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irru? T rn riv * gj jgH Morning;, April 30, 106i. PJ?B Tanken War with the French. "Whatever may be she truth in the. rumor ai respects the supposed warljke relations of France ead the United'States, there is strong reasons for believing that the enrolling officers of the United State* army are making strenu? ous efforts to persuade our paroled prisoners to join them in "a war against the Fran ch.'' This ? ia the. phrase srriong them, and. tho bounty, offered is not only ic gold, bat very high-a? much as $160 to a man. This is tho report of nnmerons paroled or disbanded SOUUJ* if th? eenfiict with tho Confederate States be closed by treaty, then we have ab question bat that the United States'Government will sask to em. ploy their veterans in support of%the Mexican Republic, -against Maximilian;' Wd; however moah the Mexicans * may" loathe the alliance, with a people whom they religiously hate and with good, reason-they will yet, in their extreme need, be very glad to welcome the aaeeera which they can bring. The United States will not declare war against Franco if they ssn help it; they will simply ally them? selves with the Government of the Mexican Republic, in sustaining tho cause- of Republi? canism, so called, orrthe American Continent Ia other words, for tho maintenance of the Monroe doctrine-\ t France ie pledged tacitly, if aot directly and .openly, ta th? support of Maxi? milian and bia new ampire. - Hm eenie, indeed, will commend itself to the .whola eoatiueat of In rope, and measurably to Great Britain. It ia net improbable that, if saab a war ia once began, it will put the whale Christian wcrld in armor, and theagb -wo may behold ita begin, aug, it is-vtry dcabtfnl if any among us will ase the end. The straggle, will bs Titanic;in proportions-being tho-straggle, en a scale of the grandest magnitude, between Ttaoaaeraey, e-n the one hand, and Legitimacy on the other. It will be well for us, if we. san isolate our* selves from the conflict, and content ourselves with planting potatoes ia obscurity.. It will depend, perhaps, on the negotiations how - laid to be geing forward, whether we shall bo able tn reaeh thia. desired consummation. Torn, trampled in ashes, with oar seas worn, wound? ed, wes ried, and so many of them jilling re? mo<e graves;-honorable, though obscure-the Sou th needs repose for recovery; and, if wa are xot to be suffered this peace-the enjoyment of this much needed repose--if our ssas aro still lo shed their blood in frequent battle, to which we eau see no ?end-why negotiate-why_-Jay down car weapons at all-why chango* tho -renne-tie customers-the cansel and, aa if sworn to suicide, ruth jnto a conflict with new pe cpl n, on a new scene of action, sacrificing ear host blood in a struggle in which we caa hawo bot little interest. Peace* peace! is ear need, and not a change from one field ta an? other, and against other peoples. . -> s? a rn? The report that $,200 Yanbee prisoners, seri .bask from Florida, wera recaptured** Macon, is entirely false;' Thees prisoners art sow at Airemos villa, Female Educatf??* ef th?"Poor. Wbil? speaking ?f tb? ?amp of iastruet?on ?nd of farm schools for the poor hoys of th? country, ire were not nnmindfol of wfi?t is doe to the necessities ?nd education of tie female portion of the same classes. A similar instila lion for tb'? benefit of girls is easy of eoaeep. tion. The sam* law prevails ia Utk tases, and a like necessity is ?nggesti-e of th? ad op tao?, for their wnnte, of a Hare institution, only varied according to th? sex, and its characteristics and future employment in lifo. Instead cf a farm for field .culture, there should bc a dwelling, v?ll provided with spinning wheel? and looms -the wmhjtigg jenay, W yon please; or even an extensive manufactory, for thc making of cloths and cards, bonnets, hats and a thousand other things, with instructors for teaching bow to sew and knit, deo. Bo many hoars to simple teaching in thc schools; so many hoers for sewing, knitting, spinning; weaving; and so tanny hours for yeo cation in grounds and gar* de?. A taste for gardening, for tho cultivation of shrubs and flowers, may be thus implanted; j cad, aa thc children exhibit talent and suscepti? bility, they should be afforded opportunity for pasiing into the provinces cf tho fine arts. There can be no doubt of the value of the plan, The great difficulty will be found in that whick, hitherto, has been tho least difficult of all our problem?;-thc procuring of thc proper teachers. Whore there arc nine in ten pujpjls who may be taught to 'learn, there have boca scarcely five teachers in fifty: who" were pro? perly prepared to teach. Get a wise matron as housekeep*?*, and a calm, equable, sensible teacher, else of the'femal?-scx,.who ar? abls to keep their own psssio. >. in subjection. What is chiefly wanted ?-A toaener, to make.him or her successful, is that he -or she shall be ebie and will condescend to study ?he child. E rory ehild is individeal-ao two to be taught prc eisely in tho same manner, and the individual qualities of th? pupil mast be traced ont and fat homed before yon can give the proper direc? tion to th? faenlties, moods and morals of tko subject. This will require a loving industry on tb? part of th? teacher, which is a rare quality, ?but on? even of more necessity than any profound learning or brilliant- ability. A good teacher most be a philosopher, not a bod' man-a meek bot true Christian, and not a des? pot cr a mora drill sergeant [Communicated. To tho Row. B. M. Palmer, D. X>. . KxwBxaaY, S. O., April 16, 1666. Dean 8m: Excuse the liberty I take in ad or'cssing yon through the public prints. My motive must he my apology. The manifold miseries which have befallen our unhappy, country must be s matter of deep regret and serions reflection te avery right-minded person. It cannot be denied that the clouds of 'war are now lowering darker overtmr political horizon than they bave ever done before, and that tbe dangers which now menace ?3-are greater than aay which have .yet. threatened ottr be? loved country.-. Bat, #irf distressing ?s ar* t lies? calamities and threatening thes? dangers, tbere is, I firmly believe, a maana of arresting: them; tkat moana is tbe removal of tb? grand' cause of all these troubles, the exceeding sin? fulness of our people. It would ba presump? tion in n*, ?ir, to remind yon of the roany pre? cious promises of Holy^Writ-,- Jto the .low*, if tbay would repent of their iniquities. God ia * just God, tho earne .yea*er??y,* to day? and forever, end surely ve may appropriate these promises to ourselves, if wo but turn from our transgressions. T Our cjuie^a _yest, but it is se? riously jeopardized* by wicked* defenders. Ged waits to be gracious, andto deliver ne from the power of oar enemies, ff f*erV|"l au ly do what He requires us. Bat our people seem'sunk in . a state of almost hopeless depravity. A Oo ? - forgetting covetousness, the-fru?Ifni purent of everv other vice, has sapped thc foimdniioiis of moral and religious principle,, ?nd thc greater the calamities of tho country, the wider ia the departure from these principles? ls there no remedy for these evihi Vh?re"is but one, a special and wide-spread outpouring of the re? generating influenceaJor Ooe^s Holy Spirit, as * a blessing open human- instrumentality. I have thought thnt ifeorae eloquent and earnest orator, would go over ??r country, and address our people upon this subject, he might be in? strumental, under God's blessing, in turn ?Dg our people from the error of their ways, arid thus pave the way for any c?flj* and honorable de? liverance from all osir miseries. I know of no one better fitted*"for this noble undertaking, than yourself. Your present distinguished po? sition before our people,, vould lend much au? thority XO;.your words. The inward reword would be*, a sufficient inducement lo you. Surely there are enough liberal-hearted men, who would be willing to defray your expenses. Your congregation would scarcely refuse their ?sent toso holy, an object To you I leave the consideration of thia important subject. I have an inward assurance of God's blessing upon it. With the highest respect, dear sir, I remain, your? truly, ^ _ . ' S. [Commun ion, ted Liincoln's Griefs Prophecied in the Talmud. A Talmndisttcal friend of the writer, during the sumir er of 18al, taking up, inch's atudy, an open volume of the Talmud, drew his at? tention tera particular passage, aud asked, "Can you read that!" Tho reply was, "Yes-it i? 'Hai Lincoln!'-which means-'He will go down in grief.'" "It is prophecy,**said our friend? "and; surely, it is the fate of this man to end bis. career m grief." The writer of this related th? conversation to Mr. Pennington, the editor of the Raleigh Pv<> greu, who published it. The article was eopied by the Mobile Register, the editor of which, itt a hamoaroas vein, said: "With Grant in tV> Mississippi mud, Medellin in tbe Chickako mhvy mud, and Linooln ia the Tal-mwf*, the Yankees must be deep in th? mud." The ead , of Lincoln liss certainly Leen reached. ' He is in the*mud. He has come I* grief-to a see*3?n and miserable end/ in th' moment of his greatest power-in the highe?; sense of security-in the midst of revelry and without being permitted] to see the hand writing ?n'the Wall--"J/ene, mtw., teJrcl vyh?? ein!" The Cbeldaie sitrnificstion cf his nan*? has" proved praphetica". whether eoaec-ived >? prophecy of not. Hut the end is rt-! yti reached for the Yankee nation. Theirs ?irv be % pre?nt triumph, but it ii thc ead %) ar crowns the work, and that end. iu tb?> long "uture, wHo shall predict! bet us wait upoi. God, .whose mill grinds slowly, according to tl e German proverb, tnt grinds thoroughly and to? tue proper end. * HERMANN.