Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-05-02

| AccoMrLrsHMENTs.-Itis the grand defect of
the science of female education in this country that
II is too much the science of mere betaCiOr. 1t aims
too much at mere accomplishments, neglects that
which is asngly useful, & tends to produce heart
less, artificial character Ii is there endless
''ologies" in which the ladies delight; plenty
of arts and sciences which fashion insists they must
be taught and Of dialect which they love to patter
but 1t IS for show, not for service, fear, that
these things are learned. With all our respect for
them we must say we deem the moulding of the
heart, the education Of the character to be infinite
Iy more important. The mothers of the most cele-
brated men have been far more remarkable for
strength of character than for genius requirement
IA strength of character which is not incompatible
with feminine softness of feeling. This education
of character does not at all preclude intellectual ed
ucation we only ask that women should learn to
use their minds well as their memories, and the
heart keep up that communication with the head
which in modern bellies is as irregular as the trans
mission of the mas.'
All systems however, by which young women
are taught to move their mbsaccording to the rule
or art, to enter room with a studied diffidence,
and to seat themselves in chair with measured
action aud studied grace, should be utterly expoded
Tor they are only calculated to keep perpetualy to
their minds the degrading idea that they are pre-
pairing for the great market of the world Real pro-
priety OF demeanor springs only from the mind
fashionable schools teach but lis counterfeit, while
they forbid 10 be ingenious. In such places tho
vi iSSpSHt Ill SettiIp Ilu Oh Ndtur6,
and In the requirement of aTiifice, ill the heart
and mind are no more like that for which they were
at sct'in:onded, than the tree y5,ch some laborous
cit has trained into the shape Of peacock is like
that which has grown up in all the vigorous luxuri-
ance OF It's native forest. Some minds there are by
nature so strong and elastic as rebound from the
pressure of such education into the region of nat
ura enthusiasm and innocent true heartedness, bur
the mass are so moulded that they are but PASTE
board, whale-bone, and buckram things, creatures
of pufiery and artice, whose every word look and
act, every thing they do, is but trick of custom
We'll has 1t been said of one who ''finished her ed
ucation" at such an establishment, that "when she
marries, her days of happiness are gone"
The transient ornaments Of youth pass away, and
no solid attainment remains TO supply their place.
Neglected time returns to take long years of ven
geance for the hours that have been lost She has
learned nothing, she knows nothing, and she is
nothing. In the meantime her husband wakes to
see the truth he may not use her i'll, he may not
reproach her. but he may and must regard her us
an insect buzzing over his path. adding nothing to
his happiness, sometimes hardly attracting his no.
iice. never admitting her counsellor in his plans
often mortified when they go into company, and
never amused, or interested, in tie least degree,
when they are left alone. They are paired, not
matched they endure life; they never enjoyed it,
The parlor OF such is as cold and as ioyless
as sepulchre. She is dependent wholly on com
pany. She has no home. She passes her days in
exile Yankee Blade.