I - - Nm iiiimiNoNo • in i I MY cii i . iii hi I ill cli . . . . . . , . . . ) Z .. . ~ • . . . .. . .. _ - .... c , 1 ilee .. . .., . • . ......-. .„.. ..... . I 11T -7 • ~.,:. .., ..,... ..., ~..,.... ~-..-... .. : ~,.‘ ~.4. ~.. ~.. „..... , .:•.•„...,..•..,..,„._ . ,:.,. ... i .i ... •... . : .... ~., • . .• , . • • ( .-- .. ' : '' . . . . .. _ . - !- -.• •.... - . . te . • - I _I "cia,t4....4:: : 43griticfn,- Troftiitors. OF 4 . THOUSAND B,TNINGB 7 : 10 . 11:4R etous friends alittle while, ten to my song, ~ . la,my subject Is iety great s ', 411, imo . n't be long. • • ' e :,..to long about the tim 1-- •eral othqr things—L. • thewordsand play the trine . Tarp of,a Thousand 4,trings... - Crome ge And li And dm sto rm goin:, And se Well *sin. • - On-a .1 . . Religion, Politics and Law, : • . Ace raging under par, t ,- As seen ty microscopic- art, - In pul iit, fOrtun; r : • „ • jA focus b .ught owe:titer one, -• • f The sa • , e , A lioinan being playing away , On a Harp of a Thousand Strings. • The rs don't is they used to do, . In the good old days gone by; x They used ito preach of the souls of men, • ' nuidelgte women cry; • But t teed their nen:none now-a days, Atl:the choir _strilcesp eing, [play!ti dad the liolics can't join whey the - tune is On alinrp of aThousand '76 mew , ' Tbey're tb -And of And' thou Ttieir c era dore o tris they used. to do— steil 10.0 grOwO cold ; • eking of tlukewe they've raised, 'w to get.egola. • ii the preriahOrJeads Oita well, - n.ctence :lever adage; , her steal the crown ofgold, arp of a .Thousaad Sujogs. • They'd rsi - -And a ian used to lie of some renown ••,•• • f a •dozen would-be-such d Bafy town; • ins finds he can tnake a speech, on bu;zard'a - a hobby and playa away *.- t. T4ousand'Strjugs, • The politi fori Now, al. .Are 1911 Or'soar Be moan On a ' 11 bow , corrupt lie he turns - his post, ation sets bitis right— the people's . vote; , fill at the Sipe Oh, . at the public spring- 7 . , succeeds—he playa so well rp of a Thous.and Strings; No matter l tiow.of; The 1101701 Ile gets He eats ,b' dri .The c6ar. On a H TheoNt- Of,Just: ;—take a hasty '• and the Bart = qiliehly we 'discern,- all things ate. ' ' • ' - and finales arelittle used, rit•seldOin swings; Lill make the lawyers play . 1 1 .rp of a Thousand Strings. Alai ho . 4 - How al The mad The eul . For gold • •• Oa a; SO taro:put' eyes to every part ne e Sam's machine, 1 Of iT - Y ou ' find a screw that's working loose 'llSome Mace that noecis a pia. Brit I mu;t mid ivy *tog 1:1011r t - • Althow i r my muse-still birriga , A-verse ori two fc.ievery chord - -On I harp of a Thousand String& • 1 1. 4. T . Try alptisnwert; - - ;-- ' The'ragttla mother of--,the day s ~ • .the inter.ottbe s • pting; • • -.. And ity r upon old_ dem, The reenest mosser,cling. ' - - • , -Behteg_ ei cloud the starlight lurks, • . Tbro . Vilsiiiiiois ‘ tbersiitsttesuns fall; - 1 1 1 For Goo, WfitilitT - t ah ail his works, . -' Ha siert his hope with all „ . ' BILL . OAKLEY'S . PRIZE. , • - . - AN ADVENTIIitEtIN MEXICO. . 1 • '': . —=i, , 'iBT , CAPT. M. D. ALEi.AN:DER, G. 8. .1. . , Asa_ gerfeia I thing, - the supplies for oar - troopt„ while lengaged in, .die wet with Mexi ., co; came to os regularly ; vet, upon three or . four ocoasionk we were pla - ced upon a short allowance of ` rations.,from-the fact some of be " greasers'" or "Rancheros' had-siicceed ed in cutting off the trains bearing their' to us. T:3isOccuried to us while on our.march • from Nem rtiz-to the "City of the MOntezu ... maa." Vews, was ,hitiught to As while en camped within !Aft/ days of otirdwtitation, that these robbed had agaii • bt)ensoccessfal is driving. off out cattle, and stealitig our ofherprotisions... To men anxiously waiting reisforcemente of "`Solder," these items were quite . unwelcOme ; yet such was the discipline of the army, that notoinie of the hungry, men murmured 'at , the' hardship. - True, • they , cursed" loud SP& deep "„ sate Mexican bravos who had despoiled them, but no.drought was . given to any coirrse of action„, that ire ss'oflf cers would 'hate been compelled ;to discoon lenanCe. -- The men Promised themselves bet -.t' refilled - We should obtain possession of t i t e Goldetr City: . 1 - - , ' • . ' 'the sur. sitr.k,tio rest cti a* memorable ifte ndon, lie “ pit u bed our tents amid the ch pparal " o f: a t; t 's 1 7 4 .4 . , C..", ~. With •the, app. , aching sunset came cSill - airs . frOrn "old . Ca peachy ".and the •.gulf, piercing 16 t•be skin' I called to'my attendant, Bill Coakley, " to rirspe. together -tome dry branches and grEssN'and stkirf, a fire. "-But no Bill made his -s-ppiamnee. Supposing that he had wandered off among the troops, who_ were icatteied . arocnd and in the tents, I - called upon 'some 'of iily• &poi offices to assist me, and we - 100 Li had a etre - goiiig cheerily".. We *Med, ourselres around ir,l and were 'soon engaged in the. light and hopeftil conversation 'which forms 3 happy part Of the soldier's . life. ' " I suggest the . ' giprey stow,'." cried OM of my companions, Ist 144-14yrn4nd4ComP 18. New York' Voluittestii. " Weihave got tome . vegetable s and: one or two docks!— Come; Lyell, rig theiri , and I 'wi ll Offini ird ate as cook pro leen.; ' • ui - where the devil is - your 1 - ;titt,cas ' aint- ' i - . - - * • . " I stipixtse taking his' too' withlsome of h is' n'onTatrints yonder 1. lle will rettuin soon, . - I have -no - -doubt," I replied, m here is My con-, trihution . to the.stes" , _i • I . :threw a dozen , potatoes - towards lie"- mond. -.,- - , 'i .• ' • ' • • "And mine," said 'Lyell, as he brought' , forth itu- equal' number of onions. ' ' "'Nor will .I be outdone, ' gentlemen V' ex iiaimell • Ray - mond, in -a ;mock herdic tone, "here is myltore; ' I give ,theniall, lean no mow ~, , . , "Illetigh poor-the offering . hei,";coidirmed • I kt - shim " f " as nd prothsced , ou o , rs, .as. yam and handed over two pirisipe ead_s car r ot • The 000kiitg was forthwith proceeded , with; l it'ster wits placed over t be• fife, add :`each- of sabot with our knives, and constnencedrel- iir nil cuttioz out contribtitions. -.. y- • • • , . - "By the—bye, Captain,"- said kaymond, pausing to wipe ttur s teare from his eyes, after handling onions, " who is Bill Coakley, your man of all, work 1 lie should have heel a 'regular soldier: - is brave enough 1" I never knew a greater dstre-devit• in - my life," affirmed Lyell. " I wish my, rascal of a Dutchman bad' half,orßill's merit. How will you excharige, Aleiatider I" " Whire did you get him, Captain 1" again queried Raymond. "There must be some romance about a fellow as daring a& he is.-- Come, tell usp about him ' nntilt,his culinary effort ;of ours khan - have been' completed," Our "skinning" preparations were over, and each-had cast his burthen into the seeth ing cauldron, so tlf"..thought I might as well homer the fancy' of my brother officers W'e each lighted a cheroot, and - I commenced-- . "'Well; g entleman , as Bill is not here to speak foi.hithielf,-.I may nd well tell yciu his story, andllebegiti, I must inform you that his father an 'artist." "A what 1" eiclaimed all the listeners, at once. .• "An artiati It is a fitctlentlernen, !assure you.. " What kind elan artist!" asked Burnhim. "A dealei in Charcoak - or a pedlar in match-. ea r " Neither, but a rent artist. • A painter of no mean .pretensions , " I answereck - 4' Then - his' name was not Coakley," re- . marked LYell:, "I never . heard of a painter. bearinglhat eognomen:' :1 "Let your speculations , - rest,, Leff," said' Riymond; " and let's listen to the story we have asked for. Go On, captain." Some five years ago," I continued " I bird occasion to visit the city of Albany. While e l there,...chance threw me in the way f a poor widow, whose son had been arrest for an assault said to have been eommitte upot. a young - genttemin of that city. . cOmeuisserat lig her situation, and moved by per tears, I accompanied' "her tb the , magiStrate's but could do nothing %kith him. He represented the case as being a fiery aggravated one ; spoke of the prosecutor at being A issember ofone of the first families; and, in Short, re fused to do anything for, the priSoner." ---, "The way of some judges is mighty hard to tile , poor, : ' said Raymond. . '" Bail was at last procured, and a lawyer . entrusted ids his case.. Bill si4or brought into the ice of the legal gent; and goes tioned.ws o his guilt or innocence. In the excitemen f the day I had not thought to ask Mrs. oakley the particulars Of the case. The onl . information I' s obtained was that Bill was just fifteen years of age. -To his law yer's inquiry as to whether he bad attacked the person in question, he replied? " I did, sir." •-• , . . " Andyour motive— your ' reason for the assault !" inquired the lawyer. . " He insulted my- sister, sir," was the reply. "We were walking together in -the street, minding our orris business, when this person came up arid stared saucily in dilly's face.— We went oa one side, And .would have -passed 1 1. .. his4aisit Isis „epasiattions, Ault., he agiaw ~.rne btu`t.•., ....i aououg per in nig *TW, attempted`to kiss her. , I couldn't stand that I I off coat and thrashed hitt, and I would have done it if he had heezi" the' Governor's son." , r • "Your sister must Come_forward to 'prove this statement, else tbe court will punish You," said the lawyer. " Ify*ter," interrupted Bill,". shall never be mortified by doming into wcourt to. be hectored- by's. lawyer cu . 'judge._ I. whipped' the. &Ho* becaitse, he deserved it, and if they.are determined to punish Me, let them .= - do it ! • Milly, shall not be put upon", the lased. .. " By appealing. to the father of the young prosecutor, I managed to get Bill off without atrial. Tfie winow and the sister, which latter, by the way, was a very pretty and mod-• eitTiAttlp girl two years younghr than .13ill, were alrgtsititude and thanks. They would hare'done anything to me to have-proved the genuineness of their expressions. -I merely asked the lady ,for the story of. her silk. She gave itlo me in brief. Her husband—an artist2:-' had been for some years successful in bis profession...; He bad, aided by the econo my of-bis excellent wife,saved several thousand dollars. They :had but two children, and were, looking fdr.ward to the fut.:pre-=4o an old age—with no fears of poverty. At last, —gentlemen,lt is an old story—Mr. Coakley, unacquainted with the true nature of the ma ny speculations 'Oat , held ?omission of the public mind, so many of winch were sure for ! times,. while more were' 14.odactive of ruin, was induced by'a friend, to invest bis - means 'intone of these popular bubbles. • no staked for; fovtunc,ind lOst er54i 7 t126 5 .! ti.;.. I.— weighed upon his sensitive heart' so heavily that he was Soon aftetwsirds a confirmed in valid. He abandoned' his`'' profssion, . and died, with hie whole family- steed to the lips it poverty. At this tithe Bifi was about atitirteen. He bad been it echnol until be. was :compelled, by the death off his father, to enter into some business. wherein he could & z!iin 5 support. For two yeits belted been the; "eco-aged, 'when -,1 . became acquainted with itidL" j • ' ! - . ' * ".He is now -. iiia - 71y of ages'" Captain," said' Lyell; a- what Will you 10 with him thee!" "He- chose to accAniii,eCy me five years ago'; he has been with me eve'. snaa ; and as I have never endeavored, to control hh Move metas, rshall not do so at any future , tisTe," I replied, I ' 1 " 'I had just finished mvllong moonlit when a shoe, arose - upon the' sitfiet.of thescene, . causing us to turn abruptly towards .the .di section from 'whence it came! In a few mo mentsthecause of the, up.roUr pres i enbyl it self, or rather himself, Woe! wa, ~This was wrs nothing more or Tess than a Mexican offi cer, with his hands fastened; withoos gat, and loaded down with luxuries- in the shape ,of game of all sorts-4'owls, wild and ',tame, and animals! peculiar to the legion., Behind hlin, - urging him forward with - the point of an insinuatirighayoset, came Bill Coakley. One leg of his pants gm - rolled up to 'the top of his muddy .baote, affil his ty ole appearance ii beiiillriatoinewhat disordered, rune _ to under stand that Bill bid had a 4 "time of it" - • *I never saw A. MOrlEfenveiobs • countenance in 'my life that that:worn by the captive,aed hat one that epokeOf ihNne I hit defeat, and tred to his captor. . -.1" 40, present " Getitlemeir raid Bill, "'I beg CO:s to . yoUr notice, Mr. Senor ( te Be fowl Tampaya, the moat distinguished . 1 ' ' -- , of our -noble vival, , Santa Anna, of the w i en leg. Heir 'the - hearer of ' sundry presents from the 'Cele brated srenawer, "which he hones - Sassy suit ! # . „ "WE ARE ,'LL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION."-=Jam e s Inkbanan I ' - • - • - u , trust, Susquehanna . itounta, #entea, Churl: ha Noilting, 'Pain __„ l your palate:, andicopfort the inner man. " Then - assuming a more military air ' he touched hie hat w the "officers, now standing around the new e mers,teporting— • " A prisoner, C ptain, from tilt !clod:" - . - We lvere deligh ed with the rest secret errand. - u 4 had doubtless made a fo ray upon the ens 'y ands, and by.._some strange manceuv 1 succeeded in securing more than a -hearty ..rueM. It was evident that the prisoner,aias an Officer of note. As. sooti as we bird .uttburthened him from his ungracious load, 10 was marched to our Gen erars'qiiartete and reported. 'Bill bad truly found out his SAM% as It-afterward proved.— Ile WAS General Jose Tatripayit. When some of Idle tender fowl had been col into the stew, and bur apetites somewhat appeased, it was vbted Bill should ezplainto us, in advance of his summons .to head guar- tor;.,.thettltnees attending the Go& rat's cape. _-A er partaking of our tare, -Bill co mth ' lis recital in his off-hand way, entirely free of 'egotism. . • 1 " I had seen some &wit On Abe outside of our "piquet*, and as 1 kne4tbat your table i 7 ,11,8 not aupplied‘oirer pleuiiftilly, 1 made up my ,mind to bunt tp some of late poultry. I of course had the rivilege of strolling over ' I the lines,'and pass-without a 'challenge.— But upon my errs d I wandered some thretzt or four miles awa , when I suddenly oamp' id upon a house in.the initiate of a chapperal.— Seeing no one on. the outside, I pat mysellon 1 the inside:" 1 " With your, usual politeness," observed Lyell. • , " Aloung mart with an enquiring mind," said Raymond. , • "And whom did you find' on the inside, Bill I" I inquired, -.. . , " - A young woman, sir," answered he. We grew more 'attentive- as Bill proceed ed ; tie had luttmi ..ad t.... an ekomot.-of in terest. • "A youn d r•retty, girl, !gentlemen.— As I entered, she nttoed " her eyes as if in ex pectation,of theco ing of some one; bet perceiving me she s ta rted and cried,' Inglese !' I answered, •Sr . egora !' ' She said, ' tne epeakee little Inglele, Senor. I replied that ... I *mate mucky, land would. be happy to give - he? some lessens; she smiled, and I 'sa luted her." . "You did, sir !",. I exclaimed, in surprise. "A part of ou r tactics, Captain!.She presented an oppertuuity, and I embraced her—it, I should say. In afe moments we were busied in conteersation, ..-: b e bad seen T 7, the army encamping here ; :andStel promised the General, Temitys,,to jt4i,s,a sort of spy for him. Her fat her Wst eielitPted atom mil itary duty, by the payment of a large suntof money to support t?e wur.•;.-fie is a physician by profession, has traveled in the States, and , his daughter thinks leans to My eide politic, 1 cally. He was a4seut on a visit to a neigh boring convent, vi ere his medical skill was needed to save gm life of a gouty nun." ll' g-She was very ommunicative, it appears, ,I . BilL .. -,_ ..,,,, -1 -.- 9,iiiieiiti; - Stns. tnquired wttetner I pre ferred rum or bra' dy—l took . the latter.— Her father kept it or medical purposes.' Af that I enjoyed - a cigarette with the lady;and after that is messehker from the mo stainsarfired ...ith, a: /entity- of 2rovisi and 4 3 ; game or Genera Tampaya, :who, . . then leareed, was expected every. ruutno4it. I got her to ask him ho:many persona would2ac company his excel! nay. 114answeted 'three.' Ithought 1 might as well steh and •see 'the f General, particular 3 , as Iwanted,the previa iodjust, left for hini—and'hiiliddy.guard be ing rather small—l said as much' to the lady and she proposed th hit& me iti a closet, or under some ,blankita, or elsewhere, until they being asleep—si could get off with t he booty. - Fearful tht. / might fall Weep while waiting for them -: do, so,' I declined being hid. ,Then she th ught of a dress hanging up.in her room, th former property of a de teased aunt. This 'suited me tetter,iutl-I got into it, aided b - my new friend." I? -" Why, Bill„ y should have Blushed," l laughingly remark+ liayrnand "I let the girl drthat for me,'-answered Bill. " When I was dressed I seated myself as much in the:she eas possible. Presently a stranger presehte himself." - , 11 • '-It was Aaron urr I" shouted Barnhill?, recallidg. a similar tine in ' Wires Defence.' • " No, sir I It ws the General," continued Bill. "He was .dighted to see the young girl— kissed.' her, rid was about to do the same to th e, but I 'as taken with a fit of couhing and he sp red Me, For some time I , 'he t alked with the fount lady . ;ilirv. 0 . 110 1 a Anna ';'lngliee.! ' :Vera „Criiz, tirs•l such'• top -;,..., -I uzcame tirell of the conversation and, hobbled from the doom. 'in the rtico,,or sheil„and I found the attendants' o he Gen eral, and throwing off my female resit, sp w peered to them .vs• iihat I am." ' A ecape grace ~, "They were not, long in making their es cape; not, stopping for graces ; ...either," said pill. ts Wull, gem* the•toast tieing clear, 'I re-entered the reoln just in time to see the general apply , his i lips,. to hers, Ile looked up, and - discovering Me, cried;' Inglese 1— Carrambe ! SacretYankee l' •• ,` `-Si Senor,' I answered, presenting mains point first, "I musji trouble you; to bear me I company to the Yalokett cAirip".'',' He under stood enough Englinh to comprehend this— , but he saw it was dpuse to -murmur, and so lie prepared4O folldw. I did' not let him see t h a t.' koew .the girt!, lest he. might injnre 'het hereafter-" '• 1 - „ ' ' Bill , in you , " ' ' "Very c orundeistf,Th , n said Ly [ ell.' • - 1 " Come,. Coakle y taper off. - I Your story ' lis growiDg somewb / t look" remarked Burn him. " Well, gents,' I was forced 4 ii; keep „my eyep.about me. At first, I only tied the gen eral's hands before im. Once he loosened hichteif and attack me, trying - to esc, ape.— I was loaded down ' ids the provender, and had a bard time to et the bett# of him.— We had a severe t o lin the mud ; but I fixed him at last," ad _is he had tried-to E serve me it trick, I „adei him carry the -pio visienr." I _ ' General Scott +bee to see-Captain Al. winder and his min .Coakley,":repojtectari, Orderly, coming up nt that moinent. We were soon int* presence( of the ,bero of Ghippewa, to wh rn reaminted bis sib-' 7,-jejtarirlis 'fou d to tally with General Tampaya% relation df the circumstances., as aihe them; the report was inadiout in Bllrs word His'fravery was. Commended, ,buts charge,giren biro to keen.withii . the' h im ' to. . lines thereafter. .SOon after General was exchanged and released._ - ' - After our occupancy of the city of so many hopes—Mexico—Bill fountlCe opportnnityl to revisit.the maiden of •the • Chapperal, and 1 When'we departed, remained behind and soon• after wedded her. That they are happy I have no doubt: Bill has bcgtt north once or twice since then, on a visit toh s mother,who now resides with . Milly, 'Bill's 'stet, who is married to a flourithirig - Mere nt of Albany. General Tatiipayi is at the present time h disgrace with his government in consequence of political differences ,•- but, ; ; at there is no stability- in the affairs of that republic, we should not be surpl.iied if hiaatar should yet be in the ascendant. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORII t iHE SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY NONAL-SCHOOL, Montrose,-Tuesday, Dec. la, 1857. - _ L17118.Y. lIENILIVAIARSIS JEktSCP. It has been said that "the'ord Education , is so late, that one may almoet as w I ut ' world' or• 'end and object of.being,' t the bead ,of an ese.ay.'" , Nothing ii► more e Went. It is a word of singular significance of wide applicition. Like - ,the firmaent•above, the earth beneath, or the air we° breathe, it la ever suggested, and ever present, to whatever department of .buman thought; or action we turn our attention. In ,at word which logi , clans might call a "universe It covers everything. It hes as many ". meanings as there are chipters in earth's history, as there are vibrations in the penditlucd of individual experience. 14 - _ To some, the word is defined,•by re ence to the educational machinery of a gov went Eydem, like that of .russia, where all are traiutnl upon one nit' el, and . compelled to learn, upon penalty of ne and Imprisonment. Some understand by it, the routine , of Acad emy and College, term:l:act at oow mos -t'y a Latin Grammar, at the othei by a Latin . Diploma. Soine make it ,t? be A few month's schooling in the winter, with en tire neglect of everything ni(ili tends to impress and make available-Ilia_ killowledge this attained, during the rest :of , the year. Others would , subscibe-lullytverbatins et literatins," to the. sentiment of the English yeoman, expressed on a puh#o' pocit4,?on, "The three R.'s which have macro - E,pgland _what she is : Readin, Ritin auttßithinetic r Some will mako,Edlmation din stens for the discussion scythe question, ivhether. Dr. Bell or4fr. Lancaster originatd the moni torial-or toutuaJ system of ißatt;B4.ntion, while others would,cail everfwellatted system, , • 'A childish wOte Mplifiltutophie Se } me claim that Education is purely intel lectual, otheis lay greater stress on the phys ical, **ldle many justly claim that Uth'com bined; without religious element, aro of little or. no avail. Some make, ,sitoply a ecessentes. autt woudertlierzwpa of sense will countenance any attempt at im provement upon the : ottliegrafihy of the im mortal Cobb, or the arithmetic of Daboll Even the teacher sceqetimes pliuks of Iltduca 'don as a patient,. wlerisome, tbinkler toil, and the pupit itt, twin regards it cis a necessary evil. , The politiciin :makes it koonvenient for exalting hiniself . in pozytaw favor ; the mechanic WeLtornes it as introducing new facilities for the p i tt i c aivion of his work ; the farmer, as giving him the FosSrol of agents' before unservicahlse because unkilbwit, :There sir& of, the varied phase in which ...'4- ucation'appears to different minds. Some are radical and extrente, though each con tains ast.element of truth, and all, serve to illustrate the' diverse aspect of the subjeot, arising from diverottres . in the human mind. Yee these differences-4mo not* all • mere quei tions'as to form.- There is real diversity as to ;substance. One will be satisfied if the young are trained in French, music, and the polished arts, leaving weightier matters for maturer, years. Another, and by far the wiser, will insist limo laying deep the teen dation with logic and philosophy and history, using the lighter accomplishments, as the outside architecture of the, glowing soul within. - ; To To write an exhaustive and complete tree ti upon Education,t Would be to write,* -co let treatise uports allthings, under the sun. As w ell rite a universal „history or geography. : ucatten is the deeeloipment of man—no Man as i nhssi.....;-- 4 ..rakoaft.n - Incr ii,...:—.l4 c rous ' being, but as allYclOrt bind. ' .'llll things bring to man their tributt ti l as-the kinaof.the earth and' the " queen of 1 the South" - brought their ,:treasures to the 1 feet. of S on. . All scent* all experience, all inst on, all succesies , all'failures—eve ry entre 'of influence without, every chei ished habit within, operate upon and modify the man, develop him, contribute to his Ed-, ucation. IR some sense, every man is edu cated i though sad to state the majority of the roe are schooled in ignorance and vice. The Habornmedan boy is -,educated. •' His mind fs drawn out , and developed though it is in servile attachment: tt. soulahstroYjna'- errok; Yet it is an, education. Whatever forms . a 'habit in--man, fornis a part i al* his Educatioti:, Thh great problem is, how to edneatiramp, so is-to-Jceep the lower parts of hie iraturk ikatarerdination to Abe ;,higher I Are thwintislaiis tied appetites to be timid- Dant a,n'd controling,*or are the higher and. 1 - oliee aspiratimis of the human ',pith to be placed upon the throne? Is self to rule reiety - or be ruled b3-,,it i • Are men to grow up in shapeless - defdrinity, with one-sided views on all subjects, maths just impartial view 'of Mine! T What 'dqes man know! What does be not know I , How can men 'be trained and dii,lined to as to live with men,' IS there a tisimpg which will fit mad for , oomn3union teigr - God? Who' _ are qoalified: to impart instruction' and - mould' Immortal rnindl. flow shouhrinstruttion be haparted I HOW 811QCLO :IT nit RECEIVED I _ These are grave questfolis, eal§l} worthy of mature de. liberation. Their ,ttisi solution is tiL great impertance, and *Veannot study - t h em tbo closely. It is, hotTver, chiefly to the lair of these questions,4itai I propene to give a partial: answer, at the ,-ttesent, time r how should indiction '§i recezved l ' _ What. is' the proper spirit of a 'gin-den/1 Limited as it-may' seem, this question is one of nearly universal appl ication. --, Willard all students. ' No one has reached inch as emi nence in scientiflO or: literary attainments, as : to soar abate:the atmosphere Of stud.i. You' may sink below it, but y . ou millet rise above it. Apithy and corrodi g bare , may gnaw out the vitals of the high .- t aspirations; end degrade, man to the level o the irrational area, Lion; hut let him tlx his t. oughts upon great themes, let blur-ascend a.. ong the towering summits of truthii, and hi field'of vision will be enlarged, his mind ill s ite clearer, his passion for study more i . satiate, and every energy be fixed Upon .aking Roarer and nearer approaches to the onntain of Eternal. Truth. 4. The farmer studies, as • e - ziotes the plilos ophy of the ee s -asons, c. °Position of soils, the .laws and mom of vegetable growth; whether it be when the wig ter Stricken earth he arraying itself in the ..antis of hopeful spring; or amid the radia l sheat - Sof golden autumn. The.lootn and invilitbteottntieg room -and the exchaaga, furnish ample themes for profitable an continued-_study. The lawyer is a-student, o, should be, all hit diys. The physician w o does ilatJatudy with the greatest aisidult and patience the nature 'of diseases and air remedies,-is a curse rather th.n a bleai to society. The minister of the gospel,,t ; the language of whose heart znd lip it-tio moulded - by, the "Book of books," - ,ho -4st be cativo...ant ' with individuals Cod i i: ocie , with facts' and; their philosophy; . '' di \ eology; that "% cute .. which embr ' I either seGirces; " which attracts all _to talk subordinates oi them and receives fre tb m their trtbutes;"- serelli ho must be a s uden . The teacher is no less a student that the taught, It-iseafe to assert,' then, that we a - all students, and a brief consideration of he spirit which should animate us id the punt;of knowl edge may not belnapprop iate!to the present occasion, . 1 _ The first characteristic •f this Spirit is in =tellectual humility. . Nothing 'crib be more ieportant;to a stu dent, one those very occ patron is a tacit confession of his igneranc•, than that he be humble. Nothing is time t tai to intellectual prowess than intellectual- ! ride. - We live ,in a world of great realities. There is a solem nity alio eet.e.....h r _... J. it, ...teoh__ Amine times comes upon the mind :with an over-• whelming powee bringing. ith'it an oppress ive sense of human vreak.ess. - The greatest men of our earth, beer u . broken testimony • to the fact, thee heir highst flights and deep est explorations have! our . disclosed greater ,heighte, and more' profou .d depths, beyond their intellectual 6604 i. ' r ride of lets:Meet is evidence of a weaklmind. I o tine who thinks great thoughts,ind oris • in contact with great truth, can ever 6r. • r a proud viirit. It were an easy _tbliig _ or one who dwells only among pigmies, tore_ rd himself i giant, but he whose compenions'are . „ giants, will feel conscious of his Own littleness. A man to be humble, must beigrear. • ' "Could an mama pry into i vet at its own anatomy . ' But-let it look . on eagtes, t . ' a thing . t,isf .. - A Newtoß &raid reply to the cinigiattilationsi of 'lni [ t<e-i - seetrWttrtureetetei 45n. eAgetelhorei!'whil.6 the truth.' lored befo ter, whose- - ;In- devcitigna ax,,, , exp intellect eateet...4l- 4.0 /1 writings, a ricelese treasu , world, excl imed. at the cl vris but a n .in God's ban is-due to a - pen!" [ , , If you world lose tl vit you would have all at i and,groat within yon„ldwe to a-skeleton; -clieriak big! How fatal to. 1110wthat g all with a drip, whett the I nre tiowiDir at, your - feet u hot do to addOnister the one who is thing.iivi for. : might-as well with Alr want of water. The great The min is ignotint,i and ii.uts-only added to hisiigno proud and'does net Int t at "of all the passions, v unsocial."- It. is true especi fortune is linked in with of sition of knowledge. , The , is the forfeiture of mutual wall of ice shuts off the kind embrace. Theis is d 1 4 alienation. ,And if thi axis he _ • .r• e the separatton ..i k., .a` . wend the truth l . e seek it with ardent zeal _his eitpost tv- 4 «442,3 - re . ffitunny. Ile stands -aro # loved. Whether youl in ' ProvidenCe, or the -volume you tfillst be an •humble spurned away unanswered.; ' Remember, too, thntl as y . you are also ' a man? - I You jive .with books but With , of king with others," of the " lost arts" in r;da of attention than we 1 are w . And nothing is more elk I. is one of the , indispeesabl character of one who; is t Htunanity and humilitY'are ,..„... But if you should never? it s our life is to be'hidden h no human form but yur darken 'yotnethreshold, . w i. more to your culture , humility, whichitt simr one's self? Yet, one Will say, t is is Oone. A profound- Writer Msnity is a " ptirac4"— c of and above humanity 7 au ,divine—a rare exotic, not i,i Bel it Sic,. What can. just( him who never puts forith an r, it, robs-himself of its heaven builds around him a all t. banes forever 1 It ca r on! communion with exalt edthe beings.. Be it then yotirWir. yOur humble energy to the e society, alto to study,l with tieing energy, and a more re ity, the charaziter of th . " Ili who inhabitetti Eternit y )" .i ." The.4coni'plement In tb 1:) dent.* TAoroliimess.‘ ._ The Rotitani lied :a p ve - ntuffa,""lfueit not m ny well retiairixi in our proiver., - everything Of 'something. t everything:': There is Brea dents Will trit.o lasts:* top re 1 unfrepently ate teache?b. pill with the most Ort i raci permission to Allay Ch mist .er.3l, 1857. tronomy, • and• Mental Plitilosopay, when theie Same pupils might with more propriety_ tuzi swerds of three-syllables in the SP - elliog and practice in the first elements .of Simple Arithmetic. • • It isa common remark that students often graduate in our colleges, . whfi are not able to translate their Latin Diplomas. It is e . (pally true that many of the young. of both sexes speak of knowing Latin, French, Geom etry, AstrounzOy, "Naturti Philosophy and other branches of study, when their kmcwi- , ge is tit best but a mere figment of their \win fancy. .Icksv many, think yoll, of those 'who knot') F,encb, can converse freely and accurately in the French Language? 'how many who - 1 - noto‘Astronoroyi& this sense can repeat the names of the constellations, or . -point them out in a - clear evening,or, calculate an.eni , ipse ? Mould it not be better for-us to cultivate a small field and do it well, rather than add acre to acre and field. to' field ind `let all run to waste and' weeds!- • I remember once hearing &conversation in Tripoli, my Syrian home, !Nitwits, several Greek en whose ages ranged from - eight to twelve years. Said, one to another, how many languages do you know V ' Why, Giurgins, I know `Arabic 'and Eng lish, and French, and Ttiikislr, and I am now going to study I talian . How many do you know, Giurgiusl" "May four good be increase,d, 0 Selim. I kpow Arabic; and Italian, and English, and Turkish,but my brother Yi:koob,speaks Eng lish better thao do:" Well, 'Yakoohrlet us heat you speak English." '• • " This is my English, ' Good morning air and then another word Very well I thank you. That is all I know." "'Very good," answered the rest. • Now Yakoob's English was a pretty good specimen-of the linguistic attainments, of the crowd, and bad any . one of them put his .Ftench, or Italian, or Turkish,'to the test, it would probably evaporate ip4he same way. And, similar would 'be tfie fate -.of many American boys, doubt...lies, vrerOheir-sup posed- attainments subjected to 74 fiat-and searching trial. -•• I have e'en heard it said by gooCauthori-. ty, that' it is no-slight task for the Printers in the city orWashington to - correct' the -bad spelling and false syntax of manuscript Con gressional speeches sent to them for ; puldica. tion. It once happened, to my certain knowl edge, that a literary production received a second prize in a celebrated Institution of this country, when nothing prce;ented its re ceiving the first prize but the fact that many Orthe words were outmgeouslyinisapelled. •Abole all things I insist -upon it that you learn four own language well. Learn to ....peak, and read, and write, and *spell, correct ly. If you read books, read a few and mas ter them. Bettet know one book well, than many books syerficially. . Better read "Rob inson Crusoe" thoroughly and intelligently, than a whole library ivithont knowing what it contains. lf, , it might mar- diimern how mean ,thout affectation, is admirers, "To as-a vhiJd - phs,* . ittg immenite ocean of me." And flax -1 spirit and gthed Iparialanbly in his - re to the Christiag; ate of his life, d, and whatpraise I do not-mean try--lhoroughtets s won:. lying of le tlfraings. foirr years , ago the Patriarch Miximus of Damascus, spent three years of precinus time and a Vast amount of money ifi litigation about the shape of ec clesiastical cap! He wrote letters and pamph lota, argued and discussed, journeye.d,to Con stantinople and back again; andall to decide the shape of a cap.-.-You would not call such a man thorough or great, for .tbungh he may be great on little things, you would capect him to be. little on great things. Abuiteda, as Arab historian, tells a story of famous controversy which once took plac= between, two- celebrated - grainmarians, Sib.iab, and Kasai. The dispute - was- on' the •ords,-" I thought - the :Ong of a scorpi, Oh one than the sung of a wasp." lity and vigor , if noble, and good, fed and dwindled ideas of-yourself! oath, to be sails fountains of truth • touched. It will mulons of pride to knowledge. You a man dying for .ar. t still remains.' .y becoming'vain .nce,, for now be 1 .*lt. It is 'said r nity is the most i Ily of him whose , ers in the acqui loss of humility, .1 confidence. A shrm greeting and tance, suspicion, . between friends tween the unfor- No longer does No' longer aro , teratsi ....ar- tin e, unenvied, un ,rrogate- •Nature, tf human science, .ueitioner, or,be - S . buyah maintained that the word Wes the nominative, and Kasai maintained thatch wes_ln -the "accusative. The Khalif, or prince, before, whom the discussion was held, decided in favor of Kasai , and Sibuyah was so grestl:i diem:LTA at his defeat that he tra• veled away from Irak to Shiraz nod died there. It might be said in justification of such an intense devotion to a ;eoraparitively trifling question, chat minuteness is necessary to thoredghness, but you will- allow me to say that dying in defense — of a nominative ease hi a very inglorious kind of martyrdom. It is a very easy , thing to besuperficial:-- it ia,,wevy howl to be thorough. Ii is "very . 7 -to - make mistakes., It is not easy to cor rect them. -If you would be thoroiigh, you , must work. One of the most, common errors of students, occurs in conipiisition writing.— What teanher has net -been amazed and con- I founded, if not diverted, at the mistake in subctuatioh 'Constantly -occuring in school boy's compositions. Here is a specimen of false puctuation_, Winch - will illustrate - the importance of put ting thS comma in the right place. When properly yointed, the sentence is quite.sensi ble and correct,' .As it ityop will readily oh. serve that the meaning is grossly. perverted : "Lord Palmerston entered the room on his bead, his old familiar hat on his feet, his well polished boots on his brow, his spectacles un der his arm, his cane which he held with the firmness of youth completing the picture, and after Speaking a few words silently, lie turned and left the room" Sometimes the compositions of boys in our schools are equal to this - 'in punctuation' and meaning. , _.• • klt are a student, lare not only td n, and the. "art lir too much one . ft aeedi more .rit to give Co it. ,; an that•Aumi li ty T elements in the, • live with men. sister virtues. i ingle with men, the cloister, and ovn should e'er 't can 'contribute lenjoyment, than , just estimate of easier said ..tbpn as declared • Ittr. mething outside attribute of the man, the in the negl4et of efrort to attain . influence, isp4 exclude its fa- I, be ittteined-rly ell and stipule, ;, while you give udy pf self dud More erentiat 11=0- h andlefey One We all .have need of greater thoroughness. A deep furrow is better -than a wide one.— Strive to be thOrougp. Abhor'superficiality. The third pdint to which I ask your atten tion is Ids appreciation i)f the true object of academic shay. • You do not attend school for the purpose of learning everything, or mitering every science, or:. penetrating the mysteries' of all knowledge. The true objectOf study is men fat discipli. l .discipline: God hail giver; you mind. , and you come here to learnorrto use them: I The greatdiffirence between educated men andlnen who : tare not educated jabot that the. former are naturally. more gifted or have bet ter, minds,,butlhat 'they knoir better heir to use whot they have. Solomon says;,. " ,If the- iron, be blunt and he do nawbeit.the edge," : then must he pet to more itrangth,7, This the reason-why an ed. eeated man,eart accomplish 'a even intellea. Wel teak with half the 'exertion requisite. for' an uneducatedlroan inthe , performanee of-tbe same task: The one is working with li-sharp ened axe, and- tke - , - ethar: with a dull one, , It .that the ` - latnente4 .Presidetiellartiann bad been so littleaeoustomed to close Menial toil, that when, thoi, volatile . ot teal duti,, I • spirit of a 841! , 9falturn non biker tiliiob uNiat 'know othriett ioir of . oger that stu ,things.. Not-, fOr pet;lop,4s.l an di ny 11!(tlutt 14, gumtzr - 411. ' the preparation of important , doeumenta aid .. the intense mental applicatiati thni involvtid, were thrown upon- hi m,he sink 13 ndet the hut. den. A man ac.enstomed to literary labor,caa accomplish - in one day that which !.atiothu! n\eaccustoirted to it might not Wahl* , to az? , complish.in weelzs. ? DO not be afraid of hard.- studies. Your teachersgive you bard. prob lems in mathematics, , long Hate of rdates in history, and ha - sentence s in Oreek.ancf lati in, not so much fOr tbei/Own sake, , aa for OW. sake of disciplining the mind end Strengthius-. .... ing — in3-utemoig.• .. - .- r d s t u disi„-cue,a grindstone. A •grind stin4 is notbeautiful.' .! 'Id" 11 0 make "a gnixi -pities Ortuinient!, but it is o ~ " •—. • lance in sharpening,and polishing axes:, • Ev— ery battle with a hard problem, ovary effort to commit to memory 'a difficult task..she+ ens the edge of your intellect, and.-makes the • next ask easier.' -.' • . • There is another use or academia: -= atudi: 7 It teaches you how to ebnieticrateloiti mind. , 1 —how to be short, pointed,\c6ncise. ' ',- There are many words wasted in thiti world.' There 'would not be so malty books in4be world if all .authors were men Of disciplined mind ; et - all events what books therware rat be 'shorter. We - have a proverb, " Brevity-Is the soul of wit." The Arabs hare a proverb.of ' similar import : , • • "If words ire siker, - -.- . . - ' ' Silenceis, g 014.1.," \ '-• And another Eastern. nation have's atoll illustrating the'sarne point, which - runs some what thus:- There was once in a certain part of India „ such such a voluminous library, that-o n e ihousanCFcnela were ,requisits. for its. trams port, and one hundred., Pralm3ilis bed 'to•lte paid for itkcare. The king felt n,o.inclint ! Lien to wade through this heap of learning himself, and prdered his librarians to furnish him with 'an extract, or, .abridgement, for his -private use. They set to work, and in'abont twenty years' time they produced a nice little Encyclopedia which might have.estsili been: carried by thirty camels. . -- '-. .. • •-• But the monarch.foundlt still, too largo,ittid had not even patience enough to' read the preface. . . • - • The indefatigable Brahmins been there fore afresh, and reduced the thirty`"camel loads into 'so small a substance theta single donkey could bear it with ease. But the I king's dislike for reading had increased with age, and his , servants:wrote at, last on a .palra - leaf:. '''-- - N " The quintessince of all science consists lir' the little word, Perhaps:? - ~,,, • " Three expressions contain the history qf mankind :"They were born; .. they suffered - ; they died." I. ' , - Now' this "story, • whether fabtrlciustk raid, lillustrates the very important truth " thit 'of - making books - thereis noend," Old that thaa* rain this world : n great dear. of, "darkening) eounsel by words without kqewletige."-) There are more books thin-the World nesiti 'and more words than ideas, - . arid - .Ahtiugli-- world not say that it would be better and the World if all books Were-Atli we had o ' oared men like, the libran . arti, of the asterw toga through some - of nit libraries, and si ut' the' wheat frobits , the _' • , - I ~_,... _. . -- • . And it would be an interestinges.perimenti : to take the compositions of the pupils of suck a school as this, and puttbern into a hydrant-I is press, and see howmichsolid matter weld remain after_all the 'gaseous atitfirrelevant es. preSsions had made their escape. - - • Perhaps the experinient would prove 'equal,' lv- interesting itapplied to lawyers at the - bar' and - to the addresses, of other then lit ether . . 1 , professions. . ' ' J. . Then; is a great evilot sad neglect in Oa . eduestiois.of Jouth, which may find its ap. propriate remedy in the fourth characteristic of a student's spirit—Charity. - , • . i It is thaehroad, comprehensive, liberal .epi7 ,rit, which enables one to -lead, not onliishipii• py, 'but, a useful life:. In science it tesclitia the student that while one theory is most`geii., - erall3i accepted and clearly estliblished, 'there ale others which are entitled tti candid anir'- careful investigation ; in polities, that there is no ground for belieiring that •all the sound principles, and all' the ,pure-minded men' tiel, . long to one party, while all othersdre corriipL',. and unworthy :of confidence; in . society, it t - , teaches that neither birth Or wealth, nor e••• 'cidental elevation renders one elasitxitter,tHaa ':,• another,.but that true worth of Charae,ter•is-to '• bi loved and imitated, ilvfishatever sphere it . bad its origin ; in religion, that there °AA' creeds besides its divn-•-tbat there is niilerie• '.. deuce that any ene sect bas all the , tnathOint •; - .1 that While therhave much in common,.eack• - may be the servitor (if ?tome distinctive iintli —th a t religion is a life, not a'eame, and that : the-simple heartfelt worship of a disciple in,,. the desert or the wilderness, may beitiore itit ,- , , ceptable te God than all , the " pomp la cit ! '. : cumetance" Of gergeous ceremonials aid etc' ternal terms, in the, midst of which thelollow hearted offering is like the dry rattling, of a, skeleton among the arch es and aisles and eol-, .. umns of a cathedral 1. " : . .. . 1 , There ictoo'much of barrow .mindednesein : our age. A republin shonidlie -a republic of" .., kindly feeling,,geberous sympa - bnand broad: charity. Every man is king, aid should learn ' 'to treat every other one as possessed of equal- , dignity.. If men are - trained to study the in-.. • scriptions enly on one eide of the grand pyta- mid of truth, they will be prone to treat wither. suspicion ; if itot,with bitterness, those; wlits - k' • havo studied another side. , If men would'. ' • be men-of great hearts and great minds, Amy . must view the truth on every side. .• ,- • Ii is not well toeenfine the mind to a sin gle study or pbrsuit. There should be a variety—not. a distracting ; but a refreshing , -_ variety. The mind needs its Instead of_•••_. minute attention to at, single point, Nice:- ~ the mind of a youth has a psrtieblar 1,, 3n t• Weird. it, the attention , should ...hf w it .o l ' u irs alvar, , litha' more to other things,. If -11 man a lofty, monument ; there _must' Ise Breadth' ef base ; else it will 1 colne - tem4li n t o tho,, ground. AL. &bother , has d A l ell 'remarked. "I' -. U may be • said of the it titans of keeping; a. man• to for Pursuits; and of the. great !Mow' done thereby in the•ntaking• o; pins atadtker.„ dies; Itut -hi this matter; we are orzt'64 - I; is,„ g . ; of the things that ate ti, be.-done- but sit, ,, the personswha are Le t do tliert—oor sor a ttk. &antes. A itiunkt,er' 0: one aided mettle r:,_ make a great r.litioti l thanes I Much ineli e - Iti doubt that . ; but.'such a ;station will n - - ttuntithi* number. nigreat sten.”. Charity is a Wain to tse learned in '•jonth. .If Jo* cramp the rdtind, and give it a penicillin. de. , '': . , Sao fourth: far.—
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