The New York herald., 1845-08-25

formation. He would like hundreds of Others have been
bly, and WELL but never executing. No great reform
deed has ever been done by such The break
ing down Of combativeness and other similar organs,
makes Of men mere milk sops, and chicken-hearted-
ts have been broken down. The highest spirited horse
is the most docile i properly trained Break down the
and instead of benefactor to his race maefactor2
The good children should always be overtop
with good. supercede evil in the mind of the young
and the Prince Of Peace takes possession Those who
cast out devils through Beelzebub the prince Of devils
There is precocity and late development in the human
race-from neither of which has the world receiv
ed any benefit. | have much fruit to
from very early or very late gardens The frost soon
nips them Zera Colburn was great ncarnated multi
plcation tabe but Rufus Coburn was arithmetic of
himself
The Address listened to by about 500 Of our
intelligent citizens, and their almost breathess at
tenon during its.delivery showed they enjoying
great intellectual treat. ask Mr.. Mann's pardon for
not doing his effort better justice but the fact s what
notes took, written my knees, it being crime
in this section to furnish any for reporters
papers this city do not pretend to have such
animals attached to them because they cost little
This morning, at o'clock the following officers were
chosen ss sss.sorgs "a ias so1s,'B Emerson Boston
For piee Presidents-Daniel Kimbail Needham Mass,
Gideon f Thaysr Boston, Jacob Aeoott New New k;O YORK
bury. Providence R. l.; Eipha White Johns Island; s
G., Samuel Pettes Boston Nehemiah Cleveland; Brook
lyn, N. Y; Denison Omsted New Haven, Conn; Benin
Greeneaf Bradford, Mass; John A. Shaw, New Orleans;
Frederic Emerson, Boston; stephen G Phillips Salem
Medford Mass David Choate Essex, Mass William B.
Fowle, Boston; Cyrus Ma. on, New York; j. H Agnew,
Newark, NJ j.; Calvin f. Stowe, Walnut Hills Ohio; So
lomon Adams, Boston; Thomas Sherwin, Boston; Emory
Washburn Worcester Mass: Henry Barnard I'd, Hart
Roxbury, Mass; Jason Whitman Lexington, Mass; Asa
Cummings Portland Me-. b. D. Sanborn, Hanover N
| HI Z. A. Andrews, New Britain, Conn.
For Recording Secretary.-Wm A. Shepard, Boston,
| Mass.
For Corresponding secretaries-Charles Brooks, and
| For Treasurer William d. Ticknor, Boston
| For Curators-Josah +. Bumstead, Nathan Metcalf
and Samuel s. Greene, Boston
| For 0emsors.-Charles X. Dillaway, Roxbury, Mass
William J. Adams, Joseph Hale Abbot, Boston
For Counssuors.-Alfred Greenleaf, Brooklyn, NJ ";
Nathan Bishop, Providence r. Il Luther Robinson, Bos-
ton; Oliver Carlton, Salem, Mass; Thomas Greene.
New Bedford Mass; Abraham Andrews, Boston; saml
| port, Mass; William D. Swan, Barnum Field, Boston;
Charles Northend Salem Mass; Joseph Hale. Boston
The institute viii remain in session Sunday except
| ed) until Wednesday morning. You will hear again
| from me.
We had yesterday and day before some heavy and
powerful showers which have caused the grass to start
up anew and regain its lost greenness May we speedily
have many more such.
Mr.. M. dwelt long and powerfully the abuse prac
by teachers in breaking down the spirits of their
pupils through fear He would subjugate wha. bad
He would place fear among the last and lowest appan
ces The mind must be excited to action, to produce
growth. When teacher does not command the atten
The fountain Of maternal love- for existence of her
child, never dies. Time and faith must wreste with
| them With what vigls and watchings does she bend
over her child during sickness of the body She takes
note whatever of outdoor tansactions-not even of
the downfall of nations Yet all this is only for the
breath in the nostrs Then with what wachngs should
she watch the spiritual and mental thirsngs OF tna un
wbo bear While the mind Continues
child is utterly lost New and farther growth may
| cause the expulsion Of the bad habits and vices
NEWPORT, August Goth, ls45.
! Grand Fancy BaH-Spiendid Costumes = Youth,
| Beauty end Elegance.
For several days past the gay throngs Of this most
delightful of all watering places have been in per-
eect fever of excitement. Every where might be
seen eager faces grouped together, in confidential
parey, or anxiously hurrying to and fro, evidently
Intent upon some unusually important object. These
symptoms might have been supposed, by the unini
tated observer, to be connected with the recent in
telligence of the declaration Of the expected war.
But far more absorbing topic than that of the
march Of armies, or the possible results of warfare
was on the carpet. These portentous signs denoted
an approaching epoch in the reign of fashion. A
grand fancy ball had been announced, and all New
port resounded with the notes of preparation. Every
shop ransacked, and each available article of gor-
geous dye and brilliant hue has been put in requsi
| tlon-tailors and manua- makers have been "per-
picked in the extreme" with muifarious orders for
| strange apparel and each package express comes
freghted with the richest materials of decoration
The hrob of anxiety and the flush OF expectation
visible in many beaming face, as failure success
result from the unintermtted search for costumes.
| The strong barriers Of "caste" are tor the moment
broken through, and community OF purpose engen-
ders sympathy OF feeling and promotes social in
tercourse among those who before were strangers.
| The pleasing cares of preparatory arrangement are
at length over, and the curtain Is about to rise upon
one OF the most imposing spectaces which the halls
| of fashion can exhibit Beauty and manly grace are
IN their little the ChOlcest cOOrs
| and the most becoming or extravagant forms which
the whlms or taste OF ages have invented But bark!
The music strain OF summons is heard-the long ex-
pected moment has arrived and the ball room Is al
ready filled almost to suffocatlon il not that
| the window frames have been taken out, and the
spacious verandah converted into supper room.
Shall we enter? Although unprovlded with cos
tunes, our recent arrival will procure for us spe-
| cia dispensaton from the general rule. Gaze
around Are you not dazzled and drunk with beauty
We have trod the stately halls Of Europe and beheld the
noblet forms Of her best but never have wit
messed more brilliant company than this Bewildered
by the infinite variety of color and Of FORM is at first
impossible to note anything beyond the general effect
Othe many hundreds present. no two are habted alike
ing cline il tiy represented The of all ranks
from the Prince to the peasant Of almost every age OF
s e. the ss Io9s
XIV the brilliant era Of Queen Anne, the quondam
magnifcence Of Spain, all brought to mind by the
fashions Of their respective periods The Red Man OF
America, the FIRE worshipper of the East, Russians,
Turks, Albanians bandits, Italian fishermen Egyptian
costume and character, swell the glerng panorama.
The proud and sublimated Celestial has degned to wit
ness the barbarian costumes of the west and even the
| Devil himself has forsaken his burning throne.
But our eyes are becoming accustomedto to the unwont
ed scene and may venture to gaze more closely
upon Of the individual forms Of beauty which make
up this splendid array. friend familiar with many OF
the fair faces around is fortunately at elbow to act
as our kind Asmodeus of the moment. What queenly
form is that which in stately elegance by the side
of yonder remarkable looking man Is she not perfect
specimen of handsome woman Her form Is almost
too regal for that oriental costumebeauful though II
bethat is Mrs. c. of Baltimore. and her companion s
the dress of a gentleman of her Britannia Msjestys
household And yonder beautiful houri who would
certainly create great sensation IN Manome.s para
l I-- L.. dad m fashlOn-her