THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS FCBUiHED EVEttY FRIDAY MORNING BY B. F. TII3YMRS, At the toUowm? ternii, to wn : $1.50 per annum, CASH, in advance. 53.00 < " if paid within the year. $•2.00 ' it not pa id within the year. K7~No subscription taken for less than six months. KT-No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid , unless at the option of the publisher, it has Seen decided by the United States Courts that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment ot arrearages, is prima facie evidence of fraud and is a criminal offence. courts have decided that persons are ac countable for the subscription price of newspa pers, it thej take them fiom the po-t office, wheth er 'hey subscribe for them, or not. -.'.Mil-, -Tiny REUUnnMHI SCI cf \ IJ OCtV 11 . # / rotti tin' /jufht I'tHlttfff ( ( ) (ntZrfti EYE COFFEE. Air —Susanna- I ,:~'t nieht 1 heard ;i M ide-VAvake Whose face -was vers' long— With onpo and lamp all by Ist- ii •. A-siuging of a song. Tin' song it was n pretty one. And charmed my listening cor. I onlv mind I lie chorus now. And I will .-ing it lioiv : ( 'horfs —'< Hi. Rye < 'otlee ! Yoiftv sweet enough lor mo. Without one grain of sugar, il Tlio nigger can Ik* live! I saw tin- en]K'. ami well i knevr IM seen it oil liofoiv— Ami oft I'd win thai Lard < til Lamp '< ■ o ziir-zag past my door: lirrt now the capo was old and torn — The lamp it ha 1 no ••iio." Vet swcctlv there that 'A id(—A wake Sat singing all the vlii!.': iTituitt'S—Oh. live C oii't'! You're street enough for me. Without one grain of sugar, if The nigger can he free * 1 w.'tdd not sue lliat \\ ide- \wak Was singing of a I •: T think tiiat ♦lava does not suit His taste as well as Rye— The man who'd give Old Alio hi- \oU . \nd pass Hie Douglas hy. Would likely spurn the.lata cup. And swallow down the Rye! CnoUss—Oh. Rye Coffee ! The W ide-A wake's delight— I shall rentrinVier long how well lie sung of von that night ! i wonder if that \\ i 1c- Vwa As lie sat singing there. Intended to repudiate I lis ".txi'.s jiisi and fair I wonder if thai A\ ide-A wake M as posted well as I That lie was cheating (iovennn id When drinking of the Rye? CnotM -• r >i. Rye Cotf?iT Fur Wide-A wakes you'll do— lint not ft-I- patriots who'd giv The Government its due. Confounded he Rve Cot Tee, Corn Coffee find all tlutt ! That 1 will still drink Java, you Mae saii Iv hot your hat! ( onfound 'd lie tli" man who mad.' The tax a m't'dful thing'.— Rut I've, a lietter chorm here, Which please stand up and -ing:— Chorus —Go "way Cnffrc.' The master's servant Ik-! lint lei u< all prat for the lime When CotFKKsha.il he fijkk! A GOOD INVESTMENT. l-.Y FREEMAN HI NT. '■•(' an von lend me two tlioiisandhdial's to es tahlish nit self ilia small retail business.'" hiqui red a young man not yet out of hi-. ttfii, of a ■middle-aged gentleman. who was poring over his ledger in the counting room of one of the lar gest establishments in lioston. The person ad dressed turned towards the speaker, and regard ing him for a moment with a look of surprise, inquired^— ••What .-eeurity- oan you give no, .Mr. Stros er ?" '•Nothing hut my note," replied the young man promptly. "Which 1 fear would Ik- lielow par in mar ket." replied the merchant, smiling. "Perhaps so," said the young man: "hut, Mr. Ilarton, e meaiher thatAhe hov is not the mail: the time /<// come when Hiram Strosser's note will lie as readily accepted as that of any other man," "True, very true," replied Mr. Barton, mild ly: "hut you know business men seldom lend nionev without adeipiate security: otherwise they might soon bo reduced to jx'iuu-y. At this remark the young man's countenance became very pale, and, having observed a silence of several moments, he inquired in a voice whose tones indicated a deep disappointment — "Then you cannot accommodate me—can you ?" "Call upon me to-morrow, and I will give you a rcplv," said Mr. Barton; and the young man retired. Mr. Barton resumed his labors at the desk: hut his mind was so much upon the hoy and his singular errand, that lie could not pursue his task with any correctness-, ami after having made several sad blunders, he closed the ledger, tixik his hat, and went out upon the street. Arriving opposite the store of a wealthy mer •hant upon Milk street, lie entered the dooii "Good morning, Mr. Ilawley," said he, ap proaching the proprietor of the establishment, who was seated at his desk, counting over the profits of the. week. "Good morning," replied the merchant bland ly. "llappy to see you. Have a seat! Any news? 1 low's trade ?" "Without noticing those interrogations. Mr. Barton said— "Young Stressor i- desirous of establishing himself in a small retail business in "Washington street, and called this morning to secure of me a loan of two thousand dollars for that purpose." "Indeed!" exclaimed Mr. Ilawley, evidently surprised at this announcement; "but you do not think of lending that sum—do you?" VOL F 18i: iTS. NEW SERIES. 4 "I do not know," replied Mr. Barton. "Mr. j Strosser i- a young man of business talent and stri t integrity, and will lie likely to succeed in whatever lie undertakes." ' Perhaps so," replied Mr. Ilawley. doubtfully; "but I am heartily tired of helping to establish these young aspirants for commercial honors." --1 lave you ever suffered from such a course ?" 1 inquired Mr. Barton, at the same time casting a roguish glane" at Mr. Hawlev. "No," replied th > latter, "for I never felt in clined to make an inve.-im -nt of that kind." -- l'iieii her -is a fine opportuuitv to-do so. It may prove better than stock in the bank. As lor myself, i have concluded that, if you will advance him one thousand dollars, I will con tribute an equal sum." "Not a .-ingle farthing would I advance for •in !; a purpose; an I if you make an investment ot I hat kind, 1 shall consider you very foolish.'" Mr. Barton was silent for several minutes, and then arose to depart. "If you do not feel disposed to share with me in this enterprise, 1 shall advance the whole sum myself." Saying which, he left the store. Ten years have passed awav since the occur rence of the. conversation recorded in the prece ding dialogue, and Mr. Barton, pale and agita ted, is standing at the same desk as when first introduced to the reader's attention. As page after page of his ponderous ledger was examin ed, his despair became deeper and deeper, till at last he exclaimed— "l am ruined—utterly ruined!" "How so?" inquired Hiram Si rnsrer, who en tered the counting room in season to heqr Air. Barton's remark. ••The last European steam -r brought news of the failure of the house of Fetich. Jackson, & Co . of London, who are indebted to me in the sum of nearly two hundred thousand dollars. News of the failure has liecome general, and iny credi tors, panic stricken, are pressing for pay ment of their demands. The banks refuse me credit, and I have not the means to meet m? li abilities. If I could pass this crisis, perhaps I could rallv again: but it is impossible; my cred itors an* importunate, and 1 cannot much longer keep above the tide," replied Mr. Barton. "What is the extent of your liabilities?" in quired Stressor. "Seventy-live thousand dollars." replied Mr. Barton. "Would that sum Ik* sufficient to relieve you?"' 'Tf would." ............... •-Then sir, you shall have it," said Strosser, a- he stepped iq> to the desk, and drew a cheek for tw ntv thousamTdollars. "Here, take this, and when von need more, do not hesitate to call upon me. Remember that it was from you I received nvmev to establish myself in business." "But that debt was cancelled several years nxo." replied Mr. Burton, as a ray of hope shot across his troubled mind. "True," iv plied Strosser. "but the debt of i/raf ifmlr that 1 owe lias never been cancelled: and' now that the scale is turned, I deem it my duty! to eonie up to the rescue." At this singular turn in the tide of fortune. Air. Barton fairly wept for joy. Evcrv claim against him was paid as soon as presented, and in less than a month he had pass ed the crisis, and stood perfectly safe and secure: ! his credit increased and his business improved, I while several others sank under the blow, and ; could not rally, among whom was Mr. Ilawley, j alluded to at the commencement of this article. ' ••I low did yon manage to keep above the tide.'" inquired Mr. Hawlev of Mr. Barton, one moru inir. several months after tlie events last record ed. as he met the latter upon the street, on his Ti'jiv to Ills place ot business. "Very easilv, indeed, I can assure you," re plied Mr. Burton. "Well, do tell me bow," continued Air. ITaw lev. "I lav claim to a good degree of shrewd ness, but the strongest exercise of my wits did i not save me; and vet you, whose liabilities were twice a : heavy as my own, have stood the shoe!;, and have come off even better by the stonn. "The truth is," replied Air. Barton. "I have cashed mv paper as soon as it was sent in. ■•I sn|ijx>se so," said Air. Hawlev, regarding Air. B. with a look of surprise: but how did you obtain the funds? As for my part. I could not obtain a dollar's credit: the banks reiused to take mv paper, and my friends even deserted me." "A little investment that I made some ten rears ago," replied Air. Barton, smiling, "has recently proved exceedingly profitable. "Investment!" echoed Air. Ilawley—"what i investment ?" "Whv. do von not remember how I establish ed vouvk' Stressor in business some ten years ago ?" "O, ves, yes." replied Air. Ilawley. as a ray of suspicion lighted up his countenance; "but what of that!" ••lie is now one of the largest dry goods deal ers in the city, and when ibis calamity came on. lie eamc forward, and vei-y generously advanced me seventy-five thousand dollars. Ada know I told von, on the morning I called to offer you an equal share of the stock, that it might prove better than an investment in the bank." During tliis announcement, Air. Hawlev's eyes j were lirnt intently upon the ground, and, draw- ! ing a deep sigh, lie moved on, dejected and sad, while Mr. Barton returned to his place of busi- j ness,-*vith his mind cheered and animated by ! thoughts of his singular investment. SvgWno finds ail the umbrellas that even bodv loses? Every man we meet loses the um brella he buys, but we have never got acquain ted with the. man that finds them. Can any one answer the question before the next rain ? (SV"A man can't help what is done liehind his back." as the scamp said when he was k"n-k --od out. of doors. C-yAVnv is Virginia sure to come right ? Be- j cause she keeps Wheeling for the 1 liion. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1862. ' Rhode Island Democratic State Conven tion—Ec-nomination of Gov. Sprague. • The Democrats of Rhode Island held a con vention in Providence on the 20th ult., and re nominated Governor Kprague by acclamation. I ho active part Gov. Sprague has taken in the 1 war is familiar to the whole country. The only Democratic Governor in the Northern States, ; at the commencement of the war, he was the only one to take the field in person, which he did at the head of the Rhode Island troops. 1 here can lie no reasonable doubt of his trium phant re-election. The resolutions adopted by the convention are conservative and patriotic, and will he heartily endorsed by the masses of the people in nil the loyal States. M c quote the following: Ue&tlred That while the civil war continues, it is our duty and the duty of all loyal citizens, to render to the (Tovenunent a cheerful and earnest -upport : to stand hy it in the enforcement of all Constitutional measures tending to the, sup pros-inn ol armed rebellion: to give its oll'uvrs, so far as they are true to the trusts reposed in them, the aid and comfort which mav be deri ved from our moral influence and physical re sources. And that we extend to those citizens of our own and other States who responded to the eall of the Government for the protection which arms alone can give, our hearty commen dation and warmest sympathies. We congrat ulate them upon the recent brilliant victories which their valor has achieved, bespeak for them, when their work shall have Ix-en accom plished and their purpose eonsumatcd in the res toration of the Fnion, the warm gratitude of all true patriots. Jicsolreit, That the efforts now being made to divert this war from its original purpose, as pro claimed by the President and Congress of the Fnited States seven months ago—the mainten ance of the Federal Constitution and the pres ervation of the I'nion's integrity—and to turn it into a war for the emancipation of slaves and the subjugation of the Southern States, or their return to a territorial condition, is an effort a- : gainst thel'nion. against the Constitution, a gainst justice and against humanity, and should he promptly frowned upon by all the friends of j Democratic institutions. Tt is unworthy of loy al citizens, and can find support onlv with scc-'j tional fanatics, who have no love for the Union, i or desire for its restoration, and whose' highest patriotism is an unnatural and unrightous hatred j of the citizens of sister States. And vlerea-i j we ]nv-eeive gratifying- rmlienfwi'i* thw 1 i> i .•t'l Lincoln is resisting and will continue to res ist j this treasonable effort, it is further resolved, ; that in such patriotic resistance lie is entitled , to and dt.H-s and shall continue to receive our | cordial sympathy and unfaltering support. ],'is<>'red, That to bring the present war to a : filial and happy conclusion, and secure a union j , of heart as well asa union of hands, it is absolute- ' Iv necessary to re-a.-sutv the misguided people I |of the South that we mean no warfare upoifj . their rights, and are actuated by no spirit of re venge ; to disavow, hi the language of Gov. ! Sprague, "any other wish than that of bringing 1 together these now beligerent States, without j the loss to any one of them of a single right or privilege which it has heretofore enjoyed :" to j show, by our acts as well as by oty profc ions. : , that our whole purpose is to preserve our Gov- j eminent just as it came to us from the hands of J ; our fathers—to regard all the guaranties of the j ; Constitution, whether to States or to people of j the States —and to In come once, more a power-' fill and prosperous nation, and a harmonious j and happy people. And that, to this end, it is the duty of the Democratic party, not only to j preserve its distinctive organization, buttodem- ; onstrale, by honorable and patriotic measures, both its determination and its power to with- j stand and render harmless the assaults of North ern seetionalists upon constitutional liberty. j Jie&ilrid. That the effort now being made to ' secure to adopted citizens in this State their : jus! political rights, meets with our hearty sym- j pulhv and is entitled to and shall receive our cordial support: that the purpose of this effort is especially commended to us at this time, liy the promptness and unanimity with which this class of our citizens are rallying to the support of our institutions; and that we urge upon the present General Assembly of our State to take such measures as are necessary to bring their claims to an equality of political privilege, di rectly before the people. A HERO WANTED. The Republicans are in a desperate strait for a hero. Since the collapse of Jim F.ane, they are bleating about like sheep without a shep herd. Their flrst hero in this war was Fremont. He achieved the defeat of Lyon, the surrender of Lexington, the "freedom" of a few niggers, and squandered millions of the public money. We hardly know which exploit most commen ded him to their favor.—W hen Fremont was retired from command in disgrace, they fixed their hopes upon one Simon, surnamcd Camer on, who, 4! has been said, "was a thief from the beginning." and did not hesitate to sell his country for a few pieces of silver. But Simon 1 wanted the niggers ret at liberty—lie wanted ; arms put in their hands so they could butcher the women and children of the South. This i exalted him in the eyes of the Republicans and they loved him as they loved their own souls. But Simon is dismissed from the council table which he had disgraced. Just then Jim Lane turned up and the Republican journals turned their eyes upon him and saw tliat he was good at stealing niggers, and they proclaimed that he was to do wonderful things in that line—it just suited him.—But General Jim is suddenly "squelched"—his "expedition" vanishes, and he is left before the public a miserable charlatan, a dirty jack that has brayed his own fame, a fit object of scorn and anathema from all pa triotic people. Who will be the next hero of the Republican journals?— Exchange. SENATOR STARKE. The Senator selected by the Governor of Or egon. Air. Starve, has been admitted to his seat. To show the reasons of the opposition to him, we quote the following from the proceedings of the Senate. The Committee had reported in his favor: Air. Sumner offered an amendment to the res olution reported by the Committee, so as to make it read that Air. Starke lie not entitled to take the oath without an investigation into his loyalty. He spoke at some length in favor of the a ynendment contending that the Senate, in self defence, ought not to admit a suspicion of dis loyalty. and it was not justice to the people of Oregon to admit a disloyal representation, which was, in fact, no representation of their will. He claimed, that the affidavits in the ease were wor thy of investigation, and the Senate was bound to meet disloyalty on the threshold. Air. Cowan, (Rep.,) of Pennsylvania, said that if members were to be excluded by mere caprice, we could not tell on whom the blow would next fail. The question is, what is this thing disloy alty ? He would like the Senator from Massa- j ehusetts to define it. Air. Sumner read from a letter to the Secre tary of State, signed liy thirteen citizens of Or egon. stating that they know Air. Starke, and he had lieen in the habit of openly talking against the Government and in favor of the South; sav ing that the South was right and ought to suc ceed. If these facts were true, the claimant from Oregon was disloyal, and when such facts were presented to the Senate, if they fail to con sider them they solemnly stultify themselves.— That was his answer. Air. Howard, (Rep.,) of Michigan, called at- j fention to other evidence, whore Mr. Starke had ■ said that if there was -war with the South he would sell his property for fifty cents on the dol lar and go and fight for the South. Mr. Cowan said he. had asked a definition and ! got an example. Tie was just as wise as he was before. Did disloyalty consist in talking against the Government or selling property at half price? He contended that the Senate had 110 right to go j outside of the qualifications mentioned in the j Constitution, but the Senator from Alassaehu sct-Js proposed to go outside, and make the indi vidual opinion* of a Senator a qualification. Air. Doolittlo, (liep.,) of Wisconsin, asked if we admitted Air. Starke to Ire sworn, and if he was proven afterward to have been a traitor, could u-e expel him without finding him guilty of the commission of some overt act after his MMitfarifci * _ Air. Cowan said he might answer that ques tion when it arises: but that was not the ease now before us. Air. Wilmot, (Rep.,) of Pennsylvania, said that disloyalty might be defined as unfaithfulness to one's own country and Government, by asso ciations and sympathy, aside from an overt act like treason. The simple question is. when shall the Senate consider the question of disloyalty? If a person is disloyal, certainly he is not enti tled to a seat, lie thought that now A\-as the projrer time to settle this question. Air. Carlile spoke at some length. lie con tended that the Senate had no power to exclude anv person sent with the proper qualifications for a Siatc. There were different views enter iainoif as to what was meant by disloyalty. Air. Dixon, (Rep.,) said he knew no difference Iretweon the leader of a rebellion and the man who upheld it. Air. Harris, (Rep.,) of New York, spoke at length against the amendment of Air. Sumner. The result was, Air. STARKE was admitted. "NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS." We have have heretofore ohaigcd the Aboli tionists with being opposed to the restoration of the I'nion, unless it can be made a sort of ab olition Fnion. Their presses and their orators now openly disa\*ow all respect for the old Fn ion and their aversion to its reconstruction. Tliev are afraid that if the old Fnion is restor ed tlie democratic party will again obtain the control of the government, and would rather see the old ship of state forever ruined. As evi dence of this avc copy the following atrocious extract fi-oni Grecle\ "s Ncav York Taibune, Avhich is generally regarded, Ave Irelieve, as an orthodox republican pnjrer:— Let us suppose that the war Avere ended to day on some basis Avl.icli would leoA-e Shvvery Avhe're this relrellion found it. and bring Alason and Slidell, Toombs and Wigfall, Jeff". Davis and Cliesnut, Rust and Breekenridge, Hunter and Benjamin, back into the Senate, and into their normal relations of eordialty and fraterni ty with Bayard and Price, Bright and Thomp son, of N. J., Rice, Wall, Bigler, and the North ern Democracy. They Avould have nearly half the Senate and aliAit a third of the electors from the slave States alone : does any one im agine they would not, aided by the. pressure of the Avar taxes and (he partisan clamor sure to lie raised thereupon, soon reacquire that ascen dency Avliich they in 1860—out of hatred to Douglas and eagerness for a purely slavchold ing confederacy—deliberately threw away ? And then do you not see that avc who have hon estly and earnestly resisted and baflled their am bitious machinations will be made to supsorroAv ? Fnpleasant neighbors as they are at Richmond aiul Manassas, we prefer them there rather than in poAA or at Washington, Avitli a drilled partisan majority at their back. But aat can avcll un derstand why this prospect should have no er rors for Mr. Diven. What claim has sueli a felloAA- as Grecly to lie. classed among loyal men or friends of the country 1 CS*~AX exchange paper, in speaking of a sub scriber who had taken the paper for a number of years, and then refused to pay for it, says:— "lie would steal a passage to heaven in a se cret comer of a streak of lightning, and smug gle gold fro;n (he streets of New Jerusalem to buy stumps of halt-penny cigars." WHOLE NUMBER, 96. <El)c Schoolmaster Abroad. EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ. ttFTeachers and friends of education are respect fully requested to send communications to the above, caie of "BedfotA Gazette.'* HOURS OF STUDY- A very remarkable pamphlet has recently made its appearance in England, containing statements of fact? that ought to coinmaii'l the attention of the civilized world. The pamphlet is written by E. Chadwick, E?q* C. 8., and published pursuant to an address of the House of Lords. The subject of this pamphlet is edu cation, and it is devoted to the discussion of threeniatters—the organization of schools, the hours of study, ami physical training. Our at tention lias been arrested by Mr. Chrujwjck's statement of facts in connection with the sec ond of these three subjects—the hours of study: '•Struck by tlie frightful disproportion be tween the powers of childish attention and the length of school hours, he lias directed questions to many distinguished teachers. Mr. Donald son, head master of the Training College of Glasgow, states that.the limitsof voluntary and and intelligent attention are, with children of from to 7 years of age, about 15 minutes; from i to 10 years of age, about 20 minutes; from 10 to 12 years of ago, aboutss minutes; .12 to 10 or 18 years of age, about 150 minutes : and continues, "I have repeatedly obtained a bright voluntary attention from each of these classes, for 5 or 10 or 15 minutes more, but 1 observed it was always at the expense of the succeeding lesson." The liev. J. A. Morrison, Kectorof the same College, speaking on the same subject, says : '•I will undertake to teach one hundred chil dren. in three hours a day, as much as they can by possibility receive: and I hold it to !>e an ax iom in education, that "no lesson lias been given until it has been received; as soon, therefore, as the receiving power of the children isexhausted, anything given is useless; nay, injurious, inas much as you thereby weaken instead of strength ening the receiving power. This ought to be a first principle To wluratEm. T Uu* <*>!_ dom acted on." The truth of these pregnant remarks is made more evident by the testimony of all competent witnesses. We respectfully submit to all school commissioners, teachers and parents who may read those statements, that they are not of a character to be glanced at and tossed aside, but are worthy of being thought of and acted up on. From Carlyle's pictures of German schools, there is no doubt that in both those countries there is a lamentable want of understanding on the part of scholars of the subjects which they attempt to learn. The matter is still worse in France and Austria, and it is the prominent vice which prevados the whole American system of education. Our failure to secure an understanding of the things which we try to teach is, doubtless, in part owing to the fact that we endeavor to teach too much in a given time, hut it is also in part attributable to the circumstances that we waste more than three fourths of the time trying to im part ideas when the mind of the pupil is not in a condition to receive them. This journal has therefore advocated the prac tice of having recesses in schools of ten or fif teen minutes every hour, hut, from the experi ence of the ohlest and ablest teachers in Great Britain, it seems that the recesses ought to be granted even to the oldest scholars, as often as once in half an hour. A teacher might as well expend his efforts upon carved wooden images of children as upon scholars after their minds are tired out. — Scientific Auterican. LATE DECISIONS. Among the lute decisions of the State Super- i intondent we note the following: It is not lawful for parents to send their chil dren to school when a contagious disease is in the family. If there is no rule by the Board on the subject, then the Teacher should exclude such children as a measure of just and neces sary precaution, and report the care to the Board. That if a subscription school is kept in a com mon school house after the close of the regular term, it is to l>c regarded and conducted as a common school in all respect, except that the teacher is to be paid by the parents of the pu pils who attend, and not by the Directors. 'Hie teacher must hold a valid certificate from the County Superintendent, and the school must be open to the visitation of the Board of Direc tors and the Co. Superintendent. That no rent is to IK- charged for the school; and that all the pupils who attended the school during the preceding term, are to have the priv ilege of attending, if they pay, in preference to others from other schools. That if the teacher who had the school dur incr the preceding term is comjictent and gave satisfaction, he should have the house for a pay school in preference to all others: he being best I acquainted with the pupils, and best qualified to Uatce o£ uUtt* One Square, three weens or leg*. 7 One Square, earh additional insertion It than three months $1 00 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 Yi One square • , $2 00 $3 00 $5 0o Two squares 3 00 5 00 9 00 Three squares 4 00 7 00 12 00 j Column 5 00 9 00 15 00 i Column 8 00 12 00 20 00 i Column 12 00 18 00 30 00 One Column 18 00 30 00 50 00 The space occupied by ten lines of this size of type counts one square. All fractions of a square under five lines will be measured as a half square : and all over five lines as a full square. All legal advertisements will be tharged to the person hand ing thenvin. lake them myht on in their studies without loss of linio. That if the teacher did not give sat isfaction, the Board is to use their discretion in choosing another—appointing none without a proper certificate. The teacher is bound to take his monthly re port to the Secretary, and until that report is tiled with the Board of Directors the teacher cannot receive any-pay. The teacher in charge of a school, whether a day or night school, has the same right to exjicl intruders and disturbers of its peace, after warn - ing and requesting them to leave, that the own-' er of a dwelling house has to put out similar in truders. Relics of the Revolution. The invasion of Virginia to suppress the re bellion lias resulted in the recovery of some ve ry interesting relies of the Revolutionary war. An instance of this kind has pot fallen under our notice in which an Erie county soldier res cued from the Old Dominion a book, relating to the Revolution, which belongs, properly, in the keeping of those who stand by the Hag which Washington and his compatriots established as our national standard. A short time since, I while the Fourteenth Regiment New York Y'ol | unteers, Colonel McQuade, wore on picket duty near Hall's llill. Virginia, anumberof the mem bers of the regiment went outside the lines to a house within range of the guns of the reliel pick ets. The house belonged to an old Secessionist, who had deserted it from tear of 1 icing arrested by the Lnion men, as it was known that ho had been guilty of overt acts of treason. Upon en tering the house it was found that the furniture had been left, and one of the soldiers, a resident of this county, perceiving an old looking liook, examined it. and found that it was a record of the Revolutionary war. It proved to lie the or der book of General Washington, in manuscript, commencing March, 177<i, and reaching through several years. It contains general orders, spe cial orders, details of officers, court martials, plans of battles, official reports of engagements, &c. These orders were signed bv Gen. Wash ington himself, as well as several other generals. The signatures of the several generals occur on almost every page, and it Is one of the most in teresting relics of the Revolutionary army that could lie found. 'Hie lxxik has been sent to the residence of the officer referred to, and is in the possession of his friends, who reside in this coun ty. [■ /Jaff'lio . rrv- A CONTRAST —Decidedly the most brilliant millitarv campaign in which our country ever engaged , was the Mexican Wax, during the administration of President Polk. Ex-Presi dent Buchanan was, at that time, Secretary of State, and the late Governor Marcv, Secretary of War. The most extensive means had to lie provided for the maintenance of a large army in a i list ant country, and millions of money [Kissed through the hands of the government officers. But we do not remember that any one of them was ever charged with speculation or dishonest}'. Certain it is that not a whisper was ever heard affecting the integrity of Mr. Marcy, and he retired from office enjoying the respect of the whole country. The Democrat ic administration of President Polk, in that campaign, set an example which might have been profitably followed by those holding high places under Mr. Lincoln. It certainly is not necessary to the successful prosecution of a war that all concerned in conducting it should turn highway robbers. — ]'M<ton Anjns. A IIATFIKT.TI ANECDOTE. —An old gentleman who was always bragging liow folks used to work in his younger days, one day challenged his two sons to pitch on a load of hay us fast as he could load it. The challenge was accepted and the liny wag on driven round and the trial commenced. For some time the old man held his own creditably, calling out.— •"More hay! more hay !" Thicker and faster it eamo. The old man was nearly covered; still he kept crying.— "More hay! more hay!" At length, struggling to keep on the top of the disordered and ill arranged heap, it began first to roll, then to slide, and at last off it went from the wagon, and rolled the old man with it. • "What are you down here for cried the boys. ■ T came down after hay," answered the old man, stoutly. WHO DID IT. —Who plundered the Treasury ? Who furnished rotten provisions and defective fire arms to the Government ? Who swindled it in horse contracts? Who raised the clamor at the removal of Fremont? What class of men are now importuning and annoying the Administ ration aliout emancipation? Who made an assault upon General MeClellan in the House of Representatives ? Who are thus endeavor ing to undermine public servants and our mil itary chiefs ? Not the Democratic party, but the party of mobs. The party that brought a bout a dissolution of the Union and the present, civil war, and the party that will yet ruin the country if the government Is not taken from their hands. A DUTCH AFRICAN.—A letter from a Penn sylvania soldier, dated at "Camp Stick in the Mud," Larue county, Kentucky, describes a muddy march of live miles, which lasted a whole day. The writes says: "One curiosity we did meet. We met him perched upon the topmost rail of a very high fence—nothing more or less than a big buck nigger, of the dar kest dye, inquiring in broad Pennsylvania Dutch, 'Woo gehscht du hee ?' V . gif-Why do our Soldiers need no Barbers?— Because they are regularly shared by the .govern ment contractors. VOL. 5. NG. 32.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers