THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL JNO. S. MANN, A. AVERY, Editori COUDERSPORT, FL,; THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1854 [Our farmers are in the midst of their haying, for which they have fme heather. Ca - On the 4th, at Toledo, Charles Wheeler had an.arm blown off and an eye ruined by tho premature discharge of a. cannon lai"We gire on the fourth page, the . alareboldera' account of the ussault on Goy. Reeder. if the people will read it, we need make no comments, as none but the merest poltroon can read with calmness these insulting out rages. ITbe July number of the-Penn sylvania School Journal, is received, This is the commencement of volume 4, and we are gratified with its entire success. The Journal has exerted a sappy influence on the common school system•tbroughout the State, and de serves to be thoroughly read. tHon. T. Ives has painted, and otherwise improved the old Rose house opposite the Isl. E. coruersof the public square, till it looks like a new building. Mr. L, has also, made great improvements on his farm just below town, and is entitled , to credit for hip industry and public impruveruppts, rir We publish entire on the first page, an address of the State Tem perance Committee in relation to the present state of the cause. This 4i.an able document,, and ought to bo read br orcry pailoP athp desires to know what has hproWero been done by the Legislature. in relation, to the traffic in intoxicating drinks,. and what 4 is proposed IQ do by. the.fripnels of Tem perance, rirtia this ie the season of road makinwleo have a suggestion for those who .bare this important matter in charge.. Make good roads as far as you. go. The , system too long follow ed in, this county, of merely throwing a little dirt into the mud• holes and running a plow along one nexer make good roads. The true systhm. and. most economical in ,the end, to mako thorough work of it when.anythieg is done. t7'We have received-no communi cation yet, from our agricultural friends in ;illation to a meeting on . court week. We• hope the ball will yet be put in motiOnin time to have . a good Meet-. ing. The farming interest is the most irrirortaut. of any in the county. It . deserves more attention. It ought to. be better. understood. Our stock can b 3 doubled- in. value,, our land cad be. made- to produce. a, third more, the labor, of. the farm can be made more agreeable and more profitable, and the business of farming can be elevated and improved; by a little concert of . action among those v,-ho till the soil. Shall, it he done ? Tgr..llo3T REMARIURTE FACT The most remarkable and- surprising fact conneotedi with these proceedings is, that Soutburn men have consented to remain in voluntary counsel with Abolitionists of the stamp of Wilson—that they have sal patiently in deliberation with. such men as brethren— listenufi, In violent denunciations of slavery frommen who know. nothing of the institution, , and live, no concern with it, and that they l have. shaken hands With and congratulated these rampant traducers of their country or the ability. and success of Altair tirades. lig:e.bolieve this is the first instance in which any national organixatioti in the United States has tolerated an unreservia andSree ilisCussion • ofthis question in national convocation. The Democratic pasty . has never permitted snake, thing, Abolitionists have obtained admis sioa alto their,conyefittons, but it hes been 'as repentsnts and at the expense of perfect silence ert.the. slavery question. The same was ttytcuq with the cad party. Every body recollects the expulsion of Henry I. Rayeapud, an avowed - Freesoiler, from one of their national conventions.—Richtnond Exam iarri,lsth inst. There are several facts well stated in the above article, but we are not a,ble, to tell which one of them is deemed "most remarkable" by . the Richmond paper, To one of these facts, to wit, that the Democratic party is so pro-slavery th a t it dues not even permit the dig, amine, of the slavery question, "in Congress or out of it," we have fre qUently called the attention of o u r leaders, and we think it "most re- Oilukahle" . that Northern freemen, trithikApark of manhood abont them ationldiernain in such' s, party a mo ment Icmger. We do not believe hon est-hearted opponents of slavnry ex ottnisiss will remairyin it during another campaign, ILKETETaCAN 'STATE CONVENTION. . - . The last Wellsboro:.Agitator Closes. a timely article in favor 'cif prompt action . in organizing the Republican forces of this State, with the - following reasonable request: • Gentlemen of the Potter Journal, Bradford Repenter and Argus, Independent Republican and Honesdale Democrat, do help and hurry - up a State Convention. ' That is just what we desire -to do, and we beg the liberal.press of Peni sylvania to speak out in earnest tones on this subjec't without further delay. The perils of freedom in Kansas de mand instant action. Why stand •we idle? Let all who desire to maintain. the rightkof freemen in our Western Territories 'resolve to 'actnoro. s Let us forget all Mirror questions, and sink all side issues _until Kansas isrestored to the condition in which - the fathers' placed that fair dr , lah•iii. The Mis souri rioters are shooting, insulting, anti crushing our brethren in -terri tory Consecrated to freedom. They are destroying property an driving peaceable families from their .homes. The Governor of the Territory, a citi zen of Pennsylvania, is maltreated in his own hoUse, and an imbecile Na tiogal Administration makes not a single motion for his assistance—:the party to which he belongs holds its State Corrxentiori and says not a word in his behalf, or in behalf of the out raged, citizens of that Territory. . • Then let the people meet together and do.whatthe Administration and its party have failed to do. Let. the people Meet together and speak such words as wilt show 'their brothers in Kansas thathereafter they will make common cause with them,—that as soon as an opportunity is offered, an AdministratiOn will be elected who will deem it as important to protect freemen in their rights, as to return the panting fugitive back to his prison house of bondage. The Pittsburg Gazette responds to the call for a State Convention as follows We heartily approve of this movement and hope to see the proposed. Convention held. We suggest, however, tha: Pittsburg is a much better point for the meeting than Har risburg. It is about as accessible as the latter place, to all parts of the State - , and much more accessible to the western counties, which will furnish the bulk of the movement. As to the time, We think Wednesday, the, 29th of August would be the best time, and we have no doubt that then we cart secure the attendance of Messrs. Sumner, Wade, Chase and other.prominent men. What say our cotelporaries of the Republicau press? We preferred Harrisburg for the place, but as action is the main thing needed, we will not stand- on minor points ; and therefore hope the Repub lican Press will heartily unite in the call for the Convention at Pittsburg on the 29th of August. .The time is short for preparation, so there is the more need of activity. lar The Balance is the title" of a pudia ting the pro-slavery part of the . handsomely printed Temperance pa- Philadelphia Platform, whereupon per just established at Mansfield, Tio- twelve out of three hundieddelegates ga county, Pa., by I. M. Ruckman,withdrew, and endorsed the Philadel editor and. proprietor, with Mary C. I phia convention.; and these twelve Buckman editor of the " Good Terri-' were old hunkers of the "Watchman plars'- Department." We hope tbds movement will be of service to the Temperance cause, but we do not see the necessity feu• another TefQrm paper in Tioga county. We oi n k there has always been .a lack of sup port to papers already established, and a tendency to _star,: to.o many. One paper vigorously sustained, and independent as to its f.nancial position, is worth half a dozen feeble, sickly concerns whose etl:itors are afraid: to speak their honest sentiments, for fear of losing a subsetiber ; or if edited by brave and d.etormined men who will starve rather than mince their words, are cripp'ied in their influence for the want of a living support. Could we reach the Tempel:an - co men and wo men of Tioga, we would implore each one of them to subscribe first for the Agitator, and then if they had room for another Temperance paper, to take the Balance. FATAL. ACCIDENTAT TERSE Slloltl.-WII learn that a man named Nathan Hummer was killed at Jersey Shore'by the bursting of a cannon on the 4th. He was engaged in firing the piece when it bursted, a piece stri king him- to the groin, inflicting a frightful wound, of.which he died almost instantane ously. We understand the cannon was et rough affair, manufactured at the Shoro fur the occasion.—Lock Haven Watchman. We are sorry to see a disposition manifested to attribute these terrible accidents to the kind of gun used, whereas all experience proves that no gun is safe in such circumstances, Every year, a large number of men are killed in this way; and a still larger number injured , for life . We think the press and people should demand the abandonment of a practice which causes so much needless misery. TH32 SLAM= PASTY. The action of the old lino—derilok raey at IlatTlsburg, on the Ypurth, was' more d6eidedly pro-slavery tan we at &rat *aught, judging,from.the meager report of the Telegraph. It was bad . enough to endopfe the conduct of 'tVe Presidentkepping silent in relation tp Goverpor Reeder; but the_ action of the conventiow was placed actively and unmistakably on the side of slavery by that slippery Cu...isE of Montrose, who to . maintain his own position at home offered the following resolutions Rcsoired, That the taking posscssion'of the polls at the' electiOn for the organization of the Territory of Kansas by large bodies of men from Missousi, for the purpose of over awing the &ma fide residents of the territory, was a gross infraction of the laws, and un outrage that calls for the severest reprobation of the American people, and. we therefore most heartily endorse tire course pursued by the Hon. A. H. Reeder, in his patriotic efforts to enforce the laws and protect the rights of the people of Kansas, from violence- and usurpatio.o. That, the National C,onstitntion wisely cominits, the, subject of slavery to the control of the States where it has existence, and we will resist all attempts by' the people of the. nowslaveholding States to. interfere with thy rights guaranteed to the institution, so also we will resist any attempt to use the powers of the general Government to, per petuate or extend the institution. This reasonable, aid to Governor Reeder with refused, and the' resolu tions were promptly laid on the table. A more imbecile body of men never got together in Pennsylvania. They endorsed the President and condemned Know-Nothingism, but did not ex press as opinion on a single practical,. living question. Pray what is such a party good fort It is confessedly and unblushingly the mere appendage of slavery. If those men in this County who made such big talk against the repeal of the Missouri Comproinise in February, 1854, endorse this conven tion by voting for its nominee, they will deserve the scorn and contempt of every man who thinks it a blessing to be au American citizen. T 33ADING COPVEATION . The proceedings of the American State Convention held at Reading on. the 3d, will be found in another column of this paper. There, also, as at Philadelphia, a few aboli tionists withdrew because they could not have their own way. The convention ratify and adopt the Philadelithja platform, although they regret that the question of slavery was introduced into the discussions of the Plat form of the National Convention. Still, they have resolved that a duo regard for subordi nation, and the great interest of the American party, require that they should stand upOn and abide by the National Platform, They claim that tlifise who seceded from the Coun cil, turned the convention into an abolition gathering, and set at defiance the entire au thority and jurisdiction of the National Coun cil.—American Watchman. • Bah ! How can a man write such stuff, and then look his neighbors in . the face. The "few abolitionists" who withdrew. frorn the Philadelphia con vention, consisted of the entire body of delegates from all the frde States except Three; and the Reading con vention justified this secession by re- stripe. Why, man, this it a free State, and a large majority of her citizens believe with the Declaration of Inde pendence, that all men have an ina lienable right to liberty. Go talk to the slaves who cower under the over seer's lash, about "subordination " to conventions, and caucuses, and self constituted leaders ; but don't make a fool of yourself by using such lan guage to independent freemen. The people of Pennsylvania propose here after to be governed by reason, com mon sense, and the light of truth. Subordination and submission to slave ry was run into the ground some time ago by the old line democracy, and the people are about to do their own thinking and voting in contempt of. sham democracy and bogus . Ameri canism. And so we advise the editor of the Watchman to vacate the edito rial chair, to make room for some man who has a faint conception of the duties of an editor in a free State. tir The Republicans of Ohio met in council on the 13th, and after adopt ing ajdatform on which every free man'can stand, nominated a ticket of great strength, with Hon. S. P. Chase a the head of it for Governor. - Thus the good work goes bravely on. Fr The people of Indiana, ten thousand strong, assembled in mass meeting on the 13th, and resolved to wipe out every vestige of tunkerism from that State. Who doubts that the work will be done I Now let us put the ball in motion in the old Keystone. - -TER C9, 10 M..-. • —s. It will dot - 114164.4' be !Pleaaint to our . people to. ktiow what intelligent :nen' say of the ifounty, its•iinriravetaantsi and its wanta.. Our ceiabtation on . the - 4th brought several observing men . from abroad to :dou4erspOt, . and _ among them- the editor, of • the c-enessfie Palley Free Press, the best . paper .in New York with which we are acquainted. On his return the editor spoke of our county, its settlers, and improvements, . in the following encouraging strain: A. largo majority of the people of the coun vire on the side of Temperance ' •and we also believe of Freedom; though a.a* men We had much to do in attracting the masses to the thralldom of the Slave Power through the chartn of a Democracy . which, though in , all its features an unmitigated sham, .has nevertheless the name, and consequently the fascination of prestige and'sound. The gath ering at Coudersport, though not overwhelm ing, was nevertheless large, and while Mr. Giddings was speaking, filled the Court House which, let us here add, is a heautiful structure, and enough to do credit to any county, either in the Keystone or Empire — State. A few general notes of observation and de duction, and we shall close this already ex tended reference to matters of which we have been writing. First, then, we think Potter minty has a fine soil of and, better of the two than as to be found, as a genet al thing, on the uplands of Allegany. Lands are cheap, timber abundant, water first, rate, they have good Schools and School Houses, and a rap idly improving section of country. One thing • is much needed, and must be bad. The Plank Road from this village to three miles beyond the - State Line, should be extended on to Coudersport. No work of which we have any knowledge, would prove of as much ad vantage to all parties concerned. Ve hope early to note the formation of a company having the above object an view, and we promise our Coudersport friends a cheerful getting together, and happy jollification over an event which we cannot fail to anticipate, and eventually realize. As to the moral anii political future of Alle gany and Potter, we cannot help concluding they *ill at least keep pace with, if not lead the van of counties in the two States of which they are members, in every ireat and needed reform. They are now ahead, and there we hope to see them remain. If the principle of prohibition is never defeated, or the spirit of Liberty never crushed out in New York and Pennsylvania till it is done by the concurrence of a majority of the citizens of these two counties,• then will Prohibition continue to prevail, and Freedom to flourish. Fellow cit izens of Allegany and Potter, our work is before us. Let us go on to Its full completion, and in doing so, lay down the following plat form, and live up to it.. • "We bold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which ar e Life, Liberty, and the Pur suit of Happin ess: that in order to secure. these Rights, Governments were instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ; and that when any Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right and duty of the people to alter or abolish it, instituting new forms, and laying their foundation in such manner as most effectually to . accomplish the aims of Justice, Equality; and Right." THE PRIIITS OF SLAVERY The following paragraphs from the ,Squatter Sort-reign of July 3d, show the legitimate workings of Slavery. if any one endeavors to excuse the institution by intimating that this Spiat.tcr Sovereign is an obscure sheet, of little consequence, we reply, that it is a pet of the National Administra tion, and as such is the recipient of its patronage. And this is the way it professes to maintain Slavery. This has been the spirit manifested by the Slave!) , Propaganda for years: ABOLITIONISTS.—In the absence of the customary facilities for a due commemora tion of the glorious Fourth, a pleasant pastime and fit type of the day we celebrate would be the hoop ug of Abolitionists. The departed spirits of our Revolutionary sires would greet with approval a work like this; fur in their time in this mundane sphere it was their wont to use the utmost rigorwith all traitors. Shull we, then, deviate from their example, and per. Snit treachery to thrive and grow strong in out midst 1 At least let us devote a portion of that day to a calm consideration of the oppres sions sought to be imposed upon us. Tis vain for us to contemplate with emotions of pleasure the memories of the morrow while we are ourselves subject to tyrannical and arbitrary rule. Let us., then, gather fresh vigor and zeal from the reflection of the glorious achieve ments of our patriotic ancestors, which ought to be brought vividly before us by the remem brances of the events that have endeared the Fourth of July to every American. J" Gov. REEDZR.—Nine-tenths of the citizens of Kansas would rather see him hanging to a tree than filling the Gubernatorial chair. He has no synipatluzers, no endorsers, no friends, save in the camp -of the Abolitionists. ,His pretended friendship for the South comes with a bad grace while his acts stated out so plainly against her interests. He hears on' all sides, from all tongues a dismal, universalhue-6- the, sound of public scorn. By coming out here a professed Pro-Slavery man, he has attempted to betray the party into the hands of the enemy. That act has raised him high in the estimation of tho Northern fanatics, and-he non stands nominated a candidate for the Presidency. * • "Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who seeks for greatness by his country's mint" It will be remembered. that Governor Reed er and -the few satellites that revolve around him, branded General Stringfellow and others at the East us "border ruffian," "cut throat," "blackguard," dtc., for which be took this occasion to demand reparation from his Got , - ernorship; which being refused, lefts sound thrashing as the only means of redress. This the General . oda:mustered, in double quick time, although his advertary escaped the full measure of his deserti, -through the interfer ence Of his friends. Gen. S. sun& Governor Reeder and k.nocked him down, when that person had a pistol cocked by his side on the table, which his craven spirit prevented his using. This is but the beginning of the end. After the final decision of Pregdentrierce in Reed er's case, he will either be removed by that functionary, or be forced -to abdicate Dy-the indiguantaquatter sovereigns of Kansas. riP The weather is too warts to be at all - comfortable. F91111211-OP 31:11X , ACCIDENTS: - • That our-lesson may be . the more', cemplete, and . our resolution against. the use of gunpowder, for - parade and - jollification,*nore determined, we:sive below a brief noticcOfa - few 'of the accidents which occurred on the 4th. ,The following is. from: the _Evening, Post, and occurred in New-York: A WOMAN-SHOT DY A-PISTOL BALT, About 9P' as on• Tuesday night, Mrs. Phil ips, wife of Samuel Philips, Jr., _ residing rit 32 . King street, while sitting on the hack stoop, was shot through the•thigh be a ball from a gun or a pistol, which is supposed , to have been discharged by some person from the rear of house 110.19 Charlton street. A brother of Mrs. Philipi hnd, nearly about the same titne,yi pistol ball shot through the leg of his pantOoons. it struck the top of his boot and fell to the ground. Path balls are thought to have come from the same house, as there was a good many discharges of firearms from that direction. • H►RRON ESO►PE'FROSI ► PISTOL SHOT Ferdinand Smith, a German, was arrested for carelessly firing off a pistol, loaded with a ball, which came near shooting Mrs. Ward, N 0.187 Franklin street, while she was at the window. BOY BUFLNED BY THE ByRSTISO Or ► BOTTLE OF POWDER Wm. Maher, a lad residing at No. 71 Henry street, was on Wednesday morning severely. injured by an explosion of powder in a sarsa parilla bottle. He had applied a slow match to the bottle, but the powder not ignitingim tuediately, he took hold of it when the acci dent occurred. BOY INJURED BY THE EXPLOSION OP ♦ PISTOL At five , o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, James Murphy, a boy 12 years old, had his face badly burned by the explosion of a pistol while in the act of firing it off. He was taken to the New-York Hospital. ACCIDZOT TO GEHLRAL BALL While the military was in Broadway, near Bond street, Brigadier-General Hall fell from hishorsa, and, it is said, broke one of his legs. He was conveyed home. The Tribune of the 6th soya ,Our readers are referred to the accounts of the proceedings of the Fourth for *some hor rible facts growing out of the abuse of fire arms and powder—and, by the, way, we do not print one in a dozen,of the maimings and bumings that occurred. -New-York presented a scene worthy Pandemonium on the occa sion, and it is the duty of a City govern ment having any. self-respect to put a stop to them in future. _ACCIDENTS OE THE FOURTH:AI matter of course, seemingly, a great many accidents happen on the recurrence of the anniversary of our National Independence. This year there was none in this county, we believe, that proved fatal; but there were several serious enough to detrait much from the en joyments of the day. In Montrose, a pain colored fisticuff fight tpok place, in which the white warrior got his arm broken, and the black got knocked down. In the evening a' .horse ran away and knocked down an elderly - lady,• Mrs. Sheldon, who was crossing the street, injuring her seriously, but it is thought not dangerously. In Springville a boy had his arm so injured -by the explosion of an anvil, thift it hpd to be taken off. AMr Brown is also aid. to. have had his arm broken, in some way, by the discharge of a cannon, at Dundaff. These are all the acci dents hereabouts, that we have heard of, 'ex cept some trifling . ones that befell suniry boys who tried their hands at fighting, just to show that " the spirit of '76" was still in ex istence.—Montrose Republican. _ DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A cannon, which Nyas used in celebrating at Canton, on the Fourth of July, being too heavily loaded, burst, scattering fragments in every direction, and wounding a man and a boy, both of v. hom have since died. The man resided in Union township, Tioga county, and was named JONATHAN JACKSON. He is represented as having been an industrious and sober man, leaving a family. He was firing the cannon by means of a' cigar, and was struck by a fragment in the side, causing his death after a few days'of suffering. The boy, whose name we have not learned, was so badly injured that he *survived but a few hours.—Bradford Reporter. We learn from a gentleman just from the north, that Mr. Edward Beaver, Sheriff of Fond du Lac county, was shockingly man gled by the premature discharge of a cannon, which he was loading at the late celebration in Fond du Lac. One of his arms had to be amputated at the socket. A man' is reported to have been killed at Juneau u Dedge Co., by a similar accident, on the same day.—Madison Journal. Fourth of July Literature Have you read Pepperage's Fourth of July Oration 7 If not, there is a rich treat yet in store for you. It is the best thing in Putnam's Monthly for July, which by the way, is the best American Monthly now published. As a sample of Pepperage's oratory, take the following beautiful tribute to the value of the Union : "In the Union we live, and move, and go ahead. It watches over llei at our birth—it fans us in our cradles— it accompanies us to the district school —it selects our wives for us from America's fair daughters, and it does a great tinny other things, to say noth ing of putting us to sleep sometimes, and keeping the flies from our inno cent repose. Palsied be the arm, then, and blistered the tongue, and humped the back, and broken the legs, and eviscerated the stomach, of every person who dares to think or even dream, of harming it. May the heaviest curses of time fall. upon Ids scoundrelly soul! May 'his juleps curdle in his mouth!. •May he smoke none but New Orleans tobacco! May his family be perpetually ascending the Mississippi in n'steamboao May hiwown grandmother disown him, and . suffriwe . s of bi's 'fellow. citizens pursue bins -like avenging furies till he is driven howling into 'Congress." MIA= OF THE NEXT HOUSE. Iam. :It seems to us the people of the :free §tates should at once indicate to Itheir 'Representatives their choice of (.Speaker. Those who know anything 'about die rules of order, method of appointing committees and the otlier forms of . National Legislation,._, lre aware that the influence of the Speak. er of the. House of Representutives is second only to the President of the United States. How important then,, that the Speaker should be a - states man of character, ability, experience, and ; the possessor of a .backbone.-_ These reqUisites are all found in the Hon. ..rosily?, R. Gyooixos of Ohio. He has been in Congress longer than . any member elect to the. next Holm' He is perfectly master of all Parlia mentary questions. He is a statesman in the fullest and , truest sense of that word. He has ability of the, highest Order, and a backbone which all the power of slavery cannot bend, Ri s : elevation to that post would electrify both North and South, , and You'd hi= dicate with reasenable certainty the election of a President .of like charac ter in 1856. For these. reasons, and many others -which might bo narnedi we propose that ..TosnuA be our chosen leaderas Speaker of the next Congress. rip. We have to record another lamentable and fatal accident., On Wednesday of . last. week, while Mr. Perry Reed was engaged. in failing timber for Eli Rees, abOut e. mile northeast of town, a dead tree which had been struck by one of the falling trees, but apparently stood, firm, sad denly and quietly - fell upon the head of Mr. Reed, killing hint instantly and without a struggle. Two of Mr. Rees's sons were near Reed at, the time, but escaped unhurt, Rees him self was iu the woods near by, but we believe did not see the accident. His oldest son went to the village for assistance, and returned to the scene of death with a horse and wagon and help in fifty minutes - from the time he started. Mean while Mr. Rees. had cut the tree _which crushed Reed, twice in two. The corpse was con veyed that evening sem; six miles 'to the widowed wife and helpless.orpban children. Oh, who can tell what .blank despair- and hopeless loneliness surround that home ! Let us profit by this warning, and so live that no unseen calamity of<this kind will call us away with duties undone that might have been per formed. DISTRICT REPORTS The Directors 'of Allegany, Bing ham, Jackson,. Pleasant Valley, and Summit, are respectfully requested to forward as soon as possible, the Annual Reports of their respective districts, in order that complete re turns for the county may be made to the Department,: before the first of August, as required by the State Su perintendent. The attention of Directors is called to the remarks • of the State'Superiii tendent upon this subject, on the 11th page of the July No. of the. Pennsy lvania School Journal. s• if Directors have been elected in Portage or .Stewardson townships, they will be kind enough to intone me of the fact; also, what -echools have been opened if. any, when they commenced, the number of male and female pupils, and the amount of :ax which has been levied.. J. B. PRADT, Co. Supt Coudersport, July 17, 1855. CONSOLIDLfIOE. MESSRS EDITORS Your corres pondent " P.," of last week, suggests the idea of consolidating the - schools of this village. This is' undoubtedly a good suggestion, and & one in - which those interested will, no doubt, almost unanimously concur. Our Academy is large and commodious enough - to accommodate such consolidated school. Let it be under the management of Mr. Bloothingdale, with such subordi nate teachers as be may think need sary to employ. i Will the Academy Trueteea and the village School Pi rectors act in the matter at once 1 Suppose a public meeting be called by the Trustees, of all, interested in the subject, and as expression of pub lic opinion thereby obtained. 0. 4' 'July 14, 1855. Speak not highly of yourself, lest it lead to rain glory• For the Journal
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