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.—