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' Inhalation in Consumption,' ' Bronchi! it, Laryngitis, and other phrases of Inhalation of Medicated Yapart and Powdrri, ' t k by Absorption end Contlitutitnal Treat' ,: , tfnt,as practised at the Uluivettint , Medieul Institute, New York City. , ,KYfHE unprecedented success which hu attended the t X method of treating disease of the , Lunge end -Throat, baa induced ui to depart from our usual count nd avail otinelveaof the column of the Pre, in order 4o bring it to the knowledge uf euch my be laboring under, or predi.posed to euch affections. The dnwn of a brighter day hae tl length arrived for the consump tive j the doctrine of the incurability of Consumption 'bavlny pamed away. ", We have Indubitable proofe In ear pauexiaa rear Coaeoarno ia lit its rraata c ii cubes 5 in the firt, by tulercular ibeorption ; In the eeood, by the traoifoimalion of the tuhercule into chalky and cateareoue concretion; iu the third, by cicatrice, or scar. Thosa wedded to the opinion of the pat nay aert that, even now, Consumption i in curable, ouch are behind the age. : To ell, thie great .truth must be apparent, vis i that the medicine inhaled ia the form of Vapor or Powder directly into the Lung inut be much more effect) e than that token Into the stomach, where the diaeasce do not axial. The advan tig of inhalation in Consumption end Tbioat Diaeatea la, that medicJnos inhaled in the form of Tapor are applied j directly to the Lung, where the diataaea eiit; the atemach la thus left free to aid la tailoring health, by administering to II healthy, life-giving food. There ia seCasssoaorsiRssthstlnhalalionwiUnotreach! The mean, too, ere brought within the reach of alt; the manner of adminiateriug the Vepore being eo eimple, that the invalid ie neter required to leave home, where the hand of frieod.hipand affection edJa aomuch to aid the physician's effirle. -- Tbe lubaling method ie toothing, safe end speedy, end contUta in the administration of medicine in euch manner that ttiey are conveyed into the Long in the firm of Vapor, and produce their action at the eeal of the dieeae. Ita practical aurce la destined to revolu tionize the opiniona of the medical worU, and establish the entire ewalilihf of Cuniumition. ' I earnestly ppcl to the common aenae of all afflicted with Lung Diseaw to embrace at once the advantage of inhalation, and no longer apply medicine to the on offending tomach. I claim for Inhalation place among the priccleee gift that Nature end Art hath given us, " that oar days may be Img in the land," end a the only Aaa or Barrel fur the Coo.umpli-e; method nut only rational, but simple end rjifticiuus. Such of tbe proCamun that bae adopted Inhalation, l found it ejjicaciuut fn the highest degree, end working Meanders in many desperate eases i ia verity, a eignel triumph of our sj1 ever thie fell destroyer of oar ffva Phyaiciena wutung to make Ihemeelvee no ejuaiated with lhi practice, era informed, the! our time being valuable, we can only reply a to the ingredient ajead, to euch lettem u contain fee. Tbe tee ia all eaaaa of pulmonary AflVetione will be 10, oa receipt of which the neceaaary medkince end i Ml rumen! will be forwerdeJ. Applwenie will etale age, era, married or eingle, how long eladed, if any miliary dneave tie ia the family, and eymptoma geoenlly. Let the Heme, town end tfuie be plainly wrritlcn. Peatege for retain anawer ajHiat be inrloaed. L'Uwt, whea regiatered by the Polmater,will be at onr iik A II letter nuet be addrewed to WALLACE MKR I OU.V. M. D.. Stuyvewnl Medical Inatitute, New Veik City. Auguet M. OJ m New Democratic Papc i AT WASHINGTON, D. C, DAILY, TRI WEEKLV, AND WEEKLY. 'IMIB undertijneJ will eomntenre tbe puUieatma of eo lnlepeBilent National Ormoei.iK piper, la lb city of Weebington, about Ibe I (lb of April, to be ceiled "THE STATES." It will represent the round constitutional principle which he ever been upheld by the National Drmnc ract. but H will But he to entirely politic! that it rot. amna will intereet the poburian irlly, nor a euhMrvienl to party ae to betray principle al the com mend of power, or ditguue tu convicUone al tbe aug getionf eiprdiency. In addition to the dien.lon of important pulitiral question, he column, wit! be devoted to the proceed ing of Congnwe, the current Iran ion .if the govern meat, to general new, and matter of interval epprr tuning to literature, agriculture end tOvTl"reIT - TERMS OP KCUSCKIPTION. The Daily will be mailed to ralxcribera at $t pet year. Two rnpie will be forwenled for T " The Trf Weekly, embracing all tbe read. inff metier which appear in tbe Daily, will be furnivhed to eubarriber et $i " Two copire will be mailed for . " Till: WKHKIYl KTATr.S," Tht Chraprst Puprr in the South. Tba Weekly wiH be keued in lerge aywaia a Bret (arm, and printed oa miperior paper, with haodaome aoij type, at the following rateet Hmgle enpiea ft per year. Twaeoplee ' H " five eopiea ' ' $1 m Tea eopiee, to e eddrtn, and any larger number. t the rt of fl per veer. $10 " Ten eopie. fo tkt eiir'u eeth tuktrri. r. end any larger aumber, at $1 10 eerh . . . . . I1 " (TT Any poatmaMer, clerk, nr other prrann, whn my amd ve eulMcritor. with tl encloani, will receive an aitr eon. 17 P.vmenl ia ill raw ia required invariably in a txnre, and an paper will be forwarded until the re ceipt of the money. The Weekly wiH contain ell the Important matter aablKhed during the week ka the Daily. Tie endenigned w one of the original proprietor of the Wa'iinglvn l-mci, anl hi tnng newspaper et' pmienee, beftre and einre the lWi.hmenl of that paper, fotiflee hi in prorai'lng the pnhlie a paper ell worth of their Mtrmag. The MrmV will to the or cm of any clique or taction, ard with aa per tial parpove to earve, the pier will addret iuelf to the bene! Ju4imeot of the people. nJ lor euppon win lely apon their apnreei.tian, Addre , J. P. IIEI8S. Wibinet n, l. C. Aoiatl S. 00-lw FOH SALE. AXE of KftABK'H aevea-aetava PIAX0ftA U very auprrior tnetmavinl, pronounced eueb by tmd Judge, will to eoU at the coat la Baltimore. Apply al tki ertlea. Merck II 7- lints wialiLt. - v 57. FaU Trade,-1857. " STEVENSON & WEDDELL, ' Importer i Wholesale Dealer! in Foreign k Domestic DRV GOODS, Nos. 78 and 80 Sycamore Street, PETERSBURG, VA.t ARE NOW RECEIVING, and will have in alore ready for inspection by the let September, a large and commanding alock of e . . f. w Fancy and Staple Dry Goodfl, - to which they respectfully invito the attention of the jorlb nroliii.i Iflrrrhaiito. ' Their stock will be k pt full end complete during the nun, by purchases at auction, end from first band. Order piomptly attended to. . . . August 18. . Ot India Zlubbcr Goods. IJLDBERDKES8INUCOMI39, .: Rubber Fine Combe, , Rubber Pocket Combe, , v . Rubber Round Comb, Rubber Hide Comb, ' . t . Rublier Puff Comb. ' Rubber Hair Pine. " . 1 . . A lo, Bonnet Comb, a new and eioellent . . article, nt ' J.C.TUKKEN'TINE&SON'S. July 15. , 7 R I OLI EE iprewly for Hkiria, Embroidered J Mkirt; abjo, Braae and Whalebone Hoopa, and Elaatie Belt, by , , - - J. C. TURRENTINE Si SON. (CHOICE CALF SKINS, Shoe Thread and Shoe 'Neila.by . ' J. C. TURRENTINE & SON. UOL'SE PAPER All gr.de.; Window bbadee, very pretty. J. C. TURRENTINE & SOX. Y'EAbT powders, Bull'a Haraapenllj, beat, . , Kehneidim Schuapp, Cologne ort d. at J. C. Tt'RKENTINE Sl SON'S. r July IS. 81 NOTICE. THE uheriber mot reapcetfully tender hi thanka f ir tbe liberal encouragement given him la.t year, and bee leave to inform the poblie, that having mo eialed Dr. Hooker with him, the hu.ine willhemAer be conducted anuer the firm of JON ES HOOKER. PRIDE JONES. : March IS. . 80 a. raioi loaia. , . Sash, Blinds, Doors, &c OUR mKhinery being now in complete order, onr new engine tied, and foundry eetablihed, we are mparwl inliiitier wood or iron work el eherl wotiro, and on reonble term. We reapecllully ak trial lor aome manufacture. PllCtll 8ah, 1 lumber, by 10 at TJe. per lignt. by It at 8)e. - 10 by U at eje " . la of la at 10c. - It by tat I0c .' . 14 by to at lie. " l by SO at lie. " Pome, S, 4 or panned, from (3 to ft ftO. Blinds Ulieoery or en pivot, 40c per equate foot JONES & I100K.ER. March II. SO- March It. 74- FOK SALE, A LOT in the low a of Ureham, immediately in froa of the Court Hme, on Booth Bireet, lying be tween the (tore hnuve of M'I.ean dc Manner and Al bright ek Uiaon. Trin.lo uit the porrhseer. IliUMAS WKUII. January tft. tJ HOUSE aud LOT for Sale. I offer fur !, aa accommodating lerme, that de.ireld llnu.e and Lot on Uucen Btreel. new occupied by Mr. hiogto). J UUMAS tIJU. October tO. 61 Durable Ioformation to Evcrjliodr. 1J0 R enm lime pa-4 1 have been engaged in a bi nee (known only to anyielf and comparatively I buai. few otbera whom I have inetructed for I KM) each) which hae avenged me en Income of from 13,000 la IS.OUO per annumand having mad arrangemente to go to the K.Mem Ctmtiiient weal Fall, I am willing to give full iBMrurtion ia tbe art to any pereon in the I oiled (Uatee who will remit me the um of Twa IioLtaa. I am induced from tbe encceo I have been ttvored with, and the man hannf arknowledementa I have lereived from ihoee whom I have Inotructed in the art, ana wno are now clearing fiom f to f I a per day, to give every neraoa a chance to come intopoMeaMmol thi valuable mean of making a email fortune. There a- no Ilea- ahnot the buein herein alluded to. Krference of the beet clem rea to given a regard be rhvrarter. and I ran ala refer to perone ia Chicago and Detroit ee well a in thi pliee, who hava within three month emhaiked in the bn.inee. and who will leetify that they are m.kinf trim IS lo f t A el day at tbe me. It r a kainneM in which either I.o.lie.or Uenllemen ran en eve. n I with nerfert make a very hambmme in eoeta. atevnal l..tie la varina part of lllinoin and Mimoari. whom t have inatrnrtrd In the ait, are now clearing fiom I) to lit per day. It i a geatoel buei- nev and require hut a few chilling to rommenre ii I'rmn recent of 11 1 will al once lorward ia tne apptK rani a rircular ronlaining full instruction in lb art. which will be peifeetly un.Iei.loo! apon Ming once read. Adilrraat EDWIN TCMN.KT0, Ko. 27. rourih Btreel. Ht. Levi, Mo. AxiidlA. OJ dm A New Treatise on Trigonometry. V MANUAL of Tlane and Kpherfcal Trigonometry, ilk umm .C ni,liclinn. B Chrle Phil lip, rrofeomr In the I'nivetoity af North Carolina. . - . jm. a a 100 pp. llae. MALLETTdt aenei niii, - W. L. roMCKOY. Kaleigh. June 17. . . , . Sl BLANKS for nl At tLii 02c. jobs stevsbsost. i! ITr.Vni 1 1 ' " ma'.ara. ..T? -g- ... '. .: ' " My your rich aoil, 1 . Exuberant, naturea'a bettor hlcuing pour O'er everj laud."?. From the National Intellljencer. NATIVE GRAPES OP NORTH CAROLINA. The soil and climate of North Carolina are peculiarly adopted to the growth and profitable culture of many choice varieties of grape. When the first colonists, sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584, landed on Koanoke Island, on the coast of North Caro lina, they were charmed with the great abun dance of grapes which greeted their eyes. In the quaint but forcible language of Bar lowe, one of the leaders of this early adven turous band, "we viewed the land about us, beine, where we first landed, very sandy and low towards the water aide, but so full of grapes as the very beating and surge of the sea overflowed them, of which we found such plenty, as well there as in all places else, both on the sand and on the green soil, on the hills aa in the plains, as welt as on every little shrub, as also climbing towards the tops ot high cedars, that 1 thuiK in an the world the like abundance is not to be found." This is not an overwrought pic ture, applying as it does, to the fcscupper nong and other varieties in their native luxuriance. ' , The original sneeift of the crape are few, but the varieties are almost innumerable. A brief description of some of our more im portant native species and varieties will be here presented t ScirrERNONo GitArT.s. This is a variety of litis Jiotundifolia. It is a white grape, very luscious and sweet. In the whole Al bemarle region of North Carolina it is found in great abundance. It attains its greatest perfection on the sandy soils of the eastern portion of the State, although it has been successfully raised in more elevated locali ties. A vine on Roanoke Island, said to have been planted there by the first colo nists, covers nearly half an acre of ground, and bears abundantly to the extremity of its branches. According to a late eye witness, it continues to grow, and only wants an extension of acaflolding. It should never be pruned ; give it room and let it run." Seedlings from this grape, in most cases, show a propensity to run into the common muscadine, the usual specific type found in many States of the Union. Tub CaTawia Grapb. This is a variety of lltts Labrutca, so called from the pro vince of Labrusiiuc, in France, The name, however, is a misnomer. It should have been called litis Americana, as it is distinct from anv species of the Old World. This excellent variety originated on the headwaters of the Catawba river, in a moun tainous portion of North Carolina the Swit zerland ol America It is a red irrsDe. with fine, aromatic navor, and, in the language or Mr. Longwortn. o Ohio, whose success in wine-msking is well known, is destined to prove a mine ol wealth to manv an enternrisinz citizen of waas ant the United Mates. A superior wine, the "Sparkling Catawba," is now made from it, and its cultivation ta now exienuing mm many localities of the South and est Other varieties of choice grapes are occa sionally found in the w estern part of the Mate, embracing me counties oi uasion, Lincoln. Catawba. Burke. Buncombe and others, all watered by the Catawba and its tributaries, on'y requiring skilful culture to bring them into notoriety. Thi Issrclla tiaarg. This is another variety of litis Labrutca. It was sent from Brunswick countv. North Carolina, to Col. George Gibbs, of" Brooklyn, about the vear 1810, and planted in his garden. The elder I'rince flrst saw it there, some years atter wards, in flourishing condition, and gave it the complimentary name of haMla, after Mrs. Isabella Gibbs. wife of Col. Gibbs. Although not so highly esteemed as the pre ceding variety, vet is still used as a table grape, and successfully raised in certain lo calities. . Tin LtitcoLit Gbapi. This is also a van- cty of lifts Labrutca. It originated a few vears ago in Lincoln county, North Caro lina, and is regarded as a fine table grape. tntier proper culture u migm, n uui, u turned to good account. There are still other varieties of this species of grape found in different parts of the United States, which our limits will prevent us iron, no tiring. It will thus oe seen mat tne ww mnur its of the eastern and the high table lands of the western portion of orth Carolina have furnished their respective choice vane ties of grape, the Scuppernong t Indian iwert water) the representative of the one, and the Catawba of the other. And what, it mav be here asked, prevents North Carolina from becoming at no distant day, eminently a wine-producing State? Blest by nature with a congenial sou ana cumaic, uki would surely attend well directed efTortt in cultivating the grape. Let some of her en terprising citizens engage judiciously in the business, and ere long we may "pect .to see the tasteful addition of trinf included among the staple commodities of the Old North State. C. L. II. Lincolo coanty, N. C lie who ean repress a moment's angw.may prevent many a dsj s sorrow THE QUESTION SETTLED. We have been awaitine with a Rood deal of interest the reports of the experiments which we knew would be made the present season to the test the practicability ot mak inr sugar out of the juice ot the Sorghum. The favorable solution of this problem was all that was wanting to establish tor that plant a character for utility unsurpassed by that of any other aericultural staple. Our confidence was strong in the successful issue of the experiments, and we have now the gratification Vo lay before our readers the result of one of them (the first we have seen published) which will give a new impetus to the cultivation of the Sorghum in our lati tude.. In due time we shall be able to follow on this renort with others that will be made by Us numerous cultivators this year, and we anticipate such a mass of testimony ou this point as will dissipate all scepticism as to the production of Sugar of line quality from this cane. We fancy that before another twelve-months roll around it will be found to be any thing else than the humbug which some oversuspicious people have been ready to pronounce it. A plant that crows so luxuri antly in Virginia as the Sorghum, and yields sugar, molasses, provender lor cattle and seed for poultry, so abundantly a plant, too, that stands Ihe severest drought nninjured after it has taken root cannot be considered otherwise than as one of the most valuable and profitable that can be raised upon a Virginia farm. Strike out the sugar item, and it will be immenslr valuable on the score of molasses and provender. Strike out theeugarsnd molasses items, both, and it will still be extremely valuable on the score of provender. But, taking atl its uses and products together, we ask, where is tne plant whose cultivation can compete or compare with it in the way of profit ? We now rive the lolluwing notice ol the first sugar-making experiment that has been tried with a favorable result. The Augusta ((Ja.) Chronicle says: . ; Sugar from the Clunese Cane. Dr. D. Lee, ol the Southern Cultivator, has shown us sample of one or two pounds of well- granulated and well-tasted Sugar, made by him at the plantation of Mr. W. J. Eve, of this city, as the result of his first experiment with the juice of the Chinese Sugar Cane. This result is the more interesting irom tne isci, that scientific gentlemen in Boston have ex pressed the opinion, that this plant contains no cane sugar, but grape or Iruit sugar only. Dr. Lees knowledge of chemittry has en abled him to correct this error, and demon strate the Chinese Cane is nearly as rich in crystal lizaule Sugar as that of the best cane grown in Louisiana. ... .. .. ot r -n vie nave received Iron tne lion. x. r. King, of Ureensborough, a beautiful rpeci mcu of Syrup made from the Chinese Cane; and we have seen unexceptionable Syrup made by Dr. Carlton, of Uuion Point, Dr. Lee and others. THE ASPARAGUS BED. ' How shall I get an asparagus bed r" asks one of our subscribers. We will try and give the information desired. To becin with the bejinnins the seed mar be sown in autumn or early in the spring, in a good loamy sou. select gooa -j ":- k when ihtiT fermented, the seed can easily ; h WM,ed froin the pulp and dried. One i ... ounce will grow a thousand plants. Sow in drills an inch deep, about one foot apart, and cover with fine soil, pressed down lightly. Keep the weeds out, stir the soil often, and thin the plants to six inches apart in the drills. At one year old select the best and thriftiest plants to form your bed. The asparagus bed should be open to the morning sun. And it is better if protected from the north and east, yet open to light and air. It should be very rich, and on this, more than anything else, depends the amount and value of the product. Dig up a loamy, porous soil two feet deep, inter mixing'targely and thoroughly with manure to within six inches of the top ; this should be filled with earden loam. Then take the young plants from the seed bed injuring their roots as little as possible, and carefully set out in rows two feet apart, one foot apart in the row. Then cover the bed two inches deep with dark-colored sou, made as by a mixture of charcoal dust or muck, and sprinkle salt until the surface is white again. This will keep down the weeds and promote the erowtli of the aspa ragus, which, it ahould be remembered. originate!! on tne sea snore. In autumn remove the dead stalks and cover the bed three inches deep w ith stable manure to be forked in in the spring with another dressing of salt. Let the stalks rrow the first and second year without cut ting, that the roots may get well established ; the third year the asparagus will be fit to cut, and will with similar treatment each fall and spring with perhaps a slight addi tion of earth to prevent the roots from com ing too near the surface continue to yield well fur many years. Remember, room, a rich, warm soil, moist, but well drained, and salt enough to prevent the growth of weeds, are peculiarly bene ficial to the asparagus plant. With these, and good care, one cannot fail to have that inmate ol all good gardens, an asparagus bed. Rural Xew Yorker, To Kasr Picatas. Keep pickles only in wood or stone ware. Anything that ha held grease will spoil pickles. Stir them occasionally, and if there are soft ones, take them out and scald tht vinegar, and pour it hot over the pickles that are in a solid state. Always keen enough vinegar on tham to cover them well. If it is weak, take fresh vinrear and pour it on hot. Do last iresn vinegar ana nuiir h vn iwu wi m. - -r . . Dotboihinsgarandspictoerfitominuts.fromthatofradinj; any other composition, ' SOAKED CORN FOU HOUSES. One of the most successful and judicious tarmers in the vicinity ol iialtimore, eliects a saving of from one-third to one-half of his corn, by soaking it thoroughly before feeding. His method is this: Two empty vessels, hogsheads, or something similar, are placed in his cellar, where there is no danger from frost, and filled to the chime with ears of corn. lie then pours in water till the recep tacles are filled. When well soaked, the corn ia fed to the horses, and when the con tents of one cask are consumed, it is again filled, and the animals fed from the other. Even cobs, soaked in a similar manner, but in pickle instead of pure water, are eagerly devoured by cows, especially if the usual allowance of salt is withheld. The corn cob contains a large quantity of nutriment, and is by far too valuable to be thrown away. , R. F. .. Cheater, Kent county, Md., January 3, 18S7. Remarks. This has become a general practice among judicious farmers, who feed their horses upon corn. Our estimable friend, David Landrcth Esq., who keeps a number of fine horses upon his great seed farm, near the town ot Jinstol, on the Dela ware, always feeds them upon soaked corn, and has done so for several years. He con- siders it a decided advantage. Germamown Telegraph. MUTUAL FORBEARANCE. Tli kindest and the happiest pair Will find occaaion to forbear, And aomcthiog every day they live, To pity and perhap forgive. But infirmities that fall In common lo the lot of all A bierai.U, or a eenae impaired Are crime eo little to be apared. Then farewell all that tnuat create The comfort of the wedded etate ; Inatead of harmony, 'lie jar. And tumult, and iute.tin war. The love that cheer, life' latest itage, Proof againat aicknea and old age, Preaervcd by virtus and declenaion, Become not weary by attention ; But lives, when that exterior grace Which first inspired the flames, decay, Ti gentle, delicate, and kind. To faults companionate or blind. And will with aympathy endure Thoe evil it would gladly cure ; But angry, coarse, and harsh expression, Show love to be a mere profession ; Proves that the heart i. none of bi. Or eoon axpela him if it is. Cevper. PULPIT READING OF SCRIPTURE. The great Dr. Mason is said to have once made the remark, that " the best commenta tor of the Bible is the man who properly reads the Enzlish version." Few of those who sat under the ministry of this distin emshed man, would dispute his opinion. Tradition reports his reading of the sacred volume to have been a marvel of expression,! power, and effect. There was no mouthing, I no affectation, no mimickry, yet such a just nesi of emphasis and sdaptetlness of tones, such a manifest comprehension of the whole meaning ot the inspired words, that audiences were stirred as with the sound of a trumpet. We have heard a venerable minister of our church olten speak of the wondrous power with which Dr. Mason would utter the rug ged rhymes and desperate inversions of Rnui's Psalms; but when he had in hand the majestic simplicity of the authorized version, he read with an impressiveness which made the words seem new even to those who had been familiar with them from inlancy. Why is it that there are now so lew, even among distinguished divines, who can thus by reading give to the naked words ot the Bible all the force of a judiciouscommentary ! Why is it that this portion of the Lord's day service, so important in itself, becomes so dull and inefficient in practice ? Some drawl, others hasten as if striving for a wager. Some use no eomphssis at all, others put it in the wrong place. Some read all portions, whe ther descriptive, argumentative, narrative, I v ricsl, or dramatic, in one and the ernie tone ; .1 i. ,:l ,(.. !.., .....A,.k uiarre siiun a iirmiivm v ms mn.inv.tu to naturalness in tune and manner, as if it would be desecration to read God's Word , with some conscious perception of its mean- ing. , , j It is surely not because good reading is generally undervalued among men, for, on the contrary, such an accomplishment is one which all men appreciate, and the more, the more cultivated they lliemselvesare. A good reader always arrests attention, even when his matter is poor, but lar more wnen ne nas mat ter worthy of his powers of utterance. The hearer may be unable to account fur or trace op to its source the grace which charms him, but he cannot mistake the charm itself. We suppose bad reading in the pulpit is owing to three mstn csuses. One is isatten- !!-- i ..I K....i lion. .Id prrai'iiCT ia v (unvrriitii i the sermon and its deliverv, that he lorgM the duty ht owes to the Word of Gml, and reads it merely as a matter of course, quite satisfied if he succeeds in uttering it so ilis tinctly that all can hear. Another cause is a wrong theory on tht subject. Citnscien tioui men sometimes cherish such asupersti tiuus reverence for the Scriptures at to for- ret that while they are the Word of Gml, they are also tht word of man, written by men and for men. They think that to read them is an exerciw specifically dinereoi however grave or excellent. Their ambition has been confined tu what has been called "a holy tone," from which there must be node part u re at any time, tin mutter what the pm ttons they profess tu read. To them the first chapter ol Genesis or of 1 Chronicles is pre cisely the same as the fortieth of Isaiah, nr the seventeenth of Julin, or the eleventh of Hebrews, ami to be uttered in the same staid, cautious, measured way, without any emotion or appearance of emotion, save that of a solemn and sacred service. To state this therory is to refute it. V The third and yet more common reason is want of due preparation.. The first requisite to all good reading, is clear and keen per ception of the meaning of what is read. The reader'a mind ahould be full of the theme, he should btenrapporl with bis author, he should himself feel all that the sentiments are de signed and fitted to convey. But to accom plish this, the eye must be familiar with the outward form of the passage, and the heart with its inward spirit. Yet very many min isters do not know, when they ascend the pulpit steps, what chapters they mean to read j and of those who do know, very few have done more than simply to glance at their contents, so as to know whether they would be appropriate to the occasion. Whereas a chapter, to be properly read, should be pre viously gone over at least twice with care, so as to familiarize the mind with its object. it transitions, its peculiarities, and its gen eral tone. Any man with a tolerable voice. who wilt thus enter into the spirit of a chap ter, and as the phrase is, " realize its mean ing, " can hardly tail to read well, tie may not defy the scrutiny of a practical elocution ist, but he will do what is far better; that is, carry with him the undivided attention of his congregation. And what a sift, what a blessine it is to be able, simply by repeating the words of Scrip ture, io cxpounu its meaning, to cniurcc us truths, and bring the authority of the great God home to the hearts and consciences of men! ' Chrittian lntcllietnctr. 0 A GOOD EDUCATION. Parents generally are desirous of securing for their children what they call a "rood education." This is a commendable mani festation of parental affection. It still would be more so, however, if the motives urging them to provide a good education for their children were somewhat more elevated than they usually are. A good education is too often sought, merely or chiefly ss a stepping stone to wealth or rank, or respectability in the world. There are considerations ren dering a good education desirable, ol a much higher and more cotnanendahU nature than mis. xveeowenametnemr ror tne present we will leave them to be presented by tht conscience and good tense of our readers, while we proceed to say that which we in tended to say. It is this: Parents, in desiring t good edu cation for their children, too commonly in dulgeina very narrow and inadequate con ception of what constitutes a really valuable or good education, and also of what influences a child must be brought under in order to se cure it. Do not too many regard a rood school, a teacher well versed in the usual branches and apt to teach, with approved text books, about all that is necessary in order to secure the good education which they contemplate for their children? Is it not too generally and too much fur gotten, that every conversation which they hear from the Hps ol their parents, and every action of their lives, which manifests either a low or lofty character, either worthy or on worthy principles, are a part of the educa tion, good or bad, of their children ? Is it not too generally forgotten that every word and every deed of the companions and associates of your children has something lo do in making their education, either good or bad ? I it not generally forgotten that tht temper, taste, the habits of their parents, and, indeed, of all with whom they coma ia coo tact, have a powerful influence in making tht education of children, either good or bad, according st these are oft happy or unhappy character? Let our children see their parents, and all whom parents receive to their inti mscy, living for high, noble, Htaven-approv-ed ends and objects such appearing plainly in all conversation and conduct as the ruling purpose of life and they will then be receiv ing what constitutes the most essential part ot what iny truly be called a good education. Ax lmimAN' l)i mm rmx op Tin Word Mvtkky. A 4 iii rc, miiilent "f the Mobile Mercury triU I'i Mlitwinj ery good onet Chancing lniijt ! a uumVr of Ihe Eme rald Isle native wi re asse iibied, I happened to hear the fli dialogue I "I say, Mui piiv: what a the mamni ni mystery f Faith, 1 was fading the paper, and it said t was a m vstery how it was done : " Well," said "Murphy, Pat, I'll tach ye. Ye see, whin 1 lived Willi me father, a little gounn, they giv a parthy, and me mother wint to market to buy amietliiir lor the par thv to ate, ami among a lot of things slit but a half oft battel of pork, ye are. Wt'.l, she put it dim n in t'te cellar, bless her sow), fur safe kapin;, tilt the parthy come on, do jft see. Well, fthia the parthy come on, me mother sittt tne down into the cellar to get some of the pork, do ye seel well, I wint dirnn to the barrel and opened it, and fished about, butdivil a bit of potk could I find, 10 I looked around about the barrel to set whert tht pork was, and found a rat hole in the bot tom of the barrel, where the pork had all run out and left tht brine standing, do ye set f Mould on, Murphy ! hould on I wait a bit I now tell rat how could ail tht pork git out o the barret and lavt tht brine ttandio'r" Well, Pat," said Murphy, "that's what I'd likt to know myself, do yt set thert't J tht mystery."
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 23, 1857, edition 1
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