MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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N. Y. STATE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Tiie Annual Meeting of this Association 
was held in this city last week, continuing 
three days. The attendance was very cred- 
itablo, embracing some five hundred of the 
prominent teachers of the Stato; also many 
prominent friends of Education from this 
and other States. 
Prof. Davies, President of the Associa¬ 
tion, occupied the Chair, and in a brief and 
pertinent address, thanked tho Association 
for tho honor conferred in the selection, 
commending to their attention the great in¬ 
terests in which they were engaged, and for 
the promotion of which they had assembled. 
A committee reported tho order of busi¬ 
ness, which was adopted for the guidance of 
tho Association. 
Mr. Coburn, of Binghamton, from a com¬ 
mittee appointed at a previous meeting, 
reported for tho consideration of the Asso¬ 
ciation alterations in our present School 
Laws, so as to remedy tho present inequali¬ 
ty in tho distribution of tho public money 
—recommending that tho Stato Superin¬ 
tendent divido the fund according to the 
number of scholars, between the ago of 4 
and 21 years, as reported to him by the 
County Clerks, and then the several town 
Superintendents divido a small proportion, 
say one-fifth, equally among tho districts of 
their respective towns, and tho remainder in 
accordance with tho present Jaw. 
2. Tho separation of the office of Super¬ 
intendent from that of Secretary of State. 
3. Tho organization of a Board of Edu¬ 
cation, to bo composed of one member from 
each Senatorial District in tho Stato, tho 
Superintendent to bo Sec’y of said Board. 
4. The creation of a County Board, to be 
composed of tho Town Superintendents as 
recommended by tho Stato Superintendent 
in his last annual report, or the establish¬ 
ment of tho officoof County Superintendent. 
5. An alteration of the law relative to the 
licensing of Teachers, or tho manner of 
ascertaining their qualifications. 
After a lengthy and able discussion, in 
which many teachers of experience partici¬ 
pated, the first proposition was adopted as 
the sense of tho Association. Further dis¬ 
cussion was postponed, and Mr. Ogden, 
of Binghamton, delivered an address on 
“Method in Teaching.” 
Mr. Valentine, ono of tho Editors of the 
N. Y. Teacher, a monthly paper published 
under the direction of tho Association, re¬ 
ported tho success of the Teacher to have 
exceeded their anticipations. It has an ex¬ 
tensive circulation, embracing every State 
in the Union, except California and South 
Corolina, and all tho counties of this Stato 
except four. There will be a balanco of 
from $150 to $300 at the close of tho year, 
in favor of the concern. The Treasurer 
reported $1,098 7G received for subscrip¬ 
tions and advertising, and that $1,058 54 
had been expended. Rojiort accepted. 
Prof. T. II. Bowen, of Albany, offered a 
resolution in favor of a penny contribution 
from the children of tho United States, in 
aid of tho Washington Monument. Also 
for a committee to prepare an address to 
the teachers of tho Stato. 
The Association was entertained by some 
excellent singing by Misses Greig and Due- 
fin, and Messrs. Tillingiiast and Allis. 
At tho evoning session the President, 
Prof. Davies, deliovered an address upon 
tho importance of “ conforming to general 
laws in our system of instruction.” 
Wo cannot give a synopsis of the address 
of tho learned Professor. It was sound, 
logical, instructive and marked throughout 
with mathematical precision and figures, 
and listened to with intei’ost. Tho speaker 
received a vote of thanks. 
second DAT. 
A letter was read from S. S. Randall, 
writton at Washington, intimating among 
other things, that the Legislature was too 
much absorbed in selfish and narrow-minded 
schemes to do justice to the cause of Edu¬ 
cation. 
Mr. Kiddle, of New York, read a lecture 
upon the “ Motives to Mental Culture.” 
The essay was a plain, practical elucidation 
of tho importance of mental culture, and 
tho causes or motives that incited to tho 
labor. He also alluded to the vital neces¬ 
sity of maintaining a National Literaturo, 
and cited the great hindrances thereto, one 
of tho most prominent of which has beon 
the want of an international copy right law, 
which would prevent such an influx of 
foreign works that cost our publishers 
nothing, and the effect of excluding Ameri¬ 
can authoi-s from laboring to build up a 
National Literature. 
The separation of the office of State 
Superintendent from that of Secretary of 
State, was next discussed. Sevoral gentle¬ 
men participated in tho discussion. 
ELEAZER WILLIAMS. 
[ For the Rural New-Yorker. ] 
During a recent excursion west, while 
crossing Lake Erie on tho steamer May- 
Flower. I became somewhat intimately ac¬ 
quainted with Rev. Eleazer Williams, of 
Daupliinical pretension and historical inter¬ 
est. The readers of tho Rural aro proba¬ 
bly somewhat acquainted with Mr. W.’s his¬ 
tory, yet a brief sketch of his personal ap¬ 
pearance, &c., may prove acceptable. 
While at supper, seated at the end of tho 
table directly opposite, I noticed a jolly and 
venerable looking old gentleman, who seem¬ 
ed very busy in cracking jokes as well as in 
discussing the bounties spread out before 
him. Ilis very expression of countenance 
gave an expression of gladnoss and sunlight 
to the whole concourse. There was however 
a shade of sadness and solemnity in his ex¬ 
pression, which donoted past trouble and 
present anxiety. Ho was on tho whole a 
noble looking man. It was Rev. Eleazer 
Williams. I was introduced and discussed 
matters with him at considerable length.— 
Ho is very pleasant and urbane, extremely 
talkative and somewhat vain. No ono can 
converse with him without coming to the 
conclusion that ho is no impostor. Deceived 
ho may be, but ho is not of that character 
which would seek at tho expense of truth 
to palm off the humbug of others. Many 
believo that ho is in reality tho long lost 
Dauphin. The family likeness is unmis¬ 
takable. He showed engravings of King 
Louis, Mario Antoinette, Prince do Joinvillo 
and tho jailor, Simon. I also had tho pleas¬ 
ure of reading some of his manuscript ser¬ 
mons. Descended from such a long line of 
illustrious ancestry, he is certainly an or¬ 
thodox representative of nature’s Nobility. 
He has no desire to mount the throne of j 
Prof. W oolworth, of Albany, advocated 
tho separation. There was nothing conge¬ 
nial in the kinds of duties tho officer was 
now called upon to perform. It was out of 
his power to properly discharge the duties 
of School Superintendent, as the official 
duties wore now necessarily divided. Ono 
great roason why schools were not more 
prosperous, was for tho want of adequato 
superintendence. It needed officers here, 
as in Mass., to visit the schools, encourage 
tho teachers and aw T akon tho interest of tho 
patrons. 
Mr. Randall, Stato Superintendent of 
Schools, said ho had not heretofore ex¬ 
pressed an opinion on the subject. Ho felt 
bound to say ho was in favor of the separa¬ 
tion. The offices w r ero originally separate, 
and were united when nothing like tho 
present amount of duties wero required of 
either of them. That officer now received 
and paid out tho $800,000 raised by Stato 
tax. It ought to go into the treasury, lie 
spoko highly of the system of County Su¬ 
perintendency, as ono of the most beneficial 
acts of School Legislation. He should rec¬ 
ommend the separation in his next, and 
probably last, report to tho Legislature. 
The proposition for a separation of the 
office of Secretary of Stato from that of 
Superintendent of Common Schools, was 
unanimously adopted. 
The teachers of Auburn reported, by let¬ 
ter, their inability to attend tho Meeting 
of the Association, as the vacation in tho 
Scools of that city did not occur until Au¬ 
gust 12th. 
Mr. Howe movod to strike out the third 
and fourth resolutions under discussion, and 
France, but ardently desires to have inves¬ 
tigated and settled before tho tribunal of 
public opinion, the question, “ Have wo a 
Bourbon among us ?” 
Mr. Williams is an elderly man, of portly 
size and pleasant demeanor. Ho is firmly 
convinced of the fact, (which has recently 
boon tho subject of so much magazine and 
newspaper comment,) that “ we have a Bor- 
boarn among us.” Strong circumstantial 
evidence exists to support tho truth of his 
claims, and it would not be at all surprising 
if fickle and inconstant Franco should yet 
take means to investigate tho matter to tho 
certainty of a demonstration. 
A life time spent in preaching tho Gospel 
among American Indians, would little fit 
him to preside over tho destinies of France, 
now swayed by tho iron hand of Bonaparte; 
yet Mr. Williams evidently entertains just 
and comprehensive views of political mat¬ 
ters in the oft world. He is, however, thor¬ 
oughly American in his principles and aspi¬ 
rations, and I seriously doubt if tho most 
splendid earthly honors or possessions, could 
for a moment tempt him to leave his hum¬ 
ble sphere of an Indian Missionary. Ilis 
expression, manners, and all other outward 
indications, denote a man of generous im¬ 
pulse and enlarged conception of duty. Ho 
has in view a crown, not of earthly dura¬ 
tion, but eternal and in tho heavens. 
On parting, Mr. Williams gave mo a 
number of autographs and promised to mail 
me one of his best sermons. It would not 
be a bad plan to publish it in tho Rural.— 
People have some anxiety to know how 
Bourbons write. Mr. Williams will bo in 
Rochester within one or two months. Ho 
is to preach for Rev. Mr. Lee, of St. Luke’s. 
w. M. H. 
substitute a recommendation that the office 
of County Superintendent bo revived. Af¬ 
ter a brief and spirited discussion tho Asso¬ 
ciation voted not to strike out. 
Prof. Upson, of Hamilton College, accord¬ 
ing to announcement, read an essay upon 
“ What is Practical Education ?” It would 
be impossible to give an outline of the whole 
essay. It was well received throughout, and 
highly creditable to the author. 
Mr. Newman read a paper upon Free 
Schools comparod with Parochial Schools, 
concluding by offering tho following pre¬ 
amble and resolutions, which, after some 
revision, wero adopted ; 
Whereas, wo livo in a Christian country 
and Christian State, where Christianity is 
an acknowledged part of our common law, 
therefore, 
Resolved, That our public schools, from 
t^cir connection with the State, and espe¬ 
cially on account of tho objects of their 
organization and their practical influences 
upon the minds and hearts of their pupils, 
aro necessarily Christian institutions. 
Resolved, That while wo admit the liabil¬ 
ity, as in all other organizations, to occa¬ 
sional abuse, we yet believe that the goneral 
charges of infidelity on.the ono hand, and 
sectarianism on the other, aro unfounded 
libels upon the organization and practical 
workings of our public schools. 
Resolved, That in our opinion, parochial 
schools aro not adapted to tho circumstan¬ 
ces of our population, and the character of 
our institutions, and that any appropriations 
for their support by our Stato or General 
Government,would bo contrary to tho spirit, 
if not the established principles of our con¬ 
stitution and laws. 
Tho Association accepted the invitation of 
II. A. Brewster to attend a levee at his 
house, and adjourned to Thursday morning. 
THIRD DAT. 
Somo romarks having been previously 
made reflecting upon tho President for not 
appointing ladies on any of tho committeos s 
he handsomely defended himself by point¬ 
ing to tho beautiful pilasters and entabla¬ 
tures of the Hall, and requested that ho 
should not bo required to take down tho 
crown, tho beauty of tho entablature, and 
place it in the dust of the pedestal. 
The Association voted to hold its next 
sossion at Oswego. 
Resolutions in relation to County Teach- 
ors Associations were adopted, as follows. 
Resolved, That as associated effort, as 
well as individual effort, is necessary in or¬ 
der to elevate the business of Teachers into 
a Profession, it is advisable and practical to 
organize in every County of this State, a 
County Teachers’ Association. 
Resolvod, That tho best interests of the 
community roquiro the Legislature to givo 
legal sanction to such regular organizations, 
delegating to them power to license Teach¬ 
ers. 
Tho Convention elected tho following 
officers for tho ensuing year. ' 
President — 'Victor M. Rice, of Buffalo. 
Vice Presidents — John R. Yosburgii, of 
Rochester; SoLoxfON Jenner, N. Y.; J. II. 
Hardet, Elmira; J. Winslow, Watortown. 
Cor. Secy —T. W. Valentine, Albany. 
Rcc. Sec’ys —A. S. Palmer, Utica; W. II. 
Fanning, N. Y. 
Treasurer —O. MoREnousE, Albion. 
Prof. T. H. Bowen, Chairman, presented 
tho address to tho Teachers of tho Stato, 
which was read by Prof. L T FSON,and adopted. 
Mr. Douglass made the report from tho 
Committee on Amendments to tho Consti¬ 
tution. Report accepted. 
Tho Committee reported as Editors of tho 
New York Teacher for tho ensuing year, 
tho following namod gentlemen, who were 
elected : 
Resident Editor —T. W. Valentine, Alb. 
General Editors —A. J. Upson, Clinton; 
J. W. Bulklet, Williamsburg; C. R. Co¬ 
burn, Binghamton ; T. 11. Bowen, Albany ; 
X. Hatward, Troy; Jas. Joiionnot, Syra¬ 
cuse ; E. J. Hamilton, Bath; R. D. Jones, 
Rochester; A. E. ScnErMOES, Kingston ; S. 
G. Love, Randolph. 
A series of complimentary resolutions 
wero adopted, returning acknowledgments 
to tho Board of Education, Mr. Jones, Su¬ 
perintendent, Mr. Brewster, and tho Com¬ 
mittee of arrangements, for tho excellent 
preparations made for tho holding of tho 
Convention, the hospitality extended to the 
members, &c. 
Tho following preamble and resolutions 
offered by Mrs. Northrop, a teacher in ono 
of tho public Schools in this city, were, 
after a few spirited remarks, unanimously 
adopted : 
Whoreas, It is a well acknowledged fact 
that woman occupies an important station 
as a Teacher, and that she is admirably and 
peculiarly flitted by nature to perform tho 
duties of that station; therefore, 
Resolved, That this Association recogni¬ 
zes tho right of female teachers sharing in 
all tho privileges and deliberations of this 
body. 
Resolved, That female teachers do not 
receive an adequate and sufficient compen¬ 
sation. and that as salaries should bo regu¬ 
lated only according to the amount of labor 
performed, this Association will endoavor. 
by judicious and efficient action, to remove 
tho existing evil. 
Mr. JonoNNOT offered a resolution recom¬ 
mending the Legislature to pass a General 
Union School Law, which shall enable such 
schools to raise tho balance of their expen¬ 
ses by a tax, instead of by rate bills.— 
Adopted. 
Mr. Wilson, of Allen’s Hill, moved a 
Committee to .arrange a uniform course of 
studies for Common Schools and Academios, 
to report at tho next meeting. Adopted. 
Tho Chair appointed Messrs. Wilson, 
Woolwortii and Howe, as the Committee. 
Mr. Turner moved that tho Teachers be 
requested to confer with their Trustees and 
secure if possible tho recurrence of tho an¬ 
nual vacations at a uniform period, so that 
teachers may attend tho meeting of this 
Association. 
Mr. Joiionnot moved tho appointment of 
an agent to travel through the State, and 
promote tho causo of Education by lectures 
before institutes, &c., said agent to bo paid 
a salary of $1,000 per annum. 
Prof. Thompson moved to rofer tho sub¬ 
ject to a Committee of three, instructed to 
report at the next annual meeting. Agreed 
to. Tho Chair appointed Messrs. Joiion- 
net, Pomeroy and Reddle. 
Tho Association adjourned sine die, after 
a briof and appropriate address by tho 
President. 
The Astor Library building in Now York 
has at longth been completed, and the ar¬ 
rangement of the books is all that now re¬ 
mains to bo done. The building was erect¬ 
ed at a cost of $90,000. It will open early 
in October, with about 85,000 volumes, 
which have been purchased at an oxponso of 
$ 100 , 000 . 
JSimhi 
THE LORD’S PRAYER.-AH ACROSTIC. 
[This beautiful and ingenious composition, though it 
had a great run in the papers some years ago, will prob¬ 
ably be new to most of our readers.] 
Our Lord and King who reign’st enthroned on high, 
Father of Light I Mysterious Deity ! 
Who art the great I AM—the last, the first— 
Art righteous, holy, merciful and just— 
In realms of glory, scenes where angels sing, 
Heaven is the dwelling-place of God our King. 
Hallowed thy name, which doth all names transcend, 
He thou adored, our great Almighty Friend, 
Thy glory shines beyond creation’s space, 
Famed in the book of justice and of grace; 
Thy kingdom towers beyond the starry skies;— 
Kingdom Satanic falls, but thine shall rise. 
Come , let thine empire, O thou Holy One, 
Thy great and everlasting will be done 1 
Will God make known his will, his power display ? 
He it the work of mortals to obey. 
Done is the great, the wondrous work of love. 
On Calvary’s cross he died, but reigns above, 
Earth bears the record in thy holy word. 
As heaven adores thy love, let earth, O Lord; 
It shines transcendant in the eternal skies, 
Is praised in heaven—for man the Saviour dies. 
In songs immortal, angels laud his name, 
Heaven shouts with joy, and saints his love proclaim. 
Give us, oh Lord, our food, nor cease to give 
Us proper food, on which our souls may live. 
This be our boon to-day, and days to come, 
Day without end, in our eternal homo; 
Out needy souls supply from day to day, 
Daily assist, and aid us when we pray ; 
Hrcad though we ask, yet, Lord, thy blessing lend, 
And make us grateful when thy gifts descend. 
Forgive our sins, which in destruction place 
Us —the vile rebels of a rebel race. 
Our follies, fruits, and trespasses forgive— 
Debts which we ne’er can pay, or thou receive. 
As we, O Lord, our neighbors’ faults o’erlook, 
H e beg tliou’dst blot ours from thy memory’s book; 
Forgive our enemies; extend thy race 
Our souls to save, e’en Adam’s guilty race, 
Debtors to thee in gratitude and lbve. 
And in that duty paid by saints above. 
Lead us from sin, and in thy mercy raise 
Us from the tempter and his hellish ways; 
Hot in our own, but in His name who bled, 
Into thine ear we pour our every need. 
Temptation's fatal charms help us to shun, 
Hut may we conquer through thy conquering Son. 
Deliver us from all which can annoy 
Us in this world, and may our souls destroy;— 
From all calamities which men betide, 
Evil and death, oh turn our feet aside, 
For we are mortal worms, and cleave to clay; 
Thine ’tis to rule, and mortals to obey. 
Is not thy mercy, Lord, forever free ? ’ 
The whole creation knows no God but thee. 
Kingdom and empire in thy presence fall; 
The King Eternal reigns the King of all. 
Power is with thee—to thee be glory given, 
And be thy name adored by earth and heaven. 
The praise of saiuts and angels is thy own. 
Glory to thee, the everlasting one, 
Forever be thy triune name adored. 
Amen ! Hosanna! blessed be the Lord! 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE MOURNER. 
As twilight deepened, a veiled form, with 
slow and measured tread, wandered in tho 
church-yard. A little child, followed her 
footsteps, and its deep eyes grew thought¬ 
ful and almost sad, as they wandered from 
its mother to tho objects around, shrouded 
in tho gloom of evening. 
At longth tho mothor paused by a new 
made grave, drew asido her veil, and bent a 
piercing, agonized gaze upon the broken 
turf,—as though sho fain would pierco tho 
depths beneath, and gaze upon that loved 
form mouldering there, now hid from her 
sight—forever ! O ! how sacred a thing is 
grief, when a true heart mourns its loss.— 
Asido from tho busy world it turns—alono 
—and in silence, and darkness of night, tho 
crushed heart, bleeding, dwells with impas¬ 
sive fondness on its object—watching with 
passionato devotion, tho flowers of affection, 
as they lie strewed, and withered, upon tho 
altar of tho heart. 
The mother kncoled, and with upturned 
eyes, from which largo tear-drops were fal¬ 
ling upon her pale checks, raised her hands 
towards Heaven, and gave vont to tho out¬ 
pouring of her sorrowing heart, in broken 
exclamations of grief and tenderness. The 
child, nestling to her side, looked up won- 
deringly, tho pearls of sympathy glistening 
in her starry eyes. Is thoro one sceno, o’er 
which angles stoop with moro than com¬ 
mon intorest, ’tis when a stricken mortal, 
feeling that tho light of of life is dimmed for¬ 
ever, and turns away from this darksome 
world and longs to lay tho throbbing brow 
and aching heart beneath tho sod—by tho 
side of the buried loved ono. 
“ Tho Lord gave, and tho Lord hath ta¬ 
ken away; blessed bo tho name of tho Lord,” 
exclaimed a deep voice by her side. Tho 
mourner started, turned quickly, and recog¬ 
nized her pastor, who, but a few days pre¬ 
vious, had with her followed tho lifeless 
form of her husband to his long homo.— 
Ho had seen her grief, and came to sooth her 
sorrow with tho divine consolations of Re¬ 
ligion. Diantha. 
The everlasting hills will crumble to dust, 
but the influence of a good act will nevor 
dio. Tho earth will grow old and perish, 
but virtue in the heart will bo over green 
and flourish throughout eternity. Tho 
moon and stars will grow dim, and tho sun 
roll from tho heavens, but true religion and 
undefiled will grow brighter and brighter, 
and not coaso to exist while God himsolf 
shall livo. 
