Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-02-18
Mint IN -SrHDOLiS,

At the recent meeting of the Board of E,lll-
Gallon of New York city, William Culcn Bry-
ant. of the New York Evening Post, made 4
capital speech upon the subject Of Music in
Schools" llum which we make the following
extract:
:" In making music branch Of common edit
cation We give Il new attraction to our common
schools. Music is not lnere y Il study, it Is an
entertainment wherever there is Music there
is crowd Of listeners We complain that our
common sclluuIS are not attended ;lS they should
b. Wha! is 10 he done? Shall we compelle
attendance Of children? Rather let us, il We
can, so order things that children shall attend
vounariIY-$!!all he eager 10 crowd 10 the
schools AMI lnr this parrose nothing can be
more cllcctu;l it seems to me, than the art To
which the ancrnts asrrihed such power that,
according 10 lLr fables Of their poets. il drew
the very tuncs Of the earth trOmthc beds. and
piled them in a wall around the city Of Thebc>.
1T should he considered, moreover. that mu-
sic in schools is useful is an incentive to study.
.llicr weary hour Of iI0r!ng over books. with
PERHAPS some encouragement on the part of the
! learner. if not despair at the hardness u! his
task, a Snmg puts Him into :; more cheerful and
hopeful mood tic play Of the lungs ireShcnS
the circulation ut the blood: and he sits ,wn
again 10 his task in better spirits. and with an
| invignmteL mind. Almost all occupations are
rhcercl and li.htcmcd by music. remember
once lring in Il tobacco manGi',ciory in Eirs.
MIA. where the work WAS perforated by slaves.
who cn,cnc,l their tasks with outburs;s OF
psalm mIv. I'VE encourage their singing, said
one Of the proprirturS =" they work the better
f1r it," Sailors pull more vigorous ut the rope
for their 70, heavc ho!" which is a kind Of
song. | have heard the vinc.drcsscrs in Tusca.
nv, in the hilsidcs, res ,ionding to cac other i'll
| songs, with which the whole region resounded,
and Which turned their hard days work into Il
pastmc.
4 LEGISLATIVE ScEXE-A scene occurred in
the Illinois House OF Representatives, on the
5t inst, which WAS more remarkable for its
snnrlarity than its ,ccency. The House, be-
fore organization, elected Il Speaker PRO tcnI.
Tie Clerk Of the former House claimed the
chair till u Speaker was regularly elected
Bridges continually interrupted the Speaker,
until the latter ordered the Scrgcant-at-A Arms
to remove the tlisordcrly Clerk. KS soon as
the Sergeant at-Ams took hold Of him. they
clinchcd, while many Of the members made up
to the scene Of action to assist the Seargcant III
the discharge of his duties. After some coll
siderable wrestling, knocking over chairs, desks,
mkstalI,ls, men and things generally, Mr.. Brd-
res was got out with his coat shocklagy torn.
Five or six assistant ScrScant-at- Arms were
then appointed to keep order, and the House
proc cdctl to business.
TmE RELATION or PAYING DEETs-Mrn may
suphsticate as they please, they can never make
it right and all tie bankrupt laws Ill the unl-
verse cannot make il right. Tor them not to pay
their debts. There is sin in this neglect, as
clear and deserving OF church discipline as i'll
stealing or false swearing. lie who violates his
promise to pay, or withholls the payment Of Il
debt when it is in his power TO meet his engage
mrut. ought to he made to feel that i'll the sight
of IN honest man he is ~ swndcr.
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WANTS OF 4 DYING MANA San Francisco
paper, in giving an account Of trip across the
plains, during which the party had a battle with
the Indians says that Poor Reddy," one OF
the party, "who was fast giving out from his
wounds, begged lis to leave him and save our.
selves" As til, party were leaving the wounded
man to his fate, the writer says, "hc desired III
to give him some matches, q piece of tobacco,
and to pray for him"
Ay'IMposrER.-Th Petersburg Express no.
ticcs the sudden departure from that city, under
fear Of lynch law, OF DR.. j. j. Stephenson, a
three wears graduate OF The Pennsylvania pcni
tcntiary. He had succeeded in getting into
/" good society,"" but letter from Philadelphia
made his "quietus," and the "doctor' was