THF. STAR OP THE NORTH.
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VOLUME 9.
TIE STAR OF THE NORTH
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IPftlHCil FORAY.
BY XBID THOsNtOM.
By lbs Asauy bFTviMfaa rtrsr
The young Spring lay ;
Glinting sunbeams filled his quirer
That February day j
Beside him peeped the violet's eye, (
And soeoted the breeze the orange blow;
The Virginia red-bird whistled nigh, 1
Beat aooth by tba northern anow I I
On hiiahield of golder. sunshine I
The young Spring lay ;
Tba flaming spear he held was made 1
Of lightning flashed in May; I
"Thou, tyrant Winter! hast oome down
And overpassed they line!
I'll bare a loray in thy field,
Since thon hast camped in mine I 1
Since over my southern floral clime I
Thy snows have dared to brood, ,
I'll try which is the stronger, (
The gentle or the rude.
"Gather I south-winds, gather I <
Breeze up for the North I
Birds of sunny feather, ,
For the rear come forth!"
Northward trooped the gallant Spring, 1
While Winter, cowed, retreated,
And left the plain for mountain tops, -I
Without a fight defeated ; ,
Where Hudson's rooks like dragon* gape,
" Spring breaks their ioy teeth,
Apd from the valley's turfy lap 1
He melts the snowy wreath—
Through miTiiest davs he keeps the field, ,
While Winter northward rallies,
And made an ambush for the Spring
That with his danger dallies—
But the still woods bear the battle cry,
And warn the gentle Spring to fly 1
Down from the Adirondack
This second morn of Spring
Cptse the vast rariel surges
Their loam like snows to fling-
Like hungry wolves of Labrador
Ttta gutty winds will bowl and roar
Yet borny Spring, God bless thee
- For tbt.brief and bright.foray—
— WatTWnngle wimThe winds of Marob
Thy foretaste of the May I
And when the early April
Shall deck with flowers the wood-
Twill prove for thee the gentle
la stronger than the rude I
STRIKING! BACK.
Gov. Pollock hat some pluck in him. From
the contemptuous manner in wbioh many of
his political astociatee spoke of bim, and his
apparent want of all manly resentment for
their insults, we had gut to regard him as of
small account, a creature with no mind of bis
own, who would allow even hit persecutors,
by bravado, to dictate the disposal of tb ex
ecutive patronage. But we bad underrated
bim in that respect. It seems be is not so
abject that he ran be trodden upon by every
body witb impunity. He h*a shown that he
is not altogether lost to a proper sense ol
manhood wed aelf-tespect.
The late mongrel Convention at Harriaburg
treated him most shamefully. It waa com
posed of tbe represeotstives of all the factions
that had made him Governor, they assumed
•till to occupy tbe tame position before the
country—being simply that of hostility to the
democracy, in that be was with them to the
utmost—be was tbeir Chief—and, by all the
Tolas of common decency and the uniform
praotice of parties, he waa nettled to some
friendly recognition, to something else than
* scornful, silent contempt. But they passed
bim by without the slightest notice, a cruel
insult to any man, bat particularly galling to
an aspiring politician. Tbey had fixed up a
ticket after a two day*' session nominating a
candidate for successor to tbe Governor him
self and a couple of genllemer. for the So
"prame Bench, understood to be distasteful to
llim. "may |innu ■ mwn tf mgu ■o-Mng
resolutions, in which no notice whatever was
taken of bis administration. And then some
gentlemen, members of the Convention, call
ed on bim to appoint to the vacancy on the
Supreme Bench one of the Convention's can
dictates. This was too muoh. The Governor
declined to oblige the gentlemen, expressed
bis chagrin to ibe discourtesy towards him
aalf, and said that "be had desired to support
the nominees of the Convention, but after its
course be did not tee how ha could take any
part in the canvass."
He spoke as a man of apirit would do, and
be baa carried out th* sentiments he then ex
pressed by appointing Mr. Armstrong, of Ly
coming county, to fill the vacaney on tbe
Beach occasioned by Judge Blaok'a resigns
nation. Both Mr. Veeeb and Mr. Lewis ware
urged upon bim, but tbe men who nominated
tba m. had intuited bim and tba vindication of
himself prompted him to eeleotanotber, leav
ing tbe Convention to take care ef its own
favorite*. Tba personal friends of th* Gov
ernor will probably carry the matter still fur
ther to and show their dissatisfaction on tbe
day of tba eleotion Pittsburg Union.
OT If any one speak ill of thee, flee home
to thy own conscience and examine thy
heertj if thou be guilty, it it a just correc
tion ; if not guilty, it is a fair instuetion;
make use of both, so ahalt thou distil honey
out of gall and of an open enemy make a
secret friend.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1857.
A Uojaat Aasaelt npws Chief Justice
Taney*
The Buffalo Coaameieial Advertiser of th#
stb inat. says:
"Chief Justice Taney's deeiaion that ne
groes-ar* uot chiasm of the United Stales,
and consequently not ehtiiled to sue in the
federal courts, ia not only in contradiction to
the action of Ih* executive department of
the government and aome of tbe law* of
Congress, but i* in the very teeth of a form
er decision of tbe Supreme Conrt, delivered
by tbe Chief Justice himseif in 1843. An
Albany contemporary copies from the first
volume of Howard's Reports the decision of
Ibe court io the case of James Ash, a Mary
land negro, who sued for his freedom ic the
circuit ooart of the district of Columbia, as
Dred Scott did fn that of Missouri. Tbe '
oat wo nme Sew Itleo —isswor oßiriwtl up tv (tl*
Supreme Court, and tbe following decision
was delivered by Chief Justice Taney."
Tbl* does great injustice to the Chief Jus
tice and the whole court. Tbe case of Ash
and Williams, referred to, was instituted in
the circuit oourt for the district ol Colombia,
which is the only existing oourt of record
having civil jurisdiction therein. It has full
aud com plete jurisdiction in all caseai The
act of tbe2 7ihof February, 1801, provides:
"That there shall be a court in the said
District, which shall be called the cirooit
court of the District of Columbia," and "that
said court shall haVs cognizance of all [crimes
and offences committed within aaid District]
and ot all cases in law and equity between
parties both or either of which shall be resi
dent or be found within said Diatrtct."
In short, tbs eirouil court has all the juris
diction in the District which both Stale and
national courts have ie the several State*,
without regard to citizenship, alienage, or
'residence. This is not so out of tbs District,
and in the States where the United States
cirooit courts have only a limited jurisdic
tion. By tbe judiciary act of 1789 (he civil
jurisdiction of these courts in suits of aoivil
nature of common law or in equity is con-
Unfed to cases where the United States are
parties plaintiff, "or an alien is a party, or
the sail is betweee a citizen of the State
where the suit is brought and a citizen of an
other Slate." This elslnte, based upon the
words of the constitution, remHins unaltered
except in patent cases. Io the case of Dred
Scott the plaintiff did not sue as an alien, nor
olaim to be such, but alleged that he was a
"eilizen," and insisted the court had jurisdic
tion on tbe very ground of citizenship. Tbe
Supreme toon, following iho peat judicial
dicisions and the opinion of Wm. Wirl, as
Aitorney Goneral, held that he was not a cit
izen.
The opposition must be hard pressed for
arguments to refute those of tbe decision of
the court, when they resort to such gioss
efforts to deceive the public in relation to the
past action of tbe court. Tbe authors of this
attack well knew that the qnestion of citizen
ship was not involved in Ash'e case, and
that tbe courts had jurisdiction under tbe
laws of tbe District, where Congress, by the
constitution, had the power, and exercised
it, to pass laws, which tbey conld not make
applicable in the several Ststee. These de
ceptions must deprive those engaged in mak
ing them of tba confidence of those whom
they intend to deceive.— Washington Union.
Chief Jostle* Taoer and Slavery.
It has suited ths Abolition journals to rep
resent this gentleman at a large s'aveholder;
whereas the following teems to be the fact,
from the Cicoinnali Enquirer :
" Let the decision speak for iteelf; but Mr.
Taney, personally, is opposed to alavery, in
principle end practice. Forty years ago,
though never wealthy, be freed every negro
ia his possession, and has paid servant's wa
ges ever since. They ware all valuable, and
one, his body servant, has been the head
waiter in one of the largest hotels in Balti
more for many years.
Judge Taney has always been the truest
friend of the black man, and it it related by
a cotemporary that Ibe most eloquent speech
he ever made was at the Frederick County
bar, in defence of a little negro girl, in which
he thrilled his auditors by exalting tbe happy
our laws in allowing the business of tbe cir
cuit to be stopped, in order to give that poor
little negro her rights and her lawful protec
tion. And although the little creature had
most likely committed crime, Mr. Taney's
eloquent appasl rescued ber from the ven
geance of tbe law. Thus have all his acts,
publio and private, been characterized by
justice and generosity."
We would suggest to ttfeae editors who
have indulged in pro-Slavery anathemas
against this humane and distinguished jurist,
that thsy do bis reputation tbe justice to give
tbe above fact a place in tbeir column.—
Tbey will not be expected to apologize ior
past wrongs done bim, bat tbay Should evince
a desire io disabuse lb* minds of their friends
and readers, by correcting their errors respec
ting Judge lfeney*s Slavery prtjudioe, in (be
' same public manner that they ware mad*.—
Let them "do unto others as they would
that others should do unto them," and for one
we will promise not to complain of their
amendatory disposition in thw instance.
OPA Vigilance Committee has, it is said,
been formed in Nebraska to protect the
squatters in their rights against speculators,
several of whom have already been com
pelled to yield up claims to original set
tiers.
The Duke of Wellington has consen
ted to preside at the next anniversary of the
London Printers' Pension Society.
Earl htswlsi Telegraph Cables.
The Magnetic Telegraph Company be
tween New York and Washington, having
connection* reaching to New Orleans, has .
just laid two English triple wire cables serosa
the Susquebaoui, opposite Havre da Grace, |
forth* purpose of securing a permanent and (
uninterrupted connection of the wire* at that
point, lite cables were laid in about an
hour and a half, and eight thooaand feet of
cable were used for the purpose. The meth
od of lay ing submarine cables across rivers
is nearly tbe same as laying thvm across
seas, though, in the latter case, the risk and
difficulties are much greater. Mr. Bull, who
laid the telegraph cable across the British
channel and between Sardinia and Africa,
■recently read a paper before th* British Roy
al Institute. Biwin® hi* in *®*h
undertaking*. In lay ing the cable from Pied
mont to the Island of Corsica, a large steam
er was used with ibe cable in the bold. Sud
denly the cable commenced running out
witii an impetuosity that endangered the lives
of the workmen. Two miles of wire were
run out before this was checked. When at
length checked, it was found that the insula
tion of the line had been impaired, and tbe ,
injured portion had to be recovered from the
sea and cut out—a difficult and laborious op
eration. The cause of (he accident was the
great weight of the length of cable in sus
pension when passing over a deep hole in
the bottom of the sea. In another attempt
to lay a cable from Sardinia to Africa the
vessel became unmanageable, lost her course,
and there waa not sufficient cable to reach
the land. Tbe cable was severed when ,
about twenty-six miles had been paid put,
fend tbe remainder saved for another trial—
On the second trial, when about aixty miles
had been paid out, another sudden and a'aim-
ing run of Ibe cable occured. The insula
tion of the cable was again impaired, and as
tbe injured part could not be recovered from
the sea, it was decided to sever the cable
and return to Sardinia, to recover it from the
other end. Two more attempts were made
to'complete the laying of the cable, but in 1
one case the vessel was driven out of ber
course, and in the other the cable was sever
ed by a violent plunge of the veiel in a
storm. Tbe enterprise yet remains nnac- 1
oomplished. It is said that depths of nearly
(wo mites were encountered.
But even after the cable i* laid, there is
risk of accident impairing its usefulness.—
The London Artisan, of February, describes
an scolder! whi*> Dover
submarine cable, uy which communication
with the Continent was temporarily cut off.
A ship of 700 tons, driven by a gale of wind
dragged her anchor, and came npon the Os
jend Telegraph cable, which, after holding
the ship some time, gave wsy. The ship
was driven forward with violence, but sud
denly was brought up head to wind by the
Calais cable, which held her for about an
hour, when tbe second cable gave way, and
both lines were afterwards found unworka
ble. Tbe experiment of laying a oable
across the Atlantic, which is now about to
be tried, is the greatest undertaking of the
kind ever attempted, and will be attended
with corresponding difficulties and danger.—
Tbe first experiments may not snceeed, but
eventually there is but little doubt tbat the
genius and perseverance ot man will ac
complish the (ask.— Ledger.
AEothei singular Marriage.
The Albany Journal records the marriage
of a man named Traux and a Mr*. Martimie
of that city, and adds:—
The bride is a gay widow of 25 summers,
and tbe bridegroom a widower of 66 win
ters, with a family of eleven children, while
the bride ha* only one child, a son about
five years old. The marriage ceremony was
performed at the residence ot the bride, in
Chestnut street, in the presence of a large
parly, who subsequently met at the house of
J. Foland, in Wsshington street, where a
handsome set-down had been prepared for
them, to which justice waa done. Wine
flowed freely until near midnight, when the
party dispersed, leaving tbe bridegroom to
•ellle the bill with (be landlord.
Tbe newly married couple met for tbe first
lime on Saturday last. When tbs old man
became fascinated witb tbe young widow,
and he, through the instigation ot certain
parties, offered her marriage. A negotiation
enaned, and she knowing that the old man
was possessed of n considerable amount of
property, demanded from him tbe sum of
880 per annum, payable on the first of May,
for Ibe education of ber son, and a further
sum of SIOOO to herself. This he finally as
sented to, when a member of the bar was
called in, who drew up the required papers,
which, after being doly executed, tbe kaot
wee tied.
The tee-dealer* in London, il is aaid,
are all for Palmerston. Tbey have on hand
>00,000,000 pounds of tea, a great part of it
bought on speculation, in tbe prospect of a
rise in the priee in the continuance of tbe
war. Peace, at this time, would invotva them
in ruinous losses; but war woold add two
millions sterling to the valfte of tbeir nook.
Politics and trade are here so intimately
blended that tbe London tea-dealera will, no
doubt, see a great deal of virtue in gunpow
der for tbe perverteneae of the Chinese in re
fusing to allow themselves, in tbeir internal
policy, to be governed by outsider*.
13T A bridge, to cost SBO,OOO, is to be
built over the Missouri at Lawrence, Ne
braska, a few miles above the. Omaha, aud
about eight hundred miles from the Missis
sippi. It ts the first and only point in the
distance of more than a thousand miles
where there is any rock bottom.
Trath ut licht —-tWgMhr CoMtnr.
BT JOHN e. WHITtIBB. (
" Shrieks—fiendish j tils,— they Jab them '
in their deep."
One hundred yeart ago!—the hffitet who 1
ranged ihe bill* and forests of NewEnglaed,
foagbl against other enemies than ha brown •
bear and the panther. The husbauman, as '
he toiled on the plain, or the nstrovtclearing, 1
kept closely at hie side a loaded weipon, end
wrought diligently and firmly in ibf midst of 1
peril. The frequent crack of the Indian's ri- 1
fie was heard in the still depths of the forest 1
—the death knell of the unwary hitter; and 1
ever and anon, the flame of on devoted
farm house, whose dwellers bad Men slaugh-
tared by some merciless-Jos, rod* redly upon 1
the darkness of night m*a'The erild fiery I
eyes of the heathen gleetdWt ifcroagh the 1
thick underwood ol the forest, upon the pass- 1
ing of the worshippers of'the only true God: '
and the war whoop rang ihrilland loud un
der the very walls of thesanctuary of prayer. 1
Perhaps no part of N|w England affords a j
wider field for the restarches of legendry,
than that portion of Massachusetts Bay, for
merly known as the povince of Maine.— '
There the ferocious Ndjridgpwock held his
stern councils, and therethe Itibes of Penob
scot went forth with sing and dance to do
battle npon the while ban. There, the ro
mantic and chivalrous Chstine immured him
self in the forest solitudes, and there the high
hearted Ralle—the mind-gifted Jesuit—gath
ered together the broken strength of the Nor
ridgewook, and built up in. the great wilder
ness a temple of Ihe true God. There, too,
be perished in the dark onslaoght of Ihe Col
onists—perished with many wonnds, at the
very foot of ths Cross, which his own hands
had planted. And there the Norridgewocks
fell—one after another, asking nor giving
quarter, as they resisted tho white spoiler up
on the threshhold at their consecrated place
of worship, and in view of their wives and
ohildren.
The following is one among the many le
gends of the strange encounters of the White
Man and the Indian, which are yet preserved
in the ancient records and traditions of Maine.
The simple and unvarnished narrative is only
given:
It was a sultry evening towards the last of
Jons, 1722, that Capt. Harmon and the East
ern Rangers, urged their canoes up the Ken
nebec river in pursuit of their enemies. Four
hours they-toiled diligently at the oar. The
last trace of civilization was left beWfid, and
ttnfong shadows of the, idrrrrMr loresl met
and blended in. the middle of the stream, j
whidh wound darkly through them. At ov
ery sound from the adjacent shores—the rust
ling wing of some night bird, or the quick
footsteps of some wild beast—the dash of the
our was suspended, the ranger's gray tight
ened on his rifle. All knew the peril uf the
enterprise ; and that silence which it natural
of jeopardy settled like a cloud upon the mid
night adventurers.
"Hush—softly, men!" said the watohfol
Hermon, in a voice which scarcely rose above
a hoarse whisper, as Ihe canoe swept around
a rugged promontory,] "thero is a light a
head 1"
All eyes were bent towards the shore. A
tall Indian figure gleamed up smidst great
oaks, casting a red and strong light upon the
dark waters. For a single and breathless
moment the operation of the oar waa sus
pended, and every ear listened with painlul
earnestness to catch the well known sounds
which seldom failed to indioate the propin
iquity of the eevagee. But all was now si
lent. With slow and faint movement of the
oar, ths canoe gradually approached the sus
pected spot. The landing was effected in
silence. After moving cautiously for a con
siderable distance in the dark shadow, the
party at length ventured within the broad
circle of the light, which at first attracted their
attention. Hermon was at ths head, with an
eye aDd a hand as quick as those of the esv
age enemy whom be sought.
The body of a fallen tree ley serosa the
path. As the rangers were on the point of
leaping over it,tbecosrse whisper of Hermon
again broke the silence:
" God of hetven 1" be exclaimed, pointing
to the tree. "See here!—'tia the work of the
cursed red skiosl"
A smothered corse growled on the lips or
lbs rangers, as they bent grimly forward in
the direction pointed ont by their command
er. Blood was sprinkled ontbe rank grass
and the hand of a white man ley on the bloody
log.
There was not a words poken, bat every
countenance worked with terrible emotion.
Had the rangers followed their own desperate
inclination, they would have harried reck
lessly onwaid to the work ol vengeance, bnt
the example of the leader, who had regained
hie nsnal calmness and self-command, pre
pared tbem for a leas speedy, bnt more cer
tain triumph. Cautiously passing over the
fearful obstacle in the pathway, and closely
followed by his companions, he advanced
stealthily and caulionsly upon the light, bi
ding himself and his party aa much as pos
sible behind the trees. In a few moments
they obtained n full vie* iA Jhe object of
their search. Stretched at their length around
a huge fire, but a convenient distance from
it, lay the painted aud half naked forms of'
twenty savages. It was evident from their
appearance that they bad passed the day in
one ol their horrid ravgls, and that :bey were
now suffering under the effects of intoxica
tion. Occasionally e grim warrior among
tbem started half upright, grasping bis toma
hawk, as if o combat some vision of the die
ordered brain, but unable to skake off the
stupor from his souses, uniformly fed back
into hie former position.
Tbe ranger* crept nearer. As tbay bent I
their keen eyas along tbeir well ureal rifles i
each felt perfectly sere of bis aim. Tbey
wailed for tbe signal of Hermoa, who was t
endeavoring to bring hi* long musket to bear
upon tba bead of the most distant savage. I
"Fire!" be at leogth exclaimed, as lb* |
sight of bi* piece interposed 101 l and distinct I
between bi* eye and tbe wild ecmlplock of tbe I
Indian. "Fire, and rush on."
Ths sharp voice of thirty rifles filled through
tbe heart of tba forest. There waa a groan—
a smothered cry—a wild ar.d convulsive
movement among tbe sleeping Indiana, and 1
all was again silent.
Tbe rangerr sprang forward with their
clubbed muskets and banting koivos; bat
tbeir work was done. The Red Men had
goo* to their test hsJU before tbe greet Spirit,
and no sound wnl beard among them, Save
the gurgling of the hot blood from tbnir life
less bosoms.
They were left nnbnried on the place of
their reveling—a prey to the fool bird* of the
air, aud the ravenous beasts of tbe wilderness.
Their scalps were bome homeward in tri
umph by tbe successful rangers, whose chil
dren and grandchildren shudderd, long after,
at the thrilling narrative of the midnight ad
venture.
TBE BRUSSELS CARPET.
It was the prettiest scene imaginable. A
little parlor, gayly and prettily furnished—
snowy curtains, bright carrel, nice prints;
young husband at one side of the fire read
ing newspaper; young wife at the other sew
ing oa shirt-buttons; lea things on tbe table,
and tbe brightest of bright bras* kettles sieg
ing merrily on the bob.
(Young wife epeake.)—"And *o, Harry,
you don't think my new carpet pretty, after
all!"
"On tbe contrary, my love, I think it only
too pretty."
"Too pretty I too pretty for what, Harry 7"
"For us, my dear. Reraembet I am neith
er a lord nor a banker, but a man with an
income to make."
"But it only cost* as much as an ugly one,
Harry 1"
"Still, Lucy, it may do barm by leading to
other things."
For 6ome time nothing was heard in the
little parlor but the click of Lucy's needle as
it flew through the liaeu, and the singing of j
the kettles ou the hob.
Presently Harry looked ap.
•'My dear," he said, "I forgot to tell you ,
T. met Bobioson doming from tba city. He
promised io look iu this evening; so if yon
have any little preparations to make, now is
your lime."
"At what hour do you expect him* asked
Lucy.
"About eight."
"In that case I shall have just time to make
you a nice hot cake;" and laying down ber
work good humoredly, she tripped away to
the kitchen.
When she was goce, Herry put away bis '
ptper, and looked somewhat peoiiemly at
tbe new carpet.
"It certainly is very pretty," said be to him
self ; "and I'm half afraid I hurt Lucy by
what I said. Sbe'a a dear, good thoughtful
girl, and worthy any man's confidence and
love; but women are so easily led away to
bay whatever strikes tbeir fancy. Tbey re
quire our stronger judgment to guide them.
Yes, I was right on (he whole to give ber
that little lesson." And Harry returned witb
renewed sell-satisfaction to bit drowsy de
bale.
Eight o'clock strike*, and Lucy appears,
preceded by a delicious odor of hot cake.
"There it is, Harry. Does it look nice I"
"Beautiful (like yourself!) and if it only
tastes half as well a* it smells, we shall have
Robinson dropping into tea every othet even
ing for the rest of bis life.
"Flatterer. But your Iriend his not come
yet. What sort of person ia ha! I hope
he's not very fashionable."
Harry burst out laughing. "Oh. don't be
afraid," said he; "be won't overpower you
with bia personal graces. He is long and
lank; and hi* nose has a twist to one aide,
as if some one bad tried, at some time or
other, to wrench it off, and failed; but tfcen
he is the drollest fellow you ever aaw in
your life. Jones says he would make hi*
fortune if be wentoa tbe stage.
"Waa be not one of your party to Rich
mond the other day!" asked Lucy, as she
arranged ber bright tea thing* sad trimmed
tbe lamp.
"Yes, and kept us in roars of laughter the
whole day. He ia a capital ventriloquist;
and sent the waiters skipping about tbe
house answering imaginary calls, until tbey
thought the place was bewitched. Then at
dinner, the fish asked wbat news from tbe
river, and aaid had'nt been there these five
days; and the tnikey grumbled about the
staffing. Tbe melted butter told u* it was
nothing but floor and water; aud the ale re
vealed family secrets tbat would have made
the lady's hair aland on all end if abe had
been there to hear. After dinner we went
td stroll through the fields: and be bet Jones
a sovereign be would sail across tbe river in
my silk umbrella."
"In your nmbreiia!" exclaimed Lucy; 'and
: did he win!'
t "Of course he didn't, ay dear. He lore
i both his balance and his bat; for tbs moment
i he put bin foot in the umbrella down it went
. and be went with it; and tba bank was so
I slippery, he was drowned before we coold
• drag bim np again."
"Waa be frightened P' aaid Loey.
t "Not he," returned Harry. "Tee fore thing
I be did was to make a face at as, with lb*
water dripping horn bis crooked noeo, that
that act a* afl sfl laughing again like mad- '
men."
"Wbat a strange men!" eeid Loey, with
a slight shade of apprehension in ber too*. I
"Bat that wasn't all," Mid Hrry re lb* '
fall tide of hi* reminiscence. "We bed to '
give bim toane bet brandy and water o beep i
him from catching enld; and en tbe way
home be ioMtod on driving; and charmed,
I (opposed, by bis soeeem in tbat attempt,
wanted to get oo tbe home's back to inti
mate Frmneooi in The Wild Coarsar ef the des
ert. Jones got frightened, and tried to pall
bim back. He manfully resisted; and both
looked so ridiculous, I conld do nothing hot
langb. Tbat was rather an nalncky plank
though," continued Hairy; "for the home not
I being accustomed, I suppose, to equestrian
feats, raq away, buret from tbe hare***, and
smashed one ef ibe shafts; and I bad to pay
two poonds fourteen and ten pence for my
share of the damage.
" And yoor silk nmbmUa," aaid Loey, did
yon loose (hat loo!"
" Yes indeed—seventeen and sixpence
more, by Jove!" said Harry, with a sodden
cesmlioo of hie smiles. "I did not think the
day's pleasure had core me so much."
"Betides tbe dinner," mid Loey.
"Besides the dinner; twelve shiUingsmore."
"Well I declare," said Loey laughing and
clapping ber beads, "tbat is the drollest thing
I ever knew. Two pounds iourteen'and teo
pence, and twelve shiltiogs, make three
pounds six and ten pence, sod seventeen and
sixpence, exactly fonr pounds four shillings
and foorpeucs."
"Well!"
"Jare tbe price of my Brussels carpet, and
fourpenee over."
"He—cm!" anid Harry.
Oral Teaching.
Not many years ago, it ' was a practice,
nearly universal, in school*, to conduct all
recitations in strict accordance witb the text
of the book; the teacher asking the qnestion*
and the pupil giving :he answers as printed
in the book. To some extent, the some
course is pursued in many schools at the
present time, but far lest so (ban formerly.
Where it has been adopted, it baa been
found that tbe scholars often learned words,
without gaining any clear or well defined
idea*. Tbe leading educationists directed
: attention to tbe error, and lecturers and wri
| tars did what tbey could to bring the old
• method of teaching into disrepute. Tbey
declaimed aud wrote against it, and eon-
Kudal smugly sad wisely lot s change.—
But in education, as in other concerns, "one
extreme is very apt to follow another." In
advocating tbe importance as oral teaching,
some went too far, and gave undue promi
nence to the subject. Soros teachers were ;
made to believe and to act as though oral
teaching waa the only true method, and tbat
text-books were to be almost, il not alto
gether, discarded. But the wise and jodici-
I oos educator will readily see :hat this would
. be an error qoite as great as the former; that •
its tendency would be to relieve the pnpil
from true mental discipline, and weaken bis
self-reliance.
Tbe tree plan consists in a medium course,
or in a Mending of the two : and those teach
ers will be the most successful, who unite
the two in proper proportion*. Tbe objec
tion to tbe old plan was not so reach to tbe
use of tbe text-book, as to the improper use
of it. Tbe book • boa kl be used by tbe pu
pil, sod its contents learned; and the impor
tant troths and principles of each lesson
should, if poaabfe, be comprehended; and
if tbey are clearly understood, they can be,
and should be clearly expressed. In order
that the scholar's knowledge of a leeeon
may be known, the teacher should freely
use the oral method, and ask such ques
tions as will tend to test thoroughly the
scholar's understanding. In conducting
recitations, he should not confine his alten
-1 tion to the mere questions of tbe book.—
He should rather ainf to have a fesh and
I clear understanding of the lesson under
| consideration, so that he may be able to
conduct the recitation without any refer
' i ence to the words of the book. The skil
i fol teacher, who feels an interest in the
I I subject, will be ready to ask many inciden
tal questions, which will tend both to elicit
' the scholar's knowledge of the direct sub
ject, and also to awaken new thoughts,
and induce him to think and investigate.
Even the simplest qnestion in Geogra
phy, Giammar, etc., may be explaned, and
, made suggestive of other questions; and
the oral teaching should mainly be directed
J to an expansion of the subject. The first
, question in Geography is, usually, "What
t is Geography !" and the answer is, "A de
, scrrption of the earth." And yet how few
, scholars, who were taught according to the
, verbatim plan of the text-book, gained any
, well defined knowledge of the subject.'
They conld give answers, bat they had bat
, little real or available knowledge. Bnt let
I tbe teacher ask additional questions, which
t will tend to awaken thought, and lead tbe
i pnpil to a thorough nnderetanding of the
, subject in all its connections, and a new in
terest will be thrown around H.
1
Hian Taivnrno.—A man traveling by
I stage in Michigan was nnfottnnate enough
t to be on a poor road where ho was obliged
t to go on foot and carry a tail to help pry the
j stage oret of the mod boles, and becoming
1 exhausted and impatient he addressed the
driver: "Look altera, old fellow, I've no
objection to paying ten cents a mile far my
{ fete, and no objection in going a foot, but
a I'll be ' if I cany thin mil number
it rod."
[TviMlin ptr IHM.
NUMBER 14.
Uai I|IIIIIIIIM T the Will Ttrtil—
Imm km.
Tha extent to which speculations in land
hava beea earned oa ia ths West, cannot bat
exercise an injnrioaa influence. aaooar r la
tar, even bara. Ta aaa m aid simile, tba
financial world ia like a placid lake, wbieb a
atone dispistl mlo disturb*, mr* ot Vaw, arar
all iu aarfaaa, however remote. Already, ta
Cm, lha debia dee ta eastern search set* (roes
many qaattem of that real and growing aao
tion, hare tailed la be liquidated at maturity,
bacaoae the fanners and othar ewloaai af
the wart era storekeepers, being embarked
beyond their means la land speculations,
hare not been prompt in paying their semi
aannst bills. The Dearer regions of lbs Waal
bara been the first to exhibit tbia dafioieacy,
for it baa bean from that
'lha money for these s baa bean
taken, sod the actors in the m bare gone. Aa
this Mate of thinga is not new, as wa are not
without a parallel to r. in the past, wa may
almost certainly prrvdict what it to follow.
For prosperous aa the West ia, specula
tion exaggerates that prosperity. Over large
portions of that thriving region prices range
according to its supposed future wants, not
according to its present ones. In Chicago
lands will, to-day, bring mora money than
in corresponding aifusuions in Philadelphia,
or even in New York:; yet scores of persons
are anxious to purchase, notwithstanding
these enormous prices, in the hope of a still
farther advance. Thus speculation stimu
lates itself. A fictitious value to property
is kept up, and will be till the bubble bursts.
Hundreds who are shrewd enough to see
the false character of prices, nevertheless
are embarked in speculations, believing that
they will be able to sail before the revulsion
commences, and saying, "after me the del
uge." To carry on these transactions how
ever, means must be had; and hence money
is at three, four and six per cent par month.
Honest debts are-neglected in order to gam
ble on lands. Adventurous capitalists, who
have gone from tha East, are doubling their
fortunes every two yean, mainly by lend
ing usurious rates, with mortgages for col
laterals.
It requires no long argument lo demon
strate that this state of things cannot last al
ways. The bursting of tbe babble is simply
a question of time. And when the convul
sion comes, tbe East will be the sufferer,
though more innocent than the West—that
is, it will be the victim, unless it takes heed
in time to curtail the indebtedness of the
West. There was a period, which men of
<4ty or upward* still nuKsdsr, *rhe
what is occurring in Minnesota, lowa and
other points of the now far West, took place
in Indiana, Illioois and Missouri, a period
during which lands were run up to fictitious
and speculative prices, and after which tbey
fell, for long years; by a natural reaction, to
: prices below their actual worih. Thousands
of persons, even in the East, were ruined
; by these fearful times. There will be thou
sands ruined now if they do not take heed
,in season. We are no alarmists. But wa
should be false to our position as conscien
tious journalists, if we did not warn the pnb-
I lie, if we did not speak boldly out. Tha
' contagion of speculation, which has thrown
the West into a financial fever, is extending
even to our eastern cities,and justly alarms
all cautious and reflating men.—Ledger.
"SENSATION PREACHES."
Tba Washington Star publishes a lettar
from England, wriuen by a lady of Philadel
phia, in which she refers in tbe following
terms, to Sporgeou, tbe English "sensation
preacher:"
Tbe church was well filled withoet being
overcrowded, and ere were much pleased
1 with Mr. Spnrgeen. Hie Eyie is rather pa
en liar, and I dare my yon have seen many
of the aunapaiet anecdotes about him. Ha
| is vary eloquent, bat at the same time be
I makes use of very ludicrous expressions,
which cause much am use man t. For in Ranee,
j be designated us (bis congregation) mudtfrj,
and than, after expounding that part of the
Revelations ia woich it speaks of "tba angel
keeping tbe gate of heaven," he pretended
' to bold a dialogue with the aforesaid angel
somewhat ia tba following manner:
' j " Angel," shoots Mr. S., so loudly that ha
made tbe church ring again, and his audi
ence were so surprised that for the lime beiag
perfect silence reigned.
' [ " Well," says the angel.
I Ma. B.—" Have yea got any Methodists ia
Heaven V
[ | Asoxl —" No."
"Any Bepi MlS f
I "Not one."
I And ha went through a long catalogue of
II Presbyterians, Episcopalians, he., he., at the
t lop of his longs, as though be were talking ta
toaie one ia tba neat street—the angel ob
jecting to each until at leagth bs said' base
' | yon got any believers in Christ!" to which
s tba angel said "ha had a few of that stock cm
r band. Of eontea every one were ia a titter,
and you ceo Id bear them laugh all over the
church. He told one or two rather ladmroaa
1 stories, bat stiU it was nothing to what they
t tall of him ia London.
i A few weeks ago ha singled Lord Palm
, erston oat of hie congregation, sad told him
I "Ac aeedaVthiak so mecn of himself, for hie
1 father [meaning of coatee Adam J was a
- market gardener, and hie mother was brought
up on a charge of stealing apples." Upon
another occasion be loid the assembled mul
titude "that lbs way to ball was smooth aad
r easy like this," said ha, sad straightway ho
i opened the pulpit door, pat hie foot over the
1 banister and slid down, aa yea have often
, seen Utile boye do. He than stopped far a
' mnmrnl and said, "hot tba way to heaven is
I hard like this," and than poflsd himself op
again, which operation was tmher dinrak.
s bet tha congregation isosirsd the preetieet
, illastrmne with great applause It m ready
' -- miMniirfnl ikal mo fotlli mMi tB
osity.