THE STAR OR THE NORTH. W. D. J4COBY, Proprietor.] VOLUME 11. PUBLISBIib EVERY WEDNESDAY BY WB. 11. JACOBY, Office 011 Main St., 3rd Square below Market, v TERMS: —Two Dollars per annum if paid within six months from the time of subscrib ing: two dollars and filty cfs. if not paid with in the year. No subscription taken lor a less period than six months; no discontinuance permitted utitil all arrearages are paid, un less at the option of the editor. The terms of ailvtilising wilt he as /allows : One square, twelve lines, three times, SI .00 Every subsequent insertion, ?5 One square, tnree mouths, 3 00 One year, 8 no For lire Star of the Nin th. Aimer to the Virgin wot rote toe Be. BY BOOMER BAND. Your pome toe me dedicated is red; It had not bin published more nor JL i our Loo A i ml it, not wuii.t or toirto But 2 or 3 tinies ; the sorrows of mi mind Was grate indeed, peticlerly towards the last, i kornkluded to anser in blank worse, Which sum mite think onpossable, in me, But witch is the megiunt of the true poick. i leand agin the side ol a house, and i red it; And a boy was thar what had no phelin ; He had no larnin in the poicks, and he sed, Old covy, wats the matter? i ansered with a si, poor boy, you dun nO The pheliii&s of a man wots redy and willin To enter the blessed stale of matrimony, Ven he is picht into by a female angel? The boy laft. Ongrateful human I i puled my hat over rny ise, and went A wanderin down the plank walk. < Tbere <u a. ettiul ov a plank stuck up, An i hit it with the to ov my bute An stumbled. Ongrateful plank ! You almost maid me swar, and then You air an agrivation At this perticler junkture. The kanawl by the furnis was reached, And thar mi phelittks the same as the Sleem pipe of that institootion (the furnis), Found went, i let miself out and the surges Ol that tieautshiful streemflhe kaualjansered. It was orlul, but it eased me. Mi trowsers suferd most, but tney Was wide. They did not bust, but sum thort mi heart did. If to wot a pitty; doir. rile agiu thout notis. [lt is evident from the above produc tion that we have a poick among us ; trouly a rorse ov pride. But his passions is pow erful. We comtnend him to an appreciat ing and commiserating public ] Result of a Curious Bet. The year 1725 was extremely rainy, and a banker named Builiot, remarked that it raiced on St. Stvitheu's daj*, and remem bered the popular superstition, that if it rain ed on that day each of the following forty days would be more or less wet; and it hav ing rained also on the day of St. Gervais, (who has also the reputation of being a hy draulic saint,) laid a wager that it would be wet for forty consecutive days. Several per sons took it up, and the wager was reduced to writling in these terms: "If, dating from St. Gervais' day, it rains more or little dur ing forty days successively, Buliot will be con ■idered to have gaineJ; if it ceases to rain for only one day during that lime, Builiot has lost." Oil these terms Builiot betted against all who presented themselves, and ton that day he deposited a very large sum tof money ; lor besides the sums which lie put in the hands of the umpires, he took gold-headed canes, snuff-boxes, and jewels tof every kind, whose value was appraised, and against which lie placed money. It is said, that one person, having no ready mon ey, betted a lot of fine Holland shirts, and that Builiot accepted the gage. This wager made a great deal of noise, and as Hie chances were decidedly against Builiot: many people accepted the conditions, and was underwritten by Builiot; but, as he had deposited all his cash, he Jttvas forced to give the umpires notes and Stills of exchange; and, as his credit was Well established, it is related that he issued paper to the amount bf fiiftv thousand crowns. It will be readily conceived that the hero ol this wuger became quite fash ionable; and that during the time elapsed be fote the denouement of the affair, he excited as much interest and curiosty as would have been felt for a monarch or warrior. Wher ever he appeared, he attracted universal at tention; and he became so popular, that he was made the subject of play. But unfor tunately, Saint Gervais was not true to his character, and it ceased raining before tbe expiration of the due time Builiot was ruined, and sb thoroughly that he could not honor the notes and hills of exchange Which bore bis nume. The holders of the obligations tried to enforce payment; and as the ancient latv, as well as the new code, tlid not recognize debts of this Character, they endeavored to pass themselves off as bona fide creditors, who had taken Bulliol's botes for other Considerations than the wa- ger, and that they ought to be paid or com- Br pounded for; but the assignees made it ap by the dates and other evidences, that '"Itll these notes formed a part of the wagor. They were therefore nonsuited, and the debt ilfi.Olared irrecoverable. A'ijlinrbKMAM Of the bar, in Ireland, walk ing with a friend, who was extreme ly precMpiapronunciation, the latter hear ing a him say "curosity" for "curiosity," How that fellow murders the Engflt language !"—-"It isn't murder—it is rnaflpm," s'aid the other; "he has only t out." THE best judges W%leasure are the best judges of virtue. BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, APPJL 6, 1859. THE RIG 111' ARM ; OK) THE PATRIOT ANO THE TRAITOR. Fifty years ago a terrible storm shook the city of London. At the dead of the night, When the storm was at its highest, an aged minister, living near the suburbs ol the city was aroused by an earnest cry for help. Looking from his window, he beheld a rude man clad in the coarse attire of the 6weeper of the public streets. In a few moments while the rain came down in tor rents, and the storm growled above, the preacher, leaning on the arm of the scaven ger, threaded his way through the dark sub urbs. That very day a strange old man had fal len speechless in front of the scavenger's rude home. The good hearted street sweep er had taken him in, laid htm ort his own bed—he had not spoken once—and now he was dying. This was the story of the rough man. And now, thongh dark alleys, among miserable tenements, that seem to topple down upon their heads, into the loneliest and dreariest suburbs they pass—that white haired minister and his guide. At last, in a narrow court, and up a flight of stairs that creaked beneath there tread, and then into the death room. It was in truth a miserable place. A glimmering light stood on a broken chair. There were the rough walls, there the solitary garret window, with the rain beating through the rags and straw, which stuffed the broken panes—and there, antid a heap of cold ashes, the small valise which i it seems the stranger had with him. [ In one corner, on the coarse straw of the ragged bed lay the dying man. He was but half dressed—his legs were concealed by military boots The aged preacher drew near and looked noon him. And as he looked—throb— throb—you might hear the death-watch ticking in the shattered wall. It was the form of a strong man, grown old with care more than age. There was a face that you might look upon once, and yet wear in your memory forever. Let us bend over tho dead and look on that face. A bold forehead, seamed by one deep wrinkle between the brows—long locks of dark hair, sprinkled with gray—lips firmly set, jet quivering as though they had a lite separate from the life of a man—ami then, two large eyes, vivid, burning, unatural in their steady glare. Ah, there was something so terrible in that face—something so fall Ot unutterable loneliness, unspeakable despair, that the aged minister started back in horror. But look, the strong arms are clutching at the vacant air—the death-sweat starts in drops upon the cold brow—the man is dy ing. Throb ! throb ! throb I beat the death watch in the shattered wall. "Would you die in die faith of a christian?' i faltered the preacher, as he knelt there 011 the dark floor. The while lips of the death stricken man trembled, but made no sound. Then, with the agony of death upon him he rose lb a sitting posture. For the first time he spoke : " Christian !" he echoed in that deep tone which thrilled the preacher to the heart, "will faith give 1110 back my honor? Come with me—with me, far, far over the water. Ha! wo are there! This is my native home. Yonder is the church in which 1 knelt in childhood—yonder, tne green on which I sported when a boy. But another flag than that waved when I was a child. And listen old man, were I to pass the street as I passed when but a child, the babes in their cradles would raise their tiny hunds and curse me. The graves in yonder chutch yard would shrink from my footsteps, and yonder flag would stain a baptism of blood' upon my heart." That was an awful death bed. The min ister has watched the "last night," with a hundred convicts in their cells, and yet nev er beheld a scene so terrible as this. Suddenly the dying man arose. He tot ering along the floor. With those while fingers, whose nails aro bine with the death chill, he threw open the valise. He showed the the military coat, trimed with silver, parchment, a piece of cloth that looked like the wreck of a battle-flag. "Look ye, priest, this faded coat is spot ted with my blood I" life cried, as old mem ory seemed stirring at his heart. " This is the last coat I wore when I planted the stars on Ticondefoga. That bullet hole was pierced in the fight of Que bec ; now I am a—let me whisper in your ear." "Now, help me, priest," He said, in a voice growing suddenly tremulous, "help me put on this coat of blue and silver. For you see;" and a ghastly smile came over his face, "there is no one to wipe the cold drops from my brow; no wife, no child—l must meet death atone ; but I will meet him as 1 met him in the battle, Without lear." While fie stood arraying himself in that worm-ealen coat Of blue and silver, the good preacher spoke to him of faith in Jesus. Yes of that great faith which pierces the clouds of human guilt, and rolls them back from the face of God. "Faith !" echoed tho strange man, who stood there erett, With the death-light in his eye. "Faith ! can it give me back my honor ? Look ye priest, there over the waves, sits George Washington, telling to his comrades the pleasant story of the eight years' war—there, in his royal hall, sits George of England, bewailing in his idiotic voice the loss of his colonies. And hete am I—l—who was the first 10 raise the flag of freedom, the first to strike the blow against that King—here am I, dying like a dog !" The awe-sticken preacher started back from the look of tho dying man, while —throb—throb—throb—beat the deathr watch in the shattered wall. "Hush ! silence along the lines there 1" he muttered wild, absent tone, as thongh speatflg to the dead ; silence along the lines I Hark you Montgomery, wo will meet there in victory or in death I Hist ! silence, my men, not a whisper, as yon move up those steep rocks ! Now, on my boys, now on I Men of the wilderness, we will gain the town. Now up with the ban ner of the stars; np with the flag of free dom, thongh the night is dark, and the sunw falls I Now—now"—shrieked the death stricken man, cowering there in Ins blue uni form, with his clinched hand moving in the air—" now, now ! One blow, and Quebec is ours !" And look. His eyes grew glassy.—With that word on his lips, he stands there—ah ! what a hideous picture of despair, erect liv id, ghastly ! There for a moment, and then he (alls ! He is dead I Ah 1 look at that proud form, thrown cold and still upon the damp floor. In the glassy eye there lingers even yet horrible energy, a sublimity ol despair. Who is the strong man, dying here alone in this garret, litis man, who, in all his crime, still treasured up his blue uniform and faded flag ? Who is this thing of terrible remorse ? This man, whose memories link something of heaven and more of hell ? Let us look at the patchment and that flag! The old minister unrolled that fading flag —it was a blue banner, gleaming with thir teen stars. He unrolls that parchment. It is a Colo nel's commission in the Continental Army, addressed, BENEDICT AIINOLU ! And there, in that rude hut, while the death watch throbbed like a heart in the shattered wall—unknown, unwept, in all the bitterness of desolution, lay the corpse of that patriot and traitor. 0, that our own true Washington had been there, to Bever that good right arm from the corpse, and while the dishonored body rotted into dust, bring home thut good right arm, and embalm it among the holiest memories of the past. For that right arm had struck many a gallant blow for freedom, yonder at Ticon deroga, at Quebec, Champiain, and Sarato ga—that arm yonder, beneath the snow white mountain, on the deep silence of the dead, first raised into sight the banner of the STAUS. It was during the renowned expedition through the wilderness to Quebec, that Ar nold encamped lor two or three daysbes.de the River of the Dead near a snow white mountain, wiiich rose in lovely grandeur over all the other mountains into the autum - nal sky. A single soldier ascended the mountain with the hope of beholding from its summit the rocks and spires of Quebec. When he came down, Arnold took Irotn his breast, where, for four days in privation and danger, he had carried it, a blue ban ner gleaming with thirteen stars—He raised it into the light, and lor the first time the Continental Banner floated over the solitudes | of the Dead River—This is a fact attested by the history and corroborated by tradi tion. The R'ashiugtons in England. Mr. Sparks in his "Life of General Wash ington has remarkedphat the circumstances of one of the more immediate ancestors of Washington having been a resident of South Cave, "gave rise to an eroneous tradition among his deceudents that their ancestors came from the north of England." How the learned and industrious historian makes it ont that the tradition is eroneous I am unable to say, for I think it is more than probable that the Washingtons of South Cave were orignally from the north of Eng land. Under this supposition, I feel dispos ed to submit to the attention of your intelli gent readers a lew remarks, which may throw some light on the matter and resolve my doubts. Mr. Sparks admits, that John, brother of Lawrence Washington, dwelt at south Cave, a village on the banks of the river Dumber, and nearly opposite to the month of the Trent, a river usually regarded as the boun dary of the south ot England and that he emigrated to America about 1657 and set tled in Virginia from whom, in a direct line, came the American patriot. To what lim its the historian may confine the north of England, I know not. but according to the scattered memoranda in rny possession,that portion of the British Empire usually call ed "North," had the honor of giving birth to that illustrious branch of the Washington family. Some lime before the year 1400, the chief ancestor resided at Washington a ville in the Bishopric of Durham, and according to Surtee's history, was then called Herleburue which cognomen, it is probable,' according to die custom of that age, <was dropped for that of William do Washington," by which name it was ever afterwards known'. The William Washington left an only daughter, Elnof, who gave hand and lortuue to Sir William Tempest of Studley Royal, in th 6 hast Riding of the bounty of York. From the Tempests, the Washing ton estate went by marriage t6 the Mallorya Truth and Right Hod bud our Country. i of Mobberly; fri (ti ti?3N|lallorys to the AU ladies, nttd is now enjojed by Miss Law rence, and constitutes .i estate, which for beauty of embellishment grandeurof local ity, and sylvan and pit Hresque loveliness, is unsurpassed in the BStish Empire. This Eleanor, accorditfe to an inquisition post mortem, died the 2d diy of January, 14fci. The miniiatas of the desjent is here some what confused, but suflifient is known to enable the biographer H arrive at conclu sive results. Deprived l>y this event, as were the Washingtons, ol such property, Cadets it is supposed, sill remained both rich and powerful. Bunt what period the family became resident ol the south of Yorkshire, I know not The earliest notice which I possess is that <f an Inquisition ta ken at DoucastM, A. D *56. where we find Juntes Washington essovkued with Thomas Wer.tworth tie Holmes, and Richard Banard, Esq/in a commission for the Queen, when it vtis found that the manor of Adwick-le-Streq, was sometimes held by John Fitzwilliamltftcrwards, by F. Telford, and now by Jakes Washington, Esq. (Dodsworth's MSS lßodl Bib. Oxon.) Btigdale's pedigree deiends no lower than 1866 and comprises njly four genera tions, but the pedigree in theferitish Museum ascends two generations [higher. It is among the Harlciau MSS., |o. 4630, p. 665, and is based on a prior hsitation of the County of York, made by ]* • • So far as the documentary rrptter in my po session extends it would sewn that the dis pursion of the minor bratih took place soon after the marriage ot jhe heiress ol William de Washington A Sir William Tempest. The the two brashes, viz , that south of the River Trent***} that of Ad wick-10-Slreet, are olhliiMKont line, seal ed in the Bishopric of Dirnam is rendered more probable by their Iteraldic ensigns, viz., Arg. two bars and thru mullets in chief gules, with the usual ma ks of difference.— Ttiose of Adwick-le-Str at are the same, with a crescent arg. fo difference. The house or Cave Castle, in which the great grandfather of Washing! in resided, iB an elegant mansion In the "GaThicStyle," flank ed by buttresses, and crawled with embat tled parapets. Among pictures is one of the American patriot.Wu. Magazine. MARQUKUADKRS IN MIIIVAUKIE —A great I masquerade ball was giren in Miiwaukie some weeks ago. The AVu's of that city, in : the course of an article describing it, says : "One gentleman fell in Live with his own sister, while another dqg/ed, talked and promenaded with in Roman's ! dress three hours, in the of find ing out who the dear creature was One young man took his mother to the supper, and great was the surprise ol both on learn ing how matters stood. One of our leading merchants gave his ring to a young lady if she would raise her mask that he might see her feature-, when it was his own sister, who he supposed wa3 at home with the toothache ! Two gentlemen got in a warm dispute as to who a certain young lady with a black domino was, nud after making a wager of two bottles of champagne; found out that the young lady was the younger and mischievous brother of the loosing par ly." "THE OI.D MAN."— Hardly any expression grates so harshly on the ear as that of "the old man," when it comes from the lips of a sou speaking of hie 'he person who habitually uses um u *yresston is eith er intimate with low characters, or he does not feal that respect and (Jelerenee due from a child to a parent. In excuse, it is said, " : Tis only a joke and means nothing." If so, it were better not to joke on such a eiih.- ject, and to use some expressions that does mean something Young sprouts who fre quent oyster-cellars and fashionable drink ing shops—who can smoke a "regalia" or chew a "ladies' twist" without making themselves sick, or walk a crack with three glasses of champagne—these are the sprigs who talk of "the old man," who don't know they're out. A LONG COURTSHIP.—A young lady said to her beau after fifteen years' courtship "Charles,l am going out ol town to-morrow." "Where V' l 'l don't know." When are you sowing bock?"' "*hrtiv'er." "What are you going for f" "I am going to look for something which you have not nor nev er had, and jet can give me without loss to yourself V' "You are very welcome to it. I am sure ; but what is it %" "A husband !" "Why you might have had that filteen years ago, if you had only said the word ; but 1 was afraid to ask you the question." A BACHELOR SAYS : — "A woman will cling to the chosen object of her heart like a pos sum to a gum tree, and you cant separate her without snapping strings no art can mend, and leaving a portion of her soul on the npper leather of her affections. She will sometimes see something to love where others see nothing to admire ; and when fondness is once fastened on to a fellow, it sticks like glue and molases in a bushy head of hair. ,, rtl^>, How MANY people occupy this world is a question often asked and but seldom an swered. There is a difference among writ ers as to the inhabitants of the globe; some estimate the number to bo 700,000,00P, while others go as high os800,000,(?00. The annual loss by death is computed to be 18,- 000,000, or 1,800 000, a mouth, 315,163 a week, 5,945 a day, or more than 3 persons ivery minute. WELCOME TO SPRING. We hare seldom met with a more ex quisite poetic effusion than the following "Welcome to Spring," by one of our most popular lady writers: — Spring is coming, with her flowers, And tier sunshine, and her showers ; Spring is coming—Spring is coming ! Hear tbe little bees a-humming! Bursting buds and ciitnson roses, Each the happy truth discloses ; Spring has come to deck the bowers ; Spring is laughing thro' the flowers. O'er the hill tops bleak and bare, Softly floats her golden hair; And lite blue sky pensive seems, As a maiden when sho dreams. Gentle zephyrs softly tread Round pale winter's icy bed, Singing old familiar lays Ol the happy by-gone days. And the little birds are singing, Hark their merry notes are ringing; Ah ! what melody doth float From each tiny warbler's throat! Rosy, dimpled, smiling Spring, What a world of joy you bring! Every heart with transport greets you, And to linger long entreats you. " KIYER UP STRANGER TILL THE GALS UNDRESS." There is a spot, in the south-western part of this State, known as the "Fiery Fork of Honey Ruu"--a delicious locality 110 doubt, as the riiu ol " honey" is, of course accompanied by a corresponding flow of " milk," a mixture ol milk and honey, oral any rate, honey and " peach," is the evi dence of sublunary contentment, evrey place where they have preaching ! "Honey Run." is further christianized by thq presence of an extremely hospitable family whose mansion, comprising one apartment —neither more or less—is re nowed lor being never shut against the traveler, and so our friend found it during tbe chill morringair at the expense of a rheumatism in his shoulder—its numerous unaffected cracks and spaces clearly show ing that dropping the latch was a useless tormaliiy. The venerable host and hostess, I in their one apartment, usually enjoy the society of two sons, four daughters, sundry dogs, and niggers," and as many lodgers, as many deem it prudent to risk the some what equivocal allotment of sleeping part ners. On the night in question, our friend, alts r a hearty supper of ham and eggs; and a canvass of the Fiery Forkers,—the old lady having pointed out his bed—felt a weary, and only looked for an opportunity to "turn ia," though. the mgsquitoes were trumpeting all sorts of wrath, and no net appeared to them. The dogs flung them selves along the floor, or again rose, rest lessly, and sought the door step, the "nig gers'' stuck their leet into the yet warm ashes, the old man stripped, unscrupulous ly, and sought his share of the one collaps ed looking pillow, and the sons cavalierly followed his example leaving the old wom an "gals" and ' stranger," to settle any question of delicacy that might arise at the time. The candidate yawned, looked at his bed, went to the door, looked at the daughters ; finally, in downright recklessness, seated himself upon "the downy," and pulled off his cost. Well, he pulled off his coat, and then he yawned, and then twisted, and then he called the old lady's attenlyn to the fact that it would never do to sleep in his muddy trowsers; and then he undid his vest, and then ho twisted again, and then suddenly, idea of her lodger's possible embarrassment seemed to flush upon the old woman, and she cried : " Gals, just turn j'our backs round till he gets into bed, "and they did in loss than no time," when the hostess again spoke : " Reckon, stranger, as j'ou ain't used to us, you'd better kiver up till galls undress, hadn't you ?" By this time our friend's sleepy fit wus over and, though he did "kiver up," as de sired, somehow or other the old counterpane was equally kind in hiding his blushes, and favoring his shy glances. The nymphs soon stowed away, for there Were neither bustles to unhitch nor corsets to unlace, when their mamma, evidently anxious got to smother her guest considerably relieved him. "You can unkiver now, stranger; I'm married folks, and you aiu't afeared of rne, 1 reckon !•' The etranger happed to be " married folks" hitnsell; be unkivered and turned bis buck with true conubial indifference, as far as the ancient lady was concerned ; but with regard to the "gals," he declared that his half raised curiosity inspred the most tormenting dreams of mermaids that ever he experienced. Some ladies, walking in Chalsea, Mass., yesterday, observed a young girl crying in the streets. On being questioned as to the cause of her troble, Miss Pantalettes ex plained that she had been sorely itisappaint ed at being prevented from indulging in skating because her grandmother had taken her skates and hah gone off to enjoy tbe interesting exercise. A BANKER, one time being asked whether he considered himself an honert man, repli ed that he "was just as honest as the world allowed him to be. and no more." Guess if he had searched "all creation," he couldn't have stumbled upon a better answer, be cause everybody is precisely in the same predicament. NOTHING but a good life can fit men for a 1 better one. Frnm the Family and School Journal. EXCITEMENT IN BOSTON ! , " THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS! The Scholars Decline to Participate in the Re ligious Exercised—The Scholars Dismissed— The Excitement Spreading. BOSTON, March 16th, 1859. MR. EDITOR :—A considerable excitement was occasioned at the North End School ' yesterday, in consequence of some rather unusual proceedings at the Eliot School, ' North Bennett Street. The school at the present time contains I almost seven hundred and fifty scholars, of ■ whom upwards of three quarters are chil- 1 dren of Irish parents. The Committee of this School District is composed of tho fol lowing persons: George Fabyan, E. D. G. Palmer, A. B. Hall, M C. Greene, C. A. Turner,J. F. James, Wm. A. Kruger. The Teachers of the School are- Samuel VV. Mason, Prin., Lucian Hunt, Usher, McLaureri F. Cooke, Sub Prin., Ab by Marsh, Head Assistant besides twelve female assistant teachers. The reading of the Bible in the Public Schools has always been insisted upon by various School Committees of Boston, and up to the present time very little trouble has resulted, now and then an isolated case of resistance occuring. We have examined the School Reports of Boston for the past twenty-three years, and find that the following regulations in this matter have been in force. In 1836—The morning exercises of all the schools in each room shall commence with prayer and reading the scriptures. .In 1839 —It is recommended by the Board that the morning exercises ol all the schools commence with reading the Scripture and prayers. 1851—The morning exercisas of all the schools shall commence with the reading of the Scripture, and the Board recommend that the reading be followed with prayer by [ the master. 1853—The morning exercises of all the schools shall commence with the reading of the Scripture in each room by the teach er thereof, and the Board recommended that the reading be followed with prayer. | 1858—The morning exercises of all the 1 schools shall commence with reading a por tion of Scripture, in each room, by the teach er, and the Board recommended that the reading be followed with the Lord's Prayer, repeated by the teacher alone, or chanted by the teacher and children in concert, and that trie afternoon service close with appro priate singing, and also that the pupils learn the Ten Commandments and repeat them once a week. It will be seen that in 1836 the regulations simply require the reading of selections of Scripture and prayer at the commencement of school. In 1839, the reading of Scrip ture and prayer appears in the Tegulations as a recommendation of the Board. In 1851 the Board made the -eading of the Scripture imperative, and recommended that this reading be followed with prayer. In 1853, it is specified that the reading of Scripture shall be by the teacher, and the Board rec ommended that the reading be followed with prayer. We now come to the regulations ol the present Board, adopted altera careful review of the subject several years since, Rev. Dr. Lothrop being one of the committee who framed the rule. This rule makes it imper ative for the teacher of each room to read the Scriptures at the comniencament of the proceedings; the Board also recommend that the readings be followed by the Lord's Pray er, repealed by the teacher alone, or chant . Ed by the scholars, and also that the pupils learn the Ten Commandments and repeat them once a week. Such are the rules and recommendations of the School Committee, his stated that the Sub-Committee of the Eliot School, in accordance with the recommendations of the General Committee, have directed the teachers of that School,to readthe Scriptures, to have the Lord's Prayer chanted, and the Ten Commandments repeated. This rule 1 has been followed for some time, and has not met by opposition to any extent by eith er parents or scholars. A boy might put his fingers into his ears, or he might fail to repeat certain passages of the Lord's Pray er, without any notice of the matter, and there have been cases where an addition has been made of some of the sentences of the prayers of the Roman Church. Yesterday morning, however, Mr. Mason, tho master, lor the first time noticed that there was a concerted movement on the parts of the pupils in the room. They failed to place themselves in the usual devotional attitude, but stared at each other as if to gain support, and scarcely a response was heard as the master proceed ed to repeat the Lord's Prayer. It was evi dent that they were acting under instruc tions from without. Of this, however, the master took no notice, but afterwards allud etl to it in the presence of Mr. Isaac H. Haz elton, a member of the School Committee for another district, who was at the school on other matters. Mr. Hazelton made in quiries of the pupils, and found in one di vision no less than forty who did not hesi tate to state that they had been intruded by their parents and the Rev. Mr. Wiget, clergyman of St Mary's Church, Edincott street not to chant the prayer, repeat the Commandments, or even sing '"Old Hun dred," or other hymns ol a similar, charac ter, in use at the schools. Upon this Mr. Mason sent for Mr. Dyer, [Two Dollars per Annan. NUMBER 13. Chairman of the sub-committee, and inform ed Jiim of the state affairs. Mr. Dyer con sulted with the Mayor as to the best course to bo pursued, and was advised to carry out the rules of the school Committee. In the meantime, Mr. Mason thinking it impossi ble that Mr. Wiget could have given such advice to the boys, as the Catholic ministers had always expressed a desire that their parishioners should submit to the regula tions of the School Committee, sent a mes sage of inquiry, but an answer was return ed that Mr. Mason could have an interview with Mr. Wiget by calling at his residence. As & sub-Committee cannot be called to gether except upon twenty four houts notice, Mr. Dyer concluded to act in the matter at once, and, proc<®d®d to tho school He then questioned the pupils of five divisions whether they were willing to Bubmit to the rules ns set forth above under the head of 1858; in regard to the listening to the read ing of the Scriptures, chanting the Lord's Prayer, singing and repeating the Ten Com mandments. Nearly ull of these divisions —amounting to about one hundred, mani fested their refusal to obey these rules by rising in their seats, and were informed by Mr. Dyer that they might leave. A portion went out with boisterous shouts, rendering it necessary to send for a police offcer to keep the peace; others retired in better or der. Thus the matter rests at present. It is stated that of tho forty who informed Mr. Hazletor. in the morning that they would not chant the Lord's prayer, about thirty recanted. One of these afterwards inform ed the master that he had received a flog ging from his parents for his recantation.— A few of the parents brought their children back in the afternoon,. stating that they wished them to submit to the regulations of the school ; another parent came in for a child who had submitted to the regulations, and took him away, saying that if he had known what the rules were, he should have done so long ago. Some of the parents ex pressed themselves in indignant terms, stat ing that they had no complaint in regard to Mr. Dyer's proceedings, but should apply to the School Committee to rescind, or mod ify the rule. There are various stories in circulation in regard to the influences which have brought about this demonstration, which, it is said, has also been contemplated at some of the schools at South Boston. The matter evi dently has not yet ended in the Eliot School, for several of the best boys in Mr. Mason's division informed him yesterday afternoon, that they should (irmly, but respectfully de cline, on the next occasion, to repeat the Lord's Prayer, or "the Ten Commandments, in the manner prescribed by the Sub-Com mittee. While we deprecate the above facts, still we are compelled to stare the matter boldly in the face, and ask, "What right have the members of the School Committee to dic tate that anything but the Scriptures should be read 1 Is religion a matter which must be forced upon men ?" There are SaDbath Schools enough in the country in which the decalogue and Lord's prayer can be taught, and in a more reverential manner than in the Public Schools. Let the Bible be as it should be, let the word of God be im parted in a manner different from, that in which it is too often read, and the desire for the rest would be gratified out of school Make a task of studying the Scriptures and we nullity the benefit to be derived from tneir pages. It is the prerogative of every citizen that his children should be educated at the Pub lic Schools. The fact that in these schools in addition to their lessons, children are compelled to recite exercises which are directly opposite to their religious views is a conclusive proof, that the reign of big otry has not ceased even in free America. What would we say of a school teacher or teachers who would instill in children's minds the theory that there was no God.— Would not Christian parents rebel ? Would not Protestant parents also rebel if a Cath olic Priest was to appear in each school ev ery morning and say a Mass ? "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" is too often forgotten in this world. Judg ment should be possessed by the guardians of our Schools, in a greater degree than at present, or we may fear that ere long our tree system of education, will be a failure, its downfall arising alone from the fact that freedom of conscience was not made one of its foundations. What is the difference between a butch er and a youug lady ? Ans.—the former kills to dross, while tho latter dresses to kill. HE THAT has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. A lady who is a 6trict observer of eti quette, being unable to go to chnrch on Sunday sent her card. | "1 am going to draw ihip beaux in to a knot,", as Ihe lady said when standing at the hymenial alter. .——— I introduce a bill for the destruction of worms," as the woodpecker said in a stump speech. .... I ■ " J In Sweden a man who ; 9 seen drunk four times, is deprived of his vote at elec tions. IT IS generally considered that a man a right to steal a kiss, or an umbrella when ever fie has a chance.
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