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EVAN
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$.4: , °Xi ing 0 a ..4613atiCirlCki X.
FOE SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. •
tPott'Offlce address, Minded', or South Gibson, Susq`a
County, Penult.) -•
,T 1 the 59th section 09" theritcfy Congress of July 2.
11161, it is provided, That any person evrci4int
busiousa of auctioneer, without taking out a license far,
purpose, as required by said sit,. shall threeh and
every such Offence. forfeit a penalty 'equal-totimes
the amount of such license, outbid( to the United States
and the other , half to the person. giving information of
the fact* whereby said forfeiture was inctirred." .
Feb. 3, 1.861--13-Sa
.. - - ' HENRY C..T - YIHER , - -
, 1 • -
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pECKLER In Dry Goods. GrAcarles,tirnbielait.Tanitee
-Notions. Boots and Sho64. , Shovels and Forls.
tone 'Ware. Wdpden Wart and Br • O'ounl. • Head of NitYi
cation, Public Avenue.
Montirose, Pa, May 13,1k2.-Iy. . . .
strxrrrsto COOPER- attinT onnsittra.
WM. IL coopEß co.,
VtiEF.Rsl,—Montroso, Soccessors.to Post.. Coopfr
B_m Co. Mee, Lathrops now boilding,,TurnPike-st.
IeCOLLI:3I WAMILLZ.
- 111cCOLLUM & SEARLE,
TTORNIMS and Counsellors at LlLAV,—Montrose, Pa
AalL. Office in Lathrope pew building, over the Bank.
DR. H. siarrni sr, SON,
fiVIRGRON DENTlSTS,—liontroee, P. ~_,.....7 — . ~...r •
I.7offire in Lathrops' new building, over ~ --";
the Bank. All Dental operations will be •alai•
performed in good style and warranted.
'JOHN SlirrTEß,
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11ASHIONABLE TAILOR.— . 31ontrose, Pa. Shop
over .I. IS"."llnllard's Grocery, on Main-street.
Tiartkftil for Vast favors, he solicits a continuance
,Li-pledging himself to do all work satisfactorily. Cut
ting don
ontrose e cm ,
Pao. sh ,
Jul oti y2tt., rt nce, andlS6o.—tf. warrted to fit.
Man
P. LINES,
FASITIONABLE.TAILOR.—Montrose, Shop
In Pticznix Block, over store of Resul, Watrou
&Poster. All work warranted, as to fit and finish.
Cutting done on Phort notice, in hest stile. ,jan 'CO •
JOHN GROVES,
FASITtONABLE TAlLOR,—Montrose, Pa.' Sliop
near the RaptiA 'Meeting Ilona, .on Turnpike
treet. AU orders fillolpromptly. in firat.rate Ftvle.•-
Cutting done on ehort.notice. and warranted to fit.
L. 33. ISBELL, •
RV.PAIRS Clocks. 'Watches, and Jewelry a the
shortest notlc6. and Ott reasquable terms.. All
work warranted:" Shoo ir r dlcr ana ?-ieti"
V. -1 %- W. SMITH & £O., s_
ANDIET , AND CHAIR .ItI,I".SLTACTMEPS.- - . - P OO .
of Main ataveFt. Montrose, Pa. • _ ang tf
0. FOTMITAM,
iitittN^CFNCTLIVER a BOOTS - d , SHOES.NontroPe.
.111 Ps. Shop over - Tvler's Atore. All kinds of work
made to order, and repairing done neatly. jet .y
ABEL TURRELL,
DEALERIn Prues, Medicines, Chemicalai Dye
Wats, Gls,se Ware, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Win
dow Glass, Groberief, Fancy Goodp , , Jewelry Perla
itc.—Agent for all the most popular PATENT
llillifiCCCES,—Montrose; Pa. aug tf
DAVID C. ANEYOI. D.,
IId'AVING located permanently at New 'Milford. Pa.
11. will attend promptly to all calla with which be may
be (seared. Often at Toads' Ilotel.
•
New Milford, July.l7, 1561
MEDICAL_ CARD.
DR. E.PATFUCK & DR E.L. GARDNER
„
T - ATEeIEADIT,..-ITE of the MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
1J OF YALE COLLEGE: . have formed. - a copartnership
for the practice of Medicine and Surgery,audareprepared
to attend to all husiness.faithfully and punctually, that
may be intrusted to their care, on terms commensurate
With the times.
Diseases and deformities of the EYE. surgical opera
-Mons. and all surgical diseases. Rurticularly attended to.
• or-Oftlee over Webb's Store. Office hours from Ba.
tn. to 9p. m. All sort,' df country produce taken in pay
. meat; at the highest value, and CAIII :Nor anru'ann..
Montrose, Pa., May 7th, I.BG2.—tpf
TAKE NOTICE!
Gnewish "Paid for - NECiciloses,
N,J.4l2.eep Pelts, For, Mink. Sin-krat, and all kinds of
part; A. good assortment of Leather nil Boots and
Shoes eottstaatly.on hand. - Office, Tannery, & Shop on
Street,
'Montrose, Fell_6th
FIRE SURANC E. •
THE INSURANCE CO. Of NORTH AMERIcA,
424111:LAMPEI l k,
Hes Established anAgezieginXontroSe.
The Oldest Insurance - Co-. in the Union.
CAST( CAPITAL PAID IN
ASSIVIS'OVER,..
rpUE rates are - atloir as thoic of any goon component
..135itiw - Turk, or elsewhere, and its Directors are among
Cheitestior honor and integrity.
CarsatX•rft.ser, Secy. Merlin% G. COPITN.Tres.
_Montrose. 4[03 - 15, 'M. BILWi GS STRpFD, Aet.
HOME
INSURANCE COMPANY,
- 404' I\TOccrosircorlm..
CASH CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
ASESiTB lst July' 1860, $1,481,819.27..
4:3,068.611.
s J. Milton Smith. Sec'y. Chas. J. Martin, Presidert t
501 m McGee, Ae't " A. F. Wilmarth, Vice "
Policies issued and renEwed - , by the undersigned at
Me office, in the Brick Block. Montrose. Pa.
v.
nov29 y BILLINGS STROUD, Arent.
It.3I3IIICIPTAILIVOMeII
TO England, Ireland arid Scotland.
A 81141L-Im BELL* : BON'S DRAFTE. eumniot one
Jct.-pallid and npwardee payable in all the principal
taw= of Ragland. Ireland abcl Elealand,lor ease by
?r. 12
WM. N. erronfa, & fuNiam,
tio- - Meteors, rt.
A. P. 4. C. KEELER
iir2tx4oTt:
: iitftçaL
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;The War--Whe Pitirs the Cost" -""'
Who payathe,postt ; the Mater.
1 Sorrowful she site:and sighs- 7
Mhirtank.for an otily bretter,
"The coatli mine , " tite maideit cries
, Who pays thesciast? Alit the father,
qlelling grief,
That swells hle bosom for his boy; •
" i've dearly paid," hie answer brief. ;
Who pays .t.lso cost ? Asik the mother,
;Bent with sorrow as ith
,years,
Bhe-Weeioi soh; In battle
"The coitis 'peCy, With tear!i.'
Whe.paya the cost 7 "As& lhe
Sad and friendless no his life ;- -
Ills father in the conflict fell—
" 'Tis mini, the cost Of this fell ittiti."`
Who pays thu cost 1 .4.sk the ' , stator,
Broken-hearted. lone I ;itn poorT., •
her husband Blain, she Itloth berr,
rve paid my all, I nave no mem!'
I
What is the cost ° Bank bills aid gold I
The dross that miserh hoard and Wel
These tears of gricf;a thoasand fold,
Outweighall other mllt beside.
• • j't --Columbus Crisis
glistrilancous.
. (Fort TUC 11.0NI - R4E DEMOCRAT.) '
" ONLY A - YOUNG FARMER.",
. , .
" Kate, who was t-liat Young man that
,smilingly bowed to . -yo'I; as ive tallied the
corner .of DrOadiviiy, - jUst now ?" ,
`. -" Why, that was co,usin - Frank Jonts , ---
a young farmer from the Country.' _ • ;
"Only a young firmer! ltio offen4e,
1
Kate; but,to me theral is no more rep 11-
'
sive think alive than one of these uncou li,
sun-Lrowied rustics.' i.. I
---.--,-. - 11,..* is . ' ..1. 1 I..oithsPr 01
Eve ; yo,deserve'reCiWing ; so, s and up,
and let me talk
,to yew What reason
can .you assio-n_ for feeling yourself better
than anybody else, and young farmers ea
-pecially.', Your compiexion , may. % WA, .it r .
w
.tle mo, delieatevydurJmodtl:softer than
theirs'; 'tint fair skin nd white hands are
of not much account any 'way. YOu live,
poS..sibly, itia Fifth 'Avenue_ mansion—
Very well ; beautiful but unserviceable .
;Art icl esoften are seen in magnificent sh4w--
cases. ' Your attire isisplendid, indicating
clearly that you belong not to that. class
w
ho ‘..‘ have nothing to-wear ; 4 ' but if cost- -
ly. raiment be an index of 'true woman
hood, yoUr sex' has - been sadly abused.
Do you say you Teel yourself , no- better
'than ybur.fellOws ? Why, then, with tem
per and phrase unbeeomincr a lady of ! 0
' re
finement and sense,. did 'you seak so eon
lemptuously- of one of Nature's noblemen,
a few moments ago ?! I'm a farmer ; my
self, and I dislike'to,.hear my friends ridi
cured' without saying a word in their be
half; fora man is no 'man 'at all . who 'will
not stand by his craft, especially if it is an
'honorable one. •., ,
You saywe - are sun-browned. Granted;
but is this our fault?, or is there anything
wrong in it? We didn't make . the ;sun
shine, but we love it; dearly, and if your,
gender universally would come more un
der its invigorktingiufluence; multittidei
Of American women: would not looli So
much like plants grown in the dark... Our
cheeks are -'bronzednot, - however, by
, throwing off our hatsi and, like ;ools,
staring up at the sky all day; *but by
.hard work in forest and field. While you
are entertainitigyoUr flashy, silly simper
ing beaux, who . deem the art; of a ' djuSting
'a neck-tie more important than the science
of . gaining a lii'elibOolti,, we_ . are obeying
the command, " In the sweat of thy. face.
'shalt -thou eat-hread." Sim-browned!--„
Better he thus thanlto -live. in the' .shade,
daWdle on sofas; aii;(l soften our brains . by
reading . foolish novels, and romances.
Sun-browned, forsooth ! so we are ;' "and
it's - no disgrace - neither. • Mother earth
yieldt her treasures' ;not without - toil; and
we care not forlabbi-stains; only so _we
'reap the fruits of h4nest-industry.
' You call us uncouth:, I suppose - this
- • . - I
estimate ikMade by -comparing us • With
Broadway,exqUisites, - whom ; no doubt,
you regard aOreau ideals of manners and .
of physical perfeciiOM. True, all of us may
be ;unable to bowl with
. Chesterfieldian
grace, or enter 4 drawing-room. with
princely dignity. and ease,_ . yeti we should
not be sneered atifOrlaCk of these accom
plishments. llilanyl of us do_ the best we
9a°': ald.how much better than. this can
you do? ' The Aiiihor of Our being saw
fit to place tis 40 the.zcoantry,•
.and 'we
'thank ,liim'fbr so d. lug.' - Had ,we been
eity:bred,'. bad we - enjoyed' alk the I advan
tages-secured by Itealtki . ,alid position,"
tve might, hive bospless useful awl hap.-
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reto l. l,l , ,r,CilV:a';:' a 4 ; 6:e f'
MittE1 21111:11 r
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MONTROSE, .PA: VITES4-r --- - • 19 - 804'
.•.. • • •_: ! Pt . . . .
7 .
• ... . •••• ~ • . ..., •.. .• • e .8 .0
py, but, inyour eyes? more -refined;- am
had you.l - been Berne; bfklorcledsman's
daughter, the uncotithrke* - .and rusticity
pharged upon us. you Might not have heel
- entirely exempt from-yourself: , : Further. %
more, it is unfair to judge :the \ mass 9f
farfners by the conduct of a few. -Zany
who till the soil are net -whattheyshould
be, nor. eVemndglit 4e, :. s9Tin,e,of this eslAsA
i , r ,
! ---to their; mme be it, gaid=seetri,to e a r. ,' !
nothing for thecourtesies of life v arn r.O
in demeanor and,slovenly in appeara t
Such per Sons, he it .form t understood,
,for„,
exception, not the rule; they. are Irons"
and uncuture&because they wi,ll be, ngt
because t hey-are' forced to be. ..Give sour
men all t.be advantages- in the
,world-r.
place their in city or country, in, - palace pla' ce or
cot, and -they will never:burst the. shell:.if
indolipc4 and mulish stupidity in which
they sewn to be incased. -But the inair ,, ,
ity of our husbandmen are ..not so.; t hey
are enterprising, mannerly, -wide-awake,
sensitive to a fault, alive to their persocal
interests; jealous of their -rights and over
flawing With devotion to country. ko. ;
ever denies this-intends.-to falsify, -or is
happy in the bliss of igroramts.
As to ; the epithet of "rustic" ; yom so
contemptuously apply to us, I have 1104
to say: !Since we are in the station Pray- .
idence assigned us, and do the, best we
can, these who pour., ridicule and e,ou,-
tempt upon us excite our, pity rather than
indignation. Farmers generally are a
happy, :spiritually-minded class.- Sur
rounded by the charms and irnpressive'
activities of Nature,,their minds imper,
Ceptibly, became imbued with her saluted?
influence. A life-in the country is emi.
neatly cendicive-to the' develcipement of
the entire man.
_Hills and mountains, vales_
and woodlands, babbling brooks and
foaming, cascades,. majestic , rivers and
slumbering lakes, teach sublimer, more
'so . nl-refining lessons than all the combined
elements of metrotiolitanmllndor. Daily
WU tralArlatiuma w .• .• ,
sr ----r--
cur. ...;,..1 ic .reetiurg - uf—traniltillitY Una .
de"
light unknown io dwellers in "the City
full." The country-bred may have bronzed
cheeks and toil-hardened hands, may even
—some;ofthem—unwittingly violate the
canons Of 'a voluminous code .of etiquette,
they, nevertheless, - have as large hearts,
as generous impulses as those -Who spend
their days in br?wn-stone or marble-walls.
We "rustics" care nothing for the
gibes and sneers otyou finical cits, who
appear to think yourselves the only crea,
tures w earth Entitled - -- to consideration.
You laugh at our. odd ways - and homely
apparel, call us uncouth; and all that;
still .yoi.i . are dependant upon 'us for the
necessaries of life. • ° • -
You would disparage the " sorni of the
soil," Many of whom, in every age, have
arisen to distinction; andbeen 'eminently
servicable to mankind. In support of this
fact ilhistration is needles's ;. - yet, for your
benefit; I will mention a few eiarnples.,
Who, orphaned and friendless, I=ol7,
Way-.3v,Orn and forlorn, centuries ago,threw
himelf'npon the ground on Highgate-hill,
and i as ear ‘ caught from afar the chim
ing of Bow-bells in England's metropolis,
fancied he heard in each musical peal,
"Turn; aain Whittington;Lord Mayor of
London !Tarn again Whittington, Lord
Mayor of London ?" t Who bequeathed to
the world that immortal poem, "The
Course of Tince," thereby winning for
himself a place in the temple of faniey—
Who, ! while keeping flocks or driving the
team a -field, was giving birth to melodies
that *mime to be as lasting as old Sco
tia's Mountaing themselves? Whe was
Daniel Webster, the great champion and
expounder of the Constitution ?. Who
were Henry. Clay, - Martin Van Buren and
Millard - Fillmore? Who was Israel , Put-'
nano, the renowned hero,' that left hisidow
in thel furrow, seized his sword, and clad
in farmer's garb, hurried off to join. his
compatriots in arras, when tidings,of the ,
battles of Lexington and Coneordreached
hisear, and fired his heart ?. Who, be
sides Putnam, were of those -that= Caught
up and echoed the thrilling words of Hen
ry, "Liberty or death ;" and with a bra
very unparalleled in the annals 'of time,
scourged the Brittish lien to, his-den, and
paied the way for the organization of the.
best government on earth ? 1 Who won
the fields of Lundy's Lane, Tippecanoe and
Newt Orleans? l Whose blood crimsoned
the *aters of Lakes Champlain and Erie, -
when shout:a of victorious freemen told
that I not always "Brittanial rides the
waves?" 'Who - humbled the insolent re
public of Mexico, and dis Played our flag
frOrn the dome of her Capitol ? ' Who,
more recently, when thunder of rebel can
non aimed at Sumter awoke,_as by an
earthquake-shock the mg t.° North, were
firstin arms ready to die m difense of the
Constitution and the Union ? Whose
bones molder on the plains of ?Manassas;
,
-'':. '''l.l.'".'.
alb' Ecirt,'cpkin t elflunt, Avottn44t,i Alltl, lsi
'Vicksburg, tiestly,ell - the wilyfrOlik)iiigkz
tow.ti to , Rie„hmotid., and;rie feet,-40,.every
blittle-fleld where, taiiii,,, : terrihlep...rebelli, ,
iokii4fiteatedeit*Ameit?i zWitioct9 - 4y— ,
efeloroua host; ttioidshotilder:wshow
elarouudithettotterieg editlee4Out eon- I
Eutionalliberty,rand,hurL Ale4lintis • et a - 1
Achoselbuwero.if equal- -,to bitabase:4e-
40-w9uhllatrike from Or Zil3tional , gal-1
ts.'Xy some, of; its torightestrstarty andeeven 1
timiAtonds.thiit 66 - long liave ItelliAhesein- 1
dividual States in one harmonisusxuaity ,
Tbeso;4lnd similar .qnstione'vi*fiady, an= '
overect by the. histotian'n ptrf,. in ehntac,
ters Of living light, clearly demonstrate!
that many of-themost-virtuons and "re
nowned have lieeiiieithei lir/Car:will agricul
turists or their immediate descendants.
Thuilmuchto one who from her fancied
eleAraton„,loOks down` with dilidiiiiii•nyon
41,, 4 p0t iii, her exclusive :spher e ; and.now3
??..0-faiiners, (for While I :Venerate the
',father's," who had' "'borne the.tiiirden
andtlke heat of the .43r!'l 1' beg leive to
ezprerss a few word i for your especial 900-
sideration. - Surrot tided by bles sings
and comforts eflife, you possesS happiness ;
iiiiiinown to the faShionable„ the . ; dissipar
ted, the gay. . Your influence in , society is
great ; may it 'always be On the side of
progress aubl right.' Never be 'ashamed
be.krioWn as working", men. It is a false
and pernicious judgment that regards
'manual labor as , - 1 degrading. Na one
whose -opinion is esirable thinks less of
theninillvho courageously grapples - NO
nature, subdues her primeval ruggedness,
'and with laberionk effect collects treasure'
froni her ample sterehouse, than he would
Of the statesman or- fohilosopher, this po4
or 'divine. - All niefal pyrsuita are' honor
able ; andhe isuriWortliy our esteem who
despises. another--;because of 'a diversity
%
of avocation.' Seekto elevateyourealling
bvlamiliarizing Yourselves with knowl
edge indispensable toyoOr success. . Let
ind-tAfillr ntaitivAilmitA: - o,f neatness
corn. r'Plant - tree*: by the way-side and
around your dwellings: . Be' not so com
pletely absorbed inmoney-makirig - as to
loie sight of 'the beinitifuL • Acquisitive
ness is notthe only faculty of ;the mind
that needs develOpenient. Sacrifice net
kinciple for the sake of becoming rich ; —
fir wealth obtainad in - this way • never
gives its possessor a quiet conscience. Aim
to become What it is your• privilege and
duty to be. Shriek from no responsibili-,
ty. Be not inclined to roam from place to
place, hoping thua to increase your gains.
Be men among men, reinembering
,that.
while y9u are Inulable farmers you-are at,
the same tithe l sovereigns; and that many
who sneer at, yotir hard hands, sun-burnt
faces and alleged jrusticity, obey your will
as - expressed through, the ballot-box. Con
nected as your interests are with the per
petuity of our free institutions, guard with
jealous eye all' innovations upon popular
and well-tried forms of law. - 'beware of
unscrupulous, designing men, who, would
build their fortunes upon the ruin of our
country. Help no man to office who takes
not' the Constitittion as it is for his plat
form. When t lose in high authority in
vade your rights, fear not to denounce the.
usurpation, and, in the name of justice,
demand ,redress., When the magna charta
of your rights is ;violated, feel , alarm, lest
your liberties bejeopardized. ,
To conclude, . whether you enter the
ranks and fight our co,iintry's battles or
remaiwat home '
. may heaven • bless you;
may your lives, be so ordered that your
transit froth time to eternity will be peace
ful and "sweet as thedying glories of the
day."
LATHROP, Pa. -
RTE COFFEE Poisoiccts.—The author
ities of Brooklyn, N. Y. have prohibited
the'sale of_ the pew article of consump
tion known as:rye coffee, in the several
.tores in which :it was sold in that city.—
The cause assigned is that a number of
families were poisoned by its use. Dr.
Bauer health officer pf the city, having
analyzed some a this ground coffee,,de
tected three yegetable poisons, which of
ten grows-mith rye. Thu-only safe way,
is to buy no ground coffee.
•
"KILKEYST Cia.s." : —The•old ..story of
the "KilkennY cats" having eaten each
other except" the tails,,may After , this be
told of "American .cats," as much more
appropriate. Cats'fight well ig , Ireland,
but are mere •kittens compared with ours.
We are eating each up rapidly, and the
tax men will - take the ' tails, so
that nothing Will be left—which must be
„very consOlingltO our .citizens -North and
South, in their'present temper.
garpsus: There will be two wiipsei
during this year of the inn, and two pf
the moon. •
KEEN
• Ail. - qpiLIMICtIiTI9O DZIODIMD POD tTZiI COMM
SHOULD Bt slLDDltialitD TO A,KONZZ O I I ts:
111114atridgatit couxim;tilists. " ' • -
TM:STUDY OF GRAMM
• This study 'we consider the • most ink-`
ricittaut bfainy pretended to be, taught in
OM' public 'schools and yet the. Most se&
ly-abused'uf,any, 'schools,
many Of our schools
the instraetkin ettemptedlo be given in .
it iWworse- 'than useless----it is absolutely '
Prof,' , Russel. aptly: illustrates' .
thelow:etiliimon effect of the utlual meth
od lintimedias follows e
"A boy: 'who had studied.'grammar -a
long time, got tired of it, and did not. wish
to go over the definitions again. To test
him, the new teacher 'asked him, "Do you
think you understand you have
studied?", "0 yes,. sir, I know it all,"
"Well; here is the definition of the indefi
nitwartiole ; what is that?" Aor in 'is
styled:the indefinite article, and •is used
in a vague striae • insother respects inde
terminate"' (This he bad learned, word
for word, from 'his grammar.) Do you
understand that fully ? " "0 yes, sir.
"Will you tell me what 'styled' means'?"
"Why, it , Means something sort of grand
, stylish." • "What does article' mean ?"
";It means, why it means anything which
we see." " What does vague' mean ?"
Ido not know ' sir." " Well, *hat does
indeterminate' mean ?" ".Being very de
termined about it, sir.", "
• We will allow that the above•is ex
treme illustra tion, . but we -think all that
have had some pedagogic experience, have
frerently met with as extreme cases. The
connlion practice of taking pupils - 46 thro'-
grammar, i. e.,. of requiring them to com
mit to memory and 'repeat its definitions
and rules, without stopping one moment
to explain and -illustrate every principle
as it cornea up, by_example upon example,
and•to define carefully the exact meaning
MALI?, a alv . be _ , put
• ,
down ea the. common•and`
_true .C 1111613 or .
all this. mischief. Aerialist, age . sho„uld
scholars; cefinnence the. study of grammar,
is a question about mliiCh_much has been
said and written. If they are, to be taught
it in a plain, practical, common sense way,
they can commence it - long before they
are old enough to study'any other branch ;
out it tee: .. ht • „
way "—the way which rose "'Pet V i hro?,"'
they Will never be able to travel in that
path without receiving a severe scratch
and a tar from the briars - and thorns that
line it arid hedge it up, whose wounds and
scars time and 'pains-taking culture will
never wholly eradicate. .. .But if the child
is to be taught the proper and correct use
of his oWn language; the mothei should
initiate. him - to a perfect familiarity with
its simpler forms, (which in our language,
we flare often thought, are the most,
regular,) then as he passes' 'from the in-
Wtructions of his mother to the school=
room, let the teacher' take up the work
where the judicious and, careful parent
has left it, and. carry it on lb the same,
'common sense *ay.But if the parent is
-incapable, or if capable, has neglected this
highly important. _initiatory instruction, ,
then the teacher, in ord.er to succeed
must commence where the parent' should
have commenced, and first, thorenghly.
weed out all the errors; if; possible, that
have taken root. By following this cotirse
we are sure a foundation mill be prepared
upon which , to build an educational.struct
ure, beautiful in all its parts: Fearing we
shall be too lengthy, if at this time we at
tempt to give fully : ali exposition of our
own views, we will-sunply state our be-,
lief that the study of grammar—the cor
rect use of language, is the first in import
ane,e, and Certainly the first in 'order of.
time, and close with a few brief hints by
one that has hadagreat experience in teach
ing not only gramniax but other branches ;
and we feel confident that if the few, brief
lints 'are followed, the early study of
grammar can be made both ; interesting
and profitablg. "First, do not plunge the
pupil at first, a la Kirkham or.a la Brown
or somebody else," (I. would say , in some
parts of the community, a la Clark,) "into
a maze of rules for writingi rules for 'spell
ing,' rules for the use of capitals, rules for
punctuation, rules for ,diagraming and
rules for everything. If they Must be
learned at this time, and somebody must
learn them, dolt yourself, some night, af
ter the fatigue' of's bard - day's teaching,
but let your scholars go free for a time..
Second, While you should' require cor
rect definitions from your pupils, be sure
that you' give correct ones yourselves,
and make them intelligible to their , minds.
Third, Give abundant practice, both
in true and false syntax.".. „Let gram
be thus taught in a, practical common
genie way, by a live teacher, and - it will
S. W. T.
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no Loner at) oreact.or e, :.pc . p . m hilQ.
hilliotion'Ofthe -- eiictl33:aeriotta.
annojatie. of authors an " ti,iihrith*.ii; Igri.
the - fifth wheel 14 the fiCholaritlei: &rich,. in;
til% ibipile `of . ..the public. : ,- . SI7P 9 T. : •
. _ .., - •
.16: 4 0.4tx - 145' - idds.
D 'EAR Fn .'n D:—Once--more a c ‘inE4.
id - Write
The birds are,singing . merrilythe - trees:
The weather here,j ustia. as ilia
Month of *June is vith you; :but we hnve..
it - Cold at :times: • . •
As for me, I feel as good as ; I can, con
sidering the hard fare we have to eniTuro.
The wet ground is' onr'bed, while-the'
grave is - the bed of some . oroui poor fel
lows. - Therefore - I shall not complain
much this time.: _ _
I suppose _you lave heard of the great
battle of Frederickgribrg: It was the se
verest battle that was ever fought inthe
South. We were ordered - to reinforce
Burnside; and niarched- three days and
nights, but did not get there in tine. We
got - within x Miles when we were order
ed to fall back. - iNre were whipt 'badly.
,Gen. French went in with 7,000 men; he
came' out with-1,400. If we, had been 3
hours Sooner we would' We been in the
hardest of the fight.
- Well, I am sick of war; and cannot
heir! wishing at times that I was at home
again with my wife, and child: I thought
when I enlisted it was for putting, down
the rebellion; and if it was, I enlisted in
a good cause. 'I. never could stay at home
awl Ikee my country go to ruin. But pat
riotism is dead. It is just as I was told a
great - many - times, that it- was office-seek - -
, ers that_made'the war. • And so. it was,
I believe now, if the officers
.. echnmandi.g
the,army were getting but $l3 a r 4 Pth;
the war would would notlast fce`T - eig ht
hours longer.
of, the ranit..dn n u rnan wars
in the annals ifirtuatc4,4,' Thousands of
men have fought lilt tigers, Wand lost
their, lives and'_ they do not get as much .
praise as a sedentary captain who n - ever..
smelt gunpoWder; even the names of the .
honored dead are.sometimes reported as
" 6 deserters.r From present 'appearancka,
I do believe by the first of April there
11,11-e?ApAo_No.ithern troops inDix-
They say they wilCall
down their arms - and - come home, and so -t
will I if it is not managed better.' If it _
was to save our homes and family, I could
fight and lay down my'life and breathe it
out sweetly here - . - But 1.. cannot the
the way the thing is maniged now. I
want you to write to me what:the people
think about the war closing.in the spring.
It is rumored, here that it yilliclose„ but
I
cannot see it: Give my respects to
in
quiringi friends.l Truly yourii, •
G. W. 8..
Nremmt- - er
MIME
ettaarmittArmg*
• " From L. Edgcombe. •
, • SKFTOI3I, Va.,-.Tan.
Mn.Enrroit:Thei-177th Pa. Reg. are
all in as good health-ns could be expected,
taking us. from our Northern states-and
subjecting us to .a change of climate. We
have noticed the assertion in the Mont
rose .Republican in regard to G.A.'Grow\ ; -
'that he should receive honor' -for present
ing some money to qp. B. in our Begi; •
ment. In all; Mr: Grow gave them be
tween five and seven dollars ! .If Mr.. G.
gage all the money he had, he in be
travelling on smaller allowance of mon
ey than I should like to.undertake such a
journey with. 'Thit ..Mr..Grow must have
seen that a part of our rations•w-hich have
been furnished to us ace bad. From
his high place at. Washington - , he might
'do us a real service by intuating a refer
mation in the:l3caumissariat at Head-quar
ters. L. EOGECO3III2.
Froni H. G. Williams.
CAM' NEAR , ErrArroan,
, -Jan. 1, 0 2., 1863. -
Enrroth--By.request of my fellow. -
soldiers,, I pen, these lines for your col
umns to let the friends' of the:boys in B
eorcipany, 170 • Pi. Cavalry, know how -
they are getting on. has ,been raining -
here steadily for, two days and nights, and
the ground , is like one' of your northern
gardens after a -severe rain. We find it
pretty_ dirty for sleeping, but being sol
diers we must expect such little ine,onven:
fences;. for we get $l3 a, month for this_
kind of work t
_ Vire are under marching orders now,
and one battalion of our regiment is 4e
taehed for the present to do picket. duty..
The boys -in Co. B, (from Susq'a cOunty,l,
are usually well, considering the situation