dtamtional lefiattarat. 
BY L. VVETHERELL. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
will not be able to distinguish it from the ]aw so exceedingly obnoxious as the school ffniTT 
dust under your feet. Not so with the law is to a large majority of the people 
soul;—he that mars it through, and by the thereof? Why should the city corporations . 
aid of the mind, has committed an injury be allowed to determine what pertains to the STO N IN JAMAICA. 
upon that which shall live in conscious ex- country alone? In the matter under con- [From “Jamaica in 1850, by John Bigelow” 
upon that which shall live in conscious ex- 
[From “Jamaica in 1850, by John Bigelow” 
- . istence, when the sun shall grow dim and sideration, they have no more right to do so published by Geo. P. Putnam, N. Y.] 
As I behDvc that the English Universi- stars go out in obscure darkness. We than the country has to interfere with their inapressions of Kingston were 
ties are the best places in the world tor eome qiicro-e^tinns con- l i w + • u-o not favorable, and I had no occasion upon 
those who can profit by them, so I think, hereafter make some sugpst ons con school regulations, or other corporate rights, father acquaintance to change them The 
for the idle and self-indulgent, they are cerning what may be read with adrantage, No city or village, where free schools were j jjty ^ enough situated, on ground 
about the very worst; and I would rather both with reference to the life that now is previously established, should have been gradually rising from the sea, at the rate of 
/ prefer to send a ‘boy to Van Dieman’s and that which is to come, 
1 Land, where he must work for his bread, - 
V than send him to Oxford to live in luxury, CANVASS OF THE SCHOOL QUESTION. 
without any desire in his mind to avail 7“ 
; himself of its advantages. Childishness in ? Albany .Evening 
) boys even of good abilities seems to me to fohow’irig paragraph concer 
^ be a growing fault, and I do not know to canvass: 
what to ascribe it, except to the great num- length, th 
i ber of exciting books of amusement, like this exciting topic [the Fr 
i Pickwick and Nickleby, Bentley’s Magazine, fo^y-f^’o of the 
allowed to vote on the question of repeal 
The country has yoted for repeal. 
about one hundred feet to the mile, and 
the mountains which bound it in the rear, 
about four miles distant, furnish a most de- 
T Aibo ^ T 1 1 .1 remains to be seen whether the coming ^ from the extreme heats of 
The Albany .Evening Journal has the Legislature will enact a law for the country summer, or to invalids who require a more 
following paragraph concerning the result of ? xi i j-^ * i • 1 v, ^ • 11 
° ° —for the rural districts—which thev have bracmff temnerature. occasinnallu. f.ban r>.nn 
“We have at length, the official vote on 
this exciting topic [the Free School Ques¬ 
tion] from forty-two of the fifty-nine coun- 
—for the rural districts—which they have bracing temperature, occasionally, than can 
most signally rejected. Judging from the be furnished below. In a driv'e of four 
past, the Legislature will not have the moral hours, one may be transferred from an av- 
&c., (fee. These completely satisfy all the State, showing a majority of 
intellectual appetite of a boy, which is rare- of thirty-two thousand against the 
courage to do any such thing. 
ly very voracious, and leave him, totally 
palled, not only for his regular work, which 
I could excuse in comparison, but for all 
repeal of the law. The remaining seven 
counties will probably reduce this majority 
somewhat; but it may safely be stated at 
good literature of all sorts, even for history ^^om twenty-five to thirty thousand 
3^afaral Mslmi]. 
SOCIAL PROPENSITIES OF LIONS. 
and poetry.—i>r. Thomas Arnold. 
New York city alone, it will be remembered. One of the most striking things connect- 
erage temperature of 80 ° to one of 60 ° . 
But the city of Kingston is a most undesi¬ 
rable residence. The streets are all quite 
narrow, scarcely wide enough for alleys. 
The houses are all partially dilapidated, 
and of course old. Though I have been 
through nearly every street, I have not 
seen a single new house erecting, save an 
Insane Asylum, which, by the way, has 
How different these remarks of the late "" majority of thirty thousand against ed with the lion is his voice, which is ex- been suspended for want of funds. A ter- 
Dr Arnold upon the effects of Ifoht read- law;—and if the aggre- tremely grand and peculiarly striking. It. Hble fire laid a large portion of the city in 
XJT . ARNOLD, upon ine enecis 01 ngni reaa gate majority is no greater than the Journal consists at times of a low, deep moaning, ruins several vears ao-o nnd onlv a 
mg on the minds of the young, from those supposes, it is clear that the cities have de- repeated five or six times, ending in faintly of them have been rebuilt These are com- 
that we sometimes hear from the literary cided the question. And yet the cities are audible sighs; at other times he startles the monly one story high only and very mean 
Itisnotlono- not affected by the law, while it is’believed forest with loud, deep toned, solemn roars, . < 
striplings of the present day. It is not long nttected by the law, while it is’ believed forest with loud, deep toned, solemn roars, Jn tbe busiest parts of the city and on ev- 
since we heard one of this class laud the opP^ssively upon the repeated five or six times in quick succes- ery block, may be seen vacLt lots, on 
author of Pickwick and Nickleby-books Z.tTn t ''-7^7 ^ion eadiincreasing m loudness to the ^,bich are crumbling the foundation walls 
so iustlv condemned by Dr Arnold The f A ^ will inevitably or fourth, when his voice dies away in five of houses long in ruins. Rents are ex- 
so justly condemned by JJr Arnold, ihe feed and increase that jealousy of the coun- or six low, muffled sounds, very much re- ceedindv low less than‘half a fair interest 
praises or approval of such works by any try districts towards the city, which is al- sembling distant thunder. At times, and on the cost of the buildino-s alone_while 
person will be quoted by that large class of ways strong enough and from which nothing and not unfrequent, a troop may be heard the vacant lots cannot be L'd to have any 
persons who take no delight in reading but evil can result It will be remembered roaring in concert, one assuming the lead, marked value, there beinff no sales There 
anything but the productions of such a » proportion broughUorward tet and two, three or four, more regularly ta- are several fine houses yet extant’here, but 
mind as that of Dickers. We have yet TTot The °Se mSo of t? Fre^ ““"g P»rts. ‘topofons singing a they were all built many years ago, when 
1 11 1 11 J to pay me entire expense 01 the Dree catch. Like our Scottish stags at the rut- thp island wn<s nmenprnne onri iril,r fnur nC 
to learn whether the world of letters is any Schools throughout the State, out of the ting season, they roar loudest in cold frosty JhL are “T^rS” ^ ^ ^ ^ 
more learned, any more wise, or any better General Fund. This would have had the nights; but on no occasion are their voices 
for all that Dickens has written, excepting, effect of making New York city support her to be heard in such perfection, or so in- . ere is uo a 00 o street pavement 
perhaps the.severe and just castigation .Tf Schods, and at the same time tensely, powerful as when two or three uniforTniTiT" 
fVioi +’iixi ’niriL-nr. /w 1 ‘ • j fx coiitribute over 8200,000 annually towards strano-e troops of lions approach a foun- .v f x i • xl ^ 
that the D ckens-worsh.pers .ece.ved after supporting the Free Schools of the rural tain to drink^at the same time. When this hr^ feet lower .n the center than at the 
his return from visiting the United States, districts. . This bill was prevented from be- occurs, every member of ea^h troop sounds urooL 
The folly of many of our eastern cities, coming a law only by the passage of the law a bold roar of defiance at tlm opposite par- U f l a tor- 
then, has only been equaled by the Lynd- submitting the whole subject again to the ties; and when one roars, all roar together, 7^7' ^ rough the streets of the city 
omania of the last few weeks. people. And if now the Free School law and each seems to vie with his comrades °ic^7 ^ rnaung such chan- 
----x- "xxxxxxx ix^ixxxi xvx xlivx uca, iiiiu iviicik uuu iuaia, ail xuai pu^cliicx, x. xi,„ • x-, ,• i • , , 
people. And if now the Free School law and each seems to vie with his comrades „„i„ • en imes ma ung such chan- 
Facts are the ground-work, the subsoil. 
shall have been kept in force hy the cities, in the intensity and power of his voice. 
and against the wishes of the country dis- mi j ' j r xi. 
... ' nn onn nrrQnnPnr at thr^CA t 
nels in them as to render them impassable. 
This periodical visitation was suggested to 
as it were, of all valuable literature. The ^Wc/s, the effort will undoubtlv be renewed Tim power and grander of these noc- me by a resident, as the reason for not 
author who builds upon these, rightly sys- to put it upon a basis which shall throw a concerts is inconceiva y stri- paving the street ivalks. That may be a 
tematized, has a foundation that 7ill last- large proportion of the expense upon prop- k^ng and pleasing to the hunter s ear Ihe good reason for Jamaica people, but it 
rematizea nas a lounaation win last ^ f effect is greatly enhanced when the hearer would not be a sufficient one for Yankees, 
has lighted a torch whose rays shall never inLLed by the result J? be situated in the depths of the if they had to use the streets. They would 
grow dim, though the eyes of the people ^he recent canvass. "^ac- either remove the mountains altogether, or 
may become too wmak to behold it. Po- The adiustment of this vexed question ®°“Pai^ied by any attendant, and ensconced make such terms with the rains as would 
etry and w'orks that are called the products upon a basis which shall ajb once promote twenty yards of the fountain which induce them to use the highways to the 
of the imagination are only valuable as the eixuse of univex^al educadon, and relieve surrounding troops of lions are ap- ocean, as not abusing them, 
ox lue iuxaguiauoii axe uiiiy vaiuauie . • x j i x proacliing. Such Iias been my situation 
they have facts for their basis, and truth . P ?P , x many scores of times; and though I am 
for the superstructure. Most of these latter difficTu duLTof the LegiTat!.re'’T“ allowed to have a tolerably good taste for 
_ J _ J.: _.... stx.x..n___ :j . . ___ ._ » mnciA AAncu av rnA A.QTA.hAa wit.li wniAn I 
^ ^ j. • i ± j many scores oi times; ana though 1 am 
for the superstructure. Most of these latter duties'of the LglTafore^rttfo cmn- a tolerably good taste for “^eTstTare color^dT 
productions, being partially or totally void fog session.—Uorl Courier & Ena.^ music I consider the catches with which I one scarcely meets 
of the two indispensable requisites here mv- u • ,1 xr i fk^n regaled as t e sweetest and most quently as he wou 
, .111 1 i his question IS exciting the deepest feel- natural lever heard. As a general rule, u, xTai.r Vn^i-nix-rv 
named, are consequently, valueless—and fog in the country. And the undeniable lions roar during the night; their sighing Lno-lish or of Fno- 
worse, —they dazzle but to bewilder—they facts, above set forth, are not calculated to moans commencing as the shades of even- poifoon of Jews of 
oXXvo/>f Iinf fn dficfrAv ftiipli nra tlia nm. allfl.v tllP nrGvnilinrr dieaAnfpnl Tl ie in Iio inrv aniralaTi ilia onrl /ixinfinnin/v oX . 
preueiung. ouen uus ueen my Buuauon Kingston contains about forty thousand 
many scores of times; and though I am inhabitants at present, niue-tenths of whom, 
allowed to have a tolerab y good taste for ageast. are colored. In walking the streets 
mnciA AAncu AV T.nA A.QTA.nAa WMt.li wniAn I ^ ■. . . o > 
,r t 7 - r ^ • x> n music, I consider the catches with which I 
mg session.—A^ew York Courier cu Enq. d i .i xl x. x x i x 
° ^ • was then regaled as the sweetest and most 
This question is exciting the deepest feel- natural I ever heard. As a general rule, 
ing in the country. And the undeniable lions roar during the night; their sighing 
one scarcely meets white persons as fre¬ 
quently as he would meet colored persons 
in New York city. The whites are mostly 
English, or of English descent. The pro¬ 
portion of Jews of all colors is fearfully 
attract but to destroy. Such are the pro- allay the prevailing discontent It is to be ing envelop the forest, and continuing at i.,.nnx t Lori -ooiro,. coo., li i t ^ ^ 
ductions of the Byrons, the Bulwers, the remembered that the law passed upon by intervals throughout the night In distant f j t astonished to find Law ID 
Dickens, the Victor Hugos, the Eugene tliepeople, docs .mi Hence and secluded regions, however I have con- iT’tlTe.iprcSorZlTM 
o XL T> 1 xi 1 xi T 3 1 appears that the cities have forced an ob- stantly heard them roaring loudly as late as pOLotori Kir aaIa,. • • x- 
Sues, the Paul de Ivocks, the Balzacs, noxious law upon the country. Regarding nine and ten o’clock on*’a bright sunny u,xLoiTi„ed fl ’TS"’"*"”; 
George Sands, and a host of imitators.- the cities as forming distinct political com- morning. In hazy and rainy weather they fopt™ aHLo ^ G 777i 
^ These authors and wnters need only to be munities-as they most clearly do, so far as are to be every hour in the day, Hpped^careless, unthinking rountenmicrof 
known by name to the wise, the virtuous this question is concerned—what r^_yA^lave but their roar is subdued. It often hap- Qudfo • but nature has done it f tl 7 
and the good, to be shunned. The skilful fke cities to_ make laws for the country ? pens that when two strange male lions meet can be called a combfoation^fo^ which 
nRvfo’fitAr i.s no more anxious to slum tKo in their operation, do not reach at a fountain, a terrific combat ensues which xl^_ fnrnisLps fKa aaIav ohD xLa 
navigator is no more anxious to shun the Z VuriVliY m at a iuuuumi, a ^xiuig oumuab ensues wmen the negro furnishes the color and the Jew 
rocks and the whirlpools in his way over tfon of the State entirely apaTfromZe of tW^ le ea - o one |i ^ rest of the expression What will 
the oceun than the moral or chrisUau man oitie^ what right have the latter to which The habits of the lion are strictly noctur- tion o? 
or woman is to avoid the reading of such anothei State may not lay equal claim, to nal; during the day he lies concealed be- which the wise men of Jamaica are already 
productions as are sent forth by these liter- i^^pose unpalatable laws upon the former . neath the shade of some low bushy tree or beninnino' to scratch their heads ^ 
IT f.llA A.AIinfvxr 1C ^A Ka vnlo/'l Tvrr o • i l* l i • . i t v O O ^ 
ary scavengers. 
If the country is to be ruled by a distinct wide spreading bush, either in the level for- 
community, whose interests are foreign and gst or on the mountain side. He is also 
Though Kingston is the principal port of 
/* -1 /• /* t • • community^ wnose inteiests are lorem'n and pet av fin the mountain sidp TTp is aIso it i -i. 
One of the most fearful responsibilities in many respects antagonistic to theirs, what partial to lofty reeds or fields of long rank little of the 
sting upon parents and teachers is to di- matters it whether that community be New f,„iixxx.r xi., . i__mercialcity. Une looks and listens i 
resting upon parents and teachers is to di- matters it whether that community be New yfolotv grass, such as occur in low lying 
rect aright the young as to what they shall York city, or the State of Pennsylvania?— valleys. From these haunts he sallies forth 
It is not so difficult to- teach them ®bher case the same principle is involved 
what they ought not to read, as it is to pre¬ 
vent them from reading such works. They 
as produced the Revolution: — Taxation 
without. Representation. 
when the sun goes down, and commences 
his nightly prowl. When he is successful 
in his beat, and has secured his prey, he 
uieruiai cny. une looKS ana listens in vain 
for the noise'of carts and the bustle of busy 
men ; no one seems to be in a hurry ; 
but few are doing anything, while the mass 
of the population are lounging about in 
idleness and fags. The business is mostly 
vent mem irom reaamg suen worKs. iney It can scarcely be necessaiy that we say does not roar much that nioht. only utter- -tne business is mostly 
are scattered broad-cast over the land. You a word to save ourselves from misapprehen- ino- occasionally a few low moans • 7hat is and confined to_ three or four 
can scarce go into any family where you sion on this subject. Mfo have before ad- provided no intruders approach him, other- 
will not find readers of such authors as we '’Seated the doctrine that it is the highest wise the case would be very different. o ti nt l^^7^^^x 
have named Parents who are verv earefM duty of the State to secure a good elemen- i j x- x x j •'l i Cities of the north. Nearly all who do not 
have named. I arents who are very careful, tary education to every child within its limits. ^ reniarked a fact connected with the traffic, wait upon those who do, or lead a 
as they think, in selecting reading matter jg^. ^^at be done without outraging the drinking peculiar to them- life of comparative indolence. The profes- 
for their children, seem not to be aware fundamental principle of our Political Fabric. they seemed unwilling to visit the sional men are about the only exceptions, 
that these children when sent to school are —Rochester Daily Advertiser. fountains with good moonlight. ■ Thus, when The white inhabitants are almost all of 
exposed to the corrupting influences of this tx ix. —^x —l„li„ xl„x xl. ^ [the moon rose early, the lions deferred their British descent It is an uncommon thim? 
exposea to tne corrupting mnuences of this R is not probable that the majority for [hourZf VaZin^ufofllareTnlhlmT^^^^^ uncommon thing 
demoralizinfr literature It is read and xi l it -n i ^ / ^mur oi waieiing umu laie m me rnorning, to meet a Frenchman or a Spaniard in 
7f ^ .g ; 1 r f / 11 1 l^ the new school law will much exceed 20,- and when the moon rose late, they drank at Kingston. The English languageisuni- 
circulated m school, if not actually prohib- OOO. This shows a remarkable falling off a yery early hour in the night Owing to yersllly spoken, and in every variSy of Af- 
ited, as it IS by some, and should be by all when compared with the vote of last year, tawny color of the coat with which na- rican dialect They have what they call 
teachers;—and if the reading be not allow- When the reader considers that the vote kas robed him, he is perfeefly invisible the omnibus here, which is of the capacity 
ed in school, it then becomes a circulating now given to sustain the free school law is 7 ^^!ia i' ^ k have often and shape of a four-wheeled cab.'’ These 
libraiyas it were to be carried home and the vote of the c^^^ of wlirNew heard them loudly lapping the water under vehicles pursue no specific route, but carry 
read in secret as it can not be read onenlv x i ^ \ ^ ^ New York my very nose,_not twenty yards from me I their passengers to any part of the city for 
reaa in secret as it can not be read openly, city alone gave more than 30,000,) and could not possibly make out so much as the twenty-five cents, provided their starved 
We would say then, to our young friends large villages where the free school system ontline of their forms. When a thirsty lion florses are equal to the effort. I never tried 
especially, avoid the reading of such authors already existed by special enactment, prior ’vvater, he stretches out his inas- ^^y of them but twice, but on both those 
as we have named as you would shun the to the new act for the whole State he will breast to drink, occasions the horses gave out more than 
cholera or the plague-aye, have as much come to the conclusion that the new law is nof to fe mSen Te^coSL Tahof 
greater dread of the former than the latter most effectually voted down by those whom up the water for a long while, and four or —_ 
as the mind and soul exceed the worth of it immediately concerns—by those whom times during the proceeding he pauses When reproof causes no anger, it is a 
the body. He that does an injury to the none will deny are competent to decide what ^ minute as if to take breath. One sure sign that its recipient has no idea of 
body has marred, peradventure, what is best for the rural districts conspicuous about them is their eyes, profiting by it. Truth excites passion when- 
will begin to turn to dust to-morrow, and What justice can there be in thus cnforc- a dark night glow like t^wo balls of ever it touches us personally, but a heart 
before many years shall have passed, you mg or trying to enforce upon the country a Africa.” —Mrs. Kirkland. 
Hunter’s Life in South fortified with evil intentions is invulnerable. 
— Mrs. Kirkland. 
lunhaq Hiabing. 
REMEMBER THE POOR. 
As the year moves on apace, the ap¬ 
proach of another winter is upon us. The 
past year having been one of usual pros¬ 
perity it is to be hoped the granary, the lard¬ 
er, and the pocket are well supplied with 
■ all that can minister to the -wants and ne¬ 
cessities, as well as the comforts and luxu¬ 
ries, of life. These manifold blessings 
should awaken in bur hearts a feeling of 
gratitude to the “ Giver of every good 
and perfect gift”—and an enlarged love 
and philanthropy for our fellow-man. 
While enjoying as becomes sensible and 
Christian people, the abundance of which 
we may be the fortunate possessor, it is 
meet that we should remember, there are 
in our midst those less fortunate, upon 
whom the chill blasts of November, the 
driving snows of winter, may fall with se¬ 
verity. Forget them not—heed not the 
cause of their lowly estate—seek not to 
upbraid them for not having made better 
provision for their comfort It is enough 
for the generous heart to know they are 
needy, and may suffer for the common 
necessaries of life. Better far to feed and 
clothe the hungry and destitute at your door, 
than look to foreign lands for objects of 
your charity. 
It needs not wealth, nor place, nor pow¬ 
er, to enable you to do good to the poor— 
the unfortunate. The widow’s mite will be 
equally acceptable with the offering of the 
millionaire. Those who can bestow but 
little, can administer the sympathy of a 
• warm heart—an offering oftentimes of as 
much efficacy as bounteous gifts haughtily 
bestowed. If with the opening spring we 
shall feel conscious that we have not been 
sparing in mitigating the sufferings of the 
unfortunate and often destitute of our race, 
we hope its genial Avarmth may not be 
more refresMng to the opening flower, than 
the remembrance of duty performed will 
be to the generous heart of the Christian 
contributor. h. c. vv. 
Did He die for Me ?—A little child sat 
quietly upon its mother’s lap. Its soft blue 
eyes were looking earnestly into the' face 
that was beaming ivith love and tenderness 
for the cherished darling. The maternal lips 
Avere busy Avith a story.. The tones of the 
A^oice were low and serious, for the tale was 
one of mingled sadness and joy. Sometimes 
they scarcely rose above a whisper, but the 
listening babe caught every sound. The 
crimson deepened on its little cheek, as the 
story went on, increasing in interest. Tears 
gathered in its earnest eyes, and a Ioav sob 
broke the stillness as its mother concluded. 
A moment and the ruby lips parted, and in 
eager, tremulous tones, the child inquired: 
“ Did he die for me, mamma ?” 
“Yes, my child, for you—for all” 
“ May I love him always, mamma, and 
dearly too?” 
“ Yes, my darling, it was to Avin your love 
that he left his bright and beautiful home.” 
“ And Avill he lo\^e me mamma ?—I knoAv 
he Avill. He died for me. When may I 
see him in his other home ?” 
“ When your spirit leaves the world, my 
darling.” 
“ My spirit ?” mumured the child. 
Yes, your spirit, that part of you which 
thinks, and knows. If you love him here, 
you Avill go to live with him in heaven.” 
“ And I may love him here! How glad 
you haA’e made me, dear mamma.” 
And the mother bowed her head and 
■ prayed silently and earnestly that her babe ‘ 
might love the Saviour.— Reaper. 
Solemn Thought.— We see not, in this 
life, the end of human actions. Their in¬ 
fluence never dies. In ever-widening cir¬ 
cles, it reaches beyond the grave. Death 
removes us from this to an eternal world— 
time determines what shall be our condition 
in the world. Every morning when we go 
forth, we lay the mouldering on our destiny 
and every evening we have done, we have 
left a deathless impress upon our character. 
We touch not a wire but vibrates in eter¬ 
nity—not a voice but reports at the throne 
of God. Let youth, especially, think of 
these things, and let every one remember, 
that, in this world, where character is in its 
formation state, it is a serious thing to think, 
to speak, to act. 
Gold and God.— There is something for¬ 
cible in the anecdote told of a distinguished 
preacher, who, not being able to mnke any 
impression upon a man’s understanding 
wrote the Avord “ God ” on a piece of paper. 
“ Do you see that ?” said he to the individ¬ 
ual. “Yes.” He then covered the word 
Avith a bit of gold. “ Do you see it now ?” 
The effect was startling. The man saw at 
once what had shut his eyes to all that was 
true and beautiful in the world and most 
worthy of his devotion. 
