TOM IRPAltefleszan*
S. S. 38111. T AND J. 8. BARNHART, ISDITORS
BELLEFONTE, PENN'A.
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TEIIIIIIDAY, TIOVIRYLISEIFt If, 1537
Has this Panic come Without Warning.
The Public Ledger in commenting on the
•
causes PT the hard times, very truly remarks,
that eriry body complains that these hard
times have taken them Off their guard, ta
ken them at unawares. Hid they only
known what ir ascoming•three months before,
they would have been ready and not have
suffered, but this tone the pressure has come
wilhosi worming.
To !hie, the easiest reply is that if every
one had been on his guard, the panic s ould
not have occurred at all. The disease that
carries a man to the grave never seems seri
auk until too late, or a little rut:clicine of pre
caution tnight have saved him. So there
would hobo been no mndue — exiiinsiOn, and
therefore no collapse, if people had only been
on their guard. It is just because the oldest
and most experienced financiers and whole
sale eapitaliets were completely at fault in
their expectations that these hard times have
=I
The great question then is, arc there no
warnings by which this cnsis might be fore
seen by men of sagacity Was the experi
ence of 18.37 nothingf It reminds no of the
story of death promising a young man three
sufficient warnings before he came again to
take him away. As he grew old, he became
deaf, then his eyes failed him, and then he
grew lame, anti could. only sit in his easy
chair. But he could cat and drink and sleep
and laugh, until one day death called anti
told him he had rome for him. The man
complained. that Death had not fultilird his
promise, and RIM that he was the inure Un
prepared that his hearing and sight had fail
ed him, and that he was not able to get
about so as to pick up the news of Death's
approach. Of course the man was convict( d
out of his own mouth. The lameness and
loss of sight and hearing were the three suf
ficient warnings, had he only so considered
Chem: •
Now it is Just thus with these panics
They have given different warnings, all of
which have been laid down in works of po
-- liUcal-eomsaersyr-time-and-again---- --
For instance we have had large issues of
paper money and high prises, in high no
' triad Fkonomy, p. 2118, Dr. Wayland has
Fund. "large issues and high prices create of
necessity mercantile distress and stagnation
of business " Could anything more exactly
have described our times of late ? Paper
has been pushed into circulation by all sorts
of expedients. Batik notes from Eastern
States have been sent out West on porpose
that they might he a long time before they
could reach home for redemption Still lar
ger sums have been loaned to Rail Road and
other companies, on the express condition
that they should not be put into circulation,
except in the West. and then they have
been taken at once to the brokers in New
York
Look at the New Yreik,Banking capital.
how it has grown within a flew years. And
so it has been all over the country. Now
here was in itself a full and sufficient warn
ing. and the question is. why did not the
knowing ones ace d T Simply because it
oame on them by degrees, as deafness comes
on the old man, or the inactivity that, by
taking away his powers of exercise, makes
him look only the fuller in the face until
stricken down by apoplexy. Every one said.
it Is true, pnces are getting higher and high
er, but it is caused, not by estemion of pa
per, but by theinflow of gold fir if they
examined and eatisfled themselves that there
were large issues of paper money, and that
merlons times were coming, they looked for
them only far ahead. dielr-inade !Sum that
things ueuld remain all right till they had
realized from this and that speculation.
But then this ery influx of gold was in
itself also a warning to a wise man Look
at the times when gold has increased rapidly
in any country, and it will be found that it
always his produced immense mercantile
fluctuations. This is well known, and ex
pressly laid down in Wayland's Political
Economy. The reason is plain. The influx
of gold,causes a great rise in other property,
, because gold is made cheaper. It makes it
sinner, therefore, to pay deblii. Hence every
body wishes to pay property on credit, be
cause it id sore to become dearer, and the
money cheaper, and they strain that credit
till it snaps, lienoe, with a rising tide of
gold coining into a country, speculation is
sure to rise and panic to follow. and depres
sionseml fluctuations of all kinds. Bow
then were the capitalists deceived ? They
s knew it was coming, but they thought not
yet.. Besides, in 1854, there was a tightness
and sort of panic in New Yiwk, but it mimed
away. Every one supposed that thing,' had
been probed to the bottom then, and it hid
been shown that there was nothing un
healthy or speculative in the movement.—
Hence they argued tbatlif all those Western
investments were not bobbles, they would
f-4Ler--Anti --furtbee l they
went, especially in Western lands.
The disproportionate , and enormous Im
vestment of capital in real estate, such as
lands and costly houses, most of which were
unproductive, was another sign equally, cer
tain of &coming panic, for most of it wee
done on credit, and capital was thus locked
up,
nen, then, were three sufficient winnings,
yet none heeded them. Now the question
it, to what estwit the woe canoes bavebein
oparatingjn England. in Franco we know
they have, by tb ilkiebfrielailkijoad leach,
ed, and the costly buildings in Paris. Wher
ever they hive*, and in the same properUon,
this panic will be felt.
Lotto , fna.lowa..•.,
We received it letter some time ego from
In old - " chuin''' in lowa . , from Adoli *0
have taksin the liberty to extract the feline,-
hug paiegnaph. tf the Major gets!! soured"
vilth the privilege we hare taken, we will
have to give him some eight or ten acne
of Ilendeock County Land and a copy of
the Democratic Watchman, until he gets
pleased agnin. BUt to the letter : '
The Watchman has made its appearance
regularly during the " Stretch of Western
Travels," and was'nt I highly nattered to
find my name in print ? and did'nt it aston
ish me to tee it in it paper printed'away
yonder in the " Old Keystone I" a State
in which I never lived in all my life, nor
never espect to, and more than all the rest,
have no desire to. Notthat I have any ob
! jsclion to the Pennsylvatians ; for we have
some of them here;, even some of your old i
Centre county folks, and whore will you i
find a more jovial set of boys than the 4-1
1 vine—or a more fnendly old man than Untie
John. and is'et the old man Itnlasters a
joker of the first water ? and as for " Will"
and the rest of the family, they're always
!on their taps. These are a few of the "Ceti.
tre-ites '• with whom I've formed an acquain-
tiince, •and I must say they are the veryi
cream of what we call good folks. But when'
they left, I don't wish tii . insinqate
_Asti
i•C'iTnire'coUnty was purged of its hest eiti
rens—for liav•iit I seen Maj. Weaver and
Bob Lipton I and don't I know •• Bob's • j
brother.; here ? and ain't they all " broth " 1
of ho) s , 1 tell you Smith. I believe " Old
Centre " nt made up of the ' milk and hon
ey
" of humanity.
The weather is delightful, which is for
tunate for every body, as no one is prepar
ed for winter, especially the farmers, for the
corn generally stands as it grew. and there
may be sonic cold lingers yet before it is all
gathered.
The crops were distressutgly good this
year, and stakes many a fanner miserable,
for he can't sell his grain at hardly any
price, and has'nt Neatly enough to eat it up.
Wheat is dull at MI cents, Cont and Oats
at 2:1 eento, and Potatoes at 25 cents. I
tell you fernier* won't starve lit re this win
ter if they don't pay their debts. I would
like to take the Watchman and pay for it in
surveying linneock County Lands." Can
you send it on such terms f You mulct ei
ther do that, or 'tend it on time—payment to
be made when the times get good, fur mo
ney is no longer mentioned here among the
things that are. Give my love to " Bob "
and the " Major " and- believe me,
Truly Yours, MAJOR JONES.
Light Ahead.
_The Ne.w_Yerk Ca( rfff and En/wirer peti
mates the commerce of the United States for
present fiscal year as follows :
Fat portn,
Imports,
Balance in our favor, A 151,000.000
Add California hold, 40 000 000
$lOl 000,000
40.000,000
Debt due Europe
Balance
From this it can be seen that i fßuriipe re
mains solvent, the balance due us, after pay
ing the debt which is now due to Europe
will exceed ONE HUNDRED AND FIF
TY NIII,I,IONS (IF DOLLARS I This ac•
cording to the opinion of the paper above re
ferred to - always good authority on such
matters -is an under estimate of exports,
ittt l ip all hmian probability, they will ex
ceed that amount. it these figures should
"he realized, and we believe they will, in less
than In vive months the country will have
not only recovered from the present panic,
but it dl show a state of prosperity such as we
have never experienced before in ourhistory.
Wad European and Indian Newt.
The Intelligence es:celled by the Arabia,
says the Press, Is six days later from
EU1TV1 2 1111.4.1 a fortnight name recent from
India It tit unusually important.
The Arabia, which tool out the news of
the New York banks having suspended spe
cie payments. leas brought back tidings of
the effect of that news upon the monetary in
terests of England, in particular, and of
RT --A TtUF:I.T HINT. —l'he Europe '" general. The impression, on the
regular term of the November Court will "Dud "' money market, Was ortindi feller
the worst was known The English funds
mummer. this Borough on the 4th Mon- t i
had even risen, by the late advwes —partly
day, the 2.3 d inst. The term iv likely to be
no doubt, to the cheering liens from
one of unusuesimterwst, as there axe many I
awing,
India. It was considered in England, that,
important costs to bathed. %Mils eininec
ere tins oho entire note issues - of' the
toms e will also add, that as ntrirfiersons lon g
I State of New York were again performing
ill be coming to town fromdifferent sec
the functions ol ;urreney ; that business
bons of the county,' an excellent chance
would adapt itself to this phase. fhe Lon
a ill be offered nor friends to remember the
pri„ter trust nor friend*
will
not , don Times says: When the New York
forget We are in want of funds, and it i note circulation shall have been legalized a.l
a tender no one will want gold, except for
is our desire to do a cash business, or wady
the purpose of oxporation or hoarding, and
so, from the fart the e have not the capi
remittances from this ride uould there
to! to indulge our friends long. The amounts any
due uv from each is only small, and we feel I fora
inevitably result in loss." and that,
sore can he...discharged w ithout any inconve- I " supposing all the arrangements fur legal- '
'ming the existing suoPension to be duly
niezace To those who have already done so,
and to those who attend to the matter pone- carried out, the Iluw of bullion will, in t he
course of a montlirw - tWo. find again its nat.
Melly, we, are under many obligations--
ural channel, and, instead of passing from
and haw much better it Is for our pitrons
to pay 80, the advance iw t eeed t h e w itte h.4 Lottdou to New York, will come Itotri New
York to London." The Times further be
mon, than defer the matter until the end of
they car, avid he then under the-necessity or haves " That the banks between now and
the sth of April will have not die slightest
paying one eollar additional for the skill).
gooney. Subscriber! will please keep aii difficulty iu recovering wliktever stock of
bullion play be requisite Itir them safely to
eve upon our terms of publication •
All Omni; Who are in favor of the
return to °ash paymvuts. Under these cir.
pendence and success of the Watchman will l
,
, cumstances there will be a good hope that a
please give us a'i sou/a" on court Week. t "12;1°PtY of those
_among the firms datvly
broken by tens Roll hundreds who have pre
viously coqdtictod their business on honest
principles till be able to resume, and that
the ultimate prospects of creditors on this
_side will prove far less gloomy than has
been ripently apprehended. This will, be a
point to test the honor of the American trier
canti le comunuaity."— The Times was rather
stow—for the New York banks, even a week
ago, had °e'er sixteen millions of specie in
Actor-eitfea-:
&NC:AVE/dr GEN. NV autati.a-lien• Walker
and about four hundred men started from N.
Orleans on the 11th inst., on an expedition
Gi Nicaragua. They had's thousand stand
of arms. a large quantity of munitions and j
provetionn for thr'de or four months. On
the morning they left, Walker was arrested ,
and gave bail the sum of $2,000 to apl
pear.for examination on the 17th inst. The
1 -earl-ef -optiree-wee ferfeitiati
Emphatic instructions have been sent I
South with the view, if possible, of inter- 1
eepting the General and his party.
The tariffof wentNinto operation on
the lat. of December, DAS, ind continued
until June 30th 1857, ten years and seven
months. During that period our imports
were 22,404,168,846, and our exports 112,-
4161,151, 0 10 , . During that period our ex
poriefirt. Es to foreign countries were
' ,302. The amount of our toualip
Floyd id toreigr. commerce was 1,800.-'
MO tops annually, the aggregate earnings
et whiett, during that period, (rid t of bare
beau less than $280,000,000.
Kaaies--OarmWa . ,
We have not had tune to prepaile atrerticle
nn the Kansas - question, and therefore; as we
ate anxious to be put upon the record as a
Oem supporter of the policy amOine of con
duct pursued by Gov. Walker, we copy the
following from that able Democratic journal
the National Deinocret" of Johnstown, as
expressing ohr views :
" President Iluclianan's Administration
will certainly be much strengthened in the•
opinion of the whole American people by the
-just and honorable course of Gov. Walker,
in Kansas. The impartial conduct of the
Governor is using his powers to enable the
people to fairly express their opinions on the
questions which are to establish. the com
plexion of the future State, meets with un
go:Elided praise,. The act of casting out
the fraudulent pohl.ef the Oxford district, is
one 'Mich stamps him as a man eminent ly
fitted fqr the position.he occupies. Although
that act does not entirely meet the approval
of some of the Kansas ultras, the mess of the
Democracy, both there and elsewhere, must
and will acknowledge the justness of the
proceeding. The strength to be hereafter
acquired in consequence of such fair dealing
will more than overbalance the slight ad
vantage which might accrue in tho present
from a contrary course.
A few more suck etstesnotyßita perfor-.
minces and the Republican party wi'l wre
cover-ably fall before the onward and upWard
march of Democracy. A vacitating pelicy
has to some extent heretofore fostered and
kept alive that mania. The inauguration of
President Buchanan was the dawning of a
new era Involuntarily, upon his advent,
the opposition lost confidence in their plans,
and his every act so far has earned to de
stroy their effectiveness. The wavering and
disaffected arc again fulling back upon their
original hope with re-assured confidence in
Democratic doctrines and measures. A
more convincing evidence of this fact is no•
where more conclusively afforded than in
the late election in Pennsylvania.
" According to Gov. Walker's proclama
tion and other evidence pnxhiced,the Oxford
precinct, in Johnston County, returned a
mud' larger vote than the population war
ranted. Guided by no other sentiment than
that of truth and patriotism, at the risk of
political and personal disgrace, he rejected
the returns and declared them as they were,
illegal. Ilia action in this, although at first
reported as warranting his removal, has met
wit)" approval at Washington, and whatever
his instructions may have been with regard
to purging the poll, he hair assuredly per
formed a noble act. If, in so doing, he has
transcended powers entrusted to him, the
uprightness of Ids course entitlee him to
clemency, I tis not the design of Detnocra
cy to triumph through fraud. It cannot be
the will of the Chief Executive nor the de
sire of the noble Democracy to punish with
disgrace bun who're:okra to nation • ser
vice, even though decefying of ermine for
looking above technicalities.
Since the foregoing was written the in
telligence has arrived that the return', from
three precincts of Alc(lee Count) have - been
thrown out The reform, it appear a. 1.4 to
be made most thorough iii the Tern tor)
We hope Goy. Walker n ill stand firmly by
the position hellos taken, nit only to the
p resent diffiCulties but in all the future acts .
of kih executive mission."
$437,000,000
•AB6 ,000 .000
8151 000,0(0
Many commercial failures and suspen
skies' in England and Scotland were report
ed, chiefly in connexion with the American
trade. The Liverpool Borough Bank was In
difficulties, and would have to 6 wound up.
In the leading commercial cities of Europe
large houses were in difficulties.
The death of General Cavaignac, who
played such an important part,
after the Revolution of February, ii4B, is
reported. In • following &rusk: we relate
the loading events of his pukka life.
!kaki has hilleti T aud-it may ka,eaid that
thereby the nook of the rebellitia Is broken.
The Sing of Delhi has escapeil. The storm
ing of that stronghold, " the Sacred city" o'
the Hindoos,, ooditpidd ids dela, and, 'alit
hard win g and severe lap, the !kit*
forces or tleucrd Wilsom - resamed pint ,
session 'st Delhi. The British three was
about if*o against some 35,000 of the am
lifters. The Bi lush force was very weak
M artillery, which was the strong arm of the
,army. As many as two hundred pieces of
ordinance were captured by the British on
two days of the siege. At the latest, date
Lueknow atilt hold opt, ikud svotild immedi
ately be relieved by Outxam and Jilin:lock.
'two of the Bengal "native regiments had
mutinied in a very civil manner, offering no
violence to their officers. In parts , of the
Bombay presidency mutiny he been exhib
ted, but was put down. At Madras all
was quiet. It will be noticed that.Deliti was
captured 'teithottl the aid of the fresh forces
from England.
. .
Th• Murder at the St. Lawrence Hotel.
SOME NE P' DEVELOPMENTS.
fhe •
ilkesharre Recodof the Times, af
ter copying our account of the recent mur
der at the St. Lawreiwta Hotel; in this city,
termites the following correct and reliable
information in regard to the parties concern
ed
Tip. first Inisiness'connection between the
deetZsed and thelkther of 31m. Smith was
the partnership of Carters, McCauley & Co:,
111 the Anthracite Iron Furnuce near lytAett..
halve In the fall of rata. - tfuainess brought.
Mr. Carter frtipiently to Wilkesharre, where
lie became acquainted with the only daugh
ter of Mr. John McCauley, his partner. The
young lady was then at one of the schools
this place.
In conversatiM with an aunt of the young
lady, a sister of her father IN ho kept Inenie
for him, Mr.'Carter. proposed to take charge
of MINS NlcCa ley's educatton. A second
dine it was proposed to the aunt, when it
was mentioird to the father who at once
promptly declined the offer. It was renewed
and urged 111)011 them as II matter of kind
ness to the young Indy anti of friendship for
her father, who having entire confidence in
the honor of Ins friend,,att last consented to
part with his only daughter, who was tooth- 1
orison, and tq lieu almost as the apple of his
eye. Mr. Niter came fer her in his own ;
carriage in March ism:, and promised to re
turn her to her foully, educated and a cred
it to them
At the Wilmington School or College,
where she was placed, Mr. McCauley felt
satydied that she would be safe and under
the monodist e charge of teachers. A si,ter
of Mr Tom Wash Smith was preceptress of
Mi.r4 Met at this College, and through
her he became acquainted with Miss McC.
The intimacy ripened into love•nd he asked
consent of her father to thew marriage ni No
vember, and again December 4, 1R57 This
wow lefused, not from any objection to the
young man with whom there was no acquain
tance. but on the ground that the cpurtship
was short. and that his daughter hail not fin
ished her education. The lettlers of Mr
Smttit,. short and w ell written,. were tery
much in his favor.
Notwithstanding the father,' COII6OIII. was
taA gtvoti. iditt_nuftroaga took place in Leeew•
tier, 11456, just about a year ago. in four
month.' from that time ?der Smith gave birth
to a child, which aas the tirst knowledge
het husband had that wrong had been done
tint, They separated, the 0 ifioioing to her
grandmother in Chester conniy ; or o'lll4l
both le r father and inother were native. She
had been home on a viva but once, in August.
Sinee her mi,fort tine her fattier, her aunt, and
tin Mother hate ea•h visited her to Urge her
home bubsome 111r1111.11er )104 always re
vente lit Perhaps that intlnettre 141100 re•
In wane of the pgperB II IN at CIA that
I, \h Caster fro.inently left school to meet
Curtur,anu et co teat cle.l W N iagai a it ith
Lou Thin 1 , the first intimation her
here ever had of it. if moll IS 1 4 feet.— Can
the principal of any of the preceptiCOWS of
the collego throw light on the matter f llnu
could a )(nly lady continue such a ionise
Gtr niontlei a title under their cult, and no
Olle %aspect it
It is to be suplxised.that 16et Loot% nr lit
tle about utliels of their eetwol. and arc rev k •
leas of (he it elfin c of the imply 1 Strange
that et en MISS Snnth should hate been so ng
natant of her friends conduct.
Some explanation is certainly due to the
friends of Skis.. JlcCa.tley, and to the public
who support this oollege
The New Stay Law
I The most material change that has been
introdriced in the law as it stood prior to the
13th of October. 1857, consists in the facts
' that our year is allowed as a stay of exeen
!
Lion on all judgments. without regard to
amounts, where the debtor is able to come
plr with the usual conditions : whereas
t hitherto the tune of the stay has been grad.
''loved aecoriltng to the amount of debt (hi
judgements hereafter obtained, the stay Is
to be computed from the first day of the
term to which suit is brought. A judgment
debtor could always plead his freehold, but
that' freehold consisted of onanrumberett teal
estate. Now,'lle is allowed to plead his free
j bold, if his estate be north the debt over
land above sixteen ineembraures in thin
I respect the law has been modified. Hither•
' to, on judgments before plilerine», three,
six. or nine months stay has been allowed,
and ut court, lax, nine, or twelve months,
according to the amount of the Judgment,
and the stay was obtained either - by plead
ing a freehbld worth the Antonin of the jsdg
ment, and free from incumbrances, or by
=teeing the security of a responsible tartan.
Now, the time is made uniform, that is, one
Tear, without regard to the sum recovered.
hut still there must be security. There is
no such salting as a stay without a security.
and this egregious ignorance of the law
should at once corredted. There are also
qualifies ons and exceptions in rho act of
thif 13th October, 1857, vfhich go l'ar
deprive L defendant of the benefit seeming •
held out l'o him.' If lie has had his slay, or
if be hiss vtai wed it he cannot demand the
new stay. Indeed, this provision of the
cent act, like many others to be found in it,'
promises In lea relief only in name—an
empty shadow and a feeble hope. It will
not prevent the bringing of a single suit,and
we venture to express the opinion that there ,
is not one case in ten, perhaps not one in fif
ty, In which the debtor can comply with its
requirements, in order to avail himself of its
so called benefits.—Press.
Trft' - itaiffis ra - nosias;lC.- - 11Thw many coin,
mon flgeratire expressions; its our language
are Ixorowesl - from the art of carpentry, may
he seen from the following sentence :- - The
lawyer who had flied the Lill, shaved a note,
clitt an acquaintance, split a hair, made an
entry, got up • ease, framed In endiotment,
ll•panuctlnd a jury, put them into a- box,
nailer) •, witnoss, hammered a judge, and
w
bored a hele court in one day, has sine.
laid down law and turned carpenter."
The investigations into the Akira of the
Bank of Pennsylvania show * balance in fa
vor of the Baok of $400,000 after all their lia
bilitiett are laid provided They wake all their
collection{; this will divide about $2l a
Oar° to the stock holders—sixty days ago
this stock Sold at $llO.
gam et
4 . B
fct Nowtait Yelt- -;=:- •
igr Bees newiliads:
UJ The Jersey Shore flank- has gone into
operation.
!LIT Prompt and able Lawyers—Linn k
Wilson.
1- - 7 The yellow fetorle on the inercese ii
Ncw Orlearm.
Pcj" Toner k Stade are selling goodn'yery
low.
0:: - ,- For nest garments—Consnit Wont.
goutery & Son.
For neat and substantial B oot! and
Shoes -1 30 to Boalieh's. t ,
a 3 For a fast horse, good buggy and
clever fellow, z Golo Bible.
fr7' A . rrived—Mr. I. Frost. Ile is rather
" cool" these mornings.
(lam Suspended—our corn pile.-Hope some
customers wilt bear this in mind.
001. Geo. M. Kepler of Plno.Vrove,
has our thanks for a tine lot of nipples.
Cf_7 — Men will wrangle for religion, write
for it, die fur it, anything but live for it.
0:`" lo a had humor—Our opponents.
They'll fvei better when it quits hurting:
fr - ^Why is a dead iltick'like a dela ,doc
tor ? , Becanse both have 'stopped quarLsog.
(17 The mosquitoes have quit presenting
their 6,713,, creditors hare taken their place.
f r--,- Oen. Jackman declines being a en nth
.llAlr—fur_Japeakor of the pest. [Lou,,.. of Rep. ,
resentatives, • • •
1 1_7 Love, the plague, and the amall-pox,
are often communicated ihy the clothing
That'a a fact.
(1 - 7 - Sheriff Waddle goes out of office next
week. The AcrifTham made a good officer,
and is a very clever fellow.
25 A wiso man will speak well of his
ncighlaw, love hi 4 wile, take tho Watchman
and pay for it in advance.
Prj --- Frnnk Baler continues to edit the
Jersey Shore ileilithlican Can't spare !HS
servioefi in the Democratic party.
Z7'it is supposed that the pavement a
round the Court House yard will be laid
sometime between this and Augsxt next.
a:7'l he question asked I.t . y — a hospital
i
physcian was: flowninny deaths 1"
NI l* Why I tw0......A .0•OW100 r
ten." Yes, hittpne wouldn't take it."
Ty. In peeling onions, poet a largo needle'
in the mouth, half in and half out. The
needle attracts the bulb, .inti any number
may he peeled without effecting the eyes.
Tr -- The publication Of the Thtnrdle Intel
ligeurler iifenntinued by Mrs Valentine Best
as proprietress. lisenr F. Kepler is engaged
as eihtnr, awl seems to discharge his duties
with ability
The latest quotations of flour in New
York., is silting at four anti a half and live
dollars per barrel --and from present indica
tions provisions of all kinds will come down
:onsidcrably from the prices now paid.
a.. - Adam Rishel of Marion townahip rais
ed a Turnip in his garden that measured
twenty-seven and a half inches in circurofisks.
enee, and weighed eight pounds. Consid
erable turnip, that. Would'int care if a few
of them would turn-up" this way.
Tlie other day a Jew was quizzing an
Irishman, and kept at him until hillocas some
whst aggravated, when turning round he
tartly remarked • "h'es rkini your Jowl,
if it hadn't been for the likes tif yvea, the
Sal lour would bin alive now, and doin'
Judge Claggett , of the first judicial
district in fun a, inAde a rule that lawjers
oho had eases in ,:ourt should not leave
without notice This did not please them :
amt to 101 l him honor out of countenance
they would get up, one after ,another, and
sav Nail long faces and juvenile accent,'
thir, non) I go out V Ills honor='
Isere thus as long nohe could, when he liati
them all put in tail. It 19 said that Ito putt
lac edifice, not excepting —tho penitentiary,
rug' conLiineti su much latent fast:alit) an
the Madison jail IN lit,r 11111.11 with the law
yers of the dittiriet
A Deplorable Picture
.The lollotring to an extract from a letter
of a highly respectable and intelligent citi-
Aeit of Baltimore to a friend in %Washington,
city. It gives a deplorable picture of
more, but, deplorable as it is, the - pie. -
not a new one to our readers :
BAI TIMORIK. Nov. 6, 1857.
***** • •
A word now with regard to the election
this city I had hoped, from the promises
of Mayor Swami to the Governor and eiti
'arm that the democrats would hare bten
protected in the attempt to exercise the
proud privilege of au Aruencan citizen—viz
the elective franchise, but how villanoinily
I hate ae been deemed ' Not only lime
ihouaands been dented that privilege whose
misfortune it was to be born in another
;Hoe, (many of whom had resided here for
to etity, thirty, toot forty years,) hilt others
who were born on American soil to the num
ber of setfe'ral !house:id, some of whom had
been engaged in the war of 1812-'l4, aid
defended this very city from the mission of
a British soldiery Thu I Anon. of my own
personal observation. The plan adopted to
doter meth from voting ors 'Ao approach every-,
person with a Know-Nothing ticket, and if
they refused taking them to issue threats,.
and to drive them from the place of voting.
In one instance, in a family of my ac•
quaintance, whore three sons of lawful age,
and a father, who had lived here for ten or
twelve years, they were all compelled to
flee from the polls without votingiather than
be beaten from them. In every Instance al
most where a foreigner approached the polls
he 'a as knocked down and beaten in a moat
brutal ,iinanner, and half-grown youths dis
cuised and made to vote the know-nothing
ticket. _ _. _ -
The torch of the incendiary lighted up the
dwellings of the Democratic_xtuars ere the
close of the day's. bruielity on the part of
the runianit The papers do not contain
onwt. hetet-nth part of the doings oryctiter
day, simply because the repiorters'were de
terred by fears of being assaulted hereafter:
Thointelligenckfrom other portions of the
State is cheering to the Democrats-more cc.
pecially frcuu the north-western, a 9 vou will
perceive by loonorroiv's papers. Title cit'y
la a doejned city, and many will be compel•
cif to go from it fitr p9accful security and the
exercise of a freeman's rights. God knows
I 'desire to leave it, and I trust in God that
something will turn up to my radvantage by
which i may be enabled to do so."
-
Weir - airy Cass has received a letter from
Judge Eck - les, the Chief Justice of Utah. on
his way to the Territory, and. beyond Fort
Laramie, stating that the Express had ar
rived, bnnging intelligence of an attack en
the 'Quartermaster's Train- of the Expedi
tion, by the Idernsons,A which seventy
eight ahny wmoiss and their contents were
destrofdd. The Oovornment °Moen hero
do not fully credit the report.
There its world whore so dorms intrude
—i heaven of safety sgsinst the temp e st
of
life—a little world of joy and love, o inno
cence and tranquility, Suspicions are not
there, nor the venbra of shuider. When a
man eutereth it, he fotgefii his sorrows and.
cares, and disappoinUfnents ; lie'opene a tE his
heart to oontidence and pleasures, not min
gled with remorse. This world is the home
of a.virtuous, and amiable mother.
tautVif the Teao In
Illaroneburg, ee e GO.
le teltentre mti a call bit4l:l du Su.
./peilesliMitlitnt, J. 1. Burrell t 9/., to
efw-from ttur Townships oink
/Venn and Gregg, cohvened bn Obtobbir 30th ,
in th• -morning, in the AendemY
and organized the meeting by selecting (leo.
W. Minos as President, and . J. ft. Dimm,
Secretors fur the present session.'
On inplion of Mr. Ware'', it was resolve/A
that • oMsomitte• be appointed to report the
names of individuate ae candidates, to he
elected to the,permattent , offnies of this Insti
tute.
'ClimmitteirideCartney,kendey and Bun
tell.
On motion of Mr. 'Burrell, another com:
mittoe was appointed of four rneenbore, to
collect 'whalers for a model school.
Committee—Xrquimiller„Shoup, Scherrarts
and Erhard.
.0n motion of Mr. Erhard, the Inetitme
adjourned to meet again at If o'clock, P M.
filen:VD netjOri.
At 1} o'clock, P. M., the Association rigain
convened, find the President in the chair, the
meeting was opened eith prnyar, alter which
they proceeded to business.
The committee to ndminate officer* pre-
Rented the following . nanny. yiz ;-^T free:
idiot, 111. 0. Deinieger, of Mi ; for Ite•
cording Secretary, J. It: Gimm, Principal of
the Aaroneborg Academy ; fur Oorrelpend
ing'Secretery. T. G. F:rhetre, of Aaronslotri
and for fremorer, Gem. W. ilitinee. ,of the
same pinee. These irere unnnlmonely elect
ed to their reepectire offices by a riairig vote
The, Prenidrnt (.4.11111 , n deli‘e'red n
innugurnl ar•follow,
rEI I,OIY TEACIIISIIq • -It is with feelings of
gratitude to you, and of diffidence iu myself,
that I assume the responsible position ensign
ed mn by your partiality; yet, being one of
the first moors in the organization of this
Institute it would ill beeline me to hesitate
in the discharge of r portuty you mny ere
kind +pint of f. obearance vvltich ever char
neterkes the Teacher for the pardon of any
wenkneas or error that mac occur to one,
.trangqr to'n-deliberaiire body. Allow toe,
fellow teachers, in eongrittulnte poi upon
thin happy ailsiecif —the first meeting 0. a
Tenehees Institute in the lower tnwmihip
of for famed Old Centre! The ardent wisb
col many a teacher in heron ith realized But
our woik.ie just begun. May It progree•
v, tat telling force upon the menial and moral
condition of the reboot-yawl' of nu/ beautiful,
voltam. ;
A word with regard' to homilies. I re.
gird institute* fe pieces where teachers
.hotild be taught ; and in artier to secure the
"(treated good to the greatest number,'' they
must be conducted in such a manner that
all Teachers present may, feel free to pare•
emote. The liana and attention of the In•
inutile should not be niminpolizeit by a few,
which spa/ern roust rob those who need moot
of the benefit towing from the same.
Let ua prove our faith by our works. Let us
.how unto the world that we are teachers
not only for the very muderate compenaminn
we receive but that we !we the wothlming
of the ' youth of nor land" nt heart.
The committee on Ininineas then reported
tbo order. nitich_ nito informally _re-mired.
On woti.m of NIT. !Sorrell. ft committee of
three n•ns appointed on finance.
Committee—Rea/10, Schwartz and Croni :
miller
It was then resolatOwpitst le to the
cultism of sultjects,Vikt etrtlift • : At
ry Into the Lest motion of teactriug, the Al
phstbet" was taken up. Remarks were made
6-J.Netlm licatl•, Deane, Alexander. Er
he d, nurte'd and Reines Mr McCartney
ado some interesttag explannti.ns of
; and in i•unnecliun with
William and 1.hu3161 Kann, Iwo or hiA former
pupils, gave a very satisfactory exlolfitiontic
spelling by Use vowel Pnuudn.
On motion of Mr. Neatly, the dieconsion
of the subject wnn then closed.
The second subject taken up one the "Bent
method of teaching, spelling end prateltriein
turn " Remarks were tnnde by Mingsrn
Haines, Burrell, Deininger end leCarttie)
On motion Of Mr l,tlet'artnetr, the &linen,
niuti was closed in regard to the euhject
The third aubjeet ilisensised wan. "flow
shall the difficulty 'of teaching the English
Branch, s in Gorman djstriete he obviated V'
pentacle wt.rt , offered upon thin subject b)
Me ern. Hainan, Burrell nail Schwartz
Ou motion of J: It. Dian, they adjourned,
/after prayer, to meet at o'ulock in the
evening to 'intuit to the addrentee.
THIRD XMOUS.
The Associati in convened again, in the
evening nocordinglo pre;ions arrangement*,
and after 'prayer, and sitiging by the choir',
(who.fied been invited by a special motion,)
heard with pleasure able and very instruc
tive addresses from the following gentlemen,
upon the following subjects, viz ;—P. Kurt:,
"/TirTchler" of AnronsbUrg, up
on the subject of "The Common School Sye.
tem"; Rev. 'Welker, of ‘Villiameport, Pa ,
upon "Tha labor necaaaary to tboattamuout.
of an education, and hence its value"; B.
S. McCartney, of Donleburg, Pa., upcin the
subject of • Phonotypy"; and N.N. Mitch
ell, 11;sq , of flownrd, Pa., on the subjeot of
"The efficiency of the Common School Sy,.
tem "
AftOrli collection, prayer, returning thouka
to the speakers choir, and extending th•
latter another ihritation, the Association ad
journed to meet the following morning at 8
-
FOURTH sessiosr
The Institute came together on Saturday
morning according to arrangement, with the
President in the chair, and after prayer 4nd
reading of the minutes, proceeded to &mi
tes. A subject suggested by the President
WAS "flow can the intercalate(' the parents
be enlisted ?" 'Which was taken up and
disousited with mush Interact. Suggestions
were offered by Meson. Haines. Deiniogcr
end Burrell.
Ou'istotion of Mr: Barrel!, the dietrillei9D
was then sturpanded fiir thy present.
—Mr. Olin** t h en- tared: th I ittqa .
of six be appoissted to drefreeselutioge.
Committee—McCartney, Kurtz, Erhard,
Kentley, Bower and Haines,
fil it' °tint) of the same, a committee of
i A appointed to draw up a Constitu.
he"ndoption of this Institute at its
imil and place of meeting.
.liftiennittim—Dimm, Mine, and Magee.
TB
On motion, the suspended discusaien was .
again resymed. Remarks were offered
Messri..lllainee and McCartney. r
Ifhe itezt subject noticed was 07graphy.
Explanations were even by Messrs Erhard,.
Moines, Stitzer and McCartney in teaching
with the use of out-line maps
At ,the olose of this subject the Institute
adjourned, after _prayer, to meet at o'clock
0: M. •
I=
The Association coo's-tined at the appoint.
ed hotir, and alley prayer sad reading of the
minuted, adopted kb - order of business
The first subject in the arrangement was
‘in'telleetual Arithmetic." Mr. MeCartnej
gsre an exhibition of his * plan of teaching
this lanneli in connection with a class
The second subjeej xras,"The beet method
of teaching grammar." Meeere. Magee,
Rearic, )eininger, McCartney, Stitser and
Burrell intuit, remarkm.
Tlie third entjeet was "The be method
of teaching to reed. N . McCartney and
Burrell gave an cxlichition of teaching by
he old' plan rhieh wour traiyannivieg. The
atter and Mr. Eteininger., with a olasa of
young Juliet', gate an otample of the new
mode which preented the adramage of the
latter over the former: • •
lij requelt of tha Pi:esident, itleCurt
pxy then molt' the chair.
The fourth subject wit% "The hest mode of
xellonl government." Remarks were mode
upon this topic by Messrs. Kentley, Dimm,
Doininger, Erhard end MeCeriney.
On motion of Mr. Stiller, thedbmossion of
the subject thou cloned.
On motion of Mr. Deininger, it was re
"aved that the Institute of Teatimes from
the Township of Miles, I'enn, Mune.; and
Oregg. meet at Iteberstori,, on Friday nrd
~r .t.e ,eciutd in 16""d'"
next, for the pill-pose of adopting n Conti
to
On mUtion of Mr. Erhard, n etimmittee
wee appointed to make errangereents for the
next meeting.
Committee — . Magee, (lennley and Cron,
miller
On motion, the Institute mljourned'en meet
fur the address n 4 a,Of o'clock in the evemeg
=
The Institute convened for the la.t time "II
Satunlay evening, acettrding to previous ep•
pointment, and after prayer, and singing by
the choir, the. audiemce listened with apps
rent 'interest to en address from J R
Principal of the Aaronsburg Academy, on
the subject of "Our Country and the Tench.
ers, or the relation between them."
On rtion of Mr. Durrell, it ins rest ~.1
that ti committee be appointed to solicit e p
len of the ndtlrteses of Messrs Kurt& and
Ditntr, for publication in the County paper.
and the Pennsylvania School Journal
Corn mitten --11.11nes. Shoup end Cron tut ,'
ler.
1 The committee to draft reedutions then
presented the following, vi Inch were 'the,
wards ndopted .
Revoked, That the Teachers' Inatome is
the only proper channel through whorl.
Teachers and teachin,-, cat; La hnotgl.l to
that degnre ef , perfeutson which the nei 11011
ties of the tinted and education demand, and
that the-ref...Po it—ia tjc. 4r...w4 dug* ed. 114-11g4
Feaclicr, who has the cause of Common
Schools At heart, and who desires to see It, •
ealliug et:ovisfrti, to become tin florin mete,
her of the Institute.
Rooked, That the Common School cease
in one deeply concerning nit, and that an
will endeavor to arouse the Litizens by all
tiri
mean. in our power to na ' cin
helvtca
este and duties iii tho ma.. r; iea to en.,
list thetu on the side of educe issa,,and Raca l 's,
and make them 'millet-mend their incaleula,
ble value to the present, as well as genera%
tions to come.
Ruolvd, That we hold that the Penney'.
crania School Journal ehnuld be in the hand,
of emery Teacher and friend of eduention
throughout the ICoyetnne State.
Rer,dred, Thnt- the faithful Teacher of
C ammo) Schools, dorm snore to preserve the
institutions of our country, than thn Stoles..
nine or Warrior
I /:',NOIONI. That l the ideal of tho Tender
the •'Grent TelCl/07," w he woo all lure and
goad v ill:
Itrsolred, That the anir•ion of this diligent
eqmpsteut and faithful Tent:her vi equal to,
if nut superior to, any calling upon earth.
Refolred, That we teach the poweratif let,
torn rather than their names; therefore we
hate resolved that the "Phonetic System". ie.
the most complete yet devised.
lit...aired, That the••"l'boongraphie Spot
tem" ie one that should forthwith be taught
in our sehoule as a myosins of sneering the
more
,thorough, perfect teaching of °ramp
eacrlay-anuf elcreationi and-also as a means of
trainipg the ear, the eye, die hand, the
oe.gue and the thoughts. •
Rooked, That we, the members of the for
el ti
sentiof this place fur the
providing
which
they have shown us in providing for our
wants among them.
Resolved. That we return our sincere
thanks to the members of the elndr, who
have favored us with their cheeringinusie.
Resolual, That we beartily encour age the
frequent visits of our County Superintendent
and the President of the Board of Directors
iu our Schools, to encourage us Di our labor
as Teaehere.
Ruelced, That the "Pennsylvania School
Journal the "Centre Democrat," the "Drm•
ooratio Whig," ths"Dentooratic Watchmen."
and the "Beriobter," be tweetially reques
ted to publish these proceedings.
On motion; die Institute then adjourned
to meet on Friday and Saturday of the see
end week of December r.ext, In Rebersburg.
J. R. Drum, Rea Sec,
The contest fot the office of dim United
States Senator in Kentucky, to be ailed - at
the next titmice of the Legislature, in which
the Detnocrsta have•* majority on joint bal•
lot,hppeaoe to be bettieett Hon. ;awes Gu.
thrift, laic Secretary of the Treasury, , and
Hon. Lynn Boyed, eorinerly speaker of the
House.