, 1865-10-06

The extrn vowels lrc intended 10 be used
only when the writer wishes 10 give the exact
nractiea1 purposes, they arc not needed.
Whatever difference Of vocal sound i heard
between In arm md o In nm, or between
1t, care and in cane, Is caused By the peculiar
qunlity Of the cousonant r. So the difference
heard in lost and lord, OF dust aud durst, Is
occasioncd by the r. The consonant ], nfter
vowels, In accented syilables. llenee, no mis-
take In pronunciation will arise u the extra
vowcls arc emitted, Us The voice naturally
gives the proper articulation to words con-
Tuning and1.
BrLEs AND EXPLANATIONS FOR SPELLING.
Isl. Give 10 each letter its primary sound.
End, Omit silent vowels an1 cunsoncnts. 3rd.
Retain ) for tho sound Of ut tho end Of
words. 18th. Use sion at the end of words for
tion, sion, cion, &c. 5t1. Use the marked 5
TO Indicate the sound Of : ut the end Of words
ard sysables. It'll. Use 4 for tho soft sound Of
c, and for the soft sound Of Q, 7th. Use
before { j nud y, nnd after the vowels IN
monosy1ables and tleir derivatives; IN other
cases 1lse "hartl." This Is the hest posi-.
bic compromise with the present employment
ofc and 4,
Il will lie observed that dotted represents
long I, and without the dot, short l. For
short the Greek epsilon, or eshort, Il appro-
priatcly employed; 90 in fool Is represented
Uy LMU Or JIlucQt HILL 5uOkl OVs &tS al kpCts ~
represented by two o's partly Joined: Long
II has the second down stroke carried little
below the line to Indicate the long OF dip
thong sound.
SPECIMENS OF THE NEW on7HoonArur.
knowledge f,,rlnugl. plague tough
nolsj f1rlo plag tut
bought receipt believe conceive deceive
bot reset bcley conscv. dcsev
achieve mention mansion coercion
acllcy nlrnsion 1nansion corrsion
factious precious vitiate conscious
facsious rrcsious vlslat coAsious
broad bread cough ,lraught ncigl,bor
;r,,l bird cef lsaIt nabor
Ill, they them that This these think there
the thu them that this tllcs think thar
is arc was have to too do of but and
l. ar wes hav to tn tm ev but anil
| what where when which who whose
whot wi,ar when which hn hos
Better to hunt i'll fields for health I'M.
| bought
Than fec the doctor for a na,,setus
| ,lraugl,t.
Heter TO hunt III fields for hclth unbet
| Thun f. the tlucter fur a rlusclS draft
The President Of the United States is
tho chief executive officer OF the Gov
crlsment.
The President ov the Emitted Stats /;
til. chef cxrcutlv otisrr ev the Guvyrn.
nlrnt, .,..- -.-.---
| on TIE POWER OF WORDS.
1iou wu1l,lrrfoI ar wnrtl=! -Iou IN
significant o. shaIs-tls nler sounds
hol sxlrc<,v a< cmbotllMcnts ov NEIL
ing! Ech wuyd Is prcslous trcsury,
Ech 1,tl w,lrtf Is the repository oy Il tllUt
I4ik magnetism IN the stel, or lik spirit
IN the hetly, 30 lis the n,enlng Ill the
wurtl Ol,no<t ol hunlan nolcj i raped
up i'll tlles tiny FORMS, hundreds and
thousands ov orbltrary sins, ech sugiics
,lv av sum idea! Whrtllcr we think IL
w,lrt1s or not, 1t Is hard to corlscv ov the
poscsion on much ocurat nolcj without
them. Wurds swept ava, Natural Sicn:
and L,trrat,lr wo1 Ito lax INTO the vus1
unnon. OF ,olej L ON absolut boundle:
osiau. From 1t we hov tllrcd fiji drop:
ov truth. Thez drapS or contained II
w,,rtls Ifou presious. then. ar wurl<
In thsm ar storS or moral and historic
truth, and no lrs ev passion and ,mqjtn
aston, lad ur-lcsens or mint wurth
which We ma deriv from them If oul
otcnsion l. awakened to thcr cxlstens.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
The 1rrrgVlor,ty= ov our orthograf.s
ar wrl non. The ebstacls tha thro II
the wa ov children and forenrrs turning
to red English or olso non, tho nun
purllops, or folly awqr or thcr masnl
!, tud. Meny otcmpts hav bin mad t
remedy this eyll-the lost and most I'm
portont by Pltmon's fohctlc print. Blu
the fonetlc meshed lus hitherto faled Il
sucsed. Even its E7at mcr1ts, ITS hy rec
, emendasions by, the best cd4casiono
o,hor1tyz, Its eminent sucscs wharsye
, aciuoly and tl,uro1y employed, ond til
strenuus ond prrserer1ng cforts ov 1t
trends. hGv not ganrd for1t Il fothol1 II
our publlc sc.nls; It hos not even bin od
n,,tctl TO far triol Purhops the che
, rezon Is, that the P1tmon s1stem al
! en,pted 10 ,ntrolus to swcp,ng chan.
| such o. the Anglo soxen rus or not ye
: nrcporsd to resey and adopt. ThePll
| man s,sten1, however, poscscs grav dt
+ frcts. Amung them ma be mensione
the atrmt to hdrmonis 1t with tn men
! th,nc-1nak 1t conform to the orthol
rafv oy modern Eropeon langwajcs, t
! Ensllsh er,hosrafy, to the Romon scr1I
| oiiahcts. to fonografy, ond to the d