IM =II EMI Ell READ & If. 11...F4AZIER, EDITORS For Ote inilepen4ent Rtionblicatt. it!' PlairL DT *ND LODEN. :My mother's grave! how sweet die spot, How leered to her erring child! Tn heaven now thy happy lot„: • In realms of bliss, pure, undefiled, • The Summer roses deck her tomb, • ..1 nd angel spirits hover there ; Earth's flowers fade—but.heaTees bkoom, Nourished by a father's care. 'iv* beautiful the - stars, at even, • Sudle.upon her 'place bfrest,.; Like lamps-to guide our,feet to !leaven, • AMong the ransomed - and the blest. The bending ' , mow drapes the dead, And softly speaks the whispering pine; spirit voices o'er her d -bead, „ • Breathing the puktt kireldivine. • , • ID* lovely glides that plidid stream, • , along its flowery. base l 'Dear mother, 'tld a mystic dream .• Slice lest •we sae , thy smiling ace.. There, calm and peaceful be thy test; Grief never seeks that Maid shale; We miss thy fond=thy sweet caress • But heaven hai - found ace tine! more: he s dependent Repub/kare musiarg THE SCHO9I.-ROOM. , HY YitICRY Y. 121IN2:E:LL. , • What ! the music of refractory 'boys, giv. big vocal expression to theic„opinions of -cot • poral'punishment, under thrinfhience.of its administratiouT No; bat that inusie which. of itself would do more t(t han hy other thing - to prei - ent .the necessity of inflicting, such kind of punishment.' , • I have read, soniewhere, a'beautiful fancy concerning the o' id of music. It was some: thing like .thit this; IT When our fits parents sinned, and the earth lost its hervisenlY beauty, -being cursed for their sake; the "Tree of Life" .was - re i . moved to Heaven, lest, as ia,said in, the Bil tile, man should 'teat thereof, and live: for ever." •:lirhal, one of the first descendants, And called the "Father .of music," was-one day. mourning the bitter.consegdences of the fall. Ile wandered forth into_the fields alone, to meditate and give utterance to_ his" grief. As lie_walked along, thiScotching sun , :t • i di- _ ered up the grass and floWers and made ; the • leaves of the trees droop. Oppressed with die hlat and the burden . of his own sad feel ings, he sat down under a juniper tree; to' rest. Ashe gazed,around 'on the parched landscape, and saw everi;thing, even. -the beasts and birlds, suffefin om the effecti of the bitter e,iirke his errithi ris'skelled -within !t• him, iti, he eiclainned, '" that something pure mighchave been' lat . , •&might 'have es.' coped this curse !"- Soon he fell asleep ; and as he slept he dreamed. In his dream be 1004, descending `in-u- hale or light,,—an lit _mosphere of heaven,—aa. angel, bearing . in his haredi a harp.. The angel said "to him, "Son of .man, thy, gr ief has been "'Witnessed, and thy prayer -answered. ,Behold here a, harp divine, formed from te 'weed of the ' Tred, of Life, l ' whose strings when thou touchest them, !shall cause thee to forget thy grief .and to remember that the, "Tree of Life' yet lives,: though hi heaven, whither. -thy harp, if. thtiu listen to-its teachings, will help to guid thee." Ile placed, the - harp in •lobal's hand ; and vanished. Julia' awoke from his dream ; but it was not . all a dream, for'hehold, there ..iva.s theharp in his hands. He touched the strings:: l 0 power divine ! Q thoughts unutterable!? i 0 visions of spirit- . • iuil beauty that, thrilleds his rapt soul ! A cooling wind 'swept through the trees and the tall grass, reviving - theta: and making a soft accompaniment to the melody of his harp. And Jubal arose and - turned again' to the dwellings. of men, thanking God that, some-, thing pure had indeed 'been - given to man, to draw hint back again to Heaven,. - - Though this is a mere •fancy, yet it .C 6 - 11 `thins some thoughts - that are' 'lworth retnern-. 'tiering.. There is, perhaps, no 'ether source of . earthly pleasure that tends' so lowerfully to elevate and refine .the human mind, and , that is so fully within the reach of all, as triu • sic. , The story of Orpheus taming 'the -say -es h ' the power of music, is not, perhaps, - - a able ; for, do we not read in the Bible Saul's evil spirit leaving him When David ? I X swept his fingers over the sleeping strings- of his harp and awakened its soothing 'magic? VoluMes have been written about the power of music and . its influence, and yet compar-, . atiely nothing has heen said ; for -who that has ti , soul for -music, has not felt' what- vol -tinted could nbt contain, becauSe, words could • not express it. " Rusin, as Well as the 'poweti ' )to produce it, and the love of it, is the gift of God ; and like all of His be.svgifts;•it is widely diffused, and yet shamefully' neglect ed. _All have naturally a taste - for music, in. ' a greater or less degree. It is.no more right ' or natural for anyone to dislike music than it is t4l dislike the power or - b - eauiy of speech. But how many there are, who, never having had an opportunity or disposition to cultivate their taste fora[, - .rare, eir profess to care, nothing about it. Very few, indeed are those - alio really care anythind about It. . t", , lifiksie erilitens and re e fines.trur pl4.as, ures, soothes Our cares, softens our 'feelings and • • strengthens all our aspi'rations -after- iJetter things. Luther says; " Where music is not, • 'there* devil entera,."l And sit it really, seems to be • for who that cherished a pure lore for,. music, Was ever, guilty of anything main.? o.'r who that hasheen found' to pos.' sess a mean, lintiftil disposition; was truly I , fend of music Imagine,. if you can, a sing ing-sehool where the niembefs are fully in terested in singing, and_yet exhibit a selfish, disobliging spirit. . Why, it is as unnatural to expect it as-it is to look for fragrance' in the hreatli, cleanliness in the' person, or re-: finement in the mind of a tobacco-eheuer. • _ Look at that body of men dressed in uni form, about to meet an invading foe; armed -fi)rthe deadlyilonfliet, themselves perchance _ to die its victims:- What suitailis_them ? What nerves them for thestriferAktihat en ables thetn i tii walk boldly, to priissihrward - , eagerly; and to aceomplish 'more. tlititi4u man feats of valor? "Tis not alone th4t their homes are invaded ; that all that '''thiv,,. hold dear is at stake; 'Os the soul-stirring trains - , of-the Mar selllaise, or some other dg to lib _ Arty, th-st carries them through the struggle. Turn, now, to another scene. It lathe day Turd, - of rest. 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'the soul, filling* it with harmony almost diVine? Now it swells and deepens, it seems as .thoughheaven itself had appreached and we were having a foretaste of delestitil joy& • - Now the voices of the con gregation. juin in and offer a thanksgiving 'of praise to. the author of all good. As the voices rise and the harmonies seem to flood theseem place, how our souls to expand , and rise-into a higher stite'oe heing. .' ' - Who has net felt {his, and' feeling • it has not thought that truly music is'• the' gift of God . , givento draw us back to paradise. Again, I . ok at that wretched being clothed , inragsaind chained, and' literally , possessedl with demons,—si maniac. *See how every trace of:humanity seems to be - destroyed, and* he has tobe chained to keep him' from' ' destroying himself or others.' -See him when his madness doilies upon him; and body sand :,Soul alike are-as It were under the power 'of 1 the prince of darkness. How he _rages' and, foams! The powers of earth can c rime - I'e-, ' strain him ! What is it that causes those rim id muscles to relax—,that causes that demo n face to look almost human, and that crazed eye to become calm.? It is m u sic. He hears it, and. the-Wild tumult is stilled. Have-pa tience with me, ado within' those walls where murder, hate, injustice, and iniquity of all kinds. await their sentence and work out their.punishment. What is it that has so aroused the feelings of remorse and peni tence in the mind of that hardened criminal, :when even, the of death-could 'not; move . him ? He has just hoard a part of a 'song that riminds him of his childhood, perchance that his mother'sune b to him when he was sr oung, innricest„ rind h appy.. - • But what, say you, has all this to do with Music in the school-room ? Very much, as-we Shall soon see. If music is • a source- of so much pleasure—if it has such a ,refining and elevating influence on, the mind; where on . , this eariti is it, more likely to do pied than 'in the school-room I Reflect - on the fact that there are so many young minds as yet an molded, and so ,elastic as to receive and re tain every impression,' however slight, end ,that these impressions go so far in forming their future character. How IMO rtant, then, is everything that has an influence for good. Every truoteseher knows how much better • it is to secure theaffection and interest of his .pupils, and thus secure their advancement in the highest sense-of the word, than it is to obtaip correct recitations by coercion. All children, neatly, love toping, ; theytake hold I r of it eagerly, and in the school-room are ready to jump for joy when they have per mission•to ding. It is as natural for them to lovdio sing as it. is for birds. Thus music may be made aTmOst - potent means of ren dering school attractive; a consideration of the first iiaortatice to every teacher_ •We ing a pleasure;" Telt, every scholar - knows there_are.times when., overcome by fatigue, or depressed by dull weather, or some other.' cause, .his, mind: loathes study. _ Such; times often occur; and it sometimes seems as if the whole school were in such a state. Hap py is thatttencher who-can-then summon to 1 Ihis• aid the charms •of song. Sometimes a 1 spicit of • restlessness or mischief.will seem to pervade the school; no effort of the teacher avails to suppress it. He may double his watchfulness, but vill not succeed in remoy. ing the trouble. What can he do? Strike at the root of the evil. But, some one may ask, what iethe root of the evil? Simply this: Nature-has supplied the young with an abundance of vital energy; obviously for the I purpose of giving. them a zest for that exer cise which is so necessary in early life, for the development of their physical, natures. When confined for . too long a time witheut an opportunity of expending these energies, they accumulate, and. it is impossible for them ,to keep -still. Now, how steal the teacher:remove the arose? ly giving them - an opportunity of getting rid of this supera bundance of animal spirits. This May 'be done in different ways... The teacher may give the pupils a short recess, or tell them an amusing stork that will cause them to in dulge in s e heajty laugh, ter something else of that sort; brit the best - way of all is, to let them lay aside their lessons for a few . Minutes, and sing; commencing with some- - :thing quick and stirring , and fnishing 'with some so ft , soothing meloay. -In many cases ' the effect of such a ceurse, would' be like" magic. - Does a disposition to be rude, selfish, -or tyrannical, manifest itself in•a school—let the met' r have suitable collection of songs from which to select and sing at the proper ~A. time. ' The influence will be like dew on Howe • , ~ Bu, there is stiW.another reason why mu ‘gic`should occupy a prominent place in the school-toom; Singing - tends powerfully to develop and strengthen the chest, lungs, and vocal *oi•eans. :Dr. Rush, celebrated for his knowledge and skilrin curingpulmonary die easesl sae s, that one reason why the Ger mans suffer so much' less ?rom those corn , plair.ts than other nations -do, is because of the strengthening influence of their. univer sal habit of singing. If, then; music exercis es an, elevating and refining influence on the mirid---if it quickens the moral, soothes the ,irritable„ and.streogthens the social feelings I —if it'drives away care, serves as an escape valve for the-superabundant energies of youth' and-if il strengthens and invigorates the phy sical:System, ought it not, by just so many weithtyireasoris to be introduced into the, -School-room ? There are come,: however, say the would ,gladly introduce it, could they sink themselves. Few who make this cxeuse have honestly tried what they . eould do, - or Whitcould be done, even if they'could not sing. themselves. If - tt teachel really -cannot sing nor learn to sing, that is truly a great obstacle; but not always:iestirmount •ible. In Oarly all schools there' are a few of the scholars who know some good tunes and can.take the lead, while others will join in. With a little care and judicions'cncour agement, the teacher may ~thus- securo.very good results.* But in nearll all cases, those 'teachers who say they' cannot sing, really can learn to sing, - -ir . they do ~l ieinselVes what they ought cont,inuallly tO . - : '.xtnpress - on the minds of their pupils, as the first requisite of snceas, - try - atid try again. If ell teach erilioultido this, who , could estimate the result? If•the effect of onekind ward or deed Cannot he estimated, who shall attempt ttisum Atli:the result - of such a mighty influ - its varied operations?' , - • • RE EEO ice, in gentlegiao discovered kyllY a crowd of iale bop: He oreolo teach them 'kW catechism', 41.nd the) , initankil run awn'. 65 FRIEgDon IMO . . 2 For the .Indeeedent Reptiolicitn. t - • GM- J II. 14112. said 'Somebody has said I,l , lapoleon Bonaparte that "no two. ever t h, ght of him alike." The sefue remark mi bt.witlE propriety .be made Or James . 11. e, "' of gantias. By sonfe.l4 has been an is looked Upon as . the, guarditin of liberty ai d the advocate Of hu man rights; while oth . look upon him as; ra a devil inatrnate—a ind oi combination of malign Int - ; pi esions nd- intolerable-, vices, which have assumed-the shape and put on, the Habiliments of, nutn. SoMe regard him with a reverence like that . with 'whieli tfie renell looked upii e impetuous but brave Marshal D . 19 7; While o s ers think of himl•l9n f .ly as p?s , sessing the t • chery' of an Arnold and• the cruelty of a era. ,Others still re gard him only in thii"light - Of a wild, untu tored liTlOOsieo Wl' • followahia impul se's Vaiy, who rushes forw, id w?thout the least exerciseof•reitskin. very one has a theo ry, and each nahn •pi area to :himself 'the fearles4 defender of h inatii.ights---the noto rious '9llain--or the i hritutor4 horderer- - -- " Jini Lane.", Few holire n i Ot seen and knownlhim, hal l 9 - for ed a correct idea of the mat. 1 In prson he hardly mediiim size, some what rpuncl-shoeldereil from long and con stailLexposure and fiigue. lie has a high andt!hcr broad fore e at, remarkably small eyes, deep sunk& iti heir sockets, possess ing a sparkle which ca be felt but not, de; scribed: His Ing.co nection with the ar my boil' iti,Me. leo at d 'Kansas has served to make - hiin lough i his -general appear ance;l ;till he phssess all the'elements of a gentleibae,,Whidh dis ay - thereselves to the best advantage in soei I life. : • _ He is a cool 4alculfi4or of 'men and their actions] and poSsecs.perhapi as s much of what phrenOlagists c al " huinan nature" as. any nien living' he rqads a man at a glance, and seems to utiderstqiid his very thoughts. His cOlirago noise eani4Oestion—at least the ISlexiens did bin a *rt time, anethe Bor der Ru!lrian army, ner—the appearance -otl Jim Lane is to them i he precursor of a fune ral, and they wisely ee from him as from the wrath to come. If any dispute this, the mention of_ Wakarusa,' Franklin, or Bull Creek,!dissipates theii arguments instanter. As an brattir„he has few equals. I do not- I mean When' measured by the rules of rheto ric; neither does hi eloquence consist in deal illustrations, sublime sentences,-.or beauti 1 irrieger'y ; blit there is in his orato ry that indescribable omething which takes hold uPon the feeling s 'of his auditory, and ,51 plays With both thei reason and their pap sious at hie' will. llhas that peculiar and } rarkt, the power t transfergit his own feel ings to, thel bosoms o s his hearers. whom he melts tic-Tiffir3,loTi - ''' • ti iire." -- While speak= i fis ing, , threws his w le soul into his sub ject ; everi fester° . g ' ws with the fire that animales his frame; nd a word of. sarcasm from him.•lso full of arcasm, seems to with er and/ blight any object towards which it is directa 'W . herout ourided by his fellow I citizens of Kansas, and speaking of the wrong they have s ffered' from, a corrupt and wickedadminist tion, he seems inspir -led with the same spi ishiall ..animated the 1 immortal il'atriek enry when he uttered I those ineieorable Wqrds—" Give the liberty, or giv'e me death!" land his turning words hares similar effeet ns upon the oppressed in_ 1 Kafts tot that o( IT nry's upon the oppres sed in Virginia. II 'is. possessed With an indonlitdble energy and perseverance, and a will that knows no ]bending. Ile carefully t weir s the consequ s flees and measures the justice of ii:s c.eirse and whatever lie under takeaihe never relin wishes. • Slieh is.an impe ect , sketch of the cele brated James H. Lane—all pen and ink sketetles must be 'i n perfect. The pen cannot describe the terror s of the thunder—nor the lividi'iess of the lig itning—the beauty of a prairie c4ered wit tlowers, nor. the awful grandetir! of,Etna° n an eruption ; neither can 4. gilie a corre description 9f the " Mar ion of the America army in. Mexico." i i RANDOI :4.DDRISSED TO ANI , . oelbrated Fr, an. Ingenious tale, Truili:r I Whoeve yolantardy• and Conse' friendsand- came youthful,' confidenc • o ld b 3, 1 t e i ir no oT e ha' gated littl wtird fell fro taur thig reply, at' angr ad separati( wives n consciouF Salt confusion full tdl an observer qldly! wisdoms wir anf wol Ign li - 4 made thw l deelaration that " - language a.ii giv l en to disg ise thoughts." Probably most persons have a way of their owl to beguile iiidle hour ; now, mine is, 'to iuniose t hings. Recently, as I sat in my easy chi it Niittehi g the flickering flames of the wading fire, y imagination spread. ' her wings find soared away in quest of adven turs. I Suppose (thought I) that in the be. '-mind of this year of our ,Blessed Lord, ginning I, : aLr or uu. ~........._ 1858,-Some enterprising society should con clude to raise a fund by " Festivals," &c., sufficient to erecin our village,"in front of thebeautiful Te pls of Justice, a Temple of the arehi ure to be simple, elegant, Tilathi ttet, and unadorned; asy of 'entranee - on every side; ;with no pe liarity in appearance-save ths—over ever door and casement should b .emblazoned,'i large letters—" Thoughts spoken here ;" " rue sentiments revealed ;" " OutOdeseernb opposed to inte al reality 'inn possible." Vi hat would be the esultl— ;Would it be in UpaS tree—avoid by all, a4d the investm nt therefore a failure l Or, would the Arlin e be thronged with those wishing to pro e their sincerity? • How niany, in comm rn_ parlance styled friends, Would urge '.the' claims to pass She test? H --. ' ow many me ; how many women, in - the virried relations( life, williing to meet the °ideal I' • And i 'a respectable number couldo ii bb, gathered wit in its walls, what-would be the 'revelations nd reirolutions in feeling and -eirpression I- h w many wreathed saki's; tomes to frow al bow 'many honied winds tifi 'biting sarcasms and bitter reproachesl— finny prot and haughty . looks brought . low I-tiow. tnd vanity laid• in tbe - Oust of , . , . , . . to d!sp r - k 1 .k:ti..4o,it:4o..movi TRosE i THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 185 , e Intleppident Republiian THOUGHTS. WHOM IT MAT CONCEIM FEE inch authoress once wrote called the, ‘;: Palace of entered said palace, in uecessarily spoke • their uently many went in as [out enemies. Lovers in [ gaily crossed the thiesh-, I they done so than, insti en-eyed ,monster," some n the lip which brought a 1 d that a rejoinder, until !r. ensued: Husbands and y flocked in, but, alasi . wed. Babel, out-Babeled; nightlave applauded the .f the subtle diplomatist humiliation T—ltt this; ttage of my-supposi-. titious question4igs,lftaclahned—" Who can answer these things," and echo replied, "None can or'N I will .now leave my "Thoughts imaginary;and refer to the great Fact which perhaps-ia often forgotten, name that just beyond,!it dark frontier which separates tide worlit front the next, thereis a great Tettiple.w4erelhe l Pod of. Truth pre sides biawful grandegand tremendous pow-, er; and on a certain Day all will enter there in to be judged, acceeding to the, intents• of the heart, anal practice! of Pie life; t No sub terfuges, no false - appearances, no double dealing, will,avaif there, no sophiatry of rea soning, or specisl.Ple 'But Integrity, Cantior; Truthtulnesh, muct.be the cabalistic words qigraven,on-the7Obarac ter which witl bring the_plaii,dit,'"Vell done, goi4 and °faithful servant," &c There, the -virtuous poor id 'Persecuted of earth will havitkeir reward; and there the persecutors will have theirs also.. liu ea. '••• )brthe, hidependent Rejatbleean. •• • . THE DEAD MOTHER AND HE, BABES Tun wind was howling fierce and wild, And cold came creeping through the door, Where mis'ry reigned—A little child • Sat shiv'ting . on the bird, bare floor. " I'm hungry, mother, giv,e me bread ; • -Please make a fire ; ' poor Willie's cold ; And place your hand updri my head, Feel how it aches; dear mother, hold " Hy little hands to keep them warm Lay baby in his cradle•bed, He sleeps so•long--the wind aud.'storm . Will not disturbizim,:lory. he's dead. " Why dolon look so strange and wild? Your eyes are dim, your cheeks arc white— Say, do you loge your-little child? Marc you no food for him td-uigW? • "Where are the angels, mother dear, You said would 'bring tis bread and.wood I call them, but they do nOt. hear— - You told Die 'thefare ahroys good.'" The sun shone through Ole easement drear, 'Mire Willie slept to'wake no more— And, on his frozen cheek, +i tear Glancerflike a pearl,first to the floor. His soft: broilt kicks wit► frost were bound, Through which the strobarris 'danced and played With elfin shadows, sporting round His cherub mouth; ificrosoft smiles staid. Firm fixed in death,, the snother's eye Still rested on her (*ling her— •' God's angels heard their bitter cry, And crowned them with immortal joy. • Dimock, Pa. • ',ITA A rrox. UST FLIT WiTli 1111111NL AN OLD TIME7iD4ENTURE.- ~. • Joe 'togston was one of that class of half horse, half alligator Kentiickians, that could otte-jtimpc-untr.,,,,,,.--e„ ..,,,,,... 5 .. .—..... .. , any man in the country." -•• , Joe was a powerful fellow of - six feetthree in his stockings, and proportionably stout and muscular, with a handsome, good natur ed face, - and a fist like a sledge hammer.— Fear was a word he knew not-the meaning of, and to fight was his_ pastime, particularly if his scalp was the prize he fought fir. On one occasion he was mounted' on his . own fa vorite pony, (Joe owned two Gr three others Which he had'qun ' from the Indians,) which was leisurely picking his way 'along the trail,. with his head down;and half sialtep, while r his rider was enjoying a feast on some wild grapes which he had picked as he came along. Neither dreimed of any danger iintil a crack •of two rifles on either side of the path killed one and wounded the other. One-ball struck Joe, pa ss ing through the.paps of his breast, gtaiing the skin about the breast bone, but 1 without doing-any material damage., The other passed through his horse, jolt ehind the saddle, an n an instant of time Joe found himself phis feet grasping his trusty rifle—he bad instantly , seized it as he slipped to the ground—and looking for his foe. Ile might easily have escaped by running, as the guns of the Indians 'were empty, and they could not pretend%to compete with him in - speed. But Joe was not of that sort- He boasted that he , never left a.battle field with out making his mailt; and he was not going to begin now. - . . . One of the savages sprang i into the path. and made at him ; but finding'', his oppone prepared for him, he retreated again. Joe knowing there were . two of the " varmints," looked earnestly about for the other, and soon discovered him between two. saplings engaged in reloading his phice. The trees were scarcely large enough to shield his per son, and in- pushing down -the ball he expos ed his hips, and 'Joe drew astbead, fired; and struck him in the- exposed part. Now that his rifle was empty, the big Indian who had first made his appearance, rushed forward, feeling aloe of his prey, and rejoicing in the anticipated . possession of Joe's scalp. Joe was not going to lose the natural covering, of his head, however, without a struggle, and stood calmly awaiting' the savage, with his rifle clubbed and his feet braced`for a pow erful blow. Perceiving this; his foe halted within fen paces, and with all, the vengeful force - of a vigorous arm threw] his tomahawk full in Joe's face. With the rapidity of light ning it whirled through the air,. but Joe equal ly, quick in- his movements dodged it, suffer ing a slight cut on his left shoulder as it pass ed, and then rushed in. The 'lndian darted into the bushes and successfully dodged the blow made at his head by the ,now enraged ' hunter, who, becoming mad with rage, at the Failure of his successive efforts, gathered all his strength for a final blow; •Which the cun ning savage dodge as before; and the rifle, which by this timenad become reduced to the simple barrel, - struck a tree and hew Out of Joe's band, at least ten feet in the bushes. The Indian sprang to his feet and confronted him. Both empty-handed, they stood for a moment; for the blood was flowing freely from thewound iii , Joe's breast, and the oth erlthinking him more seriously 'wounded than ,he really was, and thinit'ing to take advantage of his weakness, closed with , him, intending to throw him ; in this hoWever:he - reekoned without his•host, for in less time than it takes to recount it he found hitinself at full length. on his back with.joe on top..- .Slippin,O.lyoin under him with' the agility of an eel; they Tb were both. in , their feet again--:-end again closed. - time the savage was more wary, but t same., result followekaad he was again beneath his opponent. But,' having the advantage of Joe in being naked to the breech elOut and oiled from head. to foot, he could slip; freni out of - the gritsp of the hun ter and resume his perpendieulir. Six'dilre• reat Outes . 'was he ttir4:qm,with 'itie: saine of RS =I .:..~-- feet-; but Vielibry—fickle jade{ posed to perch upon the banns combatants. By - this timi their strnggles and- contortion theAven path; and Joe &melt his tactics. He was becoming er from .Itiss-Of blood, 'while hand, the savage seemed to 10, strength from the many falls Closing again in a close hug, t. fore; but this tithe, instead a to keep his antagonist down,, once to his feet:again, audits tt up he dealt him a blow. with'lf • the eyes which felled him like same • time falling with .all hi the body. This was repeated every tiM ' began to tell viith fearful et, body as well as his face, for de weight, and at each succeeding! came up weaker • and seemed C' treat; this his foe debidedly of dealt his blows more rapidly,. age day apparentlfinsensible- Falling Upon him he graspe throat with a grip like a. vic:, strangle him._He soon found the savage was playing pos: some mover eut was going fu port oEwhich he could not imm Following with hiS eye the d movement, he discovered that to disengage his knife, which the handle of which was so sli, slipped down beyond reach, an ing it up by pressing on the' watched, the movement with and when he had worked it m 'his purpose, seized it, and with blow drove it to the hilt in the. an he-lay quivering in-the up _ d Springing to his feet,'Joe i him of.the other red-skin ; and to discover him. He . stilt lay broken by Joe's ball, where and having his piece loaded II raise himself upright to fire stime'he brought it to his Op tumble forward and agairt re Concluding that he had had n• exercise, and knowing tliat t diait could ;lot make his esea. way to the fort. . 'Although he presented a tr I When he reached there=his cS, nearly off from. his person, an blood and dirt from his head his story was scarcely believe his comrades, who thbught i big stories. "Go and satin said .he; and a party starte. ground, where their suppositii tirmed,-us there were no India! atitivAividet,e ,ont.',Oelp ex. the big Indian,buried under t side of a stump, and followin the corpse of the-second, wit, _thrust into his heart and-hiA ing it to show that lte,came t his own hand. No where c 0 er, however, the knife with killed-the big•lndiann They thrust into tile' ground, whe forced hv;the heel of his woui I - who must have suffered the 1 ony while thug endeavoring 1 of a white man's victory. Evi4ence of Ins A slightly droll 'incident o dayohe 14th lust„ in the Smith trial at Phtladelphl witnesses was upon the stun' series of -questions relative insanity. He stated thaV view with Smith, which wa. the tragedy, Smith entered inqs in a state .of great e.• inriolierently, and changing bewildering freqnendy.H - breath--about Virginia; ca marriage, and wound up about Kansas; and'damning ticu. Mr. David Paul Bit ,for the prisoner, then asked he didn't think from all thi er *was insane?" The ge l certainly ; I could arrive at sign." Mr. - Brown--" But shier him insane because-he Cut 'Administration?" " quite rational there. ,All s believe, do that." -Had is one of less solemnity than: der ,ense,_the question and r brought down the house., bar of Office seekers who w. the - walls, looked very muel the fact that the only luci made.by h madman should invective against the pcivie Another witness offered em pt" of the o high:mindc, cbaactcr of the prispner : "I don't recollect anythi high-minded, honorable ma said; bad he been so deeel , only expresSion he used take a &rink'!" 'Mason GREELEY'S el Naj tells the following stol Greeley, the distinguished 'Horace Greeley's aeqi names of wines , is hardly his knowledge of their w quently he once made a i take in writing, " drinkit and Champagne." Of cot, corps noticed_ the, error Dana, Ottarson, Congdon Ripley Snow, Hildreth, 'I ered around him, when he hinfon,bis vinous tautolo _ .until he comprehended w Ness the nature of his er about his Mouth•begati t, there wa.s.a. little shing as he said, "Dhl II in -.Di' I guess I'm the only 'I would make a mistake o laugh was against them, i corr soon bcitt,a retres . . 4 liar The tolloWing q recommended to the at societies : Can the!press `used as a propelling pow cannot contain hiniself, i small? Do ships wear W been scudding-under bar gallows elevate. Mail& tallied' cin . creiliOirceeli 1 Ul! ULCO LN ~n 99 H, PUBLISHER---Vdt. 4. NO. 6. seemed dis., of neither or they had, in , s, returned to ed to change' lensibly weak- I ' i, on Ituinther r e none 9f fiisl , a had had.-1 ey felt as be-_, • endetilringt. Joe sprang . at; e Indian came' s fist bet Ween an ox, at the' • weight upon t From the E:eleelfe ifedical Journal. AUTiCAtOin OF THE PHYSICIAN. In this article, I propose to consider briefly some of the qualifit4itions, natural and se quired, which I think necessary -to constitute the true physician. . In the first place, sus-preliminary or funda-. mental qualifications, he should . !ive a good physical constitution, industrious and Studious habits, good- moral charaker, gcntle manly.; deportment, a friendly and genial disposition, an ability to keep sacredly inviolate 'those secrets which are - confided to him in his pro- fessional capacity, a• willingness to sac: rifice his own comfort to the good.' of oth ers,-an intuitive pemeption of human charac ter' a lively sympathy with human suffering, fliculty . of getting along with the whims'and prejudices of nurses and- old ladies, and sense enough to appreciate their many,good ties ; the fiiculty of retaining his patience (ients) under adverse circumstances, the courage to charge the wealthy a' good rtund fee, and the benevolence to render gratis ous Services to.the poor, a firm will and a filed purpose, Sufficient decision to enforce obedi ence "to all-necessary commands, sufficient honor not to\ blast the reputation of a:pro •fessional brother fur flue sake of robbing ffirli_ of his practice or of gratify)ng a petty spite, a methodical and comor4hensive intellect, accurate observation and correct thought; soundd-judgmenfand practical common senser at least a good English education and fair general information, and-to all these qualifi cations should be superadded an earnest and conscientious devotion to the study and Prac tice of h:s proiession. Medicine should be his first choice; le he rose, and Uet upon his' re was no light 1411 the Indian iisposed tole ieeted to,and 'until the say -1 t his- feet,— , i the Indian's ~ intending to 1 IlOWever that m and that wa:rd the pur diately guess. reetiou of the, he was trying as in,his belts ,rt that it had! .he was work point. Joe deep interest,. i sufficient for; one powerful radian's heart, Mies of aath... tow bethought iooked around', . with his ba'ek I c had fallen ; was trying , to it—but every ,der he would v-his struggle. igh fighting for e wounded In le, Joe toOlt.hia. In the .next place the physician should have a thorough, compleiaand practical knowledge Modica and h T is h .p. e r r o a : of. the various branches ofd medical science, —of Anatomy, Physiology, Hygeinei-Citem liaterialt. Thera peutics._ He should have something More m e orob ar yt o l url i sdp . e n hoti g tnpmn , aah,e o nrty nyh r sotei .tastejnfcpisasawuritualpher cannotla required tc n eri h:c ea ni h a oadefi fission. He should drink deeply from the 1 ' baftt assumes :boo: attainments highar.n.yr,y‘i profession properly n ' ho:ip s ,,,:r,disielde u e,:::ew r ol; g t s performed.eyhr_rfhcier e ijeerm.e r.y , superficial discharge arge manner; them il l en should o s a u t l i d s fabee intimately acquainted with the structure and • functions of all the Organs of the human body ; he should understand their relatienshiFi•ore with another, the' sublitni, harmony which; in health.; prevails throuu,hout.the entire chain,. and the relation which the whole sustains to :tl igi , Avc, W Aß M . ... s ,mq. _lle_sho.ulcl understand . Ile,should 'have clear peiceptiaa" of "Pik ' rules - of health, and the laws upon which, they are founded. He'should - understand te pa- 1 thOlogical changes which . take place in the ' human organism during-the progress of dis eases, together with the Syniptoms by which the existence of those changes may be known. He should understand Lithe nature and the ordinary course ar.d termination of thOse complaints which usually affliciinankind; and he should be able to estimate with telerabli, accuracy. the recuperative energy of-,the vital fo;Oes. , He should. be intimately acquainted • with the actiou of drugs - upon the human body in health and disease ,. and should know when to. administer - hid remedies, in *hat forms, in what quantities , I:Md. : when to repeat. Guess-work will' not answer in medicine.— . ThMsician should know what he is about. He should not strike in,the dark. He should never go beyoud the light of reason 'and ex perience. If, he does not, now what 'to do, he should do nothing. He had far better_ trust nature unaided, ‘ than to strike blindly with his poisonous weapons ; for it he strikes in the dark, he will be 'quite" as likely to hit nature as to hit the disease: Blind men and, children- Ihould not use sharp instraments..-- AlPiotis-of human beings have been sent prematurely Ao- their eternal abodes. by the untimely and injudicious intermeddling of ig norant atd Unskillful physicians. .. • Quackery is the:evil genius of ,medicine, and it should- be. banished forever from the profession. When htunan -life •is ht stake something more reliable is needed than; etri piraele knowledge or mere. cha - ncemedication. oned iofmedicaltal.odar‘ eheu creditable c icin,ee oft responsibilities s n / The praitice of ad'ministering drugs at rati- 2 dom is reprehensible, •dangerous,and WlCked, and should be discountenanced by every con scientious; physician. It patients must die let them die with natural and .not with" drug diseases. Hundreds of individuals are; sank into irretrievable physical ruin every year by the villainous compounds known .as pat eat, niedicine noStrums, with which' the coun ' try•is flooded.Y.There .4, a fearful ,4eight of responsibility resting upon every , medical practitioner. ,He stands; in a measure, be: tween•the living and' the dead. • Gittlie one hand nra living sentient beings, `his brothers and sisters—writhing ,in 'pain and cringing to life with the energy of despair, and.on.the: . eta; hand the • grim monster death, the gloomy ginvirAimitin unknown future. - Upon his skill, his knowledge, his judgMeni, his discretion, and often upon, his-presence of mind, depend- the' temporary well . being - "of husbands and. wives;of parents and children .; —in the hollow Of hil - h:unf,he holds life and ids 'He and happiness. - Lastly; the physician Should be amen of liberal ide 4. • ' He should be an eclectic in the true se E - of . the term. He'should elevate his mind a e all bigotry and aectarianism. - 'lt is • a lamentable fact that we fine the medical world divided.into L . seets - ,.each sect vainly and conceitedly claim . ing to uphold, the only sound,and substantial i -medical _p'hilosophy L and practice,. the 'only true and successful method of care, .: The physician should not belong to. any.of these, medical sects:::: Ile 'should.:neSrer swear fealty. to. any_ creed. or theory. Ife.ahoeltlL hold the. more n °hie , peSition, of :the indepen dent and candid.obsereer aniFinvestigator.-.-- He should. hold-himself perfectly" frei. to adoptihose ideas and' . practices whiett, seen_ to him'the most truthful and uSiful,let diem lOriginatir where the' L may;:.and equally . as 'free to. reject Whatever :he . finds to be titlse 'or pernicious:" 1i . . should carefully examine all the leading systems of ,ittedieal practice,, aid 'retain' that Which seems :to be:sdlid: : and . -. .g00d." ',VhereVerhe finds tkplirtittilai . disease treated With more succesa.. - fif ano)itte.ithati. by the Otheis,.fie shOuld forthWith_adOpt that treatment, and" make use of, It:until; he finds a 1 better:' method .:::'.oti shunlk,•*rimiloi those rOiedigit tigOal, -*ii.iiiy-ookitio-, 001-010 ' ~-, - -1.- --- - ... '' ' i 7 ' " • . ly awful sight thes being torn ~• covered with o iiis•feet—yet Id by many of onikof y yourselves," for The battle 'ions were eon- I ns to beftiundl, l •pt Joe's 4 a i e leaves by th DMZ= . 1 his own knif - land still gras - le . his death b ild they dicov vhich Joe had found it at last re it had .been I !tied companion, !rnist intense fig hide all traces .urred,on-Thurs irogress of the One of the L; undergoing a o the prisoner's his last inter: just previous to its place of bus •iternent, talking his subject with talked in one 'lna - ware, ,nnd y soliloquizing the Administra: n, the counsel he witness " if that the prison was—" Yes; no other conclu didn't you. con amrred the pres h ! no ;' he ,was nsible people, 1 e occasion been he trial of a mar- Illy would have • s it was, a nun- Ire leaning against r. disconcerted_nt i _demonstration take the shape of at Washington. he following and honorable 1 ghe said that a would not hm'e !ed in'a wife;-Ahe I was, " Come and AMPAGNE.-- - NiCk y of o urn f a l l on i st . : Horace aintance with the r more exact than tures, and copse ery ludierous,mis g .their .ileidselek rsc all the TribUne next morning; and and perlitys even a Wilbour i ßath : came in, and . joked • . Ilorabe listbned th, tolerable exact: or, when te.line,s lrve a little; andti his scribal§ eyes 'y that Welb l : editor ; that \nd." ' The Ide-hatted Vl4 in t t"1 IQ • ibun that' i nethe • . , 7 ' estiops -ha% eation of de bob re of! the tim be When a - wan he too large M. top gs, after they_ have. poles'? bud(' the ? trowseri I;==M DT AKIN IL' THOMAS• 31: D =I the moat, reliable Arid which will accempl the object in `view in'the shOrteit i\ time, _and leave the least evil - results behind. He should endeavor to treat diseasen upon scientifli - and rational: principles, and - tiot accordance' with-any creed or theory,-howeVer ',ancient it may be, or however . beautiful it may . 44 pear: 4p should gather-medical information- ; : fiPm every available , §o,ureo,•and apply kin accordance- with :sound mctical common sense and well estatilished phisiplogicah pathological, and thirapeutiealprinCiplei.'. When every- - niernoer . Of 'our profession comes_up to the standard qualification or . quilifiestio,l have- here rudely and hastily marked init;we ,• shalt have anl end to medical quackery and' medical sectarianism, and medicine will take the highest position amirg the arts -and • act epees. Ur' "Since trifles make - Abb * stirs:of And' half our misery from mit foibles cririgs • 1 Since life's best gifts Consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, bat - all may please 0! , let the unientle spirit learn , from hence,: A Small Unkindness agreat,offence." •- • - Beitpir Victims inVingfimil. The Medical ,Times says: • "It hasl come the fashionfor certain .writerb,to throw 4oubts tipon theliuth of the reports of- the atrocities committed by the Sepoy mutineers upon our countrymen in. In dia. kis' that these reports have come through' natilin spies - , have been colored,by the Indian press, and not been.anthenticated by' European tes timony.- How far these- arguments are' worthy or credit our readers may Judge from, the followinig statements. . We have , been assured by aVnedical friend that he.has been consulted-by a lady wiio s has recently arrived fist Bayswater,' from India, 'whase nose has been cut' off. Her child three years- old, has neither hands nor feet; they were \ all cut ofrby the mutineers. How the - Child surviv edsis a mystery. The governess ;of this fam ily escaped with-the loss of her which' Were cut off as an eilsy ;way of getting her earringe. Another friend is attending a la dy whose nose has been jslit open, and her ears have been cut off' She'has brought hOme to England three yOung children, alb blind. Their eyes haVe all lbeen gouged out by the Sepoys. We bare heard from anoth erssource, quite,beyond qtlestion;.(a fidy whO speaks from personal knowlede,) that there are several ladies now in Calcutta [who have undergone such, unspeakable egradation thht they obs,tinately , refijse- to give' their mimes, They prefer to lie. theught of by their relatives in England as dead. - There are also in Calcutta .several' young children -whose names are unknown, -Onolittle crew tare says shells " Mamma's pet.;"' and ' that is.all' we are ever likely to know of her past history." . _ • itembles theTtidtiref Whieirttler in • vision, along - which (corn of -lig!rt_ and, , truth did come and go-throtWaU the night, - it is,Mathematies: By it , wEcreep up round., , after round, out of the dust of this great cem r etery and descend with•toreh-likeyutlis that: blazecraround the throne; the Binning lamps that light the legislative chamhei Of the Infin ite. . Whero they curb the. mountain:spring ; where they put a nikve ofjkonght into the: bosom of the sea- ' where-they make, the gray canvas glow with the tWilight ski,-,or fling a spidery web amid the clotids L und,:thunders. \ of Niagara,f there you will fint'MatheMaticd. \ siOne moment . it pups -the dew-drop, that; - • sktake . of sod, and the next, Measures the, r-beam that shines in ft ; now' we.: find. it guiding the painter's han4 as heparts, with - his pencil, the blajfk, unbroken wall, and lets in a cleft of heayrin and a break of day ; - and' noW'the dialect of:noun's court, wherein her • laws are rendered 'and PreSeryed. . If any gift of 'prophecy . remains upon_ the earth, sure we are, that, it ; has _passed from the poet to the mathematician. ...How:much . "at home - he walks along the. -centuries `to come how he foretells the shadow that Shall fall ..on.your forgotten grate and ours, and marks thdivanderings of gipsey worlddandd the bright encampment of the sky : `The anatomy of - matheniaticd. is what we ciftenest see ; but this id io clothe it with its ow,p wardrobe of life and beauty.—B.47 : Taylor. , .-... • , -,. : . . .. ... .... , \ _ . t;lar Do readers sufficiently regard the' importance - of referring . to a, dictionary 4o satisfy themselMs in respect to the pronunciz ation of words? We'know a youtig gentle man, ambitious to he thought knottabte elo cutionist, and especially iirolui of his distinct enunciation, who sounds the vowel in the last, "syllable of such words as heaves, even, peen; basin, frozen, cousin,'reason, 6te. Td both the't and the e in often, hasten, .ebaste'n; he gives especial prOininence. Now; if .this young gentleman wouldlake the - trouble 'to consult aiiy.good dictionary of:the - English ' language ; he .would fino , that in 'all ,•_thesu words the seeond 'vowel ,is unsoiiride4;j-and that in often,chas!en.. liasleni_ the t 'is un- I sounded. ia -regard to . 'certain - words in which the vowel sound might to be preserv ed in the unaccented sillables, satin, • certain, bridal, ,idol, medal, mental," fatal; graffel, travel, sudden, Sc., tlielstneb ) young gentlemen is not equally particular. He of makes these words d,egenerate ieteecrt'n, cirtln, Sze. , • Sometimes the pionunciatiOn of ,a word:, with which wo may think we are :perfectly . familiar, will prove, on reference to the dic tionary, to be quite Aifferent`..fiorn'iehat'-vtil supposed:- An. eminent Arherfiguiniiiter, a recent, poeni, Makes dist/thee' rhyme" .with breeches: His dictionary; if not Ma Greek, would haid told hull that the eh in clistichs (tiot distiehes) hae.the sound Of,k: recent oratcw tipaike of - the remarks of a',,political ' opponent as jibberiih. lie meant gibberish; the . 9 in which word has the- hard hound iG has hi ',give. -1 - le,ulsO spoke of magna &aria, giving'the eh the - Sound it has in chiii; instead of the sounds - of k.. 'Even 'such common word . * as.been, again, &e., are often mispronounce-I 'bj , .persons who ought' tb - .linow• better.-Saygeit.ei ,-.Sehoot VALUABLE MOOVIetTen....AbOUt tip* milegi from , Citir take, Napa Cslifornia„ and nenthe Borux-lakokis a.sulphut - bank from twenly to thirty, AcFes in exteni t - and suppos ed ..to be r thirty feet -.thick, sufficiently pure for the use of the Mint, at San ,Franoise6:7- The sulphur seems Ito she constsitlißkeming frpkri, darn, sworn! urer4hawbuie our. far,o4utiut4 3l l7.. ' Mil MI CM
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