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York produces to a far greater extent than Vir-
ginia; as, for instance, maple sugar, of which
the former produced 10, S57, 900 pounds, against
!, 227, 900 in the latter; but we have embraced
all the principal products of the soil, and have
shown that Virginia, though almost exclusive
ly an agricultural State, is even in that partic-
ular far behind the commercial and manufac-
turing State of New York, the greater part
of whose people have nothing to do with cul-
tivatng the soil. 1t would be easy to show
that the agricultural products of New York
are worth twice as much as those of Virginia,
to say nothing of the fact that the difficulty
of getting to distant markets, flor they have
none at honey absorbs half the value of the
Virginia farmers crop, and renders it utterly
impossible to sell many articles at any price.
We have no time at present to go into the
education statistics presented by the writer;
but we here present them to our readers, with
single remark. He says:
"Again New York, with all her boosted
system of education, is, after all, not so very
far in advance of Virginia. New York has
IS colleges, 174 teachers and 1878 pupils
Virginia has 2 colleges, 10 teachers, and $40
pupils Taking, then, the pupils as the stand
ard and the free population of the States as
they stand in the ratio of 1926 to the num-
Der of college students in New York, to be
equal with those of Virginia, would be 1914
| Thus. in the college department. OF education,
! New York, TO be equal with Virginia, requires
| ,7O1 more students than she now has"
Every one at all acquainted with the South
and Wess must have observed the vanity
which is displayed in giving great names to
small things They unhesitatingly dub VII
lage of five or ten thousand inhabitants a city,
and we have seen cities of two or three thou
sand souls But for the unpOetical custom OF
taking the census, which displays the tEue
proportions Of these far famed cities, we have
no doubt that the South would be regarded by
foreigners as rivalling China in population. 1t
is in the came way that they count colleges by
the dozen, where Northern man or Euro
pean would see only school-house, or at best
an "Academy.n This vanity Is vice Of now
countries, and exhibits itself in exact proper
ton to their poverty and sparsity of popula-
tior. We see it even in New, as compared
with Old England, where the institution at
Eton was, until recently, designated as
" SCHOOL, notwithstanding its wealth and re-
nown, which would entitle it to take rank
with our Universities At least half dozen
of the Virginia colleges will bear no eompari-
sen with the High Schools" Of New York.
G.
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON D. c. SEPTEMBER T. 1854

~ The able author of the following ie''er
has already furnished one or two communica-
tons for the Era. As might be inferred from
certain peculiarities of style, he is foreigner
AT one period during revolutionary times In
Europe; he took prominent part Few men
are so well versed in European affairs; anu
our readers will find his correspondence peou-
Il
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LIBERIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY-UndCrl he
auspices f>the Rev K. R. Guricy and other.
a corporation has been formed for the bu.ItI.
or purchase Of a steamship for the TRANSPORT.
ton Of emigrants to Liberia, and the following
is The board OF Directors of the United States
and Liberia Steamship Company:
Arson G.. Phelps, President; Isaac T. Smith
Secretary J. n B. Lstrobe, Treasurer; 4 lll.
more Henry NJ. SchiCffelin, New York Du3
ley S. Gregory, Jersey City; William McLsl
Washington d. c. William Parker Foulk
Philadelphia.
Plan Capital, 800, 900; Shares, 500 eacl
1--WE, the undersigned, agree to take th:
number of shares in the United States and Il
IBERIA Steamship Company respectively Sc
against our names, and to pay the amount O
said shares as follows: Ten per cent to he psi,
when SIS 900 shall be subscribed; the bllanc
payable In instalments, at the call of the boari
but no instslment to exceed twenty per cent
and at Intervals Of at least sixty days"
Mr. Gurley says that one gentleman ha
subscribed IS 600, and that various others hsu
sent in s 900 each. We should think it w0ul.
be an easy matter to raise q hundred th0usan.
dollars for this enterprise; but the sum seem
to us dispropOrtionately small, compared with
the object in view. It great falling of from
the George Saunders's Ebony Line of half a
dozen first class steamers, agitated in Congress
q. SvaI ia WV "sA- The cum aany sbGuR IS
their capital at least at half a million. Shr;
OF that, very little can be done for the establish
ment of steam navigation between the United
States and Air;ca.-Ne10 York Herald.
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NEW ORLEANS POLITICS.

The Wing papers of New Orleans applaud
the course of Col Theodore G, Hunt, their
Representative in Congress, in reference to the
Nebraska Bill, in unqualified terms. The But-
Ietin says that his Copgressionl Il career has
met with "ahnost universal APPRECIATION "a
fact which is highly creditable t. the people of
Louisiana.
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VOL. VIII,

poets, in case the enemy should enter Ven. -.
that you do not receive him with a6v ev. ".
sions Of joy" '~P'h
Some of the Austrian papers state tho, p.
Dissatisfaction is to remove immediatal, ~
headquarters from Jassy, in Moldavia. 10 -. =
place within the frontiers of BessaraEs -,
that the whole army Of Prince Gortscb.Ir-- =,
il to CROSS the Pruth as quickly az nos'a,.
and take up their new quarters on tho Is
bank of that river. These reports arro,, /.
be correct, because they correspond WITH ,
official notice which the Diplomat Gortscs.L~ ,
has given to the Austrian Cabinet Of tba -.
uatiOn of the Danubian Principaities ~ y, :.
Russians. =! VI
There Is one Circumstance whichisme
IN several of the German papers with eT,,,.
sions OF great surprise. The notorious n1.,,<,
agent of the Gar, Colonel Kowalewskv ~
for some time has been passing betwee, v,..
and St. Petersburgh as bearer of Russian a.
patches, was on the 65h instant at his &C, Il,
from Warshsw at the border station IN VA
kawa, prohibited from continuing his va, :.
Vienna, in virtue Of orders from that ca1;,r
He took then roundabout direction b. y.
Austrian border station in Uligizee brt ~ ~
also here prevented by the Austrian ra;-
from entering Austria.
We learn, by the latest news from Sra,
that Queen Christina is still detained in N,5
rid, in order to please the rabble, who are 4.
sirous to make her disgorge some part Of b.
supposed wealth, and to take her life too
is to be hoped that Espartero may have 4
power of preventing the intended crime.
were an eternal disgrace to Spain, if the u
happy Queen were to become the victim of ,
Infatuated pOpulace DIoGENrs
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PERIODICALS.

The September monthly part Of Hoahi
Words is full of interest In it, Hard Tima
is concluded and the perps4l Of this story vii
improve the heart Of every reader.
Graham, for September, Opo1s with v,ry
good steel and very bad wood engraving
The literary contents are fair, but uLsuJs;an.
tal
The KnicksrJOeEer richly Oompensates t.o
attentive reader.
LinslFs Lifting Age comes to Us weekly, ard
is always welcome. The engraving in each
number is very excellent.
The Hedica! Examiner, O monthly record Of
medical science, edited by Samuel L. Hong'.
worth, is published at Philadelphia, by Lind.
cay & Blackiston, at 50 PER year. 1t is worthy
the patronage. of the profession.
The Magazine Of Horticulture, B0tang st.
by C. NJ Hovey, is published monthly at Bos'
ton, by HOvey & Co.. 50 per year. It Is an
instructive periodical.
70 Putndm's MontLIy for September, con,
tains a finely engraved portrait Of John J.
Kennedy, from a'daguerreotyp9 by Vanners'n
and table Of contents both rich and varied
The article on "OdF Politics and Parties i
most able and manly exposition of the degsn'
eraey of the old parties, and their utter absn-
Comment of the principles in which they orig
mated Tho author takes high Anti-SlayaTy
ground, and insists upon tho reconstruction Of
great free party, based on a repeal Of the
Fugitive Slave Law, the restoration Of the
Missouri Compromise, no more slave States
and the abolition Of Slavery in the District Of
Columbia. This article alone is worth the
yearly price of the Magazine For sale by
Franck Taylor, Washington city.
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70 1t is said that the AppIetons have paid
in hand, to Mr.. Benton, Fifty thousand dollars,
for the copyright of his Thirty Years in the
United States Senate.n
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AN APOLOGY FOR COMMANDER HoLLN.-
A letter written to the New York Times ,,
some one who assumes to be familiar with Ii.
opinions of Commander Hollns. gives the I'll
lowing novel explanation Of the meaning If
that officer when he wrote to the English hen.
tenant JOlley, that he regretted the EngT.l
force was not double that Of the Cyane:
"Be it known, that by the regret he eEr-ess
ed to the English commander-and which hA
been distorted into the ebullition Of a b7aggg.
dOciO-ho simply meant to convey the ida.
that the presence cf a force twolold that O. hs
own would have furnished a valid excuse "a,
neglecting or declining TO carry out the ins.
nous instructions, and so 6ayed bis beloved
country the disgrace Of the ordered b1mla,!.
ment.
This is written without tho knowledge 4
Commander Hollins, but you may ro.t ASSURED
it reflects his true sentiments"
For his sake, we would hope 80 and tla
Fauntleroy and the ether officers detailed up1
that duty, may be enabled to preserve a It
record.
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10 Hon. Daniel Mace is before the people
of Indiana. They have good reason to be proud
of him.
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10 Robert j. Atkinson, of Iowa, has been
appointed Third Auditor in the Treasury De-
partment, in place of Mr. Burt appointed Gov
ernor Of Nebraska.
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RUSSIAN ANNExATIoN.--A Liverpool paper
says: 4" Within little more than halt century,
Russia has advanced her frontier, towards
Berlin, Vienna, and Paris, 700 miles TOWARDS
Constantinople, 500 towards Stockholm, ooo'
and towards Teheran, 1000"
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THE WoLFBoRoUGH IN. H. CoNvESTIoS.--
We muft defer, till our next an account OF the
proceedings of this body,
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The New York Commercial advertiser pub
fishes list of the buildings destroyed at Grey,
town, their contents, and the names OF their
occupants The number of buildings is l5i
their value, with their contents, is estimated al
Sl,500,000. Only eight small buildings were
saved from the general destruction. The own
ers of the property, besides residents Of the ci'y
were Americans, English, Germans, liahSns'
Nicaraguans and Frenchmen.
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RECONCILIATION DECLlNED.-Gn.W albridge,
of New York, declines renomiT alton for Con-
gress, on account of private usiness. We
thought, when we witnessed his visiting course
on the Nebraska measure, that ,e would soon
be in declining way.
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THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.-This valuable
weekly paper will commence q new volume Oh
the 16;h instant. 1t is devoted to all the use
full pursuits Of life. There is no one whom it
can fail to instruct and interest Mum s. Co.
New York; 81 per year.
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RECOVERY OF STRUGGLED ST; KS Twelve
cases of silks and velvets, rece, tly struggled
from Europe, were seized On the ID instant by
Cyrus Refill, Inspector of Custom !, at the store
of Mr. Pastacol, Spaniard, Nc 81 Pearl st.,
New York. 1t is believed to lie the largest
amount ever recovered at one tt ue, being val
ued at SIG 600.
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RELATIVE INCREASE OF WHITES AND BLACK


We find the following in paper published
at Winnsborough, in Fairfield district, South
Carolina:
"StatisticS Of the District-Wa are indebted
to Mr. Daniel B. Kirkland for the following
interesting statistics Of the district. There
arc others in his possession, of such importance
that their publication would be u favor to the
public. We hope Mr.. Kirkland will furnish
us with them:
Marriages among the whites So
Births among the whites 80
deaths among the whites As
Births among the blacks $50
"Deaths among the blacks 305
at appears by the books that 1O5 blacks
died of typhoid fever, and 81 of cOngestive.
Several died of old age and general debility,
and over so infants died of causes unknown.
"This shows we'll for the health of our dis
trict. In the total population, the number of
births exceeds the number of deaths by 1913 !;
while the excess Of marriages over deaths fur
nishes the probability of prospective increase"
The white population of the district, in
1850, was 1908; the slave and free colored
population was 1896. The proportion of
blacks to whites was therefore only fraction
over two to one bu. aeeQrspfGn "a a hhS sheeHE6
blacks-we presume for twelve months past
was nearly sevenfold greater than among the
whites This is very singular state of things,
and needs explanation. During the twelve
months ending. June 1st, 1850, the births among
the whites and free colored amounted to 1874,
and among the slaves to 353 which shows an
equality Of ratio in the increase Of the two
clRsseS e.,
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MAINE.-The Wing Congress onal Conven-
ton for the third district assem- lied at Rock
land on the 1st instant, and unanimously nomi-
mated E. w. Farley. Resolutions were passed,
against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
in favor of the principles of The Homestead bill,
the acquisition of the Canadas, aud the contin-
uation of the National organi ;ation of the
Wing party. MIR. Farley addressed the Con-
vention at length on national politics.
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1867 73O,2sO S2B7,O99

1867. 79O, ESQ S267, O99, 1856
Divide this as before, aud the New Yorker
would have S2l5, and tho Virginian 1921.
But il the lands in both States were placed at
their proper intrinsic value, it would make the
difference much greater This is apparent
from the fact that of late years quite number
of the mere shrewd and enterprising of the
Northern KnickerbockeTs have sold out their
small farms at high prices, and used the avails
IN buying much larger and more productive
farms in Virginia, thereby doubling at once the
instrinsIc value Of their property.
In addition to this, the slaves in Virginia
numbering 472 428, at $500 each, have q cash
value of Sal, 728, 400, which, divided as before
between the free inhabitants would give TO each
Sl49
Let us low sum up the items.
Each Now Yorker has four acres of improved
land. Each Yirginian has eleven. Each New
Yorker has farm Of six acres improved and
unlmproved. Each Nirginian has farm Of 81
Gcres.
The estimated agricultural value of New
York, as above, gives to each citizen S2i5:
to each N.rgini&n 1881. And this difference
is increased by the addition of slave property
to the latter, 50 that the distributive share Of
the New Yorker is still S2l5, while that Of The
Nlrginan is $3.50; just two to one
But intrinsically the farms of New York are
worth 10 more than the farms Of Virginia.
Virginia is much the larger of the two, and On
an average her lands are as productive. She
has four-ffths as much virgin soil untouched as
the whole State of New York
Now, in the Census Book the cash value
of New York farms, estimated by
the owners the tax rates, is $jJ4 $40 642
The cash value of Virginia farms 2l6,40I SAB
Difference $33s, JAS ,O9s
But who can believe that there is intrinsical-
~ any difference? Suppose there is none, and
estimate the lands of Virginia as the lands of
New York are estimated, and we have
1898 las. 099 moro to be divided between
gag, 1873 people, giving to each more than 1855
Ihis added to the S430-each Virgiuian's
olstrlbutlve share under the former estimate
would make S785. The relative wealth of the
New Yorker and the Virginian would then be
as 2l5 to 785.
We have not seen the address Of Mr.. Van
Zsndt to which reference is made ia the above
article, but We cannot doubt that it has some
grains Of wholesome, if unpalatable, truth in it.
Judging from the censure of his reverend
brother of the WGtehman and Observer.
IL will be remarked that this veracious and
candid Inquirer after truth, in his effort to show
that the Virginians are Individually more
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PROPERTY In MAH,

Mr. Tilghman Cobbs barn at Bedford, Va,
was set fire to by lightning, Oh Friday the
l1th and consumed. Two negroes and three
horses persisted 10 the flames.
Nel0 Orleans Daily Crescent, Aug. %.
Two negroes and three horses persisted
Quite an incident, and quite a loss to Mr.. Cobb T!
Possibly the negroes were men or women,
with husbands, or wives, or patents, or chill
dren, or brothers or sisters to me urn their fate.
But that is all unworthy the tttention Of a
journalist. The great fact is, that Mr.. Cobb
lost his negroes and horses! Huiaanizing III
stitution !! u
A valuable negro boy, the property of w.
A. Phipps, living in the upper end of this
county, was accidentally drowned in the Hol-
ston river a few days ego.
RogersUiLLe (Tenn) Times, dug. "a.
A va!uGbIe negro boy, the property of w. A.
Phipps! The simple reader, who dwells not
in the midst of Slavery, must be told that
slaves never become men in the nomenclature
CT Slavery. This "bOy" may have been a
husband and a father but wha of that?
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at the special election for sheriff In Berkley
county, VssAeld On Thursday last, Mr.. New
conner, the Know Nothing candidate, was
beaten Al votes, by Mr.. Cushws
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The MILWAUKEE, FIRE.-The Milwaukee
Sentinel has careful statement of the loss by
the recent fire in that city, the amount of
which i 1891, 900; amount of insurance,
S233 050.
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FoR KANSAS Two hundred emigrsnts are
already enrolled in Crawford county Pa, and
will leave on the 26th of September. They
take with them power press and large
quantity Of type.
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1HE EXCITEMENT At CHCAG) Chicog0
S.Pf. 2.-J9dgc Douglas was not allowed to
soak last i:;sht. There was great exc. ,emeu,
Ct tie meeting but 20 breach cr tho peace
occurred
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q lie shipping IL me harbor wee displayed at
haifmast at noon on the Let instant, expressive
Of indignation at Senator Douglass opposition
70 the RIVER AID HaIbor bill, and the bellr
we're toIod I'll the afternoon. He was to speak
at night, AM there was much excitement
throughout tne city.
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The NORTHRUP KIDNAPPING CASE. The
k.duappers Of So.om'n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Eic-iii and J1selh R1ssell-wcro indicted at
Saratoga On the lst instant; bat they will not
be tc.ei III Ostob-r OF December.
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Stanley, the great Indian artist and travel
Ter, has just produced an admirable panorama
and series Ct illustrations Cf Indian life Ii will
be exhibited in Washington during the present
week and will be taken hence to Europe at an
early day.
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Preparatory Military School.

nN the first of January, 1855, the subscribers
" graduates Of the Citadel Academy, design open
ing at Yorkve S. c.. school of preparation for the
Military Institutions Of the State. They will endea-
yor to afford ALSO good plain education to such pu.
nils as are not desrous of entering upon an advanced
scientific and literary course.
The following will be the course OF instruction:
Sd Class-Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geogra-
phy. History o! the United States
End Class-Algebra, Plane Geometry, Universal
History, History of England French.
lst Class-Geometry and Trigonometry, Surveying
History Of Greece, and of Rome Mythology, French,
Natural Philosophy, Drawing
Exercises in Defining Composition, Elocution and
the Drill of Squad and Company, will be conducted
throughout the course.
Pupils from other districts will board in certain lam.
lilies Of the town, under the immediate supervision oil
the principals.
TERMs-For each Session of FIVE months, S25. in
advance, or $50 at the end of the Sesson
Board. per month, including washing fuel and lights,
$l0 No pupil will be received who is under twelve
or over eighteen years age who cannot read and
write with facility
A. COWARD, (until Jan. lst.) Columbia, S.
NJ. JENKINS. Yorkville, s. G.
References-Gen. James Jones' Granitepille s. c.
Gen. D. F. Jamison, Orangebnrg G. H., s. G, Ex. Gov.
J. NJ Means, Buckhesd, s O., Gen. .. Wallace Jones.
vile Union, c., Col, I. D. Wilson, Society Hill,
Darlington S c., Gen. R. G. N. Dunovant, Ninsty-Six
Depot Abbeville, SC
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OBITUARY.

Died. in Chester District on Tuesday the l4th inst'
after severe illness ofthree weeks Mrs. AMANDA S.
wife OF DR.. William Wylie in the 29th year OF her
age.
Alasl we bloom to-day, tomorrow die. How soon
has the parent stem withered, from which sweet
flower had lately fallen.
Aud it true that the mother and the child sleep
together? It's even so, for scarce had the weared
eye of fond affection reposed for one moment from it's
anxious grief until another loved called to the
spirit land, away from home kindred and ALL
Death loves shining mark, and the insatiate archer
with unerring aim has gained another prize. Our
friends; we see them fall :" like leaves in wutry
weather" and yet how little do we lay to heart these
solemn, SILENT and faithful admontions Lord teach
number days that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom.
The writer of this feeble tribute knew Mrs. WYLIE
as one to admire and love. Those social qualities Of
heart and character with cultivated and gifted mind
made her valued friend and acquaintance In her
life she filed sphere Of usefulness which was highly
honorable. Her death has caused blank which time
can never fill up
To her afflicted family the loss is irreparable-her
place is vacant-never to be filed earth. How
sweet the consolation that have hope in her death.
and though lost those who loved her here earh
they may all meet in Heaven.
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y ENTLEMEN'Sf fine Black Cloth Frock Coats, black
" Cashmere and white Marseilles Vests opened
last week and for sale at the "Old Corner" by.
Oct 3l-tf. Il. ". BONNEY. =.
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HATS AND CAPS AT COST.

T,HE subscribers having determined to discontinue
this part of their business, will dispose Of the re-
mainder Of their stock of Hats and Caps at cost or
cash, or at q very small advance on time.
An examination of their stock and prices will at
once convince any desrous of purchasing, that it
will be decidedly to his interest to buy of them.
Goods of like quality have neuer been offered at such
low prices Among them may be found fine and lash.
ionabe MOLESKlN AND BEAVER, also, good
article Of PLANTATION HATS.
Nov Att WORkMAN q w.