Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-05

as is said here, the statue of Napoleon, in iriumphal car drawn by four horses.- The horses, which were of Bronze, were part of the spells of conquest, having been taken by Napoleon from the great square of Sts Marc, at Venice, and as if they were identified with the history of the transfer of power, had originally adorned the tri- unphal arch of Nero at Rome. The sad reverses of 1914 brought in turn the spolia- ton of this insulting moment; the groups illustrative of NapoleOn's victories were removed His statns and car of victory were con,umeliously hurled from the sum- init, the holses were restored to Austria, among her recaptured spells, and in 1928 their place was supplied by a car of victo- ry drawn by horses made after the models of those which were lost, and figure em- blematic efthe Restoration. Itremainsto be added that the triumphal arch was again made to correspond to the temper ofthe times, after the revolution of 1880. The representation of Napoleon's victories was restored, and the Genius of the Res- toration was made to give place in the car to the Goddess of Victory. Thus com pleted, it is presumed that whatever may be the changes which the Tuilleres ''are heir to-" this beautiful monument will be permitted to remain an appropriate en- trance to tho palace, and proud monument of the glory of French arms.
 Insu5ordination-Bad Compony.-Ha- bits of insubordination at home, and the company of bad boys abroad, are the two great sources of evil, which undo so much of what moral and religious instructions would otherwise effect. The current of parental interest is setting towards instruc- ton to such an extent, as to overrate alto- gether its power-and the immense injury which comes in from such sources as bad company and insmbordination, is overlook ed. and forgotten. What folly, to think that boy can play with the profane, im- pure. passionate boys which herd in the streets, six days in week, and have the stains all wiped away by being compelled to learn his Sunday school lesson on the seventh, or that children who make the ] kitchen or the nursery scenes of riot and noise. from the age of three to eight years, ] will be prepared for any thing in after life, but to carry the spirit of insubordination and riot wherever they may go. No; children should be taught, most certainly but they must also be taken care off, They must be governed at home, and he kept from contamina,ing influence from a. broad, or ahey arc ruined. ,Ifparents ask how we shall make our children obey, we l answer in the easiest and pleasantest way you can, but at all events make them obey. If you ask how we shall keep our boys from bad company, we answer too in the l easiest and pleasantest way you possibly can, but at all events keep them out of the streets. The alternative, it seems to us, is ] as clear and decided as any which circum- stances ever made up for man---yon must govern your children and keep them away from the contamination of vice, or you must expect to spend your old age in mour- ming oyer the ruins of your family.
 "Make crusade against ignorance" is an emphatic exclamation uttered by Jefler- son. How shall this be made :? By whom carried on? IL mus, be made by efficient and energetic management in the common schools of this country, regardless of that
 pa rsimonous standard of merit which
 weighs the qualifications and capacities of : public teachers by dollars and cents. It
 should be made by parents exacting the
 prompt attendance of every child at school
 aided by parentaf assiduity at home which assists the development of the young in-
 tellec. and cGltivates its growth by the ap-
 plication of practical learning and intelfi- gence. The mind of inc parent should
 reflect in its acquired light upon the under standing of the child, and blend tl,e instruc- ton of mature life with the aptness and in- tuilive curiosity of early years. \ There are hundreds and thousands of old and young, those in middle life and those who have come to Hsaiuriiy, who spend weeks in unpardonable idleness, and days in miserable iRaetion, which should be sacredly devoted to the acquisition of know ledge, to the cultivation ofthe human mind. How many splendid, intellects are surrounded by worthless dross, which edu- cation would disinter and bring to light!
 How many powerful minds lie hid in the obscuri,y of ignorance which personal ef-
 fort and mental exertion would disclose to the world How many intellectual lights there are in every community, which only need the vivifying aid of education to make them shine out among us like "particular 1 stars"
 Strange it is that there is such laMcn. l lI ,.f Il -Al u