El MM=gawit! TILE HEAVEN. Antal IS- - . PIiI3LISIUED• zys,Rx WEDNESDAY In the old inane bonding, on Timm Stria? may, M.. et • TiO DOLLARS PER YEAR RI ADVANCE' • •• gypcolas of the papas ' will 'be, furttlahedTi wo ven, atilt/ ciao eiteb: Ccuatanniankuus on subjects of local ttipoioorlnz krot , Lol utwectfolly solicited. To, filen* attention,' pan of tide' kind meet tfleartablitiu'ampappanied by We a re° of the author, not M publiestietti, bdt arli itu usuly against Impoattlen. Littera and cominduicationa should bontiarninAlio J. WEYAND, • & , . Deoarme, • irANITFACTURii, Or, AICID . bEAtEIt ncr, ALL 111 kinds or ClCalit TOBACCO, 8, 81113P7111, &C. At... moderate. Mo to: Qutetromles and small prollta. otoP on the corner nearly oppootte theSnll Peot Office. pssier,',Pa• • •- • 17,41174 WINE I:47_>ltt. SALT. liS UNDERSIGNED HAS A LAEGR LOT or TDire Inimr•etie Wine, nutunfeetured by bitnaelf, t hh; stnevanl near indnatry, Beaver coor k wino li ,rmide groin thu Concord anba Grape, and will ba'ht bv the Ludc. galirni g r at a • i'Oheoril plants one yLer old, for Palest tny vineyard. atillYr::lntoi,* CHAFtLES ROEDEL. , . . WILSON, • . • ;. ii.TTORNEIr AT LAW. BEAVER, P ENN' A.. • `WICE ON .31) S TREET. IN ROOM LATELY 0 lxcupied by Judge •Adams as a storu room. nprls'64:3moso. 4 1IS. MARQUIS 5:,....cvm1N(31r431, PrINdTICING PHYSICIANS, ROCHESTER, PA. , rfrOglca WO doors oasts of Ankeny's Hotel rrompt nttetalon glen to all calls. 5,11. Nay. . . . , • - DENTIST. • • 4 • tIFFERS BIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO the cithene Weyer and vicinity. °Mee south oNloore'n Drug litoFe, Third Street, lit:aver, Pa: ' ltS. PARKER & WALLACE, • kmeopathio! . Physiciatis & glirgeotis; TF.NDER THEIR PROFE 4 SIONAL SERVIcEs to the people of Roche.ter, and N saluity. Often In N,lmn'F Mech. &riff of THaniond, Rochetter. • . P. S. Special attention given to surgery and chronic dkric . g. Other , conpultallom can be had at any time. . app ly. Law Partnership. J. 11. ci;NNINGHAIII, U. P. OUNNINGILLIV , KUHN. Att - 57 7 0d. Eat X,..aw. OFFICE, THIRD 13T., tir4ll%.ly. I 7 ilEet VER, PA. , • . R JEU NET. ~ .• .-A Watch Maker and Jeweller, • Third Street, Beaver, Penn'a.; ~ (In room adjoining J. C. Wilsonls Once.) , - Geld wadies and Oro nometers repaired and war mud. Encraviug done to order. , nr"ghe patronatto of the public is solicited, r.nd ndi, , fartion giutrantee,d. Give us a trial. icifv sortraiC , 3m. _ 1, --I .'l La IL7 J I .".-il s Salt i o , • strc' ~'l L' _, 4 .11,1 • Tho. Beaver. Falls Salt : c orks! • . 9 , nrsE WORKH AIM NOW IN SIT Cuss UM I ntwra lion, and making an excellent COA /SE •.%I.l'. t.npurior for curing' Ideate, ..tc. . And also ik. 111 FINE SA 1:1' of at. I quality. The attention of SALTERS, 111E10;11A:4'PS t l'AßkiliftS: ii iniited to . see and extanlno for them/salvo.. Orders 7.- bill be promptly tilled. • heaver Fulls, April 11, 114119—aprInfkam. - . • mosEwINGNAuff i NE s ( Tin Now At'ItIsiOWLEDGEO BY ALT, THAT 1 i air them, I lie the heat in use ; will perform grltcr range ei a erk than.any other machine, either fins or hem y jag 11144 S a straight short needle; ticiktar a'slich e ens both Odin% Memo end at the ng..ncy mid Pste them at wofk.- 3. BOGGS, ItHEN ES' BLOM, NEW Bnroirrox. Acont for Dcaver,Cminty. Emarl.V67:tf. Henry Lapp, nI,ALEIt IN ALL KINDS OF . _ I.7I=LINW tuercrll:l33l Brillion Weil, obancthe Plow Factory, RO.CHESTg MU:LAW:CST STOCK IN BRAVEIt COUNTY 1 conoxit:y im baud, end twilling at the very lowest 0(11, • apr.;4'fo:tr, , •SZe DRAWING Sr. PAINTING. rc !lAN IC V. DRAWINGS. MAPS. DIZAWII4O II for Patents, Sketched of Blooded Stock. anti thud executed to miler. Landscaped and portrallt on elm., or Cr i‘on. AtinlltnreA cooled to any °ln% l'ho a...ttalai toadied hi 1111111 Ink or In Color*. Water or [alaired in II thlt nit , and and mechanical r Ivird thawing Oltlca and ?audio. in Wynn's heaver, l'a , lrcnl Of national hotel Fecond Po, front rwr 'lmo in Aerate Chas. 13. llurst, Notary Public, Conveyancer and Imurance Agent. TI EEIN AND AGREEMENTS WRITTEN AND r nrion , wll.,ll:,lnent+ liken, etc. Ing here duly coninVrpioned M Aaentior sever al ai4 l In4nrnneo I'dmpanlen, representing the Fire, Life, Accident, and Live Stock Departments, is vrrinvol fn take rirkl , and write policies on the most t,rrn.+. • AIFn. tot th , • "Anrhor Lino" of , first clamp nn Stram..m. Tir , koissolit to and from'all ports in Pnghtni. I r..1.2i1.1. (orninny and.,Trance. Inttre In Leath brick row, Ditunond;Roctietter, Pa. , 4,nr29%.9. , Falrbaillog Standard l 'eleoles OF ALL 'RINDS,. ALSO EIIOUSE TRUCKSi OisUNG rankizi, &c, FAIRBANKS' MORSE &CO., Corner Wood & Second. St".s., • rrrraben PA. , Iro . ftll LO buy only I denulnn. Reales Re itnat2•6B:3m. :'.IG GA GE BARROWS. SPRING AND g BUMMER ') GOODS! #l , nr, rN mtnsi (NEI) BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM friend's and the public geueralir that he has bin mreiri,.4 a new Pluck of goods of tho latest t!I le, for curing and summer wait's, which he Offers at very moderate rates. GEA'TLE.VENS' FURNISHING 00014 ri)NsTANTLy ON HAND. • (:1 " ,11 4: MOde to order on tho shortest posilble rl Thankful tohe public for past Wort., hOpe • stientiorl to business' to merit 11 C. 00111034000 of tbi Mitt t , 1 • •DA.NIEL MILLER, F BRIDGE kiT.,!BRIDGEWATER, PA. ( ; 661 i NEWS FOU ALL Tuosz woad - ~,u nt,, iron' disease of Liver and ditch. Fitch ',! P r kiloldil,,,,W, stek ti,•,,,lnche; Cottatlpation ? Water " 411, Sour Stomnrbflyspepslst. &e. DR.4IOI.LING KR'S' lIRADACIIS AND ANTIMIL Sp.-- most perfect remedy. ever brought bef or elh? ' 1011 H PILLS ' !I , i , I'^l . for rill diseases of Ha; Liver and Kornai. C . , 0". nnu CATHARTIC without weakening the ? , . It' , . Rowels. hut on the contrary give' to leine ' nrin r. ns, driving away all Melancholy Feelings, , ilidng ii..w Life and Vigor tututhe System. Pqr kilt by 811 DrieNtsts and Country Merchants, i,roitzli t a flue Countyy ~-I,IIPatIIERSON ,t, BIM'S "46 Libcrly St., rift& 'i r . 6 . 2 l' 4 ...:Wholukale Agents. • IT,. 1 2:= . ; NENE ME \ , or, :Vol., 5 ICON 7 0* Geii. Claxice,.4 4091..A.bertyt., • . .4., , • ' -.• '' I L (Orilla= Barton MErOl%)" , " ' •• • 1 " ; . ' ' ' ' ' ' PITTSBURGrr, PA. • Maintrociuiers of lidetd Strefaed, 'Cirviled and Riveted • . l' • • - . - Oakz,Tanited ' :Leather, Belting $ .. 'RAO, A'ONNi *Oa ?OMIT IJAINCI IMATIIIII6 • • . 1 REFF.II.OI4ES. • • • I i . . Perkin% Agt. Pith% Ledo. and Car A#Okitill ' 1 . French, Supt. Pitts. Cistilteel s pring co'. - . rin..R. Porter, Supt.-Pitts. urge and Iron Co., 411111tH. Martin, Brickoll it C :, Pittsburgh, Ittesarif,,l.lndinty a McCutchoon, Pittsburgh, A. A. Darken Esq.; Bbonsbnrg, Pi: ... . J. 1.. P. hlcAlistor, Eeq.. Indiana, Pa. . Messrs. W. M. Faber a Co., _rifts. Pa. J. R. Lindsay, Bag., Pittsburgh, Pa. - (leo. J . Rodgers. Es ti., Ebensburg, Pa. . -, 4.... Orders Respectibily Solicited. Apr107:1111 -. . .. , - • ROOFING, SLATE ! TWIN CITY SLATE-MINING • fait : . • ' DIATTFACTUIZING 663TPANIr., I. 11. NEWXI7.II,_I3, ANIMSON, J. A. SUALIMUSEM:QFA, President: Secretary. SuperinUnderil. • FT' NO.. 93 ISeirezith Street, Plttsbtirgs,:ka. IT Is bettered that the time has come in The progress of 4mericah architecture, when the letuestion will no longdr be asked, "What she'd we Use for Wieling r but, "Vas* CAR WE OBTAIN THE 'HEST SLATE."— Oldpr countries have long.)since established the fact' that no material is so Well adapted, and so durable, is Slate for covering buildings., ,Two obstacles to its, general use in this country have oiltitmilteretotoiii Mut, the transition Character of society, which: is nebesearily oppoeed to permanence in architectiire and secciud, the great abundance Mid low price of lum: her. The first impediment is rapidly yielding to um, and riper ideas on die object of betiding, and the oth er waist TOM give away to the scarcity and advancing price of suitable for roofing purposes. We submit a few leading advantages of .a Slate rood It l inkperlor to every other In appearance. It Is easily put on. It saves Insurance. it Is fire prof. it is impertsikajA. '• The Twin City Slate CordpdaY 4 S Mines are In North ampton County, Penn's. The Slate is a beautifu dark blue, unchangeable in_ color, splits In perfectly smooth plates of any size revised, and hardens stead Ily by exposure to the atmosphere. No Slate in the United States is superior to it,in ali the qualities assert tlal to a good roof. and We thinkbit little equal to it it is famished at,the yard in Pitts - burgh, lit the rate , of sl2.in a square (one hundred lotttrep feet), which with expense of laying, will add about 2 per cent. to the cost .of a shingle roof at present prices. Samples of Slate may be Seen, arid oirdersieft it the office of A. T Shallenbiirger & co., Rochester. Pa. 1 Parties at a distance, hail address J. S.. Newmyer, No. 43 Seventh street, Pittsblitgh, Pa. marl'B63:6m. .e RAILRO rrrrs., FT. - WAYNE & CII On and after June 70,1 808. Fra daily, (Sundays exvipted)as Chicago at 5:35, P. M.. leaves lug Pittsburgh at 1.45 P. Pittsburgh' Itochest,er Salem Alliance Canton Massill'on..e' crrvllle Wooster Mansfield .. Crestline 1 13nryilus Upper Sandusky Fmeut Uma Van Wert. Port Wayne Columbia Warsaw • Plymouth - Vaiparalio r Chinni:o • • l iiiiixa Cotso 2,497. _. . I • r .. er's. Fpx.ros.l i 6.3r . s. .9: xr . • I..__—_ Chie.4 , o 1 451;Ast 411. 1 1 1 . Aar 929rx =WM Valparaiso I, i i 057 9.59 1106 710 Ilsraduth II 9:0 1125 1287a1a 900 Warsaw .. ...... ...... :111020 1211rX um , 950 Columbia' ~1115 .100 , 417 WO Fort Wayne....* 111220rx WO 815 1115. Van 'Wert ' j 2013 , 802 480 121.5 Au Lima I 8:9 400 ' as , its Forest. r- -- :,. 443 , 009 613 218 Upper Santinsky ...... 514 . .638 718 942 Bucyrus ' ~, : 657 603 801 816 Creatline 1 530 43.3 840 440 Mau 655 910 0.21. Mansfield 1 4417 723 037 424 Wooster 863 1100 660 Otrville (515 918 1127 613 Massillon • 946 '9OO 1167 .647 Canton - 1 4002. ; 1006 1213rx 703 Allbtnee 111045 ' 1050 11205 ma Snlcm 'lll4 . • 11Slax 125 432 llochester I ,12551.2 103rai 809 1005 Vlttsbnrp.li .1.... .. . : ... il - 155 210 , • 410- 1110 rapr22llB:Bm. Youngstown, New. Castle and Erie Exprees leaVes Youngstown at 2:30 p. In; Now C11600,4:00 p.m; arri% es at Pittsburgh, MOO p. in. Returning, leives Pinel!ltt 7:13 a. nrarr, at Yonngstown,lo:4s. N. Castle, Youngstown.; New - Castle and Pittsburgh Accommo dation leavea Youngstown, 6:00 a. in; New Castle, 710 a. m; arrives at Allegheny, 10:00 a. re. Returning, leaven Allegheny, 4:15 p. arrives New Castie,'7:os p. m; Youngstown, 7:50_13. m. • • ' F. it. 141=8, Gown! 'richt Avny . CLEVELAND 4 Obi and after May ft,• daily (Sundays encep . , • • GOING 110IMI. 1 MAIL.EXP'II. MAIL. Amcor ----..—. I -Cleveland l• 8854 x 1910rx - - 810rx Euclid Street:. ' • - aq undfon orO • los 505 • Ravenna ' :025 i t s 547 Alliance ' • 1120 610 Wellsville y I 1 130rX 415154 252 •••• - •••• • • . horse' rionim. • • MAIL. IEXPVI.I ..,...Acciox • • --._ -- Wellsville • • 6304 x 335rx ...... ... Bayard • 1031 445 .... Alliance ' 1120 510 745 ax Ravenna 120erx1 547 831 • Hudson IMO 013 010 Euclid Street 937 MX.' ...... 1017 Cleveland 150 . 710 1030 ' • 001210 NAST. • EXP'S Err's. Nan: Sews ---- B nem dge&po • • • 1170sx 610sta 9891 f! .... rirt • , 040 ..,. - I Stenbeitville. 1138rx1130 O 743 W 887 .. Wellsville WO B5O 445 1 .958.0r Smith's Ferry: 996 912 507 585 Bayer 307 a,lO i 537 720 Rochester 815 150 - • 550 'l9O Pittsperah 4191 1016 :esis 640 GOLIIO WZIIT• . MAIL. Ear's. Exr's. Axon Plash arab - '- 600 ax 130rx 435 AX 810r1 Rochester 710 235 550 440 Beaver 'MO 000 , 500 450 Smith's FM" 757 'BO5 01,3 516 Wellsville, ~. 825 • 810 • 715 615 Stenbenville 025 •443 818 1,... -• Bridgeport 1013 455 017 ... Bellair ' - 1015 - arr, 090 .... Leaves Arrives N. Philadelphia, CO a. m. Bayard. M. am Bayard ,14 fO,re. I N. Philadelphia 300 pm F. R. MRY-RRB, General TAW Agent.. •, . • ' • ..- • . - '‘.. .. .. . -'• ... ..,..,.,, rill .0 ,,.., 1 :„.., 7 , r/; . i,, t , 4 •tei'A' . iro' tt . 144 1.-,f l isiita - ttifri. _•" I - . -•- •:irs, f!::': 114 ' , t,ti ,-.• ,1.- , ;.../.. ! ' ' vp : i J!:' ,. ... - .f ~:'-' i .:7•".11 \:l , :lf:if 4 .;:.: ~ 1- : :.tr,:prili- 7 1- , :a :...‘ : ~. : •- - ' ' ,', a .., 'l, :. .1, , ~.:',..; '7:,.: ; •, { -, ::: .: 1 ::::::r . ' ...,. ';''s. - -- , 4 % i zu "I ::,-.... ; 74, •..;%, ti..J.O :fib: 'I C I . ''' ' : 4 . 2 " 1 '-''' I '' .. ;:". '' 'S: ''": ' ''. .. :::L.' 1 i t'.... 1 ;:; 1 T ,/ ..I', '',';':',-,.!-• rl, , ir i . ~,, y . : 1 . i - Z 1 r- - .7 ~.;,•;.', i'..,),; '' , , • . T.If;•• , , , ~.,....,, Ti. ' ~ ' ' -- 6. "j : '''-'' ' ':, 1.4, '',l. 4.:1r -zw, 3,.., ,t...•ii:, ':::: , .1-7 , :: 1 -, c,.:. ;.;,4:4 vi4.f.r. ',. 1743,a -r , • 7 '. ,- , r• ,r s-=:: • • , ; i.:,, ; %rjt „ 2 , : ,, l k, ii . :, -.:7.: :,.... a. 4 , - ,,,::-.1.1: , 'N ...-ct.:.r. , -;,:= -1.31e1.7 f-; "-I 1- 1 • ' -----..;,-.? „ ...,-• '.,: -- , '.. . , .. - :T. ..:4,74,--- ;:,,, ~- ~- , :p 4-4 e.: . - ':;.:1'1 1....1i); •Zli;. - . ( ' ''' 0 -No. .. ' " : ;',..i .-...,, .. f •.,',., • ,•,...,:,...,:,,-•:,, 1. - ::1 ~ f 1 , e'l ,;.; ::-• " '''' i- -:. !; • ••,f : - f• ,-.: f..; . .. , ... Beaver ~,,:. „2..,-..., 1.-.., • ~T. 93-, - :. --1,.. • ... 11111 :1 MIES MEI Ins wil Ilows. daily, eaven TRAINS GOING = MEE! '14111.11 'RAILROAD: sGS, tmlits wm leave stacorus cd) as follows. itil3Wol Ttsc COLUMN ..L..,RRE;IMART, Editor. •11111k*E111,4tIne i 7, 180 S. I . . LAM .00 r 1rit Cif - CATIONS FOR TUTS DEPAItti/EBN4 `OF THE PAPER., :Mir ST DE ADDIigiMED TO O. L. Entfutera ziEw Baronlos,•rel :.. • • • OrtilOgraPhir• In:kour last issue we intimated that Orihor raphy can and should be so-taught as to rens der it an aid* iitakbig pup il s . proficient In ktudred and coneOraitant branches of learn = Jig ; and me „propose now to farther illustrati oUrinethod, for the benefit of such as choose tri'tett it - • lyelialkalready referral to the interest to he Created by selecting certain words as..sub l ( jests for taUceeofteerni, iv words,their origin, his; tory and meaning, and cited as examples the words tar(rand tantalise. The•history of one such' word as these will afford a talk of fifteen . or twenty minutes, and can never fail to com- Mairl the /1101410813 and earn6st attention of pupils.. .., . ~ Another method which can be used to give variety to spelling exercises is to select term Irani Natithil HistoiY. To illustrate, let us suppose that a les.scin Of &EY vioals has ' been selected fiirii the spelling book; before this lamciii isheguli the teacher says: "Our new loord,tO-day is . Raptores e' the word is then spelled bytiie class, the teacher glyes - its doi , ivation; mentions several kinds of , birds 'be; longing to this class, speaks of their habits and thus shows his pupils the propriety quilling such birds Raptores. The worts quort334. na, CarnivoraiNatatOres, and scores of Other tenni trim the Satnescierieci eon techown slid similarly explained. ' ' •': i „ - of t. . Again, we can take th e names o •, crent branches of knowledge and byr giving theii. derivations, not only teach pnpild to spell than correctly but make theta nap:tainted With their torte l and meanings and much oldie...particu lar branches of knowledge they designate.--` Take, if you pleaie,lhe word NomolOgi which is o f Greek deriCation ; we , explain to the clings tliat it is Made 01 two Greek .wordS, MINOS II . taw and logos a discourse; hence Neirsoi4y is the eelenco iir lirmyledge of law, legislation and ioretriment. The word telegraph, dertved from tile Greek isle afar off,and graph.° to write, serves to illistrate how recent and important discoverica can be Drought in and •cxplained,•• and how scientific research and invention bring new words into the language. ... • Historical facts ban also lie taught and in delibly, stamped Upon the mind by the writing method of teaching epeßlng ; piq many iliete too iu'acieueo and - ail. .., , ,-,. - ...,- ....' , Siieh sentences as thafe, America was, dial covered in 1492, by, Christopher' oohniiiino The art of printing was Invented in Germany in 1440 by John Gottbuburg; American in dependence was fleciarcd July. 4th, 17'761 ..A solution is the result of an attraction of affini ty tetween a solid and a fluid; Arose is red because its surface absorbs the blue and yel hi* rays of light and reflects only the red; A 1 noise is the result ,of very Irregular or' dis turbed undulations or vibrations Hof the ir ; serve not to teach simply tye alp babe cal combinations of words but serve tb make p- pile acquainted with many t aluable•trir., s , fi and at the same time enable them to expr ss those truths is correct and elegant. language. 1 , This method of teaching orth graphratist re i always excite sufficient interest o command gas a rule the undivided attenti n of pupils; and consequently cannot fail- t produce the 'nest happy and satisfactory its. flo long 1 as a teacher can. secure the . attention of his pupil and keep him interested in the aubjact" rbeforelim, ho will find. his • ev.ery adult at tended .with all tile efficiency his heart can desire.. • : 21 RAILWAY leave Slatlone [Train leaving I [Train Way= licion IMMO , . Wo give these brief and desultory remarks with the hope that they may afford our fel low-teachers some nevi and' practical ideas upon the subject of teaching spelling and with a view to, rendering their labors more pleasant tininess 'irksome to themselves as Well as interesting, attractive and beneficial to their_ pupils. „. No: 1. A man bought a certain number of apples at die rate of 8 for 4 'cents, the .Same number at the rate of 4 for 6 cents, anti iui equal number . at the rate of 5 for 8 cents, and sold them all at the rate of 3 for 10 cents, and thereby gained 167 cent; how many apples did he buy I , —: how Many of each kind • No. 3. How many cannon balls 4, 6, or 0 inches in diametercan be placed in a cubical box 3 feet on a skid ; and how many gallons of wine will it 'contain alter it is filled with the balls? • No. 3. The hour and minute hands of ti clock are together at 18o'clock, when are they together again. N0..8, of May 20th If A told the;pencil for $0 and that was only _8.6 the amount he paid for it the cost to him was 5 times the 3? 3 01;0, equal $lO. If,l sold it to A for $lO and that . was. mcfro than it cost me, it cost• me 4 times the 1.5 of . slo, equal $8; therefore the .pencil cost me $B. Suggestions to Young Teachers. "1. To becoMe a successful disciplinarian, vigilance, energy, discretion, irnmess and mildness aro the assential requirements. ' S.; To a Papa; the Tenther is the exampp —the pattern ho imitates ; hence the necessity for continual watchfulness on. thapart of the Teichei. Is thb Teacher 90.bt thi School" -so is the Class ; therefbre, he should,' in the, preience of his pupil, do nothing that, he could not, have hlm imitate. The ptipil i shonld nothe censured for anctlenso similaegi Whole or in part, to that which he sees committed by the Teacher. • • .3. The Teacher should first dk;eiplinu hiln adj.; afterward his Mathematical. . SolUtions. 111 MONTErrff C etual atm 41 a • Teacti iwts e FIZEI of th and plan tile da Pupil ME Teacher, Irian by iniptittaitat etaitement• True order is !that Whic#le guthitairied with, the eppaiint'effay4,f 8, In discipline, be nalfmn and conatstent; teach by mew* more thambyloords; ' 9. "A. silent Teacher Mims a silent School" —a silent class. - ' : ; • ilk 'Begin and change; pzercisea in, silence and order. It better to sacrifice a few momenta than violater. • . 11. - Teachers in the Anna - School .or De partment should mincerifeeling of goodwill anti confidence toward each other; but .they never shoulkwithin htsaring of a. ;Scholar, engage in anY discussictit..or• argunuMt for the pupil is sure tO view one as suceessinl, and the, other as'defeatcd; hence• his confidence in the ability of the !Atter is diminished.-- Neither should light frivolous, .Conrcirsation, of any nature, be mdulged. In bithe l'eachers in the prMence of the - pupil. - 12. Study the charactar;4liiposititai and pc. : culiarities of your pupal: and, to a certalo extent, adapt your course .of discipline to them. The seine Imult ,eannot he; cutpom• Wished from nuttirlals cif Alfrerc4 qualities; andin the same tints, apt by preflisely, the swim Pioottlis• 1 . ,la,, In .gtilng orders t ,dgas are .geueralki p"referablotow.ords ; .;,' , • , 14 . SP4, [ agociejlailnug for all to hear iougfr. 'Let the expression be as concise as • ' 1. 15: A let, decided. trine of , voice .lecont= Wishes muckinerei thatt a' loud; blustering. one; the former attracts and t 4401101 mi t thci latter dirPfu and sonfuset:lt. ••• .4 16. - Let.every inotionof a the Teticho4las well as his language andtoneofvoickbe easy and.graeciful, freb from'atiyjniletiess'er awk• ward inelegsned. • Of Mt?* nithe gfanittiat leal construction of expresslen•onAhn pa'Obf the Teacher; *redeem isAr We/ • ~s s oos7w.x a: otherwise his practice coittridfctitiblaLth • and rendent his teaching of that branehlt laryne • "," • ' • L . ' •i% •BasPEar irme — rtgrraxas or paTiL, "Asti Mgt' Trazauseirscl , iroVaa. • • - , re. ,•,, - r t •t- ~, r • **,.... sfil.4. If .1- .• ' •,,- The.sldlhnly.: ' ontlin e nr. thb following' ' ~ hearditlektirtter, youth, by. no:, means 'as a fiction, brit,as a •real . occurrence. ' She:. oven once knew the name of,the old northern family aoncerned'in it, but that, with-the exact dates, she has for geften—if she ever knewthelatter--:and hav ing never written down the story, she has no means of recovering. them. .However, from her express mention of a tight wig, worn by the benevoletit old hero of our 'tale, we have fixed the strange occurrence pot earlier than rho last century. Toward the end of a =sty October day, about the year 1780, of, barrister of the temple was sitting reading, when the opening of thh door, and the servant's announcement of "a gentleman," interrupted him. He rose to receive his visitor, who proved to be a perfect stranger. a person of vdry gentlemanly but extremely old-lashinned appearance. Ile was dressed in a grave-colored • nit, of antique cut ; a neat , p tight, gray wig rm:Wed his serious and even solemn physi g,nomy ; silk stockings, ruled at the knee ;enorrapim shoes buckles of ; gold ; a cane, headed with the same metal, Mid a broad brimmed 1 and un cocked hat completed the equiPment, which was In the fashion of the last years or William the Third, or the first leers of, his Successor: Having stilly bowed, in the. exact;way pre scrihed by the etiquette of the era to which he'helonged, he took the chair profrored; and, after a preparatory hem ! thus ho began, in a slow, and serious manner: 1 ' I • "I think, sir, you are the, lawyer qmploye . d by the S.------- family, whose., property in Yorkshire you are, therefore, aware is about to be sold." \ 'I i "Thave, sir," answered the barrister , " full instructions and powers to complete the dis posal of it which, though a painful duty to me, must ix; performed." 1 - "It is a duty you may dispense ?With," said the visitor, wavin g 4 his hand, " thel property need not be sold.' - 1 , ' I "May I presume to ask, .sir, w hether you are any relation to the family'?" If so, you mustbe acquainted with the absolute neces sity of selling it in consequence ofj the claim of another branch of the family just return ed from beyond the sea ;.who, as heir at law, is naturally, possessor of the eatatedn default .of a will to the contrary, and who desires its Value in money instead of the land. The possessor is unable to buy it and must, there . fere depart." , ' ' .1 "Yon are mistaken." replied the old gentle , man, testily; "you seem not to know of the Will of air. :B—`e great gratidather, by vr,luch he not only left that-4ns !estat e —to his flivorite grandson, this gentleman's father, 'lint even entailed it on his great gieat grand am." "Such a will, sir," replied tile` ; barrister, "was'supPosed for many years to exist ; and, in virtue, of it, Mr. Sr--:•-: has, until now, PoiceablY enjoyed the property ; but, on the claimants application, a 'renewed -search having been made . for it, either Ithe belief proves wholly nnfonnded'or it has been lost or deitroYed. Cabinets, chests, every room, inluibited or uninhabited, have been ranaack ed in vain. , Mr. 8— has now given rip all hope of recovering it ; ,the see is to be com pleted in the course of next week ; and the tine old place must pass into - the: bands of Strangers." 1 "Yen are mistaken once again, young maiefiald the stringer, striking his'cand'on the tear;: ul my, sir, the willeestil."'"Oo im'- mediately, centhnied then stranger' in an an thomtive tone; "travel night and! day.; you May save an` , ohl , aunily, from. disgrace and inln. i In:the end room .otthe leftlislng, now Oninhabitedeleft 'closet in po War— • . . [ 'Tie have - looked these - interitipind :the barrister.t t ' ' I "iillencee, sir I There l l la ' ' - clasei,l aiii In that closet Is alargo cheat with s falie.bottoni ind underneath ;that is the. . wM.i I am car- , lain.of what 'sig. I *SW. the paper depiisi led there; no mattes when or by whom. .Go; you will ; find it worthyour trouble, • My name, 04 - 4 4 Hugh S--,--. lam not now pereonaliv . nown-to the proprietor of S Hall,bu *it his relation •anilhatte ,this wel fare at cart.. Neglect'sMt to' follow •my ad-, 1 vice." • • .• • , . ' ..-- Se' raying, the old gen' alma 1 arose; again, / • , ~• • • - 1.... -Wit 44-, - ga!! 7;2 i.• It .; . •n"; ,- .1: f ..r , • 7 ,1 7'. i• .rr 1 " . ..r • ' , • , I a ,! 4 ar.t :31,4 • , ••, • , l ualm •• " " • 'r • _ bowed, and at tbe doer put en his hat in . a 'fishiqp Which*Opld" have enchrinted"an Ikrist - iit Queen 'Mite's ilay; . 'thir silken string of his cane on thelittiattngerof his. . t hank cin : which the, lawyer harrob: sere= very fi.,ne btilljaritling-,-he descend ed- the stairs end departed, Jeaving the Wink-. ter in.the utmost s*tortishnient.: At' first ho, felt half inclined to comildev the whole as; a bottx nicain,.whear,- he bought of the old gentleman a grave manner ; and the luta mabricnowledge he must have possessed of the house, to be able to deteribe the , mom m exactly th - thieh the Chest was, h nidnot but believer him to be sincerer • • At length after midi. deliberation , he de cided•i:lo.lllmtnedirree departure, and arrived on . the evening of the fourth day at -Theisle had been the:only then e. of conversation at every place: he had..paseird within twenty miles of hh; destination; and Mich aniliondly.*rui: it, 'lamented that' the Esquire should:tie leaving his. house folietter, and that poor Mr: . John would pevev enjoy his tights, as they persisted in r thi; pos session* of the ,estate. On hie , entrance ; into the mansion signs of approaching removal everywhere met ''his , eyer. Packages filled the 'hall ;'servants; 'servants; with sorrosvful . count*. nances were hurrying about; and the Madly were lingering saflly , coon the last dinner they were OVer to partake in their regretted home: • - . : . - Mr. greeted his friend with sur prise wbiphchatiged to incrodulity when the barrister, requesting , his private ear, declared the reason of his visit. . "It cannot be," said ha. "It is likely that. no 'one Should ever have lima of the hiding of the will but the old gentleman you, men tion. Depend upon it you have been deceiv-' ed; my dear Mend; I am' only sorry that you should have taken so much trouble to so little purpose." ' • "• - • The,barrister ' mentioned the name of his visitor. "Hugh exclaimed the gentleman, hlng. .r, - ;bora of, relation in the that !tithe' ' 4. ‘ ' •••• ' "It is worth the trying," said the lawyer; and since" have come so far, I. Will finish the adventuy,*3i,"_, , . air; seeing his frierulso'determbi ed, st length consented to Willy him, and se ccicePeAled ,hifa towards the apartment he Specified. As they crossed' one of the rooms in their' way, he stiddoilly copped before 'a large. full length picture: "Peer heaven's sake" cried he, "who is this f"' ' • "My,grand unclei",retutyned Mr. 13=—;---. "As good a fellow as ever lived.' I wish with, all iny_heayt, he were' alive now but lib has been :dead these thirty years." , , • '!"What was his name r - "Hugh The only coicof our lam. rip of that name." - 'tithe Man who called upon me. Ills ilress, ids bat, hismery ring are them." They: proceeded to.the closet,. lifted the false bottom of the trunk. .and found the decal..-;t The kliiikeld uncle was never seen again. _ . . -tYs $.,;, t~Dc b Ucy.' , A Correspondent of the phiheielph,laj'Vesi Atit PODWAY , Weci' corPCPri l t" Kansis Poolieftitilroad. 'writing (Lvov Vedy on. the Mauve riveryCalifoinia, gives the f - Iptriscriptiois of a XemarkableMdleY in tut li g i o ld 4-4,r1 - ', - Mil "Eighty miles northeast Of this camp is the well known and much 'dreaded "Death Val ley. It is said to be lower_thari tile level of the sea, and entirely, dest &tate uf water. Mr. Spars, our. Intelligent. guide, who visited this re markable valley several times, gave, me the following account, as being i the reason for its terrible name : , "The Raney is soma fifty miles by thir ty in bredth ; and at save tiro points, it is wholly eneirelixi by mountains, up whose • steep sides It is impossible fur any but expert climbers to ascend. It is devoid' of. vegeta, Ala; iiiiatiliadow of bird or wild beast never . darkened its white,. glaring sand. In the early:days, trains of emigrants bound for Cal 'tfornhipassed, Under the direction'of guides, to the, south of/this valley, by what is known as ttie..ll4ltilKtt read4lln the year 1850 a large tr in, withthree hundred emigrants, mostly from Illinois and Ilisaintri, came south from Salt Lake, gnided*Vii:Sformpn. When near Death Valley dissett broke out in part of the train and tiVenty-Cne Wallies came to the conclusion thht the Mormon 'knew nothing about the countly,.so they appointed one of their namber.a leader, and broke off from.the main party. Theleader determined to turn due west; 'so with the people and wagons and flocka he traveled for thro2 days, anal then de scended into the broad valley, whose trench' emus mil age promised water. They reached the centre, but only the white glaring rand, ' bounded by the aeorched peaks met their gie.,e l on all sides. Around the valley they wander demi, and. one by one the men died, and the panting flecks streteled themselves in death under the hot sun. The children, • (Tying for water, died at their mother's breast, andwith swollen tongues and buining vitals, the moth tra followed. •—• • "Wagon' after wagon was abandoned, and strong men tottered, and raved and died. Af ter a week's wandering a • dozen survivors found Some water in the hollow of a rock in the mountain.' It .lasted but a short time, then all•perished kit two, who through some irdratnious means got out of the valley and followed the trail of their former companions. Eighty-seven persons, with hundreds of pnl mals this fearful place, atid since then the place Imen,knowti as Death Val ley. Mr. Spars says that when he visited pt last winter, after the,lapse of eighteen i yea" he discovered the wagons still omplete, the iron work and the tires bright, and the skei :- tons of the unfortunate adventures resate . over the vast field." "The Latest "Itatlssi" Parody. , Some tired editor. having apparently fal len' asleep immediately' after 'Jading Edgar roe's "Raven,". produces the followingjutd; ble. " "The other night while we lay antsing and our weary brain confislng over -the-lOpics of the day, suddenly we heard a titling as of a sorted host a battling, as they •wrangled in their fury., Whatts that we cried upstarting, slaps worm against the door. Oh, 'tis n6th ing, Mug„gins grumbled as o'er huge arm chair wo stuinbled," 'tis a big and nothing mire. Then said sr% our an rain/ (f n r n o thought it surptsing that . a bug should so of fend) do gent think a small insect; thus the whole room would Infect, Sir We., 'dynot a bug, my friend. Now bmming surely frightened, round our waist our pasta we tightened, and put on our hat, then into the 'darkness peering, we saw, with trembling and much fearing,, the glaring . dyes of Thmilas Cat , • ' "With tatonisidieni and wonder we • • upon the son of thunder as ho sat upon the floor, when a 'resolution taking; arid a rapid movement mbitbsg, del wec r eed, ride the door,! Now clear out, ice 'holt ihneted, as o'er head our boot we,flonUxi, , your pres ence from our floor. ' ' , Theawith air and mien unlade:ibis deer crexturbeidled domestic, made ins exit through the door. Made his exit without growling, neither !noble voice heard howling. Not a weal hu said. ' And withfeelings much ela-_ ted to (slaw° a doom so toted, we went slot lx back to bed." ' .11,ECoIlD; - ,A 'Tilyares Sidney,Gnintu, 4 lltyn. $ Mount Vessigito Cl A "o 9 *coulAW . P.P.4 lo D'Avril- 27, to-pooree:tatt* itrOvna County; 0h10,'1823.1.: -, • f „. . t Appointed. cadet at West Point by.llou. T. Ramer,lBo4. - Graduated June 30,1343, standing nqtubcr twenty-one' in a class dr thirty-eight mem ben.= Entered on the army roils - as ltrevet Second Lieutenant,.aud assigned: to the 4th infantry, ou the Missouri frontier, as iksuppr ifumerarr; • CominissiOneil. September' 30, 1545; Sec. and Lieutenant of infantry..,, . , Went. in Taylor's army. to indico, and took part In.all the actions from PalO Alto, ,May 8,1848; to Minitbry, September W;1848. Transferred to Scott's army, and took part in the siege of Vera Crrit. - • ' • Assigned as Quartermaster of ids regiment A.pril, 1847. _ . . Intim battle of Molina del Rey, Se•itera ber 8, 1847, promoted on the Seta by G‘caer al Scott, to First Lieutenant, for distinguish- Battle of . Gitepultapee ,September 13,11847, offieiAllY noticed for ,gat t lantrs , by •, Gen. Wortit. , • Entered the City of Mexico With the • . ar- Sent•tii the taisific coast at the close of the war,•and assigned to duty in Oregon, with headquarters at Fort Dallas. • •Appliinted Erevet Captain,.lBso, for ser vices at Chepultapec. Commissioned Captain, August, 1833. Resigned .1 . .u1y 31, 1854; splenta few• jeers in business in St: Louis. and in farming. ' .Removed to Galena, Ili., and, with his father, established those the leather houie of Grant & Son, 1859. Appointed mustering officer and aid to Governor Yates, oflllinols, Sprint eld, ~ 1861.• • —" Commissioned COlonel of the 21st Illinois (three years) volunteers, , June 15, 1801. Appointed Brigadier general by President Lincoln, Moist 1861 1 (commission dated back to May 1), and placed Diu command of the District of Cairo. • Oeicupled Paducah; 'Ey, by a surprise movemeat,Beptcmber 0, 1881. - , Defeata Thompson at Greenville, ()a telier 16, 1861. • , • •Battle of Belmont, Novamiici; 7,1861. . • - Moved np the Tennessee, aid, with Fpote's iron-clads, captured Fort Henry, February, 6, 1802. , Invested Fed -Donelson Februm7 11, and . Captured it February 16, by UM uncondition al annanderiflbl. enemy. • : Premoted to be Major General. of ,volun teem commisstpti 'dating from the , Tali of Donelson. • ' ; • • —Advance itgainst fr Corinth,Allareh, 1862. - Battle of Pittskurg Ltadiag, ~7, and 80862. Placed in: mans of the Aiiiy:of the Teinicitet,' • rlll3, occupied Memphis and . Holly• Springs in Nue; made cornmaader. - of l!epartment, of _Tennessee 41(Ju t ly, - • Began the' campaign against Vicksburgi October 2 1 4'1862 ;capture tile city after 'a tong and bllichly whit** , and spring ci , iiiithrign; July-41 1 ,1868.4: -•! 1-14.,- '":4601, r . APB o , l r"4*.?F'Vle 4 4 l :4 Itiki A ll O l .O , Severely injured by' being thrown Italic his horse at New Orleanir Elepteinber;lB63 three , ribs broken. • Appointed to command of the Mili t ary Division of the Mississippi, October, 1803, and annonneed headquarters in the field ar riving at Chattanooga,Oetober 23. Battle of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Novemblr 24 and 23, 1863, 41- viiig Bragg from before Chattanooga. Appointed and confirmed Lieutenant Gen eral of the Army, March 2, 1864, the grade created for him. • f, Arrived at Vashingtou,March 8, 1864. . Assumed command of al. the Union armies, headquarters with the army of the Potomac, March 12,1864. Crossed the Rapidan, May 3,1864. May 5, 0 and 7, battles of the Wilderness.' May 11, "I shall fight it out on this lino if it takes all Erumnidr:',' May 20, crossed the Pamunkv. • Crossed the James apd. placed RiChmond and Petersburg under siege Juno 14. Con stant battles during the summer, fall and winter. . r `Began the . final - campaign • of the war, March 25, 1885. • Battle of Flve*Forks, March 31, and Apri Occupation ofßiehmond April 2. surrender of Lee's army, April 9, 1865, and substatitirtl end of the war. Appointed General of the armies of the United States, Inly 25, 1866, • the grade be ing created for him. ' Secretary of War ad interim, August, Xl2, 1867. Unatimonsly nottlinatad for thcfice of President of the United Sates bytliciNation al Union Republican party, at Chicago, May 21, 1868. A Narrpw Escape. In the month of October, 1828, my ,vessel wets lying in Mobile. I went , ashore ono bright mornin,, ,, , to do some business with the house to which I was consigned, and as I pas sed along the street, it occurred • - to me that I might as well have a bead of a week's growth reaped before I presented myself at tile cotui ting-room. I stepeed into a barber's shop, and taking the chair told the barber I to pro ceed. , • He Was a bright mulatto, a good looking young fellow, not more than two and twenty years of age, it 'appeared. His eyes 'were large, black and lustrous, f thought. His Manner at.llrst was quiet and respectful. I thought he was a long while lathering iny face, and told him that lie Must have bought his soap at the wholesale price. Langhing he replied that mine Was a long beard, and that lie knew what he was about. "Are you the boss here, my man ?" I -ask ed. "Yes" he ansivered "my rriatter set me tip, and I pay hint twenty dollars a month for my tme." ' • "That is a good interest on he • capital id vested," I remarked ; "can you pay your rent and live on the balance'of your saving?" " Oh, yes, and lay up something besides. Sometimes !receive thirty bits a day." "Then, I suppose, you will buy your free dom one of these, days ?" . . i. "Astor that," he replied," I care. little. I have Blithe liberty I want, and enjoy myself as I go along." "But should you many, and have children, you wouldzot wish to leave. thekalaves," "Yes X would, because they wbuld be bet er off than if they were free." • By this timelie had laid down the brush and commeneed running his razor over the strop, and lobaing at the blade evelytime ho drew it across the leather. His band Item, bled `a little, and Miens absolutely burned like coals of Are. I did not' feel uneasy, but Tcould not avoid watching him cicooly, . t last he commenced shaving me. My' head being thrown back, I was able to keep in; des fixed* 'directly on his own. Why I did so I can not tell; certainly I apprehend nothing : but I did not remove my gaze for a single instant while the razor was, passing • oYer my neck' and throat, lie seemed to grow = t :".,f WrEartififtsbeirtrio. , -; : lialtveruscmarbrarerjeserted at the Ma afil.CO.po. Limn far Ina Insatlaa, and for eadr autaimPent inr LpartScs SO eeotr. A libaral discount. mach an pull L . . . 1' • Illeercqrd um Haar adatrpomessansd• . 11 Mar% (.! • Ll 4 7 ..• paaktresettotices aittei liitheykives bar =atttfor mach * localSks, ‘141,4 diargalpflairf Aie kscitao itaniim sad deaths imsooneed boo of ehluio. • • NUMMI . ..t. MIMI roudier, reloas the right- to c l uNrti mine tkemelitk-freik 'am& Sae os, Apia- aboiber benever, _tt, la doleicattlo to• do ed. • sue/I 44 " i t 9 0414 44 4 .1 1 / 1 1 .._ 1 404 noon To . Wm= Insertlan fu t weaesvelper. ,8 . • .. • more and morel:mem, is eyes wars as bright but not as steady as when I first Oservtd ' thew - He Could not meet - my•lizell and di. liberate look. • •AS he commenced shaving my chin ho stiid atirubtly- . . . "Barbera handk .a dead! S gcskpmste "True enongli f . l nirmitut' , , reptm : "but you handle . yours skilifully,c;althatigh I no- . . ticeyour hand, sh.aiies ..f‘ •I - : • "That's nothinglir.;--I can shave just as • Drell.. illly)handk.shakes.-..becanse I ; did not have Inuelijeleep lastnl i fht. But I was think ing just nov.v.': he , with a laugh, ','how cosy it would ;WTI)? :me to cut your throat." -"Very likely," 1 replied. :laughing• in' re turn, but to ttlug sternly at him--}'vary like ly, yet I would not advise you to try the expo •„.. s. Notliing more was said aeon, and I arose from the chair just its an 'elderly gentleman entered the shcip. Tbo last coin ; er divested himself of his coat and Cravat, and took t he Seat I had vacated , - I went to the glass, which did not reflect the chair, to arrange nix collar. certainly I had not stooil before. it a shigle moment, when I heard'shtnethilik like a supPressedsliiiikand a gurgling horrible sound that Made my blood run - cidd. 'I tiirned, l and there- 7 -great God there sat the unfortunate gentleman,- covered with blciod, his thiciAt cut from oar to car, and the barber, now a raving maniacf, flashing his razor with tremendeni violence into the man- gled neck. • • . •..• On the 3nititfit the man's eye catmlit mice, the razor dropped from his band, and be fell down in lilt: - rushed towards the door and called for Assistince. The unfortunate man mil dead' before I reitclual the chair. We secured Lho barber, ; who, as I subsC.l l 'quently learned had been drinkingd'eeply the 'night before, 'and was laboring wider mania apotu. His state I never. heard. , Who Sotpod the lintorn t ' , i t doubt mo people are familiar with the story of the_ fallow:soaping the clergy-, , . man's horn at c:amp-meettng, so that wlien, hewent to call,,,the congregation together ho blew tliesoftioap over ids brother clergymen, ho exclaimed: , he t;c'd iliiir "Brethren; I 'have eetved._e r,• y years, and during tnat term 'iiever uttered. al profane wbrtt" but' I'll be d—i=dit I. can't whip the than that soaped this horn." . ~ , • Some two days after a tall, swarthy, villnin ons look in,g desperado strolled on the grounds and leaned against , a tree,• listening to an ex hortation to repent which was being made by the preacher. -: After a while he became in terested, finally ••- • affected, and then , taking a , 'position on the anxious seat commenced groaning, In tho .. 'very bitterness" of his sorrow. ' The deity. manwysedllown andiattempted , to ,consolo him. o consolation—ho wax tqiiiet a elk . nor, ho said... ITO, Ito yas ton Vend, 14= was no mercy fos.hiout • " -: .-. . - _ - r - "Why, what crime havayou pommitteal" s aid be preacher; haVeyclif stolitf?". ' , :•" 1 • ' 5, "Oh, worse than tliat."'' + ‘ 3 " .." ' .: I '', N'' ,- fi • "What, bare rtg by ,vielenee, robbed to. ~ :Male inocence of her virtue r• , • 1 ,... , ~.,. ~-• 4 '-. , "Worie than, that ! ' 014'nrorse than ' that?" ~ ~ . ."Mttrderfr gasped' rthehd~laintitef 1 ' ' ' IWerie than that - groan ed,nlief.." „ I skto,d4,l. , ,_•:—.: ..t.' if.:,. )-44,• - eA -,..4. •!: The excited, nilnh;ter copyneitceillpelthi •:. 0 efr hls for genie* •, ' - ,, .' '.:4 "Tlerel3fother Cole," hOeheithit, , coat; I've found the lam thdy • ....7"."1, , horn!" Hon. gchtiylci Colax's net:4.)rd. Schuyler Calfilx, an only son, was born in New York City: March 23, 1823. Finished his education; at High School in Cropy:Strpe New Yoyk, in 1813. Cleilzeil in a dry goods store until 183 a. . Family removed •to the vicinity of New Carlisle St. Joseph County, j.ndialut, in ROI Clerked in a Aare at New Carlislo until . 1840. Appointed Deputy Auditor of St. Joseph. County in 1841, and removed to South Bend, the shire town, where he has since lived. In connection with his duties as Deputy Auditor, read law under the :Hon. Samna C. Sample, from 1842 to 1844:-. 1R.1845 he fohnded the Sr. Jos nr - n VAL. LEY Br-own:lt at South Bend : Issued the first number of the paper on Friday morn ing, September 13th. Retained his connec tion with it, both as editor and proprietor, until Feb. 2(1,186.5. Inle4B was a delegate to the Whig Cm. vention which nominated Gen, Taylor fcr the praddepey, and was appointed one of its secretaries. • • _ • _ • In 1850,a member of the Con7ention which formed the present Constitution of Indiana. . In 18.11 ,was unanimously :tiominatod by the party a candidate 'for Congress from the ninth District of I ndiana,anineattin by two hundred and thirty-eight majority. In 1852, was a delegate to the WWI, 'Na tional Convention which nominated Gen. Scott for the Presi)letteT. ?As nt the Conven tion of 1848, waVappointed a Secretary. Was again nominated for Congressimilnt, and this time electedhy 1,766 majority. Has at every Congressional election sinee• (six) been re-elected by triumphant majorities. On Juno 21, 18.56, delivered his powerfUl and celebrated speech on the- bogus "Laws" of Kansas. So affective was this speech that seven hundred titousand copies of 'it were • distributed during the Presidential Cam paign, of '64., = • • From December 1859 to 3larch 1861 ,__Vras Chairman of the Committee on Post 0 DICEri. I and Post Roads, and was successful in pre,- meting the extension of postal fsellities anon the new mining cohntrim, and • pro cured the passage of bills for' thadally Over:. land Mail, and Overland Teltgraph to San Francisco, rid Pike's Peak and Utah:, • In December 1883, vs as chosen. Speaker of the house of Represeidatives, which high of- , fleet° lifts ever since retained. . . On the 21st day of MT 1858. was unani mously nominated a cahoidate for the Vice Presidency of the -United States, by the Na-. tional Union Republican Convention, assem bled at Chicago. =I • A 'tenet Anecdote. In the work by John Eaten Cooke, entitled, "Wearlngo•thp.Girsy," the following anec dote appears, which can perhaps,.be appreci ated under the present'circumstanees Li 1863 the enemy caught an old country- . man near Madison Court. House end informed ' him that he must do one of twetthlngs; either, to take the oath of allegiance to the Unita} States' government or prepare to be buried alive.. He declined taking , the oath, when his captors deliberately proceeded in hispreen • euce to,dig a grave, and when it was finished they_led him to it and said: "Will you tpke the oath . , "No," - responded the prisoner. "Yon had hettot." "I w,ont l" . . • • . •• "If you don't take the oath you will belrati. --- ed alive in the grave .In the next flee min utes t" , •i • The old fellow approachinft.nearer, looked with attention at the pit vaWning before him * . then turning around with his .hands in his pocket, vanity replied : • l •• • "Well, go on will; your fune:rafl': El
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