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ui.vmi IN THE COUNTRY
BY ISAAC MACLEI.LAN.
'{'be winter moon rides high,
The yel'ow moon shines bright |
fhe frosty stars, like jewels,
Untwine the bow of Night,
And the wintry winds are calling,
And the feathery tlakes are faring.
The mow shines on lite rod!'.
The mow drifts o'er the street;
Itoad-side and field are sprinkled
With the sharp translucent sleet.
t'ig icicles bang trom the wall
I.ike rpar in grottoes dim ;
And a polished shield is thick enclasped
Around the old oak-liml> ;
Whi'e cpirklieg crystals on e ich twig
In liquid lustre swim.
The brook hafh lost its merry song.
And ceased its playful chase:
O'er glistening lake a rosy throng
Ot skaters ply their race j
The water-wheel is choked with ice,
N'or turns its dripping beam ;
Mute rests the tio7."n water-fall,
Mute re-ts the frosty stream.
The snow-tints p.'Prh on-the ga'derr rail',
I he ,1 rtli denies thoni food ;
Under the hemlock mopes (lie quail.
With her half-perished brood ;
And the partridge thiveretli us the gale
How ls through th' inclement wood.
The cattle h.iste to the trienuly liarn,
The sheep to their folds repaii j '
The dame by the fire.side spins the yarn;
Her good man nods in his chair:
While children crowd to the chimney noon,
Inter,: on fiolic, bom..
From the Journal of Comuirrc.
THE OLl) HIO.V
No concealment is now attempted, by 'he!
radical party, of their views of lli>* Uni m. ft
is deliberately laid down, baldly sinled, contin
ually reiterated, it. th-ir public j mrnalt ami
iheir private conversations, in speeches and let
ters,thai the Union is destroyed, and that they
have no desire to see it rtcnivstiucled. The i
mask is off at I.].?', We have >eoi lliem foi
some months ii'temjting to hlind the public hy
Ute f.ioliih question "do yon prefer slavery to,
the Unroll," a- if lhc|e weieany such issue be
t.'i'e us. But when a few weeks ago the pub- i
lit: began In mgr on tlvm the true question,
"do you prefer the abolitihn-nf slavery lo the
U T .lion," lln se professed patriots ut ii's : sought
to avoid the issu -, and at length in despair of
sustaining am longer tlu ir doubtful professions
if loyally, plunged into the fatal voilex of (lis
unionism. They now say that they w JU Id not
consent to-day to restore the Union a* it was a
year ago. They speak of it with horror a- a
covenant with death and a league .with hell,
winch I hey would not consent fo tenew.
We do not exaggerate. Every word we say
is susceptible of abundant proof from the coi- ■
utntis t.f the ladical party papers, of "lie past .
two weeks. The day is forever past when they
tan claim,'with any show of truth or sinceiity,
to be loyal to the (Joust it ut ion or the Union,
anil they must be, as they virtually consent to
he, classed with the enemies of both. ~
The discussion of their peculiar tenets Jtnd
doctrines would seem i h-n to he no longer ne
cessary. Tliey aie powerless for evil since their
desires are exposed, and the fact is now beyond
question that the Government is not under their
influence, and will not be deceived by their*
wiles, or driven by their thuals.
But it may be well for us, who remain tine
t" the ancient faith of our country and our la
tii-rs, lo look tor a moment at the magnificence
of that Union which those disloyal and ungrate
ful sons of American sires, unite with South* in
enemies in reviling and casting oIF.
It is the most beneficent go 'eminent on the
faeu of the earth. It has grown lo be such un
der the united efforts of Southern slaveholders,
northern merchants and manufacturers, and
th- steadfast labors of inhabitants of all portions
of the land. Conservative in all its history,
preserved in its conservative course by the fact
that the various interests of North and South
united were always powerful to overcome the
efforts of radicalism in politics as in social life,
it became the great naiion whose history we
are proud to recite, and whose name was the
svnoeynof political grandeur in all parts of
-• world. Under the guidance of wise and
"■ ■ ioguished rule-s, rometiines slaveholders,
1 'Mimes Norlhijrn employers of free laoor,
'-'■ ays conservative men, under the watchful
• u c t 'Senators an J Representatives from eve
,i v Stale, every climate, every section, uniting
in conservative views of policy, it obtained the
position among nations which the ancient poli
ticians dreamed of, but died despairing of.
There are puny politicians a', the North, in
this year of trouble, who chatge on the fathers
of the Republic the errors which have led it
into the present time of trial. There aie ambi
tions demagogues al the South who "curse the
Union which Washington and his companions
founded, as a Union in which they cannot find
tile freedom and tlie power 'hey desire. Both
classes are muAed hy the very emotions which
Washington foresaw, and against which he
warned the nation. There was nothing in the
constitution of the government against which
either could complain. If the Ma sachiuetls
philanthropist desired a field for his large and
expansive view of his duty to his fellow man,
he might have found sins and suffei ings in Bos
ton that would hat e lasted him a lifetime uf
hard labor, and remained peril-apt. bar his chil
dren lo woi k on. fi the ardent and aspiring
South Carolinian did not find the United Slates
broad enough fo, the eflbits of his ambition, lie
might have, al least, been wiser than to confine
Ida genius to the limits of one small State, or a
Confederacy made up of only part of the oh|
country. It was the union of Massachusetts
and Siutli Carolina that tempered the ambition,
checked the reforming and disorganizing spirit,
and made a so'itl and substantial baHsof power
for a great nation. It is easy n-nv fo sty that
we of the North do not want a Union in which
Davis and Mason and Slidell shall return lo
their old positions. So it is easy at the South
to say tlipy do nut want a Union in which Sum
ner, and I/ivejoy, and Giddings shall occupy
places of powei, anil hurl their taunls and in
sults al the slaveholder. But this dealing with,
or talking of individuals, on both sides, is child's
plav, when we are discussing the welfare of a
nation which is to live a thousand years alter
we and these men, traitors on one side, and ab
oliii nisls on the other, shall have been dust of
the soil. We do want a Union, and no other
Union can be devised, than just that old Union,
in which Masons may meet Summers ill t lie Sen
ate, and, if needs be, mind clash with mind,
that the spark of truth be elicited lo enlighten
the people. Back of all this lies the error that
ih people nmst learn, that Iheir repres.-nta
lives should be wise and harmless, sagacious and
calm, and if out of Ibis present discord that old
Union shall emerge sale, we venture the proph
ecy that Hie lesson will have been well learned,
and the land will have rest from political dem
agogues and radical reformers lor at least a hun
dred rears.
What other f'nion would the Northern rc
firmers have? We put the question to them,
because the Southerners avow thai they will
have no Union, ami these men seem to have
some incoherent notion of conquering a new
Union out of Ihe war. Would they give to the
gen-ial Government the powers of ilie Slates '
That would be a nation, but not a Union.—
Would they have a grand Sheik ul Islam, ft
great interpreter of the reform faith, to be the
dispenser of the laws, the judge of moral right
and wrong for every Stale, the administrator of
the llia/iei Law' The Saints will judge the
world, if prophecy be true, hut the time has
hatdly arrived yet, and the Saints are wanting
among these reformers.
No! II since the patriarchs ruled their funi
li S iii love, four thousand years ago, on the
plains of Asia, there has been anything of gov
ernment on the earth to be admired, respected,
In Id in profoundest veneration, if is the Amer
ican Union as it was in the year IKGO after
Chi isl. To it every eye on the globe,-among
civilized nation?, was turned with hope. Even
the harilarians respected, arid some among them
revered if. No man, whatever his name what
ever hie creed, whatever his education, no
man, failed to do homage to the work of Wash
ington. As (lie religious vvoild. the eyes of
dying Christians turned with longing gaze lo
the Hi-tern "kips, as if to behold the light a
bove Jerusalem, so in the political world the
faith and hope of men was directed Westward,
and olid statesmen, and worn out dealers in fhe
broken theories of inonaichy and absolutism
died with Iheir dim gaze turned lo lis, believ
ing in our glorious destiny.
These are no idle phrases, glitteiing g"tiei
alities. In this hour of our frinl, God forbid
that any man should waste mere words in prais
ing the American Union, or write of it merely
to run high smtnding periods. We write in
soberness, and IO that which is written the
heart of every Ameiican responds, if he be true
to the holy bond which ilie fathers bound.
There may be men at the Noilh who will sneer.
They are enemies of their country. There
may be men at the South who will deiide.
They are enemies to their country. We care
not whether fhe man is Noithern .abolition.si
or Southern rebel, he who says to-day, in the
hour of darkness, that the old Union ought to
tall, he who laughs at the Constitution, who de
nies its splendor among the long dim row of
human inventions of government, is no true
son ot America, and no loyal defender ul the
nation.
SPECULATION IN MULES-
A givat speculation has lately been biought j
to light in Cairo, between Quartermaster Watch :
and Commander Giaham.
It appears that among other speculations,!
this Quartermastar captured several hundred j
mules from.lbe Secessionists. The army reg- ;
illations require that all animals captured from '
the enemy shall he advertised and sold to the |
highest bidder. In this case he only advertised j
lliein half and knocked them off to one of his
own hands (there being no one else there,) at j
$33 each. A lew days afterwards the govern
ment needed mules, when hu purchased from
his understrapper the same mules at slll each,
tor Uncle Sam. The difference in price was
of course divided between '.he Quartermaster
and his hand.
Froedoui of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14,1862.
Words of Startling Import—tho Contrac
tors Destroying the Nation.
This war has already produced many a sub
ject for the painter and many a theme to be hy
our future poets "wedded to immortal verse."
What sublim- devolion to soldierly duty was
that which impelled young Greble to stand al
most alone at his gun with "death as his com
panion gunner," that he might protect, with
his last charge, the retreat of Pierce and his
men Irorn Great Bethel! What an example ot
the most exalted heroism was that ct Lyon,
when he deliberately rode into the jaws of
death to redeem the adverse fortunes of the day
at Springliedl What a picture of unyielding
patriotism and heroic courage is seen in the
conduct of Mulligan at Springfield, fighting
victoriously for nine days, against overwhelm
ing odds, until his Home Guards— nut he were
famished into submission. These and scores of
other kindred scenes will inspire many a pen
and pencil in the bright and glad hereafter. But
worthy of equal rank with these is the noble
scene so recently witnessed off the slormy
coast of Hatteras.— Burnside, inlawed hy Hie
fierceness of the storm and Ihe laging of the un
chained elements, defying danger and death, as
he passed from ship to ship in his little boat,
cheeiing his men and gathering together the
scattered vessels of his fleet.—This must live up
on the minds of the people, and be embalmed
in their memories through all coming time.
But well will it be for the people, wise will it
b j for the Government, and fortunate will it
prove for our glorious cans-, if we all, while
cherishing Ihe memories of that sublime' specta
cle, remember also the startling words that
were wrung from the fn-ait of Burnside, in his
hour of anguish—"Tim CONTRACTORS HAVE AL
MOST RUINED ME, but God holds me in the palm
of his hand, and all will yet be well."
Here we have ciystalizeil, in this brief ex
clamation, the whole philosophy of the misfor
tunes of the war, and of the certainty of our
final-success. The contractors have almost
ruined us; but God holds us in the palm ul his
hand, and all will yet be well. Who kept
Burnside and his fleet, and his thousands and
thousands of gallant men, for two whole weeks,
exposed to destruction upon the stormiest coast
ill the United States? Who but the reckless
and guilty scoundiels who furnished vessels
known to he unfit for llieseivice! What car
ed they what stores and ships might be lost,
what pi iceless lives might he sacrificed, what
faial blow might be inflicted on the cause, if
they could only succeed in making money out
of the country in her hour of necessity? What
has us back six long months, and dis
graced us most in the eyes of the woild? The
disaster at Bull Run. And what caused that?
Was it not the notorious fact (hat the War De
partment, instead ot bending all iis energies to
the organization, liie discipline, and the health
ful and honest supply ot the army, was jusl
given over utterly to jobbers in contracts and
military commissions? So entirely was the
war regarded as nothing but a huge job. Iliat
for Hirer months hut little else was done than to
parcel out the plunder. There was no time
nor opportunity to do anything else, for the or
ganized gangs of plunderers who thronged the
streetsand hotels of the Capital seemed to have
'absolute possession of the War Department,
and excluded tieaily all proper visitors and all
legitimate business. And so this deplorable
condition of things went on until Hie middle ol
July, when an armed mob, short of all necessa
ry supplies, wholly unorganized and hall de
moralised,were sent out to battle, and the plun
ileiing system culminated in the calamity at
Manassas. Besides the shame this brought up
on our brave soldiers, the disgrace to our chat -
acter abroad, the terrible sacrifice ol lite, the
loss ol'millions of property, and the 10.-so!
PRESTIGE, IT PROLONGED THE WAR INDEFINITE
LY.
After this disaster the outcries of Ihe peo
ple and the denunciations of the press checked
the evil to some extent, but did not stop it. Al
tho' more attention was paid to r-gular business
in the War Department, the jobbers and spec
ulators still had large sway, and besides plun
dering (he Treasury did a great deal of mis
chief; lo what extent we need not recite, for
some of the details ate still fresh in Hie disclo
sures of Congressional Committees of Investiga
tion. So shameless and monstrous were the
abuses in contracts and purchases, that it is
within the mark lo say, that of the Jour hun
dred millions thus far spent on the war, full
one-halt, or two hundred millions, have jrone
mlo the pockets of the plurltlerers. We now
see tfio tuduial and embarrassing result of tnis
in what is to-day the worst trouble of the war
a pressing want o( money lor immediate use;
tor the people and the banks who are furnish
ing the money became disgusted and alarmed
a! Hie Government profligacy, and stopped the
supplies. Jl'lhe Governmer.t only had now what
has been wasted upon jobbers, middle-men pol
itical hacks and go-betweens, it might carry on
the war for six monlhs, and perhaps lo the end,
without another dollar.
But there is a new state ol affairs in the War
Department. Vigor, honesty and economy are
now the orders ot the day. Congress is labor
ing to establish a satisfactory financial policy.
This, however, is not all that should be done to
bring the people and the banks once more to i
the pecuniary support of the Government.
Many of the monstrous contracts that were
made during the reign of the middle-men, are,
doubtless, yet running. Secretary Stanton
should strike at all these with a heavy hand,
fie has- it in his power, one would think, to
discover how, by whom, and thro' what influ
ences these contracts were made. II so, he
should discover and expose every detail ol such
transactions, that the guilty parties may be
subjected to public contempt and disgrace, and,!
if possible, be also made to disgorge, and, be
brought to exemplaiy punishment. We be
lieve that we but reflect almost universal ooin-
ion, when we urge upon the Secretary of War
to use his official power to this end; and we call
upon John Covode, who rendered such priceless
services in exploring the corruptions ol t he
Buchanan Administration, to lend his aid. The
men who have giown rich upon spoils wrung
from the country in her hour ol trial and sor
row, are no better than pirates, and should
have as little mercy. Philadelphia Inquirer,
(Rep.)
TROUBLE IN THE WIGWAM-
Whilelhe Republican managers at Harris
burg are endeavoring to work the elements of
opposition to the Democratic party into some
new shape, the It-publicans of Philadelphia,
under the lead of Wit. B. THOMAS, Collector ot
the Port, are purging the Republican party ot
ail its allies who are not straight-up-and-down
Black Republicans. The Philadelphia Press
of Thursday last gives the following account of
tlieesl 1 uggle between the Republican and "Peo
ple's" parties:
"Tuesday evening was the commencement
of a new epocl) in the political history of Phil
adelphia. The contending struggle between
Hap members of the Republican and People's
parties was animated and interesting in many
o( the wards. In pursuance of the call of the
Executive- Committee, the R-publican party
met in the different wards, and selected three
delegates to iheet in convention tins evening,
at (lie Cuiintv Court House, for the purpose of
making rules for their government. In the
Eighteenth ward, which lias heretofore been
fjhoogly People, alter a closely contested strug
gle, the People's organization was abolished, or
submerged into a Republican.—The same result
was atrived at in many ol the lower wards. In
the Seventeenth the contest narrowed down to
the native and naturalized elements ot the Peo
ple's party, the latter being successful in effec
ting a Republican organization. The test re
quired tor suffrage was a pledge to maintain
the Republic in nominees, when fairly and hon
orably made, and a loyal support to the Admin
i (ration in prosecuting the present war."
This is an interesting fight as it stands, says
the Patriot and Union, and a beautiful com
mentary upon all the Republican professions ol
no-part vsim. It appears that tfie Republican
organization in Philadelphia is making war up
on tlie 1 People's party," and that in many
wards the latter organization was abolished, or
merged into the Republican parly. The test
required fur suffrage, we are told, was a pledge
t* sustain the Republican nominees and the
LflSniinistra'tion. Nothing appears to have been
said in favor of abandoning parly for the sake
of the Union. i
It appears to us rather ungrateful for the Re
publicans of Philadelphia lo wage war against
their faithful and obsequious allies, the so-called
"People's p'artv,"-because without some such
blind AS this the Stale of Pensylvania could net
have been carried for Ihe Republican candi
dates. There has never been a fair and open
Republican party in thisStzte. While theor
ganization has been substantially Republican,
it has not bad the courage to coine out under
that name. It has been an "Opposition," or a
"Pi ople's" parly, or anything else but uomr
nallv Republican; and some ot its leaders are
now nianmuveriug to make it a "Union" par ty.
But the Republicans in Philadelphia are in fav
or nf making a clean record, and coming out
in then true colors. VVe wish lliem success, it
for no other reason than that Republicanism
may be put to the popular test, to demonstrate
•bow really weak it is in this conservative and
Joy a I State of Pennsylvania.
THE UNION NOT TO BE RESTORED, —The Bos
lon correspondent of the Springfield Re/iubli
can scouts the idea that theUmon is to be re
stored, and mocks at the President for appear
ing to believe it. Wo quote:
"The restoration of the old Union is impossi
ble, admitted lo be so practically, by every
body, including Mr. Lincoln In rose If. Mr.
Cameron proposes great changes in the boun
dary ol States, and I do not understand that
Mr. Lincoln objects to this part of his report.
Virginia is already dismembeied; Tennessee is
liable to be cut in pieces fit any time; Delaware
is to be enlarged; and soon. The exigencies
of the war may make the resolute extinguish
ment of hall a dozen rebel Slates, as political
organizations, as necessary. Florida may yet
be ceded to Spain, and Texas to Mexico. Tire
old Union ! poll ! poll ! it is a thing of the past.
To call a man disnnioniat who is not 111 favor
oPallowing things to be restored to the condi
tion they weie in before the election ol IBGO is '
very poor and cheap and harmless nonsense."'
TUE MORGAN CASE. —Anew feature in the
Morgan affair in the purchase of vessels for the
navy has just been developed. It appears that
certain parties were authorized to sell to Hie
Government Ilie New York and Savannah line
of steamers, for which they are tu have two per
cent., brokerage'on the gross amount of the
sales.
lu the meantime, Mr. Morgan puichased
then) tor Hie Department, lor which lie was
paid by the same party two and a half per cent.
The broker now comes forward and sues the
owner of the steamer for his two per cent.
The defendant claims that lie is not bound to
pay, and insists that he can establish the tact
that a 11 ring" was formed to prevent the Gov
ernment trom gelling Hie New York steamers,
except al an exoil itant price, established by
the ring. The testimony of Secretary Welles,
Assistant jSecretarv Fox and others, is now
being taken by a commission to be used in New
York in a trial which will come off in a lew
days.
EXCHANGED —So far about twelve hundred
prisoners on each side have been exchanged.
The system of exchange inaugurated by our
Government is fully reciprocated by the rebel
authorities.
talje Schoolmaster Slbroali.
! EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ.
I tXF"Friencl of education who wish to enligMi'ii
: tho public on the subject of teaching the "young
1 idea how to shoot," are respectfully requester! to
send communications to the above, care of "Bed
ford Gazette."
SCHOOL SONG.— The following beautiful song
is lakpn from a collection of school songs, call
ed the "Day School Bell" Wherever it has
been introduced it has become more popular
with the pupils, than "Dixcy" itsell, and there
certainly is more sense in it.
In all schools where singing is practiced—
and it should be practiced in every school —we
would recommend the "Day School Bell ' as
just the thing.
OH! I WISH I HAD MY LESSON.
TUNE— "Dixey's Ijind."
-"-0
I'm glad I live in the land of learning,
Wisdom's height I'm jusl discerning.
Far away, lar away, away, far away,
Although sometimes I'm sad and weary,
And the way looks dark and dreary,
I'll away, I'll away, away, I'll away,
Ciiop.us.
Oh! I wish I had my lesson,
I do, I do,
In learning I will eud my days,
And live anil die in wisdom's ways,
I'll try, I'll try,
I'll try to get my lesson.
I'll try, I'll try,
I'll try to get my lesson.
Some children always fret and worry,
Because tin y can't learn in a hurry,
Right away, right away, away, right away,
But as lor me as I grow stronger,
I will strive to study longer,
Work away, work away, away, work away,
Oh .' I wish I had rny lesson,
1 do, I do, See.
Sometimes I think of the sunny hours,"
The golden bees, and pretty flowers,
Far away, far away, away, far away,
But then J know when Bchool is over,
I can run in the fields ul clover,
Skip away, skip awav, away, skip away,
Oh! I wish 1 had my lesson,
I do, I do, fkc.
1 love my school next to my mother,
Next to father, sister, brother,
Work away, work away, away, work away,
While I am young and while I'm ruddy,
I will work and I will study,
Work away, work away, away, work away,
Oh! I wish I had my lesson,
I do, I do, itc.
SPELLING CLASSES-
The subjoined article, on the above subject,
is horn Hie pen of Prof. J. J. STUTZMAN, CO.
Supt. ol Somerset comity. The Professor is a
regular "walking dictionary," and has put forth
'herculean efforts to make the leachers % of liis
. county Hie same. As he is thoroughly or'.ho
: dox on orthoepy a nil-orthography, his views are
j entitled to great consideration, and we recom-
I mend them to the teachers of this county.—
j But hear him ;
"We hold it to be a maxim in teaching that
pupils should always be required to repeat what
thev have been told or shown, as a proof both
of their attention and their mastery of the sub
ject presi nted. Tn leaching spelling we should
take care thai all the elements aie uttered dis
tinct) v, and with proper loudness ol voice.
Where Teachers are negligent in these particu
lars, ty is often inelegantly abbreviated into
I wily, ic into eye-sick, henl into minty-ment,
and so on, while some of the little dears spell'
in so low and desponding a tone that one might
almost be tempted to believe that they had tor
gotten their dinner baskets! —lt might be deam-
I ed superfluous to say that words should be cor
rectly pronounced, did we not occasionally hear
men of this stamp give out van-eye-tc and van- ,
uh-tc for vanity, loom-eye-nay-re lor luminary,
ami many similar monstrosities. With unclas
sified scholars we have at present nothing lo do.
As for the rest, they may be divided into begin- i
ners, intermediate, and advanced classes, and \
the following remarks mast be understood main-:
ly lo apply to spelling on the book.
In teaching primary classes in spelling, it
will be w-ll lor the Teacher, at least where the
lesson is new or difficult, to prepare them tor
recitation by spelling each word lor thein in |
succession, theclass following in concert, which , j
when rightly conducted, will also be found an j
important means of leaching a good articulation, j
But concert spelling, as well as conceit read- j
ing, is liable lo several abuses. To prevent it j
from degenerating into a drawl, he should spell j
the whole word at once, in a distinct and lively i
tone, and direct each scholar to imitate him, j
j without waiting for any body else. Alter the j
I word has been spelled by the class, ono may be
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I called upon to spell it again, anil if he fails, it
I may be passed to the next, or a show of hands
1 may be called for; but if the class fails, the
j Teacher should spell it again, followed by the
| class as before. When the lesson comes to be
; repeated, or where it is not hard enough to de
; mand this preparation, each pupil should be re
quired to spell his word twire over in his turn,
' distinctly, and not hurriedly, but with a pause,
so as to give time for the necessary corrections.
Many are stifl content to tell scholars, without
j requiring them to re-spell the words missed,
which is a loose and careless practice at best.
1 Or, if deemed preferable, the Teacher may spell
through the lesson with them first, and then
' hear them spell it word about, or, if it is still
i too hard for them, let them take their seats and
! study it over.
Tn the intermediate classes scholars are better
prepared, and should pronounce each word be
fore they spell it, (as all should be required to
to do in spelling off book) and always so as to
make every element distinctly understood. To
enable them to study their lessons, they must ba
taught the accent and the author's notation, and
lor that purpose they must be required to give
I lie notation of each word alter spelling it, and
ever, alter they are supposed fully to understand
it, they should be made to do it whenever (hey
make a mistake. As for tile advanced classes,
where they are sufficiently familiar with spell
ing books to pronounce words readily at sight,
instead of the present routine of many schools,
they should have one good lesson each day, pro
nouncing eacli word twice, with proper dis
tinctness, without spelling it, giving the author's
notation whenever they mispronounce a word,
as a means of enforcing attention. The com
mon practice is very faulty; for what can ba
more disagreeable to an intelligent spectator
i than to see all the larger scholars drawn up in
a great, gawky, straggling line through the
j length ot the room, to mumble over half a page
in a speller they ought to have by heart, when
1 they could pronounce a lesson of two pages in
the same time, and with much greater benefit
. to them! II this stupid performance is designed
' to teach scholars to spell in the book, it is allo
i getlier too careless to answer any useful pur
! pose; but if it ir resorted (o merely to help
! them study their spelling lesson, it is a waste of
' time, and they bad much better get it at their
I seals."
WHAT THE "DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS"
THINK OF FORNEY-
The Pittsburgh Post of the 24th ult.. tho
| leading Democratic newspaper in Western
j Pennsylvania, and a firm and consistent suppor
ter of Mr. DOUGLAS in the last Presidential elec
| lion, admini<ters a scathing rebuke to John W.
; FORNEY, (or his impudence iu presuming to
' speak for the friends of Mr.Douglas through the
j coiumns of the Philadelphia Press, while he
is in the pay ot the Republican party. The
7'osf gives a sketch of the career of FORNEY:
shows that up to the time when he quarreled
with Mr. BUCHANAN he was the most obsequi
ous and pliant tool of the "slave power" of the
South, declares that Douglas never * trusted
Forney, and that the great principle of Popu
lar Sovereignly lor which Douglas contended
was used by Forney as a mere pretext; that bo
remained in the'councilsof the Douglas Dem
ocrats only to betray them; and that, from the
malignant opponent ot SIMON CAMERON, he be
| came that m.iu'* tool, and was, through his in
fluence, rewarded lor his treachery by being
elected Clerk ot the Senate of the United States,
i The Post continues:
"We have thought it necessary to remind
1 our readers o! these few points in this trickster,
Foiney's career, because he still has assurance
; to speak in (lie name ot the Douglas Democra
cy. Mis game now is to arouse as much feel
ing as possible against what he styles the Breck
enridge Demnciacy of Pennsylvania, and after
: harping upon thai string for a sufficient time,
•a uniyn ot the Douglas men of Pennsylvania
with the Republicans is to he proposed. For
ney's paper has been at this game for moretban
a week, and alter it is properly ventilated, we
are to have another convention ot suclr Doug
las men as himself and John Hickman to pro
pose and accept such terms as I hey ran com
mand. It is the old dodge but will not succeed.
John W. Forney has -un his course; he never
can transfer another Democrat to the ranks ot
i Abolitionism. We, ton, are for a Union of
Democrats, regardless o! former differences in
regard to dead issues, and we are tor extend
-1 iug the right band ot nllowship to every man
who is in lor suppression of the rebellion and
the restoration ot the Union; but no affiliation
with thgl poisonous thing Abolitionism: no com
munion 'villi those whose hatred ot slavery is
strongei than their love fo'r the Union. The
restoration ol the Union at all hazards and at
all costs, no matter who or what suffers in
bringing it about."
We are glad to see that the genuine friends
of Douglas are so fully aware oi the game
which ibis insolent demagogue is attempting
to play for the benefit of his Republican mas
ters. II Forney can succeed iu detaching e
uough Democrats from their org imzation to a- *
gain defeat the Democratic party, he would ba
in a position to claim a magnificent reward • for
lus services, aud that is about all he cares far.—
They seem to know what he is driving at. In
the language of the Post, his power for mis
chief to the Democratic party is gone; and gone
forever; they know turn, and none so , w f"
those he has'so shamefully
las Demociacy of Pennsylvania.—P. * lmm-