1 JsrSLir co23xiis."25r 9 iLSCS, THE FREEMAN. rBEXSEURG, PA., TnunDAY, : : : : Jan. 7, 1SC9. Constitutional Aiatidmeiti. During the firt meek of the present es-t-i n of Ce-ngre.-s we attempted to keep ft cor rect list of the amendments tliat were offered to the Constitution, the carries of the num bers by vlim they were propot-cd, as well as their subject matter. After the fifth day we abandoned the ta.k in utter despair. Al most every Radical member seemed to have liia pockets sti.fL-d full of amendments. It not only rained amendments, but it literacy j-oured them down in one copiout;, uriinter" joxi.v miltc:y. We propose giving tho readers of tlie rRKFHiy a wcky column of interesting i II oa. VUlJIaim A. Wallace. It is a matter of the profoundest regret that the nomination of a candidate for the literary matter the result of our own sti.d- j United States Senate, made It the Derao ie,; which, we doubt n..t. they will duly an- ; cratic members of tha Is'iabture which ! c "iiveiies this week, can only be a matter of compliment. Yet, even this compliment sbcu d be worthily bestowed. And the Democrats have the advantage over their opponent, that whether in success or defeat the always confer li.eir honors upon their ablest st;ndard-bcur rs. Ar.i' ng the Democrats who hare maiifuilv rupted stream. They fell as thick and fast j T.tfure ,1S atuine , ,he ;4Ce f ,e ha,, prrciftte. J-ha Milton, with whose writing we shall commence, stands second only to Shaks peare among the British cl.i-sics. He was born in London, Deo. 9th, ld'-3. His father was a scrivenei, and though he had been disinherited on account of his religious faith, had s'-fllcient fortune to give his srn a god eduction and to rethe himself in indei e.:d j lattlei f.r the right, and whose talenti and ei t circumstances, ia'egrity place them in the front rank, none, V. ung Milton developed at an eirly aze a j seems to ua, demands so much a recogni greut desire f.r study, and was frequently j 15,11 of his services, talents and integrity as oceunied with his b . .ks t.il after n.idwi-ht. the gentleman wi o-e name liea!s tins articie. as leaves in Vallarnbrosa. Connecticut had her amendment ; Massachusetts, through her immortal trio of statesmen and patriots, Sumner, Wilson aLd Hntler, contributed lib erally to the emmon stock ; Pennsylvania, through those twin brothers in fanaticism, Kelly and Erootnall, laid her offering on the altar of an imperilled country. We believe Hon. Daniel J. Morrill did net nrx in the fray, f r the reason, no doubt, that he is af;er Keverdy Johnson with too sharp a stick to permit himself to be turned from bis object by such trilling and common place sinuse inent as ffeiing amendments to the Consti tution. Then, there were amendments from Ohio from Indiana from Illinois from Missouri; and the hist one we remember to have read came from far di.-tai.t Oregon. Menard, the colored "nan and brother'' who claims a set as a representative from Loui biana, is said to have been prepared with an amendment absolutely prohibiting any white man iu that Slate from voting it holding cflioe. It may be sail, in general terms, that nh these amendments have two objects ic view, j 'n . :. i. .-.?. r I i nc uiiu i.s, uj iii.iikt; it iiifj'iid.iiuic lor a nriu in a Northern State not to vote, and the other, to make it almost impossible for a foreigner to procure a certificate of citizen ship. The Chicago platform claimed that Congress bad the right to regulate the ques tion of suffrage in the SoufA , hut that it could not inteifere with it in the Northern Sta'es Under our theoiy of government, all the States being equal, we would like to know where Gmgrers derives the authority to reg ulate suffrage in one State and not in another. Merely to state the proposition is to show the absurdity of the power claimed by Cern gress over the subject. Nor did any party or any statesman of any party, from the days of Washington's administration down to the present time, ever claim that Congress con'd deprive the several States of their right to fettle this question, each f jr itself. Within the hist fifteen months eeveral Northern States have repudiated negro suffrage cn a test Vot. In Pennsylvania it would be de feated by an overwhelming majority. Sup pi se that Congress should pass this negro of the different States for adoption or rej'-c. tion, WMild the pissent Radical Legislature if this State be Competent to represent the peop'e of Pennsylvania on that issue ? Most unquestionably it would not, for the simple reason that when its members wre elected that question was not before the people. If it had been, a very different result would have taken place. Even the Radical in Missouri, at the November election, voted d .wn negro suffrage by a majority of twenty thousand. But even if Cor.grs-is should pas the amendment it will be utterly impossible to get three-fourths of the State Legislatures to adopt it. The hostility of the Radical party to fur signers is made manifest from the'r anxiety to change the mode of naturalization. The design to enfer upon the United States Courts the exclusive power over the subject, and to deprive the State Courts of all jurisdiction, any one can see at a clance. is fraught with injustice and hardship. The United States C urt for Western Pennsylvania is held in r.ttsburgh. No foreigner of limited means, w ho is a resident of this county, could go to Pittsburgh with his vouchers, whom he would be compelled to pay for their lost time as well as bear their trawling cxpet.sea. and return with his certificate of citizenship, for a sum much wh'.rt of forty dtj'ars. How many of our foreign residents would avail themhtlves composed Latin verges f no mean finish. William A. Wai lack stands at the very head of hi Ycnn Denucracy of Pcunsylva- After writinsz some of his minor twins be nsa, to wlese clu valic u efforts we owe so undertook a continental four, making cor.sid- j much iu the past few years, and to whom erable stay at Paris, Florence, and particu- j 'he fate of the organ'z .tion must be confided huly at Pome, lie had already acquire 1 ' ii coming yeais. And we do but compli es ?iim our choice. But. such literary reputation as secured him a j ment thtm in makii fitting rccept'ju at the different European besides, Mr. Wall. THE AMERICAN STUDENT. CORRESPONDENCE. EuKNSBt-RG, Pa., Dec. 23, JSCS. Rev. H. M. Kerr Dear Sir; At the clos of the Teachers' Institute held at Ebensb irg, on Thursday evening last, we had the pleas ure of being preseut, and heard with no or dinary griitilicittion your lecture before the Institute on the subject of "Tlie American Studeut." The best encomium we can be stow on your effort on that occasion is ex pressed in the unanimous wish of all who w ere present, and which w here make known to you, that you will give the public the ben efit of reading so choice and elegant a dis sertation on the duties and responsibilities of the American Student. We therefore re BjTectfuIIy ask a copy for publication. JNO. FENLO.V, I). V. EV N3 C. T. ROBEKTS, SAML. IIENIiV. GEO. HUNTLEY, W. K. PIPE 11, J. ALEX. MOOUE, REUS JNO. LLOYD, T. J. CHAPMAN, J. T. liUTCIUNSON. Ebexsbcro. Ta., 30th Dec, 1803. GENTLEiiiis : Accompanying this, please find a copy of the address solicited fim nnh. j lic ition, as per yours of the 29i.li inst. i Hoping it may subserve the true interests ! of education, I remain j Yours, &c, capitals. The domestic tr u'oles in England, how ever, induced him to return before the time allotted for his visit had cxp'.re 1, and bo landed iu his own country after an absence of fifteen months. lie- now became engaged in political and polemical controversies, which occupied many years of his life, lie was a rigid Puritan, and wrote with ability and force against Episcopacy. He was a Republican in prinrple and inveigl.td against the monarchy ad defended the Lor.i; Parliament. Milton was Dot fortunate in his matrimo nial alliances, though he tried the cxperi nieLt three tiu.es. His first wife1, Mary Powell, w as a R'-.ytdi,t while be was a Par liamentarian. Their uniou only lasted about a month, and his gttatctt f..uk to her (;-ae that has never been beard of l ef re r tince) was "that she would not iulk." After many years f separation they were re united, and she bore him three children all girls and diet! iu ICC 3. He married a second time, but Lis wife only lived a little over a year. Afterward.-, owing, as was said, to the un kiudness of his daughters, and when he had become total!1 blind, a third marriage was negotiated for him ; but, like bis fust, it was unhappy. lie was informed that his consort was handsome, but, being bliud, he "could not see it." When told he had married a rose, he remaiked that it might be so as he -felt the th. rns daily." The tub-fortunes of h"s marital reliti. .-? gave him a general di.like t, tho female sex. and be try fne'y apeak s of their mental inferiority. Upon the doctrine of divone he contended that mere "incompatibility of tempei" was suffkient ground for separa'ie.n. Ou this question be was lar in advance of bis time and country bis opinions suiting better the present diy and tic State of la el iana. The writings of Miltrn are vo'uniinfU, but that which I rs embalmed his memory f .r all coming time is bis grand epic e.f 'Taradise Lost." This peerless production, whether we consider the boldness e.f the design or the power of its fulfilment, entirely surpasses anything of either ancient or mod ern times. We propose giving our readers a few select passng'-s from this great p'x-m in the future numhrrs of the P'kk:.mav. LACE fdis the Jeffersonian Messrs. John Fer.lon, T. J. Chapman, C. T. Grant and Snndny Traveling:. On a certain Saturday night, about the middle of last month, General Grant lefs Washington to attend a meeting, or as it was called, a reunion of certain armv r fibers of the late war, to be held at Chicago. He took breakfast the next morning (Sunday) at Altemna, and arrived at Pittsbure the same day (Sunday) about one o'clock, where I be took dinner at the Union Dnvit Hotel. Whereupon, the United Preahyferian, a truly loyal paper pub!. shed in the Smoky City, and edited by an intensely loyal man, after reciting the facts to which we have referred, goes f.r the off.-nding Grant in the fubowing sharp and incisive manner: -The humiliating fact is as above stated The .Lulics recorded it without cninn ,t. It is a national disgrace, and should le so de clared. If General Grant has no refpect for the law of that God lin sr stcnallv ,.-..,. .,,,) of the privilege of becoming citizens under a I b' military career with success and raised him Constitutional amendment so odious as that? i Whit is the alleged motive for this proposed change? It is said that it will prevent I fraud. Put this is not the true reason Frauds have been ir.J always will Ve perpe. tratd under the naturalization laws in th large cities, no matter which class of the Courts has jurisdiction over the subject. In the different counties of this State a case of fraudulent naturalization is rarely beard of. In this county, where large numbers of for eigners have been naturalized every j-ear, a cafe of fraud has seldom if ever been known. At leas: tbree-f.urths of the uaturalized vote in this country is Democratic. Hence arises ti e Radical hatred towards foreigners, and this is he true reason f the present move ment against them. A Radical Congress conferred the right of suffrage upon seven hundred thousand ignorant neg'oes in the South because they believed they w ould vote the Radical ticket. Put as the negroes hae discovered that Radicalism is a cheat and a sham, and are deserting it all through the South, th leaders of that party now propose, in order to maintain their ascendancy in the 2Sorth, to make voters out of all the negroes in the Northern States, and virtually to ex clude three-filths i,f all unnaturalized for eigners from the lights of citizenship. After this, can any foreigner vote the R.idicrd ticket 7 If he can, then his professed hatred of tyranny is a farce. from obscurity to a distinguished and inrluen ti il position, w had hoped that he would show some respect to the religious sentiment of the great body of Christian jieople who were chiefly instrumental in raising him to the first office in the gilt of the nation. We have ail mired Gen. Grant and augured well for oi:r country from his future career, but must express re-ret that he should thus di-graco his hih position and outrage the feelings of his best friends and supporters. " The plm of superiority is awarded to -1 Y- m '-'r improved (cw state) Ha.r R-storer ,r Dreeing, (in one UttteA wi't.viuL im ii u: Mi)iiri.f' irnj ti.n .... If " i i'..t.no inc eiv ew i-.nr n.. r iv. ' i- , . J v-.- WIIAI . liW 1 The Fsekmax says it wouldu't mike a pun in our pre-eiee, for c couldn't "see" it. Pus sibly, and very probably, we couldn't "ee" it :n the li;!,t in wliieh i: "would be viewed by its au lt ir. Yet would e be obliged to "see" it in some light or other ; for punches in the ribs and the energetic performance of the exercise of "Wa-iong the hands with invisible soap In iuipen eptible water" would so italicize it upon our senses that we would be obiige-J to recognize it at Jeast as an attempted puti. Ali.lgui.ni ax. Full of error, as usual. Even poor Tom Hood incorrectly quoted. Never "punched" the author of the above in the "ribs" don't think animals of his kind have auy rib, ex cept in a figurative sense. Nor could it be "italicized" upon the "senses" of one who has none. If rubbing the hands h offensive to our friend we are sorry, but we opiue that it is the rubs we give him, and not ourself, that annoys him. Rut it shouldn't it is no more than Christian to Jove (or rub) our neighbor as ourself. lint w e are glad the AdeyJianian (whatever iheieaaon maybe) is getting tractable. It is much plcasautcr than to deal in vulvar abuse. Errata. On our first page is a short ar- U.KKl hale," which Bhonld As it is test of fitness : "Is he honest. ? is he calla ble V No honester man breathes in this broad Commonwealth, and all who are fami liar with his 't fisaional and political career admit his capacity. He has done more hard labor for his pnily than any man within the limits of the State, and has Imrna the Demo cratic banner aloft in the most trying times. We trust, therefore, our Democratic legis lators will h nor themselves in honoring their gallant standard-bearer, Hon. William A. Wallack. Roberts, Dr. D. W. Evans, and others. .tmucsty I'i'ocl-.tittation. THE ADDRESS. -hr lVoidcnt, Ijidts and Get7enirn : To choose a pioel end and employ the right means for its attainment, is the part of wisdom. And in proportion to the greatness of an object, and the difficulties of reaching; it, is it worthy of a wise man's endeavors. Among objects of this charac ter, it is universally conceded that Educa tion stands in tlie very first rank. Now, what is that training, moral and President Johnson has issue 1 another am- j intellectual, that wi!l be best adapted to i-.e-ty proclamation, pardoniug uncondition j the Awcriiiin tStwIcitt" fur the duties adv. and without reservation, a I the re-beds nnd tri-il-s ,.f i;i;. hitherto unpardoned, it cludinsr Jefferson ! 'I'l.ta . est. It is I'.mn, XO--U10S, i tci-uiriuge, i'lasou ami Slidell, and others, who are at present iu forf.'n countries. The following is the pro-claniati-u : V hfk::as, The President of the United ie : ure-ly a question of deep inter engaging tlie attention of the intelligent, and the good all over the land. Every State ( lovennuent in the Union has manifested more or less solicitude unon it. Suites has here e.tore set forth several proela- j 'i he periodical press, educational Societies in every direction. nj the uniiosiiiLr Vol ume to the unpretending j.amplih t. all :.t. test the importance of a solid education, of a thorough education of the mind in ele mentary truths. It would be pf range indeed, amid so much thought, so many plans, such wide spread, intense exertion 'upon this subje ct, if some wisdom has not been elicited. iiiauons wiiK-n oneieu amnesty auu par.lon to tilat tire lU'lll ;rin"- un l ,i ...UMinn .1.- I r.,1 r I 01 treatises tl' the Government of t!ie United States, which ptoclaiiiiitions were severally is-ued on tlie 8th ii av of Decern! er, lsC.'t ; tin the iGdi div of Mi'iKh, 1-C4.; on the -3:$, ,l:,y of May, 1 ." ; fin the lib day o! September, 1H.7, and on the dili day ed Jtilv in the iresenl vear ; and Wiskkkas. Thciiuihority oi the Federal Gov crnme: l hivit.g been reestablished in all the Now where every one must have some thing to do, i.s not a practical education universally necessary ? Let as many as have ability and opportunity become thoroughly learned, (this class has never been too nu merous in any country, and certainly among us there is little danger of such excess ;) let none, howev .-r, he without that knowl edge which fits for the bu-iuess of life. Hut has not this practical part of educa tion been at times sadly neglected at least overlooked? Have iieit our colleges in too many instances, sent forth graduates utter ly umjualified for any useful office in life? We have known some of them, after an examination as to their etualifications for teaching in our common schools, to be re fused certificates. However well stored their minds may have been with Mathe matics. Latin and (Jreek, they knew too little of Geography, English Grammar and Arithmetic, to be intrusted with the charge of instructing our future citizens. It is to such instances that the most plausible objections have been furnished to. and used by, the enemies of classical Learning, ami the frequent occurrence of them can not fail to impair popular confidence in our colleges, and greatly retard the ad vance of sound education. Hut again, The work of instruction should alao practical. God has so constituted us, composed as we are of both a corporeal and spiritual nature, that ideas which come to us thro' the avenue of the external senses always impinge more forcibly upon our minds, and are comprehended more readily and clearly than those which are the subjects of pure intellection. And on the same general principle, abstract truth is always more casiby and effectually communicated by means of sensible representation. or practical example or illustration. There is a kind of materialization of the princi ple or idea a houying of it f. rt'i to the mind's eye in vivid and living reality a giving to what otherwise would be, in many cases, an -nirv nothing. S-ati s and l etritories within the jurisdiction of tli 1 T 1 .-4 1 ! r-:l.. it io t...i;.-.l II...I .-lull. ...... II, 1 UV.IOr'l Ut.U .-111.11 ,. , ,. , oentitl reservations and exceptions as at the ' u 0 ''Ctieve that much may be gathered Ut 11 ei i .1 , date of the said several proclamations were deemed necessary and proper, may now be wi-ely and justly relinquished, and that a uni verbal amnesty and pardon for participation in the said rebellion, extended to all who have borne any part therein, will tend to Se'cure per rnanent 1 e n e, order and prosperity throughout the 1 :t:d, : 11 1 to renew ana to fully re s:ot e co;: fi.Jon. e an 1 iVati rn il feeling among the whole people, a rid their respect lor and attachment to he National Govei nment, designed by its pa triotic fu". rulers for the .etieral good. "ow, th' icfore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of th-" Un'oed ta-cs, by virtue ot the power and authority vested i.i me by the Constitution of the Uni ted States, do hereby proclaim and lieilaro, unrendl'ionitll v, and without iCservation, to all and to everv person who dii e-t!y or imii ectly participated in the hue iiiu: ree'io:i or le-held-m, a full pardon and a:nne-ty fir :he o Hence of treason n-iinst the United Stales, or ot adhering to their ene mies during the Ute civil war, with the resto ration of all righti, p;ivilege3 and immunities unur the (Joiistitieu 11, and the laws which have been made in uisuancc thcieof. In testimony whereed' I have signed these presents wah ray hand, and have caused th. se il of the United Staffs to be hereunto affixed . Dot e at the city of Washington, this twenty filth diy of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand tighi hundred and sixtv eight, and of the independence of ihe United States ot America the ninety third. Amjhkw Johnson. P.y the Presidert : W. StwAto, Ac:i:tg Secretary of State. by the careful observer that education iii these latter days has been much improved, both in its principles and in its practical details. The methods of teaching are better elementary books nre vastly more clear, simple and interestingthan they once were, and what is of still higher importance, the character, both literary and lm.ral, of those etig ig.-d in the work of instruction i.s stead ily advancing. Jndee-d. we have often been tempted' to envy the youth of the j. resent day, the advantages they enjoy. Still, it reiptires effrt to learn, and always will. Tlie hill of science cannot be leveleel, and however smooth the path to its summit may be made, it must ever be an arduous eminence. "Learning by Strut;, must be won; 'Twa3 ne'er entailed from sire to son." Still we venture to affirm that the same, distance may now bo traveled over in far less time, and with much less wearismie ness.than when some present were clamber ing up the toilsome sieep. In the further prosecution perhaps I ought to say persecution of our subject, it will be our object to present some of the principal characteristics of that education which the American Student requires. L And first, we observe, that tlie train ing e.f the American Student ou'ght to be c m 1 (; tftj practical. Let us not here be misunelerstood. Vi'c have no sympathy with that groveling spirit which raises the lip of contempt against everything in science and literature not obviously and immediately subservient to worldly gain; n-.r with that short-si-ghtod selfishness wliieh would discourage Washington t'oiresnoudeucc. LETTER XUMUFU TIIREK. Dear Freeman The holiday vacation is upon us, and instcal vf public business the festivities of the season are the order of the day. There is an un usual amount of gayc ty and good fe'cl.ng manifested here more than for several years past. The President has bad a red ption so has Se-vvsrd. (Jolf.x. and others. These parties are not confined I pursuit of truth in any department of w ....j i-Mimc-a. pa.iy, out are ire-que-nteei knowledge, because the use of what i.s dis- yYou have seen that S-nntor Edmumd T'T "' T ? disec!inca has a hill in the Senate for reconstructing eltl,Cr CV WC rv'V With -"Fency reconstruction in Geor-ria. lie will -'speak knavishor stupid empiricism, which a piece" on it as soon as the Senate is in j tumbles on in darkness, rather than looks session again. I shall speak of tho bill and upward to the light of principles. These speech more al length when the latter is de- we Consider irreconcilable foes to a sound live reu. The Amnenty Proclamation of President Johnson created no annual excitement, it was expected for some time before hand. Very many of the Madicals approve it, and still more would do ko if it had been issue 1 hy nny other man than President J dm son. It disposes sumruarily ot the vexed case of deff. Davis, and relieves Horace Greedy and his other bondmen. -tiard, th negro Congrersm a.n fnun Louisiana, it is said, turns out to he a rev olutionist from !St. Domingo ; and is only a carpetrbagger. as well as a negro, in Louis iana. He will not get his seat. P.y the way, the Radicals don't believe a whit mote in "uegro equality" than you do when it comes to the test. The election for Senator in Missouri comes S in a few days, to supply the place of Henderson, who voted against the Impeach-me-ut. Carl Scl.urz has the stronge-t fence, but there is a strong effort to combine suf ficient influences against him to secure his defeat. Juniata. tide headed i i , . . ii we ruie.l with the tame wr,r Lvery druggt.t wsmiply nouen. The !ist three word. some HarrSsbtirs Coi rcsiondence. Hakribl-rg, Jan. 2, 1869. Dear Freeman There are quite a num ber of members of the Legislature here to day nearly all Republicans and wire workers. The Democrats, having no hope of electing any of the officers, will hardly arrive before Monday. It is'generally be lieved to-day that Hen. John f'lt ,.r I hiladelphia, will be the Speaker. Ilam ersly will be Clerk of the Seuate and Self ndge of the House. The remaining officers be distributed promiscuously ch Itarl. ical member hiving the selection of one man. If there are aot offices enough for this arrangement a resolution will be passed increasmg the number, so that all can be accumulated. The tax-payers must foot the hills. This is the programme at present. It may be changed by Tuesday, however. J'he Senatorial contest is creating quite an excitement. Kemble is off the track at last advices, and the knowin? nnM seem . th;..l.- Scott's chances are favorah' TL new names before the caucus, but with poor rrrpi?et ef iu'is!. 35, education, and therefore we would not af ford them the slightest countenance. Tt may, then, le ihtm-li t,rcm.,tr0 to di. cuss such a sub ject, while so many parts of it are still in dispute, while so many im provements are daily being made, and while so much that is valuable is yet to be brought to light. IJut we will endeavor to avoid doubtful matters, and to profit by all which has really been gained The outl in cs of a noble lanelscape may" be clearly discerned, and its grand features correctly delineated, while many thin-s in it. both useful and ornamental, are' still hidden from the eye. When then we say that education in this country ought to be eminently practi cal, we do not mean that it should be less scientific, or less classical, or less philo sophical, but that along with these higher attainments there ought always to be com municated that knowledge which will fit tne student for his part in the intercourse and pursuits of ordinary life. Every man among us must be more or less a working man, and therefore he ought to ho practH cally educated. AVc have'," in this country, no enormous entailed estates, no wealthy ecclesiastical establishments, nor those many sinecures which in other countries raise large classes above the business of the world. Nearly all our citizens are dependent for subsistence upon their own exertions, and even the few who are ex empt from this necessity must yet be so r, luiai H! maKe some practical knowl edge indispensable to them. The most opulent among us cannot throw off all care oi their possessions, and the most secluded must occasionally come forth into business intercourse with the world. Hence we are a working people. Foreigners have noticed this character of our nation. It impresses upon us a thoughtful, serious as pect, and diffuses a bustling activity throughout the whole length and breadth f Ttx tmi A local habitation and a name by which tlie mind is enabled to seize uoon ami com Tirehend. iti some me.-i.-nro j intelligently, what, with out this aid, would I pass nir from it in a no-re chime of words. Jo tots principle we may refer the whole system of trope and metaphor, and coinpari:" in in human language. It is a principle in the human mind which God has seized upon in his communications to man. Hence, all that system of type and symbol, of allegory and parable, with which both the ( )'d and the New Testa ment abouml. We have an example of it in the sacraments of circumcision and the Passover, of the old dispensation, and of baptism and the Lord's Supji -r, of tho new. We have examples of it in tlie various ex ternal and symbolic representations through whie-h. as a vehicle, the events predicted in ancient prophecy were conveyed. We have it csp-.-oi ally exemplified in all that vast and splendid system of rites and cer emonies given to the Jews for their direc tory in worship the services ami sacrifices of the tabernacle and temple tha '-ark. the altar, and the priest." Wo have the same exemplified in the mode of mr Savior's teaching. He scarce ly ever taught by abstract principle, but almost always by example, by parable, or by illustration. Does He wish to teach the c-tTect of divine truth upm difo rent minds; He presents the abstract truth in sensible form, in living, moving reality. Hear Him : UA sower went forth to sow. and some fell by the wayside, and some on stony ground, and some among thorns, and .some on good ground," vVe. Hoes He wish to show the mixture of evil and good in the world, or of hypocrites with real Christians in the church; --An enemy came and sowed tares." Does He wish to teach the union of himself and his mem bers ; "I am the vine ami ye are the branches." On a certain occasion, being asked bv one what he must do to inherit eternal life, after enjoining on him the observance of the commandments. He dies net go on to teach him in abstract form that he must have that disposition of love to Geid and love to man that feeling of perfect devo tedimss of heart, and purpose, and life, and ail to the glory of God and the good of His intelligent creatures, which alone can tit a man for the enjoyment and inter course of heaven ; but puts the thin to n plain, practital test. '"Go," says He. "sell that thou hast, and give to the poor." The instruction was umh rstooel and felt far better than would have been a lemgth onnd didactic discourse ; and the test had its eilect, for the man 'went away sorrow ful." J On another occasion, he was asked bv one the question, "Who is my neighbor '" He docs not go on to prove, by a train of t.. . .... - . . . 1 : . i . ii iu:sei .leu muiai i e;isou mg, mac nu men are neighbors and brothers, but He tells a plain and simple story about a certain man, wh was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and who fell among thieves, and about a priest and a Lcvite, his own countrymen, passing him by, and leaving him in his distress, and about a good Sa maritan, with whom his nation would have no dealings, befriending him and saving his life; all bearing upon ami illustrating the point he wished to inculcate, till by the time the story was through, the answer to the question, "Who was neighbor to him that fell among the thieves?" flowed sponta neously from the mouth of the inquirer himself; "He that showed mercy on him." Examples might be multiplied illustrative of the mode adopted by this Divine Teacher in communicating instruction, by which it was brought home to the mind of the hear er with an irresistible power. Now why is it that a student will nomi nallly go through the study of a branch of science or literature, and memorize all the rul es and theoretical principles, and yet know nothing understanding!- about it have no practical or valuable knowledge of the subject ? Because the words and ideas have not been to him the real pictures of things. Ho has never thought of laying the principles alongside of the resultant or correspondent facts, and therefore has no true idea of their coincidence or relation. Said a yoimg miss 4to her uncle, as he was holding up'an apple and.twirling it.round to illustrate to her the figure and rotary motion of the earth, "13ut do you mean, uncle, that the earth U reaTTy round, and tarr.i round lik the apple?" "Why certainly," t-sid he. "did juu not learn it in your Geography ?' "O yes," raid she, "l learned il, but 1 never kneio it before!" II. Tlie Ilixlory of our Couidry should be made the coimtaut 'tudy of th American Student. It is a custom in almost all cur schools and colleges to use histories of England, Rome aud Greece as class-books?, to the ex clusie.n almost ed" American history. This is a bad custom. Our youth, who in a few years will have the whole we;ght of the gov ernment upou their bhouldtrs, should ne.t be ignoraut ol the bidory of their coui.trr They bhould possess full information Ht.uut the origiu, the nature, the cost and the value I oi ujc mnt-ruiince wniCI) IS aoout to lall into their bauds. They should be made fa miliar iu early life with the pure models of public virtue which illumined the first days of the republic. It is also important that they should study our history iu order to ac quire that roper degree of national pride, and that dedicate sense of uatioual horuu, which arc indispensable to an enlightened, ardent and enduring patriotism. It is not in the human heart to love a countiy of no character or ehstinctiem iu the weir Id so well as one whose history is glori ous and houorable. We love Poland the bet ter anel feel more compassieu for its fate be cause it is the land of beKalb and Koskiu.-ko. In like manner the whole world loves Greece- not for what she is but for what tlie has been not for her living but for her dead and wiU continue to love her &nd feel a kind of consanguinity towards her so long as her soil inurns the ashes of her ancient illustrious j men. And wherever over the wide world j we meet an honorable and generous hearted ! Irishman, we cannot help feeling that, apart j from the virtues of the man, s.-n.e little re I garei i.s justly due. to the Countryman of Grat j tan, of Moore, of Curran, and t f Emmet. I We almost unconscious!- ti atibler to the ' country its.-if, to its inhabitants. Sjme of the admiration which vte feel for its distinguished citizens. This disposition of the heart operates with increased force iu relation toou'aown coun try. Let any one ot you analyze yeur t tachment to coumry and yeu will hud that the renown e;i that countiy adds not a little to the strength and feivmcy ot this oa.-si n. lfill IV-I I I'l.if I . Il l.rl. I . . 1. - . f ,t r- ""-J iuoi ioi iici lou ie-pu- j terms OI tt;r IV;ei liition, lor tier gieat names, and lor everv- Hamj ton. This istr, The case would be tdmi'ar in iMa ? r if the memory rf our hhtoiy Ve kui-r it and green in tha brf.rts f tl.e pcv:e. times of public dang r the men. .. v ' ( departed patriots v.i.rdd animat , -T - try men. Tr.ey wouhi ffcei alii ; ;t c n ppirita of the dead were iioverii j; iu around them, spectators of their ; c:io. v ; r as they looked on to the brr-d ., : I right stas id ear ensign waving i -. - t' they would remember that it w?.s .r.c '.' the wiriditog shte', of the gallant 3 . r as be lay a corpse on the deck c . .- .-: which be so bravely (handed, sr.- wi with bis dying breath L vharged Ida c: "never to give uv U1 Again, an they would tcho.d te standard of Gr.it P."fiur. fi -:tl:r. ,. breeze, their hearts 'would kindle -with recoV.r-otioti that it was the pilUns) of th' ble Pike in his expir'ug mo:aer.tc was the it.svg-ia A bis viefory, and e. which be laid hi famting head a. ed : "i die coui'ntzd A thousanel similar recollect "on m :::c and tender, would tlncng the r-. ... rv citing and kindling therein & u Ve . i e. v : Long, t'nrn, may our country und nor -try's histery continue to bless rt i.--. the world. God loves ti.is land, a- : II pal?y the band that torn bes to des'r' . sacred ark of our irjelependei.-re. .' smite to dumbness the tongue that eric bellion," and they w ho orvo.-e G .-.' ii.-.. tie with the thunder of 1 eavtn. Let us, then, ns parent tea.'. -i.r . dren, and as teachers instruct . r the American sui h nt, to prav i-.: v.i ' " G 'd hie?? oe.r I'ltiv" l.:..: ! Firm ih.;y ( ver siassd Thronph storm ..-d i.; ;' : Tv'i. on ihe d le:::j.els riv-j Do Tu- c our count v s v.i Bv T:iv -roit :.; : t&: . r. George S. Tv:t::hiP, acei:-e iis wife's ii;- iher. Mr. Ij I. ; a te weens murdrr in th i rr-, h is been f U i;r.-t ovg.ee. ... to ,- new fr;a; fas tren t r - r .-. i ! . wea'th ol t.di r J the vtrd:;t v n cir o; ev idenre. The Had ical Corerr.or e.f 1? na, in his annual nt ssi -e t.-il.- I.. . taKCS occas o-i to si.2urc in er.,-.. ' V i.i.O 1 i i -. . V." i.; I..- . i . .i. . i . .' . ' . - . . . ' . iijin i ii uvi uuuais iuai sue is lUsir around i win. so leatJa !v frigntf v.r-d th - j national character, is intimately and mois- j ma'nls .hiri:,g thV Pf".,cdei.ti.il .. j sol ubly associated with the very ldeaofcouu- ' I-'ra:.k Muser. tweiv: i try. Vou will rind indeed that these, no less ! , f ib-nry Mf-sser, !un;7er njeTch.V j than jdiyaictl li.nuie anil eivil instil litl. ns. , tt i. tdJi-.d :i rsiid.ir into . , j constitute country. You will lii.d th.it tho' i bis f.ther's lumber 3ard in ti.' we love our free institutions for their mesti- I mable value, aud for thw rich fruits of liber j ty, security and pre;.-perity which they elis j .er.se over tho whole country, we loe then. yet mure for the glorious men who moulded i them into their fctrength and beauty, and through many years ol hard-fought batties, j iu field and feenate, with lh sword and the pen, eie-rted e-v'ery nerve of body and ad the and while r r.g;itr -d in trying to b:; rabbit by arne oifaii-; upsf' th" bi-r, which ft-'I rjon b'n, cru-h'oo t part ef the mifu tuate boy's be. i ,v lug him instantly. It is as.-erted that a very very pious editor in Troy. Xe-.v V. syn -pit hies have aKvav.- in d , in beliaif of the stiff -ring negro, b. ri; , j tnergit-s of their great minds, at the at eus ! hi own father to die ir-'i-u f.wa without sending him the aid b v : able to furnish. The p.or e-iJ ma:; misfoituue to n w'ti:tj. Tur ra w Jbyor c f PrrHdr !; . Fox, Esq., his assumed .!.:' r2; iii the city of"D-oiberiy LoTe,"nt; iig tl.e clamor i.oout comestiri D-stiie? A. of ease and fortune, and at the peril ed tneir I kvis, to bUstaiu and eleteiid them. Now, as ; we venerate these men ou account ef the rich inheritance they have transmute I to us, so we venerate the inheritance more highly on j account of the ldtiutrious donors, ily a very j natural reaction iu our lcw.iug. the ut i ' made; to Confer honor ll'ion tl.i .!..n..i ro ! th.i honor ef the donors lo Confer aduilu-r.a. I V.iille lllioti ffnor intr "1.8 l.wt..rw .A ....r ..tinr.. ..1 1 ! .1..- Oi:e , i.e-io, lev ..e.-uici J... iV J ' -.w wviii.j ilUUiaU, fciirn. I fote, be kept, constantly before our youth i ecn sworn in. and a-sh-tr-d . : Whatever is great and i.oLde in our anoa,3 viction of Titrheil for !; lnoeed, everything ol extraordinary merit in the conduct ed okir liiuatiious dead, whether : T" diatiuuibhed iu the fkld or by the Usa br.L- ! 10 CS rer-"' T- tf liant though not le useful services . f civil 'ho Perjocratie pre . hie shou.d oe their frequent aud t.tmibar j was the election rf mu oi l fr'n-nd. T tudy. Tt.wy should be- t .uht arly iu life to j J. I) irg?r; E-q . i C-:y :''k-i..r. look up to thews glorious iuo.e!, evu a the j his been mdu-n-d ii.to..- ; ai.I,.,:! young eagles ai taught to g..zj at the sun. i b-r it. he will iaka a competent rv.i 1 Put again : An intimate know'.t lye if our j he ' fncer. nisiviy, yamcuiariy vj the character . services and sacrijices if our illustrious men, will v t itoecr - most is in Pli'l:. I.K.nr HI IJ p. . , &eu I produce a saiulury moral injiaence upon oui yuii. Who can tell how much the recollections of ttie former greatness of Greece, revived by the Stirling :muea!s L.i th l,r.,i,- ,!,u-. -,.( ! deeds ed her reuoWLed men by the peu of Liora lyrou, when he hist visited that beau tiful CoUUtry, w no can tell bow much these recollections and bis stirring appeals may have contributed to awaken that pint iu the modern Greeks which resulted iu ihe-ir inde pendence and their emancipation from Turk ish vassala-e i No one cau doubt that the remembrance of her ancient grandeur, visible PACIFIC RAIL BG-V SKAItLY FIXIII KO. i 4 5 o Jin.rs 13 v i t : the uniarj riiciric a. r. c amp -rns CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD 0 I Il-ive ndi.'eil tSeven llandref (700) " their lias during the cirrcr.t er, ii rl , ., l,,.,- ,...l .... r. ..1 C : 1.. . even througn the long night ot her reivttuue 'Tl,e Through cemneaion will unjoi-h' -m her mouldering ruins and relic?, and glow- ; cmple'ed next s-imaur. v.hcn the tt roe -ing fresh m the pages of her orate ro and peiets, ! tie must and will be very giea". Pi.i t must have had teiine intiuenee iu aiou.-itig smd men are now employed by the two -her oppressors. The enslaved, dee-!iera: j '"l compudcft in prefsin forward t-V;,.: Grecian, knowing what his country enco was. l5on' highway to a speedy eorr.p'e ;. 'i-Tiii .1- - mors r'iii:i 11 in in- iu;;t, in vviov.i ; ineiM nao been in every eL'lf;Cl aroUUU him i a look of reproach. Must not his cheek have burneel with shame while he cringed and crouched to a Turkish master ou the very spot, perhaps, where. Leouidas expired, ana with the boues, toe, of that gallant hero re posing beneath his feet ? What, feelings must have fi.ied his bosom when, in plougu in the old tattle-fields ef his coantry, he turned up the rusty weapuns or memloering bones (if hU fathorul A.cijr cot! imist tiave called him a degenerate, degraded slave. Every relic of loiuier das, every classic vale aud fountain, every leat of ancient literature and every trophy of former freedom muot have repreiacheei film. Uuder the influence of such feelings they could not have loeiked coldly on their past history. It must have kiuuled enthusiasm iu their bosoms. The coutrast of present degradation with former greatness must have awakened some of the spirit of their fathers; for at last the spiiit bturiug recollections of graded nd ready for thn rail. First Mort'Tnge Gold Mon.fs of the Un , cific It-iili oai Ci.n:: ar.y for pile a' rirsi Mortg ipe Go'd iio'i-'s cf "he Ce elf.? R ilr.iad sit 111.'! hi; 1 :fi'crcsT. The principal and ia.ei-.si of botlj h . payable iu gold. DE HAVEN 8l 3OTl :Z DEALER 151 Government Securitis?, Go!j; L- Xo. 40 S. Tljfrd SI reel, PIIILADKLriHA. ISSOLUTION. The partrj" heretofore eitin bftTeea t'. t siitued, engaged ir. the Lumber bu w v ashinston townhirt. GainSrin fni..,r, the fum name of McFdden Jt Van- what Greece once was broke the spell that ! "loIve"1 '1-v mutaal consent, em the5tb had for more than three ceuiuiics bound her e , ,are in ,he lvin'1 of S' r- : : down iu bondage. It was the voice burst- "''""'''"rg, to whom all r, r .i. i e ii . ouibi bhould be made. S P MrF'b irg from the tombs of her old herces, orators v" v uv-ii nml io.t that, awul-n lir fr,..o i- ' X ' e.lilx and poets that awoke her from her trance of death, and nerved her with btrength to burst the bonds of her sepulchre aud rise up to newness ef life. If such be the moral influence which the lives of illustrious men exert upon their coun trymen in after times if the glory aud re nown of national character add so much to the strength and fervency with which we love our country if the examples of the past are such eloquent aud impressive moni tors to the future if through the history of their lives we cau hola couverse with our illustrious dead, and feel that they are pre sent in spirit with us, exhorting us to follow the examples of their own pure patriotism with a more impressive eloqueuce than can belong to mortal lips then surely the mem ory ol" the bright names and noble cehieve ments of our history should be kept fresh and green in the hearts of our youth. For the usefulness of great men, if their memory be preserved, eloes not die w.th them. Kos kiusko, it is said, aided Poland more in her struggle with Russia by the power of his ex ample, and tho very magic of his name, than he did in his life by all his great services. uis ooeiy, it is true, was confined withiD a narrow grave, but his spirit filled all Poland. LiviDg, he ctmld only be present in one dace at a time dead, he was present everywhere, at all timea, inspiring all and encouraging all with mora than mortal inflnsnca. . Cresson, Dec. 17, 1PCH -t. iSurge-e5.i DK D. W. ZIEGLKK, S list, will visit K!enamir professional! v on the SECOXi; MOXDAV of. each month, and rem -o ii one week, during 'which finiA Via m -i - La f -v . , 1 il. . . ii occupied by him, ndjvining IluntVv's lUr ware Store. Tee'h PxmiciL'd without p' .ii the use ot Xi'r.ite Oxide, or Ltn-hi,-: G.. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALlT Mrs. Mary Oena cHVrs tor sale : ami fi A..rr.fnn.lt Th IT V i hon rnKni'r Mini 4irA.l : 1 mr.' improvements. Terms liberal. For tur: : information anplv to GEO. M. UKAUE, Agen. Ehensburg. jN'ov. 19. iFiim. T If'F.NTSF. XOT ICK. Th folio.-;-.- .I.i petition for Eating House License l.Aor. c i .i :., wr. rfl'i.c. and ty;'I hr t.n.. . to the Juifges oY tiia Court of Qunrter Ses - , at the next Argument Court : Ilerrr shuur, Kichhinrf wwnship. J. K HIT1Z,' Clerk. Ebensturg, Dec. 10, 18tS-3t. m "u-' ji. iiui.51' nun iwo I Aj ' of Ground, with Stablo and other o- ' baildiDga, belongins to the estate of f M Cague, dee'd, (now occupied y Fr-.d'k re tell.) Possession givet ir:u. 'rti:iielT. Afply to GEO. HtfNffcEX.
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