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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORN . INO AT WOODSFIELPr 0., . .- , : . ; BY JAMES R. MORRIS. 'v .terms. " , $1 50 per annum, if paid in advance. $2 00 " " ii paid within the year. ,' $3 00 " " if payment be delayed until after the expiration of the year. , Qp No paper will be discontinued, except at (he option of the editor, until all arrears are paid. CO AH communications sent by mail must be post-paid. Advertisement) inserted at 60 cents per square, (fourteen lines or less,) for the first insertion, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. : THE SICK MAN'S DREAM. j Methought that in a sacred wood, .... I slumbered on a bank of flowers, ' Sooth'd by a streamlet's wandering flood, That gurgled thro' the whispering bowers; And dreams did visit me so bright, . Elysium only could beget them, , ' ' They brought me such inteusn delight, I never, never can forget llicm. ' ' . It seera'd that thou wast present there, ' , .. .. Thine eyes with living lustre beaming; , The star of morning deck'd thy hair, And all around its radiance streaming, Imparted to thy lip thy check The brightness of immortal glory; . : O, we can ne'er such visions seek. But in some old romantic story! ' And near thee hung a Lyre of gold, Beneath a bough of shadowing roses Roses like these that Love enfold, '' ' When from his toils the God reposes; And when thy fingers touch'd the strings, ' ,) Thy yielding numbers rich and swelling, As when some spirit sweetly sings "' At evening from her viewless dwelling. Yet changeful was that Music's strain, It told otHope, and Youth, and Gladness; t Of pleasure's Wreath, of True Love's chain, And then of blighted Joys nnd Sadneis. At last an answering Voice there came -.,' . . From a bright cloud that then descended, And while it spake a quivering flame ;' Was with the fleecy whiteness blended. ' I may not tell the words so kind By that same plaintive voice then spoken, , For the dark night-storm's rudest wind Camo o'er my dream, and it was broken, But, lady, tranquil be thy hours, ' . And smooth the path of life before thee, For surely, from celestial bowers, " Some happy spirit watches o'er thee ! LAST CRUISE OF THE WASP. BY J. E. DOW, ESQ. . , . ' The wind that rings along the wave, The clear unshadowed sun, Are torch and trumpet to the brave. Whose lastgrean wreath is won." " The gnashing billows heaved and foil, Wild shrieked the midnight wale, ' Far, far beneath the morning swell, Sunk pennon, spar, and sail." IMmts. It was a lovely morning in midsummer, in the year 1814, when a sloop of war appeared off the silent shares of Cornwall. The gentle breeze from the ocean now signed through the neatly fitted rigging ol the belligerant stranger, and the faint ripple at the hows gave evidence that she was lowly gliding ahead. The waves seemed to creep in long unbroken swells before her, and the lin gering glow of sunsot, as it glanced from summit to daik green summit, seemed like the smile of dy ing day upon the rolling prairies of Illinois. Her light sails, from sky to water-rail, swelled beautifully to the rising shores ot merry England, and the starry ensign of the free streamed gallantly over her quarter deck; her ports were shut in; a silence equal to that of a forsaken bark reigned through her halls of thunder, while a solitary bat tle lantern gleamed at the cabin door. The tread of the orderly on duty, alone gave, evidence that the gallant vessel was not a spectre ship, ' some galleon freighted with the dead !' Hour after hour lazily rolled away. The land now began to grow more distinct, while the haze of morning settled deeper upon the shadowed wuter. At four A. M. a bright flash appeared where the sha'de of the land and the moon-lit bilow mingled together, and then one after another the gledining sails of a ship of war hove in sight. 'Beat to quarters!' thundered the commander of the American vessel, and then as quick as thought the silence of the quiet vessel was broken by the shrill notes of the fife, the tapping of the drum.the tread of armed men, the tricking up of ports, the rattling of cannon shot in tho racks, and the run ning out of heavy pieces of ordinance. . -' The chase now showed English colors, turned ' swiftly upon bis heel, and rati -up the private signal ' of the channel fleet. i 4 Show them the stars,' eric the immortal 'Blakely. Forecastle that. Aye, aye,' replied the master's mate! I . Are you all ready with bow gun? , ; - All ready, sir.' ",: Luff, quarter-master.' ' ' Luff it is sir,' said the old salt at the helm. Stand by forward Fire!' ' .' .The sloop yawned gracefully at the command of 'the trumpet, displayed her ensign, which had been hidden by the mountain of canvass that towered before it. A heavy roar followed a volume of fire -and wooly smoke , from the American vessel's 'bowl, and then a sharp and crackling sound from !the chase as though a heavy body had fallen from .a great height upon a thin lattice of laths, and had passed through it, accompanied by a cry of agony, .that echoed fearfully over the still waters, told but .too plainly the work of bloody death bad commen ced. . : ;-; - . J . They have felt the sting of the Wasp,' cried the ' American captain, as he scanned the chase through the night-glass.', ' Steady your helm quarter-muter, this is but tie opening of the ball.' ' 1 . Steady, so,' answered the attentive gunner at the wheel. And the gallant sloop was as silent as before. " : ''" -; -.i , . And still the sails went on ' '' ' A pleasant noise 'till noon,-'' ' ' ri':'' ' A noise like ahidden brook - ;! -m' In the leafy month of June, ' ' '""' That to the sleeping woods all night ' - . g,Dgcth a quiet tune.' ' ' '. ; r---' ', ; At fifteen minutes past one, P. M., i the Wasp tacked the chase also tacked to preserve the wea ther gage. At three, P. M., the enemy bore down ''on tho Wasp's weather quarter, answered her can . non of defiance and stood gallantly down to close. "PRINCIPLES AND Vol. II. When within sixty yards of the American, the chase fired a shifting gun from his top gallant fore castle, and repeated the same unwelcome salute lor several minutes. This destructive fire was.how ever, borne without a murmur by the Wasp.which vessel could not bring a gun to bear upon her an. tago nist. A favorable moment had now arrived. 'Put your helm down!' shouted Blakely from the quarter-deck. In a moment the broadside of his vessel began to show its teeth to the enemy, and soon the stran ger received his former double shotted salute with Interest. 'Haul up the mainsail!' thundered the deck tiumpet. The order had hardly died away, before tho heavy sail hung in festoons upon the main yard. The lire of the Wasp now became dreadful every shot told; and feeling that any risk was safer than the one he was then running, the Captain of the British cruizer, at forty minutes past three, ran the Wasp aboard on the starboard quarter, his lar board coming foul. The English commander now uttered the magic command 'Boarders away!' and placing himself at the head of his crew, endea vored to carry the deck of his antagonist. Three times in succession the attempt was made, and three times the Americans drove the assailants back with great slaughter. At the third rush, the gallant captain of the enemy fell from the Wasp's mizen rigging, while in the act of flourishing his sword two bullets had pierced his brain, and he was dead ere he touched the duck. At forty-four minutes past three, Captain Blakely gave the order to board in turn. The American seamen now star ted en win.? bounding over the hammock net tings of the enemy tike a living torrent; and in one minute, amid the clashing of cutlasses, the sharp reports of boarding-pistols, the groans of the dy. ing and the yells of the wounded, were master of the foe. As the sword of the dying Manners was laid upon the capstan, the flag of Britain dropt suddenly upon the bloody deck of the Reindeer; and ere the spectator could mark the movement, the banner of freedom floated triumphantly in its place-. The Reindeer was an 13 gun sloop of war, and had a complement of 113 souls. She had 25 killed and 42 wounded, while the Wasp had but Skilled and 22 wounded. After burning his shattered prize, the victorious Blakely shaped his course for L'Orient, where he arrived on the 8th of July, with bis ensign waving above the tattered flag of England, and his vessels crowded with prisoners of war. On the 27th of August, having undergone a thorough repairs tho Wasp dropped down to tho outer anchorage, and departed from the shores of France. Having made few prizes, she stood fur ther out to sea, and on the morning of the first ot September, found herself in the midst of a fleet of merchantmen, underconvoy of the irmada seven ty-four. With his accustomed skill and gallantry, Capt. Blakely now beat to quarters, and dashed in amid the unsuspecting fleet. A vessel loaded with guns and military stores was soon captured, while the boarding officer was busily engaged with another, the seventy-four came down upon tho wind and slopped the havoc with her heavy thunder. Evening now crept in long and dusky shadows along the silent waters, and the look-out man from Ins airy height watched vv.'th eager eyes the hori zon around. The cry of' Sail Ol'now roused the officers from their evening meal. Busy fct-tech oed along the cleared decks, and the shot rack re ceived a further supply of iron messengers of death, while the :ctive'powder-boy stood with a spare cartridge in his leathern passing box beside his gun. Four sails now hove in sight, but the nearest one seeming most like a man-of war, and the Wasp ran down to speak to her. At twenty minutes past nine the chase wag on her lee bow within hail. A heavy eighteen now hurled its death-dealing shot into the enemy's bridle-port, and swept his deck fore and aft. The shot was promptly returned by the chase; when Blakely passed under his lee fearful lest he might escape, the wind blowing high and the Wasp going ten knots. Having reached the desired position (he gallant little Wasp poured in a broadside which rattled the enemy's spars and rigging about his ears, and convinced him of the true character of the stranger. It was now nine o'clock at night Darkness rested upon the ocean, save when illumi ned by the bright flashes of musquetry; and the heavy roar of cannon died away amid the din of the swelling waves. Furious was the fire of the Wasp, and warm ivas the return made by the ene my. It was almost impossible to tell the officers from the men amid the smoke and darkness of the hour; and (he seamen slipped upon the bloody decks as they ran out the long eighteens. The wind howled mournfully thiough the rigging the vessel plunged heavily along the agitated deep. As they came upon the top of corresponding waves, the practised gunners fired, and when they rose I again beheld the damage they had done. For one hour this terrible conflict was kept up with unmitigated fierceness. ' At ten the enemy's fire ceased, and Captain Blakely, leaning over the quarter, hailed them in a voice louder than the roaring ocean' Have you surrendered I' No hu man voice replied but a few long eighteens thun dered back the emphatic ' No!' A fresh broadside was now poured into the enemy, and as the fire was not returned, Blakely hailed a second time ' Have you struck ?' A faiut ' Aye aye,' now came over the waters, and a boat was at once lowered to take possession of the prize. As the cutler touch ed the wave, the look-out man cried Sail O ! close aboard!' , The smoke having blown away, another vessel was seen Bearing, the Wasp- The cutter was therefore run up to davits, and the crew sent to their guns. , , . . , The Wasp was soon in readiness to receive the second antagonist; but two more sails heaving in sight astern, the conquerer was forced to leave his shattered prize. The helm of the Wasp wa,there- fore, put up, and the ship ran off free in order to 0t MEASURES, AM) MEN WHO WILL CARRY THOSE PRINCIPLES AND MEASURES INTO EFFECT.' WOODSFIELD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1845. repair her rigging and to draw the nearest vessel of the enemy away from his consorts. The second stranger continued in chase of the Wasp until he got quite near, when he shot across her stern, gave her a parting broadside, and beat up towards his consort, whose signal guns of dis tress now echoed in melancholy murmurs along the midnight deep. The Wasp left her prize in such haste, as to be ignorant of his name and force. When the sea gives up its dead, and the crew of the Avon and the little band of Blakely shall mus ter together at the final judgment, then and then only, shall the conquerer know his vanquished foe. The Wasp was soon lost amidst the darkness of the night, while the Castilian, the vessel that came to the assistance of the enemy and his consorts, ho vered around the wreck of the prize, and endeav ored to save (he crew. As the morning watch was called, the Avon gave a sudden roll to leeward, then settling swiftly by the stern, she sunk with gurgling sound, while her dead men floated in ghastly and bloody forms upon the summer sea. With heavy hearts the English cruisers lowered their ensigns half mast, and left the ocean tomb of their sister, firing min ute guns in memory of the brave. Having repaired her damages, which were prin cipally in spars and rigging, the Wasp continued her cruise to the westward, and on the I2th of Sep tember fell in with and took the brig. ' Three Brothers.' After scuttling her, she overhauled and took the brig Bacchus. This vessel she soon sent to a final resting place in cold water. As she neared the Western Islands, an armed brig hove in sight. Crowding on all sail, the gallant Blakely fired a shot across her bows, and received her de scending flag as a toktn of submission. The ves sel proved to be the Atlanta, of eight guns and nineteen men. Midshipman Daniel Gaisenger, now a past-captain in the service, was put on board of her as prize master, and as the prize slowly par ted from the conquerer at the dim hour of evening, the prize master and his crew were the last Amer icans who beheld the Wasp and her gallant band, and lived to tell the tale. On the 9th of October following the Swedish brig Adonis, from Rio, bound to Falmouth was boarded by the Wasp'in latitude 18 dcg. 85 min. North, longitude 30 deg. 10 minutes West, and two passengers, Lieut. McKnight, and master's mate, Lyman, late of the gallant Essex, were ta ken from her. The Swede then pursued his course, while the American cruiser continued to the south ward under easy sail. At 4, P. M., her topsails dipped in the Southern Ocean; and when the sun set she was seen no more. Of the final end of the Wasp, rumor has ben busy with her thousand tongues. At one time she was said to have been lost upon the desolate coast of Africa, while her hardy seamen battled with the Arabs of the desert. At another tune, she was said (o have been sunk in a gale of wind off the Spanish shore after an action with an English frigate. At one time she was supposed (o have been lost in tho wild Ocean alone. At another, blown up by the accidental ignition of her maga zine. History being silent upon the subject the pen of imagination must trace her last moments. It was an awful night in the South Atlantic the waves leptin the mighty masses, like spectre knights in dusky armour, upon their fire-tipped crests, like the crimson plumes of hell's battallion, played with the clouds and flut tcred in the breeze. Loud rolled the thunder of heaven, and around the horizon the lightuing-hke tongues of a thous and adders forked in air, or wreathed around the magazine of hail, that reared their pale blue bodies upon the bosom of the storm. The wind swept iu pno unbroken howl, and the din of dashing wa ters completed the dreadful music of the elemen tary war. 1 ' Tho sails of the mariner's bark were nil where to be seen. It seemed as though man had left the ocean in its majesty to its God, while the clouds arid darkness, the whirlwind and the waterspout, the lightning and the deep-mouthed thunder gave terrific evidence ot the Creator. But, hark! A cannon faintly echoes! A pale sepulchral light faintly glares upon the deep! And now with the velocity of the wounded whale, a sloop of war with her sails in strips her spars twisted, splintered and broken, her bulwarks paitly carried away, her rudder gone, comes down before the wind. She falls off from her course, now she buries her head in foam, and now her stern seems fast disappearing in the awful billow of the deep. Sea after sea rolls over her lumbered deck,and the seamen lash' ed to her sides seem waiting the hour of near des. (ruction. The commander at the wheel with his brazen trumpet, is silent. His bright eye flashes like that of the chained eagle, as be soars the face of the deep. A few hours more and the ves sel must founder at sea. Her banner still floats in ribbons at her peak; a faint light gleams from her starboard binacle and the signal bell tolls sad ly as the vessel is thrown from broadside upon the sideling waves. The storm abates! The Grceoess of the blast is gone ! The sea rolls in gentle billows and the hea vens shower darkness instead of forked fire. A temporary rudder is rigged a storm staysail is set the wreck of spars is cleared away, and the jib booms are cut adrift together. The rolling guns are chocked with hammocks fiom the nettings,and the ports are closed.u. v v.,,'. Ha,my brave fellows,' thunders the commander, we are safe. Reilly, Tillinghast and Baury .nobly have you stood the test of this war of nature. All hand's save the ship.' . -.. . ' All hand's, shouted the first Lieutenant. ' Tumble up, tumble up,' cried the boatswain' mate below. . . ., And now the weary crew are upon deck. Those who are lashed, cut their seizing as if by magic- Grasping axes, the officers spring to the tops and work with the' undaunted men. The shattered topmasts are replaced, new sails are bent and al ready (he distressed bark begins to wear the ap pearance of a ship of war. , But. -hark!. from the northwest a rushing sound is heard I A bright bow Wi t tit m f trt f 11 rears itself from the edge of the horizon! And from the centre of that arch of fire, a flash ol light ning followed by an instantaneous crash, blinds the eyes of the anxious leader and his busy crew. In a moment more, the fierce Norther strikes the ship aback from the top of a giant billow it hurls her down. A huge abyss yawns to receive her and with her mainmast blazing with the lightning's fire, and her tattered stars gleaming in the lurid glare down, down to the ocean sepulchre sinks the gallant Wasp, with her immortal Blakely and his matchless crew. One wild wail now rings along the solitary sea; it dies in echoes far away. The wind bowls sadly in its fury, (he waves leap in their majesty around the thunder peal answers the roar of the billow, and the dead sleep in their coflin of glory in sweet forgetfulness. Afll APPEAL FOR THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION. "Make a crusade against ignorance." Jefferson. '. NO. III. THE COMMON SCHOOL. "I promised God that I wculd look upon every Prussian peasant child, as a being who could com plain of me before God, if I did not provide for him the best education, as a man and a christian, which it was possible for me to provide Dinteb; a Prussian School-Counsellor. To the People or Ohio: I ask your attention to the following extract from a manuscript letter. "There was a district school in the town of M , a visit to which, gave me more pleasure than any other single incident ol my journey. It was in the midst of a farming population, and had no other means of support, than what would be long to every common school in (he land, if pa rents and citizens did but discharge their duty. My friend R , who resided in the dis trict, conducted me to the school house, 11 o'clock in the morning. I found it a little ways from the dust and noise of the road, in the centie of a lot of about half an acre ot ground,' which was situated upon the southern slope of a gently rising hill. While it was open (o the pleasant summer winds, it was protected, at the top of the hill, on the north by thick woods. As I approached the school house from these woods, before I caught sight of it, I heard the loudjaughter of the merry hearted girls of (he school, who were just then enjoying (heir morning recess, "The grounds, though perfectly free from damp, were partially shaded by some fine forest trees, ir regularly planted, as if by nature; and interspersed, were occasional clumps of shrubs and flowers. There were two open spaces for play grounds, the one for boys, and the other for girls, separated from each other, by a c!oie fence, extending from the rear of the house. The proper out-buildings had been provided in proper places, and near the house was a good pump, which brought from a line well the necessary supply of refreshing water. "The house itself was a plain, but substantial building, containing, as I found upon going into it, a spacious entry, with divisions fur boys and girls, a small room by the side of the entry, used sometimes as a recitation room, and a large, hand somely lighted, and well ventilated school room, with seats for 80 scholars. The seats were of heights carefully adjusted to the convenience of the scholars, and with the desks attached, were far endugh apart to allow the pupil or teacher to move freely among them. The desks were also ot pro portionate heights, so as to be perfectly convenient for the exercise of Vi riling. "As my visit was in the mouth of June, I saw no fiie, but observed that provision was made for warming the room by an excellent tire-place upon the side towards the entrauce. A neat wooden clock embellished the mantle-piece, and upon the table, near the teacher's desk, were a couple of globes, and some philosophical apparatus. Sever al elegant outline maps hung upon the walls of the room, and I noticed a bookcase behind the teach er's desk, containing the district library. About the whole room, there was an impress of neatness and airy comfort, whith must have been of most healthful influence upon the minds of its youthful occupants. "The teacher, an intelligent young woman, whom my friend introduced as Miss G ; , re ceived us with politeness and perfect self-posses sion, offering chairs to each of us, and retaining one herself. The pupils, of whom the boys only were then present, glanced at us for a moment, showing their bright eyes and happy countenances, as we took our seats, and then seemed all busily engageu upon theirstudies. Every thing we saw was in perfect order, as was fitting in (he room where the sons of freemen are trained to the duties of self-government; "Miss G , exchanged but a few words with us, and then rose and pursued the business of her charge. "Kindness marked each tone of her voice, and confidence and affection shone in the faces of her pupis. It was easy to see that the chastisement of the shameful rod was never needed there. In a few minutes the ringing of a small bell announced the termination of the girls' lecess. Nothing could be mare pleasant than the sight of those ro sy cheeked and intelligent young girls, as with sidelong glances at us, they quickly and modestly took their proper seats, and resumed (heir studies. We remained, as dtlighted lookers on, until the dismissal of the school for the mid-day intermis sion. Our presence seemed, to cause not tne least interruption or embarrassment, and class after class was examined before us, the promptness and cor rectness of whose answer would have done honor to the most perfectly cultivated minds. "I wis particularly pleased by the distinctness and apt emphasis which all the pupils displayed In the exercise of reading, and by the neatness of their penmanship.' -The examination in mental Arith metic showed that (be pupil was never permitted to hurry over first elements without understanding No. 26. them; and that, iu Geography, evinced that the teacher knew how to associate the knowledge of fact with the knowledge of localities. "The last exercise of the morning, was the read ing of historical anecdotes, and it was delightful to listen to the various criticisms and remarks which questions from the teacher elicited, upon (he events and acts that the anecdotes recounted. In one case, for instance, the pupil, a noble looking boy of 14, had been reading about the distress of Colum bus, before he had y-3t seen land, while upon his first long and weary voyage to America. It seem ed that at a previous lesson, the class hid read about the conquests of Alexander, the Great, and so the teacher asked the pupil, "Which he would rather have been, Columbus in his distress, or Alexander in his triumph.'" "Columbus," was the quick response; "Why?" said the teacher; "Because," said the boy, "Alexander was destroy ing a world, and Columbus was finding one." This and other similar answers, showed that while the pupils wtre learning to read, they were also learning to know and admire whatever was pure, gentle, magtianimous, virtuous and brave. "We remained a few minutes after the school was dismissed, at noon, when Miss G , ex hibited to us the school register. In this were re corded the names of all the pupils, with each day of their attendance noted, as well as their studies, their scholarship, their manners nnd general con duct, the commeudation awardedjo them, or cen sure bestowed on them, and all the particulars, in deed, which kind and intelligent parents would wish to know concerning the education of their children. The various items thus recorded weie sumed up at the expiration of every month, and offered to the inspection of all the patrons of the school. "It had been ascertained by the school officers of the district, that there were then icsiding in it, 78 children, over 4 and under 16 years of age, and it appeared from the register of Miss G , and that of her predecessor, who had taught in the winter, that during the year, the school had been attended by 72 scholars. There were then 60 in attendance, all of whom Miss G , easily in structed, simply requiring the use of similar text books, and avoiding the unnecessary multiplica tion of classes. "The district library was also shown me. It contained about 300 well selected volumes, of which, as Miss G , infoimed me, 60 or 80 were constantly drawn out by the adult inhabit ants of the district. "You may be assured, my friend, that when I bade adieu to this young female teacher, it was with a pleasant consciousness of heartfelt respect for her, as one engaged in a glorious labor of love and usefulness, which patriot citizens ought ever (o cherish and support, as the true beginning and only assurance of a nation's future greatness and prosperity "On our way from the school, R , inform ed me of many other particulars iu relation to it, which I have not space to communicate. These concerned, principally, the manner iu which it was taught in the winter, the constant interest taken in it, by parents and by the neighboring cler gymen, the orderly conduct of the pupils when out of school the great proficiency sometimes ex hibited by scholars of unusual natural talents, the effect of it upon the character of the neighborhood; its influence, by way of examplo upon all the country around and finally, its comparatively trifling pecuniary cost to those who enjoyed its inestimable advantages. But enough; and too much, already, if I did not know that you think, with me, that, in this our tune of the advancing power of knowledge, tho common school is the most important institution ofa free State." The shool, of which the foregoing is an outline sketch, was not in this State of Ohio; else I would gladly give such names of place and persons, as might fully verify the reality of its existence, and cause it, perhaps, to be still more distinctly and forcibly presented to the citizens of Ohio, as a model of what a common school easily may, and always should be. THE COST. Let no man, however treat it as a mere fancy sketch, or turn away from it as from a foolish vi sion of things impracticable. It needs but a slight effort wisely directed, on the part of those whom it most concerns, and in a little while, just such a school, or one just as good, and pleasant, and use ful, might be seen in every school district through out the State. To show how very slight that ef fort would be, as to pecuniary expense, I present the following statement: Annual cost of such a common school, as is above described, for a single district in the State ot Uhio, that shall be kept open 8 months in a year, is montns unuer a mate, and 0 months under a fe male teacho". Interest on school house ($400,) $24,00 Annual repairs, 10,00 Fuel.tc:, 10,00 Wages of female teacher, five months, at SI 2 per month, 60,00 Wages 01 male teacher, three montns, at S25 per month, 75,00 Incidentals, 6,00 $185,00 How trifling an expense, compared with the object attained ! If there were seventy five schol ars in the district, the annual expense of the school would be less than two dollars and a half per schol ar. Ougjit not the very humblest laboring man to be able to devote that small pittance to the educa tion of his child?' .Your fellow citizen, , JOHN LUTHER. - Dr. Caldwell, an American writer on physical education, contends that a wellbalanced brain.con tributes to long life. . While a passionate and tur bulent one tends much to abridge it and if per sons knew how many dangers in life (hey escaped by possessing mildnessoi temper instead of the op- p6site disposition, how eager would be the aim of all men to cultivate it.' ' ' . "LETT II ERE BE L I G II T.f OT EBEKEZEB ELLIOTT, OF ENGLAWD. God said let (here be light! Crim darkness fell his might, And fled away; Then started seas, and mountains cold Shone forth, all bright in blue and gold, Andcnsd, 'Tis day ! 'tis day! Hail holy light! exclaimed The thunderous clouds that flamed '-' . , I O'er daisies white; And lo! the rose, in crimson dress 'd, Leaned sweetly o'er the lilly's hrcast. And blushing, murmured " Light" Then was the skylark born; Then the rose embattled corn; Then floods of praise Flowed o'er the sunny hills of noon; And then in the stillest night the moon Poured forth her pensive rays; Lo! heaven's bright bow is glad! Lo! trees and flowers, all clad In glory, bloom. . And shall (he immortal sons of God Be senseless as the untrodden clad, , . And darker than the tomb? No; by the mind of man, By the swart artisan, By God, our sire! Our souls have holy light rilhiu, . , , And every form of grief and sin Shall see and feel its fire. By earth , and bell, and heaven ! ' '' ' The shroud of souls is riven. ' Mind, mind alone Is light, and hope, and life, and power; Earth's deepest night from this blest hour, The night of mind is gone! . . POWER OF KINDNESS. - :1 The power of kindness in school teaching is beautifully illustrated in the following anecdote, whir.h we extract from the answer of Hon. Hor ace Maun to the rejoinder of the mxsters: ' ' In a town not (hiriy miles from Boston a young lady, who aimed at the high standard of govern ing without force, and had determined to live or die by her faith, went into a school which was far below the average in point of good order.'- Such were the gentleness and sweetness of her manners and intercourse with her pupils that for a few days there was nothing but harmony. Soon, however, some of the older pupils began to fall back into their former habits of inattention and mischief This relapse she met with tender and earnest re monstrances and by an increased manifestation of interest in them; but it was soon whispered among the transgressors that she would not punish, and this added at once to their confidence' and .their numbei'3. The obedient were seduced iu to diso bedience, and the whole school seemed rapidly re solving irto anarchy. Near the close of one fore noon, when this slate of things was approaching a crisis, the teacher suspended the regular exercise of the school, and made an appeal individually to her insubordinate pupils; but finding no hope-giving response from their looks or words, she return ed to her scat, and bowed her head and wept bit terly. When her paroxysm of grief had subsided, she dismissed the school for the morning. After intermission she returned, resolving on one mure effort, but anticipating, should that fail, the alter native of abandening the school. She found the pupils all in their seats. Taking her own she pau sed for a moment to gain strength for her final ap peal. At this juncture of indescribable pain seve ral of the ringleaders rose from their seats and ap proached her. They said to her that they appear ed on account of the school, and particularly on their own, to ask pardon for what they had done, to express their sorrow for the pain they had cau sed her, and to promise, in behalf of all, that her wishes should hereafter be cordially obeyed. Her genuine sorrow had touched a spot in their hearts which blows could never reach, and from that hour the school went on with a degree of intellectual improvement never known before; and like the sweet accord of music, when every instrument has been tuned bv a master's hand, no jarring note ever afterward arose to mar its perfect harmony.' A Story for Children. A farmer bought Gve peaches from the city, the finest that were to be found. But this was the first time that the chil dren had seen any fruit of the kind. So they ad mired and greatly rejoiced over the beautiful peaches with the red cheeks and soft pulps. The father gave one to each of his tour sons, and the fifth to their mother. In the evening', as the children were about to retire to sleep, their father inquired, ' Well boy, how did the peaches taste?' Excellent, dear father,' said the eldest, ' it is a beautiful fruit, so juicy and: so pleasant, I have carefully preserved the stone, and will cultivate a tree for myself.' Well done,' said the father. ' This is husban dry to provide for the future; and is becoming to a farmer.' ' I ate mine,' exclaimed the youngest, ' and threw away the stone, and mother gave me half of hers. O, that tasted so sweet, and melted in my mouth.' You,' said the father, 'have not acted very piudently, but in a natural manner. There is still time in your life to practice wisdom.' , . , Then the second began, ' I picked up the stone which my little brother threw away and cracked it open, it contained a kernal that tasted as good as a nut And my peach I sold, and got for it mo ney enough to buy twelve when I go to the city." The farmer patted him on the head, saying 'that was indeed prudent, but it was not natural for a child. May heaven preserve you front being a merchant.'' ' And'you, Edmund?' inquired the father. ' Frankly and generously Edmund replied, '! carried my peach to George, the son of our neigh bor who is sick with a fever. He refused to take it, but I laid it on the bed and came away.' Now,' said the father, 'who has made the best use of his peach?' All exclaimed, 'Brother Edmund.' . ' 'i But Edmund was silent; and hi mother embra ced him with a tear standing in her eye. , - Time, patience, . and industry are the three grand masters of the world they bring a man the end of his desires; whereas an imprudent and tur bulent murmur oftentimes turns him but tf the way to bis proposed end. -. : :. ; .-. ' Look not mournfully to the past; it come not back again, wisely improve the present, it is thine; go forth to meet (he shadowy future without few and with a manly heart ' - ' ...- u-i