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our Synipatity with him. in this - critical mo
' 1' The Use of rlotiveri.
• meat of hitii. life. The intense anxiety with
5 ,..,,,,i b anis h . ti .weri. of passing loYeliness 'whi4h he Wntehed the advance of that eblumn
~ . 131.45 ti on life's pathway wno itilestintsplettelor:
and !the terrible suspense he' suffered when
God bade themrw, the pi Igriiii%i snid to bliss.:
• Use them not rouglilythey are trail;and tett- the smoke 'Of bat tle wrapped it from sight, and
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: , „.0 the utter despair of his great heart when the
‘,. . • . ice, surroutt-,citrtilin lified l over a fugitive army, and,the•
Vbnulptuekest one, An wear' Mien thy IP . r•-•.st :
.....ed yet faithful follow- despiirinil shriek rung on every: side, t' La,
T.ll:iff the fragrance it i. evy . r
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.....eo with airier for the fine of . garcie. recqe," "La
.aarde recute" inaltesns for
FYI - the ish lovingly thy hOsinn's guest, . , . ~ '
... e. e—iii n . Ow last remaining hope. But the a Moment 'nmost wish be had gained the day.
1 . i ts. gr - 4„•fili tendr•lti round thy heart.strings
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marshal; with. only three .thousand mete, had : Neyi felt • the immense' responsibility resting
. . * .- • : 'still a Wilderness' between lihn and his carper- upon hiin.iif He felt the. pressure of an empire .
Twill flovirislf 17 'l'v in the:light of •dniiles;, ,- or, and that wilderness was -filled' with C o s- . on his braie hcart, and 'resolved not to prove'
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sacks. pi ,ror 111.1,/eO. 1 . 10 s ru,„,git.d ont wall unwortliviot tne gnat trust committed to his
To senthe in turn with . oft en-chaining wil s his an
ThY mind, when darken i. by a .vilviud o son. . ~ - . - • • -
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wild warnors. 'At ono 'time they got hi ad- the Moventeuf or, that grand column to the
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,vance'rifium, and fell unexpectedly upon his. assault. -That guard had never yet . remiled
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Let not the cold il•tj.i. of ,iinkindivsliies
_advanced posts, which were iminedih tely before a hUinan foe, and the -allied forces be
, Od I its warm beauty, list it droop an, but v ' ' l in' and ail was givn up as.hist. I But- hall withltiweltS firm and terrible advance
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And th""igh 711 "" w ad' . ! : It with-! '"" lnirit! P ‘.. e4 ; and with the cheeritio• words,. "Comrade4,now torieS stoqed playing and , the firing ceased
• - No life returtf\to Cheer thee in thine ant 'nisi':
: .. k is the tboment forW:rd they are ours," rallied. ...dung the ~ 3 titisit. lines. . Without ihe . beat
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' sh\ow ring the sweets of true and constant love • 'their etiurage to the,assmilt, and the eos.4acks ing of as drum or the blast of a bugle to cheer
! , On 1.1 ii„, „hi,. 4 „,„, mi k i . fit . , ~..v 4 .r v o r .al ;- 'fled. Thinking their generd . Saw whatithev their steady couraf.re, they moved on indead
Until ranspianted thl•y. shall liiiioni s i,iiv,.. 'did not. and that-the enemy were cut off, silenlce ovlr the plaM. .The nest moment the .
With brighter lines, itiirntiing nnd eterini ! .v. -the soldieri•(' 'pressed forw:trd .wftere o . hemise artillery opened. and the he ad Of that gallant
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_,. -.! with optyitclecn 'lptisd ri.d pep otif!cif the for-- , after' ranli went down; vet they neither stop
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_ t' thoilsand with which !he had- Morel, he iped• nor -fithered. Dissolving squadrons and
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.huttidred, • millions 7 col. ,ste.,, l , cotinige. - The column closed up as
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t - ~ -nv J. T. IIEADLY. ; . given theM• to cat. Marshal Nev:' ' ‘l'9l he - lrlidelpres4d .14114 on. The - horse which
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,mount‘ anetner, before it ! under
COf Napoleon ' s •iilvas; ltim..l,' Agpin and -amain- did that - unflinching
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scarcely - crumtlP . • :man 'feel ts steed sink-down, till five \had •
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army turn t' !:•k - t bil.en!slioti i nder him. -Then with his uniform.
Id like te ' -Triddled'-wilth bullets, and his face singed and
eiti ; riblackenecii with, powder, he, tnarelled on foot
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Elsa I lii, vain dill the artillery 'hurl its s'Orm of tire .
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„ I 'yklr \ 'i• inwales they , pre.& , ed, and driving the
tb .mot yet. I artillervnten from their own pieces;, pushed on
wl ...in front thrOglir llie
,EngliMi lines. But the sudden
. .ist. Thong.,ClitingNf that hitherto unseen rank-into their
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away rig:iiii. amid '.`yerY,fa esi,i. pouting .a stied of flame into their .
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..4, •he - still rendwed. 10QS0111S, 'N 4 tIS ttrkmucli.,.for - humait courage.
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d f -ed , the . satrue th.q.etntitied 'Nev. was &tome bliek in the retbient tide and
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tier ' again between the,:ar-• fugitives that forcea him back, he,would 'have J :
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. length, the - scattier- su od! alone rind fallen in big footsteps. As it
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'try of the. Italy-shin Yviis flytnfol lie tormed his nr:..n. into immense
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In the and.fi-Yvas. teem: Ott Ale fate- f l'apoleon:•was writ,
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radioed i fotio.'t lli4ilast battle. It W. ti worthy of his
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Theblazing towers of Nfoscow, l ; the t urn i ng
pointlof Napoleon's -invasion and hi; - ; forttine,
have s.careely - crumbled to . ashes before the
fated Only turn their ces- homeward. W
shoal() like to be made ac(ipviiitted With the!
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convettio , ' of NaPoleon and: Ney they
sat Jogether in -the K retul i stud - -talked over . I
the disastrous issue they had met, and the on-
iv •way of escapeirom total annihilation. The
fiery and impetuous harangues of-de formed
and the blunt charaetcrestte teplies.of the lat
ter, while the crackling of the flames and the
fal~in4 4: ;( co lu n s a nil walls . without were borne
to their ear - , must, haVe. been in. 'the highest
dezre4 drannitic.. From:the heap of : ruins, I
aP from the solitude which was more prO
pbetie than the uproar of the storm, Nev was ]
appointed to cover-the -retreat; • and this. net
of NaPoleon niters more distinctly his _opinion
of that marlail's generalship' than language
can do. - The whole history Of Ney's conduct-1,
durin(i . that Memorable retreat - seems to be
long .r ether. to some hero of romance than an !-
actual man. The - . iii rvelous 'details appear
incredible, and-would not be believed. if the
:evidee was, not inconte.stible: mere
;hal'ndittl of men h' placed hinrielfhetWeen the
,Itt - 414 I;,ussi'an, annies,:atal, by ins in. I
credible exertions, desperate valor, and ex-1
laaustls ingenuity, saved. a s -portion • of that
host Which would otherwise have been totally
annihilated.' That retreat alone would make,
him immortal. R ith. all the fault. found with
his gtiticraiship, 'dere was not a
s corninander
among either the French or allied filmes du , -, I
ring the whole:war,. that ever did or ever
could accoinplish what Neype.rfointed in that
memorable- flight. Bad he fallen
,we believe
Bonaparte would. h i are fallen also, and the
former really saved .the army, which the lat-. 1
ter never -could have done. :With - Out provis
ions, almost without arms; lie battled the w e ll- I
tried and countless- legions of Russia .
...hack
from his beloved emperor--,and -over theleiWin
ten- filAds of snow, and amid the driving s l torm
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nifty
heart untamed.and unsuhdtred, - ,
he hovered like ('protecting spirit arOund the,
divided, and flying - ranks . of his countrymen.
The soldiers, exhausted:and despairing, threw
their muskets from them into the snowlrir.s,
and tat- doWn by thou:4lmA to die. Cold; lie
, numed, l and famine-struck:, this ghost of : an at._
ruy..str i aggied on through.the deep snow, w:th ,
nothing hitt the tall - pine dowaying ittid rear
ing mourufully_in the blast for laudmat& t o .
the glazing eye, while an enratied avid well-..
discipline; army- was pressi Mr- in the Tar.—
Clouds Of raven's, whose,dosk4 - - forms glanced -
like spirits through - the snow-tilled air,ieroak
:ed orer the falling coluninii; While troops of
doga, that had followed - the army from Mos-,
cow :fell on the'prostrate forms before life was
wholY- - extinct::
_The smith how d by as the
-sOkliers sunk at night in the ow to reg.,
111=r:to 'nse . no'more, the, ni , )rninft-stin
•I4' at all, looked' colt.l l - .11
if it shone at a., 001. and 411 3 - thr - ougt
the flying. clouds iaf a - northern Sky. Ther
were lung *lntervals when not. it,druin or t ruin
pet I;"4te broke the muffled tread of. the
gethicr I.ffious. On , the rear ofsuch an army,
.ad
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lb sight of such horrors, did Nev comliat.
Nothing - but a 'spirit unconquerable as. to e
itself c Auld have sustained or kept alive
the flagging courage: of his troops.. - z.;;inth
hug every moment over' the -dead bodies of
therr - emnrades who had°, marched but a few.
hours in advance - of) theta, thousands -threw
away their arms in "'despair, and wandered Off.
into the will erneFi fo - die - with cold, .or. be
slain lie the Cossacks. Yet Nev kept up a
firm li"and iround him, that all the power of
Russia could not CO:rapier. Now ordering► .
his march with the .skilKof a general,. and.
11011i.MIth a musket in' haikr,fighting like a
omtiontoldier, thelnoral fcircC-of his.exam
aCcomplished what authority . alone nev
er col ld have done.... At len g th, the. "braves i
. and.heraic, d erred to Intie reach:.
(4.1 thq eiW 's fa. , and there was noes,
cape froin the doom. that hung &wet\ hini.- r
The Russians had. finally. placed • thernielYe4
between the Frettch:may and that rear guard
now dwindled ton few' thousand. ll gnorant
.of his danger.- Ney was leading . his eoltimas I
through a .dense fog to the banks 'of Luc:l
f•lllitt,, on which- were sire-Wed the dead hod-
ies of his'eountrynien,• whemit battery 4 fork
.ciauntt suddenly p4.atred a destructive storm 1
olgrtfpe-stint into the very heart of his Tanks.
. The next moutent,.the heights beferZt him on
either side appeared lined-aciii?densecolumns
of it4tutr).,..atid artillery. Nev hadndOne all
that luau could do, and here is career seethed I
about to close. Ile was ordered to capitulate. I
.11ereplied, A marshal of Fratwe neve l t.
ren erN, and closing his columns . ..marched
upon - batteries. , Yain valor. fits nOble
and - 4:ilevottKl followers
.proved themselves wor
e. :oftheir -heroic leader, but ler a loss of half,
their inumber they *ere. compebed to retire.
Find:Ott - the army gradually extendin;; it -elf
oneverytside to hem
,hitnin, he returned back_
towards Smolensk° for, arrhour,..theu t fortni . ng
• a 1 - xady of four thousand meti,-. bitted, ltorth .
toilantia.the Dnieper, - -Having -leached - the,
et*** ii*ety r ie arranged hie.liagmint of
1, army so as -to march over. the_ice at a 'MO. ,-
"ZP.t` . » 4 , 4 E w rning,. and then .waited . thyof h7it'rs'
,
be 'ore crossing to allow. the. weak and ivouti
dc Stritgglers to - coins in. Pressed IY the
m st appaling daiigers he still Yielded tau the
di caters Of Mercy. !There oil the banks of the
frozen ri`yer, and during' this time of intense.,
itrixiety,ldiCl this strange indoinitable rriarrlie
down With. Lits Martial cloak around, - hint :and
sleep:Bonaparte,firr in advance ; struggling
for Ward on foot, with a birch stick in hi -baud I
to keep hirit . front falling, on the ice, sMiroun
ded b' his few exhausted Yet faithful 'follow
er -ft, was pressed with anxiety for the fate of
Ney—his now last remaining hope. Pitit the .
Inarshal;with. only three .thousand in'eti, had :
'still a wilderness' between him and his . ' emper
or, and that wildcriiess wits :•filled with;
sacks.ii: , ;Foi••'Sixty miles he struggled onlwitli
his we l aitt•-, columns atnid:six thousand of!these
wild warriors . . ' ,At ono time they got ht ad
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.vance Inf Lim, and fell unexpectedly trp i on his.
advaneed posts, which ;were immediately
2-- dri-v:orderet in , and all was givn hp as.lcist. I But-
Ney ot - the'timnpetti-to-F4nifid the charge
and wili - the cheerjiig words, "COntradeS,now
is the ttionk..tit ; forward they are ours," rallied.
'their etiurage to the,assanit, and tlie Cos Sacks
'fled. Thinking their general
.. "saw what:Alto
diil not - see,! and that-the enemy were eat oil;
-the soldie(; pressed forward .whent whetwise
they -Would Irliave, yielded and tfed. , 'At length,
With otily.fi.ftern •Ituadri.dOen out cif the for-,
ty thutisatat with which he had.. Stared, he
arrived; near. Orclia,and near- tin/ 'French ar
my, When I3onapar4e heard; ofit, lie\.xcrtinl
ed, "I hat-e three. undredmillions its' 4.r : cof
fen in ;Alie taileries, 4 - would willinoiN ;have
c, ••
given theta to save Marshal Nev.. ,7 • ‘1 ,, 91 he .
tintr,littitid half-liis 4Mtpire with it,
.for With
out hiM he had been a throneless einpt44T--"
the n - i-elingl of-Bonaparte and his brave Mar,
stud steno's the profound itnplrion the
tact of-the latter had made on•liiin. A!s.hi
eve fellOn the worn 'yet. still proud tureon
lpierablelverern. he •eXelainied, '' What a Man,
what a ! - Rldier l" 13ittWords failed to eXPress
lii:yuliniration: and he chispoi the stern war
rior to' , llis bosom and embraced hint with all
the rap l ttire one hero embraces another. i •..
Tilt •Ney's exhaust - ing eprts were not yet .
over. 13onaparte dated not relleYe hint from
his dangerous , and iniportant post. Thengi
the .rear-guard bad meltt. , il away again. and
again antler his 'command, • he - still renewed
its ranks,' and 'preseated 'tile 'same deter Mined
front to the enemy. :.At the awful passage of
the 1.L.-rt4ian,-I - lie stood again between the : ar-•
my aaddestraction. " At length, the -scatter
ed: retraiimws of the French Legions rett4ied
thie-Ntdnien, the boundary of the. Ithiss an
territory: Ney arrived destitute of troops--
r
:,-.. •d
the rean'uar had again melted away.-- 7 -
1
Colleating . in haste a few hundred men, Whom
he found , in the towh AWilna,) he planted
twenty-four cannon oh the rearbouts,aird - kept -
back' the enemy all day . , while the antryi, Was,
retirii g., The nest ~inurning, •he.voirtintied
his (1 ..fehee, but the soldiers, seeing their orri
ratles- benditii. their footstepstowards France,-
and I:wiiv i froni, the bullets, of', the Ito: ions,
began to folloW after: till he waS kfr.,alia) . .4
:dune. Still true` to Lis duty, he
. continued
. to cover the retreat of the army-he had so of
ten saved. All hattnot yet passed the INie,-
men,aad - Ly dint.perSuasion and threats; and
-promiseS, lie;collec:ed thirty ,tuen• arotindi him
and .with -musket in - hand defended with this
handful the &e of- Wilna: -At length, Wl.ea
the last soldier, w.:.: over; he \slowly - retired
throligh the -Streets :With his face---to the!cne
mv, and,' crossing the river, "'Mi.'? Me. last ql
the Gran;-t, army wito; : tit the Rtz,xiaa ter:F.4lo
- - • • :
\ • llis-last charge at 1 , Waterlob, -- IMwed i that
the firmness and brityery of the man weli -- .: un-
AiminiShed. It is. tine, the; Old Guard was
not what it had beeti. \ It rialuited the expt...,:
1 rienee and training of the Ye :emirs that fell in
the snow-gifts of RYssia. -but still ic was
I "the Old. Ouarti,"which . hail ever -regarded
itself the .prop and pride (if 136uaparte, It
was' the, some ilitit - -had
„ gained- lint' so litany
battles—the same that at, Krasnoi, in the rt..-
treat froto , }fns-id, When teaueed. to :t lit,le
band, clo:kl round-.their emPerur andni4ict.-'
i. ell past the. Itassian 631t:eriei, • playing in the
!, hottest tifctlie tire the: popular popular air, "Ua p;:ut 7
on e
1 tre m4a.r Ta'au-iOn dt:lamilb 1' .- it was
. 1 4e ."uuLtditilarahle 4ttartl."i .
I •: . Prom, eleven in thc , moinitig till four i i ir the
itf.ettioon.A , r
he battle had raed;wtrilevietor%-
perctied on • neither I s aukt:tr4.l. • Tile heav%' ,
•It'retiel: elaralvv= had charged- the E4glisit
'quotes it4iv:lii. ; JerOnie..l3ouaparte luau left
fourteen hnudiecl men around liougoutnont.
'lire - .Lanitt'e of thfs Eugli, II - lines had not! yie'. 7
tied ;in ilii11; yet,•exliairsied and worn, ;:they
.stood lessl thinly in their ,tlaces . ...• Tire" Ofd •
. .
Guard had %remained
,pas iVe.,spe.g.:taturs Cif the
scene ~ leritig the whole day, being teii....r_ri*l
- thc LitS: ni,,nent to - euniplete luelvie:oq.
4..i . tf•thi:-,in'tietnie,. tlic;j-head
,of . tie P,Ussiaii
_columns appeared on. the . itierd. FitV thou
ittudireshitroops added to tlie•Euglish, army,
would mitke the oddS, too Brea . lusteo.oi
rearing ii'll.Grouehy-could come up aud re
.store tue balance, Bonaparte took, the rash
and despiiittte'.l CS i ,I U. • 71 in I of bring,iii zs •r bis euttre
,
reserve - into the field,? and ;with- one - 4WE'llt
•C13:31-g . e.4.);l3ukt:firougii; the centre,andinevent
the via 4.l;cued juric,inn of the two armies.—
For this .puipose he 41Ied up theOld-Gtiard,
and placing itiin44.lf 'at their head thareited
down t lierstopt..y. and, halting, in .a. lioll4ty, ad
dressed them in hiS tire, veliethent ni:Muer.
Ile
~told them l l,everYthitur Jested , on: theti : yal=
or-.-Thevl l . an(:wered ;'Nvith the shout, "IlTeee
I'4'mpercar,"firat . was heard all along :he
thiash litres. 1 1.1. e thdia placed - them .under
Ntr, ..+016 ordered-.4e;, charge. Bona pane
ha's been blamed fur 140, , heading thiS charge
himself ; btu he knetOliat lie, equlti,tot -ha r: y
tliat g,uto 4 isSO fisr,,noi.„ hold them_ SO lung ht.: -
tin e.tire•nr,ti Ilerv, as Ney.. the Moral power
:Vey carried witll. him,: from the reputa - jou he
had gained of be i ng 34e "bravest of the br n al , -,e,"
was, w nit Ir . a Nt . hole Vatalliori. Whene Yet a
column, Save him at theii • bead, they haeiv
that it-Wass to be.vie . trik: or 1 I . lltiiltilatii.a.
With the' excerption oft:Macdonald- we dtz not
knOWALlgeueral in 11.u4 vivo tirtnies . Who could
`h o ld. his soldiers so lotigiu the very face of
destruction As s lie.the -1, - lioletOntiriental sting
-gle eihibited no :tiblituer spectaclertliati this
last . 'effort of .Napoleou to save hiA•sinkin#, em
pire. '-Europe laud b!ett pitt tipou the platiss of
Wateribo to be for c The:greatest:mil:-
MI - 31 e s rtergy and skill the Wiptidlxes:wi , eii had
I - ,
r beeti
„ tasked to the uttnciit-,dtiring - thi d4y .4
- ThiOei sr re tottering
s on the enia, nghltieil
field, tinst tla; ihadevv.4 -of fugitive bilge .flit-
teid through the imokii of battle, Bonaparte's
-Mar trembled in this!zaith, • now blazing-out
~
..
n . its ancient aPlendo4•noif 'aucicierdy paling
before hit , iiithOUS; 4)ye4t. At itelfthi - wheit the
`Prussians appeirea of the- - fitild t - --he:restph‘d
to put Europe. l ;on one Wd t.hrOvv. lEfe "co--
t J-1 it `. a,
J `-'t
' . o' . 'TePi:Tl6,t, - -- - '_l' 7, "'"TEl). TO POETICSCIFEsrE TiTORALIT I - f.
JrJ , 4.4 44. •.)
41ontrose, .c.%ii.sqatztuita quabzini !iranitarg 12, 1854.
. .
1!19w Jcep )zir Regain illealtti f ,
-NI P. is, who was siipposkid, eighteen.
months ago,. to be far gone in Consumption,
and , who ilia_ since :din° -t entirely I, ,recover .l ed .
his health,' ,acribtites the -beneficial change
priruipA to fresh air, careful diet,' - and eXe/ -
oSej, .014 the. 'point apparently of dying, he
reinoived 10 - the; ; llighlands, 2110 Vegan to ride
daili on horseback - and 'work in the open air.
Thef resul t - was' a - yerceptible improvement.
ii.
vliitili • hi I continued- for more than a year,
ancUwhieli has lefthim now
; robust in appear
aile(i and ;nearly altogether. free from disease.
For dart !;,f this,time.lie lived in a rude fart:a
l/0U • "- whs/1 ; his - ..oti'4 ,,, e was, bein.. erected,
and. 14., , .1.. IL .
ithougli the cold rooms, full of rdrau g hts;
.-irritiectl - its lungs while in-doors, lie obtained
relicjf the inuineut he fo.uud.hinasell on horse
baidt„ or ‘iforking with his axe in the open air:
i - ,ceit:sividly, al,er par.icipating in pas:ries,or
iichigrav+, he Was w o rse ;.but a 'et= to a
Care)ul.diet.„ accompanied -with exercise, at
On!iti restated , liim. l)iiring a l:c'e visit to
Ilu+..run, a 'ietitting - north-east wind brought
' back - bleeding at the lungs,. and "others of his
old INuipaans.: Since.iits-tettini to his cot
ta;ici;howciver, and his sesuinpiionUf his (it
; cf-dbur life in the Courery, behas entirely 7,ii;
Hti."()Vklitttl, :141 . ellti - , iataS hill 1411: ili hett(2.l health
i that! he li+ enjoyed for years. -
-
3r. Widis lays particular stress on hor s e - .
I,:iel '
exerelse. We have 'ourselves known
phy4icians to, adviseit in what weroppareat
i ly, the last it:4es of-con-tlip; i0n...... :pi er o u r
1 Ownl-persorpl übserv4 ua al • 0,-we have found
itexceedinikly benei.cial to snappy pets• -
n , . es-
1 . 1 -
i pecuilly the of - a nervous organization, or
I Utla4-s to N4ivin the exelei.f•se of walking wins
I('?f.e' ilt injurUus. Mr. Willi' -notices the-fact,
, also'.l that the be.. 4. English physicians recom
inetid'it tvil ilore ; con - Jueive , to health ; than
I :MY qpther Mode of exc.' eise. , lu truth; riding
1 on lioiseback calls into. Oily nearly all the
J
intistles of .the, body, besides stitit;tilating a
torpid liver, and teiteving the strain . ou the
Spinc: constAu...!nt in walk.ug. It-unites,4nore
- Over; recr-qaion with eXereise, a n e x - f ,essary
. I}ii\xt!ilic if lie eXercise is tu.be niadeptea-ing;
andlexerci.ei.which is not pleasing, runs great
risk of not Veing persisted i n, and nut doiii,i
. .
• as iueli - g. - d.as it should.; But, if 'possible,
-the ride su tild be in the open air.
, • Mr. Wil-
1.
' lis rides !I: 10 . V, from eight to ten miles, whets-'
ler itiis de af or. rains. • All persons_ cannot
i . tiringthenives to - do this. Many invalids,
(;4spci;ially ladies, consequently ride tinder cot:-
qr, ail' riding 1 school, or in rings . kept up by
1 ~:üba,riptiob.l But thoughexerciseis thus Sl; 7
(3111 Q, the NA: air is-lost ie . a great measure,
Ond'i,he freo airis half the'.battle. i ' -. J.::
Ii deed, tick a . little Of the 'prevailing ill-. - .
Ilealo, es.Lksially-in - great 'pities and, among,
Ikers4us.oftilentary employments, should' be.
attritmted. to a neglect of fresh 'air. • People
Wbci:tire slim up, during th 4 suinnier mouth*,
in' elOse and I illy-04itilated 1 ri)outs,,er tionfin . -
/eidoluringl4i,nter,' in apaitinenta where the
thertnometeii ranges 'from Oveuty to eighty,
and, 'where eirery_aperature is carefully closed
against the' access of fresh -air, cannot
weaken" ex.:
Iteetil if they i,have; common , sesnst4 to weaken .
tlieir[systia*, if not-to - siriOUEly:itkair thitik
. iiiili;b. . 114 fOiod
.of, the litnga t5 . ,04,. ,l,f that
sjr". ii inhaled
-i' iiilts ,xiiitilisi oonditiott iti
; it
. es
the roper i SiLiniiiiibs to the !dugs ;' bit if li
is mixed with deleterious stibstszeis,the lungs
stfttler.:J . .-Or, - to put the cafe in still . anOthei as
petit, good i'blood can'ouly be Made out. of
good air. If, therefore,ihe air imbibed is
tt:tiiedi'l,With . carbonic tte.id gas, the blued! im-'
Mediately becomes more or i ir impure'i Er
erfiperson Who has stiffemd vertigo,, even
klieadache, - while sittingin a crowded '
.bitdly
ventilated ; church, has'." exPe.rieneed i these
syMptoms - frem having been poisoned,; as it
Were, by impure air.. l '.'Anvbody wholhaS felt
the!, e4hiliratiott of a bre ezy hilkidti in the
country, can bear testimony to the i4ivigora
ting ,elects :of - fresh air.] , The human !lungs
wefe 'lever !Made to-be< shut up, day 41 . day,
in close tip:tempi...Bj They witherthere as
effeetnally as plants deluded from liehl l .' the
e
onls' 'difference - being Ithat they , do . iV.slewer,
been*. haVing• Moue - vitality. •i
- •. .,
':- Wediave, no doubt.tha , t a ..large prOppition
of tote `delicate fentalek with which alliotar cit-•
his aretilied, owe their,ill-heatth to a l a4glect
of lixereise and fresh , air..l Take the ditughter
of 4 family good circumqances. • FtoM her
yery infancy she, is guarded as if• the' least
breatk . ofairwotild iniurOter, never piing out
Withotit beino-wripped uP to the chin,a; . tal of,-
~- , .. g
tettOoe senten to seW)oll.ei•en in a ciirriage.
Her:, natural instinct to exercise is restrained as
n:vnle.iiritY ; sl.e is called, a tomboy, iiornp,
and a dozen other contemptuous naniesi; and
thuS, at heit, she is drilled into a mere ,',Social
Mac' hine; 'malty losing even the SPiritsltO!wiSh
ter , take, aq:ive exercise, i Her. days 44
:pent,
in learning enormous les4ms, or in prtitistri!!
,- i - otelni, , t, work or .embroidery, varied with an
occasional 'Children's party, where she ; i.s al
ldwed- )whatever she .ple4Ses, 'and to • dance
hersOflitto . a fever. yVlfen she leavei 40°0
her existence beeomesceven moremonOtbuous.
Perhao=, if it is winter and the farnilY ;keep
no earrtage, she is week 4 without, hehig .out
of the house ; and in the 'house she doislnoth
inn.,but dawdle over af neve!, stitch unlit of
P i 1 • 1 -1 ,
1 taiicv work; or sit over, the register of 'tli, fur
nace.- t . . her father ke4s a carriage, siltii may
rideoui-oecasionallv ' , 14 she is alwa'y.i' fair
il
eil ii . , the throat ;
a and:So thiturs are ud toetter.
, , , .{
' In. word she is a hot-house plant, ; forced,
likelit, ;to a prentatur . , oeyelopment ; rin'd like''
1 • .4 hied , • . 1: , -
14 tf 111 consequenee, to 11 premlu.ure .
and ;;unnatural decay. , ', I, • - 1 •
,'Slirtily, if, there is a reform in s°ol life
i . needed, in one particular more than aui)ther,
i iti,isl:reiuired in the-.4dueatilm of our Aiugh
-1 tcr",n/10. it& the lift; li r . ,t!if.: them -to le pa ar
-1 ~
i terWards.. Theydre dying by litindriAs, for
1 %yak of, fresh air; and;,)°et-we take altinit no
1 ndte',ofithe fact. Whewthe english prisoners
i ptiri4ted, in the Blackliele in Calcutta'; froth
the - Sul' atmosphere they Were compAlOd •to
I breathe; the whole cit•ili4ed world:o.W out
with: indignation at die [perpetrator:l'4;f the.
1 d60.t o hd.thou g h-nearlv i a century h :is !.:sin: .
1 elapsed,: the „story is 'still 'never toid Without •
1-eXeitin.o hoer Or. But we penun our d. ngli
! tem,' •!atri.l to a.certain extiMt our wives ali.o, to
1 ae, I I}y !How
~,•dezrees,ci,m4lly for want pti pure
air. in faet.,.where the. Mack Hole of cip e ut,.. -
: tals_tilled it, hundreds the close ro,ausinhab
itiLll4.; Atnerican . fiMullt..slay their! Loa-.
1
~ t ,.
, 1 1.."/ ,•
the
no inork - ,'; wide-spre:id evllttluin
general- neglect of fresh air and. elKerciSe.
1 esPegtally among women in Cho'. richer plits.
i It is to s; uo. purpose that we live. urdt;ss Nye
sttiv,i to grow wiser ; !at:( it is useless:i ft) get
wlsd r eirn unless •we al4o • practiee it, itO all
. pirsOns Of st - 4dentary - hvel "but partieulatily to
• letnalesi: we say; "take, fresh air and Oercise.
, if .IyOn Would - keep or i . regain your - heal th.- 7 —'
1 E - • 47, i r Bollet'n - i I . ,i I
.I\''
.Ilemark6 of Gen. Cass in theU.S. Senate .
upon the announcement of the Death of Was.
R. KING, late, Vice President,of the United -
States..• i• - '
' Mr.PRESInEi;;T : 7 -Again has death invaded
the\ high places of Our land,;; and-bas tafi l en .
froin us a Citizen distinguished by his talenti,
his worth and Lis. service.', . and enjoying . the..
confidence and' affection of his country inn s .' .
In. Providence. of God, these visitations
come to warn. us that none are'exemp - in
‘. 4 fro
the decree that, in " life we are in the idst
of death," and that "beye also ready,l* is a
solemn admonition announced.to us'froin the
cradle to the grave, by the mighty and the
lOwly„as they successiyelyfall before the great
1...3
destroyer: i The lesson is the more snip • , ive,
the .higher` is the position, and the mo im;
pressive,-the more eminent the character of
him, whose'departure we may be called upon
to mourn, hrd when one who occupied the
second station in our country; is summoned
:from the duties of this. life; to the mponsibil--
ities of that which is to come as the loss isa
national - One, - the Manifestation . of publie t
sympathy ;and- the
_acknowledgement of the
1 public grief should be national:also. our la
mented rriend, the late Vice President,'.has
been taken from us, full 'of years indeed and .
Qt' honors, but in the midst of his usefulness;
aral iv hen [jiist prepared to enter upon the..
high , career to which he 'bad been called by
the Aineri4an •pe.ople. ' Upon this oecasion;l
desire to de little more than to oxpresi those
sentimentslof affectionate regard with which .
an acquaintance of many years hadinspired
me, leaving to others who have this: day well
fulfilled the task, to present' those features Of
his charaet.et and services, . which endeared.
him. to his countrymen in life, and.will endear
to them hi,inenaory, 'now' that the scenes of
life are forever-closed tipon•him. his career
was eminently useful and fortunate, and ii:i .
1 the whole Lange of Amerieanstatesinen.there
I are feW'indeed to whom ouryonth can better
I . lea- when reeking models of imitation and en
-I.couragethent, than to William R. Kingvi s
1
Firm but - tourteous,frank and fearless;of high
.1 honer and irreproachable morals, , he brought
la vigorous !intellect and
: varied and extensive
information to the nubile counsels; and the
ripe fruit o' his experience, joined to theseen
doWments, igaye'convictiOn t 6 his opinions
and authority to his .c.vample We always
heard 'him, with attention,
fur he elucidiitZ•d
! 'every subjeet,he investigated, and brought to
Lour discussions-the stores of his knowledge
I and experience. with a.inanner as unassuntin c o;
I as it was Captivating..
While 1 , 4-ing the Statein Which he so long
.; resided, an ,which had given :him so many
!•-Proofs of confidence and affection, liedovedi
also our cernmon country, and at hoine and'
abroad proi-ed himself tie. true. ..patriot,. the'
i able, and faithfill citizen.:.. In all the relations
of private life he: was loved and honored, as
!',well from the amenity of his. manneras from
the kindneSS of his heart; and in the social
; circle he .4 .he very model
r'l S' halfmo .d)f ' the accom-:
j plinked gentleman. i' o a tcentu
ry a
he Was in the public service; and was inti
mately conneeted
_with many of the' great
events Whieli marked that long and stirring
i
iperiod,. and; he proved himself equal to 'an the
eircumstanees in whichle -was placed, sus
[, ._.
taming himself With 'signal ability among
, . ..s. . ,_ ,
inen whoselrenowir is written in imperishable
Leharactersnpon the history of Our.country.-- .
i But better, than all- this, he'
. iwas a . Sincere:
cliristianadding another to the long list of.
1.
1 eminent men who -.
have searched the gospel
1 .
Diiiiies of.Ediiraied'WomenJ 1 'of Je su s , 11114 have found it the will. and the
i I t. t
\ ' ' 4 i: - .
.11#.t edueatien of women, like thatrOf 'iien .-. t w hichdurino."l .- 1. -- t word of (ioi.. In
should tend toprepaie them for their dirtieS; when the world and the thin of 'the world
the difference - . of their cimploYmentS Zvi 1 . o f i wore 'fast . , POI ng before hini, ,he found'. h o p e
• studies Jiff t • ;,-, 1 • r . sol•ition - in . the Promise4of the S_avieur
court render their , Went.) . . s . ant • um - .
the dut3 2 V woman to edticate her *children, ', and . calmly !surveying the approach of 'de:it'll,
hedooked • behind its power to AIM glorious
the -I`.)'.V. , s- Until a 'certain age, and the ~i rff u -
:lin - mortality - promised to the true believer.-H
tit thevi are niiirried.....How much wiAdein is
_,- 4, ,' . The places that know him , will knows no
requii.itti to nuinage the .thiud anddiSPOsition
li cets - , i nu'ire, but thoiqlr dead, his Memory is em
or ciiCh l .Child,-so 4.t0 l elide their jute .
he hearts of his countrymen, , and
minuit.4 - their liumOrsto tanticipate th4effeets I. bellied in
ih e i r , I there it Will lire, honored and 4herished, long
ottlieir!growing passions; and to reetifv
rafter all th.l'ese •who are now .taking patt in
ertort. Iron much prifilence should d. irloth
this tributelto his worth ' slialthave followed
ordiaie!in order to•maiii7iiii her contlid.',over i
th'eut; W_i them twin(' iiielt'irielidship and their I , in the journey, where for a bri4f space Inc has
through the dark. valleylof the
ecitilidenile. sA inorhr of a - family knight • to . i Pr.eeeded 11,
I
p( i . ,. s.e - i s fi r oi t,, ,i„ fis, mature, fi rm. m i m p , f i c _i,sliadow of.death.
qt.lai !he'd with the huinani heart. • St..Pati I - 1
taeli. 4tichiinportanil7'p to the education Of ,
children, that lie say.s! .; it as by "inotlieri the I
onWotTehildreirare-ived.• I'-shall hot - at- I
teMpt . t specify all that Islie'ought tti iitx6w .
inkirdetr. to educate their ;'children well. I: To
":dci this,* would be necessary ti.;' enterlinto 1
an entire detail' of their studies; but 'wk.. niust ,
nut omit the subject , J'of.iceonomy: : Wuinien I
iirgetieral are apt to . 11e. 1 1e(!t. ,it, and think it:
prOpcir Oily for the Idivt.74lclas..! , es ; thom) iota
ere; esyeei ally who.ate!-lit•oo , ,tiit up in nililduelss -,
and indolence, disdain the detailOf dOmestie
life. Iris infverthela'‘s frkim ignorance Itliiit
tlie.sience of econoniy is!despised..: Tlielpol-'
isliedlGreeks and Romans lbw* care to instruct
thimiir(aiis at: Vita mitred is of lour cirder,
.which eau only Speakl well, and '.cannot l i e act
will often meet with! women who tter,
wiSetiniXiins; yet, nevertheless, are rely ;frit
lons itoll:ir eoalact'J . I -
4 , 1 , ', • ' : . ' 1
' - -
It ib Emerson, I think i lwho has said ha one
need he ht all troubled leSt the public tifili not.
placer tight estimate" nPOu his eharaerland
abilitieq but that all'pen are sooner tlr later,
found oat. •
• . st ;.
'el, truer Sayings - havd-perhaps, ever been
utierejl wir these. ton needn't think- t
lyet:ani4eyou are. giving•Pittrelf airs, iin4ing.
foOh':fahe . pretensiono,, thlse show, and false
lights 4 that you are theri.by
not a bit.of it. ; I the public-- -, biet its.
Aim' e',-,res not so great a fool aslythi
uldy take it, to be. You Mav talk londly"and
learneali—you May,'atidet beneVolen4e,;lid
known . World4-Tou may put. &rill . a
sp,cioWii show of weaith and. importa . lieel, or
don algii - it:s of ketning atrability and, bonde ,
seerisiOnbut. unleis'S) - ou have ail tit*
thi - 1:0; it is of no sort of lis6 That ulot4ter
grihi...POlie.. Opinion; ha -1 .3 seen ,you thropgit
and_ through—and Weigh l pd you in the intl
!nee and found you wanting, and hett4e4ith
it is day" with Yowl lit
• _ . , !,1
ii Gailtp, or not ;
gt4lty r 44 1 Dutch jusLteo. C... 44.111:a
.Y4-,guilty." ,
i ,‘Diioiwbut you da heft 1", Go about your
bizuels.'!
,
trokts.—Vlll bo
,solt hori Moutavi e.,
veek, 'You diver 51 1401 4 . v0k
and ' tit _ J. Bautzvl4,
I William .11. king.
AL Leaf of 71eirnroii Lost.
•
An old
„niau's - is a queer place.—
Indeed, it r(*nitilbs igi„.•old-fasbioned . ,garret;
full of reliei and souvenirs of ;the past ; the
rubbish of io-da2e, but the riches of ;yester
day.. -,1 : •
. \ •
.conVeration yesterday with an old man,
who pafsed a long and aseful life, and
with''whom! now it is: ludtaii sunurir, 'we
were impri.-slsed..with-a remark •he incidentally
made. • lle!had seen the opening of near sev
enty spring 4; at first; : the winters 'carne and
went, but UV and by,' nnmelt4l snow' filikei
lingered in his •hair, and he saw them:drif
ting over the graVes 'Of one' 'after a l pother,
‘Lose feet With' his, had brushed the morn
ing dews together, At' last, they
. whitened
over his old; wife's resting have-over . her
Who knew him when the shillews . fell t•ti .the
westward and '"the day was liefore them both
never thought him Old;' though all the
world pronOuneed hit:also; EverybOdy said
when she died, "it is'aterribli bloW 'to- the
old man," . 4nd a few done all, they eoiild. to
make.him forget, but there • 'was no iiiX-93.0f
that, ".for," Said he; • "they: didn't seem -to
know Where the. blow f4ll, they so Aleplored
14 -:L
--1 didn't'f i think how, much :I inissecfsom.c.
Lod y fo'helit ?ac. retnimkor . -
Thoie lot words, indeed,' contain a world
of theaning.i • lle.elict miss•thenther leaf from
memory's tablet.' Two pair of eyes kid but
rainbow ;'but one . pair beheld:it noW.---•
Two' hearts had lived ovefligain • the past;
one Meinhed imperfectly
Whomwould! ha re ve life's little thread'extended,
too,:iiliould he compelled to. take 'up
tire - .words and Say„." I miss.sotnebody to help
'inc re.inembk.". .
ißriOant :Young talks to the- Indians of
Utah in a 4ay that is More forcible than ele
gant : "I say to , the Wiens, as have often
sa tl to thel mob, 'go y4ur length. You say
you ere ping to kill us! all off. You!ay you
are going to obliterate the Latter Day Saints,
and Nil* theta , from the earth. Why don't
y a dolt, you poor \ Initirable 'curses r -
, ,
urespeet to b• 3 grea without ImMag ea -
ea, is to 4peet ?zoo to shed-'their friit
withotit'beieg pelted. To bring oat a roita'A
ia . lea there is clothing like s, w holesome
II . . - Wiiheitit the Simbiner Resiktf; B.
f te
Would ta ve z,ever*et above spedi(?critv:
School House Dedication.
ET REV. H. D. MOORE.
Let, others wake the hoastful strain •
To lactilptured temples rarer
' And bow before the gorgeous rune; •
To pay. their:Worship there 4 •
Hut we will raise a nobler song,
The song of Freedom's band;
And *lore—, while joy the strains prolong,—
The School House of the land!
•Letmyriad serfs in ether lands,
Adore Ole 'conqueror's name;
And rear aloft with slavish hands, •
The mUnumentalfine:—
But we w II rear with honest toil, -
From in and to theesinst, • . ,
= ',The &Pim I.House,—fruit of Freedom's soil.
Out Cotintry's vide and boast , ..-
1
•Go., ask of kings tell yon o'er,
' • The story of 1.1 it fame! -"-
With all .the nois of hattle.roar . -
Has died away heir name. - -
But ask, Cheops! whose fathe - rs, bled
The tr4hies o their bandit -
'Their shades,
,wit majesty will lead,
- To' Where the School House stands!.
" • Hail ! School tionse; Temple- of The free;
The shrine where Freemen bend r
The - bulwark - Of our Liberty,—.; . • :,. •
• Do tlion onr homes .defend,
And Awhile on rivers Slow along;
And Mlle adorn the land :—, -
Let every (heart awake the song. - -::
•= 4 Nov I l et the School HouSe•stand i ." '
notional,
Susquehanna County Teaeher?
I. • •'
• • 1 sociatton. ' I
I
_ Pursuant to , n otice a large n u mber of Teach
ers. clav,ened 4 the CoUrtHouse in Montrose,
Dec:3l, 1853; foi• . the purpose of effecting.
the pqmanent i l organization of society 'to be
known by t 4 title of the "Susquehanna
County Teachers' Association2r
•
The meetino- was, called , to order I,Y S. T.
rho: R - S.
Scott of . 13 . ridVewater, whii,.:•on motion o)
G. Barkei, wits unanimously chosen Chair-.
Man. • On; motion of E. McKenzie, B. - F:
TeWksbu . rY, of; BrOoklyn.was-chosen Secretary.
ri50.,..,. ! ,.t'..i.ry „haring: Wie his seat,. - ,tbe.
. n
meeting proceeded to select a committee to
draft and present a Constitution: , .
• On motionOf S. G. 13iirker,:Messrs. C. W.
;
Deans, .Ei McKenzie J. Jameson, and Geo. l l
McKenzie we . selected, as such. • cominittee''
mid retired. 1. During the absence of the corn
inittee the 'meeting was addressed
,bv the
,- .
'chairman ' and several otters . in an able and
;- - •
.•satisfactory mariner, and Much good. nature,
'interest, and 'enthusiasm, were exhibited b,,,;"
lboth spe:il;...rsund..andienee. The coramittec
now gavi;:nOtie.e . that they' were ready tdre-..
; i
port through, their chairman, C. W. Deans..:
The Constitution was' then read, as drafted
by *the 'eoinnuttee, and, the meeting proceededto c:Onsiderit.l - After a short session ordelib
eration, durifir , - which,
.some. amendments
s,
were made to'Alie original draft. •.- - - ,
• The following Preamble-and Constitution .
. . 1•
. , . . •
were unanimously adopted-- ...-. .. . ---...
.- - • ' .. -
Preamble:H-1N: hereas,. The proper ediica- .
tion of youth is, and ought to be an "objeet.of
paramount interest and importance with-eve
ry true philaiithroPist a as furnishing the-surest.
safeguard against the_ disseinination of I the
seeds of Vice, and the premature, growth of
vicious practices, and as givin . g t.nsuceeeding
generations inen,and women that. shall be.or
nainents to the domestic circle, - lights in the
path of virtue; and a blessing, to the world:
•And W . hcrea.s,.Tlie common school Teach- .
•er the proper medium through which this'
education. iSitebe transmitted, is' .(in this
i
county at least) n a - condition, Mentally, '. tar .
below what lifs calling imperatively - demands,
performing, in, many cases, what . he .terin - s . .the
drudgery of the school room, as'heswould :ac- .1
quit IhriselfOf, the raost - Ineniallask ureiely
for the curisideration.: • . . _ , 1 .
• And Whereas, From want of , encourage
nient from ihok.. who ought to appreciatobe
-benefits that w i puld,acerue to individuals, and'.
community from a proper p°o`rforinance of the .'
• responsihle citifies of the Teacher, many lire
now hindred from, making; that .effort, to. ihn-
prove themselves in that .art,. which . they
vv
otherwise oulfir ;make, and which the inter , I,
m , ,
est of the common SchoolS.seriouslv demand.
' And Whereas, Experience has - aemonStia- 1
ted that the sulrest way to remove obstaeles I
in the way cif any enterprize is by a. iinited;ae
tion of its' friends,. therefore, . .- '..
, , .
Reset red . i. That we, Teachers of ,Suscine
haulm County .form . ourselves -into an Asseci
ation-to effect the great object of our improve...
meat in teaklliing the young idea.-
. i . - •
' . CessrirrooNl ! . Art; I.—This...§.ociety shall
be called, the Susquehanna County Teachers'
.• - .. 1:
Association. '.. ~, - , •;1 . •
Art. 2. IS: -officers of thia...AssociatiOn
shall consist of. a President, Vice President,
4ecording Secretary, _Corresponding Secreta
ry, a Treasu er, and an Executive ,Committee
•of five, all t be elected . annually and. to hold.
their :Office br one year. . 1,. • •
.. :,
. '
Ail. 3. t shall be the duty of the. Pres
ident to call lie,Association :to order, to pre
side during its ;deliberations, to put all - lUe
tioias duly add and seconded and in case of
f
an equal - di% sion on any
.question togive ;the ,
casting Vote - The- President may alsohaiie
the pnvileg, of addressingthe meeting. at any ,
time. - • ; -
• Art. - 4..:,..'n the abience 'of the 'President
the Vice - ti. esident shall perform his dud* :
- • Art. 5.—.. t shall be -the duty of the , if- 1
e ‘..
cording Secretary to.iiote down:the_ pros
ings of eac '.meeting, and-if ordered by. t
, e
AsSoCiation, td. present than for publican
. 'rk.
Art, 43... , -- .
Ar t shall
be the. duty. of the- li e
jr
respondingcnitary. to carryon all Co ' .
loudence of\ the! Association,: and to read all
etters : he mh.Y , receive„- at the :first : . statO
meeting of tie Association after their ,recep-
don.: • .. . ..•.... -, _ ,
''.Art, 7....74u the‘Atbsene,e of. einferof ti 4e i
Secretariesthe other shall perform his du* ,
Art.'ll.• t shill be the duty of thel,
- iireriti. hold'n.lundi - of the'Assaciati°a - thi t,
~,,
mitt comp to hielutudt &eta the -'. ..
tion op:sl.7o*.i4;ond,with it .to: bear the:
~
eidentaVaipenti od. the Association 0 ! ' .` l '
it in inipti'laniAerits.the Association !Pflr*r!
.tui3t : fleiltitU'adid - be'leiltdied'io"repcnrt:iitt
ItEt'ach stated . thaeeting the receipts alid'eatetithi
tines of thq Association, and also drliv.ernp
- 1•_ I, 'i
-
elumt 11, *nib
Itel his'duly elected successo i r allAasociatiota
',funds that may be in his hinds ai ihe expirs.'
tionOf his term. of office. I
.
. ,Art. 9.—lt Shall be the duty; 4ttthe Exec.;
utive Committee to havgenemok oversight; -
of the affairs, of
.the A - iatioro, to call, all ; •
meetings ' and procu re lecturers , to lecturele-'
the- - 1 ! , 4 - . •
fore Assoclation. , 1 .l '
They are further requir.W. to ,giye it i lesiat
three weeks notice in each county paper of ' .
all meetings of the A.sseeildion.' :c..
..• • -..
Art. 10.—A businss eOrninlttee snail be
api4nted by, the, Preside t ayes4l meeting:
to prepare Isasiness for the succeeding meet • -.
lag., This committee shall cilia* of.-three
meuibers, and they are required' to give it
i
least three weeks notice nteachgounty parr:
of What such proposed .:business , may -consist;
'frt. 11.—The mectingl of the Association
shall be at least quarterly and as , much often. , -, .
er as the Association may direct. f,.
,:. .
Art. 12.—Any person May begoM a e mem.
1 ber of this Association by laffizingAis or hei
name to the Constitution. [,' I, - , ...:
Art. 13.—The constitution Mailbe at any
tifue,amended by 'a majority ortbe la:mm*s- .
present at two successive eetiiigs„ .. ,-,•-.
After the adoptiOU of elConatitutian, on
motion of Mr. Barker, W . W.: Haywood, 3., -
Jameson, and •E.: - '3leKe" - . were chases . a ,'
committee to draft . and to 1 t
resolutions ei,-
1,
piessive of the sentiments f , Ineeting. `' .
During the absence
,of ( the praOttea tilt - ) -
1 i -
Association proceeded to elect offi cers for the
,
1 .
ensuing year as pro v ide d - for by! the Omit:dui
tionl; and- the following officers were duly '•
chosen: . . i , - -. . ! •
.
Sarnuel T. Scott, , President; Jamesoir,
Vice Presitlent ;B. F Tey4sbury Recording
Secretary, C. W.,Deans, corresponding Sem
rtari, E. McKenzie Treastirer. Mans. Wait;
4113,400 d. Geo. MeKen - zie J. .Tameson,
Johnson-and . 0, E. Mist li, Executive Cori-
mittee.
The President' tlietl up!
. ,
Committee consisting of j
members,: E. McKenzie, . 1
Johnston. -
After the `transaction o some incidetitOr, -
business 6
the 'Cominitte ve notice throtkgh
their chairman ( that their were ready . -to re--
port, and the'v- .en prented'''' the following
.. ,
ii
resolutions which were unanimously adopted.
11CsoLvrioNs. Where. s, Tv, agh in which
.. e
we livem
deands that we not tuunindful of
the intelleettil and physical improvement of
our race. ; and believing that united and Pe
rsevering efforts in the right direction'tnay ef-'
feet sotne salutarV measure in its be.half: . .
And Wt hereas:oin citizens - have bess.n too
little interested in the canse of edicciOen in
their ceaseless z i eal iri"othr pursuits, causing-
the symtem fa_ suffer by thiS injudicious course, - .
therefore, 'l' :1 ' -
. Resolved, That in;the opinion of this Aqio- -
elation,the ineans.of effeeinng a thorough.re;--
form are Teachers Associations'andlistitiffes.
.Resolved, That we reeprnmend Direotms
and others having charge bf Common Sehooli
to classify .their teachers land-pay them ac. ,
cording to qualifications. i . -
Resolved, That a coup '' Surintendent is
greatly , needed, whoSe du y it -shall be to-ex- .
amine Teachers, deliver I cture.s and visit, the -
'schools. -- . 1 1
ResolVeil,lhat 'the deplorable state of Dia- -
trict. sehoorhouses in this county. is a g-Aat
'barrier to the promOtion - f Coninunci Schools.
Resolved; That,in the o imon of thislA.ssik-
,
eintion, if soiree Of
.the fort ring ;care tattoived
ion sthools termed ‘4lligh ..:...'elesele." and " A
readmies,r, Wert. given to the interest of the
Comnion Schools they w Uld be in a Mulch;
better, condition. '-r 1 ..- ,
Resolved, That the prefeision of . teaching
is second - .to noother calling, in its important
raations to the welfare of 'mankind.,. •
Resolved, That we, will tisnniirbest, endear.; _
ors to elevate - the stand - of our profeasion;
'Resolved, That we kin ly tiigo.t*, 'atten- -
1
1 tion . and co-operation of 'l'eacherk_ And el
i friends of educatiot6u t.hi county, and 'eltle-
, . . _
i where. . 1 — i ' ' - - '
Rcsoleed, That we believe our . Common
it
School system glotiousolioini and=.
an
aims ; and only fails `of its desired effects
when not fully carrned ottt,nr thoroughli'or-
Iganiz.ed. ' '' ' 1.1 ' • --- ' `..
And on motion of Mr. g.NicKeuzie,•the As--
11 ,
Sneiation further ' .1 ' •,. ',
IResolved, That the' 'proceecling,s - &Ads'
1 ,
Imeetine be published in eaelf . ; eounty - paper
land itirthe ".Penasylvania ISChOoI Journal."
t ,t.
1 -• On motion the meetinklthen !adjourned, to
1 -
meet on the evening of Slytday, January 28,,'
1854. , , ' S. iT.t SCOTT, Pros.
1 B. F.
rw TKSHCRY L N 'lee zec'y
' . .' p r
- 'X'houghts tor tit !Wow*. - , -•-,
The posc*ersion of.high estfinible principle* - ,
h
signifies but little unless y are employed.,-; -I
for the advantage.lof isocie y , , In :Aruba htiVe :,
1 the, young been taught o discipline their
minds, in any way, if they relax, heneefo ,r-.
ward, in pursuit'of knowled e. '. IL A•ain WO, :-
a fonndation been laid for th > future eminence
and usefulness of, the yow l , 4 if no generntlit
i
1 ambitioiLprompt them to eir • t„the superstruc
t tire. It wnot sufficient to ossesSgood,inin7. i 7 -
cipleta, or merely refrain frn the perpetratiort
of ignoble deeds. ; No don mitt quality : Cant 7 .
constitute an
.Elenient of li 024 greatne 2st''
Man is or .ought tp boactv . Ile ~14 not. On- ",,
ly an individual 'bid. a me ..her of society:— ~
Ile was not '.formed to:d i; :away his life,
re i a
however 'pure or nocent i May in be, • but (01 ;
devote the energle*Of his mi id, and the Alines
'of his heart, to the cliscov•' • !and the a4vanie-,
ment - of the public good. he - wbolo;nistitn- , .
tion isf civil society is but a system ;Mr .
meal dependenCies; . 1-, -,- , •
Individuali delind upo - i , setie_tY.,.‘o,pri);:,
teetion 'awl seeiiiity ; anal ,?iejetiy, ) :49eTta'!"l
upon its component parts, to ine6wri OM:
-tY and l'NelfiAre• very J4! 1 " 40 31 7?1 1 / 4 4 : . 41 ;
dtities to perform ; and' pre - V.:.tA : Abe ".e't.,
tent to which he toes peg' ' rule*: iis' le:
(.
_Virtuous and commendahle ; ; ti p, -it man, and
useffil and patribti'as a i • lc. lilt
the
tame of these duties, mo ver; and: the cow ,
eequent oligatiou tiaAise it e them, is inti
matelTentmeted 'tvith -the *lrk arglelitth.
•and the. geirMl nonAtioti the_
gousgq Aar ,-
41 . :e
whiet(tve live., , I'•I - : c .1-
t; - ., ,- --- '
614 kickeiyatir
tint Dit4Toli'vo
gar swi
*lliaU out of clod - m. 4!
"Well, Mr. Ty t itk; th e
many, footcil this any day:"
. r
. . ,
11 ..inted a Business
the threelollowing
r '. G. Barker, A. B.