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Thesefy grtatsuetess af tile Institution fruh the
beginning tie long experience of those ut the ht'nd
ui it tAet uuenquernhte determination to carry
out The noble work, src tile best pledge they Gnu
Offer to parents for the Improvement of theft
children.
For terms and other particulars apply to
Rev. tailBERr RAYMOND
Opelalisus, Sept, rs, lass,
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VISITING COMMITTEE;
\. G. Cooke, NJ. ~. Washingtoitl I.as; Hon. Johi
l. Ming, 0pelousas; y. Ogden, Hoiniesyiiie. 5s
REPEKRNQEs.: FHa
Bishop Davis. Columbus, S. G.; Bishop Grecn;
Jaekson.Miss.; Ehett Gautt st. Landry, La; 7. u
Anderson st. Landry l.a.; Hon. l.. Orr, Washing
ton, D. e. a4.i Qct.9 1858.
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s1sl,. Nj ARY'S ACADEMY FOR BOYS.
NJ This Institution, lately established In the town
Of Qpetpasas to bestnw upon the boys and youths
5ai the parish tho isrpnFarahle blessing of solid
education, will resume its duties in Ae 20th pf
0etbher
branches as viii lac mpsl uaeIgl 10 tho pupils; thc
utmost care Will be paid to their rapid improvements
The best Teachers viii he seieeted; their number
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
DIR Franklin and Thomas Paine.

When Paine was writing his infamous
attacks on Christian religion, he submit
ted a part Of his manuscript to DR..
Franklin, for his inspection and opinion.
The following is the answer of that
great philosopher and patriot
DEAR SIR.-I have read your manu-
script with some attention. BY the argu
ment it contains against a particular
Providence, you strike at the foundation
of religion. For without the belief of a
Providence that takes cognizance Of,
guards and guides, and favors particular
persons, there is no motive to worship a
Diety, to fear its displeasure, or to pray
for its protection. | will not enter into
any discussion Of your principles, though
you seem to desiae it.. At present, Ishall
only give you my opinion, that, though
your reasonings are subtitle. and may pre-.
vail with some readers, you will not sue
coed so as to change the general sentl.
ments OF mankind on that subject, and
the consequence of printing this piece
will be, a great deal of odium drawn upon
yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit
to others. He that splits against the
wind spits in his own face. But were
you to succeed, do you imagine any good
will be done by it? You, yourself,
may find it easy to live a yirtuous life
without the assistance afforded by relig
ion you have a clear perception OF the
advantages of virtue, and the ~dlsadvan-
tage Of vice, and possess a strength of
resolution sufficient to enable you to re-
| cict az ~ =, n ON 70 finpo Ruf thInk hn w
great a portion Of mankind consist OF
weak and ignorant men and women. and
of inexperienced. inc3nsiderate youth OF
both sexes, who have need of the motives
of religion to restrain them from vice, to
support their virtue, and retain them in
the practice Of il till it becomes habltual.
which is the great point for its security.
And perhaps you are indebted to her
originality, that is, to your religious
education, for the habits Of virtue upon
which you justly value yourself. You
might easily display your excellent tai
ents of reasoning upon a less hazardous
subject, and thereby obtain a rank with
our most distinguished authors. For
among us, it is notsneccessary, as among
the Hottentots, that a youth, to be raised
into the company Of men, should prove
his manhood by beating his mother. |
would advise you, therefore, not to at
tempt Enchanting the tiger, but to burn
this piece before it is seen by any other
person, whereby you will save yours elf
a great deal of modification from the
enemies it may raise against you, and
perhaps a good deal of regret and repen,
lance. If men are so wicked with re
ligion, what would they do without it ?
| intend this letter itself as a proof of
my friendship, and therefore, add no pro-
%fession to it; But simply subscribe
yours,
B. FRANKLIN. z
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

caroes and partly on the ice. They
were as much surprised to find mt upon
the Island o. I was delighted to see a
human face again. We could not under
stand each other, but they made signs
that | should go with them. / was in
their power, but I was willing to go, as
| conceived that by their means | might
finally obtain my release and restoration.
They returned with me to the British
coast, which think is not more than 20
or Is miles from my island. They con
Quoted me in a two days Journey, to a
French trading post, where for the first
time in three years | found myself in the
company o civilized men. l was received
with kindness and 0 Forwarded to
Fort William. The commander of this
fort entertained me Hospitality until the
lake became open. when he dispatched
me to Marquette, from which point Capt.
Marvin has conducted me hither. AT the
ISanlt | learned that Mr.. Ashwell had re
turned to Cleveland, and l am now or
my way thither.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
A Fiond in Human Snaps.

Last Saturday, we learn from the Wa
bash Intelligencer, a man named VIM.
Joy, was convicted Of burning his own.
child to death and sentenced to eighteen
years confinement ia the Pehitentiary.
The priacipal witness against him was
his little daughter Nancy, whose story to
the jury is thus givenb by the Iutelligencer.
We should premise that the offence was
committed in the fall of 1857, but conceal
ed by the family through fear of the
father, till his arrest for another offence
lately, gave them an opportunity to tell
it without fear.
Her little brother, John, a child
about four months old, was quite unwell,
and had been SO for some days, and was
consequently %fretful, and had cried con-
Siderably during the night, and disturb
ed her father. Early in the morning her
father called to her and told her to get
up and make a fire. Sac did so-made
the fire principally of brush because
there was no other wood prepared.
After the fire began to burn, the child
continued to cry and fret, her father be-
came enraged, and snatching the child
from its mothers arms, tore every parti-
Gle Of clothing off it, and then took it by
one arm and one leg, and held it over the
fire, until it was burnt in several places
to a blister. He then struck the little
sufferer two blows with his hand, leaving
upon its body the marks of his fingers
and then threw it into the cradle or bed,
His wife and daughter struggled to get
the child away from him, but were una.
bic to do so. and when Mrs. Joy found
that he was going to burn the child to
death, she ran out of the house to pre-
vent seeing the sight, and to get out Of
hearing of the ehild's screams.
Joy took down his gun, pointing it at
her compelled her to come in. He then
left the house and did not return, as we
understand, for a day or two. Four days
after this terrible scene the little suffer.
ing child died, and was buried. None
but Joy and his wife, and two young
daughters knew anything about the cause
of its death. The n~eighboring women
who came in and assisted to lay the child
out, found it so mortified and decayed,
that they could not wash it, or even take
off the clothing upon it. Joy told his
wife and daughters that if they ever said
a word about it he would kill them and
they believed him, and so kept the horri-
Bile secret.
I&Nt E2a - fH#EN EA&E EJ.#s EHNEEX
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
Our Serap Book
The Lost Arts

The Hartford Press mentions that in
tearing down the old WHY'S marsion, on
the Charter Oak place, in that city, an
old manuscript book was found between
the partitions, where it had fallen man
years ago. Some extracts are given
which are not enumerated among the
F" lost arts -
to kill meet or anything so as to have
the meet sweet let the new moon BE Ave
days old.
to cure you from suffering take a piece
of lead and wear it in the boiler of your
neck.
to skare rats away Rite a paper and
command the rats to quit your house and
60 somewhere else, forthwith grease the
paper well and lay it in the suller they
will eat the paper up.
to cure corne on your toes fast GU
your corns then take a rat skin bind i
on your toes.
for deafness take a rine of pork anc
put in your care and kepe it there.
for wichcraft get sweet farm (fern) ant
tie it about your neck and wear it a Ions
time.
for deafness fine old BROWN WOOD
picker kill him and get his Brans drains
and put it in your ears and war it ii
your ears.
for a weke peple take a large frog anc
cut him in two and bind him on you
stomach split open and 50 on one after
mother.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
Temperance in Russia.

tEfa FLa ESQ
We translate from Lc Nord the singular
total obstinance pledge which has been signed
by the peasants on the domain Of the Princess
Se~berbatoff; o,.s.s
This 28th day Of January, 1859, we, the
undersigned, elders and peasants Of the VII
lage Mini andykh, belonging to the Princess
Alexacdrowna Scherbatof, delegates of the
Couacil of Commune, in convention assembled,
on the eccasionof the raising of the price OF
brandy, by the farmer Of brandies of Cor
okhoYetz, to 5 roubles per vedro, and to 8 rou-
bles per yedro at retail, and which we consider
ruinous to ourselves and our families; we have
resolved to avoid its i'll consequences, to cult.
vate among ourselves and our children the
principles Of morality, and to fulfill, in the
most regular manner, our duties toward the
Government and. our landlords. In conse-
quence of which we have freely entered into
this written engagement, by WHICH we bind
ourselves not TO waste our substance in dark.
ness--that is 10 say, not to drink any more
brandy in the shops, nor to bny any to carry
to cur homes except in certain extraordinary
cases; and, in order to insure success for this
we promise to watch each other aud to con-
plain of delinquents before the authorities oil
Commune, so that they may be punished..as
men Injurious to the society upon which oul
wel[being depends Should any one be com.
PEELED to buysbfaudy, he must refer the case
to the authorities. In witness whereof We
subscribe ourselves
These Temperance movements are becom-
ing general IN Russia The great competition
to obtain the brandy monopoly last year, and
the high premiums paid for it, have considera,
bly, raised the price, But the principle cause
Of the movement appears to be the approach.
ing emancipation Of the peasants. The pros
lpect Of personal freedom already increases
their self-respect and their desire to accumu.
late property. The inhabitants of Ralachow,
a village Of {. 600 inhabitants, in the PROV.
isnce Of Saratoy, have taken the pledge, with
solemn religious services, under the lead OIL
their clergy,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
Evils of I-ntemperance.

Hon. Edward Everett enumerates the
following among other evils Intemper
ance has inflicted on the country within
the last ten years, to wit
1. It has cost in direct expenses, $50,
100000 annually $500, 100000
2. 1t has cost, in indirect expenses,
$60,00o,0O0 100000 900.
8. 1t has burnt and otherwise de.
stroyed property to the amount Of So
00O, 600.
A. 1t has destroyed 10000 lives annu
ally 100000.
5. 1t has made no less than 10000
widows ; 100000.
O.. 1t has made no less than 1000 ma
MACS annually ; 10000.
Z. 1t has made no less than 100000
orphans annually 100000.
s. 1t has instigated $50 murders an
nually ; $4,000.
9. 1t has caused 1000 suicides.
10. It has consigned to iails and
prisons 10000.
Is. 1t has endangered the inheritance
left US by our fathers, and left q foul
blot On the name of America.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
A Constant Miracle.

The Bible itself is a standing and an
astonishing miracle. Written. fragment
by fragment, throughout the course of
fifteen centuries, under different states of
society and in different languages, by per-
sons Of the most opposite tempers. talents
and conditions, learned and unlearned
prince and peasant. bond and free cast
into every form of instructive composition
and good writing, history. prophecy, poe
try, allegory, emblemasic representation,
judicious Interpretation, literal statement,
precept, example, proverbs, disquisitions,
epsitle, sermon, prayer ; in short, all ra
tional shapes OF human discourse, and
treating, moreover, on subjects not obvi-
Gus, but most difficult its authors are
not found, like other writer's, contradict
ing one another upon the most ordinary
matters of fact and opinion, but are har.
mony upon the whole Of their sublime and
momentous scheme.--Prof. Mactaga4.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
The Dying Never Weep.

1t is a striking fact-the dying never
weep. The circle Of sobbing, agonized
hearts around, produces not one tear. Is
it that he is ipsensible and stiff already
in the chill of dissolution +? That cannot
be for he asks for his fathers hand, as
if to gain strength in the mortal struggle,
and leans on the breast of mother, broth
err, or sister, with still conscious affec
tons and just before expiring, at eve,
after a long days converse with the an
gel of Summons, he says to his old est
brother-the last audible "good night
of earth Kiss me, kiss me !" 1t must
be because the dying have reached a
point too deep for u earthly crying and
weeping. They are face to face witt
higher and boiler beings, witt the Faith
or in Heaven, and bis Angel throng, leo
on by the Son himself, and what are
griefs of a morning, tears of a dying
farewell-be it that they are shed by the
dearest on earth-in that vision bright o.
immortal lite and everlasting reunion
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

nsA Mrs. Darlington, after listening
to the reading of an advertisement for a
young ladies' boarding school, said For
my part | can't deceive what on airth
eddication is coming to. When l was
young, if a girl only understood the rules
Of distraction, provision, multiplying, re-
plenishing, and the common dominator,
the converts and dormitories, the PROV
inces and the umpires, they had eddica.
ton enough. But now they have to
study bottemy, algerbay, and have to
demonstrate suppositions of s~ycephants of
circusses, tangents and Diogenes and
parallelogramy, to say nothing about the
oxhides, correction and abstruse t~rianglesl
Thus saying, the old lady leaned back in
her chair, her knitting work fell in her
lap, and for some minutes she seemed in
meditation.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

HaAA Yankee lad, whose father was
o farmer, went into a barn to play a short
time ago, and being detained a prisoner
by a thunder storm, he fell asleep on a
bag of guano. The old gentleman, when
the storm was over, went into the farm
yard to look after his son. and net q
giant eight feet high, coming out of the
barn.
Hello! who are. you'll" he cried (:
" what are you doing here p
"Why, father" squeaked the Goliah,
T" tbs me don't you know Tommy y
"Youl' the astonished parent then
exclain ed . Why Tom how on earth did
you get stretched out SO long in 50 short
"a time B" 81
"Why, father replied the boy, look
ing down upon the gaping old man, II
slept upon them bags OF guano, that you
put in the barn, and that and the light
ming together has done the business"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

HGg- An Irish counsellor having lost
a case which had been before three
Judges. one Of whom was esteemed avery
able lawyer, the other two very poor
ones, a brother counsel made himself
merry on the occasion.
Why said the disconftted IrishmaTr
/" who the duce could helpit when there
were a hundred judges on the bench ~
"a hundred why there were only
three"
"By LSt. Patrick, Pm right" replied
he, " three was a figure Of one and two
cyphers."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
DEEDS of Kindness.

Suppose the little cowslip
Should hang its golden cup,
& And say, In sneh a tiny flower
a8 I'd better not grow up"
How many a weary traveller
Would miss its fragrant smell
How many a little child would grieve
To lose it from the dell
Suppose the glistenirg dewdrop
Upon the grass chould say,
za0H What can a little dewdrop do?
I'd better roll away"
The blade on which it rested,
Before the day was dene.
Without a drop to moisten it,
s5s,, Would wither in the sun.
Suppose the little breezes
Upon a summers day,
Should think themselves teo small to cool
The traveller on his way
Who would not miss the smallest
And softest o es that blow,
And think they made a great mistake
If they we're talking So
How many deeds of kindness
A little child may do,
Although it has so little strength,
s And little wisdom, tool
It wants a loving spirit,
Much more than strength, to prove
How many things a child may do
For others by his love.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
Closed for Repairs.

In Judge LIS. Office was always kept
for private entertainment and solaee. q
demijohn of " good old Jamaica" His
Honor noticed that every Monday morn
ing it was a lighter, a more distracted
" John" than he left it OF Saturday night.
Sam was also missing from his usual seat
in the othordox paternal pew.
On Sunday afternoon Sam came IN
about FIVE o'clock, and (rather heavily
went up stairs. The Judge called aftsf
him Sam where have you been
"To church, sir"
What church, Sam?"
"The Second Methodist, SIR"
Have a good sermon, Sam
every powerful, sir it quite stag
gered me. Sir"
"Ah, / see," said the Judge. quite
powerful, eh, Sam"
The next Sunday the son came home
rather earlier than usual, and apparent
" not so much " under the weather" His
father hailed him: well, Sam, been
to the Second Methodist church again
to day?p
"Yes, sir"
GOOD sermon, my boy
"Fact was, father, that I couldn't get
in church shut up and a ticket on the
DOR"
Sorry, Sam keep going, you may
get good by it yet"
Sam says on going to the office for his
usual spiritual refreshment. he found the
" John" empty, and bearing this label /;
F" There will be no service here to day,
this church being closed for repairsl2
Sam departed a sadder and a WISER
but with his bibulons proclivities) not a
better man.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

PAINT WITH SINGULAR P~REsERvAFIvE
QUALIrIEs-By ~subjecting eight parts,
by weight, of linsced oil, and one part of
sulphur, to q temperature Of two hundred
and ninety-eight degrees, in an iron YES.
sci, a species Of paint possessing singular
preseryative qualities is produced. APP
Piled to the surface of a building, with
"a brush, it effcctually keeps out air and
moisture, prevents deposits of SCOT and
dirt, and preserves the beauty of the
stoyes wood, or brick work to whichitis
applied.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

ToBAceo.-Since the flea is generally
up all night, stealing about like a brave
in the dark, to take. mans blood, we are
curious to know if he stops in bed the
whole Of the next day ? or when docs
he take his rest2 or is he simply satis-
fed in taking the rest Of others2
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

BGr They are greeting very particu~
larly down in Gloucester, Mass. having
voted to exclude all the animal shows and
exhibitions for the current year. The
latest police intelligence said to be from
that quarter, is that a bot pie which had
been set ont by an old lady to cool. was
arrested by a policeman for smoking in
the street.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

p8 Shut your eyes and listen nit
me-" said Uncle Van Heyde. Swell, de-
first night | open store | counts de mon
les. and finds him nix right. Icount him
and dare be three dollar gone, and vat
does yer think / does den :" Il can't
say" "Vy, l did not count him any
more, and he comes out shoost right ever
SINCE
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
Mary Walton.


MARY Walton! Mary Walton!
Tell me, tell me, where is She
M il she playing with the children
On the daisy sParkled lea
Gathering flowers
From the bowers
Who're can Mary Walton be I
Go and seek her by the river M
20 sg4Ia Bending DER the lilies fair,
Wading in the crystal waters
See If you can find her there
She is strayin-,-
Long in staying
See If Mary Walton's there.
HE thee to the blue-waved ocean.
Seek her on the pebbly strand;
Gathering tiny shells and sea weed
IN her chubby baby hand; x4
step ye gently, zal
See where went they
Little footprints in the sand.
Little children hasten thither.
Ihreugh the dingle, DER the ,ea;
Seek her on the hill and morntai
Lead her gently home to me
Little fairy,
Laughing Mary
Litt'e ones, she'll come with thee.n
And they sped-those little children
Lightly-footed Ger the sand,-
Sought her in the shadowy valley.
- Sought her on the pebbly strand
Did ye find her, m
Did ye find her.
Gently to your little baud
Mary Walton yes, we found her.
Sleeping meath the hillock lone
Blue-eyed daisies watching DER ber.
And her name upon a stone.
Pointing Heavenward,
Ever Heavenward- :,
There has Mary Walton flown"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

nAA HOME ToAsT.-An old toperf
in the last stages of the dropsy, was told
by his physician that nothing would save
him but being +" tapped His son in
witty little shaver,) objected to the op:
GRAFTON, saying Daddy, daddy, don't
submit to it, for you know there was new.
er anything tapped in our house that
lasted more than a week."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05
scr1 prrrRrs n NtNrvrH THE mi,

SCULPTURES OF NTNEvEH.-The thir
teen pieces of ancient sculpture, exLuned
from the ruins of NineYah, and presented
to the New York Historical Society, BY
James Lennox, Esq, have been opened
and placed in the rooms Of the Society,
where they afford great delight TO the
more ardent antiquarians, and are the
subjects of much interest to all clSsses.-
They consist chiefly of winged and eagle
headed human figures, and sacred trees
to which they appear to be making vo-
tive offerings. They date back twenty.
FIVE centuries, and are in a remarkable
state Of preservation, the fine lines made
with the chisel, in sculpturing, and the
Inscriptions. being still visible. The
work of deciphering the legends written
upon these marbles rescued from the dust
of twenty-five centuries j; will be one re-
quiring great skill and patience, but
there are many enthusiastic scholars who
will gladly undertake it.
The Historical Society have raised
$4,000 of the sun 100000 required to
purchase DR.. Abbott's collection of Egyp-
tan antiquities the best collection ex.
tant.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-05

A LITTLE JEALOUS What a fine
gentleman ?" exclaimed a young lady,
when walking out with her beau, as q
slim six footer passed by. Yes" re-
torted the beau, WHO was rather corpu.
lent. g If he were much finer we should
not.be able to see him.