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BY D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER,
=ME
VOLUME XXV.
gr" . ' Altnow-Itiotittlog Alarm
Mail tells the following
.sittFy pbout. the steady old borough of .
11 r, midair. Mills, which is not so bad for a
) , 00sn'ity latitude ;
• Mrt. 'Soberly went to bed precisely at
':—liiitit'otelock, thinking it passing strange
Vitt her good man had not made his op-,
pfistranteljust ten minutes before. Of
le.ourie he would be hume in a minute and
in'''ttio Initiates at furthest, and so
"' Mi'e Soberly lefailamp burning on the
ball table': "rhere it burnt and, burnt—
' 'but'she Molt tell her own story, as she
tont ii to about thirteen of her must confi
' Sendai friends: ' •
there'ttist lamp burnt, and burnt
is near al' can guess, 't was well nigh
mite tentido& and that man hadn't come.
! iiVhatio'nsike - onsfrdidn't know iio Moen
.• - the dead—ifor he hadn't never been ' c ut so
before 'la im the tune sit'cli a' fuss',
.
1 • natio* the Arnitotik' war.' 'Twant nn nee
the children, for tliep wgtildu't
and' en attail had waitetitintil
no'longer;l4/1/ i 'of bed,
•Ind dissin stairs I Went. I went right in.
the 'buttery arid, raised; the' *Willi*
tetweidslilr. Mark's: and days T, "Mrs.
Blank." In a minute Uheitil her jump out
-4flied-and -raise -the' window,' and, saye ,
.'"Arhy; Mrs'. Soberly, what on earth is
the inattei - r ''.3tatter 1" says
'ing'lcirr.becauie I didn't want anybody to
'heat J-• , matter !' Mrs. Blank, do tell the,
iryintliive'Wenanything"pf niy hueband I"
`• huentottr' says she, 4 Voudidn't
."tioliVise' I'4 ' got him, did, you . t".—and
426,1%111015r speaking'in' Says
'Ad-Im' Lank here, what oh earth deer this
''i'sneital.HaVet fon seen suy thing of toy
I"
...Then we both began to think aomething
ter&inly t and' in'ahnui two
'enlridtek erie'lltiited and ovet to Mrs.
,elatik!t.''Well, 'Wei condoned to aiep
'llvisebi Mil Quiet's, and etart hirri out for
- 'earth ;but we lasdn't'got half way:perass
OW strtit; Milting When • we 'heard
tlfelriadoti Shapeup. ettd says
4 •lNrke s it'iliere r. Says t, "irs me," • ,
• seen anything of my husbaiid 1" ' •
• here pretty pickle
, 1-=
Well to"she a tong story short. welt
j ,,vptbat 'r,sett to the school house, and
, A :bi.rk eritherside. and not a woman ditl
...doll but what watt wondering_what .hod
,koro Ito of her husband t ,
, ; ifiri:l4lps; as we.got to our gate, who
~
strefee theee but my htiskand and ,
~111 r.. Blank I "31r. Suberly, " says, I, a •
you jinn tell me, w,ltat
IMS!'nfr I. • ,
*:7-7 11 0 hos•jitiq as cool.
.04.01-aPPePtdi
..*ril-s*4llY7TOOl4^-4, should.be very
gratify ,you, if 1 could, but the
uuthitt--athess-rthat I "don'Akurow noth.
• voi t ; ei •
%Itll from that day to this I go to, bed
when I get ready asking ,any
and ill, find Mr-Soberly there
ispleporning. that's all ,1 care ; for I'd
jtistglynliMAo !,now ; that. Cin as good a
~kooss. ! vidling,as he is. . ,
Irstakefti. IL* 1 4 lc.
tivii ace' 'and a lie If,
shaitakeitre•Lbeill th;kinci ofthetre used by most
..IPro essipaaree." .
• 'Tiiiilaujing after beauty.
• - ' 7 tThita •curlsi ' '
This. chasing after ladlion,
r. Wkitlaws (sshion whirls,
4 . 1,,w1 all 'hod sort of thing--
. • •
May doirat those who like thorn--
;Fise ; tlswia devoid of :hate';
Far guise ,o!rha,Piattec diapogdo,pg
• r.wdianionits , s pi n le or paste,—
Abdoltier block beads
o,Cii 'life tclliflV lo Tes.
"- who'd he - What she appears,
Who's! spired sunshine a; °yin! the man
• r =
lisinna her IhteN hotne.
in her ear, '
it on heihesit, ' "
•-.. •Thlut knowing well to fry 'a steak
•-• Beata Setilifflinl.
,A,diute4 sight . ••-
la4 l PuriFgANs JputtriA,L.—ln last
's flint of this Romanist organ,, the.
enerai the offieild head
of the church in the al;senee ArehtiiihOr
titii s iyi...#r New York, arninunces that it,is
liereafter to be the "official" organ of that
diocese. The editor intimates
,that, this
honor imposes certain upon; him
iiikwhicit he has not heretofore suhmitipd,
but to which he has finally aeolded,—,—
From the announcement wo undaritand
.04ibismill either suhtnit what he writes to'
the Vicar General or , the Archbishop. for '
'their laiprintalur, heforo publication, or
put nothing hat what ho is convinced
will meet their approval.
Him riESIDENT !—G icr Dneo
tie--Tha Olin Slain Jonrnal says Doug
'les is fascbecoming understood and appre
ciated. A short time since in writing to a
• friend lie used This language, in speaking of
Mr. Yites, whole a cadididate for Con
-tress in Illinois :
..fleat the dammed little pup, net what
Won't. and it, will leirn him to let my Wei.
.alone."
',This, says the Journal, is his ordinary
flutuage. Ho is, emphatically a' rowdy
Ar l d, blackguard and seems to glory in
&mg the leader of them.
Hiart..—An Episcopal church
i lynkireceritly, been built in Davenport,
`own:' A correipondent of the New
th rkit itillepitident says that the following
-*dee was appendedio the advertisement
of the opening of the edifice
!" .. :14:11.11'he chewers of tobacco are
to avoid the use of
Vbe
It in the church, or else spit, in
'thigilitts.. •
1:` - il'irniatte Swearing.
,Stektliciiiy.beszt to hear the bleat Supreme •
fast
. ..tleffeSe4 to on each trifling theme I
offiaiso, J. milk, vulgarity despise; .
* t.... ,.._ .... l4=i:ol 4‘er sarear bra tiAlt i e t! be n d o o r f 71:a se tit t
yameta;ffieurtiodut'Oovr could stop your bread.
If r
../T- f.o9W.thit "took it cooly," brought
IA 414 0411144 heats...
STATISTICS QY LIQUOR MANUNACTUREr!
IN , Tille, UNITED STATES.—'From .the. lasi
census are gleaned the following I Oyer
taut' facts relatise to quataities of grain
malted or distilled per amino), in the, United,
States ; .
Bushe. of 'corn distilled,
Bushels of tyr
Bushels of
iltishels of Nipted
ofporley tnaf!cd,
Toni Of hops tolifiedr.
Hogsheads of moloisoes distillod,
The aggregate vulue of theta piolittets,
at averige 'prices, will hot'Vary' much from'
$14,643,737. ' What a Weide 1
The copilot eniployed in the entire country. in lig
uorwanufecture, is - • ' $H,334.254
Number of woikmen employed, 15,4!5 , 7
Ratio- nidifiiilled . Grain,,cuinparedviiti
iho quantity %rem] :-01 corn th'eru I
bueliel
,in . 54 ; rye '1 bushel
in , 5 ; .ol buelsel in 2158 ; of birley
there is malted 3 bushels iu 5.
Finml these produce' are rnariurac
tured : -
ga11e,.42,169,686
0,300.500
bbl%A 1,777,92
Of whiskey,
Of runs,; •, •
Of ale,,
The aggregate value of these
at . , .
will be whiilesule prices will be about $.1.9i
•
948.897:
Besides . the above, there are made 221,,
221..ga110ns ni•wine, and an inconceivable.
amount'nf liquoia," that draiv ;heavi
ly for their consiittents upon domestic4ind
fornigu. drugs hi .their montifacure, but
which are cot counted in the manultotura,
though their be' fah—sadly felt—ill
the use.;' A largo portion of- the I.fighting
'um". comes front workshops, of the city
manufactories, but which is not included
in the above estimates. Awful as• these
figures look nn paper ) they fall below the
real facts and only show.the domestic dew
il—the foreign one is still' uglier. • - .
A MAGNIFICENT F ARM AND FLICGEG.-.
A Vermoni paper says
"Amopg thn conspicuous men. inAltp
Vermont, ll,egirilSture is
.Mr. B. G: Mgt
ham of Fairfield. Ho owtiie and cultivates
13110 latiC - n'Ainong Illsitarnyard*
items,are,tnlro hundred and twenty cows,'
“ventylforess,and tivu yoke of oxen. In
his:dairy, he tAakes butter only. The ay.
,ei l igo yield of butler trm.the milk of each ,
con , is nue hundred and filly pounds.-
cburns are ,set in mm
lion by n
o !h
two and the butter
. • • •
is 'wtirketl' by I h fashioned !paddle,'
1 i 9 stook of cattle conswife.s',almut five
• litmilied tons of hay annually. 20,000
of p0rk,50,06, bushels of wheat, Irmo 400
tai 500 foihels of corn, 1006 bushels of
ptile, and, from 1(190 in 20)0 bushels of
his yea fly_ ppArthts.,
'' lie. an of 4. ti, • heir - isms pimp
not do boner than wits. Mr.:,l3r . l,glinin
filiviselt is wit 'up With Broadifi otbeant,
and in a style of magnifieenve•proportion
ale to the extent of his possessions' and
,agrinultural, products-11P 0 feet
4 in his bums, and weighing, hy one of
Fairbanks . ' patent balances, 300 lbs. pre.
cfselY. , -
ONF qP T4E Jtlf rivign the
,case .of Beale. the. Philadelphia Dentist,
tried and convicted of a rape.upon a,youn¢
lady while site was, under the influence. of
either, must, have been a bright :set. It
seems they were boarded and accomitiodn:
ted at the W,eilterill House, a Cantons rum
shop, near the Court House. It was proved
in argument Sot a new,trial that they left
the box about half pant 2 P.M.. took limit.
!Jimmy ab9ut 4,,and topped, with three
.bottles,
.of champagne ;.after 'dinner, they
went op stake to their ,room to consider
and make no ,their verdict,. audit) enable
Ahem to do so, drank three lattles of bran.
dy.. During; the night ,en - suipg :they
got on a glorious sprte,---sang the "Star
Spa ogled It inner," "I,...indladyof Fraoce,"
"We wool
_go home_ . till morning,"
&c.,.interspersing the,
,vtteal,
by pluying menagerie—giving imitations
of the the tiger and the, jitelcass.. 7 -
Alf this was done. it seams, for ins purpose.
of seducing one of their nu umber ti ho was
bent on bringing in a, verdict of acquittal,
and he, poor man, lied just received infor
pailful before !cavitig the, box, of die death
of Jib! brother. ~flout
eland, these uproarious maulfesilitionai Mid
he was Onully_ . coutp_elled to, give in and
g 9 witli,,tho majority.
YEAR OF , Dr,;w Or•.
lettuce ariatian Ad;o'ciate of - the 14th •
in reespitulatjug the heavy misfornmes
that have betalieh our ihe
present-year, aunts tip' itie meurn(4l tale
tit tangyage as full of trutl► as the ,year has
been,of tneWorable events t' '
• "We sing of mercy " and judgmetit
The year past will be:signal in hilitory for
its disasters, Drought, in ."the hearagil
culturahlistricts, 'cutting of `millions of
produce.. Fires in cities and •forettni. ;
mountains in a 'blaze. Cholera invading
from the sea.:coa'st to . the Interior; .Yol
low fever raging as never before. Disas
ters, by railroads, and ; greater. ones by
rivers, andsea. ,Sailing vessels., lost ;
steamers, huge and staunch, foundering
mid-ocean, o in tempting view of shore ;
or burning in hopeless, distance of rescue.
Thousands of. lives lost.; moaning and
wailing fill all the land. Sych events sho,te
us that .God does
,not nerd wars, foes of
steel and iron, serried ranks of invading
hosts and armed ffeets, like those that dis
tress tits other hemisphere, in order to.rg
dpce the proud to . humility, or make .his
sovereignty known."
On. the Michigan Central,'
near Sturgoss, the .passenger_tsto from
the, west mune in collision with the passim.
ger train from Toledo, last week-,:smashing
the locomotive, baggage ani passenger ears,
ane severely injuring several of the pas.
,The revenuer t collected by the various
religious Societies have -their hibd
quarters LoAdon, linos amounted to
to OM ihanss,ooo,ooo. ' •
GETTYSBURG, PA, , FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMRER.2I.I3S-f.
ADDRESS,
DKLIVERZD 13EPORt THE 'ADAMS CbtINTY
EDUCATIONAL/ CONVENTION S 1111
II ow. T. 11. ,111111ROITES.
NOMIDER. 11i 1854
Physical improvements, almost instanta
neously commend themselves to our favor
and secure our best efforts for their adop- ,
tine. We'nre not slow to petecive their
i Lbearing.upon our own welfare ; neither
( are wo liable, to forget their end in the.
I pursuit of of the proper means for their se
complishment. This arises from the fact
that they not only directly and' palpablY,
affect our temporal condition ; but that, so,
long as the pursuit of happiness, according
to his own idea of it, is the first object of
every one, there is little. risk *of it, or of
anything which seems to promote it, even
becoming a secondary consideration. • I
Widely different is the case of moral
,improvements. • Here the. RIMS. clear
sightedoess; which so readily perceives
another's "ruite,''• but is blindness to its'
own "beatif,'' causes each iudividtial of the
majority teiptrittpane his 'Own 'end 'under
value others' efforts, , for the. iMprovetnent
tifjltat ream, , fur, above .whose degraded
condition, complacent self-lova has ergted
name the ex
treme slowness With which such ameliora
tions extend.. And; even' when the feW
I devote themselves to this species or hit,
teen improvement, then clangor ikthat, the
distance and tardiuessof result ,are such as
soon to weary their efforts, and permit Their.
attention "to' be attracted away,'from the;
grand though tedious constininitition;'• and.
to be absorbed in• en impatient.. 'stimuli
thin of. the WICWO means , of success, ending,:
not unfrequeutly, in a total abandonment.
of the eduse itself.
A few installed . kin s both of'Of
im.
firovenient will best illustrate the idea in-,
tended bo conveyed;:-Beating' grain
from, the, straw" with flail was prohi
Oily the first impreved mode of separation,
adopte . d. The next step - Was; the 'treading
of it out by means of oxen. or hdrscs;. and
!Alive is little r ; doubt: but that convenience
it . rud...love_ofeesp o....tree. in .... tok
tton of this improvement by all who pos.,
(sensed the requisite, menus. And now,
Within •eur own reCollec.tion—almost .of
' yesterday ..as it were—the ihreshitiglna..,
chine was inveßted," and, simultaneously'
with, its, invention, has , been generally s/ 1
dopted ; many, even already !oohing for;.
the dine when the saline 'machine shall,'
grind as well as thrash. . 1 Seeam;'sis seen as 1
soon :as its,clriving power was: tdmeoovered,,
was at once tipplie[l.te She saving
ual labor, in fletodes and otber..stationary
establishments.. IL. was Veit; niiide to nit n.
istor mitres convenience orliirgialleiMe,
..hy,jitinisining • dip. ;eirrentrdefying
breeze Arid outstripping the Ifenceit sti3ed ;
and is 'even now beginning to. ,relieve, Abe l l
Shin' plough-hon,e from his time-homed'
toil. The sending of Written theughe tO
distance by means of,special couriers, lung
contiu ued;to be the very .perfootion of mach_
communientien.. Next.the- establishment
of public mails, by which _ regularity, speed: -
econody and 'general - covemenee were all:
attained, seemed to leave notliing further
1
for thedesires of matt to causethe ingenuity . ,
of man' to, accomplish. But, behold ' , the
Magnetic Telegraph, ato far less gaiit tbau
the old courier
,system, and scarcely, more
eiPensive than the mail'postage -Which ma
,ny yet alive htive paid, appari to''annihi
late both time and space, and to leave nab:
ing further to tie efFeted, in this depart.,
anent, even-by theimptitietiect-of the 'most
.
progressive in this.rapid age.. . .
. , All these physical improvement*, wt . '
such, 214 800r,18,q( ,OLiierS that : might be
named; were adopted uhnost i. us soon as auj
'imuticed. Their:direct bearing
, upon itidi.l
viduid comfort' and 'prosperity, 'as well 'as i
.on the'welfare of society,. waksien ; and to
see was to, adopt„. No public, meetings ,I
were necessary,; no ameba wris t , cxceptto
profit by ` thew, wore formed ; no laborious
and 'self sacrificing ofgainixation : ushered
them into activity; They at once' becathe
genera 4 for the simple. and Sufficient vea
sou that cach person SAW that they.,' wore
convenient or 'profitable to himself. Nur i
was there any danger either of Overdoing ,
them, or ofergettings omegi eat end in their. l
m]
pursuit us means ; because the end being
.orely present Prtisperity''tind Profit; each ; I
person. would be, and always insnoh :emit I.
will be, pertain ,g 0 keep that ond primarily
and. constantly in view , iu -their adoption?,
and use.
11,0670661
.3,143,927
66,517
526,840
3,797,05
' 1,294
61,075
On the; othe'r hard, how •wittely different
is the history of the great moral - refornisef
the world ! Take Christianity, itself, as
an example. 'After its tuirticulouk advent
aud, first wonderful dissentiliation,, how'
slow has bemkoits progress,: and • at what
post, pf utartxrad blood--rof . individual and
associated ettort 7 tif freely poured nut trellB.
And,'zaused in' a measure' by the
slowness of ' itd spread,' as 'a' great change,
in the morel condition orman,-how lament
ably has - the gaze of many dal advocates
boon loviered dotrn from the great 'end—
Peueo on earth and good will to tnanto
some imaginary best means for its speedy
triumph, some fond human invention for
its improvement I How inconsistent with
the great and characteristically Christian
new command.—"that ye love one another"
—were the Crusades and the•Lloly Wars,
the ascptism and the seclusion of the mid
dle age's ; the dragonadds audinquisitions,
the blue laws and state. creeds of more, re
cent times ; and even those statutory con
straints of conscience, from a belief in the
propriety and the Christianity ofwhigh,
Christendom is only now generally beer
nitig to awaken.
So of Philosophy. especially in its men
tal relations. Vise mon and profound
have °Nerved and analysed the workings
of the human mind, and, so fares is possi
blo.by the mere light of reason, of the
spirit that, is within us. They,
.have given
us the results of their 'labors, and. edu
ced from them ' certain principles and
laws, ,the knowledge . and observance of
Which would greatly itrinnoto bOth our
present Comfort and our furth'er pt Ogress ;
yet how few profit thereby I Eich',. cent
(dent or carol," of the state of his pwn
attars, displays little foithat
"TEARLESS AND FREE."
of his, neighbor or for its
improvement.
Paco coynnion curiosity on the momentous
subject,'seems to be generslly absent, ex
cept when it exhibits itself and exposes its
possessor• by the iiady patrcniage which
the mountebank meets with; 'who exhibits!
his mesmerised• dupes on the stage ; or,
when it lends the ear of ready credulity
to the monstrous assertion that departed
spirits may be disturbed and made sub
ject to human passions by the placing of
the band on u pine-wood table 1 •
Education has no 'less shared the, fate
common to all moral improvement. That!
which each felt to he a want of others, but
either not essential to, or beyond the reach!
of : himself, has therefore very generally:
been neglected ; or now, when it is at
length admitted to he a world -want, the
great object to be effected is less steadily
- kept in view, than some favorite plan oi l
WWII! for its, accemplishment : nay this
latter point often exclusively engages /
attention, as not only toe put out of view
the great end itself, but to substitute Seine'
fanciful theory for substantial advancement
and thus sadly and uselessly retard its
:Li
nal'completion. ,
Thee 'there would 'Seem to b oa Very
marked difference between 'the 'pritig t ress of
:physical and Moral reformi; the rine, al._
most instatitaneous in its,effeeti end never
loosing sight of the purpose to he aceom
r ;dished 4- the other,. so tedititia in .produc
tion es : frequently , to dishearten its: advo
cates into abaticionnicnt, if it de not wholly
divert them from the true, to ihe,pursuit
of some either, Objeat til 4 tjudicial to ttti /MC.
cos, Yet :whenever 'lqualty suabetiSful,
a close examination.of the bit ritsulli, of
both. kinds- of Jitiptetennatto. will show
them to bq entioll, in,aocordanee with that
great law of Providence which :PO frevent
ly6Verruleg.iiittes dOirlgy 'io ends which
mean-regarded- not-while:4n the aetiVe'Prif
-4144 of :his , .objemi: ',Thus, • the physical
comforts, and' fapilities ok.a polite; ,which
in the tower sense of the term may he ta
ken 'measure' of their civilization
—will 11'6.066E111Y to pita in
growth with, and to beit4roportion to their
meral4levoleptnent,.or their eiVilization iu
the higher cause. Stt, 'on the other hand,
all 'sound Metal reforms -p, remote, as their
inferior but . no 'less eerYaiti . effects, those
very , , phySical , improVernents,. in 'ttio'luit
purguit Which' 80, many' neglect the , u
Olivier! of, their otioral' Thus
viewer;, they tvho,d9vote themselves to
the enlargement Of, man's no e, powers,.
'poideint a chute Of the very strongest kind,
'not:Merely.on 066 ornparby,.blat,
atussistance and support oldie busy
frB in _.worldly efreinti, tOn hiS side,
the Philanthropist should learn to rtigard
even thin' very' cent irei.eine 'pursuit s of, the
latter as productive of other and' greater
benefits, than are,pereciived, in the confined
bisianYofilieirfiej4t4w, t `;,,r,iti4 !view, 4:
so; slowid strengthen the-patience' of 'the
letter of, his klud,,add assume° to: his,hopei:
and enable him to keep steadily sight,
the great object to effected.
The pro en ur se is no , waver, t o,
t ;PIM t
follow obt- theso':principlee into. , all their/
minute details ;abut to•viewt the isubject of
cdocation, ;Cototoon
{Saiooleducation, io the light. which they
'afford;
,and then; to caution those who are
I:more illtineiliatel(ehtrosted With' ite
niesitigainsteer aintrrors'whibh , begin tct,
OreA4itittiiusexhietm,
What is the true Object of that ,great
attempt , known_ as the Common School
,Y 9 tenit of Education, which now engages
the aitention 'of the world, mid employs
'or Soon' omit' einploy its best ener gies?'
Listening' to' its cothu'shustie; its ultra
f,rielniq, we Mightinfer thatats object is,
for thp,first time.in,the hisuiry of the , race„
to establish a
,system t or- training ,bused
on correct principles; that it is a
,ney,
and the Wily Mode intilitiction..
Next,: ask ,these :antongsfits earliekt
cates,,whoso:putieuce wiernot in proportion
to their leal, and ,who have . therefore al -
ready fainted by the nay, what it is, and
they
_Will tellyeu 'that it is 'a Vy4tein for-,
the elovatiiin of the hinnitif m'Aet
beautiful: ind seductiveau but tit
terfy: iMpracticablo iu reality• 4., that they
have tested it• but, that the,,pro,k9p,,of el l '
ignorant the administration
of a "Sylitern for the eduat 'of 'the igub
rant r reust,ever ; and:that the.nnquiii
tion, of knowledge, ,like that of Wealth , ' or
position. %eta neeessarily,lie left, to,itidi
vidual exertion. Consult, finally, the op
ponents of this syeleru, and they, will
er: say'thatiCis a disguised, plan,to 'effect
•CentllH'secthriaipurposes; an unfair' mein' b
of taxing the Sidi_ for the benefit of the
pour, Aor a scheme fraught with danger.to
society, by unsettling'sll those distioctions
which have so long and so beneficially ex
isted, giving just (moue] knowledge to the
great nets's to render them ea& discontent
ed and unhappy in the position assigned
by the wisdom : of Providence;._:;
That all. these classed exist amongst us
there can be no douht'; and, therefore, the
viais of each &Mend reepeettul consider.
atiOn. Of the ultraeducationalists to
whose errors the latter part , of this address
will be especially devoted, nothing need
now be said ; and•oldie other two elaisei,
those who once had bat have now lest eon
&Mime in the system, demand most Men
tion.
Immediately after the ' passage of the
CortnnottSehool law. a largo body of chi
-
zees, with noble outheikset, ethbracedithe
system, and for swiend yeartionpared'etn ef
fort and consequently wade ruuch'pregress
in its outward details„ But, alas it was
a tedious moral reform, and m:wy fell eft
by the slew way. Tbey;oxpeeled itto ma
ture with, the rapidity of a plipical io:1,-
provement. The fanner, who could int
prat.% his kind of • corn or' pottitdes,' his
breed of poultry or seine, in tt•yerhitive;
seemed. to expect that the nature and con
dition of society world bo reyoinf,i6nized
quite as rapidly : legating that in' cia6t,
proportion .to the we and' nobility-of the
vegetable,the ordinal, or the.tudo, is, the
slowness of its arrival at. perfee,tiou. The
iialtid May be forced to fu l growth in a
feW weeks -tho' Oak reeinires
.The porker .reauhostis hundreds of Tonna
in weight 'within. the year; that elephant
Y44th
slave to lila min passion, 'or the lorking
::5
. . , .
. mach i ne . i n , •
the hands of another, may he-. la this probationary suite, and with tnari'l
completed before heis in his teens; while i duties and relative condition in yhiit mate;
to wester one's self and knowledge is the I Rm. no the lower .gmuild, is the iliimmii
work of a long life; and the mental and pion that there has heretofore been a total'
littoral improvement of a whole people is a absentee of sound useful edecatinn., suit ,
process' . whim `slowness and difficulty are gained by the facts I The world has, in
i in exact proportion with the magnitude of every age of it. been graced and benefited
the result to be achieved. ll Sy sound thorouth szholars, deep and broad
1
But it was not farmers alone who took this; thinkers, and original minds, eettivated to
erroneous view of the task to be perform-' the fullest extent of their , powers. Yet
ed. The mistake was made by members I the men most have been educated. The
of all classes and professions. Even trait.-i world has also generally had its eelebrated '
era them selves fell into it ; many of diem,i Fhnois and scholastic institutions, both, of
forgetful of the imßortanee anti ciasetywrit l 4 great local usefulness and of extended rep.
slowness of the work entrusted to them.. citation. The - acquisition of this repute
either abandoned it, or hire continued it* I and the power to send forth theie men
pursuit with little confidence in the Snail molt have been based on "sumo system of
. success of the system. ' instruction of solid merit. It will t not,
Though it. is duo to truth and to the great! therefore, either *observe the cause rif
cause involved, to make this statement. l, truth or the interests ..f education. to shot
truth requires that .due credit should be l our eyes to these facts, or to 'assume for
given for what has been done by these ear.i di present attempt at improvement eithei
ly fritinds of the _ system . Though .lisp - ; that which is impossible in the way of 1
pointed iu theirexpectations from the Com- il perfection, or that which is equally t un- I
won, they were determined to hare some i jest to the past and impracticable' in the
System of Education. Accordingly.mainly I future. • ' l l
emanating from them, we behold numerous 1 Two pains am admitted tin the fullest
Academics and Female Seminaries in every extent that can be dAred by the Most at
county, supplying, as best they may, the! dent educational reformer. : .Oue is. that
needs of the people, With regardlto titiwx up to the commencement of the present
imititutions,, it may be remarked, that, , eammon school era, schools had not been
while it 4 true that the P ri mary Common li sufficiently numerous nor open ` ; - the out
S,elieel can t never supply the oboe of the, Cr that the larger portion of the.' schools
ColuMen high School, or the well regalia-1 6w%* notdesersed and scarcely yet deserve
Jed Academy or Seminary, it is eqvulty 1 the name of schools at all. But., instead
true that the Academy or Seminary C 213., ofeenceilittg the argument - by themindrnis—
tiot continue' to be such in fact, and a:. the t sinus, we really roily arrive at the true obi
sumo tin)°, p er f orm the functions o f t h e lyeetsil the esiahltshment of the cooiniensysii
k'rintitri School, fleece it would, in all! tern ; which is, not the introduction' of smile,
prolialoility, he found, if the proper iovisti-1 Pararean novelty either in training or Bei
gaitow could be . made, that very many nits care, bet simply, the increase of the nem
the so called Academics and Soninaries,N ber of go n d schools so that every
„ child
whichhave, sprung into existence or. l eg i t . i shall have the opportunity -or acquiring
mate ,ebbahtion school ground. ores:milt only 1F that dees, re of knowledge which ' is suits. '
bile to its age and condition. •Th is and no
.ittiaitial . titid that they never will'attainl
or Maintain 'their true educational rank. ocher is the great object of the system ;
:t ill t he y an d t hei r f r i en d s so improve t h e l taking it, at the same time, fin. granted,
that there have heretofore been and y etore
,pyimary, gunmen schools in Their nrspecivet
viciuities, that these shall become the pre-erne the
g tlsadinuuseblicfretolsf
both may
ai gi ay wdrtee:ailitley he
Seh ra
paritiory , institutions to the Common High i
ools or : to the Academies and Female increased : and that society will be Neatly
,
Seinjuitries,•as the cese may be. i improved by the extension of .their Mlle,'
That this' attempt is about being ma d e ., enee over every one of the members of the
the present meeting and the.general sister generation and of all future genera
. ,
Went 111)1 , 1 in progress on the enejeet of" 1tr.0.-
etintatitM, ;Write us Strongly to Mess. III) The common system is no piece/. of
so and if seeress crown the effort, t!rden:O char:4 o 4lll+m which promises iinposethili
' the istiertiottlatthe iMpr ac ti ra rlif„,„ of t F t. ties .-. or undertakes the removal of the •in
system „. t i t be met i ea ht y t h spn ,s et t . ' am t ht-irret isuperfcctious of liuman'tniture ; hut
i t will ;i i„„h o n t h e etw eiti c .,,,, g , or „,,„"i! a plain commun sense plait, for the exten
i„ favor ofthataaaertirin.t.tki3 of the best existing modes of' instruci
tempt will, sooner or later, he surer-sift:otw.ey Id every member of society, so that
no one can doubt .whii either duty ata.Y be prepared to perfmin.ltis prop
ere tbe:rialureand the wants of our isoci-Lli•er duties tea /ife with propriety, to pear,
'and ilitillAiratleoliflition; Or who has wis-r , the necessary trials sod privations olltia
tuo. „ t ,d : A b e t „„„ e „. o t t h e „,,,,;.. net i t i t . position with manly fortitude, and to 'enjoy
numerous places where it has Lietu, izs advantages and blessings to their,
faily tested.. It will then also be drecor-li trareost proper extent. It dots not propose
ered that the &posit of the chief, p.ra,..ef. , : to ciente the whole body .of the cimiinti%
'of Pie system m the h.r0.tv,.(1).-i: mitY Ligu above. the standard heretofore
Irector,s; %vim: are' the representatives of revelled lay the moat distinguished of
PC,f.entseontiteuif of heing the neare.,e 2/%4 members ; hut it does design to p . resent,to
t h e every member the d.pi)OriUnily . of reising
: ptitillinent of the ignorant to
lieriself in the moral and mental. scale,
irlionis, is pot only at prevent its were best'
;hid ityiSt 'Conservative feature. but most, from Lille 11.1tvesi to The highest i tutailoble
• uttimittely compel the very imProreineut rank, and thus to improve and ulevete the
and eleirlition - of that class of elft-era..—:
Not only ,will necessity soon produce tit; Yet there are thoie - -;.-and they , ,:arti he.,
tress, in aecorMince with the Inge tf„-selop-i. no means 1., the to and ad.
hig 'powers of our.freeinstitutions, but the, crs-viel of the C°Mal,""
even gradual unit ,certain operation of she: semi:newt. and anodes of testructien fully.'
eyetem itself will be to foinitth 6t Direct-'ivisitlY the supposition thli . theY:
ors. 'lii the meantime, till these 14911 F hair. in and hope tel effert that perfect' Mate l ot . '
sure CCu'ieir shall produce this effect, th e , s'arterFs " ever V et e hnillietetk except it the'
obligation upon those who do now Pos- hisa'ry of Utopia. •
degree of knowledge to!,) Prominent autong their praCtices are.
those of resenting notiong to the mind 101.
mild and advise them, is but the more ins- r
the child beyond his immediate power of
parodic+ ; and'imim mine dews obliga
tion Inure strongly rest than upon all per n c"•••Plrehert'si"a• o f asking his faith iltriolle•
lessors rind! teachere in the more a d sane „di t . trig that lie does not he...iv, and of requir•
institutions. It will then be futead, further,- Part ivitiedienee to reatliiiig whirl, has not re
that though the State p„..e„,,,.„- na '6,la evive.! tit own full assent. Now. to say
ittliimpart .knriwledge as the mere nw ai t ,„;• nothing of the °betties afisurdity, that F uel)
,ecirieiriog wealth or piwition, yet, that . . ""i"° arid iresin3eut. if 'applied to , the
theyerfortnance of the duty .to educ a te . ' Wwouldi
ant. leave It n hopeless .family,
burt, at'the annie lime, actually diinintehed this syeten is essentially though not avow.
'thus discharged the best funs-r ed 11.7 lased On the assumption that OM lie
thou of government. No one will •'; mac teie'l capable of contprehendiug
therfoltlabt the, 100°ln that, just assure-1y as )eiverysleitig in the whole naiu re,' creation
the State may - require the citizen to and Itr"sideace of the Deity ; that he
-1
charge certain public ilinies,just so surelyief is never given by the adult without pos.
f . tease knowledg,e; and th at obedience may
may it rempire and enable bun to be pytp-
.. • ingiefeliy only accompany lull consent.
.erly qualified therefore.
Aw to the ideas avowed or entertained; Lea it cot be sanative! that. in denim°. •
•bal thit'direCt loppithents of the tt eth coll re of ( raining. ally deSign. is
Systeirs,: it need only be said that the entenaiacd of advocating mere authorities
cherge of ,sectarian •design comes (w ai l' live ilismileime, without explanation by
those who have not comprehended the the teacher and as much of eoinprelionsion
true nature and the legitimate workings as is Pjcstble bY the pupil; or, tip enforce'
of the comhion System, in its relatives in e .'she propriety of exacting obedience and
religiOns, institutions. that the stare pos.,' he ] tell without 211 elit. except its cases ad
sesses the same right to tax for relief boor's ruining 0 1 1 4 0 oilier course, eionhisteullY
thhe,.iutpeilitilent of ignorance t h at she d u s with order and progress. But it is • dis
from that of speech, or sight, oc.reason,or tiacriv asserted that the sYsreat which re
health ;Ithat it is better for the rich Man! ' rorsizes the capacity of the 'pupil to coin
to pay a portion of his wealth to the' prebend everything, and his right iu all
school-coaster tui.train ;a peaceful and in- C2-.4'S to consent before he obeys, and
telligent community in the love of onler' hare full positive evidence before he be.
and the respect for property, than to p a y Nave., is eleally itijurious to the parental
a Standing; army to gutted the whole of it a- and 6531 rotations- dangerous to the peace
gaipst the;suminsryamioht heroine right". of society. and destructive of all religious
ofiexcimik and ignorant agrarianism faith
and finally, that jike our first parents, the l j Daily dees the parent thiti himself unable ,
knowledge of good and, evil arc set before!' to answer satisfactorily the puzzling ques- ;
usobe oee or the other, in ibis free l an d, • time, of the child, fir want of power on the
being sure to be imbibed to their Intl es- ermiLl's part to climpiehend the answers to I
tent by all. Cheap and unsound pahtica-I his own questions; anti almost hourlY do'
floes and,empirical lectures in all the sei-) theeinramstalhcs of the family and the.ne
ences, infest the land in every direction ;;•easfitizt , of domestic affairs furce.him to ex
and the enlist startling theories in morals act oisedienc.4 contrary not merely . to the I
and ,gover n ment are boldly broached. It desires, but often to the views of propriety I
is this flood of en.. called-knowledge. not-.of the chill Yet these constraints' are
sorted educationobat threatens to disrupt pr 'ishabit• amenzst the best portions •of the I
the deep foundation of seeicty, and unsettle' chidre education. They teach him that do
ell its parts,. Sound, knowledge not only' , gree of ihstrust in himself, and, confer that
never has reduced such results, but it is ; habit of sett-control, which are so valuable - I
in. the general disseniinstion of ' that kind'and ielotectire ita the battle of life;-while
of . kntimledge, accompanied by the bits the contrary efeanse not only forins•hitn hi
eieg of God npon.its outpouring. that the with' c impertinent and disobedient child, but'
Only sure antidote. is to be found. _ I ' in offer ;life, the unhappy aud fretful. slave
•• 11 noW Only . remains tei'exainiate. wheth- 'el ail tie_se little oircumetances which he
er•they are'right 'whit) seem to claim that mono: teassilly control, and to Which be
-this. general 'educational inurement owbieh Las thus lost the desirable powered cheer- iiii l
now agitates the world, has produced or. Cal
• ,' I
will produce-some new and perfect Sys- . Bat it is to the citizen Of a free land ,that
teth of mental atid moral training. such - es cenfainnee in other; and obedience against I
the r world never - before knew, and which essescictor d esire, are, inure than under:any
shall effect .spine great change in :he con.,.othe:r form of Government, liolispeiniably
titian of Mankind. Which, if not pewter- reqite. Under a dpotistn,. when+ f?rce
tltrrliitself will be a near approach to it?- is the govetnine power,.it tuay;be a merit, I
The iteri'alitertient of the question in this at least in the - eyes of patriotistn, ire ' fate!. !
foratewnolditieedi to•dispaiecif lima; the kattit. iorestigetettgatid odnigriben; 1
iliststkrt(4,l3(o? . .6 dectlitkia meal 4mg esory. alitAE; anatinitveoupiedi Vitt
tsfq tristtrA
.thao a klti
4:•••4%s
.11i!8 ,r4fabatitt
7 . :'1411441,1;.141
el , CAW+ titbit te,4
t•yr••torintr , 4111rrilY
•
r r , ,: r• ,- 7- •,if =mi . ) t, tat.. 4!
. .
d e.
,ty l , 4l ,t l o g i ll
the spirit' 'et ;vitiated , r , to.
getger'diftertin t. The 'ripii 18tietittriCiot ,
folly and to inteitigittitZt OA' 9 ' .
no Whom else Meru be ' " ~ ois llf
exercise& BM, it it'aligti t c o ;t „. end
iti ltio
r
for the purpose of obetheile'nft it .
gate not' for . resistitiri bit 'Li lid
ful improirement. ~' The lini3ilf ' " f the
law and We Siftings/10W she '' 6 p to
the majority; eved`ttlintigli 'di Isr for
6 1 41,
1.
the preseiir disteitota r "atiOA 6 'Sti ' do
majority' ticipleiziiiise,( l ,lo4 ifth " . 'arl'ii eat"
indbors'orour 'tittlitioil l iiitaiVe "If ars
ho struiding'armlei n 9 iitifbrierthedl i 'cot
and when the fewheitsle de l it li" , ng
confidendo and 1 4tieff,R,ttltir il ,A our
e
free inatitutionliin 'tiaii — iiiit
their terminatiou, Yee, - '46 - ,,e6u ' un ' aid
have a Mere; effeewil 'tefiNhti:ii Ina
this lamentable 'resat; ififin tii ' lob
~,,
would lead' thit°yOliiti - of 'ili‘i 'I4IVo .
town all'nutheritstivevOiticlif4 it ' ' do
in*
only that which sekinieriiiioa al cliiir` we
eyes.. ' ' •• , 6 " ,• i
- ‘ In Lit' .'iellittoe.6 lier t iiitV in silll l he
youth thus trained IsP i e4tiofillellfuo to
occupy amdst lementable'oatidi 01. Tr, ere
the po w e r . Of belief, aliqesui l initif ' id ''
itiee knOwledge,'ildeis 'not' eliiiiiit iiilfere
•tbo wholeititite luitit Alittlft fr ' v ia ob
i,
sent, hoWeao thotti'l4 'thitt'aith i : Whiplt is
"the. sithatunce Of', thin gi lqiiii'lq, , ;: i tlat
evidence of thitigershirdest r ,"'Ortltifibe oast
proceed ifilit reacif,knihilatteili` n gg ' ort
which iwatninve its"'beit'friiiiirlitb s ot
t
short of the Uttliniited Ifidviect'dfa'' 14
.). •,, ,
save a peeplethius gen'orally t ed 'flout
general inlidellii. ,,,,, 1 ' 'O l b ,I '.- • , ;, ,11 '; 4 'i
~ 1 t• l ,t so irJa. .G aya l
In these respects, the Arne csgraekee l tba
t, 6 tlebr;:iell It h,l l , 4
0 ; „, ,9,,PT9T,,p.oloeforli
torteti - tho 'child's oredulity win! Astegtrons
beyond, his Cninpic ptipott,.., tiv.; , ,,1514 res
obedience; to tuiceasoneble„yuletArtqgys,
when the occasion foirly v `presrtsi z itiaili;
either to state the Papua ,
t tnabliAt i to,_tiota.
prebend ottoadinit hlsoan it'offleto,Lend o
i 4 the cis° of Dr°P 4 i iiilltctri! ‘ ,Ys.4 ) 41,0 1 fittim•
plicit ohodieuoo,,tylie, er,PA4atiAll 42,4.b e
pukil or not. N;ti 0 t14)11 I . 3 ,,TPeftt PA .q a•
tato the `tilifulness of 'thaechool„lttantia Abe
'true oliaraeter Cl . (lie" tettAter,..ht n estt forth
ptipils fitted to :tifirforpsdlrinfia Akeir
public or' their
, re,lwogs "tel. i. ., hile,
upon a fOundalleti,thys'T,} -,Ptiteß it :,
dui it ii); ma cote 5411°'"
structure of a God; ejtrlog, i nfipoini mai
.;t4
find, it it Trim, by variety of fur lb .bat s
4i r rsit h *1111311 P ., elne ll 6 ,43"iffi t h lian
dial not piohibit.' ,
'1t.,1 t- , i tilrla , IJ
Another practiFe,,sesteslyierstiojeriOns,
is that of attempting to rootlet,all.thelazer.
cises of the sahool,roottrAlightfalito the
p}apil, and, of ayctigioggeTPUithiiiillAlullAw,
vors of the irksomeuese,qc lohor nt lahhe is
,
the eystepi wyeiti, is., l Etugeitl sitaircissans
Igs,inst' 11 , 1 9, 93 ,Qr.IP9g.tasiilltFfintraittitta deft.
outcast anil Dein er 41 1144 1 by. 00,ettateery
,110r.44 of the rule 4 , P, ihlP.f,ngT,4iliie- , thcoteet.
I ?°(it- In theirfltelidl.V 4 lP l 7Yetlaigtaiest Ins
14 CRllottileSithnfratlCO Of 5h0.4140A Sikrili '
ul
studied • forgetf that w,hile the Jr9alhful
I"'"'"Y.°l l TPFd B ; 3 , 1 ', q OPlAst,A#ArediOnd
the must powerful 4 0 1 4 /. I Y 011E 1 4 YPitllifUl
mind, tuid the ono.lappren4-4aigned to
g a r,ee r, AP • iP 5 !j-USL 15P 0 94:4f heemledge.l the
PRNLIP:of thOcr,biairiatietrand generalisation
--of coalyaia, and , apithesis-,Are iberiwolik
eat, and , those, qn, wbich,leatikielianeakaa
be AMA iii (lartY4 . 94tlit I:tisnoeoinso bf
' ten., happens „chit the„ pupil who hakrettd,
3 0, ritiki glk,9 rqailinem. ofoJAio 40114,0 w.
ors, oupprithoucled as lie ,thought,,,,theortb
stuege of theless44.44sll3etsittlientliesastnes
to recite,„ retain
,even Atti l absdow,i,tarbile
the plo,ddiug,mgmtiriset.at „lemt,poisessee
the,wordsi into,vibtehf tilopeploostiotiesof
the juiliviuµdr.teaehcß,iPiaYnresdilybinNu
the life of eemPrVirlioni mot tAvngba
SA,' ton, ;be stiale. PrleelE4, it Aukr.oollibe
r AlurStiourd rwliethuctAbe were ,guessistds&
unr,or the, •fe i brictitor-of llie .own, luta tchdo
Oat, which lic , catillieriAly acnotoplisblwith
tho ,sid of,both teacher and tostAtook o lsill
ever maltose ,csact reasoner, ores reliable
men of ~ busiuess. I, ~There, Lea 1 ,been
heretofore, it is m tultuittod r too .3 mach
stress, pl sopa • upont the to cuiorising- lusts=
of , instruction, „hy , whiob , the Mind ,teas
cramped 'led 'Alt Setc-Teliappe destrxVolu—
llut,, surely there PlPiti be ,4 • eafe:•iiiiedinin
botwoou this and rho oppost le estretriel *Breit
wlulo it 7ill.,,sullician tly.oacquhtoatuttia
Iniod, , ,to ,nestiful dahor,„ ; still ,stlasti peftais
full, ereFle ;0 ,tkilits‘ltoiagtio)rdmoulltiot
ivo powore;, eed .tbialk oettii forth the,edbol
ur, not 9fitY•teet"44 , 4tp:'llitit ileborladdoblis
the lot of all, but e4pable of.,teseduriegthis
labor effective and productivey the gait'
deuce of' au/sell , dissiplittid i Ilecitt'l 'go
m
use' the wards. of one who, 't , bought blif a
novelist;'wad w'tbaster iiirltheilebleaWif
ouumn, notelo : 4111 to hpportihitrfflS
quiriug liebits cif tirth 'clod' itiettlititeink`i •
plicatieui. of gaining the eft ;if eolptr ili
diretiting dud ettnestittittlitg;tbtl' nY' I
niititl for earnest`itivestigutinii +I.) ' 'ilit'll
t z
far loon, e4entibl • than; (who ithat`lettnil g
which is the primarily' object rif"td.titliii":--
1 And, it may be added, disastrous "iretfirb•
the fruit of 'shy' eystsoi tif indttidotiOn'tihjoh
1 oxeludes muoven undettielnesilb,hiiird
jeer of 'youthful tritnibg:' Pti "tbield
porsou needs Where' portrlsyed to' hith'i e
loondition • or fate °foil' tnitlon ;Ilithi l " L,
i Far different' was the 'rtigged: teb`tiolib ,'br
4 4
the great men of our evrti''euntitry,iiiertf
the'great nations' of othdr tinicir.f , • ' " 1 "'
The other and. thh least procatheitiVetiOr,
Which will now I be' , ifided,'' in i the' Vailitroe
[of those who eschew all oleelitienitAigie
' which' naturally grovie Utittcif'didib Old tiet
1 Strifsid." *When' pupils art abiy*uffixio
Ideal with these 'thiugii abibli`theyesi Melly
and fally•ctuitprebend,'tb'liellive` bitfirldia
1 they kno', do what'thes dike; aittifigielkir
whole taihdol=lifd 'cinivertell iiithlt jAistia
; pre`tituer,•' the 'ttaiural'etineetiligabaNtWas,
it
hat tlifliiwitt).-Pa!ft(istillhthFtcYttillPqritil
lastonitihm4 rapititty, siatt,bts Lawmaja(la
W 0 higher, brißolitigi,Kle MAL' . 41
ocasedi , nt,44,,4, tp.K4red Kw • .
. 0
liuce to pruuuunce,, nitudi,l i : ' sly
1 utilik,,,,eti,l3llP , 9' lig.4± $! Igilit , IS
does* 4'.44;34_°'ugirrstfrt 1 I to P i rcß l Vl77'', l Pllflii n'•)y , , .. '
mottern,citte9ntiouotfte,", '
Academy or Colima i „ • .
voila, uo solid iMprovetuout cap •
lit 'snip need* thili sepastaisisdatioa et as
I *twigs attdidte.=heasebtei ' , to ithitPiteliteteill
1 denertof itheiversahlia 414ilialloilk** ,
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