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by prosperity, and ever apeing their manners
aud vices, We shall hear Of more mistakes" ia
the face of an enemy, such as lately surprised
the world in India, and not least surprised the
native troops.
But to say that this physical and moral dete-
rioration was the result of luxury, would be
absurd. 1t is the result, AS we have already
said, Of that course of individual ac tvity which
permits men to profit to the disadvantage of
others; and which, while accumulatng fortunes
for few, actually diminishes the general wealth.
1t is, in short the result of one sided legisa-
ton, which constantly favors the industry and
schemes Of parties, without protecting others
from becoming their victims.
Ii to this vast mass of English population,
supported by parish relief, we add three or four
millions more, who live at starvation point, con-
sumo next to no hing, and dress in the left-off
clothes of other classes, We may form some es-
limate of the loss to the English home market.
It is not luxury that is injuring England, but
misery---nor can the hunting up Of new mar
kets all over the world, cure its internal disease
tW- When the population of territory
shall have increased to given amount the
law says, it can be admitted into the number
Of States. 1t then becomes free and independ-
INT, or selfgovernng, like any other State. 1t
is in fact little nation recognized by the larger
md older nations TO the east of it.
Would not the same principle be equally
sensible and beneficial, if put into effect. in re-
gard to the increasing population Of townss
The capital of France is divided into twelve
nayoralties, having twelve mayors superintend-
ing the affairs Of their several districts. Now
over this Paris population of mil
ion of souls, there was but one mayor, and one
set Of functionaries? 1t is easy to foresee, that
the business, noU oper-cropding the twelve
. mairies," must have been concentrated Ito be
into the one.
There is chief or precept above these twelve
mayors But he is political engine, through
whom the government csnlralizss power, and
sxerts an overwhelming influence.
Business is always better done when the la
borers are numerous, independent and not over
lone with work.
If a law had been passed in this country, for
he equal and Independent government of towns,
proportion to the increase Of their popula-
ion, it would, perhaps, have been found to work
better, than the hap-hazard superintendent of a
body, fit only to look after the general interests
# small community.
But, says one, poor quarter could not sup
,ort the expense of municipality. Then let
its officers be paid moderately. They will be
the more honest. Or the surplus of rich quar-
ter could, according to Christian rules, be APP
,lied in its aid.
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FYva ;oa;v,du.lx v.srs ronv,ctad at Roma Nv =
rno '"uvs'" 49, sv"s TD - 1sm0 x :
,.oaa. ths KIN I'D aoth i,ns ~ sssass;naton
'.o,.',,;s,s1 nn Frauch sold;arS
'o''"'''''3 =" ''''>" '0-
ihE CAUCASUS.
Letters from Warsaw state that the defeat Of
Gen. Nesterow at Serebrickow, and the flight
of the Russians on the plains Of Tihis, is I'M
in men, ammunition, weapons, and horses, ia far
greater than has been sustained for years; near
" all the strongholds which had been conquered
and maintained ut such an immense expense
have been lost. Report adds that one Of the
commanders of the Hungarian campaign is To
be commander n-chef of the Caucasian army.
TIE VERY Latest.
T.,1.J e. 1919, q y,.o,J
'F'" J''"' -1'"'''' - '-''''f'
FRANCE
FARIs, Friday, August AFTER post-hour,
on Thursday, the following twenty five men,
bers OF the Legislative assembly were elected
to form the commission OF permanence during
the vacation, viz.:-Didier, General Changar-
nier, Dufongeruis, Sauvialle, BartheIemy, D-
montgeny, Berger, Vitei Pouonlnt, De Milford
rassey, Dtoue', Dessoant, D. OLIVER Gouin,
Bernardo, Montebeo Rocher. De la Soureite,
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The PROSPER BRIeHTENs.-The following
IS an extract of letter to gentleman in this
,ity, from friend in Carroll county;
I" In relation to the prospects of the Demo
cratic Southern rights party in this district, from
he limited knowledge ] have of the state of
parties, am induced TO think that this district
will roll up minority for Mcdonald exceeding
hat of my friend Towns. In this county, we
will give the wide-mouthed Free-soilers the
;losest race they have had in years | am not
'ithout hope of beating them-they give up
that we will succeed in electing our representa-
tive from this county. In the county of Car
roll, Mcdonald will get majority of from 300
10 800 10 Heard county, McDonald's majority
sill exceed l00."-Augrsta Consfiiufionaiist.
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The L0UIsTANIANs have, by recent chemical
improvements, converted the moss which grows
in the. South in great profusion in the swamps
and is found hanging in natural festoons from
the trees, into an article of high commercial i'm
portance. II is more valuable than hair for up
holstery purposes, and as it is prepared in Loui-
siana in few hours, it is completely cleansed Of
its 0 1ter covering, and nothing is left but its
wiry and elastic centre. 1t is capital material
for stutfing beds. Immense amounts of this ar
tcle grow in the extreme Southern States
Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Carolina, which
by this new process, may be converted to val
liable purposes
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ant Home, give law to AL contiguous coantxiss.
ana w shaH annex Mexico. Canada, Cuba &n
~ y nnnscsseary. and would he t4diow9 10 ID
inso nnkticulaFs.) and IL any body interfsxes WITH
q, WV, We shall give them litte taste Of New
OrlsaAp Bgena Vista, ContreFAs, ChapuItepsc.
ana s1!ortA." Ey this references, Mr.. Webster
mas quite significantly, 1--WE had nearly slipped
ous We words "syy" and "artfuily," but we
are glad that We did not as some captious critic
might perchance, have accused az Of disrepect.
ELECTED the declaration and avowal Of senti.
inents which it differently announced, might
cause alarm, and give rise to angry execution.
The statesmen of England, of Spain, and o.
Mexico, and of the old world generally have all
received hint to resume the study of their latin
school books, and to ponder upon this ode of
Horace, lib. 3, carmn. 3, and the "manfest des
tiny" OF the United States of America there set
forth. They never can deny having had fair
and full notice, after the publication of this motto
We subJoin translation Of the extract from the
ode above eu>ted, by Philip Francis, d. d. If
what Horace wrote Was in the Bible and re-
corded as prediction respecting this country.
considering what has already come to pass--the
acquisition OF Louisiana and Florida, the annexa.
lion Of Tex IS, the settlement OF Oregon and
Utah, the conquest Of New Mexico and Califor-
MIA, and the discovery of the gold in California,
pointedIy referred to in the ode--we should thus
far have regarded it as remarkable prophecy,
already partly fulfilled. The entire ode, better
than the two fragments of sentences selected
by Mr. Webster, would be an appropriate pre-
fix to his beautiful Grafton; and, with proper
verbal alterations, it may be regarded as exhibi-
ting the future career Of this country We
thank Mr. Webster for suggesting it,
TRANSLATION ep EXTRACT FROM ODE
Let the proud capital in glory stand,
And Rome to triumphd Modes, gave forth her
stern command
Let the victorious voice of Fame
Wide spread the terrors Of her name,
Where seas the continents of earth divide,
And Nilus bathes the plain with his prolific tide.
Let her the golden mine despise
For deep in earth it better lies;
Than when by hands profane, from Nature 5 store,
To human use compelled, flames forth the sacred
ore
Where Natures utmost limits end,
Let her triumphant arms extend
Or where the sun pours down his mad ming beams,
Or where the clouds are dark, and rain perpetual
streams
Thus let the warlike Romans reign,
$50 Juno and the Fates ordain .
But on these terms alone, no more to dare,
Through piety or pride, their parent Troy repair
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An AoEp LADY.-There is a female now resi-
dent in Clarke county, Georgia, who is one hun
bred and thirty-thrcs years Of age She is quite
active, lively and cheerful--converses Auently,
she does not feel the effect OF her age, except as
regard her hearing -she is slightly deaf This,
too, is partly the result, Of accident. She has,
now living within mile Of her resid ence, grand
children to the sixth generation. SO says the
Augusta Constitutionslist.
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ABOLITION EXCITEMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA
We learn from the Wilmington Commercial that
an abolition meeting was held in Guilford county,
N. C., on Saturday. About three or four hundred
assembled one third of them abolitonsts Ii
having been reported that Crooks, noted aboli-
ZIONIST, and Bacon, his associate, would hold
forth, delegation from the otter side attended
Both parties were armed with guns, pistols and
clubs, prepared for the worst A certain abo-
ton captain appearing with his company on the
ground fully equipped, was Immediately ordered
by General Simpson to dsband his men, which
was done in double quick time. The Peoples
Press, in remarking upon these proceedings, says
Several gentlemen addressed the company in
opposition to the course the abolitonsts are pur-
suing, and extracts were read from The Annual
Report ofthe Abolition Society the North, in
which the names of Crooks, Mcbride and Bacon
appeared as emmissres sent out to Virginia and
North Carolina, to labor in the cause of abolition,
stating, we believe that they had been instrument
al in running of near one hundred slaves in the
above named states, during the past year"
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LATER FROM HArrr-We have dates, by an
arrival at New York, from St. Domingo city to
the oath uI.. The Emperor, SoIouque, had sent
large quantities of ammunition and two regiments
to the frontiers, preparatory to making another
attack on the Domnicans. The Emperors En-
voy had returned from Augua-the Dominican
president having declined to make peace except
through the msdist,ng powers
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-"Nomen in ultimas
Extendat oras.

We prefer giving the context with it; it wi
then be fully understood. The object and de
sign of the learned and sagacious orator, in BE
lecting this motto, will then be seen. Mr.. w
never does anything of this sort unmeaningly
or without a motive or purpose. His classical
quotations always have point in them. There
are pregnat inundoes in all of them. The ode
reads TINS.
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tS Ri snlas ss Il ~ sss . =; -
new rates range from d. 10 g.. sd. II ~ peuod
and much higher poun4ngp wouid hsye bsea
dscisred on some of the electoral d1ytz1onA II
there were the siightest hope uhst il, eenld b.
levied But even from districta where rates ara
comparatively light, there is still considerable
emigration. sH
Unless in few deeply embsrrassed unions in
the South and West, the raters are stilI dsetsas-
ing and week BY week the returns show stesdy
diminution In the number Of paupsrs. In the
Union OF Castlerea, county Of Roscommon. the
inmates In the woskhouse sre now 0.1oO In
July, 1850, the psupers chnrxeabls TO The Union
amounted to 5,312, showing glecreAssof nd
wards Of 5000. In most Of lhe Unions the
abie-bodied paupers are going out 70 seek work
at the harvest
The annual returns Of Irish agricultural pro-
duce, and other statistcs connected with acrtcul-
ture, for the year 1850. exhibit some remarkable
facts illustrative Of the social revelation In pro-
gress in this country, In the total number Of
farms there was further decrease Of 22,923.
during the last year, and the total decrsase
between lS4i and 1850 has been 90.2l6:
but from this calculation, holdings under ono
acre are excluded, rs they had not been included
in the census of l841, with which the compare
son is made. The reduction extends pretty
equally to the four provinces, the DEGREES in Ul-
ster having been during 1850, 5,84l, whilst in
Leinster the decrease of farms had boon only
Abb. There are no means of accurately ascer-
tanning the holdings under enc acre before the
famine but in l84l, the number Of farms above
one and not exceeding five acres had been sl0,-
375, and as the holdings Of the same class in
1850 had been but 9l,6l8. the decrease in this
class WIS not less than 2l8767.
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Dunn Priami Paridisque busto
lnsultet armentum, ct catulos fere
Celent inulta sist Capifoiium
Fuigens, triumphatisque possit
Roma ferox dare jura Medis.
Horrenda late nomen in uiiimas
Eriendat oras qua medius liquor
Secernit Europen OBJ Afro,
Qua tumidus rignt arva Nilus:
Aurum irrepertum, ct sic melius situm
Quum terra celat, spernere foriior,
Guam cogere humanos in usus,
Omne sacrum rapiente dextra.
Quicunque mundo terminus obstiti,,
Hume tangat arms, visere gestiens
qua parte debacchentur ignes,
qua nebula pluviique rores.
Sed bellIcoss fata Quiritibus
Hac lege dico, ne, minimum phi,
Rebusque fdentes, avite
Tecta velint reparare Troia.
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Letters from Copenhagen state that the selec-
ton of Prince Christian of Glucksburg, as heir
presumptive to the throne of Denmark was
solemnly ratified on The 10Th ult. by all the mem
bers Of the royal family of that country 10
despite of all assertions to the contrary, it APP
pears certain that the Emperor Of Russia has
given his full and entire consent to this solution
of this long pending question.
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A Pesth corr spondent If the Lloydr makes
mention of report that Bonis and Jozipovich
are condemned to death, and that the remaining
members of the Hungarian convention are TO be
imprisoned for periods varying between two and
ten years. II is added that several political ar
rests have taken place in Pesth among those
mentioned - Madame Dembinski the Younger
native OF Femeswar, and certain Rosenthal
in whose possession documents connected with
Maszini were found. Rosenthsl is said to have
hanged himself in the military prison.
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The omission of the lines Triumphatisoue
possn, Roma feror dare 1ura Medis. Horrenda
Late--whether from desire to avoid the imputa-
ton of Boosting, or threatening, In a manner un-
becoming his official position, or wish not to
excite apprehension and uneasness on the part
of other governments, was quite proper and
commendabe. 1t was meet in him to avoid Civ.
ing cause for any to take umbrage, or seek for
explanations which might precipitate matters /:
and yet it was an admirable stroke of diplomacy
to thus admonish them, in manner that is I'M
mistakeable, yet cannot be answered, of what IN
to come. Some disposed TO do Mr. Webster
great injustice, have invidiousy suggested that
the omitted lines were expurgated, because Mr..
Webster did not coincide with the sentiments
they express. There is no apology or excuse
for emasculating and mutilating the works of an
author, by quotations made as is this motto, ex-
cept the CONSTANTS of delicacy and duty we
have adverted to. Ordinarily, il would betray
paucity of classical attainment and resources.
for an author to be obliged to tear, with some
rudcness, part OF two different sentences from
latin poem, and join the disunited Fragments
in order to make motto for a pamphlet. II by
such process the meaning of the poet is per-
verted or distorted, the act is inexcuseable, mn
deserves designation barsber than "blundcr" or
ono uste- Duh IN tnts instance, tne use OF
these dyect1 membra poeta, if for the object we
suppose, is justhabe. There il little pertiucncy
in the motto, disconnected from the context
and, indeed, we may say, unless the whole ode
ia considered with il. Besides, expurgaton for
the motive imputed, (as we conceive, most un-
Justly to Mr. ", would betAy nm eaqerness to
be unmanly, an unseemy volunteering TO crouch
and truckle, not consistent with the heightened
letter TO the Cbevalier Hulsemann. We repeat,
therefore, that, In our Judgment his selection OF
this motto is fine display of diplomatic tact.
II Is said that ore can be ascertained from
what dlplomatist, "does not say" than from
what "he does say" Sir r. Bulwer, M. Calderon,
and M. Rosa, understand this IF either Of them
ventures to call on Mr.. w for an explanation OF
that motto, he will get il to his hearts content,
we doubt not No intelligent man. who reads
and reflects, can fail 10 discover what idea Mr.
Webster Intended to convey by the selection of
the motto.
He obviously wished to point his countrymen
and "the rest of mankind" 10 that ode, IA the
written programme of the future career of this
confederacy, If domestic dssensions and disunion
do not stop our upward and onward" course
"Sfef capiioiium fuigens"--"Let this brilliant
capitol stand, -" Trinmphafisque possu Roma
fsror dare jura Medis'--and "6erce Rome tri-
umphant, gives law TO he conquered Medes, -
"Iforrenda late nonen IN ulfimas erfsndaf oras"
--"Terriffic, let her name be extended abroad p
the plain and downright Yankee Specification Of
all which is Preserve the federal Union--let IL
stsnd in its spIendor, unimpaired. and we shall
90 ON, and In due season, like fierce and triumph
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P'"AAPxlps'A. August II, 1851 .---Orders have
reached here from the Navy Dsrsrsm<nt, for The
fr'gais Saranac 10 h. in readiness to sail on Wed
desday Her supposed dssi ,nrtios il Cuba. AZ
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Advices from Paris are dated July 3lst, even.
ing.
The committee on the bin authorizing the
city of Paris to contract loan of fifty millions
offrancs, has adopted the bill without modifca-
ton, and chosen N. Vitet as reporter
The Bourse recovered in great measure yes-
terday from the depression Of Wednesday The
five per cents opened at 95f Sc, and closed Mt
95f 55c. for the account; the three per cents
closed at 57f 20c
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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.


T,HE next annual session of this Institution will
commence on the I'd Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. JOHN JoHNs, D. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY TuCxEn, Professor Of Municipal
and Constitutional Law.
BENJAMIN S. EwELL, Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
MORGAN J. SMEAD, Phi. D. Professor of HUI
mainly.
WILLIAM F. HOPKINS, A. M, Professor
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
Fl. A. WASHINGTON, A. M, Professor Of His
tory and Political Economy.
Rev. SIIAs ToTTEN, d. d., Professor Of Intel
lectual Philosophy, Bellies Lettres, and Rhetoric.
There are two courses of study for undergrad
uates-the regular course for the degree Of Bach
eor of Arts, and Science course, occupying two
years. Candidates for admission to the Science
course will be expected produce the written re-
quest of their parent or guardians. Students not
desiring to join regular class may, for special
reasons, be admitted to study with the regular
classes, in those branches which, on examination,
they may be found qualified to pursue.
The necessary College expenses range between
Sl86 and $l96 per annum.
Circulars will be forwcrded to all who may de-
sire fuller information or specific inquiries viii be
answered, if addressed to Professor MoKGAH
SMEAD, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Students, not desiring to attend either the Reg
ular or the Science course, will be permitted to
study with any class which they may be prepared
to Join.
July Isl aw.
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