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MR. X. q. BAiLEy:-It must Be pleasing
to all who are interested In the welfare Of
society, to zee tho increasing attention which
education has been resolving for ssy.ra,
years past And just in proportion a.. this
interest increases, and the value Of education
Is appreciated, just so does the demand for
good teachers and the estimation Of rood
Institutions Of learning incrsnse. And
know Of no class Of men 20 scarce "A GOOD
teachers. And an academy condusted pro-
Psriy Ia thing Of inestimable value and
much to be desired. Whore we 6nd oo.
competent TO teach, as far IN II regard.
scholarship, We will very oflen End him de-
hc'ont In energy and perseverance, or IL
these qualifications be not absent, wha, 1.
worse, We may find his scholarship Of a low
order; his moral character somctinss ran.
ders him unfit for The tsaining and iastrue-
ton OF youthful and inexpsrienssd minds
and hearts. Though there are some, We.
there are not many, In whom arc combined
all these necessary Qualifications. Their.
are few aeadsmies whore they srs ali drought
70 AID 'he student In laying good firm
foundation for emineat attainmspt IN learn.
ing. And vesy Often the location Of sueh
schools 10 such - 10 expose the students 90
moral influences, dangerous and pssnicious.
II 10 therefore difficult mater to iind AN
academy free from objections; and when
such is found, II ought 10 be made known
and patronizsd. And for the benefs Of such
OF ysur readers - may be intssestsd. and
for the sake Of the fsissds Of sdueaiIoa esn.
orally, I would desire To- make meation OF
ozs, situatsd st Proyidsncs Chuseh, Meek.
lsnburg. NC. Having resided long saoagh
In the nsighborhood to become acquainted
with the eharaeter Of the teachers and OF the
academy and having attended the publls ex-
admissions IN The school woald earnestly 70.
commend is 70 all who may Be- concerned,
and not already blessed wiih the advantages
ofa similar one. Il b soudae.sd b. Mr.. n.
c. RuyrsDdal. formally reading % your dls-
tris,, good scholar. pioss and sEsrgs,is
man. The academy b siteaiss IN semmn.
nifty suitable Eos boarding. sad aasaspaassd
In iis moral and religious shassstsr. The
number Of studsats u tbs sssasmy has been
foe some time abeus tseuty-fss; and thsis
quiet. pssesfsi dspeEtmsnt speaks mach fpr
The ehars>s.<Ss Of The institatisn. I humbiy
hope that ths claims ef sash a. academy
will Be q asaaisi.ai szsass fss our iyaahlisr
yea MIA ths ssqssstto n,aksit ksews thse'I
yeaspzesS'' '.~'' -ss ANXIOUS. 1
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER.
triumphant arguments in favor of our rcpub-

triumphant arguments in favor of our rcpub-
lican system.
We hope to see the time when all may en-.
Joy the benefits and the blessings Of cduca-
tioti, when that not only every man may be-
come educated, but when the law shall make
him so for we apprchend that the law has
the same right to correct wiful ignorance, in
this respect, that it has in any other error.
We believe the stern-visaged artisan, who
plies with unwavering diligence his daily
tasl-the dusky-browcd smith, who wields
his pondcrous sledgc-the honest yeoman,
who plOds the noiseless tenor Of his way,
pursuing the peaceful duties of agricultural
| life--that all these may become educated,
and ought to enjoy the full and perfect BEN
Gifts which education is able to confer. A
little learning may be dangerous thing,
but great deal of ignorance is worse. The
State has it in her power to confer educa-
| tional benefits upon her people. and good
matron she should dispense them literally
among her children, and then may hope to
have that whereof she may boast, and when
asked for her jewels, with proud and con-
scious satisfaction, may point to an enlight-
cned and virtuous people, and say these are
my jewels.
From the innumerable fountains of edu-
cation which are springing up throughout
the land, let the stIeams of knowledge con-
tinue to flow on and widen, and from their
limpd waters let all who thirst come, and
coming. Quaff from this never-faling foun-
tain of health and virtue-become strength
ened and invigorsted for the great battle Of
life, and proving that knowledge is power,
and by
knowledge we do learn ourselves to know,
And what to God, and what to man we owe"
"A shade comes Ger the spirit of our
DREAM" and our joys arc lesscned by the
absence of ono who formed part of our as
sOciation year ago. Where is Goldman
His seat is vacant. do not see that bril-
liant eye, from which the intellectual fire of
n noble and generous soul has often flashed.
| do not feel that warm and earnest grasp
which came so kindly from the hand of n
brother and a friend. That eye is no longer
bright, its fire is quenched, its light hath
fled: that hand is now motionlcss and cold,
palsicd in death, no longer able to hold the
rncM which so nften and so beautifully gave
utterance and force to thoughts which breath
and words that burn; all is cold and inani-
mate even rs the senseless clod of the val
ley. And Goldman, the gifted and generous
poet and editor, has gone
| "Where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death"
His memory demands "the passing tribute
of sigh" Let US embalm it in the pleas.
ing rccollections ofthe past and around his
early and lamentcd grave, strew the flowers
OF unfading, undying friendship.
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The Charleston Standard.

This valuable exchange comes to us much
improved, and is now not eXceIlcd by any
paper published at the metropolis. Our
friends, Mcssrs, Spratt & Britten, the editors
and publishers, richly deserve the patronage
of the citizens Of the city and state. The
subscription price is lower than any of the
other dailies, being only So per year, and
tri-weckly SO. We look upon the refusal
of the City Council of giving the Standard
the city printing, when that p. per offered the
lowest bid, not only us unjust but deserving
of ccnsurc.
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Editors Table.

GRAHAM's MAGAZISE.-The January No.
we think is the best ever published. This
Magazine increases in favor every successive
year. Price SO per year. George X. Ora.
ham Editor. X. III. SEE g. Co. Publishers,
Philadelphia, to whom rcmittances should
be sent.
. PuTSAM's MAGAzISE.-This Magazine is
only equalled by Blackwood, it is excelIed
by none other. The January number is
we'll filled with choice literary articles.
Price SO per year.
GEO. p. PUTNAM g. co. n. York.
LONDON QUARTERLY of Octo.
Der number:
!. Institute Of France.
2. The Murder of Thomas a Beckett.
,. Louis XVII the Dauphin in the Ten.
pie.
4. The Holy Palaces.
B. The Diary Of Casaubon.
g. Electro-Biology, Mesmerism, aud Ia
BILE Turning.
I. The Life of Hayden.
LEONARD SCOTT & co. n. York.
See Prospectus in another column.
THE LADIES' WREAru AND PAsLoR An.
SUAL for January contains handsome paint
lnS and steel engraving, besides the usual
amount of reading matter. PIice 81.
BURDICK, REED g. co. NY.
SOUTHERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JouE-
NAL.-Thc January number presents the
same ncst appearance rs regards Typography,
and in turning over the leaves we notice sev.
eral articles which would be useful for all
practitioners TO read Published monthly
at So per year.
J. MccAFFERTY, Augusta, Geo.
The SOUTHERN CULrIvA roR for January,
has come 10 hand. If succeeding numbers
arc as deserving rs this, other agricultural
journals can justly fear formidable rival.
Only 81 per year.
W. s. JONES, Augusta, Geo.
80 The following officers Of Catawba
Lodge, No. 81, |. y. q. +. were elected and
Installed to serve for the next term, viz:
X. s. Bailey, n. G.
w. A. Moore, v. G.
w. NJ. Connors, Sccre Iary.
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GS- One ofthe ladies, conneciedl with
the Methodist Five points Mission who
has under her charge some thirty little
boys, called them together on the morning
of ofthanksgiving day, to perfect them in
their answers to questions sho intended
asking them when before the visitors du
ring the afternoon. After arranging
them properly, therfirst boy on the right,
in answer to the question "Who made
youl" was to say God" The next, "Of
what were you made of" reply. "The
dust of the earth," and so on, through
the Catechism. The all important mo-
ment having arrived, the little "shavers"
were told to stand up. The little head
ooy, 1t seems, was missing, but the fact
being unoticed by the teacher, she pro-
cccded with the question, "Who made
youl" which ELECTED the following laugh
able answers. "I was made out de dirt
of lie 'ert; but the little feller what God
made has got the belly-ache, and gone
home"
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IHE YOUNG AND HoUGHTLEss should
remember that the frequent use Of the name
OF God or tho devil; alusions to passages
OF Scripture mocking at anything seriou.
or devout oaths, vulgar by-words, cant
phrnses, affected hard words, when familiar
t"rms will do as we'll scraps Of Latin
Greek, or French; quotations from plays,
spoken in theatrical manner; all these,
much used in conversation, render person
very contemplate to gravc and wise men.
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A PRINTER out West, who Office is
half mile from any other building, and
who hangs his sign on the limb of tree,
advertises for an apprentice. lie says,
"A boy from the country would he pre-.
feired.p
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The longer live, the more certain am
that the great difference between men, the
great significant, is energy, invincible deter
mlnation, an honest purpose once fixed, and
then victory. Those qualities will do any
thing that can be done in the world, and no
talents, no circumstances, no opportunity,
will make twolegged creature man with
out il
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In storm at sea, the Chaplin asked one
of the crew if hes thought there was any dam
ger. "Oh, yes" replied the sailor, If it
blows as hard as it does now, we shall all
be in Heaven before twelve o'cl ock to-
night"
The Chaplin terrified at the expression,
Xclaimed,-"God forbidw
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THE BEAUTIFUL How sweet to our re-
membiance are the things we have enj Dyed
IN our time, because of their loveliness.
Few things present themselves to the OBJ
servation unassOciatsd with this felicity,
could we only separate from them the cor
ruptions which they have engendercd.
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A CoLoRED PRoFEssoR.-Rev. J. W.
c. Pennington; of New York CITY, has
been elected president and professor in the
Woodstock Manaal Labor Institute.
Michigan. The Rev. gentleman is as
black as ink-wss fugative slave al the
time of the passage of the fugativo slave
law, although he has been for several
years the pastor Of the Congregational
Church in Hartford, CT.
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@- The year 1854 begins and ends
on Sunday; the are five months in the
year that contains five Sundays, and their
are f'ty-three Sundays in the year. Such
coincidence will not occur again for
twenty eight years.
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JusT Sr--Pleasure owes ali its zsst TO
anticipation The promise Of shilling I'D,
die will keep school-boy in happiness for
year. The fun contested with its pOssss-
sion will sxpire In an hour.--Now what Is
true Of school-boys Is equally true Of men.
All they difIerin Is the price Of their fiddlss
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A sharp talking lady was reproyed by
her husband, who requested her to keep
her tongue in her mouth. my DEAR"
responded the wife @it is against the law
to carry concealed weapons
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LANCAsTERVILLE, s. C.
Our Correspondence.

Our correspondence in this paper will be
found interesting. Our sincere thanks to
our faicnd II. of Charleston-call on us at
any time if we can rcciprocate your kind
ness.
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s-Y- There is letter in the Post Office
TO our address from Garden, whic!, will be
taken out when the posta i, paid.
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Congressional FaYors.

To the Hon. J. l.. Orr, and Hon. l.. M.
Kcitt are we indebted for Congressional fi.-
vors.
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New Post Office.

Dudley, is the name of a new Post Office
established in this District at Blackmon's
Store, A. B. Blackmon, Postmaster.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW YORK ooRRRsPoN pFNcR.

The Mitchell Banquet---Meagher's Speech
Sectarian Excitemsnt-Parsons on the
Pope-United Americans 10 the Field
Almost a Riot--The Majors House Be-
sieged-Meeiing in the Park-Expccta-
tions Of Row-Prese 1t State Of Feel.
ing-Bennet in trouble-Shifting Of the
Wind - Discovery Of Guano---Fire in
Brooklyn-First Snow Of the Season
The Markets. ....
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Strong minds are ike firm grained
wood, which kindles slowly, but burns
long.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-12

The public act comforting the franchise creates the po
hca person as distinguished from the natural pers on
whether aggregate SOLE Corporations soleu says
blackstone, Book 4e6) consist OF person only and
porated by law in order to give them some legal capac
ties and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity
which in their natural persons they could not have had
The right TO grant corporate powers and privileges
sides IN the government in perpeuam attribute of
its sovereignty and the terms limitations restrictions
and conditions are exclusively within the range OF legis
atre discretion The to grant inherent In the
government and is recognized in the constitution which
prescribes the mode in which the power shall be
cised-that is, stby general laws (Art g. sec. A.
The act to authorize he business of banking Is gen
eral law creating corporations In the spirit of the csnsti
tuition All the associations formed under the said act
have been declared corporations aggregate The People
vs.. Supervisors of Niagara Hill ~. Affirmed on error,
Hill SEA The People Ass. Waterfowl, Hill GIG.
Thomas Dakin, 22d Wend %. Warner Bars, 23d
Wcnd 103 Leavittvs. Blatchford, Barber, 8. c. o.
See chap. 419 Of laws of 1S43, sec. A. taxation.
Tie act (see r. s., Sd ed. 1872 SO, 4, page 75S,
secs 8, o TO- IL, ~ page 759 secs /, 2; page 761,
secs 81 puts "banking associations" and 'ndvidual
bankers on the same footing; they possess the
franchise, the powers, the privileges;
tons and crea ted by the general law for the
same public purpose,
Individual bankers may be restrained by the govern
ment and the charter under which they act may be for
feitod and dissolved And whyp Because they using
franchise granted by the government and the govern
forfeiture This is not true Of individual pursuing
lawful calling The government proceeds against the
political or artificial person by its corporate name and
receiver is appointed the application Of the
mcnt and the assets applied to the payment Of the
creditors of the corporation This cannot be done by the
government except where it has ousted political per-
son. q r. s. 1862, sec s; H. winding up bank,
sec. r. S. 759, sec. H. Code, sec. 430)
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Our rrontevideo Correspondence.
MoNTRyIDE0 March II, 1851.
2he Netr President-The Brcsan Troops-Nau1l In,eEi

MoSTEyIDEo, March IL, 1854.
9he Ne,c Preident-7ne BrGsilian Troops-Napal In.e
qence.
flores has been appointed President Of this republic
FOR two years, by the Chamber Of Deputies lie went
into Office the 18th They have also passed decree
admitting four thousand troops from Brazil to DO quar-
aered in Monteydeo for the protection OF the present
government.
Commerce is dull here There three or four Ameri
can vessels here with cargoes of -four and rice which
will stock the market for short while
The United States rgate Savannah bearing the broad
she harbor also the Water Witch under charge
ui Lieut. Moore for repairs and provisions Having left
Lieut. Commanding T. j. Page with the rest of his Off
GERS above Assumption prosecuting the survey Of the
river she will go up the river she finishes
her repairs. All was quiet at Buenos Ayres when last
heard from.
The United States ship Germantown has gone to the
Falkland Islands and the brig cambridge TO st. Cathe
Jnes The health of the squadron is most excellent.
The following i list of the officers of the Sayan-
pah-Willam ID. Saler, Commander in-chief; Samuel
Mercer Commander John NJ Berrien First Iieute
NJ Iotten, do, Iieutenants; William H. Leroy, Flag
lieutenant Daniel Egbert Fleet Surgeon Charles Muir
ray, fleet Purser; Alex L. Marley Master; William Low
Der Past Assistant Surgeon j. Pembroke Thorn Assist
First Lieutenant and commanding marines OF the
squadron Robert L. Browning Second do do. Frederick
r. Brose, Passed Midshipman Charles W. Flusser do
Benz. /. Hand, do; Robert 4. Chapman do J. p X.
Mygatt do; George Bacon Midshpman J. Crossan
Chaplin, do; Thomas Arnold, do; Robert Whitaker
Boatswain; Augustus i. Thompson, Gunner; Luther
Manson, Carpenter; Richard Van Voorhs Saiimaker
w. A. Ingersol, Com Secretary; George C. Springer,
Speden Pursers do. VIII you request the Philadelphia,
baltimore, and Norfolk papers, to copy this isR
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General ISAAC f. CRARY died at Marshall, Michigan,
the sth inst, aged ffty years.
Died. in Cincinnati the 4th instant in the seth year
OF her age Mrs KATHERINE BROWNE, native OF hassa-
chusetts but for the last six years resident OF ohio
Mrs. Browne resided in the District of Columbia thirty
five years, and win be remembered by the elder inhab
tants particularly lady OF highly cultivated mind
exemplary Pety and fascinating manners. She was for
a long time member Of the family OF the late Dr
sawall and enjoyed the confidence and friendship OF
John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Rufus Choatc
Senator Pearce Judge Mclean and other distinguished
men.
on the 5th inst, Dr. AR ESSwoRTH for many years
prominent respected md useful citizen Of Rochester died
In Buffalo at the residence OF his inaw, having
reached the age Of % years and months Dr. L. part
cipated In the struggle Of the Revolution
PHAD SMITH, a respected member of the Society OF
81 years.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CHcAGo.-About halfpat
eleven O'Clock Friday night last fire broke out In
Abe engine Of the chair manufactory OF John Phil
1ps, Fac. near the Indiana and Western Railroad sta
aion house, on the ives, side In few moments the
whole establishment wrapped in flames, which soon
after spread TO the railroad foundry Of j. w Cobb al
Joining the south. One half Of this establishment
yss also destroyed Mr.. Phillips lost the whole Of his
E,oek Of paints chairs and material There was In
nuranoe on Mr. P's establishment, most companies de-
rlining the risk in the position occupied SO near the
foundry. The loss Of Mr.. P. will be from $1,000 to
$4,000. On the foundry there was an insurance OF
$4,000, divided between the Mohawk and Etna Offices
This viii not the loss TO Mr. Cobb upon his build
Sngs stock 1.-THE latter included six nearly finished steam
engines and all his patterns and the detention TO his
business The engine which carried the machinery was
1niujured and a considerable portion Of the foundry
~ moulding shops still standing The are spread
"a 9iiIy on account OF the combustibe nature Of
srials.-Chtsdgo Democrat Nays.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
MONEY MARKET.

THURSDAY, May 11-8P.M
There was little buoyancy in the stock market
at the first board to-day and little more activity in
transactions Canton Company advanced u per cent;
Delaware and Hudson, "a Pennsylvania Coal /; Michi.
gan Central Railroad, u; Panama Railroad, TX. Erie
Railroad declined q per cent; Sixth Avenue Railroad,
u; Nicaragua, 81 Northern Indiana Railroad " Erie
Railroad was hammered pretty wen by the bears, and
they succeeded in putting it down nearly one per cent
There very large sales principally for cash This
company is rapidly getting into very bad odor or rather
into odor for II has for long time been in poor
credit, and had bad name. Its finances are becoming
mystfed, and there is so much Hnancering in all Of
its moneyed operations, that confidence has almost en-
tirely disappeared II is matter OF considerable
constituent to us that the public have had faith in this
SO long. The questionable position in which
the late negotiations of this company appear is likely
to produce very serious depreciation of the bonds
known those of 1885, it being announced through
the correspondence Of Mr. George Peabody of London
that the Of his in connection with the loan is
entirely unauthorized. As usually happens when dsin
genuous attempts of this kind made give eat
financial operations the reaction created by the exposure
is certain TO produce the most unavorabe
The advance in Cumberland is attributed to the resig
nation of three of the old board Of directors Tho I'M
provemen probably caused by the large purchases
and the favorable exhibit of coal receipts for the past
week, than by any change in the management. We
have very little faith in the respectahity of individuals
composing the board OF directors believing that string
OF names of length Of the most honorable respecta
BILE men in Wall street. can alone have no influence
in making coal mine any other mine productive. 1t
requires hand work well head work to make mine
pay, and it is full time that depended less upon the
respectabity Of pre- sidents and directors and looked
more to the practical working Nicaragua Transit
fell oil to-day fraction, with sales to extent The
bears unring in their efforts to depress the stock
They are largely short, and have heavy interest at
stake New York Central Railroad in favor to-
day; but sellers do not let up much They to be
disposed to put out contracts at any stage of the market
We have idea that the stock viii sustained at any
point above par.
After the adjournment OF the board, the following
sales of stocks made at auction by A. IL Ncoay-