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OFFICEâ€" In the Court 1101150,". .TORQNTO August 1, 1866. 59 All advertisemean published for a less period man one momh. m us: be paid for in advance. Elgin Mills, October 5. 1866 FAVE TRDUEHS. WATER SPUTS, CISTRENS AND PUMPS 1 Solicitor in Chancery, C 0 NVEYANCE R, &c, &c., &o Manufactured and for Sale Flooring and other lumber dressed. Fellows snwn and shingle for sald ll'y ‘ ’ DR. JAS. LANGSTAFF, John Langstaft Carriage and Waggon MAKER. ,. UNDERTAKER &c. &c. &c. Ruidcuerâ€"Naarly opposito'the Post Officr Ric‘.mond Hm,’ EVERY FRIDAY MORNING; Thornhi”. June 9, 1865 finsméya mxéffdm. RATES OF A DVERTISING. EU): mark 332mm THOMAS SEDMAN, GEO. B. NICOL; S‘rmn M_-ILLS. Tuouumu. LAW CARDS. 'I‘HORNH ILL IS PUBLISHED FOR THE .... serlion. . . . on. per line. per line.. .. rnths.... mouths. . . . year. . . . . . \o ....... 0 .... 497 ‘HE Subscriber begs to inform his friend: and tho public generally, that he'hal opened an HOTEL in the Village of Maple. 4th Con. 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All Omnibus leaves this Hotel for Toronto athalf-pusi seven mm. daily. GEO. McPHILLIPS & SON Proyincial Land Surveyors, Maple. Jan 1866. THORNHILL. HENRY HERON, Proprietor. The best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars will be found at the bar. Comfortable accommoda- tion for travellers. A careful Hostlar always in attendance. Thornhill, July 4,1857. Othe Counties of York, l’eclnnd On- tario. Residence: Lot 8, 61h concession Markham. Post Ofliceâ€"Unionville. Sales attended on the shortest notice' and on rouonnble terms. VOgdors lefuttho " Herald” omen for M ‘utér‘a «nice. Qvlll be promptly attended to Jnno. 27. 1867. HE SUBSCRIBER announces to {he travelling community. um. he has leas- ed {he nbove Hotel on Richmond hill, and will devote his (mention to the comic»: and convenience of more who may favor him with their patronage. Thu best Siabbling and Driving Shed on Yonge St. The besl Brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars kept constam‘y on hand. A careful Hosller always in attend- anve. r 7 TH E OLD HOTEL, GIDEON DOLMAGE. Proprietor. Richmond Hill. Dec. 1865. 28-1f Kept on hand. SAWING done promptly; also Lumber 'l‘on gned «S: Groved A! the lowest possible rates. Saw Mill on lot 25, 2nd Con. Markham, 2} mllleseaslof Richmond HHI by the Plank Road Richmond Hill, June 26,1865. 4-ly Planet] Lumber, Flooring, &c. LEMON’S HOTEL ! PLANEING TO ORDER, DANIEL HORNER, Jun, DOLMAGE’S H OTEL, Barristers anb fittarneys-at-fiam, SOLICITORS IN CHANCEgY, Conve yano @139, NOIIARIES PUBLIC, doc. ‘ EGS to inform the Famous in the neighbor- hood of Richmond Hull, that he has leased the above Mills. and has put them in thorough repair, and will be glad to recuivo a share of the patronage of the public. GRISTING AND CHOPPIN G, NEW SERIES. Done on the shortest notice. WThe highest market price paid for Wheat. Richmond Hill, Nov. 14. 1867. MALLOY’S AXES Parliamentary Legal Business attended to. Drumsâ€"Court Street, Corner of Church? Steel. Toronto. J. I). EDGAR. RICHARD GRAHAME. Toronto, February 5, 1868. - 499. ‘ RICHMOND HILL MILLS. GEO. H. APPELBY LUMBE B. ING- ABRAHAM EYER mm 1865 JOHN CARTER,‘ LICENSED AUCTIONEER June 7,1865. GEORGE LEMON Richmond Hill. Dec. 4. le7. 490-137 EGS respectfully to inform his customers and the public tha‘t he is prepared to do VOI. N0. EDGAR & GRAHAI‘IE, NOTICE TO FARMERS. In any quantity. and on short notice. LATE VAN NOSTRAND’S, RICHMOND HILL. RICHMOND'HILL AND YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTISER. SEAFORTH, C. W. PHYSIOLOGY. Lot 20. 2nd cucoossion Markham (LATE RAYMOND’S) FOR SALE BY RICHARD VAII.ES. 39-ly $9? a Her father wished to give her a good sound education ; but his motto was ‘ Practical before super- ficial,’ some little idea may be given of his views from the fol~ luwmg Illustration :â€" Continued/hm our last. CHAPTER 1V. * Charles upon his return home. entered college, and from his first class abilities soon became one of During Ihese years Clara lived at’lhe old spot. As she had attain- ed an age which demands a pro- fitable use oftime, many of her former habits were given up, and her time was taken up in going to SchooL When this position of his life drew to a close, he decided to turn his education to some effect, by entering some one of lhe pro- iessions, and at length concluded toiollow. Law, a profession for which his taste strongly inclin- ed. One day when Clara came from school, she ran up to him and said, ‘ Pa, our teacher says I ought :0 get a French grammar, ’and begm to study French, as several of the other girls are going to do. No they they are not said Clara, tor I know many things which they do not. It was only pesterday, Miss Leek said, seven times seven were thirty nine; and Willie Jones another'ofthem, this morning in Grammarnlass said a noun was was the name ofany person,olace‘or thing. as I am. thdu art, he is. Mr. Jacksen laughed outright and said, "I‘here are our french aspirants, then. Alas! that our system of education should be lauded so high, while such cases are toller- ated. No Clara you shall not study French for the present. No one shall say. that] in educating my child, adopted a method as absurd as Dean Rwift‘s idea, of beginning to build houses from. the top downward. nation_ he failed no: to carry off honors, which gave credit to him- self, and the highest hope to those who watched his career with in- lerest. On another occasion.'when sland- ina on the street talking to 9. friend, a. labouring man came long, dress Indeenl, exclaimed Mr. Jackson, no doubt the studyol’French is good and necessary to those who wish to become thoroughly educated. but there are many things to be learn- ed first. many of which [ do not think you yet understand. There is no use wasting time learning that which-may never be of any use; while things which are real necessary are neglected, to gain time for their acquisition. I eup- pose those girls who have com- menced are farther advanced than you. Thus, when "ume and all is ended, Dust re‘vivified will rise, And life’s all be blended In a. song that never dies. Death is only reproduction ; Transient, as when ripples creep O’er the sea, while fell destruction And attendant tempests sleep. But these slumbering gales will waken Into rage and sweep the main, And the sea-girt i'ock be shaken By tumultuous waves again. Each new year that passes o’er us Catches ’up it’s brother’s moan; Silent echoes lie before us, Soon to swell the monotone. Then we hear strange echoes sighingâ€" Rises, falls their mournful chime; List'ning still we hear them dying Down the chorridox-s of Time. Retrospective thoughts oft. l’1ger In our minds as when we I-aead The lone maze when Mem’ry’s finger Marks long catalogues of dead. Listen to the old tree creaking T01 the wind. its tale of woe; Hear iis sapless branches speaking I Dismal tales of long ago. Weary echo! telling grimly, As it jars upon our ears, 0f the buried Past, seen dimly ’Mong dark catacombs of years. On the heads of wrinkled sages See the thin white tresses waveâ€" Hoary echoes of past ages, Forecast shadows of the grave. LOST AND FOUND; flimmtum Wri "ten for tha York Herald gummy. ECHOES. “'Let Sound Reason wag/a more with us than Popular Opinion.” RICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1868. i don't sao whether] believe in it or not; but I think that was agood Idea when he said. ‘ If you have a child to educate, first try and learn that child’s capacity, then feed that capacity with that for which it is best adapted. If your child has no capacity for any of the professions, it is an useless waste of time and money to try and educate for such. it is an injustice to the person, for it fills him with aspirations. which can only end in disappointment, and unfit him for some other lower position. where at first perhaps he may have taken a place with hou- our. It is not bush at all, I believe with yoursell, no child should be deprived of education. But when it gets more than it can carry. it sinks rather than elevates. Look around and you will see posuions of the highest trust filled by men altogether unfit. For my part. I would rather see a child of mine in the humblest employment if it proved to be master of the busi- ness. than one of the highest kind, if it fiilled it like hundreds of others do. as a masspi dry bones. So I suppose ifvou had a child, which you thought to be rather dull,you would say to yourself.'here is a person which is only fit for a clod hopper or something of the kind: lherofofe. he must be educat- ed accordingly.’ Pity, sir! they need no pity; thev are richer than many who move in the highest position. Riches do not lay in the pocket as much as we imagine; they lay in the mind; and that person who supposes himself it; be rich is so indeed, let his position be what it may. Pity those whose lives are made miserable, by forever pining for that which they can never ob- tain, who like the chained eagle gazing on the sky, M‘Nwhiwt longs you see yonder, ladened down with books marching to school,day after day, many of which are only learning that which will unfit them for the battle of life. Phrenologv! why Jackson you don’t believe in that do you? I think it to be one of the greatest humbugs of the day. But let me ask your sir, if that theory had always been adoptcfl where would have been many of our greatest men, whose names are now an ornament to the wofld’s history, I mention Liebeg the che- mist. who when at child was thought little better than a fool ; I mention Sir Waiter Scott who Was only thought dull. To-dav Engllsh literature tells us what he was. Sol aim, butnot such as is given to the majority of our vouth’s at the present day. That was a good idea of the phrenologist the other night. That is all bosh Jackson. All people have capacity. and educa- lion will bring it out; and I believe it to be an injustice to any child to deprive it ol such. Why Jackson! I thought you were a patron of education There my iriend, said Mr. Jack- son, is a specimen ofa happy man; one who is willing to do his duty in that posilion it has pleased God 10 place him. But Mr. Jackson, don’t vou think such are rather to be 'pittied, who have to hear such a life 01 drud~ gery 7 ‘ ad in blue over-alls, an old gray coat with a strap round the waist to keep it in place. He had an axe on his shoulder on which his dinner was swung. Good morning Mr Jackson, he said, on coming up to where they were; fine morn ing this to send the blood through the veins. It is a fine morning, re- turned Jackson, fine tlme I would Bob for chopping, but is it not tough work to keep at it so long day after day? 0 I don’t~ know says he, they say use is second na- ture. You know people must do something, while God allows them to remain in this world. Meal time comes round three times in the day, and when a person has a wife and family to come at the same time he needs to look around a little. Yes said Jackson. and Bob your family is large. It is rather that way. returned the man with the axe ; but [suppose the larger it is the more a man hns to live for. Saying this, he went on, and at the same time broke out in a snatch of a song. ‘ And the rich man he must die.’ It is now time to bring our hero and heorine once more together, and such will be the subject; of our neyt chapter. To be Continued. “ Come up higheri”; , Here the conversation was brok- en off; but this is sufllcient to show Mr. Jackson’s idea of what education should be, and it is like- ly that one who received education under such a one, that it would be huilton a sound foundation. So it was, not only a foundation did she receive. but on such the whole structure.. which made her at this period (that is fich vears from when she narted from Charles Smith) one of the most accomplished young ladies in Camden. She was now no longer the little girl running over her native hills ga- thering flowers, but on the verge of womanhood. with all the manners and attractions of that age, which made her the centre of attraction ofin whatever circle she moved she talked, laughed, walked on the most in- timate terms with many, yet her favours were so evenly given, that no person could say that any one in particular was the favourite. One endeavoured to install himself in as something more than friend, but was met in this way :-â€"I am sorry Mr. Sacksby, very sorry, that our friendship should have come to this, for it can only cause a pang to yourself, which it grieves me to the heart to be any way instrumental in giving to one I so much esteem. Show in yourself that noble mind I have ever given you credit for, and let that feeling of What you speak be lost in divine semblance of friendship and on such terms, I will meet you with open arms half way. I know what it is to love as a friend, as a sister, or a daughter, but that other love of which you speak 1 have not fathomed the heavenly stream, consequently it would be a greater injustiee than I can do to you or any one else, to give I know not what. The diligence stopped at White Horse lnn. in the principle street of Fontainbleau. Fatigued and 0p- pressed by the heat on the road, we slowly stretched ourselves,- and des- cended the steps as lazily as possi- ble, smiling at the vacant appear- ance which sleep, broken bv our sudden arrival, had stamped upon the visages of our fellow travellers. The baggage was dismounted and dinner ordered. Some of the country-folks were eagerly pressing forward to gaze on the newly-ar- rived, together with their packages, bird-cages, and children. In the midst of all this bustle, a fat, red faced man, about thirty vears of rage, an insipid babbler, who had Those men it is true ltad the ad- vantage oi education, but besides that thev- Were men of genius. Thousands, yea, millions without it, who with the advantage of a much better education than they, have lived and passed off the stage of action unknown to the world. Though you must not misunder- stand me,l believe in educa'ion as much as any person. I long for the day when it shall have a world wide circulation. But let it be of the right kind, that which strickes} .at the root ot ignorance, andl larouses the dormant powers of the soul, and male us a willing peo- ple to do our duty in that state ol life which it has pleased God to call us. . Jackson, Idon’t like that phrase, “ willing to do our duty in that state oflife which it has pleased God to call us.” Would you strip the mind of ambition,’ and teach us that it is the duty of a person to set down contented in that position hlS father filled before. Was it not ambition to something above the position in which they were placed that brought lorth many of those to whom we mve most of the great reforms which are the glory of the age in which we live. What have you to say to that ’ Say to that l why tnat is one of my strong holds. Those men who rose from their first position, were those who first proved themseIVes worthy of, the step._ . They were wjlling togdo‘theig duty where God placed them ; and they didlit man- y w- A“ I could mention others, but it is unnecessary. These men had the advantage of education ; and no doubt thousands of others who have passed oi Ihe stage of action unknown, unmept, and unsung. would ifthey had had the same advantages to day, be living with them side by side in the temple of fame, STRANGE WAGERS. cu 5rs ch 31‘. he in- ms lar *Yes, said he taking with him a‘ box containing a brace of pistols. A friend interposed ,between them to Stop this joke, for it was no longer a jesting matter. but re- presentations were useless. They reached a solitary spot in the park, where the smoker was nodded to by an olficer of the garrison. who was willing to become his second. A five-lrane piece ivas thrown into the air as a signal. a report of a pistol tollowed. and the pieCe ol money fell indented. In fact he deposited himself upon the imperial of the diligence. It turned out this was a rival to whom the fair lady had given a description ol her intenr]ed,and by these means he won the lady in question. After the honeymoon, the dead shot en- countered the crestfallen suttor at Paris, and said to him. I wager that you tetnrn to Fontainbleau. PERSIAN TREATMENT OF PRISON- ERS AND REBan.â€"The Persians readilv gave quarter to the enemy who asked it. and genenerally treated their prisoners of war with much kindness. Personages of im- importance, as monarchs and prin- cess, either preserved theirtitles and their liberty, with even a certain nominal authority, or received ap- panages in other parts ofthe Persian territory, or finally, were retained about the court aslriemls and table companions of the great king. Those of less rank were commonly given lands and houses in some province remote from their own countrv. and thencforth held the same position as the great mass ofthe subject races. Exchanges of prisoners do not seem Wager that [ kill you. he added, coolly regarding the astonished tra- veller. ’Tis probable. said the other. changing [mm the ruby to a ghasth hue; and since it is prob- able, it is useless. Consequently I take the road back again to Paris, and have the infinite honour to be your very humble and obedient servant. Bet, said the never ceasing and immoveable marksman, that l pierce that !eaf trembling at the ex- tremity ot the bough. and it was pierced. As to that, l wager you do not, said the obstinate intruder. NIOX‘P- over. I will bet that I make you take the route back again to Paris, and that, top. without much delay. 3763, m here to get married. One lihndrvd quis that you do not I said the other. I defy you to prove it. continued his persecutor, and Wu!) this parry and lhrust the two regarded each other with the most snarling looks it is possible to concegve, just like two dogs about to he let loose upon one another. Sir, you are an importinent scoundrel ! exclaimed the traveller, and 1 will bov your ears. 1 bet 'tis a lie, said the other. Upon this the ruddy faced little man was incensed with rage, pas- sed before the other. making a Sign for him to follow. Upon my word, said the travel- ler to me,l know nothing oi the fellow, but I have a great inclinaâ€" tion to make him march off. My fellow traveller, conlounded at this persecution, raised his hand, and pointed to hisforehead, signify ing that the intruder was derangâ€" Bet that you did, retorled the other. I did not address my conversa- tion to vou, sir, said the fat mas. l’JI wager anything you choose that the watch is worth nothing, persisted the man in slippers, tol- lowing after. Thenther gave bun a look 0! pity, and went into the traveller’s room. saying to me, Don’t dine here and with a touch of the elbow, we wiH go 10 a cafe, where We can do beller. Ten Iouis that it is not one of Breguets’ said the smoker. 'Tis one 01 Breguet’s watches, proudly answered the rubicund- faced little man at this interrup- lion. Bet that it is not, said a gentle- man in slippers, who was smoking a pipe before the door of the low- roofed apartment. favoured us the whole length of the journey with the history of his good speculations at Fontainbleau, and (If his marriage, which he was at the present time coming there to solemnise, drew out his watch. and exclaimed, ‘Already four o’clovk !’ TERMS $1.00 in Advance Whole N0. 505. NATIONAL CHARACTERâ€"Any two national characters have much more of ‘what is common to both: than either has of' what is peculiar to itself. If we could ‘enumeratc the qualities of the English- man, the American, and the Frenchman, ‘we should find that those in which they are alike are much more numerous than those in which they differ. and not only more numerous, but that they are those which weigh most also. In the bases and mainspringe of conduct, the various civilized peoples resemble one another very closely. To hear this in mind is to guard yourself alike against wholesale and extravagant exaltation on the one hand, and wholesale and extravagant depreciation on the other. The great ob- ject in life, perhaps above all others, is to learn to discriminateâ€"to abstain with something likehorror from wholesale de3 nuneiation or wholesale pangyric of bodies and sets of men, and especially from in- ferring along chainof virtues or vileneSSes from asingle incident which happens to please or displease one‘s own private meta. Pacata. toxour victories of peace, and the-~W~» future may exceed the past. In. regardi to the measures required for the pacifiL cation of Ireland, Earl Russell proposes: to disestablish the Church,,and with the funds thus set free, to endow Roman» Catholics, Presbyterians, and Protestant: Episcopalians. The land difficulty Bea prepnses to get rid of by a measure pro» viding‘ that a tenant who improves his: land, if ejected shall have compensatihn- for his outlay. CHEERFUL VVOMEN.â€"O, if gloom-y women did but know what comfort there is in a cheerful spirit. How the heart leaps up to meet ‘a sun.- shiny face, a merry tongue, an even' temper, and a heart which either naturally, or, what is better, 17mm conscientious principles, has learn- ed to take all things on the bright side, believing that the Giver of life, being all perfect love, the best offering we can make to Him is to enjoy to the full what he sends ol good. and bear what he allows oh evil; like a child who, when once- it believes in its father, believes in all his doings with it whether he understands them or not; Among the secondary influences which can: be employed,either by or upon a naturally anxious or morbid temp perament. there is none so ready to hand or so wholesome as that so often referred toâ€"constant employ- ment. A very large number of women,particularily young Women. are by nature constituted so exceed- inglv restless of mind, or with a. strong physical tendancy to depres- sion. that-they can by no possibility keep themselves in.a state of even tolerable cheerfulness except by being conlinually occupied. EARL RUSSELL ON THE IRISH‘ QUESâ€" TION.â€"â€"In the pamphlet by Earl Russella just published, on the Irish, Question, he refers to Mr. Gladstone as the states_ man best qualified for the great task of‘ pacifying Ireland. He says that Mr.. Gladstone possesses the-brilliant oratory; of Canning and the sterling honesty of" Althrop. Referring to the time when the Irish Question should be settled; he- says: Ought the Irish people and their representatives to allow the Ministry as Lord Stanley suggests, another year for further instructions from the great pro- fessor ? No,‘ let us say decidely no. For the question is one which will not brook delay, and the interests of Ireland must ‘not be postponed to suit the-convenience: ‘ot any political party. Never were nanâ€" tions more fitted to cling together than England, Scotland and Ireland. Let Ireland obtain what Scotland demant ded and obtained. Let us not severe the union of these nations, famous: alike for valor and for ability. The English have the most perseverance, the Scotch the most sense, the Irish the most generosity. But allé these nations speaking one language, living in two Island's closely connected, governed by a mixed race of Norman, Saxon, and Celt, are destined to form as theyrhave formed, through dangers, con- vulsions and disasters,_a community, or- ” 3'0?" will, at!Cempjregdidieggshed by to have been thought of. In a: iew eases, persons, whom we should- regard as prisoners at war, experi- enced some severities, but only when they were viewed, by the Per- sians. not as fair as enemies, but as rebels. Rebels were. of course, li- able to any punishment which the King might think it. right to inflict upon them, and there were occa- s1ons after a revolt when sentences ofextreme rigour were passed upon the persons considered to have been most in fault. According to Herod» otus, 3000 Babylonians were crucih. fied by order of Darius, to punish; their revolt trom him ; and, thought this is probably an exaggeration, it: is certain that sometimes, where an.- example was thought to be required the Persians put to death, not only the leader of a rebellion, but a num~ ber of his chiel'adherents. Crucifixe- ion, or, at any rate, impalement of some sort, was in such cases the ordinary punishment. Sometimes, before a rebel was executed, he was kept for a while chained at the king’s door, in order that there- might be no doubt of his. capture. Among the minor punishments» of rebellion were ‘branding. and reâ€" moval ol the rebels en masse from their own country to some remote locality. In this latter case. they Were merely treated in» the- same way as as ordinary prisoners 03 war.