MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
BY L. WETHERELI.. 
the aforesaid quotations, or else they con- celebrations are not so fully appreciated as HlStOWL* 
tain a species of the most vapid nonsense they should be, and I trust that these • / / 
ever fancied or imagined. Such denunciation schools have made a beginning in the cause — ^ TALL0W AND WAX t t^e s COMMERCE AND CONSCIENCE. 
of a mode of enforcing obedience which has of popular education that will be responded - - 
been used by the wisest the greatest, and to by every school in the State. Tiie Tallow tree of China, is said to be Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has the rare 
the best of every age, not excepting Him, The exertions of one individual in the one 0 f tbe most beautiful and most widely Acuity of uttering home truths in a \ piquant 
even, who said, “I am the way, the truth, advancement of Common Schools in Tomp- diffused trees of the “Celestial Empire.” J, chlraS^fo^TthcMme^’' 
TtovLc kins Co., deserve oarticular notice. 1 allude t* imU.ntos the Oak in the height of its pi. r :i_ a__ e _.. 
and the life,” reminds one of the Turks, who kins Co., deserve particular 
It imitates the Oak in the height of its Library Association, copied from a re- 
look upon Christians as barbarians,because to the gentlemanly Supt. of Com. Schools t rU nk and the spread of its branches. Its port in the Independent, is characteristic: 
' 0they do not adopt their views of civilization, in the town of Hector, Mr. Wm. Coon, who, foliage has the green and lustre of the « Commercial men do not lose conscience. 
' l| t a( j vocate t b e frequent use of 1 ara to ^ d > bas . vis i ted evG1 7 school in the Laurel. Its small flowers are yellow and I speak of them not. as men, but as com- 
nunishmpnt in schools, or in fami- town, with a single exception—and the field borne at the extremities of its terminal mercial men. Practical commerce, at best, 
“Having light, we seek to impart it. corporal punishment m schools, or m lami , i pd onp romnris- ,T t, , if n a( u is as cold as a stone. Business is Business. 
-- lies—but, do believe that it is necessary of labor 18 «" e * eaki one ’ “ m P™ brauchea Its seed vessels, not unlike the Qn g. the exemplary merchant hears 
Tb, Twentt-First Amtom. R E.oeT o f lb, b both; therefore, the folly of mg au area of ten miles square. To him, chestnut, are dark colored, and, when burst from tho pulpit _ , Look not every man on 
C,™ cTuncU rfCmcilSt for tho School Year calling it « a relict of uncivilized age, hand co-operating with the efficient “Teachers Mim der, disclose three round, and delicate- his own things, but every man also on the 
easing June 30, 1850. ed down am0 no- other barbarisms to the Association,” may be awarded the praise j y w hite kernels of the size of hazle nuts, things of others,” and he say amen to that 
According to this Report, the receipts * ti “ „ also of denouncing all for the transformation of the old system of with small stones in the centre. It is this On Monday he hears the genius of com- 
into the city treasury for school purges P M u „ fit to rn fop teaching to a new and improved one that is whit e and oleaginous substance, surround- iSZe in¬ 
fer the year, were *92,225.57. Of this Jren) ^ cannot do it uithout Knorting to more m accordance with the spirit of the i„g the seed, that is almost universally used science for Sunday and another conscience 
sum, $' 79 , 884.30 were appropriated and ex- y S j ca ] means . We would like to know a ge. . ulL in7 ‘ in the southern provinces of the kingdom, for Monday. If, said the lecturer, I wished 
pended, leaving in the treasury, $12,341.27. many of t h e families it the Queen City GleaC ole » 2diyTo - ^’_ _ in place of animal tallow. It is hard and to send consternation along the exchange 
The Board of Trustees and "V isitors employ- a,,;, e.uiirirr.n SYMPATHETIC EDUCATION not very cohesive, wax usually being mixed and panicto the table of the money-changers. 
sum, $/9,884.30 were appropriated ana ex- meaU8> We would like to know 
pended, leaving m the treasury $12,341 27. ma of the fam Uies it the Queen City 
mi . tn j r rn > A aiyywU n. J ” 
The Board of Trustees and Visitors employ¬ 
ed during the year, 138 teachers, male and 
female; the number of-pupils enrolled, 12,- -°---- in dirhuman^lmmt, 7n “ earTy"nfe~—and’e v- There are other plants that yield a sim- ne 7ofon7<7%efore "the "sweetT splendor ’ of 
240 ; the average daily attendance, 5,362. COMMON SCH OOL C FJEBRATION. er y thing in fact which relates to the forma- ilar product. In our own country, the whose face the financial men would flee 
According to the enumeration made m While detained by a rain-storm in Tomp- tion of character,—is determined in afar bayberry (Myrica cerifera) yields a tallow away. Why! the Lord’s Prayer would 
October last, the number of white persons the nleasure of being § reater de S ree b ? s y m P ath y> and b y the that is much prized for some purposes.- bring down fire from heaven if answered. 
between the ages of four and twenty-one G^rZ influence of example, than by formal pre- The Piney J e of the Malabar Lt, whose 7 T Wll V 
within tlie ritv limits, was 33 548; of P resent afc a Common focnool celebration, cepts and dldac tic instruction. If a boy . J ,. ... , , ... en,’ would be the death knell of banks and 
years, ^ . ,, held at Bennettsville, on Thursday, Feb- hears his father speaking kindly to a robin resin is the Indian Copal of the shops, yields 0 g^ ces —the caucus would vomit out its im- 
tnese, only about one-halt are nomma y ^ 2Qtb in tbe spr i n g,—welcoming .its coming and from its pulpy fruit, by boiling, a similar purity—the slave would go up—the mas- 
connected with the Common Schools. Of re tr U larly appointed celebration was offering it food,—there arises at once in his substance. A mixture of the resin and tal- ter would go down—the crooked places 
of the West, govern their children without 
ever resorting to “ this relict of barbarism ?” 
COMMON SCHOOL CELEBRATION. 
The development of the moral sentiments 
in the human heart, in early life,—and ev- 
not very cohesive, wax usually being mixed and panic to the table of the money-changers, 
. , ./ I would not send war nor pestilence, but 1 
with it. - -. ■ - 
would bring down love’s brightest angel be- 
the number enrolled, only about forty-three th!PrPshvJJ own mind, a feeling of kindness toward the low ^ used by the nativea for srae aring would be made straight, and the rough 
per cent are reported as having been in heid on the day p e < J b i rd , and toward all the animal creation, , . , b places smooth. If every brick m every wall 
daily attendance; and fifteen per cent of an Church m Burdett, but in consequence which is produced by a sort of sympathetic b * produced in the vegetable that had beea laid . in Regression, and 
y . , , , t . rrps of four of some misunderstandln g onl y tllree out action, a power somewhat similar to what . ax is also proaucea in tne vegetaDie eyery nal ] dnve n in sm, and every bale and 
i,iew o e num er e ween i ag 0 £ six schools represented engaged in in physical philosophy is called induction, kingdom. It is yielded by a species of box brought forth in iniquity were to groaa 
and twenty-one years. I his certainly looks ^ exercises, and it was resolved by those On the other hand, if the father, instead of Palm growing in Brazil. The tree reaches and sigh, how many articles arouud us 
exceedingly bad for the Queen City of the feeding the bird, goes eagerly for a gun, in a height of thirty feet Its young leaves would remain silent ? How men would 
West whose schools are free. .__ a order that he may shoot it, the boy will 7in f n i dpd like a fan. increasing as thev shriek and cry out, Art thou come to tor- 
Wesb whose schools are free ^ « -folded like a fan, increLin/as they 8 m “ S ^ 
The average expense per^sc 0 r ’ ^ Church in Bennettsville. under such an influence, there S be gL£ expand to a breadth of about two feet If of Uade in any stor e that was there through 
daily attendance is edoui oid. xms r Not being p ree ent upon the first day, I uallv formed within him, through the mys- cut when full grown and dried in the shade, wrong> were to fi y through the air to the 
ishing free education at a very dear rate, m informed that the exercises were con- terious tendency of the youthful heart to small light colored scales will be loosened, rightful ownership, what a flight of bales 
view of the fact that a large majority of the ^ uc ^ e( j * n an adm ; rab fo manner and the vibrate in unison with hearts that are near, having the appearance and many of the and boxes and sugar casks we should see! 
teachers are females. thamuvh training of the scholars was evin- a dis P osition to ki]1 aad destro y a11 hel P lees qualities of wax, burning with a clear and The Lord’s Prayer would be a very useful 
In addition to the District Schools, of th ° rou * h training ot the scholars was evin beings that within his power. ^ Another species of the Palm P ra r er to P ra ^’ wer * answer ff: Bufc 
v • . r )Wir „ •- . r Pn{ra i ced m ever y word and actlon - 1 am T ult6 There is no need of any formal instruc- 8ted< y Aaottier s P ecles or tIie 1 aim , g not th(j wrong as mucb here, as if it were 
w 1C ei . ’ , sure that if the same spirit of interest was tion in either case. Of a thousand children growing among the Andes near the borders thus demonstrated before our eyes? 
High School, in which four teachers are cm- man jf ested> and tbe 5ame talent displayed brought up under the former of the above- of perpetual snow, yields from its trunk a « The lawyer is veiy often pure in private 
ployed—the principal, two male assistants, ^ ^ Benn ' ettsvil u t hat the audienoe must described influences, nearly everyone when similar substance composed of two-thirds life. Go to him at home, and ask him to 
and one female. These teacher* receive delighted and might well he sees a bird ’.to go and get r06in and on0 . third waK . t. b. w. lie ™/ beat for T au and be wdl ? ou 
monthly, $299.98: the whole number of aave oeen mgniy ue g «• » 5 crumbs to feed it, while m the latter case, _ with flaming anger. But go to fusojJi.ee, 
pupils enrolled, 151; of which there were foel pr0ud of sl J cb ener B' ctlc Teachers and nearly every one will just as oertainly look TURTLE INSTINCT. and ask him to do substantially these very 
1 , , ’ f , thft number in intelligent Scholars. for a stone. Thus the growing up in the - things, in the way of business, in your case, 
te males and em ‘ » L i The schools at Burdett were Mr. Lov- right atmosphere, rather than the receiving The instinct with which the sea turtle and he will do it. Houses have a parlor 
monthly, $299.98: the whole number of crumbs to feed it, while in the latter case,! 
pupils enrolled, 151; of which there were feel P roud ^ such energetic Teachers and nearly every one w ill just as certainly look 
i u - intelligent scholars. f or a stone. Thus the growing up in the 
69 males an env ea , e num er in schools at Burdett were Mr. Lov- right atmosphere, rather than the receiving 
«tf/»nriflnc.A 129. The four teachers . _ P • ..*._ j:*: ® 
TURTLE INSTINCT. 
daily attendance, 129. I he tour teachers ELL » g 0 f 34 Mr, W. T. Smith’s of of tho right instruction, is the condition annually visits a favorite spot is remarkable, door, a kitchen door, and a cellar door, and 
• iL* nVknivf mrmfMu * * 1 * * 1 1*1 ,1 _ _x 1 _x..i. 4 .^ .*» rpi _ rt. _T_ l __ __ i ___ 4-s* 
. . . , . 1 i. Ac»rvr\ ill filih O VI A/WU. vx, iui. Tf . i. Kjuuiu o ui 
in this school receive about $300 monthly, , <• iv i at o 1 
.... Disk No. 4, Mr. Becker’s of Disk JSo. 21, 
for instructing 129 chudren in da.ly niton- Mr Mattis0n , 8 of Diat No 8> Mr Sack . 
dance ; making an annual expense of nearly Di>t Na 22 Miss H a«,lton' S 
$24 a scholar. The programme of classes 
which it is the most important to secure, in The Cayman Isles, near Jamaica, are sear- so have men. Bring some article to the 
plans for forming the characters of children, ly frequented by innumerable shoals of parlor door which is contraband there, and 
_ Jacob Abbott. the«e animals, who cross the ooean from the men say, ‘What! bring such things herr.V 
---—— Bay of Honduras, a distanoe of four bun- (The sin is not in bringing the thing, bufc 
ELOQUENCE OF THE HANDS. drod and fifty miles, without the aid of in bringing it to the wrong door\) Pass it 
of Disk No. 26. ELOQUENCE OF THE HANDS. drod ftnd fifty mileg> without the aid of in bringing it to the wrong door'.) rass it 
instructed, shows llboysan . ss u y- ^ firgfc tw0 schools mentioned, occupied „ , d _ are bvthe yerv i^Uncts of ohart or oora P a6S ’ acd with an accuracy su- along to the kitchen, and if refused there 
mg Weld’s Latin Reader; 9 boys and 6 m. The hands are, by the very msn perior to the efforts of human skflL It is roll it into the cellar. Nothing comes amiss 
girls Andrew’s Csesar; and 12 boys and 11 e mos o e 1 J’ ‘ humanity, raised m prayer, c aspe m eo- ^hat vessels losing their latitude in there. Ifc is a great art to know the phi- 
Z; vi : Weld?s Latin Lessons: 43 girls are Bicker having but just commenced with tion; wrung - m despair; pressedonlOic hazy wea ther, have steered enUrely by the losophy of getting entrance and selecting 
fc "‘ ‘ , , • rjreen’s Grammar — his ’ when tbe un P leasant circumstances head when the soul is perplexed m the ^ f the turde in 8W i am fo g . The entranoe at different doors of a man’s heart 
reported as studying Green s Grammar . to> ooomdf terminating the extreme;” drawn inward to mute: thrust ^ of ^ Caymans are low and sandy, “ The Christian is the man who carries 
Besides these, two languages. Rhetoric, His- . f that , objeetively to repel; the fingers pomt to m- ^ consequently well adapted to hatch the his convictions of right into all his oonduct 
torv, Natural Philosophy, Mathematics and , dicate; and they aresnappe in _ am ie ^ eggs; and the submarine pasturage who has one conscience, and but one, for 
Constitutional Law are studied. On Ihursday wagons loaded with chil- palm 1; laid upon the heart as an mdicaton around »^ island an^noe of every kind of bosinese. and every hour of 
We have been thus minute concerning dren, streamer, dying, and the joyousness of subdued feeling; and on the brow ° t ° nourishing herbage, to repair the waste life, who will not do at a caucus what he 
*1 nu iTirrir Q,.Urvr>1 Wause it is main- of eTe, 7 hearfe beaming forth in sparkling compassioued m Deneaicuoa. hi h k after a female lays nine would not do at home. His stops are all 
tbe City High Schoo, w , d , adiM , t oountenancos, presented a The expressive capacity of the hands was togefher, so that all portions of his 
tamed by many, that such schools when J 1' never m orestrikingly displayed than n the —- -nature blend into one sublime and rnagnifi- 
free, are cheap, that is, educate at a very 31 ghl diat wouk. “avo ca e en m orisons of the deaf and dumb. Their teach- ODBIOTO TAB- cent harmony. Sudi a life hath the world 
low rate when compared with incorporated *nthrope to forget hi. onnup and mvolunta- „ 8tood wilh close d eyes mi addteatod the forit , cathedral, and the ages will listen 
, . T A , „ . i TT- u Coi rilv partaking of the spirit of the day, feel Deity bv those signs made by the fingers The claws, feet, ana antennae of crusfca- 
academies. n the Central ttgh Schoo o rf X. ^ ^ , S institute afanguage farlrom spelch- ocous animals, as tho lobster, and the limbs toil- 
Cincinnati, the readei has observed that , , " h t • d f less. Around him were grouped more than 0 f the Arachania, or spiders, are restored, THE ASCENT OF PRAYER, 
the number studying Latin is very small, J ° j.' ^ y a hundred mutes, who followed with rever- when lost, by a fresh growth of those organs. . . , 
and mostly confined to the elements; none j a ^ or week bofore * The 6chools e nt glances, every motion. It was a visible If the head of a snail be amputated, the It * a wonderful thought how far prayer 
stnJvfimr Greek nor any of the modern : P resent on this 000381011 were Messrs * Mat * but not an audible .worship. whole of that part of the animal including can go. bhoot up an arrow into fcfie sky; 
studying Greek nor any ot ,ne moaern Bhckbr > 8 Mr. B. Smith’s of --- the telescopic eyes, or feelers, as they me it will seem to mount very high, but w1 
, . ” . .. , , ohart or oompass, and with an accuracy su- along to the kitchen, and if refused there 
The hands are, by the very lMtinc o per ^ r to tbe e ff or te of human skilL It is roll it into the cellar. Nothing comes amiss 
CURIOUS FACT. 
voiced together, so that all portions of his 
nature blend into one sublime and magnifi¬ 
cent harmony. Such a life hath the world 
for its cathedral, and the ages will listen 
languages save the English. „ . THE INFLUENCE OF GOLD. commonly ‘called, and other organs of sense, soon tall DacK to tne eann ; u* own vveiguo 
The Board of Trustees and Visitors, have M A - will be renroduced. Even among the ver- will be sufficient to draw it down. Uncage 
appointed a Superintendent, with a salary Of the exercises I might say much, but A Man who is furnished with arguments P q . instanoea ma h % found of a lark and let it fly into the air let it mount 
of $800 a year. From that part of the re- « ba11 have make P assm S only, f rom the mint, will convince his antagonist ^ renoyatioQ8 of mttt ilated part8. This and sing till it is almost out of sight; yet 
. hv him we should infer that a* wiil not admit of my entering into much sooner than one who draws them happ0Ik , ^ re *pect to the fins of fishes; it cannot always rise; the little warbler 
port written by him, we e t ^ ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ from reason and philosophy. Gold is a ^ whatever £ eoi[on th are cut> the will soon be baffled and beaten back by 
he is not the man for the office of Superm- wonderful clearer of the understanding; it ttaite . ^ fche y themselve6 the winds, or it will come to an atmosphere 
tendentof the Public Schools, admitting After some remarks by Mr. Becker, he d ^ s j pates every doubt and scruple m an b rewX)dacet i provided the smallest part which it cannot breathe, and so will sink 
that, such an office is necessary, which we presented his classes in the various depart- fostank accomodates itself to the meanest • . y Tlie bfila of down with weary wing to the earth again. 
the day, feel Deity by those signs made by the fingers The claws, feet, and antennae of crusta- * . „ 
fellows, and a which constitute a language far from speech- coons animals, as the lobster, and the limbs 1 ^—— -- 
>t enioyed for less- Around him were grouped more than 0 f the Arachania, or spiders, are restored, THE ASCENT OF PRAYER. 
J * , , a hundred mutes, who followed with rever- when lost, by a fresh growth of those organs. . ,T~T ,,, , 
1 he schools ent glances, every motion. It was a visible If the head of a snail be amputated, the It is a wonderful thought low ar ] pr y r 
Messrs. Mat- bu t n 0 t an audible worship. whole of that part of the animal including can go. Shoot up an arrow into e s y; 
i. Smith’s of -- ——- f/xlAsonmV. eves, or feelers, as thev ai'e it will seem to mount very high, hut wi 
Tho Board of Trostoes sod Visitors, have No. 14. 
appointed a Superintendent, with a salary Of the exercises I might say much, but 
of *800 a year. From that part of the re- ; staU have mako P assm S 00mments onI y- 
THE INFLUENCE OF GOLD. 
^ ni tmp %juiOKs / i/u>r i/ui w/rwj ia/ uuv pFci>OIl* » ^ - . w . , ” f H /lHsti ' r J * . ‘•'Ll * 
venerations. The public mind, within the singly and in concert, spelling, solving prob- then* liberties.-McMson. --;-;-— ing will, nothing can drawjt^ back again. 
f . } , ' . i pm , and sneaking -' 7 ... Sinoikg Mice.—A mong the phenomena It will rise above the hills, above the clouds, 
last half century, has undergone a great _ lern^ and speaking. Grammar.- There is nothing that chil- ofthcd we bave to add one not lw and pierce even to the throne of God. 
and enlightened change upon this subject. Mr. Mattison s scnooi succeeaea mr. dren are more taught or less understood surpr i s imr than any that has Men under The man that offered it remains below; he 
Brute force, and petty tyranny, were for- Becker’s, and aoquitted themselves with ^ bau Grammar. Whole pages of syntax ^ nobce D f Naturalists. A friend has is smiting on his breast like the poor publi- 
. _ - y n • _AnnvrfAtiA oninf r» r* 4lirmirvV. Vvxt Vinorf nnrl fVlO YWrtftt g! i ^ • • • • 1 — KLa +U a nVioinori A nACflA * 
generations. The public’mind, within the singly and in concert, spelling, solving prob- their libe rties. Addison.^ _ 
last half century, has undergone a great .lems, and speaking. Grammar.— There is nothing that chil- 
soon fall back to the earth; its own weight 
will be sufficient to draw it down. Uncage 
that such an office is necessary, which we presented his classes m the various depart- fostank accomodates itself to the meanest ^ Bje - r roQ j. bas been { e fL Tlie tails of down with weary wing to the earth again, 
very much doubk ments in which they had been taught, and capacities, silences the loud and clamorous, newt8 ^ of 8pec ic 8 0 f bzArd3> will The eagle may soar skywards; it may 
In spoakiog of school discipline,he says: l presame to say that » school is rarely to ^ “ .“ n “f grow again if tati and what b stm more mount^n 
-It is proper to advert to the practice and urost invincible^ this He refn- £«* 4 
rent. It would seem knew ot no outer “b> “ J Men al Arithmetic lems of Euolid ' Tho fir6t boy r 0 * Y", young Mockbird, the warble being perfect. 1 nor the wandering winds, nor tbe prince 
method of inducing obedience, and mam- markaole exerts m Me t .. . te ]l you that “am is a morsel of [ di ®j nct It would appea rthat the vox i of the power of the air, can prevent it from 
taimng authority, than by flagellation and Thua have I endeavored to give an ac- English grammar, first person singular, aounds occasionally issue from them as from reaching the heaven of its destination, 
physical torture.” curate and impartial account of these ex- present tense indicative,verb neuter to be,” a distance> a species of ventriloquism. T s ;hia tlie case of all prayers? Yee un- 
« But such has been the progress of civil- emplary celebrations, which should been- and yet .ask that same boy m w. at respecu An em i nen t naturalist of this city has seen doubtodly,of all true prayers. Noto. tiose 
izatioa in this particular, within the last few -raged, - they will undoubtedly, pro- ? a ‘“d “ not tel. you. In M ^ TdLJ, 
years,” says he,«that the rod and the ferule mote the advancement of common school Qur opinion> tbe more grammar a hoy stud- H; , . __ CAariesto J News. however solemn, 1 ut of all prayera that are 
hare fallen into disuse in all well regulated interests in bringing before the public the j es before he is fifteen, the more will his y _ _tme, anc humble, and earnest, and offered 
schools:' He says; “The teacher who different modes of educating the young, head be crammed with rubbish and oonfu- The turtle and the tortoise belong to the up in the n. me of Jesus, with faith in his 
cannot govern without the rod, has mistaken and in. inspiring those little ones with a de- sion._ j . un _ nL ^ , _ ,^ r . _ same group of reptiles; in fact the turtle is motibk i , ; ink rc: = don. 
(?) his profession, and should at once resign gree of confidence in their own exertions, Better by far not to start an object, if a marine tortoise with webbed feet,, which ‘ V to* he nood 
and give place to those (?) who can.”- that will lead them to think and act for its pursuit is to be abandoned at the first principally inhabits: he water, and is only home is Paradise. 
Either a greater than Solomon speaks in themselves. The practical benefits of such difficulty. iouild occasionally on and. 
