, 1865-11-25

1!ZlfY &
ent ways Of spelling the slrrp1e sound Of
lnnE, and the only word of the whole II
spelled correctly, that Is, according 10 the nov
er OF letters the Is The frat-de. What bns,
ness has IN each, or &c In leave, q In tn
oin people! And 80 Of ihc otheSes y obsa@ bsltel
this e1amp1c-ea In great, ca IN heat, ~ !,
blesd; "a In earth, ca IN heart, Fiye: G}Iar~,
sounds for one improper 1ipthonp SsTsr
this case: 90 In food, 90 IN foot, 90 ia blood
90 in door-1our different sounds for the ssrn'
dip' 'no9g. LAKE the long open vowel 0, as Il
man, beass, sesc, rotu, four, note. 's! 'e'
The hrst leuer Of onr alphabet, long d. L
represented BY the following signs a IL lsdy
o-e IN mate. a In pain, oigh in straiehI + M @ I,
gno!. oq n loal, ua IN gaogtng, ou-e d gauge
ay IN 6fay, q In prey, "a in great, Il II
VEL e'g nrs IN se,gn' a sah IN weigh, eye IL con
plo "long, :" and only one Of them CORRECTLY
ernployed-G IL lady al Of, the, other thif
teen nre In violation of the phonetic urinciDie
BY what rule OF rules can the child be taught
when to use these variors dIsraphs, dip
thongs, and arbitrary, senscless combination,
q voWels and consonaats rs substitutes foI
, The combination 20 Is used to represent
sets'' different sounds : as people, leopard
{eoman, galleon, theology, aureola, and Nc
| Leod.
Take the sound Of IN care, and II Is SPELLED
In different words Thus : cure, air, their, ere
so5 n rsys ~ os ~, ss se9 one 50 sound I'd
usurped and abused IS foiiowsi by a ea Il i
in says (, le in if,end end % nc }isIe1; IL eues' 81
tges), oe In leopard G.pard), el in heifel
The long and short vowels heard in food
loot, are represented In utter disregard o.
rule, rhyme, or reason, BY 90, on, d, o, e-e
oe, wo, ue uie, eauz, ongh, as In loo, SOUP
rue; DO, move, shoe, two, DUE juice, bill
One example. more / long IN Ice, Is thul
pine, az In aisle, c: IN Elder, Ugh In slc1ght
~ in guide, u In try, ey IN eying, L Ia indict
'gh .l IN high, " in buy.
although the tongh cough and hiceoush plough
o'erliEoa dasS slcush my course viii pursus,''
presents the combination ougA with seven
different sounds. It las also another sound
thought. Yoltafre, upon learning that agus
is pronounced IS two syllablcs, and ptaqte as
one syllable, exclaimed that be wished one.
bali the English had the ague and the other
half the plague. The great French scholar
and wit learned to speak our language, but
] l.
But the reader cries: hold, enough
| And desist from presenting any more
examples Of Insane orthogruphy upon
| this OCCASION. The specimens given
above; ateetionately commend to the
digestion Of those critics who ridlculc and
sneer, revf1e and scold at the advocates Of
photographic reform.
Photographers encounter serious obstacles
Ia attempting to present the phonetic princi-
pie to the people, for the wnnt Of sufficient
characters to represent the various sounds In
our tongue. IhAre been trying to so manipulate
| the type in common use, as to produce pho
| netic alphabet without setiously !disdgurinr
the typographical appearance OF the page,
and otter to orthogIaphic retormers the fol
lowing ''make-shift' alphabet, which will en-
able them to present the phonetic ..,.ea tn their
friends and neighbc5s through the: Columns In % Of
their loca! papers. There is scarcely q ncwspa-
per othcc IL the United States which possesses
font Of phonetic typo.
:. As the capital" letter Is more emphatic
than the "romanic" Or lower case, let Us 1,ss
the SMALL CAPS for tho long sounds Of the
voWels, and the romnnic for tho short sounds,
Win the exception Of o, which is the same In
tue small cap as tn the lower ease. For the
long use either Italic or inverted 3, which
will aroId using italics. So this character
eound Of 90 heard in foot, full but either will
do. For the broad sound OF q In call, fraud,
a'sful, use nu, except before :, where will
answer.
For the vowel capitals, use tho tallc
lull cops TOT :he long yowets aud the plaiu
caps for the short yoWels. To designate the
Italian in far, balm, path, II /. be deeuled
'sl0Wer caHe."
The only change that need be made on,the
consonants is to designate the difference be-
tween II In then and i: In thin. Let the as.
pirate th bc printed thus; think, boTh, and
for capital use the italic z, ss Theft.
. IL j. y not necessary to supply 6istinct char
aeteE iol sounds now represented bg disraphs,
provided they arc used uniformly. Hence,
there is no need Of replacing Of, on, th, sb.
ch. or ng, With single characters.
" The proposed method We have the fol-
lowing vowel signs:
LoDgv,,A 3 b au . 90
Power. ale, eel. Ice, old, use, awe, ut, core.
shortv.,a o toD (ou) u
reSt We bass It pe@ IT. = S e ct Sp5 foot
bly, as plain and pleasant to the ere rs It eau
be constructed out Of the present: defective
nlphubctlc characters. II will answer. at
least, to distinguish the vocal sounds In our
language. In the following phonotyphy, = Ia |
uscd tor ut the end Of words, and K Ii re-
tanea aase hs1ole and y-therein following the.
% |
The terrible bran tasc ov atemting tn mem |
orlz onr laules or1hografy would BE- spared \
them, aad the tim and muny non wasted cmd |
be emploid In storing thar mmdz with Usftul |
nolej, and properly iiting them for the tlutyz
Or ufter Ill. htilyonz OF anual edUcAahuual
exEens wmd BIZ spared, and milyooz ov igno-
INIT children ov poverty wma be hraut intoo
Lhc pal ov lit and nolei. The graf obstacle
In the acqu1rmcnt ov our lan.wAi ny forcnerz
Is thArby removed, aud our spoken English,
il simply md truly riten, when bor1 by
,olners, conquest, travel aud colontzAshun
md eventually, tic universal langwnj ov the
Turld.
The cou,on orThogrnfy requIr7. that the
oUpil ct the most lmpresibIc Al khmd BIZ
rAned tM rid und rite in a mnncr violating
he dlcsAts ov hiz comon seuu. The naturai
!nrd ststem ov spelling the langwAj il, tn
lEgrE, tn blunt tho child's sens ov truth,
and rashunnlity, and enicnder In
liz mind D dIstAd for study, and dislc ior
looks and nCzpAPerz.
Prot. "Grimm," D noted Jcrmnn a1olo|ist,
'aft 1h,s " compliment on the English spok.
"The Ehellsh langwaj possesses poues oy
xpreshuD such NJ never perhaps wos atAned
y eny uther human tung. Its oltogethes
Intellectual and singularly hapy foundAshun
ona Sa nv @a aiS1 a
!
the JeFmnn md Latin. The for
ncr suplyz the material foundAshuu, the |
ater the abstract noshuns. In richnes,
ound, and fe1ibilIty, no modern tung can be
ompAred with 1t, not Even the Jcrman,
can enter the lists with the Eoglish. Wer
not for the impediments ov bizar, fantastic
nd. autfquAted orThografy that stand In the
"a, the Uniyersallty oy this lanswa} wmd be
ertln and It ma perhaps, be- fortunAt for
IS : other 1s HropEans that Engllshman hav not
But sum ov them ar beginning tu mac the
discovery" and NOR vii get thar IL open
Efor this sentUry L. ended.
The above will suffice as specimen of what
an be done to present, In the types found In |
very printing office, the phonetic principle.
ven this much reform, If adopted, would
Tork almost miracles in mid OF learning to !
cad, spell and write compositions. It would
bolfsh at least nineItnfhs of the present Or {
hographic difficulties. and the printed page
'ould teach every reader correct pronuncla-
on Of the M,vng tongne sfSrrey these In
lar education arc loo valuable and import
ut to be sacrificed on the FOOLS altar, OF put
side BY silly rlaicule or the jeers Of unreaect-
'g prejudice. J. N.
mr. Summers Rules OF Clemency.
In Ills article in the dkIantk nonthly for De-
;mber, Hon. Charles Sumner lays down the '
flowing rules as proper to guide the exer-
Sc Of ctcmency tbward those lately in rebel {
on against the Government: I
l. As general rule, helligcrcnt traitors, t
ho hare 6attled against the country, must '
,t be permitted al once, without probation T
: trial, to resume their old places Of trust !
I'd power: Such a concession would be /
carly against every suggestion Of common \
rse, and President johnson clearly saw It t
;, when addressing his fellow-citlzens of y
enncEsec, 10th June, 1864, he said: I" sag e
at traitors should take q back sent in the e