VOLUME SC.
NEW SERIES.
!VEW AGRICIJLTCIUL SETTLEMENT,
TO ALL WANTING FARMS,
A RARE OPPORTUNITY IN A DELIGHTFUL
AND HEALTHY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH
EAST OF PHILADELPH lA, ON THE CAM
PEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
NF.W JERSEY.
An old estate consisting of several thousand of
acres of productive soil has been divided into Farms
of various sizes to suit the purchaser. A popula
tion of some Fifteen Hundred, trom various parts
of the middle States and New England have settled
there tbe'past year, improved their places, and
-a-.srd (Mrel lent nope. The price of the land is at
the low sum of from $l5 to S-'O per acre, the so.!
of the best quality for the production ol H heat,
clove. Com, Peaches. Grapes and Vegetable*. 11
IS CONSIDERED THE BEST FRUIT SOIL IN
XHE UMO.V. The place is perfectly secure from
jrcuta—the destructive enemy of the farmer. Crops
of grain, grass and fruit are now growing and can
be seen. By examining the piace itself, a correct
judgment can be formed of the productiveness of the
,'and. The terms are made easy to secure the rapid
improvement of the land,, which is only sold for
actual improve/Mill. The result has been, that
within the past year, soma three hundred houses have
been erected, two mills, one steam,four stores, some
forty vinyards and peach orchards, planted, and a
large number of other improvements, making it a
desirable and active place of business.
THE MARKET,
as the reader mav perceive from its location, is the
BEST IN THE UNION,
' Prodocts bringing double the price than in loca
tions away from the city, and more than double the
price in the West. It is known that the earliest
and best fruits and vegetables in this latitude come
from New Jersey, and are annually exported to the
extent of millions.
In locating nere, the settler has many advantages,
lie is within • few hours ride of the great cities of
New England and Middle country where every im
vrovsment of comfort and civilization it at hand.—
fie can buy every article he wants at the cheapest
price,and sell his produce for the highest, (in the
West this is reversed,) he has schools for his chil
dren, divine service, aud will enjoy an open winter,
and delightful climate, where fevers are utterly un
known. The result of the change npon those from
the north, has generally been to restore them to an
excellent state of health.
In the way of building and improving, lumber
nc be obtained at the milts at the rate of $lO to
$l5 per thousand. Bricks from the brick yard
opened in the place, every article can be procured
vn the place; good carpenters are at hand, and there
is no place in the Union where buildings and im
provement can be made cheaper.
The reader will at once be struck with the
advantages here presented, and ask himself why the
property has not been taken up before. The reason
is, it was never thrown in the market; and unless
these statements were correct, no one would be in
vited to examine the land before purchasing. This
all are expected to do. They will sell land under
cultivation, such is the extent of the settlement that
they will no doubt, meet persons from their own
neighborhood ; they will witness the improvements
andean judge the character ofthe population. If
they come with a v>ew to settle, they should come
chasejaa UvVMul &LM*%'!. ' "
There are two daily trains to Philadelphia, and
• . SI; settlers who improve, THE R.vir.Eo vn COMCA.Nr
ftivss \ FREE TICKET FOR SIX MONTHS ASH A HALF
VR-AET:. KVT FOR THREE YKARS.
THE TOWN OF HAMMONTON.
In connection with the agricultural settlement,
anew aud thriving to wn has naturally arisen, which
presents inducements lor any kind of business,
particularly stores and manufactories. The Shoe
business could be carried on in this place and market
to good advantage, also cotton business, and man
ufactories of agricultural implements or Foundries
lor casting small articles. Ihe improvement has
been so rapid as to insure a constant and permanent
increase of business. Town lots of a good size, we
do not sell smalt ones, as it would aflect the im
provement of the place, can be had at from $lOO
and upwards.
The Hammonton Farmer, a monthly literary and
sgricultural sheet, containing full information of
Hammonton, can be obtained at 25 cents per annum.
Title indisputable—warrantee deeds given, clear
of all incumbrance when money is paid. Route to
the land : leave Vine street wharf, Philadelphia for
Hammonton by Railroad, 7 \ A. M., or 1 i P. M.
Faie 90 cents. When there fnquire for Mr. Byrnes.
Boarding conveniences on hand. Parties had better
stop with Mr. Byrnes, a principal until they have
decided as to purchasing, as he will show them over
the land in his carriage, free of expense. Letters
sad applications can be addressed to Landis It Byrnes,
Hammonton P. 0., Atlantic Co., New Jersey, or
f>. B. Coughlin, 202 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Maps and information cheerfully furnished.
Aug. 19, 1559-6 m.
Allegheny Male and Female Seminary,
RAHKRIRG, I*a.
FACULTY.
E. J. OSBORNE, A. 8., Principal, Prof, of Lan
guages and Philosophy.
Wm. S. Smith. Prof, of Mathematics.
Jas. H. Miller, Adjunct Prof, of Mathematics.
Rev. B. F. Stevens, Lecturer on Moral Philoso
phy Sec.
Wn. A- Stephens, Prof, of English Grammar Ac.
Dr. J. Hughes, Lecturer on Anatomy Ac.
-Mrs. E. V! Osborne, Preceptress, Teacher of Draw
ing French, Botauy Ac.
B. F. Drott, Prof, of Instrumental Music.
Price of Tuition for term of 11 weeks.
Common English Branches $3 2.x
Higher Branches, including common, each 80
Latin and Greek, each ~ 00
German and French, each 2 50
book-keeping and Commercial calculations ; -^0
ORNAMENTAL.
Drawing ~ 3 03
Colored crayon,and water colors,Jeach •> >0
Oil painting r > 00
Hair and wax flowers, each •' " '
Pellis work 3
Embroidery ? T
Piano music, with use of instrument 10 luel,
Board $ 1 7.* per week including room rent,apest
furniture Ac. This is one of the best, and ohe per
institutions in the country. The whole expenses.—
term need not be more than twenty-five dollar
Second Quarter ef summer session commences
Aagnst i, 1859.
Teachers will be instructed free of charge in the
Normal Department.
For particulars, addreas the Principal.
E.J. OSBORNE, A. B-
Raintburg, Bedtord CO., April 22, 1859.
rpHE HAMMONTON FARMER—A new
U paper devoted to Literature and Agricul
turf, also setting foit.. toll accounts of the new seta
tlement of Hammonton, in New Jersey, can be sub
scribed for at only 25 cents per annum.
Inclose postage stamps for the amount. Address
to the Editor of the Farmer, Hammonton, P. O. At
lantic Co., New Jersey. Those wishing cheap land
of the best quality, in one of the healthiest and most
delightful climates in the Union, and where crops
are never cut down by frosts, the terrible scourge
of the north, see advertisement of Hananonton
Lands.
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2 LIE JV.iILEI) /
Er Jordan "a little too tad.''
LETTER FROM HON. J. FRY, JR.
Such of our readers as were present at the
Abolition meeting at tbe Court House, on Tues
day night of last Court week, will remember
the fierce onslaught made by FR. JORDAN, on
(everything connected with the Democratic
party. During the course of his tirade against
the Democracy, he took occasion to say that
MR. FRY, the Auditor General, or some of his
clerks, by collusion with the Penn'a Raiiroad
Company, had defrauded the Commonwealth
of a large sum of money. Of'this, he said, he
had been informed by Attorney General Knox,
and that he (Knox) had some idea of "exposing
(as Mr. Jordan phrased it) the whole concern/'
We believed this to be a falsehood, but to make j
"assurance doubly sure," we immediately wrote
to MR. FRY, apprising him of the charges
made against him. In a few days we received
the annexed reply, from which it will be seen
that MR. JORDAN, as usual, has been "a little
too fast," as he said to a certain Fremont mana
ger, in 1556, when he was about selling out to
him the Fillmore men of Bedford county. MR.
JORDAN tomplains of Democrats slandering him
but he forgets that he is at the same time wil
fully and causelessly traducing one of the pu
rest and most upright gentlemen that ever held
office in Pennsylvania. MR. JORDAN'S tongue
is bitter with venom when he speaks of Demo- I
crats, and yet he whines and moans when the
lash is laid upon him in return. Let the peo
ple read MR. CN,.', ■ •
remember at the polls MR* JORDAN'S wanton a- j
bu?e of a better man and a more honoranle gen
tleman than his Bedford county slanderer ever
was, or ever will be:
AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICF.,
llarrisburg, Sept. 2d, 1559.
B. F. Meyers, Esq.—
Dear Sir :
Yours of August 31st, is before me. You
"sav Fr. Jotdan, Esq., stated before a political ;
"meeting that Att'y. Gen. Knox told him a j
"great fraud had been committed upon the;
"Commonwealth through collusion between my- j
| "self or those in my employ, and the Penn'a.
i "Rail Road Company, in regard to the Tonnage
| "tax, which was about slf>o.ooo, and that in
: "the absence of the Judge I had compromised j
Company for $OO,OOO, and that he,
"Judge Knox, bad some idea of exposing the
"whole concern, &c.
Upon the receipt of your letter, I called im- 1
mediately upon Judge Knox, to know about the
truth of these allegations. The Judge's reply
was u that he never said any thing to Fr. Jor
dan, about it —that what he did say was in!
company with several gentlemen, and that
was : "he thought the valuation made by the
Penn'a Rail Road Company upon which I
settled an\account for tax upon capital stock,
was too low."
1 must confess 1 have sadly mistaken Mr.
Jordan's character as a gentleman of truth, to
find him making charges against my official
conduct, upon -the authority of the Attorney
General, when such authority does not appear ;
to have been given him.
The case of the Commonwealth vs. the Penn- ;
sylvania Rail Road Company tor Tonnage tax
due, was tried in the court of Common Pleas of!
Dauphin county, this week, and a verdict ren
dered for the Commonwealth for almost $9l,
00 J. This fact I presume will settle the ques
of collusion about the payment of Tonnage
tax.
In repeating the conversation of Judge Knox
Mr. Jordan has evidently confounded the $(3O,
000 tax paid on Capital Stock, with the
Tonnage tax—they being, however, two sepa
rate and distinct accounts.
You will observe that the Pennsylvania Rail
Road company, beside being liable for tax upon
tonnave, are also liable for tax on capital stock,
as all other companies. Between the Compa
ny and myself there was a difference of opinion
as to the time when the lax should commence,
the company contending they were not subject
to tax on Capital Stock until they declared di
vidends, while the department held they were
liable for such tax from the time they commen
ced business. This had left an interval of some
five years for which the company refused to
make any return, or pay any tax upon stock.
Upon this relusal to furnish a valuation for those
years, I settled an account for tax for that time
upon Estimate, in which I took the whole a
mount of Capital invested and'added a per cen
tage so as to be certain of the tax being suffici
ently high to protect the interests of the Com
monwealth. From this settlement the compa
ny took an appeal, and so the matter remained
until some time during the late summer when
the company signified a willingness to "comply
with the law, and make report and valuation
as required by the act of 1844, for the time
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MRNING, SEPTEMBER 30,1559.
| cJaimpd by (he Department. A valuation was
: thereupon made under oath, by the Treasurer
and Directors of the company, of the value of
their stock lor those years. The act of 1844
having: then been complied with, I settled an
account for the tax upon that valuation as all
similar accounts are settled, and found about
! sgo,ooo, with, interest charged, due the Com
monwealth, which was forthwith paid into the
Treasury.
I fiave thus hastily given you the farts con
nected wijh the $60,000 payment, which I
hope will prove to be satisfactory. I feel per
fectly free to say no man has ever labored har
j d"r to do his whole duty to the Common
wealth than f have, in this department, and I
am just as free to say the same of those associa
ted with me in the transaction of its business.
It is, therefore, painful to me that after having
thus labored, I should have to combat charges
/ and insinuations made at remote parts of the
State, which men dare not utter in mylpresence.
I invite the most rigid scrutiny. I challenge
| any man, either about the Capital, or any part
of the State, to point to a single act of mine
since I have had charge of this department,
which shows any lack of faith to thp Com
monwealih, or any want of attention to her in
terests.
Respectfully Yours,
JACOB FRY, Jr..
THE REPUBLICAN CREED :
As gathered from the Declarations of Repub/i- \
am Oracles.
I |> Willi (lie lll.'ick mail ami
down Willi (lie white !
If any sane man yet doubts the end and aim
of the Republican party—particularly in those
States where its power is firmly established— j
to be to make the negro the equal—and in some
cases the superior—of the white man, we corn
mend to the consideration of such the follow
ingamendment to the constitution of Massachu- !
setts, adopted by two successive Republican Le
gislatures, and, also, by the Republican voters
"Nt^PERSON OF FOREIGN BIRTH
SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, NOR
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO OFFICE, UN
LESS HE SHALL HAVE RESIDED WITH
IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE
FOR ,TWO YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO
HIS NATURALIZATION, and shall be other
wise qualified according to the Constitution
and laws of the Commonwealth."
Whilst such is the policy of Massachusetts
Republicans towards foreigners, thev accord to
the negro—the filthy inhabitant of their own |
hovels or the fugitive slave fresh from the cot
ton fields of the South—rights and privile
ges equal to those possessed by native horn
whites.
The same spirit that prompted the adoption
of this amendment actuated the Boston Bee, the
organ of the Massachusetts Republicans, to the
utterance of the following :
"Why, we venture the assertion without fear
of successful contradiction, that you may take
the five thousand negroes as they come, and a
thousand Irishmen in the same way, and vou
will find the negroes sui pass the Irishmen of
Boston in intelligence, morality and industry,
and good citizenship ; they are more thrifty,
more orderly, and in every way superi or ; it is
the same in the city of Philadelphia, as facts
will abundantly prove.-"'
"Because Wisconsin is mean and narrow min
i ded enough to refuse to allow a negro, however
! intelligent, to vote, it by no means proves that
the negro does not deserve the privilege, nor,
because Wisconsin at the same time, permits .*7
RAW IRISHMAN A j\D AJ\ IGNORANT
DUTCJJMAN to vote, when he neither knows
j his own politics nor that of his candidate, does
it prove that Wisconsin is either just or wise in
making this arbitrary discrimination. Let us
be just and sensible, as well as critical and pa
j triotic, Mr. Doolittle. The only fair test of the
. capacity ami disposition of the black man is to
dwell S IDE J) Y SIDE, ON TERMS OF E
QUALITY WITH THE WHITE, to take
him where he does enjoy that equality. Un
; fortunately there is no place where this is the
I case to the full extent, for prejudice does much
I even in the most favored localities, to oppress
the colored man."
Nor is this feeling of affection for negroes
and hostility to whites confined to Massachu
setts. The Cleveland Herald —the Republican
organ in the Western Reserve—a paper admi
red by the Republican part}' and sustained by
Republican patrons —gives utterance to its sen
timents as follows :
"We unhesitatingly aver that SEUES
TENTHS OF THE* FOREIGNERS IN
OUR HIND WHO BOW IN OBEDIENCE
TO THE WILL OF THE POPE OF ROME
JRE NOT AS INTELLIGENT AS THE
FULL BLOODED AFRICANS OF OUR
STATE—WE WILL NOT INCLUDE THE
PART BLOODS. Yet, should a move be
made to curtail the naturalization laws, even
to extending the residence of the most illiterate
icnorant foreigner that lands on our shores,
SUCH A DIN WOULD BE RAISED BY
THE DEMOCRATS THAT WOULD DEA-
Preedom of Thouht and Opinion.
| FIY THE STATE.
,<nd such we may regard the almost uni
vetil feeling of Republicans respecting the re
lat'e capacities and rights of foreigners and ne
grcs. That party is composed almost entirely
often who were formerly Know-Xo'.hings—
ant while their love lor the negro ha 3 greatly
inoeased, their detestation of foreigners has in
no vise abated.
lit it is not alone from their journals that
we earn this warm Republican affection for
thetegro. It is a sentiment that pervades the
mas r .f that party, and finds utterance on all
occasons. Let us quote from the men who
moulied the Republican party, and who breath
ed iivo it the breath of life—men who have
alwajs sustained it, and who have received
from it high official favors. And as a man by
marrying a woman, in the language of the law
adopts er circumstances, so the Republican
party, br electing these men to office, adopted
and endorsed their declared political opinions. !
And firs, from (Governor Chase, of Ohio, now a
prominait Renublican candidate tor the Presi
dency. He said :
"I enbrace with pleasure this opportunity of
declariig my disapprobation with that clause
in the Constitution which denies lo a por
tion of the Colored People the right ot suf
rage."
Agaia, he said :
•'The exclusion of colored children from the
schools is, in my judgment, a clear infringe
ment ot the Constitution and a palpable breach
af trust."
And still again :
"I want to see ( slavery overthrown ; and I in
end to help to overturn its power."
"I want it acknowledged that colored people
lave rights and privileges which they do not
low enjoy."
And now let the Ajax of the party, JOSHUA
ft. GIDDINGS, declare himself, in the last Re
lublican State Convention of Ohio. Mr. Giddings
taid :
"The negro is a Heavenly Institution, and it
s Cod-like in man to elevate him lo an equali
ij with the white."
And Mr. Giddings thus delivers himself
hiough the Ashtuba Sentinel. This is a choice
norceuu, and deserves attention :
~ Jf^' B somP Demo "
MISS of the Democratic jmrty ; 'T- fML
Democrats are superior lo some niggers, and
perhaps to the greater portion of the African
race. Vet all Democrat;, however intellectually
Inferior they may be to niggers, are entitled
:o live, and to enjoy their liberty, and the
fruits of their labor. And while we are en-
Jeavoring to sustain these equal and universal
rights we ought not be drawn into any discus
iion of the moral or social superiority of the
niggers over the Democr its."
Mr. Giddings, be it remembered, is the Chair
man of the Republican Committee of the State
it large, in Ohio. Such sentiments he has
uttered during his whole life, and he has time
md again, since their utterance, been honored
with high official position by his Renublican
brethren.
Let us now hear BENJAMIN F. WADE, Black
Republican United States Senator from Ohio,
who in a speech at Columbus said :
"I loath from the bottom of my soul, any man
who rptuses to anything in human shape, all
the rights and privileges he claims for himself.
/ know no high, no low—no black, no white,
all are created by one God and all are entitled
lo the same privileges."
MR. WASHKURN, a Republican member
of Congress, said at a Republican meeting :
"If because I stand up for the equality of the
negro, socially and politically, with the white
man, they call me a negro worshiper, let them
do it. I shall persevere to the end."
The Republican members of a committee in
the Ohio Senate, concluded a report to that
body as follows :
"The Committee conclude their labors bv
submitting two resolutions ; recommending an
amendment to the Constitution, by which the
elective franchise shall be extended to colored
men."
And now, finally, let us hear the Stale
Journal, the official Republican organ of Ohio :
"As far as the right of suffrage or any other
right ot citizenship is concerned he (the negro)
should be placed on an equality with the rest j
of mankind."
Such, reader, is the creed of the Republican J
party —Hie object it is aiming to accomplish is I
the elevation of the black man and the de-!
gradation of the white. We learn it from the
only source from which a party's creed can be
learned—froin the declarations of its recogn
ized leaders and the teachings of its journals.
The belief in negro equality is not confined
to certain localities, but is rapidly spreading.
Here in Pennsylvania—in the heretofore con
serva ive old Keystone State—even here in
Bedford county, the abominable doctrine has
been proclaimed and defended.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES BUCHANAN—
The Lexington (Kentucky) Statesman) in an
editorial review ot the inaugural of the Gov
ernor of that gallant little State, says :—"Gov
ernor Magoffin justly construes his election as
a triumphant vindication of the Federal Ad
ministration from the charges of extravagance
and corruption, which constituted the staple,
I opposition arguments in the canvass. The
issue of economy and profligacy, of integrity
and dishonesty, was distinctly made, and a
I verdict at the polls solicited. The bill of in
dictment was read before the people, its speci
fications challenged to the proof, the case tried
and judgment rendered. The verdict of ttie
peopie is a triumphant acquittal and endorse
ment of Mr. Buchanan's Administration by the
popular voice of Kentucky."
[From the N. Y. Observer.]
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF
SLAVES.
The Presbvterv of Roanoke, Virginia, 'O. S.)
has addressed a Patoral leftei, on the instruction
of the colored people, to the churches under its
care, and ordered the same to be read in all the
churches of the Presbytery, in those that are va
cant, as well as where there are pastors or sta
ted supplies. It commences by saying :"A
mong the important interests ot the kingdom of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which have claimed our
special attention since the organization of the
Presbytery in April last, —that the work of the
Lord may be vigorously and efficiently* carried
forward within our bounds, — the religions in- j
struction of the colored people, is hardly to be
placed secoDil to any other." After speaking of
the obstacles and encouragements to the work, it
gives the following statistics :
In the Presbytery of Charleston, S. C., 1637
out of 2859 members, or considerably over one
half, are colored. In the whole Synod of S.
Carolina, 5,009 out of 13,07+, are colored mem
bers. The Presbyteries of Mississippi and Cen
tral Mississippi, of Tuscaloosa and South Ala
bama, of Georgia, of Concord, and Fayetteville, ■
also show many churches with large proportions
of colored communicants, from one-third to one
seventh of the whole. Our own Presbytery
reports 276 out of 1737 members. In the
whole of the above mentioned bodies, there are
9,076 colored, out of 33,667 communicants.
Among the churches of thpse Presbyteries, we
find twenty with an aggregate colored member
ship of 3,600, or an average of 130 to each.
We'find also, such large figures as these, 290,
333, 396, 925 ! These facts speak for themselves
and forbid discouragement.
Speaking ot the obligations to instruct this
class, the letter says:
But these people are among us, at our doors,
in our own fields, and around our firesides ! If
thev need instruction, then the command of our
Lord, and every obligation of benevolence, call
us to the work of teaching them, with all in
dustry, the doctrines ot Christ. The first und
kindest outgoings ot our Christian compassion
should be towards them. They are not only
near us, but are also entirely dependent upon us.
* o nriril PtTPV
for themselves, and as to energy and self-direc
ting power, they are but children, —forced to
look to their masters for every supply. From
this arises an obligation, at once imperative, and
momentous significance to us, to make thorough
provisions for their religious instruction, to the
full extent that we are able to provide it for our
selves. This obligation acquires great addition
al force when it is further considered, that be
sides proximity and dependence, they are in
deed members of our "households " As the three
hundrpd and eighteen "trained servants" of
Abraham were "born in his own house," i. e.,
were born and bred as member? ot bis household,
so are our servants. Of course no argument is
needed, to show that every man is bound by high
and sacred obligations, for the dischaige ot which
he must give account,to provibe his family suit
ably, or to the extent of his ability, with the
means of grace and salvation.
Alter dwelling on the duties of the ministry,
the letter goes on :
But the work of Christianizing our colored
population can never be accomplished by the
labors of the ministry alone, unaided by the
hearty co-operation of families, by carrying-on
a system of home instruction. We must begin
with the children. For if the children ol our ser
vants be left to themselves during their eailv
years, this neglect must of necessity beget two
enormous evils. Evil habits will be rapidly ac
quired and strengthened ; since if children are
not learning good, they will be learning what is
bad. And having thus grown up both ignorant
and vicious, they will have no inclination togo
to the Lord's house ; or it they should go. their
minds will be tound so dark, so entirely unac
quainted with the rudimental language and
truths of the gospel, that much of the preaching
must at first prove unintelligible, unprofitable at j
the time, and so uninteresting as to discourage;
' further attendance. In every regard, therefore,
masters are bound to see that religious instruc
tion is provided at home for their people, espe
cially for the young.
If there be no other to undertake the work,
(the mistress, or the children of the family,)
the master is bound to deny himself and dis
charge the duty. It is for him to see that
the thing is properly done : tor the whole
responsibility rests on him at last. It usually,
however, devolves upon the mistress, or upon
the young members of the family, where there
are children qualified for it, to perform this
service. Some of our young men, and, to their
praise belt spoken, still more of our young
women, have willingly given themselves to this
selt-denving labor ; in aid of their parents, or
as a duly they owe to Christ their Re
deemer, and to their fellow creatures. We
take this occasion, gladly, to bid all these "Good
speed' in their work of love. Co-workers
together with us, we praise you for this. We
bid you take couiage. Let no dullness, in
difference, or neglect, weary out your patience.
You are laboring for Chrst, ami for precious
souls. You are doing a work the importance
of which eternity will fully reveal. You will
be blessed, too, in your deed even now. This
labor will prove to you an important means ot
grace. You will have something to pray for.
and will enjoy the pleasing consciousness, that
yog are not idlers in the Lord's vineyard. You
will be winning stars for your crowns of re-
WHOLE I%'OIBER 2*69.
| joicing through eternity. Grant that it will
cost you much self-denial. Can you, not
withstanding, consent to see these immortal
beings growing up in ignorance and vice, at
your own doors f
The methods of carrying on this home in
struction are various, and we are abundantly
supplied with the needful facilities. We need
not name the reading of the Bible ; and judi
ciously selected sermons, to be read to the
adults when they cannot attend preaching,
should not be omitted. Catechetical instruc
tion, by means of such excellent aids as our
own "Catechism for young children." and
"Jones' Catechism of Scripture doctrine and
practice," will of course be resorted to ; to
gether with teaching them hymns and singing
with them. The reading to ttiem, for variety,
such engaging and instructive stories as are
found in the "Children's column" of some of
our best religious papers : and suitable Sabbath
school, or other juvenile books, such as "The
Peep of day," "Line upon Line," &c., will, in
many cases, prove an excellent aid, in imbu
ing their minds with religious truth. . Masters
should not spare expense or trouble, to provide
liberally these various helfs to those who take
: this work in hand, to aid and encourage thern
to the utmost in their self-denying toil.
Brethren, the time is propitious to urge your
attention to this important duty. A deep and
constantly increasing interest in the work, is
felt throughout the South. Just at this
time, also, extensively throughout portions
of our territory, an unusual awakening
has been showing itself among the colored pea
pie. It becomes us, and it is of vital impor
tance on every account, by judicious instruction,
both to guide the movement, and to improve
the opportunity.
We commend this whole great interest to
the Divine blessing ; and, under God, to your
conscientious reflection, to devise the proper
ways : and to your faithful Christian zeal, to
accomplish whatever your wisdom may devise
and approve.
ANOTHER WORD IN BEHALF OF THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET!
We have frequently, during the pending
campaign, called the attention of our numerous
readers to the excellent ticket that was nomina
ted in March last, by the Democratic State con
vention which assembled at that time in Harris
burg. We earnestly desire AGAIN to present
this matter to our brethren in York county ; and
we beg they will not permit themselves to lose
sight of the importance of the State struggle, in
the discussion of any other issues that may be
raised in our midst in the present contest.
I? . "R. . R> TWANV I, WRIGHT JOHN ROWT,
the nominees of the Democratic party, are gen
tlemen in every way worthy of our support and
confidence, and they should be heartily and en
thusiastically sustained* by the entire Dernocra
sy of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wright, our candi
date for .Auditor General, has served for a long
period in the Legislature of this State, where
bj' his untiring industry and unbending integ
rity, he won the admiration of his colleagues,
and the applause of his constituents. The u
nanimous renomination of Mr. Rowe, as Sur
veyor General, is a high and well merited trib
ute to the talents of an eminent and useful pub
lic officer. His abilities have given him a wide
spread and deserved reputation—and his ser
vices as a public officer have contributed much *
to the prosperity and progress of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
Here, then, is a ticket which must satisfy all
onr people—and it is necessary, in order to pre
serve the present glorious organization of our
party, to elect it bv a handsome mojority. A
defeat might open the way to future disasters,
and place the good old State of (Pennsylvania
under the malign influences of the enemies of
Democracy. The ticket is worthy, eminently
so, of the confidence of every true Democrat;
and certainly it should be triumphantly sustain
ed by the indomitablp Democracy of the Key
stone State. In York county it will receive
the ciydial support of our party, and from the
manifestations of satisfaction that reach us everv
day, in regard to our county ticket, we are as
sured that a full vote will be polled in this
countv on the second Tuesday of next October,
and that will, unquestionably, be a Democratic
victorv !— York Gazette.
other day a Dutchman in Cinc.ir.nat
i was severely thrashed by bis "vrow," and
while smarting under the infliction he com
plained to the Mayor, and had his better half
arrested for the outrage, whereupon she was
fined three dollars and costs—but she not hav
ing the money, her husband was called upon to
"fork over." Upon which he "opened his
eyes in great surprise." exclaiming :
"Vot for 1 pay ? She vip me !"
Thp statute was explained to him, and he
paid—but announced that hereafter his wife
wifelmight whollop him as much as she pleased,
but be would never again take steps to uphold
the "majesty of the law."
(TF"Within five years in Indiana there have
been erected twenty-seven hundred school
houses, at an expense ot eleven hundred thou
sand dollars. In the last year six hundred and
fifty school houses were built at a cost of three
hundred thousand dollars. This sum is obtain
ed by a special school tax that was paid by the
people with general cheerfulness.
BORON was sometime since crvstalized by
Messrs. Wohler and Deville, and the product
in brilliancy and hardness, rivaled the dia
mond.
(CF"A Judge in Indiana threatened to fine a
lawyer tor contempt ol Court. 1 have express
ed no contempt for the Court, said the lawyer :
on the contrar*, I have carefully concealed my
feelings.
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