some measure, the Order and degiee of
}rental development. To do this re
quires the exercise of an enlightened
judgment.
I have scarcely left myself time to
mord than touch upon the third point
involved in this subject, namely: the
Education of the Moral Nature and
Affectiens of the child. This is not,
indeed, the leading object &nee:ly
proposed by the parent, in consigning
his child to the care of the teacher; nor
is it that to which the exercises of the
School-room have Most prominent ref
erence. Indeed, this part of educa
tion is usually regarded as something
that requires , only incidental attention;
but bow useless, and worse than inse
t as, aro the efforts of the teacher, if
this be ni,t the great end ultimately
secured. If I were to give utterance
to my own convictions updn this sub
ject, it 11;-ould be to say, that while the
time of the school. (as is man's whble
life, indeed,) is bhiefly spent in those
exercises which "Profit but for a little
- while," and in the acquisition of that
knowledge "which shall vanish away,"
yet this daily round of duties furnishes
the occasion for the manifestation of
the moral tiature -of the child, and
Ponstant opportunity for this teacher
to apply the needed admonition, en
couragement, or restraint, as the case
Flay _require. Who can fail to recogL
ruiegie deep truth of the poet's , Words,
in this respect;
- "The child is father to the man; "
Who can but respond to his other
words ?
"And t could wish my day; to tie
liotind each to each, by datum! piety;
Who can estimate the extent of the
influence. which goes onward from
pbildhobd'e time, licit only through
life, but through the Unknown future
He who has enjOyed the blessing of
a ratidngl 'ed&cation in childhood, may
thank HeaVen most, not that his body
has been tared for, and saved from
disease, tiot that • his mental powers
have behn duly developed and brought
in Contact. with ennobling thoughts
and various knowledge, but that those
affections which shall tiot die with the
body, have been attiMed to harmony
*ith the divine law Of love. We may
bless God most, not for what we have
tiave learned of human lore,
"But for the'U; first affections,
Those shadowy recollections;
Which; be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain light of all our day ;
Arc yet the'.tnalster light of all our being;
Uphold us, cherish, and have power to
make
Our ncitY years seem moments, in the being
Of the' Er,einal Silence ; truths thht wake
To perish never!
Whfa s neither listlessness, nor mad en
deavor,
Nor man, nor 1,0,0,
Ne' s `kail that is at enmity with joy ;
Cari utterly abolish or destroy."
•
Vappy the teacher, who, in addi
'. •
il 4 ea to all other good offices rendered,
and above all other good works ac
complished, has been the instrument
of imparting this right direction to
the moral natiiii3 of the child; of pre-
Serving rather tlian blunting the' holy
affections of childhood's prime - .
It will hardly be necessary that I
enter formally upon the proof that
obedience; or moral submission, is the
condition' of all moral excellence end
rectituae. This is too well known,
too readily admitted in theory, to re
quire proof. But hoiv sadly do both
parents and teachers often fail, not
simply; in •government, which may be
maintained by brute force, but in
that cheerful obedience, that
affectionate submission', without which
mire outward obedience is of little
a4a . il. It should never he forgotten;
IWrever, that those only who have
lArned prompt and hearty obedience
to: superiors, in childhood, are likely
ever to acquire a proper power of goy.;
eTriment over themselves of others, in
ifrer life.
And what is the secret of succes,
i /: this vital point of education I How
'that the heart of the child be won,
find being won, bow shall it be pre
korved from contamination I Can we
find any better solution of this clues.
don; that in . the words of inspired
truth' May We not say of the true
teacher; as vYcil cis the true wife and
iddifier, net only that "She openeth
hei Mouth with Wisdorii," but that "In
ter tongue; is the law of kindness" I
This, fellow teachers; is the secret
cif yoUr si.icess. Love is the parent
(.)f foie. Children's hearts, with faro
Yceptlotid, will yield to a heart that
tinily loves them. The teacher who
11lolls hot this incitement to effdrt
end 18 dui.); must haie a
Agonies task. lint the teacher who,
atiniated by this loftiest of all motives
t'' human action, wins her pupils to
t ose ways which are pleasantness,
an4.to those paths whiEh aid peace,
shin reap, even in this life, a grateful
f n i i n a fjor years; her pupils
•• 81;i11 rise iii, and call her blessed:"
But to draw my reoaarks to a close.
And tn: doing this, pardon me If in the
earnestness . of my wishes foi your
adaik and Welfare, I seem to speak
With lintliority, Pleasant to me have
hours that we haie Spent to
, .
H
kether, in surveying the work before,
as. Thankftil am I, that by coming
bare at m y invitation , you have given
evidence of your desire td cooperate
in the saliitary spirit of. educational
imprOvenaciit now abroad lii the county
and in the Corkimonwealth, I have a
iwiiiht to presume, not only that you
wi ll be ff i uml in the front ranks of
your Iferoftseion, but that you will be
the pioneers of a movement among
the schools and teachers of this county,
which shall know no rest till Imt.novs-
Biwa is adopted as the watchword in
every district. The first fruits of your
Coming here I shall look for in the
schools of which you shall respectively
take charge the ensuing season; Your
schools, I cannot doubt, will spealt the
praise of those (others than myself)
who have sought to aid you. And
here let me express the earnest hope,
that we shill be able to scattet seed's
through the County, from this effort,
which shall spring up, in autumn time,
in ibuutiant harimst; Let us confi
dently look for another gathering of
thrice our presentnumber, and for
another good time, that shall last twice
or thrice as king as our session now
Closing. •
Teachers, but one word more:
Your sphere and office is a . noble one;
Let it engage your best efforts. Let
it be your chief subject of thought
and desire; text to heavtnly duties,
how you shall train immortal minds
and hearts for the school of life yea,
for that school which precedes another
life. Mar not your usefulness by
seeking to accomplish too much, or by
ill-considered experiments; and yet
be not bound by stale custom, if you
haVe learned a better way. And mar
not your usefulness by passing beyond
your sphere. Within its charmed
circle, you will, if faithful and ef
ficient, be respected, honored, and
beloved. But, on the other hand,
while you may with propriety main
tain your rights.as a teacher, and de
fend your cherished convictions, if
assailed, yet should you be tempted
to. take advantage of your position,
and assume to teach that which you
are not employed to teach, or at
tempt to promulgate, either in - the
school-room or elsewhere, your own .
opinions upon those subjects about
which men fiercely debate, then, al
though you will gratify some, you will
in an equal degree, perhaps, offend
others, and your usefulness will be at
au end. In the assiduous discharge of
your duties,- you will find full and
noble employment for your best pow
ers. May you have adequate strength,
wisdom, and grace to sustain you, and
may you gain a bright and lasting
reward.
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
JNO: S. MANN, A. AVERY, Editors
COUDERSPORT, Pet.: •
THURSDAY AIOIINING, MAX 3,1855
L The genial rains, and warm;
clear days of the past two weeks, have
worked like a charm on every thing
around us. Vegetation is coming
rapidly. forward.. Cattle begin to im
prove the wheat fields promise an
abundant harvest, and every thing de
notes a happy, glorious spring.
Cr The Harrisburg, Union is the
only old line democratic paper in this
State, with which we exchange, that .
has the courage to condemn the riot
&us conduct of the Missourians in the
late Kansas election, with the spirit of
a freeman.
I7' We are pleased to note the'
favorable impression made on the
minds of nearly all who come to this
county in quest of land for homes.
Within the last week we have con
versed with quite a number of this
class. all.of whom were well pleased,
and intend to settle in the county,
I We publish in another column
the comments of the N. Y. Eve. Post
on the destruction, by a mob of slave
holders, of the Parkvi,lle Luminary,
Next week we shall pnblish a slave;
holder's description of this riotous
destruction of private property ; and
we desire to call the special attention
of the •übnaissionists to the mob spirit
no* controlling Kansas and Missouri. "
rir The communication from K. in
relation to rutabagas, and his manner
of raising them, is entitled to the at
tention of every farmer. It is safer
and better-- , more economical and more
farmer like, to-raise a portion of the
feed fot cattle in roots, than to depend
entirely on hay, Rota bagas weigh
about forty-five pounds to the bushel.
Hence his three hundred bushels,
raised on eight rods over half an acre
amount to 6! tons. If the statement
of the Secretary of the Board of Agri
culture of 'Massachusetts, that 31 lbs.
of ruta baps are Worth as] much for
feed 'as one pound of hay, - then those
three hundred bushels of rutabagas
were equal to two tons allay, nearly
four ton: to the acre, and that in the
dryest season ever known in the
county. Friends this subject deserves
your attention.
tar Revenge we find
The abject pteaenre 'gen abject mind."
MAIL KANSAS BE STIBM6ATED TO
SLAVERY I
The pdlicy of the kathorri,' under
the ieadership of jefferson, excluded
slater) , from the North-West Terri- I
tory. Whoever compares Ohio with
Kentucky,. Indiana with Tennesee,
and Illinois with Mississippi, will-have
no doubt of the wisdom, of the .eatly
Congressional enactments against the
extension of slavery.
In IS2O the : policy of the nten *hp
called this nation into being, was far
ther carried out by a compact forever
excluding slater) , from the Territory
north of 36 deg. 30 min. But in 1850,
the Slave Power, having secured the
entire Control of the National Govern
ment, commenced a series of aggres
sions on the rights of the free people,
which culminated in 1854 in the re
peal of the compact of 1820 - , and thus
broke down the barrier which the
fathers bad constructed against the
farther extension of the Nation's curse.
This outrage was received with uni
versal alarm. Men everywhere aban
doned old party associations and
formed themselves into a party of
freedom for the overthrow of the Ad
ministration and its supporters, that
had done this great wrong. The rev
olution is complete, but Kansas is not
yet out of danger.
,Theslaveholders
of Missouri have Made up a large
fund for the purpose of securing the
subjugation of Kansas at all hazards,
and in defiance of law. The Admin
istration is wide awake in 'trying to
execute the fugitive slave bill, causing
men to be indicted and imprisoned
for speaking free thoughts, but the
violent and forcible opposition to the
laws of Kansas by armed barids of
Missourians, receives not the slightest
attention. If a freeman, doing as be
would be done by, assists a poor per
secuted slave to elude the puisuit of
the manstealers, the President makes
haste to put the Government
. officers
at ~ w ork for the conviction of the
daring traitor; 'but an armed mob
from Missouri may take possession of
every ballot_box in Kansas, and not
a single officer of the Government,
from President down, (or up,, accord
ing to- your fancy,) makes, the least
effort to bring 'the offenders to just
ice. That is what is meant by patri
otic devotion to the Union . , and a con
scientious submission to the laws of
the laud.
Will the people acquiesce in this
outrageegainst their rights? A very
large number we know will not; but
a good many will be deceived into
Eilence and submission by various
plausible pretexts, and hence there is
imminent danger that Kansas will yet
be subjugated to the rule of slavery.
One of the wily pretexts put forth
by the advocates of submission,- is,
that it does not concern the people of
the North very much; and hence they
had better devote their attention to
the raising of corn and potatoes, and
the improvement of their dwellings
and farms. Now, we have never
known any friend of fi eedom to ad
vise any neglect of these home duties,
the contrary, we believe the
active opponents of intemperance and
slavery extension, never fail to• set a
wholesome example, in the faithful
discharge of all the duties of home
and the neighborhood. We say, plow
and sow with a liberal hand—make
sure of being entitled to a bounteous
harvest of earth's blessings. Devote
all the energy to your farm and its
occupants that is required, but as you
follow the plow, or fell the tree, bear
in mind that. you are a sovereign.
Keep your eye on the movements of
the Government, ea that when the
proper time arrives, you will be pre
pared to discharge the duties of a sov
ereign, in such a way as to vindicate
your intelligence, and promote the
prosperity of your country.
But it is said, this question does not
concern you. You know better.—
You may desire to emigrate to the
West one day. Are you willing to
be excluded from the fairest Territory
of the States? That is what slavery
is trying to do. In illustration of this
fact,. We make the following extract
from a private letter from a young
lady just arrived in Nebraska; It
appears from this letter, that the
threats of violence made in her
,Fres
ence, were such as to make her feel
thankful that she was not going to
Kansas, and to frighten two young
men who started• for 'that Territory;
away from it. Such are the degiti.
tuate fruits of slavery. It , is' for the
people to say how far such bullying
is to govern the nation. But -here is
what a late residebt of . Coudersport
•
says!.
I saw some Indians on the bank
of, theriver near Kansas city and
some in St. Joseph. There were a
good Many Kentuckians on the boat,
and some Missionaries going to Kan
sas. There was cOnsiderable excite
ment about, slavery there. They had
some warm debates. We could some
times hear them at otir end of the boat,
and sometimes they would come over
to ciM• part, and their we would have
the furl benefit of the discussion,—
The Kentuckians would get very
much excited whenever slavery was
mentioned. They said the South was
determined to 'establish slavery in
Kansas at the point of tree bayonet,
There were four young gentlemen oh .
board, from Pennsylvania, who were
going to Kansas, but the excitement
frightened two of them,, and they are
coming to Nebraska. -The nearer one
gets to Kansas, the greater the excite
ment seems to grow, both with the
staveholdera and abolitionists. I am
glad we did not go there. The slave
holders say 'they must have slavery in
Kansas, or they will have Missouri a
free State, for it will be so nearly sur
rounded by free States that the slaves
will.be continually running away from
Missouri. I expect it would be a ter
rible thing if the negroes should take
it into- their heads to run away.
"There was an old bachelor from
Maryland on the boat, who seemed to
think about as reasonably aa any one
about the matter. He said they had
Blares, anal could not very easily get
rid of them, but be was not for having
slavery go any farther."
?HE LAW OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
Mr. Senator Price has a.bill before the Leg
islature, in relation to the property of husband
and wife, -which we consider to be of very
great importam:e and which we trust will
meet with favor.,ble action. It is, so faratr we
understand it, from the newspaper reports, to
place husbands and wives on precisely.the
same platform, with respect to their separate
property, which the present arbitrary law,
passed some six years ago, for the protection
Of the estates of wives, fails to do. When
that law was under consideration in the Legis
lature, we opposed it as unwise and mi,chiev
ons, and we suggested the very amendments
which Mr. Price now proposes, and which we .
trust he will - 4uceevrfully preset.
As the law at present stands, it . places the
property of the wife completely out ofthe con
trol, d:sposal, or enjoyment of the husband
and his kmily, except in certain respects: as it
relates to the latter, of very little - practical ad
vi.ntago. In the event of the" death of the
wile, the husband possesses no share in her
estate, being placed on the satire footing as
any other person in the community, as to
rights. Not so with the wife, in the event of
the death of the husband. She possesses
rights which uo will can alter, upon his estate
righ:s that no one will pretend to question are
eminently proper.
The amendments proposed by Mr. Price,
are to remedy this evil, by placing the estates
of boll parties, whose relations to each other
are the same, upon identical principals.
A case it. pointwiii shim the injustice of the
law as it stands. Suppose a widower with
children, should marry a spinster, each possess
ing an. estate of $50,000. In case of the wife's
death she could deprive her husband and fam
ily of every dollar of h.q. fortune. But on the
death of her husband, site would •not only re
tain all her own estate, :-at dispossess her step
children of one-third of the personal estate,
three hundred dollars' worth of household
effects, and the interest of one-third of the real
estate during her life. if there . is not rank in
justice in such inconsistency, we cannot con
ceive where it can be found. Indeed, it is too
glaring to be overlooked by any intelligent
legislator; and we therefore trust that Mr.
Price's bill will be promptly enacted.—Ger
mantown Telegraph.
I am glad to see the above, having
always feltthat the present law, though
a great improvement on the old, is
very defective. I object to it, not so
much on account of. the evil that will
result from it, as in the case supposed
by the Telegraph, (for until women
have better opportunities to acquire
fortunes, very,few will have them,) as
because I believe that perfect equality
is the only just basis on which to rest
laws regarding, natural rights. In so
intimate and sacred a relation as mar
riage, including our social, moral and
religious interests, there must be much
difficulty in rightly guarding political
ones; so as not to infringe upon others.
I am inclined to think that much of
the - barbarism of ancient times has
been suffered to remain on the statute
books, through a fear of making mat
ters worse by legislating on so sacred
and delicate a matter, than from a
continuance of barbarous feeling' and
opinion. Now, however, that many
State Legislatures are trying to im
prove the old code, I wish they would
see that any separation of property
between husband and wife is wrong;
that they should be united in all pur
chases, sales, gifts, wills, earnings, and
possessions. True, this would leive
the families of iota and spendthrifts
to suffer, but not near to the extent.
they do soy►, u the wife would bare
a controlling negative to oppose to
reckless expenditure; estates could
not be gambled away, unless both
husband and wife• gambled, neither
could they be willed away on caprice;
the rights of children would be better
cared for, far better than at present,
and marriage would have at better legal
acknowledgment of its sacredness.
I have not seen Mr. Price's bill, and
cannot say how near it tomes to this
standard, but welcome the motion to
improve
CROWD IN THE SPRING CROPS
We have given our Western ex
changes a close scrutiny for the last
six weeks, with especial reference to
the situarion of farmers there and
here in regard to crops, prospects, &c.
We are well convinced by this exani
nation that our farmers, on the whole,
have not suffered any more than their
western brothers, and that their' pros
pects are quite as fair. The following
from the Chicago Daily Press of April_
18th, will sustain this view of the
subject:
"An intelligent friend who resides in orie - of
the southern counties of Illinois, furnishes us
with some interesting items respecting the
present scarcity of breadstuff and feed for
cattle and horses, also of the arrangements
making for the present season's crops- Last
year's crop ofcorn was largely deficient, not
being sufficient for home consumption, and
but for the' tact that a portion, of the crop of
the previouteyear remained over, there would,
undoubtedly, have been much suffering. As
it is, corn commands at the crib., in nainy places
41 per bushel, Ivy ,S't2.l per tun, and wher
arjeles of breachaufP+ and cattle-feed corres
pondingly high prices. In some districts
quite a number of cattle and hop (rave died
from starvation, and as a general thing, stock
is in a very poor condition. Preparations
are being made for plantin larger spring
crops th..n common_ A greater breadth than
usual has been put down to oats within the
last rof.nigbf, and in , re will yet be put in-
Plowing lbr corn has'commenced, and even.
sive crops will be planed. Throughout the
midthe and western portions of the State-, fall
wheat is looking uncommonly well, and the
breadth sowed is more than the average.
The crop of Irish potatoes was a total failure
last year. and some difficulty is r uticipated in
procuring a sufficiency for plan mg. The
North, however, wilt be able to send forward
enough by river and railroad, to supply the
want.
.Our farmeicWill see from the above
that it is no longer safe to rely on the
West for breadstiiffs or for their meat.
There is now cleared land enough in
Potter county to supply the hoine
market, and oar farmers, we trust,
have the will and the energy so to till
their improvements as to raise this
supply. It will be for their happiness
and prosperity to do so. Prices will
undoubtedly role high for more than
a year to come. So' we urge every
man to crowd in the Spring crops, but
don-ft sow oats on land that is suitable
for corn, for one acre of the latter
well cultivated Will be worth three
acres of the former. Potatoes have
also become a valuable crop, and every
farmer may plane an ektra half acre,
with a moral certainty of being well
rewarded for.his labor. In fine, every
thing in the shape. of food for man or
beast, will be in great demand fur a
long time to come, and the prudent
farmer will make every foot of tillable
land produce something for his own
wants, or to sell.
14:oculltd.E.sokirA3:0344:(04Isaiol
The Teachers' Institute, heretofore
pretty fully noticed by us, will accom
plish a great amount of good in this
county, and it is bnt fair that the per
sons whose public' spirit, and desire
for improvement have accomplihed
this work, should be made known.
We have already spoken of the In
structors--those who planned and
carried forward the movement, and
we now give the names of the young
ladies and gentlemen who devoted
their time; attention, and money, to
the cause of education:
MISS ELIZABETH PATTERSON, Whitesville N.Y.
"MARY J. SCOVEL, Harrison.
"R. E. DANIELS, Ulylsses..
"S. A. HALLOCK,
" M. E. HALLOCK,
" EMMA LEWIS, . It
" BERTHA M. Lystair,
" ENF.LINE SCOTT,
" RUTH ANDREW:S, Allegany.
" RHODA A. NELSON, -
" MARY L. SHOTTS, 41
" CAROLINE HAWLEY, Hebron.
"LOUISA HYDORN,
"JANE lINDORN,
" ELLEN M. BIRD, Sweden.
"AUGUSTA J. SPAFFORD, Lymansville
"ANN V. CI.ARK, ' Eulalia.
" CARTHAGENIA BAKER, Coudersport.
"ALICE H. BROWN, 44
" SARAH COLE, -
" CALIFERNIA CTUTTENDEN, "
" MARIA M, LYMAN,
" E. E, MATUER,
"RHODA E. Ravnurnsr, I/
"JAI% RECKH OW,
" L. ELLEN WRIGHT,
Mr. W. S. GARS'ET, Sharon.
"JOHN H. JONES. Coudersport.
It gave us peculiar pleasure to note
the frequent application to the Insti
tute for Teachers. We believe every
one of the young• ladies were offered
fair wages to take a school before the
Institute closed. This shows that
School ' directors already. appreciate
thd benefits of the -new institution,
and is a hopeful sign of a better day
Cotitind.
REMOVAL OF JIIDOB LORING,
Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune, •
BOSTON, Friday, April 27, 10355,
The Senate concurred with the Howe this
allernocat in favor of - removing Judge Lor:isg,
by a vote of 27 to 11; The .President subse
quently.recorded his name in the affirmaive.
Mr. Lucas was absent.
.11e-would have feted
Yea if present. Gov. Gardner will comp l y
with the will of the two branchei, and the
people'. A resolittion permitting him to re
sign was lost by about the same vote.
A Personal Liberty bill will next pass the
Legiidature.
That is among tho first fruits of the
revolution in public sentiment at the
Nora' of the' Slavery question. The
time is close at hand when no officer
of a Eree State will be permitted to'
assist in the execution of the Fugiz
tive Slave bill.
The closing exercises of the
'Teachers' Institute were well calcu~ .
latecf to make a lasting and favorabie
impression upon all present. The ad.
dress of Rev. J. B. Pradt will be - found
on the fist page of this paper, and
ought to. be read by every teacher
and parent in the count. Those of
other counties will not often
_find any
thing relating to Education more
prOfitable to read than this address of
our County Superintendent. What
do you say to that, brother Buratowts,
Eof the School Journal?
SUARON, April 234, 18'
Editors of the Joltretat :—I saw an article in
the. Trlbirre, not long Hiner., en the culture of
rata! baps. The writer, after giving his
method of planting, hoeing, said , that
"'the two acres yielded something over 400
bu , bels." The amount appeared - tor. be em.
rhasized, as if it was worth publishing, at
least. Now lam not a scientiric, nor a very
good practical farmer, but have a mind to say
a few words nbout raising rata bagas.
Last June I broke up eighty-eight rods of
old pasture ground, let it sun a few days, and
then harrowed it lengthwise with the furrow.,
which I repeated at. intervals Ora day-or two,
three or four times. I then drew ninebushels .
of leached ashes and sowed them on the
ground us I would plaster. This was all the
manure I used. and all the preparation-the
land'had, excepting to mark out the rows of
drills, which was done by
,drawing a log chain
across the field by hand. The rows were as
nearly two feet apart as I could guess at it,
(you know a Yankee has a right to guess
twice) and :the seed dropped int.the little
marks made by the chain, and slightly — covered
wi•h a hoe. This was . done about the luth
ofJ tne. When the plantswere in the fourth
leaf, I thinned them by in;nd; and about the
20th ofJu'y thinned them again, so the plants
stood about eight inelte apart, and hoed them
well. I did_ nothing. more to them till they
were re.uy to hur est, The set.on, as every
one knows, was very rolls oriole for root
crop;,' but this ci.r;ll.:t -eight rods- of ground
yielded little if any short of three }mlled
bushels. The whole expense, harvesting
in
cluded. did not exceed *l5. Let the readers
of the Journal judge for themselves of the
propriety and protit of raising rum bans.
You truly. K'
BIGHT TItIIIMPHANT
Theodore Parker, Wendell Philips
and others, arraigned before judge
Curtis for inciting a riot in the B.irns
case, have been discharged. Friend
Beardslee of the Wayne County her
ald, notices the fact under the hand of
"Justice Smothered!"—and says—
" Thus the enemies of the Constitu
tion, the Union and the laws, arc en
couraged, instead of being humbled,
in their treasonable and murderous
opposition to the established institu
tions of their country. Sorrowful day
indeed will it be for this Government
when these lawless fanatics 'shall ex
tend their Lynch LaW Administra
tion far out of.old Federal Massachu
setts?'
There, that will do, friend Beards
lee. When you stigmatize the friends
of Freedom as advocates of Lynch
Law, we bethink us of a little circum
stance that we cannot but whisper in
your ear. It is a true story and not
unfamiliar to you : During the scan
mer:of the year 1553, in August, if
memory serves, three individuals were
ocseruecl to alight before a hotel in
one of the most beautiful Yillages is
Pennsylvania, if, indeed, it has a peer
in America. There was nothing re
markable in the appearance of these
individuals, except it might hare been
a cropping out of the rowdy now and
then, through the somewhat gentleman
ly exteriors. They ate, drank, smoked
and talked a little loud, like many
otherindividuals, and retired for the
night at the proper hour. The coun
cil that was held in the secrecy of
their chamber, we have nothing to do
with.
Morning came—in surpassing beauty,
such as the Island poet may sing of;
but never see within the rim of his
fog-bound isle. It was a morning sug
gestive of peace and quiet—a kind of
Sabbath stillness, broken only by the
carolings of birds.
The bell of the hotel aroused the
sleeping guests, and forth into the
sweet morning came the threeL— ,
strangers. There was nothing in the