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The Teachers Assistant.

Because it is advisable that child
should not be semitic school until seven
Or eight years ofage, it is not to be in.
ferred that all that period should clapso
without efforts to develop its mind. 1t
IS unfortunate that any chll should pass
from its sparent's hands into the care of
school teacher without knowledge Of
the alphabet. The reason must be oh.
vious. The utmost patience is required
to teach the alphabet in the majority OF
cases. Impulsive dealing, impatieDce'
are fatal to tile child at this tender age.
And it IS not to be supposed that any
one will exercise more patience and
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Communications.
FOR THE NEWS
The Schooling Of the Girls.
CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER v.
Very great are the mistakes which
are made in regard to what constitutes
education. The idea with many is that
1t consists simply in the acquisition of
knowlcGge-the mind going out over
the world as free .booter, and then re-.
turning with it's treasures. This view
takes in the results only without respect
to the cause which produces them. Can
feeble untutored intellect go forth and
gather the coveted spoils The field to
be travcrse6 is wide; the obstacles to
be overcome are formidable hence the
slckly ard unframed ones must faint
and fall at the very outset. Educo-I
draw forth, or draw out-develope-
call into exercise-the mind, the imma.
terial, immortal mind this is educa.
ton. The instrument by which knowl.
edge is acquired and advantageously
used, must be strengthened, stimulated,
drilled This is the first work to be
done by the pupil aided by tie teacher.
OF course knowledge will be obtained
as she progresses but what we mean is
chat the grand aim should be the attain.
ment OF thorough mental discipline.
Without this, of what value are all
the stores Of knowledge in the universe?
Here are the abundant and excellent
materials for the enaction Of stately
and beautiful edi6ce but the possessor
has no skill l. no power to put one stone
upon another. Give us the clear sharp,
strong intellect mind that will 90
"whithersoever the governor listeth"-
and we can range successfully the vast
and inviting fields Of thought, and
amass untold wealth in comparatively
short time. Here there is the learned,
or educated person-the one who is &C.
quainted with philosophical principles
and historical facts, and with the ltera.
turc of the past and the present and
who has the intellectual training neces.
sary to make these opttma spolia availa.
| bic.
We are thuS Confirmed inthe opinion
that pigor of mind is the great thing to
be sought, and the lesson taught us in
our last chapter is emphasized
The confinement Of the pupils for too
long time-rendcrs almost necessa.
ry for them to move about and talk, and
laugh. 1t produces lassitude and indif-
ference, leads to feeble and fitful efforts,
and consequently wars against the at,
talnment Of that intellectual po,yey
which education is designed to confer.
The pupil who always has book in
her hand-who d,ffnses her energies
over every hour in the day, will either
become physically or mentally imbecile
We cannot utter with sufficient force
the Iruism-that pupils when they pre-.
tend TO study should concentrate upon
the subject in hand all the powers of the
sonl. &
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The Fenians.

New YORK, June 2.--Interested
Fenian confederares report that they
took Fort Erie aud were dispensing.
a Buffalo dispatch says i 500 Brit.
ish regulars had arrived at the Sas.
pension Bridge, to capture tile Fc.
mans who are in the encampment. The
United States gunboat Michigan is pat,
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Stay Law.

Stay Law.
The decision Of the Court Of Errors
in May last annulling the stay law, upon
the ground of unconsttutionality, has
occasioned a general alarm throughout
the State, and has elected some rehcc.
tions upon the procedure Of the Court
from portions of the press of the State.
These animadversions, so far as the
Court is concerned. are il.adviScd and
unjust. Whatever may have been
their opinions Of the morality or expe
dieney, or even necessity Of such pro-
tective law, it is perfectly clear to all
who will consider its tendency and effect,
that to the direct issue rendered this
dignifcd and learned tribunal, there
could be but one possible decision, and
that was the one rendered by the
Court. Of the cXpcdiency of the law
or the danger Of its amendment, they
were not called upon to decide, neither
were they competent to do so. But
however legitimate and unavoidable
their action was, certain it is. that the
apprehensions of our people of disas-
trous results are well grounded. The
class of debtors comprise far the MAORI.
ty of every community in the State.
Their debts are contracted upon the ere
dit and security Of large property that
has ceased to exist in consequence Of the
organic action Of the State. These
debts have accumulated interest. Their
lands, their only remaining property,
have deteriorated in value. The labor
system is still experimental. A start
ling proportion Of the prospective profits
are pledged for the necessarics of life
purchased at exhorbitant rates. In this
posture of affairs the Court has stripped
these debtors of the protection of i'm
,n"nity from oivh o";tc and ID 10 fair To
estimate that three. fourths of this Dis.
trict is held upon the precarious and ca.
pricioas tenure of the forbearance OF
the class of creditors. II they do not
exercise this lorbearance, but resist rcck
lessly to their supposed remedy in civil
actions, ali the calamites and disasters
OF the past four years will inevitably
'culminate III revolution Of proprietor
ship, and the Insolvency Of three. .tourths
of the citizens OF the District. 1t is
truly to be hoped that creditors will not
pursue such a course. Charity, human.
lty and even policy dictate an opposite
line. It's not charity, for it should be
remembered that the inability to meet
obligations is not the result Of the i'm.
prudence Of debtors, but Of the issue Of
the war, produced not by their own
agency but by the sovereign action Of
the State. And it IS not policy, for the
lands of TIE District would not discharge
under the shcrrin's hammer, over hall
the debts for which they would be sued
1t ought to be enforced upon the aIten.
ton of creditors that absolutely the only
guarantee for the payment Of their debts
IN very many cases rests in liberal,
considerate and charitable policy of pa
tience and forbearance. The State las
endeavored to interpose its protection
but has failed, the whole matter is in
the hands Of individuals.
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care lsl the rsbinsuruction off, the child
than its mother.
TO aid mothers in the proper dis.
charge Of this first duty in the intellec.
tnal training Of the children, some brief
directions will be given which are based
upon the experience of several years
teaching.
n book is not necessary at first. 1t is
better not to confuse the child's mind
with primer full of what to 1t seems as
un'ntelligible as hieroglyphics. Give
the child a slate and pencil, Make A
on the slate of the plainost kind of shape.
Let the child follow copy, and be not
discouraged by the first effort which may
have little of the appearance Of the let.
ter required. Let it make slate full of
AS. DO the same with b, and the
same with each one Of the letters. .,sy
But before taking the child through
the whole alphabet review its attain.
ments by stopping at every sixth letter,
and requiring the child with a clear
slate to stand before you, ask it which
one OF those six it wants to make.
Just ask the question and wait on the
child One will answer promptly,
while another will hesitate. After an
swering and making one, ask it what
other wants to make, and so on for a
lew minutes. After learning to make
other SIX letters, take the clean slate
again, and ask the child what letter now
1t wants to make not what one of the
last six learnt but just what letter, and
let 1t make any one Of the twelve gone
over. And so on to the end of the al.
phabct. Do not keep the child long at
one exercise, and doh't let the child dis
cover the least firing on your part.
Nor ever let the child know that you
suspect it Is tired. But as soon as YOU
suspect it, divert its attention from the
lesson IN as pleasant manner as posi-.
bic. This care is not necessary in
every case, but there are many in
which it. is. ..H
The advantage of this plan is, that
the exercise impresses the knowledge
OF the alphabet in shape and sound upon
the childs mind. 1t enables it to make
the 'cttcr on the slate upon hearing the
name Of that letter, and of naming the
letter when 1t secs it dawn upon the
slate.
Further directions in our next.
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Even the negroes refuse to take the
test oath Think Of that, and whistle
1t in the radical cars. A colored man
in Caswell county, N. c., being ap,,
pointed a mail contractor, refused 10
take the oath, upon the ground that it,
did violence to his conscience, and com.
promised his self respect He had been
Il friend 70 The ,Confederacy. ,as~,
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Capture Of Penian Officers

BUFFALO, June All qniet this
morning, Colonels O'Neal, spalding,
Farr, Hoge and other officers have been
captured by the steamer Michigan.
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"Do you like novels 2" asked Miss
Fitzgerald of her bckwoods lover. 81
cant say" he replied. ri never ate
any but, I tell you, I'm death on pos.
sum-"
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the Fcnians.

New YORK, June4 General Swee.
ney has issued proclamation to the
Canadians styling himself Major Gene
raj commanding the army of Ireland.
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A Town Flooded,

New ORLEANS, June 2.-The levce
at Alexandra has given way and the
town is flooded. The entire Red River
country is devastated.
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General Sweeney was here Yesterday,
but probably left for the scene of action
+ Governor Fenton, tits said, will issue>
q proclamation to-day warning citizens
not to countsnance the invaders. andl
that twelve regiments of militia will be,
sent to the border. }ttaIE
BUFFALO, June I'll A M.--Tho
Feniaps have left here for Canada.
ToRoNro, June 30 A. M.-This
morning a force of volunteers attacked
the Fenians cncampea near Ridgeway,
when the fighting became general and a
number were killed. The result is yet.
unknown. w7nH
LATER--BurrALo, June 2-ll 30
A. M.-The English troops are occupy.
ing Fort Erie. 1t Is unknown whether
the reported fighting at Ridgeway is
with the Fenians who landed yesterday
at Fort Erie, or another party--proba.
bly, the former. There is a report that
the English troops are retreating from
Ridgeway, bnt no particulars have as
yet been received.
TORONTO, June 2.-The following is
the British version Of the fight at Ridge,
way The attack was made by tho
British who drove the Fenians. A.
number was killed on each side. The
volunteers were expected to hold their
own, until reinforcements should reach
them, which were momentarily expect.
ed.
American neutrality is severely cen.
sired; and the people declare that the
Government is in coalition with the Fe-
mans.
New YORK, June 2.-The general
impression is that the present move.
ment is TO cover the real point of attack,
which will be on the line of the ST. Law.
renee River. Canada troops have been
placed along the line. to prevent the Fe,
mans from crossing. The Suspension
Bridge is carefully guarded. and all
travellers are examined. The move.
ment of the men towards the front is
reported from every part of the country.
The town of St. Albans is the rem
devious for reinforcements. The third
infantry, 1900 strong, and Fenian
cavalry regiment, left Boston for that
point yesterday morning. Smaller de.
tachments from Syracuse, Elmira, Troy,
Lowell, Rutland and other places were
continually arriving. One of Mosby's
guerrillas has command of the cavalry
regiment from Boston, and, Fenans say,
the cavalry wing of the army.
435,000 rounds of ammunition were
shipped from Columbus Ohio, last Feb.
rnary. for New York, 100000 for
Chicago and 10000 muskets for Buffalo.
They are supposed for US, of the Fe.,
mans. .,a |,tn
Stephens has issued a manifesto at
Philadelphia, protesting against the
movement of Sweeny, on the ground
that it is not desirable to commit any
breach of neutrality by which the coun.
try might be compromised.
BUFFALO, June 2.-Gen. Grant pass.
ed West at noon, and sent the following.
telegram to Gen. Meade: ol svHI
BUFFALO, June 2.-Major Meade, U.
S. A., Philadelphia; Gen. Bailey is
here assign him to the general com.
mand from Buffalo to the mouth of the
Niagara River The State authorities
should call the militia ON the frontier, to
prevent hostile expeditions leaving the
United States, and save private proper>
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Letter Of Governor Alien

The follow;no lottor ,vr;t..,, ~ ro,.,...
II. .s'' .'''s,. = sv's.uSs
Ansn, .e~ ulys oe'ore MS oeatn 70 2
colored servant, who once owned him as Z
valuable and kind master, is entirety char.
acteristic Of the cenarons and hid h..,t.a
= = :. So 'e -. -'A4 1-'''A
'''as'et auu ''ienu'
CrY OF Msxrco, April 4. 1866.
m W.
- a'e
u have just received letter from Mf.
rexada, in which he mentions your name
informing me that you were working at the
state ! House and doing well. 1,amlserY
The Louisiana Democrat., 1866-06-20

4 More than double in the Executive De-
partment. In the Judiciary, the salaries Of
FIVE Judges of the Supreme Court were
twenty-five thousand dollars-now they
are thirty-eight thousand dollars, and those
of the lower Courts are increased proper
tionately. aJ& k l ~
In the military department the same
wasteful expenditures are continued that
were incident to period of war. The
salary Of the Adjutant-G General was in 1860
five hundred dollars. Now we are told
1T is as many thousand. The place of
Quartermaster-General as useless in time
of peace as fifth wheel to coach, is SIM
ilarly provided for. This is very grand
and magnificent system of pensions, but
can this impoverished people sustain the
burthens Can they afford the costly
splendor Of State establishment which
lavishes on its public officers a regal profu.
Il
sion of emoluments which the rich State of
New York, whose one City has more popu-
lation and more wealth than all Louisiana,
forbears to dispense to her public SER
wants? tif- :9fs}
1t is for those who have the taxes to pay
toanswer. Ifthe people rest supine under
this organized system Of plunder, they de-
serve the oppression of the tax-gatherer,
and when the residuum that Yankee cupid
ity has left them is seizad to satisfy the
nav of the Unsuitable Treasury, no one
will pity them for the misfortunes of con-
dition which they were and are able to
remedy 4fl al
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4 No. One special act Of attention. accom-.
mediation and kindness, which we coustdsr
in the highest degree commendable. We
take great pleasure in recording in our co-
umns. It is this: Our two regular butch'
ers, during the entire overflow, supphsd
their customers every morning with iresn !
beef at their door. They provided 'aems .,''
selves with skitfs and thus went cheef'ull5
on their mission of good We know ouf
late acquatic citizens will not torges suess
good Synari.ans room.
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PLUMBER LEGALI8Y1.

The patience, Stimulating apathy with
which the people Of this State have endur.
ed the Constitution Of 1864, as that con
coction by public thieves and private
blackguards is called, would be surprising
if We did not remember that the great ma,
ljority Of former voters no longer take an,
interest in public affairs, and the occupants
of public places seek them solely for the
money which they bring. There never
was greater outrage offered to common
sense, nor more glaring solecism uttered
in constitutional country than that of a
country member of the recent Legislature
who said that the Constitution of 1864
was one of the badges Ct eonquest--one oil
the burthens imposed by the conqueror.-
AS if the, Government at Washington had
any concern with an instrument, which
they then and now repudiate as without
validity, which the Reconstruction Com
mittee in their recent Report, embodyine
the political judgment Of the conquering
party, reject as being made at an improper
time and by improper persons. AS if the
United States authorities cared for, or
even knew of the existence of wordy pa
per, framed bya set Of dirty scavengers,
who pilfered the Treasury by secret manip-
alations, and robbed it openly-and in
broad view of the community when pilfer-
ing was too slow process for their greedy,
empty pockets. Y ,'aNaI5aH HH
And when this was and is the sort of
men undeniably, who presumed to frame a
fundamental law for a State, what shall be
said of those Representatives, who el-
ected last Fall to redeem us from this in
famous vassalage and wipe out this foul
blot what shall be said Of them, who refused
to call Convention, that we might live
at least under a law of our own framing -
A disgnsted constituency, ashamed Of their
pusillanimity, has already reproved their
cowardice and treachery,a and tits the first
hopeful sign of the times that everywhere
it is now conceded, that the first act of the
Legislature next Winter will be to coll
Convention, and provide for its assembling
in the Spring of 1867.
The horde Of cormorants, who had an
appropriate President in Durell, and
whose ruling spirits were an escaped con-
Wet from an Illinois penitentiary, and CO.
criminals from New England as yet unde-
tected,' seem to have met with the sole
purpose of providing comfortable berths
for their compeers, and saddling the State
with an agglomeration Of salaries for needy
adyenturers. Compare their liberal pro-
vision with the salaries of public officers in
1860, the year Governor Moore went into
office. For the purpose Of illustrating the
burthen of Wells administration as com
pared with that which preceded it, the fol-
lowing table Of salaries is sufficient:
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8
ted by series, Of tornaioes rn.,.. -
for frequency and violence. A % ronS
(of our old residents prognosticata tba l. =
proach Ct yellow fever. Business ID erc.s
ingly duh, and most Of the stores aud ~
ces : ciose 6 .: A g nye =! ], 10 tue afternoon.
uenese . ny nsa Excenency is passing u
s;tu i NchoSv ~ "n Toan+;aaa sp,algs On Miasisipqi
far aooS ~ sSr s av;i a,a I.s !. n naue, wnethl
for his own sake that mater, ms y !, - 70 nose@
ne 80. 11s 'oasf
Will you believe that Horace Gre.,, &.
urging the release Of Mr.. Davis from -
tress Monroe, and that he has even prsps..
ca Q pail bono, with himself as one of tha
s,,fstles, ~ ~ case security should be sflquir
~ uo iot siis relsase Inc 1act is tue radicals
Thew % know - tha. .I,al ALL 2, sle lea. soutsfncr
inherent in ali tha e $500 ~ y secession was
the arguments of Charles o,conncr s. sua
Mr.. Davis himself would confonna S th.s
and demolish their policy, But .aftes s.'.in 81
there are some glimmerings s'of honesty md i
philanthropy IN tue brain Of Greeiy, and
W. We lmgnI as wen attnbnte his praisewor.
sny !, in sals instance toa thi.
:, lod;was Huoso Iaan P.slca, ulstiust and fore'
blity that Mr. Davis viii y1,s y Every prob:
shattered in health and bodilv ~ v;ros as,ss,eo
with his mastery mind as clear ~ soa, a,.s uus
The mere fact that Congress have yadr, st.
ed the tax on cotton from s to d rs ssrs.
shows ia what careless and even ,s cs;rr;rs,
,o.o.S ~ = q ~ n !, ~
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& Relief

We arc requested by Brevet Major S. G.
Willaner, who is the officer, who has sue
ceeded Lieutenant Butler as Assistant SUI
perintendent Bureau Freedmen etc for this
Parish, to state that he has received some
twenty thousand rations for the destitute
and really needy and will issue them so
soon as our Police Jury meet and furnish
him with the names of all who come under
these provisions. However, on the pledge
of any honorable citizen that the proper
vouchers will be furnished hereafter to
him, he will issue at once to those whose
actual and present sufferings need instant
relief. We know that he has already so
acted in many instances,
While on this subject we take the respon-
sibility Of publishing the following letter
written to merchant of our town by Mr..
Joseph H. Carroll, Of the we'll known firm
Of Carroll, Hoy g. Co. of New Orleans
Such evidences of kind feelings to our SUI.
fering people cannot certainly be forgotten
and should be made public;
New ORLEANS June 6, 1866.
DEAR SrR--I regret to learn of the over
dow Of your town, and particularly of your
own immediate misfortune and losses. On
hearning of the disaster to your communi-
ty, ut once determined TO raise sum of
money to invest in supplies to send up to
the poor and needy of your place; but WINS
advised of a movement TO get the y. S. off,
GERS here to send up supplies. Yesterday
Mr. Racial informed me that the govern.
ment officers would send up 25,00O rations
equal to 25 days supplies for 1000 persons,
and that be would 60 UP to-day on the Ma.
tional in charge Of them He will convey
20 you and others my sympathies for the
loss OF yonf citizens, and here permit me
to say to You, that should the government
aid fall short Of the wants of Your suffering
community, will not only cheerfully con.
tribute for their relief in the name of nv
firm, but viii undertake to raiss money in
our City to cid them. / will thank Won. to
inform your Mayor, and those HAVING
charge of the matter, Of my readiness and
cheerful willingness to aid them in the
matter.
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The Louisiana Democrat., 1866-06-20

Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology.
James NJ. Boyd, A. NJ Assistant Profess
sor Of Ancient Languages and English
Literature.
Robert E. Rives, A. NJ, Ph. D., Assistant
Professor Of Modern Languages and Lit
erature. @
The Louisiana Democrat., 1866-06-20

ASp The weather, for the past three or
four days, has been clear and very cold, un. g
usually so for the hot month Of June. Dur
ing the food we had from two to ten shoA'
ers daily.
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sa- The New York Tribune If the 4th

ss.As t"e ssoW AosA tftuuue VI ing at0
says Of Mr. Davis:
If Mr.. Davis is to be tried, as It seems
to US he ought to be, we can imagine nosree.
son for deferring his trial. II he hos been
Iu1justly proclaimed an assassin, he should
somehow be relieved from that blasting in.
iculpation. And ifhe is not to be tried, but
Bis merely held until public sentiment will
admit OF his liberation, we protest against
The policy as unworthy. The people oe
this country are not children. Even If the
object Of his liberation were to render him
the sole idol oftIe late rebels, making them
forget all his faults in their sympathy for
his condition, it has already been fully ACHE
we'd Let US have an end Of shams. Either
try him or let him go.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1866-06-20

n@- We secured, a few weeks since the
services of a valuable and trusty correspon-
dent. at the Capital of the nation, who will
during the session Of Congress so-called,
keep the readers of the Democrat posted
in the string political affairs that are hour
ly transpiring. Unfortunately two first Of
there letters arrived during the food, when
we were suspended, and we now feel com
PEELED to publish them. with his third re-
ceived in due time for the present issue.
Our readers. we are certain. will find them
interesting and as most ofthem have been
shut out from the newspaper world, for the
past three weeks, these letters will post
and tlaar them up for their future re-
ception.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1866-06-20

W The New Orleans paper mail brought
up on the Louis Dor, on last Friday
evening, remained at the upper Warehouse
until Monday noon. No one to blame. We
only make mention as q local item.