Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-05-20
The Schoolmaster.

,ho notentates of the earth. In his hands,
Wv than in any others, is placed the
no, future, for as the child is cultivated
H. ,,I him so shall the next generation flourish
W dscav. What varied attributes the
O. should possess to fulfill with
so",;sfaction. his duties, he should be admila-
Sis in temper, gentle in speech quick in
u u'v of character, and profoundly
Eaarned not only in sciences, but in the
',"dv If mankind. His life should be so
;;..r u in all things that he should
serye The brightest model to his pupils He
sbould make his schoolroom place. not
1sbere words are learned by rote, but where
,hs mind is expanded by the only legltI-
na.e means. the cultivation ofthought. He
shonld be very true to Nature, and very
;ms, n Intellect He should be very careful
that the mind of the pupil should never De-
souobt TO be strengthened at the expense OF
The body. for if the body becomes SICK. the
mind or thought. will inevitably become
diseased likewise.
As individuals differ in organization, so
The capabiity of acquiring knowledge is
nossessed by each in smaller or greater
deoree The lesson that is easy TO one
sorely taxes the powers of another to ac-
nn;re. Learning should never be made
hurdensome, therefore, the pupil should be
studied nv the schoolmaster as much as the
hook is by the scholar. Everything that is
great and glorious in human nature should
he cultivated :-everything that is mean
and contemplate should be eschewed
Love and reverence appeitaln to the former;
hate and fear to the latter.
The schoolmaster should therefore ever
treat the child with gentleness and kind
ness. appealing constantly 10 its reasoning
faculties, so that he may appear the very
personfcaton Of wisdom; he should never,
with vulgar threats. or coward blows, crush
the spirit of the child, and thereby awaken
in its breast craven fears and bitter feelings
If hatred. How sad if the child, who came
10 him full of innocence and purity, should
leave him filled with passions ready to prey
upon the world.
The duties of schoolmaster are eminent
" cheering. The chief aim of existence,
progress. can be ever before his eyes; the
cause of Truth, Justice and morality, can
constantly be pleaded by him, and never in
vain. for childhood has all these attributes
instructive in the heart; and thus can he
impress upon all under his influence the
great lesson of social duty, to leave the world
better and fairer than they found it.
What beautiful world this might now be
if the Schoolmaster, in all ages. had been
true to his vocation. The mind OF the
Statesman, the Magistrate, the Divine: the
Physician, the Merchant. the Lawyer, the
Poet and the Philosopher, is formed and
directed by him. To form the mind Alright
the grand truth must ever be present to the
Schoolmaster. that nature and Intellect are
God upon earth Why is it that we have so
few original minds in the world. and that
thousands are still walking in the beaten
and worn out track? Because the intellect
is not properly cultivated. Why is il that
disease and crime and premature death are
still rife among US! Because the intellect
is not properly cultivated. Why is IT that
our laws seek more TO destroy the criminal
than the crime! Because the intellect is
not properly cultivated. Let but the School
master, everywhere over the world, whether
at home or abroad, be true to his high call
ing. and the Future will be true to Humane
ty and Progress
AFFECTING ScENE-We witnessed an
exceedingly affecting scene on Saturday
last in the Second District Court. A mother
was deprived, or robbed, by that pride and
boast Of all free countries-that great safe
guard of our libertes-a writ of habeas cor
pus. lady about four years ago. had
been divorced from her husband in an
interior parish in this State. At the time
the husband sued out and got judgement
for divorce, she was absent in this city
accompanied by her infant child. The
divorce gave to the father the care and
protection of the children; but, either be.
cause he wished to avoid the tronble of
raising this child or because his late wife
the mother) had kept beyond his reach, it
was only Yesterday that he claimed it-four
years subsequent to the date Of the divorce.
writ of habeas corpus was sned out in the
Second District Court by the father, TO gain
possession of the child and the mother and
child were brought into court. The mother
was very amiable looking lady, and the
child, a little girl five years of age-was an
angelic creature; her name was Angel.
The case was argued at some length, and
Judge Lea decided that the little girl should
be given up to the care of her father.
Mothers only can properly appreciate and
ympathise with the feelings Of this mother,
when about 10 be deprived of her only
solace-her only comfort-her constant
companion for years, and the only object
that she fonlIy and truly loved; for what
can equal mothers agony and despair,
when she looses that she lovese But the
iaexorable law If dead to the wailings OF
sorrow; Justice is blind. and cannot see the
calding tears that swell up from the grief
atiken heart, and pour fourth from the lus.
tfous eyes Of her whom il has BY cruel
mandate, deprived Of her only child-a jewel
beyond price. For to attempt to describe
the scene TINT followed-the order OF the
Court 10 the Sheriff to tear the little girl
from the arms Of parent whom she had
long known and loved, and transfer her to
the care Of father whom she knew moi,
and had never seen-would be useless
Suffice it to say. that the child was borne
ofby the Sheriff. and given TO the father,
amid the most heart rending and agonizing
shrieks Of the mother, and the infantile cries
ofthe little Angel herself There were few
dry eyes in Court; and If It be true shat the
angels sometimes weep, surely they .nust
have shed bitter tears at beholding this
child Torn from its mothers arms. Bulwer
had not heard from Louisiana when ne
wrote, There is no law, human or divine,
that can separate mother from her child"
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An Iowa JuRY's VERDIcT.-We get the
following humorous account of the way they
dothings in Iowa, from an up-river paper: