his plija of theira U notmifur eient )iro for tha error . of gradutinp young nKn t)iev,do. . 1 hey uuiilil aiidiln'uld place thcwulve i hib uiiil elevated tfnmoda in this IMiprtttot, uinik y aod iht profusion would then riM) to a rrt jpoi:dini( level. - .feverthuli, to)t is tilteit eoiuuiktedy phyaioiaurf in tak ing iiicotiipetciiruua into jjiuir uffieoWNo atudy nrVdiciae. It seetua to mi, th-it many uf im comhiit an error lu rocoumieiidiiijr yonoy urn to rtt"n"t! in thotroTJLinii. witluMit ) nrnniru. tu8f which 1 ' hat Bpolen. Let phvaieiao Pueh wen (iWe libemtity.Tectovatf l ( J. totore occvpiedj'y tu yn-x - , : minded.. - :' - .; - ? - t ;Jvil, wiJa spread eyili Is the it.u want of legal rcotr.ition.of Lia .-. ral acienw, and of thbs -e of aueeis ' feesion. It diioiniahea paMiorewjxvt paalo a a body; and .ten Jit .to, d; i . talented and edueated yoti'ij? nen i f t! from ipngiigiu;! In a i-nl,'...,; hre di, ' noranos ia pluccd u fa "fuii lily v i Oierit aii' knoledgo. 1 1t icttii it , rith niere drooeswith routine j t: with vo who are t60.ti)Jolent to n;t4 atijiate to ham.' "(It. enetmnip a 'Jhnt profe-isioiiiil' dts'iiflgoguewnii whieh( I r Lave Jo atkoowJiclge, e;i fan' tiiu iic the proieAion,': Men who have to. liu" fog and iutcll(v.t'to aoe'Ccd in otli.r often obtain eucfcsita tneilicitid,' Lr Hi authoiity of a dipluma.; ef ;. imfm: Utiouera ia aoulher obstao)tU tho proga of) uiainuin a firm and cictated twattion in I thir medicine.' Here ( am aware I am on ground familiar to tthose who are aouaiiued with the teaoKMitioua of the Amuricaa' JleJicu) .Afii ' tion. Jiut tli Huhjoot ia worthy the conslJera ' toa of tfwte Biudictl bodK's, t well si ourhilv : er aatlooal orguijiiatiim j hu iti jrtar4 iiovrl" 1 aC lomu.ciiJa if u thoantku of all. Modivine' ia au elaborate aeiunce; or ruber it ia the teieaotMf aoiencea. ft is bl tn all the naturaj aeieneea. Vhsu'itry, houny, phyaieul nd-nieuul aviguee, geology and mioei-alogy, aro ail laid uuder CkUtrihutioiii by medical vavnee. 8)we of the finest aHlustrmioua of principle e't - natural philosophy are aeen in the huinan bod v. It U aeil known, that to aetjuire a iuuwledj;e t-f tbeae uatiirul sciences, reijuirea oiiioUil culture, logical acuiiien, capacity to think and investi-nte. Tiie Hiind tuuftt be well truiued bofore it can v grasp theuj. .And y it, young uieu p!ant'o into Uiedieal acience, the wm nuhtlc, comj rehennive, and complicated of all the rcicuces, not only without acknowledge of these natural acienev, but unihle to read the Lutin of tJieit dipluioas, j r to writo. and apeak thpir mother totuue cor rectly. - Auoi)g reguisirly licened praoiiti-uicrs, how many are tuere wf know the buWny ot u.ediual plants t!)e heuiticejut productioes ot uitureru relieve the ill of life; how mauy'undorstaud the acouftic priuciplua uf thjtiLihuscopu, nuw ued by Dearly ereiy physician -f how. iiiuiiy have ver looked turough, or kuow the 'priiu-tplea of con struction of, tlie luicnwcope, Ulai t,idblv auiil iary of nwdern aeitntrfio investigation T ' tJt the fifteen hundred gradiwun tliai anmiVilv rsue from the medicid oolieges of the L'ni.Mi h"uw n, BT are there that have thai uwntal train ins! and Jtoowiedge of these preliminary 'auiaies, ao tudiv pctt ; L't Uienr, oti all occasions, duwuade young uion tiMu tngiiing in the practice .of 9"- uciuo, oft (ht i'r own reKponaibijfty, antif they jJn bo eowa well pounded ju itj prinoipiM, and Jiavo ati-i and fiuied. lurJtV.i-oj-'vf , tl",,ili;''lF" ' ? varVtd pbfwnr.4 of disetwifMi Ju uituont i andwe .bail thus dia,.ha.e a duty we 'ewe to them, U ouraelve?; to our profesiioo, and to tho community. V - , , .,' Anotbi-r eirenaialance militRiinfr ajiinrt tbe pTO-jrew of medical acience ia tbe want of proteo lion to the profiion by leal atatute. Anv one who choosea, uo now praetico mediciueW aur cery. and thOieb . -.pucuu upm h. n ia said tual medi cine oabt to protect tuelf; hut (hi mut variance nun vue uociunua ot poiTleca! economy that bare boon rccogniBcd iu-statu and national legislation, ever finer the acieuce of political economy hal an existence. And auch ia the nature of of med ical ecicnee. that the world at large finds it diffi cult to disotm.inato between it and eu.piriciam A larpe portion, learned aa well a unlearned, of teu hud it dlficnlt to' make a eorrctl estimnte of Hie quiilincationa of profosnionaj men. 1'erhapa in nu proftseions ure there ao many iucceasful mein.a ,d" dclndin and iuiiHwinjj upon mankind a theie are in the tncdicni. Ilente it ia, that medieal acieuce and the public aafety, present impoeins claim upon legislators, to institute au,ch laws as ro mot likely to meet these claims. Ihe moral f.-co of associated nedicnl effort has done mtuli, and U deal ined to do a vast dcal' n-ore, for the profusion and tha niiUm onn.t -J but it ia important and right to add legal sua sion, to aid in siippressing the medical delusions ana iiceinioM.tfs ot the most oQVoilhy moans u olmi ftain popukrity. ; Uuanstulnetl 1 y striv to tnakt the .ifiMeoey hv flint inahirity of ji great ; !) tional medicine fiw WWvri.'i" " hidoi their ignorance in my -n.r i own creation; u. oeiv.! ly i'. vclloue cures never poitur!' isents never ao jm:j )i.t i ; ' onlijiftihing imj' I :t-cn ii j ' pvivat-atthe hmi.iio f corners of streol-f, unl (: i tiy thur, i ytl Tl. eriuu-'h t i ' . , . a i ... .. ' te.!liu.v t . . t-1 .ii . receive crrdLiite 'tu .nUf , rSuch sten liractice metliciue ahi " They constitute the main porliou of t1-' ('' i , , bur,! ea-Jt, 120,000, at tha rate of ( ftupposin tbatsConjeuenoipf at i him two yean to prepare for , eol I I ur years to go through, and tbateaoh -1 ; renda 200 tuore tbao be earns, tbatr ia ill, tl iotertdt. W ttb. diligenco be ii ucu acnootf aiuuy a proreMion, ami pay ail 'i o'l in ahwe yeaia. . Alter that, be has a .' i in.Hmxi'rhut is better 'than any other fr i Hi. i.iiSliw, thut! if xiint be tpittt. It is ' . r lar than ti would be to put $10,000 'juto , u avciage of young men at 21 or awjn at 24. out tho important dad vantage of uu eduoatioit . , (hat it multiplies a uian's pwer of usefulness, ' of acquiring Wealth at a much gtaater ratio . j in p fipoi tioa aa it iaoiubioed with other qqali- j tica, find as be dvanooa in year or bis physical ,-: owers decsy,;;, '". '"-;, ' v ." J l'ur innUinoe, take a Qompietely unedueatcd man. ami it is onlv his honesty and bis nhvuical ! industry that Rivf-a his labor any value in em ! ineroiaf point of view. lie can perhaps mow, or . he can rtip ao muoh (and per day, and be will not Volf at niqljt. but every now mowing and ,a ' renplnar mat bine iutroduoed, pna do his "Work bet- j ' tor and wore quickly, and this yoiirly diminishes j tho value of hi labor, But on tha contrary, all - j Ac.-a improveuienta in the valuo of educated la ! bur, that is of the, meohanie who can C(duhite , ! ns wull as wurk ; the machinist who co form i i ' patterns and adapt mauhimiry to all the wanta of rm:iM hie, rn' comes every ynr more in deumnd 1 - t 1 Loirer piJ, und th arehUeot and engineer ' ' ii i m nie.'ivo yearly imiufliiso incomes. '., i f i -ir.ii'.ui ,U timed with j-reutph)i-' . , i i,' o ilun doubfcB the valua . Lwi n- mail who can, ir'tib the same band , ,v 1..6 p,.m of i luilduu' and assist In ita exe- tliructin-eaeh workman, often NSWS.-OF THE DAY. : 80UTITERN PKESBYTERIAN (NEW , SCHOOL ) CON VEMTIOX. ; This Convention airt In IWubmond en Thnrs day laft, delegates ( 121 in number) being pres ent from J'rsbytenof in Xoonessee, Missouri, tiie times. Whprnver iKa rfiriU ImvA ino.l.a i1l.a1..... 1... ' t 7 - "7 rtoai ooarus or eneouraa science, and t CiiuraKina ioeonipeteiit men frnm nr,.i; t.o .ri.f.tC:..l..n 1, , ..... " . Waya of, our acteucc 1 seed not Bay, tat tortuoius and rugged is the Way ttat leads w a knowledge uf tutiiiciuo.' lie who wiuW revel in the ncli iujturHt that lie waiting wrtbto her goitk-u templer. tuuat espect to do ao, not by, the aria of legerdemain, or the tricks of demag'bism, but by long, laborious, inenut appi.oUtoniiraentlove of liuiti ikill ful iuterpreUtiou of.'tku laws of nature, ia the price he. must pay. I'liav ever-vsrying phenom ena oi iiie, in lua.iu auj aifioc, tiie wioe do main and diversified character ot remedial aren- ijt:lej the sound jidmeot and vetiva -yuipatliics neiary j cvuaiuute a mtectit practice of ' Our Iieaven-bota acjetrci jleujand a cirtttvaaou ut ,.t' . bad imd heirt Th tbUsllnet aw w'lf afti uonl atue nd 'afcictioaa uioaibe'eautited.' That thew nuiiements are net ooavTVld; itat cdocationat dtiUcienciuS are a great cause-artm. - overflowing mtmborf.ia tlie profession; in tppiK , aitioB to that maxim f political eacrioiny, mat tbe anpply should iio 'cxeoeti Iiie demand,. are truths, i regret to say, too obvtoua to be denied. ". lJut it is said that all successful and coiinunt physicians are not thus educated, 'i his ia true; Lot each men are nevei theie educated, liiey may never have been in aa academy, or a college, but they have been trained in the rij;i jicboot ot poverty and self dependtcee, , whicu way have grvea thcui a diseipltne, a power of thought,' and a knowledge of human nature aod tue world at biea "ot . id ways jto bc obta Jhey ars mi at iron wiii and inttciiUe deter mination,' which nothiag can resist; and the very j hardships wuieh theyguderpi, aiiii 6c.Mugia they maJte to supply early and conseiou-i dc'icieu-1 cies. calLittO-Xt:ouittitiun fiabba-j-Wf44rfinoe4. aod mcBlal eOon, lue protesjjion Has been materially improved, and the public safety guarded. I believe the records win near me out m this assertion, as wells in adding, that whenever such laws have, been re pealed, it has bxtn done against the will of tbe f rofetmr and tojit:cal demagogueism. I am aware that aama!l but respectable num ber of prautitioners areVopp-ved to 'the esUblih i men t 'of thee medical toards'; but in the main. im-j nrecuiier locuse wno nave some direct per-, aima! interett in a uiedicaf college, orthojJo lag gards in tbe profewiou who ac unwillinv in weMurs fheir insufficiencies with rfcr. pencrous ! nouiy, oauung iur xneuinl tm pmrtmvat. '' " t ; , I regret that in tlli matter nns. om L..!.!.. tore has exhibited such determined rHaiuunie tn I the pleading of humanity and science. , A'btll 1 1 itliti.i. tlirectin!1 each workman, often makes i. ! thousands thus, and tlie artillery officer who can pal demagognes, who, without went or keowl-1 etimat tbe weak poiuU of an enemy, and: than edjre to suctaia themj aaoeecd by obisiuious manners, ar.a sycoptiaaey to tlie'wvaltby and in fluentiul around tbciu. They have ihet'iunr ncra" or "striken" to aid them ia Wowiag their own trumpets, or in imridioas ell'or's t injury some rival pracuuoner. 'lhey will sieetaa hon oratiio competitor with a simIingtourtenance and warm greeting, and pcrhspa whispet iti" bi ear flattery and professions of friendship. The next day they will Jbe relating "in cotililence," to a eeioct circle, aemo "lie affectinii hi moral or proieasionai cnaraeter. Bring tuem u an jo- countaDiiny, ana tney will manage, like t'le eel, to slip out of it, saving their bodiea from hurm, but leaving their offensive alimd behind The cowardly assasain, who, in the hour of loidvfghf, thrust his stiletto in the heart of his unsuspect ing victim, is not more mean and murdereda in intention than those men, who. with dcoeitful and Ireacherco hearts, base looendoes, ,and a hypocritical shrngginenpof tbe shoulder, would advance themselves by injuring the pewuoid or professional character of some worthy and higb uiinded rival, -it may be eouie Door and deiv- ing young phygioiuns, just sUrtiug out h If there be any class ot demagogues who deserve to be stretched high upon tbe gallows of public condemnation, such medical . malefactors ;e tha men. I fear there are uanv or thorn in North Carolina, with nicely framed diplomas banging up in their office. ' They are loud in professions charge at tha head of his wen, thinking with the -wisest, aad fighting with the bravest, that man joatly deserve the rank and pay of adoien mere fighting men, or a doaen mere thinking pes ejttucr. lint it is where, In addition to thia the higbeat taorul qualities are also combined, that tho value of education is chiefly apparent. That self command, bonor and strict integrity which cna blea a wan to lead and combine tbo will f other and make him trustworthy by all, when united with finalities, produce a character, the value of wbicu even pecuniarily it seems at times impos sible to estimate. Edgar I'oe possessed a bril liatit intelleet and the highest powers, but died a begr, simply from a terrible lack of all moral power of aelf , Control. Arnold was brave, aod Aaron. Burr was able, bat tbe want of moral prin ciple ruined tbe prospect aud power of each ot tbeui. ,But in the character of Washington, w bave one ot tbe finest combinations of the tkree ia . nibtory. t'hysicllv active and strong, his.falelU-otuftl powers, though not o brilliant waie tiiore solid than those of liurr, and his uni formity and lolty simplicity and integrity com bined to form a character that made worth to the coutitry and to the history of the world, what no money can estimate. But what Waahiuton have been without the study of mathematics, and with out bis contained education Sming at the appointment, on proper principles, a medical board, was rejocUd at tho' lust aes. siuX-X 'or overat.aesswtia past, the Legislature has refnsed m iegttu)iW on the subject. 'The ttbnal government willljot allow an on tn nran. ti.a medieiiia and snrgery in the army and iibvy without an aridoriemeo't of (jualifieations by a eompcteflt medieal tribunal. The- t5tate will not albw any one to plead yoar case in a court of ymux mmrai auuroniy irom me isupreine Court. 'She will nat riw he-free school tcach era to teach yoar children, without permission from board of eilSminersAAnd -yet, bo cheap is her estimate of human life ha' ho opens the doors wide, to any and all who1 will, to traflic in tbe health aod livts of her eitizcn: I am informed by a physician, tbaVihere were 'me taehe or lifie!irphVf1oianR whonccupied of regular practice, and in a aCrict observance of ethioat rules; but "by their vorlt ye ahall know thein," . They are general It fnnnJ tn U' 111 a-rnn. bersr of that pollticafparty aod of that religious sect which has the most influence a their rue pectivts place of practice By each s tosmi of hypocritical cent and fawtiin? , upon .now and coj.u uui.ij ui uiu oiaiaa ana young inai r and tndoihandod attaeks nron tiuMnn. posedto be in their way, mob. men m-il.e r, yi -: and often fortanes, while, piirha,.),, . , ,'j want i the lot of soroo rival v.- ' 10 ill TcpentJt1-' - , of principle and howiJy"and 'alio'd-wpi.-; 4- V j contemptible Bieans'of ol Uining praui der the tiatne bf regular practice, noine roost despicable enpirieism in the "Jin-I i Kentucky, Yirutnia, Missisaippi and Maryland Hon. Horace Maynafti, of Teasiessce, wa chosen president of the Contention. . A resolution was adopted appointing one clergy man and one layman from each Synod, toconsli into committee to prepare buslues for the Con, yen lion. Subsequently the business committee made the following report, which was luid over for further consideration Whereas, all sets, roslutions and ( testimonies of past Uoncrul Assemblies, and especially tbe aoting oi itie msi uenerai A.-wmoiy, wneraoy suspicion and doobts of the good standHig aad equal rights and privilege of atavoholdjrijr, mem bers of tbe Church, of imputations or thaWgres sgatnat their christian character, have been el tber implied or expressed, are contrary to the example and teaching of Christ and his A poet' en, and are a vioUtion of the, Constitution' of" the l'resbytcriao Church. . And whereas, the relation of master and serv ant, n iurff -ontiJrrtl, or further than the rel ative amies arising therotroro, wnt slavery as aa institution of the State, do not properly belong to the church judicatories a subject for discus sion and inquiry, ' '""' . v And whereas, in the judgment of this Conven tion, (her is no prospect of tbo eesottioo of this agitation of slavaiv to the Qanera! Assembly, long as there are slaveholdars in conncotiou. with the ehurclrTlierefore, ! Rftuleri; That, in the judgment oINhia Con vention, nothing ean be made the basia of disci pline in the Presbyterian Church which ia not especially referred to ia ihe constitution as crime or heresy. AVaotW, That tlw Cenerat Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has no power to prtnoance sentence of condemnation on a lower judicatory, or 00 individuals, for any cause, unless they have been brought before tho Asaembly in the way prescribed by the constitution. Rejulnril, That (he Convention recommend to all Presbyteries ia tbe l'resbytorisn Church, wnitn are opposed to the agitatun of rlavory in the highest judicatory of the church, to appoint delegate in the proportion prescribed by our rorin or government tor the appointment of com-mi-sioBcrs to the Assembly, to meet at Knoxville, Teon., on the 3d Thursday in May. 1S5S. for the purpose of organising a fjeiier A Synod, on der the name of " The United tfynod of tbe Presbyterian Church in the United . "Utea of America. HemAvttL That tbe members of this. Conven tion adhere to, and abide by, tbe eoutexsioa of taitn ot toe i'rtsbytenan Cburch.JM containing the system of doctrine Uoght in the Holy Scrip ture ; aud that we adhere to the form ot govern ment and Book of Discipline of said church. time ot these resolution were aftenrards iu too wuous a i . J ..j . . . ., . , eurveyor, and ia the field a a aoldier? An hoo- ZCZ . containing ,ne proposal tor - ' . . i hi ir.rsniMf 1.1 .I n.nnM ...... .A I A ...... eat' American gentleman, like hundreds of others, it was enWeiiuA, eouibiuing aod cementing into a wnit hia noble powers, that gave valup to the man. .' i GUANO-1T3 IllrfTOltr. Svnod eited debate; pending which, the Convention adjourned. The preceding thus far bave been perfectly harmooioaa. '. ticed wponba public,. ' H? tilia aloat t! comrutttunic an ettocaUon m -;.i. .i. ir ..... , v- ?. k. Ir.l j it,. v. i " " ,C ' v-oitimosapi tne toe oroal Se.'i ot tne term, jiiere are com-1 i.. ti..:.i.....:. n t .. , - ., , K e . i . tr . . '. i jianiuieiy lew puaaeeu oi - ma in j iiiiiraMe ene r gy; and this luct la the beit eiideet.eot toeci.r raotnesk of my pisiiioft. The cause ot tin unperfeet pn-Iiiiiinary edu eation.ia reternble in a gtoAt degree, to Ui mod icid coileus. 'ihe retiuireniema lor.ajunnm lu to, anagradaatwu at, nearly allot the thirty udd j in favor of .any proj. t for a medical board p and i. when the decisive vote was takeo on the nidiK tiree or four of them voted for lt, .I'litleuicn not otily voted for. but tb!y ad'.ocattd, it.- patge, and for one, I return tficm, on this occasion, my thanks -for this inde pwodent advocacy of the best intcrctta of tlie vi ....:..: i . ..t i.;. , " . .f i .. - ----- - - , -"".v "") t.omtiionweaiin... and imp-rttot, but mo.li y i,uiil, at tuu A The J .n. ..ia of the last lyMalure will ahow joung man may-lea, e the plou'i, w.f,,,;, 0. . W;IW1 li.e ..mcccdC and vote! on year or so, attend two curs, oi u.cu.cal , v icar!, WM ;:uurJ , ligu tures and gradc v a pc-.r of ,e ..m bfciJl. UsitliTil ia Mlf rfht of L profS fulsnd thorough1! edue-ttd p!.Biciiiii in too .,nd. 1 . . ,t nt il, ,l I i .i T P if N tl-Mra'.. -Am J of too publ.c good, in this relation, go I . .. i i 1 " "" Ul :ru,u "'- " tho cont usion inevitable. 2 1 h u.rlu- 1 'Y'T 1-'WU ' ' ,!,ilt ' C""T " phvai.ian. pursued fi , hia t k t U X ' W '' Uli its deteaK lor nit; tivket lor two cni.' 1 L? 'mutter .,i ! w i. .. a. i : e . , nc i -T...i.1-.v-.,. .i- Z"J d:J f wwy tbcm endeavor to re se a 'mnn.1 l.r.r f..r i ....h ,.-.1 ' I v . v'' ." 'X'V-UW -W BUt-W' weigh but uule in the acme oi citii it if, thj! saarms oi d';Un ihue : Side impoMtion" of eUrhtads : hut the i . . .. 'ti . ' . - r - ir mortrio appreoenu iwm the einpirict; el ot som of its own recognised regular!, than fm any other enow of medical Impoitora. y6 talk about the vil to tbet publio, 'of patent dt cinea : butihey are not hrpaghed by the iley insinuation aad quackeries of some gwdu.ricsV as, for instance, tbe arrogant assumptions of such humbuggeryws Hunter's proct.-ses of iihu-' lation. ihe atiaekilrArriumi.n .r,.n... , r.rm .v...v...w u,-vnfiai" nre not more empirical than lhn dvprtiwm ma of some of tbe so-called rcirular inedlral enll.M. Is it not the duty of every honorsLle medical gentleman to array hiin.9clfaiovt all such em piricism and demagogueism, so withering in ita iufluencea opon all that ia beautiful anl noble in the professlonT It should be brahffci wher ever it is seen. To resist aucb inflaencss the moro edcctually, there mtiat L. untdn among those who are retl' entitled to be called nodi cal gentlemen. Ihe "good . men and rruV in tfie profession must theuiiaslvc Le united aad baxiiioniotti. Nothing is more deplorable in the profesiion, than tif see uch men diaunttorl rir at war obo witb another. l ought to be prinM in JetterKof gold on every diplolua, that"' honor, trtlth, iuarti-e and concord is the apirit of medi cal science ; -and under this should follow tlie inscription, that he who degrade an honorable rival, degrades himself and bis protoaioa. 1 TiIE CaAirt TiL8CoPC.M'bi gigantic and inngiiificeut instrament may iuftlv be termed an rtiinnn u m,l nw.L nJ..f....':. '. 1.- UllhlirflHaill txiunifrk u KiintMn lr ill ThatAfurth ud from the whud of the rqe'tfie, mostly of, the 0I" the main tube, which is shaped sototwhitt like Chinch group, otf tbo coast of Peru, aod under J a cigar is eventy-eix .feet ; but, with aq "tj the dominion of that government 5 t piece at the narrow end anj a dew c p at the Its 'In ii .id-! a monopo', and the taif, to ' other, the total longth in use is eighty Uvc feet. . ' i(jui "o "i M'V'in ';:it:iii ViMor r w v ww pw..W' ii Vf preVtlil wtMewra- lion py tht eeodcosatHm of moisture whkhUkes place during tho night, when the inttrument ia mostly in use. It exterk.r is briuht mtul : the interior is painted black. Thejtube at it great est circumtoranee measure thirteen feel, and this part is about twenty-four feet from lbs object glass. The laig fliul glase is twenty four inches in BRUAK1NO OP .THE CAFLTi. ' Tlio following dispatch, taken 3- if London Timer of ttto 15tft give w i, , account orthe breaking of tbf cable : lLTMOirTii,' Au?., 14. Evening.i-Tlie S. stenm frlgato NtHCartCnpUttn Ifudso. from tbo Atlahtie, followed by the S usque- linnna, JJupUin Satuls, and "her ninjosty'a crew atoamship Agamcniriort, Master Com mander Noddiill, entered the Sound tbia oflemoon en their return from their un successful effort ts Iny llm telccrnphie ca ble. On board Ihe NlnRara tboy report, that at tbe time. of the severance, a quarter to four o'clock on Tuesday morning, 885 nautical or about 880 statute mifei bad been laid, at a distance of SOO to 080 miJei in a -direct course frtan Valentin. Tne wind wa southerly, there wa some sr-tf and tbe ship was going from tlirt-e to four Irtoti, and i the cable paying fmt .five to six, a ftJ some times seven knols, . " Aath iinnnlilu et aluttr iKiib a aii.. , waa greater man expecteo at atartin f, and triore than could be aflbrderl, , the reJjK arrain waa tlie,iefore increased (o a prckintV of 8,000 pounds, and the cable broke; ' The extra expenditure of alack comtnen-- . ced on Monday evening, when a. strong breeze and cnvy awell pievniled. and h. powerful undercurrent wa experienced.' l'h is current forced the wire fron the ahiti at a cotidiiteraiiie angle. - ". j .When the break wa applied with in creased power the stern of the Niagara waa. down in the. tmuirh of a sea and the extra strain created by her raising wa's tbe immediate eause of the eable's part in. . - ; ; , . -, The Susfjwnana wai a mile offthe Nin- gara'a starboard beam ; the Agamemnon, the Cycli, and tbe Leopard were within bailing distance. Soundings were found by the Cyelnpa at 2,000 fathoms.; At night they kept a couraw E. t. E. uuder easy steam nnd on Wednea day morning at ten o'clock bore up for Ply. mouth Sound. The general opinion ia that the icason is too fur udvanced for another eflbrt now, but every cniifuhnce i xreaa ed in the ultimate success If the, undertak ing. The machinery now aboard the Nisv- . gara 1 consutered too heavy fbrtbe pur- . ose. It is stated tjiat the wheel oeatedl, to revolvowlien the pressure was hpplieti 6o Tuesday luorning. , - ' . jtui, giving them, to alt : i j-.'jiufilittn upon the profit of a . . me iiitiuifically more yaloable than the gold wines of CaMornia, . There are depoaite of tbia ansorrnsaed fertilixetjn suina nlans in tho rt, nth j of sixty or seventy feet, and over large extents of ' j surface. The guano fields are generally conce ded to be tbo excrement of aqnatie fowls, which live and nuslle in great numbers around the Ul- end. They aeem designated by nature .to res cue, at Joast inpart, that untold amount of ferti lising material'which every river and brooklet is romng loio we sea. i be wash of alluvialsoils, the floating refuse of tbe field and forest, and, above all, the wsnted msterialrof great cities are constantly being carried by tbe tidal current Ont to sea. The: to a certain extent, at least, go to nourish, directly or indirectly, submarine vegeta. uuiuiiu mo, wuieu in turn goe to teed tha birds, wboneexcrenieotatonrdayare brought away by tho ship load from the Chinch islsn --The bird i- a- beautiful!y-nrr.iii-ed ich'mtical lalioratory, fitted op to perforit. s singleuperntion, via s to take the fih as food, bum out the carbon by rneans of itsrespiratory functitmn, m l depos- ' '""' it the remainder in tbe shape of u incomparabfe I IUca ketwem War SrHAJiKKH iei..i,i.er. jjm how many at'eS have I hi ittn. hi.n ru.m, in.,1 ( i. tliiineU!r--terfectIy tuar,- and hotuogneoti in atructuro. The tube ret unoo a lisht wood en frame work, with iron wheels attached, and i fitted to a circular iron railway at a distance of fifty two feet from (he eenter of the Mwer. The chain by which it ia lowered k capnlle of sus taining a weight of shirteen tons, thoisiih tbe weight of the tube h only three. The fht.!t force applied" to the wheel on th'a TtiinTraii eauaes the imttrument to wove hurizoiilaHy; round the central tower, while a wheel at the right hand of theobserverenables him to elevate or depresa the object glass withhe groatestprwsion and facili ty. ' The magnifying power of this tehtsenpe is ao great tbaetorttseabtiiin oirpKMionbv it a quarter inch letter can be read at dm of half a mile. distance LAND AM) LIBERTY. In all nations, the monopfy of the Jant' ly a tew itidivnlunl. has proven a curie to so- i ciety; It brings about a stale of extreme I wealth holding tbe rein overexlreme pov-' ' erty.' The -following Irom the Washington Star Is the must sensible article wo bav yet en on the su'iject : i "The price ol land is the thernomt ter' of liberty. The laboring class are freest wh'n binds are cheapest. In.l do not breed any more than money, and rent arc the us urious exactions jf capitaLu. Whea a few own all the land, they can and do rescribe tbe Condition oit which the laboring ma-, 4 es shall rlfvell tipoii Aiho eartli." -Thrss . conditions in many parts of western Eu- , rope bave become intolerable; and ftimitu ia ' the normal andcltwnia coodittojt f tl eja, ; borintf masses.' lliev who rfir alf thef v a . . . , ' ' fc- iruiu 01 tnctorlli arcalioweJ toen enr-,j cap. talishaa mimled the ot thai treadetli out the straw." lie live in luxury, and pars the. laborers Who support bim nothing, and does not allow them Irom the proceeds of uieir mivor nan as much as masters 111 our southern State albiar alave and hence " free labor is clietper ibaif slave labor." Ileuce, land art t'eai tr ia western Europe than in Uu.ia r Turkey. Land 'mono poly destroys liberty. Jtotue atruggied tor Hundred years to pit vent tlw grasping PttlritittiiH from tmJiKipolinina-her public lands. Her policy in the disposition' of her lands wasjiwt the Mm as our. She en deavored to sell tin in only in small parcel. This w: the object of her Lidniun ami (misctilleil) agrarian law. Uul the patri cians evaded all. sucfi eniictment. ' Ex treme wealth, exireaai poverty, and uni versal corruption were the consr-iiuanc xif tliirtlt 101.1 oceanic osurcta and extortionist", lin. rm'u,le tt'ipopolir with the people that if t,hey pamed otto 1iu-M,..hjtbi!litou!Jbi,the-death UeU of their ually lr .m ; p..,iitical J,, f,,r .J,e flllurej 1. . 11 . .. ,. - , rl - ..... ll,,H K, . SWJId .ww. t"i iboyeMUB.ti.uk tiractit-. lr, -..i r. .1 . . ,. , . . moetot tbom .2-ion.nt of their nrulii..i. ,i .. . . I .f T '. prM.-fcion, that extent are icidlv entitled to ciuiii,-TT.i,;. Inflate rt f. .J ,.f . : 7 : 't"-"1. mcmoers of the Jewlature r - .. ,.iui,jujii. r 1 ft ..,.! in ik, 1 ii. ... ' , 1 - iv.iwnaviv llll. uu.v-.-fi, iuc ri, ,rni.i!t '"- "jp-'baa-'for the welf-.re and fafeiyof 0B...rJ;,ri.lUiey, rtr the members of the Win! iKwd this nut and reasonable bi statesman will brea.n the storm of popa , in order to do gijod service lo hts PECUNIARY VALUl OF EDUCATJOJf. There have been many attempts to estimate the pecuniary valuo of aa education to far a it bears tipon the pablic and the fetate, in tbff arr ing of pauperism and crime, and conduoinc to naUonal prospenty.-But for the individual, it ositi'jh of seventy feet in thicknew been accutuu iaiing i Tfiere arc at the present day oountlers nuru bera of the birds resting upon the the i.i'undi at flight ; but, acijoriirig t i Uaron iJumboldt, the cxcreihent of the birds tor the space of three centuries, would not form a stratum over ono third of uY an 'inch in thickness. Itv an ua.v mathematical calculation, it will he iwn that at this rate'of dipmition, it Would tnke sevfij. thou sand five hundred and eixty centuries, or seven hundred and fifiyalix thousand Venra to f.win thn deepest guam bed 1 Such a calculation carries os back well on towards a former geological pe- riou, anu prom one, and perhaps both, of two hint&ti fessa:f- Ja iij jjmntnijrKt. that in the-jaat ages an infinitely wnion is nas to pay, vainer tlinu as tiie atf t 01 1 H'iw uuo.oer 01 idcm oiras RBTeTeff eter k all properties which it'ia possible for u farther fo ia'anda ; and secondly, that the material worH peopto. I the and deluded' wirti hike horics Tfmi.ir i.n, ihip ,1,1 fa iu kiiii.m i.iwii am ...nr.... . uu uiuuf ia me oiinnrr w ine ore' Ze. t. ynxKui lueniKcivis, acme. 01 inem dini-olt to juanage he h as never sueo any hkc, them U fore, ilis tooli Ijjr tl.e hvni t.um, ut; at tuult . Bis positiun is cow different fwm sitting iu x'W lecture room of bis nima mater, Vtenfng tehic.. ' tares on health, and diaeswe,- and remedies. le; feat and moitilicaiion nitut Liui on til sides, t A eathcfing Wrm destroys the liattering 'tope of. bis tright mediwd fancy: ..Heat-gins 'to loeeoa-'l fidence iu bimlf; he beghia tp find tbat'liU ha I Aot seieaee to ste-taiu bim. " lie biuaeers'.nluu M uic uui . iiaappoiui merit louowa litstj i-oml- a 11 1;. 1 . 1 . .i . t ii - . --(, MK,. u t,j n,e tlrtue and intl igonce of the -peonle and w" ' r- -"'b. am no j,, f,,n ,11, wotives.iof Bocularitv Kave bS meaa of teuineff a lair name, and of carniii'an ...1. x.v.f. . " P"FH"rny, nave ntis- ywiik iscnuijicijt. any raw, when tbe anbj ?t is more cenerally and eoriteetlv hhAt. atood, the vuott, of the periple will doraand that tw-uiMdj,. ttn,Jtl)V,i)M,, t'Hork'on and wait'fi titite taAiadi,-ii9 the. eorrectntiSu of his course; but tie political Irml-nium chooses to float my Jihly aliing upon the bosom of the nonulsr current, even if he knowg it to be freighted witb ueswueiwrijo me neat interest of the 1 he f ite of this bill is additional evidence of faet, that medical seiencr:, need not look to the t'ricky domaiii of pnlitjcal life, or among those alio Wiii It the wir.e that Control ltgiala,tive action,' for her iiMt reliable frietid. .1 -But I do iot despair. Bather, am I disposed ( t M,.,.!.. ..v,i ic urroiim d; in ijogifcin tore, ; l: 1 t..i i".- giw ii:TBuii, vruoora iy n.ittll a.yuuiig n:.ii can begin to acquire bf own fort tins.' ' Bat take a strong, hearty latorinar man. wi;h. 1 C'tte4 at a period long antorior H its fituess aa me aoooeoi man. .tue iengtuoiman 8 existence ttnnliuiteimal,xsompared with aueh a cycle of out any education at allone who ia tint alio ti j jcara ; and the facta recorded on "every leuf of read or ante, nor itquninted with any;tradc,nor j bo niaterial .anivwrM ought, if it "docs no!, to liooest Jivin;;. lbe couiyuei,.eo i, ihf ht? w either obliged tj couiuienoe anew soma oiher inure suitable oceujiatiou, or reaort w every rpecicgj M empmcum to pet a living. A Urge of tbe quack of the laud are graduatta I . . J , 1.. ::. - 1 '..n 7 !T h . , uu-ul,ii ' need not ea arget on. tiie wbiect of a tnodieat into Ikua Mi! I. .- Willi, ml am,. l. I. . ft t. . -uuer;ii ui uieoiCSl - ,. ., f . 1 . . ' r- - -"'.' i oeara,- itwa Weil preaented instructed in any handicraft employment 'what ever.- finpjios bim to be honest ,nd truth for, and willing to do his .best, yet bow' much' ; would he be worth more than his board 1 If ho kntw something of farm work, and bus had experienc in horses, be might still be hired by tha year in many parte of the State for 110 a month and his board, which might be called as much more. -But let bim have a rood common school du. cation, so that he could road, write and cypher, ho ean a a salesman or la taaeuinir. eaailv earn 450 a year at once f that, w, $2!M) a year as lbng aa be lives, for h'u education. Suppose Mrs t - I :l?. n,. . ' ... . . . . ieac.ii u uuuiiuty. mat a little bird Whose in dividual existcDcfl is as nothing should, ia its Bcitcu action, produce the means of bringing back loan active fertility whole pt ovinoe of waste and barren lands, ia oiie of a thousand facts to show bow apparently insignificant agencies in the economy of nature produce momentous results ' : V Iuhin Famvri Maytzine. We have extract of a, letter r- ceivexat tr.e avy J tpnrtinent, dated Angtwt 13, from which it appears that, on returning to Lngland, a trial of spited t(Kfe place between her jyitanio .iiajcaty hin the-Acamemnon nnd ihe uoiteu oiatca stcaot-frigalt Nigaraand Susrjne hanna. The Niagara soon evinced her superior speed. This circumstance is very gratifying as the Agmemnon is said to bo lh6 " crack" Vessel of the J-inglish Bavv. eiail mnkimr nt.!. ... twelve knots per hour. The ciroum-tances at tending the race are described iu the letter above mentioned asjfollows: - "Thi morning, ( tho 13th,) at 9 o'clock, the Susquehanna was about two miles ahead; we were just abeam of the Agme mnon. Capfc. .Sind signalized, I'm going to Plymoth 1' as muoh as ooiioittuea to go to l'ly motH Tho7 TMh" 'Hirp f i.uioae-jipo aionoe 101a tne tale olhardhntig-up. The sea waa smooth and the wind light " At five o'clock in the afternoon the positions 01 me vesaais were nearly as follows': The ag. uv.unuu iui om-etu, rrv CONIU JU.it ace her suioko; the-'Susquchanna w about seviJn or eight miles astern." - . , . , ' As i'apt. Uudaon, however, wished to keep company with the Agmemnon, the Niagara top ped nd waited for bcr to como up. Jurina the ... . l . v: - '... . " meo iuo nmgani apeea was twelve knots. Goto '. Blootta Couxtt. Our friend B. W. (ioldsfi) Eq.)Jias shown nssome rich spee imens of gold taken rom the Cagle Mine ia Moom county. ATbe noeireU of cold, lost a thev emo from the mine, ppear to be entirely free from the mixture With anv base metal. We re gret that we cannot offer to exhibit and give any jevery speciw , Jy gulature shall no longer continue to place -rge wajority , le.Utoe practitioner 0 an equality with the T. Ui Htoorant an! prowlirfg quncks of the land. I 1- .t . 1 uvwuge 0ow,rt,g to aie up ktaW.) u FAwiri Wira of thU ti ' iTMTul reieBcies pj ijwnruu mental iatwr and seJf-4. v..nr. hn i,,.,.,.... "Tj-TT "..1 tiul, tkry Bad thai tfcey hav itelom d willont their lkwt; teat th -y bate unruikisn their call 1; that they are acre ryj her is L moct i!lor aho bae bretifyre opposed, in this wy, me eiauii w.jiiifiiani'y and science, hoald aon'iiiue their ppowtkn, . then ny lAiwn, in-fia-ioeed by bttUr eouuseb? ud hKirt cooipreheo- to pass through College respectably, ancf he can at once get from $850 to fijjQ a an engfoeer or surveyor or teacher. So that a college cduca- rin iiuVjm tn. n wnrll, 4 r.nt . n . . j. . long aa be lives, than ir lie bad not enjoyed jt L'fe" our fnends, axwe do of copper, We aay nothing ia all thi. of the aecor tj it af- eof "f & 7"Vh ho ,h"e fiold ford againtt erime aad disgrace, aotbtn- is to ndn.ow - .pecirten, aingajafly enough, do th .nru,, h,t. ,A tit (I'J.l a TJ'i? t OO'im.tate tbe libei.1 actiop of . the,, coal and ion. it will bring round him, an, who can srd P'1 wJ, ktl:M eU "M1" will help bim situation, of. trut and honor. J U"tie We say nothing of tbe larger nnmbor of firaH.f''. Z . . ' catiorw and enjoytaenta of fa Moooeat and fm-' - ota ; ir Ouano. -ThAlexandria proving character it would open op before Jiim. GasyMe states that the price of Peruvian Burpalt only of the immediate and direct pa- Gtiaud, has advanced fro n 157 io 00, per eoniary advantaga. A ."..:.,--.' -"km in that mtrket. The cause assigned Supposing a young man at 21 vcam of aco" to ; for tbia advance is ti.c limited sunrilv in fh bave aceowiplied thU ; the Chester Life taLle ' ditfcult in pettin? it from tbe Chinch woahl show n that h baa aa Apectatioii of !!r-, .elrm's, in Consequence of the revolutionary v ug apwsrd of Mr years that of nweiviDg in ra iv.aients jit im. , I A table," showing the relative value of the ral and personal e.ttofe in the city and county of New York", a assessed in 1850 and 1 857, has been submitted to tha RnrH of Supervisors, by which it appears that this year g(vel S7,435,972 hcin 52K175.. 252. The assessed value of nersonnl etntP has decreased four millions, while the real estate lias increased about eleven and a half millions. - , ' J ' L6cisvilli!, Ky., Sept 1. ' TubU. 8. AoRIClTLTt BiAC TiiH The JL 8. Agricultural Exhibition opened here vested J t eu n nrn, aay, juaranaii r, nnaer made an eloquent ad dreis. Fifteen thonsand persona were present, half of whutp were ladiea, the flower of old Kentucky . Man y distinguished A-iaitom-wp also' present. .: The dsy was devoted to the trial of sneed nn tfie race course, and tha voluntary exhibition of borso. Six Or seven hundred hd of snnnrlnr ,...b . I V....J. . . ur....i... j.ii..i..f-t ... 8 " 'U"1 - , . lr'-o.l)ili;cca Beard in)f in thccily inilact-K. itii.lrtid ol'cullivalinir' small esiafea in the country, like Cincintm- tusand lhe Kcipios. The decline and fair of the Empire were mainly owing to these causes. . . ';i A rrrn k V , ,.K K8 KxrKorrTo Some parties in this ciiy who have beretofow been conspicuous!' enetured in lienrrnl Walker's ;enlral American crusade, signi. ficunlly assert that preparations are on loot for another grand demonstration, at no dis tant ..day. A secret plan is aaid to exist which contemplates the raising of aoarmy of tfii thousand men, all of whom hli em bark, or set anil, about the same time, for some port in Nicaragua. Nothing i to be left, undone which shall tend to secure effi ciency and eventual success. Ualtimore is to furnish from three to four hundred, as M.t romillement r.l'tliA nhn-n mtniftrf Wrmv vvitk' ftiirc tjarptiStf irnurrnX'Tf '&i'h'"1ftar1Iiep - - Statfd that persons, fully pledged, have ready been secured in 'that city, who aro -only , waiting due notice, and the full con summation of Ucti. Walker's plans, to b oil. It is Icrtown as the "Central American League.'' Who the .jmrlies are" attached . t'J tho lenffoe, wearltiab'le to"'a osw '-' . : whether they have been absolutely onsoli, dated as rumored, cannot be fully Ascertain- ' cu. cAtcpiso mr as current rumor goes. Such - secret fillibttstering expeditions are reprehensible, and if . the ono )n question ' does really exist, it movement will, doubt , ' , less, be more fully ascertained in "due time, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Nevv Or-' leans, and all the other leading cities of the) . Union, are said to be soiled in thii move ment.-i-Baltimore l'atriot. j Walt Fitett CW. We were planned Scj 1 find the usual number of students in sttendauoe ' this section. In the Collegiate department there haa been an increase over but rear. Thn , prospecu of the Institution are now brighter in regsrd to tho completion' of the endowment then, they have ever been before. There eeema to be a general foaling among the friend of the Col lege that the raisinfjfot tbe proposed $50,000 may now be regarded a a fixed fact, that it wijl be all subscribed thiarfall. We sinwrely bopa " that it will bo done. If the friend of, the Col lege, who have ant yet subscribed on tbia propo sition, will only be aa liberal f-ioe that- Lave.' the remaining deficit will Suonl raised,- and - the whole amount secured to tbe institutions tn V
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