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THE LEDGER.; J u LAHCASTERVILLE. 8. C. "? mm m M dc WEDNESDAY, AUG. ?9, 185 J. of T n \IV % .!!! ?. v. tuovviiiaiiuiill ilUUU ? III lll'AI 1 wock* i fe. New Cotton. i NN The first bale of new cotton was received s" in Charleston, on Thursday last, from Orangeburg District, and brought 13 cents. *1" A bale was also received in Columbia, on Wl Friday, from the plantation of Capt. T. Q. J. Robertson, of Richland District, and l'n brought 12$ cents. t'"1 mi ^ ? ? soi The D&rliagton Flag. pa This paper comes to onr office about once tin in every six weeks. Is it the desire of the cul Flag to distinue the oxchange? If so, say th< the word. That Trial* da; Mr. Duncan's negro, who was tried at Ra Salem on Wednesday last, for attempting ide to commit an outrage on a young girl of He that neighborhood, was acquitted of the tha charge nnd we believe is to be tried for at- tha tempted burglary. tha , The Crop. * ou We cannot but believe a fair crop of Cot- bu ton will be mado in this District; the season8 gei have been propitious, with the exception am of several cool spells, and a superabundance th< of rain at certain periods. If frost does not wj come on us too soon, a very fuir yield will Th be the result. Uorn, without exception, lias to never been better. Although, there is no pC, old corn in the country of any consequence, it is said the new crop will not bring more nc, than thirty seven and a half cents a bu-hcl. rc Foreign News. jnj We have late news from Europe,by the Cftj arrival of the steamer Pacific at New York . from Liverpool, but nothing of interest had transpired at the Crimea. Mademoiselle Rachel, the celebmted French Tragedienne. arrived in the Pacific. Cotton is represent- jn ed as M steady,"?breads tuffs dull. Great .|r r?r *-?-r *- gl.c ^ Queen Victoria a magnificent reception. ^ The Paris correspondent of the Now York / Herald, says one-half of London would bo there at that time. A dispatch from Vienna, ^ says that both the Russians and the Allies , are prepariog for a grand operation at Se- . ba*tOP01' ? ? ter We learn that the Circus Company, which performed here some time since, have met ^er wiih a terrible accident in Camden. The wo elephant became enraged, and killed his to keeper, after having first killed his horse. mo Efforts were mnde by the citizens of Cam- lt'rl den, to destroy his clephnntship, as he is en- 8ti" joying his full liberty, but powder and lend ul>c have proved unsuccessful. 41 last accounts, 1 ^ thev were to trv tho virtue of n Mnnnn m in a him. *on The Lancaster Rail Road once More. ^ From the seeming improbability, we had . nigh said impossibility, of tho citizens of Lancaster, ever being able, from some cause f or other,to construct a Roil Road, we have forborne to urge the matter for their con- 8.uc ideration. After the defeat of tho project no' two years ago, when we were sanguine of kno success, wo have considered it a waste of '* *' time,ink and paper, to say any more in ad- ^ 1 vocacy of a project, which, when success appeared certain,has fallen, and apparently *>nt for the intervening period, with no hope or prospect of being recusitated. Finding, Wlt' then, the scheme was hopeless, we have ate urged upon our citizens, the project of a plank road, but, to this, they have pnid no " '' heed. Having every reason to belicvo thoy (1' r wore content as they are, we advised them ?"r to pay particular attention to their farms, con tho education of their children, etc., and pre- can dieted for our District, in the end, wealth ' nod intelligence, Rail Road or not. Somo l',e of our readers, however, misunderstood our Bei last article on this subject. We did not np- mo prove the Roil Road scheme.?far from it. l',e We ere ss enthusiastically in favor of n no8 Rail Rood now. as we have ever been. The Uer general propositions wo advanced in that unt article,ere correct. If Ixincoster finds her- fori self too poor to build n Road, if the invest- W aient greatly embarrassed her, and if tho Tri Road, when constructed, did not more than Pfll pay for the investment, the result would be Noi rainoas. We say so now. It is true, a dra Eal) Road may pay, enrich a stockholder, tho and yet not declare one copper of dividend. fr?1 This woflld result from various causes. t*nl Tho increased value given to lands?the fa- ^ eiHty for travel, thus making a saving of and ttmo? Mid time la nsooey?the opportunity obj< affordod tor disposing of the products of we the sod, and nt the name time, the opporto- he aity afforded fo/ purchasing articles of eon- 1 sumption cheaper?in a word, the establish- to Met uf a market in our midst, for these ws sad many other considerations, a Rail Road Innl would prove 1 uevntive to a people, and yet par w4 declare a copper ef dividend. Ifo v. If the the kinds of tho place did not prod see some inai if these results, and tho people were anon- Bat ally taxed to koopup the Rood, we still say dov diaa*iro??. OM wh W? o** eowtnwM from Dee?t*r to Ton- on* -If x^w+ m** ; JJ -dito^ JPI'ti jW \T- *- * - v ?to *" ^ 4 a* >tnbin, Alabama, nnd when we were in that of 1 ction of country, the mnil was transport- kint I from one point to the other, in stages, as tain was the most expeditious?the horses ol?j? avelled faster than the cars. The enter- ado ise did not pay; it failed to pay for many 1 Orr nsons, which reasons we know, would not con ply to us. Tho Road was abandoned, i Sou d we believe, finally sold to a Norlhern | woi )mpany for a trilling amount. Now, Son iatever our opinion might be, our citizens Its I ust judge for themselves. We believe be e Road will pay. Men of intelligence in mat c District, say it will pay, and pay well- to t was predicted of tho King's Mountain Not nil Road, that it would be a losing con- nun ru?it pays better than any Road in tho jorl late. One error we committed in our last rule ticle, wo desire to correct. The assertion uicr at the Laurens Rail Road Was n losing Lot incern, appears to be crron -ous, as from an plat licial exhibit of the Company, the Road is unti ?ing a good business. Our information ^ arc is derived from a statement in one of our | lied changes?we correct the error as an aet sh.il justice. N A particular rcasoi has induced us to re- sine to the Rail Road project at this time, and e had intended to let the matter rest,con- and ling ourself with the reflects n that if rage izens of wealth, these who owned large fath antitics of real estate, were content to be and thout a Road, wo could stand it. We < reee ve 'abored for the Road, we have written | M At: ae and again on the subject, and wc de- Hov mined to write no more. We have rea- to tl a to believe that there is a desire on the yet, rt of some of our citizens, at least, at this thos ic, to build a Road, or we would not oe- Si py one inch of our paper in advocacy of part : scheme. A gentleman of this District, com 10 is oue of the most enterprising men in Cat! > District, conversed with ns the other As i r, on the subject?ho is aroused on the to si 11 Road question,and when lie takes an "Til a into his head, lie generally carries il out. can i thinks a reaction has taken pluee, and carel it the citizens of I-aucaster, nru now more sour in anxious to have the Road. Ho thinks supj it if we Rettle on the Chester route, nnd Call ve out Camden altogether, concentrate ncoi r energies on the one route, we would ton ild the Road. Ho assures us that one folic Qtlcman will head the list with ?10,000; lion other, who before subscribed ? 1,000 for Chai ? Camden route and nothing for Chester, ?] II now give ?5,000 to the latter route, were lese are favorable indications, and servo 31 show the feeling in the District. Our tl,ro iple feel the need of a Road, and all that * i. . . . the necessary, is a little rousing up?they can(] rer will be satisfied until they have a vvc I ind. The gentleman alluded to, suggest- victt the propriety of holding a public meet- " r, and we heartily approve of it. We . I upon the public men of Lancaster,to to o i in the matter. The Agricultural Society a Cn Id their anniversary soino time next ,nK 1 >nth, nnd " e suggest it as a good time to jj " Id a meeting. We call on Col. Barns, foro o. Willinius, Esq., Messrs. Joseph Cun- Geri igham, James II. Witherspoon, George C. Witherspoon, P. T. Hammond, Dr. ' * uthen, W. A. Moore.nnd every man who olltf Interested ir. the future welfare of the nnd itrict, to give this matter the attention it icrvcs. A call for a meeting should be ' dished in t.ic next Ledger. IVe hope our contemporary of the Chcs. and Standard, will agitate the matter in Lis that itrict. Chester would bo immensely Port lefittcd by this Road. She has already, ' "r J * ers i believe, secured the charter for a Road |j( Newborry?this Road ?*ould bonetit her re than that. Let some friend to the cn- XI orise,put his shoulder to the wheel, and ? (;u *t the projeet. Surely this call made ?jste >u our cmzcns, mil noi oe unheeded. Not! a enterprise* is for the benefit of all, and even i mutter for the public good, wo hope i*,c c le, at least, will take some action. ploy, belie e Aim and Object of tbe So-called new Lmerican Party, or Know-Noth- Chu ng?. \Vhi Uthough of recent origin, the new phases elect the so-called American Party, have been then h, the changes in their platforms so vo- \Y is, we nre almost brought to u stand to opin i\v what position they occupy, or what thinj tieir object. Whilst nine-tenths of the or ol iig presses have come out enthusiastic,!), ly dt n favor of the new party, adopting thrir cutic iciplcs ns nuxilliury principles of the strcr iig Party, the minority claim no a<buity latio ti the Know-Nothings, and to aubstauti- ring their position, refer us to Stevens of tyrd< orgia and many otftcr staunch Whigs uguii o have boldly come out against that or- rolig . At this time,however, every reader of will ' paper must have clearly eome to the gove elusion that the Whig Party and Aineri- do \i Purty.nre one and inseparable. mnki t is true some honest Whigs, friends to rolig South, like Stephens of Georgia and then ijamin of IiOuisinna, have too much rcqu rsl honesty to embrace the tonhets of pub! Know-Nothing Party, and have the bold- saya is to declaro their sentiments ; but, as a this term thing, judging from the apparent in tr inimity of sentiment nnd feeling, vo are ligio i-od to tho conclusion that it is the old strifi lig Party " renovated nnd enlarged." Htnt le is it also, that some of the Democratic Pop< ty have become members of the Koow- to e< thing Party, but a great tunny ore with- Ante wing, after discovering their error, nnd thee ee who remain, do so from n sense of is vn and shnmo. They have become en- Wh< gled in the net, nnd cannot escape. man low, let ns take a retrospective glance, nti7 1 endeavor to discover whst is the real R^?l set of this party, nithougb, in the outset, aue^ are far from being certain that we wilt ^ut able to do so. 'n ^ rho first open, public, intimation given as by 8 the principles of Uie American l?*rty, wbo s nt the Philadelphia Convention, in June *om' I Borne of. the ponitions taken by the **i ty at that Convention, were favorable to Bonth, and ae such, were approved by conv sy dUtingwiefced H mi thorn Democrat*. Bay. t as tbo Intention of tho now party, no "V',c ibt, w?* to conoitliata party difference* r* ioh grow oat of (ho eUrery question, in j?hm r to gtro thorn tho numerical strength the i w ' / SSSPp ^ 4rt_ J he whole Confederacy, (for we have no i of doubt tho express purpose of ob- ^ ing Federal emolument, was tho primary *! set of tho new party,) a platform was pted which tcould obtain the greatest num- tc of adherents. If that platform had have b tained one plank less iu ndvocaev of r!' n ithern slavery, the Know-Nothiug Party aid have obtained no foothold iu tho ith. It is truo, tho party lost some of Srst Northern supporters?this could not avoided. The wholo amount of the ^ ter was, the question was singled dow n ^1 his: Not that we love the North and ci thern abolitionism less, but we love 'r ibers more. Give us the numerical ma- J'i ty, and success will bo ours. We will i the country?we will place our own E libera into offices of honor and profit, pi us construct a platform, which, the ^ iks, though loose, will keep together ^ I the next Presidential election, und we Cj content. What then ? The. party ral- in and adopted the motto: 44 Americans bi 1 rule America." What a plea! Icarly one hundred years have passed j., e this country has been declared free qi independent; political issues have arisen, dt even in our own State, party spirit has ^ ><l Willi lury; political strife has estranged 'Ci or from son, neighbor from neighbor, cc yet, in that space of time, and until very lij ntly, have we never been told that nerica must bo ruled by Americans." " v inconsistent-Americans not indigenous \ le soil, descendants of foreigners, and re wo must discard all connection with c of other climes. so ince the Philadelphia Convention, the g, y, we beliove, have settled upon the di mon platform of denouncing the Roman Bi lolic Church and proscribing foreigners, i matter of news, desiring our readers jn re both sides, we give in another column, di ie Principles and objects of the Ameri- ti< Party in South-Carolina." It is very nM fully worded, this new platform, and n*t ids very well. It does not lead one to |a tosc that they aro embittered against llic m lolic Cliuich, and yet, almost simulla- *VI isly with this, appeared in the CharlesNews, the organ of the new party, the y, iwing communication, which is in rela. th to .Vl r. KeynoMs, a n itice Protestant of Ai rleston : HO an If 'twere well done, when it were done, it til well, it were done quickly."?Shaktjieare. kssrs. Editors:?Wo desire to say 011 ugh your paper to the Know-Nothin.s Charleston, that we entirely disapprove 4,1 nomination of Col Reynolds as the l'' idute to he supported by us. It is true 'ei lavc the power, and to us belongs the 'Ci try. *} fe have notliing to urge against Col. R. y' citizen, or a gentleman, but we thiuk he ie ot the very hist to be recommended ur support. Having in his employment 18 itholic clerk ; ono of his brothers hsv- 'J1 married a Catholic ladv ; associated in y ways with foreign interests; num- W1 ag amongst his personal friends many to igners, especially amongst the rish and mans; educated at the Catholic Semiand an especial favorite of Bishop iiinu mm sen, in 111s iiu-ijmo?we think <an more safely put our trust in some R who was "an old Native American," cn wc hope that one of the gentlemen now jn re us, who can be relied upon for carryout of our principles, will ho nominated Uy. '4' i'e w 11 know the characteristic energy P^ determination of Col. R , and it is for very reason, we would not give slip- "4 to a man who might defeat us in our Wl est object, by pulling in olliee Foreign1 lid Catholics. ft Americans rule America. ve CONSISTENCY. *r lio very signature to the communication, fQ nsistenoy," telU the whole story. Con- hi ntly with their principles, the Know- W lings cannot vote for any man who is "j in any way connected with the Catho- tr, liurch?no, even if his friends and em- IN eus nre Catholics*. We have reason to dc ve this is tho aim and object of the order?persecution of the Catholic rch and foreigners, in order that the te g party may be so increased that the sii ions will be plaeed in their hands, and f,r the spoils off office bo theirs J* re have before given our readers our n;, ion on this subject. That we have nny of j to fear from the increase of foreigners r" T the Romish Church, we unhesitating- ^ ;ny. One. thing is very certain, perse- )0 >n of tho Church will but give it greater in iglh. Tho historian Murae says in ren to the persecution of Protestants duthe reign of Queen Mary, " every mar- m run was equal to a hundred sermons w ist PoperySo it ever has boen in si' d? ions tests. Tho religion persecuted, ^ but derive the greater strength. The j(j irnment of this country lias nothing to m rith religious sects. 44 Congress shall ei o no law respecting an establishment of ^ ion, or prohibiting the free exercise ^ jof,"?44 No religious test shall ever be ln ired as s qualification to any office or F ic trust under tho United States." So "I tho Constitution. In the framing of instrument, jeiieraon well Knew Mist C( le former government* of nations, re- w n wan the chief cnuae of their political tli bs. I<et religion be disconnected with e matters. The nssomption that the U( 3 losing ground in Europe, would seek ihiblish his ecclesiastical sovereignty in R( rica, and bring the Unitod States under m lominion of a politico-religions hierarchy, nr iguc and visionary. Who fears this T Q| > anticipates such n result t Will any ^ in South Carolina, boldly eome out and M thia is hia fear. No, they Will converts it such matters, and endeavor to engraft opinions in the minds of the ignorant, ^ they know aoeh will never be the ease r( tis country. We conclude this article iving an extract from the notea of onf jj penned an article on u Immigrants,'' ej ? i\\ elve years ago: 0( Complaints have been mads against (he y, ils end character of many of the inrartIs; and a fear has arisen that they will ert North America into a sort of Botany ? It k time that many criminate, idler*, ed on tents, and the Hke, seek here a plaee gf, ifugo; but their number is proportion*'err small, and bitter experience or Mnsnt foreee then te begin a new life in w mw world. ?ll " The United States proffer to immigrants gel to noblest moral and political education ; usl id he who rejects it, who proudly considers ^ | imscll above it, who trusts more to luck isti to prudence nod sagacity, who thinks an" ? become rich without exertion, or perhaps by > renovate and revolutionise mature Amo* the cn with superficial theories?will Soon and 1:1.. ghlly find himself deceived in his foolish . iticipations. ** * * To " The laws respecting the naturalization mij f immigrants, are not quite the same in all <j0( te American States: as s general rule, the . nuDelation of titles of nobility and n ortameless losidence of five years, are sufli- l^e cat to make one a citizen of the Union, the 1 several States, however, a shorter period i^j, f settlement (e. g. in Vermont a year, in an onnecticut six months,) sufiices to acquire ic citizenship of the place and State. n|cl very new comer is at once permitted to kirn urchase reni estate. kne w In recent times a party has be"n formed, con liefly in sonic of the sea-port towns, which kes to itself the name of Native Aroeri- 1 ins. Their object is to throw difficulties Lex the way of immigration, and they wish moi 1 prevent naturalization until nAor a resi- m;? incc of twenty-five years; because,as they > iy,no immigrant enn acquire the necessary ! %v> lowledgo in a shorter time, and a too early 01 a inlifieation of foreigners abridges and un- and rinincs the rights of native citizens. ter? " Kvcn granting the truth of the loudly , 01 laimed and probably too well founded nsure, that those views and doctrines pro- 0101 ed mostly from business jealousy, and re- rigi fious intolerance, (towards the Irish but atholics,) they still require a satisfactory ver vestigation, and the movement uiight more ' operly be termed a European than a truly merican one. When oven in the clangc- mo1 us times of the French revolu ioa, the gov lion Law was rejected as imprudent, un- (jes; st.and un-American, how can It now be aight, in quieter times and on weaker con ounds, not merely to revive it, but to ren- ,c*' r it more severe! In comparison with idci e immense number of native votea, those !.: the foreigners annually ndmitted to the nn(j 11k of citizens are wholly insignificant and , decisive; besides which most ' t them are vidod amongst the different political par- By js. Again, if some few venture to rote, ing. it is complained they do, before the oxpi- ^ tion of the tiue prescribed, the fault liea, >t in the perfectly clear and satisfactory ^ue ws, but in the fact that the natives and ^?? aglatrutes are afraid to apply the laws, or and ink at abuses in order to bring the majoii. p.. of votes on their side. Ia-1 the natives nd and engage themselves to support 8W ese admirable la\Vs ; but let them not for e<m st purpose surrender nil the principles of besi incrican liberty, and in pretended patriotic ,.an ngs, (as in 1'hiladi'lpliin,) uroclaim fire nj| id sword against torcigners, nnd then put eir own exhortations into effect. T " Time is not tho only mcosuro or the the i!y source of i cilizm'i understanding and exp mwledge; many a new-comer stands st coni ice on a par u ilh the natives as regards ese qualifications, nnd what lis will not -(>u nrn in five veurs he will probably never xrn at all. Moreover it is not intended,or & least is not possible, that every American doe tiaen should fully coinprehe d ths most llicultquestions of political science; con- " 1 lence in the leading men of the country, our always nocesaary, and it seeina more com- mer endable to exhibit this in elections, than 0lin r each individual to thrust himself for- cafr urd with his imperfect knowledge and try decide all for himself." *** m wm our Bdooation. s in iti? last number of tile Westminster evicw, is an interesting article on self-edulion. The reviewer commences by say him g: Every age h is its watchword and panacea r the evils of life, hut seldom is full im- 1 irt or duo application known 'o the men bin( 'the age who use it. "Education" has vinf en the cry of this century; but who shall ?jv, c find to tell us what education really ^ cans! It would be wearisome to go over coul e various notions which that word con- ? lya to men of different sects and opinions, caii id might Imply awaken laughter over a wrp 11 far too mclanchollv to ndmit of mirth; r if education really be the panacea for all ?. ' lman ills, and no two individuals have yet freed as to what education ia, we are still iust niggling on in darkness; nnd the activity unr 'the last fifty years may have led us as- WftI ny uisii'iia 01 advancing u* on our way.? " nrhnp* we shall find the best clue to the I* ' itinition by attending to the derivation of still ? wo'd: v dncation is assuredly n drawing to, !/ of what is nlrdudy in the bring aubjecd to it: not the Impressing a fresh characr, it follows, therefore, that < duration eon- 1 its in perfecting the natural faculties. The w'1' ily legitimate inquiry, therefore, is: what ted the process by which these faculties may jmj, i heat drawn out? n .d this short prelimiirv inquiry, we think, removes a good deal aonl ' the diltieulty in judging between the *a- w] >us theories on the subject, and may help min clear nwsy some ol the mists of prejudice was hieli obscure it. We have believed too and ng that a certain amount of information hyd sorted into a passive recipient was educa- to g on, and, as Mr. Mayhew well observes, the ivo crammed our intellectual prize oxen a le to obesity rather than strength. It is a for iatakc of the moat mischievous kind, and see o are beginning to fid its ofTecta in the aho rad level to which it hns reduced the high- bio ' orders, and In the hebetized intellects of roui ie lower. Take a boy. for instance, of the to li gher class from a public school, eluded thai oat creditably with Latin, Greek and math- to fc natics,?in n fair way to take honours at him ie University, and set down by hie tench- beft e as a very promising youth. What is tuni a education I Ie it not rather gained a- for ong hia companions than from hia tutors? stag rom his companions he will take up hia evei 'union* and his manners; amon { them, and dest om the circumstances in which ho is pisced be I - that early age, hia character will be form- ena I; for among them he will have learned to deal iah and to seek to have and to be some- he < ilog, either good or evil; while hie school dilij udiua will At bent have given hun the key U c< r knowledge, but aeldoo) the wieh to any te it." neei It ie evident, and obeervetion muet have J?/ >nfirmed the belief in every one, that a child a ay be eent to echool at a very early age, id every effort Made to cram any amount r eeholaatic studies into hla head, and yet ^ ) may graduate with aeareely any more ?l learning than when be ftret went. The progreee of the age baa changed ma- m r old fashions and euatoma. Thia we can srceive In eveiy branch of acienee. The wt,( ilea of the school room have also bean re- fere seed by other% and those again by othere, the owever eomtntndsble it aaay be to aend a ***? did te aebool,and however keombent it ie I the part of partite te do ao. yet Ude ac-1 prot ?n on their part may b* attended with Ht- tan ? profit to their offspring, if oertida fnada- T ante!, a*taral,aolateral efforts an onhaed- haw I. The parent and teidiir eon learn a dina illd utueh by adeptteg that c?area of inenl- the* ting knewladte, which nests with a eor- Wb ponding aptttnde aad desire from .the uo<< lid. GeegraJby.Hleteqr, Astronomy, Al- wk? I ttn ? rra, each study in its turn may prove dls^ 1 scri tuful to tho young pupil, ss endeavored thai be taught in our academies and schools, onj< i yot, by adopting a very simple course, us I encouraging the primitive desire to learn Hgi se studies, in an easy, natural, playful* libc ) way; first, tho basis uiay be laid, upon 1 ich perfection itself uiay erown the fabric, sue explain our view more plainly, a child fun ;ht take great pleasure, ss most children wr in the perusal of Robinson Crusoe's his- ledj f. It is true, he has not learnt much of latt history of tho earth, but at once you see era desire is awakend to know what an is- avu i is, how island* can be reachod, what is nnd ocean, and what its magnitude. The fori re perusal of a light fanciful book of this woi d, gives tho young mind a thirst for more prii iwiedgo. By adopting nn easy, pieasani, versational mode of instruction, the mind tAer :ead of being burthened is ex|?snded.? ten irning obtained this way, is retained, and " If re thnn nil, it does not give the young not id a distaste for study, as is universally ca^e. Excite an interest for knowledge ocient history, converse of Grecian wars Roman customs, by a narration of in- ^ sting facts of Grecian and Roman his- j f, and when the mind thus excited seeks re knowledge, by adopting a system not ^ d as is proverbially the case in our schools easy, nnd encouraging, the young pupil uu'1 y strnitly becomes a claaical scholar.? ,?erience tells us that any work can be rcc< re easily ncomplished when the operator 'f111 s to work with s hearty good will and ire to do it. Fulton would never have Wn structed a steamboat, if he had have been lated by compulsnry measures What ts he had would have been driven from y,,.?,y !... ?w? vict IVKU. JL IIVIU Id 11U UVUUh UUk ICHVIICin parontx cnn do much by cnceuraging ' ir children in the pursuit of knowledge. C'P' knowledge, we do not mem book Icarn^ wo' The child of seven or eight, might en. 'llnl re of h'u parent an answer to a most simple stion, as, for instance, what is the use of 110 1 ks! w hat is the use of learning to write? ^ " any amount of such simple questions. 'KMI giving plnin, simple, comprehensible an- mo1 irs to thoae interrogatories, the child be- 'n^ >es satisfied, and has learnt a great deal con ides. A boy will nsk his father why he ''sc not go here, or there, or why in he not J"'11 wed to do this, or that. The common * Iv, "because you can't," does not satisfy 11,01 boy, but by taking n little patience and l'lc luining the why and when-fore, ho bo* ^.}J| 10a inoro satisfied, and will not trouble j again. We speak advisedly, for we a|tr e tried the plan with our own childron. Ichooling, academical schooling wc mean, E s not make make a man a schollar. As ||jH nt fooia graduate at our colleges, as at aon old-field schools. The simple announce- j|Uj it that he is "a graduate of the 8onth Car- ?j?OJ a College," we admit, with the ignorant, ies weight, but many of us know of Col- ^ 1 graduates w ho would do no credit to field schools. Ian was inado for an especial object, he an innate knowledge w'thin him whiches and propels hire onward. First, atiin- V "V ethc child with this knowledge, at quaint 1 with the knowledge of his intellectual ^ eriority, and then bring his mind into ler proximity with the wonderful wor- UQU pi of Nuture's own God. Instead of driI and forcing him to attain knowledge, ; him a desire, and the end will be aciplishcd. Goi Ve give in uuothcr column a communi- V on on the subject of education. The ber. ler is of the opinion that au organization ber, saehers, may possibly, by each submitting to t peculiar mode of disciplince and plan of ia,j ruction, be the means of establishing a f,cju icrsjil mode. The advantage of thin p|j?| lid be two fold. In the first place a pu- bun from one school could eoter another, and un resume those studies he was accustomed |a()y and also the best mode and munner of and hing would then be adopted. The mat- ter I deserves consideration. In connection 93 , 1 this subject, we have, as above submit- We some of our views. The aubject ia an oar ortnnt one, and we may hereafter have ajjj lething more to sny. Mo tnnn in his senses" anya our Went stcr Review "can ever believe that he p/seed in the world merely to devour Hl assimilate a eertnin quantity of carbon, T rogen, oxigcn, and nitrogen, and then agri five it forth again in deith to the air and ^V(| earth: leea nicely-balanced faculties, and ee godlike intellect might have sufficed that; and the child should be taught to that each is not his deatination. Ho uld be shown that he is the heir of n no. nature, capable of diffusing happineas aad him, which will come back tenfold inlis own boeom if he uae it aright; hut it ia equally capable of being abused, .. lia own misery snd that of thoee about ; that the Meeting and the curse ie eel \ >re him and that if ho mioses the oppor- Qf ^ itiea and tnla*pei)da the time given hitu better purposes, the eurae will dog hia *r? for the real of hie life: in ehort, that of tl rr human being bom In the world haa a ; . Hoy to fulfil, and ought not to rest till taa pat himself in a position which will 1 ble him to accomplish it. What that ure liny ie, no one ia informed beforehand; . san therefore only prepare himself by a fent self-culture for the occasion when for umee; and when he can look beck and ejyjl with troth, MI bare left good sad happi- w i in the world than I found it," he may down his head ia peeee, and feel that end dnty ie done?hie destiny fulfiled. wjt| ^ m am this Why in it? &T%* 'he Camden Journal, wbtah haa roeently ;T*n r>n?e much ia rsvor of the Know-Noth- mT" Party, asks:? Mo. Wby is It, that saeh extraordinary care Moi attention iemU bo beatowed upon Uioso ?th > mk o bono upon oor shore#, in prooc? to vomatotof where they first saw light, whilst Americans abromd oro In va- sod ly sufejseted to tho strictest regulations, wej re often Wonted with tbo utmost eon. . pt, if Mt outraged sod *b< sod, ond uo ?* * wtlNO or Isdewslly Is gtrse tboos. Such *] 10 have boos known." ^ *bo Domoerstio Party do uot dootro, tor ^ thoy over dosired that aoeb extraorry ottwitlas mutt bo bestowed epos ? is who seek o homo epos our shores." * y strive to moke a mottnUin out of a *' 1 a-hilU AH that ws desire, is, tbAi those > do w?k fcMKs here, should ant bftfro* Aw WW*. ' ' -* bod and persecuted. We desire simply d t they' should be free aa wa are; free to r jy that liberty their forefathers assisted R to achieve; free to enjoy their own re* on, deriving our opinion to grant this irty from our own saered Constitution, 'enause the nature of our Government is v h that we are not disposed to subject ^ igners u to the strieteet regulations," are 0 wrong in granting thorn the free privi. * ges we enjoy * Must we try to emu* > other Governments in subjecting strong* t to the * strictest regulations f* It is to e id the despotism of other Governments >] to enjoy the blessings of freedom, that n > igners seek our soil, sr.d the Journal ( aid have us to retaliate. What a noble ioiple,to revenge ourselves on those who * k our aid nud p?vkv>>vui by persecuting " n, because despots in their country "of- ' treated us with the utmost contempt." thy brother offend thee, forgive him," g retaliate and abuse and vlllify htui ? EDITOR'S TABLE. ? ? o e Watchman, by J. A. M., Nkw York, li I. Lono 6c Brothkk. t< fills is s novel which has excited con* h Table interest. The mere announce- <] it that it was a companion to the Lamp- \ iter, at once bespoke for it a favorable ? ption. Wo hardly think it equal to the o npligliter, but the latter, it must be con- ^ Ted, ia a novel of extraordinary merit, s principal objection wo huvc to the itchman, is, that some of the occurrences x too unnatural, which at once and forcibly c tffs to tlie inind of the render, the con* I ion th.it tho book is not a true narrative tl events. it was of very little use to pro- fj tute William Carter into tho sea; it r aid have been belter to have allowed ^ i a prosperous voyage, than to have sub- ^ ed him to such a hair-breadth escape, . much so, as to render ilincredible. The itchman is, nevertheless, an interesting 11 >k, very much so?it conveys a good v rul, also. It shows what perseverance, 1 astry,and rectitude of character will ac- tl iplish. The evils of intemperance and tl oncious conduct, are also shown forth, * a book has met with great success, and ., uperior to many novels of the day w ith re attractive titles. Price, ?1. Address publishers. e Edikfurch Review. I he July number contains the following active table of contents, viz: The Ge? of Dryden, Indian Substitutes for KusI Prudence, Villemaiu's Kevol!cetions of tory and literature, The Laurice Cher. c esc, The I .and of Silence, Statesmen of ^ ia, The Muynooth Coinmisaion, Modern ^ tilieation, Tho Rev. Sydney Smith. The aMopol Committee and Vienna Confe- " riie price of this sterling Review, is $3 ^ ?ar. The Edinburgh and any one ol " other Reviews, #5 a year; any one Re- * v and Blnckwood'a Magazine, $5 a year t II four Reviews and Blackwood, one a r, $10. The proaent number of the nburgh Review, commences a new vol- ? r,and would therefore be a good time -j ubscribe. Address , LEONARD SCOT 6l CO , Publishers, 76 Fulton-st, New York. 1 v >et's Lady's Book. e ^e are in recuipt of the September num- v The atcel plate engraving in this num , is a very handsome one?very superior ^ hat of the August number. Uodey'a ^ y's Book is as necessary to a lady's proney in every Branch of female sccorn- ^ hnients, as oxygen is to a ennt inuance of ^ tan life. We do not know how ladica r' manage to do without it?every thing a a ' ought to know, is found in its page*, the lords of creation might also be bet- g improved after a perusal of it Price, ? s year?lady's Book and ledger, $4. will furnish the Lidy's Book to any of subscribers, for $2, by their paying an itiorial 3 cents for postage. L. A. CKJDEY, Publisher, 1 Philadelphia. t Scuthkbs Cultivator. 'he Seotemhur namlwr is trnnd m ?n cultural journal can be made. We will i aoine of the article* iu our neat paper. M COMMUNICATIONS, j M ti For the Ledger. a Editor :? n Vhile I here been viewing the progress ti lie timet and watching the effort* that M making for the improvement of many g be things in which we ere pertiouierl} q rested and concerned, I have oheerv- a, that the effort* to improve the mind <y few, and it stands nearly stationary ; g ve all others it should be attended to, #< it is the foundation of all our social, ^ I, political, and religious in*tituliot:?. jt have Banking, Railroad, Agricultural, g Religion* societies or associations, jt n their meetings, etc. And why is all S( f Is it not for tlie express purpose of d . considering the necessity and the ad* ? tags that would result from the united if rta of an association of this kind I A it certainly it is t For they have early j n*l the onnxicD, that m iron tliarpan- ? iron, to do** om qmb'i wiad ihvpw ^ tber, whan brought into eolliaton with U h other in an MMoikUd capacity n t| I ? that union b atreoyth in any point n iaw. u "hen aft? aoaaideriny thoir opportenh p , and tbe mean* that they hart in tl r powav Uiay aotar into fbb a?ocia- ? , ftiM and adopt their Co?tketioa o a aad regulation*. Than, by m?tiny i? Ha tad period* of time, fa wbioh ?eh m nbar b at liberty to pre?at hb riawe h ly upon tba operation* and affect* gro 1 # - - ?r I?11 -i i *rr uoed, by the association's adopting such ule* and regulation*, and he ia enable*! to dvanoe hia opinion upon audi regulation*, be consequence of which is, that all beome acquainted with the whole plan aa rell aa interested in tbs tame, and en* savors to advance everything that be onceivea to bo an advantage to the rhole. After reflecting upon the above, the aulior would reapectfully call upon that lasa of learned and intelligent men called 'eachera, iti whose hand* the future dealt* iles of our beloved country is almost en* irely placed, if you, gentlemen, are doing d you can, or even what you should, to dvance the cause of education among lie rising generation f In it the best way for each of you to ;o to buttle single handed? I)o you not ee that all other professions unite and ant their contributions, as it were, into ne common stock, so that all may re eire benefit in proportion to what tbey iare; or when we bfcv* an enemy to con* end with, would you not advise to unite nd drive him from the land, and not eneuvor to overcome hiin single-handed. Veil, my intelligent friends, we have a-? tost formidable and dangerous enemy in ur land, who is well nigh uprooting the cry foundation of this great and glorious Republic, with all its highly favored prii I edges, and with it down will cm wll our ivil, political and religious institutions.? 'hat enemy it Ignorance; and you are all lie men who nre eligible to enlist and ight its battles. N iw should you not neet nnd go into some arrangements and ndenrour to adopt some plan, or devise aino way in which you could advance tlio itereat and promote the cause of educaion, or nre you so strong that you can ocrcome him single-handed. Gentlemen 'eachcrs of Lancaster District, consider he matter and give us your viows upon he necessity and importance of forming ourseli en into nn association for tbe purpose of assisting each other to advance he interests of education and improve tbe resent mode of instructiouf 1 pause for reply. A Fkiksd or Literatvkb. For tho Lodger. Public Meeting. A public meeting of tho citizens of Laoastcrville whs hold this evening in the /ourt House, for the purpose of taking tart consideration the propriety of petitionng to the Legislature to amend the chitrer of the village, so aa to empower the /ouncil to lay a tax on real and |?eraor.* I estate, for the pur|>ose of improving the treeta, and to enact more rigid laws for he co*lection of fine* imposed by Council ihI for other purposes. On motion ot A. J. Relden, E<q., Maj. > B. Massey was called to the Chair, and \ R. Magill requested to act as Secretary, k. J. Behlen, Esq., rose aud explained he object of the meeting. Tbe -natter ras then discussed, and those most inter sted eipressed their opinions in faror, or rilliognes* to carry out the measure. On motion of A. J. Relden, a roinitiitbe f three was appointed, consisting of G. IcC. Wiiherapoon, W. A. Moore, and atnes Robinson, to which?on motion of >. R. Massey, Chm'n?was added, to dralt notations specifying the rate of tax+lion, nd what is proper t> be taxed. Tbe meeting then adjourned to meetaaiu in the Conrt House, on Friday eve* ing, the 7th of Septemlier. at 8 o'clock, i. m.?at which time the Committee will 'port. 8. JJ. MASSEY, Chairman. \ R. Mao ill. Secretary. Aug. 24th, 1 865. For the Icatler Ledger. Millet. Iii. Bliior?Daring the linrd times which hue prosited ninongftl us fur tho last twelve tooths it liiu been really n??ceesary fur inner* to use great economy; and par* culariy in procuring food for their stock, >n?e?;netitly there hoe been many experiments tried with the different grasses culrated for the use of stock. I believe lillet to be one of Uie greatest greases town by farmers for stock, its nutritious ualitiee is eqesi if not superior to say, nd possesses one particular advantage rer all other greases, that is its rapid rowtb, it will grow tall enough to mow rery tee days, and sboeld be mowed at tost every two or three weeks to prevent from jointing, if tliie is done end the round kept loose end free from weeds, may be mowed until frost, is it eel Lrange that farmers will be troubled with lover eed many other has voluble grosses ben they oeoget a nutritious gram, that mowed regular will grow from ene end half to two feet every ten days, from km unt I froatf With Millet for Sum>ar iM rwcM giMi for Wiatar and King, tba Cartnrr may keep bis ttock on ut Utlla corn, requiring no fodder on ** incks. I do not wprt Urio to bamoeh otiead now; n tbo bard linn w food ?ond nod Urn farmer barn a fair pro*-. act for an abundant crop, ?bn tbtefo iw 1 to aaaa. aoopowy ia fagotteo for a whtia, ut I bottovo in tbo old maxim, in til* *\ f plant? prepare for famine; My object \ not to foil mod ?* tba meat of man h. h?> in pmiao of tba bind tbav km. bat if I Itnab ?n?- t? /?ti.L 1 ? 7 * * * W #*? ? * ?>