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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
portraits anti Siogmpljics. 0k 2. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
THE POWER OF EXPRESSION. 
The pleasure of writing our thoughts for 
future review by ourselves or the perusal oi 
others, is much enhanced by the possession 
of the power of making our words picture 
forth, as accurately as possible, the senti¬ 
ments to which we wouid give form and ex¬ 
pression. How much right words add to 
the force of even common ideas, we may 
sometimes observe, but oftener, how the 
happiest thought may be obscured by ill 
chosen or unmeaning language. Some wri¬ 
ters owe almost their whole popularity to 
their powers of expression. The book call¬ 
ed “ Lacon ” is an instance in point. There 
is scarcely an idea in the volume but may 
be found in previous authors, but Colton 
gave their thoughts a new and picturesque 
garb, or condensed pages into brilliant sen¬ 
tences, so that the rough gems of others 
new set. now pass for his own, and reflect 
greater honor on his name than any origi¬ 
nality of which ho was capable ever could 
have done. 
To literary men—those who would write 
for the people especially—this power of ex¬ 
pression is desirablo in all its force ahd va¬ 
riety. A pen that hits at first dash “the 
inevitable best word ” secures for the hand 
that wields it both honor and influence, and 
any portion of that power is valuable in tho 
race for distinction. And the only moans of 
acquiring it is study, labor, care, thought— 
looking at one’s own writings as with the 
eyes of another if possible 1 , to spy out every 
fault and suppress it, and to fill up every 
opening for improvement. What is worth 
doing at all is worth doing well: so if one 
would wrfte let him seek to give his thoughts 
their truest form — clothing them in tho 
words which will best express his meaning 
—the whole and unmistakable meaning to 
be understood and appreciated as the sub¬ 
ject matter dserves by those who give it 
perusal.— b. 
TEACHERS vs. TOBACCO. 
At tho late Annual Meeting of the Mass¬ 
achusetts Teachers’ Association, the follow¬ 
ing resolution was offered : 
“ Resolved , That, as the senso of this As¬ 
sociation on the subject, it is the duty of 
teachers to discourage, by their instruction 
and example, the use of tobacco.” 
After free and full discussion tho resolu¬ 
tion was adopted unanimously. 
A. Parish, Esq., of Springfield, said, in 
discussing tho subject, that ho should not 
have introduced the resolution, but as it was 
before the mooting he hoped it would pass. 
He know there wore many teachers addict¬ 
ed to tho use of tho weed, and especially 
such as wore graduates of Colleges. Stu¬ 
dents in College aro very likely to acquire 
tho habit of using tobacco, and this accounts 
for so many clergymen using the narcotic. 
‘The Massachusetts Teacher : So called, 
because it goes forth monthly, richly freight- 
I cd with tho doings and sayings of the School 
Teachers of Massachusetts. The first num¬ 
ber of tho fifth volume, edited by John D. 
Philbriok, Esq., a Boston teacher, has been 
received and thoroughly perused, and found 
worthy of the former good reputation of the 
“ Teacher.” * We commend this periodical 
to tho attention of tho teachers who read the 
Rural. We deom it tho duty of every 
teachor to take and read a good educational 
paper. Wo shall gladly ofliciato as agent in 
introducing tho “Massachusetts Teacher” 
to any of our Western Now York brethren, 
or to any others who may desire an acquaint¬ 
ance. It is oditod by a committee of twelve 
teachers, appointed annually by tho Massa¬ 
chusetts Teachers’ Association. Terms, $1 
in advance. Published by Sam. Coolidge, 
Boston. 
COMPENSATION OF TEACHERS, 
Francis Gardner, Esq., Principal of tho 
Public Latin School of Boston, receives a 
salary of $2,400 a year. Tho salary of a 
Principal of a Grammar School in the samo 
city, is $1,500 annually. In Rochester, the 
salary of a Grammar School master is.$G00. 
Wo are glad to know that teachers’ 
wagos aro advancing both in city and town. 
Higher qualifications are demanded as sala-! 
ries aro increased, and this may account for 
tho increased demand of teachers. We 
have heard an unusual inquiry for instruct¬ 
ors within the last six months, and tho de¬ 
mand will increaso with tho requisition for 
higher qualifications. 
Equity. —An eternal rule of right, im¬ 
planted in the heart. What it asks l'or our¬ 
selves it is willing to grant to others. It not 
only forbids us to do wrong to the meanest 
of God’s creatures, but it teaches us to ob¬ 
serve the golden rulo, “All things whatso¬ 
ever yo would that men should do unto you, 
do yo oven so to them.” 
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LIGHTS AND SHAPES. 
BY MRS. HEMAXS. 
The gloomioBt d^y b&s gleams oMight; 
The darkest wave hath bright foam uoar it* 
And twinkle* through the cloudiost night 
Some solitary *Ur to cheer it. 
The gloomiest soul is not ail gloom; 
The saddest hesri i not all sadness; 
And sweetly o’er the darkest doom 
There shine* some lingering ray-of gladness. 
Despair Inn ever quite despair; 
Nor life, nor death, the picture closes; 
And round the shadowy brow of care 
Still hope and fancy twine their roses. 
TRUE EMULATION. 
There is a spirit of emulation, no doubt 
proper and beneficial, a spirit which, while 
it incites ono to more strenuous efforts for 
advancement, refines tho feelings and hum¬ 
bles the pride of soul. 
Such an emulation has its foundation in 
the Golden Rulo. It rejoices to do good, 
not only to seif but to others. And in the 
| good which is done to others, it sees an ele¬ 
vation of mind and rejoices that good must 
from its nature, react on others and thus 
continue to bless and elovate. It lovos to 
contrast its present state with its past, and 
note what advp,nceraen?'t>r retrogression is 
being made; not as a source for pride, but 
as an incentive to higher and nobler attain¬ 
ments—for the good yet to come. Its goal 
is not fixed to the shores of time ; nor does 
it look to the prize as being won for itself 
alone, but as something to bo shared equally 
among all who strive faithfully to tho end 
and which share shall be increased in a ra¬ 
tio proportionate to the number so striving. 
It is such a spirit as would press the individ¬ 
ual onward and upward with a ceaseless 
yearning for more and greater good, though 
he were the only inhabitant of Earth. 
But this spirit is not tho one commonly 
met. Were our people and youth influenc¬ 
ed by it, we might soon see our morals im¬ 
proved and our system of education taking 
a higher stand, and all classes growing stead¬ 
ily and surely toward moral and intellectual 
manhood. t. e. w. 
LOUIS KOSSUTH, GOVERNOR OF HUNGARY. 
We take great pleasure in presenting tho , ham, and other places. At length ho reach- sword, and take the field in person. Pro- 
, f\l>> t’tmjat tsTpw Yorkfr this I od New York, since which time the papers paratory to this, he has given himself to tho 
readers of the Ki kal New-Yorker this teemed wit h his thrilling speeches, and study of military tactics, since ho became a 
EXPERIENCE OF HUMAN CHARACTER. 
I now see more good and moro evil in 
all men than heretofore I did. I see that 
good men are not so good as 1 once tho’t 
they were, but have more imperfections; 
and that nearer approach and fuller trial 
doth make the best appear more weak and 
faulty than their admirers at a distance 
think. Aiid I find that lew are so bad as 
either malicious enemies or censorious sepa¬ 
rating persons do imagine. In some, in- 
deod, I find that human nature is corrupted 
into a greater likeness to devils than I onco 
thought any on earth had been; but, even 
in the wicked, usually there is more for 
grace to take advantage of and more to testi¬ 
fy for God and holiness, than I once believ¬ 
ed there had been. 
I less admire gifts of utterance, and bare 
profession of religion, than 1 onco did ; and 
1 lie iuiiuwnjg uj . . inn f’ m . thA snirit and es Upon the mass ill prospect 01 a oar,ue.-— 
Peck, editor of tho Christian Advocate and ma: 11 it person is of the Should ho, like Leonidas, with “three hun- 
Journal: mediocre size. He stands oroct, and his dred devoted Hungarians, plant himself m 
No one man in modern times has occupi- bearing is that of a man of education, who < ”‘ < j V U’f iiusUan' forcer like^nnTsaying 
ed so much of the public attention as the has seen much of the world, and has the ful- ' ' ’ > . 
and graduating to the profession of tho law. When he takes the stand, his first sentences i neso ai o some ox out liiipresBmua xxum vat - on yet ho that upon this pretence 
His power as an orator and his tact as a make the impression that lie has the soul what we have seen, heard and read m re- wQuld confound the godly and the ungodly, 
politician secured for him the admiration and power of a great orator. You see at lation to tho subject of tins pape . . o- m ag woll 0 a p out t0 i ay heaven and hell 
of the Hungarian people, and his patriotism once that he is a man of sympathy—that ho cord them as more facts and indications, t ^er.— B ax i er . 
and fidolitv commanded their highest con- is a truly poetic genius—but when he comes without comment. V\ o are for peace &____ 
fid once. ’ to the word Hungary , which he will be but ^ d True Piety.—T rue godliness, founded 
Ho was the soul of the groat movement a moment or two in reaching, he strikes the rowmeded jar m * } xh/obiect upon the principle of eternal truth, and es- 
for the liberty and independence of Hun- cords of your heart, and your sympathies gening , ...", we(1 ig t0 gecuraaid tablished in theheart by the agency of the 
gary, which was only crushed by the paw of are with him. S to m Holy Spirit, has no compromise to make 
the Russian bear. When Russians by thou- The speeches of Kossuth are not the more ef- “ ““JJaited States to | f with the world, the flesh or the devil, in the 
sands poured into Hungary, and the Hun- fervescence ofanexcited imagination. They Tlmv^ far this obiect will meet course of conduct it prescribes for itself 
garian commander, Georgoy, surrendered are consecutive processes of reasoning, hav- „„ d generation of the under the lights and instruction of the Word 
the patriot army to the combined forces of i ng reference to one point or result, to which V ^nb- we cannot lav Certain- of God. and the dictates of the Spirit of his 
Russia and Austria, Governor Kossuth flung j they all have a most direct and obvious re- i ’no hSe intervention on grace which dwells within. The course of 
himself upon the hospitality of the Sublime | lation. Relief for his beloved Hangar,, is U * ^ ^ur Government as it would bo the tfuly pious soul is marked out by a wis 
Porte. Russia and Austria demanded the j his object. In this object all selfish interests V ^ fb oiii our established ixolicv dom not its own, and pursues its pathway 
surrender of the Hungarian refugees, and ! are lost. He cares not for the applause of j a dep.u tux o urn > 1 ^ I so far above the world—above its pleasures, 
for a while it was doubtful whether tho Sul- the multitude, only as it is an act of homage * 7 7, > honors and rewards—regarding them so 
tan would have tho nerve to refuse compli- to the spirit of freedom, and gives ground Dr. Johnson and Burke.— Ur. Jonnsons hfcl that it is said t0 be “dead to the 
ance with the demand of his formidable of hope that his much-loved nation may ex- fame now rests principally upon Boswell. world;” declaring by its conduct that it sees 
neighbors. pariaSco a resurrection. Personal shelter It .3 ,mposs,blo not to bo amusedI mth such a “. ^ mark J 0( L for ends, and 
In the meantime Kossuth was offered pro- and security with him only have importance a ' l(Kl ’■ >u " j >oiv uou 1 s seeks for superior bliss at God’s right hand 
; toction on the condition of his renouncing as they arc necessary for his preservation I have had a good deal to do with the effect in Heaven 
his religion, and embracing Mohammedisni, against the final and effectual struggle, which j produced; for no one, I suppose will set _ 
| as ho would then bo legitimately entitled to I he anticipates will result, in the erpancipa- j Johnson be qro »ui .%o, am ^ ur r c • ^as a rp HE En1) 0F THE Would.—T o-day, to-mor 
j protection and security anywhere within the ! tion of the oppressed nations of Europe.— groat am unive - ’ . - row, every day, to thousands, tho end of the 
Turkish Empire. Asa conscientious man, . Ho is exquisitely sensitive m relation to The fact is Burke like world is close at hand. And why should we 
ho refused the good offices of tho Sultan everything which, to him, seems to impede marks m Boswell. 1 ho fact is m ike like , here it were in the 
upon such terms—preferring death to a the succosT of that mission for which, ho all men of genius who love to talk at all was of ££. ^ tinie8 , from the greatcathe- 
hypocritical abjuration of his faith. Finally, J thinks, Providence has appointed him. His ve 7 “Jshort dral above us, wo can hear tho organ and 
the matter was so far compromised that! mighty soul, in anticipation, grasps his great j’ ohn ' P l„ alwayfdid whidi pro- the chanting choir; wo see the light stream 
ho was permitted to remain in Turkey as a i object, while all else beside him are not able t- ‘ u ’ h m0 ment through tho open door, when some friend 
prisoner, without leave to return to Hungary, to descry it in the dim distance. Like Jobs duce a moie decided o.Ioct at tlio o et, ’ } f * us;an( i B ha,ll wo fear to 
make the impression that he has tho soul what we have seen, heard, and read, in re¬ 
am! power of a great orator. You see at lation to tho subject of this paper. W e re- 
11 prospect of a battle.— samts; dui experience mini openeu xo mo 
onidas with “ throe hun- what odious crimes may consist with high 
igarians, plant himself in profession; and 1 have mot with divers ob- 
one of the mountain passes in opposition to scure persons, not noted for any extraordi- 
tho whole Russian force; like him, saying, nary profession, or forwardness m religion, 
“ 1 had rather die for my country than be a but only to liye a quiet blameless life, whom 
would bo overwhelmed I have after found to have long lived, as lar 
ent of bayonets, and give as L could discern, a truly godly and sancti- 
rth to a second Thermopylae fied life; only their prayers and duties were 
These aro some of our impressions from by accident kept secret from mens obser- 
, heard, and read, in re- Y « fc h ? + . that a P on . th ; B pretence 
ct of this paper. We re- would ^n mind lie godly and the ungodly 
re facts and indications, ‘f wo11 T §° f oufc 10 heaven and hell 
’ together.— Baxier. 
thinks. Providence has appointed him. His very discursive and continuous; hence he is 
or to retire to any other country. After a war-horse, ‘Hie saith among the trumpets, and which are so much moro easy to carry 
tedious confinement, through the diplomacy Ha, ha! and he smelleth the battlo afar off. °u- Lon age. 
and friendly intervention of England and tho thunder of the captains, and the shout- ~ ~ 
America, ho was liberated, and took passage ing!” _ The causo of freedom is identified with 
in one of our government vessels for Ameri- Not educated for a scidier, ho was difii- the destinies of humanity, and in whatever 
ca. IIo was refused by the French Presi- dent of his skill in commanding an army part of the world it gains giound, by and by, 
dent the liberty of passing though France, and planning battles, and so he committed will bo a common gain to all those who do- 
IIo paused for a while in England, where ho that business to others during tho late strug- sire it.— Kossuth. 
was greeted with great enthusiasm by the gle in Hungary ; but when the next struggle — ~ T. . T~ , 
smUmrltioo nr.rl Dm nonnla nf «rrivAR which he confidently expects at He who makes an idol of his interest will 
lllIU TTIUGU til U DU lUUlyll lUWi W VlWj VW VHAl I U A . ,1 
off mount tho narrow staircase of tho grave, 
__ ° _ that leads us out of his uncertain twilight 
m “ “7 '. ., into the serene mansions of life eternal ?— 
The causo of freedom is identified with u , 
the destinies of humanity, and in whatever Aavan ag ■ _^ 
part of the world it gains ground, by and by, „ . ,7 7 ^^ f i 
will bo a common gain to all those »ho dm “ ll >“ «>«<.» ”' J P™ <> f 
.. T r ,> & ten it is the superscription of the letter of 
s,ro .t —AW*.. .character without it is blunt and 
was greeted with great enthusiasm by the gle m Hungary; Dut wnen tnenext B«uggx« . . n ] +rirn ;,i . p-pninc. without it is bullion, splen- 
municipal authorities and the people of ! arrives, which he confidently expects at | He who makes an idol of his mterert wiU I toroid, gMUOBjnttout w bullion, spien 
London, Southampton, Sheffield, Binning- no distant date, ho is resolved to draw tho make a maityr o is m egn y. 
