: I== C. F. READ it N H. H. FRAZIER,I EDITORS. A CHANGE IS AS GOOD AS A REST. Ye votaries of sofas and beds— Ye i slOths who exertion detest, This niaxhn I wish to drive into your heade— d change is as good as a rest. . Ye children of Fashion and Weal th , With counties indulgences blest, . Remember that indolence preyeth on health— _ A change is as good as a rest. • Ye sturdy old eons of the l moil, = Who work throngTv the day frith such zest, 'Tie little re have beside labor and toil; But tide of change or, of rest. - . . ' - Rat ye ormuch leisure and cash The sweets of etnproyment should test; • To lavish your time is degrading and rash--- A change is its good as a rest. That porter just over the , road, Of this hit_efkr.owledge possese'd, Frost should - crier, shoulder is shifting his load— A chance is as go:id as a rest. • That student,ln sciences deep, (With times sterling value impresed) Now tures to My Yovel, not thinking (Asleep— - -A. thangels as good as a rest lhat m" chant gets up with the lark, Fri duties tre aught but a jest; 'Re--A:ore?, he rides with.his son in the park--- : • A ch,mge is as good4s a•rt3i,- Mr wife, in the kitchen below, For dinner provideth her best, Then crotchets a nighte.ip for "dere Uttle A change is as good as a rest. More reli sh of life is decreed • For all who this truth have confk:asid-- Who grant it in heart, find confirm it in deed— A change is as good as a test. They have no Utopian desires, Their spirits are seldowdepreas'd ; Well occupied leisure contentment inspires— • A change is as good as a teat. Mark then,' fellow-mortal* around, Ail ye n ho would wish to be blest, Inch wisdom in this simplepbrase may be found,- A change is as good as a rest. From Diekmts' Household Ingt THE SNOW 30173,1 - . MANY years ago, While attubaltern, 1 was stationed at Blockhotise Point, at the mouth of the Green Snake Rtver, on the north side of Lake 'Huron. This now dilapidated stronk ' hOld originally erected, on a sandy point stretching out into the lake, in the days of. the Indian i wars, and I could fancy - its slender . garrison of sharpt.hooters watching from their loopho}es the clustering forms of their Indian fOes as they . stole slang .the borders •of the forest. Thcbullet-holes that riddled its mis sive walls - andlt,,ehatTed and blackened sur face, suggested grim. ; conjectures respecting its brow -defenders who filled the. graves around itif ; fout. But now there 'vier . e)no Indians to employ the leisure of the unfortunate company o f' regular troops, bat gtutnbled away" their days within the humble fortificit - ton that now surrounded - the Old-,blockheuse. Our only enemies were bears and foxes which skulked about the woods;•and the only Indians who sought' alimission'to the post were those from a lit tie vi loge abr ,ut , seven miles up the qreen - Snake River, wEere a peaceable party of Ojilibuways had taken up their ilbode' Is thi s dot in The wilderness, and , two ffi brotbur.ocers lived the lives cianchorites : only less eontented;'and,by no means forget ting the world by which we seemed very • tear] v filrgotten. Nut hnt_wbat laters.reach ed us—sometirpes—duritt the summer, by an occasi,mal schoonercorning cp along the lakes. It was - diring the other half of the year, when the lakes were bound by the uni yerral fetter °floe, that we lived in unyie,:: ful ignorance. Twice, however, during each long, long winter, great excitement prevailed at Blockhouse Point. It was when Indian.; traveling over the snow .on snowshoes, were expected to arrive with the" expre.ss." Day after day we used to walk for miles, hoping to meet our brOnte Mercuries ; and. when at . length they came in. sight, with what tretilb- ling hearts we returned to the post, to await the opening of , thetr' sealed wallets by the proper authority; in ignorance of what lid; • ings the mail', might contain .for us ! On one nccit; , ion the news I got was sad enough. My dearest friend. was to be tried by court-martial en a serious charg& ' Ho had not writtenato me himself, but a mutual friend informed me that,before another month was past, Lewther's fate wonld be sealed ; •: and this month's delay bad only occurred in consequence of rin important witness being required from thaloarer province. I saw at once that it afts-in4ny power to disprove the , graveA part oftbe charge, although Lowther /.1..•.in0t know is. Yet, before the Spring should eume -mitt 1113 takes be open to enable , me to teach- head-quarters,.the trial would ' kover,and my friend, in all 'probability, condemned. • • • - The ifreadful thought that he - Might be sat rificed for the want. if my . testiMon V . haunted toe. 1 could taut Unit. night. Many plans disturb4:fily mind. Could I no& write my stateeleot,and-send it_ by an Indian ex press? Uudoulttedly I.could. But, wben I came to eouut, !found It would . not arrive in .time,.unls scene one was ever it . band to _ hurry the mosengers on, Why should not Ibe of the express party I was . young, strong, active, and accustomed to exertion, SUrely, what Indians could do, I could do. There was not an hour to be lost. At day-. list; obtainedleavie from toycommanding of mere Matter of fona-..for both he ar.d my junior balmily rejoiced at the pros- pest of Lowther's acquittal. Two - Indians were 'quickly obtained, and everything was made ready for 'departure in a few 'tours. We were a strange looking - P art y" Oar object being apeed, - . each carried his own traps, and as few a - *heal es possible: l was - clad in a beaver Coat and fur cap. . My kit consisted of's blanket, bearskin, and let to hold provisions. The two bidieflamho. were brotheraWiere ~equlpped.--+ With rifles reify.. Loaded for any .game, that .raiglit present itself;-and 111201COOM on our feet, we set out: - • - In' case we Succeeded. in _getting to bead . quarters at the was aoxicesbxl, a gratuity had been promised to ilke Indians (which I resolved to give,' Whether won or not,) and they umuurtnurin , gly pressed ort, nearly the •whole day, oh their cumbrous snowshoes, se4rcely giving themselves time to cook the game we killed: then,shouldering their packs, and starting off again. They endeavored to guile th e weariness of the way by lively sallies, at whieh they laughed- till the silent woods rang with 'their 'merriment. Chia, go'os (the ermine,) the,youngerbrotber, was - the. most joyaus as well as:4oo activeef us all ; and, however veinal he might- be when Ire Mopped. (Or the night; : he htughed in t jest ed as he cut With his tomahawk the ever-. greens which were to form mar not Urtaoln' . _ • . . .. . . . 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This we found by fat" the greater har&hip of the two. .4 shall never. firget the joy we felt one morn ing, When the sun remained hidden beneath hei t v .) , cloud-banks - in the east. - Alrmst for getting-our swollen limbs in the ghidness' of being delivered from his dazzling ray s, traveled merrily on through leafless -forests 'if gigantic trees; through tracts .f smaller trees, thickly studdt-d with the larch, the spruce, and the fir, whose dark fl Binge gloom. ed altmeit black against - the stainless snow ; through wtsiuds tangled with wild vines, - and fragnint with juniper buthi.s, until at length we ruched the shores of a small fnizia l lake On c e nuire rejoiced that the day -was dim ;: for, in crossing lakes and rirers,•we.al w-ays suffered most, being deprived of the network of brunches, -. which }ielded us' a shade; sometimes almost impenetrable. But our exultation was short-lived.. Ari e nuttiOn . of disappointment liurst.from he In dians, and, looking up ,- 1 saw a le., large snow-flakes floating lowly through t e air. " Let us put off our snow-sh 5," said Sbegnshie; ".we must halt here." " W " Be c ause the snow will blind our eyes to the path." The path, however, was an Indian' figure of speech. We were traveling through an untrodden wilderness, guided from point to point by some rock, or bank, or quaintly formed tree. But, these objects dwelt vivid- ly in the Indians' reclliections. They had traveled this road twice before; and, what ever an Indian orce sees, remair.s imprinted in his memory forever. At .Sbeaashies • announcement I looked over the lake longingly. I could not bear to lose an . hocr, tar a day ; and I said that perhaps we might get across before the vio lence of the snow-storm came on. Mytuides shook I , their heads. However, after a time, they agreed to make the attempt. Accordingly, oft we started across the'lake, the snow flakes floating and playing lazily around us; and, more than once, We congrat ulated ourselves that their appearance bad not deterred us, But, when we bad got about 1:"If: way across, the snow storm came dashing down In our faces with a fierce gust that armost thew us off our feet. Staggered and hitnablisiy,,we .3461304 Near as Art brothers were, I could see no more than the outlines of their dark forms through the thick cur alit of StJUW W:nich fell between us • while nothini; was visible beyond, 'but- dazzling snow•thdies tumbling, whirling, and rushing down to overwhelm 44 We must," cried Shegasbie, 4 ' keep the wind in our faces, or we shs►ll never. reach the shore." Ile at once led the way, his - brother and I followitig, and • with difficulty distinguishing him as he shuffled heavily on before us.— Already the weight of snow upon our-snow shoes impeded us greatly,, and it increased ellen moment, Until we could scarcely drag them along. The snow blew in our faces, sharp as icicles, whirling around us in wild . almost beatipg us - down. As the storm increased, the wind, which had hitherto blown steadily in: our faces, began to waver, and to dash the know flown upon us in every direetiiin_ It was impossible to go on. The last faint lingering . shadow of a hope passed away, and we telt• there was nothing left but to die. Once or twice I wondered I did nit feel the torpor, which is the.precur: sor of death among the snow, steal over my senses- but we determined not to die inac tive, and the violence of my exertions heated me to such. a degree, that more than once I bond royelf wiping the moisture from my brow, its I fought the hopeless battle against the whirlwind. Thai ant alive to write this, i 4 a proof of the tut:slunibering Providence watching over ail; - for arete was no • earthly hope for us, when an tnn3enn bond guided us to saluty.—. How we reached the shore none of us ever knew; bet, 'at leogih, still battling against the blinding snow, Sh..gashie's snow-shoes struck agairnt a tree. Close heside it was a thicket cif &tad fir, and we shrank into its slielteri—ssivid for a time; • For hours, the snow continued to fall, as if inexhaustible ; at length, however, it ceased, and the, setting sun shone out in the western sky, red, and angrily. The Indians said that another'snowstorm was at hand. So we set about making ;he best preparations we could for the night. Our friendly thicket was no bad shelter, and Chingoos and I set to work with our tomahawks to cut away the branch es, until the place somewhat resembled a bower ; then, shaking the cut branches free from snow, we laid them up in soft piles to sleep upon. Meantime Shegashie busied himself in making a fire and collecting fuel. We were short of. tiod ; for, during the last day or two, game had 'been unusually scarce. But we had sufficient' for the night, and hoped to obtain more on the morrow ; Shegashie having set- sdiend snares round_ our camp for the small Arctic bares which abound is those forests. Boon;fifter dark the snow recommenced ; .and, although we were unusually well - terwo _never felt. coW so intense as Idid that night. -'I have rarely felt more rejoiced than I did when I saw the early dasm steal over the landscape, and was able to rise from my freeing couch and waken my companions, who row looking as comkrtless as myself: especially Cbingoos, who trembled as if he bad an !Igoe it. But a little bot coffee re vived him. ' - " Shag ale went to inspect his wares; and, to his reat disappointment, he found that they bad not been disturbed ; so there was nothing for it but to start afresh without breakEaSt. Just as we had tied on-our snow shoes, ti fevr flakes of snow, like tiny birds, crane kitting between us and the clear blue sky. They were true harbingers ; and, with in a fe* minutes, the clouds began to other and the snow to darken the atmosphere Warned by the . past day's expo:mew, we remained •in Our :camp. }lour after hour the snow poured down in driving masses; but 'retiree - sheltered from its fury. Wet bad fire, and the snow settling OD the roof - *,. 66 VME000.7 . '4 . EIION'T _,A,eApprlri oLawi7tin.-.,-._-4c)..o7.po[Kuci7 .NIONTR6 E, TIWRSDAyi.:TOVEMI3.FAR:i6,.IBS7' . . . and sides of our bower mad it warm , so we felt that we had more- iiau.:.a to be thank ful thatt, to complain, though e were corn-' palledttia fast. . Before lung, Chingoos's indi' . sition of the mOyjai4 T g returned ; and, as dr wore on, he emit, 14 1 et. worse; until, ' y evening, it was rite evident that he vr . s in the first stege of a fever. We did the l best. we could ter him by giving - him hot cotLe and such other trifling comforts as our 'slender stock afforded. -, The nest morning broke bri g ht and beau filial ; but it was at once evident that poor Chingoos could not travel Illi t day. The fever increased, and the ague o 'shook him, that it wad with the greatest difficulty' he could take the coffee Irmo our hands. The snares were still empty, and this day also was passed without fool . - - On the third morning, Chinoos was still worse.. No game had been s t ared or shot, and h anger . inuigs were _po w I coming-very fierce. We were so weak that' we could scarcely creep. About mid-daa hare came leaping by, through Ihe snow. I shot it, and t we dressed it Inno.iiate.ly. u this day I think that that was the sweete; meal I ever tasted. We made part of the are into soup fi- our ' poor patient , but he was-unable to take it—to our surprise, for it ,seemed to us delicious beyond eipresssidn. i •From that day we, never wanted food, - and were able to give all our. thouglits and anxie ties to:Chmgoos ; whose last. her was evi dently drawing near. He held Out his hand to'his brother, and Shegashie,n-getting the ‘,lstoical demeanor of his race hieh he had tried hard to maintain, burst Intl) tears as he folded it in his bosom. When h released it, it fell cold and stiffened upon th snow. Shegashie did not speak fo hours, but wept incessantly. The earth w s frozen too hard to admit of our digging agave. We Were therefore, compelled to lay the lifeless Indian deep in the 'snow in a t-hady place, until his brother could return itt the spring to bury. him. • On the fidlowing morning we esumed our journey ; but. it had :now' beco,e a melan choly pilgrimage. The day s l s eated long and dreary without the . joyous youth, whose lively jests and ringing laughter had echoed among the old trees. Towards, , evening, for the first time in all our travels, lure came on the signs of a human being. The broad trait of a pair of snow-shoes precedtki us along the course we had to follow. • ~ . My guide, judgirghy the track the wearer to be an Indian, an th? white hunters who nre• soup', met in these forests. Ile was wearer of the g.ily. trimmed whom we overtook aboot. ,two wish his dirty blanket, rifist . ,,tim knife, his Arms eoverkid..widi bunches of ear-rings weighing do of. the ears, fitly attested the Shegushies fure-kno,i The Indian.: greeted each othe eourty, and the same polite r• extended to me. But, in, spite gravity. 1 fancied I perceived a in the wild eyes of the strangi der, poor fellow ! I :thOught. has paqsed the whole winter wit tin one human fare, belong' of livians living far to the nor Snake River, and his dialect was to ray Indian erudition. As his path for the nest day o be the stisti.. as ours, the strang to join Though I must co sight of his blanket caked with roe feel a repuguauee to his cot wa t.. 0 prudent to object; an. when we stOpred for, the night. that, leaving the fire making to was content - to bustle about to and to assist me in forrnicg our ter, I felt more charity 4wards i more resigned to. hi. raising branches near my own As we sat, that evening, roil fire, Ilrid a better opportunity our new aNtiaihninee. lie was formed Indian, and more ttinseu ever seen any of Ins race. Mu was an umptial fiercenesi in h and a strange fire gleamed fro., He took - the tobacco we- gay great pleasure, but he was disappointed that our fire water was all expended. However, he did nut let that'damp his spirts, hut talk ed on with more than Indian yllubility.— Shegashie's stock if news, fot wh'th he was soon. exhau..ted. IlOor fel low he had little heart to talk of anyl i thing except his beloved brother, to whose Story the stran ger listened with a contracted .brow ; .but with few indications of syinpailiy... In his turn; he treated Shega.sbie to . si number of amazing xtulihorrible stories whit.h were cur. rent in the woods.. . • I lost the gi.t of many of tbpse through not being able clearly to combrehend his 1 language. But there was one I understood somewhat better than the °the ; it - was concerning a very fierce Indian led Mantis kogahjbe (Great red-nailed Bear , who came from 'far beyond'the Great Lake (Superior), trd who, on his return home'fro a bunting expedition, bad found . his squaw d children 1.41 the prey of a band of cannibal In lane. En raged at the sight, this bero fell upon them single-handed. and took the seal of all ex cept one. j That - one had fled ; and, ever since, Mamificogalijhe bad pilaw through the woods, gnashing his teeth, and seek- I ing him. everywhere. The -Missing I mil.; an had shronded himself in- every sort of' disguise, "But all to no purpose,' said the T stranger savagely, " fur Mamisk ' bjhe slays every Indian he meets, so that that villain must fall beneath his knife at las " When I had got over the nnivelty of the stranger's excited manner and glpsuning eye, I became somewhat weary of ithin Indian I hyperbole; but, Shegashie lis ed to every `word with breathless attention. . was loung ing beside the fire , mitre asleep n awake, when I was roused by tbe strait er abruptly demanding of my guide if be ever seen this redoubtable brave, the g red-nailed bear.: to which the young Indisift replied in the negative.. - 1 ' Liar r thundered the savage, springing to his feet. "I am Mamisitogabjhe !" and in a tr.onient be stabbed my cone ton in the chest. ' 1 ta . prang npon him in an illSell4 his mitt arab ; which, by a viol seceeelled in disengaging, - Heals blowitt 'cite 1v /al `ln,aklik tat' and Brett sty own. ' With a - ye appointment z be began to draw bl Min ,announced not one of Imes to be ight. The llunting.shirt !hours after, ahavek, and let:, snit 11 the lobcg accuracy c•. with grave c.eption was full thplr ; learn - of. joy No won. n he a d to-a party 'h of- Green la great trial two uould r proposed et , s that the filth, made patty; yet - I afterwards, and I found hegashie, he collect fuel, night's shel trn,and wet ? is pile of Ed our camp f observing I. tall , fine ly r than I had ,over, there s demeanor his eye.— him with .. :. tube ad &deadly troidblz; at-kleitlie s tomahawk from his belt with a vied of hurling itst my head ; but I darted upon: him, pinioning his arms. His feet gave way, and vie both rolled together on .the . =Ow. -A . struggle for life between us suetieeded. The Indian kept nicking little digs:stt'sne with his .knife, but he could not get phiprolutse enough to do more than penetrate nag'elotht.si' and inflict slight wounds upon 'mei . ..He rolled' over with me, hoping to get me undermost •,7 but I always rrlled farther' Ofir. he wished, and got on the upper:: ;, ..geitt:', At length I lost patience and, still holding his right arm tightly down, I loosened the hand -which held my knife. But, quick :tit:bought, Matnisko gahjhe changed: his Ann . :into his left hand also: Then commenced another rolling and tearing struggle , . more like that of tigers than of men, for my foe assailed me fiercely with his teeth. We stabbed each other wildly, and many a wound I g,avet and rkeived. At length the Indian relaxedp hold, fell back, and I arose victorious. My first thought, now, after La fervent prayer for my deliverance, was for-my poor 1 guide. I .found that, though desperately Wounded and- bleedinff b - p4ofuselv, he was not dead. I bound up his' hounds as I best could, and placed him on his bed. MY own woundS, though numtrous,were marvelously slight"; more cuts than stas,.and even those, My thick clothing had prevented from doing mach damage. I dressed them, and, heaping more wood on the fire, sat* down beside it to watch my .poor Shegttshit, The next morning Sh*aidtle Was so "weak from loss of blood that . each moment I ex pected to see him 'pass array, and leave me alone in -the woods, to illit in •my turn. I now bitterly regretted thaq had ever entered - on this -disastrous enterprise. Ticeiriver, there I , was, and I had nothing for it but to - make the best of it ;.,Jto .1 set to work, buried my dead enerorin a snow-bank, col lected wood, shot a hare, dressed it and returned to my sad titsl, of watching My wounded guide. . At the end of ten days, despite. every ad verse eireuenstanee,'Shegashie was a great deal better ;" yet it was itident to both of us that it would be. a long time before he could travel. The poc fellow earnestly entreated - ine not to stay _with hitn,l i but to leave him to his . fate; d. he directed me in the right way to pursite. my journey, I would not have deserted an • enemy - thus, much less one'with whont .1. bad faced sorrbw, danger and death. Yet"powdee and Shot were rapidly failing. Aftea much cogitation, .1 took all the spare snow shoes, and, by the aid of a bearskin, su ed in making a sleigh capable -of holdie .Shegashie very cei r cumfortably,as well as al our belongings. „I rose proudly the next morning; and, pla . . Icing: my companion i the sieigh,re-com- I' tuenced nay -jMirney - • ' . .r. .. - , . • - ..ss ~ it was weary Work tray that dimly the leigh, the Wasted huh / oiling out now .-:. nd tt.ea to direct me . 6 s our way. I was * Often obliged to make . .detours to avoid thickets and places where trees grew too elOse to admit my sleigh ,between them.— When day was done, I had the - fuel_ to collev, 1 the fire' to make, .shelter to prepare, She gashie to move, his . wounds to dress, and then the game to cook - which I had killed during the day. Many-a time I .thought I ', should be obliged to give. : iip the struggle.— I\'hen I lay down to rest I was sometimes . j so tired that I could not tutibresisted another I Ittainiskogalijhe, had he 'come to end• the work the, tirA one had. hegun ; and when -morning reappeared, I re Commenced -my tugging and dragging with ',Aims. so weary, that I, did nut care if "another snow-storm came and sent us to sleep till" the great. day. of awakening. - - Neither -Indian nor show.stOrm came, and I was «impelled to go on 'from day to day enacting by turns the parts Oflutrici forager, fire-mak , . , r, cook. bnil•ier„ d. -nurse. At , length 1 becalm• ~.xitailSto7- , - t liat one morn= 1 ing, though it was - . scarcely Oid-day, I began I-to look about me for - a suitable place to en ( camp for the remainder Of thp day and night : i hoping; after such a rest, to.iipsrt . 'Trek - ber on the following morning. • Suddenly, a thin. *column of 'smoke ascending; from the trees at a short distance, caught' my eye; and, turning oft frOm our route, rinacle - the best Of my way towards . it. :It rtbse from the hut of a newly arrived settler. The man gave us a hearty welcome; and we slept beneath a roof, for Abe first time -ter considerably more than a month. The spit day he put his horse to his wood-train ; end, in two days more, -brought us to heatktuarters—le,s I believe, fur the reward I promised, than from pity for our worn and miserable condition. The time appointed for attliul was now nearly three weeks past, and-I did not doubt that it was uv.r. But the : severe illness of the accused had again defiwiled it. The pro- ceedings were only now Coming, to a close. So fur, they left on -the minds of all:who witnessed them, but one impression—that my poor friend's military , career was ended. Suddenly I entered the court,:attired in worn out rags, my face haggard,weyes inflamed, my swollen feet hobbling . awkiyardly on the floor. Order restored, my testimony was received with the greatest attention;; and Lowther was acquitted with honor. Poor Shegashie ! When the spring came, he left me, and returned b 7 `a febooner to Green Snake River ; wire* acoompanied by his relatives, he traveled down to the scene of his only brother's detath They dug a deep grave for Chingoosi aid laid him in it I on the spot where his life tad departed.— But Shegashie never more returned to his native village. Parting troll)) his - relatives at the grave, he returned to me, and remained with me—a gentle, • unolMusive, faithful friend,—until coastimption,-the bane of his race, took him , from ine a fair years ago. A Lll7oll.—}low much offharacter lies in. a laugh. It is in fact the' cipher-key, often timei, wherewith we decipb4 a Man. As - a late writer observes—" You iknow no man until you have heard him 1,64 7 411 you know bow and when he will laugh: "There are or. tesions—:there are humor hen a man with whom you have been lung faudilar,lwill quite startle you by breaking out:lnto 't a laugh, which comes manifestly rightifrom the ,heart, and yet which be had never .heard lefore.— &Id In many a hearts sweet angel slumber s unseen, until some happy moment awakens it." Cr' How pithy are some -of the sayings of the French writers. Takio, this one ts a saniple. " Indigestion is 'thii 4 -remonse of a guilty stomach." It is n 4701110 *estiee in a line, , A PICTURE, , Prom' the "Ettrich Shepherd." High o'er the crested cliffs of Lorn, The curlew conned her wild bravura; The sun, in pall of purple borne, Was hastening down the steeps of Jura. The glowing ocean heaved her breast, tier wandering loser's glances under; And showed his radiant form, impre,st . Deep ha a wav,y world of wonder. ON LANE ONTARY. Green are thy waters, green as bottled gram, Behold them stretched thar ,• Fine moskolonges and Oswego bass Is chiefly ketched thar; Wunst the red Injans thar tuck thar delights, Fi ht, fit, and bled ; • Now most of the inhabitants is whites, With nary red. [Boston Post. Wronilthe 0/tio Journal of Education. . • Soc ial Sympathy—iteading Parties. Mrs, Swisthelm says, in her .Letters to Country Girls, "It is very natural s for peo pie to like to go to parties; and it is very right." Now every neighborhood in the cona try, towns and villages, should get up a little party:to meet once a week, first at fine neigh bor's house, then at another's. Let all dress to look. as welt AS posSibk; and those who are hosts fi,r the evening, have some nice re. freshinents. ,Let old and young come, for an old people's party, or young people's par- • ty, is too stiff-and silly ; and when you meet at your party, read. Let the lady whose house it is.in, ask whomsoever she thinks best, to read; or regularly by turns. Any thing fun ny, or any thing good you find through the week, take along and read it there. Laugh at one another's mistakes, and when any word occurs that any one present does not understand, let him or her ask about it. If no one knows it, hunt fur it in a dictionary ; or let every one write it down; Jake it home and find out the meaning before : ,next eve ning's meeting Nothing is more agreeable than one of these reading parties. It accustoms all to reading aloud; and what is more plea, , ant•in a Country home in long evenings, than talk ing with the great-and good of all ages I We intend beginning these reading parties in our neighborhood in a week or two, and more "fun" is expected than you can find in one of your stiff parties, *here you have all to sit like a row of cups and saucers on . a dresser. looking at one another In mute , despair, and `afraid to•moVe for-fear you may - get broke, Or else play "Dear Sister Phoebe," or dance until the perspiration rolls doWn your cheeks, as if you had be ii melttd metal at a furnace. Try a reading parry, turd make it a h2l,t, never to read • any long 'article, end never to get ungrrfor being laughed at." S e b6,l - teachers, male. and female, m:ght be leading spirits ht his enterprilie;-.and we shall efiargi. them nothing for the suggestion, but if they, in these happy and profitable as semblages, fill up tone of the subscription pa pers of the Ohio Journal of Education, at their ..sliceessive "Reading Parties," t hey ivi!l much gratify the Editor, who hopes that:the Journal -may furnish many happy topics, ranging - In large towns and cities, social and literary reunions have been formed that have teen of lasting improvement, and 'of historic interest. Prof. - .llansfield speaks of sueh, held an Cin cinnati, at the hospitable mansion of Dr. Drake, which poases.sed all the charnis of in formation, fgenius, Wit anti kindness. Ile gives us this lively picture, from niemo.ry,of these social meetings : -'" The 'Doctor's plan of entertainment and instruction was peculiar. It was to avoid the rigidity and awkwardne-s of a mere literary party, and yet to keep the , mind of the com pany occupied with questions for discussion; or topics for reading land •compesition.' Thus the conversation never degenerated into mere gossip, nor was it titer forced into an.unpleris ant and unwilling,gravity. We. used to as- - soluble early—about half past seven—and when fully colleCted, the Doctor, who was the acknowledged, chairman, rung his little bell for general attention. This caused no constraint, but simply brought us to a com mon point, which was to be the topic of the evening. Sometimes this Was appointed be forehand, sometlmes it•arose out of what was said or proposed oathe occasion. :Some eve ningi.i conipositioni were read on topics se lected at the last meeting. On , other. eve nings nothing . was read, and the time was passed in a general 'discussion of some inter esting question, Occasionally a piece of po etry or astory came in, to diversify and en liven the conversation. These, however, were rather interludes, than parts of the general plan; whose main object was the, discussion' of interesting questions belonging to society, literature, eflutsition end religion. I • '" The 'subjects Were:always of the suggest ive or problematic kind, so that, the ideas were fresh. the debate animated, and the ut terance of opinions frank arid spontaneous.— There, in that little circle Of ladies and gentle men, I .have -heard many of the questions which have since occupied the public mind. talked over with an ability. and a fullness of infOrmafien Which is seldom possessed by larger and Mori authoritative bodies. To the members ot that circle, these, meetings and discussionsvere-invaluable. They . were excited to think deeply. of what' the many think of but superficially. They heard the ring of the Doctor's4bell . with the pleasure of those who delight in the communion of spir its,and revel in intellecteal wealth. . "Nor was that meeting-ill unimportant affair; for nothing can be uniMportantw hieb directs minds whose influence spreads over a country ; and such were here. -I do not say what impreisions they received ; but I know. that persons were assembled there, in pleas ant converse, such as seldom meet in one place, and: who since, going.' out into the world, have signalized their names in the an nuls of letter.. science and benevolence. ' I shall violate.D9 propriety, by naming some of them, fin. those I shall name have been long known to the public. Dr. Drake was hint self the head of the circle, - whose suggestive mind furnished topics for others, and was'ev. er ready to incite their energies and enliven 1 their flagging conversation. Gen. Edward i - K:ng (father of Rufus King, President of tin= cinnati. Sehoot floardl . Wis anothe; who, in spirit; manners and el*tion, was a superior man, having the -dignity of the old school, with the life of the new.:: Ills wife", since Mrs. Peters, Sod:widely known for her ac tive lieuivolesite e Wnd'akthe founder of the Philaiielphislikimiol4 Design, and: the Cin l cinnati Ladies' Picture Gallery ? contributed " From lively to severe." H. H. FRAZIER, PUBLISI-LER- , -VO . L.Z.iIO. 40 several interesting. articles for the circle, and was a most instruct i vememlier, Judge James , Hall, then editor of the Western Monthly Magazine, whose name is known both in Eu- . rope and America, was also. there. Profess.: or Stowe, unsurpassed In .biblical .learning,' and the person to whom we, in Ohio, - are in: debted fora . valuable Report on-the Prussian Public Schooli, contributed his share tio, the - eniiitersation. .Miss Harriet Beecher, now Mrs. Stow; was just beginning to he known fur her literary abilities, and about that time . contributed several of hes best stories . to the press. She was nut a ready talker, but.whpn she spoke or wrote, showed bath' the strength mid the humor of her mind. Her sister, Miss Catharine Beecher, so . Well known for her la. buss and usefulness in the . cause of female education, and, recently, .for the physiealjm proseinepeof girls by means of - Callisthenics,. was a more easy and fluent tonyeriationist; Indeed, few people have more talent, to en tertain a , etmitany,'or keep theball of eon versation going, than Miss Beecher ; and she was as willing as she was able; . " Conspicuous,both in person and manners, was Mrs. Caroline Lee lien!;, (recently de ceased,) whom Mine saw without admiring. She was what the world calls charming, and though since better known 144 an authoress, was personally quite remarkable: ,She•and 1 her highly educated husband, a man - on-some subjects quite leatned, but of such retiring 'habits as hid him-rfroin the public vie*, were i then keeping a popular female seuiinury in Cincinnati. They;f were among the most ac : tive and interesting members cloth. coterie." These recitals have keen presented ashints to teachers of tl i le Sit e of Ohio, in hopes that , circles of a similar _dharaeter may continue to be formed, wherever genial materials eau be aggregated. It is not all of life Merely, to laccumulate, accumulate, study, study, and - . I become bOok-worms, and recluses. Teaeli ; ers are fitted for society, and theabove illus trations show the influencoof siAil sympa- I thy in developing individual minds. ' • Dr. - Albert Pickett, one of tho.most dis tinguished :teachers of the West,..counted - among his pupils a number of the Must gifted and most useful men ofNew York, where he taught in early life. The Professor adds," If the hi'story of Literature and Science be ever justly and philosophically written, it will be 1 tinind that they owe .more to the social file % allies of man, than man owe;-too them It is in the collision of minds that the fire of gen ius is struck out. It is in the communion of spirits that there bursts out from the. Cloud those tlashings .of a . light, withirywhich give us a momentary glance at What; the spirit I was before darkness passed ever Eden. It is the mutual hints, the continual inquiries, the accretions from other inirids,..the brilliant thought gradually elab;•rated, and the mg: gcstiuny of excited imagination ? which- make 1 lip the beautiful ! k uor ~,t - lit etatUre.and the 1 br;ghtest in v.entionft of science. The solitary 1 student may work hard and well, but at last, unexcited by new suggestions and unsupport ed by kindly praise, he droops upon his wing 1 and tires of -hi, lonely flight !" 1 - And on the importance of the voinmunion 1 - of nonprofessional minds %rah our teachers in social gatherings, he.continues:—"l have•ob .served that, uhile all . trades and professions need, for certain purposes, associations with in themselves , yet in those associations they never rise above themselves. It all smells of • the shop: To improVe individually, tn. to elevate a class, there mind be the communion of various tninif. There roust be ideas from 1 without as well as vtit!:in. The beguile spir : it, like a plant, needs a genial soil, and'ilraws outrjrnent from the•whole atmosphere. To nurture it with only one element, and cast it off from all its natural surroundings, is to dwart its growth, and while it may be per fect of its _kind, is to render. that kind' below the magnitUde mid elevation to which it might have aspi:•ed." • - , - EDWARD EVERETT 02f EDUCATION.-ID recent lettPr, ne says ---- - "The highest seminaries ut learning will nut prosper, except on the ba.is of school ed.. tumtion ; and, besides this, the greater part of our children receive • all' their education at , school. There is, I. believe, no part of the. world where so much money is raised as.in this re gion by self-imposed direct taxation for the support of schools- Such is the publicsenti nient-on the subject, that the ca.:e. withehich additional appropriations are obtained for the object is in proportion to the intelligence of a comm Unity. -It remains tor tho.c responsible. for Abe character of our schorils to fulfill their duty' to the public' by the most strenuous efforts to make them what they ought to he. We must not rest satisfied with a ' , general impression that our schools are in &very satisfactory cowl itiou. • . There ii some danger that showy sccom plishmmts, such as declamation and English composition, often prtmattireiy, attempted, and dramatic eshibitious, which seem to me who* out of place at school, will occupy the time and thOught.4 of. teachers and pupils, to the neglect of thorough instruction in read ing, writing, arithmetie„granitnar, geography; history l and Christian morality, and other brand/0 of a solid English education." LET Watt; ALONE.—When Godwin was employed in writing the life of; Chatham. he applied to many of his acgtiaintances suit able anecdotes and sug,gestions,• -Mr. - . raw cett supplied WM. with a striking. passage from a speeehwhich -he had heard Chatham deliier, on general warrants. " Every.mtin's house is called hiS . Castle. Why ?•Because it is surrounded by a ittont;or detinided by a wall t No. It may be a sutler built hut; the wind may eater it; the rain may enter it, but the King cannot." The point, as -Faw cett Oiought, was plain enough; -.but when he came to rend the printed volume he found it thus arranged': " Every man's house is call- . :ed his castle. -Why 1 &Muse it is.surround ed by u moat, or defended by a wall? No, it may be.n straw-built hut; the min may en ter it—all the winds 01 heaven nuty,v his tle round it,' but the King cannot." - - This indicated what Fawcett culled a de fect of natural imaginatitr: • ors Sotne musical • publisher or teacher once wrote or said.- " That the art of - playing on the violin requires the niceskliewt O p, and the mast delicate sensibility oriiny art of the knniwn world." Some country editor, in commenting on it, - says :—The: art of pub. lishing a.country newspaper and -making it .pay., - -beato shit art of. fiddling higher. than a kite, EMI ME _ - _._ = , - .-- !.' , '' . :i:' , -.--.: 4.f:..'--;-,.,-:, ME A /AMIE DI4MMESF •, .Jaek,.a Magpie, yell I . tnown in,tileirdlag• -- • 4 - Ely:Nicol; iii the •sounty.'et Katiti Ihr th efifil.. - -. thievotii 'propensities; en tereeti Oa A•:,vitial• ehurch in the 'afternoon of Sandey,:i4ulgailk .- • . 1857 ; ideringthe time ofdivine sepiift_ Our - friend hopped - quietly inattini"Opit *-11,and. fiir - a time surveyed *the einviga. - flizing.many a Frien d - .46 - 4naitfelillt te,411110 him' with words, of kindnese andlynilutrityt .. but upon . this okiim.sion, Jack Was'itidWed at: finding - no notice was•takett ofhiti:-. •,A,t-Sitiii •.. he seemed determined he Wolllolol* tier - looked, and down the:middle aislniiiii.marils ed, knocking.at the door :6(04 peWi:iiild i n, flouncing his arrival !to." the inflM .. tratjailth - a . clear, -loud, .`" Here ant 1: 1- " This:lo44i d • .. the Ili - sired effect ;• for in alert feat,' .1" . p i every eye was. turned nriort-our „hero.. - 1 worthy parson, finding hiniSelf ltt iiteit"dcd: minority and' perceiving broad- gritiaiconsiag , 1 ova the befure.solemn faces '4 l 4 llol frigat I once stopped the service,- And - . ,;;4101:444he - clerk to eject. the intruder.: ,: - ,--- •:.:,-..,,,., • . But the.order was rnore - casiti:givelt *Of - executed. 'Jack...was deterrniiMil - not"taleate, . and so, finding himself pursued; took . refuge in a forest' ti( legs,: belonging tO- hit "44inatg - friends, the school children, who did - riett . sp. pear at alt un•villing to afford him abelter.--.• • The clerk rushed on;- intent on capturing the enemy, And putting an . end to his unortho• . 4:fos procee d ings, and saver, first a benekanif • theti a child,. be stumbled, in his attempts .to; pounce upon the ingitive, who _esailY:: eviuled . biagrasp and ' always nppettred whet* the - clerk was not, informing.hiin ir:ciiitid'arnts of his whereabouts by the -old cryt•-''''HeiNs an 1. 1 -' •• At lust with the help of two 'Olttbree of the congregation 'who' bad' joined, 'in 4%3 pu r'su it,: a capture Was .etgtet ed, and 444 . wits ignominiously turned-out and thedoor ejoe• , ed 'upon him. After 'the. Iflpite`of afi*iislln.,... °tie, order and solemnity: were, rititoriiillin the chureh: and - the. prayers were, "reixur.• - Mencedend ended Without furtheTAllarb• ` . .1. , r..,-,.•'i:-, " • The_ parson; in due. tline,4siteilded-W)las -, pulpit. He gave out his text, and cortl!rteßo- .. ~ed a discourse calculatekno doubt, to )3e. of much benefit to his hearers; ebutilii lied not _proceeded far when he was' nterritpted;fiyie •• noise, accompanied by rapping at • the Aden .* indow at the bac.k of the;_pUltiit...- I . uti#l4 '". around to ascertain the cause, he behell r e tir friend Jack pecking *Way at theyindilAiifit ping hi.. 4 wjrigs . against • it, And Seirearaineat the top 'of..his - voice----" here am *I ---:•here.lirit - I",--a --- fact which • Ins one' 'could 01133 y :or recut-taughing at. The worthy . parsou -fitist , ing his, owr.:gravity and that - ,of his Copps- gatipn so.entiyely upset by What' had :doer- 'red', hroiight his - set mon to a speedy test t:fu sion and dismissed the , congregation.; .13. n. 19nce of death was ‘ recorded against.the _at' f.nder, but, upon Ihe . Petition et - a litlyitair 'on he•parisiAnersr;lt -was rimmuted - Whah, i'hment for-life, 'from. the -- i%rctlitetit- &Ole church. . , • •'• • • an ce. ear A -- bettniifnt ,modet PrOelstesiticitrie 'that of Governor Sal Mon . P.. ChasOhei3illsle... Governor-of Ohio. -. quote.,as,followat . . - -_, In iiecordanee with .venerable •inikinf - in compliance with 'a just 'public' r:etijit,-I invite the-peopleof Ohio to•observeThuistlisp,. tbe.26th.'of the present monthOf •Zto as a day of Public Thanksgiving, t0:444144y God : ...-' • ToWho, hath visited mid blessed it, and -Made it yeti To Him; •Whohath' crowned Atii year,with . His Goodnessotakineour .valleys-itotitimid . thik with corn; and Our .-kirtulleti* plenty , • . To liim,whe 'bath, greatlY tlesiii+f - tiOn= the increaseof the produeta of - Ifietrcittnli.. and in the gstbecing in of the*fruitir To Him, `Who bath; defended ..uslrom the. pestilence. that walketh in darknm,,a4id from the sickness that destroyeth at rx4i4iii • 7To Hitit , who bath given is peatii our borders .protecting invasiooand• from internal . ..Commotiott- - .4• To 111th, let us all,'assemhling in. pliusnt,-. public worship, or gathering, aroulid doroeMio altars, present sincere offerings'_ of' • adoration and grateful praise; reme.inbeling, that al Nice, .being needy, have.rec.seiied elittn . ..- duntly of .His bonnty; *Otight.. wei•ttlititt fully to give of our abundance to thegi . need.; and ineoking earnestly, 7ltis favor, ipatfwe may „walk before ually,.m the' way of in* coinibsndmenis, to the end that 1119 blesSings" retnaiti:npotrio, and upon our children, and mpon - thilood .lauctwhich He bath given usforeyer..., • CATEGORICAL' :sitn . of the Circuit. Court,: held A/45cm, luar:shain count;, several young - .. ruenit,ere,: - - i exainincd •fur witnisOon . - to the „ . preetjce law. • One - of the Exatnitiingtorintiitt4 Mr. 13 -prominent locofoto Dt'ring the examination the•ficolkiwing - robtio occurred : _ .. Mr. 13,--" Arr. R., can you give me tilts inst anon of la w with.a total: absence uf-equi: , . g r t ... . . . . . . . , Mr. R.—" Yes, sir." - - 1 ' "•Whitt is it sir ?" " The Fugitive Slave Law." • Mr. 11. w 4 satisfied,—Deindt -.4tbrectiorr. st were conversing iffith sultan lady some few eyeting nit, at n - literarrgei: union; and as She - bad been introduced ti poetqss, we, of„. course, totehed pit IL was not many mitimes beforeAd bad Asts through the stereotyped list of tsintsititte ? thors, when - she concluded with Byput„ - iii.. setting her Conviction that bus . it 4:Mut est poet that ever: wrote. , t .. metiess i lr; hinted that we= preferred .1 3halt4tiarc;,iipon which, with anunaffected laUgh plicity, she cried : . - " Why, • Shakspearo wasn't a . poet=; days don't rhyme 4!" 7 .-Tokdo Nark_ Mr Literary Labor is unditrvaluedinhlidly because the tools wherewith itis done. ant,in. visible. It the brain made us touch imispois a mill, or it thought-sowing followed die ' a breaking-up plow, the prodocir of t)tt*lstd would at _wee assert 'a place. in tins.= current, tf a writei,_could be so, iitf with wheels and pinion% is entirely* to. ceel the man .within, -like the ""tiutontatto. .chessplayer, and sentences were recOrded by a wooden, instead of a living - 1414 . 4 he exprinstion of thought Would be atiraNinfles t , because the cluck.work would eeenestaitiom that It cost something tt) :rnakifitinva tar Be contented and thankfett,sehear.'' ful spirit makes labor light, sleep sercet r ond all around cheerful. ..°~.:;~ ......,.......,,,,. , •.-:"...ATf.1-:',-.,:.. _ ,I - ^- N~.Y =ff- :~ OM 11 ME
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