New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-31
For The Tribune.
New Years Lesson.

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interest 10 sportive Childhood upon whose bro"
Care hath not pressed its iron hand, nor even
Taous scarce left trace. Ii is full OF interest 10
The throbbing bosom of Youth, whose vivid imagn
alton silds the Future with its own rainbow hues
and suews the path of Life with rich and fragrant
flowers is full OF interest 10 The calm reflection
ofAiiddle Age which, spite OF efforts TO be gay and
labored attempts 10 enjoy over again the buoyant
season Of Youth, finds a, least sogle painful renn
iscences Of The Past and gray and dusky visions oil
the Future, every low and then obtrudng them
selves on the sight. tits full of interest, OF solemn
interest 100, TO that fair being confined to sick
chamber She is not merely shut out frem ENJOY
ing the pleasures of the day, but the unnatural rose
on her cheek, the unearthly brlliancy of her eye
the a!tering step, and feeble voice, al! indicate, IN
language which even delusive Hope cannot render
ambiguous that this is her last New Year; that like
flower, whose leaves are scattered by the winds,
she must pass away from beloved friends and bill
liant prospects, must leave, almost untass, the cup
of earthly happiness, and look OILY &c anoiher life
for the perfection of her being, the sphere where she
NAV wear the bloom Of Immortal youth =
It's full OF interest 10 the Young Mother, who
counts the long list OF years that must pass before
her smiling infant will stand on Lies busy stage,
man. 1t is full Of interest 10 Enanys Business Man.
who in balancing his accounts, hads he has made
little advance in the great business oil securing the
fortune 10 which he aspiIcs, and for which he has
,oed and planned with unceasiDg care. Ii Is iuil.
OF interest 10 Old Age, standing on the verge Of
Time, before whom is spread out, especially onthis
day, the record of the Past. In the retrospect,
how precious appear the moments Of Life; how
| I'll hat-o haaT,
its months and years. How 10 the great end OF ex-
isience by many banished from thought, lis author
dshonored; liz daily, hourly blessings ardently de-
sired, and it may be, richly enjoyed, without one
emotion of devout gratitude or any proper feeling
Of obligation TO the Giyer.
But this is day peculiarly full of Interest to
those who seek permanent happiness. Ii IS high
eminence from which 10 look, not only over the Yeas
that are for ever past but also the boundless Ia
ture, with all its realities From this eminence, II
we look steadily forward, re shall see two distinct
avenues infinitely divergiDg in The distance. The
one, broad and crowded, is filled with every thing
that can captivate the senses; bat its flowers con-
ceal babed lhons, and lis tempting FRUITS delicious
| to the appetite, contain slow and deadly poison
| that often drinks up the spirits, and fills the heart
with unutterable pain. The other seems ct first
view narrow and beset with difficulties but on en-
trance it is seen 10 abound with transparent streaDs
and with trees whose fruits are ever grateful, ami
whose unwilheripg leaves possess healing and invg
Grating Qualities suited 20 Immortal natures.
The kind Monitor withiu urges, specially to day,
to the pursuit, henceorh, of enduring good, and 10
| the immediate practice of whatever seit-denial may
b. necessary to secure The highest happiness. il
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and honor. and blessedness, which assiniiate nun
30 bic Makcr, and ahicil shall endure when me
earth and heavens shail have passed away. a. d..
DIR. Reese and the Common Schools A gain.
To the Editor of The tribune:
In communication from me in reference TO Com
mon Schools, which appeared in your paper few
DAYS ago, | find the following passage:
Reading the Bible The Schools so iaT a. the mere
powers with which the Superintendent invested Make ab
resi- is purely of religion Equally mntiet ap
pertaining religion and the rights OF conscience secured TO
pl gfSaS Rs
9eyod 1 SDg e4 Lsf af o ih sor
Reese portion Of has duy Tor no reason that we
to disturb the harmony of the community and thwa the best
interests of what all dese-the general Education OF the
masses.
Doctor Reese, in his reply Of the 9th, contends
thatiniustice has been done him, and quotes zone
nsragrsph in which the following language is used:'
ITO nudge of the special version OF the Bible to be used
the schools which think entirely beyond the province OF the
Superintendent OF Common schools IS precisely aa excg,
sively that on winch poc'o' heese H''s No p0io" Vi i
| request YOU, Mr. Edter TO ook over the e1-
tract given above and youwill find the words quoted
by the learned Doctor garfield should rather say,
marked in Italics Now, sir, by following the marks
of Italics YOU will see how the Doctor picked up
and picked out his quotation. You will see also
that there is not word in it which the conscien-
tious Doctor could not swear on the Bible TO have
been found in mine. But / will ask, is not such
garblipg and especially in the official guardian of
| education scandalous7 Was it not little bold in
the Doctor to make such an experiment by giving
as a continuous quotation words selected from DIFF
fsreDr parts and wrought up as if they followed
each other But l shall not press ths matter.
Every man who has eyes 10 read and compare will
be able to form his own judgment.
The Doctor proclaims in the other portion OF his
| communication that all versions of the Holy Scrip
| ture are alike 10 him. This is astounding avow-
| al If the Legislature meant any thing, ii meant
| the Holy Scriptures which genuine, and not
those which by false translation are spurious.
| But the Superintendent OF Common Schools, &C
cording to his own statement VIII De as wen Pleased
with the spurious as with the genuine. linus YER
siops that are contradictory of each other will be
equally welcome in the schools under his superin-
tendence, whilst The use Of these contradictory
sions if it have any effect at all will have the effect
ONLY TO bring general discredit and disbelief into
the minds of youth, in regard to those Holy Scrip
lures, for which the Superintendent shows so much
| incongruous and inconsistent zeal. 4 TEACHER.
TENDER MERcIEs OF NIcHoLAs.-At a meet
ing which took place in London on Wednesday,
of the committee appointed 10 superintend the
preparations for the approaching Polish ball, Lord
Dudley Stuart alluded to most etrocious recent
instance of Russian cruelty. He stated that
about two months age Polish clergyman, of
unimpeachable character and exemplary piety,
having yentured to proceed from Prussia into
that part of Poland now under Russia, was imme-
dintey seized, and condemned 10 receive $50
lashes from the knoui. Russia boasts that she
has no capital punishmenls; but the knout' Sc