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THE UNION.
DT MIIS. T. 11. IIEVERIDGE, OF TEXAS,
FREEMEN ! Sons of Patriot sires
Kindle now your altar tires;
UvioN, our song inspires,
liaise the strain to Heaven !
Fling our, banner to the. skyt
God beholds it from art high—
Watched by the all-seeing Eye,
It shall not be riven !
Think yo on the glorious time
When, in majesty sublime,
First upon our native clime
Freedom's star arose;
Tyranny, in threatening night,
Strove to quench its dawning light—
Foreign power and kingly might
All combined, our !ben !
Then, in halls, now old and greys
On Columbia's natal day,
Stood a band in firm array
With united breath;
In that dire, unequal strife,
With the fide of nations rife—
Pledging fortune—honour—life—
To Liberty—or Death
In their country's meted name,
From the north and south they came,—
One in heart, and one in aim,
Signed with steady hand
Freedom's glorious charter right,
Which, like lightning o'er the night,
Flashed—a tyrant power to blight,
Through the awakened land !
Master Spirit of the timc—
*WAstunoxon—with soul sublime,
Born, to save his native clime,
Bade them on! nor pause !
Sworn their rights no more to yield;
Stern and calm they took the field—
V:ctory's flaming sword to wield
In a righteous cause
Onward rolled that strife of years;
Dark and dread!—mid hopes and fears,
Widows' sighs and orphans' tears,—
Fearless still, and brave;
Side by side stood sire and son—
Patriot mothers urged them on;—
Courage ! and the victory's won !
God the right shall save
Patriots! of Godlike mould,
Unawed by power, unbought by gold
IV here the voice had been so bold
To name disunion awn
Dark had been that traitor's doom!
Life, a day of sullen gloom;
And death—a cold, dishonoured tomb
To that despised of men I
And such the fate forever be
Of him who would dismember Thee !
Ureut land of law and liberty,
Of brotherhood an 1 love !
Be rNioN through thy borders sung,
And echoed down front sire to son,—
That parting word of WASHINGTON
Columbia's Safeguard prove !
ffauttig
Be Patient with Children,
"Ye have need of pattrriVel" Nothing
can bo more true than this; and nothing is
more applicable to those who have to do
with boys and girls. There are so many
provocations which demand endurance, so
many faults which require correction ; so
much carelessness which provokes rebuke,-
and so much perverseness which calls for
firmness and control, that "teachers of
babes," if not of a temper absolutely an
gelic, need to have "lino upon lino—line
upop line, precept upon precept—precept
upon precept," to aid in the work which
has fallen to their lot.
There are so many temptations and ac
cessories to impatience, too. It is so easy
and so natural for the strong to tyranizo
over the weak! Absolute power is too
frequently abuseds and the power which a
parent or a teacher exercises over the
child, is so far absolute that immediate re
sistance can be rendered unavailing.—
True ' the parent has parental tendernese'
and love to restrain the impetuosity of im
patience, but the teacher has not; and if
parents are often, in spite of natural bar
riers, impetuous, what wonder that teach
ers are so too.
It is less trouble, so far as the present
time is concerned, to blame and scold, and
punish a child for negligence, stupidity, or
misconduct, than to explain, reason, and
instruct. It takes less time to box a boy's
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HUNTINGDON, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1852.
ears for being mischievous, or to push a
girl into a bedroom ""all by herself," for
being idle, or talkative, or troublesome;
than it does to investigate intentions and
motives, or to inquire into causes; and
we do not wonder that the patience of the
most patient sometimes gives way. But it
is not the less to be deplored when it does
give way. In one hour—in less time
than this—in one minute, evil may be
wrought which will undo the work of
months, o'r which years of judicious treat- 1
went will not obliterate.
Do we Say; their, that children should
1,4 . indulged and pampered, and their faults
overlooked? No: this again seems easier
to the self-indulgent parent and teach
er than the wearying work of constant
watchfulness and wise circumspection.—
But patience is as much required in the
avoidance of false indulgence, as in the ban
ishment of undue or injudicious severity.
It is easier, for the moment, to yield to
the wishes and dispositions of children,
than to oppose or regulate them. But
notwithstanding this, "Patience" should
"have her perfect work." oye teachers
of the young "ye have need of patience."
And not patience only. In the proper
exercises of discipline,
discrimination and
keen perception toast be united with it, or
even patience will fail. Perhaps no two
children in any given number are precisely
alike in formation of mind, disposition,
and
general capacity. One will be timid, an
other bold; ono sensitive, another obtuse;
one quick, another slow. In different
things, and at different times, the same
boy or girl may exhibit almost contradic
tory qualities, and yet there shall be noth , -
ing in all this that ought to be construed in
to a fault, or that should call for even a
rebuke. Patience here, will be lost in a
maze, to which discrimination alone can
furnish the clue. And that not always,
for we have the word of Inspiration to as
sure uS that "the heart is deceitful above
all thingst" but, in general, perhaps, the
heart of a child may be pretty correctly
read by those who do not, idly or contemp
tuously, negleCt his study.
At all events, it is better to bo credu
lous than Incredulous—better that, a child,
should ten times escape the just punish
ment of a fault through an excess of pa
tience, than be once unjustly punished
through want of discriminatieri: The memo
ry of the injustice will rankle id the soul,
and produce worse fruits there, tenfold; in
after years, than will spring from the con
sciousness of having committed faults in
numerable with impunity.
Teachers or parents never will or can
deal wisely with a child, unless they dis
pense with impulse, and serutanize, in eve
'ry possible way, what appears Worthy of
condemnation; and the best way to follow
out this scrutiny is mentally to change
places with the offender—to be it child
again—to divest ono's-self of all but a
childish judgment and capacity—to throw
back one's-self upon childish views and
feelings---and to submit to be guided by,
childish reasonings, and then after all, if
there be a doubt, to give the child the
benefit of that doubt.
But, 0, what a deal of trouble is all
this!
Very well, -, we are not thinking
about your trnble, but about the child's
good. Though, as to trouble, the best
way of doing anything, is the least trouble
some way in the end. But by trouble you
mean pains-taking, time and attention, and
regard to the ultimate object. Now,can any
thing in tho world, worth doing, be well
and properly accomplished without these?
Can a pudding be made, or a pig be fed;
or a beard be shaven without flick?
Trouble! Shame upon those who, un
der the selfish, but vain plea of saving
themselves trouble—present trouble—make
trouble for others in after years! Let
them do anything, be anything, rather
than teachers of the young.
Leaving Home.
I can conceive at no picture more inter
esting than one which might be drawn from
a young man leaving the home of his child
hood, the scene of all his early associations,
to try his fortune inn distant country, set
ting out alone for the 'forest.' A father
on the decline, the downhill of life, gives
his parting blessing, invoking the best gifts
of heaven to rest on his beloved offspring,
and to crown all his efforts with complete
success; tears gush from his eyes, and
words are forbid utterance. A kind, a
most affectionate mother, calling after him
as lie is departing from the parental abode,
& with all the dangers to which he is about
to be exposed rushing into, and pressing
upon her mind, she says : "Go, my son—
remember that thore is a right and a wrong
way." Her advice is brief. Language is
inadequate to the expression of the feelings
that there crowd on the mind of a virtuous
child. Every reader has known a ease of this
kind, and may have been the subject of one
in some respects similar. Here may be
found eloquence more touching to him to
whom it is delivered than even the orations
of Cicero or Demosthenes.
filtiticeitaitcotto:
Foithe Journal
Labor and Recreation.
While we are free to admit that employ
ment is essential to happineSS; and that
idleness is too frequently the parent of vice,
we cannot but think that many classes of
society are greatly overtasked, and are af
forded neither means of intellectual nor
physical recreation. There are thousands
of the poor, the honest, and industrious
poor, who toil on from year to year, until
bent by age or broken down by sickness,
and with scarcely a week in a lifetime
which they may call their own, and during
which they may indulge in innocent festiv
ity and harmless relaxation. This should
not be. There should be a season for all
things. Social enjoyment should not be
lost sight of—hours of leisure and recrea
tion should, if possible, be provided for all
classes and conditions of society. In this
country, we regard ourselves as eminently
happy and prosperous as a people. We
possess many advantages and comforts--
and yet, generally speaking, we aro money
loving and bard working in an eminent de
gree. Our system is one of toil. IVe find
it difficult to discover when we have enough.'
A moderate independence will not satisfy,
and thus we often find men who are in the
decline of life, still moving forward, as ea
ger to grasp and accumulate as ever, and
unwilling that those in their service should
pause even for a day or an hour, for the
purpose of recreation and amusement.—
They seem to think that the business of
all mankind is to work, not only from sun
to sun, but in many cases till midnight.—
Our public festivals are few and far be
tween. Our national holidays are rare.—
Labor occupies all minds and hands, either
mental or physical, and thousands annually
hurry themselves to an untimely grave,
who, if they would but pause accasionally,
endeavor to recruit their health and spir
its, and thus fit themselves for renewed
activity, would not only lengthen, but
brighten their lives. How often do we see
individuals with failing health, nay, totter
ing on the verge of the grave, t who are
nevertheless planning some worldly enter
prise calculated to increase their pins, and
devoting sinking energies to the accumula
tion of money, which they can never live to
enjoy ! The mistake that most of us make,
is—that we fancy that we are particularly
long lived.
" All men think all men mortal but thetncelves.'
We forget when we reach the age of fif
ty; that we have passed the better part of
human existence, and that from that peri
od forward, the chances are that WO shall
decline—ufall into the Sear and yellow
leaf"--that in less than half the period of
our previous existence, we shall in all pro
bability, lie among the clods of the valley.
The true philosophy of life is indeed sadly
negleisted. There are few who calculate
their real chances, measure their pecuniary
circumstances, and live not only with a
view of enjoying all Mental and physical
comforts as long as possiblebut with re
ference to anJther world. There are fet;
moreover, who aro wealthy and prosperous,
who deal in a spirit of generosity with their
workmen. We do not mean so much as
relates to wages, as to comforts, recreation
and enjoyment. The employer does not
sympathise sufficiently with the employed.
He is apt to regard himself as a superior
being, and to look down upon the other
without reference to his social wants, his
sensibilities, and his worldly joys and sor
rows. He argues that the man is a good
workman, and pays him his wages regu
larly; and thus he imagines lie has dischar
ged his whole duty. if lie should venture
to ask for a day or week of leisure, the act
is in too many cases regarded as a piece of
presumption; and the poor follow, although
lie may be worn with toil, is regarded with
an eye of suspicion. If he ventures to take
his little family to any place of amusement,
lie is denounced as idle and extravagant,
while there are some harsh and heartless
individuals who look upon such indulgence
as entirely out of place, and indeed alto
gether unbecoming a mere laborer. Alas!
fur such a miserable appreciation of the
tastes and affections of the children of toil.
Can we wonder at blunted sensibilities and
chilled perceptions, when to find so many
among the working classes, to whom a day
of real rest, repose, and enjoyment is in
deed a rarity and a luxury l Can we won
der at so much disease, and that death
claims so many victims within the period
usually assigned to the existence of man
Rather let us express surprise that so ma
ny survive—continue to drag on till old
ago is in possession of their faculties.
Physicians tell us that exercise, recrea
tion, are absolutely essential to health of
body as well as of mind. We know more
over, that nothing so presses upon the spir
its, so subdues and oppresses;.AS a . coaselesi
round of toil—a daily routine, that has no
bright and cheerful pauses, and which must
be kept up, in order to maintain our posi
tion and earn the wages so essential to the
families of the poor. But is not this <!Ys-.
tem cruel and unworthy a benevolent and
Christian people ? Should not some at
tention be bestowed upon means of recrea
tion for the masses? Should not life be
brightened with more social sunshine ?
Should not our philanthropistS, when devi
sing plans for the welfare and prosperity
of the human family, call out the affections,
provide. innocent festivals, furnish popular
tecreations„ and, thus take away some of
the gloom and depression, which are so apt
to accompany Unceasing and health de
stroying toil? The life of man is at best,
but a sped. A few short years, and we
are gone. While due attention should be
paid to the duties of family and society-=-
while due preparation should be made for
a future state—something should also be
done for the recreation, the enjoyment, the
amusement of the millions—something cal
culated to teach the laboring man that he
is not a mere physical machine—an instru
ment in the hands of a master, but a senti
ent, social, cheerful and affectionate being
—capable not only of working and suffer
ing, but of reflecting and enjoying—some
thing suited,. in the language of Burns
"To make him quite forget his hibM. Mid
his toil." ALONZO.
Birmingham, September, 1852.
A Beautiful Sketch.
We are indebted to a writer in the Chi
cago Journal for the following sketch of a
domestic scene that cannot fail to touch a
chord in every parent's heart :
Yesterday we saw a wagon loaded with
wheat coming into town—nothing strange
in that, certainly. A man driving the
'team, and a woman perched on a load be
side him, and a child throned in the wo
man's lap—nothing strange in that either.
And it required no particular shrewdness
to discover that the woman was the prop-,
crty—personal, of course—of the man, and
that the black-eyed round-faced child was
the property of both of them. So much
we saw—so much we suppose every bcdy
saw, who looked. It is a fair inference
that the wife came in to help her husband
"trade ont" a portion of the proceeds of
the wheat, the product of so much labor,
and so many sunshines and rains. The
pair were somewhere this side—a fine point
of observation, isn't it ?—this side of forty,
and it is presumptive, if blessed like their
neighbors, they left two or three at home
"to keep house," while they came to town
—perhaps two girls and a boy, or, as it is
immaterial to us, two boys and ono girl.--
Well, follow the pair in and through, until
the wheat was sold, the money paid, and
then for the trade. The baby was shifted
from shoulder to shoulder, or sat down up ,
oh the floor, to run into mischief, lilce a
sparkling globule of quicksilver on a mar
ble table, while calicoes wore priced, sugar
and tea tasted, and plates "rang." The
good wife looks askance at a large mirror
that would be just the thing for the best
remn, and the roll of carpeting, of most'
becoming pattern, but it won't do,
they
must wait till next year. Ali ! there is
niusie in those next years, that orchestras
Cannot make. And so they look, and price
and purchase the summer supplies, the hus
band the while eyeing the roll of bank
notes growing small by degrees and beau
tifully less. Then comes "aside" confer
ence, particularly confidential. She takes
him affectionately by the button, and looks
up itt his face--she has fine eyes, by the
by—with an expression eloquent of "do now;
it will please them so." And what do you
Suppose they talk of? Toys for the chil
dren; John wants a drum, and Jane a dill,.
and Jenny a book, all prctures, "jilt like
Susan so-and so's." The father looks
"nonsense;" and feels in his pocket for the'
required silver, and the mother, having
gained the point, hastens away, baby and
all, fur the toys. There nets the in - other
—she had half proinied, not all, flat the
would bring them something, and she is
happy all the way home,
not for the bar
gains she made, but for the pleasant
surpris..? in those brown parcels. And you
aught to have been there when she got
home, when the drum, and the doll, and
the books were produced--and thumped,
and cradled, and thumbed—wasn't it a
great house? Happiness is so cheap, what
at wonder there is no more of it in the world.
After Jenny Lind had been intro
duced to Diniel - Webster, she is reported
to have said, "I have seen a man;" and so,
after ono has heard a chorus by Handel
rightly interpreted, he may say, "I have
hearkl a chorus."
[L - A. man may bo secretary oT coven
reform societies, and secretly commit the
seven deadly sins all the while.
Tr" Surely some people mast knovi
themselves; they never think about any
thing else.
fl'_r Milk, so nutritious when taken as
food, if injected - into the veins acts as a
deadly poison.
p- The greatest truths aro tho sim
plest; so are the greatest men and women.
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The Advertising Principle.
By the agency of the press, revolutions
take place, tyranny and oppression are van,
quished, and liberty and intelligence erect
ed upon their ruins. Thus it is with adver
tising. Through its instrumentality, quacks,
ignorant pretenders and impostors are de- 7
throned, the people are undeceived, and the
worthy and meritorious supply their places.
The system is already in extensive ope
ration throughout the United states, and in
fact the moral world. But vastly more can
yet be accomplished through its wonderful
instrumentality. Let its march be a pro
gressive one; One in accordance with the
spirit of the age, nod we will shortly see a
great, a mighty revolution in the business
affairs of our country. Under its broad and
radiant banner, our people will march for
ward in,tlie road of progress.--.-industry will
thrive, labor receive its just reward; taktit
be appreciated, worth and merit sustained
—and the mass of society be blessed with
everything valuable and useful.
Until this is accomplished, much remains
to be done. The worth, the talent, the in
dustry, enterprise, and the vast resources of
our country, are not yet fully developed,
and until they are thus exhibited to the
world, we have failed to reach the Fonith
of our glory in regard to true. riatiohal
greatness and distinction. If the adverti
sing principle be extensively practised up
on, it will as certainly produce many, if
not all these results, as that causes pro
duce effects—and thus secure to ourselves
and posterity the most lasting and endu
ring blessings. . . s..
. . .
Ho who contributes to no newipapers by
advertising or subscription, or but sparinif
ly, excludes himeslf from the world, ail
resembles the rustic who seldom leaves his
native woods, when on his semi-centennial
vistit to the city. He is liable to become
the prey of sharpers, to have old-fashioned
and inferior goods palmed upon him at ex
orbiant rates, even after lie has been wan
dering all over town, like a ship without a,
compass for an uncertain port, and incur
ring trouble, loss of time, money and' do
mestic comforts. His merchandise becomes
dusty; stale; and antiquated; ioxfaiiis itt
its post steadfast as the hills to salute the
daily sunlight, and is abandoned by his re
spected friends. Such an one is persona
ting Casper Hauser in trade. His thrifty
neighbor long before discovered that an
ascetic life was fatal to a merchant; and
that his dumb stock could not advertise
itself very generally. By plying the pro
per means, lie has enlarged his store, in
creased his capital and business, employed
more help; and all this adds to his income.
His frequented' stand assumes the appear
ance of a bee hive rather than that of a de
serted mansion. Affluence is his destiny.
[Palmer's Philadelphian.
Physiological Facts.
•
The following physiological facts were
translated from a French Scientific Jour
nal :
"The average height of a man and wo
man at birth; is generally sixteen inches.
In each of the twelvc.years after birth,
one twelfth is added to the stature each
year. Between the age of twelve and twen
ty the growth of the body is slower; and it
is still further diminished after this, up to
twenty-five, the period of a maximum
growth. In old age the height of the bo
dy diminishes on the average about three
IneliCs. The height of a woman varies less
than that of a man, in different countries.
The average weight of a mile infant is
about. sever lbs.; of a female, aboUt six and
a half pounds. The weight of an infant
decreases a few days after its birth, till it
is a week old. At the end of the first year,
the child is three times as heavy as when
it is born. At the age of seven years, it is
twice as heavy as when a year old."
Flat Hoof's for Houses.
All the new boUses which have been
built in New York recently, have what are
I termed flat roofs, the root' is nearly level,
and slants but slightly from one side to
the other: The huge old peaked roof are
fast disappearing; we wonder how they ev
er came into use. The inventor of then)
'Mist have been a man full of conical ideas.
The flat roofs are covered with tin and
well painted. If a fire takes place in a
building, ' it is easy to walk and work on
the flat roof, so as to eaunnand the fire; if
it be in the adjacent buildings; this cannot
be done on peaked roofs„ Flat roofs are
cheaper and more convenient in every re
spect. We advise all those who intend to
'build now houses to have flat, roofs on
them. It is bettor to have a MIA story,
at the top of a building than a peaked
cramped up garret, which is only comforta- '
ble for travelling on the hands and knees;
BCverM houses in Europe have been
built with their roofs as reservoirs for wa
ter. It is valuable in case of fire, or for
domestic purposes; a large quantity of rain
water being generally ready for usee--Sci
entifte SeicHcan.
(10 — The more we help others to bear
theii burdens, the lighter our own will be.
VOL. 17, NO. 44.
Vouthr'
GUARDIAN ANGELS.
BY J. L. CARPENTER.
Guardian angels! do we doubt them!
, Night by bight and day by day,
Could ye gitide otir steps without them,
Where would cling fancy stray?
Every noble thought that's spoken,
Every smile and every sigh,
Are they not n sign- 7 n token—
That some iiiar'clian angel's night
Guardian angels, hovering o'er us,
Keep the soul, in mercy, pure;
had we not bright hope before us,
Could we this frail world endure
Then be sure that ever near us
Voices come from forms unseen,
Breathed by angels sent to cheer us,
Watching earth and heaven between
A Bird Story.
THAT ardent admirer of nature, Mn.e
Child, tells a pretty anecdote about a,
family of swallows which she was acquain
ted with.. 'kTwo ban swallows," she says,
"came into our wood-shed in the spring
time. Their busy, earnest twittering led
tne.to• suspect they, were looking out
building spot; but as a carpenter's bench.
was under the window, and very frequent-.
ly hammering, sawing and planing were
going on, I had little hope that they
' would choose a location under our roof.—
To my surprise, however, they soon began.
to build (9 the crotch of a beam over the.
open doorway. f Was delighted, and
spenktnore time watching than 'penny-wise'.
people would have approved. It was, in
fie; a beautiful little drama of domcstio
love. The mother bird was so busy, and
so important; and her mate was so atten-.
tive! Never did any newly-married coup
le take more satisfaction with their firsti
nicely-arranged drawer of baby clothes,
than they did in fashioning their little wo
ven cradle.
The father bird scarcely ever left the
side of the nesL There lie was, all the.
day long; twittering in tones that wore
most obviously the outpourings of Jove,—
Sometimes he would brifig,in a straw; or.
hair, to be interwoven in the previous lit
tle fabrie, fine day my attention was ar
rested by a very imuStuil _twittering, and I
saw him circling round, with a large chow-,
ny feather in his bill. He bent over the,
unfinished nest, and offered it to his mate
with the most graceful and loving air ima
ginable; and when she put up her mouth
to take it; he mural, forth such a gust of
gladzonto sound? It seemed as if pride,
and affection had swelled his heart till .
it was almost too bin: ' for his little bosom. ,
When the young became old enough to,
fly, anybody *dulit have laughed to watch
the manceuvres of the pa renti! Such a
chirping and twittering! Such diving down
from the nest, and flyinc , up again! Such
wheeling round in circles, talking to the
young ones all the while! SuCh clinging
to the sides of the shed with their sharp
claws,to show the timid little fledgelings that
there was tae need of falling! For three
days all this was carried on with increas
ing activity. It was obviously an infant
flying school. But all their talking and
fussing was of no avail. The little things
looked down, then looked up, but alarmed
at the infinity of space, sunk down note the
nest again. At length: the, Rarentti
.. grew
impatient, and stuninonecl, their neighboirs.
As I was picking up chips ono day, I
found my * head encircled by a swarm of
swallows. They flew np to the nest, and
jabbered away to the young ones; they
clung to the walls, looking back to toll how
the thing was done; they dived, and iviieeb ,
ed, and balanced, and floated, in a manner.
beautiful to behold." The pupils were evi
dently. pouch excited.. They jumped on the
edge of the nest, and twittered, and shook
their feathers, and waved their wings, and
then hopped back again, saying, 'lt's pret
ty sport, but we can't do. it.' Three times
the neighbors came and repeated their
graceful lesson. The third time, two of
the young birds gave a sudden plunge
downward, and then fluttered and hopped
till they Nlited on a small upright
And oh! such praises as were warbled by.
the whole troop! The air was filled with
their joy! Some were flying around, swift
as a ray of light; others were perched on
the hoe handle and the teeth of the rake;
'multitudes clung to the wall, after the .
fashion of their protty kind, and two were
swinging, in the most graouful style, on a
pendant hoop. Never while nietuory lasts,'
shall I forget the swallow party."
1(.7' The Ainerican population of Liberia
is now about 8000, inhabiting a territory
over 800 wiles of coast. They have but
about twenty cities and towns. They
have wade treaties by which one hundred
thousand natives are brought under their
laws and nearly a million have abandoned
the slave traffic. The money to &wow
plish this good has not exoseued a
and a half of dollars. The society calls far
additional aid in their good werk,