DEMOCRAT,
WJLuMdIA
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Gi.aiVa J!i. 'JJAl'B, fixator.
TO HOLD AND TIUM THE TOUCH OF TllUTII AND WAVE IT O'EU THE DAHICENED EARTH."
TERMS i 2,00 PER. AHlMJn.
VOL. 16. NO. 47.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1863.
VOLUME 26
vuaijiiiir.u Kviiiiy satuiujay, hy
LEVI L. TATE,
mi DLOOMrauna, oomMatA county, pa.
0 FPU) E
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fir Ourt ItontC, "Jlrmotraiic Head liartrs."
TfiiiMS or sniir.cniPTTON.
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8 "ii If mil paid ultl.l.i tin-ynr.
7'-Su nliriliMiiti titlan. fur lov llinn kIt inmitlip,
iu.r iljecuiiUuucil mull all arrearage! ihalll.iuu
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All ll. Ii-. niin l"t "t L'i omul ..itifit(i ill
I' 1.
1
1 ,. a tup ('iit'iniliia lu'iiity. rtiint'Jlianl't
1
1 1. 1 a II III 1 1 1 iiikii ami hih' iiii hi ci
. I t 111 ll, pill lliiiinuril a.4 liilliitt . 1,1
in in 1 111 'l .'niin .Mi'Kaii.i y. 'Hi tin
11 li li ,111 in r. in. rill li) M. 1 1 .1.
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il t t, li r"nii ari iTiiti'il a cihih
ir.1,1 l.. 1.1.1. Ii ni,. aiiu blatil 11 ilh Hi . apparl ;i.
ALSO :
On' oil, f. it Mtt.'ito in E py. t'jwnsliip
1 oil
I,. I .
t, 1 :
I . . a .1
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II. .11.
a ui ' -M-
I
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appuri
villi tlr.'i'l. iinttn ul .Main
,,t .1, , 1 III J Ian HI rail liitt 11, 11, lllg
1 1 . 11, half f I'ltrmil .1,111 11110 huinliril
f I 111 pill. "Ii rum ai.' inihila
Iiiiij IIiiiisc aJVaiii' t'tal.ie ttitli the
AL 0:
Two otltor T nvn L lying contanus
t.i ia It'll, r an I Mtiiat.-in r.-pj'ti'ttn hip ami 1 nun
1-, i.,,.ii 11.1.11111:111 Vlnl lr''it. hiiu mi" nun
nr .1 ai.'l niMt.llti' Pit in I mil ninl 11110 hnniinil
a ul ev, nlf iiir,'.' I -.'t in r.i I'th. li''i mlfil an tin. ni'.t
In 1 .111 In "l' J''"V. "ll Ih ' ii'inli liy I"1;1'' J "'V; I
la., ttli. r mi ar ' in it il ' l'ir'i' ri'iininK .Mil, ami n
1 .it 1 I lui-iii.ii Simp, it uli ih appnrti'iiJiiiee.
ALSO :.
Olio 'iilit'i-tf'ict orpincl of land, stfuato
in iJr.'i'iittiin It'i" n-lnp. I iiliiiiilna I'linnty. cimfiiniiisf
. l,Jllj -. (pill a, 1 , tt.'li tiinli.'l. il. baimleil 111U il,",
ui'i ilif ill'i.i In ttit:-i'ii thu ni.rth hy laiiiU ol
i i..rli 1. .'I, ill mi thu tftli) l.iinl !' r.'Hlu.la 1-lln .
t,i.. ,111 Hi r- nun in lamlmif Jan. 'i- I'alt '". wU--vmn
ar 1 i.Tl "I ai. ii.ft." Mil... i.'i"i'l IraiiHi Dttilling
l.ou aiiu n it..r.i,iulh thd appuilJ.iaiue..
ALSO:
One otliiit' Ln ohu'itu in H-py, "olinn-
unibiai'Hii'H mil l.'itli. ins mi') hiimlr.'ii nml niiii'iy
,11 1,,1 in t.uli an I tun liuuilr.'il and Iniity t'-.t in
,.nih I n.l.'il ii.iiiili.ttsiiiuin-oi1 ih1' ni.rih,'iit ny
lama nf Julia Kii'. I.'r. 1111 Ih i ninth by an alley, "ii
thatti.l uva.iru'i. uml .111 tin' umlU by tho- Mutli
H111111IH ai'.n. aiui'r.'.l.'iln larg" St 'inn .Mill, a g'i'"l
J'r.ini,- Im . II111.' Iluuuaii.l a J-'iauic llai n, it nil tlw ap
purtuiuiiL' 4.
ALSO :
Ono oilier Lot situate in Epy, township
mi l roniiiy nfnr. '..iiil. Ir in'.' nitty ( " .Maui El .
btiil nun tianilr".! nml tuhly .'. t in d.'P h '
l).i.iiide.l on tin. tt.st bt I't ol I'mnml bt
I . Ilri.b.l. ..mill ..tbv l.iml.cf J. v"-. ';'lT"
iiriiuriiti'il aguad i'raiuj t.oa.j and S-lablu ititlltlm
uppurleiuuci..
ALSO:
Ono otlior Lotaituuto in Epy, township
ami enmity af..r aid. fronting inie hnndri'il and titi nty
I Jl , Muiii .lr.a. nail m.i. WinUr " and i icMy fit
i.i d.'plh. I,inin.l.'d on lb.. r. by laniU ol I n . -J.'..ttl
' r, on tl. iniithi a.i by ii A buy . '
imrtli l. mi uli. .t and m Hi", ) ','
ttl ,-reuii are ,i..t.d a largn l'i am" U.tilw i lit'
I'.an.i. italda uud ulher oiilbulldln with ap
jj'jii.'iianc
ALSO :
Two othor Lots situnto in E-pv, town-
hip mid iininty i.ti.r. ..id. houndi'd mid il.'.iri be l m
lullutv, lu tt.i ; ".. ih. i.orth.a.t by lam t f ' '
gar. on tin. tt t by land- .H.;uiile; 1 ) "- 'ir;
fm Hi m.ll. in an .11 !'. and nmll' , h.A, ?';Vri iVit 'iVr
Jug Htiy f. -1 in tru.it and lumiir.' '" ' ; !, . ,
in depth. t.hHre.ni ro en . tedtuo goad I1'" " 'X''1
lloiuU, good ttabb., iwtil uuiauilding ilh tho ap.
'TVi'-n! Uk ni ii. ex.li.mai.dti. be bold a tin) prop
city ul TIiuHiiiK V. Kdtfitr.
ALSO :
At tho saino timo anil placo by virtito of
A writof .crarl faaat nil lha'' thru., curtain l.J ' f
Orui tilth in l.uiHli.i and i'irvi;.ij ' 1
.rsitad. Ijimj c iiituii.i.u in uacll otluT in "Itohn X
A I J 1 1 1 11 11 uTt I ..1 1. 1 11 a l ll J 1'iW'i ol Call.ltt'l.a. li. nit
oi'l'nt. luaiu'iinTid numb ,.,U .... thu ho. an. ; a U
r aulil llnh rt Aumliuu lliimber lllty-'i(i , Hy V. , ,
.. id I ft' . I ' it I 'r.i.lng on" whulu n'laaru In M
It pui 'ofiJnl.ui.dri .1 and t ' l '-'l
a u ill br Willi bom1''' 'I " -'" '..V 'i' vv laul
nf .aid ll ib..rl Aiiuiliou. 011 Hi.) nurlh by V al nut
Ltr" 1.11 th 1 w by an ull-'j'. und on thu South bylbo
Imuuilary In. of lU It . rt '. Additlun to tin tun .. 0.
V'T,i d ukuu in rx 'cutmu and tu b soli 1110 pro
l.t'tly of Tfttui: I M ll'lbjlu and Vlary un hi win.
HiiwrfdHriM I JOdlAllll.rbUMAN.
rin.im.h.lr". Jail 1U. I8C3. I MlfV
Choice Poetry.
only waFtimg."
Only uniting till tbo li,i,lntvi
An' a llttlu linger grntvn i
Only tvallhiK nil tlia cl it cr
Of the ilaj'i lint gtcmii Inn flrnvri;
Till llio night (if earth hat faJi-d
I'roni thi.i heart o.u'a full nf .lay ;
Till tliu mar of muni arc liroaklnu
Tl.r1.u3h thu tnillsl.t soft niulgrny.
Only waiting till iho rcnpin
II i.vu tin irjlai nhufif g.'itli.'rc.l homo,
l'flr the fii.niiiBr tiiiiu h ih t'.ulci,
1i1l tho i.utuiiiu ttlniU luvuronio.
(,,'illior r.iitrltty. ri'apurii, gaiher
Tit' Kiit rl.i' liiiutu nf my linart,
1'iir tin. l.l ooai "Hlfi'll vtilhvriil,
A Mil I llUiU'll to ilcji.'iit,
Only will ting till tin anjolt
Open wldtt tlii; n.yitle pnti.
At ttlioji! fret I lony h.ivi: lingi rcil,
Weary, piinr anil ilriiulalo, 1
Kt en nutr I h ar their I'nutiti''i4,
A11.I llitir tnici's fir awuyj
Ifil. 'y lii.l 11. e 1 am waiting,
O.ily uniting Hi nhay.
1
I Only ttait.ng, till the nh.iilmvi
Aru nllttb lonsorgrinvii;
Only ttiiiting tilllln: gliinlui r
of III il.i) ' Mat gleam lias llutt 11 ;
Then I'm 1,1 nut tin- patln ring ilaiLiiess,
IU'ly. ile.illili Ji) ilam f li.ill line,
I'y ttlmsu titht my soul ..all glailly
Tr.ail In r i.,tlitta to tliv ekii'i,
Jiduciitiuual.
AH ESSAY :
LEAD ni'.rnl'.r. 1IIF. TF.AI'litKs' I.NiTlTCIE OF
,-Uii'll' lili.1 IHUr, ClIl.l'lllllA CO., JAN. 1",
10;;. uy J.mts K. IJiiLULf.ii,
I'uiii iMit.ti At tiji: r.nji 1 st oi' Tin; l.tsTiTLTC.
J.V l',ciitkil. Lailkx and G'cull' ncii :
' .li..!io I.. ...11 tlt'ltiiiiiila tli.it 1 lii'i: y""f
kiii'i iiidii ii- in'" l"' I'toi'i'iil tu ilm li'c
I,,.. i,'i..rMi..ia'ii ni llm iltity.wlit.tli unv
(J-iiMitiiiinii ujiilti.s on Ilm iuliiiiii; picti
"Ifii'- . , , ,. ,
'1 ho j fo-ciit i -a"-' t" tlititii;iii-li!'l !''t; tlic
vn-t im.' b.'i ut.iJ 1 nifty ..t iti. :i ..c:illi..ti--.
NettT V.'IW ll.H jilnlii.tlB llli.Mlll "iHii 'ii I"
nit 1 ji'l'." m' iinn'ia'ly ai-'ttii n". 1'"'
j '.'Im 7i III IUX "'I Until' M'Ullll "r 1,1
i.ll'Olllt'..t, llll tin a l'lll.'r llillll' l itt, tllilll .'.
i'ii'tii',1 ato in.;.iiii;';'l fur iltyil'i'tiM "tt'l
fxi'i-iitii 1I1.111. Is'iliittnii i.i i.iu.'l. uml 11
mittiiipiily nf iili'"- ny '1 1'iiviltve.l l'.'iv, r.tu
liV l.n l.il'.ti' lint fli.ir.iuu-n'inii ... ...v
nt. U,i t. c.intr.iry tln'ro ii iiiium iiioru
fi'lniivMiin ii.tfllooi tit.ni t i . 0 to n in thu
iMflviliivtn.it l-'anittij;. Kimvvl.-ilO in tin
lu, . im' i-.ii.Ji-. iil ti iiny i.iit'tioul.ii ciav-i. Ii
In.) li-.cn v,-retiil (Mm Hi 1. ni it t.lio
i, i-ifi,..i 1 (''it ittul licu.i umile tli'j cn.niiioii
ii. -.i.i-tv..f tin- iiniiiy l lJ i-"0" 1111 !-;,l'"t '
n.is tl.i'o.i-K that tlic l:trk purim! nt llio
111. I.il.' ni'-i cm no in"'" I'tni'" than u.iu
in.' ti'iir- tl.ut hi-u limn mil tut ii tlu Im
r.a.t'i ni 1 in. ;.iv.-uiit. l'nu .i ii.uiimoi ol
liuuvt i." 1-.1. .1' iimr.iti'y, iu'l ' U'ltf tu inn-lie.-
u.nnlv H'V. oiiv.ni'.l utii.iii.ifL"l liolll
.i.l U..l..'l. If'l1 I'ltl'llly, I'".' IIUI'I'-'MU-
am tin ii5't!i.ili'n" i""""! Im' 'JtltnMiig
lil.'il. ll,.-..ll.t tin tl"" i'f Hi" o...i.iitni.y
T. i.iMurv f t'10 l"l,t f,:",1,!)
c.at.i.n. ifl.oii! tho ini...i'tmit tl u.' o'0
,.w tt.r. .I'-cu-M',!. vviolileJ I;'"t n.Ju
enne uli tin mniiii nf imU""" 1 "e,
llio niu tin nf tvi iiinnt. thu in. ..'I 'I'" '"-''i' t
tins ,iiiiiiilui nf ci'i'i'f .11 well na nt truili
TllU I'lllll inniiH ill France ' nt l-i-Tiii.u.y
I. live j.l it .'.I .111 iiniinit.uit iiitt in ci.ntroll-iuj,-
th..-. 11 tti. .if titnl fiiniii'ii: thi'if cliiiriii-U'l-ti.
Tlii'V i iS-i'-MJii snilie nf till) 111 fit oil)
(juRtit nml' l.-irntf'J men of llm tuitions.---Tliev
liiiiiii) ! the nieii.t ol li -rctt Bti-ife.wliero
tliu i-mlio.il nml tho e iii-.erv.nivi), thu atheist
uml j'ff ininr, m"t to teft llie.r l.iu and
incve tlupiinoiplo. lh.it vvero to K-ivurn tha
i.utioni. Tnei'ii cich into htdvc In convert,
nil tu his . minimi-.. Theorii'-i which hml
Inn;' been ll'Mting nn tho MJt f.ii'O nf ociety
woif a. izftt hy the riil'inu niitiil" nf the-1-) n
M.oi.itiniis iiml i.fiipii'iiite.l with sneli furco
that tho iiiiti.ii. ul .nun! nvvavcil to ami tm 111
il lusheil l-y Hie raginj; mirse.1 of the tic 11 p.
In this ii'iitini't- tno t-parki of revolution
weie fiiquontly fanneJ to u rajrins cuiitli-
cnniiir.. In the ui'i'.tt l ioncn ruv uunn 1 ..1
1T.SJ tho I'lul) rnniiiK were ivsnrti'il t'l hy ihu
iiiii.-t i.nvtrlu! of the lealnij! men of the
mitinii. rt.,t.e.-iiiiri', M 1r.1t, ami ntlim- rev
nlotii.iinrv chicle tviiye.l them Willi their cl
i.q.iei.ii-.'.itKl thii.urih tlicm sw.y.'.l tho nit
ti'intl n-i'itiHv. Tho ilnii's nf tliu;.. Jul)
I'linmi vteio Ihrnwn upen tn the null 111, nml
Iheve. u vvoll in in otliei- wars tin psoplo
he.iiil ihnM'liftiicipIo'. .lincu.-iscilunii lecetveil
that inipulM. "Inch iinally iireil th-.-ni to
ii.i-i.nri nn. I tho 11lt.il'. illiii
knur li u ni" ....."-
ileitis the I.1111I with hlonil. lho bocmltst
li'iniiTS 1. 1 l.; IS cxi'i'teil tlieir ii.lliienoe on
the l'lfiioh ciii.imii.tiy chii'lly thruunh these
ii-buni .linn-. Ami thus in the only U.ivv..
nf A..n'1'it.-a.i Liliorty, nis icmtl.n.s wero
furnii'il from vilt ol) wcto hurlel the iin ttli
emu tlml liants-lieil thflnecptionl tifiir 111.
Thci-o i-luljn uti'l m-sii.-iiiiiiiin. vveru 1 Ire
fluently u.llsloil on the i-iilo of evil. 1 hoy
wirebntiieiime,' mighty eiiiivs m nlanttiy
deep in tin) lntui.it. hrea-'t the r-eeils of tlio
.U'lidly Ui.iii which Pitt-into tho llo-l; in
Mea.l ut ho .litis Tho dead I V -nets u lu
ll lelity f....in..'iitly pi.i-.ni.o.l tho aiiimnpliuro
of tla'se ii-HKiii.i.us. It was in ono ot those
bViMitntfues of S.tiin Unit tho noturiini
M.irr learned his atheism und publicly
boasted of having induced many hundred-
of his countrymen to renounce tho livinj;
li.nl, mid made them the avowed enemies to
all reliiinti, s.ivo man tv.ir-.lnp. 1 liero too,
Vnltuird. reiiiein'iero.1 uniy to h Uiiiped,
plied his Utopian luj;ic and porsiunvo rhet
oric, lor tho purposes ul tearing out the Mil
Mjimices oftneii and turuiiK tho )"""!"
breast int. a M'iulchro ul do.td hopes, in
urder to convert mom to his principle...
Thus d i wo see tho powi-r that i.sc.ations
li.ii to thu ob
wii'iu i n- " ui h""" , 7 . . ,,.
ioct.1 to bo iLOnmpliAhoil i and thu-l ate vvo
J , . .. ..I' llJl.l.!ltlU'.
IttlJ'illl 1110 till ...lia.u . . 7.,
United wo Hiand, divided wo fall. loo
results lWinii from thoso uwoomilon., re
somblo tho rivulet 11 .winj? fim i- l"'l'rB
teiidiim Hiuno on tlto summit of lho nioun
tain, atl.crin i it
water., until it .wolN into ft be,...lUu a nd
powerful river, reilootinn from it. .mootl
in, f tee tho epires of populous intuis and
beariti'i on its bosom the producti of u tu-
'-0.1!. !...:.... will, nr'ivib..'
We compoJe an nssuuiun'm ...... r
ci aud oi.purtuultius Bocund tu mmc uf t
Past. The cause, which wo udvuiMte. i. tho
c.iuo ol liunianity, The weapon, whi. h wo
wield nrn free from blond' polltltinu' ulaii.s.
The fields whereon wo (lin victorie-t aro
tlio tctidcr, yet imninriil talilnlH of tho hu
tn in mind. Our tui.si.in is humanity, mo
rality intelligence. Out businon is to
vvii'ld tho weapons of wisdom, and prnvo to
the w. .rid that truth "with sling and pehblo
only" i-t more than a iniitcji for iunnrnni'tf
and error, tliouf-h nf nig.intio fitretijtli und
piuiiipiieu in Dti-ouj: armor, iv 0 nro to in
struct to educate immortal tnind-i to dec
tirnto tliem with tin- sparkling, novor fudin
Ronis of immortal truth to dopnpulnto the
prison linu-c, ,'iinl tn populato tlio satiutti.iry
of (Jud, in short to elevate tho tuition. Tl.'n
J.elnn our ubjei't why need wo unite to add
inoii.;i(ji;d or additional force to'our in. livid i
ul cff.rt?. With tlio oiuso of huumtiity
and 1 1 it t ti on our pile, uartninly we
eainiut meet will) oppnition. Surrounded,
113 wa are. hy the i-cTiuin;; nod pnri
iV.'i'S influence of tin intelligent comtnimity,
that, lot very uliiinie, would not he willing
lo admit thttt thoy had not drunk deeply an.l
Ireelv ol tlio precept-, give" hy him whnup
inumorv ii! already diilicti'lcd liy Ills virtoen.
The nn'blo and tni'ghl.y Washington, wiio loft
us for our guide, tho utiixim', "knowledgo in
in every country, tho mircst basi of pa!. lie
liaiipineii," ti coiinnsnity, that have no
doubt deeply treasured in Ih. di ho-rnin the
warning counsels of the sagns that Jut V"
DaM!od avv.iy fi-.ini earth, n u immunity tint
it tho ardent, zealous votary of that vei-v
freedom that can be maintained only by the
intelligence and virtue of tlio puuplu, nut-.
sounded, we say' by tho ti'liiiemeiit and on
ciiurgi'iuent nf ucli a 0 jiiitnuiiity, why need
wo rally our combined cll'iit-1, as tlimigl.
a (laiigcrii.i. f"0 were being entrenched nn
either sidn of ii, ready t.. ruih witli mad
dened fury, upon the'thick bi)-es" nf truth
and nxtii.gui.-i. forever thu tnn'h nf learning.
Are wo tint treading the -mil nf free, enlight
Americii ? D.d tint thu I'llgtitu fathers, us
Hiinii as they had felled tho fureit, Minctify
this new land hy rearing tho scliool-rni.m
and th! sanctuary of (ind ride hy side tu
bo reciprocally nourished and protected bv
etch other; an.l do we not boast of having
our institutions thus formed nn thu s.di.1
rock, bo that they tiro able to Ktand tho teit
nf tiiiio and tnaU.) thoir names resound for
age-i )ft unborn ?
Arc not all around 111 proud hoaitor. of
theit miblt origin und iinriv.ilnl uc'ii iiro
moiils t Why, thou, stand here thus hand
ed leagued together for 11 c.imtn.in purpose?
(Jan il be line Unit all around 111 nro nut our
friends an '. that nil do not cu-opeuit' with
us in furthering uur glorious mUsion.' Al.it, !
to" true is it t iut our 0 u-e is sut-muti le 1 by
d iiigeioiii ei.omies und wo uiu nut found
here without a g .ml r 11011. On the contra
ry wo hnvo twn import.iut purposes tu uj-couipli-.il
; tic 1 1 !i 0 1- of which can bo neglect'
Oil vvithniil 11 yad derelictimi ufilutv on our
pu.it. We nro asenil.led here, in the lirst
place for tLl!'-ioiii'nvei.K-nt ; to prepare our
selves for wielding moro fnrmi lal.ly tho
vveiipons of intellectual mid moral warfare :
to di.-cu-s tho dilferent methods of planting
deep in the tender mind of the child a ,tu
lor tho Rtei'itul principles of truth and kuowl
edge; and thus laying an eil'ecluul uitigo to
tho otrung holds of iguornuco and ei-rur,
lint while we uro (using oui euoriiios in no
o.mplish this object, let us not forgot that
duty calls us tu u wider livid of notion. Wo
as teacher, tiro placed "in foco puicntii."
Wh are to excuto tho government mid discip
line ol tho family as well us inip.it t kuowl
edge. Order is the first law of heiiven, and
il is equally us iit'ce.-.-arv that it tdn.uld he
lho lust law of tha sehool-rootn. Without j
diligence nothing can bo boeurcd and no 1
progress can bu u.a lo. Obedience and sub-mi-isiou
must be tlio teaohurs iiuttiorauiivo
Diandiites. Hence the capricious wills und '
perver.-e iucliiiatioiis man be subdued.
This duty tha teacher 11111-11 u-iiuiuo af
ter years h.ivo pa-sol over too h'.id of tho
child. I-luing thu Urol years nf its existence
thu child is too tender and deltcaio to cuJuro
the re.iuiteuu'nts of tho suhuul-rootn. As
has bttc.t truly Mii.l, "ho c.uieth forth liku a
flower." ilo is am jtig the must trail of nil
living creatures ; pusst-biitig neither the bod
ily strength nor scarcely tho mental sagaci
ty of inferior tniiinals.
This remarkable feebleness of its mind
a nd body demand-i that time should work
its changes ero instruction can begin to
impart to lho budding intellect the simplest 1
uloiiionU of an inurctiiing knowledge. Un
til the uurly weakuo.-s aud frailty of the
child in changed to the strength of maturer
years tho icachcr has nothing to do in
moulding its characfer. Uut at a very
early stage iu life ; much earlier than tho
dawn of reason and still longer before the
child is a lit subjeel (br tho teachers hands;
indications of insubordination are indis
tinctly manifest. It breaks forth in freaks 1
of petulatico, iu fitful cries aud angry
motious, Althouhg this is not the proper
time to impart instruction it is, neverthe
less, lho only favorable time to comjuer
tho will and nubduo thu evil inclination-. -ui.d,
us thu child h'us not yet past
into tho haudj of the tcachor, tho du
ty of early controlling lho will and
subduing thu passious Is conforod upon
the parents, 'l'hoy arc the jiuaviliam
wlnoh God lias appointed to watcli over
llu interests of his children. To their
culture tlio immortal gem is committed
and by them it is tn bo developed, l o
them lho heavenly decree is " train up a
child in thu way ho should go." Their
wholesome restraints must hold in cheek
its fitful violent passions and their sweet
tonoa of lovo aud sympathy must encourage
the Kindlier feelings of its nature. Thoy
uro lo apply to the feeblo resolution ol'iho
cbild, tho aid of their authority and thus
secure tho performance of what is right.
They are lo teach the child -tho inward
pleasure delivered from iulding cordial
submission to their just requirements.
The child having been thus uught obedi
ence so young that i; ' jjrew with iie
growth aud strengthened witlnts Htrciigth"
is properly (jualilied for admission into
tho halls of liiarning whero the first rule
is order.
Tho rual, living teacher will wclcomo it
and usad it hy tho hand along tho paths of
truth and virtue. Hut alas 1 how few of
the ahildrcn are thus taught tho lessons of
obodienctj before they eutor tho eohool-
of tho child has ncvor
been brought in o subjection.
If it was
ovur uiteuiptfii it wan 111 such a wcalt, 1111.
becilo iiianuur, that tho child could jttttly
promi-jo that if it would obey, all would bo
well; but if diaobadionco suited lii.-i pica-
, .
uro U"ttor it wouiu only bo nccca-iary to
ohstitnttely refuse to comply with the coin -
maud unci fall that would roach the child's
Ciir
, would bo tho exclamation of the con-
quered parent. ''Why do yo bo.
Tho
look:
.. -
, child I? taught, in this manner, to
, upon the command of tho parent
I inockorv as a horrible shadow wifiinnH
as a
any substance, boon it venture farther
, -
aud nets as though tho parent was 110th-
: mg more than a real, living, automaton
j placed horo for no higher purpose than to
bear with meek subini-siou tho gibes and
insults of utigreatful offsprings, who now
claim tlio exorcise of unrestrained liberty.
'J'h us do the. children leave tho homo oir
elo for the school-room, without over h:iv
ing laed tho sweet u.jDyment of cheurful
submission. As tho work of c-ontro ling
the passions has not been commenced by
tliu patent at homo, lho order of tho school
room demands that tho teacher commence
I it at ouco. The tuaelier as-uinc-i this task
1 under groat di sad van tag.; arisiug front a
coLilirnicd habit of lisubordin.ition 011 tho
part of ihe child and a vague iuipresnon
that none but patents have a right to control
tho actions of their offsprings I'hc child
having been thus admitted in thu scho.il-
loom, his lirst act is to violate the rules of
order, and spurn discipline. Tfhj appeals
jf the teacher lo tho child s sen.-o of true
matilino-s, of justice, and the like, have no
more effect on tits rebellious disposition,
than (quoting from another) a papal bull
would have when hurled aguiim the tail
of a blazing comet. Tin! teacher may
soon (iud that it is not in the power of mo
ral suasion alone to rule the child that
has become the most pitiable si ive to tho
inclinations of his will. The faithful tea
cher, actuated by the bo.-t of motives for
tho child, and heeding the injunctions ol
inspiration; "llu Unit sparotlt tho rod,
hatcth his son ; but ho that lovo'h him,
chastiaLth him bctimws," " chasten thy
son while tlaro is hope, and let not thy
soul spare for his crying, ' .oust ic-o.t to
c lporial punishment as tho last uiuau-j ol
conquering tho violent pa,siotn that arc
prcpatiitg tho child for the worst of off.su
ces. With back Miiart ng from the effects
of the la-h, and diiappiiiutjd iu coming off
victorious, us has heretofore been his luck
at home, the child husttiis to lay the ease
beloro his doting parents. They haviug a
wrong inpros.-iou of what constitutes gen
uine affection for tha child, aud net think
ing th it he that sparcth thu rod on his
wayward son, hatcth him, begin to sym
pathize with the child iu expressing dislike
lb.' the teacher, condemn the course he has
pursued, and thus, instead of assisting tlio
teacher iu tho uiiplea-aut task of conquer
ing the depraved disposition ot theii child,
are exciting repugnance, angry feeling and
downright rebellion in the breast of the
child, with a firmer determination of vio
ialiug, wi'h slill bolder hands, the sai:ctity
of tho order of the school-room. Thus ilo
the parents bi come the teacher's foes
thus do they become the child:! most dan
gerous enemies and thus do they, per
haps unintentionally, plant iu the breast-'
ol tho ehildi-'.n of the nation the seeds of
lobcllion that will grow with their growth
and strengthen with their strength, and
burst lb rib iu such a flood of passion and
opposition to constitutional law and order,
that thu government of lho nation will
droop aud decay until it die and our proud
cities becoiio like Tadtuor our holds
boundless iu wealth, aud matchless in
beauty, like tho Campagna, and our ports
as de.erted as tho hi'ls of Gib oa.
J'li i'ii lot us faitfully use the means pla
eed in our power and learning lessons
from the past, let us throw open lho door of
tlii association aud invite nay entreat
ihoptrents and guardians to meet with
us. Let us endeavor to prove to them by
our actions', that,
"Life is earnest, life is real,
Aud thu gravo is not its goal ;
Dust thou art, to dust returncat,
Was never spoken of the soul."
Let us endeavor to show them that a
foariul responsibility rests upon them as
God's appointed agents in moulding char
acters for so high a destination that thoy
have un important p .i t to act 111 the train
ing of their childtcu and that it must ho
faithfully performed or they and their
children will finally stand indicted eon
vioted ando 111 lo uiu I bjforo tho God of
Judgment. Let us show then that in-
tlulgiug eiuiiireii 111 acts ot uisouctiicnco
and not assisting ilieiu in governm
wills while they arc yet so youu
their !
and i
leeble that their lovo for light is not strong
enough to master their pcrv rso natures
is a sin so rank that even tho child will
cry against them when it is brought to
realize tho awfulucss of its position At
what period in lifo, think you, commenced
that irritability ot temper, which, iu man
hood brooks no control, and towers to
such a vehemence ot passion, as to deal
tho fatal, death, blow to a neighbor, a
friend, and a benefactor,. Head tho vol
untary confession, deliberately written at d
published lor public inspection ami warn
i....
iii
by one ill the near prospect ol death
by public cxeuction, for having muilten
down, iu an evil hour, lho very man lo
whoso interested eieitions ho owed his
high statiou uml whoso lenity as a credit-
or ho had well nigh exhausted. Those
aro tho culprit Webster's words. A quick
handed and brief violence of temper bus
licnu tbo bnsctliltir hin of niv life. I was
an only child, much nekcted and I havo
lierer acauircd tho oontrol oyer my pas-
room. Tbo will
lions that I ought to havu uefitiired curli
and thu coiisefpiencc is all thin." These'
honcat words, forced out by the pruaencu
01 the awliil occobion, uuatli) and gallowa,
turn back titioit a luisguidrd parental tun -
uornu-sa a fearful responsibility. 0 ! what
it curse lo thu child is that overawing
! tuiidcriiess on tho part that withholds tho
authoritative mandate and the needful
chastisement. Can it bo possible that tho
cxcrciso ol it littlo (iriunessaiiil tlw impcra-1
live duty of imposing rcitraints when lho'
,.,.,,,.,, p .1,,. ,. ,t .1 : .... :
......nu vi. mi. iu, uunaiiu a. ou Uli -
nloasaiit a task that tho tKirent will nhnn. '
pleasant a task that the parent will abati -
... ...... . . i . -
don his child, tho object of his fondest
affections, to the hull'cttings of every mer-
cilcss btonu that threatens tho ruin of liis
morals, aiiu the wiocii ot Ins Hopes i Wo
uaiu nuuiu uniiuruu neat:
! curses unon
their parent's heads ami aver, with awful 1
oaths, that they would die before thoy
would comply witli thejust request of their 1
parents. 1 envy no such parents their
future happiness. King Henry the "Jutl of
England when ho lay even upon his death
bed, racked with paiu, exclaimed "Cur
sed be the day ol my berth and cursed of!
God the children 1 leave behind 1110." I
Ucaeoiia of awful liiarning are these to in
dulgent parents
"How sharper than a serpents tooth it is
To have a thankless child."
Uut wo are toid that compulsory meas
ures are degrading to the child subver
sive of what thoy ploaisu 10 call a mauly
independence. A doting parent 1 continue
to cling to thy ill founded objection and
pcri-li with it, it thou canst not believe
that lie that halh uo rule over his own
spirit, ii like a city that is broken down
and without walls." What! is acquiring
tho prerogative of fco'fgoveriiuieutsubser
sive of manly independence ? If so you
could say the man that has 110 control of
his passion i is nobly independent. Let
thuso who would cling to this fatal priuc-i-p'o
look around them and they will soon
see that nothing is more common than lor
a mau who is abandoned to solf-indulg. uce
to boit of his liberty ; to exult in the riot
of lic'iise. The drunkard brags of bin
freedom with a tongue he cannot ooutrol,
aud with a thirst that drives him to his
cups. True 1 tho liberties may spurn the
restraints of virtue but he cannot escape
tho meshes of polution.
True liberty con-ists not onl in the
power lo do but in the power to lati'uiu
from doing. If parents, then, woald have
their children perfectly free aud uot boaud
as slaves to their wills, thoy must add
wholesome restraints and impose just com
mauds while the mind of tho child is ten
der, aud must enforce them with firmness
aud a true, not a false affection.
L.'t all tho teachers, parents and direc
torsapply themselves assiduously to the
performance of their respective parts.
The youth Ilanibal, beiore the assembled
wisdom of Oartltac offered up his vow ol
unrelenting hatred to tho Romans. Lot
us with bt tter spirit, but with the same un
doubling zjal devote oursulvcs to the per
formance of tho d ities conferred upon us.
In tho discharge of this our sacred vow,
all our earliest aud unceasing efforts must
bu dcvoied to the education ot mind ; with
out which even freedom itself would bo an
empty name. Knowledge is the only safe
protection of tho dignity, tho power, the
glory, the happiness, the virtue, and even
of the existence of tlio republic i'self.
Without it our institutions are erected up- ,
on tho saud ; defacclcts from the shocks j
ot ignorance caprice aud passion. With it
thoy are grounded on the sodd rock, and
will defy the btonns of foreign and domes
tic stiife. with it our institutions will
shine ou brighter aud blighter, till it is lost
iu the effulgence of that day.
"When IliMten iupiirlala h all dinplay,
And break upun u.u. tliu lluud ul'Uay.'
Nerved with a courage to do what U
right and armed with tho weapons of in
tellectual ami moral warfare let us march
merrily into the thickest of the co. to-,
aiming our direct blows at corruption
i'lioiatico and error. AndO! it will Im a
pleasure to grow old when tho years that
shall bring decay to ouikcIvcs shall hut
ripen tho prospctity and happincs of our
fellow man. Then
I'ar cnn shall larjo the uncxiinguishc-l
ray,
A niighly beacon ; lighting freedom
way,
With living lustre this fair land adorn ;
Anil shinii and save through ages yet
unborn."
n. r.ra nn u rffMwi.m.wtt'wvMja vn. v nrntu r,jnjr gsiot
ivow Yoi k Assembly.
Tho New York House of ltcprescntativfii
is a tio. Gov. Seymour's Message was
sent into the Senate only in tho absence of
the organization ot the House. Un J hurs-
day lho House voted for Speaker, as u-ual:
Gilbert l)eau,(l)cm ) ll
Henry Sherwood, (Hop.) -11
And then adjourned.
Dr.MocuATic Nomination rou U. S
Su.NATOit. Tho Douioeratio member of
the two Houses met iu cauous Monday
Evening jan. Itith and nominated tho lion,
Olias. U. liui'Ualew tor U, fc. bonator on
lllll Hill U.WIUl- J.I1C U.lllUUHg WCl U Ul 101-
lows :
1st,
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2d.
til
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II
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d. Uh.
ZT -b
Oth.
20
16
12
8
Ot),
10
James Campbell, 10
20
14
8
18
lit
8
F. W. Hughes 11
11, D. Foster, 10
K, L. lilood, 1
0. E. Wright, 1
J. S. Hlrok, li
D. It. Porter. 1
- " 1 "
BSTTbo rebel admit loss of 3,600 at
Tiedorioksgurg.
SPEC. VAISOX Bt. OJL$.
, HISTORY Of ills sirAMCLESs Aititnsr and
I IMPIIISONJIENT.
1
Tbo
following is a statement of Dr.
Olds
t.,,' i r1. f,i . i
lat. 0 a "clcon.o of hu friends, on his
a member elect ot the Uuio Lc"is-
urllval "ouie.auer uia luiamous trcaiiiieni
,n varl Lafayette.
I thank all th'u vast multitude of my
. . .... . . . . .
' t , . ...
i ln,i,w n mid to lnw nil kpik. fnr t tU inntt
I . rucePl,0U UP0U uomm.
j pnsonmcnt.
I do not mi-miidcrstaud the joy that now
i warms your hearts aud beams upon your
countenances. It is not merely that a fel
low citizen is returning to tho society of bis
friends and the bosom of hU family. It
is something deeper and broader than all
this. It is because in my restoration to
liberty, you had a rptasi guarnuteo that
tho reign of terror in this country is com
ing to an end, and tho keys of the Amer
ican Bistiles ar.: being, by the omnipotent
voice of tho pec pic, wrested from the hands
of tho Jacobins now iu power, and held
up to the gazo of the Dantoous, Murats,
and llebespierrs of this Administration as a
warnin to them of their approaching
doom.
You rejoice, because in my restoration
you have uiadu an advance toward thcrc-
e.stablishuicut of constitutional liberty
You rejoice, because in my release you feel
renewed confidence in your own freedom ;
you rejoice, because you feol ouco more
secure in your persons, your houcs aud
your property, you rejoice, because in my
relcaxo you have a guarantee that you,
. , .. ., .
yourselvcr, will no longer be subjected to
the worse than star chamber despotism of
Charles I. of England.
That I may not be misrepresented by!
the Republicans as havo herctoloro shown
sueh willingness to falsify any remark of, which, ho iuformd me, the surncon I't
miuc, I have reduced to writing all I in-1 Fort Hamilton had sout me. This sur
tend to say ou this occasion. j SL'0U ""W nothing about my case, haviii"
On the lath of August last, after ten ! wr sc,cu. niu or, bocn informed by mo of
tored by three Government ruffians, who ( ram water, you can well imagine that
with violence seized my person, and hold-, would not take tho medicine. I did not
in a revolver at my head demanded lnv ! huow but that my jailors designed to rjoi-
surrender
.
During tho time they were making vio
lent efforts to burst open my door, they
gave me no intimation that they wero gov-
eminent officers, or that they had any
n . . i .
Government authority of my arrest. '1 hey
came like assassins and robbers, and had
I not been informed by the boastings of
Republicans, I should most undoubtedly
have taken them as such.
I havo 110 doubt but the ruffians had
ealled upon Governor Todd for assitanco
before proceeding to execute their order, j
as thoy had with them a big double-fisted
bully from Columbus, who informed 1110
that his name was Miss j
They hurst opeu the door of my room, 1
and, with a revolver at my head, arrested
me. They came nt tho door usually so-
lected bv robbers aud assassins to break
iuio men's houses and commit deeds of
violence j ami had I been armed I should 1
have shot them down as rubers aud ass- '
assius. 1 have reflected much on the !
manner of my arrest aud I have come
calmly and delibcrttely to the conclusion j
that 1 should have been justified, both by
the laws of God aud man, hail I killed
these ruffans while breaking into my room,
as I most assuredly would havo donu had
I been armed, and as I most certainly
1 ,...,- a .,,-, .., ,i ..,.
uuuiu uu, imu tub uv.li ui uvjuu viwt
again.
j Thus, my friend, was I dragged from a
sick bed. In this condition I was hurried
into a carriage, and during the remainder
of the night driven to Columbus, aud just
at daylight placed upon tho cars aud taken
iu my sick and exhausted condition, with
out a moment's delay to Fort Lafayette.
The order for my arrest charged uio
i with the commission of no crime known to
any law of my country. Nay moro ; it
charged mo with noorime whatever. You
j may well imagine, then, my surprise and
i indignation wheu on arriving at Fort La
' fayelto, 1 wasoidoied to strip myself, that
1 might bo searched. To make if pos.iblo,
1 such an insult greater to n free-born
American citizens, I was takeu into a side
room wlm.0 llV0uml luo aVj huapsofman
aolcs, chains aud handcuffs. With such
surrouudiugj X was stripped aud soarched,
i aud my watch, my mouey, mv speetaeles
' my shaving apparatus, and ovon my uicda-
ciucs, were all taken from me. I was
not permitted to retain even au old news
paper or a bit of waste paper of any kiud,
After tholegradiug operation had been
performed, and peforo couducliug mo from
the commandaut's room to my dungeon,
all the other prisoner about tbo fort wero
loekod into their aootns, that I might not
bo seen and recognized, lest pcradvonturo
information might ho given to tho world
and my friends of my whereabouts, and
the cruelties about to be practiced upon
me. Ono of tlio prisoners haying loarned
a fow days afterwards, through tho medi
um of the newspapers, who the mysterious
stranger was, wroto to a friend of his '.'that
Hr. Olds, of Ohio, had been brought to
Fort Lafayottc and plcacd in solitary
confinement." Ilis letter was returned to
him by tho commandant, requiring him to
strike out so much of it as referred to tho
case of Dr. Olds.
My dungeon was on tho ground, with a
brick pavement or floor about ono half of
it; aud so frcat. was tlm ,U, .1...
t o ..,,,t,-sa, mac
in a very short time a mould would gather
upon any article left on tho floor. My
bod was an irou statelier, with a very thin
husk mnttress upon it so thin, indeed
that you could feel every iron slat in it the
moment you lay down upon iu The brick
floor with all its dampness, would havti
boon far more comfortable lhan this iron
and husk bed, had it not ken for the
rats aud vermin that infested tho room. I
had also in my room a broken tablo and
chair. A chunk of Government bread,
with an old, stinking rusty tin of Lincoln
collee, with a slice of boiled salted pork
was my fare. My only driuk other than
i.ten nattj coiiee, was rain water. 1 was
' , "13m;a wltu no t0lvcl uultiier could any
' coultl me have a'
caudle duiiug my long, tedious uiohts
entreaty could procure for 1110 tho rc-
, .. lou "-u--iues which had been ta-
Ken irom 1110 when
1 Was scari.lii.fi. A,;
and a",iin 1 )t,.irrwl (v.- 1..., .
opium to relieve my sufferino, liioh had
been taken from my pocket1' with other
I mediciiic, but all in Vaiu.
Alter ten days of such treatment aud
such suffering, late ono night the ser-ent
Ol thu PUard lirnnnlit
son niu. The, f t,i',w,j ft..............
- . . u u . .11 u 1 1 l j Us 1 1 -
fijd sueh an opinion. I made up my
mind that, if I died in Fort Lafavette. I
would die a natural death, uuless, indeed
f""00'11 ordered me tu be tried by a drum-
.0.urtt "iartul ?'. which I fell
, "o had just as much right to do as ie baa
t,0 arrest aud imprison me in the manner
he had done. Under such treatment and
by lltlS time, you may well imagine that I
u.' u.01!1 r mau on U1C ""d this I
think liclpea lo save my lib ; for tho tru'h
is, I had not got to be too mad to die,
and uo thanks to Lincoln ; but under a
kind Providence,- I began to get better,
from that lime on.
Yoa can well imagino that after such,
treatment, when my son was permitted to
visit me, he found me emaciated and
careworn.'' Tho only wonder is that ho
found me anve.
If nnvthinir p.milil ,M tn t... 1...
1 fllcti;u upou W0Uu,-iug those lou- days and
nights of my siekuess aud sufl'eiTu", it was
the rcmsal of tho commandant to allow mo
11x13 Usa ol 11 JloI- -Uay alter day I
beg-
ged the sergeant to procure ono for me.
flis coustaut answer was: "Tho comman
ding olliecr says you shan't have one." I
begged him to remind tho commanding
officer that we lived in a Christian, and
not a heathen laud; that I was au Ameri
can citizen, aud not a ooudemued felon.
Still tho answer was: "The oomiuandinr?
j olficer says you shaut havo one, aud yoa
ueeii uoi asu uuy more.
It was upou thj sixteenth day of my
lonely impiisonment that my son, upon
au order of the Secretary of War, was
permitted to see me, uot iu a lonely cell,
butiu the commandant's room aud pres
ence. It was with much difficulty, that
even at that time, I was able to walk from
my cell to the eommaudaut's room. This
was tho lir.-t time during my imprisonment
that I had been able to obtain an inter
view with the commandant In his week
ly inspection of tho prisoners ho had care
fully avoided my duugeou. ISo kindly
message of inquiry as to my wants and
coLtlitiou had ever reached me from him,
I seized upon this opportunity to let hita
know that 1 was a humane being, and as
such was entitled the humauo treatment ;
that sueh a thing as refusing a prisoner a
Diblo was unknown to any civilized com
munity. My son was corapolled to visit Washinr'.
ton city, and obtained from tho Secretary
of War an order to that effect, before ho
could see me. As soon as ho learned
how I had been treated, ho returned to
Washington, and with tho assistance of
vory kind friends, procured an order from
beoretary btanton lor my rclcaso from
solitary confinement, and that I should
havo the privileges accorded to other pii
oucrs, Suoh, my friends, ia a plain statement
of tlio manner of my arrest, and tho treat
ment I received during tho twenty-two
days of my solitary confinement. If it af
fords any gratification to those Republi
cans who eauscd my arrest thoy uro wel
come to it. Their timo will como. 1V
ed is not yet."