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BV CEO. W. EOWIiX
NEW SEKIES.
TUB BEDFOIS9 GAZETTE.
Bedford, I'eS>. *, 8 Me*ss.
G, W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
Cotesafly i?i<'i'jing!
The Democracy of Bedford County will meet,
in Mass meeting, at the Court House in Bedford
on Monday Evcmng of the approaching Court
to choose conferees to meet those of Fulton and
Somerset to select a Senatorial delegate to the
next State and to make other ar
rangements for a full and thorough organization
of the Democratic Party of Bedford County.—
Jt is hoped that every Democrat who can make
it convenient to attend will do so. Several
speeches will he made on the occasion.
JOHN P. REED,
Ch aii nut n Count y Com mit tee.
APOLOGY.
Te7"Oiir first form was accidentally thrown into pi,
on Monday last, when jnst ready to put upon the
Tress, which will be a sufficient apology to our rea
ders for the issue of a half sheet to-day. This is
the fir-t accident of the kind that has occurred in this
office during a period of nearly 23 years.
THE HEATHER.
We are indebted to Mr. Samuel ]3rtow.\ for
tfe following interesting item :
Gen. Bowman : —As we have just passed an unusu
al cold mouth, generally acknowledged ill all parts
of our laud, to be the coldest time experienced for
many years past —we naturally wish some data by
which we can make some comparisons. Below I
lurni-h you the following for the months of January,
1854-5-6 —namely :
Mean Thermometer for the month of January,
1854, 21?, degrees—Highest 51 J degrees—Lowest
(if—The coldest morning—3d; warmest day I2th;
coldest day 23d. Quantity of rain lor the month
1.392 foot —snow 0 inches.
Mean Thermometer for the rrontli of January, '55
26 degrees—Highest 55 degrees—Lowest cleg.—
The coldest morning 25th; warmest day 12th: coldest
ilav 23d. Quantity of rain for the month ,8S of an
iiH-h—snow I foot and 3 inches.
Mean Thermometer lor the month of January, '56,
14 degrees—Highest ildeg—Lowest 15 below zero.
The coldest morning 29th; warmest day 31st ; cold
est day Oth. Thermometer below zero all day.—
Quantity ol snow lor the month,2 feet 9 inches.
The Mission to England.
[f7~Hon. f 4 k o. M. Dallas has been appointed
Minister to Kngtand to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Hon. James. Buchanan, who
intends to return to the United States sometime dur
ing next month. The President, u making this ap
pointment, has done honor to himself and the coun
try. A better man than (Jeo. M. Dallas, to fill this
re.ponsibie post, could not have been found in the
Union.
Foreign NE\is.
CjThe arrival of the Arabia at Halifax, put? us
in po-session of the report that Russia has accepted
the tour points presented to her, at a but/* of negotia
tion. The Prnvty/tron /Tu look? upon the news as
of little consequence, and is of opinion that the war
will go on, and probably before another years closes
on the strife Europe will be in a Republican blaze, and
some of the contending rnonarchs in exile.
A Speaker Elected at last!
After a trial of epwards of two months, at a
cost of several hwndretl thousands dollars to the peo
ple, a Know Mottling Congress lias at length succeed
ed in electing a rank abolitionist Speaker, in the
PERSON of M r. BAM.S, VJV adopting the pluiality rule.
On Saturday last, the vote stood
Banks, 103
Aiken. 100
Scattering, 11
So the/arcr ha- at length ended and th ctrmgtdy be
gins. The faclictKt compo-ing the telf-tttyltJ- Ameri
can Party will now have a good time devouring each
other. As their tune will be short, they will try
to make--a good thing ol it." Alter Mr. Batiks was
declared Speaker, on motion ol Mr. SI.IMON. of
Ohio, the following resolution was unanimously a
<lpteil :
Re>o!ved, That the thanksof this Hmtse are emi
nently due, and are hereby tendered, to John W.
Vnriiey, esq., for the distinguished abiility. fidelity,
•ir.d impartiality with which he haspre-ided over the
d-likeiattons ol the House of Representatives during
the arduous a:d protracted contest for Speaker which
-'adjust closed.
Printer to the Senate.
It will beceen by the pioceedings ol'the.Sen
ale that the senior editoi of the l. iiion was on
ifuirsday elected printer of the Senate. In
announcing a result so gratifying to his feel
ings, he takes the occasion to tender to Senators
■'is giatetul acknowledgments, and to assure
them thai the trust thus generously bestowed
* "all be so executed as fully to justify the con
fidence reposed.
He are of course unable to say why it was,
that the ( nion (kd not receive the full Demo
cratic strength of the Senate. It appears strange
to us at a distance, that there should have beeu
the slightest hesitation, in any Senator who
values his Democratic character, to vote for
-NICHOLSON is. Foajstv. The I'nion has cer
tainly been a reliable organ of the parly, and
" s Editors have a reputation, as Democrats,
Miich any Senator might be proud to possess,
n experience, consistency and ability, as deten
•'ers of sound Democratic principles, they would
'"line with resplendent lustre by the side of
fiome w 'fi° voted against them.— Pennsytoaainn.
knoic-A'of/iintr Defeat. —The election for
r '.v officers in Wheeling has resulted in the to
defeat of Know-Nothingism. There was no
"('Position to A. Caldwell for Mayor. Out of
'twenty-two members of councils, all are
a 'ti-Know-Notbing except one*. Last v-ar (be
"'■'inighters" elected all tbeir councilmen ex-
Ce Pt two or three.
THE MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, Feb. s— Floor SSaS 12— Wheat
*! I^2— Rye $1 1 .">n 1 20—Corn 6Ka7f>—Oats
00a37 Cloverseed $ 9—Timothy $3 2f>.
I PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
LKROR LAV,.
Senate, Jan. 31.—The bill No. 7, (Mr. Wil
kins'j to repeal the act to restrain the of
intoxicating Liquors, came up in order.
On proceeding to its consideration, Mr. Buck
alew moved a call o( the yeas and nays, which
resulted as follows:—yeas 31, nays 1, Mr.
Souther.
The hill was then taken tip in committee of
the whole, and the first section being lead,
Mr. WILKINS remarked that he had whv,
he could not account lor it himself-—been acci
dentally mixed up with this question. He then
said he would take this opportunity to explain
a vote he had given this morning against the
motion to take up the bill from the House to
repeal the liquor law. He had voted against
that motion for the reason that lie desired the
whole subject to be thrown before the Senate at
once, and the question of repeal, and the regu
lation of a license system, to he settled at th"
same time. If the Senate was brought to a vote
on the naked question of repeal, he should vote
for it, but fie should do so with great reluctance,
because he desired to have the whole question
settled in the same bill. He desired to address
the Seriate in exposition of his views on the
subject at length, but not being fully prepared
at this time, he desired a postponement of the
bill till to-morrow.
Mr. Browne then moved that the committee
rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again;
which was agreed to, yeas 22, nays 10.
The question now being when shall the com
mittee have leave to sit again?
Mr. Pratt moved this afternoon.
Mr. Brown moved on Tuesday next, and
called the yeas ami nays, which were ordered,
arid were yeas 17 # nays 15.
So the hill was made the order for Tuesday.
Mr. Ingram moved to take up the House hill
No. 2 to repeal the act to restrain the sale of in
toxicating liquors, which was disagreed to, yeas
12, nays 20.
Mr. Ingram then moved to make this bill the
order for Monday next.
Mr. Cress well moved to make it the order for
to-morrow. Accepted by Mr. Ingram us a mo
dification of his motion-
Mr. Buckalew moved to make it the order for
Monday next.
This motion was supported by Messrs. Buck
alew, Crabh, and McClintock, and opposed by
Messrs. Brown and Price, and was still pending
when the hour ol adjournment arrived.
Afternoon Session.—The consideration of (he
motion of Mr. Buckalew to make the bill from
the House to repeal the sale of the Liquor Bill
the order for Monday next, was resumed.
Nr. McClintock, who was entitled to the
floor, resumed and concluded his remarks in l.i
vor ol the motion. He expressed a desire to
take up this question, and pursue it from day to
day till it was finally disposed of.
Mr. Price then moved to make the bill the
order for Wednesday next; which was agreed
to —yeas 19, nays 10.
The motion as amended was then agreed to,
yeas 21, nays 9.
T?"The repeal of t (if JIJ (i LAW is a matter
demanded by the almost unanimous voice of the
people, as indicated by the immense number of
petitions pouring into the Legislature, and the
man who votes against repeal, will have a tear
ful account to settle with his constituents. That
the Jug Law is not "restraining" in its effects,
is a fact too plain to he successfully denied by
anv one. If it were headed "An Act to pro
mote Intemperance, and encourage drunkards
in the lowest and dirtiest species of Tippling,"
it would have its proper title. How professing
temperance men can go fir it, is a matter be
yond the comprehension of the most reflecting
minds. To require a man to take .NOT LESS
than a QDAKT, is a soiry system of Temper
ance !
Another of the revolting features in this law
is to be found in the fact that the people treat it
with utter contempt, thus rendering it almost
impossible to convict a man for disregarding it,
with the plainest proof against him! Grand
Juries ignore the Jug Law indictments as fast as
thev are brought before them—and, if a bill
is, by accident, found, a petit Jury is almost
certain to acquit.
Drunkenness exists to a greater extent, per
haps. at present, than it ever did at any former
period in the history of our country; evidently
showing that political temperance has rode a
good cause almost to death. Legislators and
Governors pass temperance laws, whose lives
and acts illy correspond them, thus destroying
every moial principle intended by their pas
sage.
In the discussion of this subject it is often as
serted that txoral sutution has prov ed unavailing.
Does this come up to the standard that if we
have faitii as a grain of mustard seed we may
remove mountains and ca>t them into the sea?
"Moral suasion" must come from MORAL men,
and then and then only will it do its work.
Let the Sunday and the Buckalew Law be
enforced, and a Judicious system of Licenses be
adopted, and the LAW will have done all it can
to aid a cause dear to every man with a Chris
tian heart.
It would be as easy (ask to COMPEL a man to
become a CHRISTIAN, by legal enactment, as
to compel him to become a temperance man a
gainst his own judgment. Let us have more
Christian example, and l-ss Legislation, on this
subject, and it will be far better for all interests.
FRIDAY MORNING, BE'OIID, PA. FEB. 8, 1836.
Intemperance is certainly one of the great e-1
vils with which our land is cursed —it has njadej
lieasts and demons of thousands and tens of
thousands who would otherwise have been bright (
and shining lights—it lias made wise men fools, (
and rendered many a home desolate—yet there
are other evils quite as great, such, for instance,'
as Sabbath breaking, profane swearing, cheat
ing. lying, tattling, taking secret oaths to dis
franchise a brother, and debauchery in all its
hideous forms. Now, the question is, How
are we to get rid of these evils ? In our judg
ment, there is hut one wav that can be made
e/Fective, and that is by making men sensible of
tlie obligations due from themselves to their
COD. It all men who advocate the cause of
Temperance, were temperance men themselves;
if their own lives carried the impress of honesfi/
in the matter: they would soon receive support
tiiat would lead to the happiest of consequences.
Intemperate Temperance men, those who would
crush every body that does not choose to fol
low their lead, are as much 8 subject of pity and
commissention as the poor drunkard who reels
to and fro on tfre public highways.
Letter from General Lass.
The following letter from the venerable Lewis
Cass, was written to the recent festival in Bos
ton, in honor of tin.- birth day of Daniel Web
ster :
Washington, Jan. 10, 1856.
Dear Sir : I cannot accept your invitation to
meet tile (fiends of Mr. Webster on the ISth
inst., the anniversary of his birth day, in order
to interchange recollections of the patriot and
orator arid statesman, because my public duties
will necessarily detain me here. To these and
other high claims, to distinction in life and
to fame in death, he added for me the associa
tion of early youth, and the kindness and (fiend
ship of mature age, as well as of declining
years. 1 have read with deep arid mournful
interest the extract from his letter to you, which
you were good enough to enclose, written at the
termination of the struggle which attended the
compromise measures of 1850, in which he says
that ''General Cass, General Rusk, Mr. Dick
inson, &c., have agreed that since our entrance
upon the Stage of public action no crisis lias oc
curred fraught with so much danger to the in
stitutions ul the country as that through which
it has just passed, and that, in all human proba
bility, no other of so great moment will occur
again during the remainder of our lives, and
therefore We will hereafter he fnendw, h-t our
political differences on minor subjects be what
they may."
This tribute of affectionate regard to his co
adjutors in a common struggle against a common
peril from him whose services w ere so pre-emi
nent will be cherished, I am sure, with proud
recollection by all of us, to whom these words
of kindness now come from the tomb. You say
that this engagement on the part of our lamen
ted friend was, In your personal knowledge,
faithfully kept. It was so. I know it and re
joice at it. And I believe I may add, with no
less assurance, that the conviction you express
of the same fidelity to tiiis bond of union and
esteem oil the pait of those who co-operate with
him is equally well founded, and that, though
death has dissolved the connection, yet his
name and his fame are dear to them, and will
ever find in them zealous advocates and tlefen-
tiers - .
The grave closed upon this great statesman
and American before another ci isis, fraught with
evil passions and imminent danger, had come to
shake his confidence in the permanency of the
wise arid healing measures of ISM). What
he did not live to see, his associates in that work
of patriotism—the whole country, indeed
now sees that we have again fallen upon evil
times, antl that the fountains of agitation are
broken tip, and (lie waters arc out over the land.
There is no master spirit tosav Peace, be still,
and to he heard and heeded. Our trust is in
the people of this great republican confederation,
arid V'-t more in the (loci of their fathers and
their own Coil, who guided and guarded us
through the dreary wilderness of the revolution,
and brought us to a condition of freedom and
prosperity of which the history of the world Inr
nishes no previous example. Would that the
eloquent accents, which are now mute in death ;
would that the burning words of liitri whose
hittli you propose to commemorate, and of his
great compeer of the West, though dead, yet
living in the hearts of his countrymen, could
now be heard warning the American people ot
tlit* dangers impending over them, and calling
them to the support of that Cntnn and consti
tution which have done so much for them and
their fathers, and are destined to do so much
more for them and-for their children, if not sac
rificed upon the altar of a new Moloch, whose
victims may be th" institutions of our country.
If this sectional agitation goes on, this ever
pressing effort to create and perpetuate to divis
ions between the Xorth and the South, we shall
find that we cannot live together in peace, and
shall have to live together in war. And what
such a condition would bring with it, between
independent countries thus situated,once friends,
but become enemies, the impressive nairativeol
the fate of the Grecian Republics teaches us as
plainly as the future can he taught by the les
sons of the past. Your own State took a glo
rious part in the war of independence, and it
contributed ably and faithfully to the adoption
of the constitution. Her great deeds and great
names are inscribed upon the pages of our his
tory, and upon the hearts of our countrymen. —
How would he who loved and served her so
well and whose love and service were so honor
able to her—how would lie deplore the position
she has assumed towards the government of our
common country, and the solemn provisions ol
its constitution, were lie now living to witness
Freedom of Thout and Opinion.
-he triumph of sectional feelings over the dic
jtes of duty and patriotism? Ltd us hope that
his is but a temporary delusion, and that it will
xm pass awav, leaving our institutions unscath
ed, and the Paternal tie which still binds us to
other unimpaired.
I am, dear sir, with much regard, respectful
y yours, LEWIS CASS.
' Peter Harvey, Esq., Boston.
K\ 0H -NOTH! SG PE HOC RATS.
There are doubtless, says the North Carolina
jandard, still some Democrats who linger in
le Know Nothing ranks—Democrats tvho, in
n unguarded moment, were induced to connect
lemselves with the order, and who regret, and
iould be glad to be once more in full commun
in with theirtofmer party association. To all
>ch we sav, break the bonds that are upon you
jid come buck to the old Democratic Pnrttj.—
I'hat can you promise yourselves, and what
fin you do (or votir country, by remaining
'here you are? You perceive, as we all do,
Vat the Know-Nothing organization was not
eeded—that it has failed in the Southern States
.-that it is hopelessly fused am! abolit ionized in
lie free States—and that as a national organiza
joii, it no longer exists. The old Democratic
jarl v is, after all, the only national American
rartv.
j The record of all our past history proves this,
!<id theluture is lull of hope tor the country
it rough the same old party. Come back, then,
lose of you who have honestly gone astray,
id the Democracy will receive you with open
Urns. The great contest of 1859 will soon
immence. Range yourselves at once under
le Democratic banner, and among your old
iends, and aid us in achieving a victory for the
institution, the Union and the rights ol the
iites. "Tarry not in the plain,'' but escape to
ie mountain of Democracy, and all will be
ell. D> this, and in November, 1856, alter
te battle shall have been fought and won, each
< you can sav, "I too assisted in achieving this
;eat victory, by which the rights of every sec
fin have been sh'-ided and the Union ot the
iates preserved."
From the St. Louis Republican.
A. l?3E§sissss>|ti Sci'ne!
L 0 V E ON A S T E A MB 0 A T .
A week or so ago, the steamer Helen Mar,
ow ice-bound at Rattle-snake landing, twenty
riles below tins city, was the scene of one of
tose little romances which will sometimes oc-
Or in spite of life's dull realities. We state
te facts as related to us by a passenger.
The Helen Mar was hound down the Ohio for
tls city. At Peducah, a young man Irom Ten
.SSeo cftniw uocarh, and took passage n; th**
cbin. He was from the country, and, being
av.iv from home, with a "pocket full of rocks,*'
[• was not long in making the acquaintance of
fl on board, from the fireman to ilie captain.—
iinotig t'ne passengers was a young girl ot se
vnteen. to whom the Tennesseean paid marked
jlention, and it was evident that she was not
idiffererit to his blandishments.
Tli** ice was running thick in tiie river, as the
leleii Mar turned her how_up the Mississippi,
aid her progress was slow. 'I-ht* young I en
r-ssean would frequently join the circle gath
eed around the Stove, but presently paid all bis
atentions to tlie young lady. Presently, she
slilotn appeared in the ladies' cat in, and her
S'p, recently as light as an antelope's, was
haw and slow: her cheek was pale, anil her
ees dim and swollen. Tears were seen to steal
torn under her fringed eyelids, and it was ivliis
pred that nobs—deep, heart-broken sobs of un
giish and despair—were heard from her state
roin in the silence of night, when others slept.
The boatmen began to suspect that something
\as wrong: they canvassed the matter among
tiemselves, and resolved upon an investigation,
lie ftailei vessel being leaky, they determined
t overhaul her and discover the cause. \\ iin
teat delicacv characteristic of Western hoat
nen, they said nothing to the girl herself, hut
oiled upon some of the lady passengers to m-
hrrogate In r.
'J'hegirl war young and artless. With tears
aid sobs sin* confessed that she had yielded to
tie young man's importunities, ami had fallen
fo.n \ irtue. She blamed him not, however, but
link all the blame upon herself.
It was about 10 o'clock at night when this
ftct was communicated to the crew and passen
grs composing the "court of inquiry. 1 hey
were not long in making up their verdict.—
'heir decision w as that the two Crafts should be
Ijshed together.
The Tennesseean was arraigned before the
inperative tribunal, and made acquainted with
tie sentence. He had totake the girl or be left
bgh and drv on a sand bar, w here lie would
fr-eze to death in less than an hour. He "caved
ir" at one" —said he was willing to do what
was right, and would make the wronged lady
mistress of his plantation in Tennessee. I lie
girl's consent was also obtained, and the next
stqi was to find a "blacksmith" to do the wed
ding. There was no one on hoaifl authorized
tc officiate on such interesting occasions, anil
a lout midnight the boat was landed at Chester,
OB the Illinois shore, and a messenger despatch
es to procure a parson or a justice of the peace.
A justice was found, jerked out of bed, and
marched down to the boat,- rather against his
will, and the marriage ceremony in the Sucker
State being exceedingly brief, the deed was
done in less than two minutes.
Having piloted the two crafts safely into port,
and tied them rip snugly together, the jovial
boatmen resolved to "have a night of it."—
After drinking the health of the bewildered jus
tice, they sent him ashore, and re organized the
court as a board of commissioners to assess dam
ages. Tile proceedings on this occasion wereol
the most mirth-provoking character. Our in
formant savs they were indescribably amusing.
Many proposals were made to inllict some lu
dicrous sort of penalty tipon the bridegroom,
and the speeches delivered were highly honor-
able to the bar ofthe steamboat. It was finally 1
agreed tliat the voung man should pay a fine :
a census-taker was appointed to count noses,
and a clerk to figure up the costs. Ihe sen
tence was that the happy fellow should pay
four dollars and a half, in legal Illinois cur
rency—coon skins excluded—to be expended
in spiritual comforts tor the benefit of the hon
orable court. The finding ol the yourt was an
nounced with a preliminary "(J yes I" through
the key-hole of liis state-room door, and he was
: ordered, under threats ol divers pains and pen
alties, to "shell out."
The last we beard of the newly married
! couple, thev were snugly domiciled in elegant
| apartments at Barntun's St. Louis Hotel—hav
: irtg made the trip by land from the point where
the Helen Mar was frozen in.
Suicide in Jlicliigan.
The Michigan papers relate the particulars
!of the sell destruction of Mr. John B. Aloiris,
I formerly of Ratavia, at Charlotte, Eaton cotin
j ty, in that State. The Id!lowing is the sbock
| ing storv :
Mr. Morris had beer, for the last three months
; laboring under an aberration ol the intellect,
and had several times wandered into the woods
jat night, causing a turn out of the citizens fur
I the purpose of finding him. On the day pre-
I vious to ihe suicide, he remained in his room
: during nearly the whole day, with the door fas
] tened.
About fi o'clock in the evening, his adopted
' son, Mr. John Morris, asked at the door for ad
mission, when the old gentleman stated that as
| soon as he had taken some opium he would open
| the door, at the same time intimating that he
: intended to take enough to put him into his
j last sleep. His son remonstrated with him in
: every way that he could, but the door was not
[unfastened until the opium was taken. As Mr.
John Morris opened trie door to pass in, the old
man, who had stationed himself close behind the
: door, struck him a severe blow over the fore
| head with a piece of iron, which, stunning him
i considerably, and cutting quite a gash in his
j forehead, caused him to desist from entering the
room at that time. In a few minutes aftet
v. arils, the old man jumped out of the bed room
window in his stocking feet, (the ground was
covered with snow,) and ran fur the woods.
About 8 o'clock in the evening some of the
neighbors succeeded, bv following his tracks, in
. finding him under the log way at a saw-mill,
known as .Mud Hill, about a mile and a half out
iof the village. Had he remained there an hour
longer, it is thought he would have frozen to
i death, as he was already quite stupid from the
j effects of the opium. Getting him home cow
: fortablv to bed, it was hoped that the .-tnpefy
tnsr effects of the opium would keep him quiet
during the rest of the night. But about 3 o'clock
i in the morning, he arose, went to the closet and
took out his razor. His wife, Mrs Morris—who
! slept in the room, saw the razor movement, and
: earnestly besought him to give the razor to her.
Placing his foot against the door, and .eaning
against it, he with one stroke severed the right
i half of his neck, cutting from the back bone to
the windpipe. Mrs. Morris, who stood within
| about four feet of him, and seeing that the hor
> rid deed was about to be committed, instantly
j shrieked for help, but too late, for, just as Mr.
I John Mori is, the son, paitially pushed open the
' door to enter, the gushing blood tell through uje
jon him. The victim closed up the razor, placed
it in his left hand, and fell upon the floor and
expired.
Tlie Merry Sleigh.
Jingle, jingle. clear the way,
"l is the merry, merry sleigh,
As it swiftly smuts along.
Hear the hurst of happy sou®;
See the gleam ol glances bright,
Fla-hing o'er the pathway white;
.Tingle, jingle—how it whit Is,
Crowdeil full of happy girls.
Jingle, jingle, fast it llies.
Shooting shafts from roguish eyes;
Careless archers I'll he bound,
l.ittle heeding who they wound;
Seethern with capricious pranks,
Ploughing now the drilled hunks.
Jingle, jingle—'mid the glee.
Who among them cares lor me?
Jingle, jingle—on they flow,
Caps and bonnets white with snow,
Ami the faces swimming past—
Nodding through the lleecy blast;
Not a single robe they fold
To protect them from the cold,
Jingle, jingle 'mid the storm.
Tin; arid frolic keeps them warm.
Jingle, jingle, down the hil!.,
O'er the meadows, pa'tthe mills,
Now 'tis slow—now 'tis last,
' VVinter will not always last;
livery pleasure lias its time,
Spring will come and stop the chime.
Jingle, jingle—clear tlie way,
'Tis tlie merry, merry sleigh.
Shut out flic tiuld.
O, shut out the rold, said a beautiful belle,
As she drew near the warm parlor fire;
Ours is a bright home where comfort may dwell,
And poverty's phantom retire.
Old Winter is here, and the north wind is bold.
But with carpets and damask we'll shut out the cold!
We'll shut out the cold, said the farmer, with glee,
And laugh at old Boreas' din,
For so saucy a fellow, we ail must agree,
Would never be welcome within.
And though we have neither bright silver nnr gold.
We'll he happy while yet we can shut out the cold.
Let us shut out the cold, said the laborer's wife,
We will hang up some blankets around,
And we'll lighten our toil for the comforts of life,
By music's enlivening sound.
Anil though we have neither bright silver nor gold.
We'll be happy while yet we can shut out the cold.
Oh ! shut out the cold, cried a pitiful voice,
And the motbpr pressed closer her child.
; But her own naked arms weie fast turning to ii-p,
And her brain with despair had grown wild.
' Oreat heaven ! she cried, my poor infant behold !
: And oh! send me something to shut out the cold!
! O listen, ye rich, to that pitpous call,
And a part of your luxuries give;
And a gift from the poorer altho' it be small,
Would help Hie still poorer to live.
; Then give of your plenty, ye youthful and old,
Help each his poor neigbor to shut out the cold.
Tr.ItUS, $3 PER VEAR.
VOL XXIV, NO. 24.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
(Concluded from Js*~t Week.)
The public schools of Philadelphia arc deserv
ing of special notice and approval. In their
various gradations, from the primary up to the
high school, the'V are models worthy of imita
tion: and their management and efficiency I'e
tlect great credit upon those to whom have been
committed their supervision and control. It is
to be regretted that these schools, o credible to
our great commercial and liteiary emporium,
and so honorable to our Common wealtth, should
find no place in the annual report of the Super
intendent of Common Schools. As at present
organized, these schools are independent of
the State Superinlendency, and do not re
port to the school department of the Common
wealth. As everything that relates to the oper
ate ti of the common school system, nnd the con
dition of the public, schools in the State, is im
|)o!tant and interesting, the statistics of thoe
schools should be furnished to the State superin
tendent, that the same might be embodied in the
annual report of the department. A modifica
tion of existing; laws on this subject, so far as to
require the controllers of the public schools of
Philadelphia, to report to the school department
the number, giade, and condition of their schools
the number of pupils, and generally such in
formation in relation to their government as
mav be deemed useful to the cause cl education,
is respectfully recommended.
To improve the social, intellectual and mora!
condition of the people—reclaim the erring, and
ameliorate human suffering, are objects that com
mend themselves to the consideration of the
philanthropist and the statesman. Our educa
tional, charitable and reformatory institutions
aie justly the pride .of the State, honorable alike
to the wisdom that devised and the liberality
that founded and sustains their.. They have
strong claims upon the bounty of the people, and
1 cordially recommend them to your care and
the liberality of the Commonwealth.
The State Lunatic Hospital, at Harrisburg,
in its objects and results, merits our highest ap
probation. The just expectations of its piojec
tors and founders have not been disappointed.—
Kindness and love, with their softening and
subduing influence, constitute the rule of its
government. Many of its former unfortunate
inmates have been restored to reason, to friends
and home, and the enjoyments of social life.—
Those that remain require our sympathy and
aid. They should not be withheld. The re
port of the directors will exhibit, in detail, the
operations of the institution.
The necessity and importance of providing
additional accommodation for the insane of wes
tern Pennsylvania, have been strongly pres
sed upon my attention. The present accommo
dations are clearly insufficient, and these have
been provided principally by the contributions
of benevolent citizens. It is urged that the
rapid advance of our population—the gloomy
increase of the insane—and the inadequacy of
the present asvlums for their care and manage
ment, render it imperatively necessary that ef
fective aid should be given to that poition of the
State, for the establishment ofa new and entire
ly distinct Western Insane Hospital, as a home
to those of our fellow-citizens whose only alle
viation is to be found in their own ignorance of
the fruitful malady with which they are burd
ened. The subject is worthy of calm and dispas
sionate inquiry. 1 will cheeifully co-operate
with the Legislature, in a!! proper efforts, to ac
compli this ohje< t.
Should you decline to net upon this subject, I
would then rcommend that an adequate ap
propriation he made to the Western Pennsyl
vania Hospital for the purpose of extending its
accommodations for the rare of the insane, as
distinct as may he practicable from the other
class of patients and inmates. The charter of
this institution is liberal in its provisions, and
compiehensive in the objects liable to be bro't
under its care: embracing the insane, as well as
the sick, helpless and infirm.
In this connection I would commend to your
attention the Petmsvh auia Training School for
Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children. The aid
of the Commonwealth has heretofore been ex
tended to this institution. It is a noble charity,
and appeals io the best feelings of the heait. It
deserves to share tie* bounty of the State.
The House of Refuge in Philadelphia, and the
Western House of Refuge neai Pittsburg, are
institutions <>! great excellence, having for their
object the reclaiming of wayward and erring
youth—the employment of the idle—the in
struct in of the ignorant—the reformation of the
vicious and depraved, and the relief of the
wretched. They are schools, not prisons—
homes, not places of punishment; they are a re
fuge to the neglected and outcast children and
vouth of our Commonwealth. The success of
the past is a sine guarantee of their future use
fulness. They should receive your aid and en
couragement.
Tin* "Blind" and the "Deaf and Dumb Asy
lum," in Philadelphia, invite our sympathy, arid
ask to share the benefactions of the Common
wealth. Thev should not be disappointed.—
The blind in their darkness —the dumb in their
silence—will cherish the gift, and bless the gep-
erous donor.
Legislation, in relation to all questions of mor
al arid social reform, should he carefully and
wisely considered and matured. On no sub
ject, within the constitutional authority of the
Legislature, are the people so sensitive; and u<>
one more deeply interests every class and con
dition of society. Sumptuary laws, as a gener
al rule, are of doubtful expediency : and as
abridgements of the liberty and privileges of the
citizen, can only he justified on the ground of
necessity. Whilst fins is admitted, it cannot be
denied that the evils resulting from intempvi
nnce, create a necessity for regulating and res
training bv legislative acts, the traffic and sale
of intoxicating liquois. lo what extent this
tratiic should be restraint <1 by positive law, must
depend on the will ol the people, determined
iby considerations of their own urural, physical