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a TEACHERS QUALIFICATIONS

l. fully developed and sound physical
constitutions
3. n habit of cleanliness and neatness oc
person and dress.
g. A courteous demeanor and a uniform.
polite and unembaucssed manner
d. natural or acquired fondness for chill.
dren.
8. Familiarity Of all branches taught in the
school.
u. a mind systematically instructed, un.
yltIaied by peculiar modes of thinking and
Tree from eccenticItles and caprice.
l. Power OF concentrating thought upon
any given subject, of pursuing a train of in
!ves'igaiions without wavefing and of secur-
ing the true result.
9. Should be distinguished for a love of
.. Apt to teach, or ready to impart in
struction to chiIdren.
~ Ability to secure their attention. and
10 ue'eiope and improve the faculties of chill.
II. Should have Just sense Of the i'm .
Pof.ance OF his labors. consciousness
which VIII not suffer him to rest conten,
win only partial performance.
- ohouid be firm in principle; but kind
ana charitable in his judgments of acts and
motives. 0'' "'"
10. Should be placabe and ready 10 for.
9lvr' on the exhibition of peni,ence and pur.
pose OF reformation. pun
~ Should discriminate in his treatmcn,
OF en- 'dren OF different temperaments and
10 Should be able without perturbation.
discipline. F''p''"'0
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A Beautiful Tribute to a Wife,

Sir James Mackintosh the historian, was
married in early life before he had attained
fortune or fame, to Miss Ca,harne Stuart, a
young school lady, Distinguish he'd more for
the excellence Of her character than for her
personal charms. After eight years of
happy welded life, during which she became
the mother Of three children, she died. A
iew days after her death, the bereaved hus.
band wrote TO friend, depicting the char.
acter Of his wife in the following terms:
Il was guided" he observes, "in my choice
only by blind affection Of my youth. |
found an intelligent companion and ten.
der friend. a prudent monitress, the most
faithful of wives and mother as tender as
children ever the misfortune to lose. Imet
a woman; who, BY the tender management
oi my weaknesses, gradually corrected the
most pcrnjc0us Of them. She became pru-
dent from affection; aud though Of the most
generous nature, she was taught frugaIity 6:
economy by her love for me. During the
most critical period in my life, she presery-
Jed order in my affairs, from the care of which
she relieved me. She gently reclaimed me
from dissipation; she propped my weak and
irresoute nature; she urged my Incidence to
all the eXertions that have been useful and
crcdItahle to me, and was perpctualy at
hand to admonish my heeGlessness or impro-
vdence. To her owe whateyer am, TO
her whatever | shall be.
'ln her solicitude for my interest, she ne.
yer for moment forgot my feelings or my
character. Even in her occasional resent
ment, for which but TOO often gave her
cause, & would to God could recall those
Omcnts! she had no sulenness nor acrimo.
ny. Her feelings were warm and mpetu-
Gus, but she was placable, tender aud con.
slant. Such was she whom | lost; and I
have lost her when her excellent natural
sense was rapidly improving, after eigh,
years struggle and distress had bound us fast
together, and moulded our tempers to each
other; when knowledg" OF her worth had
refined my youthful love into friendship and
before age had deprived it Of much of lis ORR
ginal ardOr. lost her, alas! the choice Of
my youth, the partner of my mis(ortunes, t
a moment when | had the prospect OF her
sharing my better dayS.-H0me journal,
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Foreign and Natiy. Crime.

To continue the comparison between the
foreign and native population, which we
have undertaken, we proceed to investigate
the subject Of crime.
The census OF 1850 shows that the wh ole
number of persons convicted of crime in the
United States, during the year ending June
80. 1850, was $1,000, of which $4,000 were
of native, and ii, 600 of foreign birth. The
foreign exceed the native 1000. We shal
compare these statistics of crime with the
native and foreign population, and thus de-
termine the proportion Of foreign and native
crime:
Population. Criminals. Propr,'n
Native pop. 1901 500 $4,000 to 1919
Foreign pop. 2,l60.207 l4,O00 to l54.
One out of every l54 foreigners is cr-
minal, and but one in every l,6l9 Ameri-
cans The proportion Of native and foreign
crime, then, is 20 l9--one American tc
ten toreigncts.
But let us take another view of this sub
ject In doing so we shall again call atten
ton TO the number Of criminals who we rt
convicted by the courts Of several States in
1850. In Connecticut, the whole number
OF convictions was $50; and Of these 54s
were foreigners and 500 natives. In Him
ois, the whole number convicted was 3l6;
and of these l27 were natives and i89 for.
eigners. In Maine, the whole number con
Victed I'D; and Of these 284 were native:
and l6O foreigners. In Massachusetts,, the
whole number convicted was 1850 and O
these $685. were natives and 1854 foreign
ers. In Missouri, there were 9OS convic-
tons; and of these 2i2 we're natives and G6t
foreigners. In New York the number %
convictions was, 1929; and of these 3 &c;
were natives and G,3l7 foreigners. Ia Penn
sylvana, the number of convictions S5I. &
OF these 694 were natives and 203 foreion
ers. In Vermont the number convicted 70
OF whom 80 were natives and dc foreigners.
BY table published in the Comoendiun
OF the Seventh Census, giving the number O
convlcts in the prisons and .pen,en,iaries OF
several States, out ofevery ten thousand oI
the population, the proportion of natives
and foreigners in that number is as follows
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date, and if Americans will only prove
true to themselves, at the election in
1856, (and there is no danger but they
willy it will be hard matter to find the
man who will acknowledge, publicly,
that he fought against it in 1856.
ALABAMA.
The intelligence from this State is
cheering for the American party. Our
friends are gathering their energies for
another contest and preparing for
glorious victory next year. They are
defeated but not dismayed. The result
of the last election only served to show
them what was to be done, and how
easily they would do it. Mr.. Watts, of
Montgomery, the defeated candidate of
the American party for Congress, was,
on the 22d ult., addressed by 65 ladies'
Of Prattvil]e, requesting him to deliver
an address on the subject of the Amer
lean party. The names of the fair pc
titioners are published in the Southern
Statesman. About two-thirds Of them
are unmarried-a fact which shows that
Sam" is in good company in Pratt
vile. Mr.. Watts appends a graceful
letter in reply to the invitation.
ChGmberSOurg Manuscript.
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For the american UaiOn.
FROM MY PORTFOLIO.
Is do@IS''y IN A"toEicatjny Liquors, as a
Bs0crGyc, Lmnt0yuLI

Is "0"I"'Ey q" Anj0Etcat532y Liquors, as q
-bsvcrG9c, LDtm0ruL<
This question is one which will admit OF
discussion. and'has, presume, been lhoro'
y handled by The advocates OF TempeIance;
Out can we get dealer in Alcohol 10 meet
Us lot Inc purpose oi discussing ii! Will
'hey NEE: us fairly and openly on the plat
'0f''' NO. Their answer is invariably, "a
man has right to deal III any thing that is
not censuIed BY law" Wen, | now pro.
pose TO prove to the satisfaction of all r.,
sohaole men, that il IS censured by the bph.
est lrIbun al known 10 man: The Law u,
"o'' III 'he Oid Testament we read, lyme
IS a mocker, strong drink is raging; whoso is
decc1Vod thereby is'nOt rise" Can auv one n.
30 cohscenco scared after reading these
INES as TO say the use OF Alcohol is sanction.
Gu oy Inc Scriptures! The same book Tells
US That drunkard cannot inherit the Ki inc.
dom OF Heaven. Is any ma SO case. hard
eheo as TO risk the salvation of his soul for
'he mere P'ttance Of making a bca st of him.
Seg N "'s iyeE can go further; but it is
deemed unnecessary. would lust remark
lor the benefit of the Scripture quo,ingn
Lager Beer guggers, that there is twenty
pages IN that Book which censures the use
oi rum, where there is one that advocates il.
VIII now prove that the use ofAIcohol is
both Immoial and uuIawful;--
l. Any action, practice or business may
De Justly suspected Of being immoral, when
II does no human being any good lie IN,
morality may be suspected, because any sc.
uon, practice or business known and ad
ml'ied to be moral, has always on uneoniv.
oca' tendency TO the advantage of the indi.
vldual and of society.
T. When an action, practice or business,
not only does no human being snv oood
out is positively injurious to the individual
ana TO society, lis immoraity is NOT oplv
suspected but knoWn. a hurl(nI tcnaency
Is The criterion of immortality, because So
lar as we snow, all immoral action. practice
or business, never has any other tetidencv
lie is always safe to say. "That is WRONG
which Injuries the mind morals. health or
eS'ac OF any member of the human famlly.
D. Any action, &c, may be known to be
immoral when it violates the Golden Rnle.
'Asye would that men would do unto you,
40 20 also INTO them likewise" No man c,,
deem thoi moral when done IN a,o,ho,
when done TO himself, he would deem i'm.
moral.
d. a given action, practice or business is
immoral which tends to dishonor God No
one can doubt that God has rights as we'll as
man; and that those rights are quite as ss.
cred, TO say he tcdst as those Of man: and a.
fnong these rights, the one less likely than
any other to be questioned is that which
makes 1t The imperative duty Of man 10 es.
tenn honor, worship and glorify Him.
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NUMBER IS.

Il Chinese Remedy, for Tie Cholera.--
A Chinese missionary writes to the Civ.
ita as follows. in regard to remedy
for the cholera:
"One morning. after having said mass
| felt symptoms of cholera. had diff.
iiculty osbreathing amounting almost tn
sutiocaion. a cold SO intense took
possession of my arms and legs that I
could not feel u hot iron applied to them.
Just then a Chinese Christian came i'm
to see me, aud as soon as he looked at
me. he said Father, you have the chol-
era To be certain, however, he look
ed under my tongue. aud observing u
peculiar blackness ofthe veins there. he
remarked that unless applied rene
dy SPEEDILY | would not live till midnight.
told him to do what he could for me-
lie took al ordinary pin, and began
pricklng me under the tongue. until he
drew from ten TO twenty let black drops
! of blood then after rubbing my arms
gently, he tied string very tightly
about each one Of my fingers, and pick
ed each one one tho outside at the root
of the nail, until he Wrought drop or
two ofthe same kind of blood from each.
Then. I" see whether the operation had
been successful or nos, he pricked me
with the same in the arm, very near the
vein that is usually opened in blood
letting, and seeing no blood issue, ho
pronounced it satisfactory. still felt.
however, a fearful oppression of the
lungs. To relieve this ho ran the pin
obliqueiy into the pit of my stomach, a
bout twothrds of its entire length
This operation the Chinese call open
ing the mouth Of tho hearty Not q
drop of blood came out here but in one
moment | felt myself relieved-my
blood began its circulation-my natural
warmth returned,; and after an hour of
slight fever, went about nv avocariop,
This is the ordinary Chinese remedy,
| have known it to be applied to five Of
our fathers in cholera, and it failed only
once.
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Original.
AN INQUIRY OF THE STARS.
BY A. DELONC.

BY \. pELoNC.
aye, there again, ye golden orbs of night,
In countless myriads stand revealed 70 sicb,
What are ye7 say,--thc muse desires to know;
Whence came ye from And whittier do ye 20 :
Ye seem 10 be forever passing bv.
In grand procession, marching thro, the oky.
Aye, there yc shine ten thousand gems orlirht,
And shed your beauty on the gloom of night;
Are ye bright lamps set in the lofty skyl
Lit but to light the sacred Courts on hgha
Or arc ye suns that other worlds illume1
Lit but TO shine and dissipate their gIoomi
Aye, there yo shine, when at first yc camo
From Him whose r,u,, :. o,,o ,,, ~
No show OF age, no mark of a decline.
But shine to.niobt ns man frs, e,, ,o h;,
Have ye no years of feetinr moments modo,
And does not time vour bann,, sboro, i,,.,J
Are yc the haunts whore Annals lava ,o r,,,, ,
Arc ye the fields of brirht. cai,Ioortdov
Where ran somed spirits often scck IN s,r,.,
Saw. are vour cIi,cs bv boI,, coro,,,, ,.a.,
Who wander firth to Io,rn ,lo ,,,rrL. or C,l
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3. Any action. practice or business is i'm
moral when God forbds it. Who believes
that God ever forbade what is right!
6. Any action. practice or business is i'm
moral, when we cannot ask Gods blessing
upon it. That we canno, do this is an ad :
mission of its immorai,y. ...
7. Any action, practice or business is
grossly immoral in proportion to the degree
i'll which it INJURIES the individual or com
munity; in the degree in which it dishon-
ors God; in the degree in which God has
manifested his disPleasure ogains, it; in the
degree IN which men rccoil from asking q
blessing upon IL.
None of The tests OF an immoral action,
practice or business, or of the extent of its
crimnality, will, we believe, be called in
question By any sane man; for the reason,
that denial of these principles of moral
discrimination would be equivalent 90 de-
nyIng that there is any ity or immor-
ality in the world. Sweep these signs "a
way, and knowledge Of right and wtong
would be impossible.
Admitting then the reality and infallibni
ty OF these tests Of immortality, LEI us apply
them III the order we have enumerated them
to the sale Of intoxicating drinks as a bev-
crage. N.N.H.
Wheeling, Va. 1850
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How to make a Donkey cease I,rss,ing

In lSl0, we were once making our
Journey IN wagon to the province OF
Pekn. Our equipage was under the
guidance of one of our catechists an old
school-mastcr, mounted on u maguiti-
cent ass, so full of ardor and agility that
the two mules who completed our team
had all the trouble in the world to keep
up with him. This ass however was
so filled with the sense Of his own su
perlorlty, and so proud of it, that before
long he became quite insupportahle-
When he got To an iun, instead of try.
ing To rest himself, this indefn,igable
beast passed the whole night practising
his music; and there appeared to be
something so peculiarly provoking in
the tones of his voice, and all tho as
ses within hearing, influenced it would
seem by the power Of some magnetic
huid, were quite sure To- respond in a
magnificent brsvura, so that altogether
1T became impossible to close your
eyes.
One evening when our catechis, was
vaunl'ng the qualities of his ass, we
could not help i"terrupting him.
Your ass" said we. "is an abomina-
BILE brute. During the whole Journey
ne has prevented our getting wink OF
sleep"
"Why did you not tell me so before?"
said the catechis,; should soon have
stopped his singing"
As the ancient schoolmaster was
somewhat OF a wag. and INDUCED oc-
cas'onalIy in a small joke. we took lit
tIo notice of his reply, but that night
wo slept quite soundly.
"Well did the ass mako n noise last
nghtF said he when we met next morn
ing.
"Perhaps not; at all events we did no,
hear him."
"No, no; | think not; I saw to that
before went To bed. You must have
notced,' he continued, "that when an
ass IS gong to bray, he always begins
by raising his tail and he keeps i, ex
tended horizontally as long as his song
lasts. 10 insure silence therefore Won
have only to tie large stone to the
end of his tail, SO that he cannot raise
! it,"
We smiled, without reply, thinking
this was another piece of pleasantly but
he Cried.--
"Como now and see; You can easily
convince yourselves"
And accordingly we followed him
to the court yard, where we hoheld
sure enough, the poor ass with a large
st"uo tied to his tail. aud wit h the air of
having entirely lost his accustomed
spirits. His eyes were fixed on the
ground, his ears down, his whole ap.
Pearance denoted humility and deiec-
ton. We feel quite compassionate to.
wards him, and begged his master to
unto tho stone directly. and as soon as
ever he felt his musical appendage at
liberty, tho creature ,aised first his
head. then his ears then his tail, and at
last began to bray with all his wouted
enthusiasm.-H~e'S Chinese Empire.
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TIE Gad'S Flee Loayes. es.-J esus Christ
was once preaching in desert place
and great many came to hear Him,
and He cared the sick, and comforted
the s"rrowf"l, and was very kind and
compassionate to all. As they came y
long way, and it was nearly nigh,.
He did not like them TO 90 homo hum
CRY, and he asked his disciples If there
was no bread to give them They said
there WAS not, aud il would cost a great
deal [" feed such a multitude, for there
were four or five thousand. Andrew
then spoke Of little lad there was in
the crowd, who had il his bnskc. five
barley l"avcs and two s,,all fishes but
what were they among SO many ? Je-
sus told them to ask The pcopie 10 sit
down on the grass and they did. IIc
then took the five barley loaves, and
blessed and brake them. Every BODY
ate. and twelve baskets fall were loft.
so that the boy was no loser by givin !
his little all To Jesus Christ: he still
had enough and to spare. How na,u-
rally might ne have said, Only little bar
ley ioaves will do no good. if such q
company is to no fed" But Jesus
taught the beautiful lesson that none
need shrink from giving to Him on ac-
count OF the smallness of the gift, pro-
ylded it be all they had to give; for
Ills blessing can make tho smallest
means and the humbcst instruments do
n great work. A penny, or a tract, or
a little barley loaf directed by His
hand. may lead some soul to heaven
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A FATHER before q Battle,

Col. ShudIorlh wrote home the night be-
fore lie fell at Sebastopol S
My own beloved wife aud dearly beloved
children. At one o'clock tomorrow morn.
ing head the 57th to storm the Redan.-
1t Is, as feel an awfully perjlous moment
to me. but place myself in the hands Of
Our gracious God, without whose will a
sparrow cannot fall TO the ground place
my whole trust in Him. Should | fall in
the performance Of duty, fully rely in
in the precious blood Of our Saviour, she'd for
sinners, that may be saved through Him -
Pardon and forgive me, my beloved ones
for anything may have said or done to
cause you one moments unhappiucSs. Tn.
to God J comitncud my body aud soul,
which are His; and should ii be His will that
| fall IN the performance OF my duty, in the
defence Of my Queen and county, most
h0mbly say, "Tay will De done" God bless
sou aud project you; aud my last prayer
will be, that He, Of HIS infinite goodness.
may preserve me to you. God ever bless
you, my beloved Eliza, and my dearest chill.
drenj and u we meet not again in this world,
may we all meet in the mansion Of our heav.
enly Father, through Jesus Chtist.n
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Some of the New York city fathers have
been behaving so bad, that the Grand jury
have thought it Necessary to iud c, four Of
the Aldermen and three of the CouncIlmen
Tor malieasance in office. This is good
example; conviction would be better one.
me charge against the city worthies is the
taking OF bribes for legislative action, or as
the Jury expresses it, Withholding action till
those interested shall ''come down.
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of the AMERICAN
PARTY.
IN ARKANSAS.

The Baltimore Clipper says: GA
letter from valued friend, at Little
Rock, who has an opportunity to obtain
reliable information, says that the A.
merican order in Arkansas already.
numbers some 20, 900 members, as good
men and patriots as over were united
in one cause. The party is increasing
rapidly throughout the State and finds
most favor and success where its prin-
ciples are best known and understood.
There is no doubt but that it will carry
the State at the next election by q
handsome majority. The people are
holding American ratification meetings
at all the prominent points in the State
The gatherings are large, intelligent
and enthusiastic. ....... =.
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But it is i'll convictions for capital often.
ces that The proportion Of foreign and ma.
tive born becomes startling. 1t is true we
have found no extended date from which TO
make the comparson. But out of two hun
dred and twenty convictions which took
place, in about eight months in several States
viz .........
New York, Pennsylvania Missouri. Lou
isiana, New Jersey, Massuc chuSetts, and Ma
tyland-there were i39 foreigners TO 81 ma
tIvcs. But our wonder at the magnitude
OF the proportion Of foreigners TO natives
vonishes, when we recolect that hundreds
and thousands Of convicts from European
warehouses and prisons, are annually landed
on our shores. Trained TO crime at home,
and sent hither because their presence en-.
dangers the peace and security of society in
their native country, these men arrive here
in many instances, direct from prison, and
consequently destitute Of the means of sup.
port, To obtain it, they betake themselves
to their old courses aud not only do they
commit crimes themselves, but lead those
With whom they become acquainted on their
voyage, and who are equally needy, into
their perpe,ration.
To correctly appreciate these statistics, il,
must be borne in mind that we have jpclu.
ded in the native, the negro Popula;ion.
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M@rm~rtnG.-Cccil was once riding
with friend on windy day, when the
dust was 50 troublesome that his compon-
ion wished they were at their iourney's
end, where they might ride in the field.
Tree from dust, aud this wish he repeat
cd number Of times. When he reach.
ed the fields, the flies so toassd his
friends horse, that he could scarcely
keep his seat on the saddle. On his
bitterly complajning--"Ah sir" said
Mr. Cecil, |when you were in the rosd
the dust waa your only trouble, and all
your anxiety was to get into tho fields;
yon forgot that tho fly was there. Now
tins is a truc picture of human life; We
know the trials Of our present. but tho
next will havc trials, and perhaps worse
though they mey DO Of different
kiud.'
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a correspondent in Elkhart county todi.
ana, writes TO the Philadelphia Sun, that he
nd his neighbor planted al unusual quaint
ty OF potatoes this season, the result Of
which is that they do not know what to do
with their heavy crops. They arc selling
there noninaily for fifteen cents per bushel
but they have no market sufficient to take
up one half the crop.
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EXPERIENCE IN SrARffH0 4 PArsr.--CoI.
Fitzgerald. Of tho Philadelphia City Item, in
speaking Of the "iIc and death" struggle in.
crdentaI 70 the infancy Of a paper, says in
the young days Of the Item he was forced
TO 'pawn his watch sixteen times to raise
money 20 pay his hands
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Trust him little who praises all.
him less who consures all, and him least
who is Indifferent about all.