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uto.-k of Plouihs, which tln-v sell ascheap a* they can 112 e
ought at nny other entMbli-diinent in the county
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* 9,1863 ::;f 112.
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us. to the end. dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - L^COT.N
<&rigirtal fwtru.
For the OttlttH. #
THE VILLAGE OF NATRONA.
T.*l» the winding Allegheny.
Miles, I need uut teU'huw many,
Where thn black billi towering high,
t- kif.4 the beudiog sky ;
Where the «nkbes in the mountain,
Each *end fxith a pearly tonnUin,
On ow nt Nature's fsbest strsnJa.
Decked in smoke snd beauty Mtan.h
The village of Natrons.
There are honȣs largo and high,
With miiallor honsw standing nigh,
Houses hhort and bomet long,
lloiifes low, cvnipsct «ud strong,
Smoke htackn ronn<l sud sm.ike niscks square,
Fmuke stacks Ktsmiing everywhere;
>m>okjp sn<l gAKUws roll nn<l race,
towsrd heaven their native place,
From the village of N «ti ;U*.
There ire noites lon'l and low,
Noi»«« sounding to and /ro.
Anvil* ringing, bellow* rosilnjr.
kettle* boiling, st-nimplpe* snoring,
Snws a rvhi7.7.ing. «%WN a whirrJng,
Clattering loyrt snd coftly purring:
Thone with yells Irym men and boys,
I>»»n't makea third of hslt the noise,
In the village of Natrona.
There are men of high degree,
And some sro common men liK? me,
jsomeare bosses whoso tru«* level,
J. beside tho poorest devil,
Working in thj nfttd and mire,
Or carting cinders from the fire,
Home who toil snd he.ir tho crosses,
Hionld br, though they are not bosues.
In tlie vi.laguof Nstrona.
There they make saponiQer,
Cnnstic concentrated lye. or,
(."nustic soda from a stone.
Culled Krcolite which they alone.
Monoyolizc, while across the sea,
covit -ui look on and s»*o,
"ey tlje Vaiikces iu iheir hold,
Reap •« harvest rich In gold,
Iu the viilago ol Nutrona.
There are ladles young acd old,
l.ridles hftshtnl, I idics hold.,
Koine are aillnp. some In bealth,
H »n e have pov. rty, sons woaHh,
gi>m« sre handsome, snd the rest,
Wit h paint and powder do their best,
To l«x>k so too—so let us call
On God. to hie?* the ladies all.
In the village of Natrona.
Friday! Fi Iday ! day of fat e!
'lis then the ladies come in state,
llere im-l there a ladv goes,
iVessed in tuts and iuibelows,
In satin, silk and what not m 're.
Tow,
After ''Uncle KdainV Hutter,
In the xillags of Natrona.
Tliert the men are full of l'fe
In scenes of either peace or stii e,
NN hen out upon a general i; trlkt?' 4
Then every man thinks he is ••milt ,"
Rut to see them cast dull care away,
And r«'ly on a holiday.
You'd think tho devil ha I broke loose
And was ont upon a cruise,
In the villago of Xatrona.
Fome are courteous, some sre x?tr>',
Home are steadfast—watch end pro'.'—
Some are gallant, fukl of life.
And some, nlas! are food of strife,
But then the had and vicious sro,
by the virtuous far,
Then let me r-»am where I will.
My heart is with the people still,
ill the village ef Natrona. I<. W*.
Yankee Inquisitiveness.
BY now.vnn IWUT..
Hill! poor Yankee Hill! He was the
very incarnation of drollery and esprit.
We Wed to see his smiling, gool-natured
phiz before the lights, for it was sure te
impregnate the very atmosphere with a
sen»c of merriment. lie possessed a ge.
nius for the impersonation of down cast
character, which no actor ever before nor
since his time has approached. Ho was
natura', captivating, easy and brilliant.
With what genial unction he related a
pleasantry! with how much sparkling
zest he bantered tho follies of msnkinj !
tho witticisms flashed from his lips as
flakes of light along the orient. A gay,
glorious fellow was lie, in every sense of
tho .expression.
His store of anecdotes seemed to be
inexhaustible ; and he was one of those
few gifted creatures who conld talk all
day, and still havo something left w -II
worth listening to. One never wearied
of hearing him. Age did not tarnish,
" ? nor custom stale,
His iutinito variety."
His whimsical stories yet range the
length ami breadth of the United States,
as unowned oddities. Tltev have beon
passed froir. one to another, till the label
of identity has fallen from then in the
vortex of narration. Wo recognize them
here a-ud there, as one will find polished
pebbles on the sea beach. AVhatagrot
esqne medley his portfolio would present!
Spir.t of >lonius !we in.oke thee to as
sist by thy potest influence, the finding
of ilh is rare legacy ! I
Wo remember a scrap of adventate
that Hill used to -relate, illustrative ot
the trait of inquisitiveuess, so noticeable
a,Riong the primitive home ?pun Yankees.
It appears that '.he eomeditin was travel
ing in a stage coach, and sat next to a
gawky, slab sided Vermonter, who open
ed the conversation with the usual plati
tudes touching "weather, crops, and gin-
I eral matters of intrigt."
" You're traveling, J .gness, MisteT?"
said Vermont.
" If being in a stage coach behind four
fl<;ct roans is aoy evidence of it, I should
think I.was," coolly replied Hill.
" Ya-as—you're Eh ?"
A brief pa\iße
» " Travelin fqr your beelth ?"
" Not exactly," responded llill.
" Oh, then, on biiness, I reckon, eh ?"
'* Yes—no; that is to say not precise
ly."
"Eeh ! I pereclv.e—half biiness and
half pleasure"—rolling his large eyes
' about like bewildered bagatelle balls.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1867.
" Something in that way."
And not oaring to be delagfcd with
interrogatives, aj lie could sec the "breed"
of his friend, the comedian took from
his pocket a copy of "Humphrey Clink
er," and soon his mind was psycologically
with that notable personage."
Umph !" grunted Vermont: "I beg
your pardon, Mister, but i3 it fort
Hill affected not to hear bin) He re
peated the question.
" Don't know," replied lie, without taks
ing his eyes from the book.
" Well, shou d yeou think it WUZCOUN
siderin' what we've come 1"
" Can't say." *
Another "slight" silence.
" Like this part of the country ?"
" Yea"—in a gruff tone.
" So do I"—edging still closer to II ill. ■
A moment's intermission. J .. '^^ r .
" Yeou don't live abeout here, prev
haps ?"
" No."
" Nuther dew I.
'' Umph 1"
" That's a strange coincidence."
Vermott here adjusted his cravat—a
flowerod velvet of a strong gamboge tint
the bow of which, terminating into a
resemblance of a tipsy letter X, had im
perceptibly jogged round and got under
his oar. Bringing ihc bow back to its
original position uudcr his chin, he re
marked :
" Kxcuse me, Mister, do you ever ex
pect tew conic this way agin ?"
" Have no positive knowledge," lafton.
ically replied Ilill.
" I spose you dou'tlike coach ridin' ?" I
" No."
•' Not half so nice as st».iwboat or cars
is it ?"
•' Quite agrcowitk you."
Here he cased off for a moment or two,
and then renewed the attack. Nudging
his victim, he said :
" I'BC an American, I am."
" Shouldn't have taken you for an In.
dian or S; aniard," drily remarked the
-comedian.
"No ? I'uo #l»d to hear you say so.
I've been told afore now that I had a real.
Russian mouth, and thai my nose was on
the Greek style, but I reckon they ain't
if the truth was told."
What possible affinity thtre could ex>
ist between his mouth and Russia, unless
it was iU extent, w iu'd be hard to con-|
jecture. If Greek noses are of that I
long sort that hasten down to a red point,
then his nose was Grecian in the ex
treme. If not, we will avoid a rash clas
sification of the organ, which at a glance
happily reminded one of a piatina shell, |
with which lightning rods arc dipped to |
guard against meteorlogieal disasters.
Hill saw it was BO use to thwart the
fellow, for talk he wouldj ''come what, |
come may." Tho words bubbled thro'
his lips as wiil-o'-the wisps swell to the j
surface of a nftrsh. The comedian laid
■down his book, and the Ya,nfcee's ey<s
sparkled in anticipation of a long, gos»
sipy. old-fashioned chat.
" You're an American., I spose ?" ho
asked.
" Yes."
" Du yew know, I thought you wuz "
'■•lndeed I"
" Great country this, eh ?" aficr a mu
a ent's hesitation.
" Extraordinary country."
" Good kind of land to be born iu.*'
" True."'
" Our mountains tower up as if they
knew what they were about, eh ?"
" Unquestionably."
" Our rivers ain't no puddles, nuther."
" Quite right."
" And I guess our lakes would make
folks look if they were hard pushed."
" Tobe sure."
" I'm glad you agree with me on theui
! pints, I am"—then relapsing for a mo*
nicnt into a blank -silence, lie started up
again with—
" What teown were you born in, if it's
not an extravagant question ?"
" Boston."
" Crinkj', how odd ! —l've often been
there. "
" Ah indeed!"
Pause of at least seoonda.
" Dew yeou know—now don't say it's
curosity—but since'we have got tew talk
in', Migter, .dew yeou know I should like
tew know yegur name t"
"Would you?" said the comedian,
laughing.
"It runs in my head I've seen you
somewhere."
" Very possible."
" And yeour name is—"
" Hill."
Oh, indeed ! I know a good many
Hills living in Vermont; our head thresh
er'* name is Hill, I swow ' How odd I
There's a goodish spriuklia' of Hills all
over Vermont."
The comedian fancied for an instant,
but only for an instant, that his name had
"given rise" to a pun, but a gSlnce at
the hard features of hi'Wriend convinced
him that the play on the word was gross
ly unintentional.
" Well, how very strange I should know
so very nnny of yeour name ! I shouldn't
woDder if I knew people with yeour full
name. What might yeour Christian—"
Hill saw what was coming, and replied :
" George."
' Ie that a fact? Oh, you're certainly
joking. Why, my name's George, too
Wheeler —George Wheeler's my name."
« Oh!"
" Yes. Now yeou were born—"
" In Boston^-"
'• Y-as, 'zactly so. Boston, Massachu
setts, of eourse."
"Certainly. Boston, Massachusetts—
New Kngland—North America," said
Ilill. who, bcred to death by this time
with inquiries, placidly settled down in
the corner of the coach and shut his
eyes. Vermont was uot to be thrown
aside so easily, however ; a»d contracting
his sharp features every angle of which
seemed to ask a question—he stretched
his neck, and said :
" S'kuse mo, but in what part of Bos
ton wcro yeou born ?"
Hill's patience evaporated r.t that iii»>
mfcnt, and determining to tie up in a
packet every possible interrogatory, re
plied i
'• Near the Centre, «!o3e by tho " Old
South," about four o'clock in the morn
ing, in the of winter, in Milk
street."
Jlill thought lie Isud left the follow no
margin now, ami judge his surprise when
he leaned over and said :
'• If it's not troublin' ycou iojy much,'
what side of Milk street waz ye on born
on, and what wnz the ni ruber ?"
The comedian avows that alter that
"last stroke" he cot out of the coach, and
pursued the balance of the journey on
the box with th" 1 driver.
Responsibility of Young Men.
As every sand has its place : n making
the mountains and every drop its own
p ace iu wakuig the ocean, and every
leaf its part in clothing the forest, and
i-very stalk of wheat its place in filling
the field with golden harvest that is to
be gathered into the barn—as every par
ticle of *paec btlwccn our planet and the
sun is an important link binding us to
the solar centre, and to perform an im»
portant function in the communications
oariiedon between us and the other
members of the solar system, so is every
mm, and the particles of the influence
of every man, a link in the vast chain of
human well doing and well being. Soc*'
cty is the aggregation of individualities-
It is, in fact, an aisociation organized by
the Creator for purposes of benevolence.
Every human being is a shareholder in
this association—not merely to receive
the dividends, or as a sleeping partner
consume its fruits ; but to help to pro
duce, them. Every human being is bound
up with every other human beine, and
roust fiill his page in the vasrf volumn of
humanity. This is true of all agos and
of nil men; hut especially true of young
men in ojir f\ay. liy Providence they
arc so placed as to receive and transmit
impressions ju;t as we their predecessors
! have done, and their successors will do.
Nay, their opportunit'es for exerting a
wide influence arc, in most cases, gveater
than were enjoyed by their fathers.—
Whatever then may be the character of
the young men of our age, whether good
or bad such will they impart to the com
ing age. VVhen we ate ictnoved from
living men, and the sauds of the moun
tain, or the clods of the valley, or the
tangled weeds ot ths sea, or ocean's bril
liant shells may be our tomb, thsn they
will occupy our places on the world's
busy stage. Yes, when wo who arc now
busy in the strife of life, and struggling
with its burdens, have left these mcrtal
shores, these young men will bo the liv
ing inhabitants of the earth. Those
whom you aro now teaching will teach
others and mould their character. These
young men of business, of science, of
learning, ami of religion in the years to
come. As the fulling leaves of autumn
arc replaced by the growth of next year
or rather fs the leaves on evergreen trees
are ever falling and ever growing and the
tree alwpys green; so in this vaet aud
ever multiplying population of our earth,
we aic born, livo and pass away, and an
other generation coroeth The infant In
the cradle will soon mingle in the sport
! ot boyhood and the growing child wiH
| soon pass into manhood, and with bis fel
| lows staisp the living world with its per
manent characters.
■**—•—«*- ——
J —A Conscript, being told that it was
| sw.eet to die for one's country, excused
I himself ou the ground that be did pot
I like sweet thiols.
From the To'.eJo Blade
NASBY,
Mr. Snshj' iu \orih Carolina- -
The Abrogation of Sick.
Irs' Order—The niu lie Ren
dered Col. I'ltilßcrs.
POST OFFIS, CONFEDIUT X UOADS, ~\
( With is in the Suit uv Kentucky) '
December 31st, 180(J. )
l'or two weeks past I hev bin
Karolina, and hev bed an opportunity
uv being nv service to my friends & ihe
good cause.
I wuz there collecting funds fur the
new college at this pint, to which I am
devoted heart and sole, & wuz a inak'm
my home at Kernel Absluui Podgcrs,
who resides just back of H iwly, fi whoz
table and cellar, permit me to say, are
unsurpassed in the South. Keruel I'od
gers is a gentleman uv the old skool, who
lives in luxurious elegance onto a plan
tasliuu uv 1500 alters and who hez troo
piety into him and alius wears a shirt
frill. Afore the war l;e owned 200 nig
gers, and his sole runijin out after cm, he
hez managed, senco the war, to collect
the most uv em and get cm together on
the old place. He hez bin busily en
gaged iu subdooin uv em and biinging
em back t'i thcr normal condishun, but
alas ! ther wuz difficulties iu the way.—
Tho men niggers, with au ob?tinancy
wl'ich'l can't account for, refused to work
for $4 per month, and the winien h.ivin
been mostly married to their-husbands by
the chaplin uv a regiment wioh wuzsta
shened here doorin the war, refused to
resoom their old relashuns, and things
looked serious. Most men would havo
vieldcd to circumstances and give up, but
Kernel I'odgers wuz not uv that stripe.
He owed a dooty to those misguided beins
wieh he ftlt ho must fulfill; aiid besides
he is desirous of buildin a uew house
next summer and sendin two daughters
(by his wife) to as;minary next season,
and he felt that he must bring them to
their senses. Ho sed that he stood in
the rcli'.tion uv a father figuratively
speakin to all uv em, and wuz lie agoiu
to let em goon a flyiu out uv their nor
mal spear ? Not any.
The first day I wu '. U'.cre, ? Arisis.iOC
currcd. .lolin i'odgers, his futu., iusisted
upon takin away the wife uv a mulatto,
and tho nigger, fcigetlin his posisheu,
wuz impudent. John struck him, and
'<e degraded wretch wadel iu & whaled
h'm unmerciful. This, uv course-, could
not be endoorcd. The Po lgers' blood
riz'and tho nigger wuz seized and cattlcd
till ho died. Kf I remember right, ho
expired while undergoin discipline. It
may be he lived till tnornin, but it mat
| tcrs not, eep.tiu that I like io be very ac-
I cerate.
It wuz a solem and impressive scene.
Tlie Kernel hod the Kthopiap's wife pres
ent doorin the infliction uv tho punish
ment, and to show her that ho did not
percccd without authority, beforo com
mcnciu he read to her frgni Scripter tlie
chapters treatin uy Haul .and Ifager, and
the passage comuiencin "servanco obey
yoor masters," and then walloppcd him
moro viggcr than I spossce wuz left in a
man so old. He pintcd to the nigger on
the ground, after he wuz cut slown, and
tellin ber that lie hoped it wood be ales
son to her, bade her goto licr quarters.
But the perverse creeclver didn't. She
ran away and complained to t'ic officer at
the necrest post, who justed uv sendin
her back under guard, with his cvvvp'i
ments to Kernel i'odgerSj actilly forward
ed her complaint to G«,o. .Sickles, who
forthwith struck a blow at the founda
tions uv the fabric uv Southern society,
and ordered the arrest uv the Keruel
who win: to-wunst placed in doorance vile.
There w«T7, cggscitcment in the visin
itv. I never saw sich a fermeutashen.
Men run to and ftp with blancht cheeks,
and askt "Wat next ? Is our rites to be
taken from us ? Is Johnson a holler
mockery? ' Aud then made up a purse
and begged me togo to Andceo and stand
between cm aud destruckshen. I run up
to Washington and hed an interview
with his Kggsleocy, the President. lie
knowed Kernel I'odgers—in bis younger
days he had made his coats, —and a I
touched upon ijie old tnau, immured in a
diaaial dungeot, he wept. But A John
son licz decision uv character. Wipin
his eyes ho isliood a order for the revoka-
Shun uv Sicklescs absurd 01 dor that nig
gers ehoodent be whipt, and a spheshl
order commandin the offiser who hed the
Kernel in custody, to turn him over to
the Civil Courts to be tried in accord
ance w : tu the laws of Norf Karliny.
Aruiod wit# these documents, I flew
back, and the nitc I arrived I had the
.satisf*cti<w uv taking the Kurncl out uv
Jail, and takin him afore a Justis uv the
I'eace, where ho gave bail to appear afore
tte Conimm I'leas to answer a charge uv
manslaughter, preferred by tho wilder of
the drad nijrger.
A day or two after the case wuz herd,
I appearir. for the Kernel. I heid that
the case be dismissed for the following
reasons.
1. The charge uv manslaughter lrnr,
absurd, for the reason that in the minds
uv the Southern people there hez alluz
bin the gravest doubts ez to wether the
nigger is actilly a man.l held that the
length uv his lice), the thickness uv his
skull, the length uv his arm, all showed
that lie wuz » distink species. Kf this
is tho case, ez a matter of course the
Kernel goes free.
2. The Kernel can't be held, allowin
the nigger to be a man. The laws uv
tho State uv Norf Karliny permit the
wbippin up niggers but they don't pre
scribe tho quantity uv whippin which
may be iuflicted. It's a matter which is
left entirely to the discretion uv the
whippor. It's a matter with wich the
whipper has noihing to do ; neither he/,
the State. Kf tho Kernel had shot the
nigger he wood be liable, for shootin ain't
permitted ; but ez whippin is, and cz the
quantity ain't prescribed, uv course it
intends the matter to be left solely to the
diaereshun «v tho pa'ty who hez the
power to whip. Nothin kin be clearer
than that. Sliel Kernel Podgers be pun
ished becoz a nigger hedn't powers uv
endoorence? Forbid it hevin.
Here I rested the case. I showed to
tho satisfackshen uv the court that the
law wu* not only just but humane, and
that any sich absurdity cz punishing the
Kernel for carrying out its provisions
wood be strikin a blow at the fntne work
uv society.
The Court conciooded with me, and
to wutist discharged the Kernel, amid
the acclatnashuns uv thejjerowd. The
event wuz sellebrated that afternoon by
whippin every nigger within a cirklc ol'
ten miles. The escrcjses did our people
good. It wuz soothin.
In the meantime John Podgers hed
gone afore a Justice uv the Peace and
made complaint uv Susan (that is the
name uv tliC r cmalc wich wuz the cause
uv the diflikulty,) €Z a vagrant, and she
wuz so declared by the Justis and put
up and sold. Under the circumstances
no one wood bid agin John, sad she wuz
stiuck off to him at SSO, wich the
tis under the pecoolyer circumstances uv
the case rcfooscd to take. I saw John a
marchin uv her home and felt happy.
The Kernel's gratitood was boundlis.
" Wat kin I do for you," said ho ring
ing my hand in a fever uv joy.
" Nothin !" pod I, " nothiu. Virchoo
is its own reward, liut our College is
languishin for wa.jt uv means— let yoor
gratitude take that shape."
He subscribed, and paid 8200, which
constitoots him a pcrpotooal Honorary
Professcr, and 8100 to make his wife a
pcrpotooal honorary Perfesscr. 1 bor
rowed 850 to take mc home, ez I coodent
uv coorse yoose College funds, anj de
parted 8350 bettor. I left regretfully.
Now that this portion uv the South is
gettin her rites, it is trooly a deliteful
place too live, and I should like to end
my days here. Hut my postoffis, and
that College! L kin never leave em,
never. To that College 1 hcv dedicated
the few reniainin years uv mi life, and
Pll never desert it so long cz thcrels a
dollar to bo raised for it out uv anybody-
PETBOLKUM V. NASBY, P. M.,
(Which is Postmaster.) aud likewise Pro
fessor uv Biblikel Politicks in the
Southern Classikle & Military lustU
toot.
BAITIZINO A SINNER. —OId Hilly G.
had attended a groat revival, and in com
mon with many others, he was "convict*
ed" and baptized. Not many weeks af
terward, one of his friends met him reel*
ing homo from the court ground with a
considerable brick in his hat.
•' llcllo, Uncle Billy," said his friend,
" I tho't you had joined the Churoh 112"
" So I did," answered Willy, making a
desperate effort to stand still; "so I did,
Jeems, and would a bin a good Baptist,
it they badn't treated me so evtrlastin'
mean at the water. Didn't you hear
about it, Jeems
" No, I never did."
'• Then, I'll tell you about it. You
sec, when we come to the baptizing piaec,
tbar was old Jinks, the ri :h old
who was to bo dipped at the same tine,
Well, the minister took the Squire in
first, but I didn't mind that much, as i
thought it would be jost as good when I
cum; soheiedhim in mighty careful,
and wiped his face and let him out.
" Well, then come my turn, and in
stead of lifting me out as he did the
Squire, be gave me one slosh, an 1 left mo
crawling around at the bottom like a mud
turtle—that's so, Jeems."
—Rev. Father Kcnuey,a Roman Cath
olic priest, of Dubuque, has announcod
his copversicu to the fa'lh.
NUMBER 10
GIRL-WHIPPING.
For several months the citizens of
Hoston and of Cambridge adjoining,have
been agitated with the question as to tho
propriety of whipping girls and young
ladies in school. A teacher iu one of
tho public schools of Boston was soma
time since brought before tho courts ori
the chargo < 112 administering a cruel and
humiliating chastisement to a younggirl,
buthe was sustained by the authorities.
A similar case occurred at Cambridge;
the scat of Harvard University, where a
ynung lady sixteen years of age was se
verely flogged. The late election of
school commissioners at the latter place
turned altogether on this point, and the'
anti-whippiiig-the girls candidates wero
elected by a very small majofity. Ths
discussion of the question is still kept up
in Anthens and tho surrounding parts,
and is carried on with no little warmth
pruuml run. Dr. Morrill Wyman, of
Cambridge, who has been one of the most
active in denouncing tho case of girf
whipping in that city, has published k
pamphlet setting forth the moral aid
physical reasons why corporal punish,
ment should not be inflicted upon girls,
lie says :
"Why should not girls bo treated as
boys? Because girls are not boys Ev
ery parent having children of both sex
es knows that they have moral charac
teristics that at once distinguish them
before they arrive at [the Fchool age.—
They are weaker in body and more sen*
sitive in feeling, and are more occupied
with tjie impression they make upon
others long before they know its value.
Tint delicate sense of propriety whieh
distinguishes tho woman has already tho
germ in tho girl. They soem to know
instinctively that they cannot rely upon
physical strength, and as instinctively
cling toothers for support and protec
tion. They are gentle, docile, confiding
and affectionate. .They exhibit these
gentler qualities at home and in school
in a thousand ways; they hasten to meet
their teacher as she approaches in thsi
morning; they run by her side, they
seize her hand, and evince their affec
tion by kisses upon her cheeks and roses
upoa ocr desk. The skillful and faith
ful teacher takes advantage of these qual
ities, especially of their docility, and so
mou'dj them that oorpural punishment $
net only unnecessary, but it is cruolty.
"Physobigically she is differs it and to
this I would most earnestly beg your at
tention. Her blood corpuscles are srtiaA
ler, her nervous a more delin
eate structure, ber brain is lighter, and
her muscles smaller; sbo is made for
quickness and vivacity, but not for
strcng:h and endurance. The same reas
ons which prevent her from sharing the
rougher games and plays of boys should
protect her from suffering the harsher
punishments of hoys. She is more sen
sitive to internal emotions and external
sensations; and I assert without fear of
contradiction, that no physician can bo
safely trusted to udvise for the preserva
tion of health or its restoration who dis
regards oven in the child the distinction'
of sex. The most eventful period of
her physiological life is spetrtin school?.
During this period there is not unfre
qucntly mental uneasiness, irritability
and depression, easily mistaken for pet«
ulance and defiance by the unwise, and I
greatly fear has sometimes produced pun
ishment for that, for which she is answer
able to her God alone.
"With a rapidity of development un.
known in the other sex, she Dccomcs a
woman, with all a woman's refined sensi
bilities, hopes and fears. She now in
stinct.ly knows that upon the good iui
presg|ion she makes upon others is base 1
her topes for the future. If her phisir
a) organization is sensitive, her spiritu : I
nature is doubly sensitive, and it is tTi ! i
that makes her what she is. It is in va i
to the number and weigh the
verity of the blows upon her person, ni
note the hours that elapse before ll
marks disappear. Her spirit is wcu:.u.
Ed, tit Js disgraced and degraded; jrn .
may not efface the consequences. 11 i
this that stirs the sensibilities and 1r.;.-
down the censure of the greater p.vt "■
the civilized world, and from none is
that censure more severe thau from rul
tivated women. Strike not a wow*,
even with a feather, is the motto of ■
ilization, and it is in accordance with ,:i >
spirit of Christianity also."
—An Anthens, Ga., paper says OIH
ihe great grievances of the South 11 >•
fore the war was that they were not u>
mitted togo with their negroes in'n th
territories. But it seems probih!o il> •:
may all be in the territories U. . <>
I ihe present Congress adjourns.
Who was Jonah's tutor ?—the c ..#
who bro ight him up.