VOLUME 58. NEW THE BEDFORD GAZETTE - PUBLISHED EVEUY FRIDAY MOIININd IIY BY 11. r. MKYKKS, the lollowini terms, to wit: J1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. 18.00 " " if pa id within the year. ! 2 |so " " if notpaid within the year. gy'tio subscription taken lor less than six months. paper discontinued until all arrearages •tDai<i> unless nt the option of the publisher, it J" j ee n decided by the United States Courts that ths stoppage of a newspaper without the payment el arrearages, is prima facie evidence ol fraud and .. a criminal offence. jvj-yhe courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it th> take them from the post oliice, wheth er they subscribe for them, or not. HATES OF CHARGES FOR ADVER TISING. Transient advertisements will bo inserted at the rile of SI.OO per square of ten lines for three inser tions or less, hut for every subsequent insertion, BScents per square will be charged in addition Ttble and figure work double price. Auditor's —rices ten lines and under, SI.OO ; upwards often Jjnf, and under fifteen 51.50. Liberal reductions made to persons advertising by the yearj v , in in —... - —- Select -IjJci e t v it . TOO LATE 15Y MISS MOLOCH. Could ye come back to me, Douglas, Douglas, In the old 1 ike ness that 1 knew, I would be so faithful, so loving, Douglas, Douglus, Douglas, tender and true. Never a scornful word should grieve ye, I'd smile on ye sweet as theuugels do; Sweet as your smile on me'shone ever, Doug'as, Douglas, tender and true. Oh! to call buck the days that are not I My eyes were blinded, your words were few: Do you know the truth now up in heaven, Douglas, Douglas, tender and true > I never was worthy of you, Douglas, Not half woithy the liko of yon; Now all men besidejeem to roc 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 on yourdead heait, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender and tiue. AFFECTING INCIDENT OF RAIL ROAD LIFE- An old railroad conductor relates Ihe follow ing touching incident ol his own lite and the lives ol the passengers raved—lhe return lor little acts ol kindness bestowed on the widow •ud Ihe fatherless : "The western division ol our road runs thro' a very mountainous part ol Virginia, and the stations are few and far between. About three miles from one ol these stations the road runs through a deep gorge n( Ihe Blue Ridge, and near the centre is a small valley, and there, hemmed in by Ihe everlasting li'lls, stood a small one and a half story log catiin. The few acres that surrounded it were well cultivated as a garden, and upon the fruits thereof lived a widow and her three children, by the narneol Clralf. They ware, indeed, untutored in the cold charities! of an outside world —I doubt much if they ever saw ihe sun shine beyond their own native hills. In the cummer time the children brought berries to the nearest sta tion to sell, and Willi ihe money they earned they bought a few of Ihe necessities of the out side refinement. "The oldest ol these children 1 should judge to be about twelve years, and the ytmngest a bout seven. They were all girls, and looked nice and clean, and llicir healthful appearance and natural delicacy [gave them a ready wel come. They appeared as if they had been brought up to fear God, and love their humble home and mother." "1 had often stopped my train to have them set off at their home, having found thvin at the station some thrie miles Irom their home, alter disposing of their berries." "I had children at home, and knew their lit tle Icet would be tired in walking three miles, and therefore felt that it would he Wie same with those fatherless 1 illle ones. They seemed so pleased to ride, and thanked me with such love ly thanks alter lelting them oil near home. They frequently offered me nice, tempting bas kets of fruit for my kindness, yet I never ac cepted any thing without paying them full value. "Now, if you remember, the winter of ISiH was ve.y cold in that ol the State, and the snow was nearly three feet deep on the moun tains. On the night cf the 26th of December •I turned around warm, and the rain fell in tor fents. A terrible rain swept the mountain tops, and almost filled the valleys with water. Upon thai night my (rain was winding Hs 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 ol the banks giving out. The night was intensely dark, and the Wi.id moaned piteously through the deep gorge of the moun tains, Some of my passengers were trying to' sleep; oibrs were talking in a low voice, to relieve (he monotony of the scene. Mothers bad their children upon their knees, as if to ahield them from some unknown danger with out. ° ''lt was near midnight, when a sharp whistle torn Ibe engine brought me to my feet. I knew th 'k WOS an P er ty 'bat whistle, and sprang to breaks at once, but the brakesmen were all •top. J seizei j m y j an t ernj an( j found my way orward as soon as possible, when what a sight m 3" gaze! A bright fire of pine logs illu fated my track for some distance, and not ~ or' y tods ahead of our train a horrible Ti "P itself to receive us. th k sno . w > ' o g e 'her with the rain, had torn e whole side of the mountain out, and elerni- J '.self sePmed spread out before us. The ° w "taff and her children had found it out, ami had brought light brush fiom her home be [ low, and built a large fire to warn us of our danger. They had been there more than two hours watching beside that beacon of salety. 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 ' Mr. Sherbourn, we stopped you in time. I would have lost my life belore one hair ol your head should have been hurt. Oh ! 1 prayed to heaven that we might stop the tiain, and, my God, I thank thee!" The chiluren were all crying for joy. I con fess I don't very often pray, but J did then and .there. 1 kueli down by the side of that old woman, and offered up thanks to an All-Wise Being for our sale deliverance from a most ter rible death, and called down blessings without number upon that good old woman and her chil dren. Near by stood the engineer, firemen and brakesmen, tears streaming down their bronzed cheeks. ''l immediately prevailed upon Mrs. Graff and the children to go back in the cats out of the storm and cold. After reaching the cars, I related our hair-breadth escape, and to whom we were indebted for our lives, and begged the men passengers logo forward and see lor them selves. They needed no further urging, and a great many ladies went also, regardless ol the storm. They soon leturned, and their pale la ces gave lull evidence of the frightful death we had escaped. The ladies and gentlemen vied with each other in their thanks and heartfelt gratitude towards Mrs. Grail and her children, arid assured her thai they would never, never forget her; and before the woman lelt the train, she was presented with a purse of lour hun dred and sixty dollars, tbe voluntary offering of a whole train of grateful passengers. She refused the proffered gilt for some time, and 6aid she had only done her duty, and the knowledge ol having done so was all the re w aid she asked. However, she finally accept cd Ihe money, and said it should go lo educate her children. • The railroad company built her a neat house, gave her and her children a free pass over the road, and ordered all trains to stop and let her off'at her home whenever she wished But the employees needed no such orders; they can ap- j preciate all such kindness—more so than the directors themselves. "The old lady frequently visits my home at H —O, and she is at all times a welcome visi- j tor it my fireside. Two of the children are -it'.ending school at the saine place." WHAT CAMERON WANTED TO SAY- I he New York Tribune of the -iih inst. gave the whole Repnit of the Secretary of War, as originally drafted oy hiin and sent to a portion of the press. The following is I lie poition which was stricken out by the President's or der : "It has become a grave question lor determi nation, what shall be done with the slaves aban doned by their owners on the advance of our troops into Southern territory, as in the Beau fort district of South Carolina. The whote white population therein is 6,000, while the nunjber of negroes exceeds 32,000. Tire panic which drove their masters in wild contusion from their homes,- leaves them in undisputed possession of the sril. ' Shall they, armed by their masters, be placed in the field to fight a gaiust us, or shall their labor be continually em ployed in reproducing the means for supporting the armies of rebellion ? The war into which this Government has • been forced by rebellious traitors has been car ried on for the purpose of repossessing the prop erty violently and treacherously seized upon by the enemies pi the Government, and to re-es tablish the authority and laws of the United States in the places where it is opposed or over thrown by armed insurrection and rebellion. Its purpose is to recover and defend what is justly its own. War, even between independent nations, is made to subdue the enemy, and all that belongs to thai enemy, by occupying the hostile coun try, and exercising dominion over all the men and things witlun 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 ol arms to overthrow a Govern ment, justly bring upon themselves all the con sequences ot war, and provoke the destruction merited by the worst of crimes. That Govern ment would be false to national trust, 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 rebellious and traitorous enemy, by spa ring or protecting the property of those who are waging war against it. The principal wealth and power ol the Rebel Slates is a peculiar species of property, consist ing of the service or labor of African slaves, or the descendants of Africans. This property has been variously estimated at the value ol from $700,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Why should this property be exempt from the hazards and consequences ola rebellious war ? It was the boast of the leader of the rebell ion, while he yet had a seat in the Senate of the UpiteJ States, that the Southern States would' be comparatively safe aod free from the burdens of war, if it should be brought on by the cori- i templaled lebellion, and that boast was accom- j pinied oy the savage threat thai "Northern towr.s and cities would become the victims of ■ rapitt."&,[■ m. liJsry -apsv! av.d- tbat J 'Northern•- men should smell Southern gunpowder and feel Southern steel!" No one doubts the disposition of the rebels to carry that threat into execution. The wealth of Noithern towns and cities, the produce of Nortl ero farms, Northern work shops and manufactories, would certainly be seized, destroyed, or appropriated as military spoil. No property in the North would be spa red from the hands of the rebels, and their ra pine would be defended under (lie laws of war. Freedom of Thoagit and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY RORNING, JANUARY 3,186/. /? & Z While the loyal States thus have all their prop erty and possessions at stake, are the insurgent rebels to carry on warfare against the Govern ment in peace nod security to their own prop erty ? Reason and justice and self-preservation for bid that such should be the poiicy of this Gov ernment, but demand, on the contrary, jhat, be ing forced by traitors and rebels to the extrem ity of war, all Hie rights and powers of war should be exercised to bring it to a speedy eud. Those who make war against the Govern ment justly forfeit all rights of property, privi lege, or security, derived Iroin the Constitution and laws, against which they are in anned re bellion ; and as the labor and service of their Slaves constitute the .chief property of the reb els, such property should share the common fate ol war, to which they have devoted the prop erty ol Joval citizens. 1 While it is plain that the slave property of the _S.>ulh is justly subjected to all the cotise r quencesof this rebellious war, and that the I, Government would be untrue to its trust in not employing all the rights and powers of war to i bring it to a speedy close, the details of the plan for doing so, like all other military measures, ■ must, in a great degree, be left to be determin ed by particular exigencies. The dispesition of ■ other propeity belonging to the rebels that be comes subject to our'arms is governed by the • circumstances of the case. The Government has no power to hold slaves, none to restrain a slave of his liberty, or to exact his service. It , has a righ', however, to use the voluntary ser vice of slaves liberated by war from their rebel i masters, like any other property of the rebels, in whatever mode may be most eflicient lor the defense of the Government, the prosecution ot the war, and the suppression of the rebellion. It is as clearly the right of the Government to arm slaves when it may become necessary as it is to use gunpowder taken from the euemy. Whether it is expedient to do so is purely a military question. The right is unquestionable jby the laws of war. The expediency must be determined hy circumstances, keeping in view the great object of overcoming the rebels, re , establishing the laws, and restoring peace to the j nation. J It is vain and idle for the Government to car-' ! ry on this war, or hope to maintain its existence ! 9gainst rebellious forces, without employing all j the rights and powers of war. As has been ' said, tne right to deprive the rebels of their; property in slaves and slave labor, is as clear j i and absolute as the right to take forage from the I field, or cotton from the warehouse, or powder j and arms from the inagazine. To leave the! ' enemy in possession ot inch as forage : and cotton and military stores, and the means ot constantly re-producing them, would be mad i ness. It is, therefore," equal madness to leave j them in peaceful and secure possession ol slave j ! property, nuie' valuable and ellicient to them j ! for war, than forage, cotton and military stores, j 1 Such policy would he national suicide. What i to do with that species of property is a question j that time and circumstances will solve, and need i not be anticipated further than to repeat tfiat j • they cannot be held hy the Government as j slaves. It would be useless to keep them as (prisoners of war; and self-preservation, the! highest duly of Government, or of individuals, I demands that they should be disposed of or era ! ployed in the most effective manner that will j tend most speedily to suppress the insurrection ; and restore the authority of the Government. If il 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. But in whatever manner they may-be used by the Government, ii is plain that, once liber ated by the rebellious act of their masters, they should never again be restored to bondage. Bv the master's treason and rebellion he forfeits all right to the labor and seivice of his slave; aud the slave of the rebellious master, by Ii is ser vice to the Government, becomes justly entitled to freedom and protection. The disposition to be made ol the slaves of rebels, after the close of the war, can be safely left to the wisdom and patriotism ol 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, Secret/try of War. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. TO THE PUBLIC. "When a man thinketh he standoth, let him take heed Inst he fall," is a sentiment never more 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 suddenlj' and most unexpected ly arrested by an order item the Post-office Department prohibiting THE CAUCASIAN from circulating in the mails. With our paper in type, and the press waiting, we determined this time to proceed to Washington and gain by a personal investigation the reasons, if pos sible, for so strange a proceeding. We have 4he.gr,aiificatma.to stale..'.bat, .1 hcr.e k JW.fi.har.ge that we have violated the teems of 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 |lk negro to the white man as the normal order : o|American society, and contended that the ; rdations of the races, as it has comedown to ; us from the founders of our government, is ; rght. This simply a question of politi ! cd opinion, we bad no suspicion thai its advo cxy could fall under the ban ol the Admims tnt ion. It is simply tbe idea or basis of the doctrine that this is a "white man's govern irpnt," as proclaimed by Senator Douglas, Chief-Justice Taney and many of the most emi ntni northern Democrats. The striking down l|ie CAUCASIAN, therefore, lias a deeper signifi cance than any previous act of interference with the press. It is simply a refusal to allow ' us'to defend the decision of the Supreme Court oft he land. This, too, after we had relied upan the permission of the department that Tjs CAUCASIAN should be sent through the nail, and expended a large sum of money, uAuch is now all lost, in the attempt to get it sorted. Finally, rather than have our bnsiness bro kru up, our establishoeot idle, our bands tlliown out ot employment just at the beginning of winter, we proposed to publish a paper con taining merely (he news ol the day, and ex trtcts from other Journals that were allowed to circulate in the mails, and without any opin ions of our own in it. Our subscribers, we thdoght, might accept this as a temporary ex pedient,but astounding to relate, even this teas refi/sed! It would be useless lor us to try to find lan guage to express to our readers the bitter, burn ing disappointment we feel over this last un paralleled act. The loss of money, which we could ill afford, is bad enough, out the senso of injqktice, of wrong, ot cruelty, which must be fell to be appreciated, is almost unendurable: Our readers may inquire, however, "What will you do now? Do you inler.d to give up?' Wt answer, NO! The principle that we are contending tor is the vital element of our very national existence. It is the doctrine oi multi tudes of Democrats in the North, and with un bounded confidence in the grand truth that thia is a government of white men, and none others, we shall never loresake it, as long as there are peaple enough left who will support it. THE C AL :ASIAN will be continued tor the present, at all events, and can be ordered through news agents. There is no objection to our continu ance of tbe paper, but only that our subscribers shall not have the privilege ol receiving their papers by mail. We feel sanguine that this subject will not be allowed lo rest hero. The matter, we have *c> to U-Huve, wilt soon Ue ijruugtu bellire Congress, and we trust that the exclusion of THE CAUCASIAN fiom the mails will be only temporary. At all events, we ask our subscri bers to have patience, 3od they may rely tbat everv effort we can use shall be made to re move the difficulties that now surround us. VAN EVRIE, HORTON &.CO., Edilorsand propiietois of THE CAUCASIAN. A YOUNG SOLDIER'S SISTER. A lad of less than sixteen, named Darling, from Pittsfiield 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 afflicted by his departure, the captain discharged the youngster and sent him home as the brave lad supposed on a furlough. He has received the following acknowledgement of his kindness 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 furlough, as he supposed, and seeing the effect of his conduct upon my mother and a sick sis ter, gave his consent to remain. But he is ve ry much afraid you will think that be 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- ( lily," gentlemen, that the young Darling afore said lias not abated his desire in the leaat degree to serve his country under your especial gui dance, although he has consented to devote him self in the more humble capacity of staying at home and minding ins mother. Having reached the advanced age of sixteen, he possesses the 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 veay inconvenient in his case. Of course, he ad vancement ot the Black Horse Cavalry Is ma terially retarded, and its glory dimmed for a season; but wherever you are at the end of two years, he is determined to join you. If thou would'st take me in his place, I should be very happy logo. 1 believe not only in tbis 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 respectfully thine, JENNIE DARLING. ~ " r."3.—li' yoii are hfarriffci, pieisd hand rhis i over to your 2d Lieutenant. J. D. [T#~A DUTCHMAN relating his troubles says: •'One night ven 1 come* home I finds the doors vasht ashlefep, 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 licit, and dey runs troo dertifil as toe de very fence vos after dem." FLAT FOOTED COURTSHIP- One long summer afternoon there came to Mr. Davison's the moat curious specimen of au old bachelor the world ever heard of. He was old, gray, wrinkled and odd. He hated wo men; especiallyold maids, and wasn't afraid to say so. He and Aunt Patty had it hot and heavy whenever chance threw them together; yet he came, and it was noticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pains with her dress whenever be was Expected. One day the contest waged unusu ally stroDg. Aunt Patty left with disgust and went into the garden. "The bear," she muttered to her self as she stooped to gather a flower that at tracted her attention. "What did you run a way for V said a gruff voice cfose to her side. "To get rid of you." "You didn'l do it, did you?" "No, you are worse than a burdock bur." "You wont get rid of me, neither." "I wont, eh ?" "Only in one way." "And what ?" "Marry me." "What, us two tools get mar ried? What will the people say?" "That's noth ing lo us, come, say yes 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 of age." "Good bye." "Jabea Andrews, don't be a fool. Come back, come back, I say." "Why, I believe the critter has 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." "Jabez ! Jabez! Tbat stuck up Beck Hastings shan't have him, if I die tor it. Jabez, yes. Do you hearl" "Y-e-s!" PULLING DIFFERENT WAYS.—A few days since there was an auctiofi sale of damaged dry goods, 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 blankeG were put up, and a dozen bids were raised for them. The puzzled auctioneer how ever, caught by tbe 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 of 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. Turoir.g to the other side, he commenced a new his stereotype vocabjlaty ol choice and amusing fiigures of speech, till he touched the' finale. ' " Two fifty," nodded the man. "Thank ye, sir. Going at lw-> fiiftjr." "Three!" screamed the woman. "Four," replied the man "Go the fifty?" said the auctioneer, turning to the woman, with a half 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 Smith, for five dollars." "Smith!"exclaimed the woman, "what! try husband!" raising herself on tip toe to catch a glance. "Why, you good for-nothing man, you've been bidding against your own wife! Oh! you impudence! but 1 won't have them in the house!" .. {LP"IT IS SAID they have a riflp company in Vermont, whose captain takes them out once a week for practice; he draws them up in single file, and sets a cider barrel to rolling down bill: the nml commence shooting from right to left at the bung hole as it comes up. Alter the shoot ing is over the captain examinee the barrel, and if he finds a sbot that did not enter the bung hole, the member who missed is expelled. None have been expelled lor the last eight years. TE LIDDLE PLACK BONY- "Chon, you recklemember dat liddle plack boney I pyed mil de oedlar next veek?" "Yah: vot ol him?" " Notting only I gitasheated burdy pad." "So?" "Yah. You see, in de vurst blace he ish blind mit bote legs, uod ferry lame mit von eye. Den ven you git on him to rite he rares up pehint uut kicks up pe/ore so vurser as a chackmule. I dinks I dake him a liddle rite yisterday, unt so sooner 1 gits strattle his back he goramenceto heist up, shust so like a vaknt .peam on a poatstead: un ven he git 3 tone I was so raixt up mit eferydings I vinds mineself zittin arount packmds, vit bis doill in mine hants vor de pridle." "Veil, vat you going do to mit him?" "Ob, I vix him petler as cham up. I hitch him in de cart mit bis dail varc bis heat ought to pe; den gife bim apout two dozen cut mit de hilecow; he starts to go put so soon be see de cart petorc him he makes packward. Burly soon be stumbles behint, und sits town on his haun ches, und looks like he veel burty shamped mit himself.—Den 1 dake him out, hitch him in de right vay, unt he goes ptf shust so good as any pody's bony. An Irishman al (be Bull Run battle was somewhat startled when the head,of his compan ion on the lelt hand was knocked off by a can non ball. A few moments after, however, a cpcni-till broils the vngcr-cf ■ the other side. The latter threw down bis gun and yelled with pain; when the Irishman rush ed to him exclaiming: "Blasht your sowl, you old woman, stop your cryin'! you make more noise about it than the man that Ic-sht his bead!" KF"He who knows his ignorance, ia the possessor of the rarest kind of valuable knowl edge. WHOI.G NUMBER, 9086. VOL. 5.NG.22. <£l)f Stljoolmaatet 51 bro ab. EDITED BT SIMON SYNTAX, ESQT OCT" Friends of education who with to enlighten the public on the subject of teaching the "young idea how to shoot," are respectfully requested to send communications to the above, care of "Bed ford Gazette." [From Clark's School Visitor.] WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A SCHOOL TEACH* __ER._ No. 2 It is with a feeling of slight relief that ira see him appoint one of the larger scholars to hear some of the lessons of the smaller ones. "But there is the trouble," says the teacher, banding us a bundle of notes, the contents of which are as follows: Mrs. G. sends a respect ful note, saying that she "can hear her own children at home, quite as well as any scholar in the school can." Mr. P. "wishes you would hear all your classes yourself," and Mr. W., to make matters plainer still, remarks: "IfyoO set other scholars to teach my children any more, I will teach you by a sound thrashing, sure!" We inquire bow he intends to act un* der these circumstances. The teacher repliea by pointing to the following paragraph in hia diary : "My back is weary with burdens. Yester day I sighed that the quarter was not 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 bo lore, and as many tiroes repented, when I con sidered that there were immortal spirits to be trained for future usefulness in this world 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 lam both amused and disgusted to hear Mr. W. scold and threaten after such a fashion. That same experiment of whipping teachers baa beea tried before, and has been tound no trifling job. I must do that which appears to be duty, and wait lor the result." You are anxious to hear the end of these dif ficulties, but we dare not hinder our friend, the teachei, 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 be/ore school began,* and found bia at bis desk, as usual. I was as much interes ted in the affair as you are, and asked eagerly, "What about the thrashingt" "I continued as I had begun," said be, "for I could not do otherwise. I sent W. word IQ that effect, but have heard no more about the whipping, unlets it was given me that same afternoon, in the shape of restless and disobe dient scholars, who thought that, as they had their parents to back them, they would do aa 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. Bui you have not seen any thing yet," continued he, •'of the trouble caused by parents interfering with the teachers' plans. Here is a note from Mrs. A., requesting that her son be allowed to go on with his studies in the books that be used at a former school, as she caa not afford lo change books for bim at every new school that he attends. I. bare written to her, explaining the reasons why her son must have books like the other scholars, but shf is still unwilling to supply them." "Well," said I, "that is a little like the case of Dr. D., who sent bis little girl to school [ with the identical Dilworlh't Sptlhng Book that he used when he was a boy! If every one were to do the same thing you would have a hundred or two classes each day instead of thirty, to hear." "Here is another from Mr. F., be can not bear that his boy should be hindered by the slow motions oi tbejclass, and requests that ae be allowed to go on by himself.'" "That is another man who, perhaps uncon sciously, wishes lo increase your labor," said I. "Yes," said the teacher, "he does not seeta to know that the beauty and benefit oft class is its tendency to make each member ol it am bitious and anxious to excel the others." "If this man deems the rapid progress of bis ton ol mate value to bim than is the bene fit o| his example to his class, it would be better lor him to continue his studies at hon* under a private tutor." !EF*Tbe teachers' convention, which met here last week, was a success; cot as com plete, however, as it might have been, ow ing to the fact that quite a number of tboea .wba-had-dutiw arsigswi- , hß r r >^.fai'^<L.t a ..per-. . form those duties, whtch caused a great deal of embarrasment to the Business and prevented them from makjng as complete a program as they desired. About ninety teach ers were present, which is fifty per cent more than any former attendance. On the whole this Institute augured well for the proepeete m [the future.
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