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THE ATHEN
POST.
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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
TEI13IS:
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ATHENS. FRIDAY, FEB. . I8&0.
San Francisco, Dec. 29, 1849.
You will learn by the papers ol the des
tructive fire which lias just occurred here.
At one lime all hope of saving any part ol
the city was given up by every one As ii
wan, it burnt gambling houses, hotels, re
staurants, offices, s'otes, tents, dwelling
houses, bowling alleys, store sheds, and
lumber yards. It rained and blew a gale
for three weeks up to the time of the fire.
That morning was the most calm and
pleasant conceivable. The next day it a
gain commenced to rain and blow. Ii was
one of the most remarkable instances ever
witnessed of the visitation of the Almighty,
eweeping, as it did, the principal and no
torious, as well as the 6rst gambling estab
lishments, where night and day, Sundays
and week days, openly, uublushingly and
boastingly, did Ihey violate the laws of
totli God and man. Many have been ru
ined by the fire, and yet the rebuilding
commenced the very morning1 after it oc
curred. The message of the Governor of New
Jersey is a remarkable document of the
kind for this year. It does not contain one
word on the subject of national ipolittcs
has not one single apostrophe of horror
about slavery no word of commendation
of the Wilmot Proviso. Coining from the
'Executive of a free Stale, rt may be set
down as a phenomenon. The name ol
this remarkable Governor is Haines.
An association has been formed in New
York called the Pro-Unionist and Anti
Abolition Society, whose object w the ex
posure of the ends and aims cf fanaticism,
and the right of the South and only the
South, to mnage its internal allairs and
government; and to contrast the ine
quality, misery and poverty of !ree whites
with the condition of slaver.
The original manuscript of the Farewell
Address of Washington was disposed of at
public auction, at Philadelphia a lew e.ays
since, for the sum of two thousand three
hundred dollars. The Itrt.M. Uoardman
was the purchaser.
A farmer in Rhode Island, now 52 ye.iis
of age, states that he lined with his father
:ill 22 years of age; that his lather never
gave him but G cents spending money, and
nothing superfluous but one pair of boots;
that at the age of 25 he was married, and
has brought up a lannly ol 15 children, 13
or whom are now living, the youngest is 2
years old; lhaj the children of sufficient age
have had a fair educaiion; that he has never
owed mote than h? could pay an hour's
notice, arel lias never paid over 20 cent.
nit:res! money; and is now woilii a Inile
moiu-i'v, notwithstanding l,e commenced
without capital, and his heallii lor the lat
(en years has not allowed h.m lo do a full
day's work.
POMGAMT AT THE SALT L.AKE. Til
New Orleans Delta publishes a letter from
(he Salt Lake, the capital of the Mormons
of Deseret, in which the writer confirms
the statement previously made, that, under
the Mormon martial law, a man may have
a many wives as be can support. He
says the successor of Joe Smith, is a man
by the name orBrigham Young. He is a
very shrewed fellow, about 45 years of age
and is better off than any of the rest of the
aims, as he hie twenty -six wires. Others
have eleven, fire, three and two. The
aame writer say that tbe only lie that binds
these people together is bigamy.
It it understood that, hy the will of the
late President Polk, the whole of his slaves
re to be liberated on the death of his wile.
"Am I not a little pole?" inquired a lady
who was rather short and eorpulent, or a
crusty old bachelor. "You look more like
a big W lhe b,um
Keep hint at least three pace distant
Who bites musk aod the laugh of a child.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington , Feb. 10.
The Representatives from the State of
California arc here, I had the pleasure to
meet Dr. Gwin, Senalor elect, this morn
iiie. The Representatives elect, Mr.
Wright and Air. Gilbert, are hero, Col.
Fremont is unhappily detained at Panama,
by the Illness of his w ife, and I regret to
learn that she was thought to be in danger.
The Repiesentatives from California
have had a long road to travel to this seat
ol Federal Government; but they will have
a longer road and a rougher one, 1 fear, to
travel, before Ihey get their seats.
I am bound to stale lads, howevor disa
greeable they may be to the narrator. The
propositions and discussions on the subject
of slavery here tend not Jo conciliation, but
to exasperation. I know of no compromise
which has been suggested, that will heal
wounds already indicted none that will
not aggravate (hem. The prospect is that
the Southern men, or, rather, a majority of
them, will tesist appropriations, alter the
Revenue and Census bills, until the whole
subject in controversy be settled. I have
stated this before. But lest you should
deem it a mere suggestion, elicited from
the heat of excited discussion, I may state
that Mr. Clingman, yesterday, announced
to his friends, smong whom was the writer
of this, that the propositions made in his
speech would be carried out that he was
certain that he had forty-five members lo
go with hiin. If, said lie, we have a col.
lision, we do nut mean to have the army
and navy against us.
Mr. Clingman is, hy some cf his South
ern friends, considered as rash and extrav
agant; but, I must say, that, in view of his
whole course and object, he is right. His
object is to show to the Northern men that
the South is in earnest; and I know that he
has brought Northern men to a stand. He
takes the only course which can preserve
the Union, nr rather the harmony ol the
Union; for dissolution, other than theoreti
cal, cannot take place, at least, without
civil war.
I am happy to turn from this view to
another, which shows that the North is
awakening lo a proper sense of the danger
and difficulties of the crisis. A Northern
Senator shewed lo me, to day, a number
ol his letters from various parts of the
country alt ol which deprecated the Wil
mot Proviso, or any kindred measures.
I read one very able letter from a Wes
tern Judge, an old Federalist, which was
as sound as it was lucid, in exposition of
constitutional principles, on this subject;
and going far aitead of Mr. Clay, he shows
that the abolition of slavery in the District
ol Columbia is uncoHitilulional. I read
letters, loo, from prominent Whigs, which
are fraught with just sentiments. I notice,
however, that there is a leaning on the pari
of the northern Whigs towards Gen. Tay.
lor's policy. One letter is from a source
which I respect, and I give lhe following
sentence Irom it, lo wit: "As hopeful as
you are, always, of lhe prevalence of the
belter impulses ol men, you will scarcely
anticipate so '.borough a determination of all
the well disposed among us, to take a
t!Kve truly national position on questions
connected with slavery." This is fron a
Willi;, and io a Wtiij. A Pennsylvania
D inocratK! member .i.l'ered to show me,
lo day, iriimiiers of letters.
The Northern men with whom I con
verse, all say that ihey are urged to go
ag'ainsiihe Wilmot Proviso, and nol one
letter have they received in favor ol il. I
except, of course, the small faction of
Abolitionists, cf whom I know nothing,
other than the rumor, in the papers, that
Ihey are gelling up a convention, to meet
in June.
Be assured that no Wilmot Proviso can
Has die House, lo sav nothing ol the
Senate.
Bui, to turn again lo Southern views. I
have heatd ol a letter, and I do not feel ai
liberty to say anything of lhe parties to il,
which exhibits, in a definite manner, the
views and intentions ol lhe South.
This morning, some of Mr. Calhoun's
friends called upon him, foi the purpose of
saying that lhe Senate would cheerfully
assign to him any lime that he would des
ignateforthe purpose of speaking. Mr.
Calhoun replied that he felt able lo speak
now, but he thought it better to defer it for
a few days. He did not wish, he said, to
reply lo any one. He desired to express
bis own views. He remarked that be was
now satisfied that lhe people of lhe South
were ahead of (heir leaders in movements
on this subject.
The Senators indicated by Mr. Butler, in
his speech, as those who originated the
Southern Address, last winter, were Mr.
Mooter, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Turoey.
'I he Revenue Collection Bill has been a
fruitful source of debate in the House. Mr.
Holmes, of So. Ca., has taken a prominent
pari id it, and in support of lhe commercial
interests. The bill will be disposed of to
morrow. Cor. Char. Cow.
ATHENS, TliNN., FitlDAV, FJ3B11UA11Y 22, 1850.
A GLANCE INTO IS50.
Being gifted with a strength and perspi
cacity of mental vision equal to the com
bined power of two refractory telescopes,
we propose "standing on this bank and
shoal of Time" to lake a sight at futurity,
and make a note ol such events as may be
floating about there wailing iheir turn lo
rappen. Futurity being as dim as if light
ed by the New York Gas Company, we
must not be exppctcd to get daguerreotype
likenesses of things to come. Outline
sketches are all that we can promise, and
our readers imagination must do lhe filling
in.
The first event visible in lhe dii'ance,
and about half between this and 1S51, ap
pears to be a funeral procession. Hale
and P. King, are carrying iiie deaJ body
of i'Free Soilism" out of the Capitol,
with Giddings following as chief mourner.
On the coffin-lid is inscribed, "Killed by
Honorable Compromise;" and some wag
has chalked on the backs of the cofh'nbear
ers and chief-mourners' "Othello's occu
pation's gone." Farther on and not quite
so distinct, we observe Uncle Sam and
John Bull shaking hands across tho River
San Junn. and a dirlv-lookinsr darkey,
inn. n,..r crown, nmlisinir himself
with eating a big cake of gingerbread, and
drinking a jorum of arrack punch, which
they have just treated him to, in exchange
for the fee simple of a right of way over
lhe mosquito bars in lhe stream. The Ju
stness seems to be sett'ed to the satisfac
tion of all parties the royal sucker inclu
sive. At a still greater distance, close up
on the line of 1851, we observe a series of
tremendous explosions going on at San
Francisco we suppose Hie place to lie
San Francisco from the fact, lhat many ol
the inhabitants are walking Spanish.
Whew ! what n dust is being kicked up.
Real estate, which seems lo have been
blown up sky-high, is coming down by lhe
rlin, and the nabob of yesterday, (i. c. fu
turity's yesterday) is without a bob lo.-day.
Whole numbers of inhabitants are reduced
lo vulgar fractions, and bursted individu
als lie in tiers, damning their eyes on eve
ry side. The scene is loo awful we'll
look no more. We have already strained
our mental optics, and find chat penetrating
luturity with a "gitnblet eye" is consider
able of a bore. JV. Y. Sunday Times.
Ladv Miners in California.--A young
man Irom Maine, writing to his friends
from California, says Ins party found, near
the Sacramento, and almost thirty miles
from any other digging, two intelligent and
beautiful young ladies, with no attendant
except an old grey-headed negro, whom
I they had enticed to accompany them, and
who is the servant of lhe father of one ol
them. The eldest of thefe girls was not
twenty. It seems Iheir imaginations had
become excited by the gold dcries which
ihey had heard, and they had determined
lo iry iheir hands nt making a fortune.
The old negro was past work, and was left
in the camp during lhe day, lo look after
the household a flairs and keep watch, while
lhe girls pursued (lie ir mining operations.
When lhe patty reached their camp, the
old darkey was alone in it, but the girls
came in during the day, and received their
visitors hospitably. They expressed no
fear of being molested or rubbed, ana said
that they should leave for home when they
had accumulated 8 lO.l'OO they had alrea
dy gathered 7.000. They were ffom
Florida, and the youngest ran away from
school lo enter upon the expedition.
A Sensible Jc doe. Judge Edmundn,
of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in lhe
city of New York, on entering on the trial
of lhe Aslor House rioters, laid down the
rule that the juror need not answer lhe
qcestion whether or not he had formed an
opinion in lhe case. It is, said lhe Court,
like asking a witness whether he himself
has not been guilty of an impropriety, as
it would be manifestly wrong lor a juror
lo make up, without hearing the evidence,
an opinion in tbe case. The Judge also
alluded lo lhe great delay and injury, here
tofore, to public justice Irom jurors, even
by the hundred, haying been set aside be
cause they had read accounts of the I ran sac
lion in the newspapers, lhe effect of which
was that, instead ofmencfinteiligence and!
information being obtained to assist in the
administration of the law, oftentimes the
most ignorant are brought up. It has been
(aid that the minds of jurors ought to be
perfectly free and unbiased, when empanel
led, as a sheet of white paper. That is
utterly impossible in a community where
there are so many newspapers and so many
people that can read ihem.
Who cao look upon lhe tears of the
motherless aod the fatherless, as tbe bleak
winds of winter howl terror inio tbe ears
of sorrow itself, aod say as he clutches the
money io his band, "all this is mine!"
l would be well il many had suffered once
in poverty, for then many a heart would
know its duly.
Circumstantial Evidence. In a plea
for tin; suspension of publiu opinion in the
case of men charged with crime, as in the
case of Dr. Webster, of Boston, until lhe
result of a legal investigation has been at
tained, the Journal of Commerce remarks :
Men do noi reflect that circuiiisinn ces
may appear terribly against an innocent
man. The rase ol the Hournes, Vermont,
has not escaped the recollection of our old
er renders. They were tried and condemnl
to deaih for the murder of llussel Colvin.
The sentence of one of them was commu
ted lo'imprisonnient for life, and he was
.11 fill - -.1.
alreauy in iaiaie prison nt taoor. i lie oui-
er awaited execution. The remains of the
murdered man had, as was supposed, been
dr:itrt "d, but nails, and bones, and but.
toiis from his clothes were found and iden-
tilicd. A few days before lhat named lor
lhe execution ol the condemned man. Rus
sel Colvin entered town, alive and well."
The Boston Transcript says the Journal
omits to mention the most marvellous fea"
ture in this case, which was, that the nc
cuscd persons themselves finally confessed
the murder, their minds having been
wrought upon by some worthy religious
people, who actually drove them lo the bn-
' lief iu their 0T n Slllilt.
Setfi.e Ofie:.-. When you commence
business beware of giving long credits.-
Sell generally for the cash, and trust only
when there is a certainly that you will be
paid. Long credits are the ruin of young
merchants. They wish to do a large bu
siness and are apt to sell to those who will
nol pay for years, and perhaps never- How
can they live hy trusting? Settle as often
as once a year twice a year would be
heller and know lo n moral certainly
just where you stand. The trouble with
many is, they wish to do loo much busi
ness, and not having the requisite capital
to credit, they fail in n short time and are
ruined.
Another good reason why you should j
settle nflen is the avoidance of dlflicullies.
law suits, and the loss of friendship. Who
ever attempted to settle a long account
without trembling- for the result. How lew
have been satisfied thai they have had all
the articles charged to them? Who can
remember win I be purchased after lhe
lapse ol a few years? "Long credits make
short friends." Remember this-, uwl on
no consideration, whatever, sufiVr yourac
counts to remain ua.ettlel beyond a
twelvemonth. Olive Brunch.
Nodi.e Act ok a Giki.. An incident
has been related to us exhibiting unusual
ihoughtfutness and caution, if not heroism,
on lhe part of a young girl, that decerves
more liian a passing nniice. A few eve
nings ago, just alter ilr.ik, a young female
residing on lhe railrun!, nenr Sykesville,
observed that the rain had caused a part
of the embankment to give way, and en
tirely cover up lhe railroad track. Know
ing lhat the train of cars would pass along
in a short time, she hastily and ah.'iie pro
cured a light, r.nd fet In work lo remove
the obstruction. I.) a ft w minutes, how
she heard the train approaching nt a lear
ful rate, caJ abandoning her humane ef
forts to clear the track, she took hersniii'in
in the middle of the roaJ, and by waving
the light lo am! fro, succeeded iu attract
ing the nttcn:i.;a of the engineer, who im
mediately stopped the engine. In a lew
moments mere, had it not been for the
great presence of mind, courage ami
ihoughlfulners, of this young sirl, the
whole train iniihl have been dashed lo pie
ces. Her nchle conduct is deserving of
the highest reward Clijipcr.
A centlenian informed u.s yesterday that
the cholera had broken out in Washington,
parish of St. Lrtndry, and that, in lour days,
nine white perrons had died ol mat disease.
The Opelousas t iazeile of the 20ili ultimo,
confirms thi information ol lhe apper.r.-ncn
of the matadv in Washington, ami exhort"
its readers to lake precautions to ward ofl"
its attacks. Acie Oi lcans paper.
Reader, did you ever see a couple ol
viperous old maids sit down and dissect a
character for several hours, and, afier con
cluding lhe delightful task of picking it
well in pieces, unite in a protestation a-
gainst the wickedness of slander? Or have
S u never know., a person to spend I
a evening ridiculing lhe follies and fo.-
btes Ol n neiguoor, wnose greairsi laun,
you were toid, was thai of baekhilinf
flow very consistent some people are!
A clasp lo fasten lhe bed clolhts lo lhe
bedstead, and keep re-liess husbands from
"kicking lhe kiver off" their spouses, Ue..
has leen invented in New York.
Swallowing Poison.- If poison should
be swallowed accidenily, take two table
spoosfulls of giound mustard mixed in
warm water. Ii will operate as an instan
taneous emetic.
The Democrats of the Indiana Legisla
ture have appointed a committee, Robert
Dale Owen chairman lo address Gov. Jo
seph Lane on the subject ofi he presidency.
'taa-Jui'iiBnnunuuuji
A Yankee r.xrr.in.MENT. The Lviin
News, a rprtshtly Yankee exchange, says:
"If some of the younsr men who Iliivo a
strong desire in go lo California, with the
hope uf netting rich, would voluntarily
subject themselves, at home, lo some of tbe
lir.nMiips ami privations which they will
be compelled to endure in California, he
illusion which attracts them lo (he land of
cold would soon he di-pelkd, and they
j won!. I he less raer to leave iiie cnm'nri
of lioine, for lhe privations of the Iiie l
nolil hunter. Take the three hundred ;lol-
ars whi :li a
I .
passaue lo San Frat'i.'iseo
lo it Hip amount of riidne
costs, ninl aili
which an indnsliious and
steady yuns .
mnn can earn during lhe lime ol the v
sage, and a cood beginning will
lor Hip accumulation of a fortune. Then
live out of doors, away from any to vn or
dwelling house, in a lent, without any cost
for clothe?, and the other comforts which
are not to he obtained in California; nnd
by such means money oould lie laid tip
here, as rapidly perhaps as in California.
But it is a question, which seems never
to enter into the calculations of lhe emi
grants to the land of their golden dreams,
whether wealth, when it is purchased nt
the cost of so many comforts nnd conve
niences, and at so great a hazatd of health
and life, can be considered as cheaply pro
cured. Wealth is desirable; but how many
things are. of greater worth 1
Ak Im itation. "Mother," said Jemi
ma Spry lo her venerable maternal rela
tive, "Sam Flint wants to come courtina
me lo-nisht." "Well you jade what did
you lell him?" "Oh, I told him he might
come; I wauled to see luw the fool would
net .'"
Virtue. The creations oTihe sculptor
may mould into dust; the wealth of the
bard may wither thrones of conquorors
may be shivered hy an opposition power
into atoms the fume of the warrior rnav
no longer he hymned by the recording!;''"'
! niinslrel; the Imp
tuny be uisappoiniru
but that which halluvca the cottage an J
sheds a glory-around the palace virtue,
shall never decay. Ii is celebrated by the
angels ol God It is written on the pillars
of heaven, and red-Tied down to earth.
"Little bov, how many kinds of fire are
are there ? "Four, sir." "What are they
called?" "Wood-fire, coal-fire, ciiin-fire,
and fire away like fury."
Cii n u'tf.i; We may judge of a
man's character by what he loves what
pleases him. If a person manifests de
light in low and sordid (ihjpcts the vul
irar song and debasing language in the
misfortunes of his fellovrs, or cruelty lo
animals, we may at once determine lhe
complexion of his character. On lhe con
trary, if he loves purity, modesty, truth
if virtuoin pwrsmti engage his heart and
draw out his iifivctions We are satiffird
that he n an upright man.
SAfini'icn of Hi m f.it'i: in War.
A l'aiisiiii) paper, (I, a l'rcsse.) which
enjoys a larger circulation than any
olipT journal iu Murom-, has recently
presented tin appalling picture of the;
results H' Modem wars. It :ippear
lhat one million two hundred tlioii;nni
men enrolled in the armies of France
in LSOo. only lUO.OOO were alive in
1SI1; and that between 17!)1 and
1;.'5. -Jl years, no less than 1.500,001)
Frenchmen were blown lo pieces by
'Million, translixed by b lyouets, bt o't
down hv iinisKclcers, or slam iv
S1 i
lu es or broa Is words, i'et, hv
all tlilS I
sacrifice, she did not gain permanent ,
possession ol one squue luenoi giouiKi,
bevond her loinier territorial limits.
The London Times, by way of com
mentary on these horrible statistics,
computes that the loss of the allies in
the war which cost I ranee so much
blond, was about 10.000,000 men cut
to pieces m mo prime en inc. mi
much (or the wars of royal butchers.
Jliiihl a temple to Ambition,
llae it in an empire's neck,
Ye, who bmv in ue-ek submission
At a sceplrp d t rant's beck.
Senieh earth's bosoul fur lhe slaughtered,
And wiih hones lhat lh re be In I
Ol Hip millions il h.m martyred,
IMclhe ghastly pyramid."
I.tFB in Cami'orma. A person
wriiing lo the ,. O. Delta from San
Francisco says: "Almost tl.e lirst per
mm I metoinny arrival was the Uev.
Dr. Farley under whose preaching
I have sat for years will) a box un
der his arm, peddling patent medi
cine in the streets! He has now got
II ! (I - .
along so we:i in iiie worm a, io open
nn eating house, and tells me that he I
is doing well. I also saw, a few days' pco-i. It ws tue l.ijicg themselves, how-
ngo. Col. Nanford, aid to the Cover-ever, who were Urns unanimous nobody
nor ami Solicitor General of Georgia. ''' of course, believes n.
engaged nt a dollar an hour, beating! '
n l:i8 .Irnm. t. call nponlfl torrethorl .,(,.us.,Hr.,nus, ,lir'e, as the fellow said
t an auction." r
Volume s. number 74.
Wi ki:i) Imposture. The follow
in;; from a New York paper, exposes
a pinciico which appears to be quite
common in our large cities, and some
of our small ones too. Wo aro not
quite sure that a profjssionallj Italian
female, wit!) similar appliances, was
net in our miJst some 3 or 4 weeks
a0 I
"iVo (toHhi many of our citizens have
not ii-e.i a wrctelieil Italian woman sit
tin;: at the street corners with a pale,
s:.:l;ly infai.t in her arms. She nns
wore;! ;i!l inquiries hy shnkinir her
head, mtiiterin "nan Inglcsa." arid
!inilii:i: fuiiii her hand for ulms. The
I)0r,r inf int senilis i!vinr. nnd seldom
'en its eves. Uoth moiher nnd child
in:
..hit- thr . 4nulor'"
j ni(!al for r.limity was lllierallv res
poiuiud lo,
In accordance, however,
with the wishes of the Hoard of Gov-
ertiots of lhe Aims-house arid the
orders of 1 he Chief of Police, for the
suppression of street hcjrmn'j, this
woman was arrested on last Satur
day, when the child was found tightly
bandaged from its arm pils to its feet,
l'reventcd thus from breathing free
or acquiring the use of its limbs, the
tortured infant had thus been kept in
misery to excito the sympathy of
passcrs-bv, and increase the pains of
its unnatural parent. The child was
placed in the hands of a nurse and
the woman locked up."
Ann you Kixi) to Vouu Mothek?
Come, my little boy, and ou, my
little i;irl; what answer can you give
to this question ' Who was it that
watched over you when you were a
helpless lube? Who nursed you and
I'otnilcd you, and never grew weary
in her love? Who kept you from the
cold by nL'ht, and lhe heat by day ?
Who guarded yiui in health, and com
forted you when you were illr Who
was it that went when lhe fever made
s-Kni lee I lint, ami your pulse
qui.'k and hard? Mrho hung
ver yo'tr litik: bed when ymj were
iVetl'ul, mid put your ronling drink to
your parched lips? Who sting the
pretty hymn to please you as you lay,
or knelt down by lhe side of the bed
in prayer? Who was glad when you
began to get well! and who carried
you into tint fresh air to help your re
covery? Who taught you how to
pray, and pently helped you to learn
to lead? Who has borne with your
faults, ami been kind and patient in
your childish ways? Who loves you
still, and who contrives, and works,
ami prays for you every day you
live? .ow, then, let me ask you,
Am Ime Kind to your mother !
There are many ways in which
children show whether they are kin J
or not. Do yon always obey her, and
try to please bet ? When she speaks
arc j on ready to attend lo her voice?
or do you iiegL-ct what she wishes
you to do? Do you love to make Iter
heart feel glad ?
A Novki, W until :i:. A newly
appointed magistrate in Habersham
county, was lately called on lo join a
couple in the holy bonds of wedlock.
-iot having teeeived his Copy of
the '( Ji oigta Justice" and never hav
ing performed the infeiesiing ceremo
ny before, he was tit a loss how to
pioceed. At loiiotli ho htt upon a
plan. Making lhe parties hold up
their hands, he said :
"Yoti and each of vou do solemnly
, ,. tli.., ....ii i, !1l ,. f ,iim tli; fkfli.
, . ,liti,s of liiisli.'iiid ivifr.
, l)u. J(.sl yojr sI;jll n()j ;ibi,j(v
g() hu! V()11 Uaj Wo rca) jj,.,.
the c-reuionv more tlittn the long and
foolish flummery practiced at wcd
dins commonly.
Uw to timcii Cini.nitn.v. The
following from a sheet of nv. Charles
moksol Joslon. accords
precisely
with mir notions of w:.at consiiiutes
the li ne mode ol leaching the yonii:
If yon find an ettor iu lhe child's
mind, follow it up (ill he is rid of it.
If a word is spelled wroiu', be sure
that the class is liht In: hue il is dis
missed. Repent, and fix attention on
the exact ei ror, till it e-an never be
committed aain. On-! clear ilistinc'.
idea is worth it world ol musty ones.
Time is uf no consequence in com
parisui with the object. Give the
child lull posses-ion of one, distinct
truth, ami it becomes to him a centre
of ItL'hl. In nil your teachings no
matter u hat lime il lakes never leave
yew pupil till yu know he has in his
mind vour exaot thought.
( fcM AwM n VValervi,N Mf f
unanimously. t, .i i ihp ladies - k,,
o bew o. b.b, while ni. wile chopped
I ihe wood.