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ai::h:k Delivered hy No.ti M. Wirur.now, at the close of hi school, in R-iiido!n!i

township, Dean born com i I:u hi. ana. JNovember 30, 1S36. ruEUSHED i:v kei est."; Lnder ;i deep sense of the responsibility reposed in me as your tutor, during the past sunmicr, I row, at ihe dose of my school, call your .attention a feu moments, v!ii!e I impress upon vour minds the r.ecessifv of cultivating h-.Uifs of vn lue nix stiict moradiiv. And inoug.i my capacity may not enable tne to give you the best instruction?. I shall however endeavor to suggest to you some valuable thoughts. " In the iirsl place I would have you know that you are not too young to begin to pay serious attention to your conduct. I know of no other subject tint demands our attention more at present; for on the correct and caily education of youth, greatly depends the success of every rational and laudable enterprise, for intellectual and moral improvement of man. You should also consider the unspeakable blessing of being horn in those parts of the world, w here education and knowledge universally prevail. Perhaps there is no other moral Mossing of which we, as at nation, can boast of more, than office government, free institutions, ar.d ihe facility of acquiring a suiiicient education to quality us for the. duties oi life. The darl, which has so long frustrated the oolitiy leiumg its com productions . f ii i i - .no::. 1 no pei ict: e i-.! ess, w hich hr.vt . i i long ocen emphned in kind! llame of discoid and ss :;it cf I U.e iity. towauds ot!;er nations, is now j.-rotl.th ins the tiie.mphs of unexampled h:ig: riess, and christian bep.evoh i:ce. A; certainly it i th,.- do.-: re e!"cei v tviti ; an J w ise n .is n es. t ilicacious as tli resources o: oui iiiio! ,,-,,.-. .,,..1 ,:..;!, Kii.i.ies t na'uo us. vh;!e we consider the retrora;!.state of 31.ihommed in ratio;, while we beheld the abominable and blcanh rites practiced hy tite inhahiiants ot !.:- dia, and other Pagan nation?; whihwe contemplate those unhappy regions where barbarity, cruclitv. supcrsti'i c! and ignorance reign, and then contract the wretched state of tiiest: people wiih ours, utiere civilization, cliristiatuty. humanity ana science , powerful incentives should those have to animate us in appreciating the duties which our relation imposes'. 1'ut as I before remarked, youth is the proper season for the acquisition of u-efu! knowledge, and the right cultivation ol the mind. You should accustom yourselves to view, most scrupulously, your character; and seriously reflect on the conduct of our lhes. Young people may frequently endea vor to claim attention to properties to which ihev are not entitled. ou should critically consider the natura equality on which Providence ha pi t ced us, in respect to our ( How h-ung-and also retlect upon the frailties ami infirmities common to mankind, and cherish sentiments of gentleness and forgiveness toward every person. Perhaps there is not a more agreeable sensation of the mind than forgiveness. It is attended u ith so much pleasure and inward satisfaction; and were this moral eilicacy entirely extinct, cornfort and peace would be entirely unknown to human society, and the whole woil 1 would he rendered a field ol blood. Were we to examine the recordof histoiy, we would find that this properly has been an eminent characteristic in the lives of those who have ahone with the most distinguished lustre in every age. The most conspicuous example of forgiveness ever displayed on earlh, was exhibited hy the Son of Clod, both in his life and at his death. Humility is lso another virtue which neatly adorns the mind of man. Think of the humility of the Son of God, ''who being in the form of (iod, thought it not robbery to be equal will God; but made himself of no reputa tion, and took upon the form of a ser vant, and was made in the likeness of man; and being lounu m fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." O what a salutary shadedoes this throw over the greedy glories of the world! I would next impress upon your minds the necessity of acquiring fixed & principles of action. If you permit

o pass car -:v aim! need kssiy along the line of life, willing to receive any impulse or direction, with h kazud or fashion may seem to direct. r fancy dictate, you may in vain look ier success by such a course. If you !. serve tne progress el pu! tie ;e, w her l easiness, science, or anv o partment oi society, vou wui oiscowr ! mat some previous disc;pUne i? pensa"j!e. i''.t above us 'r rot :epl!o'os es. II -v sv'on .-et our hearts to become the re of vicious and corrupt prir.cip! manv vonr. persons hcive we out in l.!e, w itii amiable disj jK;i i "ns oi iic-arf. rororci:n :v, ! ! i:u! hum mc amarHj; t'.iose wiih w!i o:n tiiey associate; but alas, how oiten have we seen these promising prospects unhappily blasted ihro" the contagion of vicous and dissolute company, and sceptical sentiments. How many have we seen, whose beginnings were once auspicious, and who promised to be a blessing to the woihl, and these very poisons Mink down at last to he a burden and even a disgrace to human society. How many thin pass away the moit valuable years of iheir lives, tossed in a whirlpool of mere infatuation, introducing shame and ruin into the habitations of peace and happiness. O what a deplorable fountain of corruption this, to mingle its tter streams in the heait; of the voung. And w e re it not for the ad vantai el -mminir our own infirmities, it would a to contort"1. e.e so. human nature i:. this downward com Consider well the impertar.co cf no 1 ' s i - C; ... : i.O - i : '. - ' ) !H lilt's !!. ii t;..- bog;-. on. g oi v.ioiiy, o;:r !;.;; r en-i ! vi i .ciog any other than ri: ; nay. il may to: minute :stiiig rum. our minds a: tcmh-r. Your i:na- ! I can haidlv f v. X.l'ioa ;f s! even its evi.i a:: yet all;a:e iu;v hvoiv", and hv-pe is tour uii lerstaiu!i!.,r is not 0:o: oMpied 1) v !r udice or woil i!v alicc:is; 3 our ment-il faculties are nou re vigorous and f:oe than they will e at a more e-:.d.-- Oil tht -"..a- locals o.i icu tie do ope! i perr-d, lesions i ties riiio iv ii ::..(.! is now m use (Secisivo oi iis own forming, "(jel wisdom, g t und.ustandin.g, and :org l : not. ilear, yc children, instructions ai id attend to know understanding. Take fast hold of it. let it not go; keep it, tor it is thy hie' It VC lO , :r;-.l-.'i'; ll IS P. i.... you owe to vour country; it is a duty you owe to your parents, who iced jou. clothe )ou, and send you lie re lor the improvements' your time. But if you disregard the instructions, and misimprove the opportunities now offered, it may lay the foundation for subsequent sorrow, and hitter reflections. But 1 must here remaik, that the altentioii of the voung is not nl wax s devoted to rea ding of the most useful kind. Peor-le of vour age and capacity, are 1 I 7 geneiiil'y too fond of woiks of fiction. wb.ii ii gener;dly tend to vit'ntte the mind, rather t'nan cultivate a good moral ta-lc. The proporlioii of trivial reading, such as novels, alliums, and other romantic tales, which have lately been published .and sought after, is, in my opi.den, exei ting a pernicious ascendency, particularly as it has a tendency to corrupt the discernment of the young and tause them to neglect such books as would be of more utility. And farther, I believe whoever would be instrumental in obliterating the preva lence of such bocks, would be unques tionably a public benefactor. I would therefore direct your attention to reading of a more useful kind. Read such books as lead to habits of i lose thinking, and arc productive of the most salutary and permanent results. Pursue such books as are t flicicnt of (he most profound sincerity, probity, and virtue. Lndeavor to cultivate, a peaceable temper .and quiet disposition, if possi! le. This is the very first principle of selfel p.-yment, and the very basis on which order and happiness rest. If any tiling seems destined to confound fhe small share of happiness which nature has allotted to man, in this probationary state, it is the turbulent, quarrelsome, the contentious, and the positive. I he principal part of those scenes of atrot iy, wretchedness and public calamity, with which our periodical papers abcund, and which we behold with so much horror and dismay, have origina ted from violent passion, and an unguar ded slate of mind. I hese arc the. tro phies which have overspread the world with cruelly and misery. These in

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rceu ampit! loom ! . ii tit., i.i , uiai me i inc.' n-'. A - d to ! 1i. Oil ;:p; noy ever this -.i s ore of the mgoost ncqutMii.-ns ci iict e too often wit no :-;;al nature I V mo id n iiociioo. t ; .e rucnts, t! reus prii. iu oil- 1 liOUl- : :itnoij Uut ! on uic v, .;o;c c :: ; 01 enceu i;v ti those wiili -1 tiiey . . 1. . r. . ite. 1 nio-t it e I -, rr I : 0....C ; -1 mn'i ! too 20 nor nKimi rtue, "lieu iiv ;,10 ?n;r; rt i-i.l. is n .. fr stat;d tiie m.ii.y iring ciremr.stai.ccs wtncit occur in i!:e routine of our lives. l ar be it Ucv, tr.e to recommend to 3 on any peculiar sect, or tenets of re!ir t - . , : I 1 . t I'.tsucuiany as tne present agc ancunus with so great a variety of doc trines ;i:;d opinions; but I would recommend a firm and immovable belief in God, accompanied with a cotresnonding practice, and holin-ss of heart, without which no man shall sen h' Lord in t-'orv. Ho :re is ie grann iiinl 0!inpoint oil which ions should be all our hort 1 subserviency, and Repentance toward concentrate upon. God, and ihhh in t! e Lord Jesus Christ ; this is t! ie way cf the truth and the liirht. I sh i!l now e:n!eavor to exhibit be n-re vour mind 1:1 reasonaldeness of .voting Mi!.-olts to God, as your Great ik-iicfutdcr. He v !io lias crea te: ii ;.t-l -iv.i. t .... (".,..! , ana :t an is sup IM-OU: 1 w1 into tl-is , 1 i furnished woild; us iii our early j'outii ias gnid.'i! and pro thougli! h ?s !;: s t - 1 I 1 . I' '. vl i:.i:m : v. :.o ted us in ): . aj:.! U :,0 U.iS Ui ( UI 11 1 0 OlO :t:o: ( d and preserved u-. Now no- ' i: appears m-oe reasonable than . . i ; ' c -.'i il e, ::o;:lv o d dovete on:-.-Ives to his hiog se'ms more apjia le, than that we. the rro- : . i ca re. md price cf his Sen's acknowledge Him as our S . e mi nr igii Ruler, ami sock" lim as our tv- folicitv. "H-'.ar instruction. '! i.o wire. ,-.t.,! f-t ... It nJ." l.'l'l,,. (ear of ihe Lead is a fountaiTi of life, to depart from the snares of death. The hope of tho t i;ii( u5 t-h.-il! I o irl.ulni'ss. hut toe t cintion of t!ie w icked sha! perish. Tiiough hand j.in i:i hand,th icsicii lii.tii not no unpui.n in u ; nut i i i i .i !, the seed of fhe righteous shall be redeemed. Happy is the man that fmd- . and the man that getteth understanding, iter ways are waysoi pleasantness, and all her paths aire peace. ' 'Remember now thy Creator, in the days of thy youth. I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."' These are the words of religion; these are the precepts and consolations which alio, i;id i:; the word of God, enriching our hearts with divine treasure, as emanating from divine perfection ; 'all sweeter than honey, or the honey comb." The heart where piety and virtue has reared its temple, has in all ages boon compared as placed on the summit of a hill, dispensing order and happiness (o society. What can afford a more agreeable sensation to fhe trind,ut the hour of death, than to he able to take a retrospection of a life usefully and virtuously spent? What can be of greater felicity at -that awful crisis. than to be able to trace, the progress of our existence, by such tokens as ex cite She highest scli-npnroval and in ward satisfaction? And now I direct your attention to tiie sufferings and oeath of the bon of God. 1 Hose are tho attractive influences which have drawn thousands and ten thousands of careless souls, to the footstool of re deeming mercy. This is the most re markahle epoch that was ever witness ed by human eye, or perhaps ever will be on earth. this is the awful trage dy that has called the attention of an cient prophets, and modern sages. L ven IS at tire itself seemed to sympa thise with our suffering Lord. Th sun was darkened; the eat th quaked ; rocks were rent asunder; the vails of the temple were rent, and the heathen guards were constrained losaty, "truly this was the Son of God."' This is the fountain whose w aiters arc intended for the heading of fhe nattions. How preeminently calculated to soften the affections, and pour the balm of heaven info the wounded heart, and impart light and immortality in the dying hour! This too is the alluring power which has seized the guilty conscience of the midnight assassin, while perpetrating

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i !. . f . he f. on. Co v m 01' '! ;;. o tiie 1 u r ! O i i , e ai.u t then p. tiog ii, i i.is ; . 0 , to 01 - .- e iii (' ,0 (, iiont, to ;.;' A;:;! comtiif 1 ; I WiO::, mi; e gt .i ill.: d ll.e I i.O i.ess. thv 10 ;r vciu;ne l cue.! hhtO i I o i.iii-oi how pore tl precepts, hoc divi:.;principles inculcated therein w! p-'iges contain the interesting i.hlo! C.f no re(!eem:ng love How do the ,1 1: and pathetic illusions of the great Homer, or ?.lilio:t. appear o i vw helmed when ompa r-d witn tlii exalted tre a sure, m u a: es we behold the im press of ihe Jh.-i'y. which cur S:.viei i ins is tiie volume v !;o;i anout to astend to his : !o his native he-. ven, commanded. wiiii Ms parting voice to every crea-ure." i . i i I . rf i ; . (i .-,0 .-. !. TO I A ,!1 I,. sand ( d (f ions Si i-..;er. C nl.lCi in then- ina-!ei - i : armour, obeyed the cilestiat maiidate : and though it iias been opposed most raneotously, ridiculed iiiom; bilteih, misreprc-sentevl more grossly than an Oilier book, and pcrh.ap.s burnt more fre quently ti an a i I other hooks put to; 'CiIS or; 3 et i!-.e object of their alt; 1 o m.ons unmi, ei !. I we contemojati' it were a fortress whit on nas I" e;. ass i! success v e aeration.-: Hi ! ! l ! of !V - ii i-.u mteilectual streivil: ,i 1 1 i "en i ; ied (O Mi' C! ' it1 though eighteen hundred n.a-.v el-tpsed, it has .verit' d pos o;s cf c;ii i!; and .. prehah.iify of its veerila.ve !h ' i' aou li vn g no-.v until t hi.ai conriimmatio;!, is c o!o ter. K ! ec ' o.,d r.ii g greater aial Otoota too have I ii leagued lor its destruetion : and even the military powers of the greatest empires, have been engaged to han-i-lt it from the earth; yet this volume, hke a tree of heaven's planting, stili ...i vive?, a-id h;is been strengthened a mtrtst the prostration of tlii-one', and cc ncus-ior-.s et nnrerial powers. Atid seone of 1 1 . o e countries aire now wu!i streams of salvation, mid auound with societies, fr the promulgation of the glorious gosnr 1, and the renovation of (he. world. This, too, is fhe book, for the sake of which many of our pious ancestors forsook their native .!, and ca;r-e to this th.cn desolate wilderness; and from wince, tiiey ue-u-ved their strongest and purest consolation, and ;it death bequeathed to us as heir most valuable treasure. And had his consummate volume an empire, in .very hear!, the ruthless arm of guili tnd tyranny, and every species of wretchedness, would yield to the uni versal diffusion ot excessive brightnessand millennial felicity. V.'ASlliMi'i'UX. Before I left Princeton for Rockyhill, I saw, for the first time, the man of poke; whom all men wished to see. Il was accidental. It was a picture. No painter could have grouped a company of horsemen better, or selected a back ground better suit ed for etloct. As I walked on tiie road lead.mr from 1 rinceioii to i rentoit alone, for I ever loved solitary ramble ascending ;i hill, suddenly appeared a brilliant troop oi cavaliers, mounting and gaining the summit m my front The clear autumnal sky behind them equally relieved thedark blue uniforms Ihe huff' facings and glittering military annemkmes. All were gallantly mountc 1 were tad! and graceful, but one towered above the rest, amd 1 doubled not an iietamt that I saw tin beloved hero. I lifted my hat as I saw his eves were turned to me, and in sta-.r.tlv every hat was raiised atnd every eye was li.vcn uu inc. i oi j p.issi ii I '!U,., ....-..,! on, anal I lurneu anu g.ieu.u .i jj.issie- . i . . i .... i . t ..i : vision. I k',a ;eon httn. Although atll my life used to the 'pride and pomp, and circumstaru c of glorious wait,' to the gay and gatllaiil Lnghshmain, the gilted Sod, amd the embroidered Germain of every military graide I still think the old blue amd buti'of Washington anil his aids, their cocked baits worn sidelong, with the union cockade, their whole equipments, cspeciadlv ait thai moment, wais the most mairlkd of any group 1 ever saw." Exi:ueisK of Males. The great cause why the Europeans appear ruddi. r amd healtheir than vc do, it strikes

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i;s, is that they exercise more, and live c..o;c in the onen air. Ihitks in Finn-. ire every thing. In Italy and rr, and Germany, the people live i out cf iLors. Every day their dwaysiue not full, but Iheir Bat, s nu. Thir Coil'.e houses are c i a CO. ' ii Lh-o 1 'aifiihes sit as much as possible in gardens, and in public plais. Their windows arc all tenanted. .Not only every city, but every town nas ;!s public pai k, adorned w ith trees, by (he waiter side, wherever it is possible: au.d every tiling is done which can he done, fa make it comfortable and refreshing, ats fashionable. The sons of tiie first families in England are often seen in Switzerland, with their packs upon their harks, walking amid the mountains, at the rale cf forty miles a day. si: i:n..L v. avs w hich teach men to be; IXTKMPERATE. 1 . ! i :r.F. f.ss. Whenever people are idle, and hatvc nothing to do, they feel very u:ieay and unhappy. Then they think if they ean get some strong drink, it will m;tke them feel lively. And, having nothing else to do, they will go to the tavern and grogshop, and get something to drink. So, if we wish the people to be temperate, we must teach them not to be idle. 2. Gamuuxu. Another thing that makes people uncomfortable and uneasy, aim! so makes them w ish for strong di.s k, is (he practice of gambling. V hen at per-on loses in this way, he knows he has got nothing for his money, and il makes him feel very unhappy. Then he is ;;pt to drink, in order to forget his misery. 3. Excess in Eating. Some people learn to be intemperate in drinking, by fir-1 becoming intemperate in eating. V. hen people eat too much it makes them thirsty, restless and uneasy. And then they wish to drink. One intemperate indulgence is apt to lead to ;iiiother. The person (hat would not wish to he a dsuiikard, should fake care not to let his appetite he his maistcr in any thing. -1. B ad Co rat a xv. Bad company is another thing that le.ads people into iui.-nqter.ince. Almost all sorts of bad people Jove strong drink. Keenaway. hen from all sorts of bad company. Be Puxctpal. The folio win an ecdote in rel.ttion to Gen. Washington's Hincluaiily in voting, we take from the B.ulfimore Chronicle. 'I have hoard it stated as an anecdote ofGen. Washington, when he resided ui his estate tieair Alexandria, that his iour for voting was f 2 o'clock this ninctuality was proverbial. On one election daty it rained tremendously, amd several persons about the Inn re marked, ' e fear (he General will not come in to d.ty." However, as the clock struck f2, the General's carriage ippeaired in sight, covered with mud, md (he horses like drowned rats. lie immediately alighted, handed in his vote, and then went into the Inn where lie took a snaick and a glass of wine with his friends, one of w hom remarked: "We were afraiid (his boisterous d ty would have prevented your coming to town ats usual." The General's facetious reply wass, "Did you ever know George fl'ui-hin-.'Jon to neglect his duly.''1 CIIOMi: IN HOUSES. Mr. Editor, I herein send you a receipt for cholic in horses. If you think it worthy a plaice in your journal, you will perhaps confer a service on some of your i caulcis, by giv ing it publicity. A few weeks agol was travelling into the country. Before I haid progressed many miles my horse showed evidently that he was laiboring under the cholic. He became quite loose in his bowels, swelled, and was in great agony. Eortunaitely I met with a waggoner whose kindness relieved my beast from his illness, and myself from, perliaips, a long walk. His remedy consisted in tying upon the horse's bit a piece c.f tobacco. This being done, he told me 1 could proceed upon my journey; assured me that the horse would get wa ll before I got one mile, and he w ould not be troubled again while the lobaci o remaiincd upon the bit. I did ais he directed, and to my perfect astonishment my horse became relieved ag he swallowed the saliva created from the tobacco. Southern Agriculturist.

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