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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 les-', but for every subsequent insertion, 'ja cents per square will be charged in addition.— fable and figure work double price. Auditor's notices ten lines and under, SI.OO ; upwards of ten luies and under fifteen $1.50. Liberal reductions made to person • advertising by the year. Select $3 act r n. TOO late. EY MIS- MITI.OCH. Could ye come back to me, Douglas, Douglas, In the old ilkeness that 1 knew, 1 would be so faithful, so loving, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender and ttue. Never h scotnful word should grieve ye, I'd smile on ye sweet as the angels do; Sweet as your smile on me shone ever, Doug'as, Douglas, tender and true. Oh! to call back the days that are not! My eyes were tiinded, your words were lew; Do you know the truth now up in heaven, Douglas, Douglas, tender and true' I never was worthy of you, Douglas, Not half worthy the like of you; Now all men beside =eem to me like shadows— -1 love you, Douglas, tender and true. Stretch out your hand to me, Douglas, Douglas, Drop forgiveness from heaven like dew, As I lay my heart or. your dead heait, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender and flue. AFFLTTIAG hYCIDEAT OF RAIL ROAD LIFE * 1 old r- - f-' 1 [J- n f 1 eij th:- K-iitlW.- ing touching incident o*v4w**rwn life and the lives of the passengers caved the return for little acts of kindness bestowed on the widow and Ihe fatherless : "The western division ol our road runs thro' a very mountainous part of Virginia, and the stations are few and far between. About three miles from one of these stations the road runs through a deep gorge of the Blue Ridge, and near the centre is a small valley, and there, hemmed in by the everlasting lidls, stood a small one and a half story log cabin. The (cw acres that surrounded it were well cultivated as a garden, and upon the fruits thereof lived a widow and her three children, by the name of Graff. They were, indetd. untutored in the cold charities of an outside world I doubt much if they ever saw the sun shine beyond their own native hills. In the u>mrner time the children brought berries to the nearest sta tion to sell, and with the money they earned they bought a few of the necessities of tile out side refinement. "The oldest ol these children 1 should judge lobe about twelve years, and the youngest a bout seven. Tliev were all girls, and looked nice and clean, and their healthful appearance and natural delicacylgave them a ready wel come. They appeared as if they had been brought up to bar God, and love their humble home and mother." "1 had often stopped rr.y train to have thein set off at their home, having found them at the station some three miles from their home, after disposing of their berries." "I had children at home, and knew their lit tle leet would be tired in walking three miles, and therefore felt that it would be 'he same with those fatherless little ones. They seemed so pleased to ride, and thanked me with such love ly thanks alter letting them off near home. They frequently offered me nice, tempting bas kets of fruit for my kindness, yet 1 never ac cepted anything without paying them lull value. "Now, if you rememb"r, the winter of 1854 was very cold in that part ol trie State, and the snow was nearly three feet deep on the moun tains. On the night of the 26th of December it turned around warm, and the rain fell in tor rents. A terrible rain swept the mountain tops, and almost filled the valleys with water. Upon rhai night rnv train was winding its way, at its usual speed, around the hills and through the valleys, and as the road bed was all solid rock, I had no fear of the banks giving out. The night was intensely dark, and the wind moaned piteouslv through the deep gorge of the moun tains. Some of rnv passengers were frying to sleep; others were talking in a low voice, tu relieve the monotony of the scene. Mothers had their children upon their knees, as if to shield them from some unknown danger with out. "It was r.ear midnight, when a sharp whistle from the engine brought me to my feet. I knew there was danger bv that whistle, and sprang to the breaks at once, but the brakesmen were all at their pasts, and soon brought their train to a stop. I seized my lanlera, and found my way forward as soon as possible, when what a sigh! met my gaze ! A bright fire of pine illu minated my track for some distance, and not over forty tods ahead of our train a horrible gulf had opened itself to receive us. "The snow, together with the rain, had torr the whole side of the mountain out, and eterni ty itself seemed spread out before us. The widow Graff and her children had found it out - r*— T ' <*~ n n ri r i —i—Hr*-"~rT— —ntn'i ifi i iiiwiii N n -iii iTII M i-rmrmmrmmmm — i N and had brought light brush from her home be- ! low, and built a large fire to us of our danger. They had been.there more than two! hours watching beside that beacon o! safety. As I went up where the old lady and children stood drenched through by the rain and sleet, she grasped me by the arm. and cried "Thank God 1 Mr. Sherbnurn, we stopped )ou in time. I would have lost my life before one haii of your head shouid have been hurt. Oh ! I prayed to heaven that we might stop ; the train, and, my God, I thank thee !" The children were all crying for joy. I can ter i don't very often pra\ f , but I did then and there. 1 knelt down by the side of that old woman, and oilered up thanks to an All-Wise Being tor our sale deliverance fiorn a most ter rible death, and called down bless.ngs without number upon that good old woman and h r chil dren. Near by stood the engineer, firemen and brak;str.en, t.ars streaming down, their oronzed cheeks. ''i immediately prevailed upon Mrs. Graff and the children to go back in the cars out ot the storm and cold. Alter reaching the cars, 1 related cur hairbreadth escape?, and to whom we were indebted tor our lives, and begged the men passengers to go forward i>.nd,see tor the.n selve>. They needed no further urging, and a great many ladies went aiso, regardless of the storm. They soon returned, And their pale la ces gave lull evidence ot the frightful death we had escaped. The ladies and gentlemen vied with each other in their thanks and heartfelt gratitude towards Mrs. Gratf and her children, and assured her thai they would never, never forget her; and before the woman left the train, she was presented with a purse of four hun dred and sixty dollars, the voluntary offering of a whole train of grateful passengers. She refused the profit-red gift lor some time, and said she had only done her duly, and the knowledge ot having done s> was all tlie re ward she asked. However, she finally accept ed the mon -v, and said it should go to educate her children. The railroad company built her a neat house, gave her at .1 her children a free pass ov~r the road, and ordeied all trains to stop and let her off at her home whenever she wished But the employees needed no such orders; they can ap preciate ail such kindness—more so than the directors thems-Ives. "The old lady frequently visits my home at H , and she is at all times a welcome visi tor it my fireside. Two of the children are -It. nding school at the same place." | WHAT CAMERON WASTED TO SAY. 1 he N-w York Tribune of the 4-th inst. gave ' the whole Report of the Secretary of War, as originally drafted by him and sent to a portion of the press. The following is the portion which was stricken out by the President's or der : '•lt has become a grave question for determi nation, what shall be done with the slaves aban doned by their owners on the advance of oar troops into Southern territory, as in the Beau fort district of South Carolina. The whole white population therein is 6,000, while th number ol negroes exceeds 32,000. The panic which drove their masters in wild contusion from their homes,' leaves them in undisputed possession of the scil. Shall they, armed by their masters, be placed in the field to fight a gainst us, OF shall their labor be continually em ployed in reproducing the means for supporting the armies of rebellion ? The war into which this Government has b'-en forced by rebellious traitors has been car- j ried on for the purpose of repossessing the prop- ' erty violently and treacherously seized upon hy the enemies ot the Government, and to re-es tablish the authority and laws ol the United Stales in the places where it is opposed or over thrown by armed insurrection and rebellion. Its purpose i 3 to recover and defend what is ' justly its own. War, even between independent nations, is made to subdue the enemy, and aii that belongs' to that enemy, by occupying the hostile coun try, and exercising dominion over all the. men arid things within its territory. This being true in respect to independent nations at war with one another, it follows that rebels who are la boring by force of arms to oveithrow a Govern ment, : ustly bring upon themselves all the con sequences ot war, and provoke the destruction merited bv the worst of crimes. That Govern ment would be false to national trus', and would justly excite ridicule of the civilized world, that "would abstain from the use of any efficient means to preserve its own existence, or to over come a lebellious and traitorous enemy, by spa ring or protecting the propeity o! those who are waging war against it. The principal wealth and power of the Rebel States is a peculiar species ol property, consist ing of the service or labor of African slaves, or the descendants of Africans. This propeity has been variously estimated at the value of Irom $700,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Why should this propeity be exempt from the hazards and consequences of a rebellious war ? It was the boast of the leader of tbo rebell ion, while he yet had a seat in the Senate of the United Stales, that the Southern States would' be comparatively safe and Iree from the burdens of war, if it should be brought on bv the con templated rebellion, and that boast was accom panied ov the savage threat that "Northern towns and cities would become the victims of rapine and military spoil," and that "Northern man should smell Southern gunpowder and feel Southern steel !" No one doubts the disposition ol the rebels to carry that threat into execution. The wealth of Noitbern towns and cities, the produce df Northern farms, Northern work* shops and manufactories, would certainly be seized, destroyed, or appropriated as military spoil. No property in tiie North would be spa red from the hands of the rebels, and their ra pine would be defended under the laws of war. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MOBNJ-G, JANUARY 3,1361. While the loyal Slates thus have all their prop erty and possessions at stake, are the insurgeni rebels to carry on warfare against the Govern ment in peace and security to their own prop erty ? Reason and justice and self-preservation for bid that such shoulJ be the poiicy of this Gov eroment, but demand, on the contrary, that, be ing forced by traitors and rebels to the extrem ity ot war, all the rights and powers ol war should be exercised to bring it to a speedy end. Those who make war against the Govern ment justly forfeit ail rights of property, privi lege, or security, derived from the Constitution and laws, against which they are in armed re bellion ; and as the labor and service ot their slaves constitute the chief property of the reb els, such property should share the common fate of war, to which they have devoted the prop erty o( loyal citizens. While it is plain that the slave property ot the .Soutlr is justly subjected to all the conse quences of this rebellious war, and that the G jvernmeDt would be untrue to its trust in not employing all the rights and powers of war to bring it to a speedy close, the details of the pian for doing so, like all other military measures, must, in a great degree, be left to he determin ed by particular exigencies. The uis|M>silian ol o'her property belonging to the rebels that be comes subject to our ai ms is governed by the circumstances ol the case. The Government has no power to hold slaves, none to restrain a slave of his liberty, or to exact his service. It lias a righ', however, to use the voluntary ser vice of slaves liberated by war lrom their rebel masters, like any other property ot the rebel?, in whatever mode may be most efficient lor the defense of the Government, the prosecution ol trie war, and the suppression oi the rebellion. It is as clearly the light of the Government to nriTi slaves when it may become necessary as it is to us- guapowd -r ta.ven from the enemy. Whether it is expedient to do so is purely a military ques ion. The right is unquestionable by the laws of war. The expediency must be determined by circumstances, keeping in view the great object of overcoming the rebels, re establishing the laws, and restoring ptace to the nail MI. It is vain and idle for the Government to car ry on this war, or hope to maintain its existence against rebellious forces, without employ iug. ail the rights and powers of war. As has been said, tne right to deprive 'he rebels of their property in slaves and slave labor, is as clear and absolute as the right to take forage tr-aa lira*, fitud, >r etftb7irri r --n' Ttfe"watrTmc ,e, or powder anl arm* from the magazine. To leave the enemv in possession of such propeity as forage and cotton and military stores, and the means o? constantly re-pt ducing them, would be mad ness. It is, therefore, equal madness to leave them in peaceful and secure possession ot slave property, mote valuable and efficient to them for war, than forage, cotton and military stores. Such policy would be national suicide. What to do with that sp>-ci ■>• of property is a question that time and circumstances will solve, and need not be anticipated further than to repeat that they cannot be held by the Government as slaves. It would be useless to keep them as prisoners of war ; and self-preservation, the highest duty of Government, or ol individuals, demands that they should be disposed of or em ployed in the most etlec'ive manner that will tend most speedily to suppress the insurrection and restore the authority of the Government. If it shall be found that the men who have been held by the rebels as slaves are capable of bear ing arms and performing efficient military ser vice, it is the right, and may become the duty of the Government to arm and equip them, and employ their services against the rebels, under proper military regulation, discipline and com mand. Rut in whatever manner they may be used by the Government, it is plain that, once liber ated by the rebellious act of their masters, they should never again be restored to bondage. By the master's treason and rebellion he forfeits all right to the labor and service of his slave; and the slave of the rebellious master, by his ser vice to the Government, becomes justly entitled to freedom and protection. The disposition to be made ot the slaves of rebels, after the close of the war, can be safely left to the wisdom and patriotism ot Congress. The Representatives of the people will unques tionably secure to the loyal slaveholders every right to which they are entitled under the Con stitution of the country," SIMON CAMERON, Secretary oj War. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. XO XHE PUBLIC. "When a man thinketh he staridcth, let him take heed lest he fall," is a sentiment never ruore forcibly illustrated than in our own case. Last week we explained to our readers the grounds upon which THE CAUCASIAN was ad mitted to the mails, and expressed our confi dent belief that no further trouble need be an ticipated* Tuis week, however, our business has been again suddenly and most unexpected ly arrested by an order from the Post-office • Department prohibiting THE CAUCASIAN from circulating in the inaiis. With our paper in type, and the press waiting, we determined tins time to proceed to Washington and gain by a personal investigation the reasons, if pos sible, for so strange a proceeding. We have the gratification to state that there is no charge that we have violated the terms ot our letter to the Postmaster in New York, or that we have not acted in entire good faith in the mat ter. And more, there is no charge that we have opposed the war—that we have advoca ted secession or laid ourselves liable to any charge of disloyalty, unless it be disloyal to oppose negro freedom. Our only, our sole cause of 'offending, so far as we can learn is, that we have advocated the subordination of Freedom of Thought and Opinion, ! ike ntg i 'fiuAoh&t man as the normal ordei of America society, and contended thai tb relations if the races, as it has come down tc us from ; e founders of our government, if ri<rkt. hi* being simply a question of politi cal opim i, we had no suspicion that its advo cacy ecu..! fall under the ban ol the Adminis tration. If -is simply the idea or basis of the doctrine hat this is a -'white man's govern ment," ■ proclaimed by Senator Dougias, ('hie'-J . ice Taney and many of the most emi nent no.,;ittrn Democrats. The striding down fun C* ;CMAN, therefore, has a deeper signifi cance t ia any previous act of interference with if pr-ss. It is simply a retusal to allow us tod- j the decision of the Supreme Court of th- iti . This, too, after we had relied upon -he permission of the department that 'ft!-: • - A-ir: should be sent through the mail. expended a large sum of money, which r. now all lost, in the attempt to get it start et . Ftn.-lly, rather than have our bnsiness bro ken up, our establLboeot idle, our hands throw out of employment jost at the beginning ct ;vi. - •■, wi- prupo >ej to publish a paper con tains merely the news oi the day, and ex tract- n other Journals that were allowed to c.iciti .10 in t;i ■ mails, and without any opin ;ur own in it. Our subscribers, we I;. ... ~ might accept this as a temporary ex i..Mi ,but asioundiog to- relate, even this wis rej 'u. J! It uufi! • useless for us to try to find lan guag to express to our readers the bitter, burn ing .sappointrner.t we feel over this last un paralleled act. Ite loss of money, which we c i• i ttil'ord 13 bad enough, out the senso of 11 ;ir of wrong, of cruelty, which must life lei be appreciated, is almost unendurable. O - readers may inquire, however, "What wilt "on do now? D> you intend to give up?' We .noswer, NO! The principle that we are con' ading lor is the vita! element of our very i-ai :■ nal exu-teoce. It is the doctrine of multi tude ol Democrats in the North, and with un b if led confidence in the grand truth that this 11 . merriment of white men, and none others, wi "ail never foresake it, as long as there are PEC- - enough left who will support it. THE OAV I-UN will be continued lor the present, at a . events, and can oe ordered through news dge !f . ?. There is no objection to our coniinu a'.r< .1 the paper, but only thai our subscribers shr N have the privilege of receiving their p;y?Vi by mail. ■■uo.'iuiie thai this subject will not be allowed to rot hr-rr. ibic pyarrer: hive reason to believe, will soon be brought before Congress, and we trust that the exclusion of THE CAUCASIAN from the mails will be only temporary. At all events, we ask our subscri bers to have patience, and they way rely that ev vv effort we can use shall be made to re move the difficulties that now surround us. V AN EVIiTE, HOKTON NCO, Editors and propi ietois of THE CAUCASIAN. A YOUNG SOLDIER'S SLSTER- A lad of less than sixteen, named Darling, from I'ittsfiield Mass., recently enlisted in Capt. Cromwell's company, in the Northern Black- Horse Cavalry. On learning that he had a sick mother at home, who was sadly afliicted by his departure, the captain discharged the youngster and sent him home as the brave lad supposed oa a furlough. He has received the following acknowledgement of his kindnpss from the sis ter of the "bold soldier boy." It is good: PITTSFIELD, Mass., Nov. 20. CAPT. CROMWELL— Dear Sir. My brother, David H. Darling, a lad of 16, left home and joined your command without the consent or even the knowledge of our parents. I went from school to see him last Thursday, and sta ted these facts to your 2d Lieutenant. Our young soldier returned home on Tuesday, on a furiough, as he supposed, and seeing the effect of iiis conduct upon my mother and a sick sis ter, gave his consent to remain. But he is ve ry much afraid you will think lhat he did not give you his promise to return in good faith, or, to use his own term, that he has "backed out;" so he made me promise before I returned that I would explain it to you. This, then, "is tocer tifv," gentlemen, that the young Darling afore said has not abated his desire in tiie least degree to serve his country under your especial gui dance, although he has consented to devote him self in the tnore humble capacity 01 iday.ng at home and minding his mother. Having reached the advanced age of sixteen, he possesses (he strength of Hercules, the saga city of Telemaque, Aguliers' bravery, and the patriotism of Washington, whom you have prob ably heard mentioned before. Would that he could add to these a few of Methuselah's super fluous-years, for youth, though no crime, is very inconvenient in his case. Of course, the ad vancement of the Black Hor£e Cavalry is ma terially retarded, an 1 its glory dimmed for a season, but wherever yon are at th? end of two years, he is determined to join you. It thou would Nt take me in his piace, I should he very happy to go. I believe not only in this war, but fighting in general, and think that if wo men were permitted to use the "knock-down argument," it would civilize not only their mu tual relations, but also the treatment of your much-abused sex. Meantime, awaiting thy orders, 1 am respectluily thine, JENNIE DARLING. P. S.—lf you are married, please hand this over to your 2d Lieutenant. J. D. [Tip"A DUTCHMAN relating his troubles says: "One night veil 1 comes home I finds the doors vasht ashieep, and all de neighbors bun kins vos in my hock patch. I goes and takes a hock and breaks it over every rail's pack in ter fie It, aud dey runs troo dertifil as toe de very fence vos after dem." FLAT FOOTED COURTSHIP- One long summer afternoon there came t< Mr. Davison's the most curious specimen of at old bachelor the world ever heard of. Hewa; old, gray, wrinkled and odd. He hated wo men; especially old maids, and wasn't afraid tc say so. He and Aunt Patty had it hot and heavy whenever chance threw them together; yet hi came, and it wa3 noticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pains with her dress whenever he was expected. One day the contest waged unusu ally strong. Aunt Patty left with disgust and went into the garden. "The bear," she muttered lo her self as she stooped to gather a flower that at tracted her attention. "tVnat did you run a way tori" said agrcff voice close to her side. •'To get rid of you." ''You didn't do it, did you!" "No, you are worse than a burdock bur." "You wont get rid of me, neither." "I wouf, eh ?" "Only in one way." -'And whit ?" "Marry me." "What, us two fools get mar ried! What will the people say!" "That's noth ing to us, come, say yea or no, I'm in a hurry." "Well, no then." "Very well, good bye. 1 shan't come now again." "But stop a bit— what a pucker to be in ! Yes or no? I must consult ." "All right, I thought you was ot aze." "Good bye." "Jabea Andrews, don't be a fool. Come back, come back, I say." "Why, T believe the critter ha 3 taken me for earnest." "Jabez Andrews, I'll consider." "I don't want no considering, I'm gone. Becky Hastings is waiting for me. I thought I'd give you the first chance. All right. Good bye." H/abeff! Jabez ! That stuck up Beck Hastings shan't".'Jkave hftn, if I die lor it. Jabez, yes, Do yw ft&irj" "Y-e-s !" Ptmusc. DIFFF.ac.NT WAYS.—A few days 3inte there was an auction sale of damaged dry •roods, where the bids were spirited, and the large crowd of males and females were vying with each other in their offers, when a pair of blankets were put up, and a dozen bids were raised for them. The puzzled auctioneer how ever, caught by the highest, which was a dollar from a female who seemed determined to have them at any price, which, ere he could say go ing, a male voice cried out dollar fifty, fiom the opposite side ot the room. "Two dollars," echoed the woman, elbowing her way through the dense mass of females who weie separated from the males py a long coun ter, upon which the glib-tongued functionary walked to and fro with the goods. Turning to the of her side, he commenced a new his stereotype vocabulary ol choice and -amssng fiignres of speech, till he touched the finale. " Two fifty," nodded the man. "Thank ye, sir. Going at two fiifty." "Three!" screamed the woman. "Four," replied the man "Go the fifty?" said the auctioneer, turning to the woman, with a halt suppressed smile on his small sober visage. A nod from the woman.! "Four fifty lam offered; go me five! Come, don't be afraid, they're worth double the mon ey. "Yes, and that's all. "Sold," cried the knight of the hammer, al most bursting with laughter," to captain Sniith, for five dollars." "Smilh!"exclaimed the woman, "what! try husband!" raising herself on tip toe to catch a glance. "Why, sou good for-nothing man, you've been bidding against your own wife! Oh! you impudence! but I won't have them in the house!" IS SAID they have a rifle company in Vermont, whose captain takes them out once a week for practice; he draws them up in singie file, and sets a cider barrel to rolling down hill; the men commence shooting from right to left at the bung hole as it comes up. After the shoot ing is over the captain examines the barrel, and if he finds a snot that did not enter the bung hole, she member who missed is expelled. None have been expelled for the last eight years, TE LIDDLE FLACK BONY "Chon, you leckiernember dat liddle plack boney I pyed init de oedlar next veak!" "Yah; vol ot him!" " Notting only I gits sheafed burdy pad." "So?" "Yah. You see, in de vurst biace he ish blind nut bote legs, und ftrry lame nut von eye. Den veil you git on fci.n to r.te he rares up peliint unt kicks up pefore &o vurser as a chackmule. I dinks I (lake him a liddle r:te yisterday, unt so sooner I gits slratlk- his back La gomrnence to heist up, shust so like a vakin peam 011 a poatstead: un ven be gits tone I was so inixt up mit eferydiags I vinds minesell zittin arcunt packvards, vit his daiil in mine hants vor tie pridle." "Veil, vat you going do to init him?" '•Oh, I vix him petter as chain up. I hitch him in de cart mit his (Jail vare his heat ought to pe; den gife him apout two dozen cut mit de hi'.ecow; he starts to go put so soon he see de cart pelore hint he makes packv.ard. Buily soon he stumbles behint, umlsils town on Ins haun ches, und looks like he veel burty shamped mit himself.—Den I dake him out, hitch him in de right vay, unt he goes off shust so good as ar.y pody's bony. An Irishman at the Bull Run battle was somewhat startled when the head,of his compan ion on the left baud was knocked oil' by a can non ball. A few moments after, however, a spent ball broke the finger of his comrade on the other side. The latter threw down his gun and yelled with pain; when the Irishman rush ed to him exclaiming: "Blasht your sowl, you old woman, stop your cry in*! you make more noise about it . than the man that losht his head!" QjP'He who knows his ignorance, is the possessor of the rarest kind of valuable knowl edge. WHOLE MTIBER, I <511) c 5 ci) col master !2lbroaiJ. I EDITED BY SIEI3I? SYNTAX, ' [CP"Friends of education who wish to enlighten the public on the subject of teaching the "young idea how to shoot," are respectfully requeued to send communications to the above, care of "Bed ford Gazette." [From Clark's School Visitor.] WHAT IS EXPECTED 0? A SCHOOL TEACH _Eft No. 2 It is with a feeling of slight relief that we see him appoint one of the larger scholars to he: some of the lessons of the smaller ones. "But there is the ltouble,"' says the teacher, handing us a bundle of notes, the contents of which re as follows: Mr-. C. sends a respect ful note, saying h "can. hear her own children at home, qtme as we!! as any scholar in school can." i\lr. P. "wishes you would htcr ali yourc!asse9 yourself;" and Mr. VV., to make matters plainer still, remarks: "If you set other scholars to teach my children any more. I will leach you by a sound thrashing, sure!" We inquire how he intends to act un der th :e circumstances. The teacher replies by pointing to the following paragraph in hia diary : "My hack is wpary with burdens. Yester day I sighed that the quarter was no' nearer its close instead of its commencement, and re solved never to take up a school again; but I have resolved the same things many times be fore, and as many times repented, when I con sider. U that there were immortal spirits to be trained for future usefulness in this world t and future happiness in the next.. I feel a ten der sympathy for Mrs. C. and Mr. P., and wish it was in my power to oblige them; but I ana both amused and disgusted to hear Mr. W. scold and threaten after such a fashion. That same experiment of whipping teachers has been tried before, and has been found no trifling job. I must do that which appears to be duty, and wait for the result." You are anxious to hear the end of these dif ficulties, but we dare not hinder our friend, the teachec,any further just now, so we will bid him "Good morning," and as we walk home, I can give you the rest of the story, as I receiv ed it from him, one morning last week, when I called in before school began, and found him at his desk, as usual. I was as much interes ted in the affair as you are, and asked eagerly, "What about the thrashing?" "I continued as I had begun," said he, "for I could not do otherwise. I sent W. word to that effect, but have heard no more about the whipping, unless it was given me that same atternoon, in the shape of restless and disobe dient scholars, who thought that, as they had their parents to back them, they would do as they pleased. A little firmness, on my part, however, showed them who was to be master, so that they have not troubled me so much since. But you have net seen any thing yet," continued he, "of the trouble caused by parents interfering with the teachers' plans, {fere is a note from Mrs. A., requesting that her son bo allowed to go on with his studies in the books that be used eta lormer school, as she can not afford to change books for him at every new school that he attends. I have written to her, explaining the rea'sons why her son must have books like the other scholars, but she is still unwilling to supply them." "Well," said J, "that is a little like the case of Dr. D., who sent his little girl to school with the identical Dilicorl.Vs Spelling Book that he ued when he was a boy! If every one were tc do the same thing you would have i hundred or two classes each day instead of .birty, to hear." "Here is another from Mr. F., he can not bear that his boy should be hindered by tho slow motions ol and requests that he bo allowed to go on by himself.'" "That is another man who, perhaps uncon sciously, wishes to increase your labor," said I. "Yes," said the teacher, "he does not seem to know that the beauty and benefit of a class is its tendency to make each member of it am bitious and anxious to excel the others." "If this man deems the rapid progress of his ;on of moie value to him than is the bene fit of his example to his class, it would ba aetter lor him to continue his studies at homa ander a private tutor." 'Jjr"Tbe teachers' convention, which met here last week, was a success; not as com plete, however, as it might have been, ow ing to the fact that quits a number of those who had duties assigned them, failed to per form those duties, which caused a great deal at embarrasment to the Business Committee, and prevented, them from making as complete a program as they desired. About ninety teach ers were present, which is fifty par cent more I han any former attendance. On the whole this Institute augured well tor the prospects in the future. VOL. 5.NG.22.
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