Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-02

the destinies Of nations. She rules tne
court, incites to deeds Of glory and Feno~n'
and swelIs the hearts and gives stimulus
and energy to the minds of the ~arF'or'
the patriot, and the philosopher What
can nerve the arm, and give vigor, buoy
ancy, and animation to the heart Of the
patriot soldier like the approving smiles
of womani What can still the heavings
of a distressed bosom, and give happiness
and pleasure to US pilgrims IN this vale Of
tears, but the intellectual society Of lovely
woman7 Well hath the poet said
"'Tis Woman steels our hearts in war,
And cheers Us when the battles o'eE-"
But woman has a still higher destiny
to fulfill: what but her soothing and ami
able manners can curb and regulate the
sterner and more boislerous passions OF
MANI Her soothing voice, and mild and
virtuous manners, animate Us 10 deeds Of
philanthropy and love, and gently lead Us
from the rudeness, vice, and violence OF
our sterner natures, 10 the calm eoniem-
plaiion OF virtue and goodness Wei
hath the bard of the Seasons described the
high destiny for which oman vas created,
when he says
To rear their graces into second life,
To give society its highest taste,
To raise the glory, animate the JOYS.
And sweeten all the tolls Of animated his:
This be the female dignity and praise
When woman exerts such an influence,
and sways such powerful scePtre over
the moral aspect of our country, il well
becomes us 10 use our most earnest endea-
vars to promote their mental training in
schools of a purely scientific character.
Such believe is our Female Institution al
this place. think no one present al the
Examination will hesitate in saying that
teachers and pupils both deserve great Gre
dit for the manner in which the exercises
were conducted and performed ~whethsr
we viewed the little youth Of 6 or years
lisping the various exercises in spelling,
reading and grammar; or whether We lis
tened TO the more profound dispositions OF
those ofriper years in the branches OF phi
Iosophy, history, logic, chemistry, as;rOno-
my-we were equally graii6ed and delight
ed. The parents of those little ones who
displayed such ready knowledge OF his,o-
ry, geography, and grammar, mus. have
been truly grateful for the manner in which
the teachers had "reared their tender
thoughts - whilst we followed the more
advanced pupils through their more pro
found studies, going hand in hand As il
were with Cook, Parry, and Ross IN
geography with Goldsmith, Gibboa,
and a Roilin IN history or soaring through
the arcana OF Nature with Davy, a Frank
lin, a Newton, a HeFsehell, and Lariner,
we were not only delighted, but almost
enchanted with the truly scientific manner
in which that knowledge had been impart-
ed to them by their scientific and accom-
plished teachers.
/ need scarcely allude TO the Musical ex-
ercises, for think the harmonious strains
ef the young ladies accompanying the sou
shining notes of the pial4o, 60 vet ringing
with delighting melody on the ears Of hun
dreds who were present. The Professor
of Music IS known 10 be one OF the moss
accomplished masters of that divine art in
the State, and the pupils done him homer
and credit. Yours, in haste,
EPSILON.
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AT meeting of PytkagoriIH Lodge,
No. Is, of Free and Accepted Masons. a
H. H.. - Nj