The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-07-31
VOL. /.
To Parents.


To Parents.
Be patient with the little ones Let neither
their slow understanding nor their occasional pert
ness offend yon or provoke the sharp reproof I
Remember the world is new to them, and they
have no slight task to grasp with their unripened
intellects the mass OF facts and truths that crowd
upon their attention. You are grown to maturity
and strength, through years of experience, and it
III becomes you to fret at the little child that fails
to keep pace with your thought. Teach him
patiently, as God teaches you, ''line upon line
precept upon precept; here little and there lit
tle." Cheer him in his conflict of mind and in
after years his ripe rich thoughts will rise up and
call you blessed. Bear patiently the endless ques.
tionngs of your children. DO not roughly crush
the springing sprit of free inquiry with an impa.
tient word or frown, nor attempt on the contrary
a long and instructive reply to every slight and
casual question. Seek rather to deepen their curl
osity. Convert II possible, the careless question
into a profound and earnest Inquiry; and aim
rather to direct and aid than ansa or the inquiry
Let your reply send the little questioner forth not
so much proud of what he has learned as anxious
to know more. Happy will you be il, in giving
your child the mOlecule Of truth he asks for, YOU
can sharpen his curiosity with glimpse Of the
mountain Of truth lying beyond; so will you send
forth philosopher and not silly pedant into the
world. Bear patiently the childish humors of
those little ones. They are but the untutored
peadings Of the young spirit for care and cultiya-
ton. lrritated into strength and hardened into
habits, they will most assuredly haunt the whole
life, like fiends of despair and make your little
ones curse the day they were born but corrected,
kindly and patiently, they become the elements Of
happiness and usefulness. Passions are but fires
that may scorch us with their uncontrolled fury or
may yield us genial and needfal warmth Bless
your little ones with patient of their child
hood, and they will certainly .onsecrate the grace
and glory of their manhood to your service. Sow
in their hearts the seeds of perennial blessedness
its ripened fruit will afford you perpetual JOY
THE GREAT EASTERN seems that an intense
rivalry is now on foot between different Atlantic
seaports in reference to obtaining visit from the
Great Eastern, the huge mammoth which has been
for some time in process Of construction at Green
wick England. The people of Portland, Maine,
have gone to the expense of building enormous
wharves on purpose to enable her to lade and un-
ade at that port. The Hon. William Ballard
Preston, who is going out on voyage to Europe
for the purpose of negotiating the establishment Of
line of steamships between Norfolk and come
port upon that continent has received distinct in
stfpctions TO invite her to visit Norfolk New
York has sent special messenger to invite her to
its harbor
Bold RonBERY AT SARATOGA We learn from
the Saratogian of Monday that on Sunday last
Julian +. Vargos, Cuban, stopping at the United
States Hotel in that village, was robbed of 81 800
in gold and some valuable articles in Jewelry Mr..
Vargos, his wife and son, left tho States !" about
p NJ. on ride to Saratoga Lake. They were
ab'ent about two hours, and on returning went
Immediately to their room, when they discovered
that it had been entered in their absence, trunk
broken open, and 81 500 in American and Span.
ish gold, coral necklace, breastpin, and some
other articles taken therefrom. The total value of
the loss ia about 2,500.
MrLAScnoLY AccIDEST.-It is with sincere re-
greet that we have to announce the death by drown
ing of Mr.. c. S. Hail. of mis- city. Mr., H., with
some youthful companions, went yesterday morn
ing early TO the canal for the purpose of bathing.
Being unable to swim he was on a plank floating
about, when 10y some accident he lost his hold and
sunk Before assistance could be rendered was
drowned. Mr. II. was for some time a student of the
Theological Seminary, after which he came TO this
city as professor of music, and his talents soon
acquired for him a wide and deservedly high repu-
tation. n.-Alcrondrin Gazette.
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Chlorofonn is being used in thefts with great
adroitness and frequency. A Mrs. Fitzgerald was
riding in one OF the New York omnibusses on
Tuesday when another well dressed lady entered
and presently took ont her handkerchief and pass
r.
face, who observed peculiar odor, but recollects
nothing further until she woke up and found the
other lady gone and her own pockets thoroughly
stripped everything valuable.
DIARRHGA.-The following recipe for the dsr-
rh9a was lately communicated by correspondent
Of the Augusta Dispatch "Take handful of
strawberry leaves and pour on them half pint of
boiling water; let Il remain one hour and drink
the tea. you cannot get the boiling owater chew
and swallow the juice. This is O most valuable
and efficient remedy 1t rarely fails to give imme-
date relief and performs permanent cure"
Lord Chancellor Glare, on one occasion, while
Curran was addressing him in a most important
case occupied himself with favoritc spaniel seat
ed near him. Curran ceased speaking through
indignation, when the Lord Chancellor asked
"Why .ion't you proceed, Mr. Curranfn
81 thought your Lordship was in consultation"
replied Curran.
We learn that the managers Of the Central New
York Railway have decided that their trains shall
cease to travel over the Niagara Suspension Bridge
after the lst Of July, now past. This decision has
been arrived at from prudential reasons The ex.
treme risk ofaccidents was considered unwarrant-
able. The Great Western viii necessarily have
to debark both passengers and freight
OUbTlNATlN6 hAU.HOAD.--lne Auburn N. j
American ssys that miles and scores Of miles
within the fenced track of the Central Railroad
are planted with potatoes by the employees Of that
great road" These railroad farms are attend.
ed to mostly by the wives Of the employees.
EeGs FOR BuRNs--The white Of an egg has
proved Of late the most eficacious remedy for
burns Seven or eight successive applications Of
this substance soothe the pain and exclude the
burnt parts from the air This simple remedy
seems to us far preferable to collodion, or even
cotton
DEATH OF MRs. SoLLIcoFFER. 1.-The community
was shocked yesterday morning by the sudden an
nouncement Of the death Of tn wife OF our repre-
sentative in Congress, Gen. +. K Zollicofcr Her
| Illness was very brief and then the sad news Of
hor daa xvoa tbo or L.