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C. F: READ FRAZIER, EDITORS.
TRAVELER'S SONG.
BY ums.
Fiitran,. guide me Day declines,
Hollow winds are in the pines.;
Darkly wares eachgiant bough
O'er the sky's last crimson glow ; •
Hushed is now the convent's hell,
Which erewhile, with breezy swell;
From the purple mountains bore
Greeting to the sunset shore. .
Now the tailor's veVer hymn
Dies away
Father! in the forest dim,
Be my stay!
Darker, wilder grows the night
-Net a,star sends quivering light
'Through the odssy arch of shade
By the stet old forest made.
Thou:: to whose unslumbering eyes
All my pahway open lies,
By Thy Son, who knew distress
;In the lonely wilderness—
'Where no roof to that blessed head
Shelter gave— •
Father: through the time of dread.
SAW, oh! save!
A DAY IN PETTICOATS.
nr A IdOpEST MAN.
" I couldn't think' of such a - thing."
".But • .you mast. -143Tbappiness depends
nn it. Here, put on iho, tbingumbObs, and
the what's his name."
And my friend, l3ob Styles, held up be
fore my•hesitant, gaze a -sult of feininine ap
parel.
His idea 'was that I Should personate his
lady-love for oz day, to prevent anybody
from suspecting t f ite truth-namely, that she
had joined' hini inl runatkey.tnerriage party
until it should be too Into for interference.-
'
that is, until the minister should have tied
knot between hem, that nothing but a spe
cial grant of the Legislature could untie.
This scheme was not actually so absurd
as it app'eared at first sight. ' Maggy Lee
was a tall, queenly woman, with an alinost
masculine air, and at time time, I bad a very
slight form—ahnost effeminate, so that,. in
fact, there was really but, little difference in.
:that point. Then I had light hair, tolerably
iong, and a fresh complexion. Part my hair
in the middle, and- put a bonnet on my. head.
and few persons would have suspected but
what I was really one of the softer sex:—
These accessories-also gave me quite a decid
ed resemblance to 11Tiggy Lee, especially
when, as in this ease, the disguise wad her
own. - •
• Then the day chosen for the runaway match
was an auspicious one. Maggie's father was
to drive. her to a small village near
Where she lived, and there she was to join n'
sailing-party down D— river, to the grove
three miles below, from which the party was
to return in the evening. in carriages.
Our plan wa.s,.that I he.in waiting
in the villag(;, and should - go on* . the boat
with the sailing-party, while . 7. Maggie, after
leaving her father, should slip off 'with Bub
Stole , , across the. country. •
•
At last, 1 got dressed, and presented trly
• self befOrc - Maggy4 e ee, blushing a great deal
I believe, feeling much pinched about the
. Wraist, and with an uncomfortable conscious
-- ness that my—my—shirt-sleefes were too
- short, or wanting altogether.
Everything finished, in the way of toilet,
Bob Styles took me •into
. his light wagon, .
drove m ,e over to D— by a secluded •
route, and left me at the hotel,• where the
- .sailing• party was. to assemble.. Several of
'the picnickers. were already there, and 'they
• greeted my cavalier cordially,: (everybody
knew Bob Styles,) asking if he was 'going With
them, etc. He told them he ores trot: - '
" Pressitig 'business" co&geinents, you
know,. and all that sett 'of thing. -Deuced
sorry I can't go, though. I Just had - tithe to
- bring Miss Lee over,
and now I'm off. Mr.'
Bimby, this is. Miss Lee.. Miss Withergall,''
• Miss Lee," and he rattled off n long -string
of brief' introductioni„ which convinced - me
that but few of the company were aCilttinted
. With the Young lady whom I was thus for
: sonating—a very fortunate thing for the
preservation of my disguise. -
Mr.,Amby, a tall, legal looking man, - with
,a book-nose, and eyeglass and, fluffy hair,
seemed to be prepossessed with my peraonele
and I overheard hini whisper to--Bob Styles,
as he went out
girl, that Miss Lee." - '
"Yes," tmswered Bob, with a misebievous
glance at n*, "she is a nice girl,•though a
little ge-ahedd sometiines. Keep a little
look-out: on her. will you"--then, lowering
his voic4—" not a- match for you old .
fellow ; slie is rieb.'' -
"Is she ?" said Mr. Bimby, his interest
deepening. - j1 • . ,
" On my honor," replied Bub. "Forty.
thousand 'ilollars .in her own right. Day
day 1" and he was gone, •
' Maggie Lee, artful creature that she was,
hid told her father that tbe„sailing-party was
. to assemble; at another IRAN, and thither he
.
had taken her.. Having business -in D—
he left her there merely_ saying that he 'would '
send the . earringe Ifor her at eleven o'clock.-
, She, like a dutiful danghter, kissed him, bid
him good bye; and before he had gone a bun-,
Bred rods took a scat in Bob Styles' light,
wagon, wich land driven up to' the back door
as.old Lee's carriage drove away froni the,
front, and .the old story :of. . bead-strong lcive.
end p.rejudieed -age was enacted over. again.
As fur the pic-nic excursion, We
_had:,
• n delightful sail down to the..Groie,
.but.
somehow, I could not enjoy it as much as I
ought to have, done. _When I - Walked on
board the, beat ; I felt awkward, as if every--.
body was looking at mi. . I found Mr.'Bim
by, as I had suspeCted, young ,and rising
• lawyer, mighty in Blackstone and Ws own.
opinion. _ He insisted oa : paying fur my, tiCk
et . (the boat was a regular excursiotipaeket)
and purchasing enough ;oranges, petits, and
(=dies, to set „ street Maud. 1 , our or
five time; I waiLon, the point of srr siring at.
his impudent.officiouiliebut 'bit my tongue
just in time to prevent,the' exposure- - .I3ut:
it was not- with.• him thatl found my, roar,
hardest to play,
.
No; the yoimg . ladies --were the difficult
ones to deceive. For instance, there was one
among them, a 'beautiful 'girl - of seventeen,'
just returned from buirding-achool, who had:
not seen Maggie Lee for three years.' Of
course, she Was _delighted '"to -see me, when
"le found out . that I _Was. Nit . iggicoF.biehilY
411 e-way, did
. not ticeur..:untal,after , we led
started. 'She threw' bectielf. into tnrirms;
- pulled oty _veil Inside, And' kissottline,hatt 11'
kthizett tints, kit - manlier that made my- fin
er ends tingle fin' an -bone • It- , iinsf,a9. eery
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felt as if I Were •' obtaining • goods under false
pretences," arm 'tnat lawyer Birnby' might is
sue warrant for my arrest on that groutid,
at aDtmorttent.
A whole knot of criardinrthen surrounded
me, on - the upper deck of the boat . , to the ut
ter exclusion and consequent disgust, of Mr.
Bitnby and 'the, other gentletnen. I kept very
quiet, only speaking' monosyllables, in a fal
attto voice; but the othem 7 —Lord bless you !
how they gabbled -Under a strict; promise
of secrecy, ;the little boarding-school maiden,
who had kissed me so affectionately, revealed
all her love all:Airs, and became unpleasantly
confidential about other matters--innocent
enough in -themselves, but not customarily
talked of between ladies , and gentlemen. '
I was terribly embarrassed, but it would
not do to give up then. As soon as my
trick should become known, Bob Styles'
trick would also come. out; and as news of
that kind travels fast in the country, he and
his lady-lode would be telegraphed and fol
loWed before they could reach Philadelphia,
where tho Styles Emily lived, and whefe
the knot .was to be tied.
The river breeze was very fresh where we
sat, and.l noticed that sevensl of the ladies
were glancing uneasily at me. I eould't di.
vine the reason, until 'Jennie my little friend
from boarding.school, laid her face danger.
ouslyolose - to mine, and whispered: "Mt
dear Maggie, your dress is. blowing up terri
bly high—your ankles will be the town talk
with the gentlemen - •
Now I was conscious of having a very
small fooffor a man,•and • had donned a pair
of open work stockings which came bp nearly
to,my waist, with a pair of gaitettiliorrovrl
from the servant girl, in all of which toggery
MY . " rarinitig gear" looked quite feininine
and respectable ; but the idea:of the gentle
men talking about my ankles, and of being .
cautioned thus by•a young girl,•who would
have been ; frightened to death if 1 had told
her the same thing yesterday, was too much
for me. I burst into a sort of strangulated
laugh; which reould only check by swallow
ing half of my little fifig,ree lace-edged hand
herchief. The young ladies all looked at me.
in apparent astonishment at such a yoke, and
1 wanted to laugh all the more. Fortunat&
lv, Mr. Ilimbt came to my rescue .at the
-
moment, and edged himself in among the
crinoline.!;-
"may i ait here ?" he asked, pointing to a
low stool hear
"certainly," .1-simpered in my high fal
setto.
" Ah; thank you," said Birnby—with a
Inekadaiieal air,which nauseated rne, as corn
jog from! one man to another—" you are as
kind ns you'are fascinating !"•
,‘ YouifiAtter md
" i No, indeed; praise of you . cannot
be flattery. Mitzs Le 4."
" Oh, sir, really, you are a very naughty
man," I said, in the mast feminine toneiconid
-command. • - •
He exist a languishing glance at me through
the h6elz lace veil, and 1 fitirly . began to fear
for his " feelingA." . -
We soon arrived at the grove, and found
our band-.engaged' beforehand.—awaiting
11A. Of,course, dancing was the first amuse
ment, arid lawyer Bimby led rne out for
6chottische. It was hard, at first, for me to
.take the lady's part in my dance, but I soon
got accustomed to it, When a waltz 'was
proposed, I reselved - to have -a little amuse
'meta at the expense of the unfortunate Bina
•.. .
' I.bad first
,made him purposely jealous, by
dancing 'with two other young fellows; of
Whom
knew in my own character, but iwlni
never suspected me as Maggie Lee. This .
young man, who was 'a woman-killer=-
a of easy devil-mkreare ' - "rascal, Who
made he ladies run after him, by his alter:
nate warmth of action and coolness of protes.
taticin-4 selected to "play off" against my
legal admirer. I allowed him to hold me
very closely and occasionally 'looked at him .
with a- half-fascinating - expression.- When
we .stopped dancing, be led me to my seat,
keeping his arm around my waist, and J per-
Milted it.
Having thus stirred Bimby up to feats of
wrathful valor, I asked one Of the gentlemen
to direct the musicians. to play a waltz:—
Blmby came immediately,
" Ahem—a Miss Lee, Anil I—a have the
honor of 7 ;-a—trying a waltz with you 'I"
I smiled a
r traciOus acquieseesee and we,
commenced!
N0w,.1 am old stager at waltzing. I can
keep it up longer than any non-professional
dancer, male or female, whotn 1 ever met.
As long as the Cachucha or Schounebrimnen
rings in my ears, I can go on, if it is for a
year. _ .
Not so Bimby. He plead want of
tire, and - acknowledged : that he soon got
dizzy.
!
" Aha, old boy," thought I,z' I'll give you
a turn, 'then
But I only smiled,, and said that I should
'probably; get tired first.
s& "Oh yes?" he exclaimed, "Of course; I
caw walti as long as any one lady, but - not
much more."
For the• first,' three minutes, my cavalier
did well) He . went smoothly and evenly,
but at tile expiration of that time, began to
grow . warm. Five minutes elapsed, and
Bimby's breath came harder and harder.--:
On we went, however, and I - scorned to no
tice his slackening up at every round, when
we pasied my seat. --After some ten- or
twelve minutes, the wretched man gasped
out beiwCen his steps. • 4
"Ah,a—are you not.-get—gettingtired
" Oh, no!" 1 burst forth, as cpolly as if we
were riding round, the roonv—";Qh no, I feel
as if I entildir.altz all
The look of despair that he gave was ter
rible to-ase. • .
I was bound' to see hirrithrotigh,liowever,
and we kKpt ai it. Bimby .staggered,. and
made - wild steps. in all directions. His shirt
collsr ivilfed,-and his eyes protruded, hisjaw
Wing down ; 'and,' altogethek, I saw be could
not hold clut much longer. ' •
" This is delig,htful," I said , composedly,
"and you, lir. Biniby; waltz so easily !"
"PulT4-pulfz-- - 411pciff-yesolt----puff
very—puff dolightful, l ' tiSped
" Dont ,you think t ought tb ga a little
Ilister?" ' . " -
He. iolled hi); IleiCheavenward in Agony:
." Ab,puff---itur-r4 dont--A 7 -puff-43On't
know:r - - •
So, when we 'neared the tin - Seine, 1 "saki;
".Fester, if yen , please-: - -fititerl" and 'they
` !Jed •itilir whirl hid • of •
- fteri'lrrinbrtfiretehla fititialt6hrhiklfita
a fast pacer, and revolved after the rnintittrik
66 FRIEEDOn
IVIONTR I SE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1857.
a teetotutn which wasnearly fun dowtr. At
last he staggered a step beckwiirds; and spin
ning eccentrically away from me, pitched
headlong into the midst of a bevy of ladies in
a - corner. I turned around coolly, and Walk-,
ing to my seat, sent the young woman-killer
fur a glass of ice-water.
The miserable lawyer reco
just !n time to see me thank
water.
I, got. Some idea from this,
ladies • find 'in tormenting .ui
the other sex.
At this juncture, and . befo
had time to apologize for his
Jennie came running into the
served as a ball-room
perceived that her hands were
ly in her - dress, and I pnsitivel
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'" Oh, Maggie! conic and 11.10 me' fix my.
skirts—they are all coming d.,Wit !"
. What shottld I do? . I was in agony. A
cold perspiration broke. out pon my fore
head. 1 wished myself a' housand miles
away, and anathematized B ait Styles' mas
querading project inwardly, w th fearful Mal
edictions. . .
I Paid I was tired out-I—coultrnot sbmebody
else goy .
i
No, nothing would do, but must accom
pany her to the house of the - entlentan who
owned the grove,-alid assist ter to arrange
her clothing. ', -
Sol went.
\'h if ; sh ..
. oat if it shot'. .o necessary to remove
the greater part of her raiment ! What if
she should tell me - to do -mime sewing ?
What, if in ithe' midst of. all the embarrass
ment of being •closeted with 4 beautiful - girl
sof seventeen, in a state of coiliparative flee:.
dom from drapery, me real six and identity
l c
should. be
. diseovered tiy her? :
- .
I felt a iff' an apoplectic flt ould be ifor
tunate _occurrence for me, justlthen. - ,- .
However, I nerved myself hp for the task,
and accompanied. Jennie- to the house desig
nated. An old lady showed us, into her chant
ber, and Jennie, heaving" a sigh of relief let
go her dress. As she did soa—part:on - my
i
blushes !—a petticoat felt to Tie. floor. She
was about to proceed, but•l !armed Vet
_by
a sudden and veheinctit.gestu e. •
"Stop !" I cried franticallyjind forgetting
my falsetto; "stop! don't - untpess fur God's
sake " ' ' • \ • I .
She opened her great brow i eyes to their
wiilest extent.
:‘
Aid why not ?" . •
. ‘• Because I ain-1 am a— n' you keep a
secret?" ,
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Why yes—how frighten you look !
Why . what is the matter-1N
r aggie !—you—
why—oh! oh!! oh!!! •
• And she , gave three fearful / screams. • . •
- " Ifush, no nuise,or lam Ist r I exclaim
ed, putting my - hand. over . or mouth. " I
t
swear I meanyou no harm tiif I had 1 would
not have stopped you. - Donk you`see ?"..
• She was ati ,or a tremble, our little thing;
but she saw the force of my :rgument..
" Oh, sir,7 she said," 1 seeyou are u man;
but what does. it all porn ? Why did you
dress so 'I" •.•
I told her the story, as br
and extracted frani her a
most sacred secrecy.
I thew went outside the d
till she had arranged her
called me in again.. • She ,
from Maggie and others, an,
all the particulars; so . 1 sat
we had a long talk, whielLe-
feeling of friendliness and
ship, unite wonderfUl fut pe i
the-first thile.: Just as we •
to tho pavilion, I said that I
mind ofone more burden.
"And what is that?" she
." Those. kisses. You,tho
gie Lee, or you would nut
They were very; sweet, but
give them back."
And I did.
She blushed a good deal,
list; only when I got throng
timidly and said:
" I think you are real naafi hty, anyhow."
•Wheu we returned, I fon ;dlawyer Bimby
quite recovered From his izziness, and all
hands for supper, which as served in the
.ball-room. I sat between Bimby and Jennie
and made love to both of them in turn; to
one as Maggie Lee, and to ithe othet, as , my .-
self. -After. supper; at which I astonish
ed several by...tting rath e r more; heartily
than young ladies generall do, we had more
dancing, and I hinted prettystrongly to Mr.
Bimby that-I should. lik to try another
.
waltz.
•
He didn t take the hint.
Finding it rather dry at useinent to'dance
with my own kind, I soo . abandoned that
pleagure,.and persuaded J rinie to stroll off
into the moonlight with m We found the
grove a charming place, f 1 of picturesqUe
little corners, arid-rustic . ts,and great gray
rocks leaning out' over the river.. On one
of these. latter, a little bench was placed, in a
nook sheltered frpn thel -wind, and from
sight. -..:' ,''
Here ire sat clown - , in thb full flood of the
moonlight, and having just' had dinner, I felt
wonderfully in need of a cigar. - Accordingly,
I went' back to a little staid near the ball
room, and purchased severid, of- the wcmder
.ing woman who sold reereshnients. Then
returning to the seats by the rocks,l'grtve.up
all cares or fears fur. my *corn; ito, and rev=
elled in the plinsure of Isolitudethe fra:
grance of my eigar—thel oonlight--and lit
tle Jennie's presence: '
How long, we sat there, heaven alone
knows. We talked, and laughed, and sang,
and looked in -each otherts eyes, and fold
fortunes, and performed II the nonsensical
operations common. amongst young people
just falling in lose with e other,ancl might
1.... 1 h
haveremainett'there'until this month ot Au=
gds4, in this year of our, , , :id Eighteen Him
dred and Fifty-seven, for
• Ittight I know, had
not the carriagei been tient to convey us
honie, and 'they - TA of the - company begun to
wonderWbere we were: ' ' '
,' '
Ibiswonder . begat qUetions,the questions
fears, and the fears a seirtl, beided: by the
valiabt girnti,. They cal izid and looked and
listened; but our pesitii;ti i down in the . ,shel•
tered nook among the roes, prevented them
from lieFing us pens the '
Atlength they hit upar,
cam e along, sitigle file, un
olienq ! aite aliave. '"- - -;
. Then tliey' gain; Wisigtit.
liiii?iiiiiitt aitaitils ,f
tit•ii, iliyhathiWtititi bfri ,
Whet totiTterrnp. - Obi
RoaNT - Aqa.11i.7.!- amo -wp.orAa.9'
;ered•his senses
:is rival for the
.Ithe fin young
•
or devils of
Mr. Dinah).
'accident, little
pavilion which
came 'near, I
clutched tight
shuddered, as
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hi bi
etly as possible,
promise of the
nor, . and waited
Press, when she
heard of me
wanted • to hear
.own by her,and
idea in a mutual
' , Id acquaintance
', pie meeting fur
arced to go back
must rebeve my
ked.
ght, I was Mag.
ave gives them.
suppose I must
• ut she didn't re
, she glanced up
our path, sOa'all
therga to the
'._ . : . aid • eigi 04;
gaid'eritisiriothi?
•;t° **l oti• tlifs
_ground; and the other on a rock, about level
with my head (reghrdless of ankles this time,)
and there I sat, puffing. away : in a. very Un
atyle, at a high-flavored Concha.
4ennie was sittiitg„ close . beside • me •with
. her. head almost on •:my shoulder; and her
!waist almost encircled by my arm. .Just as
the;party came along above us, I laughed out
in a loud, masculine voice--. ; •
•" Just think of poor. what's- . hii-name there
—Bimby I• Suppose he knew that ..he: had
been making love to a man?" ,
" Hush !" cried Jennie. " Look ! there be
is--ann, oh; my gracious! there is the whole
company !"
Yes, we were fairly caught. IL was of no
use for me to clap on my bonnet and - assume
falsetto' tigattithey had seen too much for
that. Besidei.by this time, Bob Styles and
Maggie Lee were doubtless " one flesh," and
my disguise was ofno.further importance, so
I owned up and told .the story.
Lawyer Bimby was in a rage. Ile vowed
to kill me, and even squared off;-but tlfe rest
of the party laughed at him so unmercifully,
and suggested that we. should waltz it out
together, that he
.finally cooled -down, mid
slunk away, to take some private conveyance
back to
:Bob Styles and I are living in a large
double house together. He often says 'that
he owes his wife to my masquerading, but
he doesn't feel under any obligations to me,
for I owe my wife to.the same thing.
N. B. My wife's name is Jennte.
Near the Lake where drooped the Willow.
RE GEOROE P. RORRIi...
Nran the Lake where drooied the
• Long ante ago,
Where the rock throws back the billow,
Brighter than snow—
Dwelt a maid, beloved and cherished,
•By high and low; .
But with autumn's leaf she perisheA,
Long time ago!
Rock, and tr6e, and flowing water,
Long time *—
Bird, and bee, and blossom, taught her _
dove i+ to knoi,
While to my fond words •she listened,
Murmuring low,
Tenderly her dove eyes gliitened,
Long time ago!.
Mingled were our hearts forever—:
Long time ago! •
•
Can I now forget her ? Never !
. No, lost one ! no! • '
To her gravev those tears , are given,
Ever to flow—
She's the star I missed from heaven,
Long time ago!
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ADDRESS
nEuytram TIT
. 3. 112213.
Before the SCSQVEIIANNA NORMAL ScnOcn., in
Montrose; November 2d, 1857,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Or • THE NOEMA.L
SCIU , tOL :—Wc meet, to-niht, upon common
ground. It is quite gratifying.to - know . that,
however various andl - disi:ordant our opinions
may be with reference to religion,
and the nurnberlesi2 other topics of thlught,
we unite in the conviction that the cause of
popular rducalifin, is identical with all the
,best interests
. of human society ; that; as the
earth-produces and feed; the tree that. flings
out its arms into the
. rich• air, laden with
green, with perfume, and - . with fruit,—so a
wise and liberal education begets and Sus
tains, in the public mind and herief,• such
strength and beauty as make the field of life
green and worthy, .
~, Agreeing in thiilrelief,
,argument: to sur
porkit would be misern ploy ed ; and 'we have
no duty left, but to minister to
.that• interest
•in the =use of Education, now go happily
growing upon the public mind.
• With this aim, I gpceed to - Submit rt• few
rapid and desUltory thoughts,
-The introduction, into. our State, of the
System of Common Schools, is within the
memory of the greater number now present.
The opposition, the struggle, the victory, and
the fears, too, with which its less clear-Sight
ed"friends hailed its final advent, are :all in
our remembrance. Now,' the wonder is hoW
so simple, and yet so mighty an 'engine of
human progress, could so lung have remain
ed Undiscovered.
It . diffused learning,—the very Democracy
of letters,- 7 alike, in the eity-fiill 'and in the
Wilderness:, in the palace and the lint, pene
trating the, tar-stretched valley, - climbing to
hill-tops, and reaching, with its liindlinn• ani
mating influenceS, every log cabin beycnd the
mountains!
Wealth and ease are not favorable to the
growth of mind ; we fmd more rigor of
thought, and 'power of application, in the
ranks of self-dependent Industry. Out of them,
equal' Ediultion takes mind, and exalts it
above the vulgar distinctions of wealth"; and '
thus overcomes, in our social plan, the aris
tocratic tendencies'of life: Mind is of no age,
nor sex, nor color, nor ra nk, nor birth. In the
light of its concentrated beams, the dark 'lines
of caste fade away.
Our system makes the nioiley of the Corn
motiwealth educate the children of the Corn
-
monwealth. This provision was new, and
came out of a. grand thought.
Before, learning (I'say learning, because if
you impart the rudiments to the inquiring
mind, it will go on to learn, in spite of ob
stacles)) - was partial, unequal, depending up
on the means, or the caprices of individual
parents; now, it is equal, and universal, as
God's air, that breathes alike on it his child
ren: - Then; men had narrow, property ideas
of mind ; now, _ .they own that poetry, elo
quence, music, art, science, and, virtue, belOng,
not so much to individuals, as to the race. It
is. true that the ethereal, invisible, immortal
part, that thinks, reasons, and wills, is our
common heritage, to be exalted and' beautifi
-ed by our common efforts, •
Yet same - grumbled against the law that
made them pay, tok instruct other men's child
ren ! Why, in this'sense of mina and heart,
they - are everybody's children. This part of
their nature is not confined'within the indi ,
vidual body . ; but ,breake out, -spreads - over
their . own generation, and down-readies, into
aged yet unborn; to =bless, or to curse : .• It is
every man's interest, as well as duty,. to join
in this work of liikiog up the mind and
of the' Country, : Out of ignorance and vice,
and pushing it into Ihmligbt, and towards God.
The selfishness of thisobjection 1w pars!-
teTed by• the prayer tif "a hard-faceii,
dab:44: who' vas' the, joint oilier of a slave.
ft taxi thils r z-a 0 - tord, bless me, tied my
4441 1 ,1iiid iny"child, and "m? ite/f of Colree.'
fitror different Watilthe :spirit *f anotbertnavi,
eithibitidlit" he WO - passing 'the' Vieete,
where a three story building was. in flames.
A strange terror just crept through- the
crowd, Chilling every: one. into stupor, as .the
shriek of a_ child came, fitfully, out- of an up
per..windost.. The, eye of the stranger took •
in the ecene, in. an im 44,. A. ladder was
placed-against the already - tottering walls,—
he mounted amid,smoke and flame,--disap
peered for,it moment4and
,then returned .to
the window, -with
,the child in his arms, .0
what a shout greeted him I He hastily de
scended, and barely escaped the falling roof.
As he went away,. his companion remonstrat
ed with him for periling his life in that way ;
why said he, "it was'nt your child." "No,"
replied our hero, ".but it: Was sonabocly'i
child !"
But ; to return to our subject, the .School
System, like every:other human .endeavor,
i►ill need to be improved And perfected,- ns
time shall suggest.. ..
Ought not - Teaching itself to - be more sys
tetnatize'd '? -.-
Young mon resort to it aS-a necessity,--a
nteans to:get into some
_more coveted pur- -
suit; They never regard it as -a calling, a
/ife.path to usefulness and honor. It ought
to be a profession, set apart to such only as
have stood the. proper, tests of competency,.
We - undervalue this office.... To excel in it;
requires not'ofily • attainments of mind, but
the best qualities .of,heart. We err, too,
when we suppose any teacher will do in the
primary school,—and so, commit our child•
ren, in those tender and impressible years,
when all that is seen, heard, and felt, sinks
into their nature, and ultimately indurates in.
to character, to the care of strangers. In this
School, it. needs patience, gentleness, .child
sympathy, and delicate tact, united with
,a
nice Sense of the beautiful and the good . in
nature,and _Rare gifts, ; but nec
essary in those who plant . the bead-springs of
thought and emotion; and shape its first• out
lets, that are to flow on, : with gathering vol
ume and power, 'until they fall into the infi,
bite ocean of mind. This is a - nicer work
than surgery, -and more delicate than the
paiiiter's art !
The. budding thought of childhood, is soon
Oldieid and blasted,, in the cold air of stern
ness and neglect ; it only expands. into blos
som. amid genial warmth and sunshine.
The book and the school are sure to be hat
. ej, . when .they - come to -be associated with
tasks and punishment; and the teacher's in
fluence is better Maintained by hiadncis than
by , severity. While Strict order should pre.
wail, still the discipline must be Fntempered
as to spread over the benches and desks, sun
shine and, freedom; instead of terrmr and re
straint. The ',same rule should :obtain at
home too; and parents ought to second the
teacher.-
You have all heard how_our distinguished
countryman, Gen. Marcy, loved to relate a
school incident of his - early boyhood, to which
he ascribed his after-success. His first teach
ers were severe and cruel ; and the-boy was
given oi:er as obstinate and wicked. -Then
camu another teacher, whcowas fire-warned,
even by- his father, of his difficult temper. -As
he finished his first recitation, and was hand
ed the book, he recoiled, as if expecting a
blow. The teacher, fixing his thoughtful eyes
on him', said, I believe, after you are
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good boy." The words, and the manner,' so
new and unexpected, sunk into his heat, and
he resolved to Merit- them., From that hour,
he was the best boy of the school ; and, be,
titre 'the term was out, the teacher predicted
for him a great career.
Bow many dispositions are soured ; how
many. tempers hardened ; how many bright'
natures. clouded... by :unkindness At parents
and tutors suir mins up all pride
avid resistance ; while a kind -look, or tone,
touches en answering chord ; and melts into
cheerful submission. Or, the severity. may
be carried far enough to- break the child's
spirits, and reduce him into: abjectness. No
man can tell how much the world has suffer
ed from abuse in early discipline. 0 bright.,
careleas, hopeful, joyous - youth,—that gone,
never returns! True, we may forget thee,
when, with one foot upon -the 'threshold of
man or.womanhood, we catch the first breez
es from the summer fields g life, or_when in
the later, hot pursuit of thne!fish objects of
this hard, grasping world,—but when the
frosts wither the green leaf; and the unshel
tered-arMs.of our being bend and-blacken in
the wintry 'storms of age ;-oh then; how the
bruised and' worruheart yearns over the scenes
of childhood,—how, the eye moistens; as it
'Wks back over the moonlit waters of metn
ory !
Another
.writes, " who of us does, not, in
this leaping from the starting-post of mind ;
in this first spread of the encourapd wing, in
the free heaven of thought and knowledge,
recognize the most joyous and • unmingled of
the emotions of youth I Ho who, in later life,
has leant his faith upon the charity of a sect
in religion, - -who has soiled his bright honor
with the tools of political ambition;-4)r has
lived, hoped, and trusted, in the wider , arena.
of life and. manhood, must look • - baek upon
days like these, as the broken-winged eagle,
upon the Sky,—as the Indian's subdued horse,
upon the prairie." - • •
Again, care shriuld -be-used to train the
physical powcrs,.by labor. A strong mind,
preying upon a weak body, is n pitiable abor.
tion. What wretched foppery of the schools,
is that, which looks upon hind labor as de
grading! Such apes are below the reach of
contempt:
Akin to this weakness, is the slavery •to
fashion—A 'feminine folly—which accompa
nying vivacity and 'beauty can Scarce'redeem
froth disgust. When will our womerilearti
that their seX will be lifted in the scale of be
ing, just' hi proportion-as they give:more care
to solid attainthents, und . less-to",the enervat
ing
fri% - olities Of fiction and fashion ? . •
Another, indeed the first object of all in
tellectual training, is selfdisciptine. I mean
the . power to grasp alcholcpubject ; and`then
to reduce - its thought:and expression into a
compact order. This is the highest attain
.inent of Mind; the - one eleinciit of power;
greatthe Napoleonic fOree';' compared with
. which, all the accOmpliAnteilt* of wit,• slid
grace ;and eloquence, and learning, ' are 'Vain
and -trifling.' To' reach this; you
.must not
steel by fits and starts, nor tiro Of a difficult
subject. - -There must grow uponyon' a habit
of order and: method; in yoo study!,
„Mid
thought, and of elearlycomprel4nding eery
subject; before you leavelt. - - Itils4onderful
how . the ind . grows, tinder such treittnent.
ft becorne' intents in ' . arguinenti - Ilyjnk die.
thifetly its premises ; and - then - marching, with
view prectian;to iticOnalitsiorlS; that groW
stringely
round the whole a .garland, of
H. H.
at once commands the judgment and wins the
fancy. This , compact, clear order, is the very
eminence of mind,—:never soa»ed to by mere
Nat nre, yet' ''gifted,—but IsloWly gained,
by an "ascent eb toiTsOme; thatiit i forbid4en
to all but the few; rho are too:perseyering , to
loiter, and too courageous to 'deviate. • No
brilliancy of natural genius - calf& morethan
to dazzle for a moment; and: diet,. disappear,
like the summer flash, Upon:, the bosom of
some distant cloud. Aloose ' raMbling:thought
lends its own weakness to the speech, and to
the life: In the Common &hoots, tne
foundation of this discipline to be laid. - As
is the seed-time, so is the harvest. •
- Let us turn now, to contemplate some of
the wider results to flow fronuEdocation.
: And first, Iwe look to it for the abatement
of Parly-sp . telt. It is written, in all the blood-'
Stained pages of the world, that animal_
frenzy of Party passiok forbade all popular,
orself-government. .Our own Conntry has,
mote than once, trembled on the. verge of
this very abySs. Between two great rival
parties, the clash of -opinierrs, soon leads to ,
the clash of arms ; amid whose Babel thtm
ders, the voice of laci is hushed ; the arm of
Government is palsied ; and civil. war spreads
its
.red pall over- the sanctuary of Liberty;
through 'whose reeking folds, slowly emerges
the great form of monarchy:." This isan an
cient le.sson,—time approves it true,—and
thOse . who know it best, deplore it ttiosf."
There is but t one remedy.:,- As, equal edu
cation prevail; reason, al ways calm and re.
Restive, takes the place . of animal .passioM
every voter be a sovereign, then let every,
voter he ;educated. Then. •e shall be a nation
of men, and not. of bigots.: While firm
our . own belief, we shall still respect the opin 7
icins of Others knoiing
.that their right to'
Belt-thought is sacredas'onr men, and. - that,
after all, they may be right. Thus, difference
will be but a healthy frietion,polistiing and
improving botb,,a wise mediumAetween
the extreme of dead, unquestioning uniformi
ty, and that other one,.of wild, lawless pas-.
sion. The mere big,ot, who hateeVery Man
that, differs from hitn , is just removed . froth
the brute. Liberty is riot a great ho'nedo be
growled over,'and Snarled . td, by a paek of
humiin'dogs ; but it is a bright, aven:o-
scolded blessing, earned, and .preserved . by
adni reason and manly judgment. The po
litical bigot is compounded of a narrow mind:
and a malicious heart,— he lives in 'agitation
and discord,—and would-anticip,iee, on c:artii,--•
the' kindlings of hiinative hell. — All the pro
teetion all the glories of Freedom, all
the joys of Cotintry, are nothing, 'in the eye
of hiS narrow hate; th use. men*.-that would
fiddle, when Rome was on are. Why,_ an_
American citizen is greater than* a King!—
Citizenship is a broad platform. of - civil and
social equality and brotherhood.: The great
arm of this mighty ' Republic is ever out
stretched, to aven g e the least wrong, dupe to
her humblea citizen, in the remotest corner
of the earth. - -
Lastly, we loOk to a_ thlosed Eduent"4l,
too, foi the reduction of Party-zeal in relig
ion. " «ben .sectaries;" s.ai4 the ;rent Irish
orator, "dispute about creeds, intife heat and
acrimony of the, causek”is contest.relig;on',.
the - zlory of ono - world, and the g u ide to
nnotlet7-driffs from • the splendid_ eircle• in
which she shone, into the comet-Maze of un
certainty nod error;-"-
Religious perSeentions t and religious wars, .
'have, in evcry age, desolated. the
Our Puritan fathers Made a • sublime :
fie.o to be free ; • wen, bidding adieu to eourt-'
trY, kindritd, and Wealth, they
.gathered itp
their 'loved ones,--braVer! the perils of the
relit deep',---intr the greater liardships''ofour.
lits,'out a
borne, in :which Coriseienee'ittight fre.e
'Obdient to this hleavenly impUltt'e. - :t they
Ordained, in the Very; organism of the'Repub:
lie, that "no religious - test sherd& be-made ft' .
quAificati , in for : any ilfgee, 7 -nd that'aih:
'gross should make,no law respecting the `es.'
tabliShment of any . COnseienee
free, you see&—the creature the'
Creator, by - one tic, too sacred f)r other
hands to touch ! -1,
Let us chcrish this principle,- , ---olanted thus,
and only, iii the New World. . is a great
er traitor than Artiold i who betrays the life
and spirit of this 4inericon doctrine,. by ihat
ing, or anathematizing his fellow citizen, on
account of his religion. •
Nor is this al! he defies God ton,—:who
has ordained that diversities must be as..nu
rnerous and intractable, as tire the-essential
distinctions, Which nature, habit, and cireirrii;.
stance have created amongst men. -
In our world, there are • tio•two• men- who
are not as unlike in their mental, as' in-their
physical aspect-. All that meets the eyeiand
all that arrests the ear, has the I..tami), of
ho'undless and infinite variety . - . .
- The very harmonies of tone, of color; and
of form,. result from contrasts,—contrasts
subordinated. by one pervading principle,
which reconciles, without confounding', the
:component.elements- of the niU3iC; tLe
ipg,,,or the structure. lit Gies works, there
wofild be .no. beauty; without-endless iliversi
tv.
In religious life, is this all obtaining:law,
of Nature reversed ? It. the - nue grand 'pie
ment of satvation,uttiverval fitith iii eonintand=
ed ; for reasons unsuited -to this Essay. But
creeds and, forms..were left very. much -to the
diversities of mind and circumstance. • _
We look too Much In the mere 'Outward
and visible. -Thus, in, common hands; anal..
ysis stops at the
_species, and candor - rise_ to
. the class: " VOlgar observers 9f, Nature are
content GY distinguish 'hirds . from fishes- ;
beasts from insects. But Cuyier could trace
the'sulAilicre - tinity;-the .:the
total existing in tiin
,eri..atiils" mind,
which connects, as. one; the ' .. mairiraellt and
the snail.
So titit*ard observers only. see' Outward
distinctions or forin in Wiirship,—and they
only minister to prejudice and - haired.: 'Of
all the forms ee,er assumed by
. blind
there is none so reinorieless, so glooiny, and
so terrible, as is that of religions:bigotry:•:, •
Webelieve 1.11 . 4, many : sects,' who ire now
necustOmed 'l4
,detionnee eaeh other's trrorS i
will, at last,conie, to he ''regarded - as- mini-
hers in common, of the one great - and ebm:•.
prehensi,Ve thurelOn :Which - diverAtlea"4
fOrm sire hitnOniged . ky:tin
ty aWilt•
Go Ott
engaged_ anobler[Wce en e feelthe
tility - dthts,•iied 4:tiny ot.iiiii)CtOi
fgrtli its vastpe*L-Oat' tiel4ngft - ‘tA.the -- .rili
4e0 4614 ln3t.iteTleS 4 if the'
def endiuti - *tor; be catittrron
onTrthBife t tli kto 3 - t- -rka
biS SAWS.
This bird hi:tome:of Afte
Southern States. It is bylnany - supposedio
be. the same 'NO* Whip-poor,wilt . ; bat
on, cOMPaiing birdsitbe:ttfrefenee
'between them etiSitf obliervid:iittd
their manners . alsOttra
The night. hawk lays.' its_::eggs a the bate
groupO i in . an open spite° 4 . 1 .thvx s,,or,ta
the 'corner of efield, where the . .elorkt.the
leaves and - greinia may resemble
tint . of the eggal The fatitAra are
ennstafitly pear the nest daring' the . dep. 7 ..i.,
They
.sit lengthwise . oh th _ aJr ncbgf a tree,
instead of crosswise, like. most other birds,
their lee and feet being too slender, to.gr
the branch firmly. 'While' the fetiiitriie
ting, the tulle keeps a most-. vigilitii witch
around. • He plays about in .the:.mow&
'ing,hy,several quick vibrations of tile 'winit,
uttering all the .while ti.Sharti harsh- stliteC
till, having gained, the highest poing he sud
denly precipitates himself head foreniciat,exia
with gielit rapidity, down sixty; , or r /tiefeatt
feet, NV . heeling !up - as suddenly . ; at-which la.
stunt is heard a booming saund,.rciemb/leg
that.produceoy blowing .strongly.into ! the
bunghole ofempty hogshead; aa4.
is doubtless produced- by the sudden ektiali
sion of his:capacious mouth, while - he passed
through the air.. -This singular habit-be10nt5;....!...
only to the. male. The fetnaie.neverdescentla
in the manner of the . male; -When_
approStlir'cl, she_ moves, in, Such .
,a fluttering, --=
tumbling manner, and :.appearati_cei "ofiatime . •
and wounded bird, as nine times inten-4.9de.
Ceive' the person, and indUceThini r*ittri.
'her, When" the young. are iiibt - hOihe.dOtai
difficult to distinguish them'froth
of the grourid ; they sit so.fixed-and squatili -
.to be mistaken. -fur it.slight•moulding ,on the
earth.
These birds . are'seen'abreita at all . ; envoi
of the htit".their. mo . st."fitirorite time' is
from two hours, before- sunset till 'dnak.--. 6. .
They are - very,numerous 'near
in
.
skirnniing over the meadows. the manner,
of swallows. Their chief food Feems to he -
insecti. When wounded . :ind 'taken, they,iti r :
tempt to intirnidate . you: - by ' 'Opel:lMR; their
- mouth, to its utmost Wretch, throwing -the
:head forward, and uttering a kind oT -gotta
-ral, Whizzing sound,.striking.,_violently. with
their which seem to be their only
of
fensiee .weapons. In August - they steer tot
the South' in. vast multitudes 'darting after
insects as they adyance. They are Often so.
companied. by ..twice their number of swat
lows,. .-
• The bight hank is mine inches a d,is . lial
long; the upper pas are . deep. Iroiyn
whole Wily is
.spotted and sanded with - crentsi
color and reddish_ The; tail is .handionleli
forked, and there are nu.bristles .about.' #4,
TAB WEIP-POOll.-WILL
This is a very singular. and celebrated_ spits.
cies, :univer,alty known:. over the United
Stites, 'for'Tits favorite call ,in spring;
„yet,
personally,' he- is littlelnown. - The oiito:ef
this -solitary bird, seem - liite the' voice : alt - . •
old 'friend, and area listeneitio by almost all -
with great interest. - At first they .issue from
some retired ,part, of t he, Woods,. the. glen,. or
mountainin a few :-'evenitigs, perhaps;
hear - them from the . , adjoining . coppice—the
garden - fence—thejrosd.bef ire the door, and
even from: the robrorthe:dwellinplense,
lyng after the family have retired
„to -
.1:1e is now a regular.- . acquaintance. : Every
„
Morning and' evening. his shrill.. repetitions
ate heard from The adjo:iiing Woods,rind When
't4b , or , niore. ttr6 , calling, at thettthe'tirdeitild
noise,- mittgling 'with .the;:cobeis of the:moan: ,
notes.serye -
pretty plainly to articulate the
. weeds, whip ! :
poor-iVill; the first and Inst syllabla being
'uttered' With' great. etriphisis".; 'Vithen.'-near;
you often hear an introductory. cluck between
the - notes. - ToWards midnighethe - y . gesrally
become silent, unless in char-- indotil*gltt;
- During the . day; they sit in the 'Most retire 4
solitary, and deep shaded parts of-the - words;
where they 'repose in _silence. -Theiffoodap !
pears - to be large moths,,gresslinppers t imel
such insects as frequent - the bark of old rotten.
and deegingtimber.
- The , nest is built - like that, 'of the: night .
hawk; on the groundl the' young,-lisvn i tery
initch the =acne appearance, though-the eggs
are much darker.. Ayilen
poor. ill rises and sallS IoW 'Oro'
the woods; for thirty or forty Yards,atid gen: . •
erally settles on • •ft • •low ;branch:- or on the
ground. Their, facet ite piaees of resort, sin •
on high and dry - situations-;,in )Tr;friarilqr
traets of country they are seldent heard;, in
this: they • differ - from the* nightl7itick; which
delights in extensi'ee Rill marshes:'
also is very dissimilar. The Whip-Poormill .
has ranges of long
. and strong ',bristles an:-
eneksile of the mouth the night hawk isen. ,
Crely destitute Of them.; The bill the
tvilip-per-will is twice the -length 'of thatqf -
the night,-hawk. The wings of the, whippoor !
will are horter by more thentWOliebeathant
those nf the sight hawk: - Thetail . of . thelat . .
ter is forked, that of the former 'is Totinfted . :.
The two' species differ also in size and. etiles
• , THE CHUCK .wnvs WIDOW..
This solitary bird is rarely found north of:
Virginia and TennesSee. It has sometimes'
been confounded with the whiipoor-wilt.
has'derived its name from its notes: - Which'
seem exactly to artienjate those Words.
'commences its singular call generally in the
evening,,seon,after, sunsot„ and continues it
with short occasional interruntioas,ftir sever—
al hours. T(Avards these rePetitiorii
.
ate re i newed. ins, note instantly -attracts
the attention of a stranger; and is, strikingly
diffetrent from that of thawliippoUr.will:
In sound and articulation it seems plainly .
express the ',words which .have, been applied
to it, pronouneing.avery syllabls leisurely.
and distinctly, 'putting the principal emphasis
on the last Word. In still evening it - may .
- be beard at the,distance.. of, nearly : a .:wills;
the tennis of its voice being stronger, and
more full, then those of die whlp:poOr-iitill,
who utters' his with mini) /greater rapidity:
Th© flight . Of this bird fa- sidw, skimming
about the surface of Atie:,grotmd, frequently
Settiitg - int old lop,:.br - Otrthe fences', sad
1 . * Ciro. thence- sweeping- 4 around it*, pursuit of
I variona.inseeta,,,thakk,, o#4
la. the . Like
the
_whipror•Wil l ,AlreAri
~ derlivio u s,
or and otifee:ll4ol.::ehadtA 'Ow*
with , ' echoes
tie WhohineVening.-.,'-•
t , ; t.
OrKelativeti hot, : new,ll.asky , ,
Wiest
j airitot itiv****4o*lt
tithont being enemies to thelngolioc: -
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iu
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