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Transient advertisements will be inserted at the rate of SI.OO per square of ten lines for three inser tions or less, but for every subsequent insertion, 23 cents per square will be charged in addition, l'able and figure work double price. Auditor's notices ten lines and under, SI.OO ; upwards ot ten lines and under fifteen $1.50. Liberal reductions made to persons adveitisiug by the year. Select $o 11 r2 . "l is surer to think 'Tis sweet to think when far away In other lands our footsteps stray, Of childhood's happy home— Where'er we roam, what'er our lot, Fond memory clings to that dear spot, Aiound the old hearth-stone. 'Tis sweet to think of halcyon days. O'er which hope's rainbow-tinted ray- In golden circles hung— When brightly rolled the skies so fair, Undimmed by clouds of grief and care, That o'er us now are flung. 'Tis sweet to think of those so dear, 15y ties of love and kindled near, The friends still iutthful ever, And twine around each loved one's nam-:: Of memories sweet, an endless chain. That Uiengthens on forever. 'Tis sweet to think that if no more We shall meet on Time's bleak shore, Ere earthly ties are liven, ' i tial OITC J Us,r.in -r. Ln realms above, of fadeless light, We'll meet again in Heaven. 'Tis sweet to think as on we glide, Adown Time's swift uncertain tide, With cares of life oppressed ; That far above yon star-lit dome Awaits us there a (happy home, A home of endless rest. TiiE BOY PATRIOT- History is filled with the deeds ol the men ~| the Revolution, nor are the patriot women forgotten in the burning words ol the annuls of '76, but where is the history that tells ol the patriotism ot the boys ot t hat gloomy petiod ' Who writes their biographies? There were boys in the Revolution—hoys of noble patriotism and dauntless spirit boys who would not become traitors, though the rail* anil gibbet confounded their.—hoys who toiled with an endurance and boldness utter]ua led in the annals of u nation lor the independence of Ihe "Old Thirteen," and had they their just desert, the brightest .-tar in America's constellation, and the widest stripe in her canvass, would lie dedicated to the "Roys ol o. Let us relate an instance : it was in the year 1776. Philadelphia was in the hands of liowe and his inhuman soldiery, while the field ol Brandywine gave American people an evidence i I British humanity. The inhabitants of Penn sylvania and Delaware were at the mercy of their foes. Rands of Hessian dragoons scouted the vicimtv of Philadelphia for mile.; around, and committed acts which would disgrace a Vandal. On the evening of a delightful autumn day a group of boys, ranging in age fioin twelve to seventeen vears' were gathered together on the steps of a tenant less store-house in tne little vil lage ot Newark, D. lavvare. The town seemed lonelv, and with the exception of the youthful band "i.ferred 10, not a human U ing met the eye. All the men capable of bearing arms had left their to join the army oi VV usiimgtoii on the Schuylkill/ A youth ot sixteen years mount ed on a barrel, was giving an account ol Uxe disastrous battle of Hrandywin*. James Wil son the oialor, uar a bold ooy, enthusiastic in h's love tor the American cause, and possessed ot no little intelligence. His bright blue e}es and flaxen bair gave hirr. an effeminate appeal aiice, but beneath that plain homespun jacket throbbed a heart, that never shrank before any obstacle. His father was the commander of the Delaware troops, and his mother was dead, i lie boy concluded his narrative and was deeply la menting that he could not join the army. "I aui not old enough," said he, "but had I a mus ket I would not starvl idle heie, with my hands Useless by my side." "Are there no guns of any description in Hie village ?" asked a listening youth. "None. I have spent nearly a week trying to find one, but my efforts have been of no avail. 1 strongly suspect that the old tory Livingston, lias several in his house, but as he permits no one lo trespass on his laoJ, 1 am unaole to say Positively." "Why not take a party and search his dwel ling!" asked Frank Howard. "He has no one to assist him except his cowardly son Geoige, and I can thrash him as easy as that," and the boy auapoed his fingers to imply the readiness with which he could trounce old Livingston s son. James Wilson's eyes sparkled with joy. "If there are nay three boys in this company who will help me, 1 will search old Livingston's house this night. All who are willing to go, just step lot vard three paces " | Evey boy in that crowd stepped forward without a moment's hesitation, James's eyes flashed like stars. "Now by the death of Bun ker Hill, I will search old Livingston's resi dence, (hough deathstands in my path." With a firm tread, and with the utmo't si lence, the young heroes look up their inarch for old Livingston's. Livingston had long been suspected ol haiboriiig British spies, anil soma ol his former laboreis had reported that he kept uj) a regular correspondence with the British commander. At all events, he was generally regarded by the Whigs as a dangerous man. His house was situated a short distance from I Whit eclay Creek, on the side ola steep hill, i surrounded on ali sides by tall trees. It was just such a place as one might suppose suitable for the plotting of treason. At the time James Wileou and his little hand lelt the deserted store-house in the v.llago of Newark, dusk had given place to the daiker shades ol night ; still it was uot dark, the new moon was shining brightly through the clouds, and every object was perfectly distinguishable. 1 he boys walked firmly forward, maintaining a solemn silence. At length they gained the bank of the creek and slowly following the winding path, soon came to a little low bridge which crossed a shallow rivulet leading intoVVhileciay, aud James Wilson ordered them to halt. "Lt Fiank Howard and mysell recoanoi'er the premises first to see whether any danger may be apprt bended. All the lest stand here until we return. Make no noise and keep a constant watch." James aud Frank silently departed, and were soon lost in the thick woods tbiough which the path ran. Scarce had they gone from their ' companions, ere the quick ear of* Wilson de lected a noise. "Hist 1" said he to Frank, as J he pulled him behind a gigantic beech tree. ! Presently George Livingston came in sight. James Wilson Carted from his covert and tight ly grasped the boy by the neck. The coward-, ly youth trembled like a reed. "Speak one word," whispered his captor, "and I'll toss yon into the creek." The tory's son struck dumb with fright, found himself in the midst of the whole group of boy i heroes, with the vice like grasp ot James and Frank on either side. "Now," said James, "answer me promptly and fortable". Do you hear ? tv iju ... ther's house at this moment ?" "I—l—cannot tell," stammered the half dead boy. "You shall tell, or—" "Spare me, and I will tell everything. When I left the house there was no one there but our j family and Major Bradstone. "Who is lie ?" asked James. "I don't know—l don't indeed." "Tell!" threatened Frank. "He is the Captain of the Yorkshire dra-! goons." 1 The blue eyes ot James glistened with joy and he soon-gained fiotn Ihe tory's son a teve- 1 latio.n which stamped his father a traitor ot the j most appalling character. He discovered that j old Livingston not only kept up a correspon dence with the British commander, but that ho' had so plotted in his traitorous design that the little village of Newark was to be burned to ashes, and its women and children lelt exposed ; to the pitiless foe. The old lory was to receive I as his reward the land whereon the vdlage stood 1 and an annual pension from the British govern- j merit. But, stranger than all, the plot was to be consummated on the very night the lory's sou j had been captured, while he was going on an en and to a neighbor, about two miles distant. The -little band of heroes learned, too, that the British troops nad secured their horses in Liv ingston's ttabie, and intended to descend the ; creek in a large boat. There were twenty of them besides their captain. Major Bradstone, the leader of the Land, was in temper and heart j a thorough demon, and scrupled not in his cru elty to destroy the slumberiug infant or the sick j wile. Not a lew in that youthful band trem bled for a widowed mother or a defenceless sis-, j ter. Some weie fur departing immediately, hut j James Wilson, stiil retaining his grasp on the ; toiy's sun, ordered all to be silent. The pris oner was lied hand and fool, a thick handker chief bound over hi; mouth, to prevent him from calling tor assistance, and a stout cord fas- | tened to his breast and wound about a tree. All \ hope of escape forsook George Livingston. W il-; sou motioned his little band to lollow him, and in a few moments they stood on the summit ol ; a high precipice which overhung Whiteclay Creek. "Now, boys," said Wilson, "the narrative which we have just beard is true, and as we 1 have no muskets or ammuaition, we must make the best of the occasiou. The IJntish baud will pass this spot in their boat, and as we have an hour to work, let us busy ourselves in rolling | some of these large rocks to the edge ol the piecipice. and when the red-coats pass below, let us sink them to he bottom." "Each buv immediately set to work, and in j an incredibly short space ol lime, nine huge rocks, each hail a ton in weight, were oalauced upon the tdge of the giant precipice. The Creek at this poiut was not moie than twenty feet wide, and was directly oveihung by the j mass of rock on which our heroes stood. If the British descended the creek they would certain- ( ly pass this spot; and if they passed it, '.hen death was their certain late. In about an hour the quick* ear of Wilson detected the measured j beat of muflled oars. "They are coming," he whispered, "let no ; one drop his rock until 1 give the word, and i then all at once." It was a beautiful night to wreak the work i o( death. The heavens vveie bespangled with innumerable stars, and every object which the moon beams plajed upon, sparkled with a sil very radiance. Closer came the doomed royal ists," and the hearts oftho boy patriots beat wild-, ly within their bosoms, i'eeping cautiously BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 27,1861, ' over the cliffs, James Wilson saw the torv !>oat j slowly btifsureiy approaching. An officer stood on the bows, guiding the oarsman by his orders, and the epaulets on his shoulders told that he I was the identical fiend, Major Bradstone. j ."Don't drop till I give the order," again whispered Wilson. ! When the boat was about twelve feet from ; the rock, the boy leader fell securely behind his j stone defence and shouted : i "Who goes there ?" In a moment the oarsman ceased rowing and ! gazed with astonishment above them. The im | petus which the boat had acquired, caused •' to } drift slowly beneath the rock, and just as it was ; fairly below, came forth the loud doomed words: "Cut loose in the name of Liberty!" Each hoy pushed his rock at that instant, and as if with one impulse, the gigantic stones fell. A loud shriek from the dark waters told how well the plan had succeeded, and as ifie exult ant boys again looked over the rocks nothing was seen but a few pieces of wood. The boat had been burst to pieces, and the occupants found a grave at the bottom of Whiteclay. A i cry of victory buret from thejoyous lips of the youthful patriots, and it was echoed along in solemn grandeur. "Now for our prisoner !" cried Frank How | ard, bounding ahead , but what was the aston i ishment of the boys to find that in his efforts to gel free, George Livingston had been caught by the fatal coid ami choked to death. There was j no time for repining ; the trajtor and his son had met their deserved doom, and there was no ; one to mourn their loss. "Such was the end of America's foes forev ' er!" said James Wilson. Old Livingston's house was searched, and to the surprise ot evry one, not merely guns, but three brass field pieces, several barrels of pow der and an abundance of balls, were concealed in the tory's cellar Tfw military stores found 1 here were given over to the American troops, and found a joyous welcome at their head quar ters. Had not the British party been so sig- ' nally defeated alone: the banks ct fbe White clay, the town of Newark, and the whole north- ; ern part of the Stale of Delaware would have i been overrun by predatory bands of British sol diers. James Wilson and Frank Howard both joined the army of Lrieene, and served with dis tinction in the Southern campaign. Frank lei! HI file uiciiiDldftc fnmlv v.* ' wailed by all who knew him. a leg at the siege of Yorktown, and retired* his na tive village, but mortification ensued, and lie expired with the ever to be remembeted words on Ids lips —"Cut loose, in the name ol Liberty!" The village of Newark still stands, and has become a (own of some celebrity. The scene of the defeat of the British by the boy patriots is still pointed out, and is a sacred spot, in the annals of Newark. Such, readers, were the acts of the boys of i '76, and though they have no monumental pile to preserve their memories, they live in legends, 1 songs and verses, where they will exist when history ha* been swept into obscurity. Let our i literary men redeem from darkness the deeds ol Ameiican youths, and while they recount the achievements of" our Revolutionary patriots, let th"m cot forget the boy heroes. A STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY. A circumstance which fully illustrates the saying that "truth u stranger than fiction," recently came before Judge Sharswood in the District Court. Had it not beeu for the legal questloti involved in the events to which we re fer, they would have never, probably, had aay publicity given them. Some time since there was a couple residing in this city, who were surrounded by many blessings. The husband possessed a comfortable share of worldly goods, his wife and himself were londly attached to each other, and together they doated on an only child.—The first blow to their happiness was in the loss of their little one who sickened and died, leavyig 'its parents heart-broken. The death of the*chil'l tell like a shadow 'upon the household; the parcnls became unhappy, moodi ness came in the train of their melancholy, and absolute aversion for the society of each other followed. The soured and discontented pair finally determined upon a separation, and a di vorce was procured. Alter a time botn married again, and they became strangers to each other so far as social intercourse is concerned. Tt so happened that it became necessary loiemove the remains of the dead child from the grave where it bad been interred, and tbe father was notified of the tact. A handsome lot was procured by tbe latter in one of the cemeteries north of tbe city, and a day was fixed for the re-interment. The father notified ahe former wife, and the mother ol the child, of the circumstaace and informed her by note that it she thought proper she could attend the burial of the remains.—The mother accepted the invitation, and with her second husband,re paired to the cemetery. The tittle coffin was placed near the open grave, and the parents of its occupant advanced to it while the second wife and husband stood in the back ground. The couple who had been so long estranged and who had again met strangely over their dead (lopes, gazed earnestly at each other, the solem nity ot the hour revived their tenderness, and falling into each other's arms both burst into tears. The re-interment took place and the parties returned to their pioper homes. With the consent ol all who were interested the lather of the dead child visited, on tprins of friendship, his former wile, and they were in the habit of riding out together. Not long after this singular reconciliation Hie lather of the child took sick and died. Before his death he placed in the hands of a friend two city bonds, ola thousand dollars each, to be handed over to his first wife, in the event ol his death. In his will he appointed, as hi 3 execu tors, the friend who was the custodian ol the bonds, and his first and second wives. Tbe friend, in his capacity as trustee, was uncertain Freedom of Thought and Opinion. as to the legality of the gift under the circum uuces, and he made appl icalion to the Court ; r a decision in the matter, so as to secure him sell irom loss. The legal heirs of the deceased offered no opposition to (he ante-mortem bequest and the Court decided in favor of its legality. The famous scene of the reconciliation of Airs. Haller to her husband, in the play of the >' Granger," which generally melts tender heart ed spectators to tears, is inferior in respect to genuine effect to this drama in real life, which Culminated beside the coffin of the dead child. PROM MIT9K. IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS OFFERED BY MR. TRUMBULL. Jlrrest of Persons in the Loyal States. ?T . S. CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, DEC. 16, 1861. SENATE. Mr. TRUMBUL (111.) desired to call up the r 'solution inquiring into the authority for, and the at rests made by or under the direction of ihe Secretary ot Slate. Mr. DIXON (Conn.) was opposed to the pas age of such a resolution. It was well known '.hat during the sis months, while the existence *i the nation hung a:, it were upon a hair, : vf.ile large armies threatened the capitoi and ;rj safety at one peried was in great doubt, Here were in the loyal States men ot danger us character who were allowed to go at large, r though it wa.-. well understood that they were t; ving ad and comfort to the enemy in every I 'ossibie manner. I My own State was infested by these, although it am glad that they were not natives of the ! - ale. •They got up a series ot peace meetings, | " >ii endeavored to get up a feeling of sympa ! t-.v tor the South, saying that the Government as making war against the South, which was tiling for its rights. They were at last stop t.'J by the Secretary ol State and imprisoned. • ite adoption of such a resolution would imply t it the Secretary had exceeded his |>oweis. of to have acted as he did would have been oral treason on his part, aod or, the part of fje President, Gjiouid the President see the Government paralyzed by uuprincipled men v'h.o were seeking to destroy the country by -*"**•* . *- i - the neoole? It was e hough that ttif- v ' —j-a ... ... ] power should be upheld, not censured, as the j resolution would imply. Mr. TRUMBULL rose to advocate his reso-• lution. It did not, in his opinion, imply any j censure to the Secretary of State. He was in J favor of prosecuting the war with the utmost! vigor. He would have tha army active and ! vigilant, and he would sit ike at the traitors t with *he power of 600,000 men, and at the! soonest possible moment. The resolution was j one as to the arrest of persons in the ioyai i Stales. The Courts were in operation there I and it was for them to arrest, not the general I Government Nr. DIXON—The Senator will allow roe. I stated that they gave aid and comfort to the enemy by instituting a series ot meetings in which they called peace meetings in which they addressed large assemblies of the people, and attempted to influence the public maid that tile South was acting in sell defence and that the Administration was making war upon the j South. If the Senator could tell me how thev j were to be arrested for treason, I should like to 1 know how it should be done. Ido net say thev were guilty of open treason, but they I were guilty of moral treason. Mr. TRUMBULL desired to know how the i proper persons were to be arrested. The Sea ' aior from Connecticut had admitted that the j right persons had been arrested, and he now ; cornet to the defence-ot this despotic power - - ! the essence ol despotism—where the President, ; by the cl.ck ot the telegraph, can order the ar iest and imprisonment ot any one iu the loyal Slates. What becomes of constitutional liber ty— wha' are we fighting lor, it the broad ground is to bo assumed, and to be justified in this body, that any man is to be thanked for assuming unconstitutional and unwarranted au -1 thority ? | I, sir, was willing to vote, and did vote ai , the extra session of Congress to sanction the i acts of the Executive made through the miL j (ary power, li.>r the purpose of suppressing ! the rebellion, for some of wlncn ns warrent could, perhapsfie found. But now a different I state of things exists. The President is not in i fallible and must err sometimes. If any addi j tional legislation is necessary to punish treason j in Connecticut, or anywhere else, he was in j tavor "I passing such a law. I It is in just such times as these 4 hat the foun- I dations of tyranny and despotism are hid, and | not when the people are wide awake to thvir i own interests. This leaps upon the people un awares. and under the pretence of necessity as sumes this great power, and they cannot extri cate themselves from the tyranny that is upon them. He would uever commend any such usurpation. Mr. WILSON (Mass.) regretted the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. TRUMBULL). lie (Mr. T.) knew that all uone by the Secre tary of Stale was in obedience to the President, whose chief clerk he virtually was. Why, then, ask the Secretary if such arrests have been made. Instead of reflecting upon the Secretary oi Piesident, why could not the Senator bring in a bill, proposing to enact a law that should clot lie the Government with ample power to arrest and imprison men who have been in complicity with the traitors to the country. Threatened as we are by domestic traitojs and foreign powers, why come into the Senate with a resolution which cari ies implied censure with it upon the Gov ernment? It was wrong, and there were nine hundred and O'.nety-uine men out every thousand in the loyal States who would sustaiu the Government in its action. Then the President, through the Secretary oi, State, had these persons arrested, and turning the doors of Fort Lafayette, silenced innumer able traitors. In the loyal State nine hun dred and ninety-nine ot every thousand men applauded and thanked the Government for this action. Why, then, does the Senator blame the Government for thus saving the country? lo he declared that tbis course has done mors to save the couutry than the whole military force. To ' tbis hour the Government has been quite too lenient, and the time for a more vigorous and determined action had arrived. Mr HALF (N. H) thought the resolution was eminently proper and appropriate, and he should feel mortified if it was not passed. Our fathers fought for the principles of Constitutional liber ty regulated by law not meru independence— and the Government bad better fail than be faithless to that great principle. He wanted to strengthen the hands of the Government, but he wanted then to stretch across the Poto mac South instead of North, If the people, | now pouring cut their llood of treasure, find that they have been trifled with, and that ire becility stands in ihe place of courage in the '< vigorous prosecution of the war, then will the-e ; be such a storm come upon their heads as history never recorded. We might evea now bear the rumblings of the coming storm. The pec pie he represented will support the Government in the vigorous prosecution of the war, and woe to these who do not understand the day and hour and the crisis of destiny. Mr KEN NEDY (Md.) was glad that the res olutions had been offered. Arrests bad been i mad 3, which he thought were not according ] to the constitution—He had always claimed: that Msryland wa3 true to the Constitution. ! H 1 had never, in My way, said or done tioy- j thing in violation of the oath he had taken to , support the Government; but if he thought the j Government was going wrong, he claimed the ' right to raise bis voice against it. stood . there as a friend and supporter of the Govern- j meat, believrir.g that it had sutdcieot power to j support itself under the Constitution. Mr DOOLITITE (Wis) moved that the res olution be referred to ihe Committee on th<*! Judfti&ry. Mr.TRUMBULL opposed such a reference. Keiwanted to knew It we were not iijbting for i principle and constitutional liberty. . Mt-PEABCE f&ld) favored Ibi recoJot.se m j ne inanEeo me .icntlu. .. 0 ! brought it forward. He thought there Was no : authority tor the Secretary cfCiate making soon ' arrests. Mr. BAYARD (Del) also spoke in favor of the resolution, Mr. DOOLITTLE again urged it- reference ' to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. WILSON would say to ihe Secretary i of Slate, go on and when any man plots treason , in the loyal Slates, lay the hand of the Govern- : ment upon him, unlesc, Congress provides a. belter way to take care o.' traitors. He did not know when mce power and vigor had been shown than by those who were waging rebell ion. They did not eland on constitutional ques- i Hons. He was for a vigorous prosecution ol the War, but though v.e should have faith und j would thank the American Senate for passing a resolution carrying with it an implied censure , on any Department of the Government. Mr. TRUMBULL insisted that it wus a res olution of inquiry only. He was as much a gainst traitors as the Senator from Massachu setts; but he was also for constitutional liberty. The Senator from v/as against trai tors, and also against the constitution o! Lis country. Mr. LATHAM (Cal.) could sea no necessity in trampling on the constitution in order to sustain it. L°t treason be punished by law, and it men must be arrested, let them be arrested according to law. Get . Ealleck Sustained. The first great conservative victory was gained in Congress on Wednesday last, when the resolution offered by Mr. Lancing, of New York, condemning the order of Gen. KallecL relative to the fugitive slaves, was laid on the table, on motion of MR. VAU.ANDIGHAH, by a voie of yeas 78, nays 94-. All the eloquence o! Field Marshal Thad. Stevens and Gen. Ow en Lovejoy could not induce tbe House to ceti sure General Halleck.— Patriot and Union. About thirty Parrot guns are turned out at the West Point louodry per week. Four hundred and fifty men are employed. Why are the Home Guards like Col. Baker ? Because the last thing he did was to die for his country, and that is the last thiog they intend to do. Ia a recent case of assault, the defendent pleaded guilty. "I think I must be guilty," said he, "because the plaintiff and I were the only persuns in the room,and the first thing I knew, I was standiog up, and he was doubled over the table. You'd belter call it guilty." Trees and woods have twice saved the world —first by thecrA;and then by the cross ; making full amends for the evil fruit on the tree in Parage, by that whichs was borne on the tree in Golgotha. Somebody once remarked that the English - man is never happy but when he is miserable; the Scotchrnau is never at home but when he is abroad; and the Irishmen is never at peace but when ho is fighting. Wink at small injuries rather than levengu them. If, to destroy a single bee, you throw down the hive, instead of one enemy we have a thousand. A shoemaker has one great advantage over most kinds of mechanics—his goods, when* ever finished, are always sol(e)d. WHOLE rVI'.TJHi;St, 3989. VOL. 5. NO. 21. j £ljc 0d) oolma sttr 1 EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ, j I (H7~Frvends of education who wish to enlighten the puhlic oi. toe subject of teaching the "young ; idea how to shoot," aie respectfully requested io send communications to the above, care of "lied ford Gazette." [From Clark's Schoct Visitor.] WHAT IS EXPEC iB OF A SCHOOL TEACH ES. No. 1 Did you ever, my dear friend, think what an anomaly was that seii-same teacher of your lit tle ones? Few men euist in whom rarer vi r tues are comb.ned, if We are to believe or ac cept as true a description £s. I once rer.d of him —"A person who engages icr a specified sum to let other people s.buse him lor lour months: one who i 3 expected to do what the parents know ihey cr.n no: do—to make misbehavior behave, indecency to be decent, and to impart knowledge where there are no brains to re ceive a." Will you not respect the man more than ever, now that you have heard what Herculean tasks be is expected to perform? Aerhaja yuu think thv picture is too deeply colored! To prove Ita burden of bis task, and his need of every parent's aid in perform ing' it, is the object ol this paper. Let us go with him to his school room this morning, and see, tor ourselves, ho v the strug gle goes on. Nor.e of the scholars have yet arrived, lie sea'u himself at his desk and \;rites io his di/ry as f ollo?.s: "Another week of pleasure cr torment is about to begin! Which will it be?" Oqs after another the little curiy-headed mischiefG arrlvo. Each has his own joke to crack, each little miss her aacedotes to tell of Sunday visits, waike or rides; and now and then a tale is toicl oi di-osi cr bonnet by her neigh bor worn. Ail :s mirth and glee, and as they =>~" — J '->• rlnthes fresh from the band-box, he seems to forget the pest, ar.d his heart begins to leap in expecta tion of a pleasent week among cheerful and o bedieat and his hand moves instinct ively to hide the rod in some odd corner, where day-light may not again visit it; when, lo! hia pieasest visions are disturbed. Poor Jamie carats in With streaming eyes, and clothes de mised, to say that Thomas pushed him in the gutter, and spoiled his Sunday coat. Ere his complaints are ended, Mary cries out that Sal lie has got her bonuet string;; aod a third in jured one rushes up to say that Bob has torn his book, and Sam has bumped his head against the wall. These cases are all despatched with a speed and justice that would do honor lo a lawyer's court; and now a cherry cheeked lad comes forward with L cup of clear cold water, fresh frcra the mossy spring, and a smiling lass pre senting the first fruit; of the orchard, asks, "P'eese, sir, will you have an apple!" "Thank you, my dear;," burst from the teacher's lips, and all seems merry as a marriage bell. At length the hour of school arrives. The bell is rung, and one after another the scholars come in and and lake their places at their desks. Scripture lessons read, devotions ended, now comes the tug of war. Fifty or sixty pupils are seated in the room. All come expecting to be heard three or four, aod wine even six recitations in the course of a day. All are classified from A, C, C, to high- ' er mathematics, except, perhaps, one or two who have requested to be instructed in langua ges, and have been permitted lo try their wits in Greek and Latin. The average number of classes each day, the teacher informs us, is thiny. Let us make a little calculation. Six hours of 50 minutes will give 360 minutes in the school day. These divided by thirty will give twelve minutes lor each class, allowing nothiog for recesses, and other Josses of time. How will he be able to do justice lo all his pu pils.* WOUND, OR WOONED. There is frequent inquiry as to the pronun ciation of the word w-o-u-n-d. Dr. Webeter says, "wound or wooned," leaving us to choose for ourselves. Mr Walker condemns wooned as a "capricious novelty," and such we think ti is. There are, at least, two reasons why we should call it wound, sounding ou like ow in cow. It is easier to pronounce, especially in ani mated, emphatic speaking. Try it. Analogy—bound, found, mound, pound, round, ground—wound. "How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, In a believer's ear, It soothes bis sorrows, heals his wounds, *■ * j And drives away his fear."— Nwton. I "Salvation, O, the joyful sound I" he. W , 'Tis educatiou forms the common mind, [ Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inchoatl/' " V 1
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