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"V O: V) 1 Q -: vrrf - - - r . -t.;:: iji.;: fcrv:--v -.-r' - 4 irr THE EAGLE. . M. J. McSWEEN. & CO. . Publisher and Proprietors. :o-o: TZHLIS OF .THE EAGLE : CTJBSC2IPTIXT Cash in Advance. .Bemi-Weekly, I year........... $4 00 six months, W vu .WmUj, lyear, - 3 00 six months, 51 ou 2V copier, or more, of tbo Wen-XT, one year, to one place, $2 50 each. ASYSSTXSEIQ Traxsiext. WEEKLY AXD 8KHI-WEEKLT. 1 moam or lea, first insertion. $1 00 Each recular insertion afterwards, CO 8 EMI -WEEKLY. One sqnare, one month, .$3 CO . 5 00 two months, six months, 12 00 one rear, 22 50 WEEKLY. One sqnarc, three months, $3 00 M six months, 8 00 M one yc-ir, 15 00 aCon tract for a column or I, far ose, xz r Tafi xoxnt. at rAnon.Ms rule. Ten Lnu or Ie bievir. make iur. e MONDAY. HECMlUCi: 14, ISoS. "Wc Late been couridi ring how to es tablish oue or more private mail or " pra lines to supply subscribers with tho JZij!c. Wc h.i? first nndj nn ef fort about the mail, to ye if wc could get oue or two routes cuunged fcouie what, and have Rome i:ev ones tstab lihtd. The 1W (Wieo Department iu forma n that we etiu have ur.y Jim rtd change of day or time on any ronte, by getting the consent of the contractor luid of the Tost Matters at each end of the route. Couseqnnt y, the m.-iil JU ere to fore from thU place toLnmbvrton on Wednesday ami back Thursday, will uovrd from hero IVi daya and back Saturdays. The luail by ruilroail fruru here to Egypt aIul back, Monday ami Thursdays, it to In changed oon toTuesdays and Friday. Similar effort bavo len made, which we hope will bejmccessful, to change the Semi-Weekly mail from Jonssboro to Carthage. Also tho Smi-Weekly mail from Carth.-tge to High Point. This mail leave Joncsboro Tmsd js and Saturday h, cU ut 7 or 8, A. M. fi r Carthage, ami arrive tit Jvnbortte believe Mumluya and Fridays. It is proposal to change to Tuesdays ami Fridays, at 10 or 1 1, A. 31., or on arri Tal of the train ;it Joucloro'. In thU wv mail inattrr can leave Carthage, evcia(;8 at 3. P. by Uio railroad. and mail mailer that Mill lvo lay etletille early TneKlay and Fridnv morning will reach Carthago thcaaluc dav. Ilia projosl alo that the Swift .Island mail, (weekly.) bivh gets to Carthago Monday ui-lit. and leaves Tuesday morniirt;. be changed to get ther Saturday nipht and leave Suuday cr ilonday morning for Swift Island. Thce would bo great im provemcnU. Wo larn tho mail ronte from Jonos boro to Higb Point is, or should be. ou lino or contract. It seeiaa that the original contractor retains tbo route from Carthage to High Point, and has mdo a bnb-conlmct with another man to carry the snail from Carthago to Jonesboro. Wo are also informed that the mail line from Joneboro to Iliirh Point is not connected; but thut the mail starts from CartLagc to iiig" T'; nlmut the oamc time that mail - " a tarts from JonelKiro to Carthagu. It should uot leavo Carthage nntil the .T.intmru' mail arrives. Tho mail I from Jonesboro too should not leave until the train arrives with the mail from Fay ct lev ille. We also hope to arrange for a mail to bo sent np the "Weldon road from Wilmington by the evening train. This might bo a small bag of through mail for Fayetteville, "and bo left at Warsaw in tiaie for the tago the aame night Bv this mean, a letter could leave ."Wilmingtou Wednesday evening, for instauce, at 5 P. 31. reach Warsaw aarlr in the night in time i r the Fay etteville tage. It would reach here Thrrda morning at G A. M. leave on tho Western Kail-Koad at 7 A. M. and . ett to Carthage Thursday evening by ft r. M. I In this way we would get mail hero from Wilmington in 12 hour and at Carthage jn 21 hour. Also it thero would be private or public mail from Kgypt to Fittsboro, mail could go from Wilmington to FUt.boro in 2-1 hour. The train gets to Kgypt about 11 A.M. and it U about 15 miles then to Pittsloro and IS miles from Jonc-sboro to Carthage. Wo ex rct to start a private mail buggy from her to Little Biver Academy in Ilar- ctt poino 15 or 20 miles from here o go aud return every Friday. There U aome hon of a mail line from hore to Shoe Heel or Laurinsburg. But we have concludtd to send a buggy will taicr, Jtc. to Icaro bore Friday morn in (or Thursday evening) and return !.. n.l to c-o bv Dnndarroch. utioch. Gilchrist's Bridge, Bethel, Dr. Hector McLcauV, Galatia to rayctti viBc. Vol. I.-No. 34 Tur Chatham Kail Road. This sub ject has occupied much attention re ccutly and of courao Fayettcyillo feels deeply interested in it. Somo here think this road with iU extension to Chcravc, Jbc., will greatly damage Fay cttcville. As yet wc are not inclined to that opinion. "Wo think these roads can bo uvM for the benefit of Fayctte villc. We had intended to give our views at length on these matters to day, but having just received a lottcr from our Raleigh correspondent bear ing on this and other important mat- tant matters, vro win give jt placearidJli potrxn& our tt?mark& ho Crnhanvfti' a road is bnt an extension of the Raleigh and d'aston road to the vicinity of tho Coal Fields on Deep River. It will minuet with onr road frtm. Fayette- ville to Egypt near the present termi nus of thb latter or at Jonenboro. From tlii-s point of intersection there would lo nearly a straight line of road to Norfolk a distance of homo 250 miles. Freights could go through in the Mine cur. The mot of Koheson, and Cumberland and part of Bladen, :wii:so: and mclimoim coulI get good and supplies from New York an J Baltimore cheajHrunil quicker by way of the Chatham road ami Fayctto- vi!K than b- way of ilraington. Fa-'ctteville too could buy the produce of tho section referretl to and ship by v. av of tho Chatham nad and Norfolk on bettor term perhaps than by way of Wilmington. The .natural and real commercial outlet for the products of the Deep River country is by way of Faycttevillo. The products of this section, rosin, cotton, c, go north ward naturally by tho host means. The Hour tobacco, iron, corn, oat Ac, ftho Deep Biver section go South ward by the Kimo ruU Tobacco, coal, rtoitr Ac, will go where t h cy aro de mandinl; that is. to the Cape Fear couu lies, Sjuth Carolina and Charleston. Ther neel not bo sent to Virginia when tho local markets are glutted with all Uiefro native proluctd. It is i 1.1. .i . i. J T1 I ye t. Money is lacking, but it seems cer tain to connect with our road in two or three months. For such reasons wa lielievc Fayotlevillo can and will bo much benefitted. Our old and much esteemed friend, J. llakvis now on a visit to our town from New York. He seems to lo in god health. Wo have been in formed recently from main- sources, that his business in New York is in creasing rapidly, -yielding handsome profits. There is no one within our knowledge for whom there is such universal respvet ami atleetion among our people as for K. J. Halo. We hope hisiit may be long and pleasant. His "old homestead" greets him with its warmest hand and fullest welcome. Our attention has been directed to titi errr or the printer in Mr. Curtis' communication in our last. Where the estimated fL-es of the .Mayor's office for five months appear as $04, should bo TCI no. From the RTolution. niporiant Interview with Justice Chase. Chief A.J. Grover. Eii.. who furnishes the following interesting anJ valua ble account of a long conversation with Judire Chase, is one of the most respectable and influential members of the bar of Illinois, formerly of Massachusetts. His statements can not but command tho deepest atten tion in every part of the country. lETtBaBi BO. V.. November 24, 18G3. Eiiitoks ok tiik Revolution: I came from Wellington to Aquia creek on the same boat nud occupied the sanicseat in tlie cars yesterday with Chief Justice Chase. Introdu cing myself as an attorney from Illi nois and a member of the bar of his court, I drew him into conversation by interrogations upon a variety of national questions. I louud t him very talkative indeed, and willing to express his. opinion upon most sub jects Wlucli i tuirOiiuceo. in regaru to impeachment, lie saici joiiusoii was impeachable, and when called to pn-side over the high court which was to trv him he hoped and expec ted that it would conduct itself iu a becoming manner, and with that dignity and judicial decorum which ought always, and had always here tofore, characterized great State tri als, but that tho Senators occupied their usual seats instead of beiugsea ted on th right and left of th tire- sidiugjudge as the supremo judges ej ,a; .i ........ ana oiult ocuaits uavw uu m FAYETTEVILLE, N. the trial of impeachments; that Sen ators dic not conduct themselves like jndges, but rend newspapers, wrote, letters, and railed at Johnson . as Johnson had railed at the Seoatp; that they denounced Johnson as the greatest criminal of the age during the trial, when that was the very question which they had sworn im partially to try; that sitting as a Sen ate they made the rules by which to govern nud conduct the"" trial, when all this should have been deferred until after tho organization of the court; that had tho trial rbee.n con- ues nnu usages Decommg iu gmu and reverend Senators sitting ns jud ges in such a case, that whatever had been the judgement rendered, the moral eft'.tct would have been fa vorable. He said that articles might have been drawn under which John son would probably have been con victed; that the reason why such ar ticles were not presented was that certain men high iu office and in he Republican party were as deep in the mud as Johnson was in the mire; t hat Mr. Stevens confessedthat this H'-as the fact. In reply, to a question, Mr. Chase said that ho did not regard Gen But ler as the attest of the impeachment managers; that Butler had great in tellectual power, but was a good deal of an Old-Bailey lawyer;' that Wilson of Iowa, or Mr. Bingham were Butler's superiors as sound law yers and statesmen. He said that lie did not believe the stones about the personal dUhoiiestA of Butler; that nothing affecting his personal integ rity had ever corm to his knowledge while acting ' as Secretary ot the Treasury. Speaking of General Grant, 3r. Chase said,. now you have got your Prcsiiient, what an? you going to -do ( with him? I replied, better uiquiro j more about General Grnnt than you . practical judgment in military mat- tcrs. He- diil not aqree with those who asserted that lie was merciy u o.tunntr. m.iu. Would take a rebel I r, i i- - i. ,o;.lo.,f if lit had re- oeiicnii oi j. i-oiw - Q.wl.l.-n c.onvcrKions, ho a " IHIIII'll. IJIIIIUl ' ivmihl nilinit. were io bo di-trusieu, M they might be unlike St. Paul's in every other respect. H preferred the linancial part of the Democratic platform to the Republican platform in that respect. Said it would be repudiation to insist upon paying the five-twenties issued under the act of bVhruarv. ISC2, in greenbacks. I told him that I wrote the fourth re- j solution of the Republican planorm, against repudiation, lie Said that is a good resolution. He said he was opposed to consolidating the national indebtedness into a long loan. Vas in favor of paying the debt as quick ly as possible, in gold. Tine people will pay up the debt or repudiate it. If tho bonds were to bo changed, he was in favor of a short loan. Did not care whether the new bonds were exempt from taxation or not. It would make no real difference to the people. That taxation would neces sarily increase the rate of interest if Z . 1 .1 . the bonds remained in me counuj. Taxation and low interest would drive the bonds out ot the country, and thus drain off all the specie. Was in favor of a ruturpTto specie payment. No need of diminishing the volume or changing the character of the currency to effect this. In reply to a question, Mr. Chase said he was glad he was not nomina ted by the Democrats on the plat form which they adopted. He could never have accepted a platform op posed to the rights of the negro. He did not say that he would not like to be President. If he could have done so. he would have been glad to have accepted the Democratic nomination undstonned the crusade of the party against the negro.- This would have 1.ion n thillir fur the whole - O country. Being on his way to Rich mond to hold Court, I asked; him when be expected to try Jeff. Davis. He replied that he did not know when Jeff. Davis would be tried. That the Government had control of Tir TYtvU xnd was responsible for the delay. That he had always been ready to try him. He did not know why D.ivis had been aiiowea io go off to Europe. I askod tho Chief Justico what he thought of -tho -proposed amendment to tho Constitution to confer oqual Buftrajro uiion tho citizens ot all tnc States, no saiu ne nau non... M ... - . ... . lft it. with, but thomrht it would Dei . ..... I. I I... : , .n iriM nuV" l .1 r r.un.ion"i ... . . " & ....! and does not, seem to have irrowr aiMjng. -is in-in syn.pau.y ,u. u, ; , , - II t.. , .i-,1cn(fr.irr.-" I .. ' P iiepuouciiii p.uiy ii p ouui die reads t:io finest type without glas Mr. Chase said, 1 don't Know any -es walks with a brisk and elas do. I do not think be is personally v when he was twenty years younger. i - r i T il I Ml Ut-..Uf . ,.,.! -Il l Hiid acts ol the party. He thought in Ju,y ast .ma that hois likely Gi-neral Grant was a man ot gieat . .. , cnoinrh to be a candidate C, TH ipAlE0EERi7I8i. as well . to H tho States-- T; the word wnzi: tpArtc.woul'bt merit 'if it shp Stat for adopt could never , pc rinaierwith I the hope that 4J as- tho " word .t;oiT the amend bnjitted to tho lE'XJhase said it gross with the He; person ally tho experimen t Iy; tried M re gerjerally sup- bvrord male left'' would be glad t of female suffra marked that?!, posed to be flif rights radvemc tainly had no c' frage; that all democratic. S ' inewomans r said "lie cer- tty:female:suf- .rmct wero tfroenDacics.ioribttJ&tional DanK cur rency, and thus sa'v the wasteae and hc interest on the ftynds deposited by the banks? Mr. ChYso replied that wc must have Banks o circulate the greenbacks, and thai "tho national bank currency was reAly greenbacks. 'That he tried hard whii tbe law was before tho Committeci to have the wasteage accrue to tht Government, but could not get the Committee to rcort the bill with suc a provision. That he tried to secure ho wasteago to the Government on tio one-dollar notes even, but failed h this, lie said that so many of thenember3 of Con;iess were interestedin bankin that it was impossible to tet what he wanted: that no modifieaton of? the law curtailing tho prolitsyf thd na tional bankers couldAbo assel for the same reason. That many -of the Republican leaders were eoyrupt and -unprincipled men. That he'had little 'confidence in tho Republican party for this reason. The masses are hon est, but the leaders are bad nen. If the party succeeded in coiii'ening suf frage upon the negro, it woul'l proba bly be the last of its acts for tkc bene fit of the country. - The path had been in power so long, bad men largely controlled it. Little can be expected of it in future. The Chief Justice seems to be very cheerful and happy; hot at a:l so'u or morose, a he is represented to Ue by ome of the Republican papers lie and viorons in health i old s. s- tic step, jokes and laughs as heartily- as j-or tjlt; xvesidency several times yet, aUi lnat Uie country is much more . a . . .1 ... I- -vIV vi v v .nuciv to gei several o.r,u umv . v. better President than Chief . Justice Chase would make. A. J. Grover. Washington, D. C, Dec. 9 P. M. -The Senate refused, after a few par agraphs, to hear the President's mes sage read. . I Mr. Sumner's Georgia bill is as fol lows: After premising that the Legislature had failed to comply with the require ments of the reconstruction acts : by omitting the exact required oath, aud did tilings utterly unjustitiable aud re quiring the intervention of iongres, the bill declares the existing govern ment to be provisional only, and m all respects subject to the authority of Congress, to abolish, modify or control the same until the Legislature com plies with all the requirements of the w.,..niRtriic.lion acts, and adopts the j Vvv--- ' - 1 i. Fourteenth Amendment, ana suu.eci, to the fundamental condition, that no change be made infringing on uieiigut of suffrage of any class of citizens. The bill direcis that the Governor elect shall call an assembly at Atlanta on or before April next, excinciing, uu- less relieved by Uongress, un uu -"- nottake the prescribed oatu. xno Governor is also empowered to sus pend or remove from ihe office of State or municipal offices, and appoint oth ers instead; and finally the President was ordered to place at tho disposal of the Governor such portion of the ar my and navy ns C3 necessary to pre serve life, property, peace and free-expression of political opinion..: The House passed a bill relieving Judge Moses. , . . , Contrary to universal cusiom, President's message was tabled, instead of referring it to a Committe of the Whole. . 4. bill was passed directing the Vir ginia election on the fourth Thursday in May. - . The reconstruction committee have reported a bill removing the political disabilities from some twenty persons mostly Virginians including Gen. Anderson, formerly proprietor of the Tredgur Iron Works. Plcsdxb is Haxkrtjptot Mr. Cowen, merchant of Hi!lboro filed a petition in Bauk-rnou-y. He pM Deweeae S7j down. Uif Kds sold for 53.0CG 77: Eigb teen hundred doliMS only were reported for distribution. AVhen we heard fnm the case liwt, certain cred itors were determiued to overhaul th matter before Judge Brooks. Judge Brooks is an honest nuin, and we think taat he will be apt to dock Cebe Hams k:ii xrrt rvi'ii fees as Deputy Masbal were S4U0, of which $300 were for storage of the Roodx in IUleigQ. ior iwo moui-us. With such fses the Snpenntendent of rab lic Works shodld be made to abate one dollar iu the cord on wood for the Lunatic Asylum. r nM-Bttnm's attention is called to the matter. Deweese is put down in the bill as claiming $125 over and above me o wjui, hiui mo hc titiou. The Colonel don't want 'guns' iioj -- Coiwn4 1, T , riM-ik Suitind. - - , North Carolina Conference. '.Si The Kortn Carol inaAniiualJ Confs rerico of tho Mi E. Church Sobth com menced its' session at Statesyil,' Tr oh Weriesday the 22d instant, and aujourjied on :3onday last,, having had amast harmoiiioiis session Bishop . Whightman ppesided ably over4he de liberations tf the body', Th'e.sttsnd anee of Ministers andlay. delegates,, a ell as visitors vlirehoo- recevred thb eart5mfcstf tbj Cb; ,2$:: were m-antedloclrtiontfat their request But two probations forthe ministry were received. Rev: .pr. JklcFerrin, of Nashville, and Eev. Dr. Duncan, Pres idc?k of Randolph (Macon Collego, wcrdin attendance frdm other Confer ences. . ; i The following is' tli list of tho ap pointments for the ensuing year: EALEIGH DISTRICT. Ij. L. HrXDERK, P. E. Ualeiglt City Station--HsT Hudson. . Wesley Chapel To ;be. supplied. Wake Circuit J J Hines. Suaithlield -A It Haven. Tar ltiver P J Carraway. Louisburg J A Cunningim. Giam-ille J Tillett. f Henderson H II Gibbons. Nashville M J Hunt. 1 Vilson Supplied by J J Carden. Editor Episcopal Methodist J B Bobbitt. Agent Ssbbath Schdols-tfJ.Keid. IIILLSI30HO' DISTRICT. W. H. Bobbitt, P. E. TTillsboro' L W Crawfotd.- r..innauv Shops N II D Wilson. Chapel Hill and Havr ltiver . Durham's It S Webb, ij " -O J Brent. Pitthboro J B Martin. -j Frauklinsville G C Bynum. South Guilford C II Phillips. Leasburg Joseph H Wheeler. Person W ill Kcbey. i Orancre A W Mangnm Hi"h Kock A Normon. Alamance T J Gattis, GKEENSBORO' DISTRICT. N. F. Reid. ;Pi E. Greensboro' W Baniiiger. . Guilford C W Iving aud W B Richardson. Trinity College and High Point B Craven, President ol Trinity College, i Thomas ville W C Wilson. Davidson B G Parrett; Ashboro' J B Allord and Z Rush. forsytb e I T Wyehe. j Winston W W .Albea. V Stokes C M Pepper. -Madison S D Peeler. Wcutworth J W Lewis. YanceyvilleL Shell. !( ' -- ' Prwident of ThomaKville College D BBru ' SALISBttRY DISTRICT, t w: 'i ; - W. Choosy P. E. Salisbury J C Thomas Rowan J F Smoet. ;! . East itowau-T Li Tripileit. Mockbville M V Sherrill. YadkmvilleW II Barnes. - Surry To be supplied by C C Stimpson. . Mt Airy M L Wood. Wilkes -A It Murchison. Alexander To be supplied. Iredell-J W Wheeler, j! South Iredell-W C Call.- - Blue Ridge, Joncsyille and Elken River T N Stevens ju. 1 ! WASHINGTON .DISTRICT. ' Ii. S. MoKiH. P. E. Washington and Greenville W S lloore. w r 3 Warren J tr Jioore. Roanoke W C Gannon; Wilson C C Dodsou. T:uloro' J Wheeier. Washington W H Wheeler... Plymouth and Oolumbia-j-To be supplied. MattamuskeetD C Johnson. , lortniouth, Ocracoke ahd Hatteras Geo L Wvche. ; , ,r , Bath To be supplied by J llahoney. Church of the ! Strangers, JN X Uity u r uceuis. . - -NEWBERN LjlSTRICT. E. A. Yatis, P. E. ' . . ' ... NewbernR A Willis, j 1 Beaufort - J W Jenkins, -y Straits and Cape Lookout hnppnoa oy u t vuu Morehead City and Trent W F Clegg. Kin-ston W D Meacham. Jones It P Bibb. S Snow Hill T P Ricand. Newberu Circuit N A Hooker. ' Goldsboro' M C ThomAa. EveritUville D Culbreth. Wayne To be supi-lied. Neuse J B Bailey. WILMINGTON DISTRICT, L. S. BCKKHEAD, P. E. Wilmington, Front Street J H Dally. .r Fifth . R W Robothain. Topsail A D Btts. Keuansvilte io oe supimeu Magnolia F H Wood. Cliuton J 11 Robbius. CokesburY--'e Plylr. Bladen C M Anderson Elizabeth W- S Chalhn Kn-ithviUA (One to bd supplied.) W M V Moore, (Sup. - j . Onslow J DBuii. , ' ' Seaman's Bethel J N.Andrew i FAYETTEV1LL DISTRICT. S. D. Adams, P. E. Favetteville J E, Mauh. Cumberland 11 P Cole: Robeson W M Jordan' IXockiugluunT W Guthrie, Montgomery B C Phillips. - - - TJwkarie J D Thompson and J F Keenans. Cape Fear B B Culbreth. Jonesboro' G Far rar.j Troy T C MnsesI M , i..... T;.r; .1 WfAvenL ' J P timpuon trinslerred to the Kentucky Con ference. . 11 Family intercourse at the Table ! Trt mftfit at the'Jbrcakfiist-table, fa ther, mother, children, all well, ought ,1-lirt a' hanninessito any heart; it should be a source of humble gratitude and should wake up the warniesi icei in,ofonr nature. J Shame on the con temptible and low-bred cur, whether parent or child, that can ever come to t hn breakfast table! where all tho fam- i ly have met in neaitii omy io irov ind whine, and growl, and fret! It is nnd prima facia evidence of a mean, and groveling, and selfish, and degraded ih, and degraded er the chu?l may s U les3 rem-oheu- nature, whencesoeyer. h?ivo snrunsr. Xoi is u iniim.mi"WJ?""" H " 4" " " I " y " M "' ' ' "TTTri ,1 .. . 4 J v. Weekly No. 19. sible to make such , exMUtibns'at tea-table; for before the moining comes, some of the little circle may be- strick en with some deadly disease, to gather around that table not again forever. -Children in good : health, if left to themselves at the table,; bectme after a few moutbfuls,' ea-rrulous and jKnsy; but if within at alf reasonable or bear-: able bounds, it is bettor tbr- let them alone; they eat lessbecaos thejr do not eat so rapidly, as if compelled to keep quiet while the very exhih ration of spirits icH:Bns the circulation ofj tho Vital Iavusnd;n4resaigtipa of Knglanofafemodeti tof mirth," wit, and bonhommie; it takes hours to gci through a repast, and'they live long. If anybody will look upon the negroes of a well-to-do family in Kentucky, while at their meals, they, cannot but be impressed with the perfect abandon of jabber, cachinnation, and mirth ; it seems' as if they could talk all day, and they live long." jit follows, then, that at the family tablo all should meet, and do it habitually, to make a common interchange of high-bred courtesies of .warm -affections,-of cheering mirthful ness2 and that generosity of nature which lifts us above tho brute's which perish, promotive, as these things are, ofgood digestion, high health, and a lousr life -Haa s Journal oj ncaun. Pallacy of Premature Education. .: ' .1 : ! When we are considering tho health of children, it is imperative not to omit the importance of keeping their brains fallow, as it, were, "for several of the first years of their existence. The mis chief perpetrated by a contrary course, in the shape of bad health peevish temper, and developed vanity is incal culable. Some infant prodigy, which is a standard of mischief throughout its neighborhood, misleads them. But parents may be. assured tnat this eariy work is not, bv any means, all gain, even in the way of work. I suspect it is a loss; aud that children who begin their edueation latej as lit would be called, will rapidly overtake those who have been in tho harness long before them. "' : Ji '' ' !" ! And what advantage can it be that a child knows more at six years old, than its compeers, especially if this is to- be cramed at a saennce ot ueaitu, which maynever be regained? There r;u.Vu lutiu w ij nu w,Jt,i lifink-tnowiedcre. xuo chauco of mischief, I too, will be less, being more likely to be counteracted by their after life. Bnt for a child who is to be at book-work for the first tweu- y one years of its life, what tony w is o exhaust in the least its mental en ergy, which, after all, is its surest im plement. I . .. A similar course of argument applies n tukin.r children' early to church, and to over-developing their minds in any way. There is no .imow the disgust and weariness that may grow rip in tho minds of young per sons' from their attention being prema- urely claimed. Arthur Helps. TTnWw n thf. Farm. f-Tho Farm pro- .A. A w A -I its inteentv. Iho Iiaiiib bna in that charmincr wora, ana that more charming thing, tho tireside; around which parents and children rathor. and where the brifflit ana cneei- iii blaze of the hearth is .but a true ype of the llamoof lovo that glows in fivfrv hp.art. The parents nave ueeu rnwn frifrAther. not bv sordid motive of wealth or by tho ambitious desire oi social display, but) for Uio personal nnnlifiH sfi(n in each other. The glory i t t int, rirpsiao to me uusunuu .- the - wife is there, and to the wife that he is there, who is the head of the wo- .- mul the band in that home circle. T-r, thfiv gather at morning aud at r,rtn -Thpir board is almost alwaj's surrounded by tho same circle. Here they-spend the long winier evening together enlivened with tho school books of tho children, tho newspapers, ionrmils. and works of history and science. A constant homogeneous in fluence goes forth from this circle u th a hearts that aro niouiamg . uieic. Parental vigilauce i guards tho young .in'cf w'pL-d coinnanions. If the religious inflnenceH are right in that home, they will grow up to bo good citizens wherever their lots may be ,.t Th sons follow tho business of their father as soon as their labors are available. They are with him in the field,-and 'bv the way, and at home. Thev form industrious habits, and are prepaied tor tno rcspouwum.MM v life. American Journal Edvcalion. The Difficulties of Heme. TKa Wnnne-mothcr also'has her trou bles: ay, bo she pver so gifted with that hw,wi nimlitv of taking them lightly and cheerfully; weighing them at their just value and no more; never lorniein. bv-plf and everybody else by thai v of selfish and narrow minds which makes tho breaking of a plate torrihle a calamity as tho crash of an empire. No one can hold the reins of tkmilv-iroverniiicnt for ever soArief ithout fecliuir what a difficult 'position it is; how . great is the daily . need of selficontrol, as tho very ; first means of cont.'.Uag otaeiv; bi inces- worth while, perhaps, ,to run the nst vafe in him an amiaoio uisposuiw, .uu - of some physical injury to Uiem. hav- ft cheerful spirit your cliUU mis occn in-only their years in which wo can through tho day, very pleasant al 1U . i i. i ..a TIia kj:? Jimt hpfom rmttim? hlCl t siit ladrvidual acilrltyV iFA WfSJn- iu carryipft oqi QZtll rcgrjiau'PBS mili tated tar the onLilllig.ol tho citat!Iili meat wLieh, xmh fes -faithfally obcjf ved bj the mistress, tho eye and hrart Of the house, aro riOTnore thah'a'draU letter to tho rest of the aUblishmjnt. No doubt this entail oonsiderablo s;If. r-lZ?, It is nojt pleasant, for Is 3 to get fcmkfiMt over at thni regular early hour -which alone sets & household fair! goijatr for th day; nor jur uuiniamufi4 lauiCS, who-'-have ajrvaya reckoned tholr.eccounu ' ' bv sii-ponces, to nut down iach1trn and persevere in JsJancinncriciciU. ly receipts and exlpenditure; nor mr K " vvcriv. nervous, eeiinirrossea iaxiicj to- roto themselvcrsaucicntly tot their house in order, ind keep it tdt cctby occasionaT erywmodic '-vtliit; . ta f l-hta.H. bat-bv a ircneral ;tlr 'L . al tjver-lookin cr of all that ir .union.. - tbsrein. Yet. unless alt this i j dcnc;it' ' is in Vain to insist on -.early rUirig, or grumble about WlCe,.or Itituro upon. neatness, cleanliness, and prr' Tho - servants get to. learn ttb& ili plaints of their unptrnctuaity,- Thdy see no use in fod triarragemcpt pv avoidance - of writ. :. .'?tbsii ,riov rrr - knorrs ahOr ' C - ' eadlntoiier roouij iinu ecel. . 1 of all moral qualities, good temper, truth, 1 '.II! - II AA..!.n I tM It kindliness, and abovo all.conseie nttous- noss, if these aro deficient In a niistrcs., it is idle to expect them in servants, o j children! or any member of iho family , circle. - Woman's Thouyhtt about Women. , Finding Fault wiHi Children. It is at times necessary to censure and punish. But very much v morw may bo done by encouraging children when they do well, lie, therefore, more careful to express your Approba tion of good conduct, than your dis approbation of bao. Nothing can more discourage a child,7 than a spirit of in cessant fault-finding on tho part of its parent.1 And hardly any thing can ck-:-ert a more injurious influence upon tho disposition both of the pareut and - child. There are two great motives in fluencing human actions hopo and fear. Both of these are at times ncc essarv. But who would not prefer t have her child influenced to good con duct by a desire of pleasing rather than by tho fear of offending? If a mother never expresses her gratification when her children do wall, and is always j censuring them when sho sees any thing amiss, they aro discouraged ami unhappy. They feel that it is useless to try to please, Their disposition! becomo hardened arid soured by thi ceaseless fretting; and at last tinding that whether thev do well or ill, they -are eqnally found fanit with, thny re linquish all efforts to please, and be come heedless of reproaches. But let-a mother appro vo of her child's conduct whenever she can. It her reward him for his efforts to pleexo, hv Rmilfis nd affection. In this w J M M " " Shmli vulti- Ki'i.nf Til fit bpforu PUlUUiT J sleep for the night, you take his band and say, "My son, you uvo wuu w ood to-day. It makes me vy uapj v 3 see yon so kind and obodicut. Go I parents, and he promises to make tbcru happy." This approoauon iron mother is to him a great reward. And when, with a moro than auecuonaui tone, you say, "Gool night, my dear son." bo leaves tho room with bislittlo heart full of feeling, aou wu in closes his cj'cs for sleep, be is happy, ; and resolves that no win aiwnpn njr do his duty. The Mother at Home. "What Does He Do For a Litlngr Whatllocs that young man do for I'vino?" is tho common inquiry,. somo foppish, well dressed iudividn.-xl oasses by. "Nothing at all,1 is tho frequent reply. "Jn wum it---' him in his extravngAuce?" . None cm' tell bnt a co temporary, who exercise. tho privilege of guessing, Venturis mo following explanation: That young man that dresses iu broadcloth, carnc a cane, and is so extremely polito to all his acquaintances especially mu ladies is the son of a man in moder ate circumstances, who finds it difficult to sustain himself with a modcrato la- come. . His son wishes to be ft gentleman, and lives without labor. Tho father in his folly refuses to put him to a trad, or send him to work on a farm, hopirn that something may turn up by and bv. when business will bo better, for his son to ooiam a gooujioug wok. Ho is now obliged to dispcuso with tho luxuries of life perhaps with some of its comforts for his,Bonto keep np appearances and get into good eocietv, as that kind of ooinpany termed where young men havo noth ing to do but to dress according to thp latest fashions. He is quite indepen dent, and uses language to his seuion! that might be considered uncourUwUf in a king. He i ices all classes and con ditions without a blush, and dart look with contempt ou tho honest aiM prentice, whose generous soul would outweigh a thousand as light a bij own. ' The companions he chooses aio like himself, puffed np with vnuity. swelling with importance, aud who make a pretence of doing something by occasionally visiting a lawyer's ol rice to read a page or two of BUck stone. The end of snch a youth t needs no prophetic vision to see. f'K is as plain as the tfay to raarket," as Dr. Franklin would say, that ho will turn out a low, despised aud ittiscrabio fool. Perhaps the penitentiary wU bring him up, perhaps tho gallows. But if ho escapes those, it will taw hang like an iucumbus.ou thosu ol-hij friends, who, for pity's sake, have not tho heart to send him whero ho duf serves. Rkhnwnd 'hij , At .!
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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