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— N» 1 r » 'ïÿ'ïs» ■ r ? "V •<1. I \ I is i a 'H. ■ t r. 1 7 r I 30 r I PRINTED AND riBlIlllED E V ER V FRIDAY MORN IN«, II ¥ FRANCIS VINCENT, NORTH-EAST CORNER OF T II I R II A HARRET STS., WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. VOLUME VI.™-NO. 23. WILMINGTON, DELAW ARE ■ - -FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1851. WHOLE NO. 283 =* SEILECT POETaftT, I KNOW TUAT WE MUST PART. My bean »ly now ïrighl he ray« of light No thrilling n« «al .only o Tho plu Nor igli Thy pictm Adieu I lion. liiipplr veil ; CONSOLATION-An Epigram. .» I ta Of her Np that a she to Hn ject he ^aglyqi: Baton SELECT TALES. The Grhost that Appeared to Mrs. Warton. about something h CHARLK8 DICKENS. .?y rt.,-Hirer igh the town where she lived gone amiss wilh old i steal th Mrs. Warton; for, if I kno and respected by no trifle when sh uy all the towns people, she was know many, that it really ed brow, and the pinched look about the at people have when they Hre in al; g a lile of deep anxiety. Nobody c atter. If asked, she jnaka out ( whnt w d she was well. Her sons were understood be perfectly rerpeclable, and sufficiently prosperous ; and the the health, and the dutifulness, and the cheer fulness of the unmarried daughter who lived with her. The old lady lived in a house which n property ; and her inco Id be ough could it be that made her suddenly d grave? Her daughter w ept th change in her mother. It was observed by two that the clergyman had nothing to say wheu the subject was spoken of in his hearing. He rolled and nodded his head, and he glanced at the ceiling and then stuck his chin deep in to his shirt frill ; but those he was always doing, and they might nothing. When inquired of about Ilia opinion of Mrs. Warton's looks and spirits, he shifted his weight fro stood before the fi him, and said, with the sweet voice and win ning manner that charmed young and old,that, he knew, Mrs. Warton s external st all right ; and as for peace of mind, imfort. YVhat just the same about the W ings that the other, as he foot with his hands behind I ■ deserved it. If he knew of the course of her life and the temper of her mind did not entitle her to peace within, he know who could hope for it. Some - I the know who could hope for it. Some body whispered tuai it would be dreadful if a chocking mortal disease should be seizing upon her; whereupon he, Mr. Gurney, observed that he thought he should have known if any such thing was to be apprehended. As far a fit of indigestion went, lie believed she suf fered occasionally ; but she did not herself ad thal Dr. Robinson, who was present, said that Mrs. Warton's friends easy about h with indigestion, People could unly go what could be the matter. One that Mr. Gurney had made v - I it health. She with any other plai agreed ery skillful anp i assisted by Ins but that he had of any trouble ask stoiuary gestures ; bi said that he did not know being otFMra. Warton's mind. Soon after this, a like mysterious change ap the daughter ; but no dis bappened. CUHOU8 a If of asters oould be discovered No disease. money losses, ieties were heard of; and, by degrees, both the lecovered nearly their former clreerfuj ,—nearly, but together. They appeared somewhat subdued, t eountenanoe and bearing ; and they kept solemn silence when some subjects were talk ed of, which often turn up by tho Christmas j fireside. It was years before the matter was plained. My mother was married by that time, and removed from her smoky native town a much brighter city in the South. She up, the ~ f Mrs. Warton, and what she endured ; could, if If lad i - - 1 7w. had not been ashamed, have gone had still been little ohild ere going in r grand-parents, .it of coal waggons | to tays as tf ,'tell us pgain. 1 WI the North to visit all very well to tell we should see ing without horses, rails laid down in the roads ; and of the keel-''f rowing their keel-boats in tire river, and .11 .1 onceliicliiiiB U|> th.irrigln leg. behind ! them, when they give '.belong pull ; and of tire flaas houses n fee town with fire coining out of the high chimneys ; and of the ever burning the mouih of tke coal-pits, where blue and yellow flames leaped about all n ht throughout the whule year ruund. It wus! in SUMS very well to think of seeing these things; thought much more of walking past old Mrs. Warton'a house and perhaps inducingof Mr. Gurney to tell us, in his way, the siory often heard my mother tell in hers, this. had The story w One midsummer morning, Mrs. Warton breakfast, th rversation daughter fonml in. So I" 1 empts she quietly filled the coffee-pot, which her mother had forgotten to do, and in the middle of the forenoon ordered dinner, which she found I her mother had also forgotten. They had just such a breakfasting three times morn during the cross her mother in bonnet and go out so early as half-past The circumstances would not have kable, but for the mother's confu nting for going be gone long. She had I make and so on. The call | ey. He had hardly told that Mrs. YVarlonlTlre speak with him alone. When he entered the study, Mrs. Warton seemed to be as unready with her words as himself; and when ht) shook hands with her, he observed that her hand was cold. She said well, however. Then camo a pause, during which the good pastor was shilling from one foot to the other on the hearth rug, with his hands behind him, though there was nothing in the grate but shavings. Mrs. War putting her veil up and d off. At last,with next fortnight, ing the hall, she shawl, about to sed and abashed way of She should only a little call i Mr. Gur breakfast, when he wished PI. Miss U she , meantime, down, and her'gloves a constrained and painful smile, she she was really ashamed to say what she came to say, but she must say It; and she believed ^■ILhoped that Mr. Gurney had known her Hn enough to be aware that she ject to foolish fancies and absurd fears. further from it,' he droped, and he fixed his eyes on her face. Her ey •No fell 1er his, when she we ffered from a •For some time past, I have frightful visitation in the night.' 'Visitation! What She turned visibly cold while she It was last Wednesday fortnight that 1 awoke n the middle of the night—that is between ing, when it was get ree in the or ting quite light, and I abw-t-* Slie ol|i>li»v.) a li Ibl- «ul - •Well! said Mr. Gurney, 'What did yqp at the bottom of the bed,ft most hide ost detestable face—gibbering, and 'I makin •Yes; I could see only the face (except, in deed a hard upon the bed-post,) because it peeoed round the bed- po tain. The curtains are drawn down to the foot of the bed. 1 She stole a look at MrfP Gurney. He w» 8 rolling his hpad ; and there was a working about his mouth before he asked— •What time did you sup that night? 1 - behind thee fl O •Now, 1 she replied, 'you are Most p knew ; H.h say, 1 hope, that it was r pie would ; but 1 hoped ' such suppere e, or that 1 should isliiy. 1 , what else e that 1 know nightmare from 'But, my dear Mrs. War 'Perhaps you had better listen further,before you say anything. 1 He nodded and smiled I tl three the occasions 'Indeed !' appearance three several'nighta, about the the first appe supper hn8 been merely a little.bread and but , with a glass of water. I chose to exclude nightmare, as 1 would exclude anything what-, ever, that coula possibly cause horrible. 1 'What sort of a face is it ?' 'Short the featu 'Yes, hour. And, sin , my d broad;—silly and yet sly ; and gibber and work—Oh! fearful! 1 the featu •Do you h •No. When I wake—(and I ne wake in the night) —it i gibber and work—Oh! fearful! -- an( J g0 {! is there; and it disap say the truth—while roy eyes eet its eyes. I hear e a glance, sometimes nettmes it is gone. 1 tniased any property !' found any trace whatever. „ really covered ; for 1 cannot nothing. When I ven it is still there; 'Have you 'No; have lost nothing ; touched ; not an opening w We to d indow that any .< 1 , what oould he the ob ject? W'liat does your daughter say to it ?' •Oh! 1 said Mrs. Warton, rising quickly, 'she does not, and indeed she must not know - a word of it. I ought to have said at first,tha what 1 am telling you is entirely in confident If I told my daughter, it i ' *'■ ther. We could not keep . And it 1 should house, I could not find a te of the property would go down to nothing ; and in justice to my daughter, I must consider it is to he hers hereafter. And we slay with us. No house a single night.— ten go ek t j, a( . con |j nevef haT0 a Rn onfl wou |j B ]„ e p j n j n( j ea ^ ( y on »Well, well; I will jon»! BeH - jj e p„ u8e d ; an j Mrs. Warton replied to hia 'thought. f value If it got . T mention it. But I conjectures,—to say se, which does not ap * It is difficult to fo any-thing in such a pear U» foolish to be uttered. But one must have some thoughts ; and perhaps—if one can talk of possibilities—it is possible that this appearance may be meant for me alone ; and —till I nceal it from ray daughter convinced whether it ia meant ifl or alone—. 1 • I would soon try that, 1 observed Mr. Gur-o* ! . Se „, nç Mr.. Wh.rlon look wi.lfull, .1 |, e continued, I . My advice is that you have your daughterj with you after hearing your story. Try wh ether she can see this face. 1 ht » You do not think she would? 11 | wus! » j think s he would not. My dear friend, butlif-t facts which you a the ■I!■ >1 ■ uld tell you little aware of,—a nge tricks that ou ves play wish like reality considered lh.it ?* exclaimed the poor lady. Mr. Gurney, I did think that you would try to es, when I tell you in daylight, anil when wide perfect health, what ; of delusions ' Do you think I have I" ii of my 1 have-Jj^ at foi said.' I Mr. Gurney said, wh or some such Yet his he 'aid her forehead against the mantle piece, cried heartily. ,. He did all he could. He tried indefatiqably,| though in vain, to persuade her to let I daughter share the spectacle; and he we same day, when Miss Wharton was oi | her walk, and the servants were at dinner; done'«amine the house. He made no discovery, j gratings of tjie under-ground cellars were perfect. .The attics had no trap-doors; and the house had no parap too high, and narrow lor any c the lop. No window or door unfastened in the morning. Mrs. Wliar not think she could engage forcou/ate to get out of had, or look beyond have very gentle ; but, could he suggest but indigestion of nervous disturbance? en his old friend " . smote hi d '■>'! n,-, at I did er found lî*< - Hfl. nn Nor could she promise not to draw I tains. The face had never appeared within them ; and they seemed a sort of protection where there u Without having made any promi s, she i.H the face. 'Ihe eyes winked at her; the head nodded—and beating of Ii ibly fOM. Till, bearing snjr during the ah« lancied she heard a light and swift footstep in the passage. >he always left her room door open, for the sake of the same s of feeling ol aecuiity (hat when they sh ghost, bolts i people c burned a night lim nights lengthened, rush candle, o'uld not keep i more ensily through the open should became too great to time slip now ; and she muld fly the door if her ter he endured alone. For the fi •amber, as the - and not a dun, flickering a steady wax-light. She ~i~ ~~ » »•** ; blit she could not be or a very feeble light, wli be behind tire curtain. darkness ,| xlra vagan iu thing mighi. "SffcMhe" gho nightly. Iu suddenly ceased ; away without a o be a little.-'', . • Bask Ire--"'*^ w bethcr, alter all, t ek a' - the ry, that doubt, at least, w at the same bed-p October, the visits e first week in N* be "dt'Mi i. Wliar - mid possible '" al 11,18 ' n.ghi in Jnmn ed ; for there, erval, subdued lor half a year, her pastor's suspicio d of her wisdom, and O Mrs. Wha of her w, she digest) really wanted sympathy. She let him tell her daughter (let him, rather than tell it her self, bee ake light of it, and ;) and gladly let her daughter . For long, she gained nothing d sleep wilh her. by it. During the whole forlingh continued, Miss Wha . She tried to wake the ouclied her; she tried to keep U - • 4 awake; but she it fortnight, it did no One br'ghl May da« mother pulled her wrist, and she woke up to a her brain. She again till April it. He ight that burned itself in up ight up f it afterwards, ; but she the suppressed a shriek could nut tell Mr. Gurney j*"® in0 "î' . She wanted ti mise immediately ; but she thought of her •r'8 long suffering wilh this onsideration of with in the gho.t-.t declaring the and of the disastrous effe ty, and duced her to summon up her on . When a little it of bed, rushed upon their proper ess ot the ghost, in e bannie on. She did on» night sprang foot of it, and out landing. Theotai in the dawn; but she something moving the the hall. were still di fident that she she could passing dow make the servants attend she believed somebody , she told th in the house ; and ladies and two maids ith pokers and shovels, and se. They found noth* all the fi ned examined the whole h ing ; neither in tire chimneys, nor u nm m airy closet—nothing, fro to attic. And when the maids had little, they agreed what a ttresome and weary ladies took f. nciet night of disturbai oi up three times mu m celler ing thing it only their fir Miss Wharton called tl and then she gave the matter up. thought h ed she might - The ser ngely altered, and wish be going to*be ill. . for some yei iodicily of the • ary, oiler which they Th Thus ma oddest thing »it* lly a tut Jn -I." .f March tho begining of Ap ceased till tho ly the whole sut . They we . bout afortnight I The aervf became it to bear it ta them • . nenlioned it ; and ight. The ladies The Isdies never • y • o appears* [•d 8». It obe living o weight of auch s mystery ; ami talked about, and felt and looked very oeriou» when they were laughed 84: had subsided. The Thing cir alar ■ did them any barm ; and they had now men to open drowsy eyes, to see if it was theij£|nd Iv I wc» there ho-e who hove n drop asleep th This n»aj*r igc , "«» .1 «i '"P" 1 I , r l '. ... • un "« ■ ,Doen K . c ... " I J!! to* i | r« urn . v wa : * hn wl of turning their heads on tueb beating of tho heart, a hideous ghost. «.that the Thin mocking nods, it said never I please." told thia, he asked whether ! language was English, .1 IVI . I Of English • he Indies As to the n upon Mr. Gurney gr io e$$rmber and st Ita ve^ N-n the broad rii did i diale ?* aider, they thought ii et» it had m, hut when they r »I hear in the kit try day. Tbi have-Jj^ viai and »hop«, multitude ,. . j f* 01 j ihë't Ltr L|j ah II. Ami lexpl.n, eral the yew» g pursléd. Hi» plan was to d what put tied him. He sel when he did,he fond " di . dr (Vi quirrd after the ghost ; yul received the same anew yt. morning, after this lapeirof year», Mr. Gur always One y called to ..sk n a party manufoc d n e ladies if yuy would like to s glass-hnu^:. The residen g to I Hi,-, I (as is well known) rrival of > i.y who ®Ppor angers or oil, Mr. Gurney wttflbe fi ard to doing the honors of iL All d to h(r.t; and ihe doors of ilcw open upon !liw. He waawont •"",i - »na -I 1 frii . -I mpany him and I hir. parly of .tr now invite»! th Mis S Wharto hi »idablvj engaged at bool, but he When th of Ihe furna a «yrrsest kind of gl ■s Ik.. ties* owing—th ■en glao Mr». Whar ton suddenly raizsd Mr. G p's an ë pointed pa« ftde of the lu wilh one ' . hile wi e oth ■-•J , a figure on th mha " That's ihe fu ■ •I puîdowu y ar. he drew said Mr. Gurney in k into the shadow, and let able ■ lj . Mr. Gurney d» not offer •* Who ia that n ired of the fo hi oked scar» d in figure, large in f out of hi» H g all alio for the pciln ew vigorously al ■ I'ip® be •• Th . He ie a half-wi his bahi Ai poor follow i» Middle d He i.j I I .1 Go ? ri "-ufl«.ho Mr». frie arm, and they kably light-footed, (fi !l w,aider) the plae hr them d He I and then he < 'i Hl. I ' ig chain hr nights." Being ukrd place he began pointing wi in, and peeping under her bou inthe fi.ee. she and giggled, and his fln he kuo at Mrs. Wh . Bi ke il ; und he »niggl raised i. i-i in- . kc; and I any a ti B P ihere. Ho hid him lady, . who \ lii'ii 'fi self d<: re could go when he and the other, wh d then with an air are • her (lie leep. Mr.Gi d they : a little aqua ing. lie »how e floor, through which th mil, close by ' , but he crept It «eemrd I lor Ihe On the said purp ri o again. Mr». Wharton'» cel ai the glass-house e cel he declared It wa» so. F ait hack C.l .. HT h lining back also, that they met. N cellar ; d. by a c n'hokf r lc ugh the trap-doo m Mrs. Whar nd heft) vinter, Middleto t every night. When be did as only because the coala - was low, th ply came in uld get in, 11 ; sd ' Mooc. ) »halt »ay with what antiifaclisn the ladiea d tho nailing up of tho trap-door, and with ■L-iiae of blissful comfort they retired to rest WI -i - henceforth? W of the good clergy f 1-1« i man at this ry he had e »countered 1— d fortitude of Who will the ladies, igf oiling eacaped being a Haunted House ?— ie goblin ea.ily ac '»>:<! Hr I Lastly, , b« plo the good Mrs. » lh,lt "l'l hielt has I : it is perfectly and literally cd dvantage o r all other W had just received a large lot of lob* sters, fresh and lively, when k boy stood look ing at the critters, accompanied by his dog. Suppose you put your dog's tail between the lobster's claw, said the Agreed, said the boy. The pns A extracted fro^i the etaw, and the dog's tail inserted. Aw^y went the dog off home, howling at the squeeze his tail got from the lobster. Whistle y cried the Whistle your and absquatulated. The boy made a lobster dog back, you young scamp, lobster bac^, cried the boy, All bog. hnvn-t long ..il.-w.',. .~n >.« walk on two legs. Well, that may all be, 'porkers. 1 Pper that night. entered a À gentleman small shop in which vegetables sale, and inquired the proprietor it he had any Onions, onions, repeated thk nuzzled vege table dealer, onions—no air 1 believe not. After the gentleman had left, ihe perplexed vegetable man scratched his h«ad for a moment éhd ihen, as if struck with a-sudden solution of fen mystery, exclaimed, wonder ol the dar ujd Ignorant tool didn't mean ingons ? Sir Walter Raleigh aspired to the hand of Queen Elizabeth, but from th» following inci dent it seems he waa afraid la propose. On a window where the Queen could this line: " Fain would I climb, but fear to fall." Attracting Elizabeth's eye, she replied with the usual good sense: "If thy heart fail thee, climb not It lie all. they' Common School Ntuf«mcnl. To the <*'/*•*•« •/ r*r cy/y o' /«, I By 3 ™°lntion of,tHe hoard of Dire I the Common Schools of the city adop'ed their last meeting, it was made the duty of the undersigned .to lay before you the following statement of the general condition of the pchools: The whole population of the city, by the' recently completed is 12382. Of this number 2288 are supposed years of G and 14, being the ages of (ho usually The of' !' l j|® d school. nber of pupils at the prese Ihe roll, of Ihe city commun schools is 1837-.. being within 451 of tlm whole number of our youth between ii ami 14; but if lire, namesofell who attend the schools at any time during the past year were included, the number would be! er 2100. A large number o* these 451 whJ?. in the on schools, are eith~. private institutions, or have been withdrawn from school for the purpose of learning trades 1 It is presumd thatd the number of those wlioj, are absent from school without being employ ed at all during the day is very small/ sra iil J i„. fact ,|,„, " 3 population m uhoola, exclusif. of rawn attend pav Bclionis •l" ,a led not to exist in man v i I« pans oi the Unlo f,j ri a full seventh hose who have a state of things aupp large to supposed to possess toe most perfect educational arrangements. The exptnses of the schools, for the current imated at »10,143 28. it the school lots, buildings and the Board is estimated which, dinary e whole annual The furniture belonging at $18000; The interest on ., being adJed to the P« mal the school system »11,223,28. Debt ef-the Board, incurred for purchasing lots and Building Ho »8649 36. The whole interest iu ' this sum !ai ' ihn «r,i,....... •400 ofT. nr inn» Bum regularly ^paid tly out of Board, and about principal ia either paid off annually is applied each year out of the ordinary i to the purposes of purchasing lots or building Of the ordinary income about $1000 rived from State a de pproprialmn, and the balan to tin- orditiiry expens es(in added . year (e educating each pupil for in the night school who will only be laugh during 6 months,) is »6,1 VY the coat of lots 6(o., the ept those ding i » »5,53} per pupil. divided into three grndes iz: Primary, Secondary or grammar and High there being an equal number ol bach of instruting each pupil per a oia is »3.40J: In the secon The in the primary ilary or grammar schools »6,77} and in the Hig schools »14,25. In the night school the cost per pupil for six months 1 insMuction is it »5.37}. n 17 Primary schools, including o Secondary; and estimated There » African; 8 Gram High. Of the 1837 pupils on the roll of all the school 1514 is the number in average, attendance show ing 18 the proportion of absence. This proportion greater in the lower than in the 9 out of a school of 50 of 100, hiv Her schools. The whole number Primary schools i 866; and the proportion of absence, 20 of 100. The whole number In the Grammar schools e 347 and the pro the rolls of all the 1079: the average alten is 414; the average atte portion of absence, 16 ont of 100. The number in the 2 High schools is 215; the average attendance 189; and the proportion of absence 11 The number of 132 ; and the proportion of absence, 15 erage age of the pupils in this 1 10 months— of 100. in the night school i 100. T is 16 yea 1 10 months— is 16 yea The branches taught and c rse of instruction the primary schools and re good readers and spellers ; have lea-ned the tables and the four funda mental rules of good progress in writng on paper. They are then transferred to the grammar schools of the ward, where they study Geog raphy, English Grammar, the hUtory of the UnitecNfcitates : the whole of Common Arith exercised in writing and position. Some also commences Algebra. In the High schools they review Geogra and Arithmetic ; are regularly ercised in Composition and Declamation ; pursue tire study of General History, and Al* gebra, with the higher branches of Mathe matics, Book Keeping, and Surveying; and study Latin and Greek, or German and French, may direct. A regular course ns of lectures with appa Pupils lin till they etic; and have made P'-J. G ol instruction by ill also be commenced in a few days in Chemistry, Na'ural Philosophy, Astro my ; Geology and Physiology. This course of instruction, hereafter intend be thorough as fire occupy each pupil about pass through the whole seven schools that constitute the series for each sex in each ward. One year in each of the four primary schools,) will place pupils wltoco six years of age, in the Grai three years instruction in the Gram will fit them at the end of a three years ght at sixteen to be well prepared for any of the ordinary avocation« of life, males for entrance into the Junior class of tho most respectable college in the land. The contrast between the cost of our Com School Education, and that heretofore! elsewhere obtained in what are or"pay schools, presents one of cheering features of the system. st per quarter in the lowest A. B. C. PWçROoi ..•» 50 o,*10 *5 nor buJrquEKer or »20 per annum in Grammar schools; Hand $10 per quart« ot »10 per annum in what 'j 1 1 it proceeds, years, if Ire tire course schools High schools ; and 13, for ■J a :i here and now called select ■ The ailed Clani»igcl Academics jufft the high«* le sumiiiatops, wiihoul bnmmug. , .. -, the , l3 ~ ! n '"«."'ID* 1 school) who l , .l™' 10 ™ 8 cl,y Common School n ^ rln,ary schools, at » 10 the' these ing the 1750 pupils (exclusive in 8,280 001 8,480 00 -land 1'he followW would he the co of' . .1 l' r - »10,700 00 •II I in ( near schools, at $20 pr. 919 in High do al »40 pr ..... J'". 1 of , .. n 188 , 8818 , u ® »1080 till, on , ' ,u, "? e8 ' &c -. Ll, ' f .« 0 " 1 of '"S 1 ' 1 8ch ° o1 - f27,550 schools, in the cost of $10.523 28 I Dill. ce of in favor of .. «""non schools, - 81i,02(. ,2 1 . " nt 11,18 vasl 8ayin K of nea ( r 'T Iwo-thirds of a «JJg re K a '« C «*®1 education is amqng the e ' , * t 1 ,m ! >or , 1a " t ,ru " 8 of ,h « «y 8 'em. When ! l 18 I,flr . ne ,n m "' <1 not only that the kind of , M ,r » c, l» |, luipa r ied is «quai »ri ™' 10 >""»!. for ona-ihird ihe , but dial •l" e . c . ommon or 1,68 »""S» i w ' ll, i n 1,18 reach of liiio i.nproyi-d ilogreu of 8 oHoroatloasl (teof onr youth for ovory --thus reached before, the magni tude of the advaniage becom and presents a a er had, and to nation of the progressive im ' the schools, during the past year, P« tully apparent, liich cannol ha disre garded, for renewed and continued effort in pport of the glorious clo ' the schools, during the past year, endment has taken shows"*! place in the High Schools , which good a foundation k " 04V, ® d 8 e nn d experience In such ina '** P r °Dably make tl can The only tiling yet needed r d *', lhefilli "' ! 8 ' 8 "'a ofnu..,». 18 8U0 " an '"'provement and elevation of the ho chief ■ can, with pr , be years faithful attention all that the citizens lov schools, p send âcularly those of It ble - the tire High schools pupils of a a thorough degreu of prenara here'.oforc transferred. This ".•irrrt-Mits , line of duty lling your Xffi shall higher and lion than th libeny of overstepping the smci assigned them, for the purpose(of - " l'J parenu, promote the good of the targe proportion of absc calculated to One is the school still permitted by you . admitted, the childrens* tim , it is controllers of your thy of your \ . But is i serious inquiry, whether it is possible any better use of it than that causing it to be sedulously and regularly devoted to their mental and moral culture? Besides, it is per fectly vain to expect any satisfactory degree of improvement, even under the most accom nlished instructors, without regular ; d study on the part of the learner. The other is the small degree of interest which feel in the welfare This ake idtnet very many par actual operations ol the schools, should not be. Frequent visits to the schools by intelligent parents, made in a friendly and ly ac and pnpils, but would proba bly obtain for tho Board many valuable sug , to which it would be their pleasure dutv to pay all proper attention. GclO. M. STEIN MAN, President. ight spirit, would Attest J. Zimmerman, Secretary. Lancaster, December, 2, 1850. A ouilons story of a wedding-ring is told In the Leeds Intelligencer. It is stated that in cook to Mis. Metcalf t Porch-house, oppo Ne'rthallerton, in cutting a 1765; a female, who a widow lady, residing site the church, at turnip, found in the heart of it a gold ring, and eiiiutely made her mistress acquainted with extraordinary a circumstance. The lady Mrs. Wood, the gardener's wife. It Mrs. Wood's wed that the ring ding ring, which she had lost when weeding twelve years before. Here is a question for the curious, and entifio will find it difficult to et into the turnip? (if have been puzzling int nobody gave which the ; how did the ring go sr did get there.) We bruins to think, but it up. It certainly could not h seed, unless when the latter— go any farther, for w« should of it. Besides, we havn'l got time. Can any solve the mystery? got into u.f % bad work The Morning Star, published at Cincinnati relies the following anecdote of a young gentle n of the South, who expended a large for — money, landa, negroes, everything, iu a course of intemperance and profligacy. He had juBl paid a last year's grog bill of Iking the streets ing tire physician »800. One day he very leisurely, when the opposite side, he called out Hibernian Society? 'No, Pat, on the ground. 1 'Well Jamie, you see I was called upon by the Hibernian Society for a speach; and be jäh hers I rose with the inthusiastic cheers oftliou »J ude, snd ray eyes filled with tsars, and devil , <5« utorddtd / spake. •Doctor, 1 said he, 'I wish you would just take a look Into my throa». 1 •I don't discover anything, sir, 1 said the doctor. 'You don't! 1 said he, 'why that is strange; will you just be kind enough, sir, to take anoth er look?' 'Really, sir, 1 said tire dootor, after a second look, '1 don't see anything.' 'No! why doctor, there is a farm, ten thous and dollars, and twenty negroes gone down my throat. 1 An Irishman's Speech.—O ch, Jamie, my great «peach afore the should I, for did ye niver hear 1 1 wee not I TNo Buk.vW.— » In a lawyer'« oflic*-, in a remote port of CoitnëWiout, laid a these gage for eleven hundred dollars, which w within a few days of being due. One m in ing, the man on whose place the inorigage w .held, called and inquired if the pay me Ihe put ofT for a time. He was somewl need in life, and very intemperate. The law. Iyer, in answer to liia inquiries, said that the 001 innii that held the mortgage wanted the mo jey; that he was aorry. but it could not be e 00 (tended. T he tears came in the old man'a ey«*, -land alter standing a few ini I« 00 a perfect im the office.— urned home, believing that -n a few days his aged and infirm wife and invalid daughter, won Id have to quit the roof which had so long sheltered them, and seek a home he knew not rned and left He 28 w I He could say nothing to them «bout it, would .cause them too much grief. The mortgage be end it* tire morning, early, ihe far* the lawyer's office. .. ,2 of came d mer again repaired to Ho pleaded fora ti of of but no pur| Overcome with otion the old for two hours apparently passing a chair and there on8cioua of anything tl. uroimd him, when a carriage d door and a lady ihe office. After standing a few ing the old man with interest Hnd spoke. The old man looked up. •Father, how do you do?' 'O, Sarah, I to see you but sorry for your aged uviBd sister; 1 cannot return to them, for it will be to tell them they have no home: and this I cannot bear. It will kill your poor e up epped from it. She ente minutes. well, but sad. I a other.' 'Father, father, 1 said the daughter, 'could if this were paid ?' would; but it cannot be for 1 have nothing to pay it with. 1 'Now sign the pledge, and here is the The old man put his name to the redeeming, the saving pledge, and departed for home wilh you live a tamperate 'Yes, O. yes! a happy hea Tire daugh dollars by w had saved tire eleven hundred ing in a factory. Iv is related of a worthy divine who fields cn the oldest memhers forgot all about ^the . with hip, and church gospel, and fell into a profound ign regard to creeds, forms of regulations. After the clergymen's death the aiders of his flock wont to consult a celebrated divine about obtaining a successor. What is your creed? asked the divine. Our creed? Yes, your principles; what are they? O, we are all democrats bu is your platform; your church? , that is principally oak. O! exclaimed A Man or Sicnsz.—A old gentleman whose character was unimpeached and unimpeachable for some Blight cause was ehalenged by a dia solute young hot-sp that the old gentleman should give hi able satisfaction? The old gentle good naturedly refused to fight and the fellow threatened to "gazette" him as a coward. Well go ahead—I would rather fill twenty pere than n _ r eT y («pa ••olTuii. that h« who i buttons his shirt with wafers. He is a relation We kn the codger who looks through a magnifying glass. By this means, he says a' quarter looks as good as a half dol his money A cotemporary suggests as a protection aga IUD» burglars, to feed the baby on sour apples before going to bed; it will commence crying before midnight, and is certain to continne till thinks it Holly Mi ning. The Mo will do for some, but cannot readily what bachelors do in the pre Come down from that building you young i, and I'll knock your eyes You will, will you? Yea, you seoundrel, I will. Then I guess, upon the whole, I ahant •!< , foi my part, how without ife. I don't Well, they send left bits. they don 1 ! send the paper, they juat send the wrilin' in a fluid . i s mill down East hile a young They sny there is *a hich saws ning through, he discover It until the overseer told him easy, that, a log while the saw was r ed in halves, and did roll off. is wise who spends less than he receives; there are too many who spend than they receive! of course that he should gouge and act niggardly , for by such conduct liter, That do towards hia fellow he will moat assuredly lose sooner and he ought to. ■ What was tl to-day, wl a dotting pa huggin 1 John Dsan'a wife ! An old lady of Threadneedle a loss for a pin-cushion, made one of On the following morning, she found that all in their eyes. n your father hushed yc other to her son. Well, up ? said , 1 see'd t, being at the needles had A clerk in a ting home to plaguy time of it now-a-days; very little to do; our firm don't advertise. " Do y mercantile establishment, wri* his frienes, says: "I have « •k tt nd feelings? s.iid a sentimental lover to e lady he desired to please?" ,"eaid the lady "they the too'b y eyes express! "Oh, ye* I presume make me think of a eodfiah dying with ache!"