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foreign states, they treated their subjects and allies with insolence, which brought upon themselves the envy and hatred of all Greece. This gave rise to the Peloponnesian war, when the Peloponnesians and others, to tame the insolence of the Athenians, took up arms, under the direction and auspices of the Spartans. The war was carried on with equal fortune for a long time, till at last the Athenians being broken by a great slaughter at the river Egos, were forced to yield to the Spartan yoke.

We shall close this account with some particulars relating to the Areopagus, which was the senate-house of Athens, and was, as the name denotes, situated on a hill, dedicated to Mars. This court was composed of those persons who had filled the office of archon with dignity and public approbation. It always consisted of men distinguished by the excellence of their character, and the purity of their manners; They determined all causes relating to the civil and religious government of the state; the custody of the laws, the direction of the public revenues, aud the inspection of the morals of the youth were committed to their care; and so high was the estimation in which this court was held, that Demosthenes asserts, that in his time, they had never passed a judgment that did not satisfy both the plaintiff and defendant. The fame and authority of the Areopagus were so universal, that even foreign states often referred to them the decision of their differences. They usually met three times every month, always in the night, that they might not be interrupted by the business of the day, nor be influenced by objects that excite the passions either of pity or resentment.

YOUNG LADIE'S GARLAND.

FEMALE EDUCATION.

FEMALE EDUCATION is of immense importance, as connected with domestic life. It is at home where man generally passes the greatest portion of his time; where he seeks a refuge from the vexations and em

barrassments of business, an enchanting repose from exertion, a relaxation from care by the interchange of affection; where some of his finest sympathies, tastes, and moral and religious feelings are formed and nourished; where is the treasure of pure disinterested love, such as is seldom found in the busy walks of a selfish and calculating world. Nothing can be more desirable than to make one's domestic abode the highest object of his attachment and satisfaction.

Well ordered home, man's best delight to make,
And by submissive wisdom, modest skill,

With every gentle, care-eluding art

To raise her virtues, animate the bliss,
And sweeten all the toils of human life.
This be the female dignity and praise.

Neither rank nor splendid mansions, nor expensively furnished apartments, nor luxurious repasts, can accomplish these actions. They are to be obtained only from the riches of elevated principles, from the nobility of virtue, from the splendor of religious and moral beauty, from the banquet of refined taste, affectionate deportment, and intellectual pleasures. Intelligence and piety throw the brightest sunshine over the dwellings of private life, and these are the results of female education.

Female education is extremely valuable from its imparting an elevated and improved character to domestic intercourse.-Conversation is one of the greatest joys of existence; and the more perfect it is made by the resources of learning, enlarged views of morality, the refinement of taste, the riches of language, and the splendors of imagery, the more exquisite is the joy. It is from education that discourse collects all its original drapery, "its clothing of wrought gold," its thrilling eloquence, its sweetest music and all its magical influence over the soul. Intelligence and animated discourse eminently exalts the dignity, and multiplies the charms of every female that can excel in it.

It is a sacred and homefelt delight,

A sober certainty of waking bliss.

She who can sustain an elevated course of conversa

tion, whose mind soars above the trifles and common things of time and sense, who is distinguished for well digested opinions, sensible remarks, habits of thinking and observation, good judgment and a well disciplined temper, is a perpetual source of blessings, and exhilaration to all within her circle. If her education is seasoned with an admixture of genuine piety she cannot fail making her home all that is desirable, so that none of her household will need or wish to seek elsewhere for happiness. They will be able "to drink waters out of their own cisterns, and running waters out of their own well.”

FEMALE BEAUTY.

TRUE female beauty does not consist in any particular form, or external appearance alone; but in symmetry and elegance, together with the assemblage of those interesting qualities which adorn and render their persons permanently pleasing. A mere external beauty may attract momentarily, but something else is requisite to secure the affections; the first impressions produced by mere external beauty soon wear away; but it is the internal worth and beauty which give daily increasing permanence to the social affections. Hence one reason why men are often reproached with inconstancy of love; their feelings are interested and their affection excited by a display of external beauty; but a more intimate acquaintance convinces us that they are destitute of the graces and charms which render those feelings strong and lasting. Let the female then who is desirous to shine as a beauty, attend to intellectual improvement as of first concern; let her cherish health, which itself is beauty; let her lay aside those foolish and prejudicial fashions, which have so much power over persons of disordered minds; who conceive that beauty is best displayed in artificial, pale, and sickly forms; let her use frequent and active exercise, which gives health and vigor; let her indulge and cultivate every virtue; for every virtue sits with peculiar grace on the female countenance, and let her not forget religion, the greatest ornament to female worth

and acquirements. With these accomplishments beauty exerts an influence which extends throughout creation.

-Hence the wide universe,

Through all the seasons of revolving worlds,
Bears witness with it's people, Gods and men;
To beauty's blissful power, and with the voice
Of grateful admiration still resounds :-"

YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT.

66 ONE AND TWENTY."

WITH youth no period is looked forward to with so much impatience, as the hour which shall end our minority-with manhood, none is looked back to with so much regret. Freedom appears to a young man as the brightest star in the firmament of his existence, and is never lost sight of until the goal for which he has been so long travelling, is reached. When the mind and the spirit are young, the season of manhood is reflected with a brightness from the future, which nothing can dim but its own cold reality. The busy world is stretched out before our boyhood like the exhibition of mechanical automata-we behold the merchant accumulating wealth, the scholar planting his foot upon the summit of the temple of fame, the warrior twining his brow with the laurel wreath, and we yearn to struggle with them for supremacy. In the distance we see nothing but the most prominent part of the picture, which is successthe anguish of disappointment and defeat is hidden from our view; we see not the pale cheek of neglected merit, or the broken spirit of unfortunate genius, or the sufferings of worth. But we gaze not long, for the season of youth passes away like a moon's beam from the still water, or like a dew drop from a rose in June, or an hour in the circle of friendship. Youth passes away, and we find ourselves in the midst of that great theatre upon which we have so long gazed with interest-the paternal bands, which in binding have upheld us, are broken, and we step into the crowd with no guide but our conscience to carry us through the intricate windings of the path of human life. The beauties of the

perspective have vanished-the merchant's wealth has furrowed his cheek, the acquirements of the scholar were purchased at the price of his health; and the garland of the conqueror in fastened upon his brow with a thorn, the rankling of which shall give him no rest on this side of the grave. Disappointment damps the ardor of our first setting out, and misfortune follows closely in our path to finish the work and close our career. How often amid the cares and troubles of manhood do we look back to the sunny spot on our memory, the season of our youth; and how often does a wish to recall it, escape from the bosom of those who once prayed fervently that it might pass away. From this feeling we do not believe that living man was ever exempt. It is twined around the very soul; it is incorporated in our very nature, and will cling to us, even when reason itself has passed away. And although the period when parental enthralment is broken, and when the law acknowledges the intellect to be full grown, may at the time be considered one of rejoicing, yet after-life will hang around it the emblems of sorrow, while it is hallowed as the last bright hour of a happy youth.

men.

INFLUENCE OF YOUNG MEN.

WHEN Cataline attempted to overthrow the liberties of Rome, he began by corrupting the young men of the city, and forming them for deeds of daring crime. In this he acted with keen discernment of what constitutes the strength and safety of a community-the virtue and intelligence of its youth, especially of its young This class of persons, has, with much propriety, been denominated the flower of the country-the rising hope of the church and society. Whilst they are preserved uncorrupted, and come forward with enlightened minds and good morals, to act their respective parts on the stage of life, the foundations of social order and happiness are secure, and no weapon formed against the safety of the community can prosper. This indeed is a truth so obvious, that all wise and be

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