The Bedford gazette. (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, September 30, 1859, Image 1
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. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORNING, BY B. r. MEYERS, At the following: terms, to wit: $1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 < if paid within the year. $2.50 " < if not paid within the year. K7"Xo subscription taken for less than six months. EF'No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the publishers. It has been decided by the United States Court = , that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of ar rearages, is prima jarie. evidenced fraud and is a criminal offence. D3?*The courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, it the) take them from the post olJice, whether they subscribe for them, or not. 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. VOL 3, NO. 9