St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-11


GYMNASTICS ~ SWEDISH SCBooIs.-Specid
pains are taken I'm the public schools OF Swe-
den 10 develope the p.ays;cal rs well as the in-
faliectual powers of thegapils. The following
acsaat ii given Of tlse systan which the Swe.ass
pursue:
every school building l,as is large high
roons. with carthern or matted iloof, and al
sorts Of implements for developistg the musclas
.---lasiers. poles. wooden heszs i ,raruss-bars up
to the r0of, Jumping places, ropes Coz swinging,
knosaed ropes for cliinhing. &C. Tia scholars
are rsoe allowed 10 exercise osl what they wiSh.
but there is o regular, scientifically arranged
system. They are trained in squads, and move
and march, suEnetimes % music, ut the word Of
Command.
At large public school in Stockholm, saw
the lads in their nom lessons Of gyuanastics.-
The teacher gave the xUrd, aud adUzen sprang
out toward tall pole with cross bars. and,
clambering up it, each hung with his legs !;
then, at the word, all together dropped their
hcads backward, and hung by the feet and an
kles, then again recovered themselves, and let
thenaselvs down. Auother party, one after
the other, sqlllrned mp naked mast another
pulled themselves up hand Oser hand on .
kuotsed rope; Others, i'm Succession, playeA
marched 10 the beat of the drum. Tire smaller
or weaker boys begin with the lowest grade Of
exercise, and follow up. according to q scien-
tiiic system, arranged far health. They all
seemed TO 60 into il with the greatest relish,
and showed well trained muscular power /
could NOS but conclude shat the superior phy-
siqwe Of the Swedish nleaI Is not entirely due to
climate. When viii America learn that lIsa:ta
md sfP hasy AI,ssx L. Hau-
BuRR's PREsExen OF MISp.-Col. r. B.
Thorpe furnishes ue with the following Eesnin-
iseence Of the imperturable Burr:
"When IN LOuisvllaes Kentucky. soass years
ssnces had the pleasure. q pleasure which
shall never forget Of meesIng wiih Judge Rowan,
one ofthe moss Esmarkabls msu or his day. In
s,s1 ssa,.,ss.os rs.;;s Jass.: 'moss ing
arrest Of Aaron Barr, On his ssssi n r.oaiss,lle
in charge ofthe United States aushsr;ties. Barr,
for the time beng. 0erapied che prsnciple room
Of the then fashionable hotel ef the day, and was
constantly surrounded by q crowd Of visitors
drawn together eishee BY sympathy ar cusioaity
Among the persons pressas were Judge Rowan
and Mr. Clay. A night drew on. s,he crowd.
on side Of the ho'ei, composed Of he wild IA IL
o:ic ms "f the WIS.,. be anne violent in their de-
nun, ,tIons Ut Burr, and sO warm did this ella.
Burr would be seized by the people and s,mmar-
ily dealt with. In the midst Of the exci:- -nent
aimo st every person Immediately about Burr be-
eams more or less anxious for has safety, when
Mr.. Cley, then just i'm the opening Of his bri!li-
amt career, with politensss that he alone could
assum., stepped up 90 MIR. Burr, aud said: 'Sir,
depend upon it, whatever may be the feeling out
side, we. your frienda present. wiil defend you.'
Burr, hardly half she stature of Mr.. Clay, i'm.
s,antly assumed IN air 0f dignity that rivaed tina,
nf Harry Of the west Has brilliant eyes fash
ed kre, and stepping back, he replied q have
never IN my hGe. Sir, been placed under any cir.
Thers Isosld NJ D. Jsad ssyse!E'"
LEcoarrox.-we are told by those who have
recently visited Washington, whose means or
Information have been good, that no doubt now
exists OF the admission Of Kansas with the Le-
compton constitutions no matter what MIR. Cal
nnun:s report of the result of the eIec ion for
State officers may be. For cur own part. we
have no idea that Kansas will be a slave State,
Or could be kept as one. The tendency u slave
~ Is southward, and when a slave leaves his
FORMER home u 10 TO go nearer the Tropics nOs
further from ,hem. We know MANY North
Caronans who work negroes IN other States nr
move to other States with all their f.rce, and
we know that they take them to Florida, Mis-
sissppi, Alabama, Texas, or Louisiana, and
some lines to Arkansas, never To any al ths
northern slave States nor % Kansas. Slavery
must extend sou.hward, or not at oil, ard To el-
able II To extend it must receive an accession of
numbers from abroad. These are commercial
and physical faets, certaia and inevi,abAe, and
not me re political speculat ons. Sea slaves once
in motion, aud they taud South, a. certainly 40
river tends to the sea. They tend to the Lace
where their labor willpsy best. Without more
slaves. the hope Of permanently extending the
afea Of the institution 10 chlmericai. "a cam q
be done without weakening its streng,h.-WiE-
"sington (E CO. Journal.
SLAVERY EXcr-EMEST.-A mass meeting
Of citizens Of Taylor county, Va; Was held at
Boothesyitle ON the Sth. ultimo, at viii n the
following among other resolutions were passed
That the five Christian Advocates rablishel
IN the cities of New York, PittsburI, Cnrir-
natl, st. Louis and Chicago, having becom.
abolition sheets Of the xaukeSt character, We
ssk car commOnwealth's attorneys and post |
masters TO examine them, and if 6uiid to be /,
of an unlawful character TO deal with them |
and their agents as the laws of our State di- !
rects. ... -
That we ask as special favor of the d. L. !
Church North, and all other churches that may |!
consider this country part Of their moral vine
yard for the future, 10 send anOng Us only such |
ministers as have wisdom and grace enough 30
enable them 20 preach the Gospel without med
Hing with tlae civil institutions Of our coun-
Try. )
REnmxs % JoHx MeDoxecu.-The Is,e
John McDs~scgh, Of New Orleans, who .erussaa.
d the ps9or portssn Of has immens> % the
.isiss ef Baltimore and New S.ssais, requested
=, h;s Ssssaias sho,siS fenoyed 90 shss Aisv
= . g I'd sdHssrmene-rso EiensiOn 81 e<-- sasss ~
cen made fOr several years. and all ts. 90 g.
Mortal Of the millionaire now lie ia negiecten
rave yard, near his fozRaer ressdenee. The az
airs OF the estate are likely soon TO be settled,
" partition Of the property between the city
esatees and in introducing this fact 70 the at
ention Of the Cay COuacII, the Agents remark
hat they have no authority % conform 90 the !
esiaior b reqnest relative to his resaains, and .
aggsst that they he empowered by the proper |
20 have them removed 10 some eesa-
,,ery in ihe nesghbaFhood Of Baltimore, and 70 |,
.ssei plain bias apfropriais monument % his |
nsaaory. ,...
Mr.. walker wants 20 know IL we are in the |
.ighty second year sf American liberty e. ths |
irst year of the resen of monarchy: That IL a !
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