Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
THE NEwsP ApER.


\ association OF my early youth and child
hood IS more vivid in my recollection thaT, TIA
eagerness with which / have deFoured the con-
tents Of lsthe village newspaper From its col-
uillps learned 70 read It was the director of
my INST buddings OF thought and reason. The
day it was issued was with 4restl,e mos eyseTsa
full of the week Nv childish iiYIpatiience was
so great that none dared to contend with me
for the first perusal of and every line ST l,rs,se
: and poetry was read and re-read. rs me 4
was the oracle Of tle world, and the editor who
welded 50 important an CINE was no ordinary
man. turned andloolzed after him. when he
passed me In the street. as tlle crowd do mon
an executive OF the nation. -
We had plenty of books IN the house and IT
read them; but | wanted sof,etll trtssli and
new to feast my curiosity upon. and teIl Ine'
what was stirring IN the world. II WAS ene,iob
for me that a thing was IN the paper. to s,nayZs
antee its truth. In vain was q told thai tl,es
badly written fctions that + deyoureds oreeGIi-s
iy mustnot be believed / sooatld believe tliem
and that was the end Of it Sometimes when
was IN the middle Of favorite piece, IN would
come neighbor B.sto borrow the paper: and I
being but a chnd, would have to resign niy
rlgnt. and see It carried away; and tewspa-
per borrower never appeared more hideous in
the eyes OF any editor than he then did In mine.
but was soon after it and had.the pleasure c,f
Ccutung 9 oil IN return Mr.. B, or some Of the
Iarnlly IN the middle of the same piece .ner-
haps, and bringing the paper back AGAIN 10 Re-
sumo my reading I oftsner took it "a, stbA
barn, however, and read an hour or SO: t6 avoid
being scoldedtby our family for daring to 90
after the lent paper so soon. .sapak 7oilsls 9 4
but not all the pages of literature that i can
now peruse, will give me half the qualification
y that was then afforded me by the village news
paper. And think no father would suffer his
chlldren to be without a paper. of some kind. If
he would but consider the eaperness Of eh;ldrer
almost universally, to read newspapers and
their requirement of the habit Of learrnIiing to
read, so useful in after life. Isthink the habit
OF borrowing, so rank in some families bedlirs
with borrowing the newspaper. And. in fact
II one viii borrow a newspaper thing to be
had on such equal terms by all, he can borrow
anything else without blushing. He might be
expected to be a subscriber for a newspaper as
much as his neighbor; his own money is worth
no more than his neighbors; but as regards
other things, as implements of husbandry. &C.
he, no more than his neighbor, can be expect
Ell to have everything he might require for an
exigency. In whatever part of the countrvI
have been, families and individuals have ALWAYS
been divided, or rather have divided themselves
into two classes distinguishable. unmistakea-
bic, at first acquaintance readers and nom
readers of the public news. The one are really
worthy inhabitants of enlightened America
10 the others might say, as Macbeth address
ed the witches You should be 1naertcans
and yet your ignorance forbiCls me to interpret
that you are So Take the newspaper. i "a
ANECDoTE OF THE PREsIDENT.
a correspondent in Washington furnishes us
with an anecdote of General Pierce, which will
give our readers some idea of the man without
the politician A few days since the President
appointed an individual to a responsible and
lucrative office In a distant part of the country
on the recommendation of two us. Senators.
and the Senate confirmed the appoint1nent-
This gratifying event produced an exhilarating
effect upon the successful applicant for Office,
who so far forgot himself as to indulge in a
GLORIOUS jolliication." As he was lodging in
a fashionable hotel his disgracefnl conduct be-
came known, ,and was freely commented on-iin-
deed, it became the ''town talk" The Sena-
tors who had recommended him to the favor
OF the President, finding that he had disgraced
himself and was unworthy of confidence, wait
ed upon the President, stated the facts, and ask
ed his removal from Office. aGentlemen, said
the President, iii reply, "this man was noraina-
ted By me, on your recommendation, and at
your solicitation, to an office under Govern
ment and the nomination was confirmed by the
Senate. You now say that his habits are In
temperate, and that he is unworthy of the stu
alton. But if were to remove him now, the
consequence would be inevitable ruin to him.
The shame and disappointment attending his
dismissal from Office under such circumstances
would lead him to find solace in the intoxicat-
ing bowl, and he would become confirmed In
ebriate, whereas if this conversation be repeat
ed to him, he may and probably will reform,
shall not remove him from Office for this of
fence, but this, as it has been the first, SO it
will be the last time can forgive him 2
Boston Journal.
A SERMON FOR YOUNG MEN.