VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, JIORMHCI BY JOHN It. BRATTON TERMS \ Subscription. —One Dollar ami Fifty Cents, paid in advance; Two Dollars if paid within the year; ‘and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. Those tonus will bo rigidly adhered to in every instance.' -No subscription.discontinued until ull arrearages are paid unless at the option of the llditor. ADVKimgßMKNTS —Accompanied by the cash, and not ‘exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe times for'Ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ‘ JoB-PuiHTitfa —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &o. Woiul’riug if upon tho morrow She, can have tho blue socks done. Thinking of ;the, soldiers standing As she saw them, on the lauding, ' Thinking how they sternly drill tbcni— Back and forth the needles going From tho socks,. God only knowing - If of hot his feet shall fill them. But a sound her quick car greeting, St.'rts her frightened heart to boating • With‘a troubled throb and surge, For she hoars tho ohureh-holls tolling, And tho solemn muffled rolling Of slow music like a dirge. Hoods, she not tho stitches falling, As with eager accents calling .Some one passing by tho door, All her wild fonilmdhigs 'masking, And with.lips unfalPring. asking - Whom this mournful dirge is for? But .she strives her grief to smother, 'Tis ;iot meet a soldier’s mother - . Thus should yield to-sorrow vain. Arc there not a hundred others, Stricken, desolated mothers, Wecping.’lor their bravo uncs slain? For their country still arc bleeding Soldiers' bravo who will be needing Warm sucks for their valiant feet— Feqt which uq'ef before tho traitors, Like the feet of some bold prutetd, Beat a cowardly retreat.' , Other days have waned to twilight .Since (hoove when such sad heart-blight Came down on that lonely one.,'. Yet beside tho window.fitting, With her. aged lingers knitting, . . - ;; Breams sho, still iit set of Hun, , . •, On her brow a •'shadow’resting,' •And-thosunset glory -cresting - 'Like a crown the’silver hair, Back and forth tho Jiccdlos going, Inchhy inch tho socks.are growing, And the tears her eyes o’crllowihg . Are iuwfuiight with silent prayer. Could then see as-see tho angels, v .Theseduuib suck's; like sweet evangels, Would a - *wbnd’nmK. tale unfold ; . Every stitch would tell its story, And o.vch seam would wear a glory Fairer than relh)er ? s gold. WASTED Tip Alone in tho - dark ami silent night - With the heavy thought of- a vanished year, When evil deeds come buck to sight. ■And good deeds,rise with,a welcome cheer; Alone, with the spectres of the past, Thatoomo with the old year's dying chime, There glooms one- shadow dark and vast, ■ The shadow ol’ Wasted Time, The ehnneos; of happiness, cast awny, The opportunities never sought, The good resolves that.every day . Have died in the impotence of thought; The slow advance and the backward atep In the rugged path we have striven to climb ; How they furrow tbo brow and pale the lip, When wc talk with Wasted Time. What arc wo now ? what had wo boon Had wo hoarded time as the miser’s gold, Striving our meed ,to win, Through the summer’s hcnfSind the winter’cold; Shrinking from nought that, the .world could do; Fearing nought but the touch of erimo; Laboring, struggling, all seasons through, - And knowing uo Wasted Time ? Who shall reoairtho vanished years? . Who shall hold back this ebbing tide That leaves us remorse, and shame, and tears, And washes away all things beside? -Whoshallgivo us the strength, o’eu.now, To leave forever this holiday rime, • 'To shake off this sloth from heart and brow, And battle with Wasted Time ? The years that pass come not again, The things that dio uo life renew; • Hut o’en from tho rust of his cankering chain A golden, tiuth is glimmering through ; That tO'him-who learrm from errors past, And turns away with strength sublime, And makes each year outdo tho last, There is no Wasted Timo. A Good Joke all Around.! There is a quaint humor attached to some body connected with the Rochester Express that breaks out in spots occasionally in that sheet, as witness the following; “A gentleman, (whoso name wo suppress for ‘obvious reasons,)’ while' returning homo with the family purchases on Saturday eve ning, stopped into an oyster saloon on Main street, to refresh himself with a'stow. While thus engaged a friend who had followed him in; abstracted from his groceries a package containing a pound of ground coffee, and hav ing emptied it refilled the paper with.saw-dust, and - restored it to its original place. The mis take was not discovered until the following morning, when'the wife of the injured man, prepared his breakfast. Laboring under the .misapprehension that the grocer had swindled him, the husband returned the sawdust in the morning, and indignantly demanded, and finally received, its equivalent in Old Java, ihe unhappy,grocer, who is notoriously sub ject to fits of‘absent raindness,! declared most solemnly thqt it was unintentional, and that, really, it was d little the worst mistake he ever committed 1 What renders the transne tionetiU wore perplexing is, that “for the life or him he can’t remember where he not iho sawdust!” war has affected St. Louis like a n , pa,B y- 'Thousands of inhabitants "“i™ that city within a year, an immense nil v» e s°^^ 0ua 08 and stores are vacant, and .Ud“a’nr Pt fiovernmant contracts, is A'Story for tli« Lillie folks. Five in the Pea-Sliell. Five peas sat in a pea-shell, They ■were green and the, shell was green. Therefore they thought the whole world was green—in which opinion they were about right. ..The shell grow, and the peas grow too. , They could accomodate themselves very well to their narrow house, and sat very happily together, all live in a row! The sun shone outside and warmed the shell. The rain made it so clear that you could see through" it. It was very warm and pleasant in there, .clear, by'day and dark by night,'just ns it should he. The five peas grow very fast, and. became more in telligent the older they, wore. “’Shall I always bo compelled to sit here?” said one to the rest. lam afraid that I shall get hard from sitting constantly. Ido believe strange things are going on outside of our shell as well as in hero.” Weeks passed on. and the peas become yel low and the shell yellow tool “ All the world 1 is yellow!" said they. And we-can not blame them, under the circumstances, for the exclamation. Ono day their house was struck as if by lightning. .They vfcro’torn off by somebody's had already been nearly filled with peas. “ Now there is going to b'o an end of us,” they sighed to one another, and began to pre pare themselves fur their change; “But if we Jiyo I would like to hear from the one who goes the. farthest.” ' “It will soon bo over vrith us all,” said.lhe smallest.. But the largest one replied; “Let ’come what will, I am ready.” Knack! the shell burst,and all five peas rolled cut in the bright sunshine. Soon they lay in a little boy's hand. He. bold them fast and said they would b,e excellent for his little gun. Almost immediately they were, rolling down tho barrel of his shot-gnu. Out again they went into the wide world. “Now I am Hying out into tho world'! Catch mo if yoU can !” So said one, and he was very soon out of sight. The second one said : I am going to fly up into the sun. That is a charming shell,.and would Jio just about largo cuough for mo.” Ami off ho Hew “-'Wherever we go wo are going to hod’,” said two. others. And tlioj' hit the root of a great stone house and rolled, down on the ground. . , ’. ,“1 am going to make the best of my lot,” said-the last one. And it wcnt.high up, hut Caine.down against the haleon3 r window of an old house and caught there in a little tuft of moss. .-.The moss closed up and there lay the pea. Everybody seemed to forget that little pea, but not so. God remembered it well. “ I shall make the best ofany lot,” it said as it lay. there.' A poor woman lived in the room back of the balcony window. . She hail a good strong body, but nevertheless, she was a very poor widow, and the prospect was, that she would always be one. In-that little room lived her half-grown, delicate daughter.. A whole year. hlii*. hud been lying there, and it seemed as if she could neither live nnr.die.. “ Sli'f wilLitaon-go off td see her -. lihile sis, ter,” sighed-her mother. “Iliad two dear -cliildven,. and it was a difficult task for. nii) to take care of them both.' Hut the Lord, made si coin promise by taking one of them to live with him. Now, I would like to keep this oiio with me, hut it appears as if Clod wants them both with'him. Snou she. will go and see her sister!” But the sick girl still lived and lay patient ly mi her sick-bed,'while her mother worked .with 1 her hands for their daily broad. ,By arid by' spring-time came on. Oho morning when the laborious mother was go ing about her work the friendly sun shone through the little window and all along the roof. The-sick girl looked down at the bot- tom of the window and saw something gruv. ing. ■ ‘ . “What kind of a weed is that ?” she said. “It is going to grow against our window. See I the wind is shaking it I” And the 'mother came to the .window and opened it a little. “Just seel’' she exclaim ed. “That is a sleuder-pea-viuo ; it is now shooting out its green loaves. How it.likes the little crevice! Soon w 0 will have a gar den I” Then tho sick girl's bed was moved closer to the window,, so that she could sq,e tho little climbing pea. Then her mother went to her work again. “ Mother, I really believe.l shall got well again," said the daughter one evening to her mother. “Tho sun has .been shining into the window so kindly to-day, and the pea vine is growing so fast, that I believe X shall soon ho able to go out in the bright sun shine." “ I would to. God it could bo so,” said the mother. But she did not believe it could come to pass. Then she stuck down a little stick for the pen-vino to run on, and tied a string around it to keep tho . wind from- blowing it away.— Every day it grow higher and larger. “ Now it is beginning to blossom," said the mother One day. as she went up to the win dow. “I am beginning to think my dear daughter will got well again." She had no ticed that she hadbeen getting more cheerful andstrongor oflate. -Soon the morning that the pea-vino blossomed she raised her up in bed and leaned her against a chair. The next week she was able for the first timo for many, many months to get out of bed and take a lew stops. How happy she was as she sat in the bright sunshine and looked at thogrowing pea-vine. The window was open and the morning breeze came skipping in.' The girl loaned her head out of the window and kissed her vine. That day was a happy holiday to her. “ The good Father in heaven,” my dear child, “ has planted that little flowering pea there for you, and also to bring hope and joy to my heart." So spoke the mother—and truly too. Now what .became of the other peas ? The one which flew out into the wide world, and said as he passed, “ Catch me if you can,” fell in the gutter beside the street, and was swallowed by a dove. The two which wont off together fared no bettor for they were both devoured by the hungry pigeons. The fourth pea which wont off toward the sun didn’t got half-way there, but fell in a water spout and lay there for weeks, growing larger all the time. . ■ “ I am getting so corpulent 1" it said one day. “I shall soon burst, lam afraid, and that will certainly bo the last of mo." And the chimney, who afterwards wrote his epitaph, told me a few days ago that ho did burst. So that was the last of him. But the sick girl stood one day with bright eyes and red cheeks at her, mother’s little window, and folding her hands over the beau tiful pea-vine, thanked her Heavenly Father for his goodnasss. • “ I am proud of my vine,” said the widow. And so said all the. world.. d Highland Legend. Once upon a time, in Burr Glen, oil a Wild winter night, a farmer and Ins family and ser vants were comfortably seated around a peat tiro, when the wind was bonding terrilly around the house, aiidtho drifting snow was < -'^°on ln o U P tbo doorways. The farmer knew that his sou and servant maid were much at tached to each other, hut lie could not consent to their marriage. While they wore all sit ting around thu lire on that winter night,. lie thought of n plan by which the servant-maid might bo got rid of; so ho said, that if before the next day, she- would bring him-a skull that was in Saddell church, she should-have his son lor a husband-. The girl’s. IpvO was so strong for the young man that she joyfully agreed to the proposition, althmigll it was quite seven miles to Saddell, ‘and the road there to lay over the Bienmui Txiire. She know the road well, and all its dan gers and difficulties even by .daylight, wixich •would-now be immensely increased by the darkness of tho’night; the fierce wind and the driving snow, and the slippery rocks and swol len torrents. But she did not shrink from danger, and at once made ready and-went bn, her way. The farmer took care that sho wontalouo, and that his sou did net follow’ heft ■ . • , - ' Triri bfavogii-1 went over the hill and glen, battling with the snow storm, and tracking her path with the greatest difficulty. She passed safely Over to the south side of Bion nan Tuirpj and at midnight reached Saddell Church. . Its doors were open, hurst operi perhaps hy the violence ot the wind. r . She knew tlic.placo where the'skull was kept, and she groped to ward it,in the dark. As she did so, she heard ■agreatand peculiar noise, made upasitsocmed ot. loud moans. .There was-a tramping of light foot over the pavement, and she hoard forms rush past'her; then a moment’s silence, succeeded hy more mysterious moans and sounds,. Terrified, hut not disheartened, the bravo, girl kept her, purpose steadily in view; and groping.towards the skull, seized it and made for the church door. The tramping of-feet and moans continued, arid the. forms pursued her. Grasped the skull she gained the door and shut it. As sho.didsosho heard a rush, against it,; blit she, turned and fled. By daylight she hail regained her lover’s home, and, halt dead with fatigneand excitement,.placed t-lio skull in the farmor’shandsitud claimed thofulllhnorilofhis pronijse. The limner was taken aback hy see .ingthe.girl, ha ring hoped'thatghe would perish, amid the.snow and wilds, lie would hot be lieve that she had really been to Saddell, and taken.thoskuli from theehurchpnsnchanight : ; so he at once set out for Saddell with some of his men, expecting to be able to disprove the girl’s tale, hy finding the skull in its place in the church. When wo got there, and had-opened, the -church door, they found within the building —not-the''skull, but. a number of wild door, who having found the door, open, had sought K hdtor from the violence of the storm, Tbe girl had told him the sounds she hail heard within the church. Hero Was tho cause; and 1 much as ho wished it otherwise,..yet it \yari impossible for Ktlllaljclteve' fieri :U'ile'.-I -Tlicro was nothing for him to do but to yield with the best grace lie might.. ■ lie gave his, consent to.the match, audio make assurance .doubly sure, the lover took his brave girl, to Saddell church the,very next day, where she replaced the skull in its posi tion, and they wore married oil hand.'-. And as some of'the deer that had. frightened her had been killed-and cooked, they had a hear ty wedding and plenty of good Venison at the feast that’ had followed, — CuthhuH bedc. The Opium Shops of Java. What spirituous liquors arc, for tilo Kuror pran, opium is iu Java for the Mohammedan and Chinaman. A European of tlio lower classes may sit in his taproom and debase himself by his sottishness; hut he does it with an uproarious merriment which would make one think ho .was really happy, spite of the headaches and "delirium tremens he may know are in store for him. llut-in an opium hell all is still as the grave. A murky lamp spreads a flickering light through the lowr roofed suffocating room in which are placed baebue or rough wooden tables, covered with coarse matting, and divided iuto compart ments by means of bamboo reed walnscotting. The opium smokers—men and women—lost to every sense ot modesty, throw themselves languidly on the. matting, and, their head supported by a greasy cushion, prepare to in dulge in their darling vice. A small-burning lamp is placed on the ta ble, po as to bo easily reached by all the de graded wretches, who seek forgetfulness or olysium in the fumes of opium. A pipe of bumboo-recd; with a-howl at one end contain the opium, is generally made to do service for tw'o smokers. , A piece of opium, about the size of a pea, costs a.sixponee (a day's wages but it is sufficient to lull, by its fumes, the senses of the smoker. These fumes they in hale deliberately, retaining them in thomouth as long as they oan, and then allowing them gradually to exhale through their nostrils. After two or three inhalations, however, the | opium is consumed, and the pipe falls from the hand of its victim. At. first the smokers talk to each other iu a whisper, scarcely audible ; but they soon become still as the dead.’ Their dull sunk en eyes gradually become bright and spark ling—their hollow cheeks seem to assume a healthy roundnoss—a gleam of satisfaction, nay of eostaov, lightens up their countenances as thov revel in imagination in those sensual delights which are to constitute their Moham medan paradise. Enervated, languid, emaci ated, as they are in fact, they seem and fool for the time regenerated ; and though they lie there, the shameless and impressive slaves of sensuality and lust, their senses are evident ly steeped in bliss. Aroused, however, from their dreams and delusions—the potency of the charm exhausted, driven from their “ hell” by its proprietors—see them next morning walking with faltering, step, eyes dull as lead, and chocks hollow os coffins, to their work. Vanity op Life.—When I look upon the tombs of thegreat, every emotion of envy dies within, mo; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet the grief of parents on a tomb stone, my heart molts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents themselves, I con sider the vanity of grieving for those whom wo must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; When I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests,. I reflect with sorrow and as tonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind; when I road . the dates of the tombs of some that died but yes terday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that groat day when we shall aU be cotemporaries and-make our appearance to-1 gather. “OURCOUNTRY-JIAY.IT ALWAYS BE KXQIIT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG,-OUR COUNTRY’." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1862. T Mr. MFKanney TuTlie chair. -- The commit • . tfte oil officers reported the following,:' Presi ! dent—Rev. ll.,Baker, Kcwville; Vico Pros!-' . dents—Thomas A. McKinney; J. ]!. Pavid ;■ son, ,and A, J. McKee ;Recording 'Secretary ——J. 11, Schrivor; Corresponding Secretary— Jus. Mifflin ; Treasurer—o. .Swartz;, The report was adopted and committee discharged. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and adopted. . ■ . ' . Geography Was introduced by J. Scheffer,' 1 who briefly alluded to its importance among the branches of study ! uses outline maps and. globes with the common, test books.on the 'subject'; .teaches the simple paVts early’;, combines history with geography. . .Mr. Claudy—Uses outlino'nmps for review ing, and to impress localities'upon the minds of the leaf tier's. .Mr. Sollohberger—From outline maps alone wb cannot impart .suitable knowledge; local and descriptive geography' should, be taught together. Makes, useof. historical and local events'dn connection.with this study! Mr. MeEUvain—Recommended the.use of outline,maps for the younger pupils; the common text books and outline maps for the more .advanced pupils. 1 Requires pupils to draw maps'; they Should study the, lessons' thoroughly, nofonly to remember the lesson,, but to develop the mind; , Mr. Lambert—We should commence, whir familiar .localities and objects; use maps of the township and county in .which wo live, and thus impress a- trjio knowledge of geo graphical definitions ujjon the minds of pu pils ; to advanced pupils assigns each to a dif ferent lesson. ’ I ■ ' Mr. M'fflbi, County Ifujiorlntondont— : llad witnessed very good respite, from the practice of'wuip-drawing in schools. ' Pupils should’ commence the study. wHh a description of the plny-groUnd and the sntronnding landscape. M,r v .K,.,Bowman —SAjds'ono.or two pupils tii-Vvetld'thb''ivliolides®^Trius ; i l otinirlujf nil to .bo . well prepared; makes'use of outline maps... Mr, O’llail—Outline maps ami. common text books'should be used together. • ‘‘Lino upon lino anil precept upon precept” neces sary., .Chanting is sometimes ah' auxiliary in enabling pupils to remember names.' 1 ■ Prof. Swartz—Many things are host un derstood and remembered when their relation to and connection with other subjects arc inv-, pressed upon the mind. Much historical and other'information can Unsuccessfully'impart ed to the studedtof geography. Adjourned. The President, Kev. ll. Baker, in the chair. Music,'vocal and instrumental, by the Insti tute dull. . ■ . Prof. Lion gave an able and interesting verbal report on Rhetoric; Its importance ns a study is greatly underrated; it is ns impor tant an aid in grammar as logic is in mathe matics ; instead of relating only to style, it modifies.nml'controls the import of speech; wo should have text hooks on theimhjcct un incumbered with other: matter. Written Arithmetic introduced by Mr. McHwaim—Pupils are not exercised enough jn the fundamental rules, especially addition; teachers should apply every principle learned to some familiar ease in practice. Ho illus trated his remarks by suitable examples. Mr. Sulleuborgor—Our text- books on the subject are mostly quite imperfect; many things belonging to the subject are omitted, .and Geometry and Algebra introduced in stead., They are not systematic; rules hood not bo repeated verbatim's■ principles should bo understood. Different demonstrations are necessary for, different pupils. Fractions should immediately succeed Division, Prof. Linn—There is much fault iu many of our text books. Parke’s Arithmetic is sys tematic in arrangement. Mi . McElwajn—Wo should rely more upon ourselves, and less upon text books. Prof; Swartz—More depends upon the judg ment of the teacher than' upon the arrange ment of the book ; the definitions of Arithme- tic should, be thoroughly comprehended.—- With his usual skill in analysis and clearness of demonstration lie illustrated the rules of cube root and progression on the blackboard. Music ou tho-molodoan by Prof., Linn.— Adjourned. I Prayer "by the President. Music by the In stitute club. The minutes of the. prrccding day were road and adopted. Elocution being in order, Mr. J. Loidig, in an eloquent manner, road an able and inter esting report du'the subject. The (acuity of speech, being the highest in man, should be sedulously cultivated. Edw sadly it is ne glected. The power of eloquence is mighty, portraying the emotions of the soul ; it infu ses its spirit into others, creating a universal sympathy of fooling, and thus converting the mind; and especially in a free government, where argument and reason are the arbiters, where the people are the expounders of the law, should it receive much attention. Mr. Loidig road a suitable selection in a truly elo quent manner. Mr. Olaudy ably advooatod the importance of paying early attention to this subject. Mr. Lambert—Pupils should bo formed in to conversational parties, ns then then they practice natural oratory. •Heading was introduced by Mr. G. W. Xloiges, who read an able report on the sub ject. It abounded withimnny useful aid practical ideas. Reading is the key to all other knowledge. Tho host manner of caus ing pupils to mind the pauses is to have them look off the book at each pause. In order to read wall, tho pupil mustun'dors.tund tho sub ject to be read. Tho toucher must himself bo a good reader, and touch by example, -i-oo I much attention cannot bo given to this jeot. Tho manner in which tho report waar read exhibited tho proficiency of tho author in tho •übj.oct. TEJCIIEKS’ HSSTITOTE. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the VumOcrlancl Cutmlg Teachers’ Institute, held at TAterary Mall, KctevUlc. The eighth annual mooting of the Cumber land County Teachers’ Institute, was held in Big Spring Literary Hall, Now’villo, Dee. 24, 25,2(3, and 27,' 1861." About one hundred teachers, and many directors and other friends of education, were in nttbndanee frdnx Cum berland and adjoining counties. The citizens of Newvillo and vicinity, whoso love for the cause of education is widely known, attended in largo numbers. The following is a. condensed report of .the order of proceedings: "' .Tuesday Sohning session The institute was called to order by the President, Thos-. A. McKinney, at 1:0 o’clock A. M., Bee. 24. On motion a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Mifflin, Swartz; and Bollenb'em-er, was appointed to report officers of the Insti tute fox- the ensuing year. The’time of opening the sessions of the In stitute was fixed, at 9 A. M,, and at If.and Oj P. M. Adjourned. ~ •AFTERNOON SESSION, EVENING SESSION, WEDNESDAY HORNING SESSION, Rev. A. Clark, editor of the School Visitor, made some highly appropriate remarks on the subject. Spelling long columns of difficult words in spelling books creates false tones in the pupil; teachers should teach ideas; spel ling and rending should go together; should cultivate the voice by using lung power.— Pupils should thoroughly comprehend the rending lesson. Sir. O'llail—Causes pupils to repeat famil iar words in order to preserve a proper tone of voice in rending. . ' Mr. Sollcubcrgor—Teacher and pnpilsmust understand and foci the emotions of. the au thor. Mr. Palm—First aim to make good mechan ical readers, and afterwards teach, the south ment. Mr. Shcffer offered a resolution to appro priate fifty dollafs out of the treasury of the Association, 'towards, the purchase"of. the “ Teachers’ Gun of Pennsylvania,” to ho prd sented to the .'United- Stl'itcs Government.— The ’ resolution was dismissed by Messrs. Scheffer, Mifflin, Shelly, Sohriver, Sollenbor gor, McKinney, Stouffer, Linn, and others.— Inasmuch ns the Constitution of the Associa tion prohibits the appropriating of money for ai.y hut educational purposes the resolution was lasts . Adjourned., AFTEUNOON SESSION, Mr. McKee in the chair. Music by the In stitute, club.' '. A. class of male and female teachers was formed and, drilled in reading by. Rev. A. Clark. Ho..gave many valuable directions and suggestions on proper, lull breathing, proper ■ positions,'.management of the voice, and example of t(io teacher. . The class and audience highly appreciated the exercises and remarks. Mr. O. S. Emig read a highly appropriate and able report on Military Tactics, a lofty spirit of patriotism pervading it. It should be introduced into ouk public schools. Mili tary. training developcs, the physical powers of the pupils, and,prepares the defence of our liomesaud country. •' It imparts lilo and vig or, tu.tho school room. Bid any person im agine, a few years ago, tliat to'-day wq would he engaged "hi. a gigantic struggle for our safety?.. No nation is safe without a military education ; let us learn'from the. past and present,. Our reading hooks shouid contain more lessons of patriotism and liberty. RoV. A, Clark—Eloquently, advocated the .necessity of introducing military training in* to our schools, .because it gives us physical training, which wo must have, and prepares us to .defend the noblest Government on earth. The .President and Messrs. Shelly, Sollbn horgor, OTlaili and others, further advocated the sentiments of the report. . evening-session, President, in. the! chair. Singing by Mr. Sollenherger’a . pupils of the Newyillo High School. .' , . ' Prof. Donlmgcr addressed a very largo au dience ou Common Schools, Common School Education, and Common School 'Teachers. Ilia address was replete with practical in struction, ably sotting fo th the superior merit .■.'ff.tb.B'CommP.’v .School, system,oyer yo tiler .sys tems of education. Mr, Shelly, delivered an • address on the “Co-operation of Parents,” in his usual, able and energetic manner. 'Without it wo Can not succeed. If the teacher were permanent ly located, ho would inspire more Confidence. The teacher must deserve the eonlidenee of J the parents; he must visit the parents, and associate with them ; he will thus find out I much of home'training which will ho .of groat benefit to him,. Mr. Kastr—' Visiting schools is not the only method of manifesting co-operation. The people exhibit the' true spirit of co-operation by making liberal minded men directors. Prof. “Offenses must- needs come." Difficulties are sometimes boat over come by silence. Lot the teacher perform his whole duty, and sooner or, later the pa rents will find it out and reward-him. Dr. Hayes—lf competent directors aro elcc- attend to their duty promptly, pa rental visiting iu uotinccosaafy. Mr. A. Mathews—Paying the teachers well is the best maimer of manifesting co-op eration'; parents will not neglect what they pay well for. _ The subject was fin t l, or discussed by tboPro sidoiit, and Messrs. Hast, Schrivor, Claudy, Heron, and others. Adjourned, , TUUnSDAVHOIINING SESSION i Institute mot, and was opened with prayer ■ by the President. Music by the Institute club. Minutes of the preceding day read, ■corrected and adopted. Natural Philosophy.—Prof. Linn—There is no subject a knowledge of which is of more general interest thaiitliio; the teacher should encourage pupils to closely observe the chang es ii'i matter, and their causes; should en courage the natural desire ,of children to find out things.' Philosophy is a subject which children can understand early, though toxt books should hot bo used till later years. Hu proceeded to give some interesting and instruc tive illustrations ol the subject, with the Phil osophical apparatus of tlio’County Normal School. .. Kev., A. Clark then formed and drilled a class in Reading aud Phonetics. Teachers should frequently allow pupils to select the Reading lesson; should encourage criticism, and thus induce watchfulness; the,reader must bo imbued with the spirit of the author —though ho forget all else, let him not forgot tills. Ho concluded by repeating several se lections in a stylo that command id the adihira tion of all present. Adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION President in the chair. .Singing by Sir. Loidig's pupils of Nowvillo.' The pupils of the Nowvillo schools being nearly all present, wore addressed by Rev. A Clark, in an entortaing and instructive man ner. lie based his remarks on several mot toes, viz: “The listening ear, the silent tongue, the watchful eye, the helping hand, and the faithful heart," strongly impressing on the minds of his hearers the beautiful life and conduct which will result from a proper observance of these mottoes. lie argued the importance of using system and order in all acquirmehts, and thus make our .knowledge available all at times, as we cun only call our own that knowledge which is always at hand ready to ho imparted to others. llev. 11. 51. Crider read an elaborate re port on “ Co-Rdpoatiuu of the Sexes," abound ing with many able arguments, conclusively showing that training and educating the sex es together is the true and natural order, and plainly exhibiting the absurdity of sacrificing the many advantages on the side of po-aduoa tion for the sake of the few probable udvan- c tuges secured through separate schools for boys i I and girls. i ! Rev. A. Clark eloquently advocated the sentiments of the report. i Sir. Shelly—lt needs no further argument i to prove that boys and girls should ho educat ed together; but they should have separate play-grounds. The President agreed with tlxO sentiments of the report. Mix Mifflin—Boys and girls should study in the same room, and associate on the play grounds. Mr. Sollonhbrger—Favored co-bdiicatiou, but would prefer that boys .and girls play sporately. The subject was furlhcrdisoussed by Messrs. Loyo’r, 0. Matthews, Sohriver, Palm, C’lhudy, and Swartz, neither of whom considered it im proper for girls and boys to associate in their recreations. Mrs. G. Swartz and Miss L. Kenyon iip provod of the sentiments of.the report, and thought the teacher should frequently’join in. the amusements of the .pupils! Adjourned. EVENING SESSION President in the chair. Music by the In stitute club. . Miss Lyde C. Fleming read a well written, logical essay on‘‘.Conversation,’’ showing the great importance of paying much attention to the suhjeuti on the part of teachers and pa rents, and beautifully exhibiting the superior merits which conversation with the wise pos sesses over all other means of gaining kuowl edgo. Key. A. ©lark delivered an olor IT “'"TVT —~ l ■ tfi? power and beauty of the latter, and its superi or! ty"ovor the former. , ■The subject of .“Vocal Music” was’ intro duced by ilr. Milllm, who spoke.briefly of its impprlifiico ns a branch of school education, and of the growing taste manifested for it by. teachers and pupils. Prof. Linn-Many acquirments are of use only in this life, but music is carried beyond the grave. Its ennobling and 'refining quali ties cannot bo valued in time. In the sanctu ary where the purest sacrifice only is accepta hie,-the .moat indifferent, music is frequently I offered. 1 This should not be so. . ' I The President forcibly advocated fho neces sity of. baviug the taste, for music . cultivated '.extensively.,- In Germany, iuusio is a regu lar branch of education. ft is not only a re ligious and social benefit, but a physical exdf s ' else of .groat use. As it is the prineiplo em ployment in heaven, it, should receive much attention on earth...■ Mr. Leidig—.No exorcise of the school room conduces more to the cultivation of the voice, in articulation and modulation, than singing ; it makes, bettor readers and speakers. Spe cial teachers should bo employed to teach it in: pur schools. It should bo taught early-; all can learn-to sing. .. .Sacred music should take the place ofseoular in our schools ; it-is' easier to.couiprchend and practice. Mr. G., Jlatthows—-The general introduc tion of singing and prayer in our schools would have a salutary effect upon pup ils and parents. Mr.. Sollcnbergor testified to the good.effects of music in schools. , Sacrod.,music should bo used in -primary, singing classes. Mr. Kast—lt aids much in preserving pro per order in schools; mi angry .man docs not sing or whistle. W o can teach singing without teaching: much of the rudiments of music ; should use snored aud secular music in our schools, f, ■ * ' -Thd.’suni'eot ‘was’futher'diflcu's'sed by'Mossfa'i Shelly, McKinney and others.. Adjourned. rniDAV .-iioaxiNG session. ' Institute mot and was opened with prayer by the President. Music by tlio Institute ■club. . . Tlio niinutea of the proceeding day. wore road and adopted. The "President appointed' Messrs. Linn, Cavanaugh, and J. If. Zion, a committee on resolutions, and Messrs.Mifflin, Sollonbergor, J. If. Zinn, 1). Miller, and A. Matthews, the business committee,for the oosuingyoar. Mr. Mifflin introduoed tlio subject of Grain-' mer—The simple parts can .be taught-at : an early ago. The teacher has much to modify and correct in most of the text books on the subject. Endeavors to teach principle rath er than iiamps. ' ’ Mr. iSohrivor—Pupils should bo made to know and feel th'ut'the object of Grammar is to teach the use of correct language in all they eay, in. school and out of it. .Should criticise each other iu their recitations and conversation. . Mr. Loyer—Teach the simple parts Ol grammar to the younger pupils without a toil book. He .gave interesting explanation ol his method of teaching the different parts ol speech, using the black board for illustration, The subject was further discussed by Messrs. Linn, G. Matthews, and others. Adjourned, AFTERNOON SESSION. President in the chair. The Committee on Kescludons reported the following, 'which' were adopted unanimously : Whereas, The custom l of the Institute re quires at the adjournment of each regular meeting some general expression of sentiment, and .Whereas, The circumstances under which the present meeting has convened are'fraught with deep and peculiar- interest, therefore. Resolved, That the members of this Insti tute recognized in their preservation from all evil during the past year the hand of a be neficent Providence. ■ Resolved, That the institute is worthy our moat earnest efforts fur its welfare and per petuity. , Resolved, That the-cordial thanks of the Institute are duo to Rev. Alexander Clark, editor of the School Visitor, fur tlio zost and encouragement which his presence and able efforts lent to the present mooting, and that we cordially recommend tho excellent little journal of which Ini is the editor, as worthy I the support of parents, ;ohildron, and touch ers . I Resolved, That wo heartily welcome lo all our mootings our venerable friend, ex-Guvc nor Ritner, and that the valuable aid which his counsels and active effiirts have afforded to tho cause of educating are worthy our most - grateful acknowledgement. Resolved, That llio study and practice of t music in our schools would ho highly hcnofi (oiul, ih a social, mental, and physical, as well as a moral point of view, and that therefore this Institute most earnestly recommends that this brunch of art and science ho at once in troduced into the schools throughout the coun ty ; and further, bo it recommended 'that the Directors of our county employ a suffi cient number of competent teachers, whose exclusive business it shall bo to tench this Divine art and science in every school through out the county, to the end that while wo are educating the head and the heart, wo may also attune the voices of our children to si li the song_ of Moses aud the Lamb with the te deemed in heaven. Resolved, That in view of the distressing condition of our country, it becomes the teach ers of glorious old Cumberland to express their sentiments of patriotism, and to mani fest their loyalty to the Constitution and the Union, by aiding in tho purchase of a cannon, to ho presented to our Government, the noblest and host on earth. On motion, tho Treasurer was authorized to pay out of the funds in hiahauds all the expenses of holdinjj.tho Institute.; Tho subject of County Normal Schools was discussed. Mr. Loidig ably argued tho utility of Nor mal Schools, aud the propriety of supporting one iu Cumberland county. Much experience or Normal School instruction is necessary to make good teachers. Though tho condition of our country is unsettled, yet the immortal minds of tho rising generation should reoeivo proportraining. ■ Tho utility of tho measure was further ad vocated by Messrs. Sdllenborger, Mifflin, Clau dy and MoClandlish. Orthography was'discussed by Messrs, loy or, Brisker, G. Matthews, Sohrivor, Hender son, Wiokersham, and Mifflin., Valuable sug gestion’s were made on the manner of teach ing this important subject,. Adjourned. President in the chair. Music by the pu- ■ pils of,Nowville schools; . Prof. Wickersham, of Millersvillo Normal School, addressed a very largo audience on the “Common Errors of Teaching,” in an able manner. ; Space does not allow noto* of the many valuable suggestions contained in hia address, which elicited the nppluilso Uf the audience. .The thanks of the Institute were given to Prof. 'Wickersham. -.i.i— : .... *- Kr&.i»nTO«f'6-n»vmiyuufuu[—ciw-x-sJavicv.’Txx-o—xg— fsome eloquent and appropriate remarks ou the duties ana responsibilities of teachers. Prof. Wickersham made some valuable re- incnt. ad- marks ou the utility aud noble influence of Normal Schools. The thanks of the Institute were tendered toßev. 11. Baker, President of the Institute, for the impartial manner in which lip per formed his duties. • : On inction, the' Executive Committee of the Institute, consisting of the Secretaries and Treasurer, was authorized to fix upon tho place for holding tho next annual meeting. The directors of Nowville presented an, in vitation to hold- the next annual meeting of tho institute at that place, , '-.■-Tlie,following resolutions were adopted; Resolved, That this Institute tender its thanks to tho officers of the Cumberland Val ley Railroad Company for their generosity mid courtesy as ipanifeated in charging the visitors to this Institute but half faro ou their road. Resolved, That tho Institute has full confi dence in'tho ability, and integrity of purpose of Joseph Mifflin, County Superintendent, and is over ready to eneourage his efforts in behalf of the interests of common schools. Resolved, That fho tbhhks of this Institute are duo to Prof., Donlipgef, of White Hall Academy, for the able, interesting, and prac tical address delivered by him before this Institute. - . Rosolved, That our thanks are due ta the citizens of Novvville for 1 their cordial co-ope ration with ua in the cause of education. -Ad- iourued. A Pertinent Question, Some fifteen years ago come Christmas, a fe\v_ fast boys hired horses from.a livery ata otadu the town of Q. and determined to hayr time generally.. One Pf.thbV,horses he ver'rbedvbruaTrom the' effects of the drive, and the livery man sued the rider for the value ofhim. The lawyorof the plaintiff was an ex-judge, lie was a good lawyer, but [ fond o t his toddy; Ho was trying to prove by one of the witnesses that all hands were’ drunk, and commenced by asking him; ' “ Where'did you stop first alter leaving the livery stable ?" “At Mike N ’s." “Did you take a horn there?’' u ko.l the . judge." “Yes." ■ Whore did you stop next ?" • “At the Gardens." “Did you take a horn there ?" “Yes" ' •‘Whore did you stop next?" “ At tho Pour-mile House.” “ Did you take n horn there ?" ' By this time tho witness began to smell a at. “ Horn I” said he ; tlio h—l a liorn has to do with this case? I suppose because you are a drinking kind of a fellow yourself, you think that everybody elso is drunk.” You ought to have hoard tho explosion that shook the court-room. The px-Judge did not ask the witness any more questions. Strength op the Tiger,— The strength. lof tbo tiger js prodigious. By a single cuff,of his great forOnaw ho will break the skull of an ox as easily as you or I, could smash a gooseberry, and then taking bis prey by the neck, will straighten his muscles, and mufoh off at. a.lialf trot, with only tho hoof and tail of the animal trailing on the ground. An eminent traveler relates that a buffalo, belong ing to a peasant in India, having gut help lessly fixed in a swamp, its owner went, to seek aSsUtaro3 of his neighbors, to drag it oof- AV Idle ho was gone, however,' a tiger: visited the spot, and unceremoniously slew aud drew the buffalo out of tho mire, and had just got it comfortably over his shoulders, to trotting home, when the herds man amLhis friends approached. 'The buff alo, wlffoli weighed more than a thousand pounds, had its skull fractured,- aud its body nearly empied of blood. An Infai.liihe Cuke for Riieuiiatism.— The season for rheumatic complaints being now upon us, the following recipe will prove invaluable to both citizens and soldiers. . The writer lias found it an infallible cure. Tho following proportions must he observed: I Tallow wax, It lbs.; Rosin G lbs,; Durguudy I pitch, 3 lbs.,'camphor, 2 ounces: oil of spear- I mint, 1 ounce; finely sifted Spanish prowu ond dragons’ blood sufficient lo color. Melt the | above articles together, and. stir in the col cring ma tter till cool; apply tho plaster to the part affected. The above quantity "is, of course, sufficient for a largo number of oases.' Washington Republican. KI/~ In Connecticut they find ft use for al most everything. An old lady in that State is collecting all the daily newspapers she cau .■ lay her hands on to make soap of. She says ’ “ they aro a dosput sight bettor than ashes— ' they are as good us clear lie. u anybody waiting on you ?" said a polite dry goods clerk to a girl from the coun try. “Yoa, sir,” said the blushing damsel, ‘‘that’s my feller outside. Ho wouldn’t come in n 0“ Married life often begins with rose’ wood and ends with pine. Think of that,my : dear, before you furnish your parlors. 017” Many men live miserably and meanly, ust to die magnificently and rich, ■ “ Now, then, where are you driving tp?” as tho nail said to the hamnjpr.' NO. 33. EVENING SESSION. J. -H. SoniuvEß, Secretary. “I want to know what