Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-16
ALEXANDRIA, ID. co.
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY Is. 1888.
FEMALE EDUCATION.

QuenceS OF educatlOn anu letteIS, nave al IenStn
elevated the female sex to that rank and station
in society which are properly due to loneliness.
excellence. and virtue. We may we'll rejoice
that We live in an age when such result has
been contaminated, and when We daily aud hour
" experience its effects, in our own persons, in
our families, in those around Us, aud in .oci.
ETY. generally. Woman is now no longer the
mere slave Of man-subject to his whims and Ca
prices, and made to be inferior to him, in mental
requirements as well as physical abilities. Nor
i, she now in the condition in which she was pa
ced during the age Of chivalry. however superior
that may be reckoned to the other situation of
which we have spoken. All this has passed
away, and we have new era dawnins upon US.
foil of brightness and promise to that most inter.
esting portion Of the human family, on whom are
conferred 50 many of our hopes and cares. and far
the larger portion of our affections. The female
sex is now regarded as deserving Of more than
ordinary share Of attention. and as pre.eminentiy
entitled to all the aids of Education which it is
in our power to bestow. Destined to be our com
panions, and not our slaves--lhe partners Of our
joys, and not the mere subjects of our WILTSHIRE
almoners Of life's comforts aud the assuagers Of
the griefs incident to our natures--it does. in
deed, become a matter of passing interest with
US, that they should be SO trained and nurtured
in their youth, as to realize all our fond expecta
tons, and be, in truth, what we know they were
intended to be-
s'Heaven's last best rif to man."
The subject of female education is one which
has often engaged US, bee ause we delight to dwell
upon what is so attractive. There is in it all
that can enlist the noble, manly and good feel
ings of our nature. II is study for the most
ph,osophic mind. never wearisome. but always
foil OF fresh and delightful associations and re-
Elections. Nothing can be more pleasing to
refined and virtuous disposition than The contem-
pa,ion Of the progressive Improvement and in.
creasing knowledge Of the female sex.
We believe that for the most part liberal and
correct system Of female education prevails in
this country; aud, although there may be 'ns'an'
ces where the bullion of useful learning is not
valued as highly as the gtterlns baubles of fash.
ion aud its mpIishments, yet these are rather
exceptions to the general rule, than otherwise.
1t is for the instructors of our daughters to re-
member, that those ueder their care are soon to
be wives aud mothers-to take their stations as
| the heads of families, over which they must PFC.
side with dignity, moderation. and senteness-
and that. hence, there are qualifications and re.
uulsi,es far, far, more important for them to OBJ
tam. than the mere polish Of fashionable educa.
ton. Let this truth ever be impressed upon the
minds Of the young Of the other sex. They will
be valued. admired. loved and cherished, here.
after, BY their natural protectors, not in proper
ZION TO their skill 10 the ALTERATIONS that sometimes
prevail in society, but just as they are possessed
of the hon,ety virtues of gond sense-true po-
Observation-Disclosures Of temper, and those other
traits Of character which so much adorn wO.
man, even when she has lost the charms of youth
and beauty.
But let Us not be understood as objecting to
the introduction Of mpLshments into the rou.
tine of female education These, properly re-
ce,ye ed, are the ornaments of the mind. more en-.
during and more fascinating, too. than the aids
which art gives to nature in arranging the out.
ward apparel. The sterpest of the "heaveny
Nine" might no, disdain to be accompanied BY
either Of the Graces. 1t is these which complete
and perfec the female character, making it all
that we could desire it to be, and all which we
would wish to have.
The Court Of Appeals Of the Western Shore
Of Maryland adjourned on Friday last, to meet
again in November. We learn from the Anna
polls Republican that the decision Of the Orphans
Court Of Baltimore County, IN the case of the
will Of Charles Carroll, Of Carrollton, has been
confirmed by the Court Of Appeals.
Cargo Of Hid animals The ship Triton,
Capt. Morrill,. arrived at Boston, from the Cape
Of Good Hone. has on board two lions, two ny.