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Oars arc the plans of fair delightful peace, nntrarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers
VOli. XX.
SATURDAY, OCTOBKII 12j 1839.
EDITOR
AND
PROPRIETOR.
-one
SciiscatrTibar, three dollars per Rnnum-
half n advance. r .
persons residing without the State will be
required to pay the whole amount of the year's
inscription i in advance.
IZJITES OJP hmvERTikurG.
Forevery 16 lines (ihis sizet ype) first insertion
one dollar each subsequent inseVliou 25 cents.
Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will
be cHarjfetl 25 per cent, higher and a deduction
of 3S per cent. Hvill be madei-om the regular
nricfs, for advertisers by the year, '
qj- L.KTTKBS io me r.ciuor must dc ijus-j'
BERNARD DUPUY,
Ho tic el
KO. 10, FAYETTEVILIiE STREET,
fT EEPS constantly on hand, a rich, extensive
y anj fashionable assortment of Watches. Jew
elry. Fancy tooda and Perfumeiy. Also, Musical
Instruments, fine Guns, Pistols, .Canes, and Whips,
Rogers fine Cutlery and Steel Pens, which he sells
at .Vetr JTorK Prices,
gj Clocks and Watchos repaired in his accus
tomed sufierior manner. All kinds pf"OoU and Sit
er work nanufacured to ordr. in the ms( approv
ed manner Old Golttand Silver lakeu in exchange,
Felruary. 1839. r "U f
03Tery Valuablfe City Proper ty D
Cj" FOB S AUS. 3 '
THE SubsciiWr, desirous of moving to theWest.
offers for sale that very valuable property, in
the City of Raleigh, krnwn as the
CITY HOTB L;
T?ether with the Out Rooms, Furniture, &c. &c.
This Eial!"uh7hetit is in complete rejjair, and
the jmrchaser an enter into ijnmediate piisarssion.
There ate in the House, and connecteil with it," 28
TLiwrns, all well furnished; ca.aciou Stables, a two
SUxy brick Kitchen, fine Gaiden,
TIj jtreat improvements imakiirg in this City; as
the Rail Road draws near to completion, rendt-r this
EstaWishmeiit of great value 'I he Bank of Cape
Fear w now erening a Jarge llrit k House for the
use of its Branch, within a few steps of the Hotel,
and its proximity to the Court House is well kuuwn.
A further description of the Premises is deemed un
necessary, as those disposed to purchase can exam
ine for themselves, PAN IEL MURRAY.
Raleigh, September 10. 1 839 . 4 6
SUEUIFF SAL. E.
I'vm'iTRLL at the Court House, in the Town
of Rockiueham, Richmond County, on the 3rd
Monday of October next, the following TRACTS
OF LAND, k so much thereof a will satisfy the
Taxes due theleon for the years 1836, 37 and '38
and costs, viz : t -33J
Acres, known as the Heirs of John Mc
Inis, dccM., lying on the waters of Naked
Creek. Tax 00 50
Matthew Dngers, 250 Acres. Tax , $1 70
Zachariah kiper, 100 Acrea on Falling
Creek. Tax , $8 00
The Picrne Place, said to cotstain 75 Acre.
Tax:..... $i 35
SAM'L. TERRY, Skf.
Richmond County, Aiigu-t 29, 1839. 44
(Pry Ad: --$3, SO )
FOH SAJLEi
ACOMFORTARLE Two Story Dwelling
House, n Wilmington street. :n the City
of Raleieh, at present. occupied by Messrs. Olivkr
and Pattos. . The House has eight ruum. a large
front Piazza, a cood Garden spot, and all necessary
m-houses For turns applv to
v DANIEL MURRAY.
Raleigh, September 10. 1839.
46
A Card.
DOCTOR John W. Iitwis, having pur
chased the residence hnd Office of Dr. Joseph
B. Outlaw, on Fayeiteville Street, and having de
termined to locate permanently in the City of
Kaieigh. respectfully fl-rs his profrssional services
to the inhabitants thereof, and the surrounding
country. "
August 6ih 1839 v .
JE i T 13 R T A N M AT.
rVVILL offer for sale, for Cash, at the Court
House door in the Town of Statesvilie, on Mon
day, the 18th day of November next the following
Tracts of Land, or so much thereof as will lie suf
ficient to satisfy the Taxes due thereon, for the year
1837. together with all legal costs for selling the
same, to wit:
1 837. A C R .. J DOtlJS. J CTS .
200
John C. Duncan.
William Freeland,
John Klutis, i
Jane Murdock, 'J
Vincent Reid,
Margaret Watts of Thom,;
Yerby Vaughn, fr
Joshua Brinegar, I
Joseph Hair, f
Basil Summers,
Sarah Tucker, -
Peter Vaughn,
Joseph Allison, .
George W A llison,
Thomas Coudrey i
John M Campbell,
Ebsha E. Journey s interest,
Thomas Moss, Jr.
Stephen Wiles,
Anderson Johnson,
Amos Gregory,
John Dowel!,
David Lackey,
Zedekiah Pope,
Benjamin Munday,
Han eel flicks,
John H. Smith,
Martin A. WalJis,
David Duuimtre's interest,
James Hooper,
John Pendergrass,
William Cline,; ;
EHeha K. Johnson,
Robert Sump er, .
John Browning,
John Stewart,
Reuben Woodsides,
James Jones,
Eleanor Martin,
Peter t'rawley,
Archibald York's Heirs,
John F. t "ook, Senr.
Zadock Di-aion, .
John Fleming,
Henry Irwin,
James Lasley (for Clcodcning's
leirs.) -
Georcre Morr.son. 1 i
Andrew Nail, j
1
200
416
100
195
183
100
172
184
I i 0
16Q
87
322
120
74
88
550
155
444
80
55
40
-69
100
230
54
150
128
97$
130
13
189
200
307
50
90
257
105
100
296
'.00
130
127
164
116
235
128
134
2
1
26
80
16
20
74
58
86
48
30
58
14
78
63
44
76
.84
30
6
3
X 13
79
80
16
16
56
9
6
90
86
91
92
24
72
62
8
22
69
15
16
64
44
26
25
26
23
26
1
43
Great liar gains
In Morns Iflnlticanlisa
rtHE Subscribers offer for sale 50.000 genuine
Jllfjrus .Muhicaulis Trees now growing in this
State, and averaging 3 to 4 feet in height, at 30
cents per Tree deliverable in Petersburg or Nor
folk, when the leaves drop. Orders from the coun
try wilt be securely packed and forwarded.
HOLDERBY 4- McPHEETERS,
Commission Mrrchan!,
Petersburg, Va.
Octoler I, 1839. 49 3t
Something extra.
E.
September 25: 1839,
Pr. Adv't. gl5
J. M. BOGLE, Sheriff.
- 49 A
- n
.IJtlERIClJV fJiYUlLS for 1840.
THRHE GJFT Edited', by. Miss teslie, contain
4JL ing jxE highly finished Engravings on Steel.
TflE VIQLETUa pretty Iftrte Book with aix en-gravinea;-edited
by Miss Leslie.
THE RELIGIOUS SOUVENIR Edited by
Mrs. L. H. Sigourney.'enlartfed and superbly bound
in embossed Morocco with Gilt edges.
We invite alt those that want to get something in
the way of Pn&ssTs to call and examine the above
Works. They are Just received at the North-Carolina
Book-store, and for sale by -
'PURSER & HUGHES.
Raleigh. Oet. 5th, 1839. ( Star. 49
ICT iflorus mdUicaulis. cdl
7E are authorised to sell 100.000 MORUS
M U LTIC A ULIS-.TIi E ES. in parcels to sutt
purchasers, deliverable in thi ( iiv during the mouth
of November next. FREEMAN & STITHS.
Rleih. September 12 1839 46
tJpHE SUBSCRIBERiiavinglK!en satisfactorily
esi engaged for more than three years Tu attending
loa i
Feels encouraged to say to the public, that her
H O U S G -isd SS T A B L E S are well furnished
for the reception and accommodation of those who
ay he pleased to call. E SMITH.
, ID Ail the STAGES arrive at and depart from
House, where Seats are nec.ured, and no ex
ertions spared to give general satisfaction to Pas
sengers. . ;T'" .
(T3My Residence is ori tho corner of Gillespie
Street, the Lot formerly occupied by Mrs. Barge,
convenient to the Market and near the State Bank.
Fayetteville. August 14, 1839. - 42 3m-:
Wortw Jlullicaulis Very Cheap If
I A M authorised to sell Five Thousand Trees, or
Five Hundred Thousand Buds of the" above ar
ticle, to be delivered in November next. Price by
the quantity, much lower than usual.
! " WILL. PECK, Jlsft.
Raleigh, Sept. 27. 1839. .43 (pr. ad. $2.)
GENERAL AGENCY
flHE 8ulM.rihers have formed a Copartnership
J under the Firm of Frf-xma &. 8titb!, and
mer their service to the public as General Agents
no Commission Merchants. Apply.' for the pie
wnt, at the Store of Messrs. W. & A. Stithv
E. B. FREEMAN,
Transylvania University,
Medical lepartmeEit.
riO prevent misapprehension, and to satisfy all in
1 quirers, it is deenvd profKT to state, that the
..ships Gibraltar and Poland have safely arrived in
tliis country Irom France and Lo.kIoo, with invoi
ces of Hooks, Chemical Apparatus, Surgical and
Obst-trical Instruments, piagnifirent preparations,
iUustraiive f Pathological Anatomy, &c. selected .
with great care, f r out Medical School, in virtue of
the munificent donation of the City Council, by
Professors I'eier and Bush, whose homeward pas
sage was engaged for the first of September, in the
British Queert. To the above will be added, an ex
tensive array of morbid preparations, by Professor
Smith, so that the means of instruction will lie most
ample, and we need scarcely say, will be so applied
at greatly to enhance the interests of every depart--mcnu
By order,
TUOS. D. MITCHELL, Dean.
Lexington. Sept. 18, 18:19.
P S. Since the above was penned, we have re
ceived a letter, dated London, August 22nd. from
rrof. 1 etcr, in wnicn ne 6ays.- vv e snau sail oiij
the let or 2d of Sept. in the British On-en, amTl
slirtll be about 15 J days on our return from N.' York.
It has cost us a great deal of labor and research to
get all the articles we wanted, but we are repaid by
the satisfaction of knowing, that we shall have such
a collection of the m-ans -o!rMedicd instiuctinn in
Lexington as is 'no where to be found in thecoan
try." ' ''
Sitwmlion Wanted, .
HALL & Co are now opening a fresili and
beautiful assortment of Goods in their line
consisting, .in part, of Gentlemen's best Beaver
Brush, and Satin Beaver HATS, from the moat
approved Manufactories in New York and Philadel
phia, and which, in point of beauty and excellence,
cannot be surpassed. AIsj, Fur, Seal and other
CAPS, some of which are very supeifor. Light
and heavy Calf BOOTS, manufactured by Miles,
decidedly the best Boot maker iu Philadelphia to
cether with a general assortment of water proof and
Kail Road BOOTS and BROGANS WOOL
HATS, &c. all of which will be sold at prices
which cannot fail to give satisfaction, to those dis
posed to purchase.
Call at the Sign of the Large Black Hat.
(Cj Daily expected a fine lot of Fashionably cat,
and well made CLOTHING for Gentlemen's wear.
E. HALL & Co.
Raleigh, October 2, 1839. 49
mm Star & standard.
7 necKwiTH's
J ARTI-DYSPEPTIC PIULS.
JTpHE following Letter from the Hon. Bsvewlt
1 Tcckeh, Professor of Law in Wiirjam 6c Mary
College, Virginia, was recently re eivcJ. and affords
very strong evidence of the efficacy of these Pills,
in the disease for which they were designed :
Lee's Springs, Virginia, Aug. 1th, 1839.
Sih; An accidental meeting with a' friend of yours
has determined me to offer you the acknowledge
ments which I have long felt to be due from me, for
tiic nenoais l nave received at your hiinus. tour
teen years ago I was left by a most malignant fever
with a diseased liver, a disordered digestion, and a
constitution in ruins. My Physicians permitted me
to hope that with care anoV prudence I might drag
ort a few years of precarious existence, ami assured
me that the least indiscretion must be fatal. Soon
afterwards I found mvself becoming dyspeptic, and
became acquainted with all that indescribable mise
ry which dyspeptics ;dne can know. This, as usu
al, grew upon me, though less fapid'y than in most.
cases, because a corusciousnesaof jjcraner pof me
on my guard, and experience had madjt me familiar,
with the proper management of myself By the
constant use of the most ajproved remedies t he pro
gress of thtf- disease was retarded, and my life was
made tolcraple but not comfortable. I rarely- ate
two meals in regular succession, and for some hours
of almost cjrery day, was incapable of any exercise
of thought or feeling A peevish impatience of ex
istence occupird my whole mind.
Two years ago I met with your Anti-dyspeptic
Pills, and confiding in the accompanying certificates
of respeclable gentlemen whom I happened to kn w,
I took Ibem according to directions The result is
that I now eat what I please, do what I please, sleep
soundly, and enjoy life as-much as any man living.
Your younit friend, who has been with me a week,
will tell you that he has never seen my strength or
spirits fl.ig, or my elasticity of mind or hotly fail for
a moment. For this it gives me pleasure to say
you have mv thanks, and to add the assurance of
my high respect. B. TUCKER.
Dr Bickwith. 49
DISSOLUTION.
THE Copartnership, heretofore existing between
the Subscribers, under the firm of JOSEPH
GALES & SON, is dissolved by mutual consent.
The junior Partner will continue the publication of
the Rksister, and is authorized to settle all the bu
siness of the Office.
JOSEPH GLES.
Sept. 1839. , WESTON R. GALES.
A Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty and Students of tha
Institution, has just been published at this Office, Hvhich ex
hibits a prosperous condition of affairs. The number of Stu
dents, the present Session, is 160 only 4 less lhan during
the last year and greater than in any preceding year since 1823.
Some alterations having been made in the Courseof Study,
period of Commencement and Vacation, &c. we have thought,
wef might perform an acceptable service to the public, by giv--ing
the following extracts-:
PREPARATORY TO ADMISSION
I?tYO THE
UNIVERSITY.
Applicants for admission isito the Freshman Class, are required to
sustain s satisfactory examination on the Grammar of the English, Latin
and Greek Languages, including Latin Prosody ; Mair's Introduction ;
Caesar's Commentaries (5 Books); Ovid's Metamorphoses (Gould's Edi
tion extracts from the first six Books) ; Virgil's Bucolics and' six Books
of the Eneid ; Sallust ; Greek Testament ? (St. John's Gospel and the
Acts of the Apostles) ; Graca Minora, or Greek Reader ; Arithmetic (Em
erson's .Id Part), and Worcester's Elements of Ancient and Modern
Geography. .
The importance of an earnest ami full compliance with these requisi
tions, cannot be too strongly Impressed upon the attention of Parents and
Guardians. If they desire that their sons .and wards shall attain sound
scholarship they must look well to the foundation on which the super
structure is to be reared. -
Of the Preparatory Studies, the branches on which Candidates for ad
mission into College are- frequently found either wholly deficient or im
perfectly prepared,jjre Arithmetic, Ancient Geography and Prosody.
The use of Emerson's Third Part, Worcester's Geography, with an ac
companying Atlas, and Hooper's Prosody, is recommended to Instructors
who are preparing Students for the University.
Raistgh, May 4, 1839.
W. A. STITH.
A. B. STITHY
37
NEW WORKS
MEMOIRS of Mrs. Hemans, by her Sister.
Charles Tyrell, or tho Bitter Blood, by G P.
R Ja .ics
Gentleman of the Old School, by G. P. R- James.
Sketches by Boz, bound,- 1 Vol. complete, Solo
mon Seesaw.
Capt Marry att's Diary in America.
The Naval Foundling, by The Old Sailor.
I he 1 hugs or Phanugsrs o India.
Dictionary of Commeice 3d Part, 17th No. Nicoo
las Nickleby. -
The above are iust from the Press, and for sale
at the North-Carolina Book-store, by
TURNER & HUGHES.
Raleigh, Oet. 5th; 1839. , 49
On Commission,
A BOUT TEN THOUSAND
I Pounds veiy prime Bacon,
raised by one of the lest Farmers iu
Wake County. WILL. PECK.
Raleigh. October 5. 1839. 49 3w
PLAN OF EDUCATION
IN THE
Frcsliman Class.
FIRST SESSION.
(Commencing six weeks after the
1st Thursday in June.)
1. Livy
2 Virairs Georgics
3. Graeca Majora (Cyropsedia and
, .Anabasis)
SECOND SESSION.
(Commencing six weeks after the
4th Friday of November )
5. Livy continued
6. Cicero's Orations
7. Grajca Majors (Horoditus.Tbu-
cydides, Elian, Isocratea and
8. Geometry Polyienus
Sopliomorc Class.
FIRST SESSION. "
10.
11.
9. Grseea Majora (Xenophon s Me-
morabilia)
Homer commenced J
Horace (Odes and fitst Book of
me T-aurea ;
12. Exercises in writing Latin
13. Analytical Trigonometry, with
Practical Examples
14- Logarithms and Mensuration
15. Analytical Geometry
SECOND SESSION.
16. Horace completed (except the
Art of Poetrv)
17. Juvenal
18. Homer continued
19. Demosthenes
20. Navigation and Surveying
21. Analytical Geometry
22. Mechanical Philosophy
23. Modern Geography revised
ADVACTAGE OF RAIL-ROADS4 A
Miss Harriet Martineau paving, in one of her late publications,
complained of the alienation between different classes having been
increased by the growth of the commercial spirit,' a writer in tho '
July Knickerbocker (an excellent Periodical) shews clearly. that jn '
stead of producing bad effects,, the influence exerted by Commerpa
in favbr of jhe, cultivation and enlargement of Science, Uie spread of ,
civilization' juid. the amelioration of society must be?generally ac- -, . ,
knoh'ledged: ' , ' r -V
Amongst other improvements recently introduced by the Com- .
mercial Spirit, this writer speaks of Railroads in the following terms I
Already we sea our country interlined, as it wreifith these iron
high-ways, these gigantic connecting-rods of ihe Vgfe& machine
Along tho Atlantic border, they 'stretch atmost continuously from;jv
Massnchusetts to South Carolina; and in almost every slaletherflK; , '
is an nu-sitooi, it we may aocan iif oeanng away i ngni angle
toward the rich plains and valleys of the west, giving assurance of ;
an unlimited increase to the mutually advantageous intercourse be- ;
tween regions which nature has made distant, but which the art and
enterprise of man have, placed side by side ; and thus enabling lis
to seize at once the benefits of ample space and of close proximity.
For the purposes of production, we have an extent ofterritoryjabua( :
dint for the subsistence of fifty times our number; while for tho
purposes erf enjoyment and of use, we have, thanks to tjie rail-road,
the facilities of a compact and thickly-peopled country. Thesteani .
ship has taken a thousand miles from the breadth of the Atlantic ;
the rail-road, for every purpose which mikes proximity desirable
is converting into one great city the mighty space that lies between;
the Atlantic and the Mississippi. And let us not forget, that ' bolh "
the steam-ship and the rail-road are creations of commercial necea..
stty, and commercial enterprise. Like all other mechanical invert :
tions, but even more directly than most others, they havesprung '
from the natural and irresistible impulse to which we Utvp. traced
all commercial intercourse i 4ho impulse that prompts the rnhabt
tints of one region to possess and enjoy the peculiar productions of
every other ; and we would again urge uponhe reader's consider-
atiou the unquestionable truth, that wliatever may be the immediate -:
instruments, this impulse, this commercial spirit, is one of the most
active and powerful agents in producing all the raelioratiotisof -Sfffv
ciety, and all our advances in knowledge. The extent and activity;
of its operation may be partially realized, by imagining, or cnea-.
voring to imagine, the consequences that would follow the- suddeti ,
annihilation of all the insfruments which it has called into employ,
meat. Earth has never yet seen the siege of a city, however
protracted no war, however bloody and desolating- no revolution,.
however wild and ferocious has ever shown,' a parallel for the
misery that wnuld instantly descend upon the heads of millions,
could such an idea be realized. The means, liot only pt clpthingi)
but of food and of imagination, would fail us in a moment; we should
be shut out from the rest ef the world ; we should be reduced to a
condition in which it would not be strange if even cannibalism should
ensue. In a word, throughout the. whole compass- of focietyirer
should be thrown back' into a state of privation, helplssenesiv and
barbarism. From such a state we have been lifted by the rstngv
arm of macliinery, glided by intelligence, nnd propeJlecTfiy mutual
interest; and to suchAa stale we should undoubtedly leturn, were
that intelligence no longer stimulated by that interest, and the ener
gies of our nature deprived of the inducements and the instruments
by which and with which they are kept in full activity, producing
and distributing, or in other words, fulfilling the ends of commerce.
3 ,
Junior Class.
FIRST SESSION.
24. Cicero
25 Tacitus
26. Exercises in Latin Construction
27. Mechanical Philosophy com
pleted 2S Logic
29 Rhetoric '
30. French
-
ECO! SESSION.
31. Greek Tragedy
32. Cicero
33. Exercises in LatirtConstruclion
34. Deffercnt al 3c Integral Calculus
35. Rhetoric completed
36. Elements of History and Chro
nology
37. French
Senior Class.
SECOND SF.S3IOX.
mm fl . in
a . routicai rjconomy
4S. National and Constitutional
Law
flRST SESSION.
33. Chemistry and Mineralogy
39. Mental Philosonhv
40. Moral Philosophy
41. Graeca Alajora (the Tragedians) 49. Chemistry and Geology
Horace, do Arte Pwetica 50. Astronomy
Exercises in Latin Construction 51. Graeca Majora' completed (the
44. Astronomy Tragedians) -
45. Civil Engineering 52. Cicer
French 53. French
42.
43.
46.
GENTLEMAN, whose whole attention - for
25 yeari past, has been devoted to the superin
tendence of Factory ! Establishments at the North.
is uesirous oi removing enner io V irginia or .vunu
Carolina, to take the whole charge of any Cotton
Jifanufuetory, where such an AgM is needed
His desire of removal to a Southern otate springs
from inclination, not necessity. The testimonials
at bis command, of character and abuities, are, nu
merous and unexceptionable.
Gentlemen desiring his services, who can offer a
com jensatton worthy . of constderatrori, may obtain .
all the information they require by addressing Letters
to A. B , Prtvitlenc, Rhode-Island. "
Sept. 2rlp39. , 49 3t
C3" The , Richmond Whig, Petersburg Intelli
gencer and Fayeiteville Oberver,will give the above
three insertions each, and send their bills to this
Office for collection. . j J . . ;
JUST received, at the Store of Browjc. Sxnw ft
Jo., a very large assortment of Ladies, Misses
and Children's fasluonable Shoes, oi Pntladelphia
make.
Raleigh, October 1, 1839. 49 6w
fTlHERE appeared an advertisement in the Ra-
JL lkish K8iaTrR, last week, nffenng a reward
fiir boy STERLING .; I hereby certify, thatTssud
boy ttelongs to me nntil February" next, and I cau
tion any person or persons from molesting bim in
any way. ; - THKO. H. UNO W.
Raleigh, Sept. 30. 1839. . ' ' 49 Im
Fashionable Hat Si Cap Store, JVo.25.
A VERY handsome, as well as large stock of
iJL both the above articles, for sale at their usual
r T at ik.T r m
uw prices. uku vvn, oau w uo.
Raleigh, October 1, lb39.
49-6w
Missing Files r
jpHE FILER of the "liqleigh Tiegisitr" for the
il years 1?02 and 1832i are missing. The indi
viduals, to whom they have, doubtless, been loaned,
wU confer a favor by their immediate return. "
; October-3. 1839'. - .
A CJ a r 4rl .
rlHE Sotecriber inadvertently omitted to state,
'. 8' in bia late Advertisement, that he bad .made'
ample provision for having Horses and Carriages
well taken care of. j - JAS. LITCHFORD.
. Raleigh, Oatober, 1839.- . . 49 i a
Composition and Declamation are attended to throughout the whole
Collegiate course. Instruction in the Spanish language will be given to
those who desire it. All the Classes are required to attend Divine Wor
ship in the Chapel on Sunday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. and In the afternoon,
to tecite on the Historical parts of the Old and New Testaments.
The Classes (with the exception of the Senior) recite in two divisions,
each division occupying an hour. Their recitations are consequently con
tinued through six hours on four days of the week, and through four hours
on Mondays. . Saturday morning is devoted to the meetings of the two
. ... r
iaierary societies. ,
The instruction of the Freshman CIa3is confided principally to the
Tutor of Ancient Languages and the Tutor of Mathematics. By lb e
separation of the department of Ancient Languages into two branches,
with a Professor to each, and the appointment of a Professor of Rhetoric,
very ample means of instruction are afforded in these parts of the Scheme
of Study , whilst the other Professors are at liberty to devote their attention
more fully to their more appropriate duties and pursuits.'
Instruction in Mental and Moral Philosophy, and Political Economy,
as well as on National and Constitutional Law. is given by the President.
A regular course of lectures, illustrated by appropriate experiments and
the exhibition of specimens, is delivered to the Senior Class on Chemistry,
Mineralogy and Geology, and occasional Lectures on the other departments
of Natural History, by the Professor of Chemistry, to whom also, is as
signed the duly of instruction in Civil Engineering.
The recitations of the Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy,
are illustiated by experimental Lectures with an apparatus selected by trie
late Dr. Caldwell, during a visit made by him to Eairope, some years
since, for thai purpose. i '
The College edifices, have undergone extensive repairs sod additional
improvements are in contemplation. Increased efficiency is. believed to
have beetr Imparted to ttie systeai of instruction; moreC aUention is paid
to neatness and comfort in the" Police of the Institution 1 and energetic
measures have bean adopted to confine the expenses of. Edqcatton iritbin
' We live and learn," is a saying, every day verifies. Who '
has not seen and been pained at the cruel punishment, inflicted .on
a horsey who, taking what is called the studs," refuses to move
an inch forward, albeit he will 'back" more readily than is desired?
Some lime since a horse took the 'studs" in one of our principal
streets. He was, as the bystanders all agreed, provokingly stub
born. He was beaten, cruelly, unmercifully, and yet he would loot
U go. rle was coaxed anu patted, but without enect there, was
no "go along" in him. It was distressing to see how he was whip
ped, now over the head, now overthe back, again on ihe knee;
and every one was pleased, when a stranger, with a benevolent
face and an intelligent eye, interfered. " This is all wrong-lie
said, "you must not beat the horse any more. lie has already
been punished too severely." , r ' 77 ','
"What are we to do then ?" asked the drayman, " t have been
here for two hours trying to get him along. Mdst I let the borse
stand here all day?" . ; ' ' '
'No," replied the gentlemaii, the horse must go along, bat
without any more punishment."
' Biit he wont," expostulated the drayman.
"Q ye3 he will ; he must. The horse, 1 say, must go. He has
but a reasonable load, looks as if he is fed well, and he must go
along." . "
"That is what I think," said the drayman. '
"Very well, I have seen how they make jackasses move in South,
America, and they are reputed more stubborn even than horse's.' I
shall therefore make this horse go. Now get me a rope about
twice as long as the horse." ' C1
The rope was brought, and every body stood gaping, expecting,
of course, that some hocus-pocus was about to be performed Th3&
gentleman directed the rope to be tied to the horse s tail, and pass
ed between his legs out in front. He then took hoW of it, and gave
it a pull: The horse l ooked wild for air instant, as if akenly ur
prise, and at the-same time gave indications, bv kicking up behind.
that he disliked the new plan of driving. 'The rope -was"' pulled
strongly, and the horse with a very quick motion, started qjf
triumph w as complete one square s driving in this way enabled
urn to return to the old mode, and the drayman drove off amidst
the shout of the multitude." . " -cii
We live and learn," may" well be said. Here, by a simple ex- i
pedient, aJiorse was cured of the "studs," who, but for the timely
arrival of the strange gentleman, might have been the subject of cru
el and continued punishment for hours longer. The cause of hu-
mantty gained by it, and there was also a positive gain ol ' umerr
which is money." Baltimore Patriot. 1, "
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The abtfre periods constitute the semi-annnal racatbns of the Insti-
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The Faithful Dog. An Youatt's Hurnanitv to Brutes" is re
corded the following anecJote of a New-Foundland Dog! - :i
A vessel was driven on the beach oli Lloyd, in Kent. -The sorf
was ro ling furiously ; eight poor fellows were crying Tor help; but
not a boat coul 1 be got off io tlieir assistance. At length a gentle
man cttnaon. he beach, accompanied by . his Newfoundland dog.
He directed the attention f ine animal to the vessel, and put a short
slick into his mouth". The intelligent and courageous fellow at once
undfrstfwd his meaning and sprang into the sea, and fought his? way 5
tnmugn me waves, ne coQta:noi, nowever, ret close enougrt to . -
tne vessel lo aeuver tnai wun wuierri; Jie was charged; out tne crew
joy I ii li y raaae last a rope to another piece oi tvood, and threw.it to
wards bim. : He'saw the whole' business in art instant ; he dropped;
his own piece, and immediately seized that which had been cast to
him;, and then,, with a degree strength' and determination almost
iixr.di'ile, he fragged it through the surf -and delivered it to his twis
ter. A line of communication was thai forme and everr cxan on
A'flraZ. We learn that the command; of 'the Wsshicbri Iterf! ;
Yard will be probably bestowed on'Oom. Morris arid that. Com' - ' ky,
Ridgely wilt suceeed him at the Navy ftozTdrflexardriaJscZttte, J
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