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The Looottipton Constitution
heretofore our remarks relativo to the
proposed State Government for tChnsaa,
been confined to such general prineiples as
' are founded upon truth rind justice, and
constitute the basis of correct Democratic
action. kor the reason that we did not con
' sitter ourselves in pimisessioit of a sufllcient
statement of the filets - and circumstances
, under which the Lecomptein Constitution
WSW formed, ire have until now refrained
from the expression of any decided views,
relative to the important subject of allowing
Kansas to be admitted into the Federal Un
ion under the Constitution now. presented.
The A merican people are, as a general thing,
habitually too linty and reckless in the for--
'mation of their opinions ; and having once
assumed a position, they adhere to it with
obstpato tenacity ; and blinded by preju
dice refuse to investigate calmly moil ration
- ally wriefi new lights as may be-brought lo
their sic w. In consideration of the impor
tance of OW republican Government to hu
man liberty. it is incumbent upon every cit
izen who has a just sense of Iris obligations
to his consitry, to %all till all the facts in
connection %rah an important transaction
ate del eloped, before deciding upon its mer
its or demerits. Thus only can ho be ex
pected to act intelligently and wisely in the
performance of his duties as a citizen of the
beet Government on the face of the earth.,
Rashness and impetuosity are and have ever
been the banes of all republican organize- j
hone : leading to incorrect dnd clangorous
action upon subjects and questions that ef
fect the uell being and vity existence of
'any CovernitentlAttider u hu li a people dins
actuated live.
Believing as we now do. that we are in
possession of a correct and full history of '
the Lecompton Constitution, from its earliest
incipiency to the present time, we are pre
pared to speak upon the subject, and being
satisfied of the coirectness of our conclusion,
we shall speak feailessly in defense of truth
and justice, although we should be alone
its support. Our implicit confidence in the
'wisdom and integrity of JAMES BLCHANAN,
has from the first led us to believe t&at the'
line of policy marked out by him would
prove to be directly in accordance with the
ancient and well established doctrines of
the Democratic party, and that the further
developments of the case wouhl lead to a
triumphant verdict of the popular mind in
his favor. Each additional fact that we have
learned in connection with the case, has
tended to confirm this opinion, and we are
prepared now to boldly declare ourselves fa
vorable to the admission of Kansas into the'
Cnion, under the Lecompton Constitution,on
an equality with the original States and
we are ready and willing to defend this po
sition to the extent of our ability, behoving
it to be the only safe, just and proper meth- 1
od of disposing of the question. It is pro
bable, that but few persons would disagree
with us in favoring the admission of Kan
sas, if the Constitution which is to consti- 1
tute the fundamental law of the new State
were free from objection : and in order to
avoid any unnecessary issue, we will assume
that all concur in the right of the people of
Kansas to form a State povernment, and be
admitted, irtheir proceedings are strictly in
accordance with law and order. Under this
neer of the case, our reasoning will be con
fined mole to the objections that arc made to
the Constitution, and Oa manner iu which
it was framed, than to the abstract right of
admission under any eireumstances.
The first great objection then made to its
admission, is, that the Constitution does not
embody the will of the people to ho govern
ed by it ; and that admission undi.r it would
ids the coercion of an unwilling people into
ft. State Government, is thus trot ? If so----
if the history of the affair establishes such a
Proposition, it would beyond all doubt lie
unfair and unjust, as well es arbitrary and
tyrAnical, to force poor " bleeding Kansas "
into the American Union We most inves
tigate affairs in Kansas, just as we would
the transactions ermine more peaceable and
law abiding country. We must trace the
history of events, Step ! V atop tank when
the whole have been gone through, and we
have Arrived at a conclusion, we must stop
and there take a firm-stand, until sonic new
fact ro lling . down the current of time drives
us from our position. What then are the
facts in this case r From the passage of the
Kansas Nebraska Bill, the first legal st - - -
tempt toward cluinging the 'Aim of GOV
eminent of the people of Kansas, that we
have heard,anything of, was the passage of
an act by the regular Legislature of the Ter
ritory, in July 1855, authorizing a vote of
the people on the queatinn of changing their
form of Government. and calling a•Conven
lion to (risme Constitution previous to ap.
plying for admission into the Union. The
vote et this election was'almost unanimous
urfsvor of the -proposed -change - and COm
^vention, the people thus indicating that they
licstred to be admitted Into the Union tinder
same Constitution. -
In obedience to this vote, thelegal Terri
torial Legisliture on the 19th day of Febru
ary, 1857, passed a law for taking a census I
of the people, providing for a Registry of the
legal voters, and for an election of delegates
to the Constitutional Convention. This law
was ample in its provisions, placing in the
hands of the people power to secure i full
and fair Registry of voters, and th eelection
of delegates that would rifled the will of
the; people. By it provision was midi for
vacancies in the office of Register; and one
month was allowed after the completion of
the Regintey for its correction, during which
(line the names of persons who were,omit
ted from the respective Registries, might be
inserted, end "such ne were improperly in•
serted might upon' competent testimony bo
erased. Notwithstanding the fairness of
this law, we are told that in some places
a large.number of the voters were not Regis
tered, and in some fictitious names such as
llornco Greeley, Thorpe 11. Benton and
WM. 11. Seward, were found upon the lista,
and in others the olllceis friled entirely to
puform their Let Seefetijry Stanton,
the then acting Governor of the Territory,
au.su cr and explain this. In ono of 'na l
speeehes, he says:
" It is not my purpose to reply to yourstatement
of fliers I cannot dos. from any personal knowl-
It 1110 either to nihnit or deny them. I
ma) goy, omelet, nave heard statetnents gaits
is authentic ns 'our oWn, and in some instances
' from ilietnbarsoryoar Own party, (republicans.) to
the effort that frau politiont friends have very
generally—indeed, almost universally—refused to
rfittielliatc in the pending proceedings for,rogiater
ing the linters of the legal voters In some instan
ens thole 111 . ,0 given Iletitioun names, and In nu- 1
11100011/1 others they refused le give any names at
all l'on enntiot deny that your party have liere
torrirc resolved Doi to take port in the registration,
and it appear, to mo that, without indulging un
generoo4 vu.pielons of the Intogrity of officers, rip
might roll Attribute any errors and. °Missions
the sheriffs to the existent/a of this troll•known and
controling fart "
Thus it will be seen that the conduct of
that party denominating themselves Free
Stnte, — tins on this occasion, strictly in
ac
cordance with all their actions since they
firet enterid thi Territory. Engaging in
rebellion and opposition to the I.,iovernnient
and laws,they now exert themselves to oh
street the free action of those Who are pro
oertlrKg - under - tiff preitt(^tlon of Itcr, to eg
! tablish a State Dovernment They refuse to
place Dieu 11 , 1111 PS upon the list of voters give
Twines Dint do not belong to them, and Af
terwards make it an objection to the Con
stitution that they NS ere not allowed to vote.
Surely they have no right to complain, and
no A tilecomptonite clan well doubt the
t, of F. P. Stanton. Relative to the
unties that we are told were en
ranehised, the evidence is, that
:4( them were mere Counties upon
maps, without a habitation or a name, while
others contained one or two hundred inhab
itants, and no one was thickly populated.
It is roii , ,ishint with the past history of
Black Republicanism, to make their griev
ances as great as possible when relating to
them, sr that we are not, surprised to hear
them complain of 110 votes being polled in
Counties where no person lives Perhaps
the Buffaloes and Nutt, i Amer-scan Indians
are members of their party, and should
have been allowed to rule that portion of
America called '' Kansas '' In populated
Counties, we hove ali:eatly seen that the
Registry law gave the people full power to
protect thenowlres If the proper officer
did not proceed at the time appointed to
take a Registry of the voters, the people
could call on the Probate "edge to perfortn
this duty ; and in case of Ins absen"e or re-
fusal, the not provided that the Governor
should appoint some suitable person for that
purpose. Nothing could be more complete
than the law do this pieta.
After the Registry's were all completed,
the time for amendment gone by, and the
lists returned to Acting Governor Stanton,
he proceeded as directed by the Territorial
law to make an apportionment of the Dele
gates. This he did with full knowledge of
the manner in which the Registry was taken
and of the disfranchised Counties;.as full at
least as he has had at any time since. With
these facts all before him he appoctionid
the entire number of Delegates allowed lry
the law (sixty) to those Counties in which
the Registry was taken Who can complain
of this 3 Surely not the inhabitantirof those
Counties in which they refused to be Regis.-
tered absolutely, or neglected to do so, by
not providing a proper officer for that pur
pose. Surely not those Counties in which
nobody' lives ; and most indubitably not
those Counties in which the Registry hail
been taken, and to which all the delegates
were apportioned.
On the 3d Moinday of June, 1857, the
election of Delegates was held ; and at this
election many of the Registered voters re
fused to go to the polls. The Delegates thus
elected met in Convention at Lecompton in
Sepnilmber last, and after a session of tome
two months, adopted the Constitution now
before the people of this nation. -
After much discussion the great distract
tug question of Slavery rva.4 submitted to z
direct vote of the people ; the result of
which was, 6226 votes for the Constitution
with Slarry, and 567 votes fur the Consti
tution without Slavery. Were we a resi
dent of Kansas this would be to us an insur
mountable objection to the Constitution
framed at Lecompton as -our fundamental
law ; but since the people to be effected by
it. flan_ .hy.l9.largs a,ltt&Jflfliy.Au
favor of retaining the Slavery clause, they
muet abide by it. Those who voted ao well
as those who did not vote, are held to have
participated in all of their various eleetiona
For it is a conceded principle of Democra
cy and Republicanism, that those who do
not vote either from neglect or refusal, au
thorize those who do vote to enact the law,
and they will be bound by them. If the
Free State party have the majority, as they
have always boasted, they certainly have
thrown themselves open to condemnation
for lying inactive, when they might have ,
moulded the character of a new State. If
Jim Lane and his followers had been half as
vigilant in securing a full and fair Registry
and a large vote,as they have been in scouring
and plundering the Territory, the Toter Of
every Free State man might have been lie
euied 'Willitint difficulty, "under the proir
alone of the laws.
This article has already extended itself
beyond our anticipations, and we must do
fer for future articles, our remarks on the
power of the Convention to make a Consti
tution, and on the bogus election of the 4th
of January.
In the mean time we desire it , to be dis
tinctly understood, that We road no Demo
crat out of the - truly for diflering from us in
opinion on this single quemtion. We are in
favor of the bitadest possible liberty of
thought and action,ond the apostolic in•
junction, to "receive one another without
r egard to doubtful disputations."
From Mexico.
• ',et!
Tho steamer Tennessee arrive. ffew
*deans on Thursday last with dates'to the
21st ult. There was but little change ip the
condition of affairs, though the new govern
mentl/4as violently opposed. General Mejia
was committing terrible \ outrages on the
people of Sierra Blanca, v'ho have applied
to the constitutional government of Guana
juato for aid against him. It was &ported
that the States of Vera erns, Oajaca and
Puebla had seht eight thousand five hundred
men, with forty-six pieces of artillery against
Zuloaga.
The troubles in' Campeachy have been
settled ; and the whole State of Yucatan is
united against Yuloage. The latter has is
ued a decree making the duty on goods im
ported via Vera aria andarTilmeo payable in
the capital, otherwise the payment not to be
recognized. The El Progreso comments se
verely on the Rot* of Minister Forsyth in
imitating the Y2F,reserftatives of 'European
Powers in recognizing the new authorities.
LATER "nom SALT LACRI. —The Ind4en
deuce correspondent of St. Louis Republi:
can, under date of the 16th inat., states that
the mail from Salt Lake lirrileed the peesious
night.
Conductor Denver reports the snow from
oto to six feat deep on the mountains. Ile
left Camp Scott January Ist, when the
troops were in good spirits, earnestly wish
ing for gorid weather and reinforcements to
make a descent on Salt Lake City.
From Mormon prisoners and straggling
Utah Tiidlfitie, Cnt J611110+:11 trofor tittifigal
of the movements of the Saints, who aro
making active' preparations for resisting the
troops in the miring. Their municipal reg
ulations aro very stringent, and suspicion
fastens upon everybody in the Mast inclined
to favor the actions of the United States
government.
Governor Gumming is performing the de
les of his office as far as ho is able.
The outward bound Mails am making good
progress. Many Indiana were meth on the
route and wore all friendly.
110 M. JAMES Williams. —The following
communication recommending our towns-
Ann for the office of Supreme Judge, we
clip from a late number of the Doyleatown
Democrat.
' Permit some of the friends of. the lion.
3,11 Burnside, of Centre County, to recom
mend him through the medium of the 'Demo
crat." in the Democracy of Pennsylvania as
a suitable candidate for Supreme Judge.
lie is widely known throughout the State
as a competent and impartial Judge, whose
decisions are looked upon as authority by
those in the profession.
lime experience for many years as an at
torney with a large and varied practice, and
as President Judge of a district noted for the
ability of its legal profession. eminently
qualify him for a scat upon tho Supremo
Bench.
In private life he is one of our most esti
mable citizens. Politically ho has ever been
attached to the doctrines emanating from
ttie standard hearers of the Democratic par
ty through all their adversities.
BUCKS COUNTY.
nAPLPICR'S MAGAZIDIII6—The March number
of has come to haod,and ful
ly sustains the reputation for which it has
so long been celehratett, Its illustrations
are magnificent, amonL tAich we notice
several that have been taken from places
that came under ctur observation during a
tour through the; western country, a few
months ago. The scenery along the Misais-
Kipp' river is .sery correctly represented,and
conveys strongly to the mind of one who has
been formerly an eye witness to its natural
beauties and business relatrons, the idea of
actual reality. The editor's drawer isindeed
a treasure in its way. Ilarper is always
welcome to our table.
This Magazine can be had at the Book
Store of Geo. Livingston, Esq.
The financial difficulties in 1857, in Eng
land, were of greater extent than any which
had previously occurred for a long time.--
There were no fewer than one thousand four
hundred and ta i tenty-nine bankruptcies ga
zettvd. Of these, seven hundred and sixty
tire were in the country, nnth.six hundred
and sixty-four in London alone. lu Liver
pool there were one hundred,and thirteen
in Manchester one hundred and fourteen, in
Birmingham two hundred and nineteen, in
Leeds one hundred and twenty-four, and in
Bristol one hundred and one.
VERT Sens ..—The Easton Argus says,
Governor Packer has publicly expressed his
determination not to appoint more than 12
new Ants, during the throe years of his ad
ministration. Ile says he don't want all his
friends to ho Lieutenant Colonels—that he
-needs privates in his army as well as offi
cers. The Governor i a very sensible man,
The idierality shown by our Governor's of
late years, in the granting of these commis
sions rendered the whole thing supremely ri
diculous. A dozen capable and well train
ed Anis aro enough in all conscience, for •
Democratic" Governor.
Ntw Corwrenrwrrs.—Wo - tact the - atten
tion of our readers to new and well executed
sountes felts which have just made their ap
pearance. One of thorn is a 35 note on tho
'Winstead Bank, Connecticut, and the other
a $5 note on the Union Bank of Frenchtown,
New-Jersey. Storekeepers and'others will
do well to be warned Against their noM - s,
whiff may be detected by a critioabinspet:
lion..
festival, which was bald in Philadelphia on
the 17th inst., lhe...nreliniiruary steps we
taken for the organisation of an editorial
aasociauon fqr the St ate. A president and
secretary were appointed, together with a
committee, authorized to issue a circular to
all the editors of the State of Pennsylvania
inviting them to assemble in Philadelphia
on the third Wednesday in April next. '
.The numerous friends 4 of the American
Sunday School Union, will be pleasod to
learn that the actual loss, arising from the
recent defalcation, will not szoinedl4o,ooo,
and that the managers, with the aid of a
few personal friends, have determined-ter
pay the entire loss out of their owe pockets.
PEN, PASTE & SCISSORS
a-_-,-- Pardoned—Wort:lle Stewart.
a".:7 Fizzl4—The Tyrone Herald.
TY" Too many cooks spoil the broth of a
boy.
Er 7. Trotted' out—The Spnng township
boys
Fora neat job, pile into tho Watch
man Office.
Kitehtm girls arc now termed "young
ladies of the other parlor."
r -We are again inildbted to the ;'resi
dent for raltiiktdo documents. - -
G:7* The Xew fork Post reads Senator
Seward ou.i,ol.ah'u Republican party.
0:7 No,sr seeyourset up for a musician,
just because you have drums in your ears.
[l:7- Read the e ootry of Alhe Bracken on
the first pags, bhe's a sensible gal—she is.
(t_" There ie nothing perfect in this
world." Douhted-.-iiiires
1/7`lVhen does moriification ensue ?
When you pop the question, afid are an.
crrd lie.
A lady feeding a printing press is apt
to catch cold, because sho has to 'lay on
damp sheets.
could you•mnkc a thin child fat 7
IVell, just pitch him out of thu window, and
.he will 00111" down plump. -
[l7 A hen-poeted husband says that in
stead of himself and a ifo being one, they
are ten : for she is 1 and he is U
tr,r Why arc-the cheeks of certain young
holies in this place like kis penny calico
'Kase washing fades them. Fact. ,
IF4 - A wag says of a congrogabon, that
they pray on their knees on Sundays, and
prey on their neighbors the rest Of the
week.
Ej Let a woman he de-ked with all the
etnlaTliqhineid , i of air arid . nithirci, )rfA, iT
boldness be read in her face, it blots out all
the hues of beauty.
ary'_When we see a pretty female fool,
we naturally conclude that it belongs to a
beautiful woman, on therprmeiple that all s
well that code well.
A friend at our elbow says we have
an advantage over other printers in town—
weqap 'bar llow and then take his
likeuttas after e.
tri- The Harrisburg Hairy Herald has
passed into the hands of Messrs Royall and
fitelleynolds, and is conducted with spirit
and ability. Crack away, Frank.
" Keep your eye open tight. " for
counterfeit money. We are informed that
there are a set of vagabonds in thts neigh
borhood who have a supply ou hand
a - We are pleased to announce that our
friend Mr. J. F. Campbell has taken charge
of the Blairsville Record. 'Xe wish him
success for the days of auld fang sync."
fri" Prayer in the morning is the key4hat
opens into the treasury of God's isereies and
blessings ; in the cetning it 1.1 the key that
shuts us i under his protection and safe
guard:.
tE7 The Massachusetts Legislature has a
dopted, an amendment to the Constitution,
providing that a foreigner shall reside in the
State two years after naturalization before
he can be made a voter
lar - Y• There is a man Down East, rather
factious chap, whose name m New. Ile
named his first child Sunctimag, as it was
something new. lii, next child Was Chris- '
toned Nothjng, it being nothing new.
[l:7 A bill has been introducelit into the
/kneeler Representatives for the sale of the
remaining canals l longing to the State
We are opposed to it, fur the reason that we
behove that it is a scheme gotten up to belie s
lit a set of pultheal rascals.
(17 - James Il Clay and lien. Cullom got
into a fight at Washington the other tlay„„
Gun. Harney and Col. .4timmer, Lieutenant
Bland and Commander lioutvrell, and vari
ous others belonging to the fumy and navy
are also at loggerheads—so that some duels
art anticipated.
tr 7 A new volunteer company has been
organized in this place, to be called the
" Leona." SArai Gilliland has lieen elected
Captain, (Co. Livingston, lot Lieutenant,
A IS. Snyder, 2d Lieuteranit, Harvey Mc-
Clure, Orderly Sergeant. ' Wo belong to the
rank and tile Their first' parade will take
place on the 32d day of this month.
Attaohgnent Dissolved,
The attachment levied upon the properly
of Mr. Mitts:me tato President of the Bank
of Pennsylvania by the President, Directors.,
and Stockholders of said Batik, was die
solved yesterday by' Judge Thompson. In
delivering the decision, the Judge remarks
" Tho pluntdtM have offered nothing,do sus
tain the charges made against the delendent,
upon which the writ of attachment was is ;
sued. No single overt act is proven, from
which a design to abscond can he inferred
Without such evidence we cannot Justify
an attachment, which would deprive the de•
fendent of his property, and the planitills
having failed to sustain the attachment, it
must be dissolved.
It is proper to add that the plaintiffs have
not opposed the application.
The attachment is therefore to be dissolv
ed upon payment of the costs, and the ex
penses incurred by the trustees in the per
formance of their duties."
TEE KANSAi 9ractAb COMMITTEE —The
special commutate of fifteen raised by the
House of Representatives on the atimiasion
of Kansas hold an adjourned meeting last
evening—all the members - present except
the lion. John Lowlier, w ho, we regret to
learn, 18 detained at home by indisposition.
Ninicatr - inwenritfornr — wero offered, open
which the vote was 7 to 7 ; each being con•
sentiently lost. A resolution was adopted
calling upon General Calhoun fur some fur
ther information. The committee finally
adjourned until Wednesday night next.—
Union.
Charles L. Taylor, altar Saunders, has
been arrested in St. Louis, on suspicion of
having fired the Pacific Hotel, after murder-,
ing Ephraim Doane, one °ens inmates.
Dr. Strider, the landlord, and Charles
Waldrop, the watchman, have
,also been
arrested. An examination will take place
to-morrow, when, from tho circumstances
that love already transpired, it is supposed
that one of the most atrocious and diaboli
cal acts ever committed will bo developed.
The greatest excitement prevails throuzliout
the city in relation tq this affair. -
'Tim marriage pdrtitm eta y6ung bride in
old times, was *leather bed, six chairs, a
plain cherry table and imroau,.six-oupsan
saucers, and half a dosen silver teaspoons,
and a let of sand for sanding floors. Now
they expect a set of mirror plates, carved
'hair-seat isofas,ottosmns,divans,tote-a.totes.
rosewood piano, marble-top tables for par
lors, and painted furnituro for chambers,
Brussels and Axminster carpets, and all
such modern Brine for show.
?MIAMI GAMUT AT Caunon.—Mr. (bee
lay, says the Chicago Journal, attended St.
Paul's church on Sunday evening. Ono who
sat near him says : Ile came in rather late—
took a seat—put on hisglasses—looked at
the ininister and at the pujpit—looked up at
the ceiling—then took a glance at the 'tal
ent* on ether side of him--leaned back in,
his seat, and—went to sleep ! "
(fibutational.
The School Teacher
In a comic almanse not annoy years ago.
says an exchange, was displayed an engrav
ing representing a man standing on • hill
top, reclining suspiciously against a fence
post. The poor fellow was in a " tight
predicament—a quandary—and his mental
debate was whether, for the coming wihter,
he should keep a school or drive
. a stage.—
The picture was not altogether a fancy
sketch—it was a ludicrous reflection of a
very popular impression, particularly in the
more back-woods region, that anybody, al
most, was fit to teach a school, as well as
to drive a stage. A few years have wrought
a great change in this impression—as the
ate Endowment of No .daiNcfmultitir the --
special eduontion of Leachers proves—kill
there is denied to school-teaching that value,
and dignity which its genuine professors
merit.
The charge of our schools and the direc
tion of the minds of our children and our
youth, is as onerous and honorable task, as
a class of our citiieris can h . tive Imposed
up
on thero. As such it should bo'hsteemed,
and when so esteemed there 11111 ho a com
petition for the task, and a rise in the gen
eral character of the profession commensu
rate with the esteem. The profession of
school-teaching is more essential than that
of the law, divinity or medicine, for it has
to do with shaping of universal intellect and
Morality —with. the t clueation of the minds
Illta - are " to nitike Tasiii, 'practice — TM:di:rine,
and preach div in ity. The basis of the t du
ration of all other professions is laud by the
school teacher, and disci yes to lie rewarded
aceording to his rack with degrees, titles,
diplomas, as honorable and expressive RS
those given to physician dawyer 4nd preacher.
We regard the go o d school as the foremost
institution, and the good school teacher as
the foremost man, in Republic. Our school
houses are our best fortresses, and a well
educated and sound-mortal people aie'the on
ly army w e need to mai:Jain freedom, civili
zation and christianity. Our system of com
mon schools has already placed us in the
fore-front of nations. If "knowledge is pow
er,'" how mighty must that State be whose
millions are all educated—every man a sov
ereign, not merely by force of law, but also
by divine right of intelligence. All honor
then to the rvaintchool, teacher.
A Good Education
There is much good sense in the article
quoted below which we find without credit
ir one of our exchanges. Zile conversations
of adults in the pri. sence of children has
much influence upon the latter at school,
sometimes exercising a most baneful and
destructive influence. We often hear adults
boasting of certainlimart mischievous acts
of their schuel days, in the presence of chil
dren, who are apt to take it for granted that
tt is something worthy to be boasted of.—
For the most part these smart things arc
coined fabrications—not a word of truth in
them -yet they may influence the child
hearing them to a course of action which
will do a lifelong injury Such follies
should be corrected and every bumble per
son should rebuke them whenever opportu
nity offers. But read the following,:
" Parents generally are desirous of se
curing for their children what they call
' good education This is a commendable"
manifestation of parental affection. It still
would be mere so, however, in the motives
urging them to provide a good education for
their children if they were semen hat more
elevated than they usually are. A good ed
ucation is too often sought, merelychielly as
a stepping stone to wealth or rank, or re
spectability-in the world I For the presentil
we us ill leave them to be presented by the
conscience and Komi sense of our readers,
while we proceed to say that which we in
tend to say.
It is this : —Parents, iii desiring • good
education fur their children too commonly
indulge in • eery narrow and inadequate
conception of n hat constitutes a really vat
itahlu of good education, and also of what
influence a child must be brought under in
orilci to secure it Do not too many regard
a school, a teacher Weil versed in LllO usual
branches and apt to teach with approval
text-hooks, about all that is n ecessary in
order to secure the gtx,,l education which
they contemplate fur their children 1 Is it
not too generally and too much forgotten,
that every conversation which they hear
from the lips of their parents and every ac
tion of their lives, which manifest either a
low or lofty character either worthy or un
worthy principles, are a part of the ethica.
lion good ur bad, of their children I
Is it not too generally forgotten that eve
ry word and every deed of the companions
and ausociatesof your children has something
to do in making In their education, either
good or Bad f It is not generally forgotten
that the temper, the taste, the habits of
their parents, Ind indeed of all with whom
parents receivflo their intimacy, living for
high, noble, Hearin-approved ends and oh ;
jeets—such appearing plainly iu all conver
sation and conducts as the ruling e urposea
of life - and they will then be receiving what
constitutes the most essential part of what
may truly be called A own itnimArios.
SCHOOL houses.—All have heard of the
the burning of a public school building in
Brooklyn, New York, where six or seven
oN a were smothered to death. The build :
ing was three stories high'and whoa it was
burnt there were some 800 scholars within
it,walls. Such a terriblO calamity should
be a warning not to build school houses more
than one story high. The jury who inves.
tigated the affair in Brooklyn, have given
some good advice. Heat what they say :
ThO jury recommend that school buildings
be erected ofonly one story Ugh, initead of
two or moro, and that the ontranoes be made
wiToi and inorecOnienieni, and not but
so many scholars confined in one building.
It may be mentioned, as an evidence of
the increased attention paid to matters of
education in Illinois that since January, 1,
1858, three thousand school-houses have
been built in the State.
The rote number' of ianguagee spoken
in the world amount, to 3,164, viz: 587, in
Europe, 937 in Aaia, 376 in Africa, and 1,-
264 in America.
A FA-Ifori. - - .4ll:exas paper that there
is not ten days supply of timid in Austin,
and the Toad:eta the coast were impassable.
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[From the Indianapolis Journal of the 13th
The Noble County Regulators•
What has been Accornidrshrd—Strenty-five
Prrimlterir on liand-z—BanAs and Mints in
with Id. Q. Crane, near Jersey Shore, com
mitted suicide by taking poison . on Thurs.
As our readers are aware, the citizens of d a y l as t,
Noble County have been actively engaged
lesWy
for some weeks in tracing out and breaking he Cambria Iron Company, of Penn.
up a fraternity of -tkutnterCeiters, horse B .Y .n lir ail' ll , have imiunaed work, employing
thieves, highwaymen, anti murderers,whose 'ollie two hundred 'men.
headquarters were in that Coun ty,wi th ramifl- 0:7 We have already noticed in the Watch
cations extending all over the Ntirthek For- •
maw, th l eanicide of RoJert Smith in the Sor
doni of the Uniort from New - York to Missis
sippi.. Their execution of ,McDougal we ristown ( Pa.) jai Imp risoned
have already published a full account of, and the charge of murdering his wife.
their arrest and committal to the jail in this I The following is the suicide's last letter
city, of five "bogus" coin makers, we have to the world : "I am sorry to inform my
also noticed. But these proceedings ,by no' leicnds of my sad case. I did not murder
means convoy All adequate idea of the ex- my wife before God and man. The wife I
tent of their operations. Prom Mr. Rich- get was the ruin of my . soul and body,_lbe_
mond of Ligonier, of Noble County, abet d y,an k, au d .. li cj i_ an d...oo : 4--tif e 'p eop le s .
from. Sealy, U, .S. Deputy Idaishath wiltil gairist me, and [l] did not know what it wall
brought down three of the counterfeiters on : f or , so I resolved to die ;_ so farewell mother,
Thursday, as we noticed, we It soil some : sister, brother and Maids. Brother fare
facts that indicate the i' Regulator " move- i well. c lo d par d on my soul i n heaven. 1
ment to boa " cleaning out " of the most ! know a man miaatnnt [go lo trial without
extensive combinations of villains that ever ' 1 plenty of money, lot they will punish you
existed in the Union. 1 for very little. Brother farewell. I hope
Wo make Ibis declaration deliberately and i you will trust in the Lord.
we think onr readers will went to it when
Ir7PREDEN nzien.'—information has been
they learn the facts. The capture of Mc
- 1 an d IT 'ti 6 and-some others gave i
Doug* arn i recefred 6f' the Atiath - on slrriday evening
the " Regulators " the moans of learning lett, of Jacob Feick, X,9"(4., ens Of the pro.
the names of all connected with this band, I . prietorto 6f the Miltonian, of Northumberland
and the " trail" is being followed up with i
success. Besides hanging one. man, they ri , '
tun . y,:
Pennsylvania. 'Mr. Trick was 39
have already 7 ''
arrested and hold in j a i l „ yen . 1 years of age, and bad 'limy ft - 40de thro'out
ty-six prisoners charged. wi th evil nterfei ting, ! the State.
robbery and murder. There ere five in jail i rr A FREAK or NATURE.—WO have been
at this place now, and there will bo fifteen informed by a citizen of Chapman toWnshein'
as soon as the officers can bring them down s says the Lock Haven 'Watchman, that Mr.
all charged with counterfeiting coin, and , Benjamin Smith,' who resides on Bennett's
who will be tried at the next term of the U. , Branch, Elk county about four weeks ay
S. Court- b'atur tottedieferei against - whom beeline the father of I child which, when
the evidence is said to be conehisive, (some born, had two heads, three eyes, two being
of it we believe being " confessions,") are in the front of its head and the other in the
among the prisoners. A number, we ' ll,l not back of the head, two mouthe,- one—in the
hear how ninny, charged with robbing as : side of the face above the regular mouth,
well as counterfeiting, are slim in thq net -- : two noses, four arms, twenty fingers and
One Bank, with plates and material for the ; (bur legs, with the ball of the feet turned
manufacture of counterfeit notes, and two back against the instep. The child ie, we
mints for the manufacture of Mill, are also' believe, still living. The parents are highly
"prizes" of the Regulators. A third mint, Iv respectable people, and are much uton
either bee been, or will be captured noon at ished at their prodigy. 41
ricers Seely pod Richmond having steeled 1
im
after it yesterday. About forty thousand „LiTwo por. ,
ant decisions were made at
dollars of c ounterfeit money has been 20t.i the January term of the Huntingdon coon
cured. Over three hundred names of the ty Court, by which it /
was decried that suits
band not yet arrested are in the hands of! against part i es conv i cte d or„ii,g liquor in
the officers, and arrests will be made as fast 1
violation of :eta, the whole amount of the
as possible.
This is certainly a very satisfactory (oct. judgment bond is forfeited for the used the
rag up of a few weeks effort of breaking up a public schools in the district where such
den of scoundrels. One of the arrests was violation is made.
made in a church, of a man named I intim
i i (1 - 1" Henry idereheimer, who renided about
way, who was actually PECOChillg at th at
three miles east of New Castle, Pa., came to
moment the officers nabbed lam. Hi) con
his death by a heavy timber rolling upon
tossed, we understand and lamented the ef
lis head, crushing it instantly. He never
frets ol his crime less on Lis own account
i i ipolso or breathed afterai r rils. A lady who
than on account of his '' ilock," --- wlio, he ,
: visited the epot. turned to go away, arid by
feared would IVAC their zeal when noel,
thei, a r 1 some accident slipp«l and broke her leg.—
wretched example was set them by
, i This Is an unfortunate family': one of the
preacher Altogether the " Regulators
hive done a good work. The only thing a
name name _Wile killed not long 211100 by the
that is to be regretted is the execution of kick ofhorse.
McDougal. However extreme the pr_ivoca- , 11:7''' 31n. III.CILANAN AT HOER -- The Do
bee. and it would bo foolish to deny that 1 mocusey of the city of Lancaster oordiaUy
thogrrovocation was great, the punishment ! Hustain the Kaunas Polley of the President.
was illegal and unjustifiable. There was
in the :Ward where the Anti-Lecompton feel
no excuse at all that will not equally shield
every mobs '
". R . AM 10
t n of a criminal We mg, was supposed to be The strongest, a vote
I
are sorry the Noble county EWE Awned their of two to one is shown 111 four of the Kan-
Charge--A Minister taAen out of the Pul
pit.
hands with the crime, for they , Avte miming a
good work, and home earned the gratitude
of the country for-their efforts in the demoli
tion of this great organized band_of plun
derers and murderers.
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Philadelphia Markets.
F611)(1' ARY 2S —llre•dstufls aro firmer,
and the Flour market is rather more active
to day, a oh sales of 1,000 bbls 'superfine at
$1.371n $1 50. the latter for straight brands,
and 1,500 bbls W. at. Thomas on terms kept ,
private : most holders now asls. khe highest
Ilgure for slopping Flour—preen for home
use range at Galilit4 50, 55 25a 5.5 per bhl
for common to ext l ra and fancy brands. as
to quality Corn Meal is steady with sales
of 251) Mils Pennsylvania et 32 ST and 20)
hbls Branilyin ine on terms not made public.
Rye Flour :s firm at '33 lila ..13 25 per til 1.
\I heat is selling in a small way at 100 a.
108 e for nil, and 1211 a 1:50c for white, as to
quality Corn is not so active, and about
`2,500 bus Pennsylvania yi now sold at Site
in store. 'Oats are firm, with sales of 4,000
bushels Pennsylvania, to arrive on the open
ing of navigation, at 35 cents. li.)0 is want
ed at 70 cents.
Darby—Small sales of New York have
been made at 757. Cotton is held above the
views of buyers, and there is very hide do
ing to-day to alter quotations Groceries
are firm , the Coffee sale went off well, coin•
prising about US) bags Rio sold Itz auction
at from 91 to 1111 c, averaging"e.9.94 the 100
lbs, lit) and 90 clays, end 4 months, Phcm erg
an advance on last week's hale. New (Jr•
lean, Sugar is also Finn. in I selling at Tila
6c. 4 mos Provisions are unchanged and
dull at former rates. Seeds are more activo,
and about 700 bush Gloverseed have been
sold at 54.75a55, the latter for prime lots,
at ethical the balk of sales were made to
day tons sold from second hands at
$5.2505 37i per bushel; Timothy and Flax
seed remain dull.
wer Rev' qom Utah.
Sr Loris, Thursday, Feb. 25
U. S. Attorney Hockaday, who left Camp
Scott on the sth January, arrived last night.
The health of the Army continued good.
The weather was remarkably mdd. Very
little snow had fallen in the, immediate vi
cinity of the Camp. '
The• District Court had - indicted Brigham
Young, Kimball and the other Mormon
leaders, for high treason.-- , A
The Mormon Legislature was still in ses
sion.
The Isteat dates received.crom the States
were to thu flrAt of Octpber.
SIIARP.— .. how do you and your friends
"eel now V' said an exultant politician in
'one of our Western States to a rather irrita
e member of the, defeated party. " I sup ;
pose." said the latter, "we feel just as Lasal
rus did when he was licked by dogs."
THE Yourinim Seunasoir.—A letter from
London says that the brother of Spurgeon, a
young minister of great promise, and by
many better liked than the celebrity of
Park street himself, has lost Ms voino, and
is supposed to be sinking into consumption.
Rev. Mr. Kalloah lectured at Bangor, Me.,
last Thursday evening, and was subjected
tb Rfaignities. Some rowdy turned off the
gas, and then somebody else threw some
" ancient"' eggs upon the platform : For
tunately, the darkness frustrated the aim of
the egg projector, and another gentleman
was hit, instead of Mr. Kalloch.
E!E El
QUICK WO/UC. —Mr. Charles Mathews, the
English comedian, was married to Mrs,
Weston Davenport, in New York city on
Sunday evening, Mr. A. 11. Davenport hav
ing obtained a divorce from her on Saturday.
WAvritu. —The Governor of Pennsylvania
has Rent a requisition to the Governer of
Ohio for the delivery up of Mr.-POrtar, the
$50,000 defaulting Secretary of the /Jowl ?
cau Sunday School Gillett.
from otttr ountits.
11:7 We ere ihfotiried thit iGerinan lirini
Vas policy of Mr Buchanan. The election
was for delegates to the County Convention
to elect delegates to the 4th of Mareh Con
vention. Th. Count• will undoubtedly sus-
tatn the President by an orarwbettuing taa
6=l
fl 7 We learn from the Pottsville Reg. the
folios og accident, which happened on lest
londay. A man employed at the colliery
afar. Braucroft, at Ashland, undertook
_fp
fill his hag with powder from a keg, havilft
at the same (line a lighted pipe in his mouth.
The powder wasignited, and in the explo
sion which followed seven men were badly
injured. One has since died, and two more
are expected to, from the mjuries received.
rZTILIFIBD. -In removing some bod
ies from an old grave yard iii Allentown,
l's., recently, two bodies were found to be
petrified —one perlectly and the other partly
so. The one, was found to be almost as
perfect as it appeared in life, but turned in•
to solid stone. It had been buried fourteen
years.
II Dtsvitsolivo Ouctinftirsult.—The York
(Pc )lieoublican says that on Tuesday last,
tine children, three boys and two girls, who
were returning !gime from school in Man
chester township, ventured upon the ice on
the Uodorus, but it not being of sufficient
thickness to bear their weight, four of the
number broke through, and before assis
tance could be rendered three of them wore
drowned
Q "7-The Improvonients of Walin . nitwit
have crated an Indebtedness, for which an
additional live mill tax on their County val
uation, for three years, is authorized by a
special act of the Legislature.
A barber in Lewistown last week up
set a burning fluid lamp, which coma:mica/
ted tire to his room, end but for the speedj ,
arrival of help lee would have been routed
alive.
DANVIL'A Potsostsa CASE.-Son
knee of death witA on Saturday morning
paaied upon William J. Clark, convicted
the day before, at Danville, Pa., of the mur
der of his wife, by adruinistern4 _tanasn,--7 _
lie asseßed his innocence before the Judge
pronounced sentence. The trial of Mrs.
Twiggs, tbr the murder of her' husband in
the same manper, has been put oft to the
May term. The poisoning took place near
ly a year ago, ind it ie alleged_that it 'was
committed in consequence of a criminal in
timacy between Clark and Mrs. Twigs.
[0" . On Sunday evening last, says the
Lewistown Press, a young plan, who was in
the employ of Mr. Oliver Chesney, harness
maker, reached his arm through the deliv
ery box, at the Post Office, and stole a box
containing about nine dollaie in small
change and stamps. As all the circumstan
ces pointed to the young man as the guilty
person, he was Inforniat that lie was ins
peoted of haring oorotiltted the theft. na_
denied thcohuse until he was
retain
with prosecution if he did not reCrti whaf
he had taken, whereupon be returned the
box with its contents.
A man was cured of hydrophoWill
lately, by swallowing vinegar in mistake for
medicinal portion. A physician at Padua
hoard of this, and tried - the remedy on apa
tient. Ile gave him a pint of vinegar in the
morning, another at noon, and a third at
sunset, which cured him, We give this as
one of our exchanges gives it to us.
Tits New Mtrohareo Oonsemir.—Benjamin
Franklin's newspaper—ln 1726, contained
the following advertisement : • v. 4;
"JustPuifiehed and Sold by the Printer Airi
er
I.* Iloorao-Parriooare Arraigned and
Condemned by the Light of Nature and Liar
of God. Price ; 3d."