Mi. Can: If IheToHowlhgline* ire worth on insertion,
pleflM publish and oblige (he wither. We hare many men of
(be chancier described below, acme of whom are almost del*
fled when they die and leare a part of what the/ hare Wrung
Irm the poor, to , ’ B. >&. E. 1
Are youright In Ihtw constantly atrifing t
''isasSKSSfiSW l
TfcefaHiSyi talmhbUißomehtOfcaael
QWe over the i
And the spirit letiflw Vvm aeuei
Bnt dtinessad doßesitiiHa ro«? M}»ws equaesa
<2§jli worldly wealth.
»u nought of the Joy otaye.
n of the dbthlrig love
,Bat cent per ceat£-rjgbt QnwwdinoTe,
In DW« track, *t u crowed—above 1
The grade la downward and easy. '
Don't Uke the landing f trust your skiU
To cheat the Devil;, mike yopr will,
Of every dollar bequeath a mill
In aid of ebe Church, /t will joar coabcjence sfili,' ‘
To doubt bo Iqbocnsj, r
Mqreovar, bjen yoar-ehalUny
Tout heart, or aoul, or spirit! nay,
Your moneybags! you'll make display
In pious pripts. ana prV«t« will pray <
fit Peter safe to odj<yqa;
Tis true their prayTt may not avail,
.** Like print, like people”—each may fefl
Above, but styckau Bank or Hail*
sOth'pray*ra of D. from Oxford Or Yale,
Mart make a Ueavento fit you.
Yet where to placeJt Pm parried to tell*
Tho* under 4 gold-mine would do qdite weH:
Then your thoughts would ba upward, for aye in Hell
The lofty old spirit from tfearen that fell
Won’t be pestered with souls so small.
Uttle space will be needed, for millions of such
Might cling to one nugget, andgrovelllng clutch
Thi coveted Joy of the gold you touch,
Aod u your Joy will be fall,’’ tho’ It won’t be nnch,
Wbeu down to your place you crawL
fcntmntins Narrative.
Tie Creole Slave Betrayed.
Let us again introduce the reader to Nich
olas, as bis hoe manly figure, marked with
impressive features,stands before us in Grab
guv’s work-shop. Tall and finely formed,
he has grown lo manhood, retaining all the
fiery impulses of h's race,' Those black
eyes waoderiog irresistibly, that curl of con
tempt that sits upon his lip, that stare of re
venge that scowls beneath those heavy eye
brows, and that hate of wrong, that ever and
anon pervades the whole, tells bow in his
heart burns the will that would bear the op
pressor’s lash—that would emb r ace death
rather than yield lo perfidy. He here (ells
us
“I came here sold—so they told me—by
God’s will. Well, I thought to myself, isn’t
inis strange that the curious God—they tell
me he loves everybody—should sell me 1 ll
all seemed like a misty waste to me. 1 re
membered home—l learned to read myself.—
1 remembered mother, I loved her, but she
lell ms, and I have never seen her since. - I
loved het, dear mother! I loved her—but
ttiev said she was gone far away, and I
musn't mind if I never saw her again. It
seemed hard and s!range, but I had to put
up with it, for they said I never had a father,
and my mother had no right jo me, (his
piercing black eyes glare, as fervently he
savs mother /) i (bought at last it was true,
ior every body had a right to call me nigger
—a blasted white nigger as wouldn’t be
worth nolh'og. And then they used to kick
me, and cuff me, and (ash me ; and if nigger,
was nigger, [ was worse than a nigger be
cause every black nigger was laughing at
me, and telling me what a fool of a withe
nigger f was that niggers was nobody,
could be nobody and was never intended for
nobody, as nobody knew wnere white niggers
came irom.
Bui I didn’t believe all (his; i( wasn’t sen
sible. Something said—Nicholas! you are
ius; as good as anybody; learn to read,
write and cvoher, and you’ll be something
vt. And this someilnng—l couldn’t tell
witai il was, nor describe n—n seemed ir
resistible m iis power to carrv me (o be that
somebody it prompted in my feelings. I was
white ant) when 1 looked at myself I knew
t wasn’t a nigger; and feeling that every
body could be somebody, 1 began to look
forward to the lime when I should rise above
the burden of misfortune that seemed bearing
me down into the earth.
And then Franconia, like a sister, used to
come to me and say so many kind things lo
me that I felt relieved and resolved to go for
ward. Then I lost sight of Franconia, and
she seemed so pretty and loved me so affec
tionately. How long it seems since I have
seen her. She dressed roe so nicely, and
parted my hair and kissed me so kindly and
said good by when I left her, so in regret. I
never can forget it. And it wai then Ihey
said I was sold. Mr, Grabguy said he owned
me, and owning me was equal lo doing what
he pleased with roe. Then I went home to
Mr. Grabguy's ; and they told me that Mr.
brapguy owned me just as lie owned his
great btg dog they called a democratic bull
dog, the foreman said he paid a democratic
ten dollar gold piece for him. They used
to sav me onlv difference between me and
ttie flog was that the dog could go where he
pleased wi.hout being lashed, and I couldn’t.
And me dog always got enough to eat, and
seemed a great favorite with everybody,
Whereas I got more kicks than cucumbers,
didn’t seem to be liked by anybody, and, if
i got enough to eat I had nobody to thank
hat good old Margery, the cook, who was
kina to me now and then, and used to say,
“I like you, Nicholas I” And that used to
make me so happy I Old Margery was coal
black, but 1 didn’t care for that —the knowl
edge ol somebody loving you is enough to
light up the pathway of life, and make the
heart feel contented. In this manner roy
thoughts went here and there and every
where ; and the truth is, I had so many tho’ts
that 1 got completely bewildered in thinking
how I was lo better myself, and bo like other
folks.
Mr. Grabguy seemed kind lo me at first
—said he would make a great mechanic of
me, and give me a chance to buy myself.— l '
1 didn’t know what this great buy myself
meant at first. But I soon found out—he
tells us that we mast speak with caution—
that I roust pay so many hundred dollars
afore that I cab be like other folks. The
kindness Mr. Grabguy first exhibited to me
didn’t last long; he soon began lo kick me,
and cuff me, and swear at me. And it ap
peared to’me'ha if I never could please any
body, and so my feelings got so embittered I
dido’tiknow what to do, 1 was put into the
shop among the men, and one said, nigger
get here! and another said, nigger get there I
and they alt seemed to be inclined not to
help me along. And then I would get into
a passion, but that never made things better.
The foreman now and then said a hind word
to me, and whenever he did, it made my
heart feel so good that I seemed a new being
with brighter hopes. Well, Mr, Grabguy.
put me to turning the grindstone—the men
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used lo throw water Jo tny face when they
ground their chisels, and their plane, irons,
and axis and adzes—l learned, {o saw, ,io
plane boards, and then to mortice and frame,
and make mouldings, and window-sash and
door frames. When I could do nil these
master used to say I was bound, to make a
great workman, and, laughingly, would say
I was the most valuable property he ever
owned.
About Ibis lime I began to find out bow it
was that other while folks owned themselves
and master owned me; bat then, if I said
anything abopt.it, roaster might lie me up
and lash me as he used (o do; andso.l re
mained quiet, hut kept a thinking. Bye-and
bve I got perfect at the carpenter’s trade, and
I learned engineering; and when I got engi
neering perfect, I took a fancy for making
stucco work and images. And people said I
learned wouderously fast, and was the best
workman far or near. Seeing these things,
people used lo come to me, and then end by
wanting me to make them specimens of stuo.
co. I seemed liked by every bodv who came
to see me, and good people had a kind word
forme; but Mr. Grabguy was very strict,
and wouldn’t allow me to do anything with
out his permission.
People said roy work was perfect, and
master said I was a perfect piece of proper
ty ; and it used to pain ray heart when mas
ter spoke so. Well, I got to be a man and
when the foreman got drunk master used, to
put me in his place. And after a while I got
io be a foreman altogether; but 1 was a slave,
they said, and the men wouldn’t follow mv
directions when master was away ; they all
acknowledged that I was a good workman,
but said a nigger should never be allotted to
direct and order while people. 7’hal made
my very blood boil as I grew older, because
I was whiter than many of them. Howev
er, submit was the word j and I bore up and
trusted Heaven for deliverance, hoping the
day would come soon when its will would be
carried out. With my knowledge of me
chanics increased a love of learning, which
almost amounted to a a passion. They said
it was against the law for a nigger to read ;
but I was raised so far above black niggers
(hat I didn’t mind what the law said, so 1
got “Pilgrim’s Progress,” and the Bible, and
“Young’s Night Thoughts,” and from them
I learned great truths; they give me new
hopes, refreshed my very soul and made me
like a new clothed being, readv to soar above
the injustice of this life. Oh, how I read
them at night and re-read them in the morn
ing, and every time found something new in
them, something .hat suited my case!—
Thfougii (ho inKiKst/J ,
[ saw freedom hanging out its light of love,
fascinating me, and enticing me lo make a
death struggle to gain it.
One day, as I was thinking of my hard
fate, and how I did all the work and master
got all the monev for it—and how I bad to
live and how he lived—master came in look
ing good natured. He approached me, shook
hands with me, said I was weight
in gold, and asked me how I would like to
be free. 1 told him 1 would jump for joy,
would sing praises and be glad all dav long.
“Aint you contented here, Nicholas 1 be
inquired. 1 told him I did not dislike him,
but freedom was sweetest. Give me a chance
for my“ freedom, roaster, and yet you may
know me as a man, said I, feeling that to be
free was to be among the living ; to be a
slave was lo be among the moving dead.—
To this he said, he always liked me, was
proud of me, had unbounded confidence in
my directions over bis men, and always felt
safe when he went away from home leaving
things in my charge.
In view of this case, Nicholas, says he, I
have come lo the conclusion —and it’s Mrs.
Grabguy’s conclusion too--lo let you work
evenings on over time for yourself. You
can earn a deal of money that woy if you
please ; just save it up and let me keep it for
you, and in consideration of your faithfulness
I will set you free when you get a thousand
dollars pul into my hands. Now that’s gen
erous—l want lode the straight thing, and
so does Mrs. Grabguy; and What money
you save you can iput into Mrs. Grabguy’s
hands for safe keeping. She is e noble
minded woman, and will take go6d cate
of it.
This was to me like entering on a new
life of hope sod joy. How my heart yearn
ed for the coming day when 1 should be free
like oilier folks I I worked and struggled
night and day, and good Mr.,Simons befriend
ed me, and procured many little orders,
which 1 executed, and for which I got good
pay. All my earnings I put intp Mrs. Grab
guy’s hands, and'she told me she would keep
it for me safe, till I got enough to buy my
freedom. My confidence in these assurances
was undivided. 1 looked upon Mrs. Grab
guy as a friend and mother; and goad Mr.
Simons, who was poor but honest, did many
kind things to help me out. When 1 got'
one hundred dollars in missus’ bands I jump
ed for joy; wiih it l seemed to gel over the
first difficult step.^\.
Then missus said I must take Jeruslm for
my wife, 1 didn't like 1 Jdrusha at first—she
was almost black; hilt' missus said wo were
both slaves, hence tliat could be no objection.
As missus’ orders were equally positive as
master’s there was no alternative but to obey
it, and Jerusha became raw wife. Weyiqre
lawfully married, aud missus made a nice lit
tle party for us, and Jerusha loved me and"
was kind to roe, and her solicitude for raj'
welfare made me 1 repay her lord. 'd pitied
her condition, and she seemed to pity mine ;
and I soon forgot that she was blackj l end
we lived happily together, and hadtwo chil-;
dren, which missus said were hers.'' - It was ;
I hard to reconcile this, and yet it was so by
1 law as well as social right. But then rrtissus
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L “THBiGITATIOK OPTHOOOHTI9 THEBBOINCUrJO 0 P WISDOM.’?
WmSBOROI'GU, MCA COUSTT, PA., TfICRSMY MOSSING, JATOART ti, 1856.
Wasklnd to Jaroshe, aod let bee her
tittle tit 1 four' dfqlljurs! a jhavipg
leafnedto make dresses, 4lie coulcTpay, and
havea small surplusih'Jlayby week.
JerushekhewT was struggling for freedom,
and sbe would help me to buy, iliatj freedom,
knowing, that if j was free I would 1 return
her kindness, and, struggle\o make her free
and our children free,'
Yeats rolled on—we had placed, nearly
'five hundred dollars in missus’ bauds; but
how vain "Were the hopes that had borne us
through so .many privations fur-.ljie accumu
lation of this portion of our price of free
dom! ’Master sold my children—yes, sold
them! He wilt not tell me where nor to
whom. Missus will neither see nor bear
mo; and master threatens to sell me to New
Orleans if I resent this act. To what tribu
nal can I appeal for justice? Shut frotn the
laws of my native land what justice is there
for the slave where justice makes its law op
pression I Master may sell me, he cannot
vanquish, the spirt God Iras given me i never
will I yield to his nefarious designs. I have
but one life to yield a sacricfie to right, 1 care
not to live for wrong I”
Thus he speaks as his frenzied soul burns
with indignation. His soul’s love was free
dom and he asked but justice to achieve it.
Sick at heart, he has thrown up his zeal for
his master’s welfare, which bore him on
ward—summoned his determination to resist
to the last—to die rather than again confront
the dreary waste of a slave’s life. Grabguv
has forfeited the amount deposited by Nicho
las as a part of the price of his freedom—
betrayed his confidence.
He tells ua his simple story as the work
men with fear on their countenances, go
heedlessly about the foom. As he concludes,
Grabguy wiih sullen countenance, enters the
great door at the end of .he budding ; he ia
followed by three men in official gaibs, two
of whom bear manacles in their hands.—
Nicholas’ dark eyd flashed upon them, and
with an instinctive knowledge of their er
rand, he seizes a broad axe, salutes them,
and defiantly cautions their advance. Grab-
Iguy heeds not; and ns the aggrieved man
slowly retreats backward to protect himself
with the wall, still keeping his eye set on
Grabguy, two negroes make a sudden spring
upon him from behind, fetter his arms as (he
officers rush forward, bind him hand and fool
and drag hrm to the door, regardles of his
cries for mercy ; they bind him to a dray’
and drive throngh the streets to the slave pen
of draspum. We hear his pleading voice,
as his ruffian captors, their prey secure, dis
appear among the busy crowd.
Not long since, when (he cars drew up at
one of the stations on the New York and
Erie road, a curious looking man was seen to
peer anxiously through The window at (he dif.
ferenl persons on the platform. Presently
he beckoned 10 an individual, who cams up
to him and pulling his head out of the window,
he whispered in (he man’s ear in a cautious
tone, but loud enough for those in the vfcinity
to hear him.
My friend, can you tell me if there is an
officer of jusiice near here?
No, I cannot, replied the man, I am a
stranger here myself.
By gracious! that’s bad! exclaimed !the
inquirer, I’m sorry for that—the cars ’llj-be
off agin in five minds. I’d like to know if
there’s one around —What'll I do? and out of
the car he bounded, and was soon upon the
platform, running first to one end and then to
another, inquiring if there was an officer
around. Very soon the rumdr got abroad
that an immense robbery bad taken place and
the news fiew from mouth to mouth liM it
reached the ears of an old resident, who,
anxious for the honor of the town, rushed off
alter the squire who lived bard by, and just
as the cars were abolu sta• i‘ni, thev arrived
on the ground together, brea-bless with haste.
Wliete’sihe man that wanted an officer?
inquired the squire, when he could get breath.
Here he is ! shouted twenty voices at once
in an excited lode, pointing out the individual
who made the inquiry. ■ \
Are you an officer of jusiice? saiuNthe
latter, looking at the squire intently. , 1 \
Yes, yea, was the reply, what have you
been robbed of, and where’s the man. you
wish.to have arrested?
Then I’m satisfied, sard the man, without
answering the interrogamry, —and he was
about entering the cars again.
But where’s the man vyuoibns been rob
bed ? again asked the squire with some im
patience, and where’s thq thief? why don’t
you point him out at once 1
1 didn’t say nothin’ about po man .bein’
robbed, replied the inquirer—and didn’t want
you to. arrest nobody neither—l only wanted
to know if you was around, and - now I’m
satrafied.
The steam whistle, uttered a shriek just
hen, and,the train started. ,
Give Yohb Child a Paper.—A child
beginning to' read, becomes delighted;with
a newspaper, because he reads the names of
things vshich areiefoiliat; and will progress
accordingly. A newspaper ip one year is
worth a quarter’s schooling .to a child, and
every father mualiconstdet (.hpt substantial
information is connected with advapcempni.
The mother of a family being one of the
heads, and having more ipimediate charge of
children^'should hprsetf bp .instrpotpr.A
iptrtd occupied, becomesifortified againsi the
ills of life, and iabraced for apy emergency.
The iilerfeoulrso of friendship is a cordi
al 1 for (He heart. It 1 beguiled rhei hour of
griefi.gently weans (he thoughts from the eel
fiehneS’sof sorrow, End'gives the mburhef lb
feel that earth is not a wilderness.
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Where’a the Squire?
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iNaUrisihi
: yoUig iJader Dlffl^uities.
. ■ -.ttprrespqndent pf t h ejtnichefiocher fur
tpshtja to iha editor of that, journal, foj-.
lowing sketch of the purity of tbe
elective franchise in the State of bhio s
In the oprth-weslero portion of (he Stale,-
in the couyty of Anglaize, there is a town
ship, the citizens of which are principally
German, and notwithstanding their “sweet;
accent,” (hey arc all -Democra>s of the reg
ular strips. From the lima of the'erection of
the county up to the year 1853, there had
never been a Whig vole cast in the township
spoken of, althougb ihere were over six hun
dred voters; but at the fall election of 1 ' that
year, upon counting the ballots, it appeared
that -there was one -Whig among them.--
There was the proof,-a regular straight-out
Whig ticket, and they dare not pass it bv.—
This caused great commo-ion ; tbeir escut
cheon was dimmed; there was a
amongst them ; that blot must be wiped out,
and with their courage—Dutch of course—
up to fever heat in (he shade, they went to
work slyly 10 find the man who had dated
to vote the "Vig dickelbut their labors
were unsuccessful. In.the mean lime anoth
er year rolled round, and the good people
were again assembled at the election precinct.
It had hot been forgotten, however, that at
the las! election some one had voted the “Vig
dicket j” and it was now the subject of open
remark and wonder.
While they were having an out-door dis
cussion of the subject, Sam Starrett, a late
immigrant from the eastern shore of Mary
land, came along, and demanded the cause
of tha commotion.
“Veil, ve vas vondering who it vas wat
voted de Vig dicket at lust election,” said an
old Dutchman.
“It was me,” Sam said, “and it wa’nt no
body else 1"
“1 dinks not,” said the old Dutchman,
and the balance shook their heads incredu
lously.
“I tell you it was though," said Sam, pull
ing out a Whig ticket, “and may I be chawed
up• if I aint going to do it again. I’ll let you
know that 1 am an independent American
citizen, and will vo,e just as 1 please, and
yon can’t help it, by Jemima !”
So in he went to deposit bis ballot. There
sal the three old Dutch judges of election,
“calm as a summer morning and true
to bis word, Sam handed over bis ticket,
open. One of the judges look it, and scan
ning it a few seconds, handed it back towaid
the independent voter, and said:
“Yaw, dat ish a Vig dicket.”
“Vat you sov?” said the old Dutchman,
his eyes big with surprise ; “put him in de
box ?’’
“Yes-sir.ee, put it in the box I I’m going
to vote it!”
“Oh I no I nix goot, nix soot, dat ish a Via
dicket.”
“Well, I reckon I know it’s a Whig ticket,”
said Sam, “and I want you to pul it in the box
dat nation quick too.”
“No, no I dat ish not good; dat is a Vig
dicket; we not take ’em anv more,” said the
judge, turning to receive “good dickets” from
some of his German friends.
Sain went out and cursed dll all was blue
—said he had come there to vote, and he’d
he flabbergasted if he “want goin’ to vote
in spite of all the Dutch in the township.—
So aOer cooling off a little, be dgain went in
and tendered his ticket, very neatly rolled
up. The old judge took it again, and not
•withsunding Sam’s demurring, unrolled it
and looked it over; then turning to Sam in
a manner and tone which could not be mis
understood said:
“I tells you dat ish a Vig dicket, dat it
ish nix goet; and dat we not take-’em any
mote!”
Sam again retired, cursing all Democrats
generally, and the Dutch particularly, and
assigning them (he hottest corners of the
brimsiom region ; and was going on to curse
every tody that didn’t curse them, when he
was interrupted by an old Dutchman in the
croud, with ;
“Sim Siarrett, I tells you vat it is, if .you
will vole der Dimegrat <ticket, and leave (ler
-gmittry, wo gifs you so much monish as
dak* you vara you aim’d from.’’
San scratched his head, studied awhile
and pen said that as he bad come liters to
vote, pnd wa’nt going away without voting,
he gassed he’d do it.
Alain Sam made his appearance before
'he jfdgea, and tendered his vote. The same,
old edge look it, and looking it over quietly,
(until to Sam and said :
“faw, dat is goot; dat ish a Dlmegratic
diclit!” and dropped it into the box.
It t’ s Only further necessary to say that
San wen back id the eastern shore at the,
expinse of the 'ownship ; and that, at that]
e?ecjioD, tnd ever since, that German town
ship has teen 0, K.
That is what.l call “preserving the purity,
of ilec'.ioia.” [
■i WiTfN a VVithess Box. —A celebra
ted engineer being examined at a trial, where
Ijol > the jldge and counsel tried in vain,to
brpv beaij him, madeusein his evidence of
the txpressob, “The creative power of a me
chanic, ” tin -which the judge rather tardy
aslpd' hint) what ho meiint by the' creative
poterpfi; mechanic 7 “Why, my lord, ,v sa|d
th|engihecr, “I mean that power-which en
atbps a' man tp convert a goal’s tail into a
jura’s wig.” ■■
it ehjoy to-day siop. W9rrytng v aixmt.,toi.
tndrow, -Next week will be jus t .as capa
blepr takiDg carp of itsself as this one; and
Wm eliouldji npi ?—it .prill have seven days
m»ip experience.
fk.-i// him ;.■ .i.-i.'rii #ts>.*»«) j.
PUBLISHERS! 1&! PROPRIETORS! ;
T , T* O'
J - Far} tii -Agitator.'
EFFECTS OF KINDNESS.
ETi JOG, A JBBREVUIITEi'
I saw recently, ip the Agitatos, the de
cision of a learned Judge ia ..relation to the
use of the rod In’school, and cannot’ help
lliinkingthat ilis.basedon the principle of
truth and Juslice. Teachers are liable to be
prosecuted and fined oryif ; not fined, sent to
prison, idrorder to-satisfy the parents of ; tbe,
pupils. Thus the: teachers are:at ihomercy
of the pupils. If a pupil dislihes hia teacher i
he goes home and tells his parents that his
teacher out-Herods Herod, and the result is,,
the arrest and imprisonment of the teacher
oil og. the evidence of one pupil, which is
equivalent to the testimony of a woman who
swears to the criminal conduct of more than
one man. I know of a man who, though
innocent, was tried, convicted and committed,
on the oath of a woman, who was notorious
for her lying propensity.
When I commenced teaching school, 1
framed for myself a law known os the “law
of kindness,” and strove to act ,up to its
very spirit. With ibis law kept in my mind,
I ttied to initiate my scholars into all the se
crets of the school philosophy, but the en
deavor well nigh cost me mv health and life.
I asked the wisest of my pupils how Massa
cDusetls was bounded. “Massachusetts,” was
the replv, “is bounded on the nftrth by the
Baltic Sea, on the east by Tmkey, on the
south by Prussia, and on the west by Asia.”
My dander was raised’; but I put on a smiling
face, and pointed out the errors into « hich the
inglorious blockhead had fallen. I inquired
what was the capital of Massachusetts. “Lon
don,” replied the pupil, laughing. “No” ;
said I in a gentle manner, “Boston, remem
ber.’.’ The pupil laughed on. I said, “24
from 310 leaves how many ?” The stupid
feigned not to notice my question. I repeated
it. The scholars answer is what follows:
4’.*6. I was vexed, but my manner was gen
tle, and I said, “No, it shall be 276;” On,
on laughed (be pupil.
1 (old my class that the sun is 95,000,000
miles distant from the earth, and that it is the
earih which turns over, day afer dav. A
few days afterward I enquired what was the
sun’s distance from the earth. One said.
“10q.000,000 miles.” Another said, “15
miles.” Up popped a third, and exclaimed,
“500,000 miles.” I blushed for the ignorance
oi these children. After telling them that
the sun’s dis : ance from the earth was 95.000,
000 miles, 1 asked which the sun or the earth
Iffrnco viti uaiir, j iiCßOiluiaiq wciw oi Ullt*
mind that it was the sun which moved around
the earth.
One of my scholars was'offended with me
and told mo to my very teeth that I was a
(yiant. I lifted up mv finger in a re
proving manner, and the little rascal went on
abusing me. Kindness is ctuel, especially
in such cases as the above. Se*eritvof man
ner, though painful to behold, is useful in cor
recting the foibles of scholars. Disagreeable,
but beneficial. A necessary ingredient of
school discipline. Important to ensure good
scholar.
Melhinks it- wou.ld be cruelty personified
for me to pass over the faults of my other
wise agreeable pupils wi.bout correcting them.
My manner of teaching roust be altered. 1
will be a little severe if severe 1 must be.
My ausleek v had the desired effect; the at
tention of my scholars was aroused, and
tbeie'ore .hey improved. While hey Tea red,
hey seemed to love me. I had no difficulty
in making them acquainted, (to a greater or
less degree according to their mental power*)
■with the general principles that govern the
s -uclure of language. One of mv bovs,
who is endowed with a good deni of energy
and good judgement, composed a short piece
about the earth, which, considering his con
di ion, certainly d'd considerable ciedil to
his mind.
The following dialogue which occured be
tween me and one of my scholars, whom 1
call Marv, though in many points calculated
to provoke mirth, may give the reader un
idea of the beneficial effects of the course
which I pursued in teaching my class:
Mary inquired of me if my parents were
both living. I replied, “My father is dead,
but my mother is still alive.” Mary asked,
“Is your mo her clothed in mourning?” 1 an
swered, “Not now. My father has been dead
many years.” Mary said, “My mother is
clothed in mourning for the dea.h of mv fath
er.” I was silent. .She continued, “Is your
mother fat ?! “Not very,” relumed I. “Is
she pretty ?” asked Mary. “She has some
pretensions to beau y of face,” replied I.
Maty said, “How* old is she?” I told her.
She said, “Is she pretty?” I nodded mv
head. affirmative) v. “Was she ever sick?”
inquired she. “Yes, often,” responded I.
“Do you love your mother?” said she. 1
replied in the affirmative. “Whv do you
love her?” demanded she. I answered;’“Be
cause she is-a kind mother.” The'lit le girl
saiffi. “Didyou dften kiss her? “Quiteoften,”
said I. “Do you pray for her ?” Said she.
“Always,” replied L ' She put to' me fhe
startling queadon; “If she dies, will you cry?”
I Was silent; would not tell the juvenile .que
rist; 1 ' ' ' ■’
Mary is now ip her lenlh year. She is far
above her, oljler,classmates, in point.of mind,
as ihp sky .is above the earth. She learns
quickly , but to tell the truth, she seldom at
tends to her night .studies. So. young, a child;
perhpps, ought not. to. make a- tnsk of her
studjps; until aheia a little older-Bull-anr
strict tvj>|i her,iwhen a regard for her ioteK
improvement .demands it, even at the'
expense pf liter-good: will., -.1 -
' A way-with the' blind love'whichsets its
faco against the punishment due to a way-
ward child! I rep««t, it I, Blessed
di^Bi'i -’ P, . ?v W', P
*n jWW.
fIW to - us,i,iM!«aw%iilie most
prpmioeoi;f(?r fbefetenuioD of bdreaohpdlaaf*
Teachers MMiuai;bSfrov<mati Associatum*.
Tlme.ure.dif&reafrotaTesebetdloeliiutas,
ByjhQ.|ei(«rjBißtePdod,<isgooila<sitbstitßt&
fur Normal schools as can brndetimcHo tudk
jCQUDiies aihavepospecipl schoolfortteedu
ca'iion. of .Tuachers,, Tbempst experienced
teachers nfTeachers, have recommended the
holding of one Insliiuie jn a-i&umy, once or
twice a, year. Bubtharwe might meet as
raspy of tbe icachers as possible, we appoint*
etl last fall three places ra this county as cen
ire I as, could, be selected, for the,drilling of
teachers.. We ■ were happy, to meet in these
places upwards of one hundred teachers, but
were grieved that not one half of the working
teachers of the county, saw proper to avail
themselves of either of these places of pre
paration for the responsible duly of a teacher.
We are discovering very plainly by our ob
servation of the winter schools, that those
teachers who were, found in the Institute are
teachiog.our best schools. And we are pre
pared to caution. Directors against employing
teachers who lake no pains to qualify them
selves for their business, if they would have
a good school. Teachers who think they
ha> e grown into the profession by instinct,
and can teach a good school extempore, show
too much presumption or ignorance to merit
the confidence of the guardians of children.
Of the same general design are Teachers’
Associations for Mutual Improvement. We
desbe in these, to group all the teachers of
two or three contiguous townships into an
association, to meet once a month from place
to place, to spend the day ia relating each
others’ experience, discussing the various
questions that pertain to school government,
different modes of leaching the different
branches, listening in the evening to an ad
dress from a clergyman, or other friend of
education selected by themselves for that pur
pose. To encourage teachers to vitalize these
associations, we have recommended and stilly
recommend Directors of our various districts
to imitate the example of Directors in some
of the best school counties in the State, to
allow the teachers who attend these associa
tions, tneir lime, the same as though they
taught school. We are happy to learn that
the Directors of a few districts, and especially
Liberty have the noble generosity which their
name implies, of encouraging their teachers
tp improve themselves and their schools, by
meeting one day iq each month for this pur
pose. The consequence is they have there, a
corps of live teachers, and though the asso
ciation met on the cold Tuesday of this win
ter, yet every teacher of that district was
theie, and a more interesting and profitable
sessioo of teachers we have rarely attended.
In a few of the places where such associations
have been appointed, the teachers have failed
to come to them ; and these are the districts
where the complaiets of the people are the
loudest against poor schools. Just as might
be expected.
When we can not get ambition enough in
mu tcaurco iu tmij tvr> «i. v . v f tjsclr
profession from (he football degradation where
it has been kicked about years enough. Let
not (he teachers complain of low wages or a
low appreciation of their calling. We desire
to meet such teachers’ conventions in all the
Districts of this county. We pledge our
selves to stand by the teachers who will as
semble for their own improvement and the
elevation of the schools. We have more faith
in this way of improving our schools, than
in almost any other resource that is commit
ted to our hands. We know that already it
has galvanised a healthful pulse into a few
dial i tcls and schools. We are looking hope
fully to it, among other means to magnify our
office and make it honorable only as it is use T
fill lo the county. VlTe bespeak in this, as in
every effort, the j co-operation of Directors
and Teachers, At several of these associa
tions, highly commending ibis
plan of ciea.ing a deeper interest in these
schools have been passed, showing a just ap.
prccia.ion of our efforts in this direction, by
which we have felt encouraged. In pursuance
of ibis plan we earnestly invito tne teachers,
whether of public or private schools, to meet
! as follows foi mutual improvement. The ex
ercises we believe will abundantly pay for a
Journey of from five to ten miles, the farthest
that any will 1 have to travel.
Westfield, Mopday Jan. S 8 2, o’clock P. M.
Knoxville, Tuesday. “ 29 “ “
El Hand Wednesday 30 “ “
| Keeneyville, Thursday 31 “ “
NO; .27.
Discussions.io the afternoon. Ad address
in ihe evening, J. P. CALKINS.
Co. Sup't.
Stoey of the Campaign.—The editor of.
the St. Joseph , Cycle, who was one of the
proslavery troops sent to subdue Lawrence,'
gives the following history of the campaign:
Warriors numerous—seven hundred at
Lawrence—seven hundred and fiftyat Wak
arusa—the first above and ihe second below
Lawrence scouting parlies scouring the
country prisoners 1 brought do daily—pale;
scared, miserable—surgeons solicitous—Gov ?
and staff negotiating in Lawerence—exp'rea*
ses passing hourly—warriors panting for bat*
tie—spirits tip—spirits down—schnapps
weather cold—storm rages—hail, rain, show
wind—tents blown down—sheets and blank
ets blow nop—fires blown out—ardor cpoiedf
—warriors shiv ring —no aleepihg—much
cohiplaining—-action desjred impatience
growing--povender scares.-corn for one hojsa
—s'blen for another;—officer tried for petit
larceny-fined osyter3---prbsecuiion lb ffiriiish
liquor. Va'ribus wors
ted—an officiaf fir
ring, warriors exhausted
—going lb charge-express arrives—-peach
declared-—ordered
retf WKh n end^ m , -j
Wnnir ybu rheel with riegleclj jdt itrouie
you db'bxeflidh' instod,'of mortifying your
, pride. Set ‘inpu t teSsening iKose oefecia Whidfj
expdfte la neglect’; aijJ; : im^roye- ffiosh hiceu
iteribßa which'hbnJmahd a'itemibftiiiii!
iThe tvorlfi may ndt hut tfjey'cihqnl
j Withhold theirres[«cti :
deserve it.