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V.OLUME.IX, GREENSBOROUGH,- NORTH-CAROLINA, FEBRUARY ' 19, 1848.' NTJMBR 45 5& BY SWAIM&'SHERVOOD, VHICK, TUKER UOI.I.ABI A TBAK,, af 3.50, ir vi witbih ot avrsn vas T a nani-atmo. A failure on the part efany raeteiaer to order a dueontin wanee within tbe eabicription year, will be conaidaaeU w- icliof nia wUh to eonUnue Hie paper. . , Q, not to crush with ahjed ihjec fear of mkn. h appear, v The hardened toul c DiJ Jhm tha earth 'An J on beavca'a high ii'att! He cam tii bid ua find npol And God hie rather know t And Ibua wUhJove to rata up Tbat onct were bowed low. O, not in coldneat nor in prido HUboly path be trod; Twit bia delight to turn aide And win the lost w God: And unto wrowina guilt d'uclose The fount whenca peaca ihall flow .And thus with Ue to raiia up thoee That onca were bowed low. O, not with colJ unfeeling cyo Did he the Buffering view t Not on tha other aidepata by, j : , And deem their team untrue t . i?Twaa joy lo him to heal their woes, And heaven's aweet lefjge show ; e .And thua with love to raiee up tboa ; That onca wera bowed low. ' ,n" ':".k.:''j"',r '"J"5" THE DISAPPOINTMENT. tw veara aince. country physician, resid- , - . i -- - iing in the good old town of Concord, beenme deep- Jy smitten with the charms of a youriglady, at aa evening party ir. Boston. At the tiinXhe bod n.U nn ainwal ofihin nassion. but awa'loWd it .allonir with his sweetmeats,,: However, the so plumbs, candy snapst cfciiiaoBttf apaMgtfl ;aod in the abort apace of a week, nothing remain ed of that eventful night but the incipient flame which grew brighter and more troublesome than rver, and which he determined to digest, through .the medium of a billet-doux. The billet doux , was written on valentine paper, with a dove quill; sealed with cupid darta and despatched by post, to the fair damsel in Boston. It meiely contain Zij"7v& an; encomium to iieTady'f beauty and a mod est declaration of tbe-lender passion J.' To Jbis inexpressible tfdgete and; felicity, this Jetter- was '"-Kntwftwlit owavAhai,afnew life to his i -new life to his hopes. It even went as for ai tboSS V:'- lady herself had, at first aight, conceived aorre thing more than friendship for him, and that his letter had disentangled her from a labyrinth of de spair. These letters were followed by others Huick, thick, and heavy as a thunder shower,' each more bright and ominious than the Jastj like the threatnings of a volcano, which general T !y begins in distant rumbling, but progressing1 in flame and buatle, soon became ripejr .explosion. Nearljr two months elapsed ainee rhe interview, ' which time hod been delightfully employed in N wliiting love-letters ami drawing similiea between jgzL rorth;"wben our hero received all but the summum bonum of his h.ippines, by a lletter invit:ng him' to Boston. Ma had at length . given her consent that Miss should receive the Doctor's addresses; and had ad Jed to. her list of f jewels, and even began to talk of a marriage pdr- . . lion of pin money. The gentleman was farther ( requested to come as stylish as possible, so torn- sure the old lady's regard, who had a strong ban ( .kering after rent rolls and bank stock; but, above all, lo be sure not to come without himself, which .was every thing in the world, that had the slight est attraction for his soul's reflection, his devoted ,Miry. The gentleman lost no time in prepar . jng for his journey ; he disposed of some canal stock at a sacrifice, to purchase a barouche, and t: .changed two ctalwortb plough horses, witri siUp ipurtenancea lo boot, for a brace of ambling fillies, ; which seemed intended for the convoys of love. .When he arrived in town, he drove tap idly down ' the street of his charmer, intending to bloom forth tin full meridian. After springing from the char iiot, and extracting thunder from the tnocker, the .door was opened, end his name announced. -r , Walk in.sir be seated, sir--really, sir,f can- mot challenge my memory ag io your name, tut i think I have some slight recollection of your ' ountenancev .r-.,-.'. ...'....lil..... Probably so, madam, but I had supposed you lhad ieen belter acquainted with my name than imy person ; but your daughter your Mary t Truly, "madam, your astonishment - surprises ne. I mean your daughter, Mary A.iE" 9o wtiom I have the honor of being husband ' i .- 4lect...l am DrJame s S , whom, you aiave signified you will receive as son in-law, Y ; tand have come post haste from Concord, to marry :yoar daughter.' ' 5 ' ." Upon my word, sir, I can only return thanks for thV intended honor, but I assure you, my - ' ' daughter has been married these seven months, and I hope has no thought of becoming a wid- ow Hold, madam have I not your. daughter's . letters in my pocket I Did I not receive ber lat- est on last Thursday, saying that your ssnciioo J-wolta.rried,'ndf''- that all was waiting T does she not love roe, and ' " , Beware, sir, that strikes upon my daughter's bonor ; the lady most be here forthwith wljQ.rnust .-.epealc .lor heraelt.' .....t- v.; ? :- " 1 1 ""Accordingly a lady was. introduced the Doc.. r tor at ouce lecgnjzed. his' My jfi iailoj!!.! J fore 1iim J lie Tiried no a'Tapdog whichwas lying on be carpet, seized him by the nose in bis (all, whose teeth operating like a aurgecnV laa" cet, saved him, that extremity. Madam.V said be oo rising an4 extricating some fifty or sixty perfumed "billet-doux from bis pocket, are you of, the writer of these, V,, ui.p- 'God forbid Y exhumed the sfemingly astonish lady, .letter-writing is thing I have a particular aversion to, and with the exception of some, few that I sent my mother from school, I never wrote ibree leWers my jjife . , . n The genileman stood aghast. - The lady was coruiedibe lap-dog barked and the husband in reality entered.' fie soon was in possession of the whole affair, md snatching op the letters with an eye lingering between curiosity and jealousy, glanced hastily over the first, and immediately burst into an immoderate fit of laughter. 'deatb, air, I see no cause for merri- , 'None, truly, in' (he idea of a man coming to kidnap my wife i but altera is some in the fact that he has been courting my mad couiin-in-law, Matt F , for, if those are not his true char acters, I'm no true Christian. f . i, - " Our herd or the billet-douc paused ; sucb things might be, and have been ; the name correspond ed, and as he had never used but the initials of the first, at last the truth Jdasbed Dponbiaitiiat he .V , . si . e ' . ' : i T , 1 r fiac oee Hi ima une toe oupe oi some sympa thising wag. 4t .Xf -. ii .l .l, " i ' y an you xeit me wnrre toe gentleman you ua peel resides J' ' ... ' J suppose, air, as in ditty bound,! must; bull would advise you to take things coolly, as he is a real Lucius OTrigger, (powder and ball.) and cares no more about shooting a man, than be dites about breaking a biscuit. ; hcTfeisradvicej howewrr;wa-about- aa i effective in calming the disappointed lover as the love tear io a lad v'Vevt -lean would be in extmeuiahin? a vol- i cano. The Doc'.or flung himself into liis diariot and drove down the street, as if the fillies" were moun ted by a brace of German hunters. To find the house he was in quest of, to knock, to be admitted and to ba seated slmost breathless on a sofa in iho drawing room, was out the work cf a minute; it was rifore'lhnn ten minutes Before ie could collect .. ,. . e . . 7 . , . .. X - j himself sutucienuy to explain tneopjecioi ina visit; his eyes to essay, lo! and fce&oM. they encounter- ea on nngei. m es, ine eiy lauguing giaucrs, uu stole archly though a pair of downcast eyelashes, were never emitted if jnartaj piicsi so at least thowgljt4bei)ocior j besides the summer-browned, dimpled cheeked, retiring fairy oro befote bun., belonged to a higher order of beauty than he hnd ever before had any conception of. He at once acknowledged the influence of the .cha rms by one of bis test bow s, -but in he 4UMvt oiniaking it, he brought a flush upon the lady 'a .nose, by com ing lump upon it with his noddle. The gentle maiden, -however,- smiled a orgivness, and to r harinirigly. tao, inat it completely staggered, or at least changed, the current of his passions ; for, when he snoke his vc ice was more like, the sup , i ., !.. I u: l- .u..M plication of Erato, than that of a disappointed lov- er. Mad am, if this is the sister of Mr. whom I have the honor of addressing, I lamenU. hij nnJ achjng kne before lhe fi.p the circumstances that brings me hither; and yet it were a libel to lament any, thing 4hat introdu ced me to you. Surely, sir, I trust my brother has been guilty of nothing lhatCQuldrderanrio3hefeehngs of so polite a i " here she stopped and blushed, and before she could begin again hr hroihar -entered. He was an arch looking boy, between fifteen and sixteen, so, of couraer could be no great due list, as be waa. represented. Finding the gentle man to be very calm and polite in bis inquiries, he made a general confession of the whole, which amounted to this: Goinjj one.dn-y with some of his.CQOiJianions to iheosVo(fice for letters, be re ceived one with his own initials which was in tended for his cousin Mary s that hia companions induced him o do it thut they agreed to answer it,' and bat.fr;.sioc,JrptjDplhe correspon- dence. The gentlemari heaved several audble sighs, during i.lhe confession. The ldy abed tears offtl at ; ih tale, and the boy wiping hi eye lashes, which trembled V jth a tear, lest per- adventurehe should receive the drubbing he deserved, simpered 1 am very sorry for having .kept foot wife from .marrying you ; but sure you can Court and have my sister Betty instead.' The Doctor started and sighed louder than ever the lady turned her eyes towards the window, whtch-caxse in visionary contact with the chariot at the door. ; : ' Madam,' said the gentleman, at this ominous moment, I.could cheerfully submit' to all disap pointment, if I thought -you would not. deem the rene wal of Siyvisira n aonoyance.'r Miss etty gave a silent look ef sanction, and answered that mamma would be delighted at the honor, but -for herself, she dared not permit the visits of a strange gentleman. JJowever, itho last sentence waa softened' ky a smile, and in a few moments after our hero look his leave., and (as some persons have hinted) a'kisa in the bargain, and promised iq return oa the morrow. The marrow came the gentleman wa true to his word, and love pro gressed. "The next it was established; the fifth arranged J, the sixth concluded i end on the sev- eritbi a morning paper aniiciunced that Dr? James 3 " ' ", of oncord, hd on the day f previous, Ied thf accompiished iss Elizabeth E, y the altar otWtymen. Bix months have elapsed since the ' marriage1, and as the lady he loat is a noted shrew, and the wife be' found a notable housewife, the Doctor every day thanks bis itars for bis cruel disappointment, .j, .. .. i THE OLD SHEPHERD. at res act no a er "twt eta mss's Tatta.' , So they bad lived, father and son t , But , two years ago there had , been a terrible winter a winter which, beginning' In November, . lasts' tHl April. The.. bleak wind whistled over the . bare hi!s; black, pitiless, impenetrable frost settled upon the face of nature the sky M as as lead a bove the earthbarder than ironbeoeatfa; scarcer y could the famishing Jjocks pick a scanty pas ture amid the herbage and heath, stf parched and dried up with intense rold. s , T " , . Cold J oJd I mare and xnore piercing was the cold. ! The stout heart of the old Scotchman re sisted, the elements in that cabin of hia; he sat there at night over the embers wrapped 'in bis plaid, and neither shivered, trembled, , nor com plained ; but one day he got an unfortunate wet ting by a slip , into the stream, as be followed a refractory ewe, and the rheumatism seized upon bis knees and crippled birn. ; There willbe a downfall to-night, Michael,' said br as bis sou returned from providing bis blea ting family wiib their accustomed share of prov ender. . 1 . So I think," replied the young man ; and may be we shall be shut up, as I have beard you were in the dreadful year 60. . Our oat-meal chest is getting low, and I think the best thing I can do is to takrtld Alftggirdowr 10 tbe and Ving up a couple of sacks of meal in case f the worst." ' ' M Ay, ay,". said the old man ; " and ye may as welltak the few sheep skins which lie in the byre, and see what the old hard-fisted .body xf a bailiie will gie ye for them. " I'll-bu ' off directly, father," said Michael. and be back before dark ; for the wind howls as I think Ir.evej hea.rd U before, and that oioud there, Upwards the north .is loaded with snpw. J I'm not, for either my' own' sake or' AIaggTT,"''inr' chord in sucb a coiu,iQjcoae owe wauing k clined in such a cold,.tocorie boe wading knee- an hour. Keep the fire well up, father, and keep ryour plaid over knees, and have a good mess of porridce ready against I come bacjf Anoso they parted. The old man stood at his door, wrapped in bis pJaid now watching while Maggie and her master, aa ihey slowly and f aU'r usly drrrer.ded tl ehil', and taking a course in he opjKwite direction from the little glen I have described, wended their way along a sort of valley, which opened finally upon Strath- and now lifting his aim gray eye tp the threatening heavens. The wiiid whistled and giuw keei jmd ,moje k aee the young man wrap tiis plaid closerand urge white Maggie to a trot. The black, heavy-clouds, as if of lead, hung o ver. the north, ominous and melancholy; the J wind whistled the Wind roared ibe shepherd n-iihdMw.inia hia huu shut the jloor... and sat ruh- lie made it on with turf and a litilo wood. The fire began lo blaze and flicker ; the genial warmth of ibe ingle nook, after the intense cold out of doors. acted as a cheering cordial upon the old man's frarce -pleasant dozing dreams began to humandimmeriistancy his eyes .dosed his head nodded j yut be was not more than half asleep. ..' Such a sudden swirl of the wind ! and, ha !- what is thai 1 XThe lhbvv has begunit is beat ing and pelting against the little casement. -The old man started, awoke, and listened. Oh ! how drenrilyibe .wind howled, and roared, ana wuisiieu : aim uuw u-uuy iuci iuc wvn agninst the pane J ----- r . JVesHrlyhe made hia way to tbe .door, (ie opened it wi'.haome difliculty-but such a blast such a pelt of snow beat In his face ! that it al most blinded him. lie was an old man,' and had passed his life amid the hills, but never had he seen such a snow s'.orm as this. Driven slanting before "theCwnd;, Ihatflakes large es feathers and thick as sand, fell as fast as it is possible lo .con ceive. Not a single object was lo be "discerned throggh jhejhick, white veil; andlhe door-sill i !. .i.j t J t I :l.. I . .u.. . J and door stone were already an inch deep in anow. . , ' lie was forced loloe hedoor again and re torn lo the firei butthroughthe little casement he could see too well how thick, and white, and ra pidly the fleecy shower was descending. In a little time he began tothinkofhisson. He would be blinded and lost if this storm should continue ; it was impossible for'aoy man to see his way. RurfiMnnaxon he is at Abervoi! lone before this time.'' . , He was a hopeful, stout-hearted old man j iaad in this hope ho sat, bis toees to the fire but his eyes were fixed upon the windowor some time longer.- y"' " ': ',: :-'4'- tttcanna snow t bus for Jang, said be "sharp showers short showers." But it did. ; When he, heard the wind mournfully wailing. and shrieking louder and louder, and wilder and il'de';an4Ahjaif?o bfganto.dfift-and be saw the while wreaths gather round his little window &rie eldiiB aegait ta ihiok of his sheip They r were an lymg warm and long in the lit tle valley;' But the snow drifts! ( j W- Tbe greatest danger for tbe flock in the Scottish bills is a snow-storm in those narrow clefts and glees , t tif u.j 1 .;lfi; A - ,v. Yl A ,'; -. c "They mson be brought' out of that, and lie on t'other side o'the sheiling." said the old tnao, " I Wish Michael bad taken an'p'.her. day for bis meal-bags ; . but sin'he's not , here, I mson e'en njak a shift to toddle along, and drive the poor bleating thing in' tha aMfdojr.-, Eb he rose and tried to open the door ;bnt there was, as it were, a hillock of snow piled up already again 'MA Tbe doorrorned-inside it u, true ; but the snow presented an penetrable wart without and forbade all exit that way., ' The old man returned to bis window. ' Here the 'drift was not so high and he could just, through the upper panes, discern the wide blaok of nature around him, and the snow falling, and Sweeping before the wind as it fell, biz'' ; He closed bis door agsin ; and, with the patient submission to the inevitable which marks a strong nature, returned lo bis highbacked settee in the ingle' nook. ''n i-'l vv, -,pf-:j. ' He piled up' the fire; for he thought of his son, wading through and drenched with aoow, coming in spite of the storm to his ' assistance. lie knew Michael wlK ''' tV' ?: ; He thought of his sheep bis whole earthly wea(th cooped up in that lit'.Io narrow cleft j and, like the patriarch of old, he bowed, and said, 44 The Jro ga takelh a way; bles sed be the name of the Lord." And now the lit tle casement window was entirely, blocked up by the anow, and twilight took possession of the cottage.- Some few rays yet penetrated enough to make a dim twilight, and the fire cast ja glow- ihere wasao t clock to give .a jooie Af time ; and how much of time tad passed away he knew not. X He was not very cold. The snow kept tbe buried cabin warm; and be bad fuel at band, Sometimes be dozed t at times the old man pray, ed ; at times he struck bis knee with bis band with that expression of patient endurance which may be observed in extreme old age. The wind no longer howled. . The only noise to be heard within the cabin was the low breath- 1 ingsofone Iirig,arid the Are which ' cracked' a lille now and ihen.-- " ' - - -:- ': -- - . .- " He slept very soundly, or else the snow was thick and toft; for be was not aroused by foot steps and voices witnout. nere were many men there with shovels and spades, endesvoring to clear away the snow. It was a long business. An avalanche had not precisely fallen, us might have been the case in Switzerland but .he ejTtct was much the same. They had to dig for hours before they could make their way lo the door. . i Tbe son was a man of slight and delicate make quite unlike ibe magnificent build of his al most niant old father but he worked with auper hojmao energy.JJis neighbors and mends, good honest Scotch hearts, toiled as if their own father, j i 'ii i- I :j V. lie. Or Cnilu lay ouneu mere. j e storm ceased, and a clear, cold, icy .mcon v. . i i . . i : .i... f eemefl 10 Stana on, ranter inam, mu iii, me ucTj marhle skyv .Some.of the men fell down almost insensible froVthe interse cold ; others gripped in vain their looVwiih their benumbed fingers, but Michaal laboredWemittingly; his anxierfy kept him warm. At lengtaAbrough this wall of snow, the narrow wpy wasmade the ridge of lhe cottage just visible in the white blank of na w,re which surrounded it had guideilthein to the n..Y. Michael had calculated from it the place nf the duor. and bis calculations proved wrre they struck the cottage exactly at the door. He pushed it open, crying, Father l'! No one answered." " " : ' ' The fire was gone out ; the snow had beaten in one corner of the roof, a a J thua admitting the out er air, the cabin was intensely cold. The old man sal in bis settle in the inle nook buHe moved not, spoke ot. . The soVith aery of anguish rushed up1 to him, caught hold of the withered, veiny 4iand, which lay upon halcnes. . It was quite stiff. IJe bad been come time dead, acd was frozen stiff as marble.' Maternal Instrticti There ia not. In all this eold and hollow world, a fount Of deep, strong, daili'ess lore, save that with 10s A mother a beart Maa isxa v- It ta kes a long time fonhe world 46 grow w ise.'' Men have been busying themselves these six thousand years, nearly, to improve society. They have framed systrms of philosophy and govern ment, and conferred on their own sex all the ad vantagea which power,' wealth and knowledge ' founded colleges and institutions oTTearntrrg wnhout number and pro- vided themselves teachers o every art and sci ence; and, after all, the mass of mankind aie very ignorant and' very wicked. Wherefore. is this 1 Because the mot her, whom God constitut ed the fireiNjeacher of every human being, has been degradetLby men-frorn her high ofRce ; or, what is the.sanDe thing! been denied',, those priv ileges of educajren which only Can enable, her to fdisChnr'Te her dulv to her children with discretion and cfficiVJ .hvAjt a nelp ct.5 an. X . I SI in bis pride, rejects her assistance in bis intellec tual and moral career, be never will occeed to Improve his 'nature and reaqh that perfection n knowledge, virtue and happiness, which bis fac ulties are constituted to attain. , ;. 5: , ,l ' If half tbe effort aod expense had been direc ted to enlighten and irn'pjrovethe minds of females which, have been ', lavished on the other sex, we ahould now have a very different state of society. W here ver a woman is fou nd excellin g in ' j udg ment and knowledge, either by natural genius or from belter opportunities, do we ool see her chil dren i also excel ?, ' Search the records of history. aj4. seie .mYcwml. that great ariji wise man ever descended from a wtok andjooliih mo Iher. ' So sure and apparent is' this maternal in fluence, ibat it has passed into an axiom of phil osopby, it ia acknowledged by the greatest and wisest of meo; and yet, strange to say, the in ference which ought to follow namely, that in attempting to improve society, the first, most care ful and continued efforts - should be to raise the standard of female education, and qualify woman to become the educator of her children, has nev er yet been acted upon by any legislators, or ac knowledged and tested by any ph.ilsnihrop;sts. " What is true of the maternal influence respec ting sons, is perhaps more important in the train ing ol daughters. The, fashjonabje schools are a poor substitue for such example and inslruc lioo as a thoroughly educated and right princi pled mother would bestow on her daughters. The best schools in ijhe wrld will not, in and of hem aeivea, make fine women. The lone of Jamiiy Education, and nf society , needs to be raised. This xan never be jdone till greater value!' is set on the cultivated female intellect. Voungladiea must be inspire with high morsl principles. noble iuaTndril otscltimproverm-nL tobecom what Ihey ought to be MaU rnal lnstructiou u the purest and safest means' of opening the foon ta.in .of bnow.ege of the young mind. ttright't Catht. Mental Philosophy. - The following synopsis of the benefits resulting from a itoough and practical knowledge of this science" is from " The Youth's Boot on the Mind, by Cyr Pearl.HsiThe' xoore ihorosgtly ' this science is AindexslQod by instructors, the more sue- cj;Mao43appy.il instructed; - - ; -. x The study of the Human Mind is one of the mo expensive and important that can be pursued. Man is the noblest work of God with which we are acquainted; and the mind of man is of more value ihw tut body. ft ia4be mind rtiat raisea nan abova tbe brute, that allies him to angels, and brings him near to God. it is in the mind, aod not ia the body, that we are to seatcb or l.ve image of God. Next to the study of the Divixe Mind the trttfifjmmMt and will of Goo we should hold in estimation, the study of the buraan mind. Of angels, or other created beings super ior to man, we kpow but httle ; and the study of ehew natefe and employments, must be . reserved for another stele of being. But the study of lhe heman soul is now within our reach ; and it is fitted to awaken the deepest interest. A Tna proer atuJy of mankind, li man." The benefits of this study are numerous. 1. It serve .to strengthen, expand and elevate the Atod, end prepare it for the pursuit of all knowledge. Know'edge ts gained by mental effort, and tlxs eifort is crnsWntly Siting themind for svill higher aiiaintnents. No other study can dp ThTs more succestfully than that of mind ilsedf. " 2. Mental Philosophy is lhe -basis of self- knowledge. Jt js the aody of our natu re, necessi- X1 a i -a' tics, and Capacities, it makes usacquainteu witn ourselvesVfor it is the study of ,out thoughts, feel ings, and conduct .to boa various relations we sus- taia.' " ' ', , ; :. v ; 3. We thus learn to rfucipiiw our minds, and to direct tbrm mto r'ght courses, and to useful ends! In all efforts tor self improvement we have occasion for just views of the, philosophy of mind. Ve must necessarily be scting upon principles, either of true or false phikwophyrat every ftep, jn self-education. -i 4. Our knowledge of others will be id propoil lion to bur skill in Mental Philosophy ; which is but another name for a knowledge of human na-lure.....-' ;; j . This knowledge is sometimes gained by the tudy of men, in the intercourse of life ; but there is need of instruction in this, as in every other scienceX.I'. is a profound science r and books, tea chers, and direct efforts are as neceisary in this, as in any scieoCe wfiicn claims our attention. 6. This knowledge is of vast importance to lhe teacher. He haa need of the most thorough ac qnaintance with mind, boihjn teaching and gov erning the yobng. This is troeof the teacher ki every department r wlietbet it bV the family circle, the common school, the academy or high school, the college, or professional seminary, or the sanctuary. All, who in oy jelauon orata tion attempt to teach and influence others, need a knowledgejf impd,.' G. Equally importaqt , is. a knowledge of tbe mind in conversation, writing for the press, in pub. lie speaking, in the practice of the law. and ipeoV Heine Jin' mercantile and'comrnercial purs.uiis in and adrniniatrerjng human governments ; in aQ efforts for reformingtbe manners or morals of meni in political action and politcal economy,- Itb use fuj jo panting and sculpture, and ia all tbe effort a a' m m k genius, aaa tne creations of imaginatna m evt 7. The StodV of the human mind ta BMntiarV fitted to lead as toihesuidr of the Divmk Mimb. Tbe more we know of ourselves, the more shall w el our need of the knowledge of God t - and ba other created object can give us higher Meat ( m wisuom, powef, ana pepevojeftce mfl jjje man mind. Its faithful studr. in connefuon wkk be truths of tbe Bible, is needed to qualify tu for is presence and service, and Tor the wtentottif f all holy and intelligent beings, Domestic Education 0 Fenalcs, ,; IT KT. X. H. WCSSL0W. '' , ,, . . . j ,. :, " i The etest danger ta fen,.!-..! the Present lime, is the neglect of domestic educatio. Wot only to themselves, but to husbands, families, and the community at large, does this danger impend. oy ur tne greatest amount of happiness in civi lized life is (bund ia lie domestic relations, and most of this depends on the domestic culture and habits of the wife and mother. Let her be Intel. lectually educated as highly ss possible; let bar moral ana social nature receive the highest grace of vigor and refinement ; but alonir with these let the domestic virtues find ample place. -. we cannot say much to our daughters about tneir oemg hereafter wives and mothers, but we o.ught to think much of it, and to give tbe thought promtoence ta all our clans for their education. ttooe wives they cannot be, at least for meo of intelligence, without mental culture t pood moth. tn.IiawM without it ; iuad more than this, they cannot be such wives u men need, unless they are good housekeeDers : and they cannot be good housekeepers without a thorough and practical teaching to that end. Our daughters ahould be practically taueht to bake. wash, sweep, cook, set table, make up beds, sew. knit, darn stockings, take care of children, nurse. and co everything pertaining to the order, neat. peas, economy and happiness 61 the household. AH this they can learu as well aa not, and better than not. It need not interfere in the least with .th,ffcfotenw with the highesr style ofTefiMmenC' O greatly contribute thereto. Only let that time, or even a portion of it, which is worse than wasted in idleness, sauntering, gossip, frivolous readinr. and the various modern female dissipations which kill time and health, be devoted to domestic du ties and domestic education, and our daughter would soon be all that can be desired. A benign, ' regenerating influence would eo forth through all the families of the land. Health and joy would sparkle in many a now lustreless eye ; tbe bloom would return to grace many a faded cheek, and doctors' bills would fast give way to bills ojw holer some fare. ,.....,.'.''..,..'.'.' xv- ' .', Religioi. Ma a I ne views ot each individual in socretv. en individual this subject, are the" private property of each hol der, bey are the secret gema of. each being. enclosed in the casket of tack heart, into whioh the meddknjf world have no right to pry, and a a a. sea aa.' wnicn sbouki do sacrea oetween ma adAui God. It is not alone wheae te loud anthem or a pealing organ resounds not alone where tha crowded congregation and ministerial prayer is prayed-not in the hum at '.he busy citv or atleor tive village. Tha aoklsWe and desert the clos et and the midnight waking the sea and tha mountain, are alike houses of God to cotnmusra withdfity. We wrestle not with the custon which builds the stately dome and establishes the hebdomadal period as time and place for pujblis worship,- Neither-d we- contend arrainat -"Aa prayer of one fur hundreds. But there is devotion .beyend this it fs that of silent penitence for sin mat which calls not lor words to express toe thought which wends its way to heaven on noise less wing which is at the throne JotQqi as sooa aa conceived, wben troth atands forth to present it in hs purity, as a rich offering from a son to father.' .';"';' ' ' . ';f ' . The difference of creed touches not our, view ef religion. Sincerity is the only catechism, and charity the handmaid of human belief and prac tice. Let tbe world study-truth; say less and practice more, and one religion of the heart will be adopted. What my neighbor believes Is pf no consequence to myself.-- Let every one obey jibe dictates of his own conscience, and religious 1 I controversy would tease. v Wiih the cessation of this tvonld terminate one half of the enmities of the age snd persecution strike its deadly fang i? io its own ne I havknt got any money," said Mrs. rartingtosi as the box came round at the close 'of ' imrityV--, ' lecture i f but bere'a a couple of elegibt sassin Cra -hmueht that yon can give to lhe poor crea1 . tnrea !" .1 he box-bolder looked ItonfoUhded this . people smiled w ith ber view of charitv She WW nothing wronjr. in the act. 4 Bleu thee, Mrs. jpar- tington ! angels shaH record rhe deed on theered it side of the accoUAi, and where bear's are jodg- ed shall thy simple gift weigh like gold in the day .... of award. '........,...'.- ,',V ... ' ".'.' , A Louisiana paper says "One of the provia. ions of the Constitution of the new Republic uf ' Liberia, excludes an v. white man from the privi lege cf voting I I h? ,' treating the:r while. brethren, the attelHionists, rather contemptuous- ' ly seod en your petitions and protests." t , .Editorial WoA. The conductor of a news paper in Connecticut, expresses it as his delibery ate opinion that -" there is not -an editor in ijh, -"' . couptry-'wjhftwnthre ahirtsjjNi'. . ' ..." . -
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 19, 1848, edition 1
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