Huntingdon journal. (Huntingdon, Pa.) 1843-1859, November 04, 1852, Image 1
BY J. A. HALL. TERMS OF PUBLICATION: THE " HUNTIItODON JOURNAL" is published at the following rates, viz: f paid in advance, per annum, fk1,50 I f paid during the year, 1,75 If paid after the ekpiration of the year, • 2,50 To Clubs of five or more, in advance, • • 1,24. ' ,T HE above Terms will be adhered to in all cases. No subscription will be taken for a less period than li*uriontlis, and no paper will be discontinued Ott il all Itrrearages are paid, unless at the option of he publiAer. Vortical. 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 nn - tinabti/ 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. , i m4 0 - ft i o 44 11 4 , . Y-t/ 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,