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Year: 1862

answer, the teacher may call on some one
to give his answer, requiring all who agree
to raise the hand, and, afterward, all who
disagree to do the same. He may thus learn
who has the proper answer and who has not
Nor can skilful teacher be easily deceived.
Some may at first give the signal of readi-
ness falsely; but few raking exposures
will be likely to cure the most dishonest.


This kind of recitation has peculiar mer-
its. In common with the Concert method
it enables each pupil to recite the a0hole
lesson. In most methods he recites but
small part; as for instance, in class of
twenty, where only one recites at time,
each pupil recites only one twentieth of the
lesson. These considerations, it is proba-
| bic, first led to the use of the silent and the
concert method. The gain is great and
important one, and sufficient, if there were
not serious faults to balance it, to make
those methods the chief standby in every
school-room. In some studies, and at a
certain stage of every pupils progress, the
silent method has in our opinion no substi-
tute. A pupil must think well before he
can recite WELL He must think closely and
connectedly. But every teacher knows
that beginner never has the power of
close consecutive thought. This is acquir-
ed, if acquired at all, by slow degrees and
patient effort and until it is acquired, at
least in some degree, it will usually be bet
ter to let the pupil think unembarrasscd by
any attempt to express his thoughts. This
is especially true in oral and mental arith-
mctic. The Silent method tends to culti-
vate thought rather than expression, to have
ideas clearly defined in the pupils mind be-
fore requesting him to express them When
he can think with tolerable vigor, other
methods, better calculated to cultivate the
power Of expression, may be adopted, but
before he can do this they are for the most
part, out of place. Every recitation must
have a SulJective, before it can have an
0Ljectice existence.


Wehave now briefly described four vari-
eft les Of the general lnterogative methods:
the rotation or consecutive method; the
pr0niScu0us meth0d,, the simultaneous or
concert method; and the silent method.
There are some others given by education
al writer's, but there are the most general
used and most valuable. Of course there
may be various notifications and combina-
tons of them; but they will still have all
the characteristics Of the general method
from which they are derived.
Year: 1862

Find the ages of A, b, and G, by knowing
that C's age at AS birth was 5 times BIS and
now is equal to the sum of AS and BIS; also
that if A were now years younger, or i
years older, A'sage would be equal to Z of B's.
Year: 1862

The space occupied by ten lines Of this size
type counts one. square. All fractions of square
under five Lines will be measured as half square
and all over five lines as full square. All legal
advertisements will be charged to the person han
ing them in.
Year: 1862

Extracts from Speech of Hon. Andrew


Johnson. Democratic Senator from Ten


nessee.


We make some extracts from the speech
OF Senator johnson, delivered in the Sen
ate on the resolution to expel Senator
Bright, of Indiana, regrstting the impossi-
bility of printing it in full


THE POSITION OF THE TRUE DEMOCRACY.


l am Democrat now have been one
al my lite; | expect to live and die one /;
and the corner stone of my Democracy
rests upon the enduring basis of the Union.
Democrats may come and go, but they will
never divert me from the polar star by
which have ever been guided iron early
life-the great principles of Democracy
upon which this Government rests, and
which cannot be carried out without the
preservation of the Union of these States.
The pretence hitherto employed by many
who are now in the traitors camp has been
we are tor the Union we are not for dis
solution; but we are opposed to coercion,
HoW long, Senators, have you heard that
syren song sung? Where are now most
OF those who ng those syren tones to us
Lock back to the last session, and inquire
where now are the men who then were
singing that song in our ears? Where is
Trusten Polk, who then sroad here 50 gen
tly craving Tor peace? He is in the rebel
camp. Where is John c. Breckinridge, q
man for whose promotion to The Presidency
l did what / could physically. mentally,
Pecuniarily; but when he satisfied me that
ne was for breaking up this Government,
and would ere long be traitor to bis ceun-
try, | dropped him as | would the Senator
from Indiana? He was here at the last
session Of Congress and everybody could
see then that he was on the road to the
traitor emphasized of sustaining the
Government, he, too, was crying out for
peace; but he was bitter against Lincoln's s
Government Sir, when talk about pre-
serving this great Government, ] do NOT
Year: 1862

nj Y assortment Of Goods are of the best
WI quality and the newest styles, and by
attention to customers | hope to be able to
supply the wants Of the community at large
Call and see and examine for yourselves.


sepl8 JAMES PARKER.
Year: 1862

N IRON FOUNDRY TO LET--yERY Low, AT SIN ,
"A Sing n. Y, with steam engine Se., situated right on
the river; will be let for other purposes desired The
ground attached is suitable for coal lumber yard This
the cheapest rent offered Address Foundry Herald
Year: 1862

A FACTORY AND wAREROOM TO LET OR LEASE


The i've story Building Nos 81 and 56 Franklin
NO 90 Franklin street through the block ~ White
corner Of Cortland alley FIRST door east Of Broadway
well adapted Tor kind OF manufacturing business
wareroom well lighted all sides; also the five story
marble front Store ~ a. 70 Walker street. first door


Walker street '' "
Year: 1862

The radish is one of The mostI i'm


portant of the spring Injuries furnish


ed by the garden; thatis, when well


grown, tender and crisp. To be ft
| for the table radishes must have a
quick growth. If they grow slow
and are long time in the ground,


they become hard, woody aud hot,


and are wprmy generally. We pre-
sumo all are aware Of this fact, vet,
how to obtain them in perfection is
not so well understood. If grown in


hot bed there is no difficulty, if they
are not too thick and sufficient air is


given. If these two points are neg


lected they will run up to tops and be


worthless. 1t is useless. to grow rad


ishes in q frame with cucumbers, for


they win not bear the heat necessary


to perfect thu cucumber. This is the
/ reason why o correspondent, whose
inquiry we have before us, failed
Radishes, lettuce and annual flower
ing plants may be grown together, al


ways placing the lettuce in the front
of the frame where twill get the drip
of the sash. This is injurious to
most plants, but Of great benefit to
lettuce.


For out door culture, it is not best
to SOW radishes too early. The esoil
should first be warm. and dry. Select
a warm, sheltered border, and a SAN
dy soil, and if possible add to tia lit
tie. new soil from the YoQds, or cor
ners, Of the fences. A barrel of
this soil win. prove Of great advan-
tage If spread on The surface, or slight
ly mixed with the surface earth, AT
ter tie seed is sown, sift on little
coal ashes or charcoal dust, If this
course is pursued, radishesof tho most
crisp and delicate character will be
obtained at least in almost al cases. .
Of course success depends somewhat
upon the weather, which is best il
warm and showery. After the plants
appear, if the little BLACK beetle is
troublesome, throw over the beds
sprinkling of dry ashes every day or
so until the rough leaf appears.
The quality of the radish depends
: good deal more upon the manner IN
which it is grown than upon the varir
ely, and yet there is considerable DIFF
ference in the sorts. The OliYe-shaP-
cd Rose is tie best variety we have
ever grown, being very tender and
mild. The Early Frame is excellent
for the hot-bed, and the Long Scarlet
and White Turnip are desirable sorts.
Those who require but few for fami-
" Gso Will do we'll to mix three or
four varieties and sow them in tho
same bed. This gives a pleasant va
riety of color and form, making fine
on the table; and as some
sorts require a little longer time to
arrive at maturity, it gives somewhat
OF a suceession.-RuTI Nea0 York
er.
Year: 1862

lie who strives after a long and pleasant
term of life, must seek TO attain continued
equanimity, and carefully TO avoid everything
which too violently taxes bis feelings. Moth
ing moro quickly consumes the vigor of lille
than the violence of the emotions of the mind.
We know that anxiety and cares can destroy
the healihiCst body; We know that fright, and
fear, yes, excess of joy. becomes deadly. They
Who are naturally cool, and Of a quiet turn of
mind, upon whom nothing can make too pow
erful an Impression who are not wont 10 be
excited either by great sorrow or great Joy,
have the best chance Of living long and happy
after their manner. Preserve, therefore, under
all circumstances, composure Of mind which
no happiness, no misfortune can too much dis
turb Love nothing too Violently hate moth
ing too passionately-fe fear nothing too strong
ly. For still, eventually, everything which
befalIs thee, the good as well as the bad, de-
serves neither immoderate hatred nor love;
for already on many occasionsi hast thou per-
ceived though ofteR truly too late, that thou
hast placed too high a value on those things


which passionatel7 charmed or pained thee,
Year: 1862

Parzon Brownlow, always intensely prosla-
very. in his recent speech at Columbus said


Loyal men in all the Southern States ought
to be protected in the enjoyment Of ali their
property, personal and real, iicihdihg negroes.
But the negroes of the disloyal Rebels, as well
as all their other property. should be confisca-
ted and taken from them. AGa while now
hold the principles Ihave always held, yet if
the South-and ! viii go South and tell the
people there the same thing-if Tie South will
be mad enough to press this issue Of slavery,
and will make The issue q final one--that they
must have slavery even if it be necessary to
sacrifice the Union-if the question become a
Union without slavery or slavery without the
Union, say exterminate every slave. Let us
have the old Union-the glorious Union, with
the Stars aud Stripes-the Union organized
and handed down to us by our fathers. Though
every othRr institution perish, North and
South, let us stand by the Union, and preserve
its haIlowed and hallowing influences"
Year: 1862

We gee by our exchanges that the rebel
sympathizcrS who cannot keep their treason to
themselves are now treated after a novel but
efftctual method in ST. Louis On Monday,
while tie prisoners from PittsbVrg were be-
ing removed TO prison from The steamer on
which they arrived, a small rebel flag was
waved from the residence Of WM BELL, and
large display of white pocket-hankerchiefs
made by the females of the household. Cap
tain LEIGHTON Immediately ordered guard
to BE- placed around the house, and all ingFess
and ceress prohib tied. Ip 4 day or two the
family stock Of provisions run out, anu teey
have since been fed on army rations. The
same course of treatment will be applied to
other people in the same city unless they mend
their ways. This cure for treason IS worthy
Of adoption wherever traitors are TO be found
Year: 1862

To prevent grubs, crows and chick
ems from eating the seed corn, take
two bushels seed corn, put it into
box or close barrow and pour a quart
of gas tar upon it, heated to about
milk heat. Stir thoroughly till per-
fectIy incorporated; put it out on the
floor or level ground, and dry the
mass with plaster, loose earth or sand;
plant in hills or rows at once, and
there ii no further trouble with these
pests. l have practiced this eight years
without a failure. -
Year: 1862

Look on the bright side--it is the right side
The times may go hard, but it will make them
no easier by wearing gloomy countenarce.
II is the sunshine aud not the cloud that makes
the flower. There is always that before or
around as which should cheer and fill the heart
with warmth The sky is blue ten times where
il is black once. You have troubles, it may
be. So have others. none are free from them.
4 EPerhaPs1Llis we'll That none should be- They
give sinew and tone 30 life-fortirude and
courage 10 man. That would be a dull sca
and the sailor would never get skill, where
4here was nothiag 90 disturb the surfac Of the
ocean. Il is the duty Of every one to extract
all the happiness and enjoyment he can with
out and within him. and above all be should
look on the bright side Ofthings.
Year: 1862

The Tr,bm,s special correspondents ac-
count of the late battle IN kentucky, gives the
following graphic sketch Of the bayouet charge
Of Col. MeCook's Regiment


{" But before this movement could be made to
tell the gunners of the 9Th Ohio had already
decided the battle. Col McCook lby the way
the only American in the Regment,) had his
horse shot under him, and was himself wounded
in the calf of his left leg in the course OF the
morning, but nevertheless continued iu COM
mand lie and all of his men soon grew tired
of serving Us targets to the rebels without being
able to deal out as full measure OF retrlbution
as they deared. About eleven the patience of
the regiment became exhausted, and the Colo.
mel gave the order to advance. IL was received
with hurrah such as only German lungs can
give, and executed in y style worthy OF the most
tried troops OF Europe Steadily and com
pactly tho column mayed over the TWO hundred
yards separating Is from the enemy. SO straight
was its front, in spite OF the sultness OF tie
ground, that it would have made jump the hear.
Of the greatest drill pedant When within
thirty yards of the enemy, the order was given
to" charge bayonots,h and in an instant the
Year: 1862

The house will be kept IN turmoil,
where there is no toleration of each 9th
er's lenity shown to faiings, no meek
submission to injuries, no soft answer to
turn away wrath. II you lay a single
stick Of wood in the CRATE and apply fire
to it, it will &c out put on another stick,
and they will burn; and half dozen,
and yoh will have an effective blaze
There are other fires subject 10 the same
condition. If one member Of family
gets into a passion, and is left alone, he
will cool down, and possibly be ashamed
and repent. But oppose temper to lem
per, let one harsh answer be followed by
another, and there will soon be blaze
which will enwrap them all in its burn
ing heat
Year: 1862

TIE LAST THING THAT Dies IN MAN.
Hope is the last thing that dies in man
and, though it be exceeding deceitfal, yot
it is Of this good use to us, that while we
are travelling through this life, it itconducts
us through an eaSier and more pleasant
path to OUT journeys end.
Year: 1862

Defend us from people who will "cavil
on the ninth part of hair p 1t ic pain
full to argue with your inveterate objec-
tionist-Who will admit nothing, take
nothing for granted, however palpable,
But who cottpe.s god to te-estabish pat
ent facts, and re-argue questions that
have been settled for Hbes. The best
way to deal with one OF these infinilesi-
nal casuists, is to let him alone. or all
the bores one meets with in society, the
man who demurs to everything, the mere
phrase catcher, who is always on the
Watch to trip you up on technically,
or corner you with quibble, is the most
detestable. We would rather play foot
ball with hedgehog, than chop logic
with f fellow who intrenches himself be-
hind a breast work of evasion, and whose
main object is not to be convinced
Nothing can be learned of such people,
nothing can be taught them.
Year: 1862

Never give your son night key. Indul-


gance on this point may first save you


little trouble, but will cause great sorrow in


the end. Ifit should be necessary for him


to be out beyond the usual hour, you would
do well to sit up for him and let in with
your own hand. The fact that parent is
waiting at home, the influence of recep.
ton by mothers voice and mothers eve.
the demonstration thus made of an affection
so watchful and so incapable of being happy
without knowing her son is safe under her
own own roof before she herself rests in
sleep, all make strong impression e<en on
a wayward heart. The youth of a family
should all be safely housed at the usual
hour retiring to bed. No good follows
children or families who break through
these hours. The union of the Cheerful,
hearts of household around the blazing
hearth and central light of home, to part at
bed time, with affectionate greetings, is one
OF the greatest pleasures of the day. Itis
powerful cement to the family feeling. Make
all this attractive to your children, and keep
up the habit unbroken In most cases the
night key is the key that opens ,,the door of
The way going down to the gates of death.
When importuned, think of this and never
put into the hands of your son a night
sey. 1t should be held by yourself alone,
Year: 1862

| am the last man to say, "don't help your


friend," you honorably can. IF we have


money, we manage it i'll when we cannot


help friend at a pinch. But the plain fact


is this: Pythias wants money, Can you
give it, at whatever stint to yourself in JUS


tice to others? Ifyou can, and you value


Pythias more than the money, give the mo-
ney, and there is an end of it; but if you
cannot give the money don't sign the hill.--
Do not become what, in rude truth you do
become knave and liar-if you guaran-
tee to do what you know that you cannot
do. should the guarantee be exacted. He is
generous who gives; he who lends may be
generous also; but only on one condition,
that he can afford to give what he can afford
TO lend; of the two, It is safer, friendlier,
cheaper, in the long run, to give than to lend.
Give, and you may keep your friend if you
lose your money, lend, and the chances are,
that you lose your friend if ever you get back
your money. But if you do lend, let it be
with the full confidence that the loan is
gift, and count it among the rarest favors of
Providence if you be ever repaid. Lend to
Pythlas on the understanding: "This is
loan if you can ever repay me. shall, how
ever, make this provision against the chance
OF quarrel between us, that if you cannot
pay me it stands as gift" And whenever
you lend, let it be money and not your name.
Money you may get again, and if not, you
may contrive to do without it; name once
lost you cannot get it again, and if you can
contrive to do without it, you had better
never have been born.-E Bul,cer Lvttou.
Year: 1862

| /. = . -.


1t is sad task 10 enter into discussion
ofa question Of this magnitude, involving
consequences SO fearful as must result from
this terrible conflict; but sad as it is, bloody
and disastrous IS expect It win be, be-
lieve, and protest my sincere conviction be-
fore God, that it is the duty Of every Amer.
ican patriot to rally around the constitution
and the flag Of his country. r


/ renew to you my expressions of grateful
Acknowledgements for the magnificent and
imposing demonstration. It is the evidence
of your loyalty and devotion to the flag OF
your country. You are prepared and show
by this demonstration desire to lay aside
all partisan feeling, and unite in support Of
all true men, In the tented field in the coun-
ellis of the nation, and wherever else man
may make himself most useful.


Illinois occupies proud position. Uni
ted, prepared to defend our rights, demand
ing nothing more than the constitution has
given, and determined never to permit this
government to be destroyed. I thank you
once more.
Year: 1862

Ones pleasure, after all, is much affected
by the quality Of ones neighbors, even
though one may not be on speaking terms
with them. A pleasant, bright face at the
window is surely better than dscontented
cross one; and a house that has the air of
being inhabited is preferable to closed shut
tiers and unsocial blinds, excluding every
ray ofsunlight and sympathy. We like to
see glancing, cheerful lights through the
windows of a cold night, or watch them as
evening deepens gradually creep from the
parlor to the upper stories Of the houses
near u.s. We like to watch the little child
rem go in and out of the door, to play OF go
to school. We like to see a white-robed
baby dancing up and down at the window
in its mothers arms. or the father reading
his newspaper there at evening, or any of
these cheerful impromtu home glimpses,
which. though we are Paul Pry, we will
trust make pleasant neighborhood to those
who live for comfort instead of show. Sad,
indeed, some morning on waking, it is to
see the blinds down and the shutters closed
and know that deaths angel, while it spar
ed our threshold. has crossed that of our
cheerful neighbor-sad to miss the robed
baby from the window, and see the little
coin, at nightfall borne into the. house e-sad
to see innocent little faces pressed ct even.
tide against the window pane, Watching for
the +" dear papa" who has gone to his long
home tsfs.s3 s,..sss e ssss
Year: 1862

Kissing THE BABY-A war correspond
ent somewhere down in Tennessee, visited
the house Of lady, and after some time
spent in conversation, "experienced The
following incident:


"Just about that time beautiful little
boy Of about seven years came near me,
whose features were moulded in symmetry
and whose bright eye looked from beneath
a well shaped forehead, that was itself over.
hung by beautiful auburn locks. Casting
the war policy and the war conversation
to the dogs, | remarked on the beauty OF
her little bov, and had not kissed a
baby 40 any other man" for ten forinights,
you may guess that the pulse had bu: few
beats before | played the country politics
ian most completely.


Why says he lady, that is the child
of one of our servants


'Oh, for lodge in some vast wilder
ness was, of course, Immediately impress
ed on nv mind.


Ny lady, however, took the affair mirth
fully and sad that the mistake was often
made.


You NAV be very sure that did not ask
about The father of that child. left, not
fully determined whether the joke was or
myself or the pretty bow"
Year: 1862

Much surprise has been expressed at
Washington, says a correspondent, a, the
fact that in some Of the Northern States
there a"e large bodies of troops, raised un.
der the new levy, which are withheld from
immediate service on account of technical
oil 'ctions. 1t is said that there are now,
and have been for several davs past ten
thousand men organized in New jersey,
who might have been sent to Washington,
and taken the places of other well trarcd
troops, except that the Governor refuses
TO allow them 10 leave until they are COM
pelely armed. There are arms enough
for them, bat time is required to make the
boxes in which 10 pack them, and they
cannot. therefore, be sent forward TIE
troops might easily be moved TO the place
where they can be distributed 10 them
bat on account of the ohs'inacv in requir.
ing them TO be fully armed before leaving
the State, the government is deprived of
the service of this body of men, who
might be available immediately in turning
the tide of battle and securing the annihi-
Iation oftbe great rebel army. Suspicious
ale entertained that the holding back of
he force, raised under the call Of tie Pres
ident, is not without significance. and that
the Governors who fail at this crisis TO
-end forward every man enrolled in reoi-
meut already fully organized, are favoling
The movement which has recently been re-
ferred to as looking to tie Inauguration Of
a political revolution.