Ntiafta 



IsIOOHE'S KigEAL NEW-Y0RKE3L 



THE STUDY OF LATDT, AGAIN. 



MtMa, Borrow:— In the Beast or the Utb 

 inst there Is so article written by a correspondent 

 ■iajt'ng himself "S., of Washington," in which he 

 cipre*»cs nn unfavorable opinion of the study of 

 the Latin language. lie says, "In comparison 

 witb the acquisition of any modern language, it is 

 f«r inferior, both in its construction and adapta- 

 bility to the intellect of our day, and iU incom- 

 ;l paucity of expression." I do not 

 h i mi I wish to proTokc a discussion, 

 but because I do not like to hear the language of 

 ViaotL, Cictito and 9&LLVST, charaeterixed aa usc- 

 ■ . :. i unworthy of any attention I ■ I i 



-,;...[ the English, French and Italian 



n U generally ad- 



milted by men of education that a knowledge of the 



Latin longTini'i « ill rendci great assistance in the 



: mony modern tongue*, even the 



English. 



lie says, "il* tendency-owing to its disgusting 



iU low moral tone— is to demoralize the 



, itondard of the Pagan."— 



ting mythology,"— disgusting because 



it ( .f their glorious achievements, 



were rewarded by being rendered immortal, and in 

 Home cases with places among the gods, according 

 to Latin authors, Does "S 



OUB GHAJMAS CLUB. 



quite difficult to induce 

 scholars to write "compositions." This I bra 

 remedied daring the but, and thus far the present 

 ", by organising a "Club" described as fol- 

 lows ; — Last winter we occupied a short time each 

 Friday F. M. « a " committee of the whole," mysdi 

 acting as Chairman, and one of the pupils as Sec- 

 retary. One of our number was then chosen, 

 •oct, according to parliamentary rule,*, to 

 addrat us upon any proper subject, for each morn* 

 ing of the week. The election was made as formal 

 and dignified as possible, so aa to command respect 

 ,nd enlist support, and the result was astonishing. 

 No attendant of the school wished to be excused, but 

 nstead, pupils hardly able U. write, were anxious 

 o perform the duties. The address had to be 

 written and corrected by the teacher, and read each 

 loming at commencing of exercises, and if teacb- 

 rs want their pupils on hand at " lap of the drum,' 

 :t tbem awaken an interest of this kind. 

 This winter we have organiied a little differ* 

 D Hy — forming, for the same object, what we have 

 amed "The Students" Grammar Club " The 

 teacher acts as Chairman, and we have a Clerk who 

 records the result of each election, Ac. Great 

 Interesl is felt, ana Improvement in spelling, writ- 

 ing, reading, composing, Ac, are the result, with 

 something of a knowledge also ol the mani 

 conducting public meetings properly. We n 

 mend it for trial. W. H. Gabon 



Sublette, 111-. 1808. 



- Savior bad i 





i cniisidcru 

 :alcd t. 



Thcv worshiped the " I'ii I't no !■■.<" 

 which had been worshiped by their anccsU 

 Which had been transmitted from father 

 They had no evidence of the falsity of tin 

 gion, and on that account bad no reason to doubt 

 it. "Low moral tone!" Ask any one versed in 

 ancient or modern literature, if they can produce t 

 more beautiful poem than "FVfjriPi ./'/"', da 

 I he capture of Troy, and the subsequent 

 adventures of /Eneas. His description of Tartarus 

 \%mort than equal to Milton's "Hell 1 " As to 

 Ion-, the world has never listened to finer cloqui 

 than that of Ciceho. In the oration in which he 

 thunders his contempt ngainst Catalisb, what 

 more eloquent and convincing can he produced 

 from the pages of ancient or modern literature r— 

 He says ;— " Its efTect is to reduce the Christiau to 

 the Pagan 1" If the scholar has not enough 

 ■i, ,.( moral character to discriminate between 

 truth and error, when lie enters upon classical 

 :-.!„, 1 !,■■,, i Inn he is entirely unfit for them, not they 

 until loi liiin! "S." recommends the French nnd 

 Italian Language*. These two nations hove long 

 been remarkable for their alter want of moral 

 character, aud yet ho recommends their study. A 

 person, iu order to obtain a correct knowledge of 

 the language ho is studying, mus 



(mi-tier uill hrn.iiu' incident rd will) some ol the doc- 

 tr'm.-, irLdohheweds, ianopwimeriofltalinnltter- 

 Btore, raadGOaWVaaU "Unit rice Ccnci," Itisone 

 of the most disgust ing works ever issued by arespee- 

 tahlatirol - hfi turns his nttcnt ion to French Phi- 

 losophy, he will no doubt read the works of Voltaire 

 ,,,,1 Be -'■ M , and unless he takes good care he will 



been in advocate of their doctrines,— perhaps 



lomeol their Atlnlsl doctrines. "S."saystruly 

 llmt i ut in ii nf no use tO farmers, but this is no 

 evidence thai il is useless to the rest of the world. 



BOOKS AND THEUt INFLUENCE. 



How many homes are destitute aod void of 

 those treasures— homes, too, where are displayed 

 all the little gewgaws nnd trinkets to attract the 

 eye. Ofteo have we entered the parlor of those i 

 middling circumstances, where every stand, sidi 

 table, or shelf had upon it some weak-minded pei 

 son's taste displayed, but in the way of books, m 



, he :• 







- IX .VXD ABOUT JKBU3ALBM. 



\. ■ QBDEKQ I 



, resembling a city set on a hill, [lie 

 of scenes in nnd around Jerusalem, and the sub- j cannot be hid. The tent pitched on the top of ou 

 stance of the matter and illustrations we take from oftbi fa OU ■■ S, a ■■■■•• jumbled On il 

 the "City of the Great Kino." Jerusalem is di- | of the circular skylights of the am icnt church; an 

 Tided into three general sections, called Qdabtbiw the little court beneath this tented skylight is tli 

 — thc;</«ri>A, Ohritiim and MiAomHudan, The bumble labernacular chapel of the mission. Th 

 Christian Quarter comprises all thnt part of the \ plmio^iMpli .-I winch the Wood cut is an exa< 

 pity I t ■ rt lt (real oftheinniii thoroughfare thai rans ' transcript -was taken from the embankment of tb 

 from the Zion and Damascus pates, through j "causeway " upon which the lower part of Temple 

 ' " tualed, Immcdhitch in tin.' line-round 



ing large familie: 

 valuiiblc enmpanic 

 family Bible, aud the torn and scribbled school- 

 books of their children. Did they only koow thnt 

 by selecting a few or a well-chosen assortment of 

 books, and from time to time making additions, a 

 handsome library might be formed, which should 

 be within the reach of all, and that many a wild, 

 ing boy might be kept from the streets, nnd 

 from mingling with the pernicious influences 

 which invariably must surround him. 



Books, to an inspiring mind, have a charm, a 

 fascination that never tires; they take hold of 

 thought and enchain you within their precincts, 

 Lhis taste it moulds and softens 

 s well as adding information at 



the principal basaaxs CA shops, The Jrwith 

 Zion Quarter is bounded by the Southern portion 

 of the ubovc street on the west, the central part of 

 Temploistrcet, on the north, the base of the hill 

 (Zion within the wall,) on the east, and B portion 

 of the wall on the south — being the moronorlh- 

 eastern corner of Mount Zion, comprising only 

 about one-fifth of its area. All the remainder of 

 the city ^is embraced under the Turkish ijwor/.r, 

 to which appertain! 

 Christian Quarter — the large for 

 barracks at the Jaffa gat* and the miserable string 

 of huts at Zion gale belonging to the Lepers. 



Perched upon a bold, rocky promontory of Mt. 

 Zion, in the Jewish Quarter, is a cluster of rudely 

 constructed houses, now occupied as the premises 

 of Ihe American Christian Mission, aud its appenr- 

 is shown the engraving. This spot is un- 

 doubtedly one of the most notable localities about 

 the Holy City, though heretofore it has failed to 

 attract the attention not only of tourists and pil- 

 grims, but of professed antiquarians and topo- 

 graphers. It is the north-easternmost projection 

 of tho "Holy Hill of Zion." 





the same time. 



Strange as it may appear, we form nn opinion 

 at once of a family where we see no books around 



space filled and choked up with weeds; therefore, 



we say to those who 



re lacking nnd deficient 01 





ents.bv all means and with 



out delV make your 



elections, for home without 



them is bcamless, a 



ay without a sun.-iV. Y 



Miiriirif. 





really puxxled traveler 



of transporting and hendlir 



■ 



This pool is a ! itrianh street 



and the Latin Patriarch's residence, and though 

 ntirelysnrrouiMlt.a „i,|, \. . . 

 ngraving, can at all Unu ■ 



, any of tho 

 - Dpesj It Its average breadth is 

 about one hundred and twenty ^ix feet, and its 

 ^ .feet; but 

 was formerly longer. Iu depth baJew tl 

 surface may be eight or ten fr«t, ,, , 

 bat it is considerably deeper at ihe Mafhero th" 

 at the northern extremity. Itdcm, 



the Homilla pool, mid usually has 

 from two to si \ feet of water ; though it sometimes 

 becomes entirely exhausted late in autumn. The 

 water is drawn up to a considerable height at great 

 expense of labor by two stout Kellahin, and sent 

 across the street oi er a lai re stone arch to supply 

 btUhmenl v> hich being lower than 

 i » ith a small 

 Icadeu pipe acting as a Syphon, lint such a device 

 us tin-, ei ii minting from Christians, Uie Simon-pure 

 Moslem spurns. 



thi' lop of a Mngr.ibin house, upon which a few- 

 pieces of clothing are suspended for drying. The 

 pointed dome-building, further on iu the fore 

 ground, is a w$lioi mausoleum of a Moslem mnton 

 In the elevated garden in the middle ground, a niau 

 \n seen looking thrmigh a hole in n large rock, that 

 serves the double purpose of Pi Indon and chimney 

 to the bakeries and mills— several of which there 

 ore beneath this garden— nnd are entered by doors 

 in the wall along the street, where an Arab is seen 

 riding a camel. The pottery aqueduct, that brings 

 water from Solomon's Tools to the great niosk, 

 enters the city beneath lite wall heyond the furthest 

 copse of cactus, aud passing along just at the foot 

 of the old palm, penetrutes by a channel cut 

 through the solid lock on which the Mission prem- 

 ises are situated ; and issuing through the lowest 

 door seen iu one uf the comci* of the house, pusses 

 along the base of Mount Zion into the liaram, via. 

 the causeway. The two elevated windows in the 



iiio>| |.i..ji.-ctiun purl of I lie Miss iui.Tin-.es .. uliove 



which there is also a smuller one,) give light to the 

 hackhmth, or dispensary of Ihe Mission. The dis- 



WISDOM 



ffmi , . \\ ■. id i I - il a mere bubble on the 

 sea of life—an ifmsfatttu* that shines but to de- 

 ceive'' No, The path that leads to knowledge, 

 though trodden hut by a few, is not some cun- 



u .1, i i-cl sdherne to delude mankind. There 



i,, ; n in- ti ndi to endure nnd crosses to bear before 

 nv i ,.u stund on the pinnacle of fume nnd bid adieu 

 to Ihe low attainments that the world calls honora- 

 ble. 1 have seen the lair youth kneel at the shrine 

 of pleasure, moving amid fashionable circles, be- 

 loved and courted by the nay and mirthful, and aim 

 ..' nothing higher. Think you thnt an All-wise and 

 1 i i . itor would form man, endowed with 



intellectual and moral powers that n ill remain 

 win i. tin- Jim grows dim with age, and place him 

 on this beautiful earth for no purpose but to live, 

 be merry, and die like the brute creation — neither 



i] | i.riiig thnt there were nobler ends 

 be attained. 



Did DlMOSTUK.MKS gain los position anion « t 



great of earth by sitting with folded hands a 



lie "LI. l.'.l 



1 t hoy, and UOSS bj his own exertions and self- 



■ i. reclaimed his orations by the 

 ■hare, amid the roaring of the billows, that he 

 might accustom himself to the noise of a great 

 ilmsho arose to be called "The Prince 

 of Orators." And Homsr, the great Grecian Poet, 

 traveled from place to pi. i. 



was poor an I tugs ore iuuuor- 



[ love to 1 upon the glorious ochievc- 



Listeo to ihat beautiful 



Bothou and do likewise;" and though 



we may net or stand as high in Ihe annals of fame, 



yet by patient* n T „i perseverance we may obtain ■ 



knowledge which 1S durable and no 



If we obtain a thorough knowledge of History 



and all Other desirable studies, and to these odd 



energy, industry, patience and perse re rence, we 



shall have conquered the world. Nor is this all. 



While we acquaint ourselves in all desirable accom- 



as seek tor that 



knowledge "which is pure and unfiled, and that 



i m *hal! we be truly happy, 



and understand" the full meaning ■ 



OksptaMi ■ s otMLLE. 



, n RfcTU ITIOK.— H« that takes »*ay 

 reason to make way for rv.clauo, 

 light of both, and is as if he would P«* u ™ c 



■ . better " 

 light of an iuvisible 



of the 



A POPULAE EEROH. 



One of the most common nnd fatal mistakes 

 made by ardent I'ncnds ol education, is the indul- 



cstravagant views as to what they can effect by 



> means of it. It is often supposed that great 



results can be produced in a single term of twelve 



n weeks. Both teacher and committee aim 



rapid mode of manufacture. True educn- 



hat which aids I he slow and healthy growth 



lind— the incorporation into it of principles 



• formation of tastes and habits, the full 



of which will appear only after mature years 



have developed their tendencies. The highest and 



best parts of education are incapable of exhibition. 



Tho show made at tho close of a term is well 



nigh to amuse children and their fond parents, 



. is often like thnt of a newly dressed pleasure 



grounds, adorned with trees and shrubs fresh from 



nursery, having a show of vitality it 



■, though as yet drawing no sap fron 



Such frost-work of the school-room is 



solved, nnd generally passes away with 



All attempts at such premature results of 

 education arc entirely useless, and yet our syslc 

 of employing teachers by the term renders 

 utmost nceessiiry for a teacher who is ambitious 

 distinction, to lay his plans for that kind of super- 

 ficial culture and mechanical drill which 

 produced in a few weeks, and shown off as e 



. the foil 



■clous 



Stan 



I This lofty cliff w 



ancient city of the Ji 

 iu 2d Samuel V. 

 "stronghold" of Zi 

 derided by the Kir 



s the great bulwark of the 

 >usite*, and is first mentioned 

 , being unquestionably the 

 n, where King DaTTO whs so 

 ; of Jcbus, in the taunting 



DiCRUSixa the Hoc its or Srcor. — The Teach- 

 er's Association of Middlesex county, Mass., have 

 adopted resolutions expressing the opinion that 

 children in the primary schools should not be con- 

 fined iu their seats more than three hours per day, 

 and if the convenience of their parents requires 

 ihat they should be under their teachers' mi 

 longer time each day, the additional hours should 

 be devoted to exercises calculated to promote the 

 moral, the social and physical welfare of the pupils. 

 I _-si that as pupib advance in years, 

 it ia proper to increase the hours of Study. The 

 only objection to this is, that children would not be 

 kept at school sufficiently long to suit the con- 

 venience of parents, but the ditficulty can be obvi- 

 ated by having some arrangements connected with 

 the schools, whereby children can be kept under 

 supervision, and at the same time obtain proper 

 exercise. There can be no doubt that the seeds of 

 disease arc implanted in many constitutions by pre- 

 mature and prolonged confinement in schools, and 

 the action of the Middlesex Board is one which 

 -iteration. 



A Gem or Wisdom.— Few things an? impractica- 

 ble in themselves, and it is for want of application 

 rather than means that mcu fail of «o 



take away the blind and the lame, thou shall not 

 come in hither." Aud well might the insnltingaod 

 overbearing Jcbusitts so think; for even Joshua 

 himself, that pious nnd pre-eminently successful 

 old generalissmo of the hosts of Israel, bad not 

 succeeded in reducing this fort. "Nevertheless, 

 David took the stronghold of Zion — the same is 

 the city of David;" and now the united cities of 

 Jebvt and Salem became Jebvt-SaUm, or, for eu- 

 phony's sake, Jerusahm — the proud capital of the 

 sou of Jessb. How often have the halls with which 

 he crowned this lofty summit resounded to the 

 mellifluous strains of the harp of "the Psalmist" 

 and bard of Israel, as he sang the "sweet songs of 



Thi3 commanding situation must ever have 

 a very important one, whether in the possession of 

 Heathen, Jew or Christian ; and accordingly we 

 learn from Joscrnrs that it was successively the 

 site of the royal pala< 

 and Berodii 



QITABRT. 



tool bill Been over the city wall, by the Mugrnbin 

 Uate, is the top of one of " tho mountains round 

 about Jerusalem," on tho south. 



The citizens of Jerusalem toll marvellous tales 

 about its subterranean passages, galleries and 

 halls; and that there are many passages perforat- 

 ing the city in various directions, is expressly 

 stated in Josephcs. The Talmud also mentions 

 thai " there were not n few caves in the city hol- 

 lowed out of the rock;" but this subject having 

 but slightly engaged the attention of explorers, we 

 have as yet but little reliable information on this 

 point. Of the various subterraneous passages 

 mentioned by JoSBPHoa, or tucideutally alluded to 

 in the Bible, some were designed for the eouvey- 

 ere clearly intended 



foru 



seintimeofw 



r author descr 



>ry large cavern, partly 

 natural, but mainly artificial, being evidently a 

 quarry from which immense quantities of stone had 

 been cut for building purposes, unknown to Euro- 

 peans, which he explored recently in the night.— 

 The location of this cave, just outside the city wall, 

 is shown in the engraving. This cave is upwards 

 of three thousand feet in circumference, supported 



the remote 



by ttleacope.— Aom I 



icro I can got some 0*t*r Wil!<»r OutUngt, and now 

 cultivate and prepare ihem for market? Also the 

 st soil fur growing them, and price per tunT— H. j. 

 ., Ctewwe, -v. >.,i- ■-. 



We do not know any one now advertising Osier 

 Cttttintjx for sale, but wo presume plenty can bo 

 had. The Willow delights in n mollt, mucky aoil, 

 lint c\|.vi icmv I in. proved Ihat il ciinlinl he grown 

 uccessfully iu stagnant water. It requires depth 

 f soil, richness aud moisture — a well-drained 

 wimp, therefore, is just the thing, and even if 



ovniloweil in the Hi i nod spring, and OCCB- 



ly in summer during heavy storms, ,1 ni:u ]>.■ 



used advantageously. Heavy, retentive upland 

 sciis when deeply worked are suitable for tho Wil- 

 Souie years ago we saw ou the grounds of 

 C. N. Bbiisnt, near Albany, a line lot growing on 

 soil that appeared dry enough for corn. Tho deep 

 prairies of the West seem prepared by nature for 

 tho especial growth of the Willow. Si ■ nine- 

 ties will bear more water than ollu i , nil, 



II ■ ' '"' ^ dl II Ii nil U .soil MO 



soft that plowing is impracticable, and requiring 



no other care thim keeping down the WOOdl, bill 

 on the same soil the I'm-^t I lV/ovu> would scarcely 



The ground for the Willow -lo.old liu wall plow- 

 ed and dragged, and, if ihe soil ta no! nnturnll/ 

 rich, a com! dies.iing uf manure should he plowed 

 under. There appears to bo a good deal of differ- 

 ence of opinion as to tho distance at which to plant 

 cuttings. Eighteen inches in the row, nnd the 

 rows three feet apart, is recommended by some, 

 while others prefer them three feel each way. Tho 

 ciitlingslmuld he from seven to twelve inches in 

 length, according to the stiffness of tho soil. If 

 the soil is heavy, seven inches in length will bo 



long enough. After planting, the :■ ad ll l"' 



kept cultivated, until the Willow gets such a start 

 as to shade tin; ground, and prevent tho growth of 



Willo«s may bo cut as soon as tin I,. .ii . I. ill 

 in autumn, or any time during the winter. Aa 

 aeon as cut they should bo bound up in small 

 bundles, with the lower ends even, when they may 

 be stood up on end, and allowed to remain until 

 spring. As soon as the weather becomes warm iu 

 the spring, the bundles must he stood in water au 

 inch or so, and allowed to remain in this position 

 until tho buds start, when they will peel cosily. 

 Tins will be the latter part of May or early in 

 Juno, depending somewhat on the situation and 

 season. Peeling has always been done by hand, 



■ii,,] 1 1 i - ;. .lu'.y operation, a.-> nil i' ■. | " 1 1 litnid I'iiiinot 



peel one hundred pounds a day. A machine for 

 peeling has been invented which is advertised to 

 peel from one to two tuns a day. Two tuns per 

 acre is considered a fair crop. After peeling they 

 are thrown into water, then dried, so that they will 

 not mildow, when they arc tied in bundles, ond arc 

 ready for market. 



Tho last time we inquired particulorly about the 

 price of Willows in the New York market, they 

 were worth flOO per tun. A gentleman, who has 

 grown a good many Willow*, inforr 

 the cost of cutting and peeling a tun '» "bout |S0. 



Immediately adjacent, on the north, was unques- 

 tionably situated the "Armory of S 

 " the house of the Forest of Lebanon," and just in 

 the rear, in the direction of the Tower of Hippicus, 

 was the "house of the High Priest." This spot 

 was subsequently occupied by the Crusader*, who, 

 if we may form a judgment from r I 

 tions, crowned it with a magnificent church, in one 



by great numbers of rude n 



. .... wall indicated that though 

 i bristeodom of the present day, the 

 m or Crusader had been there. The 

 soath-tost aud south- 

 i u, e Temple wall were doubtless t ^° to b*" 

 tak'i-a from this <toarrr, and carried to their pre 

 down the gently inclined plant 



YoUNO RCHALIST 



ther has given me 

 lines, about plantii 



eye in apiece, usree 

 published 



r„i:l 



,s,ori to write you a few 

 stoes in drills, with ono 

 nded in one of the Bunauj 

 Ho planted ono bushel 

 quart* of Whig Potatoes, il op 



one eye in u piece,) ten inches apart, in drills three 

 and a balffrd apart. The crop from this seed was 

 thirty bushebl of very lorge, smooth potatoes, 



Of (be same kind of seed, in the some field, ho 



ilk four feet apart, about two bushels 



3 nd a half, cut once in two, and got about fifteen 



bushels of inferior potatoeo.— E. D. V.,— B*IU 



ValUy.Mitm , 



Botj— Form the habit while young of employ- 



