1 1 it " ' " Ml I II I - I III LEVI L. TATE, Editor. VOL. 14.--NO. 6. THE Culitiulria Intmrrat rcsumiD ivskt iatvrdat hosniho, IV LEVI Is. TATJH, TO BLOOMSliUHO, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FA. OFFICE Jm ike neto Brick Building; opposite the Exchange, by eUe if Ike Court Hou.ee. "Democratic tlead Quarttre." TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. $ 00 In alvanca, for one copy, for ilx montbi. 1 73 In' a trance, for one copy, one year. 3 0) If tint pai l within th j firrt three month!. S 33 f Imt pat I witui.i tlia fint nil tuonthi. IS) If not pilii within the year. No tubicrlptlon taken for leu than nix months, tnil no pnpir discontinue J until all arrearage! halt hav Wen paitl. UrJinary AnvERTiicMcitTilnseitcJ.andJoo Work lcuteil, nt tin citabllihed prlcci. ORIGINAL POETRY. Written for the Columbia Democrat, THE TIMS WHEN I WOULD DIE. OY EMMV J, T . 01 lt mi di; in tits H'limivr time, When th 3 aun it hi tins bright in a tunny cltine, Aulgjatl) r-piiyr from oil tin iky, Will waft ruy iouI to Ood on high. Whin tlu gloomy Ito'ir of ni?ht hio fl.'J, An I r-y-lain t d' hn peJ. AtU musical bird at J soaring high, U thsn li tlia tiinu wh:n I woulJ die. 01 lit mi di J In tin morning fair, When tin fragrant flower j waft throajh the air. Anl thihiitn of th luy b:i! bo spry, 01 then id llie limy w lien I wojU die. D ar Mr tlier' lunJ will sootl sny head, And hriKhMv inged ant. Id guar 1 uiy b id, And mourning fnvnds arJ standm; by, 01 thsn Id the time that I would di.'. And ihcN the Joy that I would meet, When fuj to face, my brother greet, And then with alt the an pel raise, Our voicrg in a hymn of prime. IF WE KNEW. tY aCTII DFMTON, If we knew the cjm and cross! Crowding round our neighbor's way, If we kniw tltj littlei loMca, Horcly RruvoiH, day by day. Wo it J wti tht'ii sn uitcn chi le him Tor hi lack of thrill and gain LfiviM on hit h'.irt a nh.i Inw, Leaving on our lives a nuin f If w knew the clouds a!inc u, Held by gsntt-j bk'f nugs tlirc, Would wu turn away nil trembling, In our blind an 1 w.ak despair? Would w i-hrink from little shadow, l.)ing o.i the uivy prasd, WbiUt 'tisonl) birds of IMcn, Just In uwrc) flying pint f If tvrknew tin nb-nt story, Uuivtriug t branch th En-art of pain, Would our woiiianhool dare dnam Hum Hack to haunt of limit ugdiii I Mfj lm ttiiny n UngL-d crowing ; Joy Inth miny a lir.'nk of nm j Ait 1 til j ch Jtkf , tjar vi aalud, dtJ whit-st; Thu th -j bl.'st.Ml aug'.li know. Lei us reach in our bottoms Torth: ky to oth.r live, Anl with love tuwar Is erring nature. Oi'-riah good that atill survives ; Ho that vvh-'ii our di-robjd spirits Hoar to realms of lijht again, Wu may pay, dear Kailu r. iudge u A wc Judged our fallow iulii. Frwi the Happy J.'omt, HOW PARENTS PROVOKE THEIR CHILDREN TO WRATH. "AnJ ye fathers, provoke not your childrcu to wrath.' Immediately preceding tho text, chil Qren arc coiuuiauueu to nouor tm.tr pa rents; and then, as it to warn pannts a gaiust governing them iu such away as to loricit tilth' honor, it is added, "And ve fathers, provoke not your children to wratu." The coun-el is given to fathers becausj they are tho heads of families. Mothers, ot course aro to regard it as equally addressed to themselves, though tho gotTuuieut of children moro geiurally devolves upon fathers where signal author ity is to be exercised, and obedience so cured, 'llicv more frenently administer tbos'i painful corrections and chastisements which aiethe last resort, l-'orthis reason tho counsel iu the text may be addressed to them. Fathers, too, are naturally sterner and more severe than mothers, so that thcro is more used ol warning them asm tho text. Many a child has sought shelter from a father's severity in a mother's gentleness and lovo. But, iu general, the command hero is to parents to guard against provoking their children to wrath. They must not givo them occasion to disobey. Doubtless there is much disobedience and recklessness among children that is provoked by paren tal imprudeneo or impatience. It exists solely becau.-o it is provoked into being. The Trustees of tho Girls' Reform School at Lancaster, say, iu their first report, "One important tact has already been dis covered, and which the Trustees would im press upon the minds of all, viz ; That in nearly every case, tlio parents, or thoso who previously had them in charge, were more in fault than tho girl, and that with nearly ono half tho number, their unfortu nato condition was attributal to the neglect or abuse of a stop father or step-mother." It is thus among adults in the community. There aro many wrong things in neighbor hoods that live because there was prove eation. Thoughtless words, censorious words, unkind words, biting words, call forth othera of a tiniilar character j and then follows a jealous spirit, a retaliating spirit, a contentious spirit, and almost any thing btit a good spirit. If wo could sub tract all provokod evils from tho sum total of jtyils in a given community, thcro would be a great reduction of unpleasant occur rtUMa. So, it is bcliovcd, thcro would be a very material reduction of disobedient uuiu aiuuiij .iuui.;u, ii mi mui. nru pru- voiced wore taken away. I It is, then, a matter of much importance1 to reduce tho sentiment of the text to prac- tice. How shall a parent avoid thcie pro-j ut.iuuu3 iu wt-uiu i ii a question iiiai uc-. jess auu unnuai. Wo suggest tuo lorcgo mands an answer. It is an inquiry that re- iug as one of the possible reasons, latos to vital points in the family. Its 2. Parents provoke their children to peace, harmony, happiness, the good or wrath sometimes by favoritcism. That evil cour.ae of sous and daughters, charac ' prido of a child's brightness or beauty tor in thU life, and glory or shamo in the . which somo mothers and fathers possess lifo to come are points involved. 'will certainly run into favoritism unless I shall speak of some of the wayi in ' thcro is a btudied watchfulness. That which parents provoke their children to genuino reasons may cxit for thinking wrath. i more of one child than another, in some 1. By want of sympathy with them. 1 respects, wo would not deny, but care Some fathers always keep their children at should be taken that it may not appear in arms-length. Perhaps they are pressed the conduct, and one bo treated with par with cares and duties belonging to their tiahtyj which is what wo mean by favor business, so that they have no time to itism. Nothimr will arouso th.. in.Imnnnt. hpend in conversing with the little ones about their sports, studios, companions and other things. They eat with tbom, areoe- casionally in and out, and spend a short time at the eloio of the evening in reading a nowspaper at tue urcsiuo j but tncy nave iiv wmi; .v uutuLU i:sjj:i!aii lu till; vuiLi' rulU. tainment of the eliildrcu. They never Parental favoritism is ono of the evils stop to observe their plays and toys, and which is universally deprecated, and, on express their views about this, that and the that account, parents aru quite unwilling to other, and thereby show their intcmt in admit that they have favorites anion their what secures juviuilu attention. Perhaps ' children. But this is a stealthy cvfi, and they think that it is of no consequence takes possession of the heart without sound whether children arc amused or not it is ina alarm. Simnlv liviinr without stonin.r well enough if they surround themselves to reflect upon this danger may lead to it. with things to entertain them without trotib- It is one ot the perils that must bo ponder lin their father, who never provides them I ed often, to cuard cffectuallv a--ain,t, it. with that which shall interest. Here is no i sympathy with childhood, and it is soon 1 perceived by young observers. Such a lather may be feared : but lie is not ardent-. ly loved. A youug man in his employ, who loves to s2iort with children, will draw the sons of that father to himself, as the father does not, and cannot draw them. i Some mothers have not true sympathy I warning against this evil. A long train ol with thur oiTtpriug. They can sec no I borrows were entailed thereby upon both need of to much running and uoie. They ! parents anl bons. A great rupture wa wouder if other children are so active ami j made in tlio familv, and E an became a boisterous. A cheek is put upon their ! rougher, harder, and more wilful man than sportiveiicss many times a day by the mo-1 ther's voice, hushing, complaining, or scold-1 iug. They learn, in a short time, that j their mother has no interest in their pas- times, and that the best way for them is to j have all their enjoyments by them-elvcs. . A barrier is thus erected between them and i in this regard, ho made Joseph his favoiita a mother's love, that may diminish their j It was manifest in his conduct. The bro attachment to home hereafter, and finally thcrs s.iw it clearly, and you recall how it send them rceklevs wanderers over tho 1 provoked them to wrath. " What a terrilde e;irt''. tragedy was enacted, in consequence, in Rev. Mr. Hemp-tead, late chaplain of that family. There is scarcely any tiling our State Pri-on, said at a public meeting upon the annals of crime, in all past hii' in Boston, that he had found, by actual tory, to compare with it. We have niur observation, that want of sympathy with defs MOw, and lows shoots lover in th childhood ha-, been a prolific cause of plncnzy of disappointment, and barbarous crime. Parents, iu not appreciating the cruelties aio perpetrated upon men; but motives and distortions of their offspring, 1 where does brother riseup againstbrotlier had corrected them unwisely, and thus scut and conceive of.-ueh malignant wickedness, them adiilt in the world, ; sick of home, and as that which sold Jo-qih into hopcles d.termined to have their own way; or bondage? That was a deed done in the else, maintaining a cold reserve, and never family circle. It was conceived and act stooping to participate in their early pleas- cd by those who had sat around the same ures, or condole with them in their daily table, and knelt at the same altar. Chil- sorrows, strong aflVction cither tor parents or noma, no ui.n nicy were uasuy uiawii away by the fascinations ami temptations of the woild. Now, no parent is qualified to govern the 1 young, unless he can sympathize with them, ami join with them, at suitablo times, in th-ir plans, works, and plays. Wo should all remember that once we were children, a fact which tho class of parents referred to seem to have forgotten. Tho more cor rectly and vividly we can recall tho feel ings and aims of childhood, the more really . can wo enter into tho projects and joys ot our own eli1lilri.li. Wu hnnlrl reenlleet. - " - ...... , tuiiuiun aiu usually jjee.isu, iiausiiun, also, that it would be unwiso and perilous ana jful. Being left to their own way to make littlo men and women out of them. 0 n,uch flattered, carrcsed and pampcicd A child must be a child. Ho must think thoy finally demand tho gratification of and act like a child. Tho parent who their wishes, and become turbulent and would make him otherwise inflicts an in- passionate if denied. The direct tendency jury upon ids undeveloped nature, and will 0f indulging a child in his own way is to probably provoke him to wrath. Dr. Scott, mako him rash and reckless If allowed tho commentator, had romarkablo success to go uncorrected to day because it is dif iu family discipline. A friend once akcd ficult to secure obedience, ho will take him what was tho secret of his success: moro advantage to-morrow. Give a child aud ho replied, "I never corrected them au ;nch, in this respect, and ho will tako for being children, but for being naughty all cn. Quo indulgence causes him to de children, mand another, until he reaches a point Then tho trials of children aro real. where ho resists all restraint", and passion We are too apt to think that, when a child Usulp3 the throne of reason. Hence, in loses or breaks a plaything, or experiences any community, the most unruly and irre borne other trouble to make him weep bit- tpousiblo children are found among the in terly, that it is of no consequence. It is dulged. They aro much oftcnor fouud with only a childish enjoyment that is lost. this class, than thoy aro with those who But these trials of t he young aro real to have been treated too severely. The Scrip- tlieill. What loss Of riches and office, tho tnroq w.nrn nMl nnin.t iniliiWnrvi j trials of disappointment and sickness, to- j getherwith the ordinary perplexities and . vexations of domestic and social lifo, and to ndults,such aro tho juvenile trials in question to our off-pring. Unless we re-1 member this, it is impossible to express such sympathy for thein as wo ought. I thy son, while thero is hopo, and let not Now, tho direct tendency of a want of thy soul spare for his crying." "Withold sympathy with childrcu, is to diminish their , not correction from tho child, for if thou sympathy for us. If I sympathize with bcatest him with tho rod, ho shall not die." you in trial, you will sympaihizo with me. I "Thou shalt beat him with tho rod, and do Lovo draws out lovo. You hate another , liver his soul from hell," Theu tho ex and ho will hato you in return. Speak I ample of Eli and others is held up as a kindly to a neighbor, and ho cannot speak j beacon light over this dangerous shoal. unkindly to you. Hero is a philosophy Judging trom tho frequent reference of the that is substantiated wherever human na- Bible to this bubject, wo should infer that turo is found. It holds good with regard to childhood as really as it docs with regard .to mature years. Tlio con'cquenco is, that want of paternal sympathy for the child keeps him at a distanco, so that filial affec- tiou does not expand and grow, and di vests homo of its luchest chirms, thereby leaving him more exposed to the terapta them pain, or makes them weep, is depre tions of life. At the same time, tho dis- J cated. Their love is blind and unreason positiou becomes soured, and an irrespon-' able quite onough to spoil any thing hu rible tcinpor of iniud is begotten. It is I mac. Tho second oauso is a desiro for probable that many parents, perbapi un- 'personal tate. Perhaps a nOlWAtoc- AND BLOOMS BURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. "TO HOLD AND TRIM THE BLQOMSJBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA-V SATURDAY, consciously witLolding this necessary sym- i'iuuy, uavo occn Burpnseu at tlio apparent disregard of their wishes and lccliii"s. which children carlv r-rliiliif. TL mi scarcely understand why it is that they aro so unaccommodating, morose, reck- feelings of a sou or daughter quiekerthau this evident partiality. It stirs up tho worst class of passions in the human bosom, Nothing creates more surely the don t tare spirit in the young than this; and sucu a reckless spirit cunerally leads tu Wisdom will not alwavs do it. nor even goodness. As good a man as Isaac bad his favorite Ksau, and as good a woman as Rebecca had her favorite Jacob. Kvi. dently neither of them iutended to wrong their sons. Perhaps they never Hopped to consider whether thev were narti.il. The cousumiences. however, aro a tiernntunl ho otherwise would have been. The worst part of his nature was developed by that partiality, and his tierea passions raged for more than twenty vear.s. Then, when Jacob became the father of a large family notwsth,tandin.' the experience he had liar! dren of a common parent, bone of his bone ami tlesli ot his llcsh, developed a spirit that was fiendish and cruel as the grave, extinguishing the last, flickeriug spark of fraternal love, and terminating in a family quarrel that crushed the lic.uts of tho pa rents, and destroyed the peaco and h ippi ncss of the children. Parental partiality was tho mother of a deep rooted and spite ful envy ; aud this gnawed away, as a canker-worm, at tho heart of domestic peace. I). Parent provoke their children to wrath bv excessive, indulirenco. In lultrcd l.:i.l...... .. ....... .M. I.n.ln...... 1Uch moro frequently than they do against severity, intimating thereby that it is a greater evil. Wo have such instructions as the following repeated : "Ho that spareth the rod hatcth his son ; but ho that loveth J,;,,, chasteucth him betimes." "Chasten it was a prolific source of evil that it is a very common way ot spoiling children. There are two frequent causes of this in dulgcnoe, Tho first is mire animal ojfic- turn. Somo parents idolize their children so that they can scarcely enduro to see , them punished. Any thing that causes TOUCH OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT ble, or weighed down with cares, and die glass. Suppose a pareut directs a daugh- I for tho lessor evils they perpetrate ; but he consents to almost any thing that will bring terto render somo assistance about tho proceeds to remove tho greater ones out relief. If the erring child will be quiet house, and in yielding obedienco she breaks of which inferior defects crow, and ccaso troubling her, by tho proffering some valuable article. How many there 7. Parents provoke their children to ofindulgeuco, lt is readily granted. Per- arc who would scold, and perhaps punish, wrath by administering punishment with haps she wants timo for fancy needle-work although it was purely an accident 1 How i out regard to their mental moods It is as or somo other employment that pertains to many would not stop to reflect upon her important to study moods as motives pleasure or display, and therefore children 1 good intentions to afford needed aid, hut Children are not always alike in their men- , . . . . . " """L 'eri3o woum too great a sacrifleo for a parent who wants every moment for something else. Butit matters not what is the cause of tins indulgence, tho direful fruits are tho same in all eases. It provokes children . ., l to wrath. 1. Parents provoke children to wrath by undue severity. While it is true that over indulgence leads to ruin, it is also true that over-severity does. This is particu larly the ease with severity that is the res sult of passion. Some parents seldom ad mini-tcr punishment except when angry. So long as their patience is not tried, and their affection is not crossed, they allow their children to do many wrong things with impunity. But when your patience is exhausted, and anger rages, they fly to tho rod, and use it unsparingly. Tho child readily perceives that passion is on fire. He knows very well that ho is punished because his parent is enraged. Then he concludes th id, if it is right for ins father to whip him in anger, it is right for him, receive it with a like spirit ;:r c i i , , pint. bo he becomes t urly, angry, and indietivo. 1 ho father of Madame Roland VI WOJ n V.1Uctnnntn 1 ..... .. t.....wit(.bu uuu,uii man, auu uiiuu suujccieu iter 10 almost, urutai treatment, Tho last act of this kind, on which her life he was to coin- earsnt !? seven years old ; and it was done to wvvmiiyu nut;i( cnu pel tier to swallow a medicine, lo ter she rnleirod In it in tho (nil guage: "I experienced the same inflexible linimess that I have since felt on great and trying occa-ions; nor would it, at this mo- nioiit, cost me more to a-eend undauntedly the scaffold, than it then did to resign my- ... .W1IU....4 - tiou, winch a thousand rods could not sub due. The caso of Byron was similar. His mother never punished him unless sho was angry, and then her puiiMiuieiit was barbarous. Hit young spirit was aroused against her at an early ago, and he grew up without a p.irtielo of love for her, and the end you know. Punishment inflicted in wrath can do know good, but evil. It may secure a temporary and formal obedi- ence, but th ln-art is injured thereby. It is driven to unlili-il thoughts and plotting-. Said a boy, about twelve vears old, to a la .i i . . . ... . . . ' ay who was annum tjiiust wlKlomo eoun scl to him in view of his having stolen some of her money, said ha, after having listen- ed attentively and seriously. "My parents nevcr talked lo mo like that. If they had l shouldn't have bicn so bad a boy." Un tho next day he called to see this lady a- g tin, appaieittly grat -fill for her timely words. His were Christian parents, who supposed, probably, that seventy only I could cure him of his stealing propensity, I He is thought, however, tu have perpetra- ; leu two 1 two thefts for every whipping. It is e of those cases which show us that dis- sit.ons must be studied, if we would - i . i i ... po; properly control the young. Another case might have been eurde by just such severi- l ty. Treatment that will save one child will spoil another. uu luruiuuen. ji uiues iimo to correct tlio ; migut oe careless ; but then she should be ' is so with their parents. Tho latter have faults of thcyoung. Work must frequent-1 reproved for carelessness, and not for tho I days when their patience is more easily cx ly be laid aside and domestic matters inter-1 injury done. Tho extent of tho injury haustcd, when they are more irritable, sad, rupted, m order to do it. This is often i might bo noticed to show tho sad results of or te.stv.llifin lmv nrn nt. nltir. ttma WUr, ,', ' '"'" v.........,, njui, aim uat is ue liKeiy to taKe the very worst view of his liiUed.Lut could not conqu-r me." In wrong, it his motives are not regarded T experience, and hence feel the most un this ease, undue severity, the result of an-1 I here can be no liuo to distinguish be-i kindly towards his parents. Seit fn hMit I fl-0!ltt. tn.it I11..I. ......1.1 nntl 'I Oil. rl 'onuf ...Ixif .1..1.. .....1 .! jjer, prinoKcu a spirit oi angry tietermina- iw-cn incm, wncn tins is romoved. To a 1. It is easier to nrcarh rin lliere lsia golden mean between nulul- ot those under his command; aud he ac geneo and severity to be sought out if pos- ted in this crusty way on principle. Tho siblc. Ho who can discover and observe attention of the other officer, on the con- it. hfis. nil,, nf ttin tf.nr.'t ntai.nr.ni ftil I'., it. ilygoveriimc.it. Ho will find necessarily invnlvetl tliitriiin tilts t.nntrnl nr'lil w nwn tt.tt, . ........... .. v.... . ..... ., .. ...... per. Self-government is tho beginning and foundation of all good government, be it iu the family or state, '-lie that is slow to anger is better than tho mighty; aud he that ruleth his spirit than ho that taketh a city." Napoleon may achieve glorious victories at Magenta and Solfer- mo, when ho is not fitted to govern a child, 5. Parents provoke children to wrath by punishing them for wrong doing with- out regard to their motives. Childrcu of- ten do wrong things ignorantly and acci- dentally. When tho boy, George Wash- ington, cut the applc-tteo with his new hatchet, wo was ignorant ot the couse - queuccs. He did not know that such cut ting would kill tho tree, Somo fathers would have puuished him at once, without stopping to see whether tho boy understood what hu was doing. A little child is al lowed to mark an old book with a pencil tor amusement, ish hours with joy It fills some of his child- By and by ho takes I n the parlor table, audi the best book truui defaces it in tho sauio way, for which ho is puuished, or severely reproved. JJut possibly ho has received no instruction that teaches him why he can dufaee ono book and not another. IIo did not moan to do wrong. There was no evil intention in his heart. Why, then, should ho be punished or reproved Instead of cither, explana tion aud counsel is what tho case dcuiauds. But faults of accident are morn common than thoso of ignorance ; and thoy are fre quently punished, when tho ch.ld may be actuated by the best of motives, A child is allowed to play with a ball in tho house until a window is brokeu thereby, when a termination is put to the sport by immediate punishment. Vet tho breaking of tho win dow is only incidental to playing ball in the houso. If correction be demanded at all, it is for playing thus in tho house, and not fpaccidkntajlyjlestrgyinpajna O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH." uuijr ui mu loss msiaineu. one i carelessness, but with no other view. Chil- i dren arc sometimes chastised for soil- 'mg and tearing their clothes, losing- I articles of value, and injuring compan lions, and similar acts, when notlnncr wrnn 1 .,,.'. 0 O was intended. A man of rank and nffln. enco said that, in hisyouth, ho wasscvorc- ' ,pu' . .".e' 10r 1051US a ton d0"" bill Willi WIllM. liA l... ennt In n nAt..l.1.A.. .J . .. ...... ,.a u.jjuuu, a mm i . .i . , . .. . ' heart in the two cases ; and while consci- dice condemns them for thu intended p . iu5, t uui;s nui lur mu aeeiueiitai. i'a ..-..At... .. . .... .... I' l ! .1 . - , Tl . rents Know tins, too. 1 liey alw Thev alwavs iudr'a of men by motives. The killing of a man is ninmurierun ess it is done with malice; aforethought The motive is a ways re garded m judging of men. Shall not chil-1 ' irC",b,ltrf l ' ?, dT.tion ' "wu vuiitsa ii ia uunt; mil. i - - mu' ii vuiijiMvninyii as adults? Lspecially ought not this to , be the case when making no difference be- , tween a fault of intention and accident ob - literates the distinction between right and i wrong in the mind of tho child How .1 ! i n. Parent, .provoke their child to people Iiavo a tact for iault-uuding. " t auii Hiiuuig. qujiiu A" tin neighborhood and family, thy are more likely to discover blemishes than gra - co. Ihey pass by exhibitions of human excellcnces with a kind of reserve and de termined silence, and speak and comment only when defects are seen. When this class becomo parents, they watch their children closely for faults, and are seldom disappointed iu discovering them. As children are not usually more nearly pcr- feet than their parents, the opportunities of reminding them of their faults aro numer- ous. The consequence is that almost con- tinual fiultfiiiding salutes their oars. Pa- rents differ at this point, like the comman- dors of vessels described by Basil Hall. Speaking of two captains, ho says, "When- ever one of these commanding ollicers came onboard tue ship, alter an absence ot a day or two, and likewise when he made his periodical round of the decks after breakfast, his constant habit was to cast his eye about him, iu order to discover what was wiong; to detect the smallest t... .., . . - , thing that was out of its place ; in a word, to hud as many grounds for censure as possible. This constituted, in his opinion, the best preventive to neglect, ou the part ti-ftrv- .Imtn'lri.il tn Itrt ,1it.nn.,iM nl.w.flt. tn those points which he could approve of. t'Vil- ilwtttttntt lt li'niiltl ttn nt l.rt ,. - . ..w...u, ..v mwi.,.. .,t ii, ... titii. along from timo to time, and bay to the first lieutenant, 'Now, these ropes are very nicely arranged ; this modo of bestowing tho men's bags and mess kids is just as I wish to see it ;' while the first officer do- scribed would not only pass by theso well arranged things, which had cost hours of labor to put iu order, quite unnoticed, but would not bo easy till his eye had caught hold of some casual omission which af- j forded un opening for disapprobation." i "Under the one, accordingly, wo all worked with cheerfulness, from the convic- , tiou that nothing we did in a proper way 1 would miss approbation. But our duty under tho other, being perlormed 111 tear, seldom went on with much spirit. Wo had no personal satisfaction of doing things correctly, from the certainty of getting no commendation. - - - The caso being t inw uoiieicss, tue cuasiiseuieiii seiuoiu conduced either to the amendment of an offender, or to the prevention of offences." It is so in thu family. Habitual fault- mining means mu sjuwgui gum-iuus aim noblu effort. It hardens the heart against its influence, so that recklessness is the legitimate result. Children who arc ac- customed to hear fault-finding so generally l ,. , , , . G t - -..ww ..v mvib .U.b 1V1 111U1U 111 he coutessed that he always carried the tho latter, who have not arrived to years recollection ot it as an act of injustice on of discretion, and over whom motives of the part ot Ins father. Ho desired to per- self-control have, consequently, less influ form the errand promptly. Ho yielded once t This must be granted. But wheth cheerful obedience ; and yet it all weighed or conceded or not, every parent knows nothing bosido the accident of losing the that his children aro not always in an mmy' i c , I equally favorable frame of mind to receive 1 he tendency of such disregard of mo-1 correction. When they arc peevish in con tive in the punishment of children is, to sequence of illness, correction oltcn arouses beg.'t tho feeling of having been wronged a retaliating, sullen or revengeful spirit. to arouse a spirit of hostility against Tho same kind of correction will awaken what s soma to bo, and what actually is in-1 harder thoughts, and angrier thoughts, ju-tice. Children know when they intend ' than at other times. So, when a chifd is to do wrong, and when they do notiutend angry, it is nearly as dangerous to inflict it. ihey know that there is a great dif. I punishment, as to do it when tho parent is forence between the moral statu nf tlir. ,..... ti. i.:i.i .... e need it about as nmcii as tnoy do tno idlo little lias ever beeu written or published wind. It provokes them to yet grosser i upon tho subject a fact which shows how faults. ! little attention has been dovotcd to it. It should bo remembered, in dealing with While enough has been produced upon the the faults of children, that many minor culture of plants and tho training of colts, short-comings grow out of one great defect, I and even Canary birds, almost nothing like the twigs and branches from a large I has been donofortho instruction of parents limb of a tree ; aud tho removal of the concerning tho most important of all their great fault will cause the lesser ones to duties the government of their children disappear. Tho husbandman is not so on which, not onlv tha hanmnnas of Wli foolish as to spend his timo and strength in pruning or cutting off tho littlo withered branches of a diseased limb, in tho orch- ard; but ho cats off the limb itself. So tho truly wiso, judicious parent spends not his .Vir?ath irufindirifl-fnUs-ijK).W-ev'U'1n APRIL 14 I860 tal ttatcs. f-or is it ncculiar to them. It exceptions to this are few and far between It does not require very lonK or deep study for any of us to discover this in ourselves ; and there aro causes for it. Jlultiplicity fifnn. nf.,i .,:.., v.,in :n.,L .-j ..UJIlll.dVttl UU41.MI UWU11V llllll.iStUllU ;mito i..V :.: j ... happy state of mind. But if adults aro thus subject to them, may not children 1 . T. . I . 1 .. .. oe , ls Ulere no ,noro excuS(J lor Uicm ,n im Buira a nut iucii iu a irame 1 of mind to perceive the junice of ids cbas ' tiscmeut. nor to care much ahont it Tti In . . ' . . . - ieeliii"s are too bitter for that, Also, tho I 1 norin.w .riion. ;u i.. ..!.. r. 1 1 the weather and physical indisposition, so that the child is more easily provoked to wrath by the parents. When these diff- criug frames of mind aro not observed, and cl-ti;emet is administered without any iMi-iu-emnnr. is finiinnivrnrnri trititniit regard to them, injury is usually done The heart of the child becomes more sadly ' warped than ever. A bad thing is made j worse. The child will misconstrue or misanDrehend naternal motives then 'nn,l family gov- I ' h" Teen said foshow She govenmS oi cmiarcn is a very Uillicult matter- verv d Jlh fin It. mnttor flint. It rCOUirCS Wisdom. forrMfrlit. fr.niiitr.nfi.-in and a good knowledge of human nature, to ' be able to di-cipline tho young heart ari"h. y0 doubt it is tho desire and aim df nearly . . .7 p an parents to govern their children so that n. . .. t uey snail neco.ne uset.il and worthy mem - hers of society. But wo err in judgment, or knowledge of the mental and moral laws under which children act. The science of lamilv- froverninent. vn nrn nnr. en ffimilinr f . c ..... .... with as we aro with other sciences. If it bo truo, as the poet says, " Tlu.chilJ That shuts mthin its breast abloom for heaven, Muy lake a blemish from the breath of love, And b 'Hi thu blight forever," it is not btrango that many of the young niaiio smpwrucK oi tneir uopes. o say that a teacher must have a knowlcdfC of human nature if he would bo a successful disciplinarian, and we say the truth. But how much moro truo must this be of tho j parent, whose government over his children never ceases during their years of minor- ity! Yet this is a difficult knovvledce to . .. .. . . 9 . acquire. Tf.,ll ttmnint, ,.n,i.in. iuuuu uui uiteiuiuu, auu uiuers ucsiuc, 1 ... .!.. 1 -.1 1 . 1 I attention and ofl,. nea;,ln every one must see that parents have no ' ll.!.,.. vt l.. ... , . sponded, " Who';" Men who have made .. . 1 1 11 1 igwuu vi:iiiui3 auu legal ewuusuiigrs ijave i tailed utterly in managing their sons. It is so much more difficult to govern a fain- ily than a state ! A ruler is not obli"ed to j study the dispositions of his subjccts,Tjut a j parent must. Facts provo that an anna- ble disposition may be soured by misiuan- ' agciueut, aud a naturally unamiablo ono may be improved by judicious culturo. But how shall we acquire this necessary j knowledge of different dispositions. This lis tho difficulty. Such considerations show 'that wo can theorize upon this subject I much more easilv than wo can rednen theories to nractico. 2. Wo learn, hence, tho necessity of i parents making family government more of a study, and the subject of moro serious i thought than they generally do. Men have their treatises ou tho cultivation of plants, grains and fruits, tho raising of nees. cons, anu otlicr animals: but how few of them, who aro fathers, havo any 1 treatise upon thu managemeat of children ! They havo weekly papers upon politics, agriculture, me mccnaiuo arts, and upon j almost every thing else that pertains to the j trades and callings of life. But how few ' have any means of instruction upon tho subject of Home Education 1 True, very ( parties is suspended : but, in a great measuro, tho welfare of church and state. i But thought, reflection, ttmlv. mm. nnr, I ought to bo given to this subject. Instead of devoting no particular thought to it, nor J-i -J-s--!,Sr- niierior worn to pertorm. Uovv ofteu thev ... , . are nm-nWod. nnd sreoW l-,,nw l,f tn ' a gCSlUrC, atld turning dn 1 ' tfnw m nv nf ,t,n Jn,t !.,- ,1,,1 I hMl ,Ut" a OlwU Oil her anxiously. Who is sufficient for these ?m no' she said, 62 00 PER ANNUM. VOL. 24. ftil and virtUous, parents should feci that no more important subject can claim their attention. And tho more thought they can bestow upon it, tho more they will sco tho need of information relating thereto. Finally, we learn tho need of love M the pervading clement of family govern, meut. Whatever may bo our views about corporeal punishment,or tho use of the rod, cither for or against, all must agree that love should bo the pivot on which all things in the family turn. If wc inflict corporeal punishment, it should be doneia love. That tender, affectionate spir.t, which aloue is consistent with tho parental relation, should bo manifest even in tho severity employed. This is turooftha Divine government. God is just, but his ju'tico is tempered with mercy. Seventy sometimes charactmcs hi3 government, but it is prompted by love. Whom tha Lord loveth ho chasteucth." It is true in nature, and it is truo iu providence. Wcra tho power of God more prominent than bii love in creation, instead of prevailing sun shine and calm, we should have wind and Ftorm, thunder and tempest, and other manifestations of Divine power, more than tho opposite. Dark and frowning skies, wild tornadoes, and mighty earthquakes, would convert this beautiful world into a spcuo of indescribable terror. So if jus lice, in tho providence of God, prevailed over love, we should bo arrested in our earthly career, and the merited retribu tions of eternity would fall upon us at oncf. Wo should be overwelmed with tho conse quences of our guilt, and perdition would Open itS VaWllin.' milrill tn vpcnivn nnr v.-.. ished spirits. But now that Divine Invn underlies and pervades the entire universe, ... " 1 c.tLa itl, l moment m a life that is lcssings. So manifest and wonderful is that lovc!l'hat vve Tcan Respond to the lines df another, P Zt.. Were every reed on earth a quilt. And every man a eribe by trado J To write the love of God above. Would draintbe ocean dry, Nor could the scroll contain the whole. Though itrctched Irani tky to ky." So must love in tho family underlio and pervado its entiro discipline. Then chil dren will not. hf nm'nrrA n.fttU frequently, and peace, harmony, and con l'' EXECUTION OF QUEEN MARY. Arrived on tho scaffold, Mary seated herself in the chair provided for her, with her face towards the spectators. The dean ; of Peterborough, in ecclesiastical costume, sat ou tho rigt 'r tLe 0ue,, n , . ! foot8tooi before him. The Earles o I and Shrewsbury were seated like h .1 . 1 . , ... . . . f Kent him on the right, but upon larger chairs. On th other side of the Queen stood Sheriff An drews, with a white wand. Iu front of Mary was seen the xecutioner aud his as sistant, distinguished by their vestments of black crape with red crape around tho left arm. Behind the Queens chair, rangjd by tho wall, wept her attendants and mai dens. fri the body of the hall the nobles and citizens from tho neighboring counties wore guarded by the musketeers of Sir Amyas Paulet and Sir Drew Drewerv. I fJond tllc 'jalus'ra do was J"buuaL J-ho sentence ' Wuc1? 'Protl:s tct! "St it I rovalitv and or mnncennn Bayond the balustrade wa3 the bar of tha was read : tho in the name of ua'"i anu 01 innocence, nut accepted 1 l" ..... , . . . death for the sake of faith.-She then knelt I n ui i j .. :-"ZZ Z-VZlUUTS Witt- luiciiutk towards thi lorchead. "I to bo un- numerous a company. 1 , ,y land3 of such Sm ftha I Cliaillbcr, Sho then called Jane Kennedy anl Elizabeth Curie, who took off her inantlo, her veil chains, cross, scapulary. On their touching her robo the Queen told them to uuloose the corage, and fold down the er mine collar, so as to leave her neck bar for the axe. Her maidens weeping yield ed these services. Melville aud tho three) other attendants wept and lamented. And Mary placed her finger on her lips to sig nify that they should be silent. Shu then arranged her handkerchief, embroidered with thistles of gold with which her eyes had been covered by Jano Kenedy. Thico sho kissed crucifix each timo repeating ''Lord, unto thy hands 1 commend myspir it." Sho knelt anew, and bent her head on the block, already scored with dcocn marks ; and in this solemn attitude r-ha again recited some verses from tho Psalms. The executioner interrupted her at tha third verso by a blow of the axo, but its trembling stroke onlv grazed her neck : she groaned blightly and tho second blow severed the head from the body. Lumur line. A Lesson ron the Ladies. A pen. tlcmari, .nil had often been annoyed by waiting a long timo for tho mating of tha toiletts of thoso ladies ho had escorted to balls, was invited by ono of tho ladies to attend a Leap Year Ball, recently at i no tauy caueu tor htm at tho appointed hour, but ho was " not quite ready." Oar lady friend was ushered into tho parlor. . i i i ,i .... i. ... .r auu nan tno pleasure oi waiting until near ly 10 o'clock, for the gentleman to "dress. ino jone wa3 kindly taken, but was so well dona that tho fame thereof had extended to almost every person in tho ball room, in tha courso of tho next hour. Not a few were the jokes' and repartees exchanged, urusaeu uuiore so nun an saiu iqat ovirpertJminii'Jifi?sJ-
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