, 1865-09-22

.tur to tha noNer of the Letters i thu INT one
he What business has d IN each, Or ne IN
leave; & iii impregn; afler In concett,
and bc1ore Q In belief; in people! Why ise
elected from albino and supplauted by the
dlphthong r.: why Is the trlpthong nay a.
'ioKed to nsurp tue place Of e tn ql1aYs and 50
Now, observe the way in which . Is per-
yerted and the company Will which 1t Is
mated. In the word great it l. silent aud use-
less In ycil aud usurps the place OF IL
reign, eIg stands for a.; in weigh, elgh stand
for a, in they, CT Tor in heart ea stands for
The sound Of ah; IN Haerle1n &C for al; In
Sergeant stands for all. and ea for eh, or
! '''ehort" e. In the word foe Is Mtched on
nftcr o, and Is silent. In Tocman 1t u placed
before and Is Silent ngain IN bean the Whole,
trfplet tou, stand for ., IN heat Ne hava co,
sshhort" q; ii sew, ew stand for . lin helfer
ei substitutes short e; in friend te substitutes
the same sound !; In leopard 70. ditto; guess
,4, In there c-e, in aesthetics ae, In prayer
aye, all substitute short c, and IN lieutenant,
ieu has the sound OF ef; IN: lied e has the
md arc silent; eeigh in slight has the sound
off; tue stands for In eye: is silent In rule,
in move, and in use also after y in: rye, md
| olin noise; &c stands for short n been ci
for short In forfeit /; ey for short u barley,
cigh for short In Burieigh, CO for short In
RulQEA. VtuGF 11blHuECd Nl1j LIZ t-A%A oAs
tho list IL already. ftightful to contemplate.
Here sre forty classes Of words In Which the
vowel e Is used while its sound Is sup
pressed or perverted Not one Of those
words Is spelled according to its pronnncia..
tion. To the forty add The previous list Of
sixteen, and We hare ysHys*fx classes Of words
spbyerted and converted into Ill kinda of
sounds, except lis owu. The same lawless-
ness, the sa1ne utter Disregard Of phonetic
truth, Is witnessed in the use Of d, 0, i and u,
indeed Of all the other vowel sounds IN tic
language.
TIE LETTER1Es5 VoWELs.
The eleven yoWels which hare no letters to
represent them are heard In balm, am, all,
ell, III. 1t Is attempted to represent. the trst
four by a, but the broad sound heard In al Is
frequently represented by, 2w, as in fatgo snd
au In fraud, and sometimes ly o., as IN broad.
| o is also frequently employed, as In OF, nor,
for. The short broad vowel heard In: what,
words, such as not, on, fop, mob, box, chop,
The sountl heard in hair Is represented by
al in air, q in care, 9 In where, ca In wear, ei
| in their; besides. several other substitutes.
| The short vowel heard In bed, pen, El Is
times by ca as ia head, q as in any, al as in
said, ay in says, lie In friend, ue in gaess oe In
-1ennar1. ri in lr1Ser. kc. The 1nn1 and shor4
voTtis heard 10 fool and full ars fenn.senta5
| regardless Of order or. sound. fv M m, n n
orz I'm IN, ne va. ouvh: a. IN In 4eonn nj ~
ria Win mnye. shoe, ft,,nnc11 trnnl f,ft'
wn1i. Thc sbnrt sound Of e L @cncaliv rnn,
resented By I, as in III, win, Is But frequently
By &C as in been, ef in forfeit, o In women, nj
In build. le in dulles, = Ia hyn,n, = In folly, u
IN busy. The sound Of in father isgenerally
Isaac -; in r13fnt;f - Nc IN he1,t "a 90 T.,
n1"r3 m ne N amt We have secn 1hat fnn1
f sne1ieJ win No niso wood and re NAV nfid
on fn t]nof]. and 90 in door. Wtile stan1s for
90 IN do-all different sounds. ::
But this urticle hos already reached Its u.s.
signed limits, and enough has bocn presented
to explain to any ones entire satisfaction why
| 70 very few persons cnn spell or write correct-
II according 10 the present usage, and why It
IS such dreadful task to teach CHILD to spell
and read,
THE PROPOSED NEW sfsrEM.
rhosc Win fccc1 n; ;ntcrrsf in thfs s,h,cct
.nnd mn w{l1In~ il cn,oreratc with Tho wI}trr
in aciin,ina tr A rcfnr1,, nf nur ,nrtho,rranf,v.
viii r1case oi51ess tl,r;r con1,nnicafinns -
Il A,n9,s = THSnnvp ntt1re. Afror Gs,v ar.
ticlcs n further examination of tho present
sv.tc,n nf orti,oararIy' shall nresent to tIe
ILL. f,r stt,t,,sf,;nr anI rfor,n,Ir In sn"iis
- ~ ~ . 1anr;,aT Tie ,,ro,s5sci srs}c1n
if1 " oua n+.iaiir +; ;ts ;,a+a,s III nsa -; a.,
on.exs Iat1 ftoT ~ - arstaIn IF :p;tman md
IHa IHsS.' ~ nsn & %. t,,a;r A,,ar;na, E,i
Ees y. If fS.Y4.tH H. .1.a,iat;a ..;,,a,,1a
o"Gs, 1ttIeaa ;; ~ d,,e
~ !al ~ ,e1t. ~ w. ;i,aiti1o En..3,u,.
r;i,e.;,t. - ~ r.}bar - ;ntrof,nca H.
,nrnax3 ,npas,,rs s ~ rrt;,r1, whicT ti,e nnhiic