Terms of Publication. TSB TIOGA. COUNTY AGITATOR is published er ~ Thursday Morning, and mailed to subscriber? very reasonable price of pg- ONE DOLLAR PEE ANNUM, ariahly *» advance. It is intended to notify every when the term for which he has paid shall *''expired, by the stamp— (< TnfE Our,” on the map -n uf the last paper. The paper will then be stopped a farther remittance be By this ar- no man can be brought in debt to the printer. • r jar Agitator is the Official Paper of the County, riib a large and steadily increasing circulation reach .•-♦into every neighborhood in the County. It is sent >ce 0/ postage to any Post Office within the county '•iciti, bat whose most convenient post office may be \\ an adjoining County. ’ Easiness Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu •ed, $5 P er year. ' BUSINESS DIRECTORY. jiS, LOWREI& S. F. WIIiSOW, 1 IXORNEYS t COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will 4 attend the|Court of Tioga. Pottor and McKean pities, [Welkboro’, Feb. 1,1553.] S. B. BROOKS, iTTORNEYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW EtEXAND, TIOGA CO. PA. ‘■ln tbe multitude 'of Counselors there b, safety.”— Bihle. £ .pt 23, ISOS, ly.i c. W. IHKTT, DENTIST, FFICK at his residence near the y y Academy. All work pertaining to UIjyTYT f his line of busmess done promptly and uarranted [April 22, 1853.] PICKISSOS ITOtSE CORNING, N. Yi Mil- A. Tuxo, \ Proprietor. taken to and from the Depot free of charge. PElflvS UVANIA BOUSE WKLLSBORO’, PA./ L. D. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR. Tbi* ce=er rc( tlj popular bouse is centrally located, and commands itself to the patronage of the travelling public. Vc; • U" \ HOTEL. CORK I KG, N. Y., ( 2 FREUDIAN, - - - - Proprietor. ■ « ea ], r 25 cts. Lodgings, 25 cts. Board, 75 cts. per day. I March 31, 1859. (ly.) [ J. C. WHITTAKEB, , Hydropathic Phmician and Surgeon. ELKLAND, TIOGA CO., PENNA. iVill visit patients in all parts of the County, or re !Sjre them for treatment at his house. [June 14,] TEBIdILIEA’S HOTEL. B. £'. VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. I Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. THIS is anew hotel located within easy access of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern la. Ko pains will bo spared for the accommodation tf pleasure seekers and the traveling public. AOrit 15, 1860. 11. 0„ COLE, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER, SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in his lino will be done as well and promptly os it coo be done in the city saloons. Preparations for ro aoung dandruff, and beautifying'the hair; for .sale cheap. Hair and whiskers dyed any color. .Call and toe. Welltboro, Sept. 22, ISSU. XHE COBISWiG JOtRBiAL. George W. Pratt] Editor and Proprietor. IS published at Corning, Steuben Co., N. T., at Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The Jjurnal is llegublican in politics, and Ibas a circula te on reaching into every part of 'Steubjcn County.— Those desirous of extending their business into that 13d the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad-j rirlismg medium. Address as above. DRESS MAKING. MISS M. A. JOHNSON - , respectfully announces to the citizens of 'WelUboro and vicinity, that she has uken rooms over Niles & Elliott's Store, where she is prepared to execute all orders in the line of I/RESS MAKING. Haring had experience in the btoiuess, sbo feels confident that she can give satlsfac wa to all who may favor her with their patronage. Sept. 29, ISSQ. JOHN B. SHAKESPEAR, TAILOR. HAVING opened bis shop in the room over B. B. Smith & Son’s Store, respectfully informs the Muens ofTVellsboro' and vicinity, that he is prepared to execute orders in his lino of business with prompt ness and despatch. Cutting done on short notice . H’ellsboro, Oct 21, 1838.—Gm TO ITIUSICIAIfS. 4 CHOICE LOT of the best imported Italian anp A German VIOLIN STRINGS, Pass Viol strings, Guitar strings, Tuning Forks Bridges &c. } just received and for sale at HOY’S DRUG STORE. WELLSBORO HOTEL, TVEIiLSBOROUGH, PA, l t FARR, {Formerly of the United States UotcL) Having leased this well known and popular House, solicits the patronage of the public. With attentive ud obliging waiters, together with the Proprietor's howlcdgo of tiie business, he hopes to make the stay cf those who stop with him both pleasant and yrrcoable. Wellsboro. May 31. 1860. \VATCIIES! WATCHES! j TMIE Subscriber has got a fine aasortment of heavy i 12X0LISH LEVER ITCXTER-CASE Gold and Silver Watches, *rich he will fell cheaper than “ dirt” on ‘Time,’ i. e. will sell • Time Pieces’ on a short (approved) credit. All kinds oi REPAIRING done promptly. If a of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party -3»r.rg it, no charge will be made. iVt favors appreciated and a continence of pntron kindly solicited. ANDIE FOLEY, June 24, 1848. F. W. KICISE, SADDLE AND MADNESS MAKER, WELLSBOKO SI, TIOGA,, PA, TAKES this method of informing the citizens of Tioga, and of the County generally, that he bps t *tabUilivd himself at Tioga, where he will manufac ‘ire and keep on hand for sale a good stock of f Sadd!e«. Bridles, Heavy Harness, Carriage Harness kinds Ac. Also Hames, Halters, Whips, Traces, '•'■liars Ac. All work warranted. Repairing done on short notice. Sept. J, JSS9.— ly. t W . ». TERBEU, f- . CORNING, N. T. t Wholesale and Retail Dealer, in , And Medicines, Lead, Zinc, and Colored K Oils, Varnish, Brushes Camphene and Burning ■ Dyt SUtjf, Sash and Glass, Pure Liquors for - Patent Medicines, Artists Paints and Brushes, •"/wacry, Fancy Articles, Flavor {mg Extracts, &e, f ALSO, **~A general assortment of School Books— Blank Books, Staple and Fancy I- y . Stationary. t Druggists and Country Merchants dealing £ the above articles can bo supplied at a small on New York prices. [Sept, 22, 1857.] | t H. D. DEM IN Gr, »' r **pectfally announce to the people of Tioga County r' *far? e " DOW P re P a red to fill all orders for Apple, Pear Cherry, Nectarine, Xprfcot, Evergreen and Deciduous I ' trees. Also Currants, Raspberries, Gooseberries, ;^ tL trries and itrawberfles of all new and approved varl- I CoDSlsting of Hybrid, Perpetual and Snta mer Roses, Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, $ QrChlDa ' and<^mWagßoscs ‘ / <' 1 V. luclodiugall the finest new ?a -1t.,, . . 4- rieties of Althea, Cftlycantbus, FT rvt Syringias. Viburnums, Wigillas 4c. ; LOWERS— I Pwonles, Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips, 1 tc, I Hyacinths, Narcissism Jonquils, Lil l^Vi^ —Varieties. r I fr p ' lt '*?" l ? slra " ben T- < 401. plants, J». *5-OpH y solicited. f ? r . Graftio Ks Budding or Pruning will be (rS en4edto - Address - ll* D. DE3HNG, W« f boro, Pa. LL r S SYRDP Of IPECAC. For cade, I e, Croup, <jj C . Atr Roy's Drag Store; THE AGITATOR VOL. VI. A WOMAN OF MIND. My wife is a woman of mind, And Fowler, who examined hex bumps, Vowed that never was found In a woman Such large intellectual lumps. Ideality as big as an egg, With casaality great was combined; Ho charged mo one dollar and said— “ Sir, your wife is a woman of mind!" She's too clever to caro how she looks, And will horrid blue spectacles wear— Not because she believes they give her A fine intellectual air; No! she pays no regard to appearance. And combs all her front hair behind— Not because she’s proud of her forehead, But because she’s a woman of mind. She makes a bushel of verses, But never a pudding or tart; If I hint I should like ono, she vows I’m an animal surely at heart! Though I’ve noticed she spurns not the pastry Whene’er at a friends we have dined; And has always bad two plates of pudding— Such plates for a woman of mind ! Not a stitch does she do but a distitch; Mends her pens instead of my clothes! I have not a shirt with a button, Nor a stocking that’s sound at the toes; If I ask her to darn me a pair. She replies she has work more refined; Besides, to be darning of stockings. Is it fit for a woman of mind ? [Note. —The following Resolution was unan imously adopted by the Institute: Resolved, That while we thank Prof. Burlingame fojr his interesting and pleasing Address, we also solicit a J:opy for publication.] fBDRBSS Tioga County Teachers' Institute at Knoxville, Mat/ IS, 1860, by Lutiier R. Burlix- GAMS. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen :—This is my first attempt at speech-making. lam not going to moralize very much; so you need not be alarmed. Neither am I about to enter upon sentimentalisms; therefore you’need riot take out your pocket handkerchiefs. Nor am I about to make an attempt at being witty; hence, you may keep your jackets buttoned. I simply and humbly hope to present some of the claims upon parents, imposing upon them the duty of educating their children. My ’remarks are, therefore, primarily to parents. Why should you educate your children ? I. As parents, you are obliged to educate your children, because, progress, being a state of na ture, should not be overlooked in estimating yonr duty. The phrase, “to educate,” may imply the development of the body, the mind or the heart, or, it may imply all of these in all their varied forms, their relations to surrounding objects, and their relations to each other; or, that term "may mean these, and in addition to these, that development of the elements and the substan ces of nature, which enables man to appropri ate them to his own use. In this sense there is such a thing os an educated mineral plant or animal. Artificiality may be, aye, in fact, is, a natu ral state—a legitimate condition, inasmuch as all the artificial forms with which we meet are but the natural outgrowth of the nature, the very constitution which nature’s God has im planted in man. He has given man his hands —his reason, and says to him, —Use them, in molding into heautiful shapes and useful forms, the crude and shapeless materials around you. To him nature has thrown wide open the doors of her store-house, and bids him enter, to lay hold upon whatever is pleasing to the eye, pleasant to the ear or grateful to the taste. She says, “Take them, mold them, educate them according to the ideal which I have placed in your mind.” Man obeys the mandate, and, in obeying, he creates an artificial, a trans formed, an educated existence, in all that comes under his magical influence, so that, nothing is perfect enough for hfs wants till it has been re modeled, educated, according to his taste and skill. Progress, therefore, which is always an artificial state, becomes, likewise, a natural state, because God is its author. This is not only true of living beings, hut also of inanimate existences. By the observ ance of this truth and hy educating the ele ments, such as the metals, the minerals, wood, air, water, and the like, man is enabled to make them subserve his various wants. PROPRIETOR. Thus having spoken in a general way, let me now particularize. Iron is but educated ore. According as it is educated, its profes sion is, to span, by the majestic tubular bridge, the broad St. Lawrence; or, by the delicate, but firm suspension bridge, to -override the maddened waters of the Niagara. When molded in gigantic forma, to stiffen and pro tect the broad sides of the improved man-of war, or, to blow death and destruction from its fiery nostrils upon its foes; with the iron-rail to bind together in peace and a common pros perity sovereign states; or by inciting quar rels concerning the tariff, upon iron itself, to sever the hearts of politicians, the result of which is-discussion and consequent enlighten ment ; its use is to he, the receptacle of the genial beat to warm the parlor, roast the pota toes, bake the pies, the bread and the beans ; or, taking upon itself other forms, to be the unavoidable witnesses of domestic Quarrels and humanely and betiecolently putting an end to those quarrels, by giving the unhappy be ing, who happens to be dressed in gentleman’s apparel, a broadside in the form of tongs and poker. Another stage of advancement—of educa tion. Steel is hut another name for educated iron. It finds its occupation upon another and a higher stage’ of education-; in all the impli ments for man’s the mighty trip hammer, imbedding itself iiliq the whitened iron, to the hair-like needle with which the little girl threads her infinitesimal beads; from the gearings and pinions of great ma chinery, to the delicate and polished wheels, screws, and pivots of the watch. Educated steel constitutes, the small, but mighty pen, and the teeming press; the Yankee’s jack knife and the sculptor's chisel; the barber’s razor and.the mechanic’s tool. Educated steel forms the surgeon’s treph ining instrument and his scalpel; his scarifica tor and his lancet; and some say, that hardened steel constitutes the physician’s unfeeling hands and his dispassionate heart; bnt 1 believe it to Btbotco to the SptnwiCow of the of iFmbotw anil the Spreatr of healths Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UKRIOHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 1 be a libel—a gross slander, for-no man has* nobler impulses than the physician. To educated steel, the dentist looks for his softly-feeling punch, and. roost agreeable exca vator ; his firm and unyielding, yet cold and unfeeling forceps, which neither rattle nor quake, but which moke one’s bones shake within him, and generally without him too; bis file-like, harshly-granting separator, unsym patbizing and unfeeling, yet making one feel as if a whole saw-mill, gearing, logs, dust, workmen and all were in one’s mouth at work and bent upon knocking loose every tooth, and pulling oat every nerve even from the top of one’s, head to the very ends of his fingers and toes. Chemistry, has taught the black and un sightly that it may become the sparkling diamond ; that, ugly linen or cotton rags, can produce more than their own weight of the beautiful, crystal sugar so delicious to the taste. Not the crude gold as it is dug from .the mine, half-imbedded in its native quartz, and the roughly coated diamond, but educated gold and polished diamonds glitter upon the delicate, white, taper finger, or invitingly and coquet tishly whirl and nod upon the queenly head. Behold the vast and limitless forest! There looks high upward, the lofty pine; there spreads wide its branches, the majestic oak; there curves gracefully before the breeze, the mountain ash. What a beautiful, what a noble, what a grand work of nature is a yast forest I What an awe-filling scene to behold, what a wonder to contemplate ! Did you never think the forest was made to be educated 7 An edu cated forest! Yes, list! Now uneducated, the forest is the abode of the savage. He makes it ring with his war-cry. The trees are the hiding-places for the owl, that moans out his doleful cries to bis savage companions. The forest is the lurking place where howling beasts of prey, seek whom they may devour. There are the secret haunts of venomous, hissing serpents, wrapping their slimy lengths about the tranks and among the branches of the forest trees. A hundred years .elapse. The forest trees are educated; they become the elegant dwel lings which crowd-our large cities and bespan gle with their cheerful presence a thousand green hill-sides and as many fertile valleys. The primitive black-walnut, rosewood, and ma hogany, educated, decorate our.drawing-rooms with rich and costly furniture. From the untutored oak, pine and maple, spring up to whiten and decorate our seas, the invaluable propeller, the gallant man-of-war, and the palatial ocean steamer. Beneath the forest, the uneducated and un cultivated ground produces no vegetable pro duct, or scarcely none, for the sustenance and comfort of man. Subdued, and educated, from the fat soil gush forth, in generous profusion, its valuable gifts for man ; the green fields invite to their rolling and fruitful bosoms, the far-off, lowing herd ; the os 'that roved wild over the distant prairies, educated, domesti cates himself in the furrow or before the farm er's cart. The resistless, untamed steed, taught under the discipline of the halter and bridle, grace fully prances before his master’s splendid car riage, which reflects the rays of the sun from its glittering sides, and invites him to repose upon its cushioned seats. The noisy waters, that, mating music tn the ear only, educated in passing from the mill-pond, and acting upon the hidden wheel beneath, sing to the tune of “dollars and cents’’ to the great delight of the heart, the relish of the palate, and the enlarge ment of the purse. The natural and uncultivated fruit, gives way to the educated, delicious apple, the juicy pear, the tempting peach, and the nectarious grape. From the indifferent wild-flower, shoot forth a hundred varieties, sweeter, and more pleasing to the eye: yes, flowers, the poetry and the love of nature, —meet us at every turn and corner. The golden harvests sway to and fro in every breeze; the barns are bursting with plenty; the cribs are creaking beneath their superabundant load, and the tables are loaded with luxuries ; man boasts of “the Jnnd flowing with milk and honey his palate tickles with strawberries and cream, and his heart is content. Thus we perceive that education, develop ment, progression, is the order of nature in the world of inanimate existences and also in the lower orders of sentient beings. How much more, then, must this bo true of man—the crowning work cf creation 1 lie is possessed of a three-fold nature—of body, mind and heart; and a true education consists in a sys tematical and- a symmetrical development of this three-fold existence; insomuch that man may become one whole, harmonious, self-acting being, qualified for happiness and usefulness here, and an eternity of blessedness hereafter. Thus beholding him, what, a noble work is man ! How exalted his station ! How grand his destiny 1 Seek to make your child such a being. Every other motive, leaving out the child’s manhood, is low, mean, contemptible.! Mere money-getting is sordid. It is ruin.— 1 What are hundreds of dollars compared to a healthy body ? What are thousands of dollars to an intelligent mind? What untold riches compared to a virtuous heart? Fame is evanescent. "Meteor-like, it faintly glimmers the horizon for a little while, and then vahwbgsnway. Worldly plea sures, please to the more deadly ; they kill. True man bn nil-true woman hood, is the only treasure worth seeking, the only prize worth winning. True manhood, we find embodied in such men ns Paul, the apostle ; as Milton, the poet; as Newton, the astronomer; as Franklin, the philosopher; as Howard, the philanthropist; or, in later times, as Wayland, the moral phi losopher—as Beecher, the eloquent and good ; or, as Irving, that brilliant star in our literary" firmament. I would have every parent id the land, hope to create eudh a manhood in bis child, and to labor, and plan, and toil for it as for deafllife. He is bound to- do it; and this is my second proposition; that you, as parents, do not discharge your obligations to yourselves when yon neglect thtrtto educate yourchil .diem You. have a responsibility in this mat- ter. Parents as parents have no right to vio-J late in those dependent upon them, this law of development—of progression,.which God has stamped upon nil the works of his hands. Do you think that Solomon errs, or, that ho intends to impose no obligations upon you, when he plainly tells yon, that, “He that spareth his rod, hnte.th his son ?” Or, when he emphati cally gives you to understand that you should “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it?" “We despise, we execrate the man, that will desert his child in infancy, for he thus kills its body—destroys its life. We should equally ab hor the man who deserts his child’s mind and heart when its infantile faculties are beginning to bud and blossom, and are ready to bear fruit —the rich fruit of knowledge and wisdom, if they receive the proper culture, and which every parent ought to be able to bestow. What will a pareutnot sacrifice, for the life of a beloved child ? And yet, what is that life worth if that child is to be an ignoramus, a villain, and a vagabond, instead of an intelli gent, virtuous, noble being? If it live thus to be a curse to its own existence, it had much better be dead than alive. Frogs and toads have been found imbedded in clay and even in the solid rock where they have lain for long centuries in a state of tor pidity. They, having their prison walls re moved, and admitted to the pure air and the rays of the sun, leap forth to life and happiness. Ignorance is the firm clay or the solid rock im prisoning your child. It shuts him up from all real life—deprives him of all substantial happi ness. Do you feel no ob’igation to rush to the rescue ? 1 know that natural affection for the welfare of that darling child—the “bone of your bone, and the flesh of your you onward to the performance of floß&duty Neglect it at your peril. A quickened alffi lac erated conscience shall goad you night and day with its horrid scourges. The fiery darts of-a righteous indignation shall fly after you to the end of in eternity you will awake from the sleep of death only to feel their stings and writhe under the bleeding wounds which they inflict—wounds which your own deeds of neglect have brought upon you. May God save you from such a calamity by giving you a heart and ft will to perform, in your relations to your children, your duty to yourselves. By reason of neglecting to educate your chil dren, you in reality neglect your own happi ness. Some-say, that, they themselves, are not able t to educate their children; or that the* child's capacities are not adequate to the task ; or that the child has no inclination to be edu cated% Not qbje ? Give me the money that has tfcin spent in the purchase of the single poisons of telfnn3 tobacco,‘nnd'TWin purchase every foot of land in your state ; I will clothe every man, woman and child in an attire of wbijfch kings and queens would be proud ; I will build a school house upon every hill-side and in every valley ; I will supply that school house with a competent teacher; I will build an acad emy in every town and endow it; a college in every county, and till it with able professors ; I will thus educate every child in the state from his A. B. C’s to his graduation at college, and after that, instruct him in his profession. 'Will you urge then, that you are not able? I assert that the ability, likewise, for getting an educa tion—for obtaining something higher, is in every child, just as the capacity for heat exists in your wood-pile though you do not feel it, till you apply to it external heat or friction. When you do'not perceive the existence of a corres ponding desire in the child, the chord for pro ducing it is but hidden and pent up in the child’s bosom, just as the capacity for producing music exists in the reeds and chords shut up within the covering of the organ or piano ; but no mu sic is produced till you touch that chord, or the fingers of the musician pass over the key-board, touching firmly yet delicately the keys, evoking the sweetest melody. The schools are the or gans, the child’s presence, the key-board, the teacher, the musician ; and would you awake within the bosom of the child, the melody of a higher purpose, a more noble resolve, teach him then to love the schools. Has any parent the shadow of a doubt that bis own happiness would thus be greatly en hanced ! 1 once hoard a parent say “that he would rather have a properly educated son to give him a name in the land, and to secure him real.'substantial happiness, than all the farms in Tioga county. That parent Was a man of sound common-sense and a logician. Each parent has a desire for happiness, the means of acquiring it, and the capacity for enjoying it. I know, from my own observation and from the testimony of others, of no better way of secu ring that happiness, than by an effort on the part of a parent, to educate and ennoble his child. He tflay, heretofore, have been indiffer ently happy; that is, he may have been free from pain ; may not have been in absolute want; may have been getting along in the world, nor very uneasily—all of which is a very negative kind of happiness. There is nothing positive or life-like about it. Butlot him begin in earnest to educate his child; —he beholds in that child, marks of promise; joy beams in upon him, and fur every new vigor of body, every unlooked for brightness of intellect, or unwonted'nobleness of heart, the parent has another—a new source of exultation. The real chord to the music of that parent’s heart-is touched, and ha feels himself more in love with himself and all mankind than ever before. Pa rents, did you never feel this ? Then you have neglected the most important means of securing your own happiness. Such happiness is like the atmosphere in which you move, continually’ surrounding you ; or, like the rays of the sun at noon-day, beaming with refulgent light per petually in your pathway. Thus while you are blessing your children, you ate blessing your self chiefly. You feel that you can trust that child for the support of your decrepit old oge. Bet me entreat you; then, as you would perform your obligations to yourselves, and as you would promote your own happiness, itow and in* the future, educate the 1 physical, the intellectual and the moral capacities of your child. We have seen that all things around ns—the metals, gold and iron;—the trees, the grass, the flowers, the fruits, the animals, are in a slate of progression. Education,' advancement,- prog- .14, 1860. ress, is the watchword of the age, the war cry of the nations—a war cry and then an onset upon the bulwarks of ignorance and supersti tion. This progress has not reference so much to the improvements made, or the achievements done, os to those individual men, who 'are able to make mighty inventions and can achieve no ble deeds. This exultation within us, does not arise so much from the! many products-. of the arts of civilized life, the railroads and the steam engines and the caloric engines, the swift cutter and the mighty steamer, the tele tgraph and the printing-press, the mowing ma chines and the the spiritual sermons and. the profound political speeches—not so much in these, do we rejoice as in the men who have created them. Our boast is in the man hood that has made and has aided in makipg these achievements. We glory in our Pultons and Ericssons—opr Washingtons and Henrys our statesmen, our scholars—our preachers, our artists—our architects, our mechanics and our manufacturers. We rejoice chiefly because of the development of individual man. We ea gerly expect still greater advancement. Our hope is on tip-toe, and vve expe'et its ultimate realization. We are now in the twilight. The broad daylight is close at hand. The seed time is with us, the harvest is with bur children.—, We are all plucking the fruits that our fore fathers planted for us; 1 let us plant that our posterity, to the remotest generations, may see the growth, henold the blossomings, and gather the fruits. It is on account of the individual man, therefore, that we would educate the mas ses, now and forever; ! Laws arc good for nothing, and institutions are valueless, which do not promote this end. And 1 hold, thatjt is jnst as much the duty of the parent to create in his child, an exalted manhood, as It is to furnish him food and clo thing from his infancy till he is able to take care of himself. You owe your child an edu cation to shield him from the pvils of ignorance. Thes£ evils are numerous and are besetting the youth of our land on every side" of the evils of ignorance walk abroad in our streets by day ; they lufk privily in thedens of iniquity by night; they are the first on the ground at prize-fights ; ! they crowd the galleries w ahd pits of theaters'; they swagger in bar rooms ; they are the garroters and shoulder hitters at political meetings; they people our alms-houses and prisons; they constitute ninety nine one hundredths of the committers of mur der and nine-tenths of all other criminals. Al most all of the classes! above enumerated, be long to the illiterate; the ignorant, the un learned. Thus it is evident, that tq bring up your child in ignorance, is but to educate him; in ninety-nine cases in a hundred for some kind 'of a criminal. C If you feed a hog or other creature, for a short [time only, upon; food Impregnated with coloring matter, his bones become tinged with the same hue. If you-fee# a cow upon vegeta bles highly impregnated with peculiar perfumes, the same peculiarity will be found in the milk and in the butter. Precisely so with the heart and the mind of your child. Let him become familiar with vice and crime ; let these be his surroundings, his food and his drink, the moral atmosphere which he breathes, and, as the mind of that youth is all the time being educated, and his heart is ever qusceptible to impressions, when unoccupied "and ennobled by any thing higher, or better, by means of a correct educa tion, that mind of his will become stained with all manner of unsightly colors, and that heart filled with offensive and pestilential odors which will affect and contaminate the intellectual and moral atmosphere, wherever he maybe. “Evil communications corrupt good manners.” “Un educated mind is educated vice.’’ The aspira tions of such a mind, instead of looking upward for the noble and the elevated, plunge, down, down, and seek after the ignoble and the base. The mind grovels and wallows in the mire of selfishness and of evil imaginings ; the heart is the abode of flies and vipers and all sorts of pestiferous insects. Can a child thus tainted, thus corrupted, be free from vice and crime? Does the stream differ from the fountain? Nay, verily. Effects are as their causes. And, if you educate your children in vice by not edu cating them to any thing better, you must ex pect them to stand ninety-nine chances in a hun dred, of graduating in the poarbousc, in the penitentiary, or upon the gallows. On the contrary, let us estimate the valne of an enlightened, of a true, religious education, in creating in the child the power to free him self fram crime. On this point the teachings of the Bible are unequivocal. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her and she will promote thee; she shall bring the to honor when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thy head! an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver thee. Receive my instruction and not silver ; and knowledge rather than fine gold. For wisdom is better than rubies ; and all the things that can be desired ate not to be compared to it." But you may perhaps, say, “I know a very highly educated man, who is a consummate vil lain, and whose education, but gives him the ability of being a much worse man; and I don’t care to have my son |like him.” Very well; but is this true of the mass of educated men? I affirm that the great Jjody of educated men, are, in consequence of their education, a blessing to themselves and to others. '■ But the lease that you present is an exceptional case, and you can infer nothing from exceptional coses, except that their contraries are true, and instead of invalidating my conclusion, you but affirm it and make it the stronger. Nor must you look simply at the life-time of an individual. He may be persecuted by others, and at the same time, have a sublime satisfaction within him self, on account of his deeds or opinions, and he be awarded by the praise and gratitude of after ages. Galileo-When be was so persecuted, that ho publicly abandoned his convictions and renounced the principle of the revolutionary movement of the earth about the sun, could still say to his attendant, “But it does move though.” Galileo not being religiously educated, did not, therefore, boldly stand by the right irrespective of consequences; bnt later generations have honored him as tbs discoverer q£ Arab-important J , itated of Advertising. 1 Adr.rtiMm.ata will b« <harc«d $i per sqnmr. of Id unH. one or three insertion!, anil 26 «qts,for*r.rj Bubseqaentinsertion. Adrertlsemfcnts Of Uss.tnu iff line* considered a* a square. TBS Subjoined sates ,llf. bo charged Xor Qaartorlj, Half-Y*arl)"ahd Yaatlya*. 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"••Let me introduce to you two men, repreaeii ting different classes of One-summer vacation, with several of my friepds accompanying, I went p*pon a Ashing and plea* sure excursion upon the head-waters of s*uie Creek, There we found a trapper—name un known—who subsisted upon fish that caught from the creek, and roasted by plying them upon a forked stick, and holding the 3, over a fire built in the woods; likewise, upon the fiesh of the animals that be was able to coy into his traps. At night tbo ground the forest leaves were his bed; the overhang 2 ing branches of the forest trees, his covering; Though belonging to a civilized race, and liv ing in a civilized country, ho was a savage.- He would sit for hours together in the scorching rays of the sun, with bead bare, unless we ex cept his wolfish-looking hair; elbows resting npon his knees, face buried in his hands, forci bly reminding one of Ifhe descriptions bf ad' Egyptian mummy, though in a Sitting posture; His mind was absorbed, most profoundly al£ sorbed, in the contemplations which gave utter-, ance to the following sublime' and elevating’ thoughts: * 9 “Eesterday had luck to kfeebh 'ood-chubk— skeened 'ira. Skeen make shu strings Greace nuff to taller my cloze all ovo onoe't or fwice’t, to keep rain out. Jerked 'is meat oil sharp stick over the fire by big log. 'fi cart keech 'notW twa-day, I 'lave 'nuff to last ttf daze longer, 'a then I shall be 'ntirely satsfide. 'Nthen, 'nthen, I will—one more 'cod-chuck/ 1 While he was thus aoliloqtlizing, and hl3li{# giving utterance to the thoughts of his stupid mind, gazing upon that stupid countenance, t was struck with wonder and amazement; that any human being should adopt, the surest means of stifling all the powers of his better nature. Then thought 1, if to obliterate every power of the mind ; to blot out and entirely ex terminate every noble aspiration of the heart; and thus for a human being to become an en tire and perfect nonenity, if to do these, pinesS, then this man is a type of bliss, gnd'tftf had all hotter turn trappers; I could not, however, but contrast the condi tion of this ppor deluded man with that of Dr: Francis Wayland, the then revered' and vener able president of Brown University. In his youth, he was not a promising student, yet hS had chosen to develop the powers of bis mina and expand the benevolent emotions of his heart, he has the blessed assurance within hiJ own bosom, that hundred* have been drawn off from a course of sin and ruin' by means of his early choice. He has standing in society—has influence-;—has power of masterly thought—hag. an expanded soul—has the hope of eternal life. Now, you may say, that, being contented; they are both equally happy, and the condition of the ono is as desirable as that of the other: However, you may argue, two questions wilt decide the matter once for all. It being en tirely optional with you, which condition would you choose for yourself? Which would yod choose for your son ? Their capacities for en joyment are as unlike as the capacity of the Atlantic for holding water and the merest meadow pond; add are as unequal in both the quality and the quantity o'f their real enjoy: ments. Again, a true education promotes haman. happiness by increasing the productiveness of labor. Look about you among the farmers of your acquaintance and tell me who are the meet prosperous and happy. . Those, of course, who are the most intelligent. The farmer wßd knows the nature of hit! toil, chemically ana lyzed, and likewise, knows the constituent elements of the difierent grains and fruits, carl tell how to adapt the sowing and planting td any particular soil, so that it may produce the largest crop; while -an ignorant farmer is os apt to sow wheat where the soil is better adap ted to the growth of corn; or plant potatoes where there is no starch, and beans wherejtherd is no carbon. He cannot account for not hav ing a crop ; ho thinks the fates are all again: t him ; and so they are—the fates of ignorance no others. Having been from my earliest youth to the present time, a hard worker, my sympathise are with tho toiling men of our country. I believe, "there is uo excellence without great labor," and therefore do I honor the toiling thousands—the farmers and mechanics, who are the bone and sinew of our country, it is for such that I plead. I know that they de: serve the sympathy of the philanthropist and merit the aid of the best minds and the most de voted talents. What I look for, is a gehecq} and practical enlightenment concerning their life’s chosen occupation—a proportional in crease in the productiveness of their labor q-d a consequent increase in the facilities for ihO:- al and intellectual improvement, and for the happiness of themselves and their families.— Such is the object to which I would aim. The means are within our grasp. Qoly.lfk tho first blow be struck in the right direction and thq work is accomplished. The mountain glacier of huge dimensions and ponderous weight, recumbent and still, maj sometimes be loosened by a single blow of thd explorer’s hatchet. Moving by its own weight; slowly but surely, at length it leaps with a tremendous bound into the waters and rides triumphantly upon the broad ocean. ■ So let this grand educational scheme, be once fairly commenced and the heart of the masses enilstes in its support, then by the very weight mulcted favor, it will-ride triumphantly 09 thd broad ocean of success. My plan is, to adopt and carry into effect; means, to educate in out common schools, boyf for their occupations, and girls in (he myste» ries of household ' management and out-of-dnof exercise. Whoever accomplishes most in pro moting this scheme will be a benefactor ot bid Cor.tiKcis jos Forsjaljjtaxi
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