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Seett's Block.
nt rooms in the
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and five years of
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RT SCOTT,
.Roxborough.
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premises: a good,
he lot is 'set outwith
For particulars ap-
ErICKSON.
at Master, Seafortn.
13-6-tf.
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Elitilett, on the 3rd
with white spot in
about sevenor eight
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the ahimal away.
11. BULLICK.
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PRICES
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80-tf.
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unless the above
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keeper, Ethel P, 0.
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"Freedom in Trade --Liberty in Religion—Equality in Civil Rights".
EOTIOR & PUBLISHER.
SEAFORTH FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 23, 1870.
WHOLE NO. 14,0
BUSINkss 'CARDS.
IEPICAL.
1E) TRACY, M. D., Coroner for the County. of
Huron'. .0ffice and Residence--On.e door,
e East of the Methodist Episcopal .0hurch.
Seaforth, Dec, 14th, 1868. 53-li
-
11a MOORE,- M. D.; (Graduate of McGill
e, University,. Montreal,) Physician. Surgeon,
- Fix. Office and residence Zurich, Ont.
Zurich,. Sept. 7th, 1870. 144
TAM143- ATEWART, U., Oraduate
0 of McGill University, Montreal. Physician,
Surgeon,k. . Offipe residence :—At Mn
Coox's. Varna.
TIE.W. R. SMITH, Physician, Surgeon, etc. -
Office,.d-Oppesite- Veal's Grocery. Resi-
dence—Maiii-street, North.
Sea,fOrthi, Dec. 14, 1863.
53-ly
TT L. VERCOE, M. D. m., Physician, Sur-
geon, etc., Office and. Residence, corner
-of Market and High Street, immediately in rear-
-of .Kidd & MeMulkin'e Store.
Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1.870. 53-1Y.
JcAmPBL,L, M. D. C. M., (Graduate of Me-
e, Gill -University, Montreal) Physician, Sur-
geon, ete.,`Seaforth, Office and Residenea—Old
Post Office -Building, up stairs, where he will be
-founcl_by.night or day when at home.
Seaforth, July 15th, 1869. 84- ly
LEGAL.-
P
F. WALKER. Attorney -at -Law and So-
' licitor-in-Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary
Public &c. Office of the Clerk of the Peace,
Court House, Goderich, Ont.
N.B.—Money to lend at 8 per cent on Farm
Lands. -
Goderich, Xisn'y. 28. 1870. 11,2-1y.
Air /CAUG HEY & If OLMSTEAD, Barristers;
_31 Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery
-said Insolvency, Notaries Piiblio and Conveyanc-
ms. Solicitors for the R C. Bank, Seaforth,
Agents for the Canada Life Assurande Co.
B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farins,
Houses and Lots for sale.
Seaforth, Dec.' 14th, 1868. 534f.
DENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorney
at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and basely-
,ency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Of-
-fices,—Seaforth and. Wroxeter. Agents for the
Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, and the
Colonial Securities Go. of London, England.
s Money at 8 per cent; no comirdssion, charged.
IA& H. BENSON, H. W. C. MEYER,
Seaforth, Dec. 10th 1868. 53-ly
DENTAL.
G. W. HARRIS, L. D. S Arti:
ficial Dentures inserted with all the
latest improvements. The greatest
;Care taken fur the preservation of decayed and
tender teeth. Teeth extracted without pain.
Rooms over Collier's Store.
Saeforth. Dec. 14, 1868. ly.
HOTELS.'
0.0MME1CIAL HOTEL, Ainleyvill , James
Laird, liroprietor, affords tirst,class accom-
modation fci the trgvelling public. 'The -larder
:and bar are ;always supplied with the best the
markets afford. Excellent sta-bling in connection
A inleyville, April 23, 1869, a 70•tf.
•
ONX'S ROTEL (LATE SHARP'S) The un-
dersigned begs to thank the public for the.
liberal patronage awarded to him in times past .
in the hotel business, and also to iiform them
that helms again resumed bilsiness in the above
stand, where he will be happy to have a call
from old friends, and many new ones.
THOMAS KONX.
Seaforth, May 5, 1870. 126-tf.
JR. ROSS, Proprietor New Dominion Miter,
• bega to• inform the people of Seaforth . and
.. the travelling community generally, that he keeps
.first-class accommodation- in every thing required
by travellers. A good stable and willing hostler
'always on hand,:' Ilegidar Boarders- will receive
- every necessary attention. .
Seaforth,. Feb. 8th, 1869.. .
11QRITISII EXCHANGE HOTEL, GODERICH,
ONT., J. CALLAWAY, PROPRIETOR ; -J.' S.
WILLIAMS, (late of American Hotel, Warsaw, N.
Y.) Manager. This hotel has recently been new-
ly furnished, and refitted throughout, and is now
one of the most enmfortable and commodious in
the Province.. Good Sample Rooms for Commer-
cial Travellers. Terms liberal.
Goderieh, April 14, 1870. 123-tf.
MISCELLANEOUS.
11A.RP'S LIVERY STABLE; .MAIN ST.,
S E A FOR TH. First Class Horses and Carriages
aiwayi on hand 'at reasonable terms.
R .L. SHARP, Proprietor.
Seaforth, May 5th, 1870. 3-tf—
MAILL & CROOKE, Architects, etc. Plans
0 and Specifications drawn correctly. Carpen-
ter's, Plasterer's, and Mason's work, measured
and valued. Office—Over J1 C. Detlor & Go 's
stare, Court -House Square, Goderich.
Goderich, April 23, 1869. 79-1y.
& W. MePHILLIPS, Provincial Land. Sur-
. veyors, Civil Enbineers-, 'etc. All manner
of Conveyancing- done with neatness and dispatch.
G. McPhillips, Commissioner in B. R. Office—
Next door south of Sharp's Hotel, Seafortli. •
Seaforth, Dec.14, 1868. 53-1y.
HAZLEHURST, .Licensed Auctioneer for
4, the County of Huron. Goderich, Ont
Particular attention paid. to the sale of Bankrupt
Stock. Farm Stock Sales 'attended on Liberal
Terins. Goods Appraised, Mortgages Foreclosed,
Landlord's Warrants Executed.. Also, Bailiffs -
First Division Court for Huron.
.Goderich, 'Tune 9tha 1869. 7&. tf
Written for the ExpoStor.
THE BATTLE OF WISSENBOURG.
There was the rattle of heavy; canhon, the tramp
- of arined men,
Across the Lauter marching, to the foe at Bergze-
bern,
The earth shook under their charger's feet, as
bravely they thundered on, ••-•
And proudly. their war -flags waved to the bteeze,
of that amiling summer morn.
'Twas artobltosight to look upon, the march of
those Gallic braves,
As mass on mass swept on, like the roll of the
mighty waves, -
And the gorgeous lights of the morning sun, glit-
teied bright on gun and sword,
As firmly trod the sons of France, on the broad
Landua road.
Soon- will the quiet of that peaceful place, be stir-
red by the sounds of 'strife,
Those beautiful fields be slippery and wet, with
the brightred tide of life,
Nor the evil passions of men arearcnised, and pant-_
ing for the fray,
And many a heart that's beating strong, will be
stilled e'er the close of day.
There's the roll of the''heavy battery, sending
their fatal shower of lead,
The crash of the lighter rifle, -thickly strewing the
field with dead, -
The ringing cheers of Cuirassiers, as they thun-
der o'er the field,
To dash in vain their mighty strengh, 'gainst the
German walls of steel.
Ah haughty France, lOok• well this day, to thy
name so. dearly won,
In former times, in every -clime, beneath the set-
. 1
ting iMn'
What tho' thy boasted' mitrailleur, make thou-
' , sands backward reel;
And thick asautumn leaves their corps', strew e'er
the battle field.
What the' thy savage Turcos' rush, with wild
shouts on the foe,
What tho' thy swarthy heroic Zouaves, "strike
home at every blow,"
What tho' thy batteries vomit forth, their fiery
sulphurous breath,
The foernen's ranks like adamant, withstand the
shock of death.
The battle's lost, in bitter tears, let France be-
wail this day,
Her shattered ranks confused and torn, have fled
s in wild dismay,
Andlthe joyful shouts of the 6-ernian host, peal
out with a deafening Sound, '
Drowning the shrieks of the wounded men, lying
writhing on the ground.
Glory, clear bought are thy smiles, and empty is
thy name,
And failed has many a gallant youth, to win the
wreath of fame.
The anguished wail of thepareut's heart, the grief
of the widowed wife,
For the dear ones lost in the deadly strife, cut off
in the bloosn of life.
Berne, 15th Sept., 1870. A.M.
THE PROGRESSIVE TEACHER.
AN ESSAY, BEAD AT THE CONYERSAZIONE HELD IN
THE TOWN HALL, STRATHROY, ON TUESDAY
EVENING, AUGUST 9T11, 1870.
BY REV. A. A.CAMERON.
" Progess," says Cardinal Grandison to Lo-
thair, "is movement." True progress is move-
ment in the right cbrection; the right direction"
is the directioo of truth'hence there can be no
real adv4iceinent but in the wake of truth. The
progress bf Science is not to be measured ,lsy the
number cif her new theories or the freshness and
brilliancy of her speculatioas, bat by the actual
discovery she has made. The manifestation of a
fresh truth is alone an advauce in science. From
our idea of progress we can easily define the pro-
gressive teacher. We consider that he who tries
to teach all the truth that he knows, according
to an approved method;" and searches diligently
and perseveringly for more; has a real claim to
this honourable title. This is the way to educate
oneself and others. My aim in this essay is to
throw put a few hints as to how you may acquire
the character,'and sustain the reputation of be-
ing progressive teachers.,
1. Remember that progress is identified with
man, not with nature—with mind not with mat-
ter. Nature is not susceptible of progress; the
mind is. When we speak of the advancement
lately made in the natural sciences, what do we
mean We simply mean that an • has made
fresh discoveries in the kingd.on of nature ; dis-
coveries of laws, properties, processes --in fine,
facts o truths, which previouslywere unknown.
Matter never indicates developement except iii
the processes of growth and decay, and even then
its essential elements and properties remain the
same. View natoreunderits myriad aspects, and
it is the same now in 1870, as it was in the year
1. But nearly 2,000 years have wonderfully en-
larged our knowledge of the Heavens above us,
and the earth beneath our feet. Our intellectual
eye has now a clearer Vision to penetrate nAture's
mysteries ; our intellectual ear has more acute-
ness when listening to her harmonies. We coulcl
multiply illustrations, but two or three will suf-
ficp. That ray of sun -light which steals through
the aperture of a closed shutter possessed 4,000
years ago all the latent beauties and chemical in-
fluences which -modern science has discovered
through its analysis, but it took the genius of
Deguery to form these into the most perfect of
artists. Steam possesses that same amazing pow-
er ofelasticity since the first test was applied to
water, but it took the united and developed skill
of such men as -Somerset; the Marquis of Worces-
ter, Sever, Newcome, and Fulton, and dipecial-
ly Watt and Stephenson, to direct and control
that elasticity, so as to constitue the most powei -
ful engine of modern times. Electro -magnetic
currents were in existence since the Creation, but
it was left for the matchless ingenuity of a Morse
to make them the couriers of our thoughts run-
ning to the remotest parts of the earth. , Thus
while Nature is in a sense unchangeable, Mind. is
elastic, susceptible of unlimited cultivation, 'The
teacher, -then, whose motto i " progress " will do
well to remember this tikes place in the mind,—
either his own or that of others., He should- put
forth every effort for the culture and enlargement
of those faeulties, whic-h seekto scan the arcana
of nature, and grapple with its subtle agency.
The question here suggests itself. what class of
studies most tend to the improvement of the
mind? Some contend with a great deal of plau-
sibility that of all sciences mathematics is the
best disciplinarian. The 1:oest metaphysicians on
Vie other hand contend (while good in proper
place) that they are too abstract. They recom-
mend logic and kindred studies. Viewing thus
the relation of mind to that state of things around
it, we can arrive at the proper idea of education.
It consists in leading the mind forth to acquire
and search after the truth. The mind of the
child is involved in itself ; its faculties are but
partly in exercise; many of them lie doridant.
The teacher whose own mind. is under cultival,
tion, aims at bringing all these into play. He an-
alyzes the child's lessons in Bach manner as to
give due exercise to each, and thus he leads him
by a slow but sure gradation, until the pupil has
the consciousness of being a man, mental and
moral. '
2. Master first principles. —A. great many cir-
cumstances seem to mihate against the teacher's
individual advancement; the routine of school
day life is tedious and monotonous. As sooni as
a pupil approaches the plane of teacher's acquire-
ments he leaves school; fresh scholars come; the
patient teacher has to lead them over the ord
well -beaten path, which the hundreds of their
predecessors trod. But mark, if the teacher be-
longs to our progressive class, even this ceaseless
ehange of papils is not without its advantages.
He has a fine opportunity of mastering first prin-
ciples. He who thoroughly knows the alphabet
can spell any word however long He who has
a clear conception of Euclid's Postulates and ax-
ioms, can 'easily solve his first problem. Geome-
try is an ingeniously contrived ladder, where
every round must be felt -beneath the feet ere we
can reach to the next. So it is with all real at-
tainments. Literary progress is never made by
forgetting the things which are behind. Place
two mos of equal natural abilitiesin college both
have passed over the same ground -work of study
--with this difference, the one has simply gone
through his course with a teacher, the other re-
viewed his course fifty times as a teacher. Now
what difference will characterize those two in the
future?, The one who taught what he learned
will not only make more rapid progress in his
higher course, but will be through life a more
thorough man. Itemember, teacher, that while
knowledge is the guide of practice, practice is the
nurse of knowledge. 'Tis not he who works out
a "sum in arithmetic, or reduces an equation in
Algebra with the most expertness, who is always
the best -mathematician.- He may be simply
working by rule, and the process may be to him
chiefly mechanical. His knowledge of the prin-
ciples on which these rules are constructed may
be little or nothing. He is therefore a --quack in
science. Such a teacher is off the track of real
advancement. Science will alWays be too steep a
hill for him to climb. A teacher iiiest walk him-
self in the light ere he can codamunicate light to
others. The known--well-known—is the summit
whereon to stand to look for the unknown.
3. Acquaint -yourselves with the most approv-
ed methods of communicating inscruction, i.e. the
methods adopted by the most distinguished edu-
cators. Your own plan may be very pod, but it
is more than probable it can be improved upon.
Remember that great menhave devoted' thei rtime.
and talents to the investigation of this most into
portant question. Read extensively any books
which may aid you in teaching, or in elucidating
what you teach. Familiarize yourself with the
various national school systems of civilized coun-
tries. The methods of teaching in our most po-
pular and leading schools and colleges, and from
such a course you can glean what will be of.much
practical benefit. Teachers' Associations and
Conventions are fine Mstitutions to give a fresh
impulse to progress. But for all we have said
you must not forget'you are an independent
teacher. You have to meet with local. peculiari-
ties and difficulties, and accommodate your me-
thod of teaching to the character - and wants of
your pupils. Besides, each mind has its own
tendency. , The method which ensures success to
one teacher, may prove inefficient in the hands of
another. islo two minds are cast in the, same
mould.Most commonly that plan which is most
congenial to the teacher's own mind is that which
will insure him success. Be original if you can.
4. Cultivate enthusiasm in your work. In a
world where there are so many chilling influences
to come in contact with . any laudable exertion,
enthusiasm is essential to success. Enthusiasm
is the child of love an energy. Love for our work
and energy to carry it on. All Engliah orator
gives Audubbn, the celebrated American Natur-
alist, as a beautiful illustration of enthusiasm.
He spent the major part of his life ill:preparing a
very valuable work on the birds of,America. He
followed these birds to their most rethotest haunts,
painted them from nature, lived inthe cane brakes
swamps, and prairies ; even among the red men,
exposed to all kinds of dangers, and simply to be-
come a complete Ornithologist,. IVIic-n he was in
Paris Collecting subscriptions for his new book,
his diary wis full of svretchedness—there was 110 -
thing in Paris for him; the only lnight dream he
had was when he saw the stock pigeons building
their nests in the Gardens of the -Tuilleries. "The
" broad streets, the magnificent palaces, the pic-
" tures of Louvre; these were all nothing to him,
"the stock pigtons everything. He carnet° Lon-
" don, he was equally dull there, not a single in-
"cident shows a comfortable frame of mind until
"he sees one day a flock of geese passing over the
city. He wrote in London a paper on birds,
"and he says, while I am writing I think I hear
the rustle of the wings of pigeons in the back-
" woods of America." The man' S soul was full of
birds, nothing but birds. He was willing to live
and die for birds. You see he had love for his
work and energy to carry it on. This kind of en-
thusiasm will ease teachiaig or any other profes-
sion from its often complained. drudgery. Teach-
ers, would you make real advancement in, your
profession,—throw around it a mantle of enthu-
siasm ; put into your work the love of a soul
thirsting after knowledge, and eager to communi-
cate it. A teacher *lse loves to teach will have
pupils wholove to study. Remember that a grain
of knowledge is worth more than an ounce of gold.
Ilewho adds his quota to science is a benefactor of
his race. He who thus enlarges the bounds of human
knowledge, and facilitates the communication
thereof to the youthful mind, is really the great
man. True aristocracy is that of the intel-
lect—the earnest thinker the student of the day.
Men of Family's stamp are the noble men of the
19th century. What is the empty titles, gew-
gaws, and tagraggery of knighthood in compari-
son to those who make their lives sublime by the
discovery of truth. Have then an intense love
for your work, then carry on that . work Iwith
that energy and perseverance which surm:ounts
every difficulty, and scorns defeat. Think long
and seriously over the words of the iminortal
=
Gothe, the brightest of German lights :—"The
"longer I live the more certain I am that the
" great difference between men, the great and
" the insignificant, is energy—invinsible deter-
" mination—an shonest purpose once fixed—and
"then the Victory. That quality (energy) will
"do anything that can be done in the world.;
"and no talents, no circumstantes, no opportu-
" nity will make _a two -legged creature a man•
without it,"—or take the remark of a; New York
milionarie'• 'No abilities, however splendid, can
command success without untiring labor and
"persevering application.”
Lastly. I cannot conclude without alluding to
what I consider fatal to the progress of our Ca-
nadian teachers, viz., making this profession a
stepping stone to some other calling: Year after
year Honk of our most promising teachers vacate
our schools for some lucrative or permanent avo-
cations. Our children are thus thrown under
the tuition of teachers possessing limited knowl-
edge and more limited experience. How cdn we
expect many progressive teachers -tinder this
state of affairs! Tree it is difficult to 'remedy
the evil at present. Our country is young, our
population fluctuating, and the finances of many
sections low.—Still an attempt should be made
by the true friends of education. A. partial re-
medy may perhaps be found, in raising the stand-
ard of examination, approximating it as much as
possible to the Normal School, and by raising the
salaries of efficient teachers. The system of 'hir-
ing teachers, year after year, at the lowest tend-
er, -irrespective 'of natural and acquired teaching
abilities and attainments, has proven ruinous to
the progress we are now advocating. Many
progressive teachers will not adorn our schools
until we are able to -secure for them competent
wages, liberal salaries and permanent situations,
thus making the 'profession of teaching one of
great worth, high standing and respectability. -
es • ee
NAPOLEON III.
BY R. SCOTT, BERNE.
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the thirds
:son of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, king of Hol-
land, and of Hortense Beauharnois, daughter of
the Empress Josephine, was liSrn in Paris in
1808. QueenHortense'n three sons were decreed
to be successors to the French throne in the
event of the death of the king of Roine.
The eldest, Napoleon Charles. who was brought
up by Napoleon I.. died in 1807'the second,
Nalioleon Louis, died at Forli, in 1831, leaving
Louis Napoleon as the sole survivor. In modern
history there are few examples of men who have
passed through greater changes of life than the
subject of this sketch. After the fall of Napole-
on I., Queen Hortense went into exile with her
two song; residing in different places on the Con-
tinent, but finally' repairing to Arenenburg, on
the banks of Lake Constance, in Switzerland;
where she remained until her death. There she
employed herself with the education of her sons,
of whom Louis Napoleon was most eager in the
pursuit of knowledge, and displayed a special like-
ing for military studies. When Louis Philippe
ascended. the throne in 1830, the two brothers
asked to be allowed to return to France, but were
refused. They next engaged in. a revolution in
Italy, hat their party was defeated, and the
brothers became fugitives. The eider -died of
fever at Frith, as already mentioned, and Louis
Napoleoh only escaped the Austrians by assuming
the disguise of a footman. For some time after
he occupied himself with military studies, and
the composition of treatises on politics ami war,
but, in the year 1836, considering the time for
action had arrived, he went to Kehl, on the
Rhine, opposite Strasburg, and, by tampering
with the garrison of the latter city, prepared to
hurl Louis Philippe from his throne. The at-
tempt proved a ridiculous failure,—the pretend-
er was taken prisoner by the volunteers of the
-city. The affair being regarded with contempt,
he was shipped off to the United States. There
he remained but a short time ; for, hearing that
his mother was dangerously ill, he returned to
Arenenburg, in defiance of the French Govern-
ment. His mother died shortly after his arrival.
To prevent a war between France and Switzer-
land on his account, Louis Napoleon quitted the
latter country for England, in 1837, where he
-
led the life of a fashionable lounger till 1840. - In
that year he resolved to Make another attempt
to subvert the government of LOUii
Hiring a steamer, collecting a number of disaf-
fected Frenchmen, and providing himself with a
tame eagle and a carved and gilded effigy of the
same emblem,—his most powerful- weapons—the
bold adventurer steamed from Margate, and.
landed at Boulogne. He presented himself to
the officers, displayed his wooden eagle and set
free the living bird. ; but the soldiers refused to
listen to him, and the eagle could not be persuad-
ed to soar aloft and perch upon the top of the
Napoleon column. In attempting to regain his
steamer, the baffled conspirator was captured
after shooting a French soldier who tried to op-
pose his retreat. For this ridiculous affair he
-was condemned to perpetual imprisonment, and
con6ned-in the castle of Ham, whence he contriv-
ed to make his escape in the disguise or a work-
man, in 1846. He reached London in safety,
and continued to reside there till 1848, at which
time the Republic permitted his return to France
with the other members of the Benaparte family.
Subsequently, with Cavaignac aud Ledru Rollin,
he .put • himself in nomination for erection as
President of the Republic, and was voted to that
office by an overwhelinning majority. At the
close of the year 1851, he destroyed the last vest -
age of French liberty, by the fan -Anis coup d' etat,,
and contrived to secure his election, not for four,.
butsfor ten years; and after an appeal to uni-
versal suffrage, he became Emperor, in December
1852. Jn the following year he married Eugenie, ,1
Countess de Teba, who bore him a son. Since I
then the principal events of his life' are : " His I
alliance with England in the struggle with Rus-
sia, terminated by the fall of Sebastopol and the ,
Treaty of Paris M 1856, the two attempts made
upon his life : the first by Pianori, and. the sec-
ond by Count Orsini and others'in 1858 ; his al-
liance with Sardinia, against Austria, lin 1859,
brought to a close by the Treaty of Villafranca„
by which Lombardy was given up to France, and
by France, ceded to Saidinia, Austria retaining
possession of Venetia.; and, lastly., the present
great war with Prussia,. the particulars of which
.are. known to all, and which bids fair to become.;
"the last scene of all that ends this strange
eventful history."
The declaration of war with Prussia is one of
the worst acts of Louis Napoleon's stormy and
vicious, career. It can only be regarded as a
wanton destruction, of human life. It is true
that the rapid manner in which the government
has slipped through .his fingers since his first re-
-
verse, proves that he was Emperor of the French
merely m name, and that war, though at best a
dangerous game, was perhaps the safest eternal
tive.- But no purely selfish reason can justify the
shedding of human blood. The taking of life to
serve a private end constitutes the crime of mur-
; and Louis Napoleon, therefore, stands con-
victed of that crime before God and man. He
has displayed, in all his political acts, the char-
acter cf a heartless, perfidious schemer. He re-
gards human life only as a means for his advance-
ment or an obstacle in hi 3 progress. He sub-
scribes to the false doctrine of his uncle, who
said :—"There are two levers for moving men :
interest and fear. Love is a silly infatuation,
depend upon it, and friendship is but a name."
False-hearted, destitute of principle, Louis Na-
poleon is reticent, because he is suspicious of oth-
ers, he is suspicious because he is perfidious,
But 'history has taught the lieson that to ignore
the eternal principles of truth and justice, • and
regard mankind onlyas food for the voracious
maw of ambition, as these Corsican birds of prey
have done, is not the way to permanent success.
There is a St. Helena in the lives of all -such. men.
And now, Louis ,,Napoleon, -tossed about like a
shattlired wreck, I y the raging elements he has
evoked, and surro iided. by the pitiful evidences
of, the wide rrnnl and desolation he has caused,
rushes helplessly nward to the rock of his doom,
amid the groans of dying thousands, and followed
by the deep curses of the whole civilized world.
VARIETIES.;
A man behind the times should- be fed exclu-'
sively On ketch -up.
What animal could have dispensed with the
ark?—Why the dog, to be sure, might have set
up a bark.
"I have a great love for old hymns," said. a
pretty girl to her Masculine companioh. "I am
much fonder -of -young hers," was his reply.
' A Boston lady's pins, when she is fully dress;
ed, number three hundred.
'The voice of nature is the only voice -that
cannot speak blasphemy.
Modesty in a woman is like color in her ckeek
—decidedly becoming if not put en.
"A man can't help what is done behind his
back," as the scamp said when he was kicked out
of doors.
There is jist this difference between a tole and
a hen—the fule cackles before, and the hen not
till after the egg is laid. --Josh
In Hebi.on oa the grave of Ilia. I3uel, is this
peculiar verse:
Dear as -thou art and justly dear
We will not weep .for thee;
One thought shall check the falling tear,
It is that I am free.
A young Californian went to sleep, leaving his
candle in the bunghole of a powder -keg, He was
picked. up in the morning all over the house.
A tombstone M a Maine graveyard, erected to
the memoryof his wife, bears this inscription ;
"Tears cannot restore thee.; therefore I weep."
The perfection of wisdom and the end of true
philosophy is to proportion our wants, Our pos-
sessions, our ambition k our capacities.
A woman called at a grocer's, and asked for a
quart of vinegar. . It was measured out and put
in a gallon jug. She then asked for another
quart to be pat in the same vessel. "And why
not ask for a half gallon; and done with it?" nn..
patiently asked the grocer. " Och, bless yer
sowl" answered. Bridget, knowingly, isn't it for
two I want, it."
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A man lost his wife ; his neighbors called to of-
fer him consolation, and he came into the house
covered with dirt and - Water. " Why, Mr'
Brown, what have you bean doing'' . "Why,
my wife dying made it a broken day, so I thought
I Would clean out the well." Another, a town -
crier, couldn't " cry" because his' wife was dead.
Another barbarian had inaeribed on his wife's
tombstone, "Tears will not *store her, therefore
I weep." A man lost his wife, and had a stone
erected over her grave. He married. a second
wife ; when she died he had the grave stone
split, and It thus served for the two departed&
He propose:1 to a third; but she declined the -of- :
fer with the remark, " I do not believe that stone
will split agoin."
All girls Who would be happy wises, and. be-
loved and respecte& mothers, be real, be earnest
in everything; let your principles be true, toler-
ate no sham, and the superstructure you shall
build thereon sh-all be animate with your spirit,
when you have laid down this life and taken up
lifecehogethninile,a with the exclamation, "Boy,
renewed existence in another world. In marriage
who would not rather take to his heart a reason -
but that of •-uprightnesa, having reliant faith lov-
ing sympathy, and active usefulness as the only
weapons for the daily warfare of crosses, perplex-
ities, and endurances, rather than a flippant, idle
ignorant girl, who sooner than help her mother to
lighten her burden of care and anxiety, is joat the
make -weight to pull her to the earth, and to keep.
her there, for the mother' silently thinks, " Who .
will marry her ?"
miniseences of America;„; by two Englishmen,"
the country, and what they heard in the streets.
As instanoes of the ""hyperbole" of the country
large trees of the 'Yosemite Valley, one said, "it
took two men any a boy to see to the top of them."
One being asked by a friend if he elm a certain
mosquito on the weather vane of the State
House (?) at StLouis, answered, "Yes, I see it
ing his school -fellows as they snow -balled an old
gentleman's windows. The old gentleman rush-
ed of his house, determiue.d, if possible, to hi-
flict some severe corporal punishment on the of-
fender, sayfitg, when he caught the boy, "Now,
you rascal, I'll thrash you 'within an inch of your
i
reason-
ing, thinking spirit, tolerating no self -influence
rippled through the country, 'what they sasv in
they record the .followinq :—In deicribing the
-
winking." A third, in describins the prices of
fares- are so high that the Falls are insignificant
" Re,
which deseribes the manner in which the twain
carriages at Niagrra, asserted thlt the "hack
by comparison." Another story is related, with
the appearance of truth, of a boy who was watch -
AMERICAN HYPERBOLE; --A natty little book
has just come over from London, entitled
! b" 0 v . Ainimecoreddiinagtleylyhecbomegma,nenteoedbeat laughing,il ilwmh, altvhaer andne
'
mitil the old gentleman Ftopped beat -
you laughing at ?''' ,, weal" said the boy„ "I'm
langhing because you are awfully sold : 1 ain't
the boy I '—EDITOR'S DRAWER, in IlaKper's Ma-
gazine for September.
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