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C XOXTIIt. 1 VKAB One square $ 8.00 $ 5.00 $ 8.00 Two squared, 8.00 10.00 11.00 Three 9.00 15.00 20.00 Half column, - 18.00 - 25.00 85.00 - Professional and business Card., nut excceditiff 'six lines per annum,.... $5.00 roa TUB TISIEI. Morning Contemplations. ' BV EVA PATTON. ' When the calm morn with, its joft light dispels darkness' from tho earth," and tlio eastern sky is richly gilde7lTvith- the gol den rays of thc-sun, how pleasant to look abroad or stroll over the fields and meadows and feci the balmy .breath of nature play ing coolly around us ; while the pearly dew drops linger upon each leaf and flow er, sparkling like so many gems. Every thing is teeming with life at this beautiful aud uurivaled hour ; every passing breeze seems ladened with the melody of sweet sounds. The murmuring brooks greet our cars with their low soft tones; the little. busy bees humming their playful tunes, while extracting the sweets from each lovely flower ; and the little birds as they fly through forest and grove, ca rolling their plaintive songs, in praises to their Maker; and in short, i' the whole UWieal world seems afloat on tho breeze ;" and how can we be silent and not scud up one note of praise when a revived nature soprcssingly invites us to join in the gen eral concert f What a Ct time for contem plation upon the .marvelous works of an Almighty Creator; while the body is re freshed by tho restoring slumbers of the past night, and the faculties of the tiiiud strengthened by a suspension of effort, or, boated imagination. . Andno position eanbe more. appropriji ate than, while surrounded with nature's magnificence and beauty,' with nothing but the bluo arch of heaven for our canopy, and each lovely scene inviting our atten tion the green carpeted earth, and the flowery glade spread out before u?, and the waving forest, bowing to us in stately dignity; all make upa scene of imposing grandeur, sufficient to inspire the soul with wonder and admiration. With winder, becauso it leads us to contemplate that Be ing who spoke nature into existence by the power of his own word, by which wo arc rcuiluded of our littleucss, of our entire nothingness, when compared to tho Au thor of such sublime, stupendous, works ; and that wo should be tho objects of his care, or that ho should bc 'Stf mindful of us, poor simple " worms of the dust," and exercise such infinite goodness tawards us, Theso reflections make us ready to exclaim Jike the king of old, "Lord! what is man, mat thou art mindful of him r With admiration, because there is such wonderful wisdom displayed in the arrange nieut of a". JJia glorious works ; such or der and nnsurpasiiinjj boauty ; ovory part of creation so admirably adapted to the pur pose for which our great Bonafactor de: signed it. - Who aau stand and behold such -grandeur and beauty, and uot bo moved ? What an irresjst-able influence such niodita tioq exprts upon tho mind f It causes our spirits jo fcouud with elasticity; warms our hearts ; kindles each lofty doirc ; and . bids our hopes ascend to the topmost branch of virtue. Though, reader, tlike many others, you may not at all times have the opportunity of witnessing tho full display of nature's -sublime magnificence and beautyduring the lovely hours of the early morning; yet, remember, there is not a corner of the globe, not a spot throughout the" whole universe, upon which God.has hot stamped rcYclatiuu; of his divinity or the voice of Devoted to News, Internal Improvements, Education, Agriculture, Manufacture, Commerce and the Markets. ",; ' nature docs not appeal in thrilling tones to our souls, for a due acknowledgement of that Being who mado us ; and to pour forth our warmest gratitude to Iliinforthe ma ny ten thousand blessings we daily enjoy from his bountiful hand. Yes, dear reader, there, is not a featuro in nature, which lias not some useful les son inscribed upon it." God in his infinite goodness, has placed theni here for our in- formation and especial benefit. Let us then be a strict aryi frequent observer of all liaworksft&d give a due reflection np; on them ; for such are the teachings of na ture, that there is not a lesson which she conveys through the eye to the soul, which may not be useful to us while journeying through life. Prom the majestic sun, which rises in such splendor and beauty, and floods our earth with his glorious light, imparts warmth to vegetation, which causes some new expansion in each bud and plant, let us learn to go forth upon the mission of life, and perform with alacrity the duties assigned to us; and by our ardent zeal and love for truth, make ourselves useful to the world. Search out the wandering captives of sin, and reclaim them from the forbid den paths of vice and folly ; import warmth and feeling to the cold and desolate heart ; help to germinate each bud of hope, and use our utmost : endeavors to arouse the idle and careless to a sense of duty; to en force upon the gay and thonghtlessJuftier and purer- motives j and to convince., the moral.lygoodthat human virtue, when ac companied by Chat self-sacrificing love, which is prompted by a sense of duty to God i)S well as man, aud has no less aim iu view than tho pure motive of serving our fellow beings in that manner which will tend most to glorify the. blessed name of our Redeemer, is. like the pile, moon-shine that is admired for its mild serenity, but, imparts no warmth of -life. And the murmuring brooks, whose " dancing waves," merrily chase each other, how vividly they .bring to mind that we too are passing away, and others will soon take our places ; and like them let us bend all our courses in life, towards the great Fountain of Goodness from which we received our existence. And the flowers, with all their kindred, (silent expositors of human life,) shall- we-paas thenwunheededi Let us stop and pause awhilo upon the close an alogy between their existence and ours. How minutely they display each stage of human life. Some are blooming in fra grance' and beauty; others are fading and many have been severed from among their gay kindred at various stages of expansion. Scattered around our foot, wo heboid the little rose buds, that so lately sat upon their mossy stems in all their fragrance and love-., lincss ; have been snatched by some rude, hand from amongst their blooming com panions, and others of half expansion have fallen a victim to no less rudeness than tho former, are lying in mouldering beauty ; and many that were full-blown, whoso gor geous colors have charmed the eyes, and whose rich perfumes make redolent the air we breath, their petals no longer sustained by nature, have withered in all their glo ry and loveliness, and fallen to tho tomb. And we too, dear reader, must soon pass away, and all our gtyries.: Yes ! beauty and talent, if we have them, and all other ifts, which nature has pleased to bestow upon Us, thongh they may bo of the cboi ccst kind, must fade and come to naught ; and likeur bodicR;d(eveled-with-the dust. " For all flesh is as grass and the glory of man as th(? flower of grass." What a lesson of mortality is here given, for ev ery human being to consider solemnly, and deeply upou. How, probably, many of us may be snatched off in the bloom of youth, or, like the half expanded roses, only number half; our days ; or, if wo should be spared beyond this, let us bear in mind, that the time must soon come, when the bloom of life will have passed away, each lovely feature will be marred by tho-rough hand of time ; and nature, falling to lend usaid, our tottering limbs will sink beneatlTthTburden of age, and the gnping tomb, close upon our remains. Sinoo this is our destiny, let us endeavor to crown with virtue every act in lifcso that, though wo be dead, yet our names shall live in the hearts of the good and vir tuous, and our hallowed deeds yield odor: of peace and dolight to our ktnd trieuds, who are left behind. And like the little busy bees,,let us Improve each shiuiug mo ment, and endeavor to gather from sur rounding circumstancerall tho good we can, to sweeten the bitter cup of life. And the little birds, whose joyous songs float GREEySBOROTJGII, NORTH ..CAROLINA, on tho breeze through every grove and vale, let us learn from them to maintain a cheerful spirit, which has a great tenden cy to strengthen the power within us ; to influence each heart around us. For be assured there is nothing that meets with better success in winning the confidence of those we dwell among, than a radiant eoun tenance, continually lit np by the placid smile of true affection. And now, dear rea der, Wat we ha ve perused a few pages of the book of natuaemay we not let the truths, we have learned thereon, escape from our memory; but treasure them up, in our hearts, and profit thereby. And may we often be found resting our thoughts upon these wonderful jpages, which leads us to look " from nature up to nature's God. It will give us nobler views of his cbarac ter; and with the help of his divine word, mould our affections according to his holy will, which will fit our souls to dwell .with Him on high in the abode of light and love, . " Where the wicked cease from troubling, And the weary are at rest." Where the reward of all our toils, "We'll "share among the blest" LIFE or DEATH. A TRUE STORY OF THE NATCRAL BRIDGE OF VIRGINIA. BT ELIHD BPBEITT. The scene opens with a view of the great Natural Uridge. .oL-Yirginia. There are three or four lads standing in the channel below, looking up with awe to the vast arch of unhewn rocks with the almighty bridge over their everlasting abutments. . The lit tle piece of sky, spanning those measure less piers, is full of stars though it is mid day. It is almost five hundred feet from where they stand, up these perpendicular bulwarks of limestone, to the key rock of the vast arch which appears to them only the size of a man's hand. The silence of death is rendered more impressive bythe little stream that runs from rock to rock, down the channel. - The sun is darkened, and the boys have unconsciously uncover ed their heads, as standing in the present chamber of the Majesty of the whole earth. At last this feeling begins to wear away they begin to look around them. They sec the names of hundreds cut in the limestone abutments. A new feeling comes over their hearts and their knives are in hand in an instant. " What man has done, man can do," w the watch-word while they draw themselves up, and carve their names a foot above those of a hundred full grown men who had been there before them. They are all satisfied with th; feat of physical exertion except one, whose cxam ple.illustrates perfectly the forgotten truth jthat there is a royal road to intellectual eminence. This ambitious youth sees a name just above his reach a name that shall be green 5n the memory of the world when those of Alexander, Cajsar and Bona parte, shall rot in oblivion. It was the name of Washington. Before he marched with Braddock to the fataLfield, he had been there, and left his name a foot above all his jiredeccssors. If "was a glorious thought of a boy to write his name side by side with that of the great father of his country. lie grasps bis knife with a firm er hand and clinging. to a little l jutdng crag, he cuts into the limestone about a "foot above wTwehostands ; but aslic puts feet and bauds into these gains, and draws himself carefully at full- length, he- finds himself a foot above every name chronicled on that mighty wall. While his compa nions are regarding him with concern and admiration, he cuts his namo in huge cap itals, large and deep, into the flinty album. His kuife is still in his hand, and strength in his sinews, and a new created aspiration in his heart. Again he cuts another niche, and again he carves his name in large capitals. This is not enough. Heedless of the entreaties of his companions, he cuts and climbs a gain. The graduation' of his ascending scale grew wider apart. Ho measures his length at every gain he cuts. The voices of bis friends grow weaker, till their words are finally lost on his car. He now for the first time, casts a look beneath him. Had that glance lasted a moment, that moment would have been his last. He clings, with a conclusive shudder, to his little niche in tho rock. An awful abyss awaits his al most certain fall. He is faint from severe Exertion, and trembling from the-sudden view of the dreadful destruction to which he is exposed. H is knife is worn half way to the haft. He can hear the voices, but cot the cries 6f his terror-stricken compa- nions below. What a meagre chance to escape destruction. There is no retracing his steps, It is impossible to put his hand into the same niche with his feet, and re tain his hold a moment. Hit companions instantly perceived that new and fearful dilemma, and await his fall, with emotions that 'freeze their young blood ;' he it too high, too faint, to ask for his father and mother, his brothers aud sisters . to come and witness or avert his destruotion-But one of his companions anticipated, his de sire. Swift as the wind, he bounds down the channel, find the fearful situation is, told upon his father's hearth-stone. Minutes of almost eternal length roll on, and there were hundreds standing in the rocky channel, and hundreds on the bridge above,' all holding their breath, and await ing that fearful catastrophe. The poor boy hears the hum of new and numerous voices both above and below. ; He can just distinguish the tones of his father's voice, " William 1 William ! don't look down your mother and Henry and Harriet are all here praying for you. Keep your eyes to wards the top." The boy didn't look down his eyes are fixed like a flint toward heaven ; and his young heart on him who reigns there. He grasps again his knife, - He cuts another niche, and another niche is added to the hundreds that removed him from human help below. How carefully he uses hiw wasting blade. How anxiously he selects the softest place in that pier. How he a voids every flinty grain. How he econo mizes his physical powers-cresting a mo- Wnt at each gain he cuts. How every motion is watched from below. Tbere stands bis father and mother ; and'on the very spot where, if he falls, he will not fall alone. , The sun is half down in the West. The lad had made fifty additional niches in the mighty wall, and now finds himself direct ly under the middle of the vast arch of rocks, earth and trees, lie must cut his way in a new direction to get over tnis over hanging mountain. Ihe inspiration of hope is dying in his bosom, its vital feeling is fed by the in creased shouts of hundreds perched upon cliffs and trees, and others who stand with ropes in their hands, on the bridge above, or with a ladder below. Fifty grains must bejjut, before the longest rope can reach him. His wastingbladeagaihstrikcs iuto the limestone. . ' . The boy is emerging painfully, foot by foot, from under the lofty arch. Spliced ropes are ready in the hands of those who arc leaning over the other edge of the bridge. Two minutes more and all will be over. Thntlikdo is worn to'the last half inch. The boy's head reels, ana his eve - in" from their soctets. Tllis last hope is dying in his heart. That niche is his last. At the last faint gash he makes, Ins knite his faithful knife falls from his hand, and ringing along the precipice, falls at L his mother's feet. , An involuntary groan of despair runs like a death-knell through thochanne) be low, and all is as still as the grave. At the height of near three hundred feet, the de voted boy lifts his hopeless heart and clos ing eyes, to commend his soul to God. "'Tis ljut a moment there one foot swings off he is reeling-trembling toppliug over into eternity Hark,! ashout falls enhis earfrom above! The man-who- is lying with half length ovor the hridgo, has a glimpse of the boy's head and shoul ders. Quick as thought, the noose is with in reach of The sinking youth7 No one breathes. With a faint convulsive cfTort the swooning boy drops his arms into the noose. Darkness came over hhn with the J words, God ! Mother ! whispered on his HpsVjust loud enough to be heard in hea ven, the tightening rope lifts him out of his shallow uicbci Jiot a lip moves while he is dangling over the fearful abyss : but when a sturdy Virginian reaches dbwif j'aud draws the lad up and holds him i-liia arms before the fearful, breathless muhk tude, such leaping and weeping for joy, never greeted the ear of human being so re covered from the yawning gulf of eternity. 1 Why- Not Successful. The young mechanic or clerk marries and takes a bouse, which he proceeds to furnish twice as expensively as he can af ford, and then his wife, instead of taking hold to help him to am a livelihood, by doing her own work, must have a hired servant to help her spend his limited earn ings. Ten years afterwards, you will tmd him struggling on under a double load of debts and children, wondering why the THURSDAY, JULY 17,- J B56. luck was always against him, while bis friends regret his unhappy destitution of financial ability. Had they from the first been frank and honest, he need not have been so unlucky. The world is full of peo ple who can't imagine why they don't pros per like their neighbors when the real obstacle is not in banks or tariffs, in bad publie policy nor hard times, "but in their own cxtravaganoc and heedless ostentation. 81112 LOVED 1III. She loved liimj but she knew it not -. Ilor heart had only room for pride All other fcelfiiftR wore forgoti- When she became another's bride. Aa from a dream she t hcu awoko, To realize nor lonely- state, -And own it was the xow .she broke. That made her drear and desolate. Ehe loved him ; but tho riandcrer tamo, With words of hate that nil believed ; A stain thus retcd on his name, But he was wronged and she derived. - Ah, rash the act that gave her liana, That drove her lover from her side, Who hied him to a distant land. Where, battling fur a namo, be dd. " Bbe loved him, and his memory now W'as treasured as a thing apart, Thtf shades of thought were on her brow, The seeds of death were in her hoart, For all the world, that thing forlorn, I would not, ooulu not he and live ; That cackct, with its jcwpl gone A britle, who has no heart to give. THE MILL. I loved the brimming wave that f warn Through quiet meadows round the mill, Tho "sleepy pool abepve tho dam," 1 The pool beneath it never still. The mcal-sncks on the whitened floor, . The dark round of the dripping wheel, The very sir about tho door Made misty by tlio floating meal. TKNxrsor. Ko Glooni at Home. Above all things there should be no gloom in the home. The shadows of dark, discontented and wasted frctfulness should never cross the threshold, throwing their large black shapes, like funeral palls, over the happy young spirits gathered there. If you willyour home shall be heaven aud every inmate an angel there. If you will, you shall ait on a throne and be the presid ing household deity. Oh! faithful wife, what privileges, what treasures, greater or purer than thine ? And Jet the hushapd strive to forget his cares as he winds around the long narrow street and beholds the soft light illuminat ing his little parlor, spreading its precious beams on the pave before -it. ; The night is cold and cheerless, perhaps, and the De cember gust battles with the worn skirt" of his old over-coat.'ft"-1 -icnes, with a ana wailing cry,at -he rusty hat that bairscrved hinnnanr Year II has been harrussed, perplexed, aud per secuted. c,- Ho has borne with many a cruel tone and a cold world, and nerved himself up to an energy so desperate that his frame aiid spirits arc weakened and depressed ; and now his limbs ache with weariness ; his temples throb withj.he,paiu-beat caused by a too constaut implication ; he scarcely knows how to meet his wife with a pleasant smile, or sit down cheerfully to their little meal which the has provided with so much care. But tlie door is opened, the overcoat thrown hastily off. A sweet voice falls up- jJjs)rM)frtoB4,g-ireeOfi0ftaUil glad that hope, like a winged angel, flics rTT'hT TntoT his heart. , ' The latch is lifted, and tho smiling face of his wife gives an earnest welcome., The shining hair is smoothed over her fair brow ;. indeed she stole a little coquettish glance at the mirror hanging in its narrow frame, jnst to sea if she . looked neat and pretty before she came out. Ilcreye beams with love, her dress is tasteful and what? Why ! lie forgets all the trials of that long, lehg dtfy as ho folds' her o hi1 arms and imprints a kiss upou her brow. A home where gloom is brandished, pre sided over by one who has learned to- rule herself and her household, Christianity ! oh!' hem thrice eonsoled for all his trials. He canuotbc unhappy ; thatswect est, best, dearest solace is his a .cheerful home. Do you wonder that the man is strengthened a new for to-morrow's cum? Print It In Letter or Gld. A father whose son was addicted to some vinimia nrnnonsitios. bade the boy to drive aliai rtfo-cci tainliost whenever he com-4 mitt'ed a certain fault, and agreed that a nail bhould be drawn out whenever he cor rected au error. In the course of time the post was completely filled with nails The youth became alarmed at the ex tent of his indiscretions and set about re forming himself. , One by one the hails were drawn out, the delighted father com' mended him for his noble, self-denying he roism, in freetug himself from his faults 1 They are all drawn out,' said the pa rent. The boy looked sad,. and there was a whole volume of practical wisdom in his sadnecs. With a heavy heart he replied : ' True father ; but the scan are still there.' Parents who would have their children grow sound and healthy characters must sow the seed at the firesido. - Charitable associations can reform tho man, and per haps, make a useful member of society ; but alas I- the scars are there ! 1 he re formed drunkard, gambler and thief is on ly the wreck of the man he once was, he is covered with scars dishonorable scars which will disfigure his character as long as he shall live. AVARICE. That man may breathe, but never lives ' ' Who much receives, but nothing gives ; - Whom none can love, whom none can thank, Creation's blot, creation's blank. - From the Ohio Journal of Education. Irregularity In atlcmllng Scbool. NUMBER I. ', Perhaps no one evil is more destructive to the vitality and efficiency of school ex ercises, than the one named at the head of this article. This arises chiefly from two cnuscs: First, because in its nature and tendencies it" is disastrous ; and second,, because of its' universality. It seems to bo the crying in of the age. It lays its withering hand upori the teacher's fairest plans and pros pects, and thwarts and blasts them as ef fectually as though it had been invented for that special purpose. To tho scholar himself, the consequences are not less de moralizing. It robs him of his confidence and dignity destroys his interest jnJu dy arrests himjn a career of success and thus paves the way for future crime and degradation. j Its baleful influence is not only felt in tho school room ; but the habit onc'b form ed, here or elsewhere, is sure to carry itself into whatever department of business theJ pupil may engage in after life. It clings to him like a putrid carcase and, infecting more or less whatever he may lay his hand to, he is driven from the most honorable positions in life, and seeks refuge in the lazy herd. The grand secret of success among men, 1 a"y hnwiness whatever, niny, almost without anexe7fion7 btrtraccd directly toJ attention, regularity, and punctuality; while their failures and disasters may as often be traced to an opposite cause. This may not be apparent to a casual observer; but to one who examines and'weighs ttie remote as well as the recent causes, this problem of human life and fortuno is not of difficult solution. Because the penalty does not follow the transgression immedi ately, we aroiapt to overlook the real cause of suffering, and blame damofortuue for our ill luck, (when in fact there is no " luck " about it.) But because the pen alty does not follow immediately, we have no ridit to infer that it wit not, sooner or later, overtake the offender, though many long years niny intervene. . When,., justice lingcrs long, bcr reckoning is mosTfearfulrtcoiue-stationary. The Americana-have .If . rhronts, ; therefore, kiicw and felt, 1 .1. .....nnn. f. , .. 4-l(lllll -..llcint 1 -.Til V I in" tlieir children out of school for a few days iu a week, or permitting them to be tardy or out of season in their daily atten dance, that they were gendering those ha bits in thciuhat wowld render thein un successful in hnsiness, and miserable, per haps, in tlieir whole course of life, they would say at onco, that the experiment is too hazardous to risk in mutters so weighty. 2'ow why cannot pareatssce this ? Simp ly, because they do not reflect upon these' subjects. They would readily take cogni zance of an evil inflicted upou the person of their child. Suppose, for instance, that a neighbor bad been guilty of maltreating a little boy or girl, and that ia so doing an arm or a leg had fceen broken : would the offence bc4ightly looked over ? No, uo ! Spee dy recourse would be had to the law ; courts of justice would be impleaded for the adjustment of grievanccsl'ke poo? 8 bor would pay aeariy ior OlS inipruapoee, and perhaps justly, too. But does that pareut act less culpably, less uukiudly to :xo.-2i). his offspring, who suffers tltem to form hah its in early life that will eurae them aslonj as they live? Is he any less inexcusable! Itetl you no I Rather give me the mat -, treated, the maimed, the criyple, (for what is the physical cripple to the. intellectual the loJy to the tout T) aud' I will engage to make a better, a more useful and a mora successful, man4 Him, than can be made of that unfortuH oy that has been thua abused by prcn10(hilgencc or neglect. The vil in the first ease k only a-physical one ; in the second, it is both intellectual and moral, and likely to result in all the physical evils of the first : and (which is of infinitely more consequence) to entail untold evils upou the sufferer, both for time and eternity. And yet parents can not, or will not see this I They seem to shut.tlicir eyes against the very light that would reveal to them the true policy in re ference to these seemingly little, hut real ly important aud weighty matters. J. OGDEN. Public Intrut1jft in America. An cduoational jottraal of Paris, has bee publishing for wml months a senea of papers on Popular Education in Amer ica. ' ..:.'.... , The following pnrogwips translated from the seventh article give- an interesting comparison between the-state of things up on different sides of the- ocean. " Public instruction is er day more of a national business ia Jvrth America), than in any othr country tho world.-" Not only are legislators wall disposed to ward existing, institutiossy tat if a new idea is thrown out i & eehirana of a journal, if a botc method! ftaa been tried in this place or that, if a systoa of admin istration, without precstleai has been, the object of fortunate axperiuiaoi, the most eminent men in lkgfslativ. asscmhlieft and in thej country receive that ufeatakt cog nizance of that inathod, study tflemechan ism of that systomy and inquire seriously they can not find thnreha soma iuv in rans of accelcratdhg progress'.. , - ; Tho improvement of schools it, to to speak, the fixed idea, the oonstont pre -occupation of statesmen in Amcrie- " Among most Lnropsan. nation war find that public instruction is- sEtreafojfc, inspec ted, administered by special) fretooaexie to whom belongs the initiative-m gedhgeg ical matters. Thereis confidence-iai tdUir depision, or if there is dissatisfaction? it i from a political point of view, as to wlaia church or state shall direct or inspect th school, inouiry lias less reicrence to tn pupils than to the dominant influence of this or that power. . ..: '.:I'..:...r... .... But in America where the schools are not governmental but national, the ques tion ot CUUCUUOU is. a pojiuldl taC9tttm ' School inspectors are men engaged in ac tive life,-in public business,; and thus the atmosphere which is breathed in the class es is noj. sensibly different from that with- out The motto, " (Jive me the education of a generation, and I will transform tho world," is understood in all its extent by every American cit'uen. The wisdom of that nation declares that tho prosperity by which it awakens the cuvy of the world, is due v a great measure to the diffusion of light among the misses., . The iucessant activity, the spirit of cntcrprizo,' which distinguish the Americans, would grow weak from the moment when public in- struetion should cease to be offered equal ly to all without exception, or should bc- started at full steam upon a course where theycaiitiotstop a single instant thoir powar, their future depend upon this J the least success in a trial of obscuration (ob seurantismr) would dismember that aocity, the condition of whose existence is move ment itsulf. While we are living npon tradition, the Americans are incessantly ' looking toward the future. While we are discussing systems they are making exper iments aud profiting by our own. This is why school matters arc erery bo dy's business; why every year in all pub lic meetings, the problem of increasing the national strength by instruction is contin ually taken up ; this is why the popular representatives and nut merely ofliciul func tionaries, aro informed upon educational quctio3 aud aro-charged with their solu tion. Delawauf. Liquor Law. We lean that, after a long and most searching trial, the Prohibitory law is pronounced coiw stitutionals in all its poiuts. The euomy has labored and toiled, all in vain. Fruiu this, we learn, there k no appeal.