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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20
why j. Education Nece>sary.

Why is educataon needed at all! Why
does not the child grow spontaneously
into moral human being? Why should
it be requisite to curb this propensity,
stimulate the other sentiment, ana by ar
tifcial aids mould the mind into some
thing different from what it would of it.
self become! Is not there, then, an an
omalay in Nature! Throughout the rest
of creation we find the seed and the
embryo attaining to perfect maturity
without external aid. Drop an acorn
into the ground, and it will in time be-
come a healthy oak without either prun-
ing or training. The einsectpasses through
its several transform ations and arrives at
its final form, possessed of every Deedfu
capacity and instinct. No coercion is
needed to make the young bird or quad
ruped adopt the habits proper to its future
life. It's character, like its body spon-
taneously assumes complete fitness for
the part it has to play in the world
How happens it, then, that the human
mind tends to develop itself wrongly
Must there not be some exceptional cause
for this! Manifestly; and if so, true
theory Of education must recognize this
cause.
1t is an indisputable fact, that the NOR.
al constitution which fitted man for his
original predatory state, differs from the
one needed to fit him for his social state
to which the multiplication of the race
has left him. In the foregoing part of
our inquiry, it was shown that the law of
adaptation is effecting transition from the
one constitution to the other. Living,
then, as we do, in the midst of this trans
ition, we must expect to find sundry
phenomena which are expicable only up
on the hypothesis that humanity is atpre-
sent partially adapted to both these states
and not completely to either-has only in
degree lost the disposion needed for
savage life, and has but imperfectly ac-
quired those needed for social life. The
anomaly just specified is one of these.
The tendency of each pew generation to
develop itself wrongly, indicates the de-
gree of modification that has yet to take
place. Those respects in which he is ta-
king after the aboriginal man.
The selfish squables of the nursey, the
prosecutions of the play ground, the "
ings and petty thefts, the rough treat
ment of inferior creatures, the propensity
to destroy-all these imply that tendency
to pursue qualification at the expense of
other beings, which qualified man for
the wilderness, and which disquali6es
him for civilized life.-Speroers Socaat
State.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20
"IliS ImnOssihIe.o

at 1t is impossible?" said some, when
Peter the Great determined on a voyage
of discovery; and the cold and uninhabi-
ted regions over which he reigned furnish
ed nothing but some larch-trees to con-
struct his vessels. But though the iron,
the cordage, the sails, and all that was
necessary, except the provisions for VIC
tualling them, were to be carried through
the immense deserts of Siberia, down riv-
ers of difficult navigation, and along roads
almost impossible, the thing s0aS done
for the command of the sovereign, and the
perseverance cf the people, surmounted
every obstacle.
"h as impossible !" said some, as soon
as they heard of scheme of Oberlin's.-
To rescue his parishioners from half-sav-
age state, he determined to open COM
munication with the high road to Stras-
bourg, so that the productions of the Ran
de la Roche might find a market Hav-
ing assembled the people, he proposed that
they should blast the rocks, and convey a
sufficient. quantity of enormous masses, to
construct road, about mile and half
in length, along the banks of the river
Bruche, and build bridge acrossit it. The
peasants were astonised at his proposition,
and pronouced it impracticable and ev-
cry one excused himself on the ground of
private business. He however reasoned
with them, and added the offer of his own
example. No sooner had he pronounced
these words, than, with pick-axe on his
shoulder, he proceeded to the shop, while
the astonished peasants, animated by his
axample, forgot their excuses, and hasten
ed with one consent to fetch their tools to
follow him. AT length every obstacle
was surmounted walls were erected to
support the earth, which appeared ready
to give way; mountain torrents, which
had hitherto inundated the meadows, were
diverted into courses, or received into beds
sufficient to contain them, and the thing
s0aS done. The bridge still bears the name
of the " Bridge of Charity"
" IL as impossible I" said some, as they
looked on the impenetrable forest which
covered the rugged banks and deep gor-
ges of Mount Pilatus, in Switzerland, and
hearkened to the daring plan of a man
named Rapp, to convey the pines from the
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20
Premature Burial.

The Albany Register, in the course of al
article on this subject, relates the following
instance, of which the Editor was perfectly
cognizant -
Some years ago, we were perfectly cogni
zant TO an occurrence of this kind, which wa.
OF The most heart-rending character. The
wife of gentleman was taken suddenly il
in church, and was carried to her home in Q
state of syncope. In few hours she partial
ly recovered, but Immediately relapsed, and
never again showed any signs of conscious,
ness. She lay in this condition nearly t%o
days, battling the skill of the physicians, and
then, as it was thought, and as there was al
most every reason to believe, died. No signs
of breathing could be detected, the limbs be-
came rigid and cold, and the eyes remained
open, with fixed and CLASSY stare Of death;
Bat there UGs no change in the color Of the
skin. This was the only reason in the world
for supposing that dissolution had not taken
place. The poor bereaved husband, almost
frantic at the loss of the young and beautiful
wife whom he almost idolized, clung with
desperation to the hope limned in her face,
and long resisted the unanimous decision of
the physicians, that she was certainly dead.
They told him, what is doubtless true, that it
sometimes, though very rarely, happens, that
there is no discoloration for DAYS and even
weeks after dissolution has taken place. But
still he resisted, and it was not until three days
had passed, without the faintest signal of
change of or sign of life, that he finally gave
up and suffered the burial take to place. She
was entombed in a vault. Months passed
a cemetery having been laid out, the husband
purchased and beautifed lot, erected an
elegant monument in it, and when all was
ready, superintended the removal of the body
Of his wife from the vault to its final resting
place. When the vault was opened he re-
membered the circumstances. of her death,
above detailed, and desire suddenly seized
him to once more behold the corpse. By his
direction the coffin lid was removed. The
spectacle which presented itself was incon-
ceivably horrible, for it showed that she had
been buried olye. She had turned quite over
upon her side; she had clutched her nails in
to the coffin until her fingers had bled, por-
tons of her grave-clothes were torn, in her
horrible struggles she had contrived to carry
her hand to her head, and had plucked from
it mass of hair, with portions Of the cap that
covered it
The poor man was borne away senseless,
and for the rest of weary life was an utterly
broken and miserable being.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

top of the mountain to the Lake of Ii
cefne, distance of nearly nine miles,
Without being discouraged by their ex-
clamations, he formed slide or trough
OF twenty-four thousand pine trees, six
feet broad, and from three feet to six feet
deep and this slide, which was completed
in 1872, and called the slide of Alpnach,
was kept moist. Its length was forty
four thousand English feet. 1t had to be
conducted over rocks or along their sides,
or. under ground, over deep places, where
it was sustained by scaffoldings; and vet
skill and perseverance overosme every OBJ
stacle, 0ndMe thing acas done.. The trees
rolled down from the mountain into the
lake with wonderful rapidity. The larger
pines which are about hundred feet long,
ran through the space of eight miles and
third in about six minutes. A gentleman
who saw this great work says, that "such
was the speed with which tree of the
largest size passed any given point, that
he could only strike it once with a stick,
as it rushed by, however quickly he at
tempted to repeat the blow
Say not hastily, then, at is impossible"
It may be so to do thing in an hour, a
day, or week, or by thoughtlessness,
carelessness, and Incidence but to act
with wisdom, energy, and perseverance,
is to insure success. "Time and patience" f"
says Spanish author, "make the null
berry leaf satinp' and another remarks,
that scare and industry do every thing"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20
To Miss VI. T.. c.
" LA PETITE.

LA PETITE"
As men, when making objects course and
rough,
OF tawdry, tinsel, gilt, or common stuf,
Give all such things mass and size redund-
ant,
Showing they had materials abundant,
But, when at work in silver, gems, or gold,
Make such fine articles in smaller mould
So Nature found material was not granted
For making you the full size that she wanted.
She would 10 doubt have made you five feet
five,
(The Venus height,) but could not quite con-
trive
To gather raw material enough
Without admixing some Of common stuff
Said Nature--"She shall be first ra te article
Soul, mind and person shall not have particle
OF substance that is not divine, ethereal
But where the deuce TO get enough material!
1t can't be helped cannot make her tall
III make her precious, but she must be small"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Women that are the least bashful are
not unfrequently the most modest; and
We are never more deceived than when
we would infer any laxity of principle
from the freedom Of demeanor that often
arises from total ignorance of vice.
Prudery, on the contrary, is often assum-
ed to keep off the suspicion of eriminality.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Al celebration in Charleston, on Wash
ington's birth day, the following toast was
given: Woman-Her natural place between
angels and bloomers-withOut wings and
without pantaloons.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Mr.. Brown, l owe you a grudge, re-
member that.
Il shall not be frightened, then, for l
never knew you to pay anything that you
owed.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Bg-A stranger, in a penting office,
asked the youngest apprentice what was
his rule for punctuation! /! Said ne, i set
up as long as | can hold my breath, then
put in comma; when | cape | insert
semi-co-lon; and whom | want ehaw
of tobacco, | make paragraph.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

TERMS-Two dollars per annnum in advance-Two
dollars and quarter hall yearlyaTd If not paid be-
tore the end of the year, Two dollars and half Those
who receive their papers BY carrier stage drivers
employed by the proprietor, will be charged 81 l2
cents, per year, extra.
No papers discontinued until all arrearages paid,
except at the option OF the Editor.
NJ Advertisements not exceeding one square six
teen inesl will be inserted three weeks for dollar
and twenty-five cents for every subsequent insertion.
The Charge for and three insertions the same.
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
Y All le;terSajdIessed to the Editor musi be post
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Ca1Sdress Isak.-The acid contained
IN ink is tenfold more injurious to the
teeth than are the sweet things SO often
complained of as destroying the teeth Of
children. Schoolmasters should attend
70 this, as nothing is more frequent than
l9r their pupils to draw inky pens through
their rnnl1fhs
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Of all the annoying men in this world,
the Lord preserve US from him who thinks
himself more righteous than his neighbors
who imagines that his way to Heaven
is the only true way and that those who
won't believe in him, disbelieye in God.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

Question far debate.--If the milky way
was composed of real cream, how many
cheeses would it make at eight cents a
pound.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

A man who goes to church to chew to
bacco and spit upon the floor, ought to be
taken by tie head and heels, and scrub
bed upon the soiled part until it is made
clean.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

In portions of Vermont, as late as The
Sd inst, the sleighing continued go@,
aud the snow in tho woods was from ono
TO two feet deep!
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20
JOB PRINTING

We have seldom seen anything of the kind
as pretty as the following louisville Jour-
mol
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-05-20

What ought to be done to-day, do it,
for tomorrow it may rain.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-24
The Wheeling Bridge.

WHEELING, VA, April 10, 1882.
To The Editor Of The Republic:
There is now a great food in the Ohio river, and
the water is still rising rapidly. II iS the great
est flood that has occurred for the ast twenty
years.
We, the subscribers have this moment uitnessed
the passage under the Wheeling bridge of the tall
est boat on the Ohio river-the "Cincinnati +" This
is the boat that Chancellor Walworth selected as
the one which was to guide the court in adjusting
the height of the bridge.
When this boat passed she on her way up
trying to reach Pittsburgh; as no boats now
running excepting those which making
Tor ports. This boat stopped at the Wheeling
wharf, and during the few minutes she remained
here threw back her chmneys. She then passed
steadily under the bridge haring space still to spare
Of about eieven feet.
This is the practical result with the faHest boat
the rrer chen passing at the top Of the highest flood
that has been witnessed here for ttDenty years.
The Supreme Court have decided that this bridge
shall be taken down a nuisance. There must
be some mistake in this business. We not
stockholders in the bridge, and think that the
Court must have been in some way misled.
This bridge is nuisance. The navigation is
now virtually suspended by the food. but the
travel is still crossing the Ohio the bridge with
out obstruction.
The same thing happened last fall when the
river was INSTRUCTED by low water; and it hap
pened again this winter, when it was obstructed
by ice. The bridge has failed since it's erec-
ton. at any season, to accommodate the commerce
Of the country.
Please publish this act Of justice.
Your obedent servants,
JACOB G. MErcALF,
JOHN LAWRENCE NRwDY,
WILLIAM H. POWELL,
JAMES CUMMINs,
S. RICE,
j. s. FoRBs
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MARRIED.,

On the 22d instant, by the Rev. Mr.. JOHNSTON,
in Alexandria, Va, Major JAMES H. BLAKE, OF
TEE, daughter Of the late Governor KsSr, of Ma
ryland.
On the 22d inst, by Rev. Mr. sLATTspy, JAS.
McSuERRY eco, of Msrtnsburg, Va, to HELEN
MARY CARBERf, daughter Of the late JAMEs
CARslaY, of this city.
On the goth instant, by the Rev. Mr. HopGrs
JOSEPH w. ARNOLD to Miss JANE V. PAD.
GETT, all OF Washington.
In Baltimore, on the 18th instant by Rev. CSC
A. LsAKiN, SAMUEL N. BARNES to MARY Ell
LEN NICkARS, all of that city.
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LKvsErTe.--Tho Alexandria (Ls.) Republican,
OF the 9th instant, says "a noet excellent and
substantial loyce, three feet above the high water
OF az 10 now in progress Of erection IN front
q the town. II will connect with a levee OF like
proportions, that has already been completed, all
along the bank OF the river TO the Bayou Latania
about twelve milcs below town Thus all the lands
along the river, from Bsyos nspides TO that point
together Nth all those back Of them, on Bayou
Robert and others, heretofore subject 10 overflow,
proprietors Of lands within the district this to
them, suspicious state Of things The consequence
will be not only increase of the value OF their
lsnds bot relief from the harassing and painful
anxiety OF mind to which those who are subject to
overflow are continually lsboring under"
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baltimore Correspondence.
BALrImoRE. April 2s-b I

BALTIMORE, April 23-5 p. m.
There much interest manifested here wi b
regard to the fate of the prisoner Wells, who was
to have been hung at Washington day. de
spatch frcni Washington In the Sun, this morning
| seemed to throw some doubt on the announcement
OF the President having coDmuted his sentence,
and the mother Of the unfortunate man was, in
consequence, in the deepest anguish Of doubt and
uncertainty. Fortunately, hearing OF her anxiety,
placed in her hand copy of the Republic con
tanning the official announcement Of the commu.
tation, which seemed to remove from her heart a
load of grief that nature could scarcely have borne
day longer. His relatives here are very respec
table, and he bore character for kindness OF
heart and disposition that rendered it certain
among his friends that he could never have con,
templated wilful murder if in his right senses.
The revenue of the Baltimore post Office for the
quarter ending the 3lst Of December, was Sl2,-
794-.he succeeding quarter, which closed on the
3lst of March, yielded to the Department SIC, 900.
This shows quite a handsome increase.
James McGowan, who yesterday knocked
in the head with andiron, by his brother in
law, Allen Atkinson, whilst aborng under the
influence Of mania from excessive drink, sti lives,
though but faint hopes arc entertained Of his
covery.
In the Baltimore market this morning there was
sales Of $50 bbs. Howard street flour at "a 06I.
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-drrip0l of the Cherokee

Nkw YoRx, April 23.--The steamer Cherokee
has arrived in four and half days from Havana
The Frsshetin the P0tonacE 2eren Persons Dro,cned
MARTINsBURa. Virginia. April 22.-The destruc-
ton Of property along the Potomac, caused by the
recent Hood, has been very great-almost beyond
estimate. Many houses and barns have been
swept of, and it is apprehended that number of
lives have been lost. Near Hancock, two families,
embracing eleven persons, were drowned by the
sudden rising Of the tide. The freshet has caused
much damage to the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal
and it is thought that it will require year to make
repairs.
The water in the river is now rapidly falling
and no further damage is apprehended.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-24

LADIES ATTENDING MEDICAL CoLtEoE IN Cir-
cINNaTI-lt 10 with sinserc pleasure that VIC
chronicle the fact that four intelligent and strong
minded females Mt this time in our city, study
Jog that noble profession, for many departments
OF which woman il 30 admirably fitted by nature
II is true that, for n time, they meet the adverse
current of an uneducatcd public opinion; but. like
all the true hearted who have attained to svccRss
before them, they can bide their time And il is &c
the credit of the Eclectic Medical College that it,
doors have been literally and wisely opened tc
these devotecs Of science. Their names are, Mrs
Ambrose, of Mississippi; Misses Palmer and Smizcr
OF this State; and Miss Brown, OF New York.
fC,pr,oouy, <,u-fy,
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OFFICIAL.


Report
Of the Superintendent Of the Coast Surrey TO the
Secretary # the Treasury in relation to the Ldti-
fude and Longitude Of Cape Hancock, Disap-
pointment, Oregon I'rritory, aud the Longitude
Of San Diego, California.
COAST survey OFFICE,
April 10, 1852.
SIR The latitude and longitude of Cape Han
cock, or Disappointment, Oregon Territory. and
the longitude of San Diego. California, as com
puted from the observations of George Davidson,
esq, Assistant in the Coast Survey, follows:
Latitude of Cape Hancock, or Dis
appointment ............. 400 I6' 35n.24
Longitude of Cape Hancock, h. 3.
disappointment. 8 I6 07.04
Or ................. 1909 Il 1915
Longitude of San Diego Observa h. m.
tory near La Playa. 4S 81 10
Or. Observation-Disclosures. ITO 10 3lHl5
would respectfully request authority to publish
this communication.
Yours, respectfully,
(Signed) A. d. BACHE, Sup't.
Hon. THOMAS CoRwIN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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LUST RECEIVED.

NEW and elegant Spring Styles Of Scarfs. era
IN watts, Stocks, Tics, Cloves of every descrip-
ton, Suspendcrs, Handkerchcfs Of silk and linen;
plain, figured and embroidered Hosiery of all
kipds; Umbrellas and Canes; with a large supply
OF Gentlemen's Toilet articles, such Lubn and
Provost Extracts, Cosmetics, Pomstums, Soaps
and best Farina Cologne; Brushes Of every de-
scription; together with large and complete
assortmcn, Of Gentlemcn's Furnishing articles all
OF the very best qualities, constantly on hand.
and for sale at reasonable prices, at
CHAS. III. LANES
Hat, Cap, and Gentlemen's Furnishing
Establishment, Penn. avenue near Al street.
March ~
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-24

The ParScsss's THEATRg.-Mr. Charles Kean
s rapidly recovering from his late indispo-
sition, and doubt is entertained that he will
be able TO rcsppear in the drama Of the Cors,can
Brothers on Monday next. Her majesty and his
royal highness Prince Albert together with the
Doc bcss Of Kent, have gracouely sent to inquire
Of Mr.. Kean's state OF health. From the various
reports in circulation, much anxiety has been
ovinccd by the general public on his account.
London Ir,nss. AurtI 7.
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The Ohio RireT .

CIscINEATI, April 22.-The river has been rising
to-day at the rate OF four inches per hour, but is
now twenty seven feet below the freshet of 1892.
The Pittsburgh rise has commenced coming down
but as the tributaries above not rising, the
volume of the Ohio in this vicinity will not be in
creased more than fifteen feet, which removes all
apprehension Of damage being caused by it here.
WHEELINo, April % The river is now forty six
feet above low water mark, and several boats of
the first class, heavily laden with passengers and
freight, detained below The bridge, ii being
impossible to pass that structure until the flood
Subsidies.
PITTssURoH. April 22.-The flood is now rapidly
subsiding. The water has fallen since Monday
twenty feet. leaving the channel with but twenty
five feet of water.